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US 8,526,324 B2Granted
Method of controlling radio resources, and radio system
AssigneeCore Wireless Licensing S.a.r.l.
InventorsKarri Ranta-Aho, Antti Toskala
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Abstract
There is provided a radio system, comprising: a receiver for receiving uplink channel traffic; a measuring unit for measuring periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic; and a control unit for controlling discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic.
Claims25
A method of controlling radio resources, the method comprising:
- receiving uplink channel traffic;
- measuring, by a network, periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- controlling discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- determining an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- aligning a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
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A radio system in a network infrastructure, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive uplink channel traffic;
- a measuring unit configured to measure periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- a control unit configured to control discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- wherein the measuring unit is configured to determine an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and align a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
2 more elements
An apparatus of a network infrastructure, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive information related to measured periodicity of received uplink channel traffic, the periodicity measured by a node B;
- a control unit configured to control discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the received information;
- and
- a measuring unit configured to determine an activity pattern of the received information on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and align a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
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A base station, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive uplink channel traffic;
- a measuring unit configured to measure periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- a transmitter configured to send information related to the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic for enabling discontinuous uplink operation to be controlled on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- wherein the measuring unit is configured to determine an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and align a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
2 more elements
An apparatus of a network infrastructure, comprising:
- a measuring unit configured to measure periodicity of received uplink channel traffic;
- a control unit configured to control discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- wherein the measuring unit is configured to determine an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and align a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
1 more element
A computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program, comprising program code for controlling a processor to execute a method comprising:
- receiving uplink channel traffic;
- measuring, within a network infrastructure, periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- controlling discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- determining an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- aligning a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
3 more elements
An apparatus of a network infrastructure, comprising:
- receiver means for receiving uplink channel traffic;
- measuring means for measuring periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic;
- and
- processing means for controlling discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic:
- and
- wherein the measuring means is configured to determine an activity pattern of the received uplink channel traffic on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and align a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
3 more elements
An apparatus, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving information related to measured periodicity of received uplink channel traffic, the periodicity measured within a network infrastructure;
- controlling means for continuing discontinuous uplink operation on the basis of the received information;
- and
- measuring means for determining an activity pattern of the received information on the basis of the measured periodicity of the received uplink channel traffic and aligning a transmission pattern to the activity pattern.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.