Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Mikael Coldrey

Andreas Nilsson

Henrik Asplund

Fredrik Athley

Sven Oscar Petersson

Martin Johansson

Fredrik Gunnarsson

Karl Werner

Jonas Medbo

Henrik Sahlin

Lars Manholm

Pål Frenger

Qingyu Miao

Claes Tidestav

Lars Sundström

Virgile Garcia

Ulf Gustavsson

Robert Baldemair

Stefan Parkvall

Bengt Lindoff

Gunnar Mildh

Icaro L J Da Silva

Johan Rune

Jinhua Liu

Yi-Pin Eric Wang

Erik Bengt Dahlman

Andres Reial

Jari Tapio Vikberg

Erik A Eriksson

Stefan Wager

Dennis Hui

Martin Hessler

Magnus Stattin

Joakim Axmon

Karl Norrman

Qianxi Lu

Johan Torsner

Pradeepa Ramachandra

Gabor Fodor

Janne Peisa

Kumar Balachandran

Joachim Sachs

Ali S Khayrallah

Gen Li

Thorsten Lohmar

Zhang Zhang

Bo Hagerman

Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz

Niclas Wiberg

Lars Lindbom

Johan Furuskog

Jonas Fröberg Olsson

Niklas Johansson

Torgny Palenius

Jianfeng Wang

Hai Feng Wang

Zhan Zhang

Peter Alriksson

Andreas Bergström

Jose Luis Pradas

Pontus Wallentin

Patrik Rugeland

Patrik Torgny Karlsson

Johan Axnäs

Mårten Ericson

Jonas Kronander

Shehzad Ali Ashraf

Fredrik Lindqvist

Reza Moosavi

Ning He

Dennis Sundman

Mikael Prytz

Håkan Axelsson

Yngve Selén

Andreas Cedergren

Nadia Brahmi

Niklas Jaldén

Ali El Essaili

Elena Myhre

Jörg Huschke

Hugo Tullberg

Emma Wittenmark

Ke Wang Helmersson

Peter Von Wrycza

Bengt-Erik Olsson

Thomas Walldeen

Eleftherios Karipidis

Simon Järmyr

Rui Fan

Walter Müller

Anders Furuskär

Håkan Björkegren

Edgar Ramos

Johan Nilsson

Bo Lincoln

Anders Wallén

Zhiheng Guo

Johan Moe

Per-Erik Eriksson

Mehdi Amirijoo

The present disclosure relates to a node (AP, U) in a wireless communication system (), where the node (AP, U) is adapted to communicate with at least two other nodes (AP, AP) in the wireless communication system (), and where the other nodes (AP, AP) are first type nodes (AP, AP) which are adapted to communicate with each other by means of backhaul communication. The node (AP, U) is adapted to receive a signal (xA) transmitted from an adjacent first type node (AP), where the (xA) has been forwarded from at least one farther first type node (AP). In case of unsuccessful decoding of the signal (xA), the node (AP, U) is adapted to request re-transmission (NACK) of the signal (xA), and to receive a re-transmission of the signal (xA) directly from a farther first type node (AP).

Handling of re-transmissions in a wireless communication network

Methods and nodes in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network. A method in a node in an IAB network for selecting a preferred route from a plurality of candidate routes for sending data from a first node to a second node in the IAB network is provided. Each candidate route includes at least one intermediate node between the first node and the second node. The method includes, for each candidate route, determining a predicted transmission delay associated with sending the data along the respective candidate route based on channel measurements between nodes along the respective candidate route and an error probability constraint, wherein the transmission delay is predicted for a transmission of the data that satisfies the error probability constraint in view of the channel measurements. The method further selecting a route from the plurality of candidate routes for sending the data based on the predicted transmission delays.

Multiroute integrated access and backhaul networks

The present disclosure relates to a first type node (AP1) in a wireless communication system, wherein the first type node (AP1) is adapted to: communicate with at least one neighboring first type node (APO, AP2) via a corresponding backhaul channel (H10, H21); receive communication from at least one overheard second type node (U3k) via a corresponding overheard access channel (h3k_1), the overheard second type node (U3k) being adapted to normally communicate with a serving first type node (AP3); instruct at least one overheard second type node (U3k) to pause transmission to the serving first type node (AP3) at time instants (T+2) when the first type node (AP1) is going to receive a certain signal (x3k(T)) from the neighboring first type node (AP2), where the certain signal (x3k(T)) is intended to be received by the first type node (AP1) without interference from said overheard second type node (U3k).

Relaying in a wireless communication network

The present disclosure relates to a first type node (AP) in a wireless communication system (), wherein the first type node (AP) is adapted to: —communicate with at least one other first type node (AP) in the wireless communication system () over a corresponding backhaul channel (H) by means of one of at least one type of signal relaying that employs decoding and encoding, and —communicate with a corresponding group of second type nodes (U, U) via a corresponding access channel (h, h), each group of second type nodes (U, U) comprising at least one second type node (U, U). In the case of a backhaul channel (H') between the first type node (AP) and one other first type node (AP) being determined to be blocked to a certain degree, the first type node (AP) is further adapted to instruct at least one second type node (U) of the second type nodes in the group of second type nodes (U, U) that is comprised in an over-heard sub-group, to communicate directly with an overhearing first type node (AP) via a corresponding access channel (h).

Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications network, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes determining a reporting quality threshold for a parameter related to channel state information (CSI); performing a measurement for each of a plurality of beams from a first predetermined set of beams for evaluation; evaluating the measurement for each of the plurality of beams against the reporting quality threshold; discontinuing the performing and evaluating of measurements in response to determining that the reporting quality threshold is met for one of the beams, such that one or more beams in the first predetermined set of beams are not measured and evaluated; and reporting, to the wireless communications network, CSI for the one of the beams.

Network architecture, methods, and devices for a wireless communications network

There is provided mechanisms for handling a deteriorating AP-to-AP wireless link in an IAB network. A method is performed by a first AP in the IAB network. The method comprises identifying signal deterioration of a first AP-to-AP wireless link between the first AP and a second AP in the IAB network. The first AP-to-AP wireless link is used for backhauling data for CPEs served by the second AP and for backhauling data for CPEs served by a third AP in the IAB network. The second AP has a second AP-to-AP wireless link to the third AP for backhauling data for the CPEs served by the third AP. The method comprises, in response thereto, relaying the data via a first CPE of the CPEs served by the second AP on a first direct wireless link between the first AP and the first CPE.

Handling of deteriorating AP-to-AP wireless link

Methods and apparatus in a fifth-generation wireless communications, including an example method, in a wireless device, that includes receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink access configuration index, using the uplink access configuration index to identify an uplink access configuration from among a predetermined plurality of uplink access configurations, and transmitting to the wireless communications network according to the identified uplink access configuration. The example method further includes, in the same wireless device, receiving, in a first subframe, a first Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) transmission formatted according to a first numerology and receiving, in a second subframe, a second OFDM transmission formatted according to a second numerology, the second numerology differing from the first numerology. Variants of this method, corresponding apparatuses, and corresponding network-side methods and apparatuses are also disclosed.

The present disclosure relates to a serving wireless communication node adapted to predict data files (A, B, C) to be requested by at least two served user terminals () and to form predicted sub-data files (A, A; B, B; C, C). In a placement phase, the serving node is adapted to transmit predicted sub-data files (A, B; A, B) to cache nodes (AP, AP), each cache node (AP, AP) having a unique set of predicted different sub-data files of different predicted data files, and to receive requests (RA, RB) for data files from the served user terminals (). In a delivery phase, the serving node is adapted to transmit an initial complementary predicted sub-data file (Formula I) to the cache nodes (AP, AP), comprising a reversible combination of the remaining predicted sub-data files (A, B) for the files requested. If a cache node (AP, AP) requests re-transmission (RA; RB) of a predicted sub-data file (A, B), the serving node (AP) is adapted to transmit a further complementary predicted sub-datafile (Formula II) to the cache nodes (AP, AP), the file comprising a reversible combination of at least one re-transmitted predicted sub-data file (A, B) and at least one new predicted sub-data file (C).

Coded-caching in a wireless communication network

Using information contained in clipped samples from analog-to-digital (ADC) conversion to improve receiver performance, by, for example, reducing the clipping distortion caused by ADCs due to its data resolution constraints. This provides an advantage over existing solutions, which perform suboptimally because the existing solution discard information in tire clipped samples.

Reconstruction of clipped signals

A first type node (AP, AP, AP) in a wireless communication system (), wherein the first type node (AP, AP, AP) is adapted to: &#x2014;communicate with at least one other first type node (AP, AP, AP) in the wireless communication system () over a corresponding channel (h, h), and &#x2014;transmit a first plurality of signals (x, x, X, X, X, X) to the other first type node (AP, AP, AP). In the case of the other first type node (AP, AP, AP) requesting re-transmission of a failed signal (x) in the first plurality of signals (x, x', X, X, X, X), the first type node (APo, AP, AP) is further adapted to: &#x2014;receive a limit of tolerable interference from the other first type node (APo, APi, AP), and &#x2014;re-send the failed signal (xn) in a second plurality of signals (x, x&#x2032;x&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, X; X, x&#x2032;, x&#x2032;, X&#x2032;, x&#x2032;, x&#x2032;, X) to the other first type node (AP, AP, AP) while sharing the spectrum for the failed signal (x) with an additional signal (x&#x2032;) without exceeding the limit of tolerable interference.

The present disclosure relates to a first type node in a wireless communication system, wherein the first type node is adapted to: communicate with at least one other first type node in the wireless communication system over a corresponding channel receive a plurality of signals, each signal being associated with a corresponding decoding error probability, from the other first type node estimate the decoding error probability for each signal sort the signals in a decoding order according to the estimated decoding error probability, decode the signals one at the time from the lowest estimated decoding error probability to the highest estimated decoding error probability until decoding for a certain signal is determined to have failed, request re-transmission of the signal for which decoding has been determined to have failed, and to request re-transmission of all signals having higher decoding error probability than the signal for which decoding has been determined to have failed.

Disclosed is a method of a first wireless communication device configured for massive multi-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MEMO) communication with two or more second wireless communication devices. The first wireless communication device comprises a plurality of antenna ports, each antenna port associated with at least one of a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The method comprises acquiring an estimation of a communication channel between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication devices and acquiring an estimation of a quantization distortion caused by either DACs or ADCs. The method also comprises jointly determining (for the two or more second wireless communication devices) a transmission power and a transmission resource for each of the second wireless communication devices, wherein the joint determination is based on the estimation of the communication channel and on the estimation of the quantization distortion. Corresponding apparatus, network node and computer program product are also disclosed.

Method and apparatus for massive MU-MIMO

A method () for restoring a microwave link is provided. The method () is performed by a network entity () and comprises receiving () information from a node () controlling a microwave antenna (), the information indicating that an obstacle is at least partly obscuring the microwave antenna (), and instructing (), based on the received information, an unmanned aerial vehicle () adapted for maintenance work to fly to a given location for removing the obstacle on the microwave antenna (). A method () in a network node (), a method () in an unmanned aerial vehicle () and devices are also provided.

Method for restoring a microwave link

A method for integrating access and backhaul links, the method includes: obtaining information indicating a data rate requirement for a link between a first AP and a second AP; obtaining information indicating a gain of the link between the first AP and the second AP; computing, using the gain of the link, an achievable data rate for the link between the first AP and the second AP, wherein the achievable data rate is computed based on an OMA scheme; determining that the data rate requirement is greater than the achievable data rate; and as a result of determining that the data rate requirement is greater than the achievable data rate, pairing a first UE with the first AP, such that a NOMA scheme is used for the link between the first AP and second AP and the link between the first AP and the first UE.

Adaptive multiple access scheme in integrated access and backhaul networks

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Landvetter, Sweden

Mikael Coldrey