Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100272038 | Method for spectrum sharing in a multi-mode system and relative apparatus - A measurement apparatus comprising means for checking for available radio spectrum resource in a first system in a radio coverage area; means for sending information to a second system indicating the availability of radio spectrum resource of the first system which is usable by said second system in at least part of said radio coverage area, wherein said first system has priority over said radio spectrum resource. | 10-28-2010 |
20110021205 | Cell Identifiers in a Cellular Communication System - A solution is provided for dynamic allocation of cell identifiers in a cellular mobile telecommunication system. Cell identifiers being reused in a cellular radio access network of the cellular mobile telecommunication system are managed by a cell identifier manager configured to handle dynamic allocation of the cell identifiers to a plurality of base stations. Upon detection of a new base station or reactivation of an existing base station in the radio access network, the cell identifier manager allocates a cell identifier to the base station in such a manner that two base stations having the same cell identifier do not interfere with one another, i.e. do not cause cell identification problems in the radio access network. | 01-27-2011 |
20110045836 | Radio System Configuration - A method, in which a bandwidth of a carrier frequency is allocated to subbands and one or more of the subbands is assigned to a radio network element to be used in radio communication between the radio network element and user equipment having a radio connection with the radio network element. | 02-24-2011 |
20110064059 | Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Program for Cell Reselection Evaluation - The invention relates to an apparatus including a first cell evaluator configured to carry out a first cell reselection evaluation process; a cell analyzer configured to analyze a cell selected in the first cell reselection evaluation process and to trigger a second cell reselection evaluation process in a case the cell selected in the first cell reselection process is a relay node cell or a cell supported by a node which node also supports relay node cells, and the cell is within a same cell group than that of a serving cell; and a second cell evaluator configured to carry out the second cell reselection evaluation process. | 03-17-2011 |
20110098043 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided. | 04-28-2011 |
20110117907 | Selection of Connection Type in Cellular System - The present invention presents a method and a controller for selecting the type of connection used to connect a terminal device to a serving base station. The connection type is selected on the basis of monitored communication-environmental parameters of the terminal device. The selection is made between a direct cellular radio connection and a relayed cellular radio connection. The relayed connection is established through another terminal device acting as a relay terminal for the connection being relayed. A direct device-to-device link between the two terminal devices is established as a cognitive radio connection, and a radio access technology and communication parameters of the device-to-device link may be negotiated between the terminal devices. The relay terminal then links the device-to-device link to a direct cellular radio connection between the relay terminal and the serving base station. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134827 | Device-to-Device Communications in Cellular System - The present invention provides a method and a controller to control not only cellular radio connections in a cell of a cellular communication system but also direct device-to-device communication links established between terminal devices within the cell. Particularly, the controller selects portion of the terminal devices to function as relay terminals for the other terminals to enable relayed communication links between the terminal devices and the base station through the relay terminals. The relay terminals link device-to-device connections to the cellular radio connections between the relay terminals and the base station. | 06-09-2011 |
20110237231 | Use of Off Period of DRX for Direct Peer to Peer Communication in a Cell - A method and a device for data processing in a cellular network are provided including the step of scheduling data transmission between mobile terminals utilizing a DRX mode of the mobile terminals. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested including said device. | 09-29-2011 |
20110281590 | Establishment of New Base Station in Cellular Network - A method, apparatus, and computer program for authenticating a newly activated local area base station in a cellular network is presented. The newly activated local area base station, associated with a sub-cell located within a coverage area of a wide area base station of a cellular telecommunication system, is paired with the wide area base station on the basis of information enabling identification of the wide area base station and originating from the local area base station. Then, transfer of a radio communication identifier to the local area base station is arranged over a wired connection. | 11-17-2011 |
20120020213 | Device-to-Device Communication - There is provided a solution for improving the quality of service of end-to-end communication between at least two user terminals. The solution includes applying uplink signaling in which information related to the traffic status of a direct device-to-device communication link is transmitted. | 01-26-2012 |
20120134344 | Scheduling In Radio Telecommunication System - A method, apparatus, and computer program is provided for controlling direct device-to-device communication between a first and at least a second terminal device on a shared communication channel also used for communication with a base station. The base station schedules the utilization of the shared communication channel to terminal devices communicating with the base station and terminal devices communicating directly with one another. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142336 | Operation in Case of Radio Link Failure - Attempting recovery from an unexpected radio link failure. A backup user context is created for a terminal device served currently by a relay base station relaying a radio connection between the terminal device and fixed cellular network infrastructure including a fixed base station communicating with the relay base station, wherein the backup user context is prepared for use in case of an unexpected radio link failure. Upon detection of the radio link failure in a primary user context being used in the communication, the backup user context is applied before the terminal device enters an idle state as a result of the radio link failure. | 06-07-2012 |
20120218886 | Method and Apparatus - A system includes a base station and a plurality of relay nodes defining a group. Each of said relay nodes has a direct connection with the base station. Each of the relay nodes is connected to at least one other relay node, whereby at least one direct connection of one relay node is configured to at least one of receive and send information for another of said relays nodes. | 08-30-2012 |
20120231797 | Method and Apparatus - A system includes first and second base stations; and a plurality of relay nodes, each of said relay nodes connected to the first base station, each of said relay nodes being connected to at least one other relay node, whereby at least one relay node is configured to at least one of receive and send information for another of said relays nodes; wherein when at least one of the plurality of relay nodes is handed over to a second base station the at least one relay node is configured to receive and/or send information via another of the relay nodes connected to the first base station. | 09-13-2012 |
20120258706 | Apparatus, Method and Article of Manufacture - There is provided an apparatus including a receiver configured to receive a signal from a transmitting terminal via a direct device-to-device communication connection, and to receive a cellular reference signal from a cellular network; a processor configured to measure a time difference between the received signal and the cellular reference signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the result of the measured time difference to the transmitting terminal for adjusting device-to-device transmission timing of the transmitting terminal. | 10-11-2012 |
20120265818 | Device-to-Device Communication - There is provided an improved solution for performing beacon broadcasting in a device-to-device communication network. The solution includes selecting, by a node capable of entering a device-to-device communication network, a channel for broadcasting wherein the selection is based on at least one of the following: the characteristics of the node and the state of the node; and causing a broadcast of information related to at least part of the properties of the node on the selected channel. | 10-18-2012 |
20120282932 | Apparatus and Method - An apparatus and a method are provided. The provided solution includes a communication control circuitry configured to detect on the basis of a predetermined criterion a need to suspend the operation of a mobile relay base station connected to the apparatus, control the mobile relay base station to suspend its operation, control the apparatus to connect to the user equipment performing a handover from the mobile relay base station to the apparatus prior the suspension of the mobile relay base station, detect on the basis of a predetermined criterion a need to resume the operation of the mobile relay base station, and control the mobile relay base station to resume its operation. | 11-08-2012 |
20120314866 | Method and Device for Data Processing in a Wireless Network - A method and a device for data processing in a wireless network are provided, wherein a direct connection between two mobile terminals is set up based on a seed information provided by the wireless network. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested including at least one such device. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315916 | Handing Over Relayed Connections in Mobile Environment - A method, apparatus, and computer program for continuing transmission during handover are presented. A communication connection is established between a source base station and a mobile relay base station comprising a distributed antenna system (DAS). The DAS includes multiple spatially distributed antenna units (DAUs), wherein at least part of the DAUs are used for forming a cluster of sub-cells within a coverage area of the mobile relay base station and at least part of the DAUs are used for communicating with a fixed cellular network infrastructure over multiple backhaul links. A first backhaul link is then handed over from the source base station to a target base station. After the handover, data transfer between the source base station and at least one backhaul link still linked to the source base station is continued, and remaining backhaul link(s) are released from the source base station according to a determined criterion. | 12-13-2012 |
20120322484 | Controlling Communication Devices - A method and control apparatus for a wireless communication system is disclosed for providing grouping of sets of paired communication devices into groups of paired communication devices at least in part based on information about other paired communication devices. The information is determined based on detection by at least one of the communication devices in a relevant set of paired communication devices. | 12-20-2012 |
20130051309 | Relaying in a Communication System - A method and apparatus for relaying communications between a mobile device and a network access node is disclosed. In the method a connection is established between a first relay node of a group of relay nodes and the network access node to serve the mobile device. The mobile device is served by the first relay node and at least one second relay node of the group in wireless connection with the mobile device such that the mobile device remains connected to the network access node via at least one of the first and second relay nodes when one of the first and second relay nodes changes. To maintain the relayed communications for the mobile device after the change in the relay nodes control information is communicated by at least one of said relay nodes on an interface between relevant relay nodes in the group. | 02-28-2013 |
20130059583 | Resource Allocation for Direct Terminal-to-Terminal Communication in a Cellular System - Resource allocation for direct terminal-to-terminal communication in a cellular system There are provided measures for resource allocation for direct terminal-to-terminal communication in a cellular system, said measures exemplarily including configuration of common resources for supporting direct communication between terminals across a predefined registration area including one or more cells of a cellular system, and control of an allocation of common resources for enabling direct communication between terminals across the predefined registration area. Said measures may exemplarily be applied for establishing terminal-to-terminal communication in LTE or LTE-Advanced cellular networks. | 03-07-2013 |
20130084795 | Connection Arrangement in Relayed Wireless Communications - The present document describes a distributed communication arrangement, wherein a radio access network of a wireless telecommunication system provides a terminal device with two logical communication connections. Both uplink and downlink of a first logical connection are routed between a base station and the terminal device through a relay node. Uplink of a second logical connection is also routed between the base station and the terminal device through the relay node. Downlink of the second logical connection is, however, transmitted directly from the base station to the terminal device. Such an arrangement is used for cooperative communication purposes. | 04-04-2013 |
20130100835 | Carrier Selection and/or Reselection - The invention relates to an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code con-figured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: search for feasible component carriers by measurements, and if at least one feasible component carrier is found, take it into use; select at least one home node for negotiations for obtaining resources, the selection being based on the measurements, and negotiate for obtaining resources, if no feasible component carriers are found; take into use at least one feasible component carrier obtained based on the negotiations, if at least one feasible component carrier is obtained; and take into use at least one component carrier which is closest feasible, if no feasible component carriers are obtained. | 04-25-2013 |
20130163508 | Relay Nodes in Multi-Operator Scenario - There is provided connecting to a group of interconnected wireless relay nodes including a first set connected to a first network over a first wireless connection, and a second set connected to a second network over a second wireless connection, configuring at least one of the first and the second sets of wireless relay nodes with resources for both the first and the second network and providing user equipment of the second network with wireless access via said first set of wireless relay nodes to the interconnected second set of wireless relay nodes and further over the second wireless connection to the second network. | 06-27-2013 |
20130172000 | Cooperative Relay System - The invention relates to apparatuses, methods, systems, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media. | 07-04-2013 |
20130237268 | Allocation of Resources in a Communication System - A method and an apparatus for resource allocation in a local wireless node of a system of a plurality of local wireless nodes is disclosed. An inner circle subgradient resource allocation iteration is performed based on information received from at least one other wireless node of the system and an iteration parameter until a convergent result. An updated iteration parameter is provided by of at least one outer circle subgradient iteration based on the convergent result of the inner circle subgradient resource allocation iteration. The inner circle subgradient resource allocation iteration is then repeated at least once using the updated iteration parameter until a convergent result. Resources are then allocated based on the iterations. | 09-12-2013 |
20130250771 | DEVICE TO DEVICE ENHANCED VOICE GROUP CALL - Public safety networks, such as long term evolution (LTE) based public safety networks, can benefit from device to device enhanced voice group call. A method can include serving at least one user equipment. The method can also include controlling device-to-device cluster establishing for the at least one user equipment based on at least one reference signal. This use of device-to-cluster establishment based on at least one reference signal can be applied in various ways, including being applied to group calls. | 09-26-2013 |
20130337813 | Apparatus and Method for Communication - Apparatus and method for controlling the establishment of a network connection to a mobile relay; communicating with the moving relay connected to a donor network; controlling the activation, reactivation and setup of the connection < a moving relay with donor cellular networks, the networks being controlled by more than one operator; and creating or reactivating and keeping update of the context of the mobile relay context when the mobile relay establishes a connection with a donor cellular network. | 12-19-2013 |
20140036714 | NODEB Self-Tuning - It is provided an apparatus, including base station means to provide a base station functionality using component carriers; neighbor detecting means to detect a neighboring base station; informing means to inform a coordinating device about the neighboring base station; willingness setting means to set a willingness to perform self-tuning based on a respective long-term priority for each component carrier, wherein the long-term priorities are received from the coordinating device, and the willingness is only set if the long-term priorities are not in contradiction to an actual requirement, willingness providing means to provide an indication of the willingness to the coordinating device; and self-tuning means to perform self-tuning if an agreement statement is received from the coordinating device, wherein, as a result of the self-tuning, a usage of each component carrier by the base station means is based on the received long-term information and the actual requirement. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038582 | Apparatus and Method for Communication - Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution includes controlling a relay node to provide an out-band wireless service; setting up and maintaining a first connection with a primary radio access network of a donor cellular system supporting in-band cellular access relays, setting up and maintaining a second connection with a radio access network of a donor cellular system, the second connection providing a mobile backhaul connection for the out-band wireless service, and the first connection carrying control signalling required to control and manage the first and second connection and the out-band wireless service. | 02-06-2014 |
20140045491 | Dual In-Band/Out-Band Radio Access System Field - There is provided a system of interacting relay nodes, each being configured to provide an in-band cellular radio access and an out-band radio access for at least one user eguipment within the coverage area of a corresponding relay node via at least one in-band cellular radio access link and at least one out-band radio access link, respectively; to transmit user data related to the in-band cellular radio access via first cellular radio access backhaul link and user data related to the out-band radio access via a second cellular radio access backhaul link; and to communicate with the at least one other relay node in order to per-form at least radio control-related functionalities between the interconnected relay nodes. | 02-13-2014 |
20140066058 | OPTIMIZATION ON NETWORK ASSISTED PROXIMITY SERVICES DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for network assisted ProSe discovery management are provided. One method includes establishing, by a network element, a discovery context of a user equipment, and transmitting a discovery context establishment request comprising beacon information on at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering. | 03-06-2014 |
20140119359 | Interference Control - Interference Control Methods and apparatuses for controlling interference are disclosed. Cooperation between at least two access nodes may be initiated in response to an indication of interference affecting wireless communications by access nodes. At least one local access node can be determined for discontinued wireless communications, where after at least a part of wireless communications of the at least one local access node is discontinued. | 05-01-2014 |
20140120907 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided. | 05-01-2014 |
20140204832 | Gateway Functionality for Mobile Relay System - A method includes controlling one or more radio access connections at a mobile gateway for at least one station associated with a mobile relay system, the mobile relay system providing a plurality of access technologies and being served by one or more donor cellular systems. The method further includes controlling address information of communication on the one or more radio access connections between at least one station and one or more core network elements associated with the one or more donor cellular systems. | 07-24-2014 |
20140269417 | Configuring Relay Nodes - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments there is at least a method and apparatus to perform operations of: configuring a relay node group including sending to a network access node determined information associated with the relay node group. Configuration information associated with the relay node group is received from the network access node. The configuration information is determined based on the determined information associated with the relay node group. The configuration information is distributed to one or more relay nodes of the relay node group and is for configuring one or more relay nodes of the relay node group to communicate with the network access node. | 09-18-2014 |
20140314057 | Network Synchronisation of Devices in a D2D Cluster - The invention relates to an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: convey timing information parameters and information on statuses of validity timers of devices belonging to a device cluster and being in a network communication mode for network synchronization purposes to a master device of a device cluster, and obtain at least one re-source request for network synchronization from the master device of the device cluster on behalf of at least one device belonging to the device cluster and being in the network communication mode or in a network idle mode, and communicate with the master device of the device cluster for providing network synchronization. | 10-23-2014 |
20140329517 | Operating Broadband Public Safety Mobile Communication - A method includes providing a broadband public safety network PSN that includes at least a first MS | 11-06-2014 |
20140357273 | MOBILITY CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to generation of mobility information. A mobile device can determine, based on measurements, at least one parameter relating to its movement relative to a cell. A weighting of a counter output for use in estimation of a mobility state of the mobile device is determined. The determining includes comparison of the at least one parameter to at least one threshold. Information about the weighting can be provided by a network element. When the network element obtains the weighted estimation it can take it into account in mobility control of the mobile device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357274 | CELL HANDOVERS - A technique includes: comparing (a) measurements made at the first access node of transmissions made by a plurality of other access nodes against (b) measurements made at the communication device of transmissions made by said plurality of other access nodes; and deciding whether or not to select said first access node as a handover candidate for said communication device based at least partly on the result of said comparison. | 12-04-2014 |
20150019339 | DELIVERY OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATION - The invention relates to an apparatus including at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: configure an apparatus capable to device-to-device communications to operate as a local proximity services advertising agent device, and/or configure a proximity services advertising source device to operate as a local proximity services advertising agent device or associate the proximity services advertising source device with an existing local proximity services advertising agent device, and provide commercial information to the local proximity services advertising agent device for local delivery. | 01-15-2015 |
20150031359 | OPTIMIZATION ON NETWORK ASSISTED PROXIMITY SERVICES DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for network assisted ProSe discovery management are provided. One method includes establishing, by a network element, a discovery context of a user equipment, and transmitting a discovery context establishment request comprising beacon information on at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering. | 01-29-2015 |
20150065154 | DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - In a network controlled device to device service a reference radio bearer that would provide an adequate service in a cellular access mode is determined. Information of semi-static resource allocation is then determined for the reference radio bearer and signalled to at least one device for use in configuring the at least one device for device to device communications. The at least one device can use the information as guidance when configuring for device to device communications. | 03-05-2015 |
20150085784 | RADIO RESOURCE SHARING - A technique, comprising: controlling a radio transmitter or radio transceiver of a device of a first radio system to transmit to a second radio system information about use of at least one radio resource for one or more transmissions outside the control of the second radio system, wherein said at least one radio resource is also usable for transmissions controlled by the second radio system. | 03-26-2015 |