Patents by Inventor Kari Juhani Hooli

Kari Juhani Hooli 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: 10555198
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may determine channel state information (CSI) reports with each CSI report being related to a component carrier. The UE may send a subframe with CSI report(s) on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). When a collision occurs in the subframe having the CSI report(s) on the PUCCH a lower priority CSI report may be dropped from the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 10530553
    Abstract: A method comprises defining (401), in a network node (e NB), scheduled downlink carriers from a list of configured downlink carriers. The network node (e NB) defines (401) a downlink assignment index of the scheduled carrier having at least the lowest carrier index from the list of configured carriers, based on a total number of scheduled carriers. The network node (e NB) defines (401) the downlink assignment index for each other scheduled carrier having a higher carrier index from the list of configured carriers. The network node (e NB) transmits (402) to a terminal device (UE) a control message corresponding to each scheduled carrier, the control message indicating a downlink assignment scheduling a physical downlink shared channel, and comprising the defined downlink assignment index. The network node (e NB) receives (405) from the terminal device (UE), uplink control signalling indicating HARQ-ACKs related to physical downlink shared channels corresponding to the scheduled carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Klaus Hugl
  • Patent number: 10499424
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a new radio (NR) physical layer arrangement are provided. One method may include receiving, by user equipment, configuration of scheduling request resources on a plurality of resource pools. The method may also include determining a slot type when the user equipment is to transmit a scheduling request in a certain slot, and, based on the determined slot type and the received scheduling request resources configuration, determining whether the user equipment has a scheduling request resource allocated in the plurality of resource pools in the certain slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 10498499
    Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: setting, by a radio device, length for a channel reservation window such that the channel reservation window comprises a plurality of subframes; dividing the channel reservation window at least into a downlink part and an uplink part, wherein the downlink part comprises at least one or more subframes of the plurality of subframes and the uplink part comprises at least one or more other subframes of the plurality of subframes; determine a timing offset between the start of the downlink part and the start of the uplink part, wherein the timing offset is based at least partly on applied timing advance; and defining timings, within the channel reservation window, for at least one of a downlink clear channel assessment-process and an uplink clear channel assessment-process at least partly on the basis of the timing offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Kari Juhani Hooli, Klaus Hugl
  • Patent number: 10477525
    Abstract: A method and device for processing data in a wireless communication network is provided, where at least two resource pools for an uplink control channel are provided for mobile terminals for a geographical area, and where the mobile terminals in the geographical area uses at least one of the at least two resource pools for the uplink control channel. In addition, a corresponding device and system are suggested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Pekka Pajukoski
  • Patent number: 10476586
    Abstract: This document discloses a solution for configuring sub-frames in a cellular communication system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Eeva Lahetkangas, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 10455554
    Abstract: An apparatus is described which is connectable to a first network node by a first downlink component carrier and to at least a second network node by a at least second downlink component carrier, wherein the apparatus provides a single uplink connection. The uplink connection is shared among a first uplink component carrier to the first network node and at least a second up link component carrier to the at least second network node. Sharing of the uplink connection may be performed in a time divisional multiplexed manner. Furthermore, a corresponding method is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Timo Erkki Lunttila
  • Patent number: 10454629
    Abstract: Various methods are described coverage enhancement of delay limited services according to an example embodiment. One example method may comprise generating one or more transport blocks. In some example embodiments, the transport blocks are configured to contain a data payload replica. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the one or more transport blocks to be transmitted via parallel hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes. In some example embodiments, the one or more transport blocks are transmitted based on a limited number of transmissions. The method of this embodiment may also include causing transmission of the one or more transport blocks in an instance in which an allocation does not include a new data indicator and which includes a same transport block size and transport block format for the data payload replica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Mika Petri Olavi Rinne, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 10455553
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a apparatus and computer program product relating to a control channel element indexing scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Patent number: 10425966
    Abstract: A method and apparatus can be configured to determine that a sub-symbol slot is an unoccupied sub-symbol slot. The unoccupied sub-symbol slot corresponds to an unoccupied operating channel. The unoccupied sub-symbol slot is located within the duration of a first symbol. The method may also comprise transmitting a reservation signal in at least one sub-symbol slot between the unoccupied sub-symbol slot and the beginning of a second symbol. The number of sub-symbol slots within the duration of the first symbol is larger than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Michal Cierny, Kari Juhani Hooli, Timo Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola
  • Patent number: 10420098
    Abstract: There is provided a method comprising providing, in dependence on a first subcarrier spacing of a first subframe structure, a second subcarrier spacing of a second subframe structure, wherein the first subframe structure has a first subframe length and at least one first cyclic prefix length and providing a second subframe length of the second subframe structure, the second subframe length comprising m symbols, wherein each symbol contains a second cyclic prefix, the second cyclic prefix length modified by a length variant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Eeva Lahetkangas, Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Pekka Pajukoski
  • Publication number: 20190280830
    Abstract: There is provided a method for defining at least one channel reservation window the method comprising: setting length for each of the at least one channel reservation window such that each channel reservation window comprises a plurality of sub-frames; dividing the length of each channel reservation window into a transmission part and an idle part, wherein the idle part consists of one or more symbols in one sub-frame; maximizing, at a symbol level accuracy, the length of the transmission part such that a ratio between the length of the idle part and the length of the transmission part fulfils a predetermined criterion; and concatenating the transmission part and the idle part so as to form the channel reservation window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Esa Tapani TIIROLA, Kari Juhani HOOLI, Timo Erkki LUNTTILA
  • Publication number: 20190238279
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving in a first subframe of a burst from a base station a downlink transport block for which an acknowledgement is required. A first uplink channel in which an acknowledgement of said transport block to be provided is prepared. The first uplink channel is independent of transmission information. The first prepared uplink channel is transmitted with the acknowledgement in a later burst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Esa Tapani TIIROLA, Kari Juhani HOOLI, Timo Erkki LUNTTILA
  • Patent number: 10341064
    Abstract: There is provided a method for defining at least one channel reservation window the method comprising: setting length for each of the at least one channel reservation window such that each channel reservation window comprises a plurality of sub-frames; dividing the length of each channel reservation window into a transmission part and an idle part, wherein the idle part consists of one or more symbols in one sub-frame; maximizing, at a symbol level accuracy, the length of the transmission part such that a ratio between the length of the idle part and the length of the transmission part fulfills a predetermined criterion; and concatenating the transmission part and the idle part so as to form the channel reservation window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Timo Erkki Lunttila
  • Patent number: 10321416
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for transmission power control are disclosed. A given transmission resource and a first transmission power are determined (202, 204) for transmission. Prior to transmitting on the given transmission resource it is determined (206) whether the resource is occupied or unoccupied. Upon detecting that the resource is occupied, a second, reduced transmission power is determined (210) such that a transmission using the second, reduced transmission power would not render the resource as occupied. The determination of the second transmission power is based at least partially on a predetermined maximum transmission power reduction value. Transmission (212) is done utilizing the given transmission resource using the second transmission power according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Kari Juhani Hooli, Klaus Hugl
  • Patent number: 10313073
    Abstract: Resources for reference signalling on at least one component carrier of a plurality of aggregated component carriers can be determined by a station. Information indicative the at least one component carrier and the associated resources is then communicated to another station for configuration of the other station. A trigger is then sent for reference signalling, and in response to the trigger, at least one reference signal is sent from the other station using the indicated at least one component carrier and resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timo Erkki Lunttila, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Kari Juhani Hooli
  • Publication number: 20190166618
    Abstract: When triggering a user equipment (UE) to send a reference signal (SRS) the network configures the UE with multiple parameter sets, each having a timing indication. The UE's resource allocation grants multiple uplink (UL) subframes and identifies/selects one of those parameter sets. The timing indication of the selected set identifies one of the granted UL subframes, in one embodiment by counting only among the allocated/granted shortened UL subframes. This triggers the UE to send SRS in that identified shortened UL subframe. In one embodiment if no UL subframes in the grant are shortened this triggers the UE to send SRS in a subframe previous to all the allocated/granted multiple UL subframes. The same mechanism can be used to trigger feedback reports such as aperiodic channel state information or block ACK/NACK reports, where the different UL signaling being triggered is requested in the network's resource allocation to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Klaus Hugl, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Kari Juhani Hooli, Esa Tapani Tiirola, Sigen Ye
  • Patent number: 10306566
    Abstract: A method includes determining a first transmission power for a first transmission from a user equipment and a second transmission power for a second transmission from the user equipment, the first and second transmission at least partially overlapping, the first and second transmission power being selected in dependence on at least one of which one or more channels are being transmitted and information on the at least one or more channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Claudio Rosa, Esa Malkamäki, Kari Juhani Hooli, Jari Olavi Lindholm, Mauri Johannes Nissilä
  • Publication number: 20190159199
    Abstract: A system for determining location information for a wireless device is described. The system includes a UE, a LE and multiple LMUs. The LE sends, to the LMUs, reception instructions with characteristics of the signal transmission from the UE and each LMU receives, from the LE, the reception instructions. The UE sends a signal transmission. Each LMU receives the transmitted signal from the UE, determines locating information based at least in part of the received signal and sends the locating information to the LE. The LE receives the locating information regarding the transmitted signal and determines a location of the UE based at least in part on the received locating information. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Wireless Future Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kari Juhani Hooli, Ajit Kahaduwe, Timo Erkki Lunttila, Karri Markus Ranta-Aho, Antti Anton Toskala
  • Patent number: 10291342
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for controlling the transmission and reception of data on one or more carriers utilizing Time Division Duplexing and frames including sub frames, where multiple carriers utilized by different apparatuses are synchronized with each other and a predetermined number of sub frames of each frame are reserved for predetermined transmission directions and a scheduler for allocating the rest of the sub frames carrier specifically either in downlink or uplink direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tapani Tiirola, Kari Juhani Hooli, Kari Pekka Pajukoski, Sabine Roessel