Signaling Methods for Communication Systems with Widely Spaced Downlink and Uplink Frequency Channels

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE), wherein the plurality of parameter values includes indications of an uplink frequency channel and a local oscillator (LO) frequency value;
• determining a downlink frequency channel at the UE, wherein the downlink frequency channel is determined using the indications of the uplink frequency channel and the LO frequency value;
• and
• receiving downlink signals on the downlink frequency channel from an associated base station.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of parameter values at a base station, wherein the plurality of parameter values includes channel properties and indications of an uplink frequency channel;
• determining a downlink frequency channel using a predetermined channel mapping and the indications of an uplink frequency channel;
• and
• transmitting at least the indication of the downlink frequency channel to an associated user equipment (UE).

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• program code to receive a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE) using a first local oscillator (LO) frequency value, wherein the plurality of parameter values includes indications of downlink frequency channel and uplink frequency channel;
• program code to determine a second LO frequency value at the UE, wherein the second LO frequency value is determined using the indications of downlink and uplink frequency channels;
• and
• program code to receive downlink signals from an associated base station using the second LO frequency value.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE), wherein the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a downlink frequency channel and a local oscillator (LO) frequency value;
• determining an uplink frequency channel at the UE, wherein the uplink frequency channel is determined using the indications of the downlink frequency channel and the LO frequency value;
• receiving downlinks signals on the indicated downlink frequency channel;
• and
• transmitting uplink signals on the uplink frequency channel to an associated base station.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE), wherein the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a downlink frequency channel and an uplink frequency channel;
• estimating a carrier frequency offset at the UE;
• determining a sampling frequency offset at the UE, wherein the sampling frequency offset is determined using the estimated carrier frequency offset and the indications of a downlink frequency channel;
• receiving downlink signals on the indicated downlink frequency channel using the carrier frequency offset and the sampling frequency offset;
• and
• transmitting uplink signals on the indicated uplink frequency channel.

A method of wireless communication, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of parameter values at a user equipment (UE), wherein the plurality of parameter values includes indications of a frequency channel and a relationship between a carrier frequency offset and a sampling frequency offset;
• estimating the carrier frequency offset at the UE;
• determining the sampling frequency offset at the UE, wherein the sampling frequency offset is determined using the estimated carrier frequency offset and the relationship between the carrier frequency offset and the sampling frequency offset;
• and
• receiving downlink signals on the indicated frequency channel using the carrier frequency offset and the sampling frequency offset.