Techniques for Using a Modulation and Coding Scheme for Downlink Transmissions

摘要

Examples include techniques for using a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for downlink transmissions. In some examples information elements (IEs) for either a physical multicast channel (PMCH) or a physical multicast control channel (PMCCH) include information to indicate an MCS for downlink transmission over a PMCH or PMCCH between an evolved Node B (eNB) and user equipment (UE). For these examples, the information in the IEs include indications of whether higher order modulation for quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) have or have not been enabled. Both the UE and the eNB may operate in compliance with one or more 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standards.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor circuit for an evolved Node B (eNB); an enable component for execution by the processor circuit to generate a physical multicast channel-InfoList (PMCH-InfoList) information element (IE) that includes a field indicating whether 256 quadrature amplitude modulation (256QAM) is enabled for downlink transmissions to one or more user equipment (UEs) over a PMCH; and a send component for execution by the processor circuit to cause the PMCH-InfoList IE to be sent to the one or more UEs.