Abstract:
A method for detecting a channel condition for a wireless communication device is provided. The method includes measuring a plurality of power levels as received by the wireless communication device; determining a metric based on the plurality of power level measurements; and generating a high-speed fading indication signal based on the metric. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed herein.
Abstract:
A wireless communications method is provided. The method includes analyzing one or more channel conditions from a wireless communication and automatically adjusting a frequency tracking loop gain or a time tracking loop gain in view of the channel conditions.
Abstract:
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a limit on a number of resource blocks (RBs) permitted to be used for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) transmission by the UE; may determine, based at least in part on the limit, one or more parameters for the V2X transmission, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the V2X transmission, a number of transport blocks (TBs) for the V2X transmission, a number of RBs per TB for the V2X transmission, or a retransmission configuration for the V2X transmission; and may transmit the V2X transmission based at least in part on the one or more parameters. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, computer program product, and processing system for generating a channel quality indicator CQI (716) adapted according to the speed of a moving user equipment UE (534). A CQI can be generated by mapping a calculated signal-to-noise ratio SNR to a CQI value. The SNR corresponds to a signal power and a noise power of a received pilot signal. The signal power and the noise power may be generated utilizing respective infinite impulse response IIR filters (612, 614) having filter coefficients chosen in accordance with the speed at which the UE moves (608, 610). Selection of the filter coefficients can be made in accordance with a continuous function or a discontinuous function utilizing a threshold, and may utilize hysteresis.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses for data aided channel quality estimation using both pilot and data information are disclosed herein. In one exemplary aspect, a method for estimating channel quality in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises estimating a pilot noise variance based on a pilot signal received from a base station on a downlink and estimating a data noise variance based on a data signal received from the base station on the downlink. The method also comprises combining the pilot noise variance and the data noise variance to obtain a combined noise variance, and estimating the channel quality based on the combined noise variance.
Abstract:
Aspects directed towards synchronizing out of coverage (OOC) vehicle-to- everything (V2X) communications are disclosed. In one example, a scheduled entity detects a loss of a synchronization signal associated with a V2X communication by detecting when a timing uncertainty value or error value is greater than a threshold value. Packet timing information is then received in response to the loss of the synchronization signal from at least one user equipment (UE) synchronized with the synchronization signal. The scheduled entity then maintains the V2X communication by performing a timing adjustment based on the packet timing information.
Abstract:
Aspects of the disclosure relate to mechanisms for a user equipment for indicating resources having limited wireless wide area network (WWAN) transmission capability. In some examples, a user equipment indicates a sidelink transmission pattern to a WWAN, receives one or more uplink transmission grants for the WWAN based on at least the sidelink transmission pattern, and transmits at least one of first data to a second user equipment on a sidelink channel based on the sidelink transmission pattern or second data to the WWAN based on the one or more uplink transmission grants. In some examples, the user equipment transmits a sidelink transmission configuration to the WWAN, the sidelink transmission configuration including one or more sidelink transmission patterns. In some examples, the user equipment selects a sidelink transmission pattern from among the one or more sidelink transmission patterns based on expected sidelink transmissions.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure implement techniques that allow a vehicle performing V2X communications to provide more accurate S-RSSI measurements and CBR calculations for use in channel selection and congestion control. Techniques may include measuring a sidelink received signal strength indicator (S-RSSI) for each of a plurality of sub-channels, determining one or more signal impairment adjustment factors based on the S-RSSI for each of the plurality of sub-channels, calculating a channel busy ratio (CBR) for the plurality of sub-channels based on the one or more signal impairment adjustment factors, and initiating communication with at least one of the plurality of sub-channels based on at least the CBR.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium at a transmitting user equipment (UE) in a distributed cellular vehicle-to-everything environment are disclosed to determine a schedule for transmissions on subchannels of multiple frequencies based on a set of UE-specific, dynamic, and performance related metrics or criteria. The metrics may include an estimated number of users on a subchannel, a best-bandwidth fit, channel loading conditions, transmission range, and quality requirements of an application, among others. Such a schedule for transmissions on subchannels of multiple frequencies may result in either an improved capacity utilization, an improved communication quality, or both.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for wireless communications are described. A method of wireless communications includes determining an energy for a first signal received at a first finger of a rake receiver after a reference signal is received at a second finger of the rake receiver, determining an energy for a second signal received at a third finger of a rake receiver before the reference signal is received at the second finger of the rake receiver, and selecting the first signal as a new reference signal when the energy of the first signal exceeds the energy of the second signal by a predefined threshold amount. In another aspect, a method includes assigning a signal received at a rake receiver to a finger of the rake receiver, and deassigning the finger if the signal has an energy level below a preselected lock threshold energy for a predefined time.