Nokia

About: Nokia is a company organization based out in Espoo, Finland. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Signal & Mobile station. The organization has 16625 authors who have published 28347 publications receiving 695725 citations. The organization is also known as: Nokia Oyj & Oy Nokia Ab.

Synchronous media playback and messaging system

Abstract: The present invention (100) provides synchronous media playback (403) and messaging (505) between a host user (101) and at least one guest user (103, 105). The host user wishes to initiate a playback session in which the host user and guest users view a presentation that corresponds to a media file (701) that is locally stored on each of the user's terminals (913). In order to initiate the playback session, the host user invites the guest users (301). If a guest user wishes to participate in the playback session, the guest user accepts the invitation (305). When the host user determines that the session should begin, based upon the acceptances from the guest users (311), the host user initiates the playback of the media file that is locally stored at each terminal (403). The present invention also supports playback actions that may occur during the playback session (501). The host user can terminate the playback session (601), and any of the guest users can withdraw during the playback session.

Methods and apparatuses for facilitating task switching

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating task switching. A method may include detecting activation of a second display on a multi-display computing apparatus including a first and second display. The first display may be in an active state prior to activation of the second display. The method may further include causing a task selection interface to be displayed in response to the detected activation. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided.

System, apparatus, and method for dynamically customizing and configuring applications

Abstract: A system and method for dynamically customizing and/or configuring applications on devices. The user interface of a base application resident on a terminal can be modified in accordance with the invention. Terminal-related information (316) is transmitted (100) from the terminal (300) upon initial activation of the base application at the terminal (300). The terminal-related information (316) is received (102) at a configuration server system (324), where application variant information for the terminal is derived (104) based on the terminal-related information (316). This application variant information is transmitted (106) back to the terminal (300), and the user interface (334) of the base application is modified (108) as specified by the application variant information (332).

Channel Coding for Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication in 5G Systems

Abstract: This paper investigates block error rate (BLER) performance and computational complexity of candidate channel coding schemes for ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) in 5G. The considered candidates are the same as those identified in 3GPP: turbo, LDPC, polar, and convolutional codes. Details of code constructions and decoding algorithms are provided with computational complexity analysis. Code construction parameters, number of iterations, and list sizes are selected to provide a fair comparison among candidate coding schemes. Simulation results on BLER are shown for several code rates and small-to-moderate block sizes. The results reveal that polar and LDPC codes outperform turbo codes for short block sizes of 40 bits, while the opposite is true for medium block sizes of 200 bits. None of the schemes is a clear winner at all considered block sizes and coding rates. Other aspects like implementation complexity, latency, and flexibility will also be important when deciding the URLLC coding scheme.

Communication device with two modes of operation

Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile station which comprises two separate user interfaces and an outer covering (10, 11) which can be unfolded. The device has the appearance and the size of a common mobile phone when the outer covering (10, 11) is closed, whereby available is a first user interface being substantially a telephone user interface. When the outer covering (10, 11) of the device is unfolded it exposes a second user interface having a relatively large-sized display (12) and an alphanumeric keypad (15). Alphanumeric messages and graphical information can be transmitted and received using the second user interface.