Signaling of virtual cell ID
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsTao Luo, Wanshi Chen, Yongbin Wei
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides techniques for signaling sets of virtual cell IDs available for use in communicating with UEs. Such knowledge may allow a UE to enhance processing its own downlink channels when similar downlink channels for other UEs are multiplexed within the same physical resource block (PRB).
Claims27
A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- determining a subset of virtual cell IDs available for use by one or more other UEs, the subset selected from a larger set of virtual cell IDs;
- and
- using the subset of virtual cell IDs to enhance processing of at least one downlink channel transmitted to the UE in a physical resource block (PRB).
An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- means for determining a subset of virtual cell IDs available for use by one or more other UEs, the subset selected from a larger set of virtual cell IDs;
- and
- means for using the subset of virtual cell IDs to enhance processing of at least one downlink channel transmitted to the UE in a physical resource block (PRB).
An apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- at least one processor configured to determine a subset of virtual cell IDs available for use by one or more other UEs, the subset selected from a larger set of virtual cell IDs, and use the subset of virtual cell IDs to enhance processing of at least one downlink channel transmitted to the UE in a physical resource block (PRB);
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- a memory coupled with the at least one processor.
A computer program product for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon for:
- determining a subset of virtual cell IDs available for use by one or more other UEs, the subset selected from a larger set of virtual cell IDs;
- and
- using the subset of virtual cell IDs to enhance processing of at least one downlink channel transmitted to the UE in a physical resource block (PRB).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.