USER EQUIPMENT (UE) AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION USING DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION

    公开(公告)号:EP3806379A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-14

    申请号:EP20211609.1

    申请日:2015-12-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) User Equipment (UE) and methods for directional communication are generally described herein. The eNB may transmit, during a downlink sub-frame, a first beam refinement training signal and an uplink scheduling block to a first UE according to a downlink transmission direction from the eNB to the first UE. The eNB 104 may further transmit, during the downlink sub-frame, a second beam refinement training signal and a downlink scheduling block to a second UE according to a downlink transmission direction from the eNB to the second UE. The uplink scheduling block may indicate scheduled uplink resources for a scheduled uplink transmission by the first UE and the downlink scheduling block may indicate scheduled downlink resources for a scheduled downlink transmission to the second UE.

    METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER EQUIPMENT LOCATION DETERMINATION ON A WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP3334226A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-13

    申请号:EP18152994.2

    申请日:2010-02-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Neighbor cell hearability can be improved by including an additional reference signal that can be detected at a low sensitivity and a low signal-to-noise ratio, by introducing non-unity frequency reuse for the signals used for a time difference of arrival (TDOA) measurement, e.g., orthogonality of signals transmitted from the serving cell sites and the various neighbor cell sites. The new reference signal, called the TDOA-RS, is proposed to improve the hearability of neighbor cells in a cellular network that deploys 3GPP EUTRAN (LTE) system, and the TDOA-RS can be transmitted in any resource blocks (RB) for PDSCH and/or MBSFN subframe, regardless of whether the latter is on a carrier supporting both PMCH and PDSCH or not. Besides the additional TDOA-RS reference signal, an additional synchronization signal (TDOA-sync) may also be included to improve the hearability of neighbor cells.

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