Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus can receive a packet at a Uu protocol stack of a first user equipment (UE), the packet intended for a base station. In addition, the apparatus can transfer the packet from the Uu protocol stack of the first UE to a PC5 interface protocol stack of the first UE. Furthermore, the apparatus can modify a header of the packet at the PC5 interface protocol stack to identify the packet as relayed uplink traffic intended for the base station from the first UE. Moreover, the apparatus can transmit the packet including the modified header to a second UE for relaying to the base station.
Abstract:
Aspects described herein generally relate to communicating buffer status reports (BSR) in wireless communications. A BSR can be generated at a device indicating a size of each of a plurality of messages stored in a buffer of the device for communicating from the device to one or more other devices. The BSR can be transmitted to a base station to request resources for communicating one or more of the plurality of messages to the one or more other devices.
Abstract:
An efficient approach for a mobile device apparatus that is out of network coverage to communicate with the network is desired. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The apparatus receives one or more device-to-device (D2D) signals respectively from one or more proximate UEs. The apparatus measures signal strength of the one or more D2D signals based on signal strength of one or more resource elements used for receiving one and/or more reference signals of the one or more D2D signals or signal strength of one or more resource elements used for receiving one or more data parts of the one or more D2D signals. The apparatus selects one of the one or more proximate UEs as a relay UE based on the measurement of the signal strength of the one or more D2D signals, to communicate with the base station via the selected relay UE.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives information from a serving base station and at least one neighboring base station. The information indicates a time allocation of discovery resources allocated by each of the serving base station and the at least one neighboring base station for performing direct discovery. The apparatus further determines a subframe timing of the serving base station and the at least one neighboring base station, and performs direct discovery using the time allocation of the discovery resources allocated by each of the serving base station and the at least one neighboring base station based on a determined subframe timing of the serving base station or a neighboring base station corresponding to the discovery resources.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives an intended signal from a first wireless device operating in a full-duplex mode, receives an interfering signal from a second wireless device communicating with the first wireless device, and reduces an interference of the received intended signal caused by the interfering signal by projecting a matrix of the received intended signal onto a space associated with the interfering signal.
Abstract:
The herein disclosed apparatus, systems, and methods use Almost Blank Subframes (ABS) to manage interference between D2D and WAN transmissions. In particular, an eNodeB is disclosed comprising a controller module operable to obtain an indicator of a need for a quiescent subframe, and to select responsively thereto a subframe of a communication frame, and allocate the selected subframe as an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS). The base station includes a transceiver module operable to communicate the ABS over an air interface, and to send a misinformation signal to another eNodeB device indicating the ABS is not almost blank.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for supporting multicast groups in networks, e.g., wireless peer to peer networks, are described. A member of a multicast group, that does not intend to transmit in a traffic interval, generates and transmits a signal on a traffic transmission request resource indicating that the device transmitting the signal does not intend to transmit multicast traffic data to the multicast group. A member of the multicast group, that intends to transmit in the traffic interval, refrains from transmitting a signal and monitors. The devices in the group which did not transmit decide which one is allowed to proceed with its intended multicast traffic transmission based on relative priority within the group.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which a peer discovery signal is received from a second apparatus. At least one of a path loss to a serving base station or a path loss to a neighboring base station is determined. Whether to relay the peer discovery signal is determined based on the at least one of the path loss to the serving base station or the path loss to the neighboring base station. The peer discovery signal is sent upon determining to relay the peer discovery signal.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for regulating a size of a resource information forwarding message to balance the overhead associated with transmitting the resource information forwarding message with the usefulness of the resource information forwarding message. A first user equipment (UE) may receive a sidelink control information (SCI) message from a third UE indicating resources reserved by the third UE, and it may be appropriate for the first UE to transmit a resource information forwarding message to a second UE indicating the resources reserved by the third UE. As such, the first UE may determine a maximum size of the resource information forwarding message, and the first UE may generate and transmit the resource information forwarding message to the second UE in accordance with the determined maximum size.
Abstract:
Aspects for reducing interference for transmissions in unlicensed frequency bands are disclosed. An apparatus, e.g., a user equipment (UE) with information to transmit, identifies before transmitting the information in an unlicensed frequency spectrum, a specified duration of a listen-before-talk (LBT) operation in that spectrum. Based on the specified duration, the UE reduces a transmission time duration of a slot of the UE to increase a time duration of a remainder of the slot sufficient to prevent, or decrease the likelihood of, a transmission by the UE in the slot from interfering with an LBT operation by another UE.