Abstract:
A method in a first user equipment (UE 1) connectable to a second user equipment (UE 2) via a communication network or via a direct radio communication link, of using a direct radio communication link for communication between the UEs is initiated when one of the UEs receives probe signaling information comprising a first probe token via the communication network. The UEs exchange probe signaling messages including a second and/or the first probe token at least partly according to the probe signaling information, such that one of the UEs can compare the probe tokens, generate a probing report and provide the probing report to the communication network, or to the opposite UE for evaluation in case of a successful comparison and such that a direct radio communication link can be used for communication with UE 2 in response to receiving instructions to use the second direct radio communication link from the entity by which the probing report was evaluated.
Abstract:
Methods and arrangements for use in a respective node and mobile terminal in a first system associated with a first frequency band for radio communication, for supporting 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 for use in the node comprises detecting activity of the second system in the second frequency band and adjusting the bandwidth used by the node for communication, based on characteristics of the detected current activity of the second system in the second frequency band, 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. The method further comprises providing information of said adjustment to at least one mobile terminal. Further, information of said adjustment could be provided to neighboring nodes.
Abstract:
Devices, systems and methods for mitigating the interference introduced by mobile relay nodes in a heterogeneous network are described. The techniques described apply fractional frequency reuse and power controlled beamforming to mitigate such interference.
Abstract:
A method is provided for operating a radio network node of a radio communications network, A wireless de vice (700, 702) in a cell (1 10) of a first radio network node (1 12, 1200, 802) may be identified as having at least one iranstnission- specific property that affects a sensitivity to interference. Data identifying the at least one transmission -specific property corresponding to the wireless device (700, 702) in the cell (1 10) of the first radio network node (1 12, 1200, 802) is sent, from the first radio network node ( 1 12, 1200, 802) to a second radio network node (1 12, 1200, 804) that includes at least a portion of an overlapping cell (1 10) relative to the first radio network node. Related methods in radio network nodes and apparatuses are disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for deactivating a first node in a communication network' includes determining, in a first tiirte period, a number (A) of active mobile UE devices in a first network cell; determining a number i'B) of static UE devices in the first network cell; and determining a number (C) of requests for direct D2D communication from UE devices in the first network cell. The method includes estimating a number of active UE devices in the first network cell for a second time period, based on one or more of A,.8, and C and determining whether the estimated number of active UE devices is less than a threshold. If so, the method includes transmitting a 'request to a second node to take over communication with one or more of the UE devices. If the request is accepted by the second node, the first node is deactivated.
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:
Systems and methods for Mobile Relay Node (18), MRN, based Coordinated Multipoint, CoMP, operation in a cellular communications network (10) are disclosed. In one embodiment, MRN (18) based CoMP operation is utilized to provide interference mitigation for wireless devices (16), preferably at the cell edge area.
Abstract:
A system (120) and method (135, 145) for reducing signaling overhead related to scheduling of uplink and downlink radio resources to wireless devices such as sensors or Machine-to-Machine, M2M, devices (122) that are primarily stationary in a cellular network (124). Time-frequency channel conditions have a much lower variance for these stationary devices as compared to other mobile devices in the network. Hence, the (semi)stationary channel can be estimated over time with the help of statistical methods and machine learning techniques, and stationary devices can be instructed to stop reporting uplink and/or downlink channel-related information to the network until further notice. When performance degradation is noticed by the base station (126), the scheduler (239) may instruct the device to resume its channel condition reporting. This solution also reduces the energy consumed within the stationary devices due to significant reductions in the number of channel measurements, their processing, and reporting.
Abstract:
Devices and methods for adjustmeresoarce management procedures based on machine device capability information are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for adjusting resource management procedures in a machine device communicating with a node operating in a communication network includes receiving a first message from the machine device, the first message including machine device capability information, processing the received machine device capability information to determine an adjustment to a resource management procedure, and transmitting a second message to the machine device, the second message including the determined resource management procedure adjustment- The first and second messages may be radio resource control (RRC) messages, such as RRC connection request and setupmessages.