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US 2020/0092859 A1Published application
Information Exchange Between Base Stations
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorEsmael Hejazi Dinan
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications involving base stations. A base station may configure a downlink channel (e.g., a physical downlink control channel) based on the configuration of a downlink channel associated with another base station. One or more base stations may manage overlap between downlink channels.
Claims59
A second base station comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the second base station to:
- determine a symbol number of a starting symbol in time of first radio resources of a first physical downlink control channel transmitted by a first base station;
- determine, based on the symbol number of the starting symbol in time, second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel of the second base station to manage overlap with the first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel;
- and
- transmit the second physical downlink control channel using the determined second radio resources.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause a second base station to:
- determine a symbol number of a starting symbol in time of first radio resources of a first physical downlink control channel transmitted by a first base station;
- determine, based on the symbol number of the starting symbol in time, second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel of the second base station to manage overlap with the first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel;
- and
- transmit the second physical downlink control channel using the determined second radio resources.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second base station,
- wherein the computing device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
- transmit, to a first base station:
- first configuration information indicating that a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station is to begin in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of a time interval;
- and
- second configuration information indicating that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all time intervals of a frame;
- and
- transmit, to the second base station, the first configuration information to allow the second base station to manage overlap between first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station and second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel associated with the second base station, and
- wherein the second base station is configured to manage overlap between the first radio resources and the second radio resources.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- transmitting, to a first base station:
- first configuration information indicating that a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station is to begin in time at a first symbol number in a series of symbols of a time interval;
- and
- second configuration information indicating that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all time intervals of a frame;
- and
- transmitting, to a second base station, the first configuration information to allow the second base station to manage overlap between first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station and second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel associated with the second base station.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second base station,
- wherein the computing device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
- transmit, to a first base station:
- first configuration information indicating a starting symbol parameter that is indicative of a start of a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station;
- and
- second configuration information indicating that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all resource blocks of a time interval;
- and
- transmit, to the second base station, the first configuration information to allow the second base station to manage overlap between first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station and second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel associated with the second base station, and
- wherein the second base station is configured to manage overlap between the first radio resources and the second radio resources.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- transmitting, to a first base station:
- first configuration information indicating a starting symbol parameter that is indicative of a start of a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station;
- and
- second configuration information indicating that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all resource blocks of a time interval;
- and
- transmitting, to a second base station, the first configuration information to allow the second base station to manage overlap between first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station and second radio resources of a second physical downlink control channel associated with the second base station.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second base station,
- wherein the computing device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to:
- transmit, to a first base station, configuration information indicating:
- a starting symbol parameter that is indicative of a start of a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station;
- and
- that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all resource blocks of a time interval;
- and
- transmit, to the second base station, the configuration information to allow the second base station to transmit a second physical downlink control channel, associated with the second base station, using second radio resources that are overlap-managed, based on the starting symbol parameter, with respect to first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel, and
- wherein the second base station is configured to manage the second radio resources.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:
- transmitting, to a first base station, configuration information indicating:
- a starting symbol parameter that is indicative of a start of a first physical downlink control channel associated with the first base station;
- and
- that the first physical downlink control channel is to be transmitted by the first base station in fewer than all resource blocks of a time interval;
- and
- transmitting, to a second base station, the configuration information to allow the second base station to transmit a second physical downlink control channel, associated with the second base station, using second radio resources that are overlap-managed, based on the starting symbol parameter, with respect to first radio resources of the first physical downlink control channel.
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