SIGNALING TO SUPPORT REDUCED PROCESSING TIME
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) comprises one or more baseband processors to generate a message for an evolved NodeB (eNB) to indicate if the UE supports a reduced processing time for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), and a memory to store the message.
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26 . An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprising:
one or more baseband processors to generate a message for an evolved NodeB (eNB) to indicate if the UE supports a reduced processing time for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) and for uplink grants to Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions; and
a memory to store the message.
27 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the eNB using UE capability indication signaling, and the capability is indicated with a single bit or with multiple bits in the message.
28 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the eNB using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
29 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the message comprises an RRCConnectionRequest message to be sent as part of an RRC connection establishment procedure.
30 . The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the message comprises an RRCConnectionReconfigurationComplete message to be sent as part of an RRC connection reconfiguration procedure.
31 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the message is generated in response to broadcast signaling comprising a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB) received from the eNB as part of a system information acquisition procedure.
32 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the message includes a UE-EUTRA-Capability information element.
33 . The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the message indicates a category of the UE or a release version of a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard under which the UE is capable of operating.
34 . An apparatus of an evolved NodeB (NB), comprising:
one or more baseband processors to generate a message for a user equipment (UE) to indicate to the UE if the eNB supports a reduced processing time for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) and for uplink grants to Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions; and
a memory to store the message.
35 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the UE using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
36 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the message is to be transmitted in a system information block (SIB) that is common for all UE devices connected with the eNB.
37 . The apparatus of claim 36 , wherein the one or more baseband processors are to encode the SIB with information indicating support for the reduced processing time during a random-access procedure.
38 . The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the message comprises an RRCConnectionSetup message to be sent as part of an RRC connection establishment procedure.
39 . The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the message comprises an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message to be sent as part of an RRC connection reconfiguration procedure.
40 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the message includes a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB) as part of a system information acquisition procedure.
41 . The apparatus of any of claim 34 , wherein the message includes information to configure the UE to use reduced processing time for HARQ.
42 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the message includes information to configure the UE to use asynchronous uplink HARQ.
43 . The apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the message includes information to configure the UE to use a reduced round-trip timer (RTT) for HARQ.
44 . One or more non-transitory machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by an apparatus of a user equipment (UE), result in:
generating a message for an evolved NodeB (eNB) to indicate if the UE supports a reduced processing time for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) and for uplink grants to Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions; and
storing the message in a memory.
45 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 44 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the eNB using UE capability indication signaling, and the capability is indicated with a single bit or with multiple bits in the message.
46 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 44 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the eNB using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
47 . One or more machine-readable media having instructions stored thereon that, if executed by an apparatus of an evolved NodeB (NB), result in:
generating a message for a user equipment (UE) to indicate to the UE if the eNB supports a reduced processing time for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions to hybrid automatic repeat request (HARD) and for uplink grants to Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmissions; and
storing the message in a memory.
48 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 47 , wherein the message is to be transmitted to the UE using radio resource control (RRC) signaling.
49 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 47 , wherein the message is to be transmitted in a system information block (SIB) that is common for all UE devices connected with the eNB.
50 . The one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of claim 49 , wherein the instructions, if executed, further result in encoding the SIB with information indicating support for the reduced processing time during a random-access procedure.