Abstract:
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate discontinuous transmission (DTX) employable during active transmissions. According to one example, an access terminal may be actively transmitting a plurality of frames on a reverse link channel. The access terminal can autonomously implement a DTX operation during the active reverse link transmissions, in which a transmitter circuit is powered down for periods of time less than a duration of one frame. As a result, reverse link transmissions are punctured during the powered down periods. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
Abstract:
Distributed antenna systems (DASs) can include a plurality of spatially separated remote antenna units. According to at least one example, a first group of remote antenna units can simulcast downlink transmissions on a first carrier with a particular sector identity (ID). A second group of remote antenna units, including at least one different remote antenna unit from the first group, can simulcast downlink transmissions on a second carrier with the same sector ID. According to at least one other example, two or more remote antenna units which include respective coverage areas that are non-adjacent to one another can be employed to simulcast downlink transmissions.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be configured to establish a first call for a first subscription, and accept a second call for a second subscription while maintaining the first call. A single transmit chain may be used to transmit uplink traffic associated with the first call and uplink traffic associated with the second call. A timesharing schedule for the transmit chain may determine when the uplink traffic associated with the first call is transmitted and when the uplink traffic associated with the second call is transmitted on the transmit chain. Downlink traffic associated with the first and second calls may be received using different receive chain. Downlink traffic associated with the first and second calls may be received using the same receive chain.
Abstract:
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be configured to establish a first call for a first subscription, and accept a second call for a second subscription while maintaining the first call. A single RF transmit chain may be scheduled for uplink transmissions associated with the first call and uplink transmissions associated with the second call. A timesharing schedule for the transmit chain may determine timing for the uplink transmissions associated with the first call is transmitted and when the uplink transmissions associated with the second call is transmitted on the transmit chain. Downlink transmissions associated with the first and second calls may be received using different receive chain. Downlink transmissions associated with the first and second calls may be received using the same receive chain.
Abstract:
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for selecting between a Rake receiver and an interference cancellation engine (ICE) for receiving forward link signals in a wireless communication network. Selection can be based on one or more of various factors in the channel. These factors can include an average SINR of at least one of the first receiver or the second receiver, a dispersion of a downlink channel, a flatness metric, a number of locked fingers at the first receiver or the second receiver, or a size of an Active Set. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are claimed and described.
Abstract:
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for wireless communications that support fallback from a 2-step to a 4-step random access procedures. A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with a base station using a random access procedure. The random access procedure may be a 2-step random access procedure and reduce a number of handover exchange messages. The 2-step random access procedure may include the UE transmitting, to the base station, a first random access message including a preamble and a payload. In some implementations, the base station may receive the preamble but fail to receive or decode the payload. The random access procedure may utilize the received preamble information instead of performing retransmission of the first random access message. The base station may transmit a second random access message to the UE indicating, explicitly or implicitly, a fallback to a 4-step random access procedure for connection establishment.
Abstract:
Wireless communications systems and methods related to use of cyclic prefix (CP) extensions for channel occupancy time (COT) sharing among sidelink user equipment devices (UEs) are provided. A first UE detects a first sidelink transmission in a COT, the COT for sharing with multiple sidelink UEs including the first sidelink UE. The first UE may determine a CP extension length for transmitting a second sidelink transmission after the first sidelink transmission, where a gap duration between the first sidelink transmission and the second sidelink transmission satisfies a listen-before-talk (LBT) gap time threshold. The first UE may apply a CP extension having the CP extension length to the second sidelink transmission and transmit, to a second sidelink UE, the second sidelink transmission with the CP extension.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for improving sidelink communication reliability. In some examples, a user equipment (UE) may map allocated sidelink resources from a logical domain to a physical domain, where the mapped resources may include greater frequency diversity in the physical domain A frequency range of a sidelink control channel or of a sidelink data channel may be greater in the physical domain than in the logical domain after the mapping. In some examples, sidelink communications may be associated with an aggregation factor that represents a number of repetitions of a sidelink communication. In this example, a UE may repeat a sidelink communication within a contention-based resource pool a number of times before receiving feedback in order to increase communication reliability. A first UE may communicate a sidelink communication with a second UE using a resource mapping or repetitions of the sidelink communication.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A waveform for communications between a user equipment (UE) and a base station may be generated or decoded based on a resource allocation of a slot for the communications. In some cases, the UE may receive control information from the base station that indicates the resource allocation for the slot, where the slot contains a defined number of symbol periods (e.g., 14 symbol periods), or the defined number of symbol periods and at least one additional symbol period. The waveform may then be generated (e.g., transmitted) or decoded (e.g., received) based on the number of symbol periods in the slot. Additionally or alternatively, the UE and base station may identify an operating mode of the UE, identify allowed resource allocation sizes for generating or decoding the waveform, and generate or decode the waveform based on the allowed resource allocation sizes.
Abstract:
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a reader device may transmit a delta message that indicates a frequency difference between a data tone frequency for the reader device and a helper tone frequency. The reader device may transmit a data tone signal at the data tone frequency and a helper tone signal at the helper tone frequency. The helper tone signal may be a waveform that is shared among multiple reader devices. Numerous other aspects are described.