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20110069630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COOPERATIVE SPECTRUM USAGE AMONG MULTIPLE RADIO NETWORKS - An approach is provided for cooperatively sharing spectrum. A threshold value associated with an acceptable level of interference to a first radio network is determined. A beacon message specifying the threshold value is generated for transmission from the first radio network to one or more nodes of a second radio network that is configured to exchange traffic for mobile services. The first radio network and the second radio network share spectral resources including adjacent bands for the respective radio networks, and the beacon message is used for controlling the level of interference to the first radio network caused by the one or more nodes of the second radio network. | 03-24-2011 |
20110106952 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING COORDINATION OF DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for providing coordination of device to device communication may include a processor. The processor is configured to communicate a request for a resource allocation to a network communication node ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110286401 | Method and Apparatus for Cognitive Radio Coexistence - In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for sharing secondary cognitive radio resource user related information. A coexistence node receives information on network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. An upload message is generated and sent, the upload message including for a secondary user database at least information on the received network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. A location-dependent network map including at least information on network properties is generated. The network map is sent to assist one or more secondary cognitive radio resource users. | 11-24-2011 |
20140038590 | SETUP OF DEVICE TO DEVICE CONNECTION - Disclosed are apparatus, methods and computer programs to establish device-to-device communications in a wireless network. A method includes sending an initiation message from a first device to initiate device-to-device communication with a second device; receiving a message indicating a request for setting up radio resources for device-to-device communication; sending a message to the second device, the message including a request to set up resources for device-to-device communication and, in response to establishing device-to-device communication with the second device using the resources, sending an acknowledgment that device-to-device communication is established. | 02-06-2014 |
20140357270 | MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a first message, the first message comprising an indication of a determination that a user equipment is in physical proximity of a first cell, at least one processor configured to determine whether the first cell is available to the user equipment, and the at least one processor being configured to, responsive to a determination the first cell is available to the user equipment, cause a second message to be transmitted to the user equipment, the second message comprising an instruction for the user equipment to perform at least one measurement to discover the first cell. | 12-04-2014 |
20150049721 | Method And Apparatus For Cognitive Radio Coexistence - In a non-limiting and exemplary embodiment, a method is provided for sharing secondary cognitive radio resource user related information. A coexistence node receives information on network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. An upload message is generated and sent, the upload message comprising for a secondary user database at least information on the received network properties associated with secondary cognitive radio resource users. A location-dependent network map comprising at least information on network properties is generated. The network map is sent to assist one or more secondary cognitive radio resource users. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050927 | SIGNALING SUPPORT FOR DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE AND/OR FLEXIBLE FORM FACTORS - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signaling support for devices with multiple and/or flexible form factors are provided. One method includes determining, by a device having multiple forms and associated with a network, a current form or a change in the form of the device, determining new parameters according to the determined current form of the device, and reporting the new parameters to the network. | 02-19-2015 |
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20100202305 | FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM SHARING - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a first wireless node in a first wireless network, a request from a second wireless node in a second wireless network to borrow spectral resources from the first wireless network. The method may further include determining a cost of granting the request, the cost being based at least in part on a cost to a lending cell within the first wireless network from which the spectral resources will be borrowed and a cost to neighboring cells of the lending cell. The method may further include lending the spectral resources to the second wireless node based at least in part on the determined cost of granting the request. | 08-12-2010 |
20120099540 | INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION DURING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - A method is disclosed that includes selecting one or more terminals involved in a device-to-device communication to which interference caused by a transmission to one or more other terminals should be suppressed, and choosing a number of degrees of freedom from a predetermined number of degrees of freedom to be used to suppress interference towards the selected one or more terminals. The method also includes using the remaining degrees of freedom from the predetermined number to increase signal quality to the one or more other terminals and performing precoding based on the chosen number of degrees of freedom and the remaining degrees of freedom. The method further includes, using at least the performed precoding, transmitting information to the one or more other terminals. Apparatus and programs/program products are also disclosed. | 04-26-2012 |
20120282942 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CONFIGURING FREQUENCY AGGREGATION - An apparatus for determining whether to deactivate a secondary cell includes a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including determining that a secondary cell should be deactivated based on a measurement(s) of the secondary cell or received information associated with frequency spectrum of the secondary cell. The computer program code may cause the apparatus to generate a deactivation message responsive to the measurement(s) indicating secondary cell interference or the received information indicating that the apparatus should no longer use the frequency spectrum. The computer program code may cause the apparatus to provide the deactivation message to a network device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 11-08-2012 |
20140112282 | CARRIER AGGREGATION - Carrier aggregation configuration is disclosed. In a method, information acquisition relating to a radio environment of a terminal is caused ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140247802 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING USE OF CARRIER AGGREGATION FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating use of carrier aggregation for device-to-device communications. A method may include establishing, at a first communication apparatus, a carrier aggregation configuration defining a set of one or more component carriers usable for device-to-device communication between the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus. The method may further include causing the first communication apparatus to engage in device-to-device communication with the second communication apparatus in accordance with the established carrier aggregation configuration. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 09-04-2014 |
20140335870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLABLY HANDING OVER A MOBILE TERMINAL TO A SMALL CELL WITHIN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for controlling the handover of a mobile terminal, particularly a quickly moving mobile terminal, to a small cell. In the method, the speed or the mobility state of the mobile terminal is determined. The method may also determine whether at least a predefined plurality of small cells are available in proximity to the mobile terminal. If the mobile terminal is moving with a speed that satisfies the speed threshold or the mobility state satisfies a predefined criteria, the method causes initiation of a handover of the mobile terminal to a respective small cell only in an instance in which at least the predefined plurality of small cells are determined to be available in proximity to the mobile terminal or in which a successful connection or handover was previously established with the respective small cell or its neighboring small cell(s). | 11-13-2014 |