Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for advertising information corresponding to beamforming techniques supported by base stations of a wireless communications system, which in various examples may include analog, digital, and/or hybrid beamforming techniques supported by millimeter wave (mmW) base stations. Advertising of supported beamforming techniques may involve transmissions over a nearby long term evolution (LTE) or another carrier frequency network (e.g. , in case of LTE/lower carrier frequency assisted mmW wireless access networks). Alternatively or additionally, advertising may employ broadcasting from a mmW base station, which may include mmW beam sweeps. A UE may receive information corresponding to supported beamforming techniques, and may use the received information to select a particular mmW base station with which to communicate or to determine a transmission strategy for communicating with a particular mmW base station, or both.
Abstract:
A link based on one radio access technology (RAT) is used to supplement the operation of another RAT. For example, in a user equipment (UE) device that can access both long term evolution (LTE) and millimeter wave (mmW) networks, the UE may use an LTE network to relay information between the UE and the mmW network.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for a base station initiated control mechanism for supporting supplemental a link. In some aspects, control information associated with a directional, first radio access technology (RAT) for a user equipment (UE) may be identified at a first base station, the first base station configured to communicate with the UE using the directional, first RAT, and the control information associated with the directional, first RAT may be transmitted to a second base station to forward to the UE using a second RAT.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for dynamic switching between wireless multiple access schemes. In some aspects, a plurality of characteristics corresponding to a respective plurality of transmit/receive beam forming direction pairs of a wireless communication channel may be identified, and a wireless multiple access schemes used for communication in the wireless communication channel may dynamically be switched based at least in part on the identified plurality of characteristics, the wireless multiple access schemes comprising orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a discovery signal transmitted from a connection point (CP) via a directional beam. The discovery signal may include first information (including beam sweep configuration information) related to the CP. The apparatus then transmits an association signal to the CP based on the beam sweep configuration information and monitors for a resource grant from the CP based on the transmitted association signal. Alternatively, the apparatus transmits a discovery signal via a directional beam to a user equipment (UE). The discovery signal may include first information (including beam sweep configuration information) related to the apparatus. The apparatus then receives an association signal from the UE based on the beam sweep configuration information and determines a resource grant for communicating with the UE based on the received association signal.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus determines a first set of channels for communicating with another apparatus. Each channel in the first set is determined by performing beam training with the other apparatus. The apparatus further determines a second set of channels from the first set, wherein the channels of the second set have a channel condition greater than a threshold. The apparatus communicates data via the second set, wherein a channel of the second set on which the data is communicated is based on the channel condition of at least one channel of the second set.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE transmits a beamformed broadcast request signal to a base station in a plurality of transmissions in transmit spatial directions of the UE, receives a beamformed broadcast response signal from the base station in a resource of a plurality of resources, and determines a preferred transmit spatial direction of the UE based on the resource in which the beamformed broadcast response signal is received. The apparatus may be a base station. The base station scans for a beamformed broadcast request signal from a UE, determines a preferred transmit spatial direction of transmit spatial directions of the UE, determines a resource of a plurality of resources for indicating the determined preferred transmit spatial direction, and transmits a beamformed broadcast response signal to the UE in the determined resource.
Abstract:
A base station (anchor node) determines that a channel quality for a UE is less than a threshold quality, and commands one or more base stations to adjust a periodicity of performing a beam sweep with the UE based on whether said channel quality is determined to be less than the threshold quality. A base station (mmW base station) adjusts a periodicity for performing a beam sweep with a UE based on a channel quality associated with the UE, and performs the beam sweep at the adjusted periodicity. The beam sweep is a plurality of transmissions of a beam in a plurality of different transmit spatial directions by one of the base station or the UE and a plurality of scans of the beam in a plurality of different scan spatial directions by an other of the one of the base station or the UE.
Abstract:
Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow a mobile station to receive positioning assistance data that may be used in a signal-based position estimation process. For example, a device at a node of a self organizing network (SON) portion of a communication network may be self-provisioned by establishing and providing selected positioning assistance data to a mobile station
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for contention-based access in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A base station may determine a contention-based resource allocation comprising a subset of available system resources. Information related to the contention-based resources may be sent to a user device. In addition, state information may be provided to the UE. The UE may generate and send a contention-based uplink transmission consistent with the allocated resources and state information.