Patents by Inventor Timo Lunttila

Timo Lunttila 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).

  • Publication number: 20170181177
    Abstract: A semi-persistent uplink resource allocation that includes an indication to send channel quality indicators may be provided to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The UE may send a channel quality indicator with data to a network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Jussi Ojala
  • Publication number: 20170164353
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9614657
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9516660
    Abstract: A semi-persistent uplink resource allocation that includes an indication to send a channel quality indicator may be provided to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The UE may send a channel quality indicator with data to a network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Jussi Ojala
  • Publication number: 20160080130
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Publication number: 20160043841
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for a signaling arrangement for a wireless system are provided. One method includes transmitting a short control signaling (SCS) message to one or more user equipment (UE). The SCS message may comprise at least a reference signal part and an optional control signal part. The reference signal part may comprise reference signals that allow the UE to perform at least one of: cell search, synchronization, fine time/frequency tracking, radio resource management (RRM) measurements, radio link monitoring, or channel state information (CSI) reporting. In an embodiment, the control signal part may indicate at least one of: whether the cell is ON or OFF, whether each subframe in a current or upcoming set of subframes are ON or OFF, TDD uplink-downlink configuration for a current or upcoming radio frame, PLMN ID to identify to which operator's network the cell belongs to, and/or system information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Klaus Hugl, Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli
  • Patent number: 9203588
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9065646
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: transmitting a value from an access node towards an apparatus, where the value is indicative of a size of a first portion of an uplink resource block, where the uplink resource block is shared among a plurality of apparatus, where the first portion is specified for transmission of a first type of signaling to the access node, where a second portion of the uplink resource block is specified for transmission of a second type of signaling to the access node; and receiving at least one transmission using at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Kari Pajukoski, Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9025487
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; measuring the channel quality for the indicated sets of reference signal patterns; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the first transmission point. Another method includes transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; and receiving from the user equipment indications of measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Klaus Hugl, Cassio Barboza Ribeiro, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 9025481
    Abstract: A user's downlink component carriers DL-CCs are divided into groups. An aperiodic CQI/PMI report is triggered by signaling (for example one bit). There is a pattern that maps the signaled trigger to a particular DL-CC within a group of DL-CCs that are configured for a user equipment UE, and that mapped particular DL-CC is determined to be the subject of the aperiodic report. In various embodiments the pattern is implicit and points to the DL-CC for which an aperiodic report has not been sent for more than a threshold time interval; or to the DL-CC for which resources have not been allocated for a periodic report; or to every DL-CC in the group that are activated for the user equipment. Examples are detailed for apparatus, method and computer program from the perspective of the network and from the perspective of the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Chunyan Gao, Peng Chen, Timo Lunttila
  • Publication number: 20150023261
    Abstract: A persistent or a semi-persistent uplink resource allocation also comprises an indication for a user equipment UE to send channel quality reports. The format for the channel quality report is determined (based on a transmission mode for which the UE receives a downlink shared channel). In at least first transmissions of user data for instances of the persistently allocated uplink resource the UE sends user data and a channel quality report according to the determined format. For the case that a NACK is received in reply to one of those sent user data with channel quality reports, four options are detailed: re-send the NACK'd user data on a next instance of the persistently allocated UL resource with or without a channel quality report, and re-send the NACK'd user data on a dynamically allocated uplink resource with or without a channel quality report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Jussi Ojala
  • Publication number: 20140362821
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Publication number: 20140329542
    Abstract: A system for determining location information for a wireless device is described. The system includes a UE, a LE and multiple LMUs. The LE sends, to the LMUs, reception instructions with characteristics of the signal transmission from the UE and each LMU receives, from the LE, the reception instructions. The UE sends a signal transmission. Each LMU receives the transmitted signal from the UE, determines locating information based at least in part of the received signal and sends the locating information to the LE. The LE receives the locating information regarding the transmitted signal and determines a location of the UE based at least in part on the received locating information. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: WIRELESS FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Kari Hooli, Ajit Kahaduwe, Timo Lunttila, Karri Aho, Antti Toskala
  • Patent number: 8837421
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Neworks Oy
    Inventors: Esa Tiirola, Kari Hooli, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 8787295
    Abstract: A persistent or a semi-persistent uplink resource allocation also comprises an indication for a user equipment UE to send channel quality reports. The format for the channel quality report is determined (based on a transmission mode for which the UE receives a downlink shared channel). In at least first transmissions of user data for instances of the persistently allocated uplink resource the UE sends user data and a channel quality report according to the determined format. For the case that a NACK is received in reply to one of those sent user data with channel quality reports, four options are detailed: re-send the NACK'd user data on a next instance of the persistently allocated UL resource with or without a channel quality report, and re-send the NACK'd user data on a dynamically allocated uplink resource with or without a channel quality report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Jussi Ojala
  • Patent number: 8743992
    Abstract: A first precoding matrix W1 is selected from a first codebook comprising sets of rank specific precoding matrices. The first codebook is characterized by there being fewer precoding matrices associated with higher ranks than associated with lower ranks, and characterized by precoding matrices associated with ranks above a certain rank all being diagonal matrices. The selected first precoding matrix W1 is used to select a rank-specific second precoding matrix W2 from a second codebook, such that the selected first and second precoding matrices form a joint precoder specific to a desired rank. The second codebook is characterized by differently sized precoding matrices associated with each of N total ranks, in which N is an integer greater than one. Information on the joint precoder is reported to a network node over an uplink transmission channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Mihai Enescu, Timo Roman, Tommi Koivisto, Timo Lunttila, Shuang Tan, Helka-Liina Määttänen, Kari Pietikäinen
  • Patent number: 8724572
    Abstract: In an embodiment, state of a wireless channel on which information is received is measured; the measured state is used to select from a codebook a plurality of N codewords which optimize a predefined measure, and first and second codewords of the plurality are reported which best optimizes and next-best optimizes the predefined measure. If by example the above is done by a user equipment UE, in another embodiment the network receives first and second indications, searches a codebook using the first and second indications to find the first and second codewords; and utilizes them to improve the channel state information, such as by interpolating between them to find an estimate of the channel. In examples the channel is a MIMO channel that is estimated at two or more antenna ports, there are interpolation weights sent with the codeword indications, and the interpolating uses a geodesic algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Karol Schober, Tommi Koivisto, Timo Roman, Mihai Enescu, Timo Lunttila
  • Publication number: 20140036713
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; measuring the channel quality for the indicated sets of reference signal patterns; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the first transmission point. Another method includes transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; and receiving from the user equipment indications of measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Klaus Hugl, Cassio Barboza Ribeiro, Timo Lunttila
  • Patent number: 8625450
    Abstract: In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is deriving multiple input-multiple output feedback information using a set of precoding matrices associated with at least one precoding codebook, signaling, in a first plurality of resource elements, channel state information associated with a first precoding matrix indicator of the set of precoding matrices jointly with a transmission rank, and signaling separately, in a second plurality of resource elements, channel state information associated with a second precoding matrix indicator of the set of precoding matrices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Timo Lunttila, Tommi Koivisto, Timo Roman, Mihai Enescu
  • Patent number: 8599711
    Abstract: A method includes receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; measuring the channel quality for the indicated sets of reference signal patterns; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the first transmission point. Another method includes transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; and receiving from the user equipment indications of measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
    Inventors: Klaus Hugl, Cassio Barboza Ribeiro, Timo Lunttila