Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100061232 | LOAD BALANCING MECHANISM FOR DYNAMIC SERVING FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS SELECTION - A method of using a base station comprising establishing a connection with a plurality of authenticators. In one embodiment, the method further including receiving, from each authenticator, load balancing parameters indicating the state of the respective authenticator. In various embodiments, the method may also include receiving, from a mobile station, a request to join a network including the base station. In some embodiments, the method may include selecting an authenticator, to authenticate the mobile station, based upon the load balancing parameters. In one embodiment, the method may include requesting mobile station authentication from the selected authenticator. | 03-11-2010 |
20100085949 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A BASE STATION APPARATUS TO AN AUTHENTICATOR APPARATUS - A Base Station apparatus includes a network attachment device and a memory. The network attachment device is adapted to attach the Base Station apparatus to an Authenticator apparatus by sending a Base Station Attachment signal. The Base Station Attachment signal is adapted to request globally scoped or per-Base Station information from the Authenticator apparatus and the memory is adapted to store received globally scoped or per-Base Station apparatus information. | 04-08-2010 |
20100332361 | MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING IN CASE OF CHARGING CLIENT RELOCATION - There is proposed a mechanism for charging control and a charging client relocation. When it is determined that a relocation of a charging related functionality for a communication connection from a previous charging client node to a new charging client node is executed, the new charging client node requests quota information used in a charging procedure for the communication connection from a charging server node. A charging agent is informed by the new charging client node about the relocation to the new charging client node after predetermined information is received from the previous charging client node and the quota information is received from the charging server. | 12-30-2010 |
20110106678 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR RELOCATING THE CLIENT PORT IN THE PROCESS OF ONLINE PREPAYING - This invention is concerned with a system and some methods to maintain the continuity of online billing through a proxy server as an anchor in which it forwards the information between the prepaying client port and the prepaying server through the proxy server. The method includes the following steps:
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20110125620 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF 'DIAMETER' PROTOCOL-BASED ONLINE CHARGING - The present invention relates to a method for maintaining continuity of Diameter online charging. The method comprises the following steps: a) initializing, when a user is moving, the relocation of a prepayment client terminal from an old prepayment client terminal to a new prepayment client terminal, and implementing the re-authentication of a mobile station at the new prepayment client terminal; b) transmitting the context information of an old Diameter online charging session from the old prepayment client terminal to the new prepayment client terminal after the re-authentication has been successfully completed; c) transmitting an initial credit control request (CCR) message comprising the identification of the old Diameter online charging session from the new prepayment client terminal to a prepayment server for continuing the old Diameter online charging session, and request for a quota by a prepayment proxy to the prepayment server via the new prepayment client terminal; and d) disconnecting the old connection between the old prepayment client terminal and the prepayment server. | 05-26-2011 |
20110145895 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication network ( | 06-16-2011 |
20110243096 | NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE TO A TARGET NETWORK APPARATUS IN THE WIMAX SYSTEM - A network apparatus for transmitting a message to a target network apparatus is described, which may comprise a trigger device, a target profile determining device, a message preparation device and a message transmitting device. The trigger device may be adapted for determining and/or detecting a trigger for transmitting a message. The target profile determining device may be adapted for determining a profile of the target network apparatus. The message preparation device may be adapted for preparing a message for transmitting the message to the target network apparatus in accordance with the determined profile of the target network apparatus. The transmitting device may be adapted for transmitting the prepared message to the target apparatus. | 10-06-2011 |
20110276838 | Logged Drive Test Reporting - A network receives from a user equipment UE information about a measurement configuration used to log test measurements; and the network uses the received information to determine further signaling to send to the UE concerning further test measurements. The network can compare the received measurement configuration to a measurement configuration for the further test measurements; and if the same can merely indicate to the UE to continue using the same configuration else if different can indicate to the UE the new configuration to use for the further measurements. The UE logs the test measurements taken in the IDLE mode. After exiting the IDLE mode it sends to the network with which it connects information about the measurement configuration used to collect the measurements. The information can be sent in a RRC Connection Setup Complete message along with an availability indictor that the logged test measurements are available. | 11-10-2011 |
20110281581 | Network Apparatus and Method for Performing a Handover in a Network - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention a network apparatus may be provided, which network apparatus may include a detecting device, a selecting device, a receiving device, a determining device and a sending device. The detecting device may be adapted to detect a condition for a handover. The selecting device may be adapted to select a first group, wherein the first group includes at least one first target apparatus member. The receiving device may be adapted to receive a second group, wherein the second group may include at least one second target apparatus member. The determining device may be adapted to determine a difference group of the first target apparatus members and the second target apparatus members. The selecting device may be adapted to select at least one target apparatus member of the difference group. The sending device may be adapted to send a preparation information to the at least one selected target apparatus member of the difference group. | 11-17-2011 |
20120021747 | Reduction of Interruption Time in a Handover - A Mobile Station apparatus for controlling a handover between a Serving Base Station apparatus and a Target Base Station apparatus is described. The Mobile Station includes a Handover Message Receiving device, a Processing device, a Handover device and a timer Value and a Timer device. The Handover Message Receiving device is adapted to detect receiving of a Handover message and wherein the Processing device is adapted upon detecting of the Handover message to calculate a Connection Hold Time value. The Handover device is adapted to send a Handover Indication message to the Serving Base Station apparatus, to start the Timer device with the Connection Hold Time value and to handover the connection from the Serving Base Station apparatus to the Target Base Station apparatus upon expiring of the Timer device. | 01-26-2012 |
20120087338 | INDICATING ACTION TIMES AND FAST RANGING CAPABILITIES OF TARGET BASE STATIONS - According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining whether each of a plurality of target base stations is capable of providing a fast ranging opportunity to a mobile station served by the serving base station, and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, determining an action time after which the target base station can send an uplink map to the mobile station, the uplink map indicating when the mobile station should send a fast ranging request. The method may also include sending a handover message to the mobile station, the handover message indicating whether each of the plurality of target base stations is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, indicating the action time after which the target base station can send the uplink map to the mobile station. | 04-12-2012 |
20120100861 | Network Element and Method of Communication Management in a Network - A network element for a communication network including a plurality of network elements is provided, wherein the network element includes an input interface adapted to receive an activity signal indicating that a status of a specific network element has changed, a determination unit adapted to determine a neighbour signal of the specific network element indicative for the neighbourhood relationship of the specific network element, and an output interface adapted to send a neighbour signal to the specific network element. | 04-26-2012 |
20120250605 | Reporting Buffering Information - A buffer information report can be sent to a system station from a node for relaying communications between at least one user station and the system station. The report is generated based on a report format used for uplink reporting by a user station. An indication is also sent to the system station that the node for relaying has different buffering capabilities than the user station. At the system station the buffering capabilities of the node for relaying can be determined based on the buffer information report and the indication. Communications between the system station and the node for relaying can then be controlled accordingly. | 10-04-2012 |
20120282900 | MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSES - After a successful authentication in a femto system, a home base station management system is used to send configuration data to a home base station and manage the home base station over a secured management connection. The configuration data stored in the management system is classified into two types: a) Device-related configuration data, which are indexed by a device ID; and b) subscriber/user-related configuration data, which are indexed by a subscriber ID. The management system sets up a binding relationship between device ID of the home base station and the subscriber/user identity of the USIM/SIM installed in the home base station. Then the management system generates full configuration data for the home base station based on the combination of the binded IDs. In other words, the full configuration data contains device-related configuration data selected from the classified configuration data based on the binded device ID, and user-related configuration data selected from the classified configuration data based on the binded subscriber/user ID. The management system then sends this full configuration data to the home base station. | 11-08-2012 |
20120287790 | Method and Apparatus - A method including determining traffic adjustment information for traffic from a base station to a relay node in dependence on a quantity of data intended for each user equipment at a first quality of service level on a first radio bearer; and causing said traffic adjustment information to be sent to a network element. | 11-15-2012 |
20130065535 | Validity Time configuration for Immediate MDT Reporting - The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and a computer program product for performing one or more minimizing Perform MDT drive test (MDT) measurements, defining a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement, verifying, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded, and, if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, reporting the MDT measurement result. | 03-14-2013 |
20130143574 | Enhanced admission control in relay-enhanced access networks - There are provided measures for enhanced admission control in relay-enhanced access networks, said measures exemplarily including receipt of a bearer admission request of at least one bearer in a relay-enhanced access network, said at least one bearer consisting of a bearer on an access link between a user equipment and a relay node and a bearer on a backhaul link between said relay node and a base station, and execution of a combined bearer admission control of said at least one bearer at one of said relay node and said base station, including a bearer admission control on the access link and a bearer admission control on the backhaul link. Said measures may exemplarily be applied for enhancing admission control in relay-enhanced LTE and LTE-Advanced access networks. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144551 | Methods and Apparatus for Reporting Measurement Information - A method including causing a plurality of measurements to be performed by a user equipment to provide measurement information; causing a message to be sent from the user equipment to a network element indicating that measurement information is available; and responsive to a message from said network element requesting said measurement information, causing a response to be sent from the user equipment to said network with only some of said measurement information and information indicating that further measurement information is available. | 06-06-2013 |
20130182638 | Enhancements to Support Mobility Load Balancing for Relay - The present invention provides methods, apparatuses, and a computer program product for enhancements to support Mobility Load Balancing for Relay. The present invention discloses receiving a message including first parameters regarding a link between a relay entity and a base station entity, calculating second parameters regarding the link between the relay entity and the base station entity, placing the calculated second parameters into the message, and forwarding the message including the first and second parameters to nodes that are connected to the base station. | 07-18-2013 |
20130208649 | Relaying Communications in Advanced LTE Systems - There is a method including receiving information from a relay node associated with a first node. The information includes an indication of at least one second node. The method also includes determining parameter information of the at least one second node on the basis of the indication. | 08-15-2013 |
20130223408 | ACTION TIMES FOR HANDOVER OF MOBILE STATIONS - A method may include determining whether each of a plurality of target base stations is capable of providing a fast ranging opportunity to a mobile station served by the serving base station, and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, determining an action time after which the target base station can send an uplink map to the mobile station, the uplink map indicating when the mobile station should send a fast ranging request. The method may also include sending a handover message to the mobile station, the handover message indicating whether each of the plurality of target base stations is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station and indicating the action time after which the target base station can send the uplink map to the mobile station. | 08-29-2013 |
20130273890 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Closed Subscriber Groups in Relay-Enhanced System - A method and an apparatus for handling closed subscriber groups in a relay-enhanced system are provided in the invention. The method includes: retrieving setting information relating to closed subscriber groups of a donor base station and a relay node of a relay-enhanced cellular system; acquiring a whitelist defining one or more closed subscriber groups in which a terminal is a member, the terminal requesting access to the relay-enhanced cellular system via the relay node; and verifying (i.e. checking and/or validating) a membership of the terminal for both closed subscriber groups of the donor base station and the relay node based on the retrieved setting information and the acquired whitelist. With the method and apparatus of the invention, user access control via the relay node in the relay-enhanced access networks can be improved. | 10-17-2013 |
20130281051 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF 'DIAMETER' PROTOCOL-BASED ONLINE CHARGING - The present invention relates to a method for maintaining continuity of Diameter online charging. The method comprises the following steps: a) initializing, when a user is moving, the relocation of a prepayment client terminal from an old prepayment client terminal to a new prepayment client terminal, and implementing the re-authentication of a mobile station at the new prepayment client terminal; b) transmitting the context information of an old Diameter online charging session from the old prepayment client terminal to the new prepayment client terminal after the re-authentication has been successfully completed; c) transmitting an initial credit control request (CCR) message comprising the identification of the old Diameter online charging session from the new prepayment client terminal to a prepayment server for continuing the old Diameter online charging session, and request for a quota by a prepayment proxy to the prepayment server via the new prepayment client terminal; and d) disconnecting the old connection between the old prepayment client terminal and the prepayment server. | 10-24-2013 |
20140148176 | Relay Enhanced Cellular Telecommunication Network - Systems and techniques for avoiding inefficiencies resulting from failed handover attempts. A base station selects one or more mobility management entity (MME) pools for assignment to a relay nod; with the selection being performed so as to minimize or eliminate handover attempts requiring that a target device support a particular MME pool when the MME pool is not supported by the MME. A base station selects, when communicating with a relay node, a subset of the MME pools that it supports and assigns the subset to the base station. UEs served by the relay node are assigned the MME pool or MME pools assigned to the relay node. The relay node is informed of the MME pools supported by one or more neighbor nodes and, when attempting a handover to a neighbor node, attempts an X2 handover only to neighbor nodes supporting an MME pool assigned to the relay node. | 05-29-2014 |