Abstract: A method of controlling transmission of a wireless signal in a wireless telecommunications network including a transmitting node, a receiving node, and an Intelligent Reflective Surface (IRS), the transmitting node including a processor operating a first neural network that inputs an input bit sequence and outputs the wireless signal and a transmitter to transmit the wireless signal output by the first neural network, the IRS includes a reflective surface for reflecting the wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and further includes a processor for applying a phase change to the wireless signal according to a phase shift matrix, and the receiving node includes a receiver for receiving an accumulated wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and reflected off the reflective surface and a processor operating a second neural network that inputs the received accumulated wireless signal and outputs an output bit sequence.

Abstract: A method of processing a plurality of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) signals for transmission over a plurality of communication channels can include precoding the plurality of signals prior to transmission, the precoding incorporating channel state information in relation to the plurality of communication channels, the precoding further incorporating: a priority ranking of a first channel of the plurality of communication channels relative to a second channel of the plurality of communication channels; and/or an error rate required by a channel of the plurality of communication channels; and/or an amount of noise experienced by a channel of the plurality of communication channels.

Abstract: A method and a controller for controlling a transmitting node in a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network including a receiving node, wherein the transmitting node includes a plurality of antenna ports, the method including determining a count of antenna ports, being one or more of the transmitting node's plurality of antenna ports, to use in communications with the receiving node based on: a balance between a first performance metric related to a coherence interval and having a positive relationship with the count of antenna ports and a second performance metric related to the coherence interval and having a negative relationship with the count of antenna ports, and/or a measure of the coherence interval in communications with the receiving node; and causing the transmitting node to use the count of antenna ports in communications with the receiving node.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, and a network node for implementing the method, of initiating a transfer in a cellular telecommunications network, wherein the cellular telecommunications network comprises a User Equipment (UE) and a base station, wherein the UE includes a camera, the method including storing visual data including a visual representation of at least a part of the base station; receiving visual data captured by the camera of the UE; performing a computer vision operation, trained on the stored visual data, on the captured visual data to determine that the visual representation of the base station or part thereof is present in the captured visual data; and, initiating a transfer of the UE to the base station.

Abstract: A method of controlling transmission of a wireless signal in a wireless telecommunications network including a transmitting node, a receiving node, and an Intelligent Reflective Surface (IRS), the transmitting node including a processor operating a first neural network that inputs an input bit sequence and outputs the wireless signal and a transmitter to transmit the wireless signal output by the first neural network, the IRS includes a reflective surface for reflecting the wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and further includes a processor for applying a phase change to the wireless signal according to a phase shift matrix, and the receiving node includes a receiver for receiving an accumulated wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter and reflected off the reflective surface and a processor operating a second neural network that inputs the received accumulated wireless signal and outputs an output bit sequence.

Abstract: A method of operating an access point in a wireless telecommunications network, the access point configured to cooperate with other access points in the wireless telecommunications network to form a user-centric cluster, is disclosed. The method can include determining a master node suitability value for the access point representing the suitability of the access point to be a master node in a user-centric cluster; and transmitting the determined master node suitability value in a physical layer signal to a User Equipment (UE). A method of operating a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network including a first access point configured to cooperate with other access points in the wireless telecommunications network to form a user-centric cluster, also is disclosed.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, and a network node for implementing the method, of initiating a transfer in a cellular telecommunications network, wherein the cellular telecommunications network comprises a User Equipment (UE) and a base station, wherein the UE includes a camera, the method including storing visual data including a visual representation of at least a part of the base station; receiving visual data captured by the camera of the UE; performing a computer vision operation, trained on the stored visual data, on the captured visual data to determine that the visual representation of the base station or part thereof is present in the captured visual data; and, initiating a transfer of the UE to the base station.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, and a network node for implementing the method, of switching a base station in a cellular telecommunications network between a first and second mode, in which the base station uses more energy when operating in the first mode than the second mode, wherein the cellular telecommunications network further includes a User Equipment, UE, having a camera, the method including storing visual data including a visual representation of at least a part of the base station; receiving visual data captured by the camera of the UE; performing a computer vision operation, trained on the stored visual data, on the captured visual data to determine whether the visual representation of the base station or part thereof is present in the captured visual data; and, in response initiating a switch in the base station between the first and second modes.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, and a network node for implementing the method, of switching a base station in a cellular telecommunications network between a first and second mode, in which the base station uses more energy when operating in the first mode than the second mode, wherein the cellular telecommunications network further includes a User Equipment, UE, having a camera, the method including storing visual data including a visual representation of at least a part of the base station; receiving visual data captured by the camera of the UE; performing a computer vision operation, trained on the stored visual data, on the captured visual data to determine whether the visual representation of the base station or part thereof is present in the captured visual data; and, in response initiating a switch in the base station between the first and second modes.