Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reserving time alignment period for OFDMA communications with different numerology parameters
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Application No.: US16301126Application Date: 2016-05-13
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Publication No.: US10826736B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Esa Tapani Tiirola , Kari Pekka Pajukoski , Eeva Lahetkangas
- Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/060860 WO 20160513
- International Announcement: WO2017/194159 WO 20171116
- Main IPC: H04L27/26
- IPC: H04L27/26 ; H04W72/04

Abstract:
Coexistence of OFDM transmissions with different sampling rates, subcarrier spacing, symbol duration, bandwidths, but a constant FFT size, all with the same integer ratio (downclocking or upclocking) N=2, 4, 8 . . . Now called different numerology. Problem of Time alignment due to the presence of alternating long CP and short CPs in a slot. At the slot level the transmissions are aligned, but not at the symbol level. The application proposes to send after the first symbol for N=1 a so-called Time Alignment Period of same duration for each transmission in order allegedly to allow the network nodes to synchronize their timings or clocks without interfering with the transmission or reception of any symbols or CPs of other transmissions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190306855A1 RESERVING TIME ALIGNMENT PERIOD FOR OFDMA COMMUNICATIONS WITH DIFFERENT NUMEROLOGY PARAMETERS Public/Granted day:2019-10-03
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