Abstract:
An apparatus is configured to be employed within one or more nodes. The apparatus includes control circuitry and a transceiver. The control circuitry is configured identify a set of beam sector pairs using a sector level sweep (SLS), rank the set of beam sector pairs to generate a ranked set of beam sector pairs based on beam ranking criteria, and provide the ranked set of beam sector pairs to a second node. The transceiver is configured to communicate with the second node using a primary beam pair of the ranked set of beam sector pairs. The control circuitry of the nodes is further configured to detect blockage on the primary beam pair and to switch to alternative beam pairs according to the ranking exchanged between the communicating nodes upon blockage detection.
Abstract:
One embodiment provides an apparatus of an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (e-UTRAN) Network Node B (eNB). The apparatus includes a contention management circuitry to manage a beam acquisition procedure between a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Access Point (AP) and a user equipment (UE). Another embodiment provides an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus includes a beam acquisition circuitry to provide a sector sweep resource request to a Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry for transmission to an evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (e-UTRAN) Network Node B (eNB). The sector sweep resource request is related to a communication between the UE and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access point (AP).
Abstract:
For cell acquisition a UE receives concurrently from a base station (BS), during a single time symbol, a cell ID via a plurality of electromagnetic beams that include data signals and spatial-frequency multiplexed orthogonal synchronization signals, the beams having different angles of arrival. The UE processes the beams to determine the identity of the beam that was received with maximum signal strength and the angle of arrival of the beam, and transmits the identity and the angle of arrival to the BS. For beam tracking the UE similarly receives a plurality of the same beams but including reference signals, each beam transmitted at the same power and received at different angles of arrival. The plurality of beams comprise a central beam and pairs of beams on either side of the central beam, the pairs respectively arranged at differing equal angles of arrival from the central beam. The UE processes the beams in parallel to track movement of the UE by determining the identity of the beam received with maximum signal strength and the angle of arrival of the beam, by using the central beam and the pairs of beams. The UE transmits the identity and the angle of arrival to the BS.
Abstract:
Embodiments of wireless communication devices (WCDs) and methods for cancelling signal interference in the WCDs are generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe a WCD that includes a receiver to generate a received signal, which includes at least a first signal transmitted to the WCD by a network station that operates in a full-duplex mode while the WCD operates in a half-duplex mode. The WCD also includes a module to generate an interference cancellation signal for the received signal based on interference information obtained from at least the received signal. The interference information is associated with a second signal transmitted to the network station by an additional device. The first signal is transmitted while the second signal is transmitted. The first and second signals include the same radio-frequency (RF) carrier.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for transmitting control information. A system may receive a first data symbol and a second data symbol. The first data symbol may be associated with a first set of subcarriers, and the second data symbol may be associated with a second set of subcarriers. The system may also receive control information and encode the control information in the first data symbol and the second data symbol based at least in part on one or more power differentials between respective power levels of the first set of subcarriers and corresponding power levels of the second set of subcarriers. Additionally, the system may transmit the first data symbol, the second data symbol, and the encoded control information to a receiving device.
Abstract:
Embodiments of wireless communication devices (WCDs) and methods for cancelling signal interference in the WCDs are generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe a WCD that includes a receiver to generate a received signal, which includes at least a first signal transmitted to the WCD by a network station that operates in a full-duplex mode while the WCD operates in a half-duplex mode. The WCD also includes a module to generate an interference cancellation signal for the received signal based on interference information obtained from at least the received signal. The interference information is associated with a second signal transmitted to the network station by an additional device. The first signal is transmitted while the second signal is transmitted. The first and second signals include the same radio-frequency (RF) carrier.