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Graham Brend, Somerset GB
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20120165005 | FEMTOCELL ARRANGEMENTS - A femtocell arrangement comprises a plurality of femtocells Femto 1 to Femto 13 having coverage distributed over a region, such as, for example, an office. A border femtocell, Femto 3 or Femto 10, of said plurality has coverage at an entrance to the region and is arranged to operate at a higher transmit power level to provide a larger coverage area than that provided by neighboring femtocells. In addition, the border femtocell may be allocated a specific Primary Scrambling Code (PSC) to show its designation as a border femtocell. An approaching user equipment UE 1 or UE 2 tends to attach to the higher transmit power border femtocells. The Femto Gateway managing the connection is aware of the likelihood that an approaching UE will tend to attach to a border femtocell, and this is further confirmed by the use of a specific PSC. Hence, handover is expedited as the most suitable femtocells may be chosen as targets for handover. | 06-28-2012 |
Graham Brend, Swindon GB
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20130095792 | WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, AND A METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING A MESSAGE - A method is provided of authenticating a message from a femtocell base station in a wireless telecommunications network comprising a security gateway and a femto-gateway. The method comprising the steps of: checking by the security gateway that a source IP address in the message from the femtocell base station accords with that expected from that femtocell base station, and checking by the femto-gateway that the source IP address in the message accords with that expected from that femtocell base station by inspecting a database relating a femtocell base station identifier to source IP address data. | 04-18-2013 |
Graham Brend, Bath GB
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20130121167 | CONTROLLING COMMUNICATIONS IN A MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, network nodes and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of controlling communication between a first network node and a second network node in a multicarrier wireless communications system in which a predetermined set of a plurality of carriers are utilised to support communication between the first network node and the second network node, the predetermined set of the plurality of carriers comprising a primary carrier and at least one secondary carrier, comprises the steps of: determining an occurrence of an event requiring a change in the primary carrier; indicating to a third network node that a physical layer instruction is to be transmitted between said first network node and the second network node; and transmitting a physical layer instruction between the first network node and the second network node, the physical layer instruction encoding reselection information to cause the second network node to select a different carrier from the plurality of carriers as a new primary carrier. By sending the instruction using the layer one or physical layer, the speed at which the instruction can be transmitted between the network nodes is vastly increased, which enables fast switching to occur, thereby preventing a loss of communications between the network nodes. By indicating to a third network node that a physical layer instruction is to be transmitted between the first network node and the second network node, maintenance of synchronisation is simplified and unpredictable network behaviour is minimised. | 05-16-2013 |
20140248878 | AUTONOMOUS CELL RESELECTION BY A USER EQUIPMENT - User equipment and method of notifying a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell. The user equipment comprises: monitoring logic, determining logic and notification logic. The monitoring logic is operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; the determining logic is operable to determine whether the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, and the notification logic is operable, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, to notify said serving cell of said impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell. Accordingly, user equipment is operable to send an indication of cell reselection to a network prior to fully triggering a cell reselection procedure, thereby allowing a network to make preparations for an impending cell reselection event, thereby minimising potential disruption to a network user. | 09-04-2014 |
Graham R. Brend, Bathford GB
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20130095833 | DEACTIVATING PACKET DATA PROTOCOL CONTEXT - A method is provided of deactivating PDP Context upon transfer of a connection with a user terminal between a femtocell base station and a macrocell base station, the method comprising: the femto base station receiving a message including a first identifier of a PDP Context, altering the identifier of a PDP Context to a second identifier, and forwarding the altered message to the core network, the core network receiving a message including an identifier determines that the received identifier does not match the identifier that it expects and so deactivates the PDP Context. | 04-18-2013 |
20140051419 | NETWORK NODE AND METHOD - A method, a network node and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of controlling an operating state of small cell base stations, said operating state comprising one of a non-sleeping state in which a small cell base station is operable to support communications with user equipment and sleeping state in which a small cell base station is inoperable to support communications with user equipment, comprises the steps of: determining whether a predetermined event has been experienced by at least one small cell base station of a group of small cell base stations and, if so, instructing at least a sub-group comprising a plurality of small cell base stations of said group of small cell base stations to transition between said non-sleeping state and said sleeping state. Such an approach helps to optimize energy savings made by small cell base stations within the network, whilst ensuring that appropriate levels of service are maintained for user equipment. | 02-20-2014 |
Graham R. Brend, Swindon GB
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20140321411 | SERVICE LINK ESTABLISHMENT - A method of establishing a plurality of service links between user equipment and a network access node in a wireless telecommunications network, and user equipment and a computer program product operable to perform that method. The method comprises: determining that there is data traffic to be sent between user equipment and the network access node; establishing a first service link for communication of the data traffic; determining that there is further data traffic requiring establishment of a second service link, to be sent between the user equipment and the network access node; determining a pre-set radio condition parameter indicative of radio condition required for successful communication of the further data traffic on the second service link between said user equipment and the network access node; assessing radio condition experienced at the user equipment and, if said radio condition parameter is being met, establishing a second service link for communication of the further data traffic. Such a method allows user equipment to determine whether a second service link is likely to be successfully established, thereby offering an opportunity to minimise unnecessary network signalling and the likelihood that a second service link will pull down the first service link | 10-30-2014 |
20150024795 | FEMTOCELL BASE STATION, A USER TERMINAL, A METHOD OF SENDING FEMTOCELL BASE STATION STATUS INFORMATION TO A USER TERMINAL, AND A METHOD OF RECEIVING - A method is provided of sending femtocell base station status information to a user terminal, the method comprising automatically: determining that the femtocell base station has taken a given status, formulating a message including a text string describing that status; and sending the information message for display at the user terminal. | 01-22-2015 |
Michael T. Brend, Winfield, IL US
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20110003652 | Sport Stance Trainer - A foot positioning aid is disclosed for guide proper positioning of a player's feet for a sport stance. The aid has two foot targets each with a top side, an underside, and a perimeter edge. The foot targets are separate from one another for independent positioning and placement on a playing surface. A securement device on the underside of each of the foot targets is configured to removably retain the foot targets in a selected location on the playing surface during use. The player places their feet on the top sides, one on each of the foot targets during use. | 01-06-2011 |