Abstract:
The method and arrangement according to the present invention relates to of scheduling and coding in communication systems utilizing automatic repeat request (ARQ) and/or multihop scheduling and forwarding. According to the inventive method the receiving nodes selectively stores received information, also overheard information, as a priori information and feed back information about their respective stored a priori information to a sending node. The sending node forms composite data packets by jointly encoding and scheduling multiple data packets, which composite data packets are transmitted to receiving nodes. Upon receiving a composite data packet the receiving nodes uses their stored a priori information in the process of extracting data for themselves from the composite data packets.
Abstract:
This invention extends routing mechanisms that use link metrics for route selection so that: A link metric cross correlation vector is determined for all links, where each element in the vector corresponds to some other link, and reflects the change in the link metric value if a data flow would already use this other link. The invention further describes a specific embodiment where all cross-correlating links are adjacent to each other, i.e., they terminate or originate in a common node. A mechanism is described to create an extended routing graph. This extended graph permits the use of standard polynomial time algorithms that simultaneously construct the optimal route and find the optimal route metric (such as shortest-path algorithms) also for the adjacent link cross-correlating case.
Abstract:
Packets may be routed in a heterogeneous communications network as follows: for a set of packets comprising at least one packet to be transmitted from a sending node, said sending node being able to handle communication according to at least two access technologies, - selecting in a selection unit in the sending node an access technology for use when transmitting the set of packets, - selecting a receiving node in the network to which to transmit the set of packets among nodes in the network that are able to handle said selected access technology - transmitting the set of packets to the selected receiving node using the selected access technology. Alternatively, a set of packets may be transmitted to one or more nodes using at least two different access technologies. Depending on the transmission quality, one node may be selected to forward the set of packets.
Abstract:
In a multihop communications network a cost determination method includes determining a plurality of simultaneously potential or favorable next hop nodes for at least one of the nodes between a source and a destination node pair, whereby a mesh-like path comprising a plurality of simultaneously potential routes or paths is defined between the source and destination node. This mesh-like structure is typically determined in a distributed manner and results from a cost optimization process. The cost optimization should preferably consider stochastic variations that for example are caused by the wireless medium.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a communication device (9) and a method that are capable of downloading and upgrading terminal software of the device (9) over-the-air in a efficient and fail-safe manner. The method for providing such a communication device (9) with radiosoftware from a server (1) via a wireless network (19) including a number of access networks(5, 7) comprises the steps of: initiating a download of radio software of a first radio access technology (15, 17) of the communication device (9); selecting a radio access technology (15, 17)of the communication device (9) for downloading the software; downloading the radio software viathe available radio access technology (15, 17), wherein the radio software designed for the first radioaccess technology (15, 17) is stored in a memory space of the storing means (13). Furthermore, thepresent invention relates to a system in a wireless network (19) including such a communication deviceand a computer readable medium comprising instructions for executing the method according to thepresent invention.
Abstract:
A multiple path information transfer system in a cellular radio network includes several receivers (BS-1, …, BS-N) for receiving radio signals representing digital information from at least one signal source. From each received radio signal a corresponding digitized baseband signal that contains soft information is extracted. Compressing units (10) compress the soft information to produce compressed baseband signals. These compressed signals are forwarded to a combining unit over a transport network. A de-compressor (16) de-compresses the forwarded signals to at least approximately restore the baseband signals. The de-compressed signals are combined (18-22) and the combined signal is decoded to at least approximately restore the digital information.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to high data rate communications, and more especially it relates to line of sight, LOS, multiple input multiple output, MIMO, communications links and antenna configuration for LOS MIMO links, particularly radio links and optical wireless links.
Abstract:
A wireless communication system having multiple interfering communication resources is considered. A power control procedure is based on assigning (Sl) a common control parameter to the considered communication resources, and using the control parameter together with a unique power control condition (S2) for determining the individual transmit power parameters of the communication resources. In particular, the idea is to determine, for each one of at least a subset of said communication resources, an individual transmit power parameter based on a power control condition implying that the total received power divided with the path gam of the communication resource should correspond to the common control parameter (S2). The determined transmit power parameters are then used for controlling (S3) the transmit powers of the corresponding communication resources. By using the proposed power control condition when determining the transmit power parameters, and then adapting the transmit data rates according to the resulting link quality, it is possible to maximize aggregate data rate for any given amount of total invested power.
Abstract:
The inventors have envisioned a multihop network scenario in which nodes are equipped with advanced multi-antenna arrangements, and recognized the advantage of exploring the presence of such advanced antenna arrangements in multihop network nodes for the specific purpose of determining link cost for routing in the network. A basic idea of the invention is therefore to determine link cost (S3) for a wireless link between a pair of nodes in the network based on multi-channel characteristics between the nodes, where at least one of the nodes is configured for operation with multiple antennas to provide for multiple channels. These multi-channel characteristics may for example be determined based on explicit channel matrix estimation (S1) and/or the number of transmit and receive antennas (S2) or other information on the antenna capabilities of the involved nodes. The determined link cost information may subsequently be used together with additional routing cost information for route determination (S4), and packet forwarding (S5).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to quality-based scheduling of data in wireless networks (1). In this scheduling, quality information (30) representing the degree of decodability of previously transmitted but not correctly received and not successfully decoded data packets (10) is estimated in receiving communications nodes (200). This quality information (30) is reported back to the node (100) that transmitted the packet (10). The quality information (30) will be used by the transmitting node (100) when scheduling subsequent data transmissions. In this scheduling process, at least one of selection of: I) receiving node(s) (200), to which a second data packet (20) is to be forwarded; ii) a type of the data in the second packet (20); and/or iii) a data flow, to which the second packet (20) belongs, is performed based on the quality information (30).