Abstract: A method for handling biometric templates is disclosed for an authenticating device applying biometric authentication. The method comprises acquiring a set of biometric data associated with a prospect user, and acquiring a decryption key (associated with an encrypted biometric template associated with an enrolled user of the authenticating device) from a key carrying device external to the authenticating device responsive to the key carrying device being in a vicinity of the authenticating device. The method also comprises retrieving, from a storage medium, at least a part of the encrypted biometric template associated with the enrolled user, decrypting the retrieved part of the biometric template using the acquired decryption key and performing an attempt to authenticate the prospect user as the enrolled user based on a comparison between the acquired set of biometric data and the decrypted part of the biometric template.

Abstract: A method for handling biometric templates is disclosed for an authenticating device applying biometric authentication. The method comprises acquiring a set of biometric data associated with a prospect user, and acquiring a decryption key (associated with an encrypted biometric template associated with an enrolled user of the authenticating device) from a key carrying device external to the authenticating device responsive to the key carrying device being in a vicinity of the authenticating device. The method also comprises retrieving, from a storage medium, at least a part of the encrypted biometric template associated with the enrolled user, decrypting the retrieved part of the biometric template using the acquired decryption key and performing an attempt to authenticate the prospect user as the enrolled user based on a comparison between the acquired set of biometric data and the decrypted part of the biometric template.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication arrangement configured to allow wired communication between an electronic host device and an electrical slave device, such as between a smart phone and a smart card during an enrollment process. The invention also relates to a method for providing instructions to a user of a smart card during an enrollment process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication arrangement configured to allow wired communication between an electronic host device and an electrical slave device, such as between a smart phone and a smart card during an enrollment process. The invention also relates to a method for providing instructions to a user of a smart card during an enrollment process.

Abstract: A smart device is used for controlling enrollment in a fingerprint sensing system. The smart device comprises a fingerprint sensor and a number of actions are performed in the smart device that commences with establishing a connection with a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device comprises a MMI. A user authentication and authorization, AA, process is performed. Depending on an outcome of the AA process, a fingerprint enrollment process is performed that comprises registering data representing a fingerprint of the user in the smart device and that comprises communication with the wireless communication device via the connection.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for exchanging information in a communication system having a plurality of transmission schemes are presented. A first power level is selected at which slices of information are capable of being exchanged over a communication link at a first slice rate. A first transmission scheme is selected that produces an acceptable link performance when exchanging information over the communication link at the first power level. The first power level is reduced to a second power level. A second transmission scheme is selected for exchanging information over the communication link at the second power level that produces at least the acceptable link performance produced when exchanging information over the communication link at the first power level using the first transmission scheme. Slices of information are exchanged over the communication link at the second power level and at a second slice rate using the second transmission scheme.

Abstract: A mobile station adapted to be used in a radio communications system includes a receiver apparatus adapted to receive blocks of distorted information bits at a first rate from a transmitter via a communications link, and a first detecting apparatus adapted to detect information bits from the distorted information bits. The mobile station also includes a second detecting apparatus adapted, when the quality of the received blocks of information bits is above a given level, to detect information bits from the distorted information bits using fewer computation resources than the first detecting apparatus.

Abstract: A receiver section recovers the in-phase and quadrature components of a linear modulated data signal. The in-phase signal is sampled and quantized producing an in-phase sample stream, and the quadrature phase signal is sampled and quantized producing a quadrature sample stream. The in-phase sample stream and the quadrature sample stream are both over-sampled at a rate of N times a symbol rate of the data signal. A decimation section filters the quantized in-phase sample stream and the quantized quadrature sample stream to produce a reduced in-phase sample stream and a reduced quadrature sample stream at a rate of M times the symbol rate, wherein M is less than or equal to N.

Abstract: A digital communication receiver communicates with a digital communication transmitter across a communication channel and has: a channel estimator, which provide a channel estimate of the communication channel based on a received signal; an equalizer, which estimates a sequence of transmitted symbols and provides a sequence of decided symbols based on the received signal and the channel estimate; and a channel tracker, which produces an updated channel estimate based on the received signal and the decided symbols, and which supplies the updated channel estimate to the equalizer. The digital communication receiver has a controller, which receives channel quality indicative data associated with an output from the equalizer, determines whether these data fail to meet a predetermined criterion, and, if so, supplies an enabling control signal to the channel tracker.

Abstract: The invention relates to: A method for estimating residual noise in the frequency range (271) of a desired part (240) of a signal to a corresponding apparatus and to a mobile telephone utilizing the method. The object of the present invention is to generate a measure for the residual noise in a signal. The problem is solved in that the amplitude of the signal (114) comprising the noise is modified, and the signal (114) is combined with the modified signal (115) to create a noise estimation measure (116). The invention may e.g. be used in digital radio communications systems to contribute to the monitoring of link quality and therefore to improve payload throughput. One of the advantages of the invention is that an indication of link quality at an early stage in the receiver is provided.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for selecting an access technology in a multi-mode terminal are provided. Information is exchanged between a multi-mode terminal and at least one base station using a first access technology, the multi-mode terminal being capable of exchanging information with the at least one base station using a number of access technologies. The type of information exchanged is identified, and at least a second access technology is determined, different from the first access technology, that is capable of exchanging information of the identified information type. The first and at least second access technologies form a set of compatible access technologies. A determination is made as to the minimum radiated power level needed to exchange the information with the at least one base station for each of the compatible access technologies.

Abstract: Link quality control information is generated by receiving a received signal from a front end receiver. Time dispersion information is then estimated during a synchronization of the received signal. Then, link quality control information is generated using the time dispersion information. The link quality control information includes information pertaining to an optimal transmission parameter. The link quality control information can be transmitted back to a unit that transmitted the received signal so that the appropriate transmission parameters may be adjusted.

Abstract: Method, apparatus, and system for exchanging information in a communication system having a plurality of transmission schemes are presented. A first power level is selected at which slices of information are capable of being exchanged over a communication link at a first slice rate. A first transmission scheme is selected that produces an acceptable link performance when exchanging information over the communication link at the first power level. The first power level is reduced to a second power level. A second transmission scheme is selected for exchanging information over the communication link at the second power level that produces at least the acceptable link performance produced when exchanging information over the communication link at the first power level using the first transmission scheme. Slices of information are exchanged over the communication link at the second power level and at a second slice rate using the second transmission scheme.

Abstract: In a communication system including a transmitter and a receiver, the receiver is synchronized with the transmitter, and a modulation type in a signal transmitted by the transmitter and received by the receiver is detected. A first portion of the received signal is correlated with one or more signals representing modulation types used by the communication system to detect the type of modulation being used in the received signal. Synchronization is established between the transmitter and the receiver. The first portion may be correlated with each of one or more different signals representing various modulation types used in the communication system to detect the type of modulation used. Alternately, the first portion of the received signal may be derotated by different amounts to produce a plurality of derotated signals that are correlated with the signal representing modulation used by the communication system in order to detect the type of modulation used.

Abstract: A method and system for blind detection of modulation in a wireless telecommunications network. In accordance with the method and system, a plurality of bursts are transmitted over an air interface to a receiving station using a first modulation scheme. Modulation detection statistics for the plurality of received bursts are calculated at the receiving station. Based on the modulation statistics, however, it is determined that at least one of the plurality of received bursts has been transmitted using a second modulation scheme. As a result, the modulation detection statistics are analyzed to identify a single modulation scheme that was most likely used in modulating the plurality of bursts. Any faulty received bursts, for which a detected modulation scheme differs from the identified single modulation scheme, are then processed to reduce the effect of the faulty bursts.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile station adapted to be used in a radio communications system, said mobile station including: receiver means adapted to receive blocks of distorted information bits at a first rate from a transmitter via a communications link, and first detecting means adapted to detect information bits from said distorted information bits. The mobile station also includes second detecting means adapted, when the quality of said received blocks of information bits is above a given level, to detect information bits from said distorted information bits using fewer computation resources than said first detecting means.

Abstract: A method and system for communicating data between an integrated circuit and each of a first device and a second device. Communications between the integrated circuit and the first device use a first interface protocol, while communications between the integrated circuit and the second device use a second interface protocol. Both interface protocols, however, share the same data bus and clock bus. To communicate using the second interface protocol, the first device, which uses the first interface protocol, is first deactivated by sending address data via the shared data bus that does not identify the first device, thereby causing the first device to enter an inactive state until a stop condition is detected on the shared data bus. Then, communications using the second interface protocol can be carried out, provided that a start or stop condition for the first interface protocol is not inadvertently generated on the shared data bus.

Abstract: To enable use of an intelligent mobile communication unit (1) in areas where there are restrictions on the emission of radio frequency energy, the unit is provided with means (3) for actively preventing radio frequency radiation from the unit (1) even if non-radio frequency energy emitting parts of the unit (1) are operable.

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for automatically monitoring a mobile telephone unit (ME) on the occurrence of at least one predetermined event in the mobile telephone unit (ME), for instance a call release. The method comprises the steps of: storing at least one monitoring program in a program generator (PRG) in the mobile unit (ME); storing in a comparison circuit (CC) in the mobile unit (ME) signal patterns representative of different types of trigger signals (TSI); sending a trigger signal (TSI) from a trigger device (TA) in the mobile unit to the comparison circuit (CC), the trigger signal (TSI) being contingent on the occurrent event; comparing the trigger signal (TSI) with the signal patterns; selecting a monitoring program according to the result of the comparison; and executing the selected monitoring program in the mobile unit (ME).

Abstract: In order to increase the resolution of signals input to a power amplifier, this system includes a power control circuit which utilizes sigma delta modulated values which are stored in a memory device. These values, after retrieval from an addressable memory, are supplied only to a low pass filter before being sent to the control input of the power amplifier. The use of sigma delta modulated values can result in a reduction of hardware within the power control circuit of communication devices and increase the signal resolution by moving noise elements from the signal.