There is provided a communication control device including an acquisition unit configured to acquire a result of measurement by a terminal device, and a control unit configured to control switching of an operation mode of a base station of a small cell overlapping with a macro cell partially or wholly based on the result of the measurement. The switching is switching of the operation mode from one of a first mode and a second mode to the other. The first mode is a mode in which the base station can perform wireless communication with a device in the small cell, and the second mode is a mode that consumes less power than the first mode.

Method for unified networking for a device in heterogeneous mobile environments includes maintaining and monitoring active network interfaces, managing the location of the device, managing network access security, enabling disruption tolerance support for applications, enabling service sharing and session mobility, managing system parameters for one or more active application sessions, managing storage functionality in one or more memory devices, and maintaining a mapping for one or more flows corresponding to the one or more active application sessions, maintaining one or more policies, and performing flow control decisions based upon the policies using a policy engine. The method can also include monitoring for network events, evaluating whether to perform a handover based upon policies, and providing seamless secure handovers in a heterogeneous mobile environment. A device, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a system for unified networking are also provided.

The invention relates to cell re-selection as a consequence of UE mobility in a scenario where coverage enhancement (CE) is employed for multiple repetitions of messages communicated on a wireless link between the UE and the network, and where a CE policy defines a repetition level. Accordingly, a communication device (130) receives at least one downlink control message (6031) from a base station (112, 112-1) of a source cell (181) of a network (100), the at least one downlink control message (6031) being indicative of access restrictions of a plurality of candidate cells (182, 183) of the network (100); more particularly, the at least one downlink control message (6031) is indicative, for each candidate cell (182, 183) of the plurality of candidate cells (182, 183), of at least one respective regulated repetition level. Based on the at least one downlink control message (6031), the communication device (130) selects a target cell (182, 183) from the plurality of candidate cells (182, 183); and communication between the communication device (130) and a base station (112, 112-2, 112-3) of the target cell (182, 183) is performed.

The invention relates to cell re-selection as a consequence of UE mobility in a scenario where coverage enhancement (CE) is employed for multiple repetitions of messages communicated on a wireless link between the UE and the network, and where a CE policy defines a repetition level. Accordingly, a communication device (130) receives at least one downlink control message (6031) from a base station (112, 112-1) of a source cell (181) of a network (100), the at least one downlink control message (6031) being indicative of access restrictions of a plurality of candidate cells (182, 183) of the network (100); more particularly, the at least one downlink control message (6031) is indicative, for each candidate cell (182, 183) of the plurality of candidate cells (182, 183), of at least one respective regulated repetition level. Based on the at least one downlink control message (6031), the communication device (130) selects a target cell (182, 183) from the plurality of candidate cells (182, 183); and communication between the communication device (130) and a base station (112, 112-2, 112-3) of the target cell (182, 183) is performed.

The disclosure relates to wireless networks, and more specifically to multiple access networks. This present disclosure provides for a method in a wireless device, for predicting Quality of Service of a possible future connection between the wireless device and one or more wireless networks. The predicted Quality of Service may be used e.g. for making a handover decision. The disclosed method comprises detecting an access point of a first wireless network within range of the wireless device. The method further comprises determining the number of devices already being connected to the access point and calculating the predicted Quality of Service based on the determined number of devices already being connected to the access point. The disclosure further relates to a wireless device and to a computer program.

An analytics containment system store RSSI values of connected stations and corresponding time stamps. If two or more stations have RSSI values within a certain proximity within a certain time period, a first condition for identifying analytics poisoning has been satisfied. Additionally, if RSSI values for the two or more stations changes at similar rate, the stations have satisfied a second optional condition.

An analytics containment system store RSSI values of connected stations and corresponding time stamps. If two or more stations have RSSI values within a certain proximity within a certain time period, a first condition for identifying analytics poisoning has been satisfied. Additionally, if RSSI values for the two or more stations changes at similar rate, the stations have satisfied a second optional condition.

A communication system and method for operating or evaluating the communication system includes powering a plurality of base stations each operating in at least a sleep mode and an active mode, wherein the base station operates in the sleep mode with less power consumption than in the active mode; analyzing an overall power consumption for powering the plurality of base stations with respect to a grade of service of the communication system; and switching at least one of the plurality of base stations to operate between the sleep mode and the active mode based on a result associated with the overall power consumption and/or the grade of service. Each of the plurality of base stations in sleep mode is further arranged to pass a service request to a nearby base station in the plurality of base stations such that the service request is handled by the respective nearby base station.

A communication system and method for operating or evaluating the communication system includes powering a plurality of base stations each operating in at least a sleep mode and an active mode, wherein the base station operates in the sleep mode with less power consumption than in the active mode; analyzing an overall power consumption for powering the plurality of base stations with respect to a grade of service of the communication system; and switching at least one of the plurality of base stations to operate between the sleep mode and the active mode based on a result associated with the overall power consumption and/or the grade of service. Each of the plurality of base stations in sleep mode is further arranged to pass a service request to a nearby base station in the plurality of base stations such that the service request is handled by the respective nearby base station.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and user equipment for transmitting data. The method includes: determining indication information used for indicating to the user equipment (UE) to use a dual stream mode to transmit data; and determining, according to the indication information and a transmission mode determining condition, a transmission mode used for transmitting data, where the transmit mode is a single stream mode or the dual stream mode. By using the method and user equipment for transmitting data in the embodiments of the present invention, a transmission mode is flexibly selected based on a transmission mode determining condition, and data transmission can be implemented at higher efficiency by combining advantages of the dual stream mode and the single stream mode.