Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications

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Shanghai Research Centre for Wireless Communication

Honglin Hu

Haifeng Wang

Haitao Li

Kodo Shu

Huiyue Yi

Jing Liu

Hong Li

Haipeng Lei

Yuanping Zhu

Ting Zhou

Hua Qian

Wei Cao

Yu Zhang

Jian Zhang

Egon Schulz

Bin Zhou

Lei Zhang

Jing Xu

Zhenhong Li

Martin Weckerle

Ping Zhou

Zhi Yuan

Han Yu

Cheng Zhao

Xiumei Yang

Meng-ying Zhang

Yu Zeng

Yameng Li

Yuling Ouyang

Huawen Bu

Ying Hu

Xiaomei Xia

Shengyao Jin

Yang Yang

Meng-Ying Zhang

Yang Li

A coordination method between access points using unlicensed frequency bands and a network control node using this method are disclosed. The method includes: the first access points adjusting transmission parameters thereof to increase channel access probability of the first access points; and the second access points adjusting transmission parameters thereof to decrease the channel access probability of the second access points; wherein the degree to which channel access probability of the third access points is decreased due to adjustment of the transmission parameters of all the first access points is equivalent to the degree to which the channel access probability is increased due to adjustment of the transmission parameters of all the second access points. Through coordination between multiple access points in the same network, fair coexistence with other networks using unlicensed frequency bands can be ensured while user QoS is improved.

Coordination method between access points using unlicensed frequency band

The present invention discloses a cellular-network-assisted wireless local area network (WLAN) channel switch announcement method, including the following steps: before a wireless network access point (AP) performs channel switching, delivering channel switch announcement signaling to correlated user equipment in a broadcast manner, and sending channel switch announcement request signaling to a cellular network base station that also serves the user equipment; after the cellular network base station receives the channel switch announcement request signaling, sending the channel switch announcement signaling to user equipment in an idle mode by using a cellular link air interface; and performing, by the WLAN AP, channel switching within a predetermined time, and following, by user equipment that directly acquires channel switch information by receiving the channel switch announcement signaling and user equipment that acquires channel switch information by using the cellular network base station, the WLAN AP and performing channel switching.

Cellular-network-assisted wireless local area network channel switch announcement method

An uplink pilot sequence allocation method in a massive MIMO system is disclosed, the system including the master base station in the master cell and a neighboring base station in a neighboring cell, including: the neighboring base station comparing a primary eigen-space between a user group of the neighboring cell and the neighboring base station, with an interference eigen-space between a user group of the master cell close to the neighboring base station and the neighboring base station, and determining whether the user group of the neighboring cell can reuse uplink pilot sequence resources used by the user group of the master cell. In a manner of increasing information exchange, intercell cooperative uplink pilot sequence allocation is achieved, and uplink pilot contamination in a multi-cell massive MIMO system is reduced effectively.

Uplink pilot sequence allocation method in massive MIMO system and base station thereof

The present invention discloses an uplink resource scheduling method, and also discloses a corresponding terminal and base station. In the method, a base station calculates an uplink resource required to grant to a terminal by a base station according to a split bearer data ratio, and then performs uplink resource grant.

Uplink resource scheduling method, terminal and base station

The present invention provides a system and method for avoiding mobile relay interference to a primary system on an authorized frequency spectrum. In accordance with the system, and with an available-spectrum information provision unit which communicates with the primary system, determine, in accordance with operation information coming from said primary system, authorized-spectrum available-spectrum information capable of being used by a mobile relay when said mobile relay is located in various positional regions surrounding the primary system, and provide the available-spectrum information corresponding to each positional region to a secondary system; using the secondary system and based on the available-spectrum information corresponding to the various positional regions, determine at least one of the positional regions of the primary system, which is experiencing interference from a mobile relay located within the range of base station coverage within the secondary system, and provide each determined positional region to each mobile relay.

System and method for avoiding mobile relay interference to primary system on authorized frequency spectrum

The present invention discloses an uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal, wherein, the uplink resource sharing method comprises: performing the LBT on a granted subframe, allocated to a terminal by a base station, by the terminal; transmitting data if the LBT is finished on the granted subframe; and performing the LBT on another subframe if the LBT is not finished on the granted subframe. The present invention solves the problem of resource waste caused by the fact that the terminal cannot finish LBT in a frame allocated to the frame by a base station, and reduces a probability of increase of an uplink grant number caused by failing of uplink scheduling.

Uplink resource sharing method, base station and terminal

A hybrid monitoring-sleeping method of wireless sensor and the wireless sensor are provided by the present invention, during N (N=N1+N2) monitoring-sleeping period, the wireless sensor monitors with the first monitoring duration, the wake-up data packet transmitted by the data acquisitor or the mobile terminal in the N1 monitoring-sleeping periods, and the wireless sensor monitors with the second monitoring duration, the wake-up data packet transmitted by the mobile terminal in the remaining N2 monitoring-sleeping periods. The first monitoring duration is longer than the second monitoring duration, N1 is less than or equal to N2, and the N1 first monitoring duration and the N2 second monitoring duration are alternatively distributed. Compared with the single monitoring duration used in the prior art, the total monitoring duration of the N monitoring-sleeping periods is reduced, as a result, the monitoring power consumption of the wireless sensor is also reduced.

Hybrid monitoring-sleeping method of wireless sensor and wireless sensor

The present invention provides an authorized shared access (ASA) assisted interference coordination method in a heterogeneous time-division duplexing (TDD) relay network. In a TDD relay system architecture, an ASA controller assists a secondary system to perform an interference coordination mechanism by adjusting a time slot structure configuration and synchronization information, and a mobility management entity (MME) obtains a time slot configuration and the synchronization information of a primary system through ASA, and selects, according to relevant information of a relay node inside a management range, an optimal time slot configuration and a working mode for the relay node.

ASA assistance-based interference coordination method in heterogeneous TDD relay network

Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for managing a COMP set in a communication system employing an ASA scheme. According to the method, change information about an affected cell is received, wherein the change information uses an ASA frequency band and overlaps with a protected area of a primary system authorized with the ASA frequency band. The change information is then sent to a serving node coordinating transmission within constituent cells of a CoMP set, to indicate a change of the CoMP set, wherein the affected cell is one of the constituent cells of the CoMP set.

Method and apparatus for managing coordinated multi-point set

Provided are methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for performing out-of-band sensing on an unlicensed frequency band. A method comprises sending a configuration message for configuring measurement on at least one channel in a frequency band of a primary system; receiving a measurement report made based upon the configuration message; and determining the usability of the at least one channel based upon the measurement report, wherein the configuration message includes information regarding a respective predetermined threshold of energy detection or primary-system-feature detection, and the measurement report is for reception when a measured energy detection value or a measured primary-system-feature detection value of a received signal on the at least one channel is less than the respective predetermined threshold. With the claimed inventions, the spectrum efficiency would be improved and interference between a secondary system and an LTE system could be alleviated.

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for out-of-band sensing in a cognitive LTE system

A method includes, in response to a determination one or more quiet periods conflict with specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing, sending one or more indicators to one or more user equipment to indicate to the user equipment to shift the specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing. The method includes communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing. Another method includes receiving at a user equipment one or more indicators indicating to the user equipment to shift specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing, and communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing. Apparatus, computer program product, and computer programs are also disclosed.

Shifting HARQ feedback for cognitive-radio-based TD-LTE systems

There is provided an interference mitigation or frequency channel collision mitigation scheme usable for a short range communication network where a network element of a cellular network is used as a coordinator or controller for the collision mitigation. Communication information regarding a communication in the short range communication network and concerning a frequency selection for a communication are processed so as to determine collision mitigation data for reducing interference in the communication in the short range communication network. The collision mitigation data regarding the communication in the short range communication network are sent to a communication network element such as a UE acting as a master node of the short range communication network.

Mechanism for interference mitigation in short-range communication PICO networks

An apparatus such as a user equipment is in an embodiment of the invention configured to broadcast an access request to at least one neighboring node, the access request containing signature information indicating a user identifier, to check whether a collision indicator is received from a relay node, and to send another access request depending on a received collision indicator. The collision indicator may e.g. be a signature collision indicator, received from the node in case of colliding users, or a collision indicator of transmission received when transmissions of access requests are colliding at the node. A relay node may be configured to receive an access request from a user equipment, to detect a collision, and to inform the user equipment on a detected collision, indicating a type of collision.

Method, devices and system for local collision avoidance for random access in relay networks

Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for scheduling radio resources in a communication system. According to the method, in response to receiving a request for accessing a target frequency band utilized by a Macro BS and a LPN from a frequency-shared system, a first notification is transmitted to the Macro BS, such that the Macro BS deactivates the target frequency band, and a second notification is transmitted to the LPN, such that the LPN extends its coverage. Then, information on the extended coverage is received from the LPN.

Method and apparatus for scheduling radio resources

An apparatus, system, and method for a communication network that includes a picocell range expansion configuration on authorized shared access. A method may include determining, in a controller, at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for at least one picocell within a coverage area of a macrocell. The method may also include sending the determined allowable maximal range expansion bias value for the at least one picocell from the controller to the macrocell. A further method may include receiving at least one allowable maximal range expansion bias value for at least one picocell from a controller. The method may also include updating, by a macrocell, a range expansion bias value for each picocell within a macrocell based on the received allowable maximal range expansion bias value.

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