Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130322275 | MONITORING AND ALLOCATION OF INTERFACE RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for centralizing transport and control, T&C, functions for management of a plurality of enhanced nodeBs, eNBS, and their associated cells are disclosed. According to one aspect, the invention provides a method that includes providing the T&C functions associated with each of the plurality of eNBs at at least one T&C pool entity. Mobility events associated with the plurality of the eNBs are coordinated between the at least one T&C pool entity using an interface. Available resources of each of a plurality of links of a shared network connecting the plurality of eNBs and the at least one T&C pool entity are determined. Control signaling and data packets between the plurality of eNBs and the at least one T&C pool entity are transmitted using a protocol across the shared network to facilitate communication between eNBs and user equipment. | 12-05-2013 |
20130322346 | POOLED TRANSPORT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS IN A 3GPP LTE NETWORK - Presented are methods and apparatus for decoupling transport and control (T&C) functions from a plurality of eNBs and collecting the T&C functions in a centralized entity for managing the T&C functions for a larger pool of eNBs. An enhanced interface and protocol is defined for allowing the new T&C pool entity to communicate with the eNBs over a shared IP based network. The redistributed functionality provides for optimizing both data compression capabilities and security by compressing data earlier in its transmission path and by encrypting data before it is sent to an eNB. | 12-05-2013 |
20140160937 | COMMON RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL FOR CELLULAR RADIO AND WIFI - A method and system for combined control and management of radio resources of a cellular radio network and a WiFi network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes performing, by a combined radio resource control unit, radio resource control functions controlling utilization of radio resources of the cellular radio network and the WiFi network. The method includes establishing communication between the combined radio resource control unit and 1) at least one cellular radio base station 2) at least one WiFi access point and 3) a backhaul communication network. | 06-12-2014 |
20140199994 | REPORTING WiFi CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS TO A CELLULAR RADIO NETWORK - A method and devices for providing measurements of WiFi network channels to a cellular radio network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the invention provides a method that includes preparing, at a node of the cellular radio network, a request for measurement of at least one WiFi channel. The measurement is to be provided by at least one user equipment having a WiFi transceiver and a cellular radio transceiver. The method includes transmitting, from the node of the cellular radio network, the request to the at least one user equipment. The node of the cellular radio network receives, from the at least one user equipment, at least one measurement of the at least one WiFi channel. | 07-17-2014 |
20140370922 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PAGING - Systems and methods for optimizing paging are disclosed. In one embodiment, a Data Structure with at least one entry mapping at least one identifier representing a candidate wireless device node to at least one identifier representing a candidate paging base station node whereat the candidate wireless device node has some likelihood of being successfully paged by the candidate base station. At least one related paging communication is optimized by using the Data Structure. | 12-18-2014 |
20150223084 | AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF OVERLAPPING COVERAGE IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Systems and methods are disclosed for autonomously determining overlapping coverage in a cellular communications network. In one embodiment, the cellular communications network is a heterogeneous cellular communications network. In one embodiment, a network node of a cellular communication system obtains information (e.g., pilot reports) indicative of a perceived coverage of one or more covering cells at wireless devices within a measuring cell over a measurement interval. The network node determines overlapping coverage of the measuring cell and the one or more covering cells based on the information indicative of the perceived coverage of the one or more covering cells at the wireless devices. | 08-06-2015 |
20160029360 | POOLED TRANSPORT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS IN A 3GPP LTE NETWORK - Presented are methods and apparatus for decoupling transport and control (T&C) functions from a plurality of eNBs and collecting the T&C functions in a centralized entity for managing the T&C functions for a larger pool of eNBs. An enhanced interface and protocol is defined for allowing the new T&C pool entity to communicate with the eNBs over a shared IP based network. The redistributed functionality provides for optimizing both data compression capabilities and security by compressing data earlier in its transmission path and by encrypting data before it is sent to an eNB. | 01-28-2016 |
20160088508 | REPORTING WiFi CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS TO A CELLULAR RADIO NETWORK - A method and devices for providing measurements of WiFi network channels to a cellular radio network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the invention provides a method that includes preparing, at a node of the cellular radio network, a request for measurement of at least one WiFi channel. The measurement is to be provided by at least one user equipment having a WiFi transceiver and a cellular radio transceiver. The method includes transmitting, from the node of the cellular radio network, the request to the at least one user equipment. The node of the cellular radio network receives, from the at least one user equipment, at least one measurement of the at least one WiFi channel. | 03-24-2016 |