Abstract: An apparatus comprising a scheduler configured to schedule at least two radio communication processes for simultaneous operation, a controller configured to control a communication parameter of a radio communication process in the set of at least two radio communication processes, the controller being configured to control the communication parameter before the simultaneous operation of the at least two radio communication processes takes place.

Abstract: Described herein is a device that includes at least one radio frequency transmitter; at least one radio frequency receiver; a copy block configurable to output a digital representation of a currently transmitted signal and a model having a representation of at least analog circuitry of the at least one radio frequency transmitter and analog circuitry of the at least one radio frequency receiver, as well as possibly one or more antennas. The model generates, in response to the digital representation of the currently transmitted signal, a self-interference compensation signal to compensate, in the digital domain, a signal that is received simultaneously with the currently transmitted signal. Also described are corresponding apparatus, methods, computer program instructions stored in a memory medium, and an integrated circuit embodiment.

Abstract: A HARQ data reception scheme for a multiradio communication device is disclosed. The communication device operates multiple radio connections and monitors interference level caused to a target radio connection by at least one other radio connection operated in the communication device. A data packet and at least one retransmission data packet are received with the target radio connection. The utilization of the received data packet and the at least one received retransmission data packet in a hybrid automatic repeat request data reception is determined according to the interference level at the time instant associated with the reception of the corresponding data packet. Under high interference, the received data packet may be discarded, and detected and decoded data packets may be weighted for the HARQ combining according to the interference levels associated with the data packets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a transmitter implementing the method, wherein signal errors caused by high-rate power control commands are eliminated. The invention is based on weighting a signal to be supplied to an amplifier while the gain of a power amplifier is in a transition state.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power consumption control apparatus configured to receive messages or commands which have an increasing effect on power consumption of a communication device; monitor the power consumption of the communication device; and control the power consumption of the communication device by applying at least one predetermined power consumption limit in such a way that if the monitored power consumption reaches the at least one power consumption limit or if actions according to the received messages or commands will make the power consumption reach the at least one power consumption limit, the actions according to the received messages or commands are postponed.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of this invention substantially reduce self-interference between antennas of a multi-antenna electronic device using IRC without basing interference-minimizing effects (e.g., the covariance matrix) on attributes of the received signal. In one, non-limiting exemplary embodiment, a method includes: determining, based on at least one property, a covariance matrix for interference rejection combining (IRC), wherein the covariance matrix is determined prior to reception of a signal for which the IRC is to be used; receiving the signal; and utilizing the determined covariance matrix with the IRC to reduce self-interference of the received signal. In another exemplary embodiment, a method includes: determining at least one temporal property of self-interference for a signal prior to reception of the signal; receiving the signal; and utilizing the determined at least one temporal property to reduce self-interference of the received signal.

Abstract: A HARQ data reception scheme for a multiradio communication device is disclosed. The communication device operates multiple radio connections and monitors interference level caused to a target radio connection by at least one other radio connection operated in the communication device. A data packet and at least one retransmission data packet are received with the target radio connection. The utilization of the received data packet and the at least one received retransmission data packet in a hybrid automatic repeat request data reception is determined according to the interference level at the time instant associated with the reception of the corresponding data packet. Under high interference, the received data packet may be discarded, and detected and decoded data packets may be weighted for the HARQ combining according to the interference levels associated with the data packets.

Abstract: Described herein is a device that includes at least one radio frequency transmitter; at least one radio frequency receiver; a copy block configurable to output a digital representation of a currently transmitted signal and a model having a representation of at least analog circuitry of the at least one radio frequency transmitter and analog circuitry of the at least one radio frequency receiver, as well as possibly one or more antennas. The model generates, in response to the digital representation of the currently transmitted signal, a self-interference compensation signal to compensate, in the digital domain, a signal that is received simultaneously with the currently transmitted signal. Also described are corresponding apparatus, methods, computer program instructions stored in a memory medium, and an integrated circuit embodiment.

Abstract: A radio frequency transceiver is provided. The transceiver comprises a receiver for receiving transmission at a first radio frequency and a transmitter for transmitting at a second radio frequency, and in the transmitter a power amplifier with a switching mode power supply. The transceiver further comprises a controller configured to vary switching frequency of the switching mode power supply on the basis of a frequency separation of the first and the second radio frequencies.

Abstract: The invention relates to a power consumption control apparatus configured to receive messages or commands which have an increasing effect on power consumption of a communication device; monitor the power consumption of the communication device; and control the power consumption of the communication device by applying at least one predetermined power consumption limit in such a way that if the monitored power consumption reaches the at least one power consumption limit or if actions according to the received messages or commands will make the power consumption reach the at least one power consumption limit, the actions according to the received messages or commands are postponed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a mobile station (100) by determining whether there is a decreased probability of a presence of a transmitter (4) near to the mobile station that is transmitting on a frequency channel that is adjacent to a frequency channel being received from a serving cell transmitter (2) and, for a case where it is determined that there is a decreased probability of the presence of the transmitter, reducing the filter order of a baseband filter (224) of the mobile station and reducing the dynamic range of an analog to digital converter (225) of the mobile station for reducing mobile station power consumption. Reducing the filter order further beneficially reduces inter-symbol interference.

Abstract: A mobile station is constructed to include a transceiver comprising a transmitter circuit having a transmit RF filter that passes a transmit band of frequencies that is partitioned into transmit frequency channels and a receiver circuit having a receiver RF filter that passes a receive band of frequencies that is partitioned into receiver frequency channels. Also included is an antenna coupled through a duplexer to an output of the transmitter circuit and to an input of the receiver circuit. The mobile station further includes circuitry, responsive to a currently selected RF channel, for compensating for a non-ideal operation of the RF filters and the duplexer over a full bandwidth range of the transmit and receive frequencies. The compensating circuitry compensates for RF filter operation in a transmit RF channel that is nearest to the band of receive RF frequencies and/or compensates for RF filter operation in a receive RF channel that is nearest to the band of transmit RF frequencies.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a scheduler configured to schedule at least two radio communication processes for simultaneous operation, a controller configured to control a communication parameter of a radio communication process in the set of at least two radio communication processes, the controller being configured to control the communication parameter before the simultaneous operation of the at least two radio communication processes takes place.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement and method for reducing losses at the transmitting end of a radio apparatus, especially one that operates in more than one system. An interfering transmitter is provided with two antenna filters one of which is a low-pass-type filter and the other a band-pass filter. The filter (BPF) with a higher stop-band attenuation is used only when the receiver (330, LNA) susceptible to interference is in receive state. At other times, the filter (LPF) with a lower stop-band attenuation and, hence, a lower pass-band attenuation, is used as the transmitting-end filter. Advantageously the selection between the different filters is realized using MEMS-type switches (SW31 to SW34). The invention minimizes the mean current consumption of the radio-frequency power amplifier (PA) of the said radio apparatus. The space required by and the production costs of the arrangement according to the invention are relatively small.

Abstract: A method and device for avoiding adjacent channel interference and reducing disconnections caused thereby, during communication between a mobile device and a base station in a wireless telecommunications network. The mobile device measures the strength of a received signal before the signal enters one or more selected filters, and compares the strength of the signal after the filtering, in order to estimate a power ratio of the adjacent channel interference to communication channel power. If the power ratio is greater than a threshold, then a handover is requested to an alternative communication channel available between the mobile device and either the base station or another base station.

Abstract: A method for measuring a power level of a radio frequency signal in a radio frequency transmitter includes routing a portion of the radio frequency signal to a detector, detecting a signal envelope of the radio frequency signal with the detector, routing the detected signal to a digital signal processor, and talking at least one sample from the detected signal envelope using the digital signal processor and determining a detected power level of the radio frequency signal from the at least one sample, wherein the at least one sample lies in a portion of the detected signal envelope having a known non-random sequence.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a mobile station (100) by determining whether there is a decreased probability of a presence of a transmitter (4) near to the mobile station that is transmitting on a frequency channel that is adjacent to a frequency channel being received from a serving cell transmitter (2) and, for a case where it is determined that there is a decreased probability of the presence of the transmitter, reducing the filter order of a baseband filter (224) of the mobile station and reducing the dynamic range of an analog to digital converter (225) of the mobile station for reducing mobile station power consumption. Reducing the filter order further beneficially reduces inter-symbol interference.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a transmitter implementing the method, wherein signal errors caused by high-rate power control commands are eliminated. The invention is based on weighting a signal to be supplied to an amplifier while the gain of a power amplifier is in a transition state.

Abstract: A mobile station is constructed to include a transceiver comprising a transmitter circuit having a transmit RF filter that passes a transmit band of frequencies that is partitioned into transmit frequency channels and a receiver circuit having a receiver RF filter that passes a receive band of frequencies that is partitioned into receiver frequency channels. Also included is an antenna coupled through a duplexer to an output of the transmitter circuit and to an input of the receiver circuit. The mobile station further includes circuitry, responsive to a currently selected RF channel, for compensating for a non-ideal operation of the RF filters and the duplexer over a full bandwidth range of the transmit and receive frequencies. The compensating circuitry compensates for RF filter operation in a transmit RF channel that is nearest to the band of receive RF frequencies and/or compensates for RF filter operation in a receive RF channel that is nearest to the band of transmit RF frequencies.

Abstract: A method for measuring a power level of a radio frequency signal in a radio frequency transmitter includes routing a portion of the radio frequency signal to a detector, detecting a signal envelope of the radio frequency signal with the detector, routing the detected signal to a digital signal processor, and talking at least one sample from the detected signal envelope using the digital signal processor and determining a detected power level of the radio frequency signal from the at least one sample, wherein the at least one sample lies in a portion of the detected signal envelope having a known non-random sequence.