Abstract: A data transmission method between at least two mobile communication devices is provided, a communication device comprising a first and a second transceiver. The first transceiver communicates with a transceiver of another device with a data rate higher than that of the second transceiver, and the second transceiver communicates with a transceiver of another device with power consumption level lower than that of the first transceiver. The device is configured to communicate with another communication device using the first transceiver when data is to be transmitted between devices; stop using the first transceiver when data transmission ceases, and communicate with another communication device using the second transceiver to set up the use of first transceiver when a need to send data arises.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for controlling the power saving properties in a terminal, which utilizes cellular phone technology and short range radio frequency wireless communication features in order to increase the operative life of the batteries, and a terminal utilizing the method. In the method of the invention the activity state of the short range wireless communication utilization in the terminal determines the level of the short range wireless communication power save mode.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for controlling the power saving properties in a terminal, which utilizes cellular phone technology and short range radio frequency wireless communication features in order to increase the operative life of the batteries, and a terminal utilizing the method. In the method of the invention the activity state of the short range wireless communication utilization in the terminal determines the level of the short range wireless communication power save mode.

Abstract: A method of indicating about an incoming connection and a radio terminal equipment arrangement including a cellular core unit having a control unit and one or more peripheral units is provided. The control unit is configured to indicate the incoming connection in one or more peripheral units but not in the cellular core unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit is available; and to indicate the incoming connection in the cellular core unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit is not available and to indicate the incoming connection in the peripheral unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit becomes available.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for controlling the power saving properties in a terminal, which utilizes cellular phone technology and short range radio frequency wireless communication features in order to increase the operative life of the batteries, and a terminal utilizing the method. In the method of the invention the activity state of the short range wireless communication utilization in the terminal determines the level of the short range wireless communication power save mode.

Abstract: A method and device for avoiding adjacent channel interference and reducing disconnections caused thereby, during communication between a mobile device and a base station in a wireless telecommunications network. The mobile device measures the strength of a received signal before the signal enters one or more selected filters, and compares the strength of the signal after the filtering, in order to estimate a power ratio of the adjacent channel interference to communication channel power. If the power ratio is greater than a threshold, then a handover is requested to an alternative communication channel available between the mobile device and either the base station or another base station.

Abstract: A data transmission method between at least two mobile communication devices is provided, a communication device comprising a first and a second transceiver. The first transceiver communicates with a transceiver of another device with a data rate higher than that of the second transceiver, and the second transceiver communicates with a transceiver of another device with power consumption level lower than that of the first transceiver. The device is configured to communicate with another communication device using the first transceiver when data is to be transmitted between devices; stop using the first transceiver when data transmission ceases, and communicate with another communication device using the second transceiver to set up the use of first transceiver when a need to send data arises.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of indicating about an incoming connection and a radio terminal equipment arrangement comprising: a cellular core unit comprising: a control unit; and one or more peripheral units. The control unit is configured to indicate the incoming connection in one or more peripheral units but not in the cellular core unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit is available; and to indicate the incoming connection in the cellular core unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit is not available and to indicate the incoming connection in the peripheral unit, when the LPRF connection between the cellular core unit and the peripheral unit becomes available.

Abstract: There is provided a method of saving power and a radio terminal equipment arrangement comprising a cellular core unit and at least one peripheral unit. The peripheral unit comprises a control unit for controlling the functions of the peripheral unit, and a transceiver for sending a message for requesting cellular related information to the cellular core unit when an application requiring a cellular connection is activated by the peripheral unit. The cellular core unit is configured to send cellular related information to the peripheral unit when the message for requesting cellular related information has been received, and the control unit for controlling functions of the peripheral unit is configured to notify cellular related information in the peripheral unit based on the received cellular related information from the cellular core unit.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for determining channel information in a cellular system, where user information is transmitted in information frames transmitted by the base station of the current cell, and in which method neighbor cell base station information is received (25, 26, 32, 43, 44, 53, 55, 57) for the synchronizing to the neighbor cell base station. In a method according to the invention the Base Station Identity Code (BSIC) information is received and examined (53, 55, 57) only outside the TDMA frames used to transmit the information. Said code information is stored in the memory of the mobile station for the period of the TDMA frames used to transmit information. The method is also advantageously used in a Wireless Local Loop terminal utilizing HSCSD protocol for determining and storing channel information. When the method according to the invention is used a WLL terminal needs no extra frequency synthesizer for performing the neighbor cell monitoring.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a method for controlling the power saving properties in a terminal, which utilizes cellular phone technology and short range radio frequency wireless communication features in order to increase the operative life of the batteries, and a terminal utilizing the method. In the method of the invention the activity state of the short range wireless communication utilization in the terminal determines the level of the short range wireless communication power save mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radio terminal equipment arrangement and to a method of interference control. The radio terminal equipment arrangement comprises: a cellular core unit and at least one peripheral unit, the cellular core unit being configured to communicate with a peripheral unit using a wireless low power radio frequency (LPRF) connection, a peripheral unit being configured to establish an outside LPRF connection to a unit other than the core unit. The core unit is configured to give a control command for adjusting the outside LPRF connection activity of the peripheral unit, when another LPRF connection needs to be established by the core unit; and the peripheral unit being configured to adjust the outside LPRF connection activity based on the control command received from the core unit.

Abstract: An object location tracking device (10) is constructed to include a battery (10D), a movement sensor (10E), a GSM engine (10A) and a radio frequency (RF) transceiver (10B). The tracking device, in response to the movement sensor sensing a cessation of movement, transmits a message that results in initiating a location determination operation via the RF transceiver to a GSM network (12). The tracking device may transmit data representing its current location to the GSM network. The tracking device thereafter places at least the GSM engine into a reduced battery power consumption mode of operation. In one embodiment the message transmitted by the location tracking device is, as examples, a SMS message or a GPRS message that contains an alpha string that requests the location application server to cause the GSM network to initiate a Mobile Terminated Location Request operation for the tracking device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device comprising means for controlling operation modes, one or more subunits for which, in terms of power consumption, at least two operation modes are determinable, one of the modes being an active mode and one being a sleep mode, in which sleep mode power consumption is smaller than that in the active mode.

Abstract: The invention relates to a data transmission method and a radio system, which comprises a plurality of transceivers (100, 108 to 112) that are arranged to intercommunicate by using a plurality of predetermined radio frequency channels, and in which radio system a maximum value is determined for the amount of interference caused to adjacent frequency channels by the transmitter. In the solution in accordance with the invention, for reducing the power consumption of the transmitters, the transceivers of the system are arranged to transmit on different radio frequency channels, using different maximum values of adjacent channel interference.

Abstract: A method of determining the availability of at least one of a plurality of different services in a wireless communication network comprising at least a first station and a second station which are in communication has the following steps. The pathloss between said first station and said second station is estimated, and based on the pathloss and the requirements of at least one of said services, the power with which said first station is required to transmit to said second station is determined. The required power is compared with the maximum power with which the first station is capable of transmitting.

Abstract: There is provided a transmitter, and a method using such a transmitter, the transmitter having an amplifier for amplifying a received signal, predistortion means for predistorting a received signal prior to the signal passing through the amplifier means, a transmitter for transmitting a signal, and a control for controlling the transmitted. If the power level of the signal to be transmitted by the transmitter is below a predetermined level, the signal is not predistorteded by the predistortion means and if the power level of the signal to be transmitted by the transmitter is above a predetermined level the received signal passes through the predistortion means and amplifier.

Abstract: A transmitter has an input for receiving a signal, gain controller for applying a first gain to the received signal, a first path for providing a second, relatively high gain for the received signal, a second path for providing a third, relatively low gain for said received signal, a transmitter for transmitting a signal and a controller to cause a received signal to pass through the gain controller and the first path when a relatively high gain is to be applied to the received signal and to cause a received signal to pass through the gain controller and the second path when a relatively low gain is to be applied to the received signal. When a change is made from using one of the first and second paths to using the other, the power of the signal transmitted by the transmitter varies by less than or equal to a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A transceiver for use in wireless communications including a first antenna and first filter coupled thereto to transmit signals in a first frequency range and a second antenna and second filter means coupled thereto to receive signals in the first frequency range or a second different frequency, in dependence on a mode of operation of the transceiver. In a first mode of operation the transceiver is arranged to transmit signals in the first frequency range via the first antenna and to receive signals in the second frequency range via the second antenna, and in a second mode of operation, the transceiver is arranged to receive signals in the first frequency range via the second antenna. Alternatively, the second antenna and second filter may receive signals in a third frequency range and in the second mode of operation, the transceiver is arranged to receive signals in the third frequency range via the second antenna.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radio system and a method of timing an interfrequency handover in a WCDMA cellular radio system where data transmission between a terminal equipment and a base station employs several adjacent alternative frequency bands, and which comprises several different base stations the coverage areas of which overlap at least partly, the base stations utilizing frequency band groups that differ from one another and that are situated next to one another in the frequency range, in which system a terminal equipment communicates with a first base station on a first frequency band and measures the strength of a first signal it has received from the base station, and wherein the terminal equipment measures the strength of a second signal transmitted by a second base station on a second, adjacent frequency band.