Abstract: Allocation information is transmitted in a communications system for indicating allocation of sets of transmission resources to communications devices. At least one allocation rule is defined for associating sequences of sets of transmission resources with communications devices, and a communications device monitors allocation information of sets of transmission resources associated with it. Communications devices are informed of their respective allocation rules. Transmission resources for the communications devices are allocated based at least on said allocation rules.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for integration of a wireless local area network and a wide area cellular network. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include the support node receiving, from a first node, a message including a request for information representative of a configuration of a wireless local area network accessible by the first node. The method may also include providing, in response to the received message, the information representative of the configuration of the wireless local area network. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises receiving data dependent offloading parameters at a mobile device, measuring data amount usage of the mobile device, comparing the measured data amount usage to the received data dependent offloading parameters, and determining whether to attempt offloading of data from the mobile device to a complementary network based on the comparison.

Abstract: There is provided a communication system, comprising a network infrastructure comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit signaling information to user terminals, the signaling information being related to the allocation of the plurality of sub-carriers at a common frequency band used for data transmission between the multiple user terminals and a network infrastructure; a processor configured to divide the common frequency band into two suppression bands at the edge zones of the common frequency band and to provide a safe band between the two suppression bands, the two suppression bands including sub-carriers having a predetermined amount of decreased channel estimation accuracy compared with the other sub-carriers of the common frequency band; and a processor configured to allocate signaling information, related to the allocation of at least one sub-carrier to a user terminal having an expected signal to interference-plus-noise ratio at a predetermined level, to at least one sub-carrier included in the

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, electronic devices and information blocks are provided that improve both efficiency of transmission and efficiency of segmentation by enabling an intelligent transport block size determination and a flexible segmentation scheme suitable for utilization with retransmission. One exemplary method involves steps of: determining a size of a transport block based on criteria including a size of at least one data block to be transmitted, wherein the transport block size is determined such that the transport block will include at least one segment of a data block of the at least one data block; segmenting the data block of the at least one data block into a plurality of segments including the at least one segment; and populating the transport block with at least the at least one segment.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing coordination of device to device communication may include a processor. The processor is configured to communicate a request for a resource allocation to a network communication node (300). The resource allocation is related to resources usable for device to device communication between a first terminal communicating the request and a second terminal. The processor is further configured to receive a resource allocation including an amount and duration of resources to be used for the device to device communication in response to the request (310), and utilize the resource allocation for device to device communication with the second terminal (320).

Abstract: An approach is provided for carrier indication and carrier sensing. Interference information relating to radio interface with one or more neighboring nodes is generated. The interference information is transmitted over a designated channel to the one or more neighboring nodes.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing an indication of device to device communication capability may include a processor and a memory storing executable instructions. In response to execution of the instructions by the processor, the apparatus may perform at least receiving an indication with respect to status of an application or a request by the application, determining availability of a device to device connection associated with peer communication, and providing a notification to the application indicative of the availability of the device to device connection to the peer. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided.

Abstract: Data is structured with information indicative of time-related, bandwidth-related, or class-related quality-of-service (QoS) required for sending the data so that a receiving terminal or any network element processing the data in transit over a network is able to determine whether the required quality-of-service has actually been uniformly experienced by the data and, in case the quality-of-service is degraded in any section of the network, the receiving terminal or the network element is able to cause the network to either uniformly accord to the data a degraded quality-of-service corresponding to that actually experienced or to actually uniformly provide the required quality-of-service between the sending and receiving terminals by improving the processing of the data by the network element or elements. A corresponding method, apparatus, system and computer programs are shown.

Abstract: It is disclosed a method comprising generating position-related indication information indicating a positional relation between communication resource update information and communication resource information, including the generated position-related indication information into communication resource allocation information, and transmitting the communication resource information, the communication resource allocation information being a portion of the communication resource information.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for controlling radio communications between a terminal (MS, TE) and a communications system (CN, GRAN). A communications connection between the system and the terminal is established by an active radio network controller (RNC) and an active base station (BS). In one embodiment, data communications within the communications connection is directed to the active radio controller by a second radio network controller.

Abstract: A pilot structure, a method, and a receiver for multi-carrier cellular communications defining a specific Time Division Multiplexer/Multiplexing pilot pattern and pilot sequence for a sub-frame with short system information. A primary synchronization sequence is configured to be transmitted every predetermine number of sub-frames in a defined bandwidth. A primary common pilot is configured to be transmitted for each sub-frame. Short system information is configured to be transmitted once per frame to define the pilot structure of sub-frames in a frame period to define a structure of a frame period.

Abstract: The invention proposes a method for controlling a variable of transmission between a mobile network element and a fixed network element, wherein the transmission is effected by repeatedly sending of data units, and a control of the variable of the transmission based on a target data unit error rate is performed, the method comprising the steps of detecting (S2), whether a received data unit includes an error, analyzing (S3), in case an error is detected, the transmission number of the data unit, detecting (S4), whether the analyzed diversity of the data unit is equal to a target transmission number, and forwarding (S5) the data unit to a network control element in case the transmission number of the data unit is equal to the target transmission number, or in case no error is detected. The invention also proposes a corresponding fixed network element and a corresponding network control element.

Abstract: In connection with the determination the transmit power of a beginning transmission there is also determined, in the method according to the invention, suitable output powers for other transmissions, so that the entity formed by all controlled transmissions is as close to the optimum as possible already at the beginning of a new frame. The method according to the invention takes into consideration the effect of a beginning transmission on other transmissions. The method according to the invention further takes into consideration changes in the conditions during the previous frame by including the control history of the fast power control as initial information of the calculation made during the re-determination of the output powers, for instance as a suitable statistical quantity of the transmission history of each transmission, for instance as an average over a certain period.

Abstract: A method for transferring information over a data connection in accordance with a protocol stack (206, 210) comprising first and second protocol layers. The method is characterized in that a protocol identifier is created the value of which is determined by means of the first protocol layers of said protocol stack and which is delivered to the second protocol layers of said protocol stack.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for controlling radio communications between a terminal (MS, TE) and a communications system (CN, GRAN). A communications connection between the system and the terminal is established by an active radio network controller (RNC) and an active base station (BS). In one embodiment, data communications within the communications connection is directed to the active radio controller by a second radio network controller.

Abstract: A method and system are disclosed for controlling radio communications between a terminal (MS, TE) and a communications system (CN, GRAN). A communications connection between the system and the terminal is established by an active radio network controller (RNC) and an active base station (BS). In one embodiment, data communications within the communications connection is directed to the active radio controller by a second radio network controller.

Abstract: There is provided a communication system, comprising a network infrastructure comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit signaling information to user terminals, the signaling information being related to the allocation of the plurality of sub-carriers at a common frequency band used for data transmission between the multiple user terminals and a network infrastructure; a processor configured to divide the common frequency band into two suppression bands at the edge zones of the common frequency band and to provide a safe band between the two suppression bands, the two suppression bands including sub-carriers having a predetermined amount of decreased channel estimation accuracy compared with the other sub-carriers of the common frequency band; and a processor configured to allocate signaling information, related to the allocation of at least one sub-carrier to a user terminal having an expected signal to interference-plus-noise ratio at a predetermined level, to at least one sub-carrier included in the

Abstract: A shared control channel structure includes at least one control channel to be allocated at least to a user for at least one of uplink and downlink directions in a network, which the at least one control channel is arranged as at least a part of a modular structure comprising of modular code blocks on at least two different sizes. One of such modular structures may be represented as a tree structure in particular, where each of the modular code blocks define one node of the tree, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as a base station which may be an evolved Node-B, includes a wireless transmitter configurable to conduct communications with a plurality of user equipment located in a cell; and a user equipment identification module configurable to define a number of bits (m) of a cell-specific user equipment identifier that is a sequence of n bits, where m?n and to inform the user equipment of the value of m in a downlink message. The number of bits (m) represents a mask value specifying how many bits of the cell-specific user equipment identifier are to be used in signaling exchanges, thereby conserving system bandwidth and reducing signaling load.