Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ)

Mona Hashemi

Behrooz Makki

Ali Behravan

Henrik Sahlin

Mikael Coldrey

Jingya Li

Per-Erik Eriksson

Lars Manholm

Jonas Fridén

Lei Bao

Emil Ringh

Andreas Nilsson

Sven Oscar Petersson

Mirsad Cirkic

Joel Berglund

An adaptive receiver for UEs using NOMA-based schemes. One objective is to improve the achievable rate of the weak UE and improve the fairness among the grouped UEs. At the same time, an embodiment gives the chance to reduce the error probability of the strong UE. Thus, compared to conventional NOMA, an embodiment increases the network sum throughput.

Adaptive receiver in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) communication systems

There is provided mechanisms for transmit time adjustment. A method is performed by a second network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication of a need for transmit time adjustment with a first network node during ongoing communication with the first network node. The method comprises providing a first notification to at least one third network node to adjust its receive timing for receiving a signal from the second network node as part of ongoing communication with the second network node. The method comprises adjusting transmit timing for transmitting a first signal to the first network node as part of the ongoing communication with the first network node and for transmitting at least one second signal to the at last one third network node as part of the ongoing communication with the at least one third network node.

Methods, network nodes, and computer programs for transmit timing adjustment

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

A method () of planning deployment of a node () in a communications network () is disclosed. The method () is performed by an unmanned aerial vehicle () and comprises: flying () to a candidate location (c, . . . , c), performing (), at the candidate location (c, . . . , c), measurements on a wireless link (La, Lb) to at least one network node (), and providing () measurement results of the measurements to an entity (). A corresponding method in an entity is also provided, an unmanned aerial vehicle, an entity, computer programs and computer program products.

Planning deployment of a node in a communications network with a drone

A dynamic UE grouping method for dense NOMA systems. One objective is to improve the performance gain by adding virtual diversity into the network. An embodiment allows a network node to consider different groups of UEs for data transmission using NOMA based on the UEs' message decoding status without CSI updates.

Dynamic user grouping in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)&#x2014;networks

An adaptive receiver system for UEs using NOMA. For example, a network node (e.g, an access point, such as a base station) obtains a first set of data points for a first decoding scheme, each data point included in the first set of data points identifying a maximum achievable rate for the first UE and a maximum achievable rate for the second UE. The network node uses the first set of data points, a first rate demand for a first UE, and a second rate demand for a second UE to determine a decoding scheme for decoding a message transmitted by one of the first UE and a transmission point of the network node.

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) using rate based receivers

A CSI-constrained UE grouping system for dense uplink NOMA systems. For example, a network node (e.g., an access point, such as a base station) determines which UEs should be grouped based on the uplink (UL) rate demand (UL traffic demand), and sends appropriate parameters to those UEs for UL transmission.

Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for grouping users in a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network

The present invention describes a radio base station and a method for integrated access and backhaul by using backhaul capacity requests. The radio base station is configured to allocate a first part of its capacity to access traffic and a second part of its capacity to backhaul traffic. It is further configured to form a self-backhauled network with a plurality of other radio base stations and select a backhaul route through the self-backhauled network for uplink and downlink backhaul traffic.

Method and apparatus for traffic management in a self-backhauled network by using capacity requests

A method for transmit timing adjustment by a second network node includes obtaining an indication of beam link failure of a current beam that is used for ongoing communication with a first network node. The method further includes switching over to a backup beam of the current beam for continuing the ongoing communication with the first network node, and adjusting transmit timing for transmitting a signal as part of the ongoing communication in the backup beam based on earlier communicated timing information with the first network node before making any transmission of the signal on the backup beam.

A method for alignment of an antenna in a microwave radio link system in Non-Line-Of Sight (NLOS) conditions. The method includes having a pointer indicating a first position on a surface to define a first candidate reflection/diffraction point on the surface, aligning a first antenna at a first node and a second antenna at a second node towards the first candidate reflection/diffraction point, and recording a relevant property concerning the channel quality between the first node and the second node via the first candidate reflection/diffraction point. The pointer may be a drone. Related devices and systems are disclosed.

Antenna alignment in a non-line of sight condition

A message and rate based UE grouping system for dense downlink NOMA systems. For example, a network node (e.g., an access point, such as a base station) determines whether a first UE and a second UE should be grouped based on a determination of whether there is overlap between a first message for the first UE and a second message for the second UE.

Message and rate based user grouping in non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a fairness and complexity-constrained uplink NOMA scheme. For example, various embodiments set the power/resource allocation for a particular UE (e.g., a weak UE) such that the minimum rate requirement of the UE is guaranteed, independently of the activation status of another UE (e.g., a strong UE). Additionally, in some embodiments the access point selects whether the UE uses a NOMA or OMA depending on the relative performance gain/cost of NOMA.

Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for implementing fairness and complexity-constrained a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme

Embodiments disclosed herein provide an adaptive multiple access scheme. In some embodiments, a UE transmits a message according to a first multiple access scheme and retransmits the message according to a second multiple access scheme. In some embodiments, an access point (AP) receives a message transmitted by the UE according to the first multiple access scheme and receives the message retransmitted by the UE according to the second multiple access scheme.

Hybrid automatic repeat request using an adaptive multiple access scheme

According to some embodiments, a method of synchronizing a wireless device with a network node comprises receiving a radio subframe transmitted from the network node. The MBSFN radio subframe comprises a first Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) associated with a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and paired with a first Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) associated with a second OFDM symbol. The method further comprises detecting the first PSS and detecting the first SSS within the radio subframe. The method determines system information associated with the network node based on the detected PSS and SSS. The radio subframe is transmitted from the network node as a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services Single-Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe.

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Mona Hashemi