Nokia Technologies Oy

Nokia Corporation

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Niko Kiukkonen

Janne Marin

Jukka Reunamaki

Arto Tapio Palin

Mika Kasslin

Jari Henrik Junell

Mauri Honkanen

Eng Hwee Ong

Sverre Slotte

Carl Simon Wijting

Guido Grassel

Sami Haapoja

Pasi Katajainen

Antti Veli Rantaeskola

Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo

Julian Charles Nolan

Jukka Pekka Reunamäki

Teemu Ilmari Savolainen

Marko E Leinonen

Markus Nentwig

Antti Olavi Kangas

Jarkko Lauri Sakari Kneckt

Markku Tapio Turunen

Anu Huttunen

Eero Aho

Jan Otto Blom

Ülo Parts

Kimmo Kuusilinna

Kari Juhani Niemelä

Kari Juhani Leppänen

Matti Sakari Hämäläinen

Heikki Mattila

Juha Kalevi Laurila

Visa Koivunen

Lars Rene Eggert

Gian Paolo Perrucci

Seppo Kangasmaa

Jani Okker

Jukka Reunamäki

Pertti Kangas

Martti E Virtanen

Julien Eberle

Timo Ahonpää

Eero Jari Juhani Sillasto

Jukka Kansanaho

Mats Lönngren

Daniel Gatica-Perez

Raul Montoliu-Colas

Kari Niemelä

Christopher David Pluntke

Kimmo Kalervo Kuusilinna

Martti Virtanen

Jari Junell

Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for configuring a mobile wireless hotspot in a wireless network. Example embodiments of the invention include a method comprising: establishing, by a mobile hotspot device, a control channel with a wireless device, using an out-of-band communications connection in an out-of-band communications medium; and exchanging, by the wireless device over the control channel, with the mobile hotspot device, by at least one of transmitting or receiving in-band communications connectivity configuration information to enable power saving features and optimize activity times in an in-band communications tethering connection with the mobile hotspot device in an in-band communications medium, for relaying by the mobile hotspot device, communications between the wireless device and one or more entities in at least one of a wide area communications network and a wireless local area network provided by the mobile hotspot device.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for power save control for tethering connections

A technique for tethering over a wireless communication channel is provided. According an example embodiment, the technique comprises exchanging, over a secondary communication channel between a first mobile device and a second mobile device, control information related to a tethering connection provided over a primary communication channel between the first and second mobile devices, and initiating, by the first mobile device, establishment, activation or reactivation of said primary communication channel in response to receiving, via said secondary communication channel, a request to access a resource in a remote network over said tethering connection using a mobile access point functionality provided by the first mobile device. The technique may further comprise the first mobile device initiating downloading of said resource to a local proxy in response to receiving the request to access the resource, thereby downloading at least part of said resource to the local proxy before completion of the establishment, activation or reactivation of the primary communication channel.

Tethering over a wireless communication channel

One embodiment is directed to a method of cell selection/reselection. The method includes gathering discovery information of a secondary radio access technology (RAT) by listening to a single primary radio access technology (RAT). The method may further include performing cell selection/reselection using the discovery information.

Idle mode access through assisted discovery

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate reconfiguration of a patient monitoring device. In one method, an indication of an anticipated utilization of a patient monitoring device for which the patient monitoring device is not configured is received. The method also includes accessing device configuration information relating to a configuration associated with the anticipated utilization and causing provision of the device configuration information relating to the configuration associated with the anticipated utilization. In another method, information regarding a configuration of a patient monitoring device is received. The method also determines whether to differently configure the patient monitoring device in accordance with an anticipated utilization of the patient monitoring device for which the patient monitoring device is not configured. If the patient monitoring device is to be differently configured, the method causes information related to the configuration associated with the anticipated utilization to be provided.

Method and apparatus for configuration for monitoring patient information

An apparatus () including a connectivity management unit () configured to provide wireless network access; a local secure storage () configured to securely store access point information; and a processor () configured to control the local secure storage to selectively provide a subset of the access point information to the connectivity management unit of the apparatus.

Access point information for wireless access

Usefulness of resource usage sensing information is determined by at least one node in a radio system. Transmission of sensing result information in the radio system is then controlled based at least in part on the determined usefulness.

Sensing in a communication system

In an example embodiment, a method includes scanning, by an apparatus, for wireless messages associated with presence of a mobile wireless device, while the apparatus is connected to a server. The apparatus reproduces content received from the server. The apparatus maintains measured signal strength of wireless messages received from the mobile wireless device. Then the apparatus relinquished reproducing content received from the server based on information relating to measured signal strength of wireless messages received by another wireless device from the mobile wireless device is greater than the maintained signal strength associated with the mobile wireless device.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for media selection for moving user

This document relates to a wireless network where an access node may define association limitations to prefer some terminal devices over the other. A terminal device may determine the association limitations on the basis of a frame received from the access node and choose, on the basis of the received frame, whether or not to associate to the access node.

Association in wireless network

An approach is provided for determining contextual information for at least one first device and at least one second device. Then, the coordination platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of the contextual information to determine one or more functions to deactivate the at least one first device. Subsequently, the coordination platform causes at least in part, an activation of the one or more functions at the at least one second device. Ultimately, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a transfer of the one or more functions from the at least one first device to the at least one second device. Finally, the coordination platform causes, at least in part, a deactivation of the one or more functions at the at least one first device.

Method and apparatus for providing coordinated operation of multiple mobile communication devices

Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for configuring a mobile wireless hotspot in a wireless network. Example embodiments of the invention include a method comprising: transmitting, by a user's mobile hotspot device, to a cloud server, a message including a description of user specific device connectivity configurations to enable a wireless device, to automatically connect to the mobile hotspot device as a tethered wireless device; and receiving from the user's wireless device a connection request to become a tethered wireless device based on the description of user specific device connectivity configurations that the user's wireless device has received from the cloud server.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a mobile wireless hotspot

In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, from a remote server, a message including information about at least one device, the message including a second encryption key of the at least one device and an encrypted object encrypted with a first encryption key of the at least one device; transmitting, by the apparatus, an encrypted message that includes the encrypted object, encrypted with the second encryption key of the at least one device; and receiving, by the apparatus, from the at least one device, a message identifying or describing the at least one device, only if the at least one device has determined that the message transmitted by the apparatus is valid.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for a server controlled device wakeup

In an example embodiment, a method includes receiving, by an apparatus, one or more wireless discovery messages; determining, by the apparatus, whether a wireless device is in close proximity to the apparatus based on information obtained from the one or more received wireless discovery messages; exchanging, by the apparatus, messages with the wireless device in response to having determined that the wireless device is in close proximity to the apparatus; measuring, by the apparatus, signal strength of the exchanged messages while distance changes to the wireless device; and determining, by the apparatus, whether changes in the measured signal strength of the exchanged messages satisfy a predetermined behavior expected for signal strength as distance varies.

Method, apparatus, and computer program product for improving security for wireless communication

A method for providing a multipath scheduler may include causing generation of a lookup table of action rules defining actions corresponding to respective different states in which each of the states is a weighted description of performance measures associated with a data interface, and enabling utilization of the lookup table at a predefined periodicity during communication in a multipath communication environment to identify a selected data interface among a plurality of available data interfaces based on current performance measures associated with the plurality of available data interfaces. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Method for multipath scheduling based on a lookup table

A method of handover prediction for a mobile device comprises receiving wireless communication service from a first access point; detecting a change in fingerprint data relating to available access points; correlating recent history data of a series of fingerprint data with history data comprised by a history database; determining, in response to the correlation and by using the fingerprint data and the history data, a second access point; and triggering a handover from the first access point to the second access point. The method may further comprise determining fingerprint data relating to available access points; comparing the fingerprint data to known fingerprint data of a fingerprint database; updating the fingerprint database in response to the comparison revealing new fingerprint data; and storing history data of series of fingerprint data reflecting earlier movement of a user to a history database. Identifying unavailable access points and notifying a disconnection to the mobile user.

Method and apparatus for triggering handover between access points based on gathered history data of series of access points

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