Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to send an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a receiver configured to receive a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the access point a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as a user equipment, includes a resource unit RU measurement unit coupled to an output of a wireless receiver; an encoder configurable to encode information descriptive of M perceived best ones of N RUs, where each individual RU is assigned a unique number from a set {1,2, . . . ,N}, where there are sets: SM={n=(nm)m=1M:1?n1<n2<. . . <nM?N}, ={l, 2, ?,|SM|}, where each vector in set SM refers to a unique RU combination and where there are ? S M ? = ( N M ) elements in the set SM; and a wireless transmitter configurable to transmit the encoded information to a wireless network apparatus, such as a base station. The base station includes a decoder operable to decode the encoded information.

Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a transmitter configured to send an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a receiver configured to receive a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource. In another exemplary embodiment of the invention, an apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive an advertisement message having communication information for an access point; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the access point a flexible use message indicative of how the access point may utilize at least a portion of a shared communication resource.

Abstract: A multicarrier data transmission method and a base station (200) are provided. The base station comprises an antenna arrangement (204 to 208) configured to form multiple antenna beams, and a first controller (800) configured to divide subcarriers of the multicarrier transmission into more than one subcarrier group and allocate each subcarrier group to an antenna beam, and a second controller (238) configured to control the antenna beams formed by the antenna arrangement during transmission to sweep constantly over a given area at a constant mean beam specific angular velocity.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as a user equipment, includes a resource unit RU measurement unit coupled to an output of a wireless receiver; an encoder configurable to encode information descriptive of M perceived best ones of N RUs, where each individual RU is assigned a unique number from a set {1,2, . . . ,N}, where there are sets: SM={n=(nm)m=1M:1?n1<n2<. . . <nM?N}, M={l, 2, ?,|SM|}, where each vector in set SM refers to a unique RU combination and where there are ? S M ? = ( N M ) elements in the set SM; and a wireless transmitter configurable to transmit the encoded information to a wireless network apparatus, such as a base station. The base station includes a decoder operable to decode the encoded information.

Abstract: A data transmission method and a base station in a telecommunication system are provided. The base station comprises a first transmitter for transmitting a downlink packet transmission, a first receiver for receiving uplink packet transmission, a first controller for checking whether a packet is received successfully, thus obtaining a correct packet, a second receiver for receiving, from at least one other base station, a packet the at least one other base station has successfully received from the uplink direction, a second controller for combining a packet unsuccessfully received from the uplink direction with the at least one packet received from the at least one other base station, and a second transmitter, for sending a correct packet further to other parts of the telecommunication system.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement, and a method associated with such arrangement, including at least two antennas for providing radio coverage to a plurality of user equipment in a predetermined area of a mobile communications network. The at least two different antennas are arranged to have different vertical properties to thereby provide different radio coverage in the predetermined area. There is provided a plurality of frequencies for use in the predetermined area. The arrangement includes adjusting means for dynamically adjusting the transmission properties of at least one of the antennas based on the distribution of users within the cell and the frequency requirements for users within the cell. The arrangement further includes allocating means for dynamically allocating each user equipment to at least one group based on link characteristics of the user equipment.

Abstract: A method for forming signals at a transceiver having at least two transmit and receive chains, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining the phase difference and relative amplitude of signals from a set comprising a plurality of mobile stations as received through the receive chains, (b) receiving from each of at least one of the mobile stations messages indicative of the strength or quality of signals as received by the respective mobile station from the transceiver and on the basis of those messages determining a phase offset and amplitude distortion, internal to the transceiver, resulting from the differences in the instrumental properties of the receiver and transmitter chains in the transceiver; and (c) transmitting signals from each of the transmitter chains by applying to each transmitter chain amplitude weights and signal delays, selected on the basis of the determined phase offset and amplitude distortion, and received relative amplitudes and phase differences.

Abstract: A method for selecting a diversity mode to be applied by a transmitter having two cross-polarized antenna arrays, each representing a diversity branch, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of diversity mode performance chart look-up tables, mapping a respective individual diversity mode to a respective pair of time correlation value and space correlation value for the two cross-polarized antenna array beams, wherein a respective individual diversity mode is presented by a mapping area, wherein the plurality of performance chart look-up tables is parameterized by an indication of a ratio of received powers from the diversity branches, first selecting one of the performance chart look-up tables dependent on determined ratio of received powers from separate beams, and second selecting one of the individual diversity modes according to the mapping to the determined actual time relation and space correlation values from the first selected performance chart look-up table.

Abstract: A method for forming signals at a transceiver having at least two transmit and receive chains, the method comprising the steps of: (a) determining the phase difference and relative amplitude of signals from a set comprising a plurality of mobile stations as received through the receive chains, (b) receiving from each of at least one of the mobile stations messages indicative of the strength or quality of signals as received by the respective mobile station from the transceiver and on the basis of those messages determining a phase offset and amplitude distortion, internal to the transceiver, resulting from the differences in the instrumental properties of the receiver and transmitter chains in the transceiver; and (c) transmitting signals from each of the transmitter chains by applying to each transmitter chain amplitude weights and signal delays, selected on the basis of the determined phase offset and amplitude distortion, and received relative amplitudes and phase differences.

Abstract: An antenna arrangement, and a method associated with such arrangement, including at least two antennas for providing radio coverage to a plurality of user equipment in a predetermined area of a mobile communications network. The at least two different antennas are arranged to have different vertical properties to thereby provide different radio coverage in the predetermined area. There is provided a plurality of frequencies for use in the predetermined area. The arrangement includes adjusting means for dynamically adjusting the transmission properties of at least one of the antennas based on the distribution of users within the cell and the frequency requirements for users within the cell. The arrangement further includes allocating means for dynamically allocating each user equipment to at least one group based on link characteristics of the user equipment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method in a communication system that is adapted to provide communication channels for transmission of information to user equipment in time frames such that information to a plurality user equipment can be multiplexed into a time frame. The method comprises receiving signals from transmitting elements of the communication system in at least two user equipment, processing the received signals at said at least two user equipment to generate respective feedback signals, receiving the feedback signals at a controller associated with the transmitting elements of the communication system, and processing the feedback signals at the controller for determining how to multiplex information into time frames in further transmissions to said at least two user equipment. The determination is based on the feedback signals and a resource allocation scheme that allows use of same resource for transmissions to the at least two user equipment if a predefined condition is met.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for space-time coding signals for transmission on multiple antennas. A received input symbol stream is transformed using a predefined transform and transmitted on a first set of N antennas. The same input symbol stream is then offset by M symbol periods to generate an offset input symbol stream. The offset input symbol stream is then transformed using the predefined transform and transmitted on a second set of N antennas. A third through Xth set of N antennas may be utilized for transmission by successively offsetting the offset input symbol stream by an additional M symbol periods for each additional set of N antennas used, before performing the transform and transmitting on the additional set of N antennas.