Patents by Inventor Ilkka Antero Keskitalo

Ilkka Antero Keskitalo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10299245
    Abstract: It is provided a method, including monitoring if an information on an update of a system information of a first cell is received; checking if a terminal is registered as being served by at least one cell of a group of one or more cells including the first cell; checking if the terminal becomes reachable after being asleep; requesting to page the terminal by a paging message if the information on the update is received, the terminal is served by the at least one cell of the group, and the terminal becomes reachable, wherein the paging message includes an indication on the update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen
  • Patent number: 10178576
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from the appropriate logging of measurements. For example, communication systems employing multimedia broadcast multicast service may benefit from logging multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurements. A method can include logging, by a user equipment, a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement corresponding to a logging period. The method can also include storing, at the time the multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement is made, cell measurement results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen, Lars Dalsgaard
  • Publication number: 20180255505
    Abstract: Methods, devices, systems, techniques, and computer program products are provided in which an eNB, within a wireless communications network, determining network coverage status relating to a cell served by it, where the eNB supports UE-to-Network relay for a remote UE using direct device-to-device communication between the remote UE and a relay UE connected to the serving cell. Based on a determination of network coverage status, at least one UE is initiated and selected to act as a relay UE. The radio interface link quality of the relay UE can be evaluated and the relay UE can be configured to send an indication of the radio interface link quality to the remote UE. Based on the determined network coverage status and selection of a relay UE, the remote UE is controlled by the eNB for the relay UE discovery and selection either directly or via the relay UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Manivannan THYAGARAJAN, Hai Tao LI, Vinh Van PHAN, Ling YU, Ilkka Antero KESKITALO
  • Patent number: 9955381
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for steering traffic. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a message provided by a base station serving a radio access network, wherein the message includes an indication representative of a preference by the radio access network for traffic associated with at least one of an application, a destination domain, a service, and a traffic type; and determining whether to steer, based on the preference, the traffic to at least one of the radio access network or a wireless local area network served by a wireless local area network access point. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Sami Kekki, Jari Mutikainen
  • Publication number: 20170257790
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from the appropriate logging of measurements. For example, communication systems employing multimedia broadcast multicast service may benefit from logging multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurements. A method can include logging, by a user equipment, a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement corresponding to a logging period. The method can also include storing, at the time the multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement is made, cell measurement results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero KESKITALO, Jorma Johannes KAIKKONEN, Lars DALSGAARD
  • Patent number: 9723466
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for control of service. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at an application client at the user equipment, access control information, wherein the access control information indicates whether access to a network is allowed; and determining, at the application client, whether to allow a call attempt by the user equipment based on at least the received access control information. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jarkko Koskela, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo
  • Publication number: 20170195906
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for MBSFN measurements. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, by a user equipment, measurement configuration information indicative of one or more first measurements to be performed on a first set of subframes and one or more second measurements to be performed on a second set of subframes, wherein the first set of subframes are associated with multicast broadcast mobile services and the second set of subframes are associated with non-multicast broadcast mobile services; and performing one or more measurements in accordance with the received measurement configuration information; and reporting one or more first measurement results for the one or more first measurements supplemented with one or more second measurement results for the one or more second measurements. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Lars Dalsgaard, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen
  • Patent number: 9686741
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore in order to enable efficient management of multiple communication channels. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may utilize a user equipment (UE) (208), such as a mobile terminal, to communicate a plurality of networks. The UE (208) may identify that multiple communication networks are available or in use, and notify a network node (204, 206) associated with one of the networks of the communication status. In response to receiving a notification that UE (208) is communicating across an alternate channel, the network node (204, 206) may reconfigure the channel with which the network node (204, 206) communicates with the UE (208), or instruct the UE (208) to do the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Lars Dalsgaard, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela
  • Patent number: 9686704
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises: acquiring configuration information for terminal measurements of carriers relating to network performance on said carriers, said carriers being carriers in a carrier aggregation for a terminal, the configuration information comprising at least two measurement configurations with one measurement configuration for a radio access technology; and performing terminal measurements on said carriers according to the configuration information. Related apparatus and computer program product are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Mikko Aleksi Uusitalo
  • Publication number: 20170055171
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for MBSFN measurements. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include logging, at a user equipment, one or more measurements performed on one or more subframes associated with multicast broadcast mobile services; and determining, by the user equipment based on a configured rule, whether a serving network node is a public land mobile network to which the user equipment is allowed to indicate availability of the logged one or more measurements and/or report the logged one or more measurements. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero KESKITALO, Jarkko Tuomo KOSKELA, Jussi-Pekka KOSKINEN
  • Publication number: 20160337818
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for sending, by a user equipment, an indication of whether there is an intent to receive a multimedia broadcast multicast service; and receiving, by the user equipment in response to the sent indication, measurement configuration information for a multicast broadcast single-frequency network. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero KESKITALO, Jussi-Pekka KOSKINEN, Jarkko Tuomo KOSKELA, Lars DALSGAARD, Jorma Johannes KAIKKONEN
  • Patent number: 9445450
    Abstract: A network configuration and process are disclosed in which a user equipment preserves its physical uplink control channel resources (PUCCH) in connected mode when so instructed by the network upon expiration of a time alignment timer. Upon re-initiation of network messaging the network passes information to the user equipment during random access signalling to re-use the physical uplink control channel resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Lars Dalsgaard, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Esa Mikael Malkamaki, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela
  • Publication number: 20160205592
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for steering traffic. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a message provided by a base station serving a radio access network, wherein the message includes an indication representative of a preference by the radio access network for traffic associated with at least one of an application, a destination domain, a service, and a traffic type; and determining whether to steer, based on the preference, the traffic to at least one of the radio access network or a wireless local area network served by a wireless local area network access point. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Sami Kekki, Jari Mutikainen
  • Publication number: 20160095011
    Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from the appropriate logging of measurements. For example, communication systems employing multimedia broadcast multicast service may benefit from logging multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurements. A method can include logging, by a user equipment, a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement corresponding to a logging period. The method can also include storing, at the time the multicast-broadcast single-frequency network measurement is made, cell measurement results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen, Lars Dalsgaard
  • Publication number: 20160044586
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for interworking. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving interworking information, wherein the interworking information comprises at least one rule associated with network access; and receiving information from a network, wherein the information describes how to use the at least one rule associated with network access. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka KOSKINEN, Ilkka Antero KESKITALO, Sami Johannes KEKKI, Jari MUTIKAINEN
  • Publication number: 20150296456
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore in order to enable efficient management of multiple communication channels. In this regard, the method, apparatus, and computer program product may utilize a user equipment (UE) (208), such as a mobile terminal, to communicate a plurality of networks. The UE (208) may identify that multiple communication networks are available or in use, and notify a network node (204, 206) associated with one of the networks of the communication status. In response to receiving a notification that UE (208) is communicating across an alternate channel, the network node (204, 206) may reconfigure the channel with which the network node (204, 206) communicates with the UE (208), or instruct the UE (208) to do the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Jorma Johannes Kaikkonen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Lars Dalsgaard, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela
  • Publication number: 20150257195
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for limiting connection setup after a failure. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include disconnecting, at a user equipment, a first radio resource control connection due to a failure; and determining, based on a state of at least one of the user equipment or an application included at the user equipment, whether to inhibit, after the failure, a connection setup by the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela, Lars Dalsgaard, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jorma Kaikkonen
  • Publication number: 20150208264
    Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include sending, by a user equipment, a minimization of drive testing report to a network; and sending, by the user equipment, assistance information to the network for a minimization of drive testing function at the network, wherein the assistance information includes at least one of a mobility information and a user equipment indication representative of a preference for power saving at the user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jorma Kaikkonen
  • Publication number: 20150208197
    Abstract: In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include activating, at the user equipment, positioning based on a start command received from a user plane agent via a user plane connection, wherein the start command activates positioning at the user equipment in order to provide positioning information for a minimization of drive testing processing; and sending, by the user equipment, at least one of a minimization of drive testing report and the positioning information. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Ilkka Antero Keskitalo, Jarkko Tuomo Koskela, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen
  • Publication number: 20150126147
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for control of service. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at an application client at the user equipment, access control information, wherein the access control information indicates whether access to a network is allowed; and determining, at the application client, whether to allow a call attempt by the user equipment based on at least the received access control information. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Jarkko Koskela, Jussi-Pekka Koskinen, Ilkka Antero Keskitalo