33 results about "Radio coverage" patented technology

A method for transmitting a service time interval or service time information to a user equipment in a mobile communication network includes: transmitting, by a base station entity, reference location information and the service time information to the user equipment, wherein the reference location information relates to the currently covered area or a part thereof, and the service time information relates to a time at which the base station entity is likely to stop serving the currently covered area. The mobile communication network is or at least comprises a part corresponding to or being a non-terrestrial network. The user equipment is served by a base station entity being part of that non-terrestrial network or that non-terrestrial network part. The base station entity has or is provided with—in view of serving or providing radio coverage to the user equipment—at least an antenna entity or functionality.

An apparatus configured to: receive a configuration for monitoring behavior; determine whether the apparatus is in a first radio coverage area based, at least partially, on the received configuration; determine a monitoring behavior based on whether the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a first monitoring behavior based on a determination that the apparatus is in the first radio coverage area, wherein the monitoring behavior comprises a second monitoring behavior based on a determination that the apparatus is outside the first radio coverage area, wherein the first monitoring behavior is at least partially different from the second monitoring behavior; and perform the determined monitoring behavior.

Channel autocorrelation in a radio coverage map is described. An apparatus is configured to provide a network node with at least one channel autocorrelation measurement pilot, indicating channel information of a communication channel and location information associated with a UE, based on a configuration associated with the periodic transmission of at least one channel autocorrelation measurement pilot. The apparatus is configured to communicate with the network node based on a channel autocorrelation map associated with the at least one channel autocorrelation measurement pilot indicating the communication channel and the location information associated with the UE.

A method for enabling communication between a user equipment and a mobile communication network includes: operating an antenna entity or functionality or configuring the antenna entity or functionality such that the shape of a coverage area of a radio cell is configured or configurable in a predefined manner other than circular or elliptical. The mobile communication network is or at least comprises a part corresponding to or being a non-terrestrial network. The user equipment is served by a base station entity which is part of that non-terrestrial network or that non-terrestrial network part. The base station entity has or is provided with—in view of serving or providing radio coverage to the user equipment—at least the antenna entity or functionality.

The invention relates to a method for using a user equipment with a mobile communication network in view of an increased validity and / or verifiability of positional information related to the user equipment, the mobile communication network comprising a core network and a radio access network, wherein the radio access network is or at least comprises a part corresponding to a non-terrestrial network, wherein the user equipment is served by a base station entity being part of that non-terrestrial network or that non-terrestrial network part, wherein the base station entity has or is provided with – in view of serving or providing radio coverage to the user equipment – at least an antenna entity or functionality being either a satellite-based antenna entity or functionality, or an antenna entity or functionality based on a high-altitude platform, the antenna entity or functionality providing radio coverage to a radio cell, wherein the positional information related to the user equipment is generated using a global navigation satellite system, wherein the user equipment comprises a global navigation satellite system receiver entity or functionality in order to be able to generate positional information related to the user equipment, wherein, in order to increase the validity and / or verifiability of the positional information related to the user equipment, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment receives, from the base station entity or from the core network, a specific position request information, -- in a second step, the user equipment transmits – to the base station entity or to the core network and in response to the specific position request information – an enhanced set of positional information instead of solely its calculated positional information.

The technology described herein is directed towards remotely controlling the direction and the signal strength of a beam reflected from a reconfigurable intelligent surface. A modular design of interconnected, communicatively coupled fundamental modules of unit cells facilitates a straightforward assembly process in which the aperture of the reconfigurable intelligent surface can be scaled by tiling together the modules. The reconfigurable intelligent surface aperture can be remotely fine-tuned with respect to gain and beam reflection direction upon receiving a control signal (e.g., a nine-bit digital code through infrared). Depending on a given scenario, the reflected beam be controlled to reflect an electromagnetic wave (e.g., mmWave) as a concentrated, high-gain coverage beam in a specified direction, a more expansive, low-gain coverage area beam in the specified direction, or something in between, e.g., medium signal strength and medium coverage area.

A user equipment supporting carrier aggregation and dual connectivity performs measurements for conditional switching with a secondary cell group. The measurement includes a measurement of a plurality of non-serving neighbor cells, the plurality of non-serving neighbor cells including: a non-serving neighbor cell providing radio coverage in a first serving frequency and at least one non-serving neighbor cell providing radio coverage in a second serving frequency, and at least one further non-serving neighbor cell providing radio coverage in a non-serving frequency or in a second serving frequency. The user equipment generates a measurement report that includes an indication of a result of the measurements.

A computer implemented method for managing radio resources used by UEs in a cellular communication network. The communication network includes a plurality of radio resources, each radio resource defining a dimension of a multidimensional radio space over which the communication network extends. The method is performed by a management node and includes determining that a UE fulfils a location condition with respect to a region of the communication network, and providing to the UE a distributed resource management model for the region of the communication network, the distributed resource management model having a radio coverage model including defining radio characteristics of radio zones in the region. The distributed resource management model is operable for use, by the UE, to identify a radio resource action for execution by the UE. Also disclosed are a method performed by a UE, a management node, a UE and a computer readable storage medium.

A wireless control system comprises a plurality of local stations linked by a communication network. Each local station transmits, in a respective radio coverage area, an enduring status signal. An autonomous vehicle is authorized to move while it receives the status signal. When an emergency stop switch of the local station is activated, the local station interrupts its transmission of the status signal. It also instructs one or more further local stations, to which it is linked by a communication network, to interrupt their transmission of the status signal. In this way, the activation of the local emergency stop switch will have effect throughout the control system and will eventually bring all autonomous vehicles to a halt.

A communications device configures its transceiver circuitry to transmit uplink signals to and / or to receive downlink signals from one or more non-terrestrial network infrastructure equipment forming part of a non-terrestrial network (NTN) and to transmit uplink signal to and / or to receive uplink signals from one or more terrestrial network infrastructure equipment forming part of a terrestrial network (TN). The configuring includes establishing a dual connectivity mode in which the one or more TN infrastructure equipment is a master network and the one or more NTN infrastructure equipment is a secondary network. The communications device transmits data to or receives data from the TN infrastructure equipment via a first wireless access interface provided by the TN as a master network using the configured transceiver circuitry and de-activates the transceiver circuitry configured for transmitting and receiving data via a second wireless access interface provided by the NTN as a secondary network. The communications device detects a likely loss or reduction of a radio coverage of the first wireless access interface provided by the TN, determines a timing required for synchronisation with the NTN, and activates the transceiver circuitry to transmit and to receive data via the second wireless access interface provided by the NTN using the indication of the timing received from the TN for synchronisation with the NTN. By detecting that there is likely to be a loss or reduction of a radio coverage of a wireless access interface provided by the TN, and determining the timing required for synchronisation with the NTN, the communications device can transmit or receive user data with a reduced likelihood of an interruption of communication of the user data when the UE required to transmit and to receive via a wireless access interface provided by the NTN rather than the TN.

The invention relates to a method for using a user equipment with a mobile communication network and / or for energy-saving operation of the user equipment with the mobile communication network, wherein the mobile communications network provides communications services to the user equipment using a radio access network serving the user equipment or providing radio coverage to the user equipment, where at least a portion of the radio access network corresponds to a terrestrial radio access network providing radio access network functionality to the user equipment, additional or complementary radio access network functionality can be provided to the user equipment by means of a non-terrestrial radio access network, the user equipment being capable of switching or switching to be provided with radio access network functionality by means of a terrestrial radio access network or by means of a non-terrestrial radio access network, in order to use or operate the user equipment in the event of low functionality or absence of a radio access network which is provided or can be provided by means of the terrestrial radio access network, the method comprises the following steps:-in a first step, the user equipment is served by the terrestrial radio access network, -in a second step, the user equipment applies a delay time interval prior to initiating a cell selection procedure with respect to at least the non-terrestrial radio access network,-in a third step, the user equipment applies a delay time interval prior to initiating a cell selection procedure with respect to the non-terrestrial radio access network. -in the event that a loss of radio coverage provided by the terrestrial radio access network is still detected upon expiration of the delay time interval, the user equipment initiates a cell selection procedure with respect to the non-terrestrial radio access network and alternatively initiates a cell selection procedure with respect to the non-terrestrial radio access network. -in the event that the user equipment re-obtains the radio coverage provided by the terrestrial radio access network, the user equipment continues to be served by the terrestrial radio access network.

The technology described herein involves remotely controlling the direction and signal strength of beams reflected from a reconfigurable smart surface. A modular design of interconnected, communicatively coupled building blocks in a cell facilitates a simple assembly process, where the aperture of the reconfigurable smart surface can be scaled by tiling the blocks together. Upon receiving a control signal (e.g., a nine-digit code over infrared), the reconfigurable smart surface aperture can be remotely fine-tuned with respect to gain and beam reflection direction. Depending on a given scenario, the reflected beams can be controlled to reflect electromagnetic waves (e.g., millimeter waves) as concentrated high-gain coverage beams in a specified direction, more extensive low-gain coverage area beams in a specified direction, or some beams in between, e.g., moderate signal strength and medium coverage area.

Various aspects of methods, systems, and use cases include region identification of a malicious device based on crowdsourced locations. A method may include generating a grid of bins of a local radio coverage region, receiving location data from a plurality of devices in the local radio coverage region, and classifying locations of the plurality of devices with respect to the bins. The method may include associating the classified locations of the plurality of devices to the received location data for corresponding devices of the plurality of devices, and generating a model, from the associated classified locations and the received location data.

A method performed by a managing unit is provided. The method is for predicting a serving Access Point, AP, among one or more APs comprised in a subset of APs, to serve a User Equipment UE in a communications network. The UE is within a radio range of the one or more APs in the subset of APs. The managing unit obtains (302) a model associated to the subset of APs, for predicting the serving AP. The model is obtained based on training the model over a first training period. The managing unit obtains (303) a predicted AP from the subset of APs to serve the UE. The predicted AP is obtained based on invoking the model with INPUT data for prediction. The INPUT data for prediction comprises radio signal measurements from a set of reporting APs comprised in the subset of APs. The managing unit communicates (304) a first indication to at least the predicted AP. The first indication indicates the AP that is predicted to serve the UE, and that only the predicted AP shall forward signals received from the UE to a Central Processing Unit, CPU, via a fronthaul.

A method for providing communication services to a user equipment using an access network of or associated with a mobile communication network includes: in a first step, the user equipment receives a piece of coverage information, wherein the piece of coverage information corresponds to a part of the geographical area of the coverage information regarding the geographical area that is currently—dependent on the present and / or past movement of the user equipment—relevant for the user equipment; and in a second step, the user equipment determines an indication or an approximation of its current location, and the user equipment further determines a location-dependent set of connection parameters corresponding to the determined current location and to be used in order to get or to be provided with radio coverage.

A method for the transmission to at least one non-geostationary satellite of at least one piece of data stored by a ground-based device, the method being carried out by the non-geostationary satellite and including performing periodically at least one radio coverage measurement, computing a dynamic elevation emission criterion based on the last radio coverage measurement performed, emitting at least one signal periodically towards the Earth, the signal including at least the dynamic elevation emission criterion, if the position of the non-geostationary satellite relative to the position of the ground-based device verifies the dynamic elevation emission criterion: receiving at least one signal sent by the ground-based device, the signal including at least one piece of data stored by at least one ground-based device.

A kind of unmanned aerial vehicle path optimization method based on deep reinforcement learning, storage medium and equipment, comprising S1: establishing the communication model of unmanned aerial vehicle and radio network, including scene model, base station antenna radiation model and signal model, S2: according to the communication model of step S1, the signal interruption probability of unmanned aerial vehicle in different positions is calculated, to build radio coverage probability graph E, S3: considering comprehensively the flight time of unmanned aerial vehicle and the communication coverage probability of different positions, set the optimization target of unmanned aerial vehicle flight path;Based on optimization target, the flight path of unmanned aerial vehicle is optimized using deep reinforcement learning algorithm.The flight path optimization of unmanned aerial vehicle is completed by the above scheme, avoid weak coverage area, to ensure the connectivity between unmanned aerial vehicle and base station;Deep reinforcement learning algorithm is used to improve the utilization rate of important sample, obtain more accurate return value, more effectively optimize the path of unmanned aerial vehicle.

By reducing electricity consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, we aim to mitigate the negative environmental impact of our operations while simultaneously improving our end-user revenue. [Solution] A method for resolving neighboring cell ambiguity includes the steps of receiving a user equipment (UE) measurement report and identifying which combination of neighboring cells would have resulted in the set of physical cell IDs (PCIs) in the UE measurement report by identifying the cells in each combination that have a common area of ​​geometrical radio coverage overlap with the UE's serving cell.

A method comprising transmitting signals to one or more communications devices within a radio coverage area provided by infrastructure equipment, the infrastructure equipment forming either part of a non-terrestrial network of a wireless communications network and wherein the radio coverage area forms a spot beam of the non-terrestrial network, or part of a terrestrial network and wherein the radio coverage area is a cell of a terrestrial network, wherein the transmitting the signals includes transmitting signalling information indicating that one or more neighbouring coverage areas to the radio coverage area provided by the infrastructure equipment are either formed by a spot beam of a non-terrestrial network, a spot beam of the non-terrestrial network of which the infrastructure equipment forms part, a cell of a terrestrial network or a cell of the terrestrial network of which the infrastructure equipment forms part.

Embodiments herein disclose a method performed by a network node (130) for handling sensing of one or more sensing objects in a wireless communication network The network node (130) obtains an indication and / or one or more sensing measurements from a radio node (140), indicating that a sensing object or a sensing radio node is leaving or is possible to leave a radio coverage area of a first radio network node (12). The network node provides to a controller node (16) data indicating that the sensing object or the sensing radio node is leaving or is possible to leave the radio coverage area of the first radio network node (12).

Embodiments herein relate to a wireless device for handling communication of the wireless device in a wireless communication network, wherein a radio network node in the wireless communication network provides radio coverage over a cell. The wireless device receives from the radio network node, when the wireless device is in a first state, a beam configuration indicating which beam or beams of the cell the wireless device is allowed to select during a state transition or initial access. Furthermore, the wireless device performs an initial access to the cell or a state transition taking the beam configuration into account.

The invention relates to a method for predicting a quality of service, QoS, parameter of a telecommunications network capable of conveying vehicle application data, the method comprising, for at least one position or zone of a radio coverage area of the telecommunications network and for at least one prediction horizon: - obtaining M measured values of the quality of service parameter for the position or zone, M being an integer greater than or equal to 1; - determining (302) a predicted value of the quality of service parameter, for the prediction horizon and for the position or zone, by applying a prediction model to input data comprising an identifier for the position or zone, the at least one prediction horizon and the M measured values of the quality of service parameter.

Various example embodiments relate to an apparatus, method, and computer program product to support mobility management in a wireless communication network. In particular, embodiments relate to apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for supporting mobility event management based on detection of use of an auxiliary beam. According to one example embodiment of the invention, there is provided a mobile network node method comprising: receiving an indication of a detection assistance beam associated with a serving beam, the detection assistance beam configured to provide a radio coverage area to assist in detecting a mobile network node of a location within a wireless communication network; receiving an indication of a measurement configuration to be implemented by the network node in relation to at least the serving beam and the associated detection assistance beam and an indication of a mobility event trigger condition dependent on the indicated measurement configuration; performing measurement according to the measurement configuration; evaluating whether a mobility event trigger condition has been satisfied based on the performed measurements; and executing a mobility event associated with the mobility event trigger condition based on the evaluation. A mobile network node and a computer program product operable to perform the method are also provided. The use of the detection assistance beam may facilitate events in cases where conventional mobility approaches may be insufficient.

A method for steering communication traffic of a user equipment (UE) in a network includes network entities that are configured to provide a radio access network for the user equipment. A serving network entity provides a current access to the network for the UE. Each network entity communicates with neighboring network entities. An algorithm implemented on a network unit uses as input a first time duration (Tcell), when the UE is within a radio coverage of the serving network entity, and a second time duration (TLC) that is time taken by the network to determine an adjusted load control setting. If Tcell>TLC the algorithm applies load control procedures within the communication network, and transmits a Radio Resource Control message with a network-calculated load control information to the UE. Otherwise, the algorithm transmits a Radio Resource Control message without the network-calculated load control information to the UE.

The present application relates to a network node for providing radio coverage to a user equipment configured to support carrier aggregation and dual connectivity. Carrier aggregation provides at least a first serving frequency serving the primary cell and at least one further serving frequency serving the at least one secondary cell. The network node is configured to determine a potential candidate cell for addition to a primary secondary cell during a handover of the user equipment to the network node with a group of secondary cells. The potential candidate cells include cells whose operating frequencies are not one of the service frequencies; and the network generates and transmits an indication of the non-serving operating frequency to the serving network node to allow the serving network to request the user equipment to perform measurements for appropriate primary and secondary cell candidates.

A technique for coverage-aware joint configuration of multi-network wireless communications is disclosed. This technique may include: identifying a travel route of a user equipment (UE) from a starting location to a destination location; obtaining multi-network radio coverage information for the travel route, wherein the multi-network radio coverage information includes terrestrial network (TN) radio coverage information and non-terrestrial network (NTN) radio coverage information; determining a joint TN / NTN wireless communication configuration for the UE for the travel route based on the multi-network radio coverage information; and transmitting the joint TN / NTN wireless communication configuration to the UE.

A 5G new radio network that supports dual connectivity for user equipment allows the user equipment to access the network concurrently via a primary and secondary cell. Radio coverage in the primary cell is supported by a master distributed node controlled by a master central node, while radio coverage in the secondary cell is supported by a secondary distributed node controlled by a secondary central node. Embodiments seek to support lower layer dual connectivity mobility of the user equipment by providing coordination between the master and secondary cells such that a handover decision can be made at a master distributed node based on lower layer measurements.

Methods and apparatuses for detecting radio coverage overlap of two or more cells. In some embodiments, the method includes: receiving an MR that had been wirelessly transmitted by a UE; obtaining a set of PCIs from the MR; and determining which combination of neighbor cells would have produced the set of PCIs in the UE MR by determining cells in each combination that have a common region of geometric radio-coverage overlap with a serving cell of the UE.

A method performed by a network node is provided. The method is for handling a sensing request for an application associated with a User Equipment, UE, in a communications network. The UE is served by a first radio network node. The network node receives (501) a sensing request from a sensing control node. The sensing request comprises data related to sensing requirements to be fulfilled for the application associated with the UE. The network node evaluates (502) radio network nodes within radio coverage of the UE regarding sensing capability according to the sensing requirements. Based on the result of the evaluated radio network nodes, the network node identifies (503) a radio network node that fulfils the sensing requirements. In the case when the identified radio network node is represented by the first radio network node, the network node keeps (504) the first radio network node as a serving radio network node for the UE to perform the requested sensing. In the case when the identified radio network node is a second radio network node, the network node decides (505) to hand over the UE to the second radio network node as a serving radio network node for the UE to perform the requested sensing.