Abstract:
Method and arrangement for use in a node in a first system associated with a first frequency band for radio communication, for avoiding or reducing interference in a second frequency band associated with a second system, which second frequency band is adjacent to the first frequency band. The method comprises detecting activity of the second system in the second frequency band and determining characteristics of the second system current activity in the second frequency band. The method further comprises adjusting at least one parameter related to radio communication, based on said characteristics, such that interference to the second frequency band, from radio communication associated with the node, is adapted to the second system activity in said second frequency band.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method (30) for cell selection balancing in a wireless communication system (10) comprising at least a first and a second base station (11, 12) and at least one user equipment (1). The first and second base stations (11, 12) comprises at least one respective antenna (13, 14), for transmitting downlink signaling and receiving uplink signaling for communicating with the at least one user equipment (1). The method (30) comprises the steps of: receiving (31), in the first base station (11), information from the second base station (12), and adjusting (32), in the first base station (11), antenna settings ULmacro,ta, DLmacro,ta; ULpico,ta, DLpico,ta of the antenna (13) of the first base station (11) in dependence on the information. The invention also relates to computer program and computer program products.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for providing efficient utilization of spectrum in a cellular communication network that applies Almost Blank Subframes (ABSs) are disclosed. In general, the network includes an access node that applies ABSs in the downlink. In one embodiment, the access node identifies UEs for which transmissions are to be scheduled for the uplink using a scheduling scheme that does not require control information for every subframe. The access node then time-aligns scheduling instants of the UEs and subframes in the uplink that correspond to at least some of the ABSs in the downlink. In another embodiment, the access node identifies UEs for which transmissions are to be scheduled for the downlink using a scheduling scheme that does not require control information for every subframe. The access node then time-aligns scheduling instants of the UEs for the downlink and at least a subset of the ABSs in the downlink.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a UE and a RBSin a wireless communications system, enabling an efficient handover of the user equipment. The method comprises transmitting (810) a message to the serving radio base station, the message indicating the need for a handover to a cell of a target radio base station. It also comprises observing (820) an indication that a handover request transmitted by the serving radio base station is rejected by the target radio base station, and selecting (830) a recovery cell based on the observed indication when detecting a radio link failure.
Abstract:
Mobility parameters, such as those used in handoff decisions, are based on the speed of User Equipment (UE) (10), measured at two points. UE speed estimates are taken at both the UE (10) and base station (12), and the two speeds compared. If the speeds match (or differ by less than a predetermined amount), one or more mobility parameters are adapted based on the UE speed. These parameters may include time to trigger (TTT), time to satisfy (TTS), measurement time, forgetting factor, β, measurement period (Tm), handover prohibit timer, MeasurementReportingmargin, HOmargin, hysteresis, and the like. The UE speed comparison may be performed at the UE (10) or at the base station (12). In one embodiment, a plurality of UE speed ranges are defined (e.g., low, medium, high), with corresponding mobility parameter values associated with each range.
Abstract:
In one aspect, the present invention provides methods (400, 900) and apparatuses (22, 26, 40) for detecting that a wireless communication device (40) in a serving cell (24, 27) is experiencing excessive interference variance (68), detecting a transmission pattern (74) of interfering transmissions (46) giving rise to such variance, and correspondingly adjusting scheduling of the device (40) as a function of the detected transmission pattern (74), to at least partly avoid the interfering transmissions (46). An advantageous feature of such operation is that the determination of excessive interference variance (68) and the determination of the transmission pattern (74) associated with that varying interference can be done by a network node (22, 26), e.g., the device's serving base station (22, 26), or by the device (40), without requiring backhaul signaling or other inter-node cooperation in the network (20).
Abstract:
A base station node (BS) of a heterogeneous radio access network comprises a terminal locator (34) and a scheduler (36). The terminal locator (34) obtains an indication of location of a wireless terminal (30) in a cell served by the base station (BS), e.g., whether the wireless terminal (30) is in a center region (M) or an edge region (E) for the cell served by the base station node (BS). The scheduler (36) uses the indication of location to assign to the wireless terminal (30) a frequency of a frequency bandwidth usable by the heterogeneous radio access network. The scheduler (36) assigns a frequency from a partitioned portion of the frequency bandwidth if the cell served by the base station node is a micro cell and the wireless terminal is in an edge region of a micro cell. The scheduler (36) also assigns a frequency of the frequency bandwidth if the cell served by the base station node is a micro cell and the wireless terminal is in a center portion of the micro cell.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement (102, 104, 106, 202, 302, 304, 502, 504, 702, 704, 1000, 1014) for prioritizing one of multiple cell-related mobility decisions associated with multiple parallel mobility events being triggered, comprising recognizing parameter settings associated with at least two parallel mobility events being triggered (steps 406, 604; 806), evaluating the parameter settings for determining which cell-related mobility decision to prioritize (steps 408; 606; 808), and performing a task according to the cell-related prioritized mobility decision (steps 410, 608; 814), to achieve a cell re-selection in idle mode or a hand over in connected mode. By applying multiple parameter settings a better performance is achieved as can be seen by a reduced percentage of time a User Equipment (102, 202, 302, 502, 702, 1000) is not connected to the best cell.
Abstract:
A system includes a first device (110) to classify data as one of a control message or a non-control message, and provide the classification of the data to a second device (122). The second device (122) receives the classification of the data, receives information associated with a resource (460), calculates an expected interference associated with the resource (460) based on the information associated with the resource (460), and allocates, to the resource (460), data classified as a control message when the expected interference corresponds to a low expected interference.
Abstract:
The method according to the present invention provides synchronization in a heterogeneous mobile network, for the purpose of interoperability, of a wireless local area network, in which a medium is reserved for a certain service or user in radio channel reservation periods (702) of variable duration, to a radio access network, transmitting data in transmission time intervals of pre-defined duration (603). The variable duration of a radio channel reservation period (702) is defined such that it ends by a pre-defined time period (609) before the end of a transmission time interval (603). The method may be implemented in an access point (1400) of a heterogeneous network as well as in a mobile station (1500).