Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. An apparatus, e.g., user equipment (UE), receives a reporting requirement for one or more Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) physical layer parameters. The UE obtains the one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters including at least one parameter corresponding to a reference signal, and creates a report based on the obtained one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters. The UE may obtain the one or more MBSFN physical layer parameters using user-plane or control-plane based mechanisms. The user-plane mechanism involves the use of a modified version of the reporting mechanism for Quality of Experience (QoE) metrics. The control-plane mechanism involves the use of a modified version of the reporting mechanism for the Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) metrics.
Abstract:
Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for conveying system information by a base station, comprising broadcasting a first system information common to each cell of a group of cells in an area and broadcasting a second system information that can vary between cells in the group of cells, wherein the second system information is broadcast more frequently than the first system information.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one configuration, the apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives PTM data from a base station. The UE attempts to decode the PTM data based on an identifier. The UE determines whether to transmit feedback information to the base station based on the attempt to decode the PTM data. In another configuration, the apparatus may be a base station. The base station transmits PTM data to a UE. The base station retransmits the PTM data to the UE based on feedback information associated with the transmitted PTM data.
Abstract:
Neutral host networks may offer one or more different services via one or more different service providers, but user equipment (UE) may not necessarily know which services/service providers are offered by the neutral host networks. Accordingly, nodes of the neutral host networks (e.g., an access point, such as an evolved Node B (eNB)) may transmit service discovery information (SDI) to advertise the one or more services or service providers offered by the node and/or the neutral host network. Thus, a UE can receive the SDI via broadcast by the node, dedicated message from the node, etc., and can accordingly present at least a portion of the SDI or determine whether to connect to the node or another node of the neutral host network based at least in part on the SDI.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE determines whether the UE is located within a sub-region of an MBSFN area based on one or more parameters. The UE receives based on the determination a service over broadcast in the sub-region of the MBSFN area or over unicast outside the sub-region. In an aspect, the MBSFN area may be smaller than a unicast area. In an aspect, adaptive retransmission with a group NACK approach may be used to improve an SNR and reliability.
Abstract:
A network reserves a plurality of temporary mobile group identities (TMGIs). For each of the plurality of reserved TMGIs, the network establishes an evolved multimedia broadcast multicast service (eMBMS) session in at least one preconfigured multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) area. The network receives a request to form an adhoc group communications service enabler (GCSE) group including a plurality of target UEs; an assigns one of the plurality of TMGIs to the adhoc GCSE group.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a femto cell. The apparatus determines MBSFN subframes at a frequency of a first base station. The first base station has a first power class, the apparatus has a second power class lower than the first power class. The apparatus determines, in the MBSFN subframes, a first set of symbols used for control information and a second set of symbols used for MBSFN signals by the first base station. The apparatus transmits, at the frequency, unicast control information in a subset of the first set of symbols. The apparatus transmits, at the frequency, unicast data with a reduced power in the second set of symbols.
Abstract:
Embodiments methods implemented with a server or a processor of a mobile communication device (e.g., a multi-standby communication device) reduce the redundancy information needed to achieve adequate reception service on a first radio access technology (RAT) sharing an RF resource with a second RAT. The device processor may implement at least one tune-away management strategy that mitigates the amount of data for the first RAT that is lost during the tune-away event. Thus, by implementing the one or more tune-away management strategies, the device processor may ensure that less redundancy information overhead is needed to correct or replace lost or partially received data, improving latency, channel usage, and the first RAT's overall reception performance. In some embodiments, a server may implement one or more strategies for including redundancy information into data that is sent to a first RAT to mitigate the negative effects of tune aways on the first RAT.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be a UE configured to receive from a base station access parameters corresponding to respective types of access controls for different types of data services, receive a TFT established at a core network based on mapping a packet filter to access control information for each type of access control, receive a data packet from an application, match the data packet to the packet filter to determine access control information corresponding to the data packet, and establish communication for the data packet based on access parameters for the determined access control information. Alternatively, the apparatus may be policy server configured to receive a request for traffic control regarding data being communicated to an application server, determine a policy update for the application server based on the request, and transmit the policy update to a UE.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided for receiving unicast and multicast-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) signals from an eNB in a subframe. The apparatus receives at least one transmission in the subframe, the subframe divided into six partitions and for receiving at least one unicast symbol and a plurality of multicast-broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) symbols, each of the at least one unicast symbol and the plurality of MBSFN symbols having an associated cyclic prefix (CP). The apparatus further receives at least one unicast signal including the at least one unicast symbol at a first partition of the subframe, and receives at least one MBSFN signal including the plurality of MBSFN symbols respectively at a second partition through sixth partition of the subframe, each MBSFN symbol having the associated CP with a length of at least 33.33 μs.