Abstract:
Apparatus and method for communication are provided. The solution comprises communicating on a synchronized shared channel having a frame structure comprising symbols; receiving from a network element a given number for each frame or sub frame, and during the given number of symbol periods in the beginning of a frame or sub frame measuring interference and making a decision whether to transmit or not during the rest of the symbol periods of the frame or sub frame.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating quality of service control. A method may include receiving, at a terminal apparatus, a set of one or more quality of service parameters provisioned by a serving network apparatus. The method may further include determining a configuration setting for controlling quality of service for a device-to-device connection between the terminal apparatus and another device based at least in part on at least one received quality of service parameter. The method may additionally include causing implementation of the determined configuration setting. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.
Abstract:
The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer programs and computer-readable media for controlling mode change from a normal cellular communication mode to a machine-to-machine or device-to-device communication mode and to ensure sequence number synchronization between a sender and receiver ends when said mode change is performed. The mode change control is performed by controlling the duration of the transition period for switching from the cellular communication mode to the machine-to-machine or device-to-device mode and by using a temporary server for transmission of a desired data flow or by sending at least one dummy packet.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to provide network access credentials and network access to a remote device via a proxy device. In some example embodiments, a method is provided that comprises receiving a request for network access credentials from a remote device. In some example embodiments, the network access credentials comprise identification information related to at least one SIM. The method of this embodiment may also include determining whether network access credentials are available for the remote device. The method of this embodiment may also include causing the network access credentials to be provided to the remote device in an instance in which network access credentials are available for the remote device. In some example embodiments, the network access credentials enable access to a network by the remote device via one or more proxy devices
Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to efficiently establish communications regardless of the radio resource control (RRC) state of the device that issues the discovery signal. In regards to a method, a cell identification and/or tracking area code is associated with a discovery signal. Thereafter, the method causes a discovery signal to be transmitted to discover another device with which to establish communications. The method also receives a paging signal in response to the discovery signal and causes communications to be established in response to the paging signal. By associating a cell identification and/or a tracking area code with at least part of the discovery signal, the paging signals may be focused in the cell and/or tracking area in which the device that issued the discovery signal is located, even when the device is in an RRC Idle state.
Abstract:
An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of channel conditions associated with primary communication involving at least one primary mobile communication device and a network communication node, and determining, at a secondary mobile communication device, primary communication resources to be utilized for secondary communication by the secondary mobile communication device based on the information indicative of the channel conditions. A corresponding method is also provided.
Abstract:
There is provided a method including obtaining, by a user terminal capable to perform direct device-to-device, D2D, communication with another user terminal, information indicating tracking area-specific resources for a D2D discovery process; and applying the obtained tracking area-specific resources in performing the D2D discovery process within the tracking area, wherein the D2D discovery process is for discovering D2D communication capable devices in the tracking area over an air interface of a cellular network.
Abstract:
There is provided a mechanism for registering and attaching a UE to a D2D discovery function. After identifying an ID information of at least one PLMN assigned for a D2D discovery and communication, a request for registering and attaching the UE to the D2D discovery function at the identified PLNM is sent to the network. The network sends a grant for the D2D discovery together with an indication corresponding to an identity of the at least one PLMN used for communicating resources dedicated to the D2D discovery and communication.
Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments are concerned with method of controlling transmission of a set of transmissions from a source device to at least one destination device according to a multicast transmission scheme, the set of transmissions comprising including random linear network coded packets that are to be multicast by the source device to the destination devices. These embodiments differ from this conventional approach in that the number of packets that are encoded for multicast transmission or the rate of transmission thereof is configured using feedback from the destination devices regarding their progress in decoding a previously multicast set of transmissions.