Abstract: A system for controlling a network is provided. The system may include a circuit configured to provide interface support to a plurality of remote radio heads. Each remote radio head may support multiple radio access technologies. The system may include a controller configured to control the circuit and the plurality of remote radio heads. The controller may be configured to control the circuit and the plurality of remote radio heads based on statistical information inferred from the data traversing through the circuit and the real time network state information of the network. The circuit may be connected to each remote radio head of the plurality of remote radio heads via one or more respective fronthaul links.

Abstract: A system for controlling a network is provided. The system may include a circuit configured to provide interface support to a plurality of remote radio heads. Each remote radio head may support multiple radio access technologies. The system may include a controller configured to control the circuit and the plurality of remote radio heads. The controller may be configured to control the circuit and the plurality of remote radio heads based on statistical information inferred from the data traversing through the circuit and the real time network state information of the network. The circuit may be connected to each remote radio head of the plurality of remote radio heads via one or more respective fronthaul links.

Abstract: The present invention is a circuit arrangement for a wireless cellular network. The circuit arrangement includes a determiner configured to determine a priority value of each packet of a plurality of packets based on at least a position of a video frame in a group of pictures and a type of the video frame, the video frame or a part thereof being contained in the packet, wherein the type of video frame comprises I frame data or P frame data; and wherein the determiner is further configured to set the priority value of a packet including I frame data lower than the priority value of at least one other packet including P frame data; and a controller configured to control scheduling of the packet based on the determined priority value for a communication device in a wireless cellular network. A method of determining a priority of packet scheduling is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is a circuit arrangement for a wireless cellular network. The circuit arrangement includes a determiner configured to determine a priority value of each packet of a plurality of packets based on at least a position of a video frame in a group of pictures and a type of the video frame, the video frame or a part thereof being contained in the packet, wherein the type of video frame comprises I frame data or P frame data; and wherein the determiner is further configured to set the priority value of a packet including I frame data lower than the priority value of at least one other packet including P frame data; and a controller configured to control scheduling of the packet based on the determined priority value for a communication device in a wireless cellular network. A method of determining a priority of packet scheduling is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of communication comprising determining whether to use distributing coding between a source (S), relay (R) and destination (D), based on a predetermined transmission rate; if the determination is positive, determining a forward error correction scheme using distributed Alamouti space-time coding, wherein the scheme is determined based on the predetermined transmission rate, a channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a network topology; relaying coded data from the S to the D using the determined forward error correction.

Abstract: A method of relaying data for a wireless frequency division multiple access network is disclosed herein. In a specific embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving data carried by respective subcarriers (320), network coding the data of at least two of the subcarriers having minimized correlation (350), and mapping the network coded data to a plurality of resource blocks for relaying to a destination (360). A device for relaying data for a wireless frequency division multiple access net-work is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of communication comprising determining whether to use distributing coding between a source (S), relay (R) and destination (D), based on a predetermined transmission rate; if the determination is positive, determining a forward error correction scheme using distributed Alamouti space-time coding, wherein the scheme is determined based on the predetermined transmission rate, a channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and a network topology; relaying coded data from the S to the D using the determined forward error correction.

Abstract: A method for determining a signal vector comprising a plurality of components from a received signal vector is provided comprising generating an estimation of the signal vector; determining a channel matrix characterizing the communication channel via which the signal vector was received; carrying out a plurality of determination iterations based on the channel matrix, wherein for each iteration a first set of possible sub-vectors of the signal vector is determined based on a second set of possible sub-vectors for the previous iteration and from the first set of possible sub-vectors, a number of sub-vectors is selected based on the distance of the sub-vectors to the estimated signal vector according to a pre-selected metric to form a strict subset of the first set as the second set of possible sub-vectors for the iteration; determining the signal vector based on a possible sub-vector for the last iteration.

Abstract: A method for selecting transmission parameters for a data transmission is provided comprising determining, for each of a plurality of transmission parameter settings, a data throughput that is expected when the transmission parameter setting is used for data transmission, wherein the data throughput is determined using a pre-generated mapping of transmission parameter settings to data throughputs and selecting a transmission parameter setting based on the determined expected data throughputs.