Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Solutions and Networks Gmbh & Co. Kg

Christian Markwart

Peter Rost

Christian Mannweiler

Rakash Sivasiva Ganesan

Borislava Gajic

Hans-Jochen Morper

Ruediger Halfmann

Yi Zhang

Shun Zhang

Simone Redana

Andreas Maeder

Richard Waldhauser

Wei Hua Zhou

Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer

Bernhard Raaf

Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo

Ingo Viering

Troels Emil Kolding

Michael Faerber

Athul Prasad

Bernhard Wegmann

Andreas Lobinger

Johanna Katariina Pekonen

Eva Perez

Rauno Tapani Ruismaki

Karl-Josef Friederichs

Hans Jochen Morper

An apparatus is provided for use by a network agent element or function to conduct link layer information related processing. The apparatus is caused to receive first link layer related information from a neighboring network element or function, forward second link layer related information to a communication network control element or function, receive third link layer related information from a communication network control element or function, and forward fourth link layer related information to a neighboring network element or function. The second and fourth link layer related information are generated using first and third link layer related information, respectively. The second and third link layer related information is received and forwarded via a wireless connection path of a wireless communication network. The apparatus is connected to or part of the/or communication element or function, a communication network control element or function and a communication network data element or function.

Integration of communication network in time sensitive networking system

It is provided a method comprising monitoring if a reservation request is received from a controller, wherein the reservation request requests to reserve resources for a data session having a first quality of service; translating the reservation request into a request for providing a data session of a wireless network having a requested quality of service corresponding to the first quality of service if the reservation request is received; forwarding the request for providing the data session to the wireless network; translating an indication of a provided quality of service of the data session comprised in a response to the request for providing the data session received from the wireless network into an indication of a reserved quality of service corresponding to the provided quality of service; responding to the reservation request by a reservation response; wherein the reservation response comprises the indication of the reserved quality of service.

Management and orchestration aided transparent of 3GPP network into TSN based industrial network

It is provided a method, comprising triggering a terminal of a wireless network to establish a control session to a translator device via the wireless network; providing a control port to a station of a wireline network; forwarding at least one of a first message from the station received on the control port via the control session to the translator device and a second message received via the control session from the translator device to the station.

Transparent integration of 3GPP network into TSN based industrial network

A method including obtaining parameters for a flow from a first network through a second network, the parameters including: a maximum protocol data unit volume PDUVin the first network, a maximum flow bit rate MFBR in the second network, a guaranteed flow bit rate GFBR in the second network, and a maximum protocol data unit delay budget in the second network; deriving from the obtained parameters: a maximum delay a packet of the flow experiences in the second network, wherein the maximum delay is a sum of a maximum PDUVdependent contribution and a maximum PDUVindependent contribution, a minimum delay the packet experiences in the second network, wherein the minimum delay is a sum of a minimum PDUVdependent contribution and a minimum PDUVindependent contribution.

Supporting the fulfilment of E2E QoS requirements in TSN-3GPP network integration

There is provided an apparatus comprising means for: translating between a first communication apparatus and a first wireless communication network operating as at least part of a bridge between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus; determining that the first and/or second communication apparatus is undergoing or has undergone a mobility event; and executing at least part of a mobility procedure resulting from the mobility event.

Communication apparatus and communication method

This document discloses a solution for performing spectrum allocations. According to an aspect, there is provided a method comprising: performing, by a spectrum sharing adaptation system, allocation and transmission authorization of a shared spectrum resource to a network element of a communication network, wherein the shared spectrum resource is on frequencies not exclusively licensed to the communication network, and wherein the spectrum sharing adaptation system allocates the shared spectrum resource to the network element by using a first spectrum sharing protocol; acquiring, by the spectrum sharing adaptation system, allocation and transmission authorization of the shared spectrum resource from a spectrum resource manager managing utilization of spectrum resources, wherein the spectrum sharing adaptation system acquires the allocation of the shared spectrum resource by using a second spectrum sharing protocol different from the first spectrum sharing protocol; and performing, by the spectrum sharing adaptation system, adaptation between the first spectrum sharing protocol and the second spectrum sharing protocol.

Spectrum sharing adaptation function

Configuration information including location and radio capabilities for first and second network nodes (for example, DeNB and RN respectively) are provided to register them to a spectrum access system (SAS). To establish a DeNB-RN backhaul link on a shared radio spectrum the DeNB sends the SAS a request for radio resources and authorization to transmit. The configuration information and/or the request indicates the DeNB and the RN belong to a backhaul system. The DeNB receives a grant for the radio resources and authorization, and broadcasts the authorization to the RN. The RN scans a broadcast channel while its receiver is active and its transmitter is inactive; detects the authorization to transmit, changes its transmitter from inactive to active, and transmits a reply to the DeNB's broadcast. The RN's reply to the DeNB's broadcast is used to establish the backhaul link.

Coordinating spectrum authorization for backhaul connections

It is provided a method, comprising monitoring if a request for an optimization of a rule affecting a border of a shared resource is received from a first controller; identifying, if the request is received, a second controller having at least a part of the border in common with the first controller; informing the second controller on the request, the rule, and the part of the border.

Border optimization in LSA

An apparatus and a method are described, by which a fragmentation probability is determined which indicates a probability of fragmentation of frequency resources in at least one network section for at least one network operating entity. Moreover, an apparatus and a method are described, by which frequency resources in at least one network section are allocated and/or de-allocated, priorities of frequency resources are defined for at least one network operating entity individually, and allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources for the at least one network operating entity is performed based on the priorities. For allocating and/or de-allocating of the frequency resources, also the fragmentation probability may be taken into account.

Coordinated spectrum allocation and de-allocation to minimize spectrum fragmentation in a cognitive radio network

A resource controller for managing resources in a network and arranged at a site of a first network entity is provided, wherein the resource controller comprises: a database, adapted to store resource managing related information; an interface adapted to receive a resource managing message from a second network entity at the first network entity; and a resource managing unit, wherein the resource managing unit is adapted to grant access to the stored resource managing related information on the database based on the received resource managing message.

Method of managing resources

Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution may include serving one or more cells of a radio access system, the geographical area of the radio access system comprising one or more reservation zones, where the use of the resources of the zones may be activated or deactivated by a network element of the system; storing for each served cell category classification information of each served cell, the category classification describing how the cell interferes with each of the one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones; storing one or more predetermined actions for each category classification and reservation zone; receiving a command from a network element related to the activation or deactivation of one or more authorized/licenced shared access reservation zones and executing one or more predetermined actions on the basis of the command.

Configuration of resource usage in communication systems

It is provided a method, including mapping, based on a predefined zone mapping table, a share status of a geographically defined zone to a cell of a communication network; identifying, based on a predefined cell mapping table, a cell device related to the cell; and triggering issuing a command to the cell device to modify an activity status of a predefined radio resource in the cell depending on the share status.

Anonymization of ASA/LSA repository data

A method of determining system performance parameters, such as delay, present in a network where the network is one of a plurality of heterogeneous networks in a communication system. The communication comprises a first network and a first node, both controlled by a first network operator, and a second network controlled by a second network operator. The first node is located in the second network. The method comprises the steps of: the first node communicating with at least one other node; the first node obtaining system-related information as a result of this communication; the system-related information being used to derive the system performance parameters of the second network.

Determination of system performance parameters in heterogeneous network environments

An apparatus, includes core interface means adapted to provide an eastbound interface to a first core network element and to a second core network element different from the first core network element; radio interface means adapted to provide a westbound interface to a first radio access network element and to a second radio access network element different from the first radio access network element; multiplex detecting means adapted to detect if a first request received at one of the eastbound and westbound interfaces is directed to the first and/or the second of the network elements of the respective other interface; adapting means adapted to adapt the first request according to the network element to which it is directed; multiplexing means adapted to multiplex the adapted first request to the first and/or the second of the network elements of the respective other interface according to detection by the multiplex detecting means.

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Christian Markwart