Ventilated, stackable, pressing molds

Abstract

The apparatus sends a request from a medium access control (MAC) layer to at least one of a Physical (PHY) Layer or a radio frequency (RF) component using an application protocol interface (API) and receives a response message from the at least one of the PHY layer or the RF component comprising an hierarchical indication of at least one capability of the PHY layer or the RF component using the API. The apparatus may also configure the PHY layer or the RF component based on the at least one capability.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:
 sending a request from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to at least one of a Physical (PHY) Layer or a Radio Frequency (RF) Component using an application protocol interface (API); and   receiving, in response to the request, a response message from the at least one of the PHY layer or the RF component comprising an hierarchical indication of at least one capability of the PHY layer or the RF component using the API.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one capability comprises an RF parameter. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the RF parameter comprises at least one of a connectivity matrix, a number of RF ports, a physical antenna configuration, a link budget parameter, or a beam switching rate. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the RF parameter is based on a hierarchy in which a first set of feature sets for downlink per component carrier are combined into a downlink feature set and a second set of feature sets for uplink per component carrier are combined into an uplink feature set. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the downlink feature set and the uplink feature set are combined into a feature set per band. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein multiple feature sets per band are combined into a feature set combination. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 configuring the PHY layer or the RF component based on the at least one capability received in the response message.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the PHY layer is configured while the PHY layer is running. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the PHY layer or the RF component is configured with at least one of a digital beam table, a cell configuration, a physical channel configuration, or an analog beam table. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the response message is received from the PHY layer and the at least one capability comprises one or more of a PHY parameter, an RF parameter, a feature set, or a feature set combination. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one capability is for a particular numerology. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 sending a slot message between the MAC layer and the PHY layer based on the at least one capability, wherein the slot message is based on one of a plurality of potential numerologies.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12 , wherein the slot message indicates at least one of access information, a synchronization signal-physical broadcast channel (SS-PBCH) transmission, Physical Random Access Channel reception information, tracking reference signal transmission information, downlink data information, uplink data reception information, sounding transmission information, sounding reception information, or reserved resource information,
 wherein the downlink data information comprises at least one of downlink control transmission information, data transmission information, or uplink control reception information.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving an indication of resources reserved for a UE; and   rate matching a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) around the resources reserved for the UE.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the resources reserved for the UE comprise a different subcarrier spacing than the PDSCH. 
     
     
         16 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
 a memory; and   at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
 send a request from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to at least one of a Physical (PHY) Layer or a Radio Frequency (RF) Component using an application protocol interface (API); and 
 receive, in response to the request, a response message from the at least one of the PHY layer or the RF component comprising an hierarchical indication of at least one capability of the PHY layer or the RF component using the API. 
   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one capability comprises an RF parameter comprising at least one of a connectivity matrix, a number of RF ports, a physical antenna configuration, a link budget parameter, or a beam switching rate. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the RF parameter is based on a hierarchy in which a first set of feature sets for downlink per component carrier are combined into a downlink feature set and a second set of feature sets for uplink per component carrier are combined into an uplink feature set. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the downlink feature set and the uplink feature set are combined into a feature set per band, and wherein multiple feature sets per band are combined into a feature set combination. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 configure the PHY layer or the RF component based on the at least one capability received in the response message.   
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to configure the PHY layer while the PHY layer is running. 
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive the response message from the PHY layer and the at least one capability comprises one or more of a PHY parameter, an RF parameter, a feature set, or a feature set combination. 
     
     
         23 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one capability is for a particular numerology. 
     
     
         24 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 send a slot message between the MAC layer and the PHY layer based on the at least one capability, wherein the slot message is based on one of a plurality of potential numerologies.   
     
     
         25 . The apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein the slot message indicates at least one of access information, a synchronization signal-physical broadcast channel (SS-PBCH) transmission, Physical Random Access Channel reception information, tracking reference signal transmission information, downlink data information, uplink data reception information, sounding transmission information, sounding reception information, or reserved resource information,
 wherein the downlink data information comprises at least one of downlink control transmission information, data transmission information, or uplink control reception information.   
     
     
         26 . The apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 receive an indication of resources reserved for a UE; and   rate match a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) around the resources reserved for the UE.   
     
     
         27 . The apparatus of  claim 26 , wherein the resources reserved for the UE comprise a different subcarrier spacing than the PDSCH. 
     
     
         28 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
 means for sending a request from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to at least one of a Physical (PHY) Layer or a Radio Frequency (RF) Component using an application protocol interface (API); and   means for receiving, in response to the request, a response message from the at least one of the PHY layer or the RF component comprising an hierarchical indication of at least one capability of the PHY layer or the RF component using the API.   
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the at least one capability comprises an RF parameter based on a hierarchy in which a first set of feature sets for downlink per component carrier are combined into a downlink feature set and a second set of feature sets for uplink per component carrier are combined into an uplink feature set. 
     
     
         30 . A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication, the code when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
 send a request from a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to at least one of a Physical (PHY) Layer or a Radio Frequency (RF) Component using an application protocol interface (API); and   receive, in response to the request, a response message from the at least one of the PHY layer or the RF component comprising an hierarchical indication of at least one capability of the PHY layer or the RF component using the API.