Abstract:
A GSM or UMTS mobile telecommunications network is disclosed. In addition to the conventional radio access network comprising the base stations (3), one or more additional access points (20) are provided. An access point (20) is connected to the network core (12) by an IP transport broadband connection. The access point (20) is configured to appear to the mobile terminal (1) as a conventional base station - that is, it communicates with the mobile terminal using GSM or UMTS transport protocols and does not require any modification to a standard GSM or UMTS mobile terminal. Access Points are typically not under the direct control of the network provider. Arrangements are disclosed which allow the network provider to verify that the access point a mobile terminal is about to commence communicating through is at a particular location. Differential charging may be performed in dependence upon a subscriber's location. An intermediate node (135, 340) between the base station (110, 300) and the core (140,150) receives identification data from the access point and generates an indication of the basis on which the mobile terminal is permitted to receive communication services from the core (140, 150). The indication generated at the intermediate node (135, 340) is of the same format as an indication of the identity of the cell occupied by the telecommunications device that is conventionally transmitted between the base station and the core network.
Abstract:
A method for providing a handover indication in a cellular wireless network, comprises: receiving at a core network node all on-going and/or requested bearer service requests for a user equipment (UE) at a certain time. The core network node uses information from said on-going and/or requested bearer service requests to determine what inter-RAT (Radio Access Technology) restrictions and/or preferences apply to said UE to provide an aggregate indication. It communicates the aggregate indication to an access node which is serving the UE. The network maybe an LTE network and the core network node may be a Mobile Management Entity (MME).
Abstract:
A wireless communication system according to an aspect of the present invention is a wireless communication system including a gateway device 3 that connects a core network 1 and a wireless access network 2. The wireless access network 2 has a virtual base station 6 that includes a representative base station 6a connected to the gateway device 3 and a plurality of unrepresentative base stations 6b and 6c, which are subordinate to the representative base station 6a. The presence of the unrepresentative base stations is hidden from the gateway device 3 and an adjacent base station 5.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus that receives a request for a radio connection and checks at least one of: subscriber information, a service request and terminal information. On the basis of the at least one of: subscriber information, service request and terminal information, the apparatus directs data to be delivered via the requested radio connection to different network elements of the communications system.
Abstract:
A radio frequency signal distribution system comprising a hub (35) that sends and receives packet data from multiple wireless service providers, and a plurality of radio access nodes (50) located within a coverage area in which the multiple wireless service providers wish to provide wireless service, each radio access node (50) comprising a plurality of radios (59) to receive and transmit radio frequency signals to and from antennas associated with that radio access node (50) and to receive and transmit packet data from and to the hub (35) using shared transport medium; wherein the radio frequency signals are received and transmitted by the radios (59) in accordance with at least two different air interfaces.
Abstract:
A method of operating a communications network and mobile user equipment (UE) in the network includes providing the UE with an algorithm usable with at least one input parameter to derive a quantity of interaction information according to the at least one input parameter, transmitting at least one said input parameter from the network to the UE, using the algorithm with the received at least one input parameter to derive a quantity of interaction information according to the received at least one parameter, and using the derived quantity of interaction information to determine at least one aspect of interaction between the UE and the network.
Abstract:
A method is provided for coordinating distributed radio resource management. The method comprises communicating information between a plurality of units having radio resource management responsibilities, wherein the communicated information is related to radio resources associated with each unit.
Abstract:
A channel configuration of a digital mobile communications system comprises two or more lower-rate transmission channels for each high-speed radio interface traffic channel between a base station (BTS) and an interworking function (IWF). Radio frames, such as EDGE frames, are transmitted over a radio interface traffic channel. Transmission frames, such as TRAU frames, are transmitted on transmission channels. The base station (BTS) and the interworking function (IWF) provide the transmission frames to be transmitted with frame and/or channel numbering which indicates the order of the transmitted frames and/or the transmission channel via whichthe transmission frame was transmitted. According to the invention, the base station (BTS) does not restore the order of the downlink transmission frames on the basis of said frame and/or channel numbering but it places the data of the transmission frames and at least the frame and/or channel numbering in the payload of the downlink radio frame to be transmitted. Instead, the mobile station (MS), which extracts the data and the frame and/or channel numbering of the transmission frames from the downlink radio frames, restores the correct order of the data on the basis of this numbering. The invention simplifies the structure of a base station.
Abstract:
Carrier data can be communicated between a carrier interface of the first radio base station node and a mobile switching center over a carrier bus according to a carrier protocol. In addition, bus data can be communicated between a bus interface of the first radio base station node and a second radio base station node over a radio base station bus according to a radio base station protocol that is different from the carrier protocol. Related radio communications systems and nodes are also discussed.