Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises a) receiving at a base station from a core network entity a plurality of data packets scheduled for transmission during a scheduling period and synchronization information for a plurality of service bearers; b) determining whether there is an overflow condition based on the received synchronization information and transmission resources reserved for the plurality of service bearers for the scheduling period in a single-frequency network; c) upon determining that the overflow condition is present, selecting among the plurality of service bearers at least one service bearer based on a bearer selection function, wherein the bearer selection function results in selecting the service bearer with a highest value or a lowest value of a ratio of two quantities each with a specific value for each of the plurality of service bearers, and wherein the bearer selection function does not directly compute any ratio; and d) dropping a data

Abstract: A method for channel signaling is described. The method includes determining (e.g., by a UE) whether at least one DL subframe is a valid reference resource. If the at least one DL subframe is not a valid reference resource, reporting measurements of a DL channel measured during the at least one DL subframe is inhibited. The method may include determining (e.g., by an eNB) whether reporting of the at least one DL subframe of a DL channel is required. If reporting is not required, a message configured to cause the at least one UE to inhibit reporting measurements of the DL channel (e.g., CQI measurements) measured during the at least one DL subframe is sent to the UE. Determining whether the at least one downlink subframe is a valid reference resource is based at least in part on the message. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described.

Abstract: A method comprising providing a plurality of services to be transmitted over a common area by a plurality of nodes; and providing information relating to a quantity of data of said plurality of services for all of said services to said plurality of nodes.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, a base station 730 includes a reporting subsystem 740 configured to broadcast at least one of a counting report request and a channel quality indictor report request to user equipment 780 in a service area thereof. The reporting subsystem 740 is also configured to process at least one of a counting report and a channel quality indicator report received from the user equipment 780 and provide an activity status report therefrom. The base station 730 also includes a dynamic single frequency network subsystem 745 configured to determine to provide multimedia broadcast and multicast services in the service area thereof as a function of an activity status report from another base station 760.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for allocating subframes of a mixed carrier. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include allocating subframes within radio frames transmitted to a user element. Moreover, the method may include transmitting, to the user element, a message comprising an indication of the allocation. The indication may be representative of the allocation within the subframes of consecutive radio frames, without the indication identifying the radio frames including the allocated subframes. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: Security key stream generation in a communication apparatus. The method includes using a count parameter and a bearer parameter as input, value of said count parameter being incremented as security key streams are generated and value of the count parameter having a finite maximum value; detecting value of the count parameter reaching a predetermined value; and responsive to the detecting, changing value of the bearer parameter into a new value, and resetting value of the count parameter to a value below the maximum value.

Abstract: Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to uniform scheduling of dynamically multiplexed services in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a technique may include determining an amount of offered data for a service multiplex to be transmitted exceeds a radio resource reservation for the service multiplex, the service multiplex including a plurality of services; selecting one of the services for a packet drop based on a number of packets offered for each service and a number of packets previously dropped by the base station for each service; dropping a packet of the selected service; and transmitting the data for each service via an associated wireless bearer. Various criteria may be used to select one of the services for packet drop, such as a packet loss rate (or an adjusted packet loss rate), priority of the service, or other criteria such as a service identifier for each service.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises receiving at a base station an indication of a first resource allocation in each of one or more neighbor base stations, and transmitting to at least one associated user equipment a message comprising a second indication of whether the first resource allocations of the one or more neighbor base stations are a subset of a second resource allocation of the base station.

Abstract: The Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and computer program for signaling parameters to at least one network node in a communications network. In accordance with the exemplary embodiments, the signaling is performed by operations that include, signaling a first parameter A, and jointly signaling, to the at least one network node in the communications network, a second parameter B and a third parameter C. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and computer program for receiving parameters from at least one network node in a communications network by operations that include receiving signaling comprising a first parameter A and joint signaling indicating a second parameter B and a third parameter C, and extracting the parameters from the received signaling.

Abstract: A system and method by which individual user equipment items can be informed about subframes re-used or exceptionally used for unicast transmission. In various embodiments, a dedicated indication is transmitted to each item of user equipment. This indication may comprise, for example, a dedicated message transmitted to those user equipment items that will get additional unicast downlink allocations in the re-used subframes. In other embodiments, common broadcast signaling is used to indicate subframe re-use to all items of user equipment. This signaling may be transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) as a common broadcast message.

Abstract: A system and method for providing efficient control transmission for single frequency network-based broadcasting and/or multicasting. Various parameters that are needed to decode local single frequency network transmissions are signaled in a channel that is separate from the overlay single frequency network control channel. In various embodiments, this channel is transmitted at the level of a local single frequency network or at an individual cell level. This allows this channel to provide, at any given geographical location, the parameters that are used in the transmission of the particular local single frequency networks in that location.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a method, apparatus and system are provided for determining a transmission window for transmission bursts of broadcast service. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a link-terminating element configured to receive a multimedia broadcast and multimedia multicast service message from a network control element. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to define a burst transmission window for the multimedia broadcast and multimedia multicast service message. The apparatus also includes a transceiver configured to transmit the multimedia broadcast and multimedia multicast service message within the burst transmission window.