Patents by Inventor Seppo Alanara
Seppo Alanara 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).
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Patent number: 9253795Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to schedule the uplink grant in a manner that efficiently utilizes uplink resources. In the context of a method from the perspective of the user equipment, an indication regarding data to be transmitted is received and a scheduling request is caused to be provided via a control channel. The scheduling request is configured to indicate a size of the data to be transmitted. In response to a grant, data may be caused to be transmitted via allocated uplink resource blocks. In the context of a method from the perspective of a base station, a scheduling request including an indication of the requested size of the uplink grant is received via a control channel. The method may cause the grant to be provided to a user equipment and, in response, may receive data from the user equipment via allocated uplink resource blocks.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Jianke Fan, Seppo Alanara
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Patent number: 9215640Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: acquiring, by a user terminal capable of performing proximity services with at least one other user terminal, an indication that a handover from a source cell to a target cell is to be performed; and acquiring a capability indication on whether or not a target node of the target cell is capable to support the proximity services.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: BROADCOM CORPORATIONInventors: Sami Jukka Hakola, Samuli Turtinen, Timo K. Koskela, Seppo Alanara
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Patent number: 8989787Abstract: A method includes transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network. The transfer of data includes providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information, receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, and interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Publication number: 20140106757Abstract: There is provided a method, comprising: acquiring, by a user terminal capable of performing proximity services with at least one other user terminal, an indication that a handover from a source cell to a target cell is to be performed; and acquiring a capability indication on whether or not a target node of the target cell is capable to support the proximity services.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Renesas Mobile CorporationInventors: Sami Jukka HAKOLA, Samuli TURTINEN, Timo K. KOSKELA, Seppo ALANARA
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Publication number: 20130182623Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to schedule the uplink grant in a manner that efficiently utilizes uplink resources. In the context of a method from the perspective of the user equipment, an indication regarding data to be transmitted is received and a scheduling request is caused to be provided via a control channel. The scheduling request is configured to indicate a size of the data to be transmitted. In response to a grant, data may be caused to be transmitted via allocated uplink resource blocks. In the context of a method from the perspective of a base station, a scheduling request including an indication of the requested size of the uplink grant is received via a control channel. The method may cause the grant to be provided to a user equipment and, in response, may receive data from the user equipment via allocated uplink resource blocks.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: RENESAS MOBILE CORPORATIONInventors: Jianke Fan, Seppo Alanara
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Publication number: 20120281679Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2011Publication date: November 8, 2012Inventors: Jianke Fan, Seppo Alanärä
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Publication number: 20120258745Abstract: A method includes transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network. The transfer of data includes providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information, receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, and interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Patent number: 8229485Abstract: A method includes transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network. The transfer of data includes providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information, receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, and interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Publication number: 20120113875Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seppo Alanärä, Lars Dalsgaard
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Publication number: 20110222445Abstract: The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide in one aspect thereof an apparatus that includes a controller configurable with a radio frequency receiver. The controller is further configurable to monitor downlink signal quality of a user equipment. The controller is further configurable to compare the downlink signal quality to a threshold value and, if the downlink signal quality is less that the threshold value, to switch operation of the user equipment from a full duplex frequency division duplex mode of operation to a half duplex frequency division duplex mode of operation. The exemplary embodiments may be realized at one or both of the user equipment or a base station. The result of switching operation of the user equipment results in an increase in user equipment receiver sensitivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2008Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventor: Seppo Alanara
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Publication number: 20100261491Abstract: A method includes transferring data between a mobile station for communicating over a mobile communications network and a server in the Internet having a connection to the mobile communications network. The transfer of data includes providing at least a portion of a page on the Internet in the form of code, the code including a telephone number of the mobile station as hidden information, receiving the code in the mobile station in a first user message where the first user message is a short message service message, and interpreting the code in the mobile station to cause the mobile station to display information corresponding to the page on the Internet on the mobile station, wherein the information to be displayed on the mobile station does not include the hidden information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2010Publication date: October 14, 2010Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seppo ALANARA, Pekka ISOMURSU, Juhani MIETTUNEN, Mikko LIETSALMI, Kalevi KAARTINEN, Peter DECKER, Arto LEHTONEN, Pete PIHKO, Teemu TARNANEN, Hannu H. KARI, Jari MAENPAA, Petri NYKANEN, Mikko TERHO, Patrik GUSTAFFSON
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Patent number: 7734305Abstract: A terminal for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications and communicating user messages. The terminal is configured to receive user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications and address the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data includes characters in the short message.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Publication number: 20080146242Abstract: A method is provided for a user equipment device to request an uplink transmission resource allocation from a base station. The method includes determining whether there is a need for the resource allocation, providing an uplink resource request to be combined with another message if the need for the resource allocation is present, combining the uplink resource request with the other message to form a combined message, and transmitting the combined message to the base station for requesting the resource allocation. The combined message may be a hybrid automatic repeat request message with an uplink resource request field. A user equipment device and a base station of a wireless communication network for performing the method are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Inventors: Seppo Alanara, Marko Akselin, Juha T. Kinnunen, Pasi Laitinen, Asko Haapapuro
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Patent number: 7366529Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu H. Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Publication number: 20070072632Abstract: A terminal for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications and communicating user messages. The terminal is configured to receive user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications and address the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data includes characters in the short message.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2006Publication date: March 29, 2007Inventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Patent number: 7085991Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile station that operates in a circuit switched mode, and a method for operating the mobile station in the circuit switched mode. The method includes generating a data word and transmitting the data word using an unused portion of a slot, that contains an interleaved signalling word, by interleaving the data word with the signalling word.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2001Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Seppo Alanara
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Patent number: 7065382Abstract: A wireless terminal, method, and system for using the wireless terminal, for determining when the wireless terminal enters a coverage area of a target device within which communications are possible with the target device and alerting the user of the wireless terminal that such an area has been entered.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2001Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Jari Puputii, Hawk Yin Pang, Tatu Koljonen
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Patent number: 7054657Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 15, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Seppo Alanärä
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Publication number: 20050197111Abstract: The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user messages having data and a header relating to one of the applications (17, 18) and means (8) for addressing the data to a respective application according to the header. In an embodiment the user messages are short messages and the data comprises characters in the short message.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2005Publication date: September 8, 2005Inventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Isomursu, Juhani Miettunen, Mikko Lietsalmi, Kalevi Kaartinen, Peter Decker, Arto Lehtonen, Pete Pihko, Teemu Tarnanen, Hannu Kari, Jari Maenpaa, Petri Nykanen, Mikko Terho, Patrik Gustafsson
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Patent number: 6816832Abstract: A comfort noise block, that include a hangover period and comfort noise parameters, is transmitted in such a manner that it is not interrupted by other messages, such as FACCH messages. This is accomplished in a mobile station by a determination of whether any FACCH messages are required to be transmitted. If such FACCH messages exist, a further determination may be made as to which transmission can be made in the shortest time (i.e., the FACCH message or messages or the comfort noise parameters message), and this transmission is made first. In any event the comfort noise parameters block is transmitted without interruption. In a further embodiment of this invention the comfort noise parameters message is transmitted by being concatenated with another message, such as a neighbor channel measurement results message, so as to reduce overhead, conserve bandwidth, and reduce power consumption.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2001Date of Patent: November 9, 2004Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Seppo Alanara, Pekka Kapanen