Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110122829 | MULTIRADIO CONTROL - In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided arranging control of multiple radio systems of a wireless communications device. A second scheduler performs proactive scheduling decisions on the basis of radio resource usage requirements of radio systems of the wireless communications terminal device and sending information on the proactive scheduling decision to a first scheduler. The first scheduler performs reactive scheduling decisions on the basis of the proactive scheduling decision information from the second scheduler. | 05-26-2011 |
20110190029 | METHOD TO CONTROL A MULTIRADIO RF PLATFORM - Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments are disclosed for cognitive radio systems and methods employing software defined radio techniques to control and configure multiradio hardware in wireless communications. The example embodiments provide a virtualized RF platform for RF configuration and system level performance optimization. The example embodiments may be flexibly distributed between system, protocol, and hardware dependent functions. The example embodiments enable transport independent usage of RF to support multiple concurrent data flows and to support local decisions as to which protocols to use to fulfill application level connectivity demands. The example embodiments allow mutual assistance in protocol selection, independent of the underlying platform implementation. The example embodiments provide a hardware control scheme using a hardware manager, a cognitive hardware engine, resource allocation, and resource performance estimation to enable a logical separation of implementation dependent functions from protocol stacks. The example embodiments may be described by means of a layered structure that allows local optimization and efficient resource sharing and that has all needed functionalities required for generalizing the control of virtually any kind of RF operation, including cognitive radio applications. | 08-04-2011 |
20130159478 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to dynamically select a network configuration that results in reduced power consumption by the mobile terminal. In this regard, a method is provided that includes characterizing an upcoming communication, wherein the characterization comprises at least one of transmission or reception. The method further includes determining a proposed network configuration based on a determined power consumption level of one or more network configurations available in a geographical area and the characterization of the upcoming communication. The method also includes causing the preferred configuration to be transmitted to a network entity. | 06-20-2013 |
20130162470 | Timing-Based Positioning Accuracy - There are provided measures for enabling an improvement of timing-based positioning accuracy. Such measures may exemplarily include determining a delay value of a receiver path, via which a positioning-related signal is received, on the basis of at least one reception parameter, measuring a timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of the received positioning-related signal, and correcting the measured timing value on the basis of the determined delay value of the receiver path | 06-27-2013 |
20130163451 | Terminal-Assisted Improvement of Timing-Based Positioning Accuracy - There are provided measures for enabling a terminal-assisted improvement of timing-based positioning accuracy. Such measures may exemplarily include measuring a cell-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of a cell-originated positioning-related signal and measuring a terminal-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation at an apparatus to be positioned, and utilizing the measured cell-related timing value and the measured terminal-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation relating to the apparatus to be positioned at a network side. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166246 | Sensor-assisted Improvement of Timing-Based Positioning Accuracy - There are provided measures for enabling a sensor-assisted improvement of timing-based positioning accuracy. Such measures may exemplarily include measuring a first timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of a first positioning-related signal at a first time, measuring a second timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of a second positioning-related signal at a second time, deriving movement information indicative of a movement of an apparatus to be positioned during a time interval from the first time to the second time, and utilizing the measured first timing value, the measured second timing value and the derived movement information for timing-based positioning calculation relating to the apparatus to be positioned at a network side. | 06-27-2013 |
20150215947 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - Measures for mitigating interference in wireless communications of a user equipment comprising a plurality of radio transceivers. The user equipment determines that wireless communication using a given combination of uplink and/or downlink carrier bands associated with the plurality of radio transceivers causes an interference scenario. In response to the determination, the user equipment transmits, into a radio network, an indication of at least one preferred uplink carrier band for at least one of the plurality of radio transceivers. The indication transmitted by the user equipment is received at a network node in the radio network which may choose to carryout radio resource control in the radio network at least on the basis of the received indication. | 07-30-2015 |
20150282093 | APPARATUS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR SIGNALLING TRANSMITTED OUTPUT POWER - A request for a capability report is sent to one or more user equipment from at least one access point ( | 10-01-2015 |