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公开(公告)号:US20190058518A1
公开(公告)日:2019-02-21
申请号:US16087573
申请日:2016-03-24
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Timo Koskela , Samuli Heikki Turtinen , Vinh Van Phan , Sami-Jukka Hakola , Juho Mikko Oskari Pirskanen
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04W76/28 , H04W72/04 , H04B7/0408
Abstract: A method comprises determining at a communication device for a set of beams provided by one or more access points if a respective beam satisfies a threshold. A set of beams comprises one or more communication beams and each access point provides a plurality of communication beams. In dependence on the determining, an indication is be transmitted to at least one access point.
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公开(公告)号:US11101851B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US15777903
申请日:2015-11-23
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Esa Tapani Tiirola
Abstract: A technique is provided for beamforming training, including: transmitting, by a network node, common control signaling via a plurality of beams periodically according to a predetermined beam sweeping pattern, and transmitting, via a set of one or more beams in each of one or more sequential time-domain resources, an aperiodic downlink sounding burst to at least one user device to allow the at least one user device to perform beamforming training.
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公开(公告)号:US11057185B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16741818
申请日:2020-01-14
Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
Inventor: Esa T. Tiirola , Kari P. Pajukoski , Sami-Jukka Hakola
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for NR PUCCH coverage extension are disclosed. A plurality of slots to be allocated for a user equipment may be determined by a base station. One or more control data blocks in one or more of the slots may be mapped to at least one of: a short physical uplink control channel and a long physical uplink control channel based on a type of the one or more slots, wherein the type of the slots includes one of: an uplink-only slot; a bi-directional, uplink slot; and a bi-directional, downlink slot. The plurality of slots may be allocated to the user equipment, and uplink control information on the one or more control data blocks may be received from the user equipment.
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公开(公告)号:US20200212980A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16813711
申请日:2020-03-09
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Esa Tapani Tiirola
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04W48/08 , H04B7/0408 , H04W16/28 , H04W48/16 , H04B7/0452
Abstract: There is provided a solution for transmitting periodic signals in a cell. According to an aspect a method comprises in a network node: generating a plurality of radio beams in a cell, wherein said plurality of radio beams comprise a plurality of beamforming configurations, and wherein at least one radio beam comprised in the plurality of radio beams comprises a discovery signal transmission; determining, for the at least one radio beam, whether or not at least one terminal device is located in a coverage area of the at least one radio beam; defining a transmission periodicity of the discovery signal transmission on the basis of said determining.
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公开(公告)号:US20200169307A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16775199
申请日:2020-01-28
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Esa Tapani Tiirola , Kari Pekka Pajukoski
IPC: H04B7/06 , H04B7/0413 , H04W72/04
Abstract: An aspect of the invention is in relation to an apparatus comprising:at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: allocate, by a network node, at least one sector portion beam radiation pattern for downlink common control signaling; configure the downlink common control signaling in a sector portion beam radiation pattern specific manner; define a sector portion beam radiation pattern based association between the downlink common control signaling configuration and an uplink signaling configuration, and convey information on the association for uplink signaling.
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公开(公告)号:US10581584B2
公开(公告)日:2020-03-03
申请号:US15720342
申请日:2017-09-29
Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
Inventor: Esa T. Tiirola , Kari P. Pajukoski , Sami-Jukka Hakola
Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for NR PUCCH coverage extension are disclosed. A plurality of slots to be allocated for a user equipment may be determined by a base station. One or more control data blocks in one or more of the slots may be mapped to at least one of: a short physical uplink control channel and a long physical uplink control channel based on a type of the one or more slots, wherein the type of the slots includes one of: an uplink-only slot; a bi-directional, uplink slot; and a bi-directional, downlink slot. The plurality of slots may be allocated to the user equipment, and uplink control information on the one or more control data blocks may be received from the user equipment.
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公开(公告)号:US10574326B2
公开(公告)日:2020-02-25
申请号:US15757930
申请日:2015-09-14
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Esa Tapani Tiirola
Abstract: There is provided a solution for efficient communications in a cellular communication system employing beamforming transmissions. In an embodiment, a terminal device (120) carries out the following: scanning for at least one message amongst a plurality of radio beams (112, 114) in a cell (100) according to a search space defining a plurality of scanning configurations; measuring a signal quality of at least one radio beam in the cell; adapting the search space on the basis of the measured signal quality; and performing said scanning for the at least one message according to the adapted search space.
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公开(公告)号:US20190165851A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-30
申请号:US16300721
申请日:2017-03-01
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Esa Tapani Tiirola , Sami-Jukka Hakola , Kari Pekka Pajukoski
Abstract: There is provided a subframe arrangement for use in wireless communications between a relay node and a base station and between a user equipment and at least one of the base station and relay node, the subframe arrangement comprising a plurality of symbols and a downlink control portion comprising at least one symbol having a first portion allocatable to a first downlink control channel transmission, wherein the first downlink control channel transmission is from the base station to the relay node, an uplink control portion comprising at least one symbol having a first portion allocatable to a first uplink control channel transmission, wherein the first uplink control channel transmission is from the relay node to the base station, a data portion allocatable to one of one of uplink and downlink data transmission, wherein the data transmission is between the relay node and the base station, and wherein symbol timing of the subframe arrangement is different to the symbol timing of a subframe arrangement for use solely in wireless communications between a user equipment and at least one of the base station and a relay node.
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公开(公告)号:US20190089420A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-21
申请号:US16099687
申请日:2016-05-10
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Timo Koskela , Samuli Heikki Turtinen , Juha Pekka Karjalainen , Sami-Jukka Hakola , Mihai Enescu
IPC: H04B7/0408 , H04B7/08 , H04B7/06
CPC classification number: H04B7/0408 , H04B7/0417 , H04B7/0617 , H04B7/0639 , H04B7/0695 , H04B7/088 , H04W24/02
Abstract: A method comprising: performing one or more measurements in a user device to determine a plurality of beam groups, each beam group associating at least one receive beam direction of a user device and at least one transmit beam direction of an access point; and causing information on said beam groups to be transmitted to said access point.
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公开(公告)号:US20180351624A1
公开(公告)日:2018-12-06
申请号:US15757930
申请日:2015-09-14
Applicant: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Inventor: Sami-Jukka Hakola , Esa Tapani Tiirola
CPC classification number: H04B7/0632 , H04B7/0617 , H04B7/0695 , H04L1/0001 , H04W16/28
Abstract: There is provided a solution for efficient communications in a cellular communication system employing beamforming transmissions. In an embodiment, a terminal device (120) carries out the following: scanning for at least one message amongst a plurality of radio beams (112, 114) in a cell (100) according to a search space defining a plurality of scanning configurations; measuring a signal quality of at least one radio beam in the cell; adapting the search space on the basis of the measured signal quality; and performing said scanning for the at least one message according to the adapted search space.
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