Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

Interdigital Technology Corporation

Signal Trust for Wireless Innovation

Pantech Wireless, LLC

Intel Corporation

Rakuten, Inc.

Iot Holdings, Inc.

Nufront Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd.

Rnb Wireless LLC

Dst Holdings, Inc.

Christopher R Cave

Paul Marinier

Diana Pani

Benoit Pelletier

Vincent Roy

Rocco DiGirolamo

Stephen E Terry

Angelo A Cuffaro

Eldad M Zeira

Marian Rudolf

Rocco Di Girolamo

Ghyslain Pelletier

In H Kim

Lujing Cai

Fengjun Xi

Jean-Louis Gauvreau

Allan Yingming Tsai

Guodong Zhang

Sudheer A Grandhi

Sylvie Gomes

Alexander Reznik

Athmane X Touag

Rocco Digirolamo

Joseph M Murray

Behrouz Aghili

Teresa Hunkeler

Ana Lucia A Pinheiro

Stephen G Dick

Robert L Olesen

Kyle Jung-Lin Pan

Joseph S Levy

Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar

Juan Carlos Zuniga

Charles A Dennean

Mahmoud Watfa

Chang-Soo Koo

Frank LaSita

Pascal M Adjakple

Philip J Pietraski

Lakshmi R Iyer

Afshin Haghighat

Muhammad U Fazili

Ahmed Ali

Frank La Sita

Yan Li

Janet A Stern-Berkowitz

Shamim Akbar Rahman

Guang Lu

Tao Deng

Arty Chandra

Pouriya Sadeghi

Virgil Comsa

Nobuyuki Tamaki

Joseph A Kwak

Gwenael Poitau

Kiran K Vanganuru

Hong O Zhang

Bhaskar M Anepu

J Patrick Tooher

James M Miller

Yingxue K Li

Maged Zaki

Paul Mariner

Stuart T Burchill

Samian Kaur

Ana Lucia Pinheiro

Changsoo Koo

Maged M Zaki

Noam Tomczak

Paul Marnier

Kyle Pan

Roy Vincent

Aghill Behrouz

Cai Lujing

Behrouz Aghill

Rocco Girolamo

A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information.

Method and apparatus for transmitting data and control information on multiple uplink carrier frequencies

Systems and method are specified to improve the reception of UL transmission, for example in power or coverage limited situations. A WTRU may modify procedures to increase the available signal energy for reception at an eNB and/or to make more efficient use of the available signal energy at the receiver for processing UL transmissions. Example methods for increasing UL link coverage may include modifying HARQ timing (e.g., shorter HARQ), using longer TTIs, use of dedicated PUSCH allocations, use of new PUSCH modulations, enhanced reference signal design, UL macro diversity reception for PUSCH, utilizing protocol reduction techniques, ensuring in-order packet delivery, and/or utilizing a configuration for coverage limited/power limited modes of operation. The proposed methods may be applied individually or in any combination.

Systems and methods for improved uplink coverage

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may periodically transmit control information in slots. The control information may include channel quality indicators (CQIs) for a plurality of cells. In response to expiration of a timer for a first cell of the plurality of cells or in response to a received layer 2 (L2) message associated with the first cell, the transmission of the control information including the CQIs may be ceased for the first cell and the periodic transmission of the control information may continue for a second cell of the plurality of cells.

Determining and sending channel quality indicators (CQIS) for different cells

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive configuration information indicating a first and a second cell group, and indicating discontinuous reception (DRX) information for them; and may receive a command associated with DRX. The WTRU may perform, based on the command, DRX for cells of the first and second cell groups. A first active time for the first cell group may differ from a second active time for the second cell group. Cells within the first cell group may be active during the first active time; cells within the second cell group may be active during the second. The WTRU may receive a first command to deactivate a first cell of the first cell group, and deactivate the cell based on the first command. The WTRU may receive a first command to reactivate the deactivated first cell, and reactivate the deactivated first cell based on the first command to reactivate.

Method and apparatus for performing discontinuous reception and/or discontinuous transmission for a multi-carrier/multi-cell operation

A method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and a base station are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor. The WTRU receives at least one radio resource control (RRC) message indicating an uplink resource for the WTRU and receives grants over first channels associated with the indicated uplink resource. The WTRU transmits uplink data using the indicated uplink resource based on the received grants, and, based on a trigger, deactivates the indicated uplink resource and to stop the reception of grants over the first channels associated with the indicated uplink resource and flush hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffers associated with the indicated uplink resource. The base station is configured to communicate with the WTRU.

Method and apparatus for receiving and releasing wireless communication resources

Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel.

Uplink control data transmission

A method and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. The WTRU comprises a transceiver and a processor. The WTRU receives a system information block (SIB) from a base station, wherein the SIB indicates random access transmission uplink resources. After receiving the SIB, the WTRU transmits a random access preamble to the base station. After transmitting the random access preamble, the WTRU transmits, using one or more of the uplink resources indicated by the SIB, a first message to the base station, wherein the first message includes a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) of the WTRU. After transmitting the first message, the WTRU receives a second message from the base station, wherein the second message is derived from a second RNTI, the second RNTI being different than the first RNTI. After receiving the second message, the WTRU transmits to the base station.

Method and apparatus supporting random access transmissions

A method for WTRU autonomous resource selection may comprise receiving a TX resource pool for D2D communication from a base station. The WTRU may sense one or more resources of the TX resource pool and determine resources for transmission of control information and D2D data, based on the sensing. The WTRU may then transmit, to another WTRU, the control information and the D2D data on the determined resources.

Methods to enable scheduling and control of direct link communication in cellular communication systems

A method and base station are disclosed. The base station comprises a transceiver and a processor. The base station transmits a system information block (SIB) to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), wherein the SIB indicates random access transmission uplink resources. After transmitting the SIB, the base station receives a random access preamble from the WTRU. After receiving the random access preamble, the base station receives, using one or more of the uplink resources indicated by the SIB, a first message from the WTRU, wherein the first message includes a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) of the WTRU. After receiving the first message, the base station transmits a second message to the WTRU, wherein the second message is derived from a second RNTI, the second RNTI being different than the first RNTI. The base station may be configured to communicate with the WTRU on a plurality of cells.

A method and apparatus for allocating resources to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU transmitting a signature sequence to a Node B, receiving an acknowledge signal from the Node B, and determining a default resource index. The resource index is associated with enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) parameters.

Method and apparatus to allocate radio resources for transmitting a message part in an enhanced RACH

Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating a protocol data unit (PDU). A method may include transmitting a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) include information associated with one or more logical channels. The MAC PDU to be transmitted may be assembled by determining an amount of information associated with one of the one or more logical channels to be included in the MAC PDU; and multiplexing one or more complete service data units (SDUs) associated with at least the one of the one or more logical channels into the MAC PDU. On a condition that multiplexing an additional SDU associated with the one of the one or more logical channels would exceed the determined amount of information, the one or more complete SDUs may be multiplexed with a segment of the additional SDU associated with the one of the one or more logical channels and a header indicating that the segment is not a last segment of the additional SDU.

Method and apparatus for generating a protocol data unit

A method performed by a base station may include receiving using a first uplink carrier. The method may include transmitting a signal using a first downlink carrier. The signal may include a message indicating activation of a second uplink carrier. The method may include transmitting configuration information indicating an inactivity period associated with the second uplink carrier. The method may include receiving using the second uplink carrier activated based on the message. The method may further include detecting that the second uplink carrier has been deactivated based on expiration of the inactivity period.

Utilizing a plurality of uplink carriers and a plurality of downlink carriers for multi-cell communications

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