Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Karthik Upadhya

Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo

Dani Johannes Korpi

Martti Johannes Moisio

Tero Johannes Ihalainen

Paolo Baracca

Stefan Wesemann

Andrea Bedin

Carl Jeremy Nuzman

Alexei Ashikhmin

Hong Yang

Saeed Reza Khosravirad

Leonardo Chiarello

Karri Lindeman

A solution for radio jamming detection is disclosed. The solution comprises determining M subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid to be blanked and outputting the M subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid to be blanked by performing at least one of the following operations: first determination of a number M of subcarriers in a time-frequency resource grid to be blanked based on probability of detecting a jammer attack or on channel quality of subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid, second determination of which M subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid are blanked taking into account the channel quality of subcarriers in the time-frequency resource grid.

Method and apparatus for radio jamming detection

There is disclosed an apparatus. The apparatus comprises means for performing: in response to detecting a jamming signal, obtaining a sample waveform of the jamming signal; and sending information of the jamming signal to another apparatus.

Jamming signal cancellation

According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for performing the following. The apparatus obtains predicted Doppler spectrum information for a propagation channel between a first terminal device and one of an access node or a second terminal device calculated using a radio-aware digital twin. The predicted Doppler spectrum information includes information on one or more Doppler frequencies of a predicted Doppler spectrum resulting from reflections from one or more terminal devices capable of movement under control of the digital twin. The apparatus causes performing of measurements of one or more reference signals by a device associated with the propagation channel to a form a channel estimate. The apparatus calculates a measured Doppler spectrum based on the channel estimate and filters out the one or more Doppler frequencies from it. The apparatus adjusts a beam refinement interval of the device based on the filtered measured Doppler spectrum.

Doppler-based beam training interval adaptation

An apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a means for receiving selection of a relay system associated with a base station () of a communications network, the relay system comprising a first antenna () for substantially fixed orientation towards an antenna () of the base station and a second antenna () which is mechanically movable about one or more axes responsive to the control data to provide one of a range of possible orientations. The apparatus may also comprise a means for sending control data to the selected relay system for controlling the orientation of the second antenna, the control data comprising at least positioning instructions received from a node of the communications network for causing positioning of the second antenna to a particular orientation associated with a mobile target object ().

Relaying communications with mobile objects

Antenna arrays to be used in MIMO apparatuses are disclosed. Such an antenna array may include a plurality of array elements, wherein every second element in a first direction is a digital pre-distortion-less linear element, and every second element in the first direction is a non-linear element. In the antenna array, spacing between adjacent elements in the first direction is less than a half of a free space wavelength. A non-linear precoding is applied to transmissions from the antenna array, the non-linear precoding converting out-of-band emissions of the transmissions into reactive power in the near-field around the antenna array while ensuring that in-band signals generated by the elements remain unaffected.

MIMO antennas

Examples of the disclosure relate to receiver apparatus and corresponding transmitter apparatus that can be configured in different operational states at different times. An example receiver apparatus comprises a plurality of downconverting means for downconverting separate antenna signals, one or more analog to digital converters, and one or more multiplexing means configurable in at least a first configuration and a second configuration. When the multiplexing means is configured in the first configuration the plurality of downconverting means and the one or more analog to digital converters are configured to enable separate antenna signals to be combined to provide hybrid beamforming or analog beamforming. The hybrid beamforming or analog beamforming can be provided across the bandwidth of the apparatus. When the multiplexing means is configured in the second configuration the plurality of downconverting means and the one or more analog to digital converters are configured to enable separate antenna signals to be used to enable digital beamforming. The digital beamforming can be provided across a sub-section of the bandwidth.

Receiver apparatus and transmitter apparatus

As solution for selection of power control parameters is presented. The solution comprises determining, from a given set of radio access network parameters, a selection of radio access network parameters which have an effect on uplink power control, and training a neural network to determine uplink power control parameters, utilising as an input the selection of radio access network parameter, and utilising the trained neural network, with as an input the selection of radio access network parameters, obtain as an output a set of initial uplink power control parameters.

Selection of power control parameters

An apparatus comprises: a first plurality of first radio frequency chains; a second plurality of second radio frequency chains, the first radio frequency chains being configured to produce wider side-band emissions than the second radio frequency chains; at least one antenna array comprising antenna elements, each of a first plurality of the antenna elements being coupled with a corresponding one of the first plurality of first radio frequency chains, the first plurality of first radio frequency chains being configured to cause transmissions predominately in a first band within a channel, each of a second plurality of the antenna elements being coupled with a corresponding one of the second plurality of second radio frequency chains, the second plurality of second radio frequency chains being configured to cause transmissions predominately in at least one second band within the channel.

Radio frequency transmission chains

An apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the apparatus comprising circuitry configured for: estimating or determining a future communications state for each of a plurality a mobile devices K associated with a base station, the future communications state being indicative of the mobile device communicating in an uplink to a base station or in a downlink from the base station at a future time slot t or being idle and also determining a target position of at least one of the mobile devices, based at least partly on its estimated communication state, for enabling re-positioning of said at least one mobile device to the determined target position substantially at said future time slot t.

Determining target positions of mobile devices

An apparatus is provided that includes circuitry for decomposing an input signal to multiple substantially constant-envelope components and an outphasing path for each substantially constant-envelope component. The apparatus also includes a modulator for discrete phase control in each outphasing path, an amplifier in each outphasing path and a combiner for combining output signals from the outphasing paths. A system and method are also provided.

Radio frequency transmission

This document discloses a solution for performing anti-jamming procedures. According to an aspect, a method for a terminal device comprises: receiving a first reference signal allocation from an access node, wherein the first reference signal is unique to the terminal device in a cell managed by the access node; receiving a second reference signal allocation from the access node, wherein the second reference signal is shared with at least one other terminal device in the cell; causing transmission of payload data together with the first reference signal according to a regular transmission pattern; and breaking the regular transmission pattern by transmitting dummy data together with the second reference signal in a time-frequency resource shared with the at least one other terminal device.

Protecting transmissions against jamming

There is provided a method in a network node for controlling multiple input multiple output antenna system, the method including obtaining a plurality of time domain symbols to be transmitted, the plurality of time domain symbols including time domain symbols to be broadcasted via the multiple input multiple output antenna system; determining a mapping between the plurality of time domain symbols and parameters of control units associated with respective antenna elements of the multiple input multiple output antenna system, each control unit including a phase shifter, wherein the parameters control values of the phase shifters, and wherein the mapping is performed based on an algorithm for minimizing distortion and/or bit error rate at receiving user equipment; causing applying the parameters at the control units; and causing transmission of the plurality of time domain symbols via the multiple input multiple output antenna system.

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