Abstract: A user equipment determines a set of licensed and unlicensed frequency bands that are available for wireless communication. The user equipment selects a first subset of the set as targets for a handover involving at least one unlicensed frequency band and transmits information indicating the first subset. A base station receives information indicating a first subset of a set of licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The first subset are targets for a handover of user equipment involving at least one unlicensed frequency band. The base station selects a second subset based on the first subset and transmits information indicating the second subset.

Abstract: A charging session identifier is transmitted over an interface between a first base station and a second base station in response to initiation of a handover of a call session between the first and second base stations. The first and second base stations operate according to different radio access technologies. The first base station transmits first charging information collected by the first base station for the call session and second charging information collected by the second base station for the call session to a network charging system using the identifier.

Abstract: A node in a wireless communication system includes a transceiver that operates according to a first radio access technology (RAT). The transceiver is to measure a medium usage by one or more other nodes that operate according to a second RAT. The transceiver alternately transmits in a first time interval and bypasses transmission in a second time interval. The first and second time intervals repeat with a duty cycle. The transceiver is to puncture the first time interval with one or more silent gaps. The node also includes a processor to determine a duration of the one or more silent gaps is based on the medium usage.

Abstract: Policy control and charging functionality in a network receives information indicating tariffs for a call session associated with a user equipment. The policy control and charging functionality defines, based on the information indicating the tariffs, a policy governing allocation of one or more licensed frequency bands and one or more unlicensed frequency bands to the call session. The policy and control charging functionality transmits the policy to a base station associated with the user equipment.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as user equipment, includes a first radio for wireless communication over a first carrier in an unlicensed frequency band according to a first radio access technology and a second radio for wireless communication over a second carrier in the unlicensed frequency band according to a second radio access technology. The apparatus also includes a device connection manager to deactivate the first carrier in response to detecting an access point that operates according to the second radio access technology in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A base station requires one or more channels in an unlicensed frequency band for a predetermined time interval and schedules one or more user equipment for uplink transmission on the one or more channels during the predetermined time interval. User equipment transmits, over a licensed frequency band, a request for resources for uplink transmission in an unlicensed frequency band. The user equipment receives scheduling information indicating a first portion of a predetermined time interval that is allocated to the first user equipment for uplink transmission on one or more channels in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A user equipment determines a set of licensed and unlicensed frequency bands that are available for wireless communication. The user equipment selects a first subset of the set as targets for a handover involving at least one unlicensed frequency band and transmits information indicating the first subset. A base station receives information indicating a first subset of a set of licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The first subset are targets for a handover of user equipment involving at least one unlicensed frequency band. The base station selects a second subset based on the first subset and transmits information indicating the second subset.

Abstract: User equipment aggregates connections in at least one of a first unlicensed frequency band and a second unlicensed frequency band with a connection in a licensed frequency band to form a wireless backhaul connection to the user equipment. The user equipment selectively allocates a third unlicensed frequency band to a tethering connection.

Abstract: A base station receives a charging policy indicating data usage tariffs for licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The base station selectively allocates one or more of the licensed or unlicensed frequency bands to user equipment based on the data usage tariffs. A network charging system transmits a charging policy indicating data usage tariffs for licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. The network charging system receives a message including charging parameters for data usage by one or more of the licensed or unlicensed frequency bands that are selectively allocated based on the charging policy.

Abstract: Mobile units are handed over from LTE to carrier grade WiFi. The LTE can be licensed (LTE-L) or unlicensed (LTE-U). Charging mechanisms for co-located and integrated WiFi are also provided. When an LTE-U capable mobile unit moves into the LTE-U coverage area of a small cell, the mobile unit can use the unlicensed spectrum for a data session, thereby effectively increasing the data capacity of the network. When the mobile unit moves within the carrier grade Wi-Fi coverage area of the small cell, the small cell can handover the entire data session to the carrier grade Wi-Fi access point, thereby freeing up LTE system resources to provide data services to other mobile units.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as user equipment, includes a first radio for wireless communication over a first carrier in an unlicensed frequency band according to a first radio access technology and a second radio for wireless communication over a second carrier in the unlicensed frequency band according to a second radio access technology. The apparatus also includes a device connection manager to deactivate the first carrier in response to detecting an access point that operates according to the second radio access technology in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A method and system for dynamic power control for next generation LTE base stations are described herein. More particularly, a dynamic power control management process may run, for example, in an OA&M module on the control plane core of the base station. The dynamic power control management process collaborates with various components, such as a call management processing module and a transport process module, to periodically obtain information regarding the number of active calls as well as the uplink and downlink data rates for a given interval for a particular cell. The dynamic power control management process polls the call management processing module and transport process module periodically according to a tunable parameter for the key values. Based on this information, the dynamic power control management process determines whether a particular cell on the base station is running below a threshold at which dynamic power control could be triggered.

Abstract: A node identifies at least one first channel of an unlicensed frequency band that is occupied by a first node that operates according to a first radio access technology (RAT). The node transmits a signal on a second channel of the unlicensed frequency band. The signal is formed according to a second RAT used for transmission on the second channel and the signal includes information identifying the at least one second channel of the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: Nodes in a wireless communication system can mitigate interference in unlicensed frequency bands by coordinating downlink transmissions. The nodes may negotiate, based on messages exchanged over an interface between a first node and at least one second node, time intervals for downlink transmissions by the first node and the at least one second node over a channel of an unlicensed frequency band in response to the at least one second node transmitting over the channel of the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A first base station selects a subset of channels of an unlicensed frequency band based on indications of energy received over the channels. The first base station transmits one or more messages instructing user equipment to monitor the subset of channels and report information indicating whether at least one second base station is transmitting over the subset of channels. User equipment monitors the subset of channels of the unlicensed frequency band in response to receiving the one or more messages from a first base station indicating the subset of channels. The user equipment transmits one or more messages including information indicating whether one or more second base stations are transmitting over the subset of channels.

Abstract: An illustrative example network simulator device includes a display and a processor that uses information simulating network performance including a plurality of network parameters. The processor selectively controls the display to present a visual representation of a network including a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations. The display also presents a visual representation of at least some of the generated information including information regarding at least one of the network parameters from a network perspective, a base station perspective, and a mobile station perspective.

Abstract: A system for providing multi-cell support within a single SMP partition in a telecommunications network is disclosed. The typically includes a modem board and a multi-core processor having a plurality of processor cores, wherein the multi-core processor is configured to disable non-essential interrupts arriving on a plurality of data plane cores and route the non-essential interrupts to a plurality of control plane cores. Optionally, the multi-core processor may be configured so that all non-real-time threads and processes are bound to processor cores that are dedicated for all control plane activities and processor cores that are dedicated for all data plane activities will not host or run any threads that are not directly needed for data path implementation or Layer 2 processing.

Abstract: A system for providing multi-cell support within a single SMP partition in a telecommunications network is disclosed. The typically includes a modem board and a multi-core processor having a plurality of processor cores, wherein the multi-core processor is configured to disable non-essential interrupts arriving on a plurality of data plane cores and route the non-essential interrupts to a plurality of control plane cores. Optionally, the multi-core processor may be configured so that all non-real-time threads and processes are bound to processor cores that are dedicated for all control plane activities and processor cores that are dedicated for all data plane activities will not host or run any threads that are not directly needed for data path implementation or Layer 2 processing.

Abstract: A computer-implemented system and method for a lock-less, zero data copy messaging mechanism in a multi-core processor for use on a modem in a telecommunications network are described herein. The method includes, for each of a plurality of processing cores, acquiring a kernel to user-space (K-U) mapped buffer and corresponding buffer descriptor, inserting a data packet into the buffer; and inserting the buffer descriptor into a circular buffer. The method further includes creating a frame descriptor containing the K-U mapped buffer pointer, inserting the frame descriptor onto a frame queue specified by a dynamic PCD rule mapping IP addresses to frame queues, and creating a buffer descriptor from the frame descriptor.

Abstract: A method and system that helps to ensure that any cell crash (i.e., an involuntarily action occurring as a result of a software bug or malfunction) is localized to a single cell on a single modem board that supports multi-cell configuration. In this regard, the control plane and the remaining cells that are configured on the modem board should remain operational. Further the operator should be able to choose to take corrective action (i.e., reboot, reconfigure, delete, or create) with regard to a cell on the modem board without impacting the operations of the other configured cells.