Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer programs are disclosed for controlling the output of a transmission point. One embodiment provides a method for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network. The method includes determining an average output power of the transmission point, in a particular direction, over a period of time, comparing the average output power to an output power reference value, and allocating data, to be transmitted by the transmission point in the particular direction to one or more wireless devices, to a pool of radio resources. The pool of radio resources is adjusted as a function of the comparison between the average output power and the output power reference value.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses. The method implemented at a wireless device may comprise computing an average power for a bin covering a portion of a total solid angle covered by an antenna array of the wireless device by averaging a momentary power for the bin over a time period, wherein the momentary power is computed based on respective scheduled power of at least one beamforming transmission and respective antenna gain of the at least one beamforming transmission in the bin (302, 606, 702, 802, 902, 1002). The method may further comprise performing a back-off power feedback control for the bin based on the computed average power (304, 608, 708, 808, 908, 1006).

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses. The method implemented at a wireless device may comprise computing an average power for a bin covering a portion of a total solid angle covered by an antenna array of the wireless device by averaging a momentary power for the bin over a time period, wherein the momentary power is computed based on respective scheduled power of at least one beamforming transmission and respective antenna gain of the at least one beamforming transmission in the bin (302, 606, 702, 802, 902, 1002). The method may further comprise performing a back-off power feedback control for the bin based on the computed average power (304, 608, 708, 808, 908, 1006).

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and computer programs are disclosed for controlling the output of a transmission point. One embodiment provides a method for controlling the output of a transmission point for a wireless communications network. The method includes determining an average output power of the transmission point, in a particular direction, over a period of time, comparing the average output power to an output power reference value, and allocating data, to be transmitted by the transmission point in the particular direction to one or more wireless devices, to a pool of radio resources. The pool of radio resources is adjusted as a function of the comparison between the average output power and the output power reference value.

Abstract: A method performed by a first communication device for managing beamforming by a second communication device for transmission of a signal. The first and second communication devices operate in a wireless communications network having a zone in which a radio frequency electromagnetic field strength is required by a regulation to be below a threshold. The first communication device adjusts at least one of an output power and a beam shape in the beamforming. The adjusting is such that the radio frequency electromagnetic field strength in the zone for the output power and the beam shape in the beamforming is below the threshold. The first communication device initiates transmission of the signal to a third communication device operating in the wireless communications network using beamforming with the adjusted at least one of the output power and the beam shape.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a transmitting node (10) for a wireless communication network. The transmitting node (10) is adapted for transmission utilizing independently controllable antenna elements of an antenna arrangement (24). Moreover, the transmitting node (10) is adapted for switching between different beams and/or subsets of the antenna elements for transmission based on transmitted power in relation to EMF exposure limits. There are also disclosed related devices and methods.

Abstract: A method performed by a first communication device for managing beamforming by a second communication device for transmission of a signal. The first and second communication devices operate in a wireless communications network having a zone in which a radio frequency electromagnetic field strength is required by a regulation to be below a threshold. The first communication device adjusts at least one of an output power and a beam shape in the beamforming. The adjusting is such that the radio frequency electromagnetic field strength in the zone for the output power and the beam shape in the beamforming is below the threshold. The first communication device initiates transmission of the signal to a third communication device operating in the wireless communications network using beamforming with the adjusted at least one of the output power and the beam shape.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to the field of wireless transmissions and presents exemplary methods for and designs of wireless communication devices. According to one example embodiment, there is provided of a wireless communication device (1), which comprises one or more proximity sensors (5), an antenna arrangement (3) and processing circuitry (7). The processing circuitry (7) is configured to obtain a sensor output (9) from the one or more proximity sensors. The processing circuitry (7) is further configured to control an operation of the antenna arrangement (3) to spatially steer electromagnetic energy transmitted from the antenna arrangement (3) based on the obtained sensor output (9). In exemplary embodiments, the processing circuitry (7) may be configured to control the operation of the antenna arrangement (3) to spatially steer the electromagnetic energy transmitted from the antenna arrangement (3) away from an obstructing object (2) whose proximity has been detected based the sensor output (9).

Abstract: This invention relates to efficiently performing a close-duplicate search within large collections of data streams, preferably in the context of Multimedia (audio and video files or streams). In a first aspect the present invention relates to a method for feeding information of a data from a data file or a data stream into a database. In a second aspect a method is provided for tagging or identifying a data stream by querying an unknown data or data stream to a database of known data streams. In a third aspect a computer program or suite of computer programs are provided to operate the methods of this invention. The robustness of the Multimedia Identifier system of the present invention results from the use of high-dimensional descriptors, which describe local interest points extracted from the frames of audio and/or video data.

Abstract: A method for estimating a whole-body Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) caused in a body by electromagnetic fields emitted by a wireless communication device (40), where the body is represented by a phantom (30) and the wireless communication device (40) is positioned in the proximity of the phantom (30), comprises determining a complex electric field in a plurality of points distributed substantially in a single planar or curved surface (31) within the phantom (30), based on measurements of the magnitude of the electric field components in these points, and based on an assumption of constant phase of the electric field components. The method further comprises estimating a whole-body SAR in the phantom (30) based on the determined complex electric field in the plurality of points, and based on propagation of the complex electric field from the plurality of points into the volume of the phantom (30).

Abstract: This invention relates to efficiently performing a close-duplicate search within large collections of data streams, preferably in the context of Multimedia (audio and video files or streams). In a first aspect the present invention relates to a method for feeding information of a data from a data file or a data stream into a database. In a second aspect a method is provided for tagging or identifying a data stream by querying an unknown data or data stream to a database of known data streams. In a third aspect a computer program or suite of computer programs are provided to operate the methods of this invention. The robustness of the Multimedia Identifier system of the present invention results from the use of high-dimensional descriptors, which describe local interest points extracted from the frames of audio and/or video data.

Abstract: A method and an antenna arrangement are disclosed for reducing the antenna radar cross section for an externally illuminating radar source. A radar pulse is transmitted with the antenna arrangement fully matched to achieve a lowest possible power loss of the pulse. At all other times the antenna will be poorly matched and thereby will act as a low radar cross section. The reduced radar cross section leads to an antenna gain reduction, which most often can be accepted since competing noise is reduced as much as the useful signal. It is further suggested that the range gate of the receiver and the transmitter pulse control the antenna. Thus, the antenna is “fully opened” during the transmitting pulse and may be partly or “trade-off” matched during range gate reception. In the interval of not transmitting or receiving, the antenna will present a low radar cross section.