TECHNIQUES FOR EFFICIENT SMALL CELL DISCOVERY
First Claim
1. An evolved node B (eNB), comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a discovery signal transmission schedule for a series of radio frames based on a discovery signal muting pattern specifying at least one discovery-muted radio frame among the series of radio frames; and
a transceiver to transmit at least one primary synchronization signal (PSS) and at least one secondary synchronization signal (SSS) during the series of radio frames according to the discovery signal transmission schedule.
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Abstract
Techniques for efficient small cell discovery are described. In one embodiment, for example, an evolved node B (eNB) may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a discovery signal transmission schedule for a series of radio frames based on a discovery signal muting pattern specifying at least one discovery-muted radio frame among the series of radio frames, and a transceiver to transmit at least one primary synchronization signal (PSS) and at least one secondary synchronization signal (SSS) during the series of radio frames according to the discovery signal transmission schedule. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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25 Claims
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1. An evolved node B (eNB), comprising:
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logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a discovery signal transmission schedule for a series of radio frames based on a discovery signal muting pattern specifying at least one discovery-muted radio frame among the series of radio frames; and a transceiver to transmit at least one primary synchronization signal (PSS) and at least one secondary synchronization signal (SSS) during the series of radio frames according to the discovery signal transmission schedule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed at an evolved node B (eNB), cause the eNB to:
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select a first set of carriers and a second set of carriers from among a plurality of carriers in a frequency band of the eNB based on a discovery signal transmission pattern, the first set of carriers comprising at least one non-central carrier of the plurality of carriers; transmit a first set of small cell discovery signals over the first set of carriers during a first frame; and transmit a second set of small cell discovery signals over the second set of carriers during a second frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. User equipment (UE), comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to identify one or more discovery-muted radio frames among a series of radio frames of a small cell based on a muting pattern of the small cell, initiate a discovery signal search procedure to search for small cell discovery signals during the series of radio frames, and suspend the discovery signal search procedure during at least one of the one or more discovery-muted radio frames. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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