91 results about "Radio coverage" patented technology

A computer-implemented method performed by a first node (101). The method is for handling managing one or more indications. The first node (101) operates in a communications system (100). The first node (101) determines (304) a scheduling of a transfer of data to or from a device (130) along a predicted route (140). The predicted route (140) is to be followed by the device (130) during a time period. The determining (304) of the scheduling is further based on a type of energy used by a plurality of cells (121, 122) providing radio coverage along the predicted route (140). The first node (101) initiates (305) providing one or more indications to the device (130) based on a first result of the determining (304) of the scheduling. The device (130) receives (402) the one or more indications, determines (403) whether or not to perform the data transfer based on them, and initiates (404) performing the data transfer accordingly.

An In-Building Communications system is disclosed which permits communication in tunnels, underground parking garages, tall buildings such as skyscrapers, buildings having thick walls of concrete or metal, and / or any building which has communication dead zones. The invention includes a portable bi-directional amplifier (BDA) system, an outdoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable, an indoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable inside the building, and a standardized, In-Building Communications Interface Box (IBCIB) affixed preferably to the exterior of the building. The IBCIB communicates with antenna systems attached to the building. Emergency response personnel carry portable outdoor and indoor antenna systems and a portable, battery-powered, BDA system which may be independently deployed or connected to the IBCIB during an event such as a fire, earthquake, an act of terrorism, or whenever radio coverage enhancement is required.

The invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle synchronous navigation and radio mapping method based on reinforcement learning and region adaptive integrated learning, and the method comprises the following steps: S1, constructing a radio environment, and carrying out region division according to geographical location information; the method comprises the following steps: S1, detecting a flight area of an unmanned aerial vehicle by adopting an area detector, S4, exploring an environment by the unmanned aerial vehicle through interactive learning, and simultaneously collecting and learning radio frequency data, S5, carrying out strategy training by adopting an experience pool jointly constructed based on actual experience and simulation experience, and S6, storing experience, calculating a return and updating a network. According to the unmanned aerial vehicle synchronous navigation and radio mapping method based on reinforcement learning and regional adaptive ensemble learning, through synchronous navigation and mapping, the unmanned aerial vehicle can be accurately navigated in an unknown or interference environment, meanwhile, a high-precision radio coverage map is established, and the method is particularly suitable for unmanned aerial vehicle communication and navigation tasks in a complex urban environment.

A communication system includes a drone and a panel with a reconfigurable intelligent surface. The panel is connected to the drone using flexures that allow the orientation of the panel to be controlled. Changing the orientation of the panel, by controlling or configuring the flexures, allows an incident signal to be reflected in a reflection direction to a target location.

A network node for supporting providing radio coverage within a plurality of cells within a radio communication network. The network node is configured to evaluate a quality of service that may be provided to a user equipment within at least one area of radio coverage provided by the network node and to generate an indication of the quality of service for transmission to another network node. The receiving network node may use the quality of service indication in a handover decision to prioritise cells providing a higher quality of service.

A method for providing measurement-based new radio (NR) coverage map includes obtaining, from a radio network, a user equipment data; obtaining a first information corresponding to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) minimization of driving test (MDT); obtaining a second information corresponding to an LTE-NR event; combining the first information and the second information to provide a network performance information; and determining, based on the user equipment data and the network performance information, a location information corresponding to the NR coverage. Disclosed also is a system for providing measurement-based new radio (NR) coverage map.

Various example embodiments relate to devices and methods for refining a coverage window for discontinuous coverage. A terminal device may comprise at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the terminal device to perform actions including determining a coverage window for receiving transmission from a network device, monitoring radio coverage of the network device at least during the coverage window, and updating the coverage window based on when the radio coverage is available for the terminal device.

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.

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 method for providing measurement-based new radio (NR) coverage map includes obtaining, from a radio network, a user equipment data; obtaining a first information corresponding to a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) minimization of driving test (MDT); obtaining a second information corresponding to an LTE-NR event; combining the first information and the second information to provide a network performance information; and determining, based on the user equipment data and the network performance information, a location information corresponding to the NR coverage. Disclosed also is a system for providing measurement-based new radio (NR) coverage map.

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.

The invention relates to a method for enabling communication between a user equipment and an antenna entity or functionality of a base station entity that is part of or associated or assigned to a mobile communication network, wherein the antenna entity or functionality comprises a plurality of antenna elements being arranged around a substantially circular periphery of the antenna entity or functionality and by means of which the antenna entity or functionality is enabled to provide radio coverage in the geographical area around the antenna entity or functionality, wherein, in order to enable communication between the user equipment and the antenna entity or functionality and, at least while the user equipment is in connected mode and located in an arbitrary horizontal direction of the radio coverage area around the antenna entity or functionality, the method comprises the step of dynamically selecting a subset of the plurality of antenna elements in order to provide the user equipment with radio coverage.

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 communication of a user equipment with a specific base station entity of a radio access network of a mobile communication network, wherein the specific base station entity transmits system information as part of a broadcast channel, wherein a specific coverage time information is able to be transmitted, by the user equipment, to the specific base station entity, wherein the specific coverage time information indicates a specific point in time when the user equipment is provided, by the specific base station entity, with sufficiently strong radio coverage, wherein in order to determine the specific point in time when the user equipment is provided with sufficiently strong radio coverage by the specific base station entity and in order to be able to transmit the specific coverage time information, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment receives radio signals indicative of the broadcast channel of the specific base station entity, -- in a second step, at a subsequent point in time and upon the user equipment initiating to be connected with the specific base station entity, the user equipment transmits, as part of the connection procedure, at least one radio resource control message to the specific base station entity, wherein the user equipment transmits the specific coverage time information as part of the at least one radio resource control message and wherein the specific coverage time information indicates the specific point in time when the user equipment detects the received radio signals of the specific base station entity as being sufficiently strong.

A system for managing QoS provided to user equipment included in an unmanned autonomous vehicle (UAV) by a wireless communication system comprising base stations, each providing radio coverage over a corresponding cell. The system comprises one or more computing devices to execute: a setup module to receive data identifying a predetermined path, and send a request of allocating dedicated radio resources for wireless links, the requested dedicated radio resources being expected sufficient to guarantee a QoS not lower than a predefined QoS value, and a QoS verify module to receive QoS data indicative of measured QoS and position data indicative of an actual position of the UAV during traveling, and verify whether the QoS actually during travelling is not lower than the predefined QoS value of the received QoS data and verify whether an actual path followed by the UAV corresponds to the predetermined path of the received position data.

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.

A system (100) coupled with a wireless communication network (105) is provided. The system comprises:-a predictor module (101) configured to generate a network traffic prediction (NTP) indicating a number of user terminals in a target area (102) under radio coverage of the wireless communication network during a first time period following a second time period. The predictor module comprises: a first sub-module (102 (1)) configured to generate a first operation prediction (P1) of the number of user terminals in the target area during the first time period based on a historical user terminal density indicator (HI), the historical user terminal density indicator indicates the density of user terminals in the target area in a past time period occurring before the second time period; a second sub-module (102 (2)) configured to generate a second operational prediction (P2) of the number of user terminals in the target area during the first time period based on a combination of the historical user terminal density indicator (HI) and the real-time user terminal location indicator (RI), the real-time user terminal location indicator indicates movement of the user terminal at the target area during the second time period; -a third sub-module (120 (3)) configured to provide the network traffic prediction (NTP) during the second time period based on a selected one between the first operational prediction (P1) and the second operational prediction (P2). The system further comprises a network optimization unit (130) configured to adjust a functional parameter of the wireless communication network based on the network traffic prediction (NTP).

The present disclosure provides a system and method for estimating radio coverage of users in a wireless communication system. The system classifies user equipment (UE) into cell edge, cell center, or cell center coverage users based on the estimated radio coverage. Users may be classified based on timing advance, UE path loss calculated from power headroom reports, and user reported reference signal received power (RSRP). Additionally, the system reclassifies UEs based on average RSRP and timing advance defined within an observation interval.

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.

The present invention relates to a method for providing a communication service to a user equipment using an access network of a mobile communication network or an access network associated with the mobile communication network, the user equipment can or has a high likelihood of being capable of being connected to or being served by at least one base station entity of the access network, and wherein when the user equipment is located in or near a second geographic area, the user equipment can be connected to or be served by at least one base station entity of the access network. The user equipment cannot or has a low likelihood of being able to be served by any base station entity of the access network or by any base station entity of the access network and / or by any base station entity of another access network, where the user equipment can be connected to or served by any base station entity of the access network and / or by any base station entity of another access network via coverage information that is at least partially able to be transmitted to and received by the user equipment. The first geographic area and / or the second geographic area can be indicated or referenced such that the coverage information indicates, or can be derived from the coverage information, that different sets of location-dependent connection parameters are to be used at different locations of the first and / or second geographic area (250, 260), the present invention relates to a method for providing a communication service for a user equipment such that the user equipment can obtain or be provided with radio coverage when located at such different locations, where the user equipment comprises location detection means or capabilities for determining at least an indication or approximation of a current location of the user equipment, the method comprises the following steps:-in a first step, the user equipment receives a piece of coverage information at a first point in time or during a first time interval, the piece of coverage information being at least part of or corresponding to at least part of the coverage information,-in a second step, the user equipment receives a piece of coverage information at a second point in time or during a second time interval, the user equipment determines an indication or approximation of a current location of the user equipment at a second point in time and using a location detection means or capability of the user equipment, and the user equipment further determines a set of location-related connection parameters corresponding to the determined current location and to be used based on the indication or approximation of the current location of the user equipment and based on the coverage information piece or content thereof, in order to obtain or be provided radio coverage.

The invention relates to a method for communication of a user equipment with a specific base station entity of a radio access network of a mobile communication network, wherein the specific base station entity transmits system information as part of a broadcast channel, wherein a specific coverage time information is able to be transmitted, by the user equipment, to the specific base station entity, wherein the specific coverage time information indicates a specific point in time when the user equipment is provided, by the specific base station entity, with sufficiently strong radio coverage, wherein in order to determine the specific point in time when the user equipment is provided with sufficiently strong radio coverage by the specific base station entity and in order to be able to transmit the specific coverage time information, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the user equipment receives radio signals indicative of the broadcast channel of the specific base station entity, -- in a second step, at a subsequent point in time and upon the user equipment initiating to be connected with the specific base station entity, the user equipment transmits, as part of the connection procedure, at least one radio resource control message to the specific base station entity, wherein the user equipment transmits the specific coverage time information as part of the at least one radio resource control message and wherein the specific coverage time information indicates the specific point in time when the user equipment detects the received radio signals of the specific base station entity as being sufficiently strong.

A network node for supporting providing radio coverage within one or more cells of a communication network. The network node is configured to, in response to receipt from a user equipment of an indication of a cell controlled by another network node, transmit to a central network node a request for an address for communication of the another network node. The network node is further configured to, in response to receipt from the central network node of the address for communication of the another network node, store the address for communication of the another network node in a datastore of the network node. The network node is further configured to, in response to receipt of an update on a status of the cell, update the datastore accordingly.

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 communications device is configured to establish a communication links via each of two or more infrastructure equipment, each forming part of a different 3GPP radio access network and each communications link providing a packet data bearer to or from a core network. The communications device is also configured to establish a communications link via each of one or more non-3GPP wireless access nodes providing a packet data bearer to or from the core network. The communications device is configured to steer communication of packet data to or from the core network according to predetermined rules via one or more of the communications links established with the two or more 3GPP infrastructure equipment and one or more of the communications links established with the one or more non-3GPP access nodes. According to example embodiments the predetermined rules may be to Access Traffic Steering, Switching and Splitting (ATSSS) rules and the communications device and an apparatus in the core network may be configured to steer communication of packet data to or from the core network using one or more communications links via the two or more 3GPP infrastructure equipment of 3GPP radio access networks and using one or more communications links to or from the core network established by the non-3GPP access nodes according to ATSSS rules adapted for example for triple steering and implemented for example by a User Plane Function (UPF). Example embodiments can therefore provide a technique for steering communication of packet data via three or more communications links, two or more being via 3GPP radio access networks and at least one being via a non-3GPP access network. Accordingly, embodiments can provide an increase in radio coverage for wireless applications which can utilise different radio access networks and technologies for communicating packet data via core network to or from a communications device.

The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a radio base station for providing radio coverage in a cell, and a radio base station performing the method. In an aspect, a method performed by a radio base station for providing radio coverage in a cell is provided. The method includes establishing communication channels in a plurality of directions via a first antenna capable of performing beamforming, acquiring performance indicators for the established communication channels, and directing at least a second antenna in a selected direction based on the acquired obtained performance indicators.

The invention relates to a method for providing radio coverage to user equipments of or connected to a mobile communication network by means of a non-terrestrial antenna entity or functionality being part of a radio access network of the mobile communication network, wherein the radio coverage is provided in different geographical areas during different time periods by means of the antenna entity or functionality orbiting the earth and having a certain total field of view, wherein the antenna entity or functionality realizes a plurality of different radio beams, each of these radio beams covering a specific part of the total field of view, wherein the antenna entity or functionality is able to be configured such that: -- at least a first radio beam, having a first specific part of the total field of view, is configured such that the first specific part of the total field of view corresponds to a comparatively large coverage area, -- at least a second radio beam, having a second specific part of the total field of view, is configured such that the second specific part of the total field of view corresponds to a smaller coverage area compared to the first specific part, wherein in order to provide radio coverage to a specific geographic area having an increased demand of transmission capacity, the method comprises the step of operating the antenna entity or functionality such that, during a specific time interval of the specific geographic area being part of the total field of view of the antenna entity or functionality, radio coverage is provided, to the specific geographic area, by, or using, the second radio beam, or both the first radio beam and the second radio beam.

A 5G new radio network supporting dual connectivity for a user equipment allows the user equipment to access the network simultaneously via a primary cell and a secondary cell. The radio coverage in the primary cell is supported by a primary distributed node controlled by a primary central node, while the radio coverage in the secondary cell is supported by a secondary distributed node controlled by a secondary central node. Embodiments seek to support low layer dual connectivity mobility of user equipment by providing cooperation between a primary cell and a secondary cell, such that handover decisions may be made at a primary distributed node based on low layer measurements.

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.