Abstract: In a method for configuration of a compressed mode in a mobile radiocommunication system, a configuration of a compressed mode defined using the parameters for the compressed mode. The parameters include a transmission gap length (TBVL) and a transmission gap pattern length (TGPL). The transmission gaps are defined in a first transmission time structure specific to a first system and determined relative to a second transmission time structure specific to a second system to permit measures for the second system to be taken in the first system. For each reference configuration, if the duration of the TPGL is such that the transmission gaps occur periodically with fixed position in said second structure, then the TGL is selected to be sufficiently large so that two transmission gaps occur in two of the positions, the closest of which overlap each other with an overlap duration long enough to carry out a measure.

Abstract: A method of controlling transmission power in a mobile radio system in which a power control algorithm controls transmission power as a function of a transmission quality target value, wherein a target value is varied to compensate the effects of a compressed transmission mode in which transmission is interrupted during transmission gaps and the bit rate is increased correspondingly to compensate the transmission gaps. The target value variation includes a first component for compensating the effects of the increase in bit rate and a second component for compensating other effects of transmission gaps. A corresponding anticipated variation of the transmission power is applied, and the anticipated variation of the transmission power corresponds to an approximate value of the target value variation obtained by a process of approximation from the second component.

Abstract: A first rate matching stage matches a number of input bits coming from a transport channel including a high-speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) of a block of data bits to be transmitted from a base station of a communications network to one or more pieces of user equipment (UE) to a selected number of intermediate bits as determined by the buffer size management system. A virtual buffer stores the selected number of intermediate bits. A second rate matching stage matches the selected number of intermediate bits to a number of output bits equal to a maximum number of bits that is guaranteed to be transmitted by a set of high-speed physical downlink shared channels (HS-PDSCH) associated with the transport channel in a given time interval without adding bits.

Abstract: A device (D) is dedicated to managing transmission of digital data blocks in High-Speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) downlink transport channel set up between a base station of a communications network and a user equipment. It comprises processing means (MT) adapted, each time that a given block must be transmitted to the user equipment via the transport channel, to select successive values of the redundancy parameter XRV in accordance with a selected sequence in which the value of the redundancy parameter XRV used for the first block transmission is selected to give priority to transmitting systematic bits.

Abstract: A method of managing processing resources in a mobile radio system in which a first entity manages processing resources provided in a separate second entity, in which method: the second entity signals to the first entity a resource model representing its processing capacities, and different types of first and/or second entities are provided and able to support different types of resource models corresponding to different representations of said processing capacities, and an additional protocol is provided enabling the first and second entities to use the same type of resource model.

Abstract: A method for improving performances of a mobile radiocommunication system using a power control algorithm for controlling a transmit power according to a transmission quality target value, said method comprising, upon the occurrence of a significant change in the required transmit power, bypassing said power control algorithm by changing the transmit power according to a corresponding change in the required transmission quality target value.

Abstract: A method of managing processing resources in a mobile radio system in which a first entity manages radio resources and corresponding processing resources provided in a separate second entity. The second entity signals to the fist entity its overall processing capacity and the amount of that overall processing capacity required for allocating radio resources for different bit rate values. The first entity then updates the capacity credit on each allocation of radio resources as a function of the corresponding bit rate.

Abstract: One object of the invention is a method for improving the performances of a mobile radiocommunication system using a power control algorithm, said power control algorithm including an inner-loop power control algorithm for adjusting a transmit power according to received power control commands, said method including: a step of deciding if the transmit power should be increased according to a received power control command (TPC(k)) requiring a power increase, having regard to a cumulative power variation (?sum(k)) already obtained for last received power control commands, a step of determining a cumulative power variation (?sum(k)) to be used by said step of deciding, said step of determining including taking into account, further to power adjustments due to said inner-loop power control algorithm, at least one other factor that may affect said cumulative power variation.

Abstract: A device controls an outer loop (5) for controlling the adjustment of a primary target value (SIRc) of an inner power control loop in a multiservice telecommunications installation. The external control loop (5) feeds the inner loop with the primary target value (SIRc) corresponding to a service. The device includes control means (9) adapted, if there are at least two different services in the installation, to select one service dynamically and as a function of a selected criterion so that the outer loop can determine a primary target value (SIRc) corresponding to the selected service.

Abstract: For radio transmission on the downlink the transmit power must be calculated also for that signals which shall be sent on the common physical channel, known as secondary common control physical channel (SCCPCH), in the Frequency Division Duplex mode of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. In the case where no data is transmitted in a SCCPCH frame, the transmit power level is not defined for SCCPCH data bits. Therefore the well-known adaptation of the TFCI and Pilot powers cannot be applied. The solution proposed here is to set or change the transmit indicator power of the TFCI indicator bits in dependence from a virtual reference power which is calculated from parameters comprising first power values preferably defined by the radio network controller (CRNC) or comprising second power values representing an average of that transmit powers which have been used to transmit that data within at least two of the preceding frames.

Abstract: A method of controlling transmission power in a mobile radiocommunications system, in which at least two distinct physical channels transmitted by a single transmitter have their respective transmission powers controlled by a power control algorithm as a function of a target value for transmission quality (SIR target) correspond to a first channel which is taken as a reference, and in which, for a second channel, a transmission power offset (PO) relative to the first channel is applied, where necessary, the method being essentially characterized in that when there is a change in the required transmission conditions, a variation having a first value (?1) is applied to said target value (SIR target), and a variation having a second value (?2) is applied to said power offset (PO) so that said first channel has its transmission power changed by said first value and the second channel has its transmission power changed by a value equal to the difference (?1??2) between said first and second values.

Abstract: In a method of adjusting transmit times at the radio interface between network and mobile stations in a mobile radio system adjustments effected by the mobile stations are controlled by the network.

Abstract: A method of managing processing resources in a mobile radio system, in which a first entity manages radio resources and corresponding processing resources, the latter being provided in a second entity separate from the first entity, in which method: the second entity signals to the first entity its global processing capacity, or capacity credit, and the consumption law, or amount of said global processing capacity, or cost, for different spreading factor values, the first entity updates the capacity credit on the basis of the consumption law, and in the case of variable spreading factor and/or variable number of spreading codes, said updating is effected on the basis of a reference spreading factor and/or a reference number of spreading codes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for improving the performance of a mobile radiocommunication system, through the use of a power control algorithm. In this invention, the performance of a mobile radiocommunication system is improved by regularly estimating if a certain criterion is met or satisfied, to determine if a power control algorithm should be deactivated or not. The estimation of whether or not the set criterion is met is based on the estimation of a deviation value, which is representative of a deviation between an estimated transmission quality and a target or desired transmission quality. Thus, the present invention aids in avoiding situations in which the power control algorithm would normally be wrongly activated and, therefore, improves the overall performance of the mobile radiocommunication system.

Abstract: A method of evaluating the quality of a radio link in a mobile radiocommunication system from the net bit rate transmitted on the link.

Abstract: A method of improving the performance of a mobile radiocommunication system. According to the invention, a network element, known as the first element of the network transmitting to mobile terminals, receives at least one datum from at least one other network element, known as the second network element, said datum indicating the initial transmission power for transmission to a mobile terminal, in the case of radio link reconfiguration between the first network element and the mobile terminal, which can product a change n the transmission power for the radio link.

Abstract: A method of managing processing resources in a mobile radio system, in which a first entity manages radio resources and corresponding processing resources, the latter being provided in a second entity separate from the first entity. The second entity signals to the first entity its global processing capacity, or capacity credit, and the consumption law, or quantity of the global processing capacity, or cost, for different spreading factor values. The first entity updates the capacity credit on the basis of the consumption law. In the case of multicode transmission using N spreading codes, the updating is effected on the basis of the cost for at least one of the N spreading codes.

Abstract: A spectrum spreading of despreading device, in particular for transmission in a code division multiple access cellular mobile radio system is disclosed. In order to spread or despread an incoming sequence by means of spreading code of length Q, first, the data symbols of the income sequence are distributed into difference sub-sequences, and then each of the sub-sequences are spread or despread using a spreading code of length Q0 that is a multiple of length Q. The sub-sequences and the spreading codes of length Q0 that are applied to them are determined so that the sequence that would be obtained by superimposing the spread or despread sub-sequences obtained in this way is the same as that which would be obtained by spreading or despreading the incoming sequence using the code of length Q.

Abstract: A method of link adaptation in a mobile radiocommunication system includes selecting a coding and/or modulation scheme as a function of radio conditions represented by an average of radio measurement results. The average includes an average over a relatively short period for rapidly selecting a more rugged coding and/or modulation scheme if radio conditions are degraded rapidly, or an average over a relatively longer period for selecting a less rugged coding and/or modulation scheme or a more rugged coding and/or modulation scheme if radio conditions are not rapidly degraded.

Abstract: A method for setting a transmission quality target value for power control in a mobile radiocommunication system, a method wherein: an offset is applied in an anticipated way to said transmission quality target value to compensate for the effects of a compressed mode whereby transmission is interrupted during transmission gaps in compressed frames, and the transmission rate is correspondingly increased to compensate for said transmission gaps, said offset includes a first component intended to compensate for the effects of said transmission rate increase, and a second component intended to compensate for the effects of said transmission gaps, said transmission rate increase applies not only for a compressed frame but for a plurality of frames including said compressed frame, and said second component is not applied for all frames of said plurality of frames, but only for said compressed frame and/or for at least one frame, or recovery frame, following said compressed frame.