Abstract:
A method is provided for maintaining synchronization between an AT and a base station during an idle period. During the idle period, a reduced number of uplink reference signals for uplink channel quality estimation are sent to the base station by the AT. The uplink reference signals are sent to assist coherent demodulation and uplink channel quality estimation for scheduling. During the uplink idle period, the numbers of uplink reference signals are designed to be reduced in selective coherent bandwidths. The selection of the coherent bandwidth alternates in time and covers the entire spectrum to allow the channel quality estimation through the entire spectrum.
Abstract:
A low complexity RACH preamble detector is described herein. The RACH is filtered out of the received signal in the time domain through a low pass polyphase filter (22) and the decimated (24). By consequence the dimension of the FFT can be reduced. The RACH is extracted from the output of the FFT and it is correlated with a CAZAC frequency domain reference sequence (16). Thereafter, the signal obtained is transformed in the time domain (18) and a peak is retrieved (20).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using uplink reference signals for access grant requests. The method includes determining that at least one mobile unit is requesting access to at least one uplink channel based on information indicative of a change in a masking sequence applied to at least one reference signal. Another embodiment of the present invention includes providing a first reference signal modulated by a first masking sequence to indicate a request for access to at least one uplink channel.
Abstract:
A communication system includes a decentralized, flat architecture where a plurality of base nodes each include controller capabilities so that a centralized base node such as a radio network controller is not required. At least one of the base nodes acts as an anchor node. The anchor node associates a time stamp with at least one packet and provides that to the plurality of base nodes. In one example, a multicast approach is used by a router device for distributing the packet and the associated time stamp to the plurality of base nodes. Each base node controls a timing of a transmission of the at least one packet over a wireless interface responsive to the associated time stamp.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for scheduling transmissions of a plurality of cells in a wireless communications system including one or more base stations is provided. The method comprises providing a set of virtual channels to enable an intra-cell transmission orthogonal to another transmission within each cell of the plurality of cells and inter-cell transmissions orthogonal to other transmissions across a cluster of cells associated with the one or more base stations. The method further comprises exchanging signaling messages between two or more base stations to coordinate- scheduling of the intra-cell transmission with the inter-cell transmissions for the cluster of cells. For optimizing a parameter associated with scheduling of a plurality of users from a cluster of cells in a wireless communication system, an optimal power level for the parameter of each active user may be searched to maximize an indication of system capacity of the wireless communication system. This enables a coordinated jointly scheduling of the users active in the cluster of cells based on the optimal power levels such that the total interference within the cluster may be minimized to maximize the system throughput/capacity.
Abstract:
A method is provided for operating a multi-bandwidth OFDMA system that can achieve an enhanced bandwidth efficiency due to windowing without significantly impacting the underlying physical design of the receive filters. The method comprises establishing a bandwidth over which the radio resources transmit signals, the bandwidth being comprised of an edge-band and a center-band. Narrow band radio resources are assigned to a portion of the bandwidth that is at least partially within the edge-band.
Abstract:
A method is provided for coordinating distributed radio resource management. The method comprises communicating information between a plurality of units having radio resource management responsibilities, wherein the communicated information is related to radio resources associated with each unit.
Abstract:
A disclosed method of reducing peak to average power ratio (PAPR) includes selecting a PAPR reduction method dependent on a modulation scheme used for a set of sub-carriers. One type of modulation scheme is more suitable for at least one possible PAPR reduction method while another modulation scheme is more suitable for a different PAPR reduction method. Disclosed examples apply a different PAPR reduction technique to accommodate differing features of different modulation schemes.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for coordinating control of radio resources for multicast/broadcast services in distributed radio resource management. One exemplary embodiment of the method may include communicating information between a plurality of units having radio resource management responsibilities. The communicated information is related to coordinating at least one multicast/broadcast service provided by 1he plurality of units.
Abstract:
A method is provided for operating a multi-bandwidth OFDMA system that can achieve an enhanced bandwidth efficiency due to windowing without significantly impacting the underlying physical design of the receive filters. The method comprises establishing a bandwidth over which the radio resources transmit signals, the bandwidth being comprised of an edge-band and a center-band. Narrow band radio resources are assigned to a portion of the bandwidth that is at least partially within the edge-band.