Nokia Corporation

Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Technology Oy

Carl Simon Wijting

Klaus Franz Doppler

Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo

Cassio Ribeiro

Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz

Klaus Hugl

Mika P Rinne

Omer Anjum

Antti Sorri

Jean-Philippe Kermoal

Mika Kasslin

Zexian Li

Jarkko Kneckt

Niko Kiukkonen

Jari Petteri Lunden

Jari Henrik Junell

Mika Petri Olavi Rinne

Petteri Lunden

Klaus Doppler

Pekka Janis

Arto Tapio Palin

Juha Sakari Korhonen

Jan-Erik Gustav Ekberg

Olav Tirkkonen

Juha Johannes Salokannel

Athul Prasad

Martti Johannes Moisio

Päivi Ruuska

Harald Kaaja

Cássio Ribeiro

Petteri Lundén

Massimo Bertinelli

Pekka Markus Nikolai Janis

He Xiaoben

Ales Vanek

Reinhard Voese

Amit Mehrotra

Cássio Barboza Ribiero

Jack Zatz

Ugurlu Umut

Peter Love

Anoop Kulkarni

Osman Yilmaz

Cssio Barboza Ribeiro

Hugl Klaus

Antii Sorri

Various communication systems may benefit from determining a venue value index before deploying wireless communication in the area. A method may include identifying the one or more wireless coverage issues within an area. The method may also include receiving data demand information for the area having the identified one or more wireless coverage issues. In addition, the method may include receiving or determining a total cost of ownership. The total cost of ownership may include a cost of fixing the one or more wireless coverage issues within the area. Further, the method may include calculating a venue value index of the area based on at least one of the total cost of ownership, the data demand information, or an average spectrum efficiency. The method may in addition include performing at least one network administrative task based on the venue value index.

Computing wireless deployment in an area

In one aspect, there is a method. The method may include receiving an image of a vehicle from a sensor. The image may include identifying information of the vehicle. The method may further include generating an identifier for the vehicle based on the identifying information. The method may also include sending a message to the vehicle. The message may include the generated identifier in order to identify a destination address of the message. The above-noted aspects and features may be implemented in systems, apparatuses, methods, and/or computer-readable media depending on the desired configuration.

Vehicle communication identifiers based on license plate information

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: generate or receive a message comprising relay capability information, and transmit or forward the message to a device to device group.

Device-to-device based user equipment to network relay

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for grouping cells according to traffic characteristics and allocating resources in time and/or frequency domain to the different groups and within the groups, allowing a partial overlap.

Resource allocation and interference management for dense and small cell deployments

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signaling support for devices with multiple and/or flexible form factors are provided. One method includes determining, by a device having multiple forms and associated with a network, a current form or a change in the form of the device, determining new parameters according to the determined current form of the device, and reporting the new parameters to the network.

Signaling support for devices with multiple and/or flexible form factors

A method including determining first information of a base station in regard to an area of shared coverage with a neighboring base station; and transmitting the determined first information from the base station. A method including receiving first information by a base station with regard to an area of shared coverage with a neighboring base station; determining, based at least partially upon the received first information.

Neighboring cell load information

Radio communications is performed within a mobile telecommunication network. Billing related information is obtained by radio-physical detection. Within a trusted execution environment, a challenge known by the mobile telecommunication network is obtained; billing related information is received; billing related information is attested; and the attested billing related information is caused to be sent to the mobile telecommunication network.

Billing related information reporting

In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for sharing secondary cognitive radio resource user related information. A coexistence node receives information on network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. An upload message is generated and sent, the upload message comprising for a secondary user database at least information on the received network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. A location-dependent network map comprising at least information on network properties is generated. The network map is sent to assist one or more secondary cognitive radio resource users.

Method and apparatus for cognitive radio coexistence

A method, apparatus, computer program product and system are provided for scheduling support for cloud services. From the perspective of a client device, a method is provided that includes causing a support request to be transmitted and receiving an indication message. The support request includes an indication of an amount of data associated with a support task and an indication of an urgency of the support task. The method further includes determining whether to wait for or reject the support task. If it is determined to wait, the method includes performing one or more idle functions, receiving a ready indication, and determining whether to proceed with or cancel the support task. If it is determined to proceed with the support task, the method further includes causing an acceptance indication to be transmitted and receiving or causing to be transmitted, the data associated with the support task.

Method and apparatus for network assisted data transfer scheduling

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for distributed small cell scanning. In some example embodiments, the method may include receiving, at a first user equipment, an indication to perform a distributed scan for one or more carrier frequencies with at least a second user equipment proximate to the first user equipment; performing, by the first user equipment in response to the received indication, the distributed scan by measuring a first carrier frequency during a first time period; and sending a measurement report of the first carrier frequency, when detected by the first user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Distributed small-cell search

Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to wireless networks and relating to context transfers and multi-band operation in wireless networks. In an example embodiment, a multi-band scheduler may be provided for use in a wireless node. The multi-band scheduler may be configured to: receive one or more data units of a flow; assign each received data unit of the flow to a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands; determine a band transfer condition for the flow; and perform a context transfer from the first frequency band to a second frequency band for the flow based on the determined band transfer condition.

Context transfers and multi-band operation for wireless networks

Various communication systems may benefit from joint precoder and receiver designs for multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output. For example, machine-type communication in long term evolution communication systems may benefit from such designs. A method can include determining channel status information of a current connection. The method can also include indicating the channel status information to a transmitter. The method can further include receiving weight values for a first receiver filter, in response to the channel status information. The method can also include defining the first receiver filter based on the weight values. The method can further include determining effective channel status information of a current connection, and interference from other transmitters. The method can also include defining a second receiver filter based on the weight values, the effective channel status information of the current connection, and the interference.

Joint precoder and receiver design for MU-MIMO downlink

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising maintaining attachment of an apparatus to a macro cell, directing searching for, or scanning for, small cells during attachment of the apparatus to the macro cell. Responsive to detecting a first small cell with a received signal characteristic exceeding a predetermined first threshold, the method comprises causing searching for further small cells other than the first small cell to be interrupted, wherein the apparatus is configured to communicate with and attach to cells comprised in a heterogeneous network, and the macro cell, the first small cell and the further small cells are heterogeneous network cells.

Method and apparatus for connection management

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a first message, the first message comprising an indication of a determination that a user equipment is in physical proximity of a first cell, at least one processor configured to determine whether the first cell is available to the user equipment, and the at least one processor being configured to, responsive to a determination the first cell is available to the user equipment, cause a second message to be transmitted to the user equipment, the second message comprising an instruction for the user equipment to perform at least one measurement to discover the first cell.

Measurement configuration

Information acquisition relating to a radio environment of a terminal is caused. A carrier aggregation configuration of the terminal is created on the basis of the acquired information, the carrier aggregation configuration comprising a plurality of aggregated cells of same relevance implemented by at least one base station. Information transmission relating to the carrier aggregation configuration is caused to at least one base station implementing at least one aggregated cell.

Carrier aggregation

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