Abstract:
Techniques for intra- and inter-operator coordination on a shared communication medium are disclosed. A central coordination server may send an operating mode information message to coordinate operation of different points on the communication medium. An access point may receive such an operating mode information message and adjust one or more communication parameters. An access point may determine a level of timing synchronization with neighboring access points and send a synchronization advertisement message to an access terminal. An access terminal may receive a synchronization advertisement message and perform one or more measurements of the neighboring access points.
Abstract:
Techniques for broadcast channel management on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access terminal may be configured to identify a subframe number associated with a given subframe based not only on a subframe number indicator but also a reference boundary. Conversely, an access point may be configured to set a subframe number indicator for a given subframe based not only on its subframe number but also a reference boundary.
Abstract:
Techniques for random access channel signaling on a shared communication medium are disclosed. A broadcast message including information associated with a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) may be transmitted and received on one or more subframes in a portion configured for downlink signaling. The broadcast message may comprise a contention type indicator, a timing advance indicator, or a combination thereof. The contention type indicator may indicate whether contention is in effect for transmission on the PRACH. The timing advance indicator may indicate whether an uplink transmission offset is in effect for transmission on the PRACH. Signaling over the PRACH may be transmitted and received on one or more subframes in a portion configured for uplink signaling.
Abstract:
Techniques for control channel signaling on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An access point or an access terminal may communicate over a communication medium in accordance with a Time Division Duplex (TDD) frame structure defining a set of subframes that each span a plurality of time-domain symbol periods. The access point may transmit and the access terminal may receive control information via a short Physical Uplink Control Channel (sPUCCH) on one or more of the subframes in a portion of the subframe configured for uplink signaling. The sPUCCH may comprise one or more pilot symbols and one or more payload symbols that collectively occupy a subset of less than all of the symbol periods in each of the one or more subframes.
Abstract:
Techniques for transmitting acknowledgments on a shared communication medium are disclosed. In an aspect, an access terminal receives, from an access point, a plurality of downlink subframes on a downlink channel of the wireless communication medium, the plurality of downlink subframes carrying data for a plurality of processes. The access terminal transmits, to the access point, acknowledgments for the plurality of downlink subframes on an uplink subframe of an uplink channel of the wireless communication medium on one or more occasions, the uplink subframe including a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits corresponding to the plurality of downlink subframes or the plurality of processes.
Abstract:
Techniques for indicating and determining a subframe timing of an access point on a shared communication medium are disclosed. A method of transmitting a discovery reference signal (DRS) may include establishing a transmission timing for transmission of the DRS relative to a system timing of an access point, determining whether to transmit the DRS during a particular SF based on the selected DRS transmission window, and transmitting the DRS to at least one access terminal during the particular SF in response to a determination to transmit the DRS.
Abstract:
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for distributed updating of a self organizing network. For example, the disclosure presents a method for transmitting, via a transmitting component at a base station, a portion of data collected at the base station to a network entity, wherein the data collected at the base station is received by the base station from one or more user equipments (UE) in communication with one or more base stations, wherein the base station is one of the one or more base stations, receiving feedback, from the network entity, associated with one or more network parameters of the base station, wherein the feedback received from the network entity is determined at the network entity at least based on the portion of data transmitted from the one or more base stations to the network entity, and updating the one or more network parameters at the base station based on the feedback received from the network entity and local information at the base station. As such, distributed updating of a self organizing network may be achieved.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for communication comprise aspects that include performing a power management procedure for configuring a subset of network entities to receive one or more of downlink signal measurements and/or one or more uplink signal measurements. The methods and apparatus further comprise aspects that include storing the one or more one or more of downlink signal measurements and/or one or more uplink signal measurements associated with the subset of network entities at a database for managing transmit power at the subset of network entities. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise aspects that include adjusting a transmit power value of at least one of the subset of network entities from a first transmit power value to a second transmit power value based at least in part on the one or more of downlink signal measurements and/or one or more uplink signal measurements.
Abstract:
System, apparatus, and methods are provided for improving channel quality and handover performance in a wireless communication network. A network entity may determine a resource element quantity for use by a control channel and may determine a power level for a resource element for use by the control channel. The network entity may assign the determined resource element quantity to the control channel and may implement the determined power level for the resource element. The network entity may determine a channel quality of the control channel and may determine a presence of an access terminal in a handover region. The determined resource element quantity may be based on the channel quality. The determined power level may be based on the channel quality.