Abstract: A method for allocating resource blocks on a cellular network including transceiver stations to provide cell coverage for allowing user equipment within the cell to exchange data via uplink or downlink. The method includes, at a cell, reiterating operations at each or a group of transmission time intervals. The operations include listing user equipment requiring resource blocks in a priority list; b) for the user equipment listed in the priority list, executing operations b1) and b2) or b1) and b3): b1) selecting a set of resource blocks including at least one resource block; b2) if the selected set of resource blocks has not been assigned to other user equipment, assigning to the user equipment the selected set of resource blocks; b3) if the selected set of resource blocks has been assigned to other user equipment, replacing the user equipment from the priority list with user equipment in a collision list.

Abstract: A method is proposed for scheduling, in a radio mobile network, serving cell/radio resource allocation pairs for transmission of data flows using Carrier Aggregation. Each serving cell/radio resource allocation pair includes a serving cell and a radio resource thereof allocated for transmission of data flows using Carrier Aggregation. At each scheduling period the method determines active data flows whose transmission is not yet completed at the current scheduling period, and performs a series of steps for each active data flow.

Abstract: A method for transmitting broadcast network information in a mobile wireless communication network includes a plurality of network nodes. The method includes providing a compression of broadcast network information related to a group of coordinated network nodes of the plurality of network nodes; coding the compressed broadcast network information by segmenting the compressed broadcast network information into a number of blocks and linearly combining the blocks into a plurality of linear combinations of blocks; and transmitting the linear combinations of blocks by the group of coordinated network nodes.

Abstract: A method is proposed for scheduling, in a radio mobile network, serving cell/radio resource allocation pairs for transmission of data flows using Carrier Aggregation. Each serving cell/radio resource allocation pair includes a serving cell and a radio resource thereof allocated for transmission of data flows using Carrier Aggregation. At each scheduling period the method determines active data flows whose transmission is not yet completed at the current scheduling period, and performs a series of steps for each active data flow.

Abstract: A method for controlling a heterogeneous wireless network (100) is proposed. The heterogeneous wireless network comprises at least one first base station (115) which manages communication of a plurality of first user equipments (125M) positioned in at least one first cell (105) and at least one second base station (120) which manages communication of a plurality of second user equipments (125p) positioned in at least one second cell (110). Moreover, in the heterogeneous network (100), for each first user equipment (125M) the at least one first base station (115) provides a respective first allocation information set over a respective first allocation time interval. Similarly, the at least one second base station (120) provides for each second user equipment (125p) a respective second allocation information set over a respective second allocation time interval.

Abstract: A wireless communication network including a first transceiver station for transmitting first signals over a first area coverage and over a first transmission bandwidth, and a second transceiver station selectively activatable/de-activatable. The second transceiver station is operable to broadcast, when de-activated, a beacon signal identifying the second transceiver station, the beacon signal having a beacon frequency at edges of the first transmission bandwidth. The beacon signal is detectable by a user equipment for inferring presence of the second transceiver station. The first transceiver station is configured to receive a response signal from a user equipment based on the detected beacon signal, and to schedule activation of the second transceiver station based on the received response signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a mobile communication network including plural radio transceiver stations serving and managing communications between mobile communication devices.

Abstract: A wireless communication network including a first transceiver station for transmitting first signals over a first area coverage and over a first transmission bandwidth, and a second transceiver station selectively activatable/de-activatable. The second transceiver station is operable to broadcast, when de-activated, a beacon signal identifying the second transceiver station, the beacon signal having a beacon frequency at edges of the first transmission bandwidth. The beacon signal is detectable by a user equipment for inferring presence of the second transceiver station. The first transceiver station is configured to receive a response signal from a user equipment based on the detected beacon signal, and to schedule activation of the second transceiver station based on the received response signal.

Abstract: A method for controlling a heterogeneous wireless network (100) is proposed. The heterogeneous wireless network comprises at least one first base station (115) which manages communication of a plurality of first user equipments (125M) positioned in at least one first cell (105) and at least one second base station (120) which manages communication of a plurality of second user equipments (125p) positioned in at least one second cell (110). Moreover, in the heterogeneous network (100), for each first user equipment (125M) the at least one first base station (115) provides a respective first allocation information set over a respective first allocation time interval. Similarly, the at least one second base station (120) provides for each second user equipment (125p) a respective second allocation information set over a respective second allocation time interval.

Abstract: A method is provided for selecting a precoding matrix to be used in an MIMO communication system. The MIMO communication system includes a transmitter, a receiver and a communication channel. The precoding matrix is used by the transmitter to precode codewords to be transmitted to the receiver over the communication channel. At the receiver, an optimum precoding matrix within a codebook of precoding matrices is determined based on a metric related to the power of received signal layers. An indication is then fed back from the receiver to the transmitter to enable the transmitter to select the optimum precoding matrix from the codebook.

Abstract: A method for selecting a precoding matrix to be used in a MIMO communication system includes a transmitter, a receiver and a communication channel, wherein the precoding matrix is used by the transmitter to precode codewords to be transmitted to the receiver over the communication channel. At the receiver, an optimum precoding matrix within a codebook of precoding matrices is determined on the base of a metric related to the power of received signal layers. An indication is then fed back from the receiver to the transmitter useful to enable the transmitter to select the optimum precoding matrix from the codebook.