Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a relay station including a first antenna, a second antenna, a transmitter circuit that converts a baseband signal into an RF signal to be transmitted, a receiver circuit that extracts the baseband signal from the received RF signal, a switching unit that switches between a first state in which the first antenna is connected to the receiver circuit, and the second antenna is connected to the receiver circuit, and a second state in which the first antenna is connected to the receiver circuit, and the second antenna is connected to the transmitter circuit, and a communication controlling unit that extracts the baseband signal created from the RF signal received from either one of the first or second communication devices and then, after a predetermined process is applied to the communication data contained in the baseband signal, the communication controlling unit transmits the communication data through the transmitter circuit to another communication device is

Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and network entity for improving Soft Handover (SHO) Gain in networks, preferably in CDMA networks, comprising the step of determining the network performance in the UL (uplink) or in the DL (downlink), or both in the UL (uplink) and in the DL (downlink), and of measuring and tuning at least one or more of those parameters, preferably system outputs, that are directly related to SHO Gain, so as to control, preferably maximise, SHO Gain. The determination of the network performance provides an indicator of when and where SHO Gains are needed. The invention can be implemented in the RNC and/or BS and can e.g. be part of RAN, e.g. an UTRAN solution as well as IP RAN.

Abstract: A method of estimating the operating characteristics of a communication unit in a radio network in which a plurality of such communication units can communicate with a plurality of terminals by means of wireless signals and in which the terminals and the communication units are capable of macro-diversity communication whereby a terminal may simultaneously communicate with a plurality of the communication units, the method comprising: estimating for the communication unit and neighboring communication units the propagation characteristics of signals to and/or from each such communication unit, in a manner specific to that respective communication unit; determining based on at least the estimated propagation characteristics and the relative locations of the communication unit and the neighboring communication units a representation of at least one of the macro-diversity gain for the communication unit and the fading margin for the communication unit.

Abstract: A method of estimating the operating characteristics of a communication unit in a radio network in which a plurality of such communication units can communicate with a plurality of terminals by means of wireless signals and in which the terminals and the communication units are capable of macro-diversity communication whereby a terminal may simultaneously communicate with a plurality of the communication units, the method comprising: estimating for the communication unit and neighbouring communication units the propagation characteristics of signals to and/or from each such communication unit, in a manner specific to that respective communication unit; determining based on at least the estimated propagation characteristics and the relative locations of the communication unit and the neighbouring communication units a representation of at least one of the macro-diversity gain for the communication unit and the fading margin for the communication unit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal comprising an address book for registering identification numbers of the persons who exchange messages with the user of the mobile terminal, a memory for storing a received text message, and a conversion engine for converting the stored message to a voice message. The mobile terminal sequentially reads the text message stored in the memory and converts the text message to the voice message using the conversion engine for output. The address book stores a voice characteristic code of the person associated with each identification number, and the conversion engine converts the text message to the voice message using the voice characteristic code. The mobile terminal thus converts a text message to a voice message having the characteristics of the voice of the person who sent the text message for subsequent output.

Abstract: The invention provides a method, system, and network entity for improving Soft Handover (SHO) Gain in networks, preferably in CDMA networks, comprising the step of determining the network performance in the UL (uplink) or in the DL (downlink), or both in the UL (uplink) and in the DL (downlink), and of measuring and tuning at least one or more of those parameters, preferably system outputs, that are directly related to SHO Gain, so as to control, preferably maximise, SHO Gain. The determination of the network performance provides an indicator of when and where SHO Gains are needed. The invention can be implemented in the RNC and/or BS and can e.g. be part of RAN, e.g. an UTRAN solution as well as IP RAN.