Abstract: An Auto Configuration Server is coupled via at least one Load Balancer in a broadband network to at least one device, including at least one gateway device, in at least one home network. The Auto configuration Server remotely manages the devices by using the CPE WAN Management Protocol CWMP on top of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol http.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to communication methods and devices for virtual base stations. For example, data is sequentially read and written between the hardware accelerator and the general purpose processor of the baseband processing unit at the baseband processing unit arranged with a plurality of virtual base stations, thereby achieving sharing of the traditional hardware accelerator among a plurality of virtual base stations without introducing virtualization layer or increasing hardware complexity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for occupying an unlicensed band channel, thereby avoiding misjudgment of an occupied unlicensed band state. A method for occupying an unlicensed band channel includes: a user equipment receiving a power increase rate of a reference signal transmission unit of an unlicensed band channel determined by a secondary cell (Scell) base station; the user equipment receiving, in the unlicensed band channel, a sub-frame of reference signal transmission unit level power distribution sent by the Scell base station; the user equipment decoding the power increase rate; and the user equipment using the power increase rate to process the sub-frame.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmitter and a corresponding method. The method includes: pre-processing a signal to be transmitter, the signals being across a plurality of sub-bands; filtering the signal to generate a universal-filtered orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (UF-OFDM) signal, where two or more sub-bands of the plurality of sub-bands are filtered by a common filter; and transmitting the generated UF-OFDM signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for resource reconfiguration and the corresponding device. A method provided in a first aspect of the present disclosure comprises: at a controller for managing a baseband unit (BU) pool, determining system status and resource usage conditions of the BU pool; based on the system status and the resource usage conditions, identifying a resource that needs to be reconfigured, the resource being selected from a virtual machine running on a server in the BU pool or from a processing module in an accelerator in the BU pool; determining an address of a target device using the resource, wherein the target device is selected from servers or accelerators in the BU pool; and instructing the target device to reconfigure the resource. The solution of the present disclosure effects reconfiguration of all resources in cloud RAN.

Abstract: A method for estimating the speed of a user equipment connected to a base station of a wireless network, the method comprising the following steps: measuring the power of a signal transmitted between the user equipment and the base station; computing the derivative of the measured signal power with respect to time; computing the standard deviation of the computed derivative; estimating, from previously established reference data, the speed of the user equipment that corresponds to the computed standard deviation, the reference data associating a given user equipment speed with a certain computed standard deviation.

Abstract: An embodiment is a method for support of retrieval and/or reporting and/or triggering the reporting of user location information in a mobile network, wherein said user location information is retrieved and/or reported and/or the reporting of said user location information is triggered, at a granularity of an area referred to as administrative area defined as a set of mobile network related areas, mobile network related areas being defined at mobile network management level, and mobile network related areas being mapped to administrative areas.

Abstract: A technique is provided for authentication of a user accessing an access control device. The technique includes an application server that receives a request from a communication device associated with the user or the access control device. The request contains an identifier of the communication device, an identifier of the access control device and presence data indicating that the communication device is associated with the access control device. The application server checks a database for the user's subscription, sends a response to the access control device to request the user to enter a secret code via an interface of the access control device, receives a temporary secret code generated by a service provider server if the entered secret code is correct, and sends a message containing the temporary secret code to the communication device to request the user to enter the secret code via the interface of the access control device.

Abstract: A technique is provided for a personalized access to a storage device from a communication device through a local network, with public data and private data being stored in the storage device. The storage device is configured to retrieve an identifier of the local network, allow access to the public data and a set of private data if the retrieved identifier is included in a first list of local networks, and deny access to the set of private data if the retrieved identifier is not included in the first list of the local networks.

Abstract: A vectoring controller for configuring a vectoring processor that jointly processes DMT communication signals to be transmitted over, or received from, a plurality of N subscriber lines according to a vectoring matrix. In accordance with an embodiment, the vectoring controller is configured, for given ones of a plurality of tones, to enable the given tone for direct data communication over a first set of N?Mk targeted lines out of the plurality of N subscriber lines, and to disable the given tone for direct data communication over a second disjoint set of Mk supporting lines out of the plurality of N subscriber lines, Mk denoting a non-null positive integer. The vectoring controller is further configured to configure the vectoring matrix to use an available transmit or receive power at the given tone over the second set of Mk supporting lines for further enhancement of data signal gains at the given tone over the first set of N?Mk targeted lines.

Abstract: Aspects relating to managing flow aggregation and routing for a multi-connectivity client device are described herein. In an implementation, a method for managing flow aggregation and routing for the client device includes establishing connection with a network communication engine based on connection parameters. The method further includes exchanging communication capabilities of the client device and a multi-access bearer proxy, with the network communication engine through a predefined communication protocol. The method further includes negotiating a set of communication standards for managing flow aggregation and routing of data packets, with the network communication engine based on the exchanged communication capabilities, where the set of communication standards comprises at least one flow aggregation and routing protocol.

Abstract: A device to process a channel state information reference signal CSI-RS and further data to be transmitted via a first radio module of a radio communications network, in which data to be transmitted is mapped on subcarriers and in the radio module subsequently up-converted to a radio frequency higher than the subcarrier frequencies is provided. The subcarriers are grouped into frequency subbands, and at least one subband is scalable with at least one subband parameter for a period of time. A subband parameter is in particular a subcarrier spacing, and in at least one subband at least two different parameters, in particular subcarrier spacings, can be used.

Abstract: A controller is provided for a Cloud based service handling multiple types of traffic in a telecommunications network, the controller comprising: a first stage configured to automatically model use of Cloud resources allocated to the service for specific workloads of each of a plurality of traffic types, so as provide a variety of models for each traffic type; a second stage configured to automatically reduce the number of and generalise the models so as to provide generalised models for each traffic type applicable to other workloads than the specific loadings; a third stage configured to automatically evaluate accuracy of the generalised models for various combinations of given workloads, in each combination each of the given workloads being of a corresponding traffic type, and to select one of the generalised models dependent upon evaluated accuracy; and a fourth stage configured to control operation of the Cloud resources according to the selected model.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cavity resonator device (1000) comprising at least two adjacent cavity resonators (1010, 1020) for radio frequency, RF, signals, separated by a common side wall (1030) having an opening (1032) wherein said cavity resonator device (1000) comprises at least one coupling element (100) for coupling two adjacent cavity resonators (1010, 1020) of said cavity resonator device (1000) wherein said at least one coupling element (100) comprises a base section (110) and a top section (120), wherein said top section (120) is displaced vertically from said base section (110) by a first distance (d1) along a longitudinal axis (a1) of said coupling element (100), and wherein said coupling element (100) comprises at least a first coupling arm (130) and a second coupling arm (140), each of said coupling arms (130, 140) connecting said base section (110) with said top section (120), wherein said at least one coupling element (100) is arranged rotably around an axis of rotation with respect to said wal

Abstract: A time slot management method for use in a time division multiple access system that couples a line terminator via a tree-like network to a plurality of network terminations is provided. At least one grant is transmitted by the line terminator towards a network terminator in order to allocate at least one adjacent subsequent corresponding upstream time-slot to the network terminator. The grant is received by the network terminator from the line terminator, and it is recognized if the at least one grant is associated with the network termination. Upon recognition of the at least one grant being associated with the network termination by the network terminator, overhead data in the first time slot of the at least one time slot and payload data in each potential adjacent subsequent time slot of at least one time-slot allocated to said network terminator is transmitted.

Abstract: A client and a server communicate over multiple wireless access paths each using a different wireless network. A method performed at the server comprises receiving at the server a signal from the client via one of multiple wireless access paths, the signal comprising a transport layer portion including a transport layer identifier, the transport layer identifier providing an indication of a wireless access path, a network layer portion, and a data portion, determining from the transport layer identifier, a destination of at least a subset of the signals from the wireless access path indicated by the transport layer identifier, and routing the signal to the destination. If a flow is diverted to travel via a different route, then there must be some mechanism to ensure that the signal arrives at its intended destination. Preferably, a Multi-path Transport Control Protocol (MPTCP) is used as the transport layer protocol.

Abstract: A method is provided of a sensor sensing a mobile user terminal for cellular radio telecommunications, the user terminal being associated with any one of a plurality of networks, each network having a distinct carrier frequency band for radio signals. The method comprises: broadcasting a common signal at each of multiple carrier frequency bands; the user terminal receiving the signal in the associated carrier frequency band of its network; the user terminal checking information in the received signal, and upon determining that the information is acceptable to allow connection to the sensor, the user terminal acknowledging to the sensor its receipt of the signal.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to a method for transmission of content, executed by a content transmission device. The method includes receiving, from a client device, a content request specifying a requested content and at least one content reception deadline in an application layer part, encapsulating the requested content in a plurality of successive TCP segments; and sending the successive TCP segments to the client device by applying a congestion avoidance mechanism using a congestion window. The congestion window is determined by determining a minimum bitrate required for transmitting the requested content to the client device by the content reception deadline, determining a round-trip time between the content transmission device and the client device, and setting the congestion window equal to or greater than the product of the minimum bitrate and the round-trip time.

Abstract: A transceiver includes a transmit signal path, a receive signal path, an amplifier, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to couple the amplifier in the transmit signal path to amplify a transmit signal during a transmit operating mode of the transceiver. Furthermore, the control circuitry is configured to couple the amplifier in the receive signal path to amplify a receive signal during a receive operating mode of the transceiver.

Abstract: A power source is configured to apply a first alternating electric excitation signal to an oscillation blade device at a first excitation frequency causing a blade of the oscillation blade device to oscillate at a first oscillation frequency. A current detector is configured to measure amplitude values of the current supplied by the power source to the oscillation blade device. A processor is configured to assess a plurality of successive peak values of the measured amplitudes, determine a second oscillation frequency for the blade if variation in the successive peak values is detected and send a command to the power source to apply a second alternating electric excitation signal to the oscillation blade device at a second excitation frequency which matches the determined second oscillation frequency.