Abstract: The invention concerns a method in an embedded environment for arranging functionality of a remote device (13.1). Parties in the method are at least one remote device (13.1) and at least one server machine (11). A connection is arranged for both parties (13.1, 11) with a data network (10), in connection with which a possible gateway (17) is arranged between the server machine (11) and the data network (10). The parties (13.1, 11) and the possible gateway (17) operate in an environment based on an ORB (Object Request Broker) core. In order to arrange functionality of the remote device (13.

Abstract: A method for transmitting a route request in an ad-hoc network having master nodes and slave nodes includes transmitting the route request to the master nodes of the network via a unicast transmission and transmitting a reply identifying the route. Each node of the network which receives the request performs a route request algorithm. The algorithm may be implemented in the network layer of the device protocol stack or in the link layer of the device protocol stack.

Abstract: A method and corresponding apparatus for accurately determining the offset of the carrier frequency of a received signal from a nominal frequency (the offset due to for example Doppler shifting), such as is done in a ranging receiver when acquiring or tracking a signal transmitted by a beacon (such as a satellite) of a positioning system. The method amplifies a conventional correlation by performing a special noncoherent integration of the real and imaginary components of the output of a conventional (coherent) correlation calculation, resulting in a complex phasor having a phase that bears information about the offset of the carrier frequency from the nominal carrier frequency.

Abstract: A method and system for synchronizing the PN phase of a pseudo-noise (PN) coded signal with a phase of a master PN decade-code is provided. The method includes the steps of associating the master PN decade-code initialization t0 with a first time zone reference date and time and determining an elapsed time t1. The next steps equate the elapsed time t1 to a corresponding phase of the master PN code and synchronize the phase of the PN coded signal with the corresponding phase of the master PN decade-code.

Abstract: A system for storing and releasing information including a portable device and a receiver. The portable device includes a secure memory, a memory buffer, an access control system for controlling output of the information from the secure memory only upon a user entering an authentication, and a transmitter. The receiver is separate from the portable device for receiving the information transmitted from the transmitter. The information can be stored in the memory buffer and transmitted from the memory buffer by the transmitter to the receiver without the user entering the authentication. The information can be stored in the secure memory and transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver only upon the user entering the authentication such that the system allows alternatively releasing the information from the portable device with or without using the authentication.

Abstract: Method and system for processing charge messages in a telecommunication system comprising a registering point for distinguishing received charge messages from each other, a first telephone exchange connected to a calling subscriber and a second telephone exchange connected to a called subscriber, said telephone exchange using charge calculation based on charge messages of the originating and terminating side, a charge message being sent during call set-up from the originating side to the registering point. A charge message received from the terminating side is checked; the charge data or the originating side and terminating side are combined if they bear similarities; the charge message is modified to from a replacing charge message that contains the combined charge data; and the replacing charge message is sent to the registering point.

Abstract: A multimode communications device includes an RF section and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) located in a receive path between the RF section and a baseband section. The ADC includes a programmable signal converter core operable to perform ADC functions on a received RF signal in accordance with different types of mobile communication device operational modes, and further includes a multimode control function for programming the signal converter core as a function of a currently selected operational mode. The programmable signal converter core preferably includes a sigma-delta modulator, and a signal analysis function is provided for analyzing the received RF signal for dynamically programming the converter core to adapt to temporary signal and interference conditions by increasing or decreasing the performance of the signal converter.

Abstract: In an electronic circuit supplied from supply terminals, a terminal in the circuit being biased to a voltage between the supply terminal voltages, connections from power supply terminals are made via current generator means. The circuit is preferably an RF, balanced and/or oscillator circuit. The current generator means are preferably controllable current generators, preferably controlled by an AGC, or a common mode or differential voltage control circuit. Preferably, the controllable current generators comprise a FET or are substantially constituted by each one MOS-FET. A balanced, common-base, low-voltage Pierce crystal oscillator with two transistors and four to six current generator means is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling packet transmission in conjunction with a packet radio service in a radio system comprising a base station and a number of subscriber terminals transmitting data to the base station in packet form using the same transmission channel, in said method the base station transmitting packet to the terminals, and said packets comprising data indicating to which terminal each packet is intended, actual data, and control data controlling the transmission of the terminals on the transmission channel. To enable the radio path resources to be used efficiently, when there is no actual data, the base station transmits packets comprising the control data of the transmission but no actual data to the terminals.

Abstract: A method and device for memory management in digital data transfer, in which the device consists of first memory rows (61) and second memory rows (62) and in the method, a bit column with fixed values is added as the first column (64) of the second memory rows, first bit rows are copied (63) as second bit rows in accordance with the Add-Compare-Select unit's selections, and the selection for the decoded bit is performed based on the values of elements in the column (66) formed by the second bit rows or based on some other row formed by the second bit columns.

Abstract: A method and system for performing a pre-reserved handover in a mobile communciation system is suggested, wherein an additional handover preparation step is performed by determining at least one candidate base station in advance, to which handover is likely to be performed. An additional downlink connection to the at least one candidate base station is established before handover execution is performed. Thereby, proper handover can be ensured for cell environments in which a serving cell disappears very quickly from a mobile station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Quality of Service (QoS) characteristics of a network using multiple streams of packets. Measurements obtained using the multiple streams of packets are synchronized relative to each other to permit VoIP, QoS characteristics of parts of a network to be reliably determined.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining speed of terminal in a radio system, and to a receiver in a radio system, the receiver comprising means for taking samples from a received signal at given intervals, means for determining a signal instantaneous strength by measuring a signal strength of each sample, and means for calculating a mean strength for a sampled signal within a given time window. For preferably determining the terminal speed the receiver of the invention comprises the means for comparing instantaneous strength values with a calculated mean strength and for calculating how frequently an instantaneous strength moves above or below a mean value within the given time window, and the means for determining an apparatus speed based on the number of transitions.

Abstract: A mobile station includes an RF transceiver and a user interface. The mobile station further includes a plurality of data processor cores each having a first interface supporting a first bus coupled to an associated one of a plurality of program memories, a second interface supporting a second bus coupled to a common data memory, and a third interface supporting a third bus coupled to at least one input/output device. Each of the first, second and third buses include an address bus that is sourced from the processor core and a data bus. The plurality of data processor cores may be contained within a single integrated circuit package, such as an ASIC, in a System on Chip (SoC) configuration. In this case a first processor core may function as a CPU for controlling the overall operation of the mobile station, including the user interface, while a second processor core functions as a DSP for controlling operation of the RF transceiver.

Abstract: An accelerated slow-start enables fast recovery from a packet delay or loss condition or even from a deliberate suspension of service in an Internet connection in which a wireless link exists between a sending mobile host (30) and a receiving network host (40).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for a communications system that prioritizes packets that are transmitted over a digital communication channel utilizing at least one error-correcting transmission path associated with a Quality of Service (QoS) objective. The QoS objective is used to select the appropriate transmission path (that may include forward error coding, scrambling, and interleaving) that satisfies the relevant metrics of the desired level of service quality such as packet latency, variation of the packet latency, information throughput, and packet error rate (PER). The communications system selects a transmission path that is associated with QoS objectives best matched to the QoS objectives as required by the originating application.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing software functions in a mobile station apparatus comprising several externally accessible keys, one or more displays and means for locking the keys. The presented method comprises the steps of detecting that one or more keys are pressed down when the keypad is locked, performing software functions when said one or more keys are pressed down while the keypad is locked, and showing the result obtained after having performed software functions on one or more mobile station displays.