Method and apparatus to facilitate avoiding control signaling conflicts when using shared wireless carrier resources
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a base station comprising;
a base station transceiver configured to selectively allocate any of a plurality of wireless carrier resources, wherein at least some of the plurality of wireless carrier resources are shared with a second base station transceiver and wherein the base station transceiver is expected to transmit control signaling over the plurality of wireless carrier resources using particular resource blocks; and
a controller operably coupled to the base station transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to;
determine which resource blocks the second base station transceiver will utilize to transmit control signaling;
prevent the base station transceiver from transmitting the control signaling over the plurality of wireless carrier resources using resource blocks that will coincide with the resource blocks the second base station transceiver will use to transmit its control signaling;
cause the base station transceiver to transmit a signal comprising an indication that the control signaling will be transmitted using alternative resource blocks as compared to the particular resource blocks.
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Abstract
A base station (500) can determine (201) which resource blocks a second base station (503) will utilize to transmit control signaling as corresponds to that second base station. The base station can then prevent (202) itself from transmitting control signaling (which control signaling corresponds to a plurality of wireless carrier resources as correspond to the base station) using resource blocks that will coincide with the resource blocks the second base station will utilize to transmit its control signaling. These teachings also provide for having the base station then transmit (203) a signal that comprises an indication that the control signaling as corresponds to the plurality of wireless carrier resources will be transmitted using the alternative resource blocks as compared to at least one ordinarily expected resource block.
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20 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
a base station comprising; a base station transceiver configured to selectively allocate any of a plurality of wireless carrier resources, wherein at least some of the plurality of wireless carrier resources are shared with a second base station transceiver and wherein the base station transceiver is expected to transmit control signaling over the plurality of wireless carrier resources using particular resource blocks; and a controller operably coupled to the base station transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to; determine which resource blocks the second base station transceiver will utilize to transmit control signaling; prevent the base station transceiver from transmitting the control signaling over the plurality of wireless carrier resources using resource blocks that will coincide with the resource blocks the second base station transceiver will use to transmit its control signaling; cause the base station transceiver to transmit a signal comprising an indication that the control signaling will be transmitted using alternative resource blocks as compared to the particular resource blocks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
at a base station; determining resource blocks a second base station will utilize to transmit the second base station'"'"'s control signaling; preventing, by the base station, the base station from transmitting the base station'"'"'s control signaling over a plurality of wireless carrier resources using resource blocks that will coincide with resource blocks the second base station will utilize to transmit its control signaling; causing the base station to transmit a signal comprising an indication that the control signaling will be transmitted using alternative resource blocks as compared to expected resource blocks. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
at a wireless end user platform; receiving from a base station a wirelessly transmitted indication that control signaling will be transmitted over a plurality of wireless carrier resources using alternative resource blocks as compared to expected resource blocks; receiving, using alternative resource blocks, the control signaling after the base station has prevented itself from transmitting the control signaling over the plurality of wireless carrier resources using the expected resource blocks. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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