Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080242308 | Selection of an uplink carrier frequency corresponding to one of co-sited cells having different coverage areas and supporting different uplink data rates - Random access coverage is assured while at the same supporting high uplink data rates in a same service area served by a base station. The service area includes first and second co-sited cells. The first co-sited cell is associated with a first uplink frequency, and the second co-sited cell is associated with a second uplink frequency. The first cell allows a lower uplink load and provides a greater coverage than the second cell. The second cell allows a higher rise over thermal (RoT) value than the first cell. Random access channel requests are initially directed to the first cell using the first uplink frequency. One of the co-sited cells is selected for supporting the connection depending on one or more factors. Example factors include a priority associated with the mobile terminal, a capability associated with the mobile terminal, a load situation in the second cell, or radio channel conditions associated with the mobile radio terminal. | 10-02-2008 |
20090098874 | NARROW BEAM HANDOVER - Handover is a main function that is used to support mobility in the network. In a cellular communication network having adaptive antennas for enabling narrow beam operation, a network control unit sends a radio link setup request to a selected cell-serving network unit for configuration of a new serving radio link. Before responding to the radio link setup request the cell-serving network unit performs uplink measurements with respect to the mobile unit, and a narrow target beam is selected within a cell served by the cell-serving network unit based on these measurements. The cell-serving network unit then configures the new serving radio link for the considered mobile unit directly with the selected narrow target beam. Consequently the system can perform the handover procedure using narrow beams only, without first establishing the radio link with a cell-wide beam and then reconfiguring the radio link onto a narrow beam. | 04-16-2009 |
20090149134 | POWER CONTROL FOR A RADIO TRANSCEIVER THAT USES INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - A signal power associated with a signal received in a current time period is determined. The determined signal power is combined with a predicted effective interference to form a predicted signal-to-interference indicator. The predicted signal-to-interference indicator is compared to a target signal-to-interference indicator. One or more transmit power control commands are generated based on the comparison. In one example embodiment, the predicted effective interference is based on an effective interference estimated for a previous time period. In another example embodiment, the predicted effective interference is based on interference contributions estimated in a current time period and a predicted interference cancellation efficiency. The predicted interference cancellation efficiency is based on the estimated interference cancellation efficiency for a previous time period. The technology is particularly useful in receivers that use interference cancellation and achieves excellent transmit power control performance both in terms of accuracy and speed. | 06-11-2009 |
20090168906 | Methods and arrangements in a mobile telecommunication network - The present invention relates to a first unit adapted to be used in a base station in a mobile telecommunication network adapted to use an identity for identifying a mobile terminal or for identifying a channel in the uplink. The first unit comprises means for managing information of at least one additional identity of a mobile terminal or a channel, belonging to at least a second base station, it should be aware of for interference mitigation purposes, preferably means for detecting whether the mobile terminal or channel identified by said additional identity is active and means for mitigating cell-interference caused by an active mobile terminal or a channel identified by the additional identity. The invention also relates to a second unit comprising means for reserving at least one identity for identifying a mobile terminal or for identifying a channel in order to make the at least one identity identifiable to at least a second base station. | 07-02-2009 |
20090258654 | RESOURCE SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS USING BEAM FORMING - A basic idea of the invention is to provide multi-user resource scheduling and distribution based on balancing the power resources used for the different narrow beams in order to smooth the interference levels over the whole cell, area and to reduce interference fluctuations. The resource scheduling principle according to the invention is especially useful when the available resources are not fully utilized. The idea is to select, for each antenna beam of at least a subset of the antenna beams, at least two mobile users for service using the respective antenna beam during a transmission time interval, and to distribute power resources to the antenna beams for use during the transmission time interval based on the guideline of balancing the power resources among different antenna. | 10-15-2009 |
20090298502 | ADVANCED HANDOVER FOR ADAPTIVE ANTENNAS - Handover is a main function that is used to support mobility in the network. In a cellular communication network having adaptive antennas for enabling narrow beam operation, it is assumed that a mobile unit is served by an active cell set (S | 12-03-2009 |
20090305636 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION - In a method of interference mitigation in a multi user detection capable radio base station in a communication system, which radio base station comprises a set confined detection modules, at least one of which is capable of handling multiple user connections, first and at least a second subset of detection modules are formed from said set, wherein the second set comprises at least one interference mitigation capable detection module. Interference information from the first subset is communicated to the second subset, interference originating in user connections of the first subset are then mitigated from the user connections of the second subset. Subsequently, interference is mutually mitigated between the connections within the interference mitigation capable detection module. | 12-10-2009 |
20100061344 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOAD BALANCING OF POWER AMPLIFIERS - The present invention relates to a transmit unit, a control unit and a method in a transmit unit comprising at least two antennas for transmitting signals relating to a plurality of radio channels. The transmit unit transmit signals relating to a first subset of channels from the first antenna and pilot signals from the first antenna for use a reference for the first subset of channels. The transmit unit is further arranged to transmit signals relating to a second subset of channels from the second antenna using single antenna transmission. The transmit unit also transmits pilot signals on a second type of pilot channel such as the S-CPICH, different from the first type of pilot channel, from the second antenna for use as a reference for the second subset of channels, wherein the first and second type of pilot channels are substantially covering the same area. | 03-11-2010 |
20100112952 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING COVERAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ANTENNA BEAM-JITTER AND CQI CORRECTION - A base station and method are described herein that improves the coverage in a fixed-beam wireless communication system by using antenna beam-jitter and Channel Quality Information (CQI) correction. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) modifying a beam by introducing a beam-jitter in a beam-forming pattern; (b) receiving an estimated channel quality information, CQI, from a user terminal; (c) accounting for effects of the beam-jitter on the estimated CQI to obtain a jitter-adjusted CQI estimate; (d) and using the jitter-adjusted CQI estimate during user scheduling for a future transmission to the user terminal. | 05-06-2010 |
20100159930 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR VERTICAL TILT ANTENNA BEAM SWEEPING - A base station and method are described herein that vertically sweeps an antenna beam within a cell to improve the signal quality at scheduled times for a user terminal located within a coverage area of the cell. In one embodiment, the method improves a signal quality for a user terminal by: (a) vertically sweeping a beam within a cell coverage area to vary a signal quality at scheduled times for the user terminal located within the cell coverage area; and (b) performing one or more scheduling functions while taking into account variations in the vertical sweep of the antenna beam. For instance, the scheduling function(s) can include a link adaptation function, a resource allocation function, a user admittance/dropping function, a handover function, and/or a hybrid automatic repeat request function. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159970 | Method for Fast Acknowledgement and Identification of a Service Access Request Message or a Preamble Thereof - A method is provided in a base station for handling a request from a first user equipment for accessing a service in a radio communications network. The method comprises the steps of receiving a first time interval of an incoming signal comprises a first signal sent from the first user equipment and a second signal sent from the second user equipment, interpreting the first signal as being a possible service access request message preamble, and sending an acknowledgement, that the preamble is detected, to the first user equipment. The method comprises the further steps of delaying the first time interval of the incoming signal, identifying the second signal in the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, washing the identified second signal away from the first time interval of the incoming signal during the delay, and deciding whether the possible preamble is a real preamble or not, by analyzing the washed incoming signal. | 06-24-2010 |
20100222066 | METHOD OF MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES IN A CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEM - In a method and a system for managing resources within a cellular radio system servicing a geographical area, the serviced area is divided into at least two types and additional radio resources is provided to mobile stations located within one of the areas being deemed to be more sensitive for interference compared to mobile stations located within the other area. | 09-02-2010 |
20100238869 | RADIO COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT - The invention provides an increase in the radio coverage area ( | 09-23-2010 |
20110021223 | Method for Determining a Subsequent Time Interval Relationship, for Service Request Messages, from a User Equipment - The invention relates to a method in a base station for handling a request from a user equipment for accessing a service in a radio communications network, the method comprising the steps of receiving a first wide time interval ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110075636 | RANDOM ACCESS WITH FULL COVERAGE ON SELECTED RESOURCES - Random access coverage is assured while at the same time supporting high uplink data rates in a same service area served by a base station. A set of radio resources are shared by multiple mobile terminals for transmitting uplink to the base station including requests for access to service from the base station and transmissions for active connections with the base station. A first repeating time period and a second different repeating time period are defined. Uplink transmission grants are scheduled for active connections that permit use of a greater amount of the radio resources during the first repeating time period. Uplink transmission grants are also scheduled for active connections that permit use of a smaller amount of those resources during the second repeating time period. At least some random access requests to the base station are controlled to occur only during the second repeating time period. | 03-31-2011 |
20110090981 | Method and Apparatus For Communication Site Planning - The present invention relates to a solution for determining wireless communication cell characteristics related to wireless MIMO transmission mode and dynamically selecting suitable communication transmission mode for certain parts of the wireless communication cell. The solution uses a flatness spectrum analysis of received impulse response from a plurality of measurement points in the cell using a plurality of antennas in a wireless network access gateway, e.g. a base station. | 04-21-2011 |
20110105166 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - In a method of radio link handling in a radio base station (RBS) in a telecommunication system, said radio base station (RBS) supporting a plurality of mobile user equipment (UE) and comprising a plurality of antenna arrangements each associated with a respective determined cell coverage area. Performing the steps of actively determining ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110150118 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR INTERFERENCE REDUCTION AND MIMO COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement for use in a wireless communication system, where the arrangement comprises at least two single-polarized antenna functions. Each antenna function is adapted for radiating an antenna radiation lobe pattern having a horizontal extension in an azimuth plane, and a vertical extension in an elevation plane, perpendicular to the azimuth plane. The antenna functions both have a first polarization in a first direction. In a second direction separated from the first direction, the second antenna function has a second polarization and the first antenna function has a third polarization, the second polarization and the third polarization being orthogonal to each other. | 06-23-2011 |
20110169713 | Arrangement For Improved Isolation Between Adjacent Cell Areas - The present invention relates to a node in a wireless communication system, the node having a central point and comprising at least two antenna functions. Each antenna function is arranged to cover a corresponding sector area, the sector areas being positioned around the central point successively such that each sector area is adjacent to at least one other sector area separated by corresponding borders. The polarization of at least one of said antenna functions is variable between the borders of the corresponding sector area such that for each border, the polarizations of the antenna functions at each side of the border are essentially orthogonal at the border. The present invention also relates to a corresponding wireless communication system and corresponding antenna functions. | 07-14-2011 |
20110249588 | System For Wireless Communication and a Method For Providing Wireless Communication - The present invention relates to a system for wireless communication comprising a first transceiver circuitry (BS) connected to a plurality of virtual antenna ports of an antenna arrangement; each virtual antenna port is a combination of one or more physical antenna ports. The first transceiver circuitry (BS) is configured to: communicate with a second transceiver circuitry (UE) via the antenna ports of the antenna arrangement; receive primary beamshaping information related to a first link (Downlink) between the first transceiver circuitry (BS) and the second transceiver circuitry (UE); determine secondary beamshaping information related to a second link (Uplink) between the second transceiver circuitry (UE) and the first transceiver circuitry (BS); and apply at least one weight vector based on the primary and secondary beamshaping information for subsequent transmission of signals from the first transceiver circuitry (BS) via the plurality of virtual antenna ports of the antenna arrangement. | 10-13-2011 |
20110261711 | WIRELESS COMMINICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A CHANNEL IN SAID WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system comprises an antenna unit comprising a plurality of antenna elements, selecting means arranged to select at least one of the antenna elements as serving antenna for communication with user equipment, means for code allocation arranged to allocate a code for channel estimation support for the communication between the serving antenna and the user equipment, and a control unit arranged to control the communication based on the selected serving antenna and the allocated code. The means for code allocation are arranged to assign the code to said user equipment. The control unit is arranged to control the serving antenna so as to transmit the code assigned to the user equipment. | 10-27-2011 |
20110274191 | MULTI-STREAM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a multi-stream communication system comprising a transmitting node provided with a polyphase antenna and a receiving node provided with an antenna arrangement configured to receive multiple data streams. The polyphase antenna has at least one group of multiple antenna elements, each group having N antenna elements. The transmitting node is also provided with at least one radio chain and a switch for each radio chain arranged to cyclically connect each radio chain to the antenna elements in one of the groups. The switch is configured to operate with a switching frequency f | 11-10-2011 |
20120004009 | Managing Energy Consumption of Base Stations - A base station includes an emulation controller ( | 01-05-2012 |
20120046039 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a wireless communication system that enable the allocation of resources to UEs based on measurements of their antenna polarization, in order to suppress the interference between different UEs at a very low overhead cost. This is achieved by a solution where the scheduling unit retrieves information about the polarization of the UE antenna configurations, and based on this information allocates radio resources to the different UEs, with the aim to minimize the interference. The scheduling unit may retrieve the information from the RBSs or from the UEs. The RBS and the UE will determine the polarization and transmit information regarding this polarization to the scheduling unit. The scheduling unit coordinates the allocation of resources with other scheduling units if necessary. | 02-23-2012 |
20120092989 | Controlling CSI Reporting In A LTE Cellular Communication Network - The object of the present invention is to distribute the transmission of the CSI (Channel state information) reports among the different UEs, wherein the CSI reports are based on measurements on cell specific reference signals from the base station. This is achieved in a LTE cellular communication network by controlling the transmission of CSI reports from the UEs. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094661 | Controlling Energy Consumption of a Wireless Network Node - An arrangement for controlling energy consumption of a network node associated with a cell includes a terminal activity monitor ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120100844 | Method and Arrangements to Reconfigure a Radio Base Station in a Wireless Communication System - A Radio Base Station (RBS) and method of operating the same are provided. The RBS may enable a fast and flexible reconfiguration of the system from a first configuration to a second confirmation where the RBS is triggered to initiate a system reconfiguration and the reconfiguration is performed by starting a new cell with the wanted new configuration in parallel with the original cell. During a certain time period, both the original and the new cell are available. Thereafter, the original cell is shut down. The time offset between the start up of the new cell and the shut down of the original cell may be long enough to ensure that user equipment associated with the original cell can be handed over or can reselect the new cell. The time offset may be short enough to reduce the interference between the original and new cells. | 04-26-2012 |
20120165064 | Method and Arrangement for Improving Radio Network Characteristics - The present invention discloses a method in a network node ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120188884 | METHOD AND A NETWORK NODE FOR DETERMINING AN OFFSET FOR SELECTION OF A CELL OF A FIRST RADIO NETWORK NODE - A method and network node ( | 07-26-2012 |
20120201319 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR POLARIZATION CONTROL IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Controlling the polarization state of signals to be transmitted from a MIMO capable radio base station node to a plurality of user equipment, which radio base station node comprises a precoder unit connecting a first and a second virtual antenna port to a respective first and second transmit antenna port, by the steps of controlling (S | 08-09-2012 |
20120214530 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING COVERAGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ANTENNA BEAM-JITTER AND CQI CORRECTION - A base station and method are described herein that improves the coverage in a fixed-beam wireless communication system by using antenna beam-jitter and Channel Quality Information (CQI) correction. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of: (a) modifying a beam by introducing a beam-jitter in a beam-forming pattern; (b) receiving an estimated channel quality information, CQI, from a user terminal; (c) accounting for effects of the beam jitter on the estimated CQI to obtain a jitter-adjusted CQI estimate; (d) and using the jitter-adjusted CQI estimate during user scheduling for a future transmission to the user terminal. | 08-23-2012 |
20120225625 | Method and Arrangement for Tuning Polarizations for Orthogonally Polarized Antennas - The present invention relates to a method and a transceiver device in a wireless communication system that enable tuning of the polarization generated by a cross-polarized transmitting antenna configuration of an eNB. This is addressed by a solution where the polarization is adjusted ( | 09-06-2012 |
20120252369 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COORDINATING POLARIZATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to enable coordination of VP/HP polarizations generated by cross-polarized, i.e. orthogonally polarized antenna configurations, of one radio device with another radio device. The object is achieved by a method in a first eNB ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120264450 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - Method and arrangement in a network node | 10-18-2012 |
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20120307922 | UE SIGNAL QUALITY MEASUREMENTS ON A SUBSET OF RADIO RESOURCE ELEMENTS - A user equipment (UE) receives a radio signal which includes a time-frequency grid of radio resource elements. A UE detector measures a signal quality parameter associated with a subset of the radio resource elements in the time-frequency grid. The subset of the radio resource elements is less than a total number of the radio resource elements in the time-frequency grid and corresponds to an individual radio channel. Radio circuitry in the UE reports to a network node the signal quality parameter measured for the subset of the radio resource elements in the time-frequency grid to enable an operation related, for example, to the individual radio channel. | 12-06-2012 |
20130005269 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Co-Channel Interference - A method for providing co-channel interference information by a network node includes receiving information for at least one user equipment (UE) connected to an adjacent network node, determining a co-channel interference list for user equipment (UE) connected to the network node wherein the co-channel interference list is based on the received information and transmitting the co-channel interference list to a UE connected to the network node. | 01-03-2013 |
20130114561 | Method and Arrangement in a Cellular Network for Forwarding ACK Over the Backhaul Link and Directly Transmitting NACK to the Data Source - Methods and arrangements in a data transmitting node, a data receiving node and an intermediate node, where one of the data transmitting node and the data receiving node is a mobile terminal and the other nodes are access points. The methods and arrangements involve that ACK and NACK feedback are transmitted on different respective paths, according to different criteria, when the mobile terminal is simultaneously associated with more than one access point. | 05-09-2013 |
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20140293845 | Scheduling Apparatus and Method for a TDD Communication System - The present invention relates to a scheduling apparatus ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140307713 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Co-Channel Interference - A method for providing co-channel interference information by a network node includes receiving information for at least one user equipment (UE) connected to an adjacent network node, determining a co-channel interference list for user equipment (UE) connected to the network node wherein the co-channel interference list is based on the received information and transmitting the co-channel interference list to a UE connected to the network node. | 10-16-2014 |
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20150065169 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - Method and arrangement in a network node for improving conditions for ground-based positioning of mobile terminals in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method and arrangement concerns adaptation of an antenna arrangement associated with the network node, so that a virtual positioning cell is formed in a positioning radio resource, in which positioning reference signals are transmitted or received. In one exemplary embodiment, the antenna arrangement is adapted to form the virtual positioning cell by changing the radiation pattern of at least one antenna used for communication of user data traffic. | 03-05-2015 |