Abstract:
This disclosure includes methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication. A repetition of symbols may be used to increase a device's ability to synchronize and communicate using unlicensed spectrum. For example, a base station may schedule a frame that includes repetitions, in time or frequency, of a control or data signal. After performing a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure, the base station may broadcast or transmit the frame to one or more devices, such as a user equipment (UE). For instance, the frame may include repetitions of a discovery reference signal (DRS), and be broadcast by the base station to enable synchronization by the UE. In other examples, the signal may include repetitions of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), and a UE may identify a start of a transmission opportunity using the CRSs. Other signals, such as downlink control and shared channels, may be repeated within a frame in a similar manner.
Abstract:
Various aspects described herein relate to reducing transmission latency in unlicensed spectrum including listen-before-talk access. A dedicated ultra low latency (ULL) data bearer having LBT access rules is established, which access rules allow channel access with faster access priority than control and signal traffic. ULL data is mapped to the dedicated ULL data bearer based on the LBT access rules and channel selection is performed in a portion of the unlicensed frequency spectrum using the LBT access rules. These latency reduction techniques include enabling ULL traffic to gain fast channel access. These latency reduction techniques further include updating a size of a contention window for channel access. In addition, these latency reduction techniques include enhancing CPDCCH-based signaling to accommodate the ULL frame structure. Further, these latency reduction techniques include providing robust operation against bursty interference for ULL transmissions. Moreover, these techniques include managing DRX for ULL. Additionally, these latency reduction techniques include joint scheduling of different TTI durations. These latency reduction techniques further include updating SRS transmission opportunities. In addition, these latency reduction techniques include reducing latency associated with PRACH transmissions. Further, these latency reduction techniques include reducing ULL transmission delays by either ignoring or cancelling scheduled uplink (e.g., LTE) transmissions.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes detecting a first reference signal received from a user equipment (UE) in a reference scheduled transmission burst including a plurality of contiguous transmission time intervals (TTIs) received over a shared radio frequency spectrum band; identifying a reference TTI in which the first reference signal is received; determining a contention window size usable by the UE to contend for access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band; and transmitting an indication of the determined contention window size to the UE.
Abstract:
Techniques for wireless communication are described. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes identifying a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to transmit in an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS) of a subframe, determining whether to transmit uplink control information (UCI) on the PUSCH in the UpPTS, and transmitting the PUSCH in the UpPTS based at least in part on the determining. A method for wireless communication at a network access device includes determining whether to schedule a transmission of UCI on a PUSCH in a UpPTS of a subframe, scheduling the PUSCH in the UpPTS based at least in part on the determining, and transmitting, to a UE, scheduling information for the PUSCH in the UpPTS.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a downlink transmission in a radio frequency spectrum band and may identify reference resources in the downlink transmission for computing a channel state information (CSI) report. The UE may generate the CSI report based at least in part on the identified reference resources and transmit, in the radio frequency spectrum band, the CSI report in a random access request message to the base station. The base station may receive the request message and identify CSI associated with the band based at least in part on the CSI report included in the random access request message. The base station may transmit, to the UE, a random access response message based at least in part on the identified CSI in the radio frequency spectrum band.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for an uplink transmission; identifying, from the received information, the at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission; and performing, for a shared spectrum, the at least one type of LBT procedure for the uplink transmission. One method for wireless communication at a network access device includes scheduling an uplink transmission of a UE in a shared spectrum, and transmitting, over the air, information indicative of at least one type of LBT procedure to perform for the uplink transmission.
Abstract translation:描述了用于无线通信的技术。 用于用户设备(UE)处的无线通信的一种方法包括通过空中接收指示要对上行链路传输执行的至少一种类型的LBT过程的信息; 从所接收的信息中识别要对所述上行链路传输执行的所述至少一种类型的LBT过程; 以及针对共享频谱执行用于所述上行链路传输的所述至少一种类型的LBT过程。 一种用于网络接入设备处的无线通信的方法包括调度共享频谱中的UE的上行链路传输,以及通过空中传输指示要为上行链路传输执行的至少一种类型的LBT过程的信息。 p >
Abstract:
Techniques are provided that enable signaling of physical layer parameters in a shared radio frequency spectrum band or a dedicated radio frequency spectrum band (or any available radio frequency spectrum band). One or more physical layer channels may be used to transmit physical layer parameters, and different portions of the channel(s) may carry physical layer information for different groups of UEs. A base station may configure a UE into a UE group that monitors particular channel resources based on the UE group. In this manner, a base station may transmit physical layer parameters that may be received by a UE for receiving wireless communications for one or more subframe. A base station may transmit physical layer parameters to be monitored by the use using a physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH), a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or combinations thereof.
Abstract:
Detection and reporting techniques for collisions between transmitters of two different radio access technologies (RATs) transmitting in a shared radio frequency spectrum band is described. The collision may occur following a listen-before-talk procedure but prior to transmission of data, and may not affect the reception of the transmitted data. Collisions may be detected using for example, energy sensing, preamble or ready-to-send (RTS) signal detection, or unsuccessful decoding of all or part of a channel reservation signal. A transmitting device may determine a collision has occurred by detecting an energy level during a preamble transmission is greater than a threshold level or by detecting that an energy level during a transmission gap of a time-domain energy pattern is above a threshold level. A receiving device, such as a user equipment (UE), that detects the collision may report the collision to the transmitter.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for wireless communications. One method includes determining a contention window size for a first broadcast transmission or a first multicast transmission on at least one channel of a shared radio frequency spectrum band, where the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission is targeted for a first plurality of UEs, and contending for access to the at least one channel of the shared radio frequency spectrum band for the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission based at least in part on the determined contention window size. In some cases, the first broadcast transmission or the first multicast transmission may be an example of a multipoint transmission, which may include a coordinated multipoint transmission.
Abstract:
Various aspects related to techniques for harmonization between common reference signal (CRS) and demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based transmission modes (TMs) in unlicensed spectrum are described. In one aspect, a downlink/uplink (DL/UL) subframe configuration may be signaled for each subframe. Information provided by the DL/UL subframe configuration may indicate whether the respective downlink subframe is a single-frequency network (MBSFN) subframe (associated with DM-RS-based TM) or a non-MBSFN subframe (associated with CRS-based TM). In another aspect, periodic as well as aperiodic channel state information (CSI) reporting requests may be supported. In yet another aspect, discontinued reception (DRX) wake ups for unlicensed carriers may be explicitly or implicitly indicated to a user equipment (UE) via a carrier in a licensed spectrum.