Patents by Inventor Seppo Alanärä

Seppo Alanärä has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • RACH communication in cellular system
    Publication number: 20120281679
    Abstract: A solution for sharing random access parameters is provided. A plurality of terminal devices shares the same random access parameters, e.g. the random access preamble sequence, and different transmission opportunities are assigned to the terminal devices. The different transmission opportunities are used to distinguish the terminal devices in the random access procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Jianke Fan, Seppo Alanärä
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING A TRANSMISSION FRAME
    Publication number: 20120113875
    Abstract: An approach for dynamically modifying a transmission frame. A logic determines whether to modify a configuration of a transmission frame, including a time division duplex frame structure, for transmission over a cell and modifies the configuration of the transmission frame for transmission over the cell based on the determination. A transceiver then signals the modified configuration to a user equipment configured within the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seppo Alanärä, Lars Dalsgaard
  • Backwards compatible, extended method to execute check number calculation of IMEI
    Patent number: 7054657
    Abstract: A method is taught to provide an improved mobile station International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code having at least a six digit hexadecimal SNR representation, in conjunction with modifying a Check Digit calculation procedure so as to insure backwards compatibility with an existing installed base of mobile stations having a six digit BCD SNR representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Seppo Alanärä