Method and apparatus to facilitate support for multi-radio coexistence

• US 10,911,961 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Issued: 02/02/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Dayal, Pranav, Kadous, Tamer A., Mantravadi, Ashok, Wang, Jibing, Prakash, Rajat
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Zhiyu
• Application Number:
  US12/904,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20110256834A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,764 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/1215 for collaboration of different radio technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A method of wireless communication includes identifying one or more coexistence issues corresponding to a utilized set of communication resources of a User Equipment (UE). The method also includes communicating an indication of the coexistence issue(s) to a serving base station.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

identifying, by a user equipment (UE), at least one coexistence issue corresponding to a set of communication resources of the UE, the set of communication resources comprising a first downlink communication frequency via which a base station communicates with the UE and a second different communication frequency resource;

identifying, by the UE, at least one colliding downlink radio event predicted to occur in response to the identified at least one coexistence issue, wherein the identified at least one colliding downlink radio event comprises at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission; and

communicating, from the UE to the base station, a message indicating the at least one coexistence issue, the message further identifying both;

one or more subframes and one or more frequencies associated with the at least one colliding downlink radio event, including at least one subframe associated with the at least one HARQ transmission, and wherein the one or more frequencies include the first downlink communication frequency.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the communicating comprises communicating a static indication of multi-radio capability.

3. The method of claim 1, in which the communicating comprises communicating a dynamic message that indicates at least one of communication resources being enabled and communication resources being disabled.

4. The method of claim 1, in which the communicating comprises communicating an indication of a portion of bandwidth where substantially no coexistence issues exist.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the communicating comprises affecting at least one of uplink transmit power targets and downlink signal to interference ratio targets.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the HARQ transmission comprises a retransmission.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the HARQ transmission comprises an acknowledgement.

6. An apparatus operable in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

means for identifying, by the apparatus, at least one coexistence issue corresponding to a set of communication resources of the apparatus, the set of communication resources comprising a first downlink communication frequency via which a base station communicates with the apparatus and a second communication resource;

means for identifying, by the apparatus, at least one colliding downlink radio event predicted to occur in response to the identified at least one coexistence issue, wherein the identified at least one colliding downlink radio event comprises at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission; and

means for communicating, from the apparatus to the base station, a message indicating the at least one coexistence issue, the message further identifying both;

one or more subframes and one or more frequencies associated with the at least one colliding downlink radio event, including at least one subframe associated with the at least one HARQ transmission, and wherein the one or more frequencies include the first downlink communication frequency.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, in which the means for communicating comprises means for communicating an indication of a portion of bandwidth where substantially no coexistence issues exist.

8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured;

to identify at least one coexistence issue corresponding to a set of communication resources of the apparatus, the set of communication resources comprising a first downlink communication frequency via which a base station communicates with the apparatus and a second different communication resource;

to identify at least one colliding downlink radio event predicted to occur in response to the identified at least one coexistence issue, wherein the identified at least one colliding downlink radio event comprises at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission; and

to communicate, to the base station, a message indicating the at least one coexistence issue, the message further identifying both;

one or more subframes and one or more frequencies associated with the at least one colliding downlink radio event, including at least one subframe associated with the at least one HARQ transmission, and wherein the one or more frequencies include the first downlink communication frequency.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the indication comprises a static indication of multi-radio capability.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the indication comprises a dynamic message that indicates at least one of communication resources being enabled and communication resources being disabled.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the indication comprises an indication of a portion of bandwidth where substantially no coexistence issues exist.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, in which the at least one processor is further configured to communicate by affecting at least one of uplink transmit power targets and downlink signal to interference ratio targets.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code configured to:

identify, by a user equipment (UE), at least one coexistence issue corresponding to a set of communication resources of the UE, the set of communication resources comprising a first downlink communication frequency via which a base station communicates with the UE and a second different communication frequency resource;

identify, by the UE, at least one colliding downlink radio event predicted to occur in response to the identified at least one coexistence issue, wherein the identified at least one colliding downlink radio event comprises at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission; and

communicate, from the UE to the base station, a message indicating the at least one coexistence issue, the message further identifying both;

one or more subframes and one or more frequencies associated with the at least one colliding downlink radio event, including at least one subframe associated with the at least one HARQ transmission, and wherein the one or more frequencies include the first downlink communication frequency.