Abstract: A User Equipment Apparatus is described, which include a Load Factor Determining Device and a Calculating Device. The Load Factor Determining Device is adapted for determining at least one load factor value of a neighbor sector. The Calculating Device is adapted for calculating a transmit power of the User Equipment Apparatus such that the at least one load factor value of a sector is considered.

Abstract: A method includes requesting by a user equipment for data from an application provider through a wireless network; communicating by the application provider through the wireless network an effective rate policy for the data to the user equipment, the effective rate policy being applicable upon satisfaction by the user equipment of conditions communicated with the effective rate policy; and sending the data at the effective rate policy to the user equipment when the conditions are met by the user equipment. A related method includes receiving by a user equipment an effective rate policy for data from an application provider through a wireless network, the effective rate policy being applicable upon satisfaction by the user equipment of conditions communicated with the effective rate policy; satisfying the conditions by the user equipment; and receiving the data at the effective rate policy by the user equipment.

Abstract: The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for using a common local oscillator for multiple transceivers (e.g., in a BST unit). One or two shared local oscillators LOs/frequency sources in a wireless transceiver may be configured to generate corresponding one or more oscillator signals, so that the corresponding portions of the one or two oscillator signals generated by the one or two LOs may be provided to multiple transmitters and to multiple receivers through corresponding paths in the wireless transceiver. For example it may be a shared use of frequency sources/LOs between multiple pipes/branches of the BST (one local oscillator for all transmitters, and another local oscillator for all receivers in the multiple pipes/branches). The implementation may require proper routing, and amplification and/or frequency conversion if necessary, of the shared LO signals.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for synchronizing frames in wireless networks are disclosed. An example method includes delaying, at a wireless relay station, a start time of a frame. In the example method, the start time of the frame is delayed, such that the relay station receives one or more data symbols from a superordinate wireless station and one or more data symbols from a subordinate wireless station at substantially the same time during the frame.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided, including an observing function configured to observe an indication about the coverage status of a user equipment; a deciding function configured to decide, based on the indication, to switch into a coverage extension mode; a providing function configured to provide a scaling number in dependence of the coverage extension mode; an allocating function configured to allocate, for data to be transmitted to a user equipment, a first modulation and coding scheme, a first modulation order, a first size of a transport block, and a first number of resource blocks per transport block according to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technology, a reducing function configured to reduce a first size per resource block, being the quotient of the first size of the transport block and the first number of resource blocks per transport block, based on the scaling number, thus obtaining a second size per resource block, being the quotient of a second size of the transport block and a second

Abstract: A mechanism usable in a communication management network system includes a network element and an operations system portion. After the network element is physically connected to the operations system portion, adaptation information is transmitted from the network element to the operations system. The operations system configures one or more applications on the basis of metadata which are accessed by using the adaptation information. The network element and all further network elements of the same type/release are manageable by the operations system portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to providing methods and apparatus for identifying a location area of a mobile device, determining whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device based on the location area and activating the LBS application on the mobile device. A Mobile Network Operator server may identify the location area of a mobile device and activate an application on the mobile device while a third party LBS application provider server may make the determination as to whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device.

Abstract: Data services may be enhanced by mitigating the need for unplanned core network capacity expansion or network element upgrades and reconfiguration, by offloading data to an alternative network, such as Exchange Point (IXP) or other operator network. A method can include monitoring a status of a transit network. The method can also include offloading traffic to the transit network from a transport network when a predetermined condition is met. The predetermined condition includes the status of the transit network indicating that the transit network is operational.

Abstract: An apparatus is described which is connectable to a first network node by a first downlink component carrier and to at least a second network node by a at least second downlink component carrier, wherein the apparatus provides a single uplink connection. The uplink connection is shared among a first uplink component carrier to the first network node and at least a second up link component carrier to the at least second network node. Sharing of the uplink connection may be performed in a time divisional multiplexed manner. Furthermore, a corresponding method is described.

Abstract: An embodiment includes determining estimate(s) of bandwidth for class(es) of quality of service to be implemented in base station(s) for service(s) provided to user equipment by the base station(s), determining expiration time(s) for corresponding ones of the estimate(s) of bandwidth, and communicating indications of the same toward mobile backhaul node(s). At a backhaul node, the indications are received and, based on the received indications, downstream bandwidth is modified for user equipment of different quality of service classes, wherein the downstream bandwidth passes through the mobile backhaul node toward the base station(s). Apparatus, software, and computer program produces are also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of achieving information associated with sensor data in a communication network including a plurality of communication devices is provided, wherein the method includes receiving a signal at a first communication device, wherein the received signal is associated with sensor data measured by a sensor of a second communication device.

Abstract: A method for block scheduling of users is described. The method includes, in response to determining that a number of users in a wireless network exceed a threshold number, allotting the users into k block. The value of k is at least two. For each block, the method performs determining residual information for the block. The method also includes, for each block of the k blocks, loading into a fast-access memory user data for users in the block and scheduling the block in a scheduling period based at least in part on the user data and the residual information for k?1 other blocks. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.

Abstract: A method and a device are provided to be run in a network (or in particular on a network component of such network). The network has several network elements that are connected via a ring. One network element is a ring master with a primary port and a secondary port. The novel process includes the steps of (i) a failure along one direction of the ring is detected by the ring master; and (ii) the ring master sends a first message via its port that indicates the direction of the failure.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data in a communication network is provided, wherein the method includes sending an error message indicating that a data packet transmitted using a cooperative transmission scheme on a first channel is not decoded correctly, and retransmitting the data packet using a second channel which is different from the first channel.

Abstract: A communications system includes a source, a destination, and multiple relays. In a first time period, the source emits a first transmission and a first relay retransmits a prior source transmission. Then, in a second, subsequent time period, the source node emits a second transmission and a second relay transmits the source transmission from the first time period. Optionally, the transmission from the second relay also includes the message from the first relay during the first time period. Similarly, in a third time period, the first relay transmits a message that includes the second relay's transmission and the second source transmission from the second time period. Alternatively, the source node transmit in a first frequency band, the first and second relays receive only in the first frequency band, and retransmit in a second frequency band, and the destination receives in both the first and second frequency bands.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from communication of (key) performance indicators ((K)PIs). For example, a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) operation and maintenance (O&M) system may benefit from predictive (key) performance indicator reporting between a base station, such as an evolved Node B (eNB), and the O&M system. A method may comprise generating at least one of a predicted (key) performance indicator or a (key) performance indicator trend information at a first network element. The method may also comprise sending the at least one of predicted (key) performance indicator or (key) performance indicator trend information from the first network element to the second network element.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided.

Abstract: It is provided an apparatus, including observing means configured to observe a first parameter; deciding means configured to decide, based on the first parameter, whether or not an original search space of a downlink control channel of an orthogonal frequency division multiplex technology is to be redefined; and redefining means configured to redefine the original search space, thus obtaining a redefined search space.

Abstract: A method for phase recovery in a system that includes a clock recovery unit and an estimation unit. The clock recovery unit of the system has a first phase detector unit. The estimation unit has a second phase detector unit and it is configured to estimate a gain of the second phase detector unit. The estimation unit and the clock recovery unit are configured to operate in parallel.

Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to a multi-layer mobile communication network using traffic steering mechanisms. The multiple layers may comprise one or several frequency layers of third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE), for example, 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz, and/or one or several frequency layers of 3GPP universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) (3G) and the like. For example, operators may want to steer certain UE groups to different layers. A method may comprise selecting a group definition for a set of cell reselection priorities. The method may also comprise sending the group definition for the set of cell reselection priorities to a user equipment. The group definition for the set of cell reselection priorities may be configured to permit the user equipment to autonomously reselect while in idle mode.