Vodafone Group Plc.

Vodafone IP Licensing Limited

Vodaphone Group Plc

Vodafone Espana

Vodafone Espana, S.a.u.

Vodafone Espana, S.a.

Andrea De Pasquale

Francisco Javier Dominguez Romero

Yannick Le Pezennec

Santiago Tenorio Sanz

Brendan McWilliams

Javier López Roman

Clara Serrano Solsona

Kyriakos Exadaktylos

Julio Urbano Ruiz

Esperanza Alcazar Viguera

Beatriz Garriga Muñiz

Maria Diaz Mateos

Aitor García Viñas

Paul Edwards

Luis Gabriel Zas Couce

Eric Murray

Beatriz Garriga

Lorenzo Pansana

Francisco Dominguez Romero

Ricardo José Alves

Inigo Guemes Cabrejas

Ricardo Jose Monteiro Alves

Kyriakos Exadactylos

Alberto Gomez Coloma

Ignacio Gonzalez Guijarro

Altor Garcia Viñas

Elisa Isabel Cervantes Cañavate

Francisco Javier Domínguez Romero

Clara Serrano Solsana

Aitor GARCÍA

David Valerdi Rodriguez

Luis Zas Couce

Beatriz Garriga Muniz

Tarek Mohamed Elbasyouny

Eric Douglas Murray

Iñigo GÜEMES Cabrejas

Brendan Mcwilliams

A cellular telecommunications network architecture is described where certain UEs are configured to assist the network to improve coverage in regions of poor radio conditions. In certain embodiments, appropriate UEs are selected to act as a dynamic, out-of-band coverage extensions. Network performance can thereby be improved when serving users at the cell edge (or in other poor radio condition regions of a cell).

Telecommunication system

By first determining whether network conditions make it possible and necessary to assist the network in supporting communication devices in comparatively poor radio coverage, and then periodically determining what type of assistance would best improve the overall network performance, a cellular telecommunications network is dynamically adapted to improve overall network performance without requiring the introduction of new network equipment. In one example, the dynamic activation of the radio coverage assistance serves to reduce problems associated with users at the cell edge, resulting in improvements in overall cell capacity.

Radio resource management in a telecommunication system

Coordination of the use of radio resource between a first Radio Access Network (RAN) and a second RAN is provided, each RAN being configured to communicate over the same predefined bandwidth range. A first priority associated with traffic to be carried over the first RAN and a second priority associated with traffic to be carried over the second RAN are determined. A first portion of the radio resource comprising one or more first bandwidth segments is assigned to the first RAN and a second portion of the radio resource comprising a plurality of second bandwidth segments is assigned to the second RAN, based on the first and second priorities. The first portion is indicated to a first RAN scheduler and/or the second portion is indicated to a second RAN scheduler. At least one first bandwidth segment is assigned between two of the second bandwidth segments.

Full spectrum sharing

A method of determining a transmission mode configuration for a cell of a node of a telecommunication network, the node configured to serve a plurality of user devices within the cell, wherein the determination is based on evaluation of at least one condition associated with one or more applications running at one or more user devices served by the cell, the evaluation being against a specific transmission mode configuration.

Method for determining a transmission mode for a cell of a node of a telecommunication network

The invention relates to both a method and a network entity in a cellular communication network serving mobile terminals or communication devices, offering control over terminals in order to ensure that the best possible data connection is available to the user at all times whatever the coverage scenario and technology the terminals are operating on.

Method and portable data apparatus for operating mobile terminals in a cellular telecommunications network

A method, base station and controller for allocating PS traffic in mobile networks which provide a plurality of RATs (multi-RAT networks) for supporting Packet Services, which comprises: The classification of the Packet Service can additionally take into account other parameters: QoS, measured RTT, load of each RAT and combination of these parameters.

Method and devices for allocating PS traffic in a multi-technology wireless communication network

In order to transmit data packets in multi-RAT networks, a method and system of network controllers are provided including simultaneous establishment of radio connections over multiple different Radio Access Technologies or RATs, with User Equipment or UE, being one radio connection firstly established over one primary RAT under a single PDP context and one or more radio connections established over at least one secondary RAT, different from the primary RAT, and under the same single PDP context; simultaneous transmission of data packets over the different RATs towards the UEand combination of the transmitted data by higher layer protocols at the UE. In the present method/system, a connection is established for user plane transmission on the same PDP context between a primary network controllerof the primary RAT and the secondary network controllerof a secondary RAT. More than one secondary RAT may be involved.

Transmitting data packets in multi-rat networks

A method and network entity for downloading detected video packets. A minimum bit rate MinBR equals ViBR+M, where M&#x2267;0 is a configurable bit rate margin from an estimated video bit rate ViBR. A specific bit rate SBR is greater than MinBR. The method uses MinBR and SBR as a minimum bit rate limit and a maximum bit rate limit respectively between which the bit rate for delivering video in case of congestion is defined. The method can further compare the predefined specific bit rate with a real throughput of the user requesting video download with a QoS profile, and if there is congestion and if the throughput is larger than or equal to SBR, the priority value of a QoS profile to be used for downloading video in case of congestion.

Downloading video in mobile networks

Method and network entities for providing good performance for voice in multiRAB connection for services of a CS+PS call setup () without high throughput necessity but providing good throughput for the services needing it. A differentiation of the multiRAB configuration (bearer type, mobility parameters and channel switching timers), based on service detection, is performed either in the RAN either in the CN indicating eventually this detection to the RAN. If the detected service needs high bit rate/throughput (), the RNC reconfigures the multiRAB configuration () so that a bearer type providing high throughput is allocated to said service and the RNC reassigns mobility and channel switching parameters to maximise this throughput and the radio resources. If the service does not require high throughput (), the RNC configures a bearer type and parameters for mobility and channel switching as specified by the standards to provide good performance (), low dropped call rate.

Method, system and device for configuring radio access bearers in mobile networks with multi-RAB capability

The invention refers to a radio network entity for transmitting data packets from an IP gateway in a telecommunications network to a user terminal via a plurality of mobile terminations through a single IP connection. The radio network entity comprises:

System and method for transmitting data packets to a plurality of mobile terminations through a single IP connection

A method and mobile device (UE) for enabling services in multi-RAT networks which support at least HSPA and LTE, comprising: identifying an initial radio technology on which a UE requesting service is camped, within a current cell; determining an indication of coverage of another radio technology available on the current cell which provides higher speed access than the initial one; deciding carrying the service, either through the initial radio technology or the other one of higher speed access, according to the previous indication. The indication of coverage can be based on any of the following criteria or a combination of them is met: 1) Terminal is camped on a HSDPA capable or LTE capable cell, 2) HSDPA signal strength is higher than a threshold, 3) LTE signal strength is higher than a threshold, 4) Measurements on the Peak Rate of the UE in a past time and in a location.

Method and device for enabling high-speed communication services in multi-technology wireless network

A method for data transmission in a wide area mobile network supporting both MIMO User Equipments and non MIMO User Equipments includes allocating in a first signal the traffic of non MIMO user Equipments, a first MIMO data stream and a primary pilot channel, allocating in a second signal a second MIMO data stream and a secondary pilot channel, and transmitting the first signal and the second signal with two orthogonal circular polarizations.

Data transmission in a wide area mobile network

In order to transmit data packets in multi-RAT networks, a method and a system of network controllers are proposed comprising: In the present method/system, a connection is established for user plane transmission on the same PDP context between a primary network controllerof the primary RAT and the secondary network controllerof a secondary RAT. More than one secondary RAT may be involved.

A method and apparatus is provided for improving bandwidth usage in a cellular communication network serving at least one mobile terminal, the network being arranged to use a predefined bandwidth range. The apparatus includes a base band unit for capable of supporting at least a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, a counting means for determining the number of mobile terminals within a cell of the first radio access technology supporting the second radio access technology and a measuring means for determining the level of traffic carried by the first radio access technology cell. Bandwidth assignment means are also provided so that the bandwidth assigned to GSM and LTE can be configured to take account of changes in the traffic levels and device capabilities in either RAT.

Optimizing bandwidth usage in a cellular communication network

The invention relates to a cellular communication network serving mobile terminals or devices and how to reduce the signalling load in said network by introducing an auxiliary device which holds data packets in order to minimize connections according to a pre-determined rule.

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Andrea De Pasquale