Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100271988 | Hybrid-QRD-SIC and Imbalanced MCS System and Method for MIMO - A method and system for multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) detection and channel decoding comprising: decomposing a channel complex gain matrix into a unitary matrix and an upper right hand triangular matrix; providing a received signal to a complex conjugate transpose of the unitary matrix, thereby creating a plurality of signals; normalizing a last of the plurality of signals; channel decoding the normalized last of the plurality of signals, thereby recovering a last codeword signal; encoding the last codeword signal; utilizing the encoded last codeword signal to recover a second last codeword signal; and repeating the utilizing until all codeword signals are recovered. Also, a method and system for providing an imbalanced modulation and coding scheme for successive interference cancellation. | 10-28-2010 |
20100296470 | Reporting Power Headroom for Aggregated Carriers - A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100296471 | System and Method For Transmitting Power Headroom Information for Aggregated Carriers - A method for reporting power headroom for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting the power headroom for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100297993 | Power Headroom Reporting for Carrier Aggregation - A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
20100322143 | Uplink Transmissions for Type 2 Relay - A method for providing user agent data. The method includes an access node receiving an indicator sent from a relay node as an indication that the relay node has received data from the user agent. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325226 | Message Processing in Communication Systems - A method and apparatus for use in a communication system, the method comprising the steps of, at a user agent receiving a configuration message from an access device, where uplink time synchronization at the user agent has been lost when the configuration message is received, using at least a portion of the configuration message information to configure the user agent and after time synchronization has been restored, communicating with the access device. | 12-23-2010 |
20110080864 | Relay Backhaul Link Quality Considerations For Mobility Procedures - A system including a processor configured to determine whether or not to perform a mobility procedure based at least in part on a backhaul link quality between a relay node and an access node. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080890 | Handover Mechanisms With Synchronous PDCP Protocol Under Various Relay Architectures - A method is provided for handing over a user equipment (UE). The method includes a donor access node with which the UE is in communication via a relay node receiving UE handover context information. The method further includes the donor access node using the UE handover context information to identify data packets that belong to the UE and are to be forwarded from the donor access node to a target access node. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080891 | System and Method for Handover Between Relays - A method is provided for handing over a user equipment (UE). The method includes a donor access node with which the UE is in communication via a serving relay node receiving UE context information. The method further includes the donor access node using the UE context information to identify data packets that belong to the UE, wherein the data packets are forwarded from the serving relay node to a target relay node. | 04-07-2011 |
20110080892 | Architecture For Termination At Access Device - A method is provided for handing over a user equipment (UE). The method includes a donor access node with which the UE is in communication via a relay node receiving UE context information from the relay node. The method further includes the donor access node using the UE context information to identify data packets that belong to the UE. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081903 | Determining Link Quality For Networks Having Relays - A device configured to calculate a cell quality ranking criterion for a measured cell, wherein calculating is performed by taking into account at least a signal quality of a backhaul link between a relay node (RN) and an access node. The device may be one of a user equipment (UE), RN, an access node, and a component in a network. | 04-07-2011 |
20110170495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for logical channel prioritization at a user equipment in a multiple uplink carrier system, the method receiving a set of logical channel priorities at the user equipment, the logical channel priorities being assigned on a per carrier basis; and applying the set of logical channel priorities to each logical channel for carrier selection. Further a method and apparatus for constructing an uplink medium access control protocol data unit at a user equipment in a multiple uplink carrier system, the method sorting possible logical channel and carrier pairings based on logical channel priorities; utilizing a prioritized bit rate process to allocate logical channel traffic in an order determined by the sorting; and performing a remaining resources process to allocate logical channel traffic based on a priority order. | 07-14-2011 |
20110170496 | Control Channel Interference Management and Extended PDCCH for Heterogeneous Network - A method for managing control channel interference is provided. The method includes a first access node performing at least one of blanking and transmitting at lower than nominal transmit power on at least a portion of a control channel. The method further includes the first access node applying at least one of blanking and transmitting at lower than nominal transmit power only on the control region of chosen subframes, wherein a second access node transmits the control region of the chosen subframes at nominal transmit power. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171924 | Selective Support and Establishment of Emergency Services in Home Cells - A UE including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call when the UE is in a femtocell, or when the UE is camped on a femtocell. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171925 | System and Method for Supporting Emergency Services in Home Cells - A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to cause the UE to prepare to reselect to a macro cell responsive to the UE placing an emergency call in a femtocell, wherein preparing to reselect is performed in addition to the emergency call. | 07-14-2011 |
20110171926 | Emergency Services in Home Cells System and Method - A user equipment (UE) including one or more processors configured to receive an emergency calls supported indicator (ECSI). | 07-14-2011 |
20110199986 | REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR A COORDINATED MULTI-POINT NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION - A method of decoding a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) is presented. An indication of a resource element (RE) configuration allocated for transmission of CSI-RSs by a first cell is received from a second cell. The method includes at least one of using the indication of the RE configuration to decode a first CSI-RS received from the first cell, and using the indication of the RE configuration to mute one or more REs within a data channel transmission received from a third cell. The first cell, second cell and third cell may be associated within a CSI-RS group. In some cases, at least two of the first cell, the second cell, and the third cell are mutually interfering cells. The indication of the RE configuration may include a plurality of logical indices having incremental values, the plurality of logical indices identifying REs used to transmit CSI-RS. | 08-18-2011 |
20110255483 | Signaling of Precoding Granularity for LTE and LTE-A - A method for indicating a precoding granularity value. The method includes an access node performing at least one of dynamically signaling the precoding granularity value in downlink control information, semi-statically signaling the precoding granularity value through high-layer signaling, and implicitly signaling the precoding granularity value through a link with at least one parameter that the access node transmits for another purpose. | 10-20-2011 |
20120176887 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST OPERATION FOR UPLINK COORDINATED MULTI-POINT SIGNALING - A method and system for hybrid automatic repeat request operation for uplink coordinated multi-point signaling, the method in one embodiment sending a data packet from a user equipment to a plurality of network elements; waiting for a control indication from at least one of the plurality of network element; and retransmitting the data packet to the plurality of network elements if the control indication specifies retransmission is required. | 07-12-2012 |