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US 9,872,261 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for improving synchronization shift command transmission efficiency in TD-SCDMA uplink synchronization
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsTom Chin, Guangming Shi, Kuo-Chun Lee
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Abstract
A method of wireless communication includes receiving a signal associated with a frequency for adjusting timing and adjusting the timing based on the frequency. The frequency is less than once every 8 subframes.
Claims10
A method of wireless communication, comprising:
- receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a synchronization shift command in a timeslot of a
- subframe of a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system, the synchronization shift command indicating whether an adjustment of a future synchronization time is to an earlier synchronization time in a future timing adjustment cycle, or to a later synchronization time in the future timing adjustment cycle, or no synchronization time shift in the future timing adjustment cycle, the future synchronization time being an uplink synchronization time for transmitting by the UE, and wherein the adjustment of the future synchronization time is relative to a current synchronization time in a current timing adjustment cycle;
- receiving, at the UE, a message comprising an uplink synchronization frequency indicating how frequently the synchronization time will be adjusted during at least one future timing adjustment cycle by the synchronization shift command of the TDD wireless communication system;
- and
- adjusting the future synchronization time based on the uplink synchronization frequency, the uplink synchronization frequency being increased to more than once in a future timing adjustment cycle of the at least one future timing adjustment cycle.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
- receive a synchronization shift command in a timeslot of a subframe of a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system, the synchronization shift command indicating whether an adjustment of a future synchronization time is to an earlier synchronization time in a future timing adjustment cycle, or to a later synchronization time in the future timing adjustment cycle, or no synchronization time shift in the future timing adjustment cycle, the future synchronization time being an uplink synchronization time for transmitting by the UE, and wherein the adjustment of the future synchronization time is relative to a current synchronization time in a current timing adjustment cycle;
- receive a message comprising an uplink synchronization frequency indicating how frequently the synchronization time will be adjusted during at least one future timing adjustment cycle by the synchronization shift command of the time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system;
- and
- adjust the future synchronization time based on the uplink synchronization frequency, the uplink synchronization frequency being increased to more than once in a future timing adjustment cycle of the at least one future timing adjustment cycle.
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An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
- means for receiving a synchronization shift command in a timeslot of a subframe of a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system, the synchronization shift command indicating whether an adjustment of a future synchronization time is to an earlier synchronization time in a future timing adjustment cycle, or to a later synchronization time in the future timing adjustment cycle, or no synchronization time shift in the future timing adjustment cycle, the synchronization time being an uplink synchronization time for transmitting by the UE, and wherein the adjustment of the future synchronization time is relative to a current synchronization time in a current timing adjustment cycle;
- means for receiving, at the UE, a message comprising an uplink synchronization frequency indicating how frequently the synchronization time will be adjusted during at least one future timing adjustment cycle by the synchronization shift command of the time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system;
- and
- means for adjusting the future synchronization time based on the uplink synchronization frequency, the uplink synchronization frequency being increased to more than once in a future timing adjustment cycle of the at least one future timing adjustment cycle.
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A computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for:
- receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a synchronization shift command in a timeslot of a subframe of a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system, the synchronization shift command indicating whether an adjustment of a future synchronization time is to an earlier synchronization time in a future timing adjustment cycle, or to a later synchronization time in the future timing adjustment cycle, or no synchronization time shift in the future timing adjustment cycle, the synchronization time being an uplink synchronization time for transmitting by the UE, and wherein the adjustment of the future synchronization time is relative to a current synchronization time in a current timing adjustment cycle;
- receiving, at the UE, a message comprising an uplink synchronization frequency indicating how frequently the synchronization time will be adjusted during at least one future timing adjustment cycle by the synchronization shift command of the time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system;
- and
- adjusting the future synchronization time based on the uplink synchronization frequency, the uplink synchronization frequency being increased to more than once in a future timing adjustment cycle of the at least one future timing adjustment cycle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.