Abstract:
This invention provides a method of operating a transmitting node in a wireless telecommunications network, wherein the transmitting node is configured to transmit data to a first receiving node, the method comprising the steps of: determining that a first spatial path count for transmissions between the transmitting node and first receiving node satisfies a first Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio, SINR, threshold and a first capacity threshold; and causing the transmitting node to use the determined first spatial path count in transmissions to the first receiving node.
Abstract:
Cellular telecommunications network including a first and second base station, the first base station having a first interface for communicating with a first cellular core networking node and a second interface for wirelessly communicating with the second base station, the second base station being mobile and having a first interface for wirelessly communicating with the first base station and a second interface for communicating with a User Equipment, UE, wherein the UE's user traffic is transmitted between the first cellular core networking node and the UE via the first and second base stations, the method comprising the steps of: determining a first identity of a third base station and a second identity of a fourth base station, wherein an overlap of the third and fourth base stations' respective coverage areas cover a route of the second base station; determining a time of arrival of the second base station within the overlap; determining a first configuration parameter of the third base station and a second configuration parameter of the fourth base station in advance of the second base station's time of arrival; based on the determined first configuration parameter of the third base station, initiating a handover of the second base station to the third base station; and configuring a transmission of the second base station based on the determined second configuration parameter of the fourth base station.
Abstract:
A method, UE and basestation are provided, wherein the UE is configured to send battery status data to the basestation and, in response, the basestation is adapted to improve the Quality of Service for the UE.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method, and a controller for implementing said method, of controlling a transmitting node in a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network including a receiving node, wherein the transmitting node includes a plurality of antenna ports, the method comprising the steps of: determining a count of antenna ports, being one or more of the transmitting node's plurality of antenna ports, to use in communications with the receiving node based on: a balance between a first performance metric related to a coherence interval and having a positive relationship with the count of antenna ports and a second performance metric related to the coherence interval and having a negative relationship with the count of antenna ports, and/or a measure of the coherence interval in communications with the receiving node; and causing the transmitting node to use the count of antenna ports in communications with the receiving node.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method of operating a cellular telecommunications network, and to a first base station and a UE for implementing the method, the method comprising the steps of: receiving data from an external sensor indicating a first change in a propagation environment between the UE and the base station; and, in response, reconfiguring a connectivity property for the UE.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method in a cellular communications network, and apparatus for performing said method, the method comprising the steps of: analysing block error rate data to determine a number of block error rate events, the block error rate data relating to a connection between a User Equipment, UE, and a first base station in a cellular communications network and the block error rate event being an instance of the block error rate exceeding a first threshold value; determining whether the number of block error rate events in a predetermined time period exceeds a second threshold value; and, if so, performing a physical cell identifier conflict resolution operation
Abstract:
An autonomous vehicle having wireless access communications access point equipment is arranged to set up a base station in a coverage "hole" by scanning to detect transmissions from another wireless communications access point (step 104), and determines a direction in which quality of coverage from the other wireless communications access point 1 decreases (step 105), and directs the autonomous vehicle to move in the direction of decreasing coverage (step 103, 113) until it reaches a limit of coverage (106), at which point it hands over to another base station or, if no further base station is available, sets up as a wireless communications point connecting through the last base station to a backhaul connection.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method of allocating a resource in a network of small cells, and a device for implementing said method, the method comprising the steps of: a first small cell detecting that its resource demand exceeds its resource allocation; the first small cell selecting a new resource that is being used by a second small cell; and the first small cell allocating the new resource to either the first or second small cell, wherein the probability the new resource is allocated to the first small cell is based on the first small cell's resource demand.
Abstract:
This invention provides a device and method of aligning a transmission frame in a Time Division Duplexing, TDD, network, wherein the transmission frame includes a sequence of units separated by transition points, wherein each unit includes one or more resource slots in a transmission direction, the method comprising the steps of: allocating a transmit power level to a plurality of resource slots in a unit, wherein a transmit power for a first resource slot of the plurality of resource slots is greater than the transmit power for a second resource slot of the plurality of resource slots; measuring the transmit power of a TDD transmission received from an external node to determine a peak transmit power of the received TDD transmission; and substantially aligning the first resource slot to coincide with the peak transmit power of the received TDD transmission.
Abstract:
This invention provides a method of configuring a wireless telecommunications network, the wireless telecommunications network including a first wireless transmitter, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining data indicating an amount of data transmitted by the first wireless transmitter in each Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, of a plurality of MCS; estimating a received signal strength change for the first wireless transmitter when using a first candidate configuration; estimating a first spectral efficiency for the first candidate configuration based on the amount of data transmitted by the first wireless transmitter in each MCS of the plurality of MCS and the received signal strength change for the first wireless transmitter when using the first candidate configuration; comparing the estimated first spectral efficiency for the first candidate configuration to a reference spectral efficiency; and causing a reconfiguration of the wireless telecommunications network based on the comparison.