Patents Assigned to Nokia
  • Patent number: 8160014
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining the periodicity for a multiple periodicity SPS allocation using implicit rules for a TDD communications system are disclosed. A communication terminal such as a UE is provided that may determine the periodicity for a multiple periodicity SPS allocation using implicit rules to calculate a delta value to form a long time period and a shorter time period, forming a periodic pattern where the rules depend on the TDD configuration being used. In another embodiment a communication terminal such as a UE is provided that may determine the periodicity for a multiple periodicity SPS allocation using implicit rules to calculate a delta value to form a long time period and a shorter time period forming a periodic pattern, where the rules depend on the TDD configuration being used and the HARQ process being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi Ojala, Hai Ming Wang, Esa Malkamaki, Jing Han
  • Patent number: 8160647
    Abstract: A co-site including at least two antenna/base transceiver station pairs operating on different frequency bands has a filter system that includes a first filter including a low band control port, a high band control port, a low band diversity port, and a high band diversity port and a second filter including a low band control port, a high band control port, a low band diversity port, and a high band diversity port. The second filter adjusts an adjustable load on each of the low band control port, the high band control port, the low band diversity port, and the high band diversity port of the second filter to simulate a current consumption of the low band control port, the high band control port, the low band diversity port, and the high band diversity port of the first filter, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventor: Francisco Ortiz
  • Patent number: 8159980
    Abstract: Method and system for optimization of a handoff of a user equipment between packet switched and circuit switched networks in response to a request for circuit switched network services on the user equipment while the user equipment is resident on a packet switched only network. The system includes a mobile device, a first network, and a second network. The first network includes a third network and an interworking unit. The second network communicates with the first network. The mobile device sends registration information to the first network. The third network sends the registration information to the interworking unit. The interworking unit sends the registration information to the second network to provide a communication link between the mobile device and the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Petri Jappila, Ivan Ore, Uwe Schwarz
  • Patent number: 8161158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a communication system for transmission of multimedia streams. Multimedia streams are transmitted in the communication system from a sending communication device to a receiving communication device at least partly via a wireless communication network. Information about the multimedia stream is transmitted to the receiving communication device comprising at least one parameter of the transmission of the multimedia stream for reservation of network resources. The parameter is the maximum bit rate which is needed for the transmission or the maximum service data unit size to be used in the transmission. It is also possible that both the mentioned parameters will be transmitted as attributes of the session description protocol. In an advantageous embodiment the receiving communication device informs the sending communication device about the QoS profile parameters which the wireless communication network granted for the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Igor D. Curcio, Miska Hannuksela, Viktor Varsa
  • Patent number: 8160617
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes circuitry configured for location determination arranged to obtain a geographic location of the apparatus; circuitry configured receiving connection point identification data, the connection point identification data useable in providing a wireless communication path to a remote circuitry providing a connection point, and wherein the connection point identification data is associated with a geographic location of the remote circuitry; and circuitry configured for associating one or more instances of the geographic location of the apparatus, as provided by the circuitry configured for location determination, with corresponding instances of the connection point identification data. This associating may be used to cross-check/validate the geographical location provided by the circuitry configured for location determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: James Scales
  • Patent number: 8160411
    Abstract: A diffractive beam expander (50) comprises an input grating (10), a crossed grating (20), and an output grating (30) implemented on a planar transparent substrate (7). The crossed grating (20) comprises a plurality of diffractive features (23) arranged along the lines of a first set of parallel lines (25) and along the lines of a second set of parallel lines (26) such that the lines (25) of the first set are parallel to the lines (26) of the second set. The lines of the first set have a first grating period and the lines of the second set have a second grating period. A light beam (B1) coupled into the substrate (7) by the input grating (10) impinges on the crossed grating (20) at a first location (EC1) and further locations (EC2). Interaction at the first location (EC1) provides several sub-beams (S00, S01, S10) which propagate in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tapani Levola, Pasi Saarikko
  • Patent number: 8160040
    Abstract: In a method of downlink operation in a communication system having a network controller, a base station and a terminal, one communication channel is scheduled by the base station; and one communication channel is scheduled by the network controller. The terminal listens to the channel scheduled by the base station at predetermined times known to the terminal and the network controller. Information is signalled from the network controller to the base station, relating to the predetermined times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Breuer, Thomas Malcolm Chapman, Thomas Ulrich
  • Patent number: 8160630
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and arrangement for controlling transmission power in a mobile communications system, and to a network element. In the method according to the invention a certain target level is defined for a value representing the quality of a signal, which target level should be reached by the received signal. According to the invention this target level is advantageously limited so as to be smaller than or equal to a first predetermined limit value and/or greater than or equal to a second predetermined limit value. In accordance with the invention the quality of the signal may be measured e.g. by means of an SIR value. In the method according to the invention the quality of the received signal is checked and, based on the check, a first SIR target level is given to a comparing element (21). By means of the comparing element (21) it is ensured that the said first SIR target level falls within predetermined limits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Seppo Hämäläinen
  • Patent number: 8160961
    Abstract: To be able to customize subscriber charging in a telecommunications system, at least two different kinds of tariff models (TM) are defined, each model containing a tariff scheme defining how to charge a call. The tariff model to be used with a subscriber is directly or indirectly indicated in subscriber information (SI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Timo Haataja, Lars Andresen
  • Patent number: 8160084
    Abstract: A method for calculating message queue times. The method includes queuing a message into a buffer at a first time, generating a time stamp message representative of a number of messages in the buffer at the first time, transmitting the message to another device, transmitting the time stamp message to a trace device, and calculating the message queue time based upon the time stamp message, the first time, and an amount of data in the buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Ossi Lindvall, Tomi Junnila
  • Publication number: 20120087660
    Abstract: A method and a device for data processing in an optical network element are suggested, wherein the optical network element changes between a low-speed mode and a high-speed mode of data transmission. In this manner, the optical network element has efficient power savings because it can effectively operate in the low-speed mode which requires less power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Thomas Treyer, Harald Rohde, Sylvia Smolorz
  • Publication number: 20120086864
    Abstract: An apparatus, comprising a processor and memory configured to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving a video indicating a motion, generating a set of normalized representations of movement based, at least in part, on the video, evaluating a reference set of representations with respect to the set of normalized representations of the movement, and determining that at least one predetermined motion correlates to the set of normalized representations of the movement based, at least in part, on the evaluation is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lance Williams, Xiaohui Shen, Gang Hua
  • Publication number: 20120086727
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing augmented reality based on tracking. Information, including location information, orientation information, or a combination thereof of a device is determined. A representation of a location indicated based, at least in part, on the information is determined. One or more items are selected to associate with one or more points within the representation. Display information is determined to be generated, the display information including the one or more items overlaid on the representation based, at least in part, on the one or more points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Thommen Korah, Ronald Azuma
  • Publication number: 20120089730
    Abstract: A method of modifying a command sequence comprising a plurality of commands, the commands having a schedule by which they are to be executed, comprising the steps of transforming the commands into in-time sub-commands which have to be executed according to the schedule and preparation sub-commands which are not constrained to be executed according to the schedule; and adjusting the order of the sub-commands so that estimated periods during which the sub-command components of the second type are executed do not overlap with the periods during which the sub-command components of the first type are executed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Miklos Tamas Bodi, Lorant Farkas, Gabor Gesztesi
  • Publication number: 20120089827
    Abstract: One example of the invention operates during the device shut-down procedure, to generate a merged command list containing the components from the various individual static command lists. The generated merged command list is then stored in non-volatile memory, and subsequently accessed on the next device start-up to control the launching of required software components. In this way, only one command list, being the merged command list, need be processed on device start-up, and hence device start-up time is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Reynolds, Arun Varghese
  • Publication number: 20120087338
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining whether each of a plurality of target base stations is capable of providing a fast ranging opportunity to a mobile station served by the serving base station, and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, determining an action time after which the target base station can send an uplink map to the mobile station, the uplink map indicating when the mobile station should send a fast ranging request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Achim Von Brandt, Aik Chindapol, Sandro Grech, Roman Pichna, Yi Zhang, Shun Liang Zhang, Wei Hua Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120087279
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for integration of a wireless local area network and a wide area cellular network. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include the support node receiving, from a first node, a message including a request for information representative of a configuration of a wireless local area network accessible by the first node. The method may also include providing, in response to the received message, the information representative of the configuration of the wireless local area network. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mika Rinne, Klaus Doppler
  • Patent number: 8156488
    Abstract: A terminal for validating a software application includes a processor capable of operating an operating system (OS) platform (e.g., Symbian™ OS platform), and capable of operating at least one software application above the OS platform. The software application(s) are associated with a permission record that includes permissions identifying services the software application is authorized to receive from the OS platform. The OS platform is capable of receiving a request, from a software application, for a service of the OS platform. The OS platform can determine if the software application is authorized to receive the requested service based upon the associated permission record. And if the software application is authorized, the OS platform is capable of providing the requested service to the software application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Padmajabala Kotamarthi, Ram Gopal Lakshmi Narayanan
  • Patent number: 8155252
    Abstract: A frequency error correction scheme applicable in a receiver of a mobile telecommunication system is presented. The present frequency error correction scheme is carried out in a time domain after an equalization process. The present frequency error correction scheme may be applied to a base station receiving signals transmitted according to a single-carrier frequency division multiple access communication scheme. The separation of different received signals for further processing is carried out in the frequency domain before the equalization and the frequency error correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Olli Piirainen, Markku Vainikka, Juha P. Karjalainen
  • Patent number: D657765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Eduardo Salazar, Frank Nuovo