Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Vodafone Group Services Limited

Jyri Kalervo Hamalainen

Vinh Van Phan

Risto Wichman

Bernhard Raaf

Kari Veikko Horneman

Frank Frederiksen

Oumer Teyeb

Ling Yu

Osman Nuri Can Yilmaz

Troels Emil Kolding

Mika P Rinne

Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen

Markku Juha Vainikka

Seppo Hamalainen

Preben Elgaard Mogensen

Ralf Irmer

In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to send an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a receiver configured to receive a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the access point a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource.

Apparatus, methods, and computer program products providing improved flexible resource usage

A method, in which a bandwidth of a carrier frequency is allocated to subbands and one or more of the subbands is assigned to a radio network element to be used in radio communication between the radio network element and user equipment having a radio connection with the radio network element.

Radio System Configuration

A method comprises receiving from a plurality of user equipment signal information for at least one cell, and using said information to determine if a candidate cell is to enter a reduced power mode.

Method and apparatus

It is described a telecommunication network. The telecommunication network includes a base station, which is privately owned and which is adapted to provide a restricted access service to a limited number of communication devices, which are assigned to a picocell of the telecommunication network. The telecommunication network further includes a network element, which is publicly available and which is adapted to provide unrestricted access service to communication devices, which are assigned to a wide area cellular network. The base station is coupled with the network element via a radio transmission link. It is further described a method for operating a telecommunication network of the above described type. Furthermore, it is described a base station and a network element, which in connection with each other represent the described telecommunication network and/or are adapted to carry out the described method for operating the telecommunication network.

Network comprising a privately owned base station coupled with a publicly available network element

An enhanced solution for controlling a handover procedure for handing a terminal device over from a source cell to a target cell in a communication network with relay nodes is provided. In the solution, the relay nodes actively assist in the handover procedure by, for instance, initiating the handover procedure, configuring a relayed link and buffering user data at the relay node.

Method and apparatus for handover procedure in communication network with relay extension

It is provided a solution for assigning to a relay node of a wireless telecommunication system an identifier from which a corresponding identifier of a central node associated with the relay node is derivable according to a determined rule. Accordingly, the identifiers of central nodes and their relay nodes are assigned in a manner which facilitates identification of a central node from a received relay node identifier, thereby avoiding the necessity of consulting higher layer controllers in order to identify the central node.

Identification of relay base stations in wireless networks

A measurement apparatus comprising means for checking for available radio spectrum resource in a first system in a radio coverage area; means for sending information to a second system indicating the availability of radio spectrum resource of the first system which is usable by said second system in at least part of said radio coverage area, wherein said first system has priority over said radio spectrum resource.

Method for spectrum sharing in a multi-mode system and related apparatus

An apparatus, such as a user equipment, includes a resource unit RU measurement unit coupled to an output of a wireless receiver; an encoder configurable to encode information descriptive of M perceived best ones of N RUs, where each individual RU is assigned a unique number from a set{1,2, . . . ,N}, where there are sets:S={=():1&#x2266;={l, 2, &#x39b;,|S|}, where each vector in set Srefers to a unique RU combination and where there are  elements in the set S; and a wireless transmitter configurable to transmit the encoded information to a wireless network apparatus, such as a base station. The base station includes a decoder operable to decode the encoded information.

Optimum technique for encoding and decoding physical resource block locations

Influencing the transmission of signals from a transmitting device to a receiving device in a communication system comprising at least one transmitting device and at least one receiving device is disclosed. In a receiving station received transmission signals are processed and a feedback signal to be transmitted to a transmitting device is generated on the basis of the processed signals. Then, transmit weights to be applied to transmission signals are determined in accordance with the feedback signal.

Communication system and method using transmit diversity

Apparatus, and an associated method, for space-time encoding data to be communicated upon a communication channel susceptible to fading. Multi-rate data services can be effectuated through appropriate selection of the code rate by which data is encoded. And, the coding of space-time encoded data is facilitated as different permutations of coded data symbols are separate transmitted upon separate communication paths.

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Oulu, Finland

Jyri Kalervo Hamalainen