Abstract: A method and device are provided for synchronizing data transmission of multicasting/broadcasting services (MBS) by a plurality of Base Stations. The method disclosed comprises providing synchronization information to enable all of said plurality of Base Stations to start transmitting MBS data at a synchronized starting time point. Meanwhile, each of the Base Stations receives the MBS data to be transmitted and determines whether any of the MBS data has not been properly received. If so, the respective Base Station initiates a process to recover the missing MBS data or to obtain within a pre-determined time interval, information regarding the missing data in order to determine the duration of the time period that would have been required for the transmission of the missing MBS.

Abstract: A method is described for the provisioning of latency-tolerant services in an access network. The method comprises the steps of: setting a demand to provide a service to a user; determining the network resources required to provide this service; establishing based upon the resources required to provide that service, the available network resources and/or the network's service provisioning policy, whether the provisioning of this service shall be immediately effected or be postponed to a later stage. If it has been established that the service will be provided at a later stage, it will be provided at a time when the available resources and/or the network's service provisioning policy match that of the resources required for the provisioning of the service.

Abstract: A method is provided by the present invention for allocating channel resources in a wireless network. The method comprises: a) transmitting at least one message which comprises information that would allow association of at least one service flow for conveying data from/to a subscriber terminal, with at least one group of service flows; b) transmitting from a base station messages adapted to provide information which relate to the allocation of resources of a channel along which data will be transmitted to/from said subscriber terminal via one or more service flows associated with that at least one group of service flows, and wherein the information comprises an identification of the at least one group of service flows; and c) transmitting data from/to the subscriber terminal in accordance with the allocation of the channel resources for the at least one group of service flows.

Abstract: There is provided a method and devices for dynamically controlling transmission of communications in a wireless network, which comprises a managing entity and a managed entity that communicate which each other. The managed entity transmits updating information that includes indications of current resources available thereat and/or indications that relate to the reception of communications transmitted by the managing entity. A reporting rate for transmitting the updating information by the managed entity to the managing entity is then determined, and based on the reporting rate that has been determined—modifying, if required, parameters associated with the wireless link extending between the two entities so as to affect changes in the operating conditions at one or both of these entities.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for carrying out a handover process in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises at least a first and a second base stations belonging each to a different subnet associated of that wireless network and communicating through a first and a second gateways or foreign agents, respectively, and wherein the first base station is used as a serving base station currently in communication with at least one mobile subscriber station (MS). The method provided comprises a step of determining a traffic conveying entity as an intermediate anchoring point, and when the MS moves to a second subnet which comprises the second base station, a path is established for conveying traffic to/from that MS from/to a remote destination. The path comprises the intermediate anchoring point and the first gateway (or the first foreign agent).

Abstract: In a wireless network employing Spatial Division Multiplexing Access (“SDMA”) in at least one of its cells, a method is provided for dynamically allocating transmission resources to different subscriber devices.

Abstract: A method is provided for carrying out a power saving procedure in a wireless subscriber terminal which is operative to receive at least two different services, each of which is characterized by one or more characteristics related to traffic demands associated with that service. The method comprises the following steps: classifying each of the at least two different services based on their traffic demand related characteristics into corresponding power saving classes, where there are at least two different power saving classes associated with the at least two different services; for each of the power saving classes, determining required listening windows and required sleep windows; exchanging messages between the base station and the subscriber's device for synchronizing parameters for carrying out the power saving procedure.

Abstract: A method and devices are provided to allow reducing interferences occurring in adjacent wireless communication networks. When a subscriber device experiences interferences resulting from the operation of an adjacent wireless network, it transmits an adjustment signal which serves as a request for adjustment, to the base station operative at the adjacent wireless communication network. The adjacent base station that receives the adjustment signal retrieves adjustment information therefrom, and based on the retrieved information will determine whether it should effect a change in its transmission that would result in reducing the interferences experienced at the subscriber device sending the adjustment signal.

Abstract: A multiple access technique is described, which is capable of maintaining orthogonality between transmitted signals in multipath conditions, even when part of or all of the transmitted signals belong to the family of Single Carrier modulation. The Single Carrier signals are converted into multicarrier signals which utilize just a fraction of the spectral lines by transmitting each fragment of data several times. The orthogonal multiplexing technique enables transmitters to enjoy both the advantages of OFDMA, such as noninterference between signals, adaptive bandwidth allocation and wideband diversity, and the Peak-to-Average Power Ratio advantage of the single carrier modulation. The multiplexing technique described allows to incorporate in the same multiple access system both OFDM signals and Single Carrier signals.

Abstract: A method for carrying out a handover of servicing a mobile terminal from a currently serving base station to another base station in a cellular network, comprising the following steps. The currently serving base transmits information associated with the mobile terminal to one or more of its neighboring base stations. The neighboring station(s) respond by providing the serving base station with information related to the quality at which they are able to receive communications from the mobile terminal. Based on the responses received from the neighboring base stations, the serving base station selects which of its neighboring base stations will be the target base station for the mobile terminal. Upon selecting the target base station, a handover procedure is carried out, following which, the mobile terminal will receive and transmit communications via that target base station.

Abstract: A method for re-connecting a mobile terminal roaming in a wireless network via a target base station after the occurrence of an uncontrolled disconnection of the mobile terminal from a serving base station via which the mobile terminal was receiving and transmitting communications prior to the uncontrolled disconnection.

Abstract: In a wireless network which comprises a first plurality of base stations and a second plurality of access network gateways, there is provided a method for tracking and/or paging a mobile terminal, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a mobile terminal located within the wireless network, and wherein the mobile terminal is in an active mode; selecting a first access network gateway out of the second plurality of access network gateways to be an anchor gateway for location and/or paging control for the mobile terminal; and upon receiving at the first access network gateway a request for a location update of the mobile terminal which has meanwhile entered an idle mode, selecting a base station for communicating with the mobile terminal from among the first plurality of base stations, and providing the selected base station with information required for verifying the identity of the mobile terminal and/or for retaining the security integrity of the selected base station while carrying out location

Abstract: A method for authenticating a mobile terminal in a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request for authenticating the mobile terminal in that wireless network operative to provide services at a location where the mobile terminal is currently present, receiving the request at a base station associated with that wireless network, and determining an entity associated with the wireless network to be operative as a single authentication access entity for that mobile terminal, as long as the mobile terminal location remains within that wireless network and traffic is directed through any location associated with that wireless network.

Abstract: A method is described for detecting and/or estimating a ranging signal in a wireless communications network, wherein the ranging signal comprises a plurality of tiles. The method comprising the steps of: (i) carrying out a plurality of mathematical correlations for one or more of the plurality of tiles but less than all of said plurality of tiles; (ii) summing the results of the correlations; and (iii) based on the summed results, detecting a code characterizing the ranging signal and/or estimating the timing offset of the ranging signal.

Abstract: In a wireless network, subjected to interferences caused by the operation of an adjacent network, a method and devices are provided to allow the allocation of time-sub-frames for operating at frequencies that are subjected to such interferences. By the present invention, a time frame allocated for communication is divided into at least two time sub-frames. The links along which communications will be transmitted in each of these sub-frames are selected in such a way that during each sub-frame, none of the operative links will be subjected to interferences caused by communications transmitted during that sub-frame along any of the other links. Also, the time frames allocated for communication along the channels that experience interferences are divided into at least two time sub-frames.

Abstract: A method and devices are provided for estimating a signal received at a wireless communication cell along a communication channel where the transmission/reception frequency used for conveying traffic along that communication channel is substantially equal to transmission/reception frequency used for conveying traffic along at least one other communication channel extending from/to at least one substantially interfering cell. The method comprises: associating a pilot sequence with the wireless communication cells operative in the wireless network; providing a receiver with information that would allow estimation of the pilot sequence used by a transmitter with which that receiver is adapted to communicate; providing the receiver with information that would allow estimation of the pilot sequences associated with other transmitters communicating with other receivers located at the geographical proximity of that receiver; estimating the signal associated with the pilot sequence used by the first transmitter, e.g.

Abstract: A method is provided for providing secured mobile IP services to a mobile terminal which is currently associated with an access network different from its own home access network. The method is characterized by creating a virtual mobile node at an access network server of the current access network, which communicates with a Home Agent associated with the terminal's home mobile network and with one or more access points associated with the current access network, at which the mobile terminal is currently located.

Abstract: In a wireless network comprising at least a first and a second wireless communication devices, a method is provided for determining at least one characteristic for communication between a base station and a subscriber terminal, based on information derived by affecting an exponential effective signal to interference ratio mapping (EESM) upon one or more signals transmitted by the base station and received by the subscriber terminal.

Abstract: In a wireless network, subjected to interferences caused by the operation of an adjacent network, a method and devices are provided to allow the allocation of time-sub-frames for operating at frequencies that are subjected to such interferences. By the present invention, a time frame allocated for communication is divided into at least two time sub-frames. The links along which communications will be transmitted in each of these sub-frames are selected in such a way that during each sub-frame, none of the operative links will be subjected to interferences caused by communications transmitted during that sub-frame along any of the other links. Also, the time frames allocated for communication along the channels that experience interferences are divided into at least two time sub-frames.

Abstract: A modem for more efficiently processing a received analog signal into a digital output. The modem preferably estimates the carrier frequency offset in at least one stage, by receiving a synchronization field divided into at least two portions, calculating a difference of the phase between the portions, and then calculating the frequency offset from the phase difference. More preferably, the modem estimates the carrier frequency offset in two stages, with a first stage being a initial frequency estimate of the offset.