Techniques for Supporting Relay Operation in Wireless Communication Systems

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APP PUB NO 20150055545A1
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14530381

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Techniques for supporting operation of relay stations in wireless communication systems are described. In an aspect, a bitmap may be sent by a base station and/or a relay station to identify subframes of at least two types in multiple radio frames. For example, the bitmap may indicate whether each subframe covered by the bitmap is of a first type or a second type. UEs may use the bitmap to control their operation. For example, a UE may perform channel estimation or measurement for the subframes of the first type and may skip channel estimation and measurement for the subframes of the second type. In another aspect, a base station may transmit data and/or control information on resources not used by a relay station to transmit a reference signal. This may avoid interference to the reference signal from the relay station, which may improve performance for UEs communicating with the relay station.

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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1714

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bhattad, Kapil Bangalore, IN 348 5823
Bhushan, Naga San Diego, US 738 17353
Ji, Tingfang San Diego, US 1290 20544
Khandekar, Aamod Dinkar San Diego, US 86 2476
Montojo, Juan Nuremberg, DE 1456 26921
PALANKI, Ravi Cupertino, US 292 12637

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