Method, system and apparatus of time-division-duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration management

• US 9,673,928 B2
• Filed: 11/04/2014
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sirotkin, Alexander, Shilov, Mikhail A., Khoryaev, Alexey, Chervyakov, Andrey, Panteleev, Sergey
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, ANH NGOC M
• Application Number:
  US14/532,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20150055524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 945 Days
• Field of Search: None
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Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell.

Claims

1. An evolved node B (eNB), comprising:

circuitry to control communication of a message to share load information in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) time-division-duplexing (TDD) cellular system, the message having a first information element (IE) to indicate a cell identifier for a first wireless communication cell, a second IE to indicate uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration information intended to be used by the first wireless communication cell, and a third IE to indicate a cell identifier for a second wireless communication cell; and

a transceiver coupled to the circuitry, the transceiver to transmit the message as OFDM signals.

2. The eNB of claim 1, the OFDM TDD cellular system comprising a long term evolution (LTE) or LTE advanced (LTE-A) system.

3. The eNB of claim 1, the message comprising an X2 application protocol (X2AP) message.

4. The eNB of claim 1, the message comprising a load information message of an X2 application protocol (X2AP).

5. The eNB of claim 1, the first IE comprising a cell identifier IE of a cell information item IE group.

6. The eNB of claim 1, the second IE comprising a dynamic subframe assignment IE of a cell information item IE group, the dynamic subframe assignment IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, the value to indicate a predefined UL-DL configuration.

7. The eNB of claim 1, the second IE comprising an UL-DL configuration update IE of a cell information item IE group, the UL-DL configuration update IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, each enumerated value to indicate a different predefined UL-DL configuration.

8. The eNB of claim 1, the third IE comprising a target cell identifier IE of an UL high interference information IE group.

9. The eNB of claim 1, the transceiver to transmit the message to an eNB that controls the second wireless communication cell.

10. The eNB of claim 1, comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver, the transceiver to transmit the message as OFDM signals via the one or more antennas.

11. An evolved node B (eNB), comprising:

a transceiver to receive a message to share load information in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) time-division-duplexing (TDD) cellular system, the message having a first information element (IE) to indicate a cell identifier for a first wireless communication cell, a second IE to indicate uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration information intended to be used by the first wireless communication cell, and a third IE to indicate a cell identifier for a second wireless communication cell; and

circuitry coupled to the transceiver, the circuitry to allocate an UL-DL configuration for the second wireless communication cell based at least in part on the UL-DL configuration information intended to be used by the first wireless communication cell.

12. The eNB of claim 11, the OFDM TDD cellular system comprising a long term evolution (LTE) or LTE advanced (LTE-A) system.

13. The eNB of claim 11, the message comprising an X2 application protocol (X2AP) message.

14. The eNB of claim 11, the message comprising a load information message of an X2 application protocol (X2AP).

15. The eNB of claim 11, the first IE comprising a cell identifier IE of a cell information item IE group.

16. The eNB of claim 11, the second IE comprising a dynamic subframe assignment IE of a cell information item IE group, the dynamic subframe assignment IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, the value to indicate a predefined UL-DL configuration.

17. The eNB of claim 11, the second IE comprising an UL-DL configuration update IE of a cell information item IE group, the UL-DL configuration update IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, each enumerated value to indicate a different predefined UL-DL configuration.

18. The eNB of claim 11, the third IE comprising a target cell identifier IE of an UL high interference information IE group.

19. The eNB of claim 11, the transceiver to receive the message from an eNB that controls the first wireless communication cell.

20. The eNB of claim 11, comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver, the transceiver to receive the message via the one or more antennas as OFDM signals.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware, to control transmission of a load information message of an X2 application protocol (X2AP) over an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) time-division-duplexing (TDD) cellular system, the load information message having a cell identifier information element (IE) to indicate a cell identifier for a wireless communication cell, and an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration update IE to indicate UL-DL configuration information intended to be used by the wireless communication cell indicated by the cell identifier; and

a radio coupled to the logic, the radio to transmit the load information message as OFDM signals.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, the cell identifier IE comprising part of a cell information item IE group.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, the UL-DL configuration update IE comprising part of a cell information item IE group, the UL-DL configuration update IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, each enumerated value to indicate a defined UL-DL configuration.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, the load information message having a target cell identifier IE to indicate a different wireless communication cell, the target cell identifier IE comprising part of an UL high interference information IE group.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, the OFDM TDD cellular system comprising a long term evolution (LTE) or LTE advanced (LTE-A) system.

26. A method, comprising:

generating a message to share load information in an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) time-division-duplexing (TDD) cellular system, the message having a first information element (IE) to indicate a cell identifier for a first wireless communication cell, a second IE to indicate uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration information intended to be used by the first wireless communication cell, and a third IE to indicate a cell identifier for a second wireless communication cell; and

sending the load information message over a communication channel.

27. The method of claim 26, comprising transmitting the load information message as OFDM signals.

28. The method of claim 26, comprising sending the load information message over a data network.

29. The method of claim 26, the cell identifier IE comprising part of a cell information item IE group, and the UL-DL configuration update IE comprising part of a cell information item IE group, the UL-DL configuration update IE to indicate the UL-DL configuration information as a value within a set of enumerated values, each enumerated value to indicate a defined UL-DL configuration.

30. The method of claim 26, the load information message having a target cell identifier IE to indicate a different wireless communication cell, the target cell identifier IE comprising part of an UL high interference information IE group.