Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Nokia Technologies Oy

Yizhi Yao

Martin Kollar

Clemens Suerbaum

Malgorzata Tomala

Mieszko Chmiel

Haitao Tang

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for measuring throughput as a measure of performance and/or quality of service are provided. One method comprises, over an observation period for at least one of an uplink direction and a downlink direction, measuring an amount of padding bits in each protocol data unit (PDU) that is successfully transmitted in the said direction and that carries data relevant to a given throughput measure. The method may also comprise transforming the measured amounts of padding bits to the time domain and summing the transformed amounts of padding in the time domain. The method may also comprise utilizing the summed amount of padding in the time domain to account for small data transmissions in a calculation for the given throughput measure.

Averaged end-user throughput evaluation

A method comprising monitoring whether or not an allocation of uplink communication resources on a primary cell of a communication network is successful for a communication element to be scheduled on a downlink channel of at least one secondary cell of the communication network, and incrementing at least one counter according to the monitoring result.

Monitoring and optimizing of control channel usage

Methods and apparatuses for SON and/or non-SON function coordination control have been provided. Specifically, embodiments have provided solutions for a second-party (e.g., operator), via an OAM interface like Itf-N or human interface, to control and manage a first-party (e.g., vendor) SCF, to ensure that the SCF makes coordination decisions on interacting SON functions according to the operator's requirements, even if the internal logic of the SCF is still not visible to the operator.

Methods and apparatuses for function coordination control

A method and an apparatus are described by which carrier aggregation in a radio network is controlled on the basis of a group of cells which can be aggregated. For example, carrier aggregation group information regarding the group of cells which can be aggregated can be established, transmitted, read and the like, access control policy regarding the group of cells in the radio network which can be aggregated can be set. Moreover, a method and an apparatus is provided by which carrier aggregation in a radio network is controlled, wherein an access control policy regarding a part of the radio network is set.

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Beijing, China

Yizhi Yao