Nokia Telecommunications Oy

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Nokia Networks Oy

Eija Saario

Oscar Salonaho

Pekka T Soininen

Juha Sakari Korhonen

Anu Virtanen

Marko Heinila

Otto Pulkkinen

Marko Lamminaho

Imre Kekesi

The invention relates to a method of channel allocation in a fixed radio link network. For each radio link to be commissioned channels, interference level measurement on each available channel of the frequency band is carried out. Based on the interference measurements, best transmission and reception channel for the link are selected. Thereafter, the radio link can be commissioned and measurements in the next radio link to be commissioned can be started. Instead of using a fixed and pre-set channel for the fixed radio link, a channel is assigned autonomously and automatically when commissioning the link, depending on interference measurement results and/or distance measurement results. The possibility for automatic channel selection decreases the amount of commissioning work by removing the need for detailed frequency planning and fixed channel setting at the factory for each radio.

Channel selection in a radio link system

A cellular radio system and a method for adjusting transmit power during call set-up. The system comprises at least one base station and a group of subscriber equipment communicating with one or more of the base stations. The signal-to-noise ratio between the subscriber equipment and a base station is estimated before an actual connection is set up. In order that the new connection not interfere with the existing connections, a desired power transmit value with which the desired signal-to-noise ratio is obtained is calculated for the transmit power of the transmitter. An initial value for the transmit power is calculated by means of the power-control parameters of the system and a given time constant and the transmission is started with the initial value. The transmit power in increased from the initial value to the desired power transmit value during a given time constant.

Method for adjusting transmit power during call set-up, and a cellular radio system

The idea of the invention is to allocate channels within a predetermined group of cells with a dynamic channel allocation method and to equalize interference caused to the cell group by connections outside the cell group e.g. through frequency or time slot hopping. Cell groups may be superimposed and they may be formed e.g. by the cells of an office system or a broad-coverage mobile communications system, by the cells of a mobile communications network of two different operators, by the cells of a network according to two different systems or by the cells of a network operated by one operator. If the cell groups are formed of cells in one network, a suitable size may be chosen for the cell group so that the computing and signalling load required by centralized dynamic channel allocation in the cell group will remain easily controllable.

Method for channel allocation

Method for controlling transmission of a pilot signal based on load

Method for controlling transmitting power and radio system

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Eija Saario