Nokia Ip, Inc.

Jukka Sepp&auml;l&auml;

Juha Ala-Laurila

Jukka Immonen

Henry Haverinen

Martin Bergenwall

Methods and system for weighted polling of terminals in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Quality of Service (QoS) information related to WLAN terminals is obtained. A weighted polling factor may be assigned to each WLAN terminal based on the QoS information. Each WLAN terminal may be polled during a transmission period based on the weighted polling factor assigned to each WLAN terminal.

Methods and systems for weighted PCF polling lists for WLAN QoS support

A method, apparatus and computer program for applying a predetermined transmission process to the transmission of IP packets of a particular Internet Protocol (IP) flow in an IP network. The invention is implemented by defining in a host, such as a wireless terminal, a Quality of Service (QoS) management protocol between an IP session management protocol of the host and each of an IP layer and a link layer of the host, and defining in another apparatus, such as a wireless access point, a QoS management protocol between the QoS management protocol of the host and each of an IP layer and a link layer of the wireless access point. The wireless access point communicates with the wireless terminal via a link and allows the wireless terminal to communicate with the IP network. IP session information is configured in the wireless terminal and the wireless access point in each of the IP and link layers based on IP session management information from the IP session management protocol of the wireless terminal. Based on the defined configuration, an IP flow between the wireless terminal and the wireless access point is identified as a particular IP flow. Thereafter, a predetermined transmission process can be applied to the transmission of IP packets of the identified IP flow.

Method, apparatus and computer program for IP traffic prioritization in IP networks

This is a method and system to efficiently do handovers for mobile IP. The mobile node registers itself with several foreign agents using a new registration type. Only one of the foreign agents is selected to forward the data packets of a data message to the mobile node. The selection algorithm may be one based on randomness, dynamic learning, message traffic congestion, or statistical information collected at the mobile node.

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Pirkkala, Finland

Jukka Seppälä

Growing community of inventors

Pirkkala, Finland

Jukka Sepp&auml;l&auml;

Jukka Seppälä