Abstract:
Techniques for transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) within a partial subframe of a license assisted access (LAA) burst are discussed. One example apparatus comprises a processor configured to generate a LAA burst; generate one or more downlink control channel messages that comprise at least one of PDCCH messages or EPDCCH messages; generate a physical layer encoding of the LAA burst comprising a first partial subframe, wherein the first partial subframe comprises a physical layer encoding of the one or more downlink control channel messages; and output the first partial subframe comprising the physical layer encoding of the one or more control channel messages to transmitter circuitry for subsequent transmission via an unlicensed carrier.
Abstract:
A method of processing a message to be transmitted in a radio communication network is described. The method includes channel encoding a first bit stream representing a message. A combined bit stream is generated by combining at least a portion of the channel encoded first bit stream with at least a portion of a second bit stream, wherein the second bit stream representing at least partly the message. The channel encoded first bit stream is configured to be transmitted over a first radio link of the radio communication network and the combined bit stream is configured to be transmitted over a second radio link of the radio communication network.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatus, user equipment (UE), evolved node B(eNB), computer readable media, and methods are described for uplink grants and hybrid automatic repeat requests (HARQ) in communications systems. Some embodiments operate to determine that an unlicensed first channel is idle based on a sensing of the first channel for a first period of time. Such an embodiment may then generate a reservation signal on the first channel and an uplink grant for a first user equipment (UE). After the uplink grant is communicated, the embodiment senses the first channel to detect a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission associated with the uplink grant. A HARQ acknowledgment or negative acknowledgement may be sent in various embodiments following the sensing.
Abstract:
Techniques for communicating UCI (Uplink Control Information) in unlicensed band systems are discussed. One example embodiment comprises a memory; and one or more processors configured to: generate an ePUCCH (enhanced Physical Uplink Control Channel) in a subframe via a first interlace of an unlicensed frequency band, wherein the first interlace comprises a plurality of non-contiguous RBs (Resource Blocks) equally spaced in a frequency domain; generate a UCI message for the unlicensed frequency band, wherein the UCI message comprises one or more of HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) ACK (Acknowledgement) feedback, CSI (Channel State Information), or a SR (Scheduling Request); and map the UCI message to the first interlace for the ePUCCH.
Abstract:
Embodiments of sounding reference signal transmission in standalone systems are generally described herein. An exemplary apparatus of User Equipment (UE) may include memory, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry to decode a request for transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) in unlicensed spectrum. The transmission is facilitated via license-assisted access (LAA). The processing circuitry further to perform a modified listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, and in response to a clear channel assessment (CCA) made as part of the modified LBT procedure, encode the SRS for transmission. The processing circuitry further to decode an uplink (UL) grant, received via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that includes assigned UL resources, wherein the assigned UL resources are based on the SRS.
Abstract:
Described is an apparatus of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) operable to communicate with a User Equipment (UE) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to sense a channel of the wireless network on which License-Assisted Access (LAA) Secondary Cell (SCell) transmissions are performed. The second circuitry may be operable to detect a power received from the channel. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a transmission of a first type if the power detected is less than a first energy detection threshold, and to generate a transmission of a second type if the power detected is less than a second energy detection threshold. The second type of transmission may be different than the first type of transmission, and the second energy detection threshold may be different than the first energy detection threshold. The first type may be a Discovery Reference Signal and the second type may be other transmissions
Abstract:
Techniques for communication of a partial subframe and properties related to the partial subframe of a plurality of subframes in licensed assisted access (LAA) for an unlicensed frequency band are discussed. A network device (e.g., an evolved NodeB, or other cell network device) can generate a listen before talk (LBT) protocol in order to determine whether an unlicensed carrier of a secondary cell device is idle or busy. The evolved Node B (eNB) can communicate starting or ending partial subframes in a downlink transmission, and a user equipment (UE) can process partial subframes based on the communications and a scheduling policy.
Abstract:
A network device (e.g., an evolved Node B (eNB), user equipment (UE) or the like) can operate to enable the assigning of different listen-before-talk (LBT) priority classes or levels within a same DL transmission for scheduling UL transmissions, either in the same transmission opportunity as the UL grant or another transmission opportunity outside of the UL grant. Other data elements or traffic of the DL transmission can be multiplex with the UL grant, such as LBT parameters or a PUSCH, while each can be separately and selectively assigned different or equivalent LBT priority classes. The device can operate to process or generate communications on an unlicensed band or a licensed band in response to UL grants and indications provided via a DL transmission on a first transmission opportunity.
Abstract:
transmissions outside a transmission opportunity (TxOP) is disclosed. The UE can process an uplink (UL) opportunity received from an eNodeB during a defined transmission opportunity (TxOP). The UL opportunity can schedule UL information to be transmitted from the UE on one or more UL subframes that are outside the defined TxOP. The UE can initiate a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure to be performed before the UL information is transmitted from the UE on the one or more UL subframes that are outside the defined TxOP. The UE can process the UL information for transmission to the eNodeB on the one or more UL subframes located outside the defined TxOP.
Abstract:
Techniques for contention window size (CWS) adaptation (CWSA) are discussed. One example apparatus can comprise a processor that can receive HARQ messages UEs in response to PDSCH transmissions in one or more reference subframes. The HARQ messages can comprise HARQ-ACK values that denote a HARQ-ACK state for a transport block associated with License Assisted Access (LAA) operation, wherein each of the HARQ-ACK states is one of a DTX state, an ACK state, a NACK state, or an "any" state. The processor can also; determine a metric value for each of the HARQ-ACK states; calculate a CWS adjustment metric based on the determined metric values; increase a CWS to a next higher allowed value when the CWS adjustment metric is greater than or equal to a threshold; and reset the CWS to a minimum allowed value when the CWS adjustment metric is less than the threshold.