US20170332401A1 - Multiple transmission time interval coexistence - Google Patents

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US20170332401A1
US20170332401A1 US15/592,855 US201715592855A US2017332401A1 US 20170332401 A1 US20170332401 A1 US 20170332401A1 US 201715592855 A US201715592855 A US 201715592855A US 2017332401 A1 US2017332401 A1 US 2017332401A1
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  • the following relates generally to wireless communication and more specifically to multiple transmission time interval (TTI) coexistence within a wireless communications system.
  • TTI transmission time interval
  • Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, and orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems.
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency division multiple access
  • OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
  • a wireless multiple-access communications system may include a number of base stations, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE).
  • UE user equipment
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • SC-FDMA single-carrier frequency division multiple access
  • MIMO multiple-input multiple-output
  • Wireless devices within an LTE or other multiple-access system may communicate with transmission time intervals (TTIs) of different durations.
  • TTIs transmission time intervals
  • a TTI that is reduced relative to other TTIs may be employed to reduce the time between transmissions (e.g., between a transmission of data, a feedback response, and a retransmission).
  • different TTI durations may be appropriate for different UEs based on UE capabilities or channel conditions. Different UEs communicating with different TTI durations may, however, cause resource scheduling conflicts and increased system complexity.
  • TTI durations may be supported and configured to coexist with one another within a wireless communications system.
  • a set of TTIs with a relatively short duration may overlap in time with longer-duration TTIs.
  • Boundaries of TTIs with a relatively short duration may be configured to align with boundaries of relatively longer duration TTIs, which may mitigate scheduling conflicts.
  • TTIs of a LTE subframe, an LTE slot, and a duration of two LTE symbol periods may be supported.
  • the system may configure radio frames so that two-symbol TTIs may align with or may be embedded within slot-duration TTIs, which, in turn, may align with or be embedded within a subframe.
  • one or more symbol periods of a subframe may be designated as a gap between two-symbol TTIs within the subframe, or such symbols may be merged with a two-symbol TTI within the subframe.
  • a wireless system may utilize a TTI structure that includes gap symbols or irregular TTI durations to avoid timing or scheduling conflicts between UEs communicating using TTIs of different durations.
  • a TTI configuration including two-symbol TTIs and seven-symbol TTIs (e.g., 1-slot TTIs) may also include one or more gap symbols or merged, three-symbol TTIs among the two-symbol TTIs.
  • control signals may be transmitted within a low-latency or shorter-duration TTI; and in other cases, control signals may be transmitted using symbol periods that are not associated with one or more of the low latency TTIs.
  • Both uplink and downlink communications may be configured to support coexistence between multiple TTIs of different durations.
  • a method of wireless communication may include identifying a TTI of a first duration and identifying a set of TTIs of a second duration.
  • the set may include each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the method may also include determining that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration, and communicating during the TTI of the first duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • the apparatus may include means for identifying a TTI of a first duration and means for identifying a set of TTIs of a second duration.
  • the set may include each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the apparatus may also include means for determining that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and means for communicating during the TTI of the first duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • the apparatus may include a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory.
  • the instructions may be operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to identify a TTI of a first duration and identify a set of TTIs of a second duration; the set may include each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the instructions may also be executable to cause the apparatus to determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and communicate during the TTI of the first duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication is also described.
  • the code may include instructions executable to identify a TTI of a first duration and identify a set of TTIs of a second duration.
  • the set may include each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the code may also include instructions executable to determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and communicate during the TTI of the first duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communication system that supports multiple transmission time interval (TTI) coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate examples of TTI schemes in a system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a process flow in a system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 6 through 8 show block diagrams of a device or devices that support multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a UE that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 10 illustrates a block diagram of a system including a base station that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 11 through 13 show flowcharts illustrating methods for multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Wireless communications systems may support low latency operations in which some transmission time intervals (TTIs) may have a reduced duration compared to other TTIs in the system or TTIs of other wireless systems. That is, downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions may be sent during TTIs with a shorter duration relative to other low-latency TTIs, or TTIs used in legacy (e.g., non-low latency) systems.
  • TTIs transmission time intervals
  • DL and uplink (UL) transmissions may be sent during TTIs with a shorter duration relative to other low-latency TTIs, or TTIs used in legacy (e.g., non-low latency) systems.
  • TTIs may span two symbol periods (e.g., orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) symbols), one slot (e.g., seven symbols periods with a normal cyclic prefix (CP) or six symbol periods with an extended CP), or 1 ms (e.g., a Long Term Evolution (LTE) subframe).
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexed
  • CP normal cyclic prefix
  • LTE Long Term Evolution
  • a configuration based on regular sequences of the two different TTIs may result in TTIs of one length that fails to align with TTIs of another length. For example, there is no way to arrange two-symbol TTIs to fit evenly within a seven-symbol TTI (i.e., an LTE slot).
  • different durations of TTIs may be configured to align with one another by including occasional gap symbols or by utilizing a certain number of TTIs that include an additional symbol (e.g., a number of three-symbol TTIs may be included in a TTI configuration that is based on two-symbol TTIs in order to facilitate alignment with the seven-symbol TTIs).
  • a base station may use time division multiplexing (TDM) or frequency division multiplexing (FDM) to serve different user equipment (UEs) that are capable of using different TTI durations.
  • UEs may simultaneously communicate with the base station using different TTI durations.
  • various TTI durations may be scheduled to coexist with one another to enable efficient communication for different UEs. That is, a base station may schedule communications according to a UEs ability to communicate with different low latency TTIs such that one UE may be scheduled with one TTI duration (e.g., a two-symbol TTI) and another UE may be scheduled using a different TTI duration (e.g., a slot TTI).
  • TTI duration e.g., a two-symbol TTI
  • a different TTI duration e.g., a slot TTI
  • various low-latency TTI configurations may achieve efficient coexistence with different TTI durations by using one or more symbol periods that enable an alignment of a set of TTIs with other TTIs of longer durations.
  • a set of two-symbol TTIs that do not cross a slot TTI boundary may enable improved coexistence with slot TTIs.
  • the one or more symbol periods may include a one-symbol gap.
  • the one-symbol gap may be left empty (e.g., the gap may not carry any data or control messages for UEs communicating with the two-symbol TTIs), and may be found in different locations among the set of TTIs.
  • the one-symbol gap may be merged with one or more TTIs in a set to form a merged TTI (e.g., a three-symbol TTI may result from a merging of the one-symbol gap and a two-symbol TTI).
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 100 that supports multiple transmission time interval (TTI) coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the wireless communications system 100 includes base stations 105 , UEs 115 , and a core network 130 .
  • the wireless communications system 100 may be a LTE (or LTE-Advanced) network.
  • Wireless communications system may support the use of sets of TTIs and one or more symbol periods to enable efficient low latency communications. The symbol periods may allow for the sets of TTIs to align with boundaries associated with different TTIs with longer durations.
  • Base stations 105 may wirelessly communicate with UEs 115 via one or more base station antennas. Each base station 105 may provide communication coverage for a respective geographic coverage area 110 .
  • Communication links 125 shown in wireless communications system 100 may include UL transmissions from a UE 115 to a base station 105 , or DL transmissions, from a base station 105 to a UE 115 .
  • UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout the wireless communications system 100 , and each UE 115 may be stationary or mobile.
  • a UE 115 may also be referred to as a mobile station, a subscriber station, a remote unit, a wireless device, an access terminal (AT), a handset, a user agent, a client, or like terminology.
  • a UE 115 may also be a cellular phone, a wireless modem, a handheld device, a personal computer, a tablet, a personal electronic device, a machine type communication (MTC) device, etc.
  • MTC machine type communication
  • Base stations 105 may communicate with the core network 130 and with one another. For example, base stations 105 may interface with the core network 130 through backhaul links 132 (e.g., S1, etc.). Base stations 105 may communicate with one another over backhaul links 134 (e.g., X2, etc.) either directly or indirectly (e.g., through core network 130 ). Base stations 105 may perform radio configuration and scheduling for communication with UEs 115 , or may operate under the control of a base station controller (not shown). In some examples, base stations 105 may be macro cells, small cells, hot spots, or the like. Base stations 105 may also be referred to as eNodeBs (eNBs) 105 .
  • eNodeBs eNodeBs
  • wireless communications system 100 may utilize enhanced component carriers (eCCs).
  • eCC may be characterized by one or more features including: wider bandwidth, shorter symbol duration, shorter TTIs, and modified control channel configuration.
  • an eCC may be associated with a carrier aggregation configuration or a dual connectivity configuration (e.g., when multiple serving cells have a suboptimal or non-ideal backhaul link).
  • An eCC may also be configured for use in unlicensed spectrum or shared spectrum (where more than one operator is allowed to use the spectrum).
  • An eCC characterized by wide bandwidth may include one or more segments that may be utilized by UEs 115 that are not capable of monitoring the whole bandwidth or prefer to use a limited bandwidth (e.g., to conserve power).
  • an eCC may utilize a different symbol duration than other CCs, which may include use of a reduced symbol duration as compared with symbol durations of the other CCs.
  • a shorter symbol duration is associated with increased subcarrier spacing.
  • a device such as a UE 115 or base station 105 , utilizing eCCs may transmit wideband signals (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80 MHz, etc.) at reduced symbol durations (e.g., 16.67 microseconds).
  • a TTI in eCC may consist of one or multiple symbols. In some cases, the TTI duration (that is, the number of symbols in a TTI) may be variable.
  • an eCC may utilize a different symbol duration than other CCs, which may include use of a reduced symbol duration as compared with symbol durations of the other CCs.
  • a shorter symbol duration is associated with increased subcarrier spacing.
  • a device such as a UE 115 or base station 105 , utilizing eCCs may transmit wideband signals (e.g., 20, 40, 60, 80 MHz, etc.) at reduced symbol durations (e.g., 16.67 microseconds).
  • a TTI in eCC may consist of one or multiple symbols. In some cases, the TTI duration (that is, the number of symbols in a TTI) may be variable.
  • SFN system frame number
  • Each frame may include ten 1 ms subframes numbered from 0 to 9.
  • a subframe may be further divided into two 0.5 ms slots, each of which contains 6 or 7 modulation symbol periods (depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol). Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol contains 2048 sample periods.
  • the subframe may be the smallest scheduling unit, also known as a TTI.
  • a TTI may be shorter than a subframe or may be dynamically selected (e.g., in short TTI bursts or in selected component carriers using short TTIs).
  • Wireless communications system 100 may utilize multiple TTI durations, such as TTI durations of 1 ms (a subframe), 0.5 ms (a slot), or two-symbol periods, which may be referred to as two-symbol TTIs.
  • a frame structure may be used to organize physical resources.
  • a frame may be a 10 ms interval that may be further divided into 10 equally sized subframes.
  • Each subframe may include two consecutive slots.
  • Each slot may include six or seven orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), symbol periods.
  • a resource element consists of one symbol period and one subcarrier (a 15 KHz frequency range).
  • a resource block may contain 12 consecutive subcarriers in the frequency domain and, for a normal cyclic prefix in each OFDM symbol, 7 consecutive OFDM symbols in the time domain (1 slot), or 84 resource elements.
  • Some resource elements may include DL reference signals (DL-RS).
  • the DL-RS may include a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) and a UE-specific RS (UE-RS).
  • UE-RS may be transmitted on the resource blocks associated with physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
  • PDSCH physical downlink shared channel
  • the number of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (the configuration of symbols that may be selected during each symbol period). Thus, the more resource blocks that a UE receives and the higher the modulation scheme, the higher the data rate may be.
  • Wireless communications system 100 may employ a frame structure—or subframe configuration—in which two-symbol TTIs are aligned with or embedded with slot-duration TTIs, which may be aligned with or embedded in subframes. So wireless communications system 100 may thus support coexistence among TTIs of different durations, which may allow for concurrent low-latency and legacy (e.g., LTE) communications.
  • legacy e.g., LTE
  • Hybrid automatic repeat request may be a method of ensuring that data is received correctly over a wireless communication link 125 .
  • HARQ may include a combination of error detection (e.g., using a CRC), FEC, and retransmission (e.g., automatic repeat request (ARQ)).
  • ARQ automatic repeat request
  • HARQ may improve throughput at the media access control (MAC) layer in poor radio conditions (e.g., signal-to-noise conditions).
  • MAC media access control
  • Incremental Redundancy HARQ incorrectly received data may be stored in a buffer and combined with subsequent transmissions to improve the overall likelihood of successfully decoding the data. In some cases, redundancy bits are added to each message prior to transmission. This may be especially useful in poor conditions.
  • redundancy bits are not added to each transmission, but are retransmitted after the transmitter of the original message receives a negative acknowledgement (NACK) indicating a failed attempt to decode the information.
  • NACK negative acknowledgement
  • HARQ may be transmitted according to a certain timeline established by a subframe or TTI configuration. In such cases, HARQ is transmitted after a certain duration that allows for the demodulation and processing of a received message.
  • Low latency operations may include communications in which TTIs have a reduced duration compared to other TTIs in the system or TTIs of other wireless systems.
  • TTIs may span two symbol periods (e.g., OFDM symbols), one slot (e.g., seven symbols periods with a normal CP or six symbol periods with an extended CP), or one 1 ms (e.g., one LTE subframe).
  • the reduced TTI durations may be scheduled to reduce latency between DL and UL transmissions. For example, in some wireless systems, a HARQ response time may take as long as 4 ms, whereas low latency systems may complete HARQ in hundreds of microseconds.
  • a set of reduced TTIs may include multiple two-symbol TTIs, where the duration associated with the set corresponds to a 1 ms TTI.
  • a control region with a duration of two symbols may also be transmitted with the set of two-symbol TTIs.
  • the multiple two-symbol TTIs may cross a boundary of other TTIs with different durations, such as a slot TTI (e.g., a seven symbol TTI). Accordingly, there may be seven (7) two-symbol TTIs within the duration of the 1 ms TTI.
  • a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) design may also be altered with such a configuration.
  • Table 1 illustrates symbol gaps between TTIs used for transmission, feedback, and retransmission of a message.
  • Table 1 illustrates a case where a DL transmission sent during a first TTI of a first subframe (e.g., TTI index 0).
  • a feedback message e.g., a HARQ transmission
  • the symbol gap between the DL TTI and the UL TTI may be six symbols.
  • a retransmission of DL data in response to the feedback message transmitted during the UL TTI may be sent in a second, subsequent, subframe.
  • the retransmission may be sent during a second TTI of the second subframe (e.g., DL TTI index 1), where there is a six symbol gap between these TTIs, as illustrated in Table 1.
  • wireless communications system 100 may use a set of TTIs and one or more symbol periods to align the set of TTIs with a boundary of TTIs that have different durations.
  • a wireless device may identify a number of different TTI durations, including a set of short TTIs and one or more symbol gaps.
  • the one or more symbol periods may not overlap with the short TTIs, and the duration of the set of short TTIs and one or more symbol periods may correspond to a TTI having a longer duration.
  • the symbol period may include a symbol gap, or may alternately include a three-symbol TTI.
  • the wireless device may communicate during the time period of the longer TTI based on the identification of the identified TTI durations and the symbol periods.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a wireless communications system 200 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • wireless communications system 200 may represent aspects of techniques performed by a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • Wireless communications system 200 may support the coexistence of different TTIs that are aligned in time to enable efficient scheduling of low latency communications.
  • base station 105 - a may serve different UEs 115 that are capable of using various TTI durations using TDM or FDM transmissions (such as UE 115 - a and UE 115 - b ).
  • a UE 115 may communicate using a signal TTI durations (e.g., an operating mode of a UE 115 may govern a TTI duration used). Accordingly, various TTIs durations may be scheduled to coexist with one another to enable efficient communication for different UEs 115 .
  • Base station 105 - a may schedule UEs 115 communication according to the UEs 115 ability to communicate with low latency TTIs, where UE 115 - a may be scheduled with one TTI duration (e.g., a two-symbol TTI) and UE 115 - b may be scheduled using a different TTI duration (e.g., a slot TTI), for example.
  • TTI duration e.g., a two-symbol TTI
  • UE 115 - b may be scheduled using a different TTI duration (e.g., a slot TTI), for example.
  • TTI configurations used in wireless communications system 200 may enable improved coexistence with multiple TTI durations.
  • wireless communications system 200 may use a set of short-duration TTIs (or “short TTIs”) during a same time period corresponding to a longer TTI.
  • a first TTI duration 205 may correspond to a set of short TTIs 210 of a second duration, where the first TTI duration 205 may correspond to a 1 ms TTI and the second duration may correspond to a two-symbol TTI.
  • One or more symbol periods 215 may not overlap with the short TTIs 210 in the set of short TTIs, and in some cases the one or more symbol periods may include a one-symbol gap or an merged TTI, such as a three-symbol TTI.
  • a two-symbol TTI configuration where the two-symbol TTIs do not cross a slot boundary may provide improved coexistence with slot TTIs.
  • a slot may contain seven symbols and a symbol period 215 of a 1-symbol gap may be created when a set of two-symbol TTIs is scheduled to correspond to the duration of a slot TTI. This may also be the case when the duration of a slot corresponds to a two-symbol control region and two two-symbol TTIs.
  • the 1-symbol gap may be left empty, and may be found in different locations of the set of short TTIs 210 .
  • the 1-symbol gap may be merged with a two-symbol TTI to form a symbol period including a merged TTI (e.g., a 3-symbol TTI may result from a merging of the symbol gap and a two-symbol TTI).
  • a size limitation for the merged TTI may be applied to ensure the processing delay associated with the merged TTI does not become too great.
  • a transport block size (TBS) limitation may be applied such that a maximum TBS size will match the TBS in a two-symbol TTI.
  • Base station 105 - a may control the application of a size limitation to merged TTIs.
  • DL transmissions using sets of short TTIs 210 may account for control regions of different durations when configuring a set of short TTIs 210 .
  • the short TTIs 210 may not cross symbol boundaries of data or control regions.
  • control symbols with a duration of two or three symbols may be associated with corresponding TTIs during which a control channel element (CCE) is transmitted. That is, a 3-symbol control region may be treated as a 3-symbol TTI.
  • the available number of resource elements (RE) may be relatively small and an associated processing time may be close to the processing time for two-symbol TTIs.
  • UL transmissions may also account for the coexistence of different TTI durations. For example, during an UL transmission a two-symbol TTI may not cross a slot boundary.
  • UL transmissions may include the same number of short TTIs 210 as a corresponding DL transmission, such as when a DL transmission includes six two-symbol TTIs the UL may also include six two-symbol short TTI. That is, there may be a one-to-one mapping of UL TTIs and DL TTIs if the number of TTIs is the same.
  • a feedback processing timeline may be relaxed, where a processing timeline of N+4 (e.g., feedback may be transmitted four TTIs following receipt of a signal) may be extended to allow for a greater number of TTIs or symbols for processing feedback or retransmission.
  • a decoding time may scale with TTI length, but a time for a wireless device's software or other componentry to process feedback may not scale. Thus, a longer symbol gap may be used for feedback processing.
  • DL and UL transmission may have the same TTI structure, where a DL TTI maps to an UL TTI.
  • a DL TTI located first in a subframe may map to a UL TTI in a subsequent subframe, where the UL provides feedback for data in the DL TTI.
  • a symbol gap for the processing delay may be 11 or 12 symbols.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates an example of TTI schemes 300 in a system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • TTI schemes 300 may represent aspects of techniques performed by a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • TTI schemes 300 may illustrate various examples of UL and DL TTI schemes or configurations that include a one-symbol gap to enable enhanced coexistence with multiple TTIs.
  • TTI schemes 300 may include multiple DL TTI schemes 305 and multiple UL TTI schemes 310 .
  • Each of the DL TTI schemes 305 and UL TTI schemes 310 may correspond to short TTIs embedded within TTIs of longer durations.
  • the structure of TTI schemes 300 may depend on a number of control symbols in a TTI.
  • DL TTI scheme 305 - a may correspond to a TTI 317 having a first duration, where the first duration may correspond to an LTE subframe.
  • DL TTI scheme 305 - a may also include control region 315 - a, TTIs 320 , and a symbol period 325 .
  • control region 315 - a may correspond to a duration of a single symbol period and TTIs 320 may have a second duration which may correspond a two-symbol TTI.
  • symbol period 325 may correspond to a one-symbol gap.
  • TTIs 320 in DL TTI scheme 305 - a may be scheduled such that they align with the boundary of a longer TTI.
  • TTI 335 may be an example of a slot TTI
  • a set of TTIs 320 and the symbol period 325 may align with the boundaries of TTI 335 .
  • the set of TTIs 320 and the symbol period 325 may align with the boundaries of TTI 317 .
  • the different TTI durations may coexist and allow for robust scheduling in a low latency system.
  • DL TTI scheme 305 - b includes a control region 315 - b, multiple TTIs 320 , and two symbol periods 325 .
  • the control region 315 - b may be an example of a two-symbol control region.
  • control region 315 - b may be treated as a two-symbol TTI that includes a CCE.
  • DL TTI scheme 305 - c includes control region 315 - c with a duration of three symbol periods, which may effectively be a three-symbol TTI.
  • UL TTI schemes 310 may similarly have an embedded structure, where smaller TTIs are embedded within the same time period of larger TTIs.
  • UL TTI scheme 310 - a may include a number of TTIs 320 of the second duration and one or more symbol periods 325 .
  • TTIs 320 may correspond to a two-symbol TTI and the symbol periods 325 correspond to a one-symbol gap.
  • a feedback processing timeline may be increased to allow additional time for a wireless device to decode and process a received signal.
  • Table 2 illustrates an example of a feedback timeline that may be achieved using DL TTI schemes 305 and UL TTI schemes 310 for DL and UL communications, respectively.
  • processing delays between a DL TTIs and UL TTIs may be between 6 and 8 symbols.
  • additional feedback processing time may be achieved with the simultaneous alignment of different TTI durations.
  • UL TTI scheme 310 - b may include a one-symbol gap (symbol period 325 ) at the start of the time period corresponding to TTI
  • the processing timeline may include symbol gaps between seven and eight symbols.
  • Table 3 illustrates examples of a feedback processing timeline when a one-symbol gap is located at the beginning of a TTI.
  • a symbol gap may be found at different locations in a time period corresponding to TTI 317 .
  • the location of a symbol gap may be scheduled in such a way that reduces scheduling complexity.
  • different combinations of TTI schemes 300 may be used to enable flexible scheduling of different wireless devices.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates an example of TTI schemes 400 in a system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • TTI schemes 400 may represent aspects of techniques performed by a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • TTI schemes 400 may illustrate various examples of UL and DL TTI configurations that include a merged TTI that enables enhanced coexistence with multiple TTIs.
  • TTI schemes 400 may include multiple DL TTI schemes 405 and multiple UL TTI schemes 410 . Each of the DL TTI schemes 405 and UL TTI schemes 410 may correspond to short TTIs embedded within TTIs of longer durations.
  • the structure of TTI schemes 400 may depend on a number of control symbols in a TTI.
  • DL TTI scheme 405 - a may correspond to a TTI 417 having a first duration, where the first duration may correspond to an LTE subframe.
  • DL TTI scheme 405 - a may also include control region 415 - a, TTIs 420 , and one or more symbol periods 425 , which may be merged to form a three-symbol TTI.
  • control region 415 - a may correspond to a duration of a single symbol period and TTIs 420 may have a second duration that may correspond a two-symbol TTI.
  • Symbol period 425 may correspond to a merged TTI, where the merged TTI may include a combination of a one-symbol gap and a TTI.
  • a merged TTI may be a three-symbol TTI from the combination of a two-symbol TTI and a one-symbol gap.
  • Other combinations may be possible with TTIs of different durations and the one-symbol gaps.
  • TTIs 420 in DL TTI scheme 405 - a may be scheduled such that they align with the boundary of a longer TTI.
  • TTI 435 may be an example of a slot TTI
  • a set of TTIs 420 and the symbol periods 425 may align with the boundaries of TTI 435 .
  • the set of TTIs 420 and the symbol periods 425 may align with the boundaries of TTI 417 .
  • the different TTI durations may coexist and allow for robust scheduling in a low latency system.
  • DL TTI scheme 405 - b includes a control region 415 - b, multiple TTIs 420 , and two (2) symbol periods 425 (i.e., two (2) two-symbol TTIs that are merged with an additional symbol).
  • the control region 415 - b may be an example of a two-symbol control region.
  • DL TTI scheme 405 - c includes control region 315 - c with a duration of three symbol periods.
  • UL TTI schemes 410 may similarly have an embedded structure, where smaller TTIs are embedded within the same time period of larger TTIs.
  • UL TTI scheme 410 - a may include a number of TTIs 420 of the second duration and one or more symbol periods 425 .
  • TTIs 420 may correspond to a two-symbol TTI and the symbol periods 425 may correspond to a merged TTI.
  • a feedback processing timeline may be increased to allow additional time for a wireless device to decode and process a received signal.
  • Table 4 illustrates an example of a feedback timeline that may be achieved using DL TTI schemes 405 and UL TTI schemes 410 for DL and UL communications, respectively.
  • processing delays between a DL TTIs and UL TTIs may be between 6 and 8 symbols.
  • changing the location of symbol period 425 may allow for scheduling flexibility.
  • UL TTI scheme 410 - b may include a merged TTI (e.g., symbol period 425 ) at the start of the time period corresponding to TTI 417 .
  • the processing timeline may include symbol gaps between six and eight symbols.
  • Table 5 illustrates examples of a feedback processing timeline when a one-symbol gap is located at the beginning of a TTI.
  • TTI schemes 400 may be used for further scheduling flexibility, where a DL TTI scheme 405 with a certain control region duration may be used with an certain UL TTI scheme 410 with a symbol period 425 in a desired location.
  • DL TTI scheme 405 - b with a two-symbol control region 415 - b may be used with UL TTI scheme 410 - b.
  • a uniform feedback processing timeline may be achieved, with a uniform symbol gap of seven symbols for all TTIs.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a process flow 500 in a system that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Process flow 500 may include base station 105 - b and UE 115 - c, which may be examples of the corresponding devices described with reference to FIGS. 1-2 .
  • steps completed by a UE 115 these steps may represent a receiver operation and may thus be performed by a base station 105 or other device.
  • UE 115 - c may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • the first duration is a LTE subframe.
  • UE 115 - c may identify a control region of the TTI of the first duration, where the control region includes a single symbol period, two symbol periods, or three symbol periods, and at 510 , may receive control information associated with the TTI of the first duration in the control region, where the control region includes three symbol periods.
  • the TTI of the first duration includes a first slot and a second slot.
  • UE 115 - c may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, wherein the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the second duration is two LTE symbol periods.
  • UE 115 - c may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • each of the one or more symbol periods includes a one-symbol gap. Additionally or alternatively, each of the one or more symbol periods includes a three-symbol TTI.
  • a TTI of a third duration that is less than the first duration and greater than the second duration may overlap with a subset of TTIs of the second duration within the TTI of the first duration, where the third duration may be an LTE slot.
  • one of the one or more symbol periods may be located at an initial symbol period of the TTI of the first duration, and the TTI of the first duration may be an UL subframe or a DL subframe where the one or more symbol periods include a control region of the DL subframe.
  • the one of the one or more symbol periods may also be located in an initial symbol period of the second slot, or located in the second slot. Additionally or alternatively, the one or more symbol periods may include three initial symbol periods of the second slot.
  • UE 115 - c and base station 105 - b may communicate during the TTI of the first duration based at least in part on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • communicating during the TTI of the first duration includes receiving a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • communicating during the TTI of the first duration may include transmitting a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • the control message may include feedback for a data message received during a TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • communicating during the TTI of the first duration includes communicating during the three-symbol TTI or during a TTI of the second duration, or both.
  • UE 115 - c and base station 105 - b may communicate using resources of the control region according to a scheme associated with the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • FIG. 6 shows a block diagram 600 of a device 605 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Device 605 may be an example of aspects of a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • Device 605 may include receiver 610 , TTI coexistence manager 615 , and transmitter 620 .
  • Device 605 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).
  • Receiver 610 may receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to multiple TTI coexistence, etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.
  • the receiver 610 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 940 described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • Receiver 610 may receive a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • TTI coexistence manager 615 may be an example of aspects of the TTI coexistence manager 915 as described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • TTI coexistence manager 615 may identify a TTI of a first duration, identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration, determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration, and communicate during the TTI of the first duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • Transmitter 620 may transmit signals generated by other components of the device.
  • the transmitter 620 may be collocated with a receiver 610 in a transceiver module.
  • the transmitter 620 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 940 as described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • the transmitter 620 may include a single antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.
  • Transmitter 620 may transmit a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • FIG. 7 shows a block diagram 700 of a device 705 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Device 705 may be an example of aspects of a device 605 or a UE 115 or base station 105 as described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 6 .
  • Device 705 may include receiver 710 , TTI coexistence manager 715 , and transmitter 720 .
  • Device 705 may also include a processor. Each of these components may be in communication with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).
  • Receiver 710 may receive information such as packets, user data, or control information associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, and information related to multiple TTI coexistence, etc.). Information may be passed on to other components of the device.
  • the receiver 710 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 940 as described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • TTI coexistence manager 715 may be an example of aspects of the TTI coexistence manager 915 as described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • TTI coexistence manager 715 may also include first TTI component 725 , second TTI component 730 , TTI coexistence component 735 , and coexistence communication component 740 .
  • First TTI component 725 may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • the first duration is a LTE subframe
  • the second duration is two LTE symbol periods
  • the third duration is an LTE slot.
  • the TTI of the first duration is a DL subframe and the one or more symbol periods include a control region of the DL subframe.
  • the TTI of the first duration is an UL subframe.
  • the TTI of the first duration includes a first slot and a second slot, and one of the one or more symbol periods is located in an initial symbol period of the second slot.
  • Second TTI component 730 may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • one of the three-symbol TTIs includes an initial three symbol periods of the UL subframe.
  • one of the three-symbol TTIs includes a final three symbol periods of the UL subframe.
  • TTI coexistence component 735 may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • each of the one or more symbol periods includes a one-symbol gap.
  • each of the one or more symbol periods includes a portion of a three-symbol TTI.
  • one of the one or more symbol periods is located at an initial symbol period of the TTI of the first duration.
  • one of the one or more symbol periods is located in the second slot.
  • the TTI of the first duration includes a first slot and a second slot, and the one or more symbol periods includes three initial symbol periods of the second slot.
  • the first TTI is an UL subframe and the one or more symbol periods includes two three-symbol TTIs.
  • the TTI of the first duration corresponds to a LTE subframe and the TTI of the second duration corresponds to a two-symbol TTI.
  • Coexistence communication component 740 in combination with receiver 710 or transmitter 720 , may communicate during the TTI of the first duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods. In some cases, communicating during the TTI of the first duration includes communicating during the three-symbol TTI or during a TTI of the second duration, or both.
  • Transmitter 720 may transmit signals generated by other components of the device.
  • the transmitter 720 may be collocated with a receiver 710 in a transceiver module.
  • the transmitter 720 may be an example of aspects of the transceiver 940 as described with reference to FIG. 9 .
  • the transmitter 720 may include a single antenna, or it may include a set of antennas.
  • FIG. 8 shows a block diagram 800 of a TTI coexistence manager 815 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the TTI coexistence manager 815 may be an example of aspects of a TTI coexistence manager 615 , a TTI coexistence manager 715 , or a TTI coexistence manager 915 described with reference to FIGS. 6, 7, and 9 .
  • the TTI coexistence manager 815 may include first TTI component 825 , second TTI component 830 , TTI coexistence component 835 , and coexistence communication component 840 . Each of these modules may communicate, directly or indirectly, with one another (e.g., via one or more buses).
  • First TTI component 825 may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • Second TTI component 830 may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • TTI coexistence component 835 may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • Coexistence communication component 840 may, in combination with receiver 710 or transmitter 720 , communicate during the TTI of the first duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • Third TTI component 845 may identify TTIs of a third duration. In some cases, a TTI of a third duration that is less than the first duration and greater than the second duration overlaps with a subset of TTIs of the second duration within the TTI of the first duration.
  • Feedback component 850 may generate or interpret feedback for a data message. In some cases, the control message includes feedback for a data message received during a TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • Transmitter 720 may transmit feedback.
  • FIG. 9 illustrates a block diagram of a system 900 including a device 905 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Device 905 may be an example of a device 605 , device 705 , or a UE 115 as described above, e.g., with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 6 and 7 .
  • Device 905 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, including UE TTI coexistence manager 915 , processor 925 , memory 930 , software 935 , transceiver 940 , antenna 945 , and eCC module 950 .
  • Processor 925 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a microcontroller, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), etc.)Memory 930 may include random access memory (RAM) and read only memory (ROM). The memory 930 may store computer-readable, computer-executable software 935 including instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform various functions described herein. In some cases, the memory 930 can contain, among other things, a Basic Input-Output system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware and/or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
  • BIOS Basic Input-Output system
  • Software 935 may include code to implement aspects of the present disclosure, including code to support multiple TTI coexistence.
  • Software 935 can be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or other memory. In some cases, the software 935 may not be directly executable by the processor but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein.
  • Transceiver 940 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or more antennas, wired, or wireless links as described above.
  • the transceiver 940 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver.
  • the transceiver 940 may also include a modem to modulate the packets and provide the modulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the antennas.
  • the wireless device may include a single antenna 945 . However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 945 , which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions.
  • eCC module 950 may enable eCC operations such as operation with different TTIs or operation in unlicensed spectrum as described above.
  • FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of a system 1000 including a device 1005 that supports multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • Device 1005 may be an example of a device 705 , device 805 , or a base station 105 as described above, e.g., with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 7 and 8 .
  • Device 1005 may include components for bi-directional voice and data communications including components for transmitting and receiving communications, including base station TTI coexistence manager 1015 , processor 1025 , memory 1030 , software 1035 , transceiver 1040 , antenna 1045 , network communications manager 1050 , and base station communications manager 1055 .
  • Processor 1025 may include an intelligent hardware device, (e.g., a CPU), a microcontroller, an ASIC, etc.)
  • Memory 1030 may include RAM and ROM.
  • the memory 1030 may store computer-readable, computer-executable software 1035 including instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform various functions described herein.
  • the memory 1030 can contain, among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware and/or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
  • Software 1035 may include code to implement aspects of the present disclosure, including code to support multiple TTI coexistence.
  • Software 1035 can be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or other memory. In some cases, the software 1035 may not be directly executable by the processor but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein.
  • Transceiver 1040 may communicate bi-directionally, via one or more antennas, wired, or wireless links as described above.
  • the transceiver 1040 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver.
  • the transceiver 1040 may also include a modem to modulate the packets and provide the modulated packets to the antennas for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the antennas.
  • the wireless device may include a single antenna 1045 . However, in some cases the device may have more than one antenna 1045 , which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions.
  • Network communications manager 1050 may manage communications with the core network (e.g., via one or more wired backhaul links). For example, the network communications manager 1050 may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115 .
  • Base station communications manager 1055 may manage communications with another base station 105 , and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with UEs 115 in cooperation with another base stations 105 . For example, the base station communications manager 1055 may coordinate scheduling for transmissions to UEs 115 for various interference mitigation techniques such as beamforming or joint transmission. In some examples, base station communications manager 1055 may provide an X2 interface within an LTE/LTE-A wireless communication network technology to provide communication between base stations 105 .
  • FIG. 11 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1100 for multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the operations of method 1100 may be implemented by a UE 115 or base station 105 or its components as described herein.
  • the operations of method 1100 may be performed by a TTI coexistence manager as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • a UE 115 or base station 105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of the device to perform the functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 or base station 105 may perform aspects the functions described below using special-purpose hardware.
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • the operations of block 1105 may be performed according to the methods described as with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1105 may be performed by a first TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the operations of block 1110 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1110 may be performed by a second TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • the operations of block 1115 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1115 may be performed by a TTI coexistence component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may communicate during the TTI of the first duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration and the one or more symbol periods.
  • the operations of block 1120 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1120 may be performed by a coexistence communication component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • FIG. 12 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1200 for multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the operations of method 1200 may be implemented by a UE 115 or base station 105 or its components as described herein.
  • the operations of method 1200 may be performed by a TTI coexistence manager as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • a UE 115 or base station 105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of the device to perform the functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 or base station 105 may perform aspects the functions described below using special-purpose hardware.
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • the operations of block 1205 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1205 may be performed by a first TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the operations of block 1210 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1210 may be performed by a second TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • the operations of block 1215 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1215 may be performed by a TTI coexistence component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may receive a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • the operations of block 1220 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1220 may be performed by a coexistence communication component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • FIG. 13 shows a flowchart illustrating a method 1300 for multiple TTI coexistence in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure.
  • the operations of method 1300 may be implemented by a UE 115 or base station 105 or its components as described herein.
  • the operations of method 1300 may be performed by a TTI coexistence manager as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • a UE 115 or base station 105 may execute a set of codes to control the functional elements of the device to perform the functions described below. Additionally or alternatively, the UE 115 or base station 105 may perform aspects the functions described below using special-purpose hardware.
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a TTI of a first duration.
  • the operations of block 1305 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1305 may be performed by a first TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may identify a set of TTIs of a second duration, where the set includes each TTI of the second duration that is within the TTI of the first duration.
  • the operations of block 1310 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1310 may be performed by a second TTI component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may determine that one or more symbol periods of the TTI of the first duration are non-overlapping with any TTI of the set of TTIs of the second duration based on identifying the set of TTIs of the second duration.
  • the operations of block 1315 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1315 may be performed by a TTI coexistence component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • the UE 115 or base station 105 may transmit a control message or a data message, or both, during the at least one TTI of the second duration.
  • the operations of block 1320 may be performed according to the methods as described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 . In certain examples, aspects of the operations of block 1320 may be performed by a coexistence communication component as described with reference to FIGS. 6 through 8 .
  • aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined. It should be noted that the methods are just example implementations, and that the operations of the methods may be rearranged or otherwise modified such that the other implementations are possible.
  • CDMA code division multiple access
  • TDMA time division multiple access
  • FDMA frequency division multiple access
  • SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
  • a CDMA system may implement a radio technology such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc.
  • CDMA2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95, and IS-856 standards.
  • IS-2000 Releases may be commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1 ⁇ , 1 ⁇ , etc.
  • IS-856 TIA-856) is commonly referred to as CDMA2000 1 ⁇ EV-DO, High Rate Packet Data (HRPD), etc.
  • UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA.
  • a TDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM).
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • An OFDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, etc.
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
  • Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
  • WiMAX IEEE 802.16
  • Flash-OFDM Flash-OFDM
  • UMB Ultra Mobile Broadband
  • E-UTRA Evolved UTRA
  • Wi-Fi Wi-Fi
  • WiMAX IEEE 802.16
  • Flash-OFDM Flash-OFDM
  • UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunications system (UMTS).
  • 3GPP LTE and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are new releases of UMTS that use E-UTRA.
  • UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from the organization named “
  • the term evolved node B may be generally used to describe the base stations.
  • the wireless communications system or systems described herein may include a heterogeneous LTE/LTE-A network in which different types of evolved node B (eNBs) provide coverage for various geographical regions.
  • eNBs evolved node B
  • each eNB or base station may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a small cell, or other types of cell.
  • cell is a 3GPP term that can be used to describe a base station, a carrier or component carrier associated with a base station, or a coverage area (e.g., sector, etc.) of a carrier or base station, depending on context.
  • Base stations may include or may be referred to by those skilled in the art as a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, eNodeB (eNB), Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or some other suitable terminology.
  • the geographic coverage area for a base station may be divided into sectors making up only a portion of the coverage area.
  • the wireless communications system or systems described herein may include base stations of different types (e.g., macro or small cell base stations).
  • the UEs described herein may be able to communicate with various types of base stations and network equipment including macro eNBs, small cell eNBs, relay base stations, and the like. There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas for different technologies.
  • a macro cell generally covers a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the network provider.
  • a small cell is a lower-powered base station, as compared with a macro cell, that may operate in the same or different (e.g., licensed, unlicensed, etc.) frequency spectrum bands as macro cells.
  • Small cells may include pico cells, femto cells, and micro cells according to various examples.
  • a pico cell for example, may cover a small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the network provider.
  • a femto cell may also cover a small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may provide restricted access by UEs having an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG), UEs for users in the home, and the like).
  • An eNB for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro eNB.
  • An eNB for a small cell may be referred to as a small cell eNB, a pico eNB, a femto eNB, or a home eNB.
  • An eNB may support one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells (e.g., component carriers).
  • a UE may be able to communicate with various types of base stations and network equipment including macro eNBs, small cell eNBs, relay base stations, and the like.
  • the wireless communications system or systems described herein may support synchronous or asynchronous operation.
  • the base stations may have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different base stations may be approximately aligned in time.
  • the base stations may have different frame timing, and transmissions from different base stations may not be aligned in time.
  • the techniques described herein may be used for either synchronous or asynchronous operations.
  • Each communication link described herein including, for example, wireless communications system 100 and 200 of FIGS. 1 and 2 —may include one or more carriers, where each carrier may be a signal made up of multiple sub-carriers (e.g., waveform signals of different frequencies).
  • Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques.
  • data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
  • a general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine.
  • a processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a digital signal processor (DSP) and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • the functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope and spirit of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described above can be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
  • the term “and/or,” when used in a list of two or more items, means that any one of the listed items can be employed by itself, or any combination of two or more of the listed items can be employed.
  • the composition can contain A alone; B alone; C alone; A and B in combination; A and C in combination; B and C in combination; or A, B, and C in combination.
  • “at least one of: A, B, or C” is intended to cover A, B, C, A-B, A-C, B-C, and A-B-C., as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., A-A, A-A-A, A-A-B, A-A-C, A-B-B, A-C-C, B-B, B-B-B, B-B-C, C-C, and C-C-C or any other ordering of A, B, and C).
  • Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another.
  • a non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer.
  • non-transitory computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor.
  • RAM random access memory
  • ROM read only memory
  • EEPROM electrically erasable programmable read only memory
  • CD compact disk
  • magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices or any other non-transitory medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures
  • any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium.
  • the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave
  • the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of medium.
  • Disk and disc include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.
  • the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions.
  • an exemplary step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on.”

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