Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing a compact wireless communications base station. In one aspect, a small cell base station device configured in a street cabinet unit for wireless communication includes a radio unit and/or a baseband unit to reside within the street cabinet unit, a pole attached to the exterior of the street cabinet unit, in which the pole structured to include an orifice, an antenna attached to the pole such that the antenna is at a height above the top surface of the street cabinet unit, and a feeder cable that electrically couples the antenna to the radio unit and/or the baseband unit, the feeder cable at least partially contained within the orifice.

Abstract: A technique for allocating transmission bandwidth in a wireless network includes logically organizing transmission resources along a two-dimensional grid of physical resource blocks (PRBs), where each PRB is made up of a first equal number of time slots along a time dimension and a second equal number of subcarriers along a frequency dimension; and allocating PRBs to data transmissions such that locations of PRBs are hopped for successive transmissions within the two-dimensional grid.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for implementing a compact wireless communications base station. In one aspect, a small cell base station device configured in a street cabinet unit for wireless communication includes a radio unit and/or a baseband unit to reside within the street cabinet unit, a pole attached to the exterior of the street cabinet unit, in which the pole structured to include an orifice, an antenna attached to the pole such that the antenna is at a height above the top surface of the street cabinet unit, and a feeder cable that electrically couples the antenna to the radio unit and/or the baseband unit, the feeder cable at least partially contained within the orifice.

Abstract: Method and system for improving the performance of mobile communication networks. The method and system employs the additional functionality whereby an additional phase offset can be applied to one of the physical paths (one physical antenna) in order to modify and adapt the transmit polarization. In the preferred embodiment, the criterion for selecting the additional phase offset will be to maximize the energy received from the HSPA serving cell by the legacy HSDPA user equipments.

Abstract: A network component for a cellular network. The cellular network includes a plurality of access nodes covering a cell area and an access control node common to all access nodes for controlling the provision of traffic. The network component includes a communication manager and a classifier for classifying users of the cellular network into a first group of users and a second group of users. The communication managers checks if a call or an SMS is set up by a user belonging to the first or second group of users, takes control over calls and/or SMSs set up between users of the first group of users, and passes control to the access control node of the remaining calls and/or SMSs.

Abstract: The invention relates to data transmission in radio communication networks, the object of the invention multiband directional antenna comprising a multidimensional array structure and having more than one director working in active or passive mode according to the working frequency.

Abstract: A method and a system are described for adapting a service provided by a base station in a cellular communication network to mobile stations in its coverage area. The base station is supplied with energy from a renewable energy generator and/or from a back-up battery supply. The back-up battery supply is at least partially charged by the renewable energy generator. The service is adapted in terms of coverage and/or capacity provided to the mobile stations as a function of the stored energy in the back-up battery supply and/or as a function of a forecast regarding the amount of energy supplied by the renewable energy generator over a time period.

Abstract: Method and system for reducing the power consumption in mobile networks, wherein the communication between a mobile terminal and a base station is QAM modulated. The method comprises: making the base station a dynamic real time analysis of the QAM symbols used in the communication between said mobile terminal and the base station, detecting the most frequently used QAM symbols; obtaining the base station a new assignation of the QAM symbols for the downlink communication; sending the base station the new assignation of the QAM symbols to the mobile terminal; using the mobile terminal and the base station said new assignation of the QAM symbols for the demodulation process and modulation process, respectively, in their subsequent communication.

Abstract: The invention relates to data transmission in radio communication networks, the object of the invention multiband directional antenna comprising a multidimensional array structure and having more than one director working in active or passive mode according to the working frequency.

Abstract: Method and system for improving the performance of mobile communication networks. The method and system employs the additional functionality whereby an additional phase offset can be applied to one of the physical paths (one physical antenna) in order to modify and adapt the transmit polarization. In the preferred embodiment, the criterion for selecting the additional phase offset will be to maximize the energy received from the HSPA serving cell by the legacy HSDPA user equipments.

Abstract: A network component for a cellular network. The cellular network includes a plurality of access nodes covering a cell area and an access control node common to all access nodes for controlling the provision of traffic. The network component includes a communication manager and a classifier for classifying users of the cellular network into a first group of users and a second group of users. The communication managers checks if a call or an SMS is set up by a user belonging to the first or second group of users, takes control over calls and/or SMSs set up between users of the first group of users, and passes control to the access control node of the remaining calls and/or SMSs.

Abstract: Security of communications between a mobile terminal 1 and a cellular network node (base station 3) is enhanced. A communication session transmitted on a first traffic channel ‘0’ is encrypted using a key ‘KA’. The security is enhanced by causing the communication channel to change to a second communication channel ‘7’ after a predetermined time, preferably very quickly after establishing the key. In one embodiment the communication channel then changes to a third communication channel ‘25’ after a predetermined time. In another embodiment the communication session is encrypted using a second key ‘KB’after causing the communication channel to change to the second communication channel ‘7’.

Abstract: A method and a system are described for adapting a service provided by a base station (2) in a cellular communication network to mobile stations in its coverage area. The base station (2) is supplied with energy from a renewable energy generator (8) and/or from a back-up battery supply (10). The back-up battery supply (10) is at least partially charged by the renewable energy generator (8). The service is adapted in terms of coverage and/or capacity provided to the mobile stations as a function of the stored energy in the back-up battery supply (10) and/or as a function of a forecast regarding the amount of energy supplied by the renewable energy generator (8) over a time period.

Abstract: Method and system for reducing the power consumption in mobile networks, wherein the communication between a mobile terminal and a base station is QAM modulated. The method comprises: making the base station a dynamic real time analysis of the QAM symbols used in the communication between said mobile terminal and the base station, detecting the most frequently used QAM symbols; obtaining the base station a new assignation of the QAM symbols for the downlink communication; sending the base station the new assignation of the QAM symbols to the mobile terminal; using the mobile terminal and the base station said new assignation of the QAM symbols for the demodulation process and modulation process, respectively, in their subsequent communication.

Abstract: Method and system for optimising operating temperature in a power amplifier of a base station of a cellular telecommunications network. The system comprises: a power amplifier of a BTS the power amplifier configured for: measuring its operating temperature; if the operating temperature exceeds a temperature threshold TTH, sending an alarm message to a controller unit; the controller unit, which can be included in the BTS or in the corresponding BSC or RNC, configured for analyzing the alarm messages received and, when determined conditions are met, executing at least one action from a list of actions to reduce the dissipated power of the power amplifier.