Abstract:
Embodiments of a system and method for distributed channel access for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless network are generally described herein. User equipment (UE) may transmit a connection identifier (CID) code at a beginning of a contention window to request channel access for a D2D transmission to a receiving device. Links for D2D transmissions from a transmitting device to a receiving device are identified by a CID that is mapped to a CID code. The UE may receive a bandwidth grant from the receiving device during the contention window, along with bandwidth grants for other CIDs, in an order based on a priority level of the CI D. The UE may transmit data after reception of the bandwidth grants in time-frequency resources indicated in an associated one of the bandwidth grants. In some embodiments, spatial-reuse and variable resource size allocation are supported.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for mitigating interference in wireless networks. A user equipment receives downlink channel information associated with an interfering cell from an access node associated with a serving cell of a radio access network (RAN). The user equipment also determines downlink parameters of the interfering cell based on the downlink channel information, the downlink parameters including an indicator to indicate: whether an antenna port used for a reference signal or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in the interfering cell is quasi co-located with another antenna port; or an interfering PDSCH resource element (RE) mapping. The user equipment also estimates an interference profile associated with the interfering cell based on the determined downlink parameters of the interfering cell.
Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) power-cycles UE transmission modem components to reduce overall UE power consumption. For example, multiple HARQ ACK/NACK feedback bits are aggregated for a predetermined number of consecutive DL subframes, and then the feedback is transmitted in a single dedicated UL subframe so that a transmitter and power amplifier may be temporarily turned off (State 3) to reduce power consumption in the UE.
Abstract:
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to decode measurement gap patterns received from a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) is disclosed. The UE can decode a per-frequency range (per-FR) measurement gap pattern received from the gNB in a New Radio (NR) system. The per-FR measurement gap pattern can indicate a measurement gap partem for monitoring selected frequency layers within a frequency range at the UE. The UE can process one or more measurements for the selected frequency layers within the frequency range. The one or more measurements for the selected frequency layers can be measured in accordance with the per-FR measurement gap pattern. The UE can encode the one or more measurements for the selected frequency layers for reporting to the gNB.
Abstract:
Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The AP may transmit a trigger frame (TF) that requests uplink sounding frames from stations (STAs). The AP may receive the uplink sounding frames multiplexed in accordance with an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) technique or space-division multiple access (SDMA) technique. The AP may transmit downlink sounding frames multiplexed in accordance with an OFDMA technique. The AP may transmit downlink location measurement reports (LMRs) that include per-STA arrival times of the uplink sounding frames and a departure time of the downlink sounding frames. The AP may transmit another TF that requests transmission of uplink LMRs. The uplink LMRs may include per-STA location information based on the per-STA arrival times of the uplink sounding frames and the departure time of the downlink sounding frames.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are described to detect a first primary synchronization signal using a first numerology. The primary synchronization signal may use a common numerology to a wireless system. A downlink numerology is determined for a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) based in part upon the first primary synchronization signal. Data from the PDCCH is decoded based upon the downlink numerology.
Abstract:
An apparatus employed within an evolved Node B (eNB). The apparatus comprises baseband circuitry which includes a radio frequency (RF) interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to generate first channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) bandwidth information for a first partition of a system bandwidth, generate second CSI-RS bandwidth information for a second partition of a system bandwidth, and send the first CSI-RS bandwidth information and the second CSI-RS bandwidth information to the RF interface for transmission to one or more user equipment (UE) devices, wherein the first CSI-RS bandwidth information and the second CSI-RS bandwidth information are provided within a physical channel and/or higher layer signalling.
Abstract:
The first circuitry may be operable to establish a first UE Receive (Rx) beam as being for reception of data from a first eNB. The second circuitry may be operable to process a transmission including Downlink Control Information (DCI), wherein the DCI carries an eNB cell-switching indicator. The first circuitry may also be operable to establish a second UE Rx beam as being for reception of data from a second eNB based on the eNB cell-switching indicator.
Abstract:
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to decode a resource mapping pattern of a phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) received from a base station in a wireless network is disclosed. The UE can decode control signaling received in a downlink from the base station. The control signaling can indicate a resource mapping pattern for a PT-RS. The UE can identify the resource mapping pattern for the PT-RS based on the control signaling received from the base station. The UE can encode one or more PT-RS for transmission to the base station in an uplink in accordance with the resource mapping pattern for the PT-RS.