Emtc-u-uci reporting procedures and enhancements
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSrinivas YERRAMALLI, Chih-Hao Liu, Tamer Kadous
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Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for receiving ACK/NACK reporting in unlicensed IoT systems with long transmission durations. In one example, an eNodeB executes an LBT protocol to gain access to a channel of a shared spectrum, receives radio resource management (RRM) measurement reports from an IoT-U, estimates a number of repetitions used to schedule the IoT-U based on the RRM measurement, and configures the maximum number of HARQ processes that can be scheduled in a frame based on the RRM measurements and the estimate of the repetitions.
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A method of receiving ACK/NACK reporting in unlicensed IoT systems with long transmission durations, comprising:
- a base station (BS) executing an LBT protocol to gain access to a channel of a shared spectrum;
- and
- the BS configuring a maximum number of HARQ processes that can be scheduled in a frame based on the RRM measurements and the estimate of the repetitions.
A base station to receive ACK/NACK reporting in unlicensed IoT systems with long transmission durations, comprising:
- a memory;
- a radio frequency (RF) resource;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and the RF resource, configured to:
- execute an LBT protocol to gain access to a channel of a shared spectrum;
- and
- configure a maximum number of HARQ processes that can be scheduled in a frame based on the RRM measurements and the estimate of the repetitions.
A method of sending ACK/NACK reporting in unlicensed IoT systems with long transmission durations, comprising:
- a UE sending radio resource management (RRM) measurement reports to a base station;
- and
- the UE receiving a maximum number of the HARQ processes in at least one of downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (CE), wherein the maximum number of HARQ processes is a function of TDD DL-UL subframe configuration.
A universal Equipment (UE) to send ACK/NACK reporting in unlicensed IoT systems with long transmission durations, comprising:
- a memory;
- a radio frequency (RF) resource;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and the RF resource, configured to:
- send radio resource management (RRM) measurement reports to a base station (BS);
- and
- receive a maximum number of the HARQ processes in at least one of downlink control information (DCI) or a MAC control element (CE), wherein the maximum number of HARQ processes is a function of TDD DL-UL subframe configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.