Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting a handover of a mobile station 1 from a first radio access unit 3, 8 of a wireless communication network 2 to a second radio access unit 4, 9 of a wireless communication network 2. In order to improve a context transfer in the case of a handover of the mobile station 1, the mobile station 1 transmits information about its activity state to the second radio access unit 4, 9 when it is to be handed over to the second radio access unit 4, 9. The invention relates equally to such a mobile station, to such a second radio access unit, to a wireless communication system comprising such a mobile station and such a second radio access unit, and to a software code causing the transfer of information at the mobile station.

Abstract: A method and system handles at least one connection to at least one terminal in an access network. The access network includes a radio interface and at least one router. A link layer address is assigned to the at least one terminal, and a cell-specific radio link identifier is used at the radio interface for identifying a radio link to the router. An identifier for identifying the terminal or terminals preferably includes an RLI field for identifying the radio link, and a LLA Mapping field for identifying the terminal.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for setting up transfer-related resources, comprising assigning (401) an identifier (12a, 212a) to at least one data unit (12, 212), wherein said identifier associates said at least one data unit with a first entity (10, 210, 510) in a first network node (501), transferring (404) said at least one data unit from said first node to a second node (502), and setting up a second entity (11, 211, 511) in said second network node after at least one of said at least one data units has been transferred from said first network node to said second network node, wherein said second entity is associated with said at least one data unit via said identifier and wherein said first and second entity jointly implement a function related to the transfer of said at least one data unit. The invention further relates to a computer program, a computer program product, a system and a device.

Abstract: Piggy-backed requests for resources are handled in a packet-switched communications system. A terminal arrangement sends an access request to a network element in order to request permission to use communications resources for transmitting a data packet found in a transmission buffer of the terminal arrangement. Knowledge is established about a predicted data packet which is to appear in the transmission buffer of the terminal arrangement in the near future. The terminal arrangement transmits to the network element an access request for predicted traffic, requesting permission to use communications resources for transmitting said predicted data packet once it appears. This access request for predicted traffic is piggy-backed onto another transmission.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting a handover of a mobile station 1 from a first radio access unit 3, 8 of a wireless communication network 2 to a second radio access unit 4, 9 of a wireless communication network 2. In order to improve a context transfer in the case of a handover of the mobile station 1, the mobile station 1 transmits information about its activity state to the second radio access unit 4, 9 when it is to be handed over to the second radio access unit 4, 9. The invention relates equally to such a mobile station, to such a second radio access unit, to a wireless communication system comprising such a mobile station and such a second radio access unit, and to a software code causing the transfer of information at the mobile station.

Abstract: The invention relates to an OFDM-transmitter, comprising means for transforming (400) data to be transmitted in frequency-to-time transformation to a basic waveform containing waveform components representing subbands of the spectrum of the signal. The transmitter comprises means for forming (402) at least one alternative waveform from components of the basic waveform, where at least one component in the alternative waveform is delayed in time, and means for selecting (414) a waveform for transmission from the group of waveforms, containing the basic waveform and the at least one alternative waveform. The invention also relates to a method for transmitting an OFDM signal, a method for processing an OFDM signal and an OFDM signal processing arrangement.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for utilizing a first communication interface(s) to initiate communications via a second communication interface(s). Auxiliary communication information (104A) is communicated from an initiating device (100) to a target device(s) (110) via a first membership-based communication interface (112). In response to the auxiliary communication information (104A), an auxiliary communication module is activated at the target device (110) for communication via a second (over-the-air) OTA communication interface (116). The target device (110) may then communicate with the initiating device (100) and/or other devices (120) via the second OTA communication interface (116).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and network element for classification of bit strings such as data packets on a per-flow basis, wherein a plurality of classification fields are searched for in respective search trees based on a matching procedure in which an index value is obtained in a leaf node of a search tree for each classification field. Index values obtained in said searching step are used to derive a policy to be applied to said data packet, wherein the number of index values is reduced by combining intermediate results of the searching step or the deriving step. Thereby, computational efficiency can be improved and memory requirements reduced.

Abstract: The invention relates to an OFDM-transmitter, comprising means for transforming (400) data to be transmitted in frequency-to-time transformation to a basic waveform containing waveform components representing subbands of the spectrum of the signal. The transmitter comprises means for forming (402) at least one alternative waveform from components of the basic waveform, where at least one component in the alternative waveform is delayed in time, and means for selecting (414) a waveform for transmission from the group of waveforms, containing the basic waveform and the at least one alternative waveform. The invention also relates to a method for transmitting an OFDM signal, a method for processing an OFDM signal and an OFDM signal processing arrangement.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for initiating compression of IP headers of a stream of packets to be sent from a source apparatus to a destination apparatus. IP header compression is initiated by changing the destination address of the IP header of a full header packet to identify the address of a node, such as a router, which serves as an interface to the destination apparatus, and passing the context identifier (CID) and generation fields in a routing header which immediately follows or is inserted to immediately follow the IP header.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for setting up transfer-related resources, comprising assigning (401) an identifier (12a, 212a) to at least one data unit (12, 212), wherein said identifier associates said at least one data unit with a first entity (10, 210, 510) in a first network node (501), transferring (404) said at least one data unit from said first node to a second node (502), and setting up a second entity (11, 211, 511) in said second network node after at least one of said at least one data units has been transferred from said first network node to said second network node, wherein said second entity is associated with said at least one data unit via said identifier and wherein said first and second entity jointly implement a function related to the transfer of said at least one data unit. The invention further relates to a computer program, a computer program product, a system and a device.

Abstract: A method and system handles at least one connection to at least one terminal in an access network. The access network includes a radio interface and at least one router. A link layer address is assigned to the at least one terminal, and a cell-specific radio link identifier is used at the radio interface for identifying a radio link to the router. An identifier for identifying the terminal or terminals preferably includes an RLI field for identifying the radio link, and a LLA Mapping field for identifying the terminal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for retransmitting a transmission unit (12) via an air interface in a wireless access system employing fragmentation for transmissions, wherein the available transmission capacity on said air interface is variable, and wherein said transmission unit (12) was transmitted a first time together with fragmentation information. In order to enable such a retransmission, it is proposed that the transmission unit (12) is retransmitted after a refragmentation with information FC, FSN on this refragmentation and with at least some of the fragmentation information FC?, FSN?, TSN that was transmitted before with said transmission unit (12) in the first transmission. The invention equally relates to a corresponding wireless access system and to a corresponding transmitting unit for such a wireless access system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and network element for classification of bit strings such as data packets on a per-flow basis, wherein a plurality of classification fields are searched for in respective search trees based on a matching procedure in which an index value is obtained in a leaf node of a search tree for each classification field. Index values obtained in said searching step are used to derive a policy to be applied to said data packet, wherein the number of index values is reduced by combining intermediate results of the searching step or the deriving step. Thereby, computational efficiency can be improved and memory requirements reduced.