Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for assisting a User Equipment (UE) to determine transmit power to be used on a first uplink component carrier y, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with the UE over a plurality of uplink and downlink component carriers x,y. The UE is aware of path loss parameters associated with a second downlink component carrier x. The method in a base station comprises determining cell specific path loss parameters associated with the component carriers of the base station. The cell specific path loss parameters at least comprises path loss parameters associated with the first uplink component carrier y and a second uplink component carrier x which is paired to the second downlink component carrier x, wherein the second uplink component carrier and second downlink component carrier are within one frequency band. The method comprises the further steps of calculating a pathloss offset, deltaPL(y,x), for the first uplink component carrier y, wherein the pathloss offset deltaPL(y,x) is the pathloss power offset for the first uplink component carrier y with respect to the second uplink component carrier x, and sending the calculated pathloss offset, deltaPL(y,x) to the UE.
Abstract:
A method of operating a wireless communication terminal includes receiving one or more downlink control messages that each contain scheduling information scheduling the wireless termina! to receive a downlink transmission on either a primary carrier or a secondary carrier. The method also includes determining, for each of the downlink control messages, whether that message includes scheduling information for the primary carrier or for a secondary carrier. Additionally, the method includes selecting a format for an uplink control message based on whether any of the downlink control messages includes scheduling information for a secondary carrier, generating an uplink control message based on the selected, format, and transmitting the uplink control message to the base station.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements that make it possible to control the delay for the UEs to access the EUL resources in the Enhanced Uplink in CELL_FACH state procedure, independently from the delay for the UEs to access 5 ordinary UL resources in the RACH procedure. This is achieved by a solution where the timing of entering (or re-entering) a transmission procedure for Enhanced Uplink in CELL-FACH state is controlled with the help of a transmission control parameter defined specifically for this transmission procedure, instead of using the same parameter as for the RACH procedure.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for improving RACH performance. The object is achieved by a method in a user equipment (140) for random accessing the user equipment (140) to a base station (120). The user equipment (140) and the base station (120) are comprised in a communication network system (110). An acknowledgement to send a message to the network node (110,120) is received (203,301) from a network node (110,120) comprised in the communication network system (100). The user equipment then sends (204,302) the message to the network node (110,120) using Hybrid Automatic Retransmission reQuest HARQ being in a CELL_FACH state.
Abstract:
A network node (28) communicates over a radio interface (32) with a wireless terminal (30). Both the network node (28) and the wireless terminal (30) have multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) capabilities. A MIMO-related order (90) is generated for inclusion in control signaling on a high speed downlink shared channel from the network node (28) to the wireless terminal (30). The MIMO-related order (90) is configured to modify channel quality indication (CQI) communications between the wireless terminal (30) and the base station (28) in view of MIMO capabilities of the wireless terminal (30). The method further comprises providing a channel quality indication (CQI) report (92) the wireless terminal (30) to the base station (28) in accordance with the order.
Abstract:
A Level-1 (L1 ) signaling flag is mapped to unused (invalid) bit sequences in Part 1 of the HS-SCCH - that is, Part 1 bit encodings that are not defined in the UTRAN specifications - and a corresponding L1 command is encoded in Part 2. This allows UE (18) to detect early that the HS-SCCH is pure L1 signaling, and the UE (18) may avoid wasting power by not processing an accompanying HS-PDSCH. Alternatively, in CPC HS-SCCH-less mode, the UE (18) may blind decode the HS PDSCH. In one embodiment, a general DRX mode is defined and controlled via L1 signaling. In one embodiment, a UE (18) acknowledgement improves the L1 signaling accuracy. In one embodiment, a L1 signal and UE (18) acknowledgement protocol are utilized to "ping" a UE (18).
Abstract:
When a high SIR can be achieved for downlink data transmission, for example in a MIMO system, or when higher order modulation, such as 64 QAM, can be used, it is desired to measure the instantaneous downlink channel quality indicator (CQI), and report the measured CQI to the network using the same number of bits as when a lower SIR can be achieved. In order to do this, a true CQI is derived based upon at least one network controlled parameter and a measured channel quality parameter; and the true CQI value is scaled to a new CQI value such that the new CQI will fall within a specified range of CQI values; so that the new CQI achieved by scaling the derived CQI value can be reported with every CQI value over the entire reporting range requiring the same number of bits.
Abstract:
A network informs a user equipment about the number of usable sub-carriers in a frequency spectrum. Based on this, and its knowledge of a generic size of a resource block, the user equipment is able to determine a number of sub-carriers that are to be allocated to one or more fractional resource blocks. Rules, which may be predefined in the standard, or may be signalled to the user equipment, allow the user equipment to determine which of the usable sub-carriers should be allocated to the fractional resource block or blocks.
Abstract:
Un método en un equipo de usuario (40) para medir el indicador de calidad del canal, CQI (Channel Quality Indicator, en inglés), de enlace descendente instantáneo, y reportar el CQI medido a la red cuando pueden utilizarse modulación de orden superior de 64 QAM y superior para la transmisión de datos de enlace descendente, comprendiendo el método la etapa de: -obtener (110) un CQI verdadero basándose en al menos un parámetro controlado de red y un parámetro de calidad del canal medido; estando el método caracterizado por las otras etapas de: -escalar (120) el citado valor de CQI verdadero multiplicando con un factor de escalado a un nuevo valor de CQI de manera que el nuevo CQI se encontrará dentro de un intervalo especificado de valores de CQI; -reportar (130) el nuevo CQI alcanzado escalando el valor de CQI obtenido con el fin de reportar cada valor de CQI con el mismo número de bits sobre todo el intervalo de reporte.
Abstract:
método e arranjo para controle de energia em enlace ascendente. a descrição refere-se a métodos e dispositivos para executar um controle de energia em enlace descendente em um sistema de comunicação via rádio. um método exemplificado compreende a etapa de receber (111), em um equipamento de usuário (eu), um comando de controle de energia de transmissão (tpc). o método também compreende, se o eu não tiver uma transmissão em enlace ascendente programada para uma subquadro associado ao comando tcp, uma etapa de acumular (113), pelo eu, o comando tcp com os comandos tcp previamente recebidos com base em se o eu alcançou uma energia de transmissão máxima ou uma energia de transmissão mínima em um formato de referência para um canal compartilhado físico em enlace ascendente (pusch), sinal sonoro de referência (srs) ou transmissão de canal de controle físico em enlace ascendente (pucch). assim, o eu é capaz de receber os comandos tcp, enquanto o eu não está transmitindo algo no enlace ascendente.