Abstract:
Techniques, apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable reduced signaling overhead in a fifth generation (5G) wireless system. The system includes support for asynchronous uplink transmission, resource pool configuration, acknowledgement response and retransmission. For example, in a Type-1 transmission scheme, a user equipment (UE) selects one resource within the resource pool and transmits data in the uplink on the selected resource. In a Type-2 transmission scheme, a UE selects one resource within a scheduling request (SR) region in the resource pool, transmits the SR for the resource which contains the resource allocation for data transmission, and transmits the uplink data on the resource which is indicated in the SR information. In a Type-3 transmission scheme, a UE selects a resource within the SR region, transmits the SR on the selected resource with information on the resource selected for subsequent data transmission and transmits on the indicated resource if it receives an acknowledgment, in response to its transmitted SR.
Abstract:
Techniques are described for compressing the PUCCH resources reserved for acknowledging downlink data transmissions when those resources are implicitly signaled by EPDCCHs that schedule the downlink transmissions in TDD mode. An acknowledgment resource offset field transmitted in the EPDCCH is configured to correspond to one or more values that compress the region in PUCCH resource index space that would otherwise be reserved for the subframes of a bundling window.
Abstract:
Systems, apparatus, user equipment (UE), evolved node B(eNB), and methods are described for machine-type communications (MTC) with early termination of repeated transmissions. In MTC implementations with narrow bandwidth, significant numbers of retransmissions may be scheduled based on channel quality measurements. If data is successfully decoded at a receiving device while a significant number of retransmissions remain, system resources are wasted. Embodiments described herein thus use downlink control messaging or intermediate hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) messaging for early termination of repeated messages.
Abstract:
A hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process enables a retransmission to be sent on a carrier (or medium, set of frequencies, band, etc.) different from the carrier on which the previous transmissions (initial transmission and/or retransmissions) were sent. An enhanced HARQ process can improve system performance by aiding user throughput, system throughput, and delay performance by making retransmissions possible even when the unlicensed band is not available (e.g., when occupied by other RATs or the same RAT deployed by another operator). For example, a transmitter sends a subpacket in an unlicensed band. The receiver feeds back a NACK to the transmitter due to the packet decoding failure. If the medium is not idle, the transmitter sends the retransmission in another band or another channel that can be either a licensed band/channel or another unlicensed band/channel. The retransmission can be sent in multiple licensed and/or unlicensed bands/channels at the same time.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, devices, and apparatus including evolved node B (eNB) or user equipment (UE) for machine-type communications (MTC) with narrowband deployment are described. One embodiment includes control circuitry configured to determine a super-frame structure, where the super-frame structure is set, at least in part, on a bandwidth of the narrowband deployment, with a plurality of downlink physical channels areas multiplexed as part of a first downlink super-frame of the super-frame structure. Such an embodiment may include communication circuitry configured to transmit the first downlink super-frame comprising the plurality of multiplexed downlink physical channels, receive a plurality of uplink physical channels, and receive, in response to transmission of the first downlink super-frame, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK).
Abstract:
Devices and methods of reducing overall Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) of user equipment (UE) using a large amount of carrier aggregation are generally described. The UE may receive a subframe from an enhanced NodeB (eNB). The subframe may contain a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) formed in accordance with a Downlink Control information (DCI) format. The DCI format may comprise a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) for Time Division Duplexed (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplexed (FDD) operation. The UE may determine, dependent on the DAI, a number and ordering of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) bits to be transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and subsequently transmit the HARQ-ACK bits.
Abstract:
Embodiments of wireless communication devices and methods for device discovery is generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe an apparatus having processing circuitry arranged to configure a single-tone discovery signal for transmission in a symbol in a transmission opportunity based on an assignment pattern. The assignment pattern may define frequency positions, for a set of transmission opportunities, at which the apparatus shall transmit discovery signals in the corresponding transmission opportunity. The apparatus may have physical layer circuitry arranged to transmit the single-tone discovery signal in the corresponding transmission opportunity. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
Abstract:
A device includes a transceiver to receive, from a base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and processing circuitry to classify downlink (DL) subframe types for a set of DL subframes associated with a first uplink (UL) subframe for transmission of a hybrid automatic report request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) and perform physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapping based on the classified DL subframe Types for an acknowledgement transmission associated with PDSCH transmission reception.
Abstract:
Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and methods for transmit power control for device-to-device (D2D) discovery operations and D2D communication in a cellular network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may configure a discovery signal for transmission on discovery resources from a configured resource pool for D2D discovery. The discovery signal may be transmitted at a transmit power level based on a relative location of the discovery resources with respect to uplink cellular resources in the frequency domain.
Abstract:
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and an Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for random access are generally described herein. As part of a random access procedure, the UE may transmit a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in a first portion of PRACH time and frequency resources and may receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) block that includes a random access response (RAR) to the PRACH preamble. The PDSCH block may be based on a random access radio network temporary identifier (RA-RNTI) associated with the first portion of the PRACH resources. Accordingly, the UE may use the RA-RNTI to determine that the PDSCH block is intended for the UE without usage of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blocks for the PDSCH block. In some embodiments, the UE may be configured for machine-type communication (MTC).