A method controls uplink/downlink (UL/DL) switching for half-duplex operation of user equipment (UE) in which UL and DL transmissions occur on different frequencies. The method comprises determining a duration of time required for the UE to switch between UL operation and DL operation, determining a time interval required by the UE to perform a measurement operation, determining a minimum number of subframes required for the measurement operation in the time interval, and controlling a switching configuration of the UE based on the determined duration of time, the determined time interval, and the minimum number of subframes.

An example embodiment may involve defining a time-division multiplexed, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed wireless air interface containing a primary signaling channel. The primary signaling channel may be formed by a first set of modulation symbols that are allocated to a fixed time position of each time-division multiplexed subframe across a plurality of contiguous subcarrier frequencies. A first set of the subcarrier frequencies may be powered at a first level and a second set of subcarrier frequencies may be powered at a second level. The example embodiment may also involve defining a secondary signaling channel. The secondary signaling channel may be formed in the air interface by a second set of modulation symbols that are allocated to dynamic time positions on the first set of the subcarrier frequencies. The example embodiment may further involve transmitting signaling messages to one or more WCDs via the secondary signaling channel.

A user equipment having a first mechanism to obtain a control region size of a sub-frame of a cell, the user equipment having a processor; and a communications subsystem, wherein the processor and communications subsystem are configured to cooperate to: determine having a first mechanism to obtain a control region size of a sub-frame of the first cell, second cell, or both, whether the user equipment is within an area of the second cell; and utilize, a second mechanism to obtain a control region size of a sub-frame of the second cell while the user equipment is within the area of the second cell.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a resource allocation method and apparatus for a small cell cluster and a communications system. The resource allocation method includes: exchanging by the base station of the upper level with another base station of the upper level, to obtain information on resources and/or interference of the other base station of the upper level; receiving information by the base station of the upper level at least from the cluster head of the SCC, to obtain information on resources and/or interference of the base station of the upper level; and allocating resources for the small cell cluster by the base station of the upper level based on the obtained information on resources and/or interference of the other base station of the upper level and the information on resources and/or interference of the base station of the upper level. According to the embodiments, interference coordination may be performed efficiently on a small cell cluster at an edge of the base station of the higher lever, so as to lower the interference to the small cell cluster, and the expandability of the network may be improved.

An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of removing interference at a terminal. The method may include the steps of: receiving information on a plurality of measurement sets for an interfering cell from a serving cell; performing a first measurement on a subframe indicated by a first measurement set from a plurality of measurement sets based on a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) received from a remote radio head (RRH) and a macro base station in the interfering cell; and performing a second measurement on a subframe indicated by a second set of measurements based on a CRS received from the macro base station in the interfering cell; and reporting a result of the first measurement and a result of the second measurement to the serving cell.

A method for scheduling resources in a network where the scheduling activity is split across two nodes in the network is disclosed, comprising: receiving, from a local scheduler in a first radio access network, access network information at a global scheduler; accessing information regarding a second radio access network allocating, at the global scheduler, resources for secondary allocation by the local scheduler; applying a hash function to map the allocated resources for secondary allocation to a set of hash values; and sending, from the global scheduler, the set of hash values to the local scheduler.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system thereof for fusing, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a beyond 4G system. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related services, etc.). The present disclosure relates to a method for receiving downlink data of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and suggests a method and an apparatus for receiving downlink data, the method comprising: a step for checking a transmission parameter regarding data being transmitted from an interference cell; a step for determining, on the basis of the transmission parameter, whether or not an interference signal exists; a step for determining, on the basis of any one of the transmission parameter and the determination on whether or not an interference signal exists, whether or not network assisted interference cancellation and suppression (NAICS) technology is applied; and a step for decoding the downlink data on the basis of the determination on whether or not the NAICS technology is applied.

A base station (14) in a mobile communication system operating according to a synchronized time division scheme comprises an antenna (26), a radio communication unit (24) for communicating with mobile stations of the system and an interference investigating unit (28) comprising a link quality measuring element (30), which obtains link quality measurements that are measured in the base station during uplink communication (UL) between at least one mobile station and the base station, a link quality evaluation element (32) that compares link quality measurements of at least one uplink channel with a link quality threshold and determines that the uplink channel is interfered by another base station if the link quality threshold is exceeded, a base station identifying element (34) that identifies the other base station via signals broadcast by the other base station and an interference limiting element (36) configured to perform an interference limitation activity based on the identification.

A method that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving digital data via a plurality of fiber optic cables, wherein the digital data represents a plurality of radio frequency signals received at a plurality of remote radio units via a plurality of uplink paths, wherein the first virtual processing system is configured to mitigate interference detected in one or more of the plurality of uplink paths, performing a plurality of measurements of the digital data to identify an interference condition associated with at least a portion of the plurality of uplink paths associated with the plurality of remote radio units; and providing updated digital data, according to the interference condition that is identified, to a second virtual processing system including at least one second virtual processor, wherein the second virtual processing system is configured to operate as one or more baseband units for providing cellular communication services. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink interference processing method, device and system. The method includes: receiving, by a first network device, information about second UE that is transmitted by a second network device; reconstructing uplink air interface data of the second UE according to the information about the second UE when uplink air interface data of the first UE is parsed incorrectly after first uplink air interface data is received, and obtaining the reconstructed uplink air interface data of the second UE; clearing the reconstructed uplink air interface data of the second UE from the first uplink air interface data to obtain second uplink air interface data; and parsing the second uplink air interface data according to information about the first UE, and obtaining a parsing result of the uplink air interface data of the first UE.