Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Nokia Technologies Oy

Shanghai Research Center for Wireless Communications

Hmd Global Oy

Nokia Telecommunications Oy

Nokia Networks Oy

Intellectual Ventures I LLC

Core Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.

Kari Veikko Horneman

Vinh Van Phan

Ling Yu

Yong Teng

Kari Pekka Pajukoski

Jiang Wang

Esa Tapani Tiirola

Jing Xu

Yuanping Zhu

Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen

Juha Ylitalo

Markku Juha Vainikka

Qiaoling Yu

Jukka Nuutinen

Kari Juhani Hooli

Simone Redana

Pasi Kinnunen

Ottmar Aumann

Timo Koskela

Frank Frederiksen

Klaus Ingemann Pedersen

Zexian Li

Tao Chen

Marcos Katz

Jari Hulkkonen

Markku Juntti

Jyri Kalervo Hamalainen

Yuanyong Yin

Sami-Jukka Hakola

Bernhard Raaf

Deshan Miao

Haitao Li

Olli Piirainen

Alexander Vesely

Kodo Shu

Matti Einari Laitila

Matti Tapani Kiiski

Bin Chen

Johanna Katariina Pekonen

Yixue Lei

Jyri Hämäläinen

Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer

Jun Gu

Manivannan Thyagarajan

Jaakko Vihriälä

Jaakko Eino Ilmari Vihriala

Dario Serafino Tonesi

Xiaojin Zheng

Lingfeng Wang

Mehdi Bennis

Xiao Tong

Shuangdie Wang

Jyrki Keisala

Tero Oilinki

Sami Jokinen

Xubo Gu

Jyri Hämäliänen

Markku Lahtinen

Janne Vähäkangas

Hannu Väisänen

Olli Juhani Piirainen

Tao T Chen

The present invention addresses method, apparatus and computer program product for setting up a proximity services device-to-device communication service. Thereby, by a transmitting user equipment, a message including application control information is compiled, a scheduling assignment for scheduling the message transmission is transmitted to a device to be set up, and the message is transmitted to the device according to the scheduling assignment. A receiving user equipment receives a scheduling assignment and at least one of data packets scheduled in the scheduling assignment, determines whether at least one of the received data packets relates to a new proximity services device-to-device communication service traffic flow, determines whether a message including application control information is included in the at least one of the received data packets, and completes the setup based on the application control information.

Proximity services device-to-device communication services control

There is provided a method comprising determining a service coverage zone operation within a network, the network able to form a synchronised sub-network, and being associated with at least one cellular network which provides cellular access over the coverage area of the network, configuring, in dependence on the determined service coverage zone operation, a plurality of nodes of the network for providing a service coverage zone to provide at least one service, providing an indication of the service coverage zone to at least one user equipment and controlling access of the at least one user equipment to the at least one service.

Method, apparatus, system and computer program for vehicular communication smart radio access zones

According to an aspect, a method comprises detecting a need to change a duplex mode in a first network node from half duplex to full duplex, determining relevant neighboring network nodes of the first network node, determining duplex pairing information of the first network node, wherein the duplex pairing information of the first network node comprises duplex information of the relevant neighboring network nodes, the duplex information comprising at least information on a current duplex mode of a corresponding neighboring network node, using the duplex pairing information to determine duplex modes of the relevant neighboring network nodes, if all the relevant neighboring network nodes operate in half duplex mode, causing changing the duplex mode of the first net-work node to full duplex; and in response to the causing changing the duplex mode, causing updating information on a current duplex mode of the first net-work node.

Method and information exchange mechanism for full duplex transmission

There is provided a method, comprising: configuring, by a network node controlling a macro cell of a cellular communication system, at least one handover trigger related signalling configuration for at least one terminal device of the cellular communication system; receiving, by the network node controlling the macro cell, as a result of said signalling configuration, an uplink message broadcasted by the at least one terminal device via a local area access node; recognizing the local area access node as an edge node located at an edge of a coverage area of the macro cell; and initiating a handover of the terminal device between the macro cell and a neighbouring macro cell.

Handover in LTE-A-heterogeneous network

There is provided an improved solution for performing beacon broadcasting in a device-to-device communication network. The solution comprises selecting, by a node capable of entering a device-to-device communication network, a channel for broadcasting wherein the selection is based on at least one of the following: the characteristics of the node and the state of the node; and causing a broadcast of information related to at least part of the properties of the node on the selected channel.

Device-to-device communication

There is provided a method comprising: receiving a request for a content-based delivery service from at least one first user device of a plurality of user devices with device-to-device communications capability for a delivery of an information element; obtaining information in relation to the delivery of the information element; determining, based on the obtained information in relation to the delivery, if the information element is to be delivered using an access node or at least one second user device or both the access node and the at least one second user device or if information on absence of the requested information element is conveyed, and in response to the determination, carrying out resource configuration for the delivery of the information element or for conveyance of the information on the absence of the requested information element by using the content-based delivery service.

Content-based delivery service

There is provided a method comprising receiving a request from a user equipment for resource allocation for at least one service coverage zone in a coverage area of a first network, the first network comprising a plurality of nodes forming a synchronized sub-network, said nodes configured to provide a user equipment with at least one of instant radio access and cellular access, wherein the sub-network is associated with at least one cellular network which provides cellular access over the first network area and wherein said request comprises first information, allocating instant radio access resources for the user equipment for use within the at least one service coverage zone and providing an indication of said instant radio access resources to said user equipment.

Method and apparatus for resource allocation in V2V communications system

Example implementations are described related to a dynamic resource allocation scheme for use in allocating frequency resources from a frequency band shared by a plurality of small area cell base stations located in a service area of a large area cell base station. The large area cell base station may control the dynamic resource allocation from the shared frequency band.

Frequency band sharing amongst cells

A technique, comprising: controlling a radio transmitter or radio transceiver of a device of a first radio system to transmit to a second radio system information about use of at least one radio resource for one or more transmissions outside the control of the second radio system, wherein said at least one radio resource is also usable for transmissions controlled by the second radio system.

Radio resource sharing

Initial Setting and Configuration of E-UTRAN for Energy-Efficient IOPS Certain embodiments of the invention generally relate to initial setting and configuration of E-UTRAN for energy-efficient isolated E-UTRAN operation for public safety. A method may include determining an initial configuration mode of a network element for setting up a self-controlled radio access network. The method may also include determining an initial downlink transmission power of the network element coupled with the determined initial configuration mode. The method may further include detecting a need of changing downlink transmission power of the network element based on at least one of traffic demands and conditions of the self-controlled radio access network. The method may also include determining a new downlink transmission power. The method may further include indicating the change of at least one of the downlink transmission power and the initial configuration mode to at least one user equipment.

Initial setting and configuration of E-UTRAN for energy-efficient IOPS

A concept of having at least one representative access node for inter-operator interactions for spectrum sharing between a first operator's network and one or more further operators' networks is introduced, the representative access node being discoverable by a discovery procedure performed by access nodes. According to an example implementation, a method or technique may include performing a discovery procedure for discovering one or more representative access nodes for inter-operator interactions for spectrum sharing between a first operator's network and one or more further operators' networks, and causing a transmission of results of the discovery procedure to a controlling entity.

Methods, apparatuses and system for inter-operator spectrum sharing

Disclosed are an inter-network shared frequency spectrum optimization system and method. In the optimization method, a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a first network in a shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a first cell cluster, and a frequency spectrum resource allocated to a second network in the shared frequency spectrum pool comprises a frequency spectrum resource occupied by an OPEN mode base station in a second cell cluster, wherein the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the first cell cluster and the frequency spectrum resource occupied by each OPEN mode base station in the second cell cluster have the same size. The present invention improves the frequency spectrum efficiency and the base station service quality are improved.

Inter-network shared frequency spectrum optimization system and method

A method, including receiving at a first communication device from a first network information for assisting device-to-device transmissions between a group of communication devices including said first communication device; thereafter detecting at said first communication device loss of possibility to continue receiving assistance for said device-to-device transmissions from said first network; and deciding at said first communication device whether to continue with said device-to-device transmissions with assistance from a second network or without assistance from a second network.

Device-to-device transmissions

An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least: to receive and process a data transmission related to a communication channel allocated to a device-to-device broadcast communication, to determine an occupation state related to the received data transmission, to prepare an occupation indication related to the determined occupation state, and to conduct a processing for transmitting the occupation indication.

Broadcast channel management

It is provided a method, including: monitoring if a first cluster head of a first cluster of first communication devices has disappeared, wherein an apparatus performing the method has access to the first cluster enabling a device-to-device communication of the apparatus with at least one of the first communication devices; and, if it is monitored that the first cluster head has disappeared: detecting a second cluster head of a second cluster of second communication devices, wherein the second cluster head is different from the first cluster head, and the second cluster enables the device-to-device communication between at least two of the second communication devices; and requesting an access to the second cluster for the device-to-device communication.

Changes of cluster head

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