Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing network access, wherein a connection to a core network is established via a wireless access device and a gateway device. Connectivity of the wireless access device is restricted to a pre-defined group of core network address of a pool of gateway devices with multi-node connectivity to the core network, and a single address is selected to establish the connection to a one of the gateway devices. The gateway device is provided with a relay function for mapping a single input address to a plurality of core network addresses based on a location information of the wireless access device and with at least one co-located decentralized core network functionality.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution includes a first server of an operator specific communication system configured to perform the administration and management tasks of the operator specific communication system including one or more radio access technologies, communicate with the respective server of one or more communication systems of another operators, and a second server configured to manage mobility policy of the operator specific communication sys-tem, communicate with the user terminals of the system by transmitting information on inter-system radio access network selection and access, wherein the first and second server are configured each to maintain an interworking data model including information on operator specific cognitive radio parameters and access policies related to networks of one or more operators.

Abstract: A method includes responsive to receiving a first packet of a plurality of packets at a first radio access node enabling said first radio access node to receive at least one other of said plurality of packets. The method further includes causing said first packet to be sent by said first radio access node to a user equipment before said at least one other of said plurality of packets is caused to be sent to said user equipment.

Abstract: A method includes determining that handover of a communication device and from a first access node to a second access node is required. The method also includes determining whether release of a bearer has been completed within a period of time. Handover of the communication device is allowed after determining that the release of the bearer has been completed.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer program and computer-readable medium.

Abstract: In a radio system having at least one base station that is part of a public mobile network, at least one mobile terminal communicates with the at least one base station, a local breakout service network provides Internet protocol gateway services. A serving base station of a mobile terminal is configured to provide the local breakout service to the Internet protocol gateway while retaining user access control and a remote Internet protocol gateway of a packet core network of the public mobile network for the mobile terminal; to provide information on neighboring cells in which the local breakout service can continue; to make a handover decision based on measurement reports received from the mobile terminal; and to transfer user context data including local breakout service related information to a target base station during handover for providing mobility within the local breakout service area for the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer program and computer-readable medium for resource allocation (selection of channel and maximum allowed transmission power) in a coexisting secondary communications system, overlapping with a primary system. Allocation is performed based on an interference table indicating measured interference per cell of the primary system from other cells of the primary and secondary system.

Abstract: There is provided a method including providing a local breakout service to an Internet protocol gateway while retaining user access control and a remote Internet protocol gateway of a packet core network of a radio network for a mobile terminal; providing information on neighboring macro cells in which the local breakout service can continue, the macro cells belonging to a network using another tracking area than that of the serving cell of the mobile terminal; executing a handover process of the mobile terminal from a source base station in the serving cell of the mobile terminal to a target base station in a neighboring macro cell; and providing session continuation of the mobile terminal local breakout service traffic in the neighboring macro cell by controlling user plane tunneling between the target base station and the local packet switched network from which an Internet protocol address for the local breakout service was assigned.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer program for controlling device-to-device connections and associated quality-of-service parameters are presented. The quality-of-service parameters of an end-to-end connection through a plurality of different radio access networks are aligned in connection with changing a communication mode to a direct device-to-device connection.

Abstract: A method for supporting downlink paging for LIPA or SIPTO while a first UE has been moved to an idle mode may include monitoring UE traffic while the first UE is in the active state and storing a UE IP address for a default EPS bearer of the first UE in a node and in a gateway for LIPA or SIPTO service. A downlink datagram for paging activation is sent towards the first UE over an existing tunnel, wherein the tunnel was established for a second UE being in an active state, wherein the tunnel may be established for the second UE or any other UE served by the same node and the same gateway, and activating a paging procedure by receiving the downlink datagram via the tunnel in a gateway, which gateway is serving the first UE for the default EPS bearer service of the first UE.

Abstract: There is provided a radio system wherein a mobile terminal is configured to detect availability of a local breakout service to an Internet protocol gateway; to start a network entry to the local breakout service; and to configure an Internet protocol stack of the mobile terminal on the basis of received configuration data. A serving base station of the mobile terminal is configured to establish a radio bearer for the local breakout service; to provide a dynamic host control protocol relay function for mapping data of the mobile terminal using a local Internet protocol address to the established radio bearer; and to provide the local breakout service to the Internet protocol gateway while retaining user access control and a remote Internet protocol gateway of a packet core network of the public mobile network for the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A core network (MME or RNC for example) receives in an uplink message a first list of closed subscriber group (CSG) identities for cells which are neighbors to a network access node. The core network creates a third list by checking the first list received in the uplink message against a second list which is a user equipment's list of allowed CSG identities; and then sends the third list downlink to at least the network access node which provided the first list. In different embodiments the neighbors of the first list include only cells which are direct neighbor CSG cells; or alternatively is also has cells which are adjacent to the direct neighbor CSG cells.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The apparatus includes a controller and a memory connected to the controller. The apparatus is configured to store a mobile context of user equipment, the mobile context including information on the Home NodeB's of which closed subscriber groups the user equipment belongs to.

Abstract: There is provided a radio system wherein a mobile terminal is configured to detect availability of a local breakout service to an Internet protocol gateway; to start a network entry to the local breakout service; and to configure an Internet protocol stack of the mobile terminal on the basis of received configuration data. A serving base station of the mobile terminal is configured to establish a radio bearer for the local breakout service; to provide a dynamic host control protocol relay function for mapping data of the mobile terminal using a local Internet protocol address to the established radio bearer; and to provide the local breakout service to the Internet protocol gateway while retaining user access control and a remote Internet protocol gateway of a packet core network of the public mobile network for the mobile terminal.

Abstract: The invention is related to an apparatus including a processor and a memory including a computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to: configure a private network; determine cells belonging to the private network to form a mobility priority group; store neighbouring cell information on at least the cells of the private network; and convey the neighbouring cell information and information on the determined mobility priority group to an authorized user device accessing the private network for providing mobility management control to a user device, the mobility management control being based on the neighbouring cell information and the information on the determined mobility priority group.

Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention a network device may be provided which may comprise a receiving unit, a sending unit and an evaluating unit. It may be foreseen that the receiving unit may be adapted to receive a trigger signal for preparing a breakout of a plurality of packets, wherein the plurality of packets may comprise at least one packet from a first source and at least one packet from a second source and wherein the evaluating unit may be adapted to evaluate the trigger signal. Moreover, the evaluation unit may be adapted to evaluate packets from a first source and packets from a second source and the evaluation unit may be adapted to distinguish packets from the first source from packets from the second source.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided. The provided solution includes an apparatus including a transceiver to be in wireless connection with one or more sets of user equipment and a controller configured to connect to the Internet, set up a virtual point-to-point connection to a second apparatus, set up and provide end-to-end call services using the virtual point-to-point connection between user equipment which are connected to and served by the apparatuses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing access via a cellular access network to a packet data net-work, wherein control plane functions of a gateway device of a core net-work are emulated to the core network, and the emulated control plane functions are used to provide to the core network a set of parameters for local breakout.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products at interrelated entities of a network system for providing access via a cellular access network to a packet data network, wherein a simple local IP access or local breakout (LBO) feature is provided, which uses a bridging function between a packet data network interface and a radio interface in an access device (e.g. base station device or HNB) that can be controlled by a single control plane interface.