Nokia Corporation

Nokia Mobile Phones Limited

Vesa Jukka Savela

Jari Ruohonen

Tommy Kristensen Bysted

Jarkko Oksala

Arto Juhani Suomi

Jouni Rapakko

Riku Rimpel&auml;

Jari-Pekka Heikkil&auml;

Jari Iho

Petri Heinonen

Jakob Ludvigsen

Anne Tolmunen

Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for decoding expected block messages transmitted as radio signals over an air interface in interleaved bursts from a shorter received burst. A method for detecting certain expected messages from received bursts is described, comprising: receiving a one to m bursts of n bursts of an interleaved block message; retrieving stored values for the expected m+1 to n bursts of the interleaved block message; forming an expected interleaved block message; deinterleaving and decoding the expected block message; determining from an error checking whether the expected block message is valid; and if valid, indicating the expected block message was received after receiving only the m bursts. Apparatuses are described for a receiver configured to detect an expected message after receiving m transmitted bursts of an interleaved n burst block message. The expected message may be an empty paging channel or broadcast message.

Decoding of blocks in radio communications

A system and method for accommodating mobile station synchronization to neighbor cells in a mobile communication system. At least one available frame is utilized as a search window in an uplink data transfer multiframe for receiving neighboring cell synchronization information. At least one transmit time slot in a frame adjacent to the available frame in the uplink data transfer multiframe is surrendered to extend the search window. The neighboring cell synchronization information may then be contiguously received via the extended search window.

System and method for extending neighboring cell search window

The invention relates to a method and system for transmitting control information in a communication system ( ) comprising at least one base station subsystem (BSS) and a wireless terminal ( ). In the method and system, a set of alternative values are defined for said control information, and information is transmitted in bursts in packet form between the base station subsystem (BSS) and the wireless terminal ( ). At least one burst formed of a packet is supplemented with at least one item of control data, wherein at the receiving state, the control data received in the burst is examined. Also, at least one property of the received signal is examined to find out the reliability of the received control data.

Method for transmitting control information in a communication system

The invention relates to an expansion (,) arranged to operate in at least a first function mode. The expansion card comprises at least means (,) for setting the function mode and means (,) for connecting the expansion card to the expansion card connector (,) of the electronic device. The expansion card (,) comprises further means (,) for generating a signal on turning on of the expansion card (,) and means (,) for transmitting the signal to an electronic device (,). The expansion card is also provided with means (,) for forming a message about setting the first function mode and means (,) for transmitting the message to the electronic device.

Expansion card

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Tampere, Finland

Vesa Jukka Savela