Motorola Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Motorola Mobility LLC

Nokia Technologies Oy

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Hmd Global Oy

Motorola, Inc., a Corporation of the State of Delaware

Sean S Kelley

John McFarland Harris

Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe

Anatoly Andrianov

Ronald Thomas Crocker

Jay P Jayapalan

Gyula Bodog

John C Kay

Brian Keith Classon

Ilkka Antero Keskitalo

Malgorzata Tomala

Anatoly Agulnik

Shahab Sayeedi

Senaka Balasuriya

Manivannan Thyagarajan

Christopher Robert Schmidt

Yi Zhang

Robert T Love

William Paul Alberth, Jr

Devaki Chandramouli

Hao Bi

Donald G Newberg

Philippe Godin

Jeffrey D Bonta

Dean E Thorson

Xiang Xu

Stephen Lee Spear

Tsunehiko Chiba

Mikko Säily

Daniel J Declerck

Anna Pantelidou

Philip J Fleming

Stanley J Benes

Richard Lionel Bennett

David J Krause

Yang Shen

Joseph Schumacher

William Andrew Payne, Iii

Hua Xu

Rossella De Benedittis

Bin Hu

Kris K Martinovich

Dah-Lain Almon Tang

Eva Perez

J Christopher Stanaway

Juergen Mayer

Swaminathan Anantha

Joseph R Smetana

Javed Khan

Daniel De Clerck

Anatoly, Agulnik

Joseph R Schumacher

At a network node, positioning assistance data blocks are determined to be requested to be broadcasted by a base station to a UE for use by the UE in calculating a position. A message is sent toward the base station with positioning assistance data blocks and corresponding information indicating to the base station that the base station is to admit or not admit for broadcasting positioning assistance data block(s) in response to insufficient resources at the base station to broadcast all the blocks. Indications are received of success or failure of broadcasting the positioning assistance data blocks, the success or failure based on the base station's admitting or not admitting, respectively, the positioning assistance data blocks. The base station determines which positioning assistance data blocks should be admitted or not admitted for broadcast and either broadcasts the admitted ones or does not broadcast the non-admitted ones.

Ranking and grouping positioning assistance data for broadcast

These teachings present a new minimization of drive test MDT mode which is valid when the user equipment UE is in an idle state and in a connected state and across the state transitions. The extended logged MDT configuration according to this mode may be configured for the UE by the network, or autonomously by the UE itself. In some embodiments it is associated with the UE reporting its preference for power optimized configuration indication. Some embodiments have a minimum threshold to assure any MDT report from this mode has a sufficient volume of data or sufficient number of data points logged, and so is well suited for smart phones with always-on applications. The parameters such as logging periodicity can differ between the idle and connected state even for a given extended logged MDT configuration.

Measurement configuration and reporting with diverse traffic

Various communication systems can benefit from signaling optimization. For example, communication systems including fourth generation (4G) and fifth generation (5G) networks may benefit from network signaling optimization for light connected mode. A method can include identifying, by a device, that a user equipment has left an area. The method can also include starting, by the device, a suspend procedure for the user equipment based on identifying that the user equipment has left the area.

Network signaling optimization for light connected mode

Systems and techniques for managing user data privacy are described. Upon identification of a user device as a candidate for performing data collection relating to network performance experienced by the device, a network operator on whose behalf the data collection is to be performed is identified, and user consent information associated with the user device is examined to determine if a user of the device has given consent for data collection on behalf of the network operator. If the user has given consent, the user device is configured for data collection.

Methods and apparatus for management of data privacy

According to an embodiment there is provided a method comprising; collecting a first type of measurement and a second type of measurement, said first and second types of measurement being used together by an entity; and causing values of said first type of measurement to be sent with associated values of said second type of measurement to be sent.

Method and apparatus for use in MDT data collection

A method and apparatus can be configured to receive, by a first network node (for example, a first base station), a minimization-of-drive-test activation command. The method may also comprise performing collection of a first minimization-of-drive-test data. The method may also comprise instructing a second network node (for example, a second base station) to at least one of collect and report a second minimization-of-drive-test data.

Minimization of drive tests in dual connectivity scenario

A network node receiving a preference for a power optimized configuration for a user equipment (UE) can in response change the UE's minimization of drive test (MDT) configuration to conserve UE power. For example, this change can be from immediate reporting of MDT measurements to connected mode logging MDT measurements or no reporting of MDT measurements; or to a longer interval for reporting them, or to drop the reporting of available location information with MDT measurements. Other teachings have actions by the UE, autonomous of the network, to conserve power. A UE receiving a MDT configuration having an MDT measurement reporting or logging interval, and also one or both of a discontinuous reception or paging configuration having a DRX/paging interval can adapt the MDT configuration autonomously of the network to conserve its battery power. For example, the UE can change the MDT measurement reporting/logging interval to be equal to or shorter than the DRX/paging interval, or it can ignore or reject the MDT configuration.

Systems and techniques for handover management between macro base stations and home base stations. Upon receiving a measurement report from a user device including a physical cell identity and frequency pair associated with a candidate handover home base station, a macro base station transmits a message to a home base station gateway to obtain cell global identifiers of specified home base stations, which may include home base stations associated with a list of physical cell identifiers and frequency pairs including the pair received in the measurement report. Upon receiving the cell global identifiers, the base station identifies a handover target and performs signaling to the user device to direct handover to the target.

Methods and apparatus for handover management

A method at a user equipment in an LTE system includes selecting one of a number of CDMA systems, and signaling indication(s) of the selected CDMA system to a network element. The network element receives indication(s) of CDMA system(s), which correspond to requested action(s) by a UE. The network element routes information corresponding to the requested action(s) to the CDMA system(s). Another network element in the LTE system signals to the UE indications of a mapping of a number of CDMA systems to associated ones of LTE system(s). The other network element receives signaling from the UE including indication(s) of selected CDMA system(s) selected by the UE.

Enabling CDMA2000 system sharing in LTE

Embodiments of the invention include a method for collecting RLF data in a wireless network. The method may include receiving, by a first radio access node, RLF data related to a connection failure experienced by a UE. The method may then include determining whether the RLF data satisfies at least one condition and, when it is determined that the RLF data satisfies the at least one condition, sending the RLF data to at least one of a second radio access node and an RLF data collection entity. In one embodiment, the RLF data may be received from a second radio access node or the UE.

Radio link failure report filtering

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate correlation of failure reports. For example, communication systems of the third generation partnership project (3GPP) may benefit from correlating radio link failure and minimization of drive test reports, particularly with respect to self-organized networks mobility robustness optimization.

Correlating radio link failure and minimization of drive test reports

A method includes sending a message from a first base station to another entity in a radio network. The message includes one or more indications one or more conditions have been met. The one or more conditions include one or both of: a duration the user equipment is connected to a first cell served by the first base station, prior to handover from the first cell to a second cell served by a second base station, is less than a threshold; or the signal strength of the second cell as measured by the user equipment and reported to the first base station is better than a signal strength of the first cell for a threshold duration of time. The entity may receive the message, e.g., and use the message to determine whether to effect changes to the radio network. Apparatus, program products, and software are also disclosed.

Condition reporting to enable possible reduction in radio network inefficiencies

A communication device [includes a transceiver [to receive and transmit data. A message detection element [detects at least a first message and a second message in the data received by the transceiver [. A processor [modifies a state of the communication device [based on the first message and the second message. A positive acknowledgement is transmitted in response to the first message comprising a call pending message, and the state is modified to establish a session and inhibit an alerting of a user of the communication device. The state is modified to alert the user of the communication device [in response to the second message comprising a call start message.

Method and apparatus for the selective use of imperceptible invites

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Sean S Kelley