Abstract:
The invention relates to service control in a telecommunications network which includes customer terminals (CT) and servers (SP) for offering services to the customers. The service is provided by transmitting information to the customer terminal, and the customer pays for the service by sending payment messages. To achieve a versatile control system for controlling the provision of the service, the system maintains a control parameter whose value is dependent (1) on the service price and on the moments of change in the service price, and (2) on the payments made and on the moments in time that the payments are made. The value of the control parameter is compared to a threshold (TT), and the provision of the service is stopped when the value of the control parameter has reached the threshold.
Abstract:
A method of communication between a first node and a second node for a system where a plurality of different channels is provided between said first and second node. The method comprises the step of calculating an integrity output. The integrity output is calculated from a plurality of values, some of said values being the same for said different channels. At least one of said values is arranged to comprise information relating to the identity of said channel, each channel having a different identity. After the integrity output has been calculated, Information relating to the integrity output is transmitted from one of said nodes to the other.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for implementing a queue, particularly a FIFO queue, in a memory (MEM) and to a memory arrangement. In order to enable reducing the amount of copying particularly in a functional environment, at least part of the queue is formed with a tree-shaped data structure (A, B) known per se, having nodes at several different hierarchy levels, wherein an individual node can be (i) an internal node (N1-N3) containing at least one pointer pointing to a node lower in the tree-shaped hierarchy or (ii) a leaf node (N4-N6) containing at least one pointer to data unit (1 . . . 6) stored in the memory or at least one data unit. A given maximum number of pointers that an individual node can contain is defined for the nodes. The additions to be made to said part are directed in the tree-shaped data structure to the first non-full node (N4), seen from below, on a predetermined first edge of the data structure and they are further implemented in such a way that the leaf nodes remain at the same hierarchy level of the tree-shaped data structure, wherein when a non-full node is not present, new nodes are created to maintain the leaf nodes at the same hierarchy level. The deletions to be made from said part are typically directed to the leaf node on the opposite edge of the tree.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the protection against over-voltage situations in a telecommunications network. Especially, the invention relates to fault situations that are generated by a power distribution network. The idea of the invention is to protect the telecommunication equipment against any overvoltage caused by an external source. The invention uses a detector core around cables through which a common mode fault current goes. The subscriber line cables or the power & ground cables form a primary coil in a transformer. The transformer's secondary coil forms an output current, preferably for converting equipment that converts the fault current information into a suitable form for operational devices that perform a desired protection action.
Abstract:
A filter according to an embodiment of the invention actively adapts terminal equipment and a subscriber line to each other by conforming to the electric properties of the subscriber line. Then the filter virtually changes the electric properties of the subscriber line more advantageous for the terminal equipment.
Abstract:
The present invention is based on the idea that the base transceiver station can make a decision as to changing transmission diversity in response to the power control message sent by the mobile station. The decision to change transmission diversity is made, for instance, on the basis of the result obtained from filtering the power control requests. For example, filtering can be carried out using a sliding window that contains power control information on the basis of which the decision is made. It is not necessary for the mobile station to transmit a special request to change transmission diversity; instead, the decision on changing transmission diversity is made by the base transceiver station in response to the power control information that the mobile station would, in any case, send to the base transceiver station.
Abstract:
An access control system for controlling access by wireless terminals to a wireless telecommunications network, the access control system comprising: a database storing the identities of a set of wireless terminals belonging to the telecommunications network; a configurable store for storing a supplementary access value indicative of whether terminals that do not belong to the telecommunications network may access the network; and an access control unit for receiving an access request message indicating the identity of a wireless terminal and in response to that message accessing the database and/or the store to permit access by the wireless terminal to the wireless telecommunications network if: a. the identity of the wireless terminal is present in the database; or b. the supplementary access value indicates that terminals that do not belong to the telecommunications network may access the network.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a monitoring method and monitoring arrangement, which receives a parallel-mode signal transferred to the arrangement by using a clock signal. The monitoring arrangement comprises a counter counting clock signals, a monitoring means, a control means, a second means and a first means where the parallel-mode signal is transferred by using the clock signal, the signal being converted to seemingly serial mode in the first means which transfers the signal it has converted to serial mode to the first means one bit at a time by using the above mentioned clock signal. The first and second means transfer their seemingly serial-mode output signals to the monitoring means which searches the received signals for a predetermined bit pattern where the control means locks to. On the basis of the number of the clock signals it has counted, the counter defines the signal point to be monitored.
Abstract:
In a communication device that includes an antenna array including multiple antennas, a method and apparatus is provided for determining whether to employ an antenna array beamforming technique. The communication device determines a bearing from the communication device to the communication unit and a direction of arrival for a signal received from the communication unit by the communication device via each of the multiple antennas. In addition, the communication device determines a distance from the communication device to the communication unit, and also determines multiple signal quality metrics based on multiple signals received by the communication device from the communication unit. The communication device then determines whether to employ an antenna array beamforming technique based on any one or more of the determined bearing and the determined direction of arrival, the determined distance, or the determined signal quality metrics.
Abstract:
Simplifying functions representing raised sine or cosine curves to functions representing simple sine or cosine curves makes it possible to implement an electrical equivalent circuit for a ramp generator. The core of the ramp generator with an output power level controller is second-order direct-form feedback structure (60), which forms a digital sinusoidal oscillator. The initial values of two state variables x2(n), x2(nnull1) of the oscillator are chosen so that they both contain a predetermined first constant value. This first constant value will emerge as the amplitude value of the pure sine wave generated by the oscillator. Particularly the first constant value is equal to the desired nominal level A of the ramp minus the starting level. A second constant value (Anulldc) is added to the oscillator output. The added result is scaled (66) so that the nominal power level is A. A multiplexer (67) keeps the power level between the ramps constant.