Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Nokia Siemens Networks Gmbh & Co Kg

Bernd Baumgartner

Frank Frederiksen

Ingo Viering

Mieszko Chmiel

Bjoern Jelonnek

Armin Splett

Gunter Wolff

Björn Jelonnek

Martin Goldberg

Ulrich Rehfuess

Wolfgang Payer

Sabine Rössel

Robert Buranyi

It is described a method for informing a user equipment of an activity status of a second communication carrier within a cellular network, wherein the user equipment is served by a base station and is adapted to communicate with the base station via a first communication carrier being assigned to the base station. Signals between the base station and the user equipment are transmittable using the first communication carrier and, if the second communication carrier is activated, using in addition the second communication carrier, wherein the first communication carrier is divided into subframes. The method includes sending an activity signal from the base station to the user equipment, wherein the activity signal includes information concerning the activity status of the second communication carrier, and re-sending the activity signal from the base station to the user equipment during predefined subframes.

Informing a user equipment of an activity status of a communication carrier

In sending a transmission signal, in particular a mobile radio signal, to a receiver, the transmission signal is processed according to a modulation coding scheme MCS and subjected to amplitude limited to obtain a specified ratio of maximum to average transmission power PAR. A limit value EVM for an error in the transmission signal is matched to transmission conditions for the transmission signal, according to demand, in such a way that a maximum signal to interface ration is achieved at a receiver.

Method and device for sending transmission signal, in particular mobile radio signal

A larger second bandwidth is fitted to a first transmission bandwidth by blanking PRBs at one or both edges of the larger second bandwidth. A first set of control channels is mapped to unblanked PRBs of the second bandwidth using a restricted set of physical cell identities that map only to the unblanked PRBs. A second control channel is punctured so that after it is interleaved and cyclically shifted the punctured CCEs fall on the blanked PRBs, and this second control channel is power compensated for the punctured CCEs. The first set and the second control channels are assigned in view of the puncturing and blanked PRBs, an IFFT for the larger second bandwidth is performed on a signal using zeros at the blanked PRBs, the signal is filtered to the first bandwidth and transmitted over a bandwidth not to exceed the first bandwidth.

Downscaling system bandwidth

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Giengen, Germany

Bernd Baumgartner