Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a device, an indication corresponding to available transmission resources of a client device for establishing a first connection between the client device and a network, determining, at the device, allowable transmission resources for the first connection based at least partially on a difference between the indication corresponding to the available transmission resources of the client device and resources to be used by the client device for a second connection between the client device and the network, wherein determining the allowable transmission resources occurs before the second connection is requested, and providing, from the device, a response indicating the allowable transmission resources for the first connection before the second connection is requested.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the use of transmission resources, wherein transmission resources for a transmission between a first entity (200) and a second entity (204) can be used by at least a first connection (205) and a second connection (219), comprising checking (208, 211) whether QoS requirements of the first connection (205) can still be guaranteed when the transmission resources are jointly used by the first connection (205) and the second connection (219), and controlling (212) the use of at least one portion of the transmission resources by at least one of the first (205) and second connections (219), accordingly. The connections may for instance be packet-switched (205) and circuit-switched (219) connections in a General Packet Radio System that is capable of Dual Transfer Mode (DTM).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the function of a mobile station in a packet switched communication network based on a cellular network, which communication network is arranged to transfer information between a base station and at least one wireless communication device by means of a radio channel, wherein to transfer information, a transmission power on a set level is used on the radio channel. Information divided into successive blocks (10, B0-B11) is transmitted from the base station to the mobile station on the radio channel. In the method, the block also contains information (PR) relating to the power level of the transmission. In the method, a block (10, B0-B11) that is transmitted repeatedly and at fixed intervals is transmitted with a fixed transmission power to establish a reference level.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining a reference level for automatic gain control of a radio frequency signal to be received, particularly having a varying strength, in which method frames of a logical general packet control channel are received, as well as frames which have been transmitted with a predetermined transmission power level and by using a predetermined way of controlling the transmission power level. In the invention, said reference level is determined on the basis of at least one frame of a received radio block, or on the basis of at least one preceding frame, or on the basis of both of these, wherein the reference level is corrected on the basis of the signal strength measured during their reception.

Abstract: A method for power control of a wireless communication device (2) comprises the steps of defining the transmission power of at least one transmitter (12) of the wireless communication device (2), defining a power index (POWt) on the basis of the transmission power of the transmitter (12), and selecting at least one limit value. The power index (POWt) is compared with the limit value and, on the basis of the comparison, it is deduced whether there is a need to adjust the transmission power of the wireless communication device (2). The transmission power may then be adjusted accordingly. A related wireless communication device and a system shown.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the power consumption of a mobile station (2) connected to a packet-switched network (4), in which packet-switched network information is sent in the form of data frames. In the method, a paging period is specified for the mobile station for sending paging messages (UD1) essentially at the intervals of said paging period to the mobile station, the mobile station (2) is set to the standby mode at least for the time of the reception of the paging messages (UD1), and the mobile station, which is in the standby mode, is set to the idle mode after the reception of the paging message (UD1). In the idle mode, some of the functions of the mobile station (2) are set to the power saving mode or switched off.

Abstract: A method of operating a time division multiple access (TDMA) radio system having multi-slot capabilities and utilizing half-duplex transmission/reception where uplink and downlink user data transmissions between a mobile station (MS) 2 and a base station (BS) 3 are made in separate TDMA frames. A greater number of time slots are allocated to the mobile station 2 in each downlink TDMA frame than in each uplink TDMA frame to improve the efficiency of radio resource allocation and of the radio module 4 of the mobile station 2.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying reference data that is to be used in a mobile station of a radio communications network for a frequency update of the frequency used by the mobile station, which reference data is based on bursts received by the mobile station from a base station of said radio communications system. In order to allow for an improved supply of reference data to an automatic frequency correction algorithm, it is proposed that the method comprises determining the signal-to-noise-ratio of all bursts received unless they were discarded by some selection process; and providing at least some of the bursts for which a signal-to-noise-ratio greater than a predetermined value was determined as basis for the reference data to be used for the frequency update. The invention equally relates to a mobile station, a module and a radio communications system comprising the corresponding means.

Abstract: A method of obtaining data messages at a radio communication network from a mobile station operating therein during downlink transfer, the method comprising the network providing a header portion of the downlink transfer with one or more unique polling codes for requesting the mobile station to transmit one or more respective data messages indicative of one or more corresponding conditions at the mobile station.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and system for transmitting control information in a communication system (1) comprising at least one base station subsystem (BSS) and a wireless terminal (2). In the method and system, a set of alternative values are defined for said control information, and information is transmitted in bursts in packet form between the base station subsystem (BSS) and the wireless terminal (2). At least one burst formed of a packet is supplemented with at least one item of control data, wherein at the receiving state, the control data received in the burst is examined. Also, at least one property of the received signal is examined to find out the reliability of the received control data.

Abstract: A method for power control of a wireless communication device (2) comprises the steps of defining the transmission power of at least one transmitter (12) of the wireless communication device (2), defining a power index (POWt) on the basis of the transmission power of the transmitter (12), and selecting at least one limit value. The power index (POWt) is compared with the limit value and, on the basis of the comparison, it is deduced whether there is a need to adjust the transmission power of the wireless communication device (2). The transmission power may then be adjusted accordingly. A related wireless communication device and a system shown.

Abstract: A method of synchronising radio signal transmission slots at a mobile station to radio signal reception slots at a base station subsystem to account for a propagation delay between the mobile station and the base station subsystem. The method is applicable to a GPRS packet switched cellular telephone network in which a downlink channel is defined for transmitting user data from the base station subsystem to the mobile station and an uplink channel is defined for transmitting user data from the mobile station to the base station subsystem. These channels comprise dynamically allocated time slots in a time division multiple access frame. An updated timing advance value indicative of the radio propagation delay between the mobile station and the base station subsystem at a given time is calculated at the base station once every 8 multiframes. The timing advance value is identified to the mobile station by a timing advance index previously allocated to the mobile station.

Abstract: A method and apparatus implementing the method for controlling the use of idle frames by a mobile station operating in a wireless telecommunication network. A control unit of the mobile station comprises the information on activities that can be carried out during idle frames in accordance with the mobile station's operating mode. At each idle frame, the mobile station checks said operating mode and activities to be carried out and of the activities to be carried out, determines the one that has the highest priority on the basis of said operating mode. For example, if necessary, the number of idle frames used for synchronisation burst search can be arranged as high as possible and, thus, enhance synchronisation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supplying reference data that is to be used in a mobile station of a radio communications network for a frequency update of the frequency used by the mobile station, which reference data is based on bursts received by the mobile station from a base station of said radio communications system. In order to allow for an improved supply of reference data to an automatic frequency correction algorithm, it is proposed that the method comprises determining the signal-to-noise-ratio of all bursts received unless they were discarded by some selection process; and providing at least some of the bursts for which a signal-to-noise-ratio greater than a predetermined value was determined as basis for the reference data to be used for the frequency update. The invention equally relates to a mobile station, a module and a radio communications system comprising the corresponding means.

Abstract: A device and a method for determining a reference level for automatic gain control of a radio frequency signal to be received, particularly having a varying strength, in which method frames of a logical general packet control channel are received, as well as frames which have been transmitted with a predetermined transmission power level and by using a predetermined way of controlling the transmission power level. In the invention, said reference level is determined on the basis of at least one frame of a received radio block, or on the basis of at least one preceding frame, or on the basis of both of these, wherein the reference level is corrected on the basis of the signal strength measured during their reception.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing the power consumption of a mobile station (2) connected to a packet-switched network (4), in which packet-switched network information is sent in the form of data frames. In the method, a paging period is specified for the mobile station for sending paging messages (UD1) essentially at the intervals of said paging period to the mobile station, the mobile station (2) is set to the standby mode at least for the time of the reception of the paging messages (UD1), and the mobile station, which is in the standby mode, is set to the idle mode after the reception of the paging message (UD1). In the idle mode, some of the functions of the mobile station (2) are set to the power saving mode or switched off.