ALLOCATION OF ORTHOGONAL RESOURCES TO USER EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190239231A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-01

    申请号:US16336533

    申请日:2017-09-25

    CPC classification number: H04W72/08 H04L5/0048 H04L5/0058 H04L5/0069

    Abstract: A method of allocating orthogonal resources, a computer program for so doing, a network node and network control node are disclosed. One method comprises determining user equipment within a radio cell of the network node that are considered to be edge user equipment located towards an edge of the radio cell and user equipment that are considered to be centre user equipment located towards a centre of the radio cell. Allocating a subset of the set of resources to the edge user equipment and allocating resources from the set of resources that are not allocated to the edge user equipment to the centre user equipment; and indicating to at least some adjacent network nodes that the subset of the resources is not available to the adjacent network node for allocation to edge user equipment.

    Sharing transmission opportunity with beamforming

    公开(公告)号:US11658705B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-23

    申请号:US17594959

    申请日:2019-05-09

    CPC classification number: H04B7/024 H04B7/0617 H04B7/0626 H04L25/0224

    Abstract: This document discloses a solution for sharing a transmission opportunity in a wireless network. According to an aspect, a method for an apparatus of a first wireless network includes determining a plurality of devices of a second wireless network for null steering; transmitting a trigger frame, the trigger frame indicating a transmission period for data frame transfer between the apparatus and another apparatus of the first wireless network, a spatial reuse opportunity for the second wireless network during the transmission period, and an additional period preceding the transmission period; receiving, from at least one device of the second wireless network during the additional period, a channel state frame; and performing, based on the channel state frame, null steering towards the at least one device during the transmission period.

    Spatial reuse for hidden node scenario

    公开(公告)号:US12250030B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-11

    申请号:US17633903

    申请日:2019-08-30

    Abstract: This document discloses a solution for enabling spatial cooperation in a hidden node scenario. According to an aspect, a method comprises: detecting, by a station of a first wireless network managed by a first access node, that a second access node of a second wireless network is hidden to the first access node; in response to the detecting, transmitting by the station a spatial cooperation request message to the second access node; receiving, by the station from the second access node as a response to the spatial cooperation request message, a spatial cooperation response message comprising at least one information element acknowledging spatial cooperation; after receiving the spatial cooperation response message, receiving by the station a frame from the first access node while the second access node is transmitting another frame and while null steering is performed between the apparatus and the second access node.

    Coexistence of devices in wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US12207297B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-21

    申请号:US17798995

    申请日:2020-12-22

    Abstract: Method for channel contention and data frame transmission in a wireless network. Said method for an apparatus of a first wireless network comprises: operating the apparatus on at least a first channel and a second channel of the first wireless network; while performing said operating in a first operating mode to transmit a first data frame to a receiver apparatus of the first wireless network, contending (202) simultaneously on both the first channel and the second channel and transmitting (206, 208) the first data frame on the one of the first channel and second channel where said contending is first successful; switching from the first operating mode to a second operating mode; while operating in the second operating mode to transmit a second data frame to the receiver apparatus, contending (212) simultaneously on both the first channel and the second channel and transmitting (216, 218, 220) the second data frame to the receiver apparatus according to the following conditions: in response to successful contention on the first channel before successful contention on the second channel, transmitting the second data frame to the receiver apparatus on the first channel; and in response to successful contention on the second channel before successful contention on the first channel, transmitting the second data frame on the second channel if the contention becomes successful also on the first channel or if the first channel is reserved to an apparatus of a second wireless network different from the first wireless network while the second data frame is transmitted.

    Cooperative beamforming in wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US12040851B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17297843

    申请日:2019-01-11

    Abstract: This document discloses a solution for performing internetwork beamforming cooperation. According to an aspect, a method comprises: establishing, by a first access node (112) of a first wireless network, internetwork beamforming with a second access node (110) of a second wireless network, wherein the establishment indicates at least one station (102) of the second wireless network; in response to said establishing, transmitting by the first access node (112) a channel sounding signal; receiving, by the first access node (112) from the at least one station (102) of the second wireless network, a beamforming report comprising channel state information measured from the channel sounding signal; and performing, by the first access node (112), null steering beamforming transmission in the first wireless network on the basis of the received channel state information.

    Spatial reuse for wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US11956037B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17770672

    申请日:2020-09-29

    CPC classification number: H04B7/0608

    Abstract: According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving, by a wireless device of a first wireless network, a control request frame from a second access node of a second wireless network, the control request frame including at least a number of nulls for the wireless device. The wireless device selects a subset of antenna elements, wherein the number of antenna elements is in accordance with the number of nulls for the wireless device, and the antenna elements are selected based on reception powers of antenna elements of at least a frame from a first access node of the first wireless network and/or the second access node of the second wireless network. The wireless device transmits a control response frame with the selected antenna elements, and a data frame to the first access node with the selected antenna elements.

    Sharing resources in an unlicensed frequency band

    公开(公告)号:US10932266B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16340938

    申请日:2017-10-12

    Abstract: A multiple input multiple output network node, an access network node, a computer program and method are disclosed. The method comprises prior to transmitting signals in an unlicensed band: estimating at least one channel within the unlicensed band between at least one access network node operable to transmit in the unlicensed band and the multiple input multiple output network node; determining precoding operations required to generate a null signal beam for the at least one estimated channel; monitoring the unlicensed band using the determined precoding operations. In response to detecting the unlicensed band to be clear of signals: transmitting at least one signal in the unlicensed band with the null beam in place such that no signal is transmitted on the at least one estimated channel.

    Allocation of orthogonal resources to user equipment

    公开(公告)号:US10897768B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16336533

    申请日:2017-09-25

    Abstract: A method of allocating orthogonal resources, a computer program for so doing, a network node and network control node are disclosed. One method comprises determining user equipment within a radio cell of the network node that are considered to be edge user equipment located towards an edge of the radio cell and user equipment that are considered to be centre user equipment located towards a centre of the radio cell. Allocating a subset of the set of resources to the edge user equipment and allocating resources from the set of resources that are not allocated to the edge user equipment to the centre user equipment; and indicating to at least some adjacent network nodes that the subset of the resources is not available to the adjacent network node for allocation to edge user equipment.

    Resource element allocation
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10893531B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-12

    申请号:US16329432

    申请日:2017-09-13

    Abstract: Aspects and embodiments provide a method of allocating frame resource elements in a wireless communication network for the purpose of channel estimation, and a base station and computer program product operable to perform that method. One aspect provides a method of allocating resource elements in a wireless communication network. The method comprises: determining a channel estimate associated with each user equipment to be scheduled in a given frame; assessing whether a validity time associated with each channel estimation value, e.g. CSI, associated to each user equipment is still valid or should be considered as expired; and allocating the frame resource elements to either channel estimation, when the current channel estimation is not anymore valid, or else to data transmission, when it is still valid. The validity time comprises a number of frames and is selected according to an associated mobility of the user equipment, wherein for semi-static UEs the current channel estimation is considered to be valid for a longer time. Aspects and embodiments provide a method for an adaptive and user-centric frame design in massive MIMO that takes into account mobility of UEs and thus may mitigate waste of resource associated with use for unnecessary channel estimation purposes.

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