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20080212615 | Method and Apparatus for Communicating Data in a Communications System - Disclosed are a user equipment and a communications node for communicating data in a communications system including a plurality of user equipments, as well as a method for communicating the data by a user equipment and a method for communicating data by a communications node, wherein data are transmitted from the communications node via a downlink shared channel and received by the user equipment. The user equipment comprises an acknowledger which provides uplink acknowledgements with respect to downlink shared channel transmission for user equipments without a dedicated connection which acknowledgements are received by an acknowledgement receiver included in the communications node. The uplink acknowledgements are transferred through a common uplink feedback channel. | 09-04-2008 |
20090257378 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - A real-time media session is established between user equipment and a media communication server via a serving access network. According to the Invention, dummy data (e.g. a dummy message) is sent in order to maintain a dedicated channel during the inactive periods of a real-time media session or to trigger an early setup of a dedicated channel in the access network. In this manner, user equipment logged on to a real-time media (e.g. PoC) session are prevented from going to a radio resource idle state, thus avoiding potential long extra delays during real-time media (e.g. PoC) service usage. The invention further allows the sending and receiving user equipment to set up dedicated channels (DCH) already during the start-to-talk procedure of the transmitting user equipment, which in turn potentially reduces end-to-end delays during the conversation. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268676 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program Product Providing Usage of E-Dch as Rach Shared Channel - Apparatus, methods and computer program products in a wireless communications system provide an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) for use by user equipment operating in the wireless communications system for use in conjunction with the random access procedure. The user equipment has circuitry to request a HS random access channel and, in response to receiving an assignment from a Node B of a dedicated mode channel for use as the random access channel, to send uplink data in a random access fashion over the assigned dedicated mode channel while receiving feedback from the Node B over at least one downlink L | 10-29-2009 |
20110275359 | Carrier Aggregation For Two Radio Systems - A method includes enabling interoperability between different types of wireless communication systems operating with different types of air interfaces to provide downlink radio resource aggregation for a user equipment. Enabling includes establishing a first connection between a medium access control (MAC) protocol layer of a first wireless communication system and a physical layer of the first wireless communication system; establishing a second connection between the MAC protocol layer of the first wireless communication system and a MAC protocol layer of a second wireless communication system; using the first connection, performing wireless communications with the user equipment via one or more component carriers over a first air interface of the first wireless communication system; and communicating data over the second connection, the data used in wireless communications via one or more component carriers over a second air interface of the second wireless communication system. Apparatus and program products are also disclosed. | 11-10-2011 |
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20100172289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UTILIZING A CIRCUIT SWITCHED SERVICE IN A PACKET SWITCHED DOMAIN AND COMNUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for utilizing a circuit switched service in a packet switched domain are provided, wherein a mobile terminal is connected to a first network, said first network comprises a first service and a second service, wherein the mobile terminal is connected to the first service of the first network via a first MAC-d flow, said method comprises the steps of (i) at least one second MAC-d flow is set up between the mobile terminal and the second service of the first network; and (ii) at least a connection is set up via the at least one second MAC-d flow. | 07-08-2010 |
20100329182 | Apparatus, Methods, Computer Program Products And Systems Providing RACH Parameters In A Broadcast Channel For A Random Access Procedure - In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving at least one parameter from a broadcast channel ( | 12-30-2010 |
20110269453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CARRIER AGGREGATION MOBILITY ENHANCEMENT - A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for inter-radio access technology carrier aggregation mobility enhancement. The apparatus receives a mobility reporting parameter from a first network node. The apparatus measures parameters of signals received from the first network node and one or more second network nodes based on the measurement reporting parameters. The apparatus generates a measurement report based on the measurement reporting parameters and the measured parameters of the signals, transmits the measurement report to the first network node, and receives a mobility parameter from the first network node based on the measurement report. The measurement reporting parameters include report configuration information for configuring the measurement report based on measured parameters obtained for designated signals received from the first network node and for signals received from the one or more second network nodes. | 11-03-2011 |
20130190030 | A Method of Allocating Resources in a Radio Access Network (RAN) Shared by Different Network Operators - A method of allocating resources in a communications network is provided, where the resources are allocated to mobile stations belonging to different network operators. It is determined whether capacity is available in the network for established connections between the mobile stations and the communications network. If it is determined that the capacity is not available for the established connections, the resources are split according to a pre-determined share between the network operators. | 07-25-2013 |
20130201892 | Discontinuous Reception Across Transmissions on Different Radio Access Technologies - In an embodiment there is established for a user equipment UE a first discontinuous reception DRX period of a first radio access technology RAT using at least one parameter that is common with a second DRX period of a second RAT for the UE. From the perspective of the network, transmission opportunities to the UE using the first RAT are arranged according to the established first DRX period. From the perspective of the UE, reception opportunities at the UE using the first radio access technology are arranged according to the established first DRX period. There may be one access node or two cooperating access nodes serving the UE with the different RATs. In different embodiments the DRX active periods may be purposefully aligned or misaligned. Examples of such a common DRX parameter include DRX cycle, DRX inactivity timer, and DRX on-duration time. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201904 | Handover of Connection of User Equipment - There is provided initiating a handover of a connection of user equipment, the connection including a path from an access network to a core network and switching the path to the core network on the basis of data received on the connection exceeding a threshold. | 08-08-2013 |
20130272221 | Methods and Devices for Exchanging Data in a Communications Network - Methods and devices for exchanging data in a communications network. The present invention refers to a method of exchanging data in a communications network, the method including establishing a plurality of connections between a network device and a mobile station; splitting a flow of data from a data source into a plurality of data flows corresponding to a number of said connections; and transmitting each of said plurality of data flows over a different one of said connections. The present invention further refers to a network device and a mobile station involved in the disclosed method. | 10-17-2013 |
20130287008 | Channelization Code Sharing Between Multiple Users - A method of exchanging data in a communications network is provided. A control channel channelization code is assigned for transmitting user specific data channel allocation information to a particular mobile station (MS). The data channel allocation information indicates which part of the transmission time interval (TTI) available for data can be used by that particular MS. The control channel channelization code is shared in a TDMA fashion between the MSs during the TTI in a proportion equal to that in which the data channel channelization code is shared between the MSs such that each MS is allocated a share of the control channel channelization code in that part of the TTI. The control channel channelization code is then transmitted in a part of the TTI corresponding to that in which the data channel channelization code is transmitted for a particular MS. | 10-31-2013 |
20140031043 | Method and Apparatus - A method comprises includes receiving information indicating a user equipment is to be handed over from a source base station and scheduling transmission of a control channel for said user equipment in dependence on identity information associated with said user equipment. | 01-30-2014 |
20140038613 | Method and Apparatus - A method including determining a user equipment which is interfering with a target base station from a reference signal transmitted by said user equipment; and causing a message to be sent to a source base station including information identifying said user equipment. | 02-06-2014 |
20140071958 | Apparatus and Method for Allocating Resources for Coordinated Transmissions from Multiple Cells - Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The apparatus is configured to receive from an upper scheduler data for user terminals served by the apparatus, wherein a first set of terminals is connected to more than one cell and a second set of user terminals is not connected to more than one cell; receive from an upper scheduler physical layer resources to be allocated for the first set of user terminals; determine physical layer resources for the second set of user terminals and allocate the received and determined resources for the user terminals. | 03-13-2014 |