US 12,349,180 B2
Full duplex communications in wireless networks
Jingwen Bai, San Jose, CA (US); Shu-ping Yeh, Campbell, CA (US); Yang-Seok Choi, Portland, OR (US); Francesc Guim Bernat, Barcelona (ES); Kshitij Arun Doshi, Tempe, AZ (US); Ned M. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US); and Christian Maciocco, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/482,949.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099849 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 52/32 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/542 (2023.01) [H04W 52/325 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for a small cell base station (S-BS) configured for operation in a radio access network (RAN) with a macro cell base station (M-BS) and backhaul-capable small cells, the apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry, wherein to configure the S-BS for full-duplex (FD) communication of enhanced control signaling in the RAN, the processing circuitry is to:
decode configuration signaling from a plurality of small cell user equipments (S-UEs), the configuration signaling indicating an interference level at each S-UE of the plurality of S-UEs from transmissions of the M-BS;
select an S-UE from the plurality of S-UEs based on a comparison of the interference level at each S-UE with an interference threshold of each S-UE of the plurality of S-UEs, the interference threshold associated with decoding control signaling from the S-BS; and
encode the control signaling for transmission to the selected S-UE via a small cell access (S-AC) communication link, the control signaling transmitted during reception of downlink data from the M-BS via a primary backhaul communication link; and
a memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the configuration signaling.