Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100210232 | CONTROLLING X-WAY RECEIVER DIVERSITY - Method for controlling receiver diversity operation in a base station of a mobile telecommunications network, the base station comprising a first receiver arrangement and a second receiver arrangement, the method comprising: | 08-19-2010 |
20100214988 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SETTING THE NUMBER OF HS-SCCH CHANNELS TO BE USED ON A CELL - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for dynamically setting the number N of HS-SCCH channels to be used as signalling channels of the HS-DSCH traffic channel in a cell served by a Node B, which comprises, at predefined periods of time:
| 08-26-2010 |
20100215000 | METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION FOR SCHEDULING TRAFFIC IN WIDE AREA CELLULAR TELEPHONE NETWORKS - Within the 3G networks, the HSDPA use a scheduler in the Node B that has to be optimised to differentiate traffic/users to provide the appropriate Quality of Service to everyone. | 08-26-2010 |
20100222065 | OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH USAGE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Base station apparatus ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100227623 | METHOD AND NETWORK CONTROLLER FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN NETWORK SHARING ARCHITECTURES - In RAN sharing scenarios wherein radio spectrum allocated to multiple mobile network operators is split into at least one carrier, the steps for switching the configurations of carriers for RAN sharing are proposed here, defining:
| 09-09-2010 |
20100227624 | METHOD OF MANAGING BASEBAND RESOURCES IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS IMPLEMENTING INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION TECHNIQUES - A method of managing baseband resources in a mobile communications network, wherein at least one interference cancellation technique in uplink is available, the method comprising the steps of: when baseband resources are demanded by a mobile user, determining whether there are free baseband resources or not, and: if there are not free baseband resources, determining whether there is at least one interference cancellation process cancelling the interference caused by at least one mobile user or not, and: if there is at least one interference cancellation process cancelling the interference caused by at least one mobile user, one mobile user is removed from said interference cancellation process. | 09-09-2010 |
20100240376 | CELL BARRING IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Cell barring in a cellular communication network is used in case of a failure in the core network of the cellular communication network or on the interface between the core network and the radio access network. By barring at least a part of the cells of the network, the UEs camping on these cells are triggered to reselect another cellular communication network in case of a service interruption. | 09-23-2010 |
20100240377 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC CELL ACCESS CONTROL TO HIGH-PRIORITY MOBILE USERS IN OVERLOAD AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS - Method for providing automatic cell access control to high-priority mobile users in overload situation, said high-priority mobile users mapped to at least one of AC 11 to 15, comprising: | 09-23-2010 |
20100271950 | ROUTING TRAFFIC IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method is described for routing traffic between a base station and a next network node in a cellular communication network over one of a plurality of paths between them having mutually different latency levels. The path over which the traffic is routed is selected based on latency requirements of the traffic and the latency level of the paths. The latency requirements of the traffic are dependent on the service and/or user of the traffic. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273500 | PILOT CHANNEL TRANSMISSION IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A cellular communication network is described wherein the power of the pilot channel transmitted by the base station is decreased when the uplink interference in its cell area increases above a threshold value. As a result the mobile terminals at the edge of the cell area are triggered to reselect to another base station and the number of call drops and failed call set-ups is reduced. | 10-28-2010 |
20100296468 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING UP CALL SWITCHING CONNECTIONS FOR REAL TIME SERVICES IN WIDE AREA MOBILE NETWORKS - A device for setting up call switching connections to deliver calls of real time services over a wide area mobile network is described comprising:
| 11-25-2010 |
20110019563 | Scheduling Traffic in a Communication Channel - The invention refers to a method for scheduling traffic in a communication channel of a mobile communications network which detects small sized data bursts and prioritizes their transmission. The detection is performed by comparison with two thresholds, one being an indicator of the instantaneous size of the data burst and the second one being related to the size of said data burst along a given period of time. | 01-27-2011 |
20110019564 | Allocating Traffic in Wide Area Mobile Networks - Method and RNC for selecting a transmission technology to MIMO UEs, HSDPA UEs and non-HSDPA UEs of a network with multiple carriers, comprising:
| 01-27-2011 |
20110019629 | Selecting a Transmission Technology - The present invention discloses a method for selecting a transmission technology (MIMO or non MIMO) for a HSDPA connection established between a RNC and a UE depending on the mobility of said UE, measured at the RNC as variations of the position of the UE. Then, if the connection is established with HSDPA MIMO technology and the position variations exceed a first pre-defined threshold, the connection is switched to HSPDA non MIMO technology. Also, if the connection is established with HSPDA non MIMO technology and the position variations are below a second pre-defined threshold, the connection is switched to HSPDA MIMO technology | 01-27-2011 |
20110021183 | REDIRECTING CALLS BETWEEN RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A method of redirecting a call of a mobile telecommunications device from a first bearer radio access technology, RAT, to a second bearer radio access technology, comprising:
| 01-27-2011 |
20110034173 | TRANSMITTING FAX IN MOBILE NETWORKS - Fax transmission over a PLMN using a home gateway connected to the originating fax terminal equipment, comprising:
| 02-10-2011 |
20110069693 | Multicarrier Transmit Diversity in UTRAN for HSPA - Multicarrier transmit diversity in UTRAN for HSPA, comprising a baseband unit and a remote radio unit of a Node B configured for receiving a data stream from an RNC and subsequently generating N encoded data streams and corresponding RF output signals for downlink transmission over N antennas; wherein the remote radio unit transmits the N (preferably two) RF output signals using transmission diversity over different carrier frequencies. The remote radio unit can transmit each STTD encoded data stream over different frequency carriers or transmit one STTD encoded data stream over a frequency carrier at frequency f | 03-24-2011 |
20110070847 | Transmitting a Radio Signal in a Mobile Communication Network - System and method for transmitting a radio signal in a mobile communication network. The radio signal has a circular polarisation. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070874 | DYNAMICALLY SELECTING A CELL RANGE OF A BASE STATION - Method and system for dynamically selecting a cell range of a base station connected to User Equipments, according to the distances between each of the User Equipments and the base station, and the percentage of a maximum baseband capacity of the base station used by connections with the User Equipments. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070908 | SETTING THE RADIATION PATTERN OF AN ANTENNA - The invention refers to a method for dynamically setting the radiation pattern of an antenna of a base station connected to User Equipments in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
| 03-24-2011 |
20110075605 | Transmitting Data Packets In Multi-Rat Networks - In order to transmit data packets in multi-RAT networks, a method and a system of network controllers are proposed comprising:
| 03-31-2011 |
20110080970 | Data Transmission in a Wide Area Mobile Network - Method and system for data transmission in a wide area mobile network supporting both MIMO User Equipments and non MIMO User Equipments, comprising:
| 04-07-2011 |
20110085614 | Selecting Transmission Technology for Communications in Wide Area Mobile Networks - Method and RNC for selecting transmission technology when a UE enters the network, which checks whether the UE is MIMO and, if so and only one carrier is available, allocates its traffic to said carrier and uses a S-CPICH to provide all MIMO traffic with a diversity pilot and Virtual Antenna Mapping for balance. If more than one carrier is available, the number of UEs, their radio conditions and load of carriers are checked periodically. If the carrier is busy only with MIMO and its load is higher than the load of the remaining carriers, diversity CPICH of STTD is selected; otherwise and only if the UEs vulnerable to STTD with good radio conditions exceed a certain number, the S-CPICH is selected. The RNC can reconfigure the network from transmitting MIMO traffic with STTD to using MIMO with S-CPICH or vice versa dynamically by periodical check of the load and UEs criteria for configuration change. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086620 | PROVIDING BROADCAST CONTENT TO A MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and cellular communication network are described for providing broadcast content to a mobile terminal. A broadcast content network hub located in a network element of the radio access network of the cellular communication network receives the broadcast content from a broadcast content source external to the cellular communication network. It provides the broadcast content to the mobile terminal over a user connection. | 04-14-2011 |
20110122962 | PHASE DIFFERENCE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A system and method are described for detecting and controlling the phase difference introduced to radio signals by transmission branches of a transmission system in a mobile communication network. Periodically a calibration signal is generated at an input of the transmission branches during a phase calibration mode. The phase difference introduced by the two transmission branches is detected by detecting the phase difference between the calibration signal, which has at least partly passed through the first transmission branch and the calibration signal, which has at least partly passed through the second transmission branch. The phase difference between the radio signals is controlled based on the detected phase difference. | 05-26-2011 |
20110194429 | Reducing Energy Consumption in Mobile Telecommunications - Method and network element for reducing energy consumption in WCDMA cells of a mobile network, the method comprising: monitoring traffic conveyed in the traffic channels of a cell; analyzing certain predetermined parameters in the monitored traffic; determining whether said predetermined parameters meet corresponding predetermined conditions; and when said predetermined conditions are met, switching off continuous transmission of common channels and facilitating the intermittent transmission of the common channels during one or more transmission events, thereby causing the cell to enter a cell standby mode. | 08-11-2011 |
20120108223 | FREQUENCY CONFIGURATION OF FEMTO-CELL BASE STATIONS - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring an operational frequency and associated bandwidth used by a femto-cell base station are disclosed. The femto-cell is configured to provide coverage to a User Equipment by connecting to a core telecommunications network via a gateway device. The method includes checking a list of frequencies and associated bandwidths available to a wireless network interface of the femto-cell base station and determining if any of the frequencies in the list matches the operational frequency supported by the User Equipment to which the femto-cell base station is providing coverage. If at least one frequency matches the one supported by the User Equipment, a second frequency is selected from the list of frequencies, said second frequency being established as the operational frequency of the femto-cell base station. | 05-03-2012 |
20120113797 | Method and Network Entity for Active Set Update in Wide Area Mobile Networks - The described method provides a Network Controller (e.g., RNC) with an active set update procedure for application when activating STTD in the 3G networks. To avoid any call drop due to misalignments between the respective transmission diversity mode configurations of cells and the presence/absence of support for transmission diversity in user terminals, STTD mode is deactivated, in cases where the terminal is rejecting the Active Set Update message due to ‘invalid configuration’. The misalignments between the respective transmission diversity mode configurations may arise in a number of scenarios: handover from a cell with STTD deactivated to a cell with STTD activated, handover from a cell with STTD activated to a cell with STTD deactivated, or handover between cells with STTD activated. In all cases the solution consists of indicating to the UE the STTD Off configuration to obtain a success active set update procedure irrespective of the true configuration status. | 05-10-2012 |
20120115462 | RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONFIGURATION IN FEMTO-CELL BASE STATIONS - A method and apparatus for operating a femto-cell base station are disclosed. The femto-cell base station is configured to provide coverage to a User Equipment by connecting it to a core telecommunications network using a first frequency belonging to a first radio access technology. The method includes detecting that a fixed network connection of a femto-cell base station is not operative, and, in response to such failure, scanning frequencies in a second radio access technology available to a wireless network interface of the femto-cell base station, said second radio access technology being different than the first radio access technology. If there is any frequency available in said second radio access technology, said frequency in said second radio access technology is established as the operational frequency of a cellular wireless network connection established by the wireless network interface. | 05-10-2012 |
20120236720 | DOWNLOADING VIDEO IN MOBILE NETWORKS - A method and network entity for downloading detected video packets. A minimum bit rate MinBR equals ViBR+M, where M≧0 is a configurable bit rate margin from an estimated video bit rate ViBR. A specific bit rate SBR is greater than MinBR. The method uses MinBR and SBR as a minimum bit rate limit and a maximum bit rate limit respectively between which the bit rate for delivering video in case of congestion is defined. The method can further compare the predefined specific bit rate with a real throughput of the user requesting video download with a QoS profile, and if there is congestion and if the throughput is larger than or equal to SBR, the priority value of a QoS profile to be used for downloading video in case of congestion. | 09-20-2012 |
20130190002 | OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH USAGE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus is provided for improving bandwidth usage in a cellular communication network serving at least one mobile terminal, the network being arranged to use a predefined bandwidth range. The apparatus includes a base band unit for capable of supporting at least a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, a counting means for determining the number of mobile terminals within a cell of the first radio access technology supporting the second radio access technology and a measuring means for determining the level of traffic carried by the first radio access technology cell. Bandwidth assignment means are also provided so that the bandwidth assigned to GSM and LTE can be configured to take account of changes in the traffic levels and device capabilities in either RAT. | 07-25-2013 |
20130258887 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR ALLOCATING PS TRAFFIC IN A MULTI-TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method, base station and controller for allocating PS traffic in mobile networks which provide a plurality of RATs (multi-RAT networks) for supporting Packet Services, which comprises:
| 10-03-2013 |
20130258999 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING HIGH-SPEED COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN MULTI-TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and mobile device (UE) for enabling services in multi-RAT networks which support at least HSPA and LTE, comprising: identifying an initial radio technology on which a UE requesting service is camped, within a current cell; determining an indication of coverage of another radio technology available on the current cell which provides higher speed access than the initial one; deciding carrying the service, either through the initial radio technology or the other one of higher speed access, according to the previous indication. The indication of coverage can be based on any of the following criteria or a combination of them is met: 1) Terminal is camped on a HSDPA capable or LTE capable cell, 2) HSDPA signal strength is higher than a threshold, 3) LTE signal strength is higher than a threshold, 4) Measurements on the Peak Rate of the UE in a past time and in a location. | 10-03-2013 |
20130272225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA PACKETS TO A PLURALITY OF MOBILE TERMINATIONS THROUGH A SINGLE IP CONNECTION - The invention refers to a radio network entity for transmitting data packets from an IP gateway in a telecommunications network to a user terminal via a plurality of mobile terminations through a single IP connection. The radio network entity comprises:
| 10-17-2013 |
20130279328 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF MOBILITY AWARENESS IN MOBILE NETWORKS - The invention relates to a method and a network entity to manage the establishment of data connections of a user terminal allocated in a mobile communications network. | 10-24-2013 |
20140029534 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method for delivering information ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140160983 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING RADIO ACCESS BEARERS IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH MULTI-RAB CAPABILITY - Method and network entities for providing good performance for voice in multiRAB connection for services of a CS+PS call setup ( | 06-12-2014 |
20140162677 | QUALITY OF SERVICE PRIORITISATION - A cellular network comprises a base station in communication with a plurality of User Equipment stations. A scheduling controller for an entity in the cellular network is configured to allocate a priority to the transmissions for each of the plurality of User Equipment stations according to a device type determined for the respective User Equipment station. A User Equipment device analyser for an entity in a cellular network, configured to determine a device type for a User Equipment station within the cellular network on the basis of one or more of: the IMEI of the User Equipment station; the traffic pattern for previous communications between the cellular network and the User Equipment station; and a terminal type information transmitted by the User Equipment station within HTTP data. | 06-12-2014 |