Method, system, mobile terminal and computer program product
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShinichiro TSUDA
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for calculating an indicator of a quality of communication within a wireless communication access network and for estimating the available capacity of a base station within the wireless communication access network. In one exemplary embodiment, a method comprises receiving an indication, generated by a mobile terminal, of the quality of communication between the base station and the mobile terminal, and estimating the available capacity of the base station based on the received indication.
Claims35
A method for estimating an available capacity of a base station within a wireless communication access network, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication, generated by a mobile terminal, of the quality of communication between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- estimating the available capacity of the base station based on the received indication.
A system for estimating an available capacity of a base station within a wireless communication access network, the system comprising:
- a communication unit for receiving an indication, generated by a mobile terminal, of the quality of communication between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- a capacity estimation unit for estimating the available capacity of the base station based on the received indication.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a correlation detection unit for calculating a correlation output based on signals received by the mobile terminal;
- an indicator calculation unit for calculating, using the correlation output, an indication of the quality of communication between a base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- a communication unit for transmitting, to the base station, the indication of the quality of communication.
A method for estimating an available capacity of a base station within a wireless communication access network, the method comprising:
- receiving correlation outputs, generated by a mobile terminal, of a plurality of scrambling codes forming a specific scrambling code group;
- calculating, based on the received correlation outputs, an indication of the quality of communication between the base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- estimating the available capacity of the base station based on the calculated indication of the quality of communication.
A tangible computer-readable medium including program instructions for performing, when executed by a processor, a method comprising:
- calculating a correlation output based on signals received by a mobile terminal;
- calculating, using the correlation output, an indication of the quality of communication between a base station and the mobile terminal;
- and
- transmitting, to the base station, the indication of the quality of communication.
A mobile terminal comprising:
- a subcarrier rate detection unit for calculating an indication of the quality of communication between a base station and the mobile terminal using a detected ratio of a number of subcarriers not used as a communication resource among a total number of subcarriers available as a communication resource;
- and
- a communication unit for transmitting, to the base station, the indication of the quality of communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.