Systems and methods for configuring air interfaces with low overhead

A wireless device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• receive an index and a modification instruction from a network device, the index associated with a first one of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations, and the modification instruction indicating a modification of one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration, wherein the one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter;
• and
• establish a modified air interface configuration based on the index and the modification instruction, wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.

A method for establishing an air interface, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a wireless device, indices of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations from a network device;
• selecting one of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations, the selected predefined air interface configuration associated with a specific one of the indices;
• sending the specific index to the network device;
• sending, by the wireless device, a modification request to the network device, the modification request requesting that one or more parameters of the selected air interface configuration be modified, wherein the one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter;
• and
• establishing a modified air interface configuration between a base station and the wireless device, wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.

A wireless device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• receive indices of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations from a network device;
• select one of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations, the selected predefined air interface configuration associated with a specific one of the indices;
• send the specific index to the network device;
• send a modification request to the network device, the modification request requesting that one or more parameters of the selected air interface configuration be modified, wherein the one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter;
• and
• establish a modified air interface configuration between a base station and the wireless device, wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.

A network device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• send an index and a modification instruction to wireless device, the index associated with a first one of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations, and the modification instruction indicating a modification of one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration, the index and the modification instruction instructing the wireless device to establish the modified air interface configuration, wherein the one or more Parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter, and wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.

A method for configuring an air interface, the method comprising:

• sending, by a network device, indices of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations to a wireless device;
• receiving, by the network device, a specific index from the wireless device, the specific index being one of the indices sent to the wireless device, the specific index identifying one of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations selected by the wireless device;
• receiving a modification request from the wireless device, the modification request requesting one or more parameters of the selected air interface configuration be modified to Produce a modified air interface configuration, wherein the one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter;
• and
• establishing, or prompting the establishment of, a modified air interface configuration between a base station and the wireless device, wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.

A network device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing programming for execution by the processor, the programming including instructions to:
• send indices of a plurality of predefined air interface configurations to a wireless device;
• receive a specific index from the wireless device, the specific index being one of the indices sent to the wireless device, the specific index identifying one of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations selected by the wireless device;
• receive a modification request from the wireless device, the modification request requesting one or more parameters of the selected air interface configuration be modified to produce a modified air interface configuration, wherein the one or more parameters of the first predefined air interface configuration include at least one of a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) retransmission scheme, a waveform, and a physical layer parameter;
• and
• establish, or prompt the establishment of, a modified air interface configuration between a base station and the wireless device, wherein the modified air interface configuration is different than each of the plurality of predefined air interface configurations.