Abstract: Method and system for managing one or more base stations comprising a first base station determining characteristics of one or more data streams between the first base station and one or more user equipment, UE. Transmitting data describing the determined characteristics of the one or more data streams to a second base station. The second base station receiving data describing the determined characteristics of the one or more data streams. The second base station allocating radio resources of the second base station based on the received characteristics.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for notifying a user of a medical treatment to be administered. A control module may determine a medical treatment to be administered by a user, a terminal device registered to the user and a passively powered device associated with the user and associated with an apparatus for administering the medical treatment. A first communication may be transmitted, over a mobile telecommunications network and to the terminal device. The first communication may indicate the medical treatment to be administered. A second communication may be transmitted, over the mobile telecommunications network and to the passively powered device. The second communication may be for causing the passively powered device to output an alert.

Abstract: System and method for communicating data with user equipment, UE, the comprising establishing a data radio bearer, DRB, between a base station and the UE and transmitting data packets between the base station and the UE through the DRB, wherein data packets are transmitted using different transmission quality parameters.

Abstract: Dual connectivity operation of a cellular network, in which a User Equipment (UE) simultaneously operates with the cellular network using both a Master Cell Group (MCG) and a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) is configured. Activation and/or deactivation of the SCG is controlled by communicating a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).

Abstract: The disclosure concerns configuring operation of a User Equipment (UE) with a first cellular network as a first subscriber, the UE simultaneously operating with a second cellular network as a second, different subscriber. At a network entity of the first cellular network, information on a communication activity pattern for the UE with the second cellular network is received. Operation of the UE with the first cellular network is configured based on the received communication activity pattern.

Abstract: Operation in respect of a User Equipment (UE) in at least one cellular network is configured. A communication activity pattern for the UE is communicated. The communication activity pattern indicates a start time and end time for the communication activity with reference to a period of at least one radio frame, such that the at least one cellular network can be configured for communication with the UE during or excluding the time indicated by the communication activity pattern.

Abstract: Method and system for transmitting data comprising assigning data packets to be transmitted between a server and a base station with a set of transmission quality parameters, wherein the transmission quality parameters for each data packet are defined using information included within the data packets and transmitting the data packets between the server and the base station, according to the assigned set of transmission quality parameters.

Abstract: Method and system for communicating data with user equipment (UE) comprising establishing a data radio bearer, DRB, between a base station and the UE and transmitting data packets between the base station and the UE through the DRB, wherein data packets are transmitted by multiplexing data packets for different data packet types at different periodicities in a time division multiplexed data stream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, systems and apparatus for facilitating Small Data Transmissions (SDT) in a mobile telecommunications network. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a method comprising receiving, at a base station of the mobile telecommunications network, a portion of data to be transmitted to a terminal connected to the mobile telecommunications network; determining a transmission size indicator for the portion of data; and providing an enhanced paging message to the terminal, the enhanced paging message including the transmission size indicator, wherein the enhanced paging message is configured to allow the terminal to determine a required terminal connection state, for receiving the portion of data, based on the transmission size indicator.

Abstract: A user equipment method, user equipment, a base station method, a base station and computer program products are disclosed. The user equipment method, comprises in response to a radio resource control connection re-establishment procedure being initiated when operating in a dual-connectivity mode, retaining configuration information of at least one data bearer utilised in the dual-connectivity mode for subsequent re-use. In this way, rather than losing all the data radio bearer configuration during the RRC connection re-establishment procedure, some of this bearer configuration is retained so that it may be subsequently re-used, thereby improving the speed and efficiency of the RRC connection re-establishment procedure.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of notifying a user terminal of MBMS service information of at least one neighboring cell of a cell of a base station where the user terminal camps, and a method of receiving from the base station where the user terminal camps the MBMS service information of at least one neighboring cell of the cell of the base station, and a corresponding user terminal and a base station. In the present invention, in a system information block SIB, the multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS service information of the at least one neighboring cell is transmitted to the user terminal.

Abstract: A computer program, network node and method performed at a secondary network node within a wireless communication network supporting dual connectivity, such that a user equipment may communicate with a master network node and a secondary network node at a same time, the secondary network node supporting a plurality of cells. The method comprising: determining at the secondary network node that a configuration of one of the plurality of cells as a special cell for the user equipment such that the special cell provides predetermined functionality should be transferred to another one of the plurality of cells; and in response to the determining step, transmitting a request for a change in special cell towards the master network node.

Abstract: A method performed at a user equipment of requesting resource from a network node within a wireless network for transmitting uplink data, the uplink data being data that is to be transmitted as a direct communication directly between the user equipment and user equipment within at least one of a plurality of groups of user equipment of which the user equipment is a member. The method comprises: generating a status report the status report providing an indication of an amount of the uplink data and an indication of least one group to which the uplink data is to be transmitted; transmitting an indication of a priority of the at least one group towards the network node; and transmitting the status report towards the network node.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of refreshing a key in a user plane architecture 1A based dual connectivity situation. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method, in a secondary eNB in a dual connectivity communication scenario, of refreshing a key, is provided, wherein a user equipment, a master eNB and a secondary eNB form dual connectivity, a user plane architecture 1A is applied for the dual connectivity, and the master eNB uses a master eNB key, the secondary eNB uses a secondary eNB key, the method comprises following steps: —receiving a new secondary eNB key from the master eNB; —receiving a key fresh complete from the master eNB, which indicates the user equipment has refreshed the secondary eNB key; —implementing a random access procedure with the user equipment; and —refreshing the secondary eNB key with the new secondary eNB key, and implementing data transmission with the user equipment with the new secondary eNB key.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a donor radio access node (DeNB1) configured to wirelessly connect to, and to proxy operation of a source relay node (RN1), and further configured to forward upstream user traffic towards a serving gateway (S-GW1) during a handover of a particular mobile device (UE1) from a source cell (A) operated by the source relay node to a target cell (C) operated by a target radio access node (eNB2).

Abstract: A user equipment method, user equipment, a network node method, a network node and computer program products are disclosed. The user equipment method for device-to-device communication comprises: upon requiring to perform device-to-device communication with user equipment from a plurality of groups, transmitting a scheduling announcement for each of the plurality of groups, each scheduling announcement identifying resources within which data intended for user equipment belonging to each group is to be transmitted. In this way, the user equipment can be perform device-to-device communications with different groups at the same time. In particular, the user equipment can choose the target groups that it wants to provide the device-to-device data to and is able to perform simultaneous transmissions of that data to those multiple groups.

Abstract: A method for performing load balancing of data flows from a user equipment (UE) between a first radio access network and a second radio access network, wherein the UE is attached to the said first radio access network, the method comprising providing preference data from the first radio access network to the UE representing radio related parameters, determining the presence of an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) of the UE, evaluating, at the UE, including using ANDSF if present, the preference data to determine if a data flow can be offloaded to the second radio access network, and on the basis of the evaluation, offloading a data flow of the UE from the first radio access network.

Abstract: A user equipment method, user equipment, a base station method, a base station and computer program products. The user equipment method, comprises: on reception of a trigger instructing modification of an access stratum radio bearer, preventing release of an associated non-access stratum bearer. In this way, when an access stratum or data radio bearer is instructed to be modified (as may occur when security credentials for that bearer need to be updated), the associated non-access stratum bearer may be retained in order to allow a update in security credentials to occur without disrupting communication or losing data.

Abstract: A secondary base station method, secondary base station, master base station method, master base station and computer program products are disclosed. The secondary base station method comprises: upon it being determined that the secondary base station is to perform a protocol layer re-establishment, permitting continued transmission of data packets to user equipment over the secondary base station bearer. In this way, service interruption can be minimized since pending data packets may continue to be transmitted while the re-establishment takes, which minimizes service interruption and reduces the number of data packets which will need to be retransmitted.

Abstract: In an embodiment, there is provided a method for optimizing resources while ensuring fairness of scheduling for a User Equipment UE in dual connectivity operation with bearer split option whereby a bearer is split in packet flows including a packet flow whose packets are scheduled by a Master eNodeB, MeNB, and a packet flow whose packets are scheduled by a Secondary eNodeB, SeNB, said method comprising: said MeNB either ensuring said fairness of scheduling, or temporarily delegating to said SeNB to ensure said fairness of scheduling.