Abstract:
An apparatus is disclosed for passive intermodulation distortion filtering. The apparatus includes a radio-frequency front-end circuit. The radio-frequency front-end circuit includes a transmit filter circuit and a receive filter circuit. The transmit filter circuit includes a passive circuit configured to combine at least two radio-frequency transmit signals associated with different transmit frequency bands. The transmit filter circuit also includes a filter coupled between the passive circuit and a first feed of an antenna. The filter is configured to attenuate frequencies associated with a receive frequency band. The receive filter circuit is coupled to a second feed of the antenna and is configured to pass the frequencies associated with the receive frequency band.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods for wireless communications include determining a first echo cancellation metric indicative of a first amount of echo cancellation as a first function of a first transmit power of a first wireless communications device; and providing the first echo cancellation metric to a scheduling entity for scheduling full duplex (FD) or half duplex (HD) communication resources for the first wireless communications device.
Abstract:
A method of coordinating a small cell with a plurality of small cells includes estimating backhaul bandwidth and backhaul bandwidth utilization of the small cell; estimating aggregate bandwidth utilization for the small cell and the plurality of small cells based on the estimated backhaul bandwidth utilization for each of the small cells; selecting the small cell as a cluster head for a cluster of the small cells based on the estimated aggregate backhaul bandwidth utilization, the cluster including at least some of the small cells; and communicating, via the cluster head, information between a network entity and the small cells of the cluster.
Abstract:
Positioning methods suitable for use in a wireless network that utilizes beamformed communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a range and/or granularity for reporting a reference signal timing difference (RSTD) may be configurable according to one or more beam parameters (e.g., a repetition factor, a beam shape, a frequency band, a subcarrier spacing numerology, a cyclic prefix, etc.). In another aspect, a transmitting node may transmit one or more parameters associated with a beam used to transmit a positioning reference signal (e.g., an angle of departure, a zenith of departure, a beamwidth, etc.). According to another aspect, a cyclic prefix length for a positioning reference signal that a transmitting node transmits via one or more beams may be configured to increase a number of neighbor cells visible to a receiving node.
Abstract:
Positioning methods suitable for use in a wireless network that utilizes beamformed communication are disclosed. In an aspect, a range and/or granularity for reporting a reference signal timing difference (RSTD) may be configurable according to one or more beam parameters (e.g., a repetition factor, a beam shape, a frequency band, a subcarrier spacing numerology, a cyclic prefix, etc.). In another aspect, a transmitting node may transmit one or more parameters associated with a beam used to transmit a positioning reference signal (e.g., an angle of departure, a zenith of departure, a beamwidth, etc.). According to another aspect, a cyclic prefix length for a positioning reference signal that a transmitting node transmits via one or more beams may be configured to increase a number of neighbor cells visible to a receiving node.
Abstract:
A method of coordinating a small cell with a plurality of small cells includes estimating backhaul bandwidth and backhaul bandwidth utilization of the small cell; estimating aggregate bandwidth utilization for the small cell and the plurality of small cells based on the estimated backhaul bandwidth utilization for each of the small cells; selecting the small cell as a cluster head for a cluster of the small cells based on the estimated aggregate backhaul bandwidth utilization, the cluster including at least some of the small cells; and communicating, via the cluster head, information between a network entity and the small cells of the cluster.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices are described for mobility robustness optimization. A network may be organized into base station clusters, and mobility information may be exchanged within the cluster. Each base station may then receive statistics based on the collected information. In some examples the cluster mobility statistics are used to generate a handover transition matrix identifying a probability of a UE remaining with a target base station within the cluster for a threshold period following a handover from a source base station that is also within the cluster. Based on the cluster mobility statistics, the base station may determine that the probability of the UE remaining with the potential target base station for the threshold period is low. The base station may then select an alternative handover target. The base station may then adjust the mobility parameters of the UE in order to direct it to the alternative handover target.
Abstract:
In one or more access points of a wireless communication network, a method for participating in a distributed clustering process directed at defining clusters of access points wherein each of the clusters comprises a cluster head and associated member nodes includes determining a marginal cost of associating an access point to each of distinct clusters of access points, based on a defined cost function, and associating the access point to one of the clusters of APs for which the marginal cost is minimized. The method may be performed by multiple access points in a peer-to-peer fashion and iterated until a stable cluster configuration is obtained. A cluster head may similarly be appointed in a distributed fashion by a current cluster head comparing total cost functions between different cluster configurations with different cluster heads.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for transmitting a first random-access channel (RACH) message and receiving a second RACH message that includes a timing advance command (TAC) in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). These techniques may be used by a user equipment (UE) or an integrated access backhaul (IAB) node to achieve time synchronization while limiting overhead. In one example, in an IAB network, an IAB node may transmit a first RACH message to a neighbor node, and the IAB node may receive a TAC in a PDCCH of a second RACH message from the neighbor node. In another example, in a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure, a UE may transmit a first RACH message to a base station, and the UE may receive a TAC in a PDCCH of a second RACH message from the base station.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first node of an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network may identify a second, neighboring non-parent node of the TAB network. The second node may be associated with a timing source which may provide more accurate timing information than the parent node of the first node. The first node may transmit a first random access message to the second node to initiate a random access procedure. The second node may transmit a second random access message to the first node, the second random access message including timing information based on the timing source. The first and second nodes may terminate the random access procedure based at least in part on receiving the second random access message.