Intellectual Ventures II LLC

A base station configured to transmit resource allocation information associated with an uplink physical control channel to a user equipment (UE), wherein the uplink physical control channel and a physical uplink shared channel have different resources. The base station is further configured to receive from the UE, data over the physical uplink shared channel in assigned time intervals. The base station is further configured, in a time interval that it is not receiving information from the UE, over the physical uplink shared channel, to receive a signal over the uplink physical control channel based on the transmitted resource allocation information, wherein the processor is further configured to receive the signal from the UE, over the uplink physical control channel between transmissions of data over the physical uplink shared channels within a frame. The base station is further configured to transmit feedback information to the UE from a downlink control channel.

A user equipment (UE) receives information indicating time slots during which the UE is to monitor a plurality of first channels for control messages associated with the UE's identification. The control messages include those used to allocate physical resources to the UE. The UE receives a second channel transmission in a time slot prior to at least one of the indicated time slots, and determines whether the second channel transmission has a monitoring indicator bit for the UE or uplink transmission information for the UE. Based on the second channel transmission having the uplink transmission information, send an uplink transmission based on the uplink transmission information, and based on the second channel transmission having the monitoring indication bit, the monitoring indication bit indicating that the UE is not to monitor the plurality of first channels in the at least one of the indicated time slots. .

A user equipment (UE) may receive control information including a plurality of bits, wherein the plurality of bits provides an indication of at least one-time interval where physical control channel resources are utilized to signal UE-specific information. The UE may monitor the physical control channel resources of a first channel in the indicated time interval, to determine whether signaling information for the UE is present, The UE may further monitor the physical control channel resources of a second channel transmission in the indicated time intervals and determine whether the second channel transmission has a monitoring indicator bit for the UE or uplink transmission information for the UE. Based on the second channel transmission having the uplink transmission information, send an uplink transmission, and based on the second channel transmission having the monitoring indication bit indicating not to monitor the plurality of first channels in at least one time-interval.

A user equipment (UE) comprising a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor are configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) streams from a first base station. The UE is configured to transmit channel condition information to the first base station and to a second base station. The UE is configured to receive, in response to the transmitted channel condition information and corresponding scheduling indicated by the first and second base stations, a first single-stream OFDM transmission from the first base station and a second single-stream OFDM transmission from the second base station, wherein the first and second single-stream transmissions are time-aligned such that their respective arrivals at the UE occur within a cyclic prefix portion of one another.

A user equipment (UE) may receive control information including a plurality of bits, wherein the plurality of bits provides an indication of at least one-time interval where physical control channel resources are utilized to signal UE-specific information. The UE may monitor the physical control channel resources of a first channel in the indicated time interval, to determine whether signaling information for the UE is present, The UE may further monitor the physical control channel resources of a second channel transmission in the indicated time intervals and determine whether the second channel transmission has a monitoring indicator bit for the UE or uplink transmission information for the UE. Based on the second channel transmission having the uplink transmission information, send an uplink transmission, and based on the second channel transmission having the monitoring indication bit indicating not to monitor the plurality of first channels in at least one time-interval.

A network node comprising a network interface, receiving circuitry, transmitting circuitry, and a processor. The network interface configured to receive a first paging message for a user equipment (UE). The processor is configured to determine a paging occasion for the UE based on a user identity of the UE known to a core network. The processor and the transmitting circuitry configured to transmit to the UE, a control channel having a paging identity and a shared channel. Further, recover an indication of a shared channel resource from the control channel and recover a paging message for the UE from a shared channel signal received using the indication of the shared channel resource.

A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate, using a first radio access technology (RAT) having a first paired spectrum, wherein the first paired spectrum has a first frequency for downlink and a second frequency for uplink. The UE is further configured to transmit, using the first radio access technology (RAT), a service request message including information associated with at least one UE service. The UE is configured to receive, based on the transmitted service request message, a message with information to setup a bearer for a second RAT, wherein the second RAT is a different RAT than the first RAT. The UE is configured to receive multimedia data using the second RAT and simultaneously receive data using the first RAT.

A user equipment (UE) comprising a receiver, a transmitter, and a processor are configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) streams from a first base station and detect data from the received plurality of streams. Further, the UE, based on detected data from the first base station, receive and detect data from an OFDM stream from the first base station and an OFDM stream from a second base station. The UE is further configured to transmit channel quality information to the first base station and the second base station and receive and detect data from the at least one OFDM stream from the first base station and the at least one OFDM stream from the second base station is based on the transmitted channel quality information.

A digital camera system and method for improving low-light performance. The system includes a plurality of digital cameras, each comprising a luminance channel configured to directly detect luminance signals, one or more chrominance channels configured to detect red and blue chrominance signals, and an optical assembly with lenses optimized for light transmission. A processor is configured to combine luminance and chrominance signals from the cameras to generate image data, independently adjust the integration times for each camera based on the image data to form optimized image data, and transmit the optimized image data for use in digital imaging systems, such as those in automobiles. The invention also encompasses a method and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for performing these operations, providing an efficient solution for capturing high-quality images in low-light environments.

A mobile station using orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). The frequency processing circuitry and the processor of the mobile station are configured to scan spectral bands for a first signal. The first signal having synchronization and cell identification information, and is received in a first band of a cell having a full bandwidth. The first band being within a first bandwidth part and the first bandwidth part being a portion of the full bandwidth of a cell that comprises a plurality of bandwidth parts. Further, the frequency processing circuitry and the processor configured to receive and process signals in the first bandwidth part and configured to switch to receive and process a second bandwidth part, the second bandwidth part being different frequency size than the first bandwidth part.