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20080207133 | Method of controlling beam weight detection and receiver - A receiver in a wireless communication system including a transmitter that multiplies a plurality of transmission signals with a plurality of beam weights to transmit the transmission signal through a plurality of antennas. Also included is a receiver that receives the transmission signals, detects a specific beam weight of which reception state is a specific state among a plurality of to-be-detected beam weights, and notifies the transmitter of the detection of the specific beam weight. The receiver preferably includes a monitoring unit that monitors a state of variation in the beam weight by performing a statistics process on history of previously-detected beam weights. Also included is a control unit that controls the number of the-to-be-detected beam weights or a detection timing of the specific beam weight according to a monitoring result. | 08-28-2008 |
20080207134 | Mobile equipment based filtering for packet radio service (PRS) - A method for operating a mobile equipment (ME | 08-28-2008 |
20080214115 | Apparatus and method for estimating channel in multi antenna wireless communication system - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for estimating a channel in a wireless communication system. The apparatus according to the present invention includes an estimator for initially estimating a channel response value by using a predetermined signal among reception signals, a detector for detecting transmission signals by using the channel response value and an operator for updating the channel response value by using detected transmission signals, a detection accuracy and reception signals. | 09-04-2008 |
20080214116 | Systems and Methods for Managing Wireless Communications Using Link Space Information - Disclosed are systems and methods which provide for management of wireless communications through the development and use of link space information. Such link space information provides link-centric information with respect to wireless links of a network to thereby provide a view of the network which takes into account phenomena affecting the wireless links. Utilizing such link space information, automated management of various aspects of a wireless network may be provided, including automated provisioning, management, and/or optimization of network links. Network operations may include use of link space information in providing network management applications such as automatic fault management, automatic performance management, operation advisories, and/or the like. | 09-04-2008 |
20080242232 | DIGITIZED REVERSE LINK MONITOR - A method of monitoring a broadband digitized reverse link system comprising monitoring at least one radio frequency down-convert path in at least one remote unit in the digitized reverse link system using an internal tone generating system, digitally verifying the health of at least one digitized communication link communicatively coupled to receive digital signals from a respective remote unit, and monitoring the health of a radio frequency up-convert path in a host unit communicatively coupled to receive the digital signals from the at least one digitized communication link in the digitized reverse link system using a wideband power detector in the host unit. | 10-02-2008 |
20080248756 | METHOD OF MEASURING TRAFFIC VOLUME IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for measuring the traffic volume of a transport channel in a mobile communication system is disclosed, including receiving a buffer occupancy for each of a set of logical channels mapped to a transport channel, measuring a traffic volume of the transport channel based on the received buffer occupancies, and reporting the measured traffic volume of the transport channel to an upper layer. The measured traffic volume may be reported to the upper layer when the volume is out of a given range or a timer set to a given period has expired. Using this method, a radio resource control layer can perform a dynamic radio bearer reconfiguration using the measurement results received from a medium access control layer of the communication system. | 10-09-2008 |
20080254748 | Method For Dimensioning or Evaluating a Radio Network - A simple and reliable method for dimensioning CDMA based networks is achieved by a method for evaluating or dimensioning a radio network comprising the steps of—defining a radio network model comprising at least one radio base station and a plurality of mobile terminals, —for each mobile terminal in the model, defining a path gain value for a signal path between the mobile terminal and each of the radio base stations, said method being characterized by the steps of—for each mobile terminal, selecting at least one of said path gain values, —defining a data set comprising at least one parameter based on said selected at least one path gain value for each mobile terminal, and—performing dimensioning calculations on the data set. Especially if data sets are prestored the dimensioning calculations can be carried out in very short time. | 10-16-2008 |
20080261534 | Adjust Equipment and Method for Array Antenna Transmitting Link - Adjust equipment and method for array antenna transmitting link, include: power detect device, signal synthesize device and array adjust device; the downlink signal of the transmitting link processed by the power detect device and be transmitted to the power detect signal feed device, and then transmitted to the signal synthesize device; signal synthesize device depart the part of radio frequency signal, output to the power detect device for the power detect; output the power signal to the power detect signal feed device, add the power signal and high frequency signal, power detect signal depart device pick the power signal from the mixed signal, regulate the weight of the adjustment. This invention never use the special adjust signal transmitting device and becoming antenna, placed by using method of signal power detect to calculate the adjust weight value and transmitting phase adjust weight value of the transmit gain, the speed of the constringency become faster. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261535 | Detection of underperforming antennas of nodes of wireless networks - An apparatus and method of detecting underperforming antennas of a wireless node of a wireless network are disclosed. The method includes measuring a wireless link quality between a first antenna of the wireless node and a receiver, and measuring a wireless link quality between a second antenna of the wireless node and the receiver. A difference between the wireless link quality of the first antenna and the link quality of the second antenna is determined. The wireless node is identified as having an underperforming antenna, if the difference between the wireless link qualities between the first antenna and the second antenna is greater than a faulty antenna detection threshold. | 10-23-2008 |
20080261536 | AUTOMATIC DELAY CALIBRATION AND TRACKING FOR ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY - A method for determining changes in internal delays of RF units, the RF units including a plurality of receivers and transmitters. The method includes providing initial direct signals' time of arrivals of the RF units initial internal delays of the RF units. Following this, each transmitter transmitting a direct signal, and the real-time direct signal's time of arrivals of the RF units, are measured. Then, changes in internal delays of the RF units are calculated based on the real-time direct signals' time of arrivals and initial direct signals' time of arrivals. And finally, real-time internal delays of the RF units are calculated based on the changes in internal delays and the initial internal delays of the RF units. | 10-23-2008 |
20080268785 | UE-autonomous CFI reporting - In a closed-loop wireless communication system ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080268786 | Radio Station and Method of Operating a Radio Station - A first radio station ( | 10-30-2008 |
20080268787 | Methods and Apparatus for Service Acquisition in a Broadcast System - Methods and apparatus for service acquisition in a broadcast system. In an aspect, a method includes detecting whether a loss of service has occurred, and initiating acquisition attempts during an aggressive acquisition phase if a loss of service has occurred, wherein a backoff time interval between successive acquisition attempts is constant or increased, and wherein the aggressive acquisition phase ends when service acquisition is achieved or a selected number of acquisition attempts have been performed. An apparatus includes interface logic configured to detect whether a loss of service has occurred, and processing logic configured to initiate acquisition attempts during an aggressive acquisition phase if a loss of service has occurred, wherein a backoff time interval between successive acquisition attempts is constant or increased, and wherein the aggressive acquisition phase ends when service acquisition is achieved or a selected number of acquisition attempts have been performed. | 10-30-2008 |
20080274699 | Method for Analysing the Operation of a Radiocommunication Terminal, Corresponding Radiocommunication Terminal and Analysis Device - A method and apparatus are provided for analyzing the operation of radiocommunication terminal according to a predetermined radiocommunication protocol. The radiocommunication terminal transmits data representing at least one operation to be analyzed to a remote analysis device via a link according to the predetermined radiocommunication protocol. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274700 | Radio Communication Apparatus and Mcs Determination Method - A radio communication apparatus is disclosed that is capable of improving throughput even when accuracy of channel quality estimation is low and variation of channel quality estimation values is substantial. In this apparatus, MCS(SIR) acquisition section ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080274701 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECONFIGURE A NETWORK TO IMPROVE NETWORK LIFETIME USING MOST RELIABLE COMMUNICATION LINKS - A method and system of enhancing an operational lifetime of a wireless network is provided, which includes monitoring a link quality between node elements of the wireless network, periodically collecting information regarding the link quality between node elements of the wireless network, and reconfiguring a network topology of the wireless network based on the collected information. | 11-06-2008 |
20080280566 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH BUILT-IN CHANNEL EMULATOR/NOISE GENERATOR - The invention provides a wireless communication apparatus with performance simulation function. The wireless communication apparatus includes a channel emulator and at least one noise generator; therefore a real transmission environment can be simulated inside the wireless communication apparatus to thereby accelerate the testing process. Moreover, as this invention sets a random noise generator in front of the FFT, an approximate AWGN effect will be generated when the wireless communication apparatus is under test. | 11-13-2008 |
20080293364 | WIRELESS INDUSTRIAL DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wireless data transmission system incorporates a process sensor providing an output for process monitoring data with a transmitter connected to the output of the sensor and transmitting the data in time gated intervals. A receiver receives the data from the transmitter and a determination is made if new data is received at a gated time interval. A processor connected to the receiver calculates process parameters based on the data received and a set of the calculated process parameters is stored. The processor estimates process parameters based on the stored set of calculated process parameters responsive to a signal from the determination that data packets have not been received at the gated interval. The process parameters front actual data, if present or from the estimates made by the processor are then output for process control. A counter responsive to the determination of lost data, provides an emergency stop signal upon reaching a predetermined number of counts. | 11-27-2008 |
20080299910 | Method and system for measuring cross technology wireless coverage - A method of measuring wireless cross technology wireless coverage. The method includes initiating a call from a wireless device using a given wireless technology; in response to the initiating, receiving a plurality of data for the given wireless technology; in response to the receiving, analyzing the plurality of data; repeating the above steps for various wireless technologies; and generating a calibration for the analysis of the plurality of data for various wireless technologies. The adjusted data in response to the generated calibration is constructed and outputted. In one embodiment, the analysis includes determining the signal strength for the wireless device of the given wireless technology and determining the probability of call failure for the wireless device of the given wireless technology. Accordingly, at a given probability of call failure, signal strengths of the wireless device for various wireless technologies are corresponded and are equivalent to one another. | 12-04-2008 |
20080305743 | Wireless Communication Path Management Methods and Systems - Methods and systems for managing wireless communication paths are provided. At wireless communication equipment which is connected to a communication device, a wireless communication path to a remote communication device is monitored. Based on results of the monitoring, a determination is made as to whether the wireless communication path should be shut down. If it is determined that the wireless communication path should be shut down, a respective notification is provided to each of the communication devices. A notification may also be provided from wireless communication equipment to a communication device to which it is operatively coupled responsive to receiving a notification that remote wireless communication equipment has determined that the wireless communication path should be shut down. In some embodiments, these notifications are used to present various modes of failure in a wireless communication path to the path endpoints as a physical layer failure. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305744 | Wireless Station and Method in a Wireless Station for Initiating Resource Measurements - The present invention relates to a method and a wireless station for initiating radio resource measurements. A wireless station identifies a need for radio resource measurements by a second wireless station despite there is no association between the wireless station and the second wireless station allowing direct radio communication between said stations. The wireless station initiates a request for radio resource measurements by the second wireless station. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305745 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UPLINK TRANSMISSION OF CHANNEL QUALITY AND CODING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes transmitting feedback over an aggregate of predefined control channel elements (CCEs) wherein the feedback is one of a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix index (PMI) or a rank index. | 12-11-2008 |
20080305746 | USER HAND DETECTION FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the wireless device during the predetermined period; and comparing the at least one acceleration measurement to at least one stored acceleration measurement, the at least one stored acceleration measurement corresponding to a held wireless device. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311854 | Radio communications system, mobile radio terminal and radio comunications method - In sequence S | 12-18-2008 |
20080311855 | INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY FRAMEWORK FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS USE OF MULTIPLE INTERFACES - A system and method comprising a framework configured to enable wireless devices to intelligently and simultaneously use multiple wireless interfaces of the wireless devices. | 12-18-2008 |
20090004974 | System, apparatus and method for associating an anticipated success indication with data delivery - Systems, apparatuses and methods for determining success rates for the transfer and/or utilization of transmitted applications or other communicated services. An intermediary device specifies one or more device attributes of a target device, which are received at a server. The server determines an anticipated success rate for successfully transferring the requested content to the device and/or utilizing the content at the target device, and transfers an indication of the anticipated success rate to the intermediary device. The anticipated success rate indication is received at the intermediary device, which then determines whether the received anticipated success rate indication meets threshold criteria. If so, the intermediary device notifies the server to initiate the transfer of the content from the server to the target device if the threshold criteria is met. | 01-01-2009 |
20090011712 | Method for wired connection measuring the standby time of a cdma mobile terminal - A method of wired connection measuring the standby time of a CDMA mobile terminal, connects the CDMA mobile terminal with network emulator, and places them in the network test environment, then measures the standby current, voltage and electric quantity at standby time of the mobile terminal, thereby calculates the standby time of the mobile terminal. This method needs low test environment, and testing is simple and rapidly. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011713 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and methods for distance measurement in wireless networks are disclosed. A method for measuring distance between nodes or devices in a wireless network comprises estimating a distance between network devices based on a first distance measurement method, estimating the distance based on a second distance measurement method, and processing the first and second distance estimates to determine convergence and to generate an enhanced distance measurement. Additional distance estimates may be combined to further improve accuracy. Convergence information may be provided indicating whether two or more distance estimates converge. In some implementations, the first distance estimate may be generated by a transmission time estimation method, the second distance estimate may be generated by a received signal strength distance estimate, the two estimates may be combined by averaging to generate an enhanced distance estimate, and the difference between the estimates may be compared to a threshold to determine whether the estimates have sufficiently converged to within a desired convergence range. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011714 | Communication apparatus and method for controlling diversity reception - A communication apparatus is equipped with diversity reception function using a plurality of reception systems for receiving, from a transmission apparatus, information corresponding to reception quality. The reception quality is measured before switching between a first state in which the diversity reception function is active and a second state in which the diversity reception function is inactive. The measured value obtained by the measurement is changed in accordance with the state after the switching. The changed value is reported to the transmission apparatus as the reported value of the reception quality. | 01-08-2009 |
20090011715 | RADIO MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a radio measurement procedure for station statistics measurements in wireless communication network. In the method, a requesting station transmits to a requested station a triggered station statistics measurements request message including a group identity field which indicates the requested statistics group and a triggered reporting field for station counter which is used to specify trigger conditions comprising reporting triggers and thresholds for the corresponding reporting triggers, wherein the group identity field is set to a predetermined value indicating one group between two groups of station counters, and wherein all subfields for specifying the reporting triggers regarding the other group between the two groups of station counters is set to 0. And the requesting station receives from the requested station a station statistics measurements report message when the trigger conditions specified in the triggered reporting field for station counter of the triggered station statistics measurements request message. | 01-08-2009 |
20090017766 | Adaptive use of multiple receive chains in wireless communication terminals - A wireless communication device is adaptively operated in a wireless communication network. The wireless communication device includes a receiver subsystem having a total number of available receive chains R | 01-15-2009 |
20090036058 | Quality of a Realtime Service - The present invention relates to evaluating a real-time service performance in a wireless telecommunications system. According to the invention real-time transmission packet arrival times and number of lost real-time transmission packets of the received data in a terminal equipment are measured. The charging information is modified in the billing system in response to the assessed quality of the real time service. | 02-05-2009 |
20090047909 | AREA ESTIMATION SYSTEM, AREA ESTIMATION METHOD AND AREA ESTIMATION APPARATUS - An area estimation apparatus | 02-19-2009 |
20090054001 | Method and apparatus for determining latency and throughput of a data communication - The technology in this application determines the throughput over a data communication substantially as experienced by a user receiving the data. The determined throughput is substantially independent of the total amount of data transferred over the connection. This “active” throughput measure is divided into two parts to provide two performance measures: transfer throughput and latency. Latency corresponds to a time period needed to accomplish one or more functions associated with the data connection, like setting up and taking down the connection, during which payload type data to be transferred to an end user is not transferred. By identifying and removing the initial latency from the throughput determination for the data connection, the determined transfer throughput provides a more accurate measure of the throughput actually experienced by the end user. | 02-26-2009 |
20090068956 | Method and device for estimating reception quality in radio communication - A reception quality estimation device includes: a correlation extractor for extracting correlation between multiplexed reception reference signals received from the plurality of user terminals and a predetermined reference signal sequence, wherein extracted correlation corresponds to each user terminal; a received power calculator for calculating received signal power from the extracted correlation corresponding to each user terminal; a total received power calculator for calculating total received signal power by summing up the received signal power for all the plurality of user terminals; a noise power estimator for estimating noise power based on the total received signal power and total received power of multiplexed reception reference signals; and a reception quality calculator for calculating the reception quality of each user terminal based on the received signal power and the noise power. | 03-12-2009 |
20090088082 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING CROSS-POLARIZATION ISOLATION VALUE AND 1 dB GAIN COMPRESSION POINT - Exemplary embodiments include methods and systems for receiving a signal at a monitoring station, determining a transmit cross-polarization isolation value and/or 1 dB gain compression point based at least in part on the signal having one or more polarities; and outputting at about real-time the determination of the transmit cross-polarization isolation value and/or the 1 dB gain compression point to a user. | 04-02-2009 |
20090093217 | Channel measurement method and apparatus of multi-band multi-standby mobile terminal - A channel measurement method and apparatus for a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) terminal is provided for efficiently measuring signal strengths on all available channels of multiple mobile communication systems. The channel measurement method of the present invention includes measuring, at a first module and a second module, signal strengths on channels designated for the first and second modules; collecting the signal strengths of the channels measured by the first and second modules; and arranging the channels in an order of the signal strengths. | 04-09-2009 |
20090104878 | SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SIGNAL MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM OF SIGNAL MONITORING DEVICE - Even before a communication partner device is incorporated into an operating state, an abnormal communication partner device can be detected, so that it is possible to prevent an abnormal communication partner device from affecting communications with other devices, whereby stable communications can be achieved. To this end, a signal monitoring device includes abnormality detecting means for detecting an abnormality of a communication partner device based on whether a receiving signal exists at a time slot allocated as a non-use bandwidth or not. | 04-23-2009 |
20090111383 | METHODS FOR SIGNALING AND DETERMINING THE TIME OF THE BEGINNING OF A MEASUREMENT TIME INTERVAL, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK ELEMENT - A method for determining a time of a beginning of a measurement time interval for carrying out a radio measurement, the method including receiving a message via a radio communication channel and determining the time of the beginning of the measurement time interval based on a time of the transmission of the message. | 04-30-2009 |
20090111384 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CQI SELECTING METHOD - A wireless communication terminal apparatus and a CQI selecting method wherein when CQIs are grouped according to their levels and then an upper-order CQI, which is indicative of a group, is to be informed in a longer period, while a lower-order CQI, which identifies a CQI in the group, being to be informed in a shorter period, the CQI is precisely selected. A reception SIR range of 0-4 dB in UE corresponds to a level | 04-30-2009 |
20090117851 | QUALITY OF SERVICE SEEKER - This invention concerns quality of service (QoS) mapping in wireless space. QoS maps represent measurements, or predictions, of one or more quality of service metrics in the space. The maps are useful in the management of wireless communications systems. The map is comprised of several layers of information visit e at the same time. The a first layer shows the physical features within the space. Additional layers indicate the value of respective quality of service metrics at locations indicated by the first layer. Users of the communication network can contract with the service provider to have the selected services provided at respective selected service levels by using the map. | 05-07-2009 |
20090117852 | Systems And Methods For Maintaining Base Stations In Wireless Networks - Systems and methods for maintaining base stations are provided. In this regard, a representative system, among others, includes a base station that is electrically connected to a first power source. The base station is configured to receive electric power from the first power source. The base station includes a wireless transmitter and a distress module that is configured to determine whether the base station lost the electrical connection to the first power source. The distress module is further configured to instruct the wireless transmitter to transmit a distress signal that includes information associated with the status of the base station responsive to determining that the electrical connection was lost between the first power source and the base station. | 05-07-2009 |
20090124207 | Protocol Reference Model, Security and Inter-Operability in a Cognitive Communications System - Various cognitive communications system architectures and their corresponding Protocol Reference Models (PRMs) are disclosed. Such PRMs incorporate a Cognitive Plane in addition to conventional Data and Management Planes. The additional Cognitive Plane functionality may include, for example, spectrum sensing, spectrum management, geolocation, and security functions. The Cognitive Plane may further include a Policy Engine and a Learning and Reasoning Module. In some embodiments, Management Plane functions may be effectively combined to form a database of primitives (and their respective values) called a Management Information Base (MIB). In addition, techniques are provided by which various components of cognitive and non-cognitive, as well as mesh-enabled and non-mesh-enabled nodes in a network, inter-operate with each other. The architectures allow a Spectrum Manager (or Signal Space Manager) to combine information from various network layers (e.g., PHY/MAC Layers, Spectrum Sensing Function, Geolocation Function, and/or Security Sublayers), and to make informed decisions on spectrum utilization. | 05-14-2009 |
20090124208 | PROTOCOL REFERENCE MODEL, SECURITY AND INTER-OPERABILITY IN A COGNITIVE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Various cognitive communications system architectures and their corresponding Protocol Reference Models (PRMs) are disclosed. Such PRMs incorporate a Cognitive Plane in addition to conventional Data and Management Planes. The additional Cognitive Plane functionality may include, for example, spectrum sensing, spectrum management, geolocation, and security functions. The Cognitive Plane may further include a Policy Engine and a Learning and Reasoning Module. In some embodiments, Management Plane functions may be effectively combined to form a database of primitives (and their respective values) called a Management Information Base (MIB). In addition, techniques are provided by which various components of cognitive and non-cognitive, as well as mesh-enabled and non-mesh-enabled nodes in a network, inter-operate with each other. The architectures allow a Spectrum Manager (or Signal Space Manager) to combine information from various network layers (e.g., PHY/MAC Layers, Spectrum Sensing Function, Geolocation Function, and/or Security Sublayers), and to make informed decisions on spectrum utilization. | 05-14-2009 |
20090130984 | Apparatus and method for intercepting packet data in mobile communication system - An apparatus and method for intercepting packet data in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of: storing intercepted target and interception related information when a target provision request message including the intercepted target and interception related information is received from a Service Provider ADministration Function (SPADF); establishing a data session of the intercepted target according to whether the data session of the intercepted target is established; and intercepting a packet of the intercepted target when the intercepted target starts packet data communication. Accordingly, solutions capable of properly performing Lawful Interception (LI) can be provided while achieving compliance with existing LI on packet data. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130985 | METHOD FOR TRANSITION BETWEEN DISTRIBUTED TRANSMISSION AND LOCALIZED TRANSMISSION - Provided is a method for transitioning between a distributed transmission mode and a localized transmission mode, including transmitting, by a Base Station (BS), a measurement control message to a User Element (UE), wherein the UE makes corresponding measurement and transmits a required measurement report message to the BS and the BS transmits a transition indicator message of new mode to the UE based on measurement report message sent from the UE; and commencing CQI reporting and a downlink transmission of a new mode between the UE and the BS. The BS can choose a more appropriate transmission mode for the downlink transmission based on changing characteristics of the channel in the time domain and the frequency domain. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130986 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of exchanging channel quality information between a base station and a user equipment in a mobile communication system is disclosed. A method of transmitting channel quality information in a mobile communication system which transmits channel quality information from a user equipment to a base station comprises transmitting channel quality information, which is measured based on a signal received from the base station, to the base station, receiving feedback information of the channel quality information from the base station, and transmitting difference information to the base station, the difference information for matching the channel quality information transmitted from the user equipment with channel quality information received by the base station based on the feedback information. | 05-21-2009 |
20090130987 | Probe signalling - A measurement probe | 05-21-2009 |
20090137210 | COMMUNICATION AREA DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF, AND BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - In the wake that transmitted power from a base station to user equipment becomes a constant value or more, a control station acquires positional information of the user equipment (position | 05-28-2009 |
20090143018 | Automated Configuration of a Wireless Location System - In an overlay, network-based Wireless Location System, Location Measurement Units (LMUs) are used to collect radio signaling both in the forward and reverse channels for use in TDOA and/or AoA positioning methods. Information broadcast from the radio network and by global satellite navigation system constellations can be received by the LMUs and used to reduce the difficulty of initial system configuration and reconfiguration due to radio network changes. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED SPECTRUM SENSING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatus for determining if a signal of interest, for example, a licensed signal having or exceeding a predetermined field strength, is present in a wireless spectrum and/or which facilitates such a determination are described. The signal of interest maybe, e.g., a television signal or a wireless microphone signal using licensed television spectrum. The predetermined field strength may be specified or by a government regulation or rule. | 06-04-2009 |
20090143020 | LOAD TESTING SYSTEM, LOAD TESTING APPARATUS, LOAD TESTING METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In a load testing system, a transmission device measures a bandwidth of user data transmitted from a user terminal in real time, calculates a calculation bandwidth by subtracting the bandwidth of the user data from an evaluation bandwidth preset to evaluate the performance of a network, and transmits test data corresponding to the calculation bandwidth with the user data corresponding to the bandwidth of the user data. A reception device receives the user data and the test data transmitted with the user data, and evaluates the performance of the network based on the user data and test data. | 06-04-2009 |
20090149132 | Detection of Time of Arrival of CDMA Signals in a Wireless Location System - In a Wireless Location System (WLS) deployed in connection with a CDMA-based wireless communications system, Location Measurement Units are used to collect multi-path corrupted radio signaling for use in time difference of arrival (TDOA) and hybrid positioning methods. Signal processing techniques are used to enhance the WLS's ability to determine the minimally time-delayed multi-path component and thus increase the accuracy of the TDOA location in CDMA-based wireless communications systems. The signal processing includes a filtering technique for reducing the leading sidelobes of the cross-correlation function as well as a leading edge discovery procedure. | 06-11-2009 |
20090170441 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEASUREMENT CONTROL INFORMATION IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In various embodiments, a communication device and a method for processing measurement control information in a communication device are provided. In an embodiment, system information and a system information identifier are stored by the communication device in a first connection state and the system information identifier is transmitted to the network communication device after changing to a second connection state. | 07-02-2009 |
20090170442 | MOBILE RADIO TERMINAL AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Each of a mobile station and a base station stores a Wideband CQI table and a Subband CQI table. At the mobile station, a control unit transmits a CQI report value indicating Wideband CQI, and an index (Index S) indicating a differential value of a Diff reference value based on the CQI report value and Subband CQI, on the basis of the tables. In addition, the control unit makes the Diff reference value variable to prevent an expression amount of the index from being damaged if the Wideband CQI report value is in a range close to an upper lit or a lower limit of the Wideband CQI table. | 07-02-2009 |
20090186584 | TECHNIQUE FOR LOW-POWER OPERATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Embodiments of a circuit are described. In this circuit, a receiver includes at least one input node that receives one or more signals from one or more antenna elements. Note that a given signal from a given antenna element may have an associated fixed bandwidth and/or may include directional information corresponding to a region in a space. Moreover, the receiver includes a measurement circuit, coupled to at least the one input node, that determines whether a metric of the given signal exceeds a corresponding threshold. Additionally, control logic in the circuit, which is coupled to the measurement circuit, instructs a communication circuit in the circuit to exit a first power-consumption mode if the metric of at least one of the signals exceeds the corresponding threshold. | 07-23-2009 |
20090197539 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention performing a bidirectional communication with another information processing apparatus through a plurality of channels in a predetermined frequency band, and including a selecting portion for selecting an identifier from a plurality of identifiers to use for connection with the another information processing apparatus; a radio wave state monitoring portion for monitoring a radio wave state of the plurality of channels; and a channel controlling portion for setting the channel having satisfactory radio wave state as the channel to use in the bidirectional communication based on a monitoring result of the radio wave state. | 08-06-2009 |
20090203321 | Method of estimating electromagnetic wave intensity for mobile communication device and mobile communication device thereof - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus of estimating the intensity of the electromagnetic wave of a mobile communication device. According to the method of the present invention, step (a) is firstly performed to retrieve a transmission power of the mobile communication device. Secondly, step (b) is performed in the method of the invention to estimate the intensity of electromagnetic wave based on the transmission power. Finally, step (c) is performed in the method of the invention to display the intensity of electromagnetic wave. | 08-13-2009 |
20090209209 | Fast Correction of Power Measurements of Signals Having a Changing Frequency - Power measurements of a signal having a changing frequency are corrected by acquiring samples of the signal, matching the samples of the signal to a sequence of frequencies indexed to correction transforms, and applying the correction transforms to the samples of the signal. Additionally, an apparatus corrects power measurements of a signal having a changing frequency and includes an acquisition block for acquiring samples of the signal, a sequence controller for matching the samples of the signal to a sequence of frequencies indexed to correction transforms and a correction block for applying the correction transforms to the samples of the signal. | 08-20-2009 |
20090215399 | Signal processing in electronic apparatus - A method, apparatus, and computer program for estimating a rank, i.e. the number of uncorrelated spatial channels, of a radio channel are provided. The rank estimation is carried out by examining mutual proportions of a first eigenvalue and a second eigenvalue of a two-by-two channel matrix representation with a test function including elements of a solution of roots of a quadratic characteristic equation of the two-by-two channel matrix representation, wherein the test function comprises a discriminant of the solution of the roots of the quadratic characteristic equation without a square root operation. | 08-27-2009 |
20090221237 | Data sending and receiving apparatus and method - A data sending and receiving apparatus includes a sending state acquiring unit that monitors and acquires at least one of a sending process state indicating whether the sending process of the transmission data is being executed, and a signal strength of the transmission data; a signal strength measuring unit that measures a signal strength of the reception data; a measured value correcting unit that corrects a measured value of the signal strength of the reception data measured by the signal strength measuring unit, in accordance with at least one of the sending process state and an acquisition result of the signal strength of the transmission data acquired by the sending state acquiring unit; and a demodulating unit that demodulates the reception data using a corrected measured value corrected by the measured value correcting unit. | 09-03-2009 |
20090227208 | Mobile Station And Antenna Verification Controlling Method For Mobile Station - Antenna verification is controlled in the ON state at least until transmission to a wireless base station is started, and particularly, a result of estimation of the signal phase individually from two antennas of the wireless base station is reflected on a reception signal process, to decrease the failure rate in synchronism establishment arising from that antenna verification of transmission diversity to be carried out for reception characteristic enhancement of the downlink is controlled in the OFF state in order to enhance the throughput characteristic as in a case wherein the HSDPA is applied. | 09-10-2009 |
20090239473 | Method for transmitting channel information in multiple antenna system - A method for transmitting channel information in a multi-antenna system, the method includes calculating channel quality information (CQI) with respect to each mode, comparing the CQI with respect to each mode to a threshold value with respect to each mode, and transmitting CQI with respect to a mode having higher CQI than the threshold value as channel information. Good performance can be achieved regardless of the number of users or an SNR of users. | 09-24-2009 |
20090247086 | Reducing co-channel interference - A base station may transmit at varied power levels. Subscriber stations receiving the power levels can transmit noise information back to the base station. As a result, co-channel interference can be determined from the varied power transmissions, either in the base station or in the subscriber station. In addition, in some embodiments, the transmissions may include different phases so that the phase of the co-channel interference may be determined as well. | 10-01-2009 |
20090253377 | COMMUNICATION RESOURCE SHARING VIA MULTIPLE SYSTEMS - A method begins by monitoring a plurality of channels within a frequency spectrum for transmission patterns. For a given channel of the plurality of channels, the method continues by determining whether a transmission pattern exists and, when the transmission pattern exists, determining at least one likely communication protocol of a plurality of communication protocols based on at least a portion of the transmission pattern. The method continues by determining an idle time of the given channel based on the likely communication protocol. The method continues by transmitting a signal via the given channel during the idle time, wherein the signal is in accordance with a second communication protocol. | 10-08-2009 |
20090253378 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING NON-COMMUNICATION MONITORING TIMER - The present invention provides with a terminal having a monitoring period changing function for changing the value (monitoring period) of a no-traffic monitoring timer of the terminal by feeding back the information on radio signal conditions, and a no-traffic monitoring function for changing the status of the call of the terminal to “a disconnected state for only receiving radio signal from a base station” depending on the value (monitoring period) of the no-traffic monitoring timer based on the information fed back. | 10-08-2009 |
20090258600 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus is capable of increasing data capacity that can be transmitted and reducing power consumption by reducing the amount of control signal to be transmitted, and capable of increasing system capacity by reducing interference with respect to other wireless communication apparatuses. | 10-15-2009 |
20090264078 | MOBILE DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MOBILE DEVICE - A system and a method for measuring characteristics of a mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes an antenna connection pad connected to an antenna, a Radio Frequency (RF) unit connected to the antenna connection pad for transmitting RF signals through the antenna and for receiving RF signals through the antenna, a switch coupled between the antenna connection pad and the RF unit for operating according to an electrical signal and a contact pad connected to a measuring cable and located between the switch and the RF unit. | 10-22-2009 |
20090264079 | DETERMINING PRESENCE OF RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A RF data communication device operates in at least two states. In a first state, the device transmits a response to an RF transmission if specific data therein represents an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and if specific data therein corresponds to a class maintained by the device. The device does not transmit a response if specific data in the RF transmission is not representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices, or if specific data therein does not correspond to at least one maintained class. In a second state, the device does not transmit a response when specific data is included therein that is representative of an inquiry as to the presence of one or more RF data communication devices and specific data therein corresponds to at least one maintained class. | 10-22-2009 |
20090270042 | Method of measuring a distance between two radio-communication devices and device adapted to implement one such method - The invention relates to a method of measuring a distance between two radio-communication devices ( | 10-29-2009 |
20090270043 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system which is capable of, when carrying out mobile communication using a shared channel, increasing in efficiency of transmission timing of the data transmission rate request value to prevent wasteful power consumption and hence reduce power consumption. A mobile station apparatus of the mobile communication system measures CIR of the received signal from a base station apparatus at a CIR measuring section, and decides the data transmission rate request value corresponding to the measured CIR value at a rate request value deciding section. Also, it detects an error of the received signal at a CRC section, and, when no error is found, calculates a difference between the average data transmission rate from a base station apparatus and the data transmission request value at a rate request value transmission controlling section. Then, it transmits the data transmission rate request value to the base station apparatus only when the obtained difference is larger than a threshold value. | 10-29-2009 |
20090275289 | Method and system for determining radio spectrum availability and quality - A method is provided for analyzing radio spectrum solutions of a wireless communication service. The method may include obtaining address information of two end points of a wireless communication path of the wireless communication service and performing a check on the address information based on a database system configured to store valid address information and associated geographical information. The method may also include obtaining location related information including a distance between the two end points and determining rain zone information based on the address information and associated geographical information, retrieving radio equipment information on a plurality of radio equipment, and determining a plurality of available wireless communication solutions based on the location related information and the radio equipment information. Each solution may include at least one of a radio spectrum availability and a throughput. Further, the method may include presenting the plurality of wireless communication solutions. | 11-05-2009 |
20090280748 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENQUIRING CHANNEL CONDITION INFORMATION IN COGNITIVE RADIO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of operating a Data Base (DB) server for storing spectrum condition information on a licensed system in a Cognitive Radio (CR)-based wireless communication system and a CR-based wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining changes in the spectrum condition information on the licensed system, recalculating maximum Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power (EIRP) allowed for each channel of CR-based devices registered in a list, and transmitting information regarding the recalculated maximum allowed EIRP. | 11-12-2009 |
20090286484 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING ONSITE MAINTENANCE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for performing system maintenance in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of system maintenance files for the wireless communication system are stored in a memory storage device; the memory storage device is physically coupled to an interface included in the wireless communication system; at least one of the plurality of system maintenance files is retrieved from the memory storage device; and at least one system maintenance action related to the at least one system maintenance file is automatically performed. In another embodiment, a plurality of system maintenance files for the wireless communication system is attached to a first email message; the email message is emailed to the wireless communication system; at least one of the plurality of system maintenance files are retrieved from the first email message; and at least one system maintenance action related to the at least one system maintenance file is automatically performed. In some embodiments, the wireless communication system comprises a distributed antenna system. | 11-19-2009 |
20090291641 | Mobile terminal and indoor/outdoor judgment method - A mobile terminal | 11-26-2009 |
20090298436 | Processing of a radio-communication frame in a system comprising at least three radio transmitter/receiver devices - The invention relates to a method of implementing operations involving the processing a radio-communication frame (CMF) in a system comprising at least three radio transmitter/receiver devices ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090298437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR SIGNALS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques to search for signals while in an out-of-service state are described. In an aspect, a network entity may collect information for wireless devices within a designated area, determine at least one search parameter (e.g., a scan rate) based on the collected information, and provide the search parameter(s) to wireless devices within the designated area. The wireless devices may perform searches for signals in accordance with the search parameter(s) when they are out of service. In another aspect, a wireless device may collect information related to out-of-service events encountered by the wireless device, send the collected information to the network entity, receive the search parameter(s) from the network entity, and perform searches in accordance with the search parameter(s) when out of service. In yet another aspect, the wireless device may determine the search parameter(s) based on the collected information. | 12-03-2009 |
20090298438 | TRANSMISSION DELAY ANALYZING APPARATUS, MEDIUM RECORDING TRANSMISSION DELAY ANALYZING PROGRAM, AND TRANSMISSION DELAY ANALYZING METHOD - A transmission delay analyzing apparatus includes: a first acquisition section that acquires a noise waveform from among waveforms which propagate in a first transmission line and acquired by a receiving circuit; | 12-03-2009 |
20090298439 | COGNITIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RECOGNIZING INTERFERENCE BASED ON KNOWN SIGNAL - A cognitive radio (CR) communication apparatus and method is provided. A cognitive radio (CR) communication apparatus includes a signal receiving unit which receives signals from a primary user of a primary system and a secondary transmitter of a secondary system, the received signals including an element associated with at least one known signal of the secondary transmitter, and a determination unit which determines whether a signal of the primary user exists from among the received signals based on the element associated with the at least one known signal. | 12-03-2009 |
20090305638 | Method and System for Selecting Radiation Diagrams of Antennas for Mobile-Radio Communication Networks - The radiation diagram of an antenna for serving a cell in a cellular communication network is selected from a plurality of available radiation diagrams by: classifying the plurality of available radiation diagrams in terms of a related radiation gain value; identifying for each one of the sectors a plurality of variations of the radiation gain value associated with the available radiation diagrams; estimating for each sector an initial value of at least one indicator of network operative functionality; estimating for each sector at least a desiderate value of variation of the related radiation gain value; and selecting at least one configuration that approximates the variation of the radiation gain value involving the desiderate value. | 12-10-2009 |
20090305639 | Transmit Power Control for Dynamic Spectrum Access - A transceiver and a method of transmitting data are provided. A frequency band, such as a licensed frequency band, is monitored during a sensing block. Based upon the use of the frequency band during the sensing block, a probability of non-interfering is calculated during a plurality of time periods in a subsequent inter-sensing block. The probability of non-interfering is used by the transceiver to determine a transmit power level such that the possibility of interference with licensed use on the frequency band is reduced. Embodiments of the present invention may be used to improve the transmission rate of the cognitive radio user. | 12-10-2009 |
20090305640 | Vehicle locating unit with improved power management method - A method of checking messages from a network of communication sources includes initially testing the signal strength of a plurality of communication sources, storing the identity of the communication sources with the two strongest signals, and alternatively entering a sleep mode and a wake-up mode, the wake-up mode synchronized to the communication source with the strongest signal. The method further includes testing the signal strength of one additional communication source, switching synchronization to the additional communication source if said source presents a signal stronger than the signal of a stored communication source with the strongest signal, and replacing the identity of any stored communication source if an additional communication sources tested in sequence presents a signal stronger than the signal of said stored communication source. | 12-10-2009 |
20090305641 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - There is provided a communication apparatus including a reference electrode; a signal electrode which electrostatically couples to a communication medium a measurement unit for measuring an impedance of a circuit system including between the reference electrode and the signal electrode; and a transmission processing unit for creating a potential difference between the signal electrode and the reference electrode based on a transmission power corresponding to the impedance of the circuit system measured by the measurement unit, and transmitting a signal to another communication apparatus electrostatically coupled to the communication medium. | 12-10-2009 |
20090311966 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ANALYZE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRANSCEIVERS - Methods and apparatus to monitor communication system transceivers are disclosed. For example, the disclosed system may determine the number and locations of available cellular stations. An example method includes receiving a first message from a base station, receiving a second message from the base station, extracting a first parameter from the first message, extracting a second parameter different from first parameter from the second message, determining if the first message and the second message were received from the same base station based on the first parameter and the second parameter, and reporting that the first message and the second message were from the same base station if the first message and the second message were received from the same base station. Some implementations of the disclosed methods and apparatus enable pseudorandom number codes received over-the-air from base stations to be grouped by base station. | 12-17-2009 |
20090311967 | WIRELESS BASE STATION, MOBILE TERMINAL, COMMUNICATIONS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The ratio of the number of connection sequences started upon reception of a connection request signal transmitted from the mobile terminals to the number of completed connection sequences is monitored, and on the basis of the monitoring result, the presence or the absence of a congestion state in the communications network is evaluated. | 12-17-2009 |
20090318089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING IN A TDD SYSTEM - A method of switching a communication device between an uplink communication path and a downlink communication path is provided. The method measures a power level of signals on at least one radio frequency for one of the uplink communication path and the downlink communication path. The measured power level is compared with a threshold power level. Switching between an uplink circuit and a downlink circuit is based on the comparison between the measured power level and the threshold power level. | 12-24-2009 |
20090325498 | DOPPLER ESTIMATION - Method of estimating Doppler spread comprising the steps of estimating a de-biased value according to the relation Formula (I), is a preliminary Doppler spread squared, based on measured parameters, and K | 12-31-2009 |
20090325499 | THRESHOLD SELECTION FOR BROADCAST SIGNAL DETECTION | 12-31-2009 |
20090325500 | PORTABLE RADIO TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The radio OFF mode control unit | 12-31-2009 |
20090325501 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIORITIZING AND REPORTING MULTIPLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MEASUREMENT EVENTS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) prioritizes triggered events for the same measurement object to lessen the quantity of events which are included in measurement reports, while conveying no less information. The WTRU triggers an event, starts a time-to-trigger timer for the event, and includes the event in a measurement report. Additionally, where a WTRU measures on multiple frequencies, the event triggering is prioritized according to priorities associated with the frequencies. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325502 | Communication apparatus and communication method - A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information to a base station apparatus, the reception quality information indicating quality of a signal received from the base station apparatus, characterized in that the base station apparatus transmits information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data included in an uplink data transmission permission signal, and the mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information without uplink data according to the information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data. This allows a mobile station apparatus to transmit reception quality information including a large amount of information even if there is no uplink data between the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus, and the transmission control flexibly responding to the amount of information and the frequency of transmissions of the reception quality information transmitted from the mobile station apparatus is possible. Therefore, more efficient communication control (scheduling) between the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus can be achieved. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325503 | RADIO TERMINAL DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio terminal device measures communication environment information on communication environments with base stations, then changes, when receiving a request from a connection destination base station among the base stations to regularly report the communication environment information with a predetermined response period, a measurement interval for the communication environment information according to the response period, and informs the connection destination base station of the measured communication environment information using a radio signal. | 12-31-2009 |
20090325504 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits, to a base station apparatus, uplink data using a physical uplink shared channel assigned by an uplink data transmission permission signal, wherein the base station apparatus: transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the uplink data transmission permission signal, and wherein the mobile station apparatus: periodically transmits, to the base station apparatus, first reception quality information even in case that a transmission instruction of reception quality information is not included in the uplink data transmission permission signal; transmits, to the base station apparatus, second reception quality information using the physical uplink shared channel in case that a transmission instruction of reception quality information is included in the uplink data transmission permission signal; and transmits the first reception quality information and the second reception quality information in different physical formats. | 12-31-2009 |
20100003921 | Service Monitoring and Disconnection Notification in a Wireless Gateway Device - A gateway apparatus configured to wirelessly communicate with and provide a service to a wireless client device includes a wireless access point module, a network interface and a controller. The wireless access point module is configured to wirelessly communicate with the wireless client device. The network interface module is configured to interface with a network in order to provide the service for the wireless client device. The controller is responsive to detecting degradation in the service or to receiving a command to generate a signal, for transmission to the wireless client device by the wireless access point module. The signal notifies the wireless client device to disconnect from the gateway apparatus. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003922 | System and Method for Scheduling of Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Systems - System and method for scheduling spectrum sensing in cognitive radio systems. A method comprises sensing an availability of a spectrum band, computing a duration of an inter-sensing time block based on the availability of the spectrum band, and scheduling an occurrence of the spectrum sensing operation using the duration of the inter-sensing time block. Computing the duration of the inter-sensing time block based on the availability of the spectrum band allows for an optimization of communications of the cognitive radio system, thereby increasing spectral efficiency and reducing interference to licensed communications. | 01-07-2010 |
20100003923 | MOBILE APPLICATION MONITORING SYSTEM - A method and system to test, monitor, audit and share revenue associated with third-party software applications operating on mobile devices over a network operator's wireless network. An application may be tested by the mobile application monitoring system to simulate the expected load of the application on a mobile device and the wireless network utilized by the mobile device, and to determine any services utilized by the application. Based on the simulation, the system determines a compensation arrangement under which revenue associated with the application will be shared between the network operator and the application provider. Revenue is shared inversely with an application's impact on customers and on the network operator. Modifications may be made to the compensation arrangement by the system to cause the revenue share or other compensation value to increase or decrease based on non-performance-related features or consequences that are identified by the system. | 01-07-2010 |
20100009636 | MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION - A mobile station provided with first and second antennas with a distance therebetween includes a reception quality measurement unit that measures, when the mobile station moves in a direction from a location of the first antenna toward a location of the second antenna, a reception quality of a radio signal provided by a base station via the second antenna; a notification unit that notifies the base station of the reception quality measured by the reception quality measurement unit; and a reception processing unit that performs a reception process of a radio signal that is transmitted by the base station, which performs adaptive modulation based on the reception quality notified by the reception unit, and is received by the first antenna. | 01-14-2010 |
20100009637 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND INDICATING METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus includes: a first unit which is connected in wireless to a base station by radio wave, and which includes: a measuring unit which measures a reception electric field strength of the radio wave in the first unit transmitted from the base station to the first unit; and a transmitter which transmits information of the reception electric field strength measured by the measuring unit; and a second unit which is connected to the first unit, and which includes: a receiver which receives the information of the reception electric field strength transmitted by the transmitter; and a first indicator which indicates on the second unit the information of the reception electric field strength received by the receiver. | 01-14-2010 |
20100015924 | PROCESS FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE OVER A SPECTRUM - In one aspect, there is disclosed a process for enabling communication of a communication device over a spectrum including the steps of: providing a communication device, detecting available analog signals, analyzing the detected analog signals, connecting to a highest energy signal, and repeating these steps. | 01-21-2010 |
20100015925 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF CHARACTERIZING AN OBJECT - A device for characterizing an object ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100022190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATIONS IN A PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus for wireless communications in networks, e.g., regional ad hoc peer to peer networks, are described. A communications node, e.g., a third node monitors for wireless communications between other peer communication nodes, e.g., a first node and a second node, in its local vicinity. The third node determines from the monitored wireless communication an indication of link quality corresponding to a communication link between the communication nodes which are communicating or seeking to establish a communications link. The third node generates an estimate of a link quality for a communications link between itself and the first node. Based on the indication of link quality and generated estimate of link quality, the third node decides whether or not to send a signal indicating availability to relay communication between the first and second nodes. The third node, when acting as an intermediary node after indicating its availability to so act, may receive traffic data e.g., user data communicated in a peer to peer traffic segment, from the first node. The third node communicates the received traffic data to the second node by transmitting the traffic data. | 01-28-2010 |
20100022191 | VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINAL (VSAT) SITE DIAGNOSTICS - An exemplary device samples a converter signal (e.g., input to a block up converter or output from a low noise block) at a very small aperture terminal site and identifies, as between a site converter and a site modem, a more likely faulty component to aid site diagnosis and repair. | 01-28-2010 |
20100035557 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING THE PRESENCE OF A TRANSMISSION SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS CHANNEL - Methods and apparatus for sensing the presence of a transmission signal type within a wireless channel in a wireless communication system, such as those including the use of wireless microphones, are described. Sensing the transmission signal type includes calculating a spectral density estimate of a signal on the wireless channel. A first test value, derived from the calculated spectral density estimate, is compared to a first threshold. A preliminary determination of the presence of the transmission signal type is made if the first test value exceeds the first threshold. Sensing the presence of the signal type after preliminary determination of the presence of the signal type is made by determining that an observed spectral density of a prescribed signal added to the signal on the wireless channel matches a model estimate of the spectral density of the prescribed signal to a sufficient degree. | 02-11-2010 |
20100048139 | BATTERY POWER CONSUMPTION CONTROL - Provided is a power control method in which a remaining battery time of a portable device can be ensured, and a portable device using the method. The power control method includes receiving externally a requested time-of-use and a type of one or more application programs to be executed; computing an estimated amount of power consumption when the application programs are executed for the requested time-of-use; measuring a remaining amount of power within the portable device; determining operation modes of elements of the portable device by using the estimated amount of power consumption and the remaining amount of power; and controlling operations of the elements according to the determined operation modes, in which the portable device allows a user to execute the application programs for the time-of-use requested by the user. | 02-25-2010 |
20100048140 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING A POSITION OF A MOBILE STATION - A device for measuring a position of a mobile station according to the present invention comprises: first measuring means for measuring the position of the mobile station based on observed data of signals from satellites using a one-epoch measuring method; second measuring means for measuring the position of the mobile station using previous determination result of the position of the mobile station and speed information representative of a speed of the mobile station; third measuring means for measuring the position of the mobile station using solutions of variables derived from previous determination results of the first or second measuring means; and controlling means | 02-25-2010 |
20100048141 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, ACCESS GATEWAY, AND TRACKING AREA SETTING METHOD - A disclosed mobile communication system includes a newly-installed base station configured to send its identifier and a pilot channel; existing base stations; user devices configured to send reception quality measurements of the pilot channel to the existing base stations; and an upper node. Each of the existing base stations includes a statistical processing unit for performing statistical processing on the reception quality measurements; and a statistical processing result reporting unit configured to send a result of the statistical processing to the upper node. The upper node includes a tracking area selecting unit configured to select a tracking area to be assigned to the newly-installed base station based on the results of the statistical processing; and a tracking area reporting unit configured to report the selected tracking area to the newly-installed base station. The newly-installed base station includes a tracking area setting unit configured to set the reported tracking area. | 02-25-2010 |
20100056065 | WIRELESS BASE STATION EQUIPMENT AND MONITORING CONTROL METHOD - To allow an amplifier to be added or changed to perform a maintenance monitoring control smoothly without causing restriction on the card configuration of the amplifier and the functional section and without causing any influence on the operating amplifier (e.g., suspension of the service). | 03-04-2010 |
20100062718 | System and Method for Unsynchronized Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Nodes - System and method for unsynchronized cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio nodes. A method comprises receiving spectrum sensing information from a plurality of communications nodes, computing for each communications node in the plurality of communications nodes, a likelihood ratio based on spectrum sensing information provided by the communications node, combining the likelihood ratios, and computing a decision value based on the combined likelihood ratio. Each communications node determines its respective spectrum sensing information at a time unrelated to times when other communications nodes determine their spectrum sensing information. | 03-11-2010 |
20100062719 | Managing the Audio-Signal Loss Plan of a Telecommunications Network - A method is disclosed that enables the monitoring, evaluation, and adjustment of a telecommunications network's audio-signal loss plan. The method can be implemented at a data-collection server, in which the server accumulates voice-quality measurement statistics from various nodes in the network. Such nodes include telecommunications endpoints, media gateways, private-branch exchanges, teleconference bridges, and so forth. The different types of statistics that can be acquired include voice activity detection, average speech level, average noise level, and so forth. The server accumulates the statistical data from the various nodes for multiple calls and over an extended period of time. The server is also able to compare the statistics against a theoretical model that is a function of the loss plan, at least in part. For example, the comparisons that the data-collection server performs can be used to determine why certain calls have been reported as having unsatisfactory quality. | 03-11-2010 |
20100062720 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A signal transmission system includes a transmitting unit configured to drive an input signal and to transmit the input signal, a pre-emphasis unit configured to detect a change in a voltage level of the input signal and to amplify a voltage of an output signal of the transmitting unit for a predetermined time, and a receiving unit configured to receive the output signal from the transmitting unit. | 03-11-2010 |
20100062721 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A RECEIVED SIGNAL - In a method for processing a signal received by a receiver, at a first wireless receiver ( | 03-11-2010 |
20100062722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING PATH LOSS IN A USE ENVIRONMENT - A method includes providing a first data collection unit and a second data collection unit, each of the first test data collection unit and the second data collection unit comprising a wireless transceiver and adapted for wireless communication therebetween, physically moving the first data collection unit to each of a plurality of different locations within the use environment associated with use of the home appliance, establishing a radio frequency link between the first data collection unit and the second data collection unit at each of the plurality of different locations within the use environment, characterizing quality of the radio frequency link at each of the plurality of different locations, the quality of the radio frequency link being at least partially based on the path loss within the use environment, and determining an aggregate characterization of the first data collection unit within the use environment using the quality of the radio frequency link at each of the plurality of different locations. A system for characterizing radio communications quality is also provided. | 03-11-2010 |
20100062723 | FEMTO CELL BASE STATION AND METHOD - A femto cell base station and a method are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) monitoring data transmission antenna weights used during wireless data transmissions over a femto cell data channel between a femto cell base station and user equipment; b) deriving broadcast channel antenna weights from the data transmission antenna weights; and c) forming the femto cell broadcast channel beam using the broadcast channel antenna weights. The femto cell broadcast channel beam is adapted to minimise interference. The femto cell broadcast channel beam may then be formed using those broadcast channel antenna weights in order to direct and restrict the size of the broadcast channel beam and reduce the likely interference caused by the femto cell to other femto cells and to a macro cell. | 03-11-2010 |
20100062724 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING VOICE QUALITY ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for providing monitoring of voice quality and diagnostic data related to voice quality on a wireless device. Monitoring thresholds can be implemented that allow for additional precautionary measures and/or further monitoring to occur if a threshold level of voice quality performance is experienced. The results of the voice and diagnostic monitoring can be communicated to the service provider who can then collect, analyze and generate reports to assess and determine quality-related problems experienced by the communication network. | 03-11-2010 |
20100069012 | Method and System of Modifying Configuration Settings of a Device Based on an Estimated Change in Transmission Traffic - A method of modifying a configuration setting of a portable communication device based on an estimated change in transmission traffic. The method includes monitoring radio frequency (RF) signals at a first portable communication device. The RF signals include signals communicated by one or more other communication devices. The method further includes measuring a first number of transmissions communicated by the RF signals during a first time window and measuring a second number of transmissions communicated by the RF signals during a second time window. The first number of transmissions is compared to the second number of transmissions to estimate a change in transmission traffic. A configuration setting of the first portable communication device is modified from a first setting to a second setting based on the estimated change in transmission traffic. | 03-18-2010 |
20100069013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSING MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL WITHIN A COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK - A technique for spectrum sensing management and control for a secondary communication system seeking to utilize another communication system's spectrum is provided ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100069014 | CONTROLLING ATTENUATION OF AN ANTENNA SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL TO REESTABLISH A LOST COMMUNICATION LINK - Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods of operating communication terminals. A wireless communication link is established between first and second communication terminals and communication signals are exchanged therebetween. The first communication terminal is controlled to continue over time to increase a power level at which it transmits communication signals to the second communication terminal in response to detecting loss of the wireless communication link and while continuing attempts to reestablish the communication link with the second communication terminal. The first communication terminal is further controlled, in response to detecting loss of the communication link, to increase a level of attenuation that it applies to communication signals from the second communication terminal, and to then more gradually decrease the level of attenuation over time in response to continuing attempts to reestablish the communication link with the second communication terminal. | 03-18-2010 |
20100069015 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING A VELOCITY OF A SPORT OBJECT - A method for determining a velocity of an object (O), such as a ball, over a span length (SL) extending from a span start (SS) to a span end (SE). An audio signal (AS) is received by a mobile terminal's (MT) microphone (MP). An approximate travel time (TT) for a traversal of the span length (SL) by the object (O) is determined, which act time comprises processing the audio signal (AS) and detecting a first shape ( | 03-18-2010 |
20100075610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING LATENCY OF LOCATION BASED INFORMATION RETRIEVED FROM A LOCATION SERVICE - A system and method is provided for reducing latency when providing user location information services. The system is implemented in a computer infrastructure which comprises computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium. The executable code is operable to trigger a location based service to obtain user location information prior to the user registering for location services. | 03-25-2010 |
20100075611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE IN PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - An apparatus includes a transceiver configured to transmit wireless signals to and receive wireless signals from wireless nodes associated with an industrial process. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to initiate transmission of the wireless signals and to process data contained in the received wireless signals. The transceiver includes a diversity receiver configured to process the wireless signals from the wireless nodes. The transceiver may be further configured to perform beam-shaping in order to transmit a directional beam to at least one of the wireless nodes. Also, the controller may be configured to perform spatial routing by identifying a target of a wireless transmission and to initiate transmission of the directional beam towards a known or estimated location associated with the identified target. | 03-25-2010 |
20100081389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PROPAGATION DELAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of determining a propagation delay of wireless communications between wireless network devices, comprising exchanging first and second messages with a wireless network device; determining first time information based upon the exchange of the first and second messages; receiving second time information from the wireless network device, the second time information based upon the exchange of the first and second messages; and determining a propagation delay based upon the first and second time information. | 04-01-2010 |
20100081390 | RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATING SYSTEM, ITS METHOD , AND PROGRAM - The amount of operation processing is reduced without largely degrading an estimation precision of radio wave propagation estimation. | 04-01-2010 |
20100081391 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system capable of using a plurality of frequency channels in a first predetermined frequency band being adjacent a second predetermined frequency band used in another wireless communication system, the wireless communication system includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station sends a notification for limiting each power of the plurality of frequency channels to the mobile station. The mobile station transmits data to the base station by the use of at least one of the frequency channel, and controlling data transmitting power based upon the notification. When the frequency channel for the data transmitting need more transmitting power and the frequency channel for the data transmitting is adjacent to the second predetermined frequency band, the mobile station change the frequency channel for the data transmitting. | 04-01-2010 |
20100087150 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LEAST SIGNIFICANT STATION, AND MOST SIGNIFICANT STATION - In a radio communication system ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100087151 | Radio Channel Estimator - A radio channel estimator ( | 04-08-2010 |
20100087152 | ESTIMATING LINK QUALITIES IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - A method for estimating qualities of links between a transmitter and a receiver on respective carrier frequencies in a multi-carrier wireless communication system from measurements made during a scanning interval in which pilot signals may be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver in a plurality of carrier-time bins, each carrier-time bin corresponding to a respective carrier frequency of the multi-carrier system and a respective time slot within the scanning interval, are provided. The method includes, during the scanning interval, making test measurements in less than all of the carrier-time bins, each test measurement comprising transmitting a respective signal from the transmitter to the receiver in a respective carrier-time bin and measuring a strength of the corresponding signal received by the receiver, and using the test measurements to determine at least one of: a value indicative of a predicted quality of a link between the transmitter and the receiver in a carrier-time bin of the scanning interval in which no test measurement is made during the scanning interval, and a value indicative of a predicted quality of a link between the transmitter and the receiver over a period of time within or equal to the scanning interval on a carrier frequency for which no test measurement is made in at least one carrier-time bin during said period of time. | 04-08-2010 |
20100087153 | System and method to manage processing operations within a wireless terminal following receipt of a null page - A method and system to determine when a wireless terminal has been paged by a servicing base station. An encoded paging burst is received on a paging channel and then decoded to produce a decoded paging burst. The decoded paging burst is processed to determine if it is a null page. When the encoded paging burst is a null page, subsequent processing operations scheduled to follow a later null page are rescheduled and immediately processed, allowing the wireless terminal to re-enter the sleep mode more quickly following the receipt of a subsequent paging burst. | 04-08-2010 |
20100093284 | Method and apparatus for collecting user activity in a telecommunications system - Method and apparatuses for collecting user activity information in a telecommunications system. A first telecommunications node ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100093285 | RADIO FREQUENCY TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING RADIO FREQUENCY TEST ON A PLURALITY OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A radio frequency testing system and its method of performing a radio frequency test on a plurality of mobile communication devices are provided. The system simultaneously connects mobile communication devices for performing a pre-set procedure and an RF test in sequence. The system has an RF testing device for RF-testing the mobile communication devices in turn, a switch device for regulating an electrical connection between the RF testing device and any mobile communication device, and a controlling device for performing the pre-set procedure on some of the rest mobile communication devices before the one is finished performing the RF test. | 04-15-2010 |
20100093286 | COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AS WELL AS PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a communications apparatus and method, a storage medium and a program that make it possible for the user to select a device to be made a communications partner more quickly and reliably. The searcher device | 04-15-2010 |
20100099361 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to a reverberation chamber (RC) comprising at least one antenna head attached at a first side of the chamber and a stirrer adapted to rotate. The RC comprises an arrangement to enable UE antennas to be placed at a location within the RC such that the stirrer is adapted to rotate to simulate a fading condition for the UE antennas in relation to the antenna heads attached at the first side and that RF connections from the antenna heads arc adapted to be connected to a cellular network, such as a closed cellular network. | 04-22-2010 |
20100105333 | SPEED MEASURING SYSTEM AND SPEED MEASURING METHOD THEREOF - A speed measuring system for measuring the speed of a wireless communication terminal communicating with a base station includes an angle measuring unit, a distance measuring unit, a time measuring unit, and a speed calculator. The base station includes a signal tower and an antenna on the signal tower. The signal tower defines a central longitudinal axis perpendicular to the antenna, and the axis intersects the antenna at a point. The angle measuring unit measures an included angle between signal from the wireless communication terminal at any location and the antenna. The distance measuring unit measures a distance between the wireless communication terminal at any location and the point. The time measuring unit measures the time the wireless communication terminal takes from a first location to a second location. The speed calculator calculates the speed of the wireless communication terminal. | 04-29-2010 |
20100105334 | RADIO LINK CONTROL STATUS REPORTING AND POLLING - A method and apparatus for processing, receiving and transmitting partial status reports. The method and apparatus includes disregarding a status report prohibit timer when transmitting a partial status report, creating a continuation status report and disregarding a poll prohibit timer when receiving a partial status report. | 04-29-2010 |
20100105335 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OF A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SIGNAL ON A FREQUENCY BAND - The invention relates to a method of determining the presence of a telecommunications signal on a frequency band, said signal being assumed cyclostationary, comprising steps of:
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20100105336 | ACTIVE SET MANAGEMENT WITH HOTSPOT CARRIERS - Techniques for managing communications in a cellular network are disclosed. The cellular network can include one or more sectors in which hotspot carriers are deployed. The hotspot carriers can be available to mobile devices beyond sector boundaries defined by the signal strength of ubiquitous carriers. A mobile device can measure a signal strength of a candidate hotspot carrier and estimate a reverse link mobile device transmit power level for communicating on the hotspot carrier. The mobile device may determine whether to add, remove, or maintain the hotspot carrier in its active set based on the estimated transmit power level so as to limit interference to the reverse link of non-hotspot sectors. | 04-29-2010 |
20100105337 | DYNAMIC CHANNEL QUALITY MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE IMPLEMENTED IN A WIRELESS DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO PRIORITIZE THE FORWARDING OF DOWNLINK DATA - A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of downlink data to designated ones of the UEs. The system employs adaptive modulation and coding (AM&C) to achieve improved radio resource utilization and provides optimum data rates for user services. Blocks of downlink (DL) data are received by the base station which requests downlink (DL) channel quality measurements only from those mobile terminals (UEs) with pending downlink transmissions. The UEs respond to the request by measuring and reporting DL channel quality to the base station, which then allocates resources such that the UEs will make best use of radio resources. The base station notifies the UEs of the physical channel allocation indicating the modulation/coding rate and allocated slots followed by transmission of blocks of downlink data which are transmitted to the UEs. | 04-29-2010 |
20100112955 | WAKE-UP TRIGGER FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF TARGET ACTIONS - Aspects relate to automatic execution of a target action, which can be energy-intensive tasks, processing compute-intensive tasks, interaction with a node, or combinations thereof. A context aware trigger, power aware trigger, a randomly scheduled wakeup trigger, a deterministically scheduled wakeup trigger, and/or a predictively scheduled wakeup trigger can be utilized to determine the availability of contexts associated with the target action. Based on the availability of a context that should be available, one or more target actions are automatically executed and/or selectively suspended. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112956 | Radio link failure detection method and apparatus for wireless communication system - A radio link failure detection method of a user equipment transitioning between a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode and non-DRX mode cyclically in a wireless communication system includes transitioning between a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode and a non-DRX mode in a wireless communication system. The method also includes adjusting, when a mode transition occurs, a size of a monitoring window for a transitioned operation mode; reporting a radio channel condition acquired by monitoring and averaging the channel condition within the monitoring window; and repeating adjustment of the monitoring window size and report of the radio channel condition while moving the monitoring window as time progress. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112957 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data processing method and a data re-transmission method in a broadband wireless access system are disclosed. A transmitting side generates a coded block set including coded blocks of a predetermined number and the coded blocks are transmitted to first and second base stations. The transmitting side sets a timer after transmitting a last coded block of the coded blocks. The coded blocks received by the second base station are transmitted to the first base station, and the transmitting side receives a control signal indicating whether there is a transmission error from the first base station. | 05-06-2010 |
20100112958 | Measurement Report Reliability in Wireless Communcation Systems - A method in a mobile station for measurement reporting in a wireless system including detecting presence of a cell, applying a first filter to a first number of measurement samples of a first measurement quantity of the cell wherein the first number of measurement samples are determined from a switch point, and applying a second filter to a plurality of measurement samples obtained from measurements made subsequent to the first number of measurement samples. | 05-06-2010 |
20100120369 | RF TRANSCEIVER IC HAVING INTERNAL LOOPBACK CONDUCTOR FOR IP2 SELF TEST - An RF transceiver integrated circuit has a novel segmented, low parasitic capacitance, internal loopback conductor usable for conducting IP2 self testing and/or calibration. In a first novel aspect, the transmit mixer of the transceiver is a current mode output mixer. The receive mixer is a passive mixer that has a low input impedance. In the loopback mode, the transmit mixer drives a two tone current signal to the passive mixer via the loopback conductor. In a second novel aspect, only one quadrature branch of the transmit mixer is used to generate both tones required for carrying out an IP2 test. In a third novel aspect, a first calibration test is performed using one quadrature branch of the transmit mixer at the same time that a second calibration test is performed using the other quadrature branch, thereby reducing loopback test time and power consumption. | 05-13-2010 |
20100120370 | USER APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When a mobile station to which receive diversity is applied performs measurement of best cell, the method for considering the plurality of antennas in the receive diversity is changed for each cell. The base station determines the method for considering the plurality of antennas for the receive diversity, and reports it to the mobile station as broadcast information or measurement control information. | 05-13-2010 |
20100124886 | NETWORK SENSOR, ANALYZER AND ENHANCER - Presented herein is a tool for analyzing spectrum in a geographic region for a variety of uses. One such use is in monitoring the operation of a wireless network and making adjustments to the wireless network components to augment operation. The tool can be used for mapping network coverage, analyzing network problems, performing network expansion planning, performing predictive analysis and maintaining reliable operation and quality of service in a network. The tool includes multiple RF sensors deployed throughout the region, and a sensor analyzer that receives input from the RF sensors, as well as other information such as mapping information and user input to control the network and report the operational state. | 05-20-2010 |
20100130135 | DYNAMIC CHANNEL ESTIMATION BASED ON CHANNEL CONDITIONS - A dynamically adaptive channel estimation process is provided for use in a wireless communication device. At a first device, a wireless transmission is received from a second device. The transmission comprises a plurality of successive symbols each of which comprises a plurality of subcarriers. The first device is configured to compute channel characterizing information for a wireless channel between the first device and the second device based on the received values at subcarriers of the successive symbols. The first device is configured to select one of a plurality of channel estimation schemes based on the channel characterizing information, and to compute an estimate of channel information for the wireless channel using the selected one of the plurality of channel estimation schemes. | 05-27-2010 |
20100130136 | System and Method for Interpreting and Classifying Signals in Communications Systems - Methods and systems are provided for detecting changes in signaling in a telecommunication system and interpreting the meaning of the changed signal. Methods for detecting a change in a signal in a telecommunication system can include collecting signal information from a sample of telephone numbers, analyzing the signal information to determine whether numbers within the sample are assigned or unassigned, developing rules defining assigned and numbers, and updating the rules. Systems operable to achieve the methods may include call generators, signaling monitors, software employing a signal interpretation algorithm, and a server wherein the call generator is operable to connect to a telephone exchange, and wherein the system is operable to place calls and record signals and optionally audio messages for each call. | 05-27-2010 |
20100136919 | METHODS RELATING TO CHANNEL ESTIMATION - The present invention relates to methods that can be used in a wireless communication system, and systems adapted to use such methods. In a preferred form the methods are useful in channel estimation in a wireless communication system using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The system is provided with a control block to optimise channel estimation. | 06-03-2010 |
20100136920 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING MEASUREMENT REPORTING MECHANISM IN A LAYERED PROTOCOL WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and a system for optimizing a measurement reporting mechanism in a wireless network is provided. The method includes receiving a measurement report message from a radio resource control layer and storing the measurement report message in a radio link control layer. The method also includes checking for invalid measurement report messages by the radio resource control layer. Further, the method also includes indicating to the radio link control layer to discard invalid measurement report messages and discarding the measurement report message based on the indication. | 06-03-2010 |
20100151793 | Gain Factor/Matrix for Whole Link Channel Reciprocity in TDD Mimo Relay System - Measured are received power of a first signal received from a first entity, and received power of a second signal received from a second entity. A gain factor (or a matrix of gain factors if multiple antennas are used) is determined using the measured received powers of the first signal and of the second signal. If transmit power from the apparatus to the second entity is considered as the benchmark, the second signal is forwarded from the apparatus to the first entity using a second signal transmit power that is determined using the gain factor. Or, if transmit power from the apparatus to the first entity is considered as the benchmark, the first signal is forwarded from the apparatus to the second entity using a first signal transmit power that is determined using the gain factor. Method, apparatus, and memory storing computer program are detailed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100159840 | ANTENNA DIVERSITY TO IMPROVE PROXIMITY DETECTION USING RSSI - A method and apparatus for determining proximity of a mobile radio relative to its base radio. Antenna diversity is utilized to provide improved proximity detection, such as NEAR state or FAR state, of the mobile radio relative to its base radio. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159841 | CHARACTERIZATION OF CO-CHANNEL INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR A CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for characterizing interference in a radio communication system including a plurality of user equipment communicating with transceiver stations, includes: determining quantities indicative of interference (attenuation or power) experienced by a transceiver station interfered by interfering user equipment; and exchanging between transceiver stations information based on these quantities and concerning interference from the interfering user equipment. In particular, the user equipment is in communication with respective serving transceiver stations, and exchanging includes sending from the serving transceiver stations to the interfered transceiver stations information concerning interference from user equipment served by the serving transceiver stations and interfering with the interfered transceiver stations. The method further includes grouping, by the serving transceiver station, the interfering user equipment according to a given grouping criterion in order to form groups thereof. | 06-24-2010 |
20100159842 | WIRELESS DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND WIRELESS DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - A wireless distance measurement system and a wireless distance measurement method that measure the distance between a base station and a terminal without clock synchronization between a plurality of base stations, and without requiring input of the position relationships between a plurality of base stations. Clock phase shift section ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100159843 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF MEASURING QUALITY OF WIRELESS SIGNAL AT VARIABLE TIME INTERVALS - A wireless communication device is disclosed in which signal quality values C[t] of a wireless signal received by the wireless communication device is successively measured at variable time intervals Δt, mean value μ of the successively-measured signal quality values C[t] is calculated, standard deviation σ of the successively-measured signal quality values C[t] is calculated, a determination is made as to whether the signal quality value C[t] at present time satisfies a predetermined inequality which represents that a signal quality value C[t] at arbitrary time lies within k times the standard deviations σ away from the mean value μ, and lengths of the time intervals Δt for the measurement device are controlled based on the determination. | 06-24-2010 |
20100167657 | UPLINK CHANNEL QUALITY FEEDBACK REDUCTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Operating a user equipment in a mobile communication system includes generating a measure of reliability of a predicted channel estimate and of impairment stability, wherein the predicted channel estimate is a predicted estimate of a channel between the user equipment and a node of the mobile communications system. Transmission of a channel quality report to the node of the mobile communication system is controlled as a function of the generated measure of reliability of the predicted channel estimate and of impairment stability. Transmission control includes inhibiting transmission of the channel quality report to the node of the mobile communication system for a duration of time corresponding to the measure of reliability of the predicted channel estimate and of impairment stability. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167658 | DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOR MONITORING MOBILE COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems and methods for receiving reporting data related to events that occur in a wireless network. The system comprises a data management system capable of generating a data reporting profile and communicating with a wireless device and a wireless device comprised of a first and at least one secondary processor, the first processor being monitored by a master agent and the secondary processors being monitored by a slave agent, the master agent being capable of monitoring and reporting a plurality of conditions of the first processor and sending and receiving communications from the data management system, and the slave agent being capable of monitoring and reporting plurality of conditions on the secondary processors and sending and receiving communications with the master agent. The master agent and slave agent monitor and report the conditions of the first and second processor by applying a series of logical rules found within the data reporting profile. | 07-01-2010 |
20100167659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING POWER CONSUMPTION - A power consumption monitor, system, and method for monitoring power consumed by equipment, appliances, devices, buildings, and campuses is accomplished by passive sensors ( | 07-01-2010 |
20100173591 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ALTERNATELY ALLOCATING BASE-STATION SIGNALS TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF CHANNELS OF A TEST DEVICE - A method for testing a mobile radio device in a real test scenario, using a test device in which signal sequences, typical of mobile telephony, of a plurality of base stations are produced. The signal sequence of one base station each is allocated to one of the plurality of send/receive channels of the test device. The signal sequence of at least one of the plurality of base stations is alternatively allocated to at least one of the plurality of send channels of the test device and the signals sent back from the mobile device to be tested are evaluated. | 07-08-2010 |
20100184384 | Integrated Circuit For Signal Analysis - An integrated circuit comprises a main bus, one or more integrated processors, an external bus interface, memory, internal bus controller, a signal analyzer, timers, reset/clock generator, radio controller, optional data converters, and optional radio. The signal analyzer performs both time-domain and frequency-domain analysis of the input signal and supplies data to the one or more integrated processors for signal classification. | 07-22-2010 |
20100190449 | Information providing device, mobile communication device, information providing system, information providing method, and program - An information providing device includes: a measurement information receiver receiving, from one or more mobile communication devices, measurement information including position information representing a present position of one mobile communication device and speed information representing a speed of a communication at a given point of time; a measurement information storage unit storing the measurement information received from the one or more mobile communication devices; a specifying information receiver receiving position specifying information for specifying a predetermined position from the mobile communication device; a communication environment information extractor extracting as communication environment information one or more pieces of the measurement information including the speed information of communication speeds measured in the vicinity of the predetermined position from the measurement information stored in the measurement information storage unit; and a communication environment information transmitter transmitting the communication environment information to the mobile communication device having transmitted the position specifying information. | 07-29-2010 |
20100197237 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON THE TIME DIVISION PILOT FIELD - A method of channel estimation of a mobile communication system based on a time division pilot field is disclosed. The method uses a transmitting end that transmits a time division pilot sequence having a cyclic prefix and a receiving end that transforms the time division pilot sequence into frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform module. Channel estimation is performed to obtain a channel frequency response estimation result. The receiving end transforms the channel frequency response estimation result back into time domain and obtains a channel impulse response estimation result. | 08-05-2010 |
20100197238 | Fielded Device Failure Tracking and Response - A fault remediation system for fielded wireless mobile devices addresses field failure data collection, consolidation of field failure data, and an information services platform so that the players in a wireless/mobile broadcast/broadband application/service value chain to respond to field failure problems in a consistent and automated manner from wireless/mobile devices over wireless multicast and or wireless broadband networks. An elegant and extremely flexible mechanism enables the failure data collection from a targeted set of wireless/mobile devices. In addition, sophisticated mechanisms identify targeted set of devices that should participate in field failure data collection based on user specified operational requirements (e.g., selected OEM, device configuration type, subscribers to a specific wireless broadband serve, failure occurrence certain time limits, etc.). The fault data logging on the mobile device is vertically integrated to allow diagnosis and assignment to a responsible party for fixing, testing, and release with subsequent certification and deployment. | 08-05-2010 |
20100197239 | GEOGRAPHIC-BASED MEASUREMENT AND LOGGING OF RADIO COVERAGE RELATED INFORMATION BY MOBILE DEVICES - Providing for automated wireless network signal analysis by mobile devices as a function of their geographic locations is described herein. By way of example, a wireless network can transmit a set of geographic data defining a geographic region to a mobile device. The mobile device can compare its current location to the geographic region, and begin measuring downlink signals, or recording such measurements when within the geographic region, and terminate the recording when the mobile device leaves the geographic region. Recorded measurements can be subsequently uploaded to the wireless network for analysis. In some aspects, the mobile device can refrain from uploading the measurements until within a defined reporting region. By providing mobile device network analysis triggered on device geographic location, analysis data that is well tailored to a particular problem area can be obtained, increasing quality of the analysis data and significantly reducing cost of acquiring such data. | 08-05-2010 |
20100197240 | Method Of And A Device For Generating A Signal Having A Predetermined Quality Criterion For Use In Or On A Communication System - There is disclosed a signal having a predefined quality criterion for use with a communication systems, a method of and a system for generating, such a signal, a method of testing the operation of a communication system using such a signal and a (tele)communication system arranged liar operating such a method. The method for generating the signal having a predefined quality the steps of:—representing a first signal ( | 08-05-2010 |
20100203839 | Method for Estimating Condition of Wireless Channels - A method measures a time from transmitting a ranging signal to receiving the ranging signal via a channel of a wireless network, and a received signal strength (RSS) of the ranging signal. A distance is estimated based on the time, and a path loss based on the RSS. Probabilities of conditions of the channel are estimated based on the distance and the path loss, wherein the condition is in one of line-of-sight (LOS), or non-LOS (NLOS). | 08-12-2010 |
20100210218 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND REDIRECTED CELL DETERMINATION METHOD - One feature of the present invention relates to a base station for operating multiple cells each having a predefined bandwidth, including: a redirected cell determination unit configured to determine, in response to receipt of mobile station capability information indicative of at least one of a bandwidth and a frequency band that a mobile station residing in a coverage area of the base station is capable of handling, at least one of a redirected cell and a cell layer for the mobile station associated with the mobile station capability information as redirected cell information for redirecting the mobile station; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the redirected cell information to the mobile station. | 08-19-2010 |
20100210219 | BEAM SELECTION METHOD - The present invention relates to a method which analysis the characteristics of the received signal and selects the best beam arrangement for a transmitter/receiver pair for a given situation in a communication system. In particular, the channel delay profile provides characteristics which help to determine and evaluate the quality of a signal link. The result of this evaluation is used for selecting the best beam arrangement. | 08-19-2010 |
20100216406 | Apparatus and method for velocity estimation in mobile communication system - A base station is capable of performing a method for velocity estimation in a mobile communication system. In the velocity estimation method, a received signal is delayed by a plurality of different sample intervals. A candidate maximum Doppler frequency for each of the delayed received signals is estimated. A maximum Doppler frequency in a reliable period is selected among the candidate maximum Doppler frequencies. | 08-26-2010 |
20100216407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION OF A FREQUENCY REFERENCE - A system and method are described for dynamic temperature calibration of a frequency reference in a wireless base station. In a consumer grade base station, a reference oscillator may encounter frequency drift as the temperature of the base station changes. This causes interference as the transmission signal is not synchronized with other frequency resources in a network. An improved method of calibrating a reference frequency includes measuring a frequency difference between a frequency derived from an accurate reference frequency in a first base station and a frequency derived from a less accurate frequency reference in a second base station, determining a calibration factor for the offset, and applying the calibration factor to the base station to correct frequency drift. The calibration factors may be correlated with an operating temperature of the base station and stored in a temperature calibration table in the base station device. | 08-26-2010 |
20100216408 | BASESTATION FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A basestation in a cellular communication system corrects frequency errors in signals generated within the basestation. The frequency errors may be corrected on the basis of signals transmitted by one or more other basestations within the network. As an alternative, the basestation may request information from one or more mobile devices that are also able to detect transmissions from other basestations. | 08-26-2010 |
20100222007 | NARROWBAND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING NARROWBAND CHANNELS IN UNUSED WIDEBAND CHANNELS - A narrowband communication system ( | 09-02-2010 |
20100222008 | Method and Arrangements for Communication of Channel Quality Information in a Telecommunications System - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device, a base station and a method that make it possible to use a channel quality indicator, CQI, reporting format for CQI reporting from the mobile terminal device to the base station, which CQI reporting format depends on a selected transmit antenna configuration. The mobile terminal device is arranged to receive a signal from a number of transmit antennas, which signal includes a number of subcarriers, and to determine the CQI, reporting format for a collection of the subcarriers based on the selected transmit antenna configuration. The mobile terminal device is further arranged to determine a number of CQI values relating to said subcarriers in accordance with the determined CQI reporting format and to transmit the CQI values to the base station in a feedback signal. The CQI reporting format is adapted to the selected transmit antenna configuration such that the granularity of CQI reporting depends on the selected transmit antenna configuration. | 09-02-2010 |
20100227565 | TRANSMISSION OF CHANNEL QUALITY DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, data transmitted from a transmitter is received in a downlink channel, and channel quality data is fed back to the transmitter in a first uplink channel or in a second uplink channel. Channel quality data is feedback at a lower rate on the first uplink channel and channel quality data is feedback at a higher rate on the second uplink channel in the event there is a higher amount of data to be fed back. Link adaptation may be utilized to select a transmission rate on the second uplink channel, wherein the transmission rate is selected based at least in part on a channel condition or a user location. | 09-09-2010 |
20100233964 | TEST SYSTEM FOR A CIRCUIT CARRIER - A test system for analyzing a circuit carrier which has been populated with a radio-frequency structure comprises a network analyzer having a signal generator for generating excitation signal which can be supplied to the radio-frequency structure via a signal line, an evaluation device for analyzing a measurement signal which returns from the radio-frequency structure, and a contact device which can be connected to the signal line and is intended to feed the excitation signal into the radio-frequency structure and to output the measurement signal. The contact device preferably has a measuring tip which is intended to hold test needles and can be used to make contact with a test point which is arranged on the circuit carrier and can be connected to the radio-frequency structure for signaling purposes. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233965 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Upon controlling a directivity based on antenna elements of antennas, a communication coverage spread is calculated at step, a communication coverage limitation value is settled based on positional information at step, and the calculated communication coverage spread and the settled communication coverage limitation value are compared with each other at step. When the calculated communication coverage spread is larger than the communication coverage limitation value, the former is controlled to become equal to or less than the latter, and when the calculated communication coverage spread is smaller than the communication coverage limitation value, the former is controlled to reach the latter or a value at least near it. | 09-16-2010 |
20100233966 | Radio Communication Method, Radio Communication Device, and Radio Communication System - A base station | 09-16-2010 |
20100240313 | Wireless communication device and method for switching modulation system thereof - A further secure channel is ensured after switching of a modulation system at the time of deterioration channel quality. A wireless communication device includes a transmitter that converts data into a modulation wave in a set modulation system and transmits the modulation wave, a receiver that receives a transmitted modulation wave, and converts the modulation wave into original data based on a set modulation system, a determining means for determining quality of a channel on the basis of a signal received by the receiver, and a modulation system switching means for switching the modulation system to a modulation system that is strongest against external disturbance among a plurality of different modulation systems set in advance and then switching the modulation system to a modulation system in accordance with quality of the channel, when the determining means determines that quality of the channel is deteriorated. | 09-23-2010 |
20100240314 | PILOT SIGNAL TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT - A base station is configured to reduce interference with other base stations and/or devices in a multi-cell wireless network. The base station includes a wireless interface, detector and controller. To reduce interference, the wireless interface may provide services to a first wireless communication device (WCD) using a pilot signal emitted from the base station at a reduced power level. In the reduced pilot signal mode, when the detector detects a second WCD within the base station's service area, the controller increases the pilot signal's power level above the reduced power level in order to establish communications with the second WCD. Upon successfully connecting to the first and second WCDs, the base station may again reduce the pilot signal's power level to reduce interference with other base stations or wireless devices. | 09-23-2010 |
20100240315 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE SEARCH FOR A MOBILE STATION - A method, a system, a base unit and a search unit are disclosed for locating unknown cellular telephones and guiding the search for such devices. By way of base station functionality in the base unit, mobile stations in a search area are identified and assigned dedicated communication channels. In at least one embodiment, this is achieved through establishing communication between the base unit and the mobile stations in the search area. Search information concerning the mobile stations in the search area is established in the base unit. The search information is transferred from the base unit to the search unit. A search based on the search information is initiated with the search unit. | 09-23-2010 |
20100240316 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS, CORRESPONDING NETWORK AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - Spectrum usage in a radio cognitive transmission system may be monitored in a distributed manner in space and time through a first set of monitoring apparatuses and a second set of monitoring apparatuses. The first set of monitoring apparatuses may be associated to apparatuses, such as base stations, having a monitoring precision level, for example, linked to the spectrum sampling frequency, greater with respect to the monitoring precision of the monitoring apparatus of the second set. The later may be suitable to be represented by a low-cost “sniffer” associated to consumer electronics devices. | 09-23-2010 |
20100248636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A vehicle communication system includes a connection quality module and a channel scan frequency module. The connection quality module determines that a vehicle is out-of-range (OOR) from a host when a connection quality between the vehicle and the host is below a predetermined connection quality threshold. The channel scan frequency module controls a frequency of attempts by the vehicle to connect to the host when the vehicle is OOR based on at least one of whether an engine is on and a movement rate of the vehicle. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248637 | Method for Estimating Location of Nodes in Wireless Networks - A method localizes a set of nodes in a wireless network that includes a target node having unknown location and a set of anchor nodes having known locations. The set of anchor nodes is partitioned into subsets of anchor nodes, wherein each subset has at least three anchor nodes. A distance from the target node to each of anchor nodes in each subset is measured, to estimate possible locations of the target node. A geometric constraint is applied to each estimated location to determine valid locations, which are then filtered to determine filtered locations. The filtered locations are averaged to determine an initial estimate of the location. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248638 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATIONS METHOD - A radio communications system including a network connecting radio station and a counterparty radio station is disclosed, the network connecting radio station being a radio station connected to a network and the counterparty radio station being in radio communications with the network connecting radio station. In the system, the network connecting radio station includes an information obtaining unit; an information reporting unit; and a radio resource parameter determining unit. The counterparty radio station includes a waveform information extracting unit which calculates a measured value, for each of one or more waveform feature amounts reported from the network connecting radio station; and a received status reporting unit which reports, to the network connecting radio station, the measured value of the waveform feature amount calculated at the waveform information extracting unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248639 | METHOD FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE EVENTS AND SENSOR NETWORK USING THE SAME - A method and network for detecting multiple events is provided. The method includes detecting at least one subordinate event constituting a superordinate event, determining whether another subordinate event constituting the superordinate event exists in a time window other than a current time window in which the detected subordinate event is included, and determining that the superordinate event has occurred and reporting the determination, if the subordinate events constituting the superordinate event exist within a duration of the superordinate event. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248640 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ZONE CREATION AND ADAPTION - Methods and systems of updating a zone profile comprising obtaining a plurality of radio signal parameter measurements and, if the plurality of radio signal parameter measurements contains at least one measurement corresponding to a dominant element of the zone profile and if the plurality of radio signal parameter measurements contains at least one measurement corresponding to a candidate element (e.g., statistically unlikely element) of the zone profile, updating the profile by either adjusting an existing parameter value or by adding a new element to the zone profile corresponding to the candidate element. | 09-30-2010 |
20100261431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING MULTIPLE DATA SIGNAL TRANSCEIVERS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH COMMON TRANSCEIVER TESTER - A method and apparatus for testing multiple data signal transceivers substantially simultaneously with a common transceiver tester by analyzing previously captured data signal transmissions from some of the data signal transceivers while continuing to capture further data signal transmissions from additional ones of the data signal transceivers. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261432 | Radio Communication Device, Audio Data Reproducing Method and Program - Provided is a radio communication device including a communication unit, a memory unit capable of storing first audio data, a distance estimation unit that estimates a distance from an external device serving as a transmission source which transmits a radio signal based on a predetermined condition related to a field intensity and a noise component of the radio signal received by the communication unit, a communication control unit that controls the communication unit to transmit an audio data transmission request addressed to the external device serving as the transmission source based on the estimated distance estimated by the distance estimation unit, when the first audio data is being reproduced, and a reproduction control unit that adjusts a reproducing volume of the first audio data and a reproducing volume of second audio data, when the first audio data is being reproduced and the communication unit receives a radio signal corresponding to the second audio data transmitted from the external device serving as the transmission source in response to the transmission request. | 10-14-2010 |
20100267344 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST MESSAGE TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE SYSTEMS - A method and device for dynamically changing transmission parameters of broadcast messages transmitted and received by a mobile unit. The method and device include monitoring transmission channel characteristics; dynamically adjusting the transmission parameters of a message based on the monitored transmission channel characteristics; and broadcasting the message using the adjusted transmission parameters. The transmission parameters may include one or more of transmission power, error code rate, and modulation rate. The transmission channel characteristics include one or more of the group consisting of received message density, channel congestion, detected number of message collisions, and signal to interference ratio. | 10-21-2010 |
20100273429 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING NON-LINEAR BEHAVIOR - The present invention relates to a method of and arrangement for determining non-linear behavior of a device ( | 10-28-2010 |
20100273430 | PULSED INTERVAL RADIO CALIBRATION - Transmitter calibration of a wireless device is initiated based upon an operational value of the wireless device. The calibration operations are performed over a plurality of calibration time periods, each calibration time period divided into a plurality of first interval portions interspersed with a plurality of second interval portions, for each calibration time period of the plurality of calibration time periods, respective calibration settings are applied. During the first interval portions substantially fixed first current input is applied to at least one gain adjustable element of the RF circuitry. During the second interval portions, varying current input is applied to the at least one gain adjustable element of the RF circuitry. Output levels of the RF circuitry are measured over the calibration time period. Operational calibration settings for the baseband processing circuitry and analog signal path components of the transmitter are selected based upon the calibration operations. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273431 | GAIN INDEX BASED RADIO CALIBRATION - A wireless device includes an antenna, Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry, and baseband processing circuitry. The baseband processing circuitry couples to the RF circuitry and is operable to determine operational calibrations settings that may include pre-distortion characteristics and RF signal path settings, both of which are determined via calibration operations. The calibration operations are initiated when an operational value of the wireless device compares unfavorably to at least one operational threshold. Monitoring circuitry coupled to the RF circuitry and to the baseband processing circuitry monitors operational characteristics of the RF circuitry. Calibration operations may be initiated based upon RF circuitry temperature, supply voltage, PA current, PA gain input level/average, among other triggers. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273432 | MEASUREMENT AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting a transmission power at a femto node are described herein. According to the systems, devices, and methods herein, a measurement of a signal transmitted from a transmitting node may be communicated to the femto node, for example from a user equipment or a neighboring femto node, for use in adjusting the power. The transmitting node may comprise the femto node, a macro node, or a neighboring femto node. In addition, statistics regarding such measurements may be communicated to the femto node for use in adjusting the power. The femto node may also adjust the power based on unsuccessful registration attempts or interference communications received at the femto node. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273433 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RADIATED PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of a plurality of predetermined positions. Further, the wireless device receives synchronization information operable to enable synchronization between the logged measurements and each of the positions. The synchronized log allows the wireless device, or another apparatus, to determine a radiated performance characteristic based on a predetermined analysis protocol. Further, the described embodiments allow for the determination of several radiated performance characteristics in a single test, using a single, unaltered wireless device. | 10-28-2010 |
20100273434 | SENSOR DEVICE WITH PERSISTENT LOW POWER BEACON - One disclosed method involves providing a first device comprising a sensor configured to sense a stimulus experienced by the first device, a controller configured to process data received from the sensor and thereby obtain processed sensor data, a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the processed data, and a battery configured to supply power to at least the controller and the transmitter. The first device is operated in a first operational mode in which the sensor, the controller, and the transmitter are used at least occasionally to obtain and transmit processed data. When the battery is in a low power condition, the first device is operated in a second operational mode wherein the sensor, controller, and transmitter are not used to obtain and transmit processed sensor data, but wherein the first device at least occasionally transmits a signal that indicates a low power condition of the battery. | 10-28-2010 |
20100279621 | METHOD FOR MULTI-ANTENNA UPLINK TRANSMISSION | 11-04-2010 |
20100279622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME PERFORMANCE AND LOAD STATISTICS OF A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A system and method for producing real-time results of performance data for wireless communications servers are disclosed. A plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a range, are maintained. When a measurable event is detected, the event is placed into the corresponding bin. When a performance metric is desired, it is calculated based on each bin, and the metric is returned, with an accuracy inversely proportional to the size. | 11-04-2010 |
20100279623 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus | 11-04-2010 |
20100291878 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR WIRELESS STATION LOCATIONS - A technique is offered which is adapted for optimization computations and which makes it possible to carry out an estimation of the state of propagation of radio waves quickly and accurately during a search for the locations of wireless stations. During the optimization computations, sending points and receiving points are set using a parameter search technique. Propagation paths are computed using a far-field approximation technique for Maxwell's equations. A propagation path leading to a local area where the accuracy is low with the far-field approximation technique is extracted from the computed paths. The state of scattering previously calculated using a numerical analysis technique for Maxwell's equations is reflected in the extracted path to modify the propagation path. The communication characteristics of the modified path are evaluated. The steps S | 11-18-2010 |
20100291879 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM - The position detection device for detecting a position of a moving body in a predetermined environment, which includes a reception feature quantity generation unit | 11-18-2010 |
20100304684 | Method and System for Chopped Antenna Impedance Measurements with an RFID Radio - Described herein are methods, devices and systems for characterizing an attached antenna to an electronic device, such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) reader. One exemplary embodiment is related to a method comprising outputting a low amplitude modulation (“AM”) index radio frequency (“RF”) waveform, the waveform simulating tag data timing and bandwidth, removing a direct current (“DC”) component from the waveform to create a chopped portion of the waveform, applying at least one vector analyzer technique on the chopped portion of the waveform, characterizing at least one antenna impedance vector of the waveform. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304685 | CONTROL OF MULTIPLE RADIOS USING A DATABASE OF INTERFERENCE-RELATED INFORMATION - Techniques for performing radio coexistence management are described. In an aspect, operation of multiple radios may be controlled using a database of interference-related information, which may be indicative of interference between different radios operating concurrently. In one design, an entity may obtain planned operating states of multiple radios in an upcoming interval. The entity may determine the performance of one or more radios based on the planned operating states of the radios and the database, which may store information on performance versus operating states for different combinations of radios. The entity may select at least one new operating state for at least one radio based on the determined performance and the database to achieve good performance. The entity may send the at least one new operating state to the at least one radio. Each radio may operate in accordance with its new operating state (if any) or its planned operating state. | 12-02-2010 |
20100304686 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER TEST BED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for testing wireless transceivers in a virtual wireless environment including emulating an RF environment, creating virtual spectrum users having selectable transmission parameters and physical characteristics and evaluating the operation of the wireless transceiver in the virtual wireless environment. | 12-02-2010 |
20100311346 | Communication Device and Method - Methods and devices for detecting a symbol in a radio channel and for cell identification are disclosed. A signal is received from the radio channel and the signal is filtered by a filter being responsive to the symbol thereby establishing a first signal. A second signal dependent on the noise floor of the received signal is established—whereby a time interval expected to include multi-path components being excluded or suppressed. A third signal being the ratio between the first signal and the noise floor is established, and the presence of the symbol is detected by detecting a peak in the third signal. | 12-09-2010 |
20100311347 | WIRELESS DEVICE DETECTION - The present invention relates to the detection at least one wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The invention further relates to transmitting information enabling detection of a wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The detection is performed before, during, or after capture of the image. | 12-09-2010 |
20100311348 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR DETECTING FIELD INTENSITIES OF WIRELESS CHANNELS - A wireless communication device includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with another wireless communication device by use of a wireless channel selected from wireless channels. The detection unit detects field intensities of first wireless channels. The control unit calculates a field intensity of a second wireless channel based on the field intensities of the first wireless channels, wherein the first wireless channels do not include the second wireless channel. | 12-09-2010 |
20100311349 | Method for Estimating Channel State in a Wireless Communication System Using Fractional Frequency Reuse and Mobile Station Using the Same - A method for estimating channel state in a wireless communication system and a mobile station using the same are disclosed. The method includes acquiring cell Identifiers (IDs) of a serving cell and one or more neighbor cells, acquiring information about preset power level patterns for one or more frequency partitions to which FFR is applied according to the cell IDs, and estimating a channel state of the serving cell based on the power level pattern information. | 12-09-2010 |
20100317295 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF CLOCK CALIBRATION - A system for dynamically adjusting clock calibration in a wireless communication device. The system includes a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature, a primary clock coupled to the microprocessor for synchronizing the operation of the wireless communication device and a secondary clock coupled to the microprocessor for tracking time. A signal representing a measured temperature is received. At least one of a temperature measurement rate and a calibration rate based on the measured temperature is determined. A signal representing the at least one of the determined temperature measurement rate and the determined calibration rate is transmitted. | 12-16-2010 |
20100317296 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus | 12-16-2010 |
20100317297 | ANTENNA IMPEDANCE/POWER AMPLIFIER SOURCE IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUITRY AND DEVICE OPERATION BASED THEREON - A wireless device includes impedance determination and processing circuitry. The impedance determination circuitry determines load impedance at an output of at least one Radio Frequency (RF) power amplifier of the wireless device. The processing circuitry couples to the impedance determination circuitry and alters at least one operating parameter of the wireless device based upon the determined load impedance. Alteration of at least one operating parameter of the wireless device may include altering a gain of at least one transmit path component, altering a gain of at least one receive path component, altering tuning settings of at least one transmit path component, altering tuning settings of at least one receive path component, altering a rail voltage setting, altering baseband processing pre-distortion settings, altering baseband processing receive signal processing operations, altering antenna configuration settings, altering antenna tuning parameters, altering antenna diversity settings, and altering Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) settings. | 12-16-2010 |
20100323626 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MODELING - Techniques are generally described related to modeling a wireless communication system that includes multiple communication connections. Example systems, apparatuses, methods and processes may include one or more of identifying a first parameter and a first operational characteristic of interest of a first one of the communication connections, activating the first one of the communication connections based on the first parameter, collecting data associated with the first parameter and the first operational characteristic of interest when the first one of the communication connections is active; applying a statistical technique to the collected data to establish a model, and validating the model. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323627 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT AND A WIRELESS NETWORK - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises deciding at a user equipment (UE) an outage period during which the UE has limited communications with the serving base station; and sending to the serving base station a signaling message indicating the outage period. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323628 | BUILDING INFLUENCE ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND BUILDING INFLUENCE ESTIMATION METHOD - Appropriate and easy estimation is achieved for influence of a building on a mobile communication terminal. A building influence estimation apparatus | 12-23-2010 |
20100323629 | RESISTIVE EVALUATION OF THE COUPLING FACTOR OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPONDER - A method for evaluating the current coupling factor between an electromagnetic transponder and a terminal, wherein a ratio between data, representative of a voltage across an oscillating circuit of the transponder and obtained for two values of the resistive load, is compared with one or several thresholds. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323630 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, MOBILE EQUIPMENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A reception apparatus includes a receiver having respective antennas for receiving signals of different respective polarized wave surfaces, an estimation unit configured to estimate a propagation characteristic between the reception apparatus and a mobile equipment, a calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of weights of respective beam formings at which the signals received by the receiver are the respective polarized wave surfaces based on an estimation result of the estimation unit, and a transmitter configured to transmit the weight calculated by the calculation unit to the mobile equipment. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323631 | REPORTING AND USE OF USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENT EVENT CONFIDENCE LEVEL - In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: detecting a local network access node; generating a measurement report based on the detected local network access node, where the measurement report is for transmission to a serving network access node; and in response to successfully reading system information for the detected local network access node, including in the generated measurement report information that uniquely identifies the detected local network access node. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323632 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A channel estimation and prediction unit | 12-23-2010 |
20100330919 | METHOD FOR DATABASE DRIVEN CHANNEL QUALITY ESTIMATION IN A COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK - A method of determining operating parameters for a secondary system transmitter is described. The transmitter characteristics, including location and operating frequency band, are provided to a geo-location database. The database determines the maximum allowable transmission power that meets various specifications for different channels and conveys the power and channel(s) to the transmitter. The database estimates channel incumbent signal strengths based on the transmitter location and primary and higher-priority secondary incumbent systems, estimates the splatter levels, determines whether adjacent and co-channel interference protection ratios are met, and adjusts the allowable power level accordingly. The database also estimates aggregate co- and adjacent channel primary and secondary incumbent system interference levels at the transmitter location and predicts channel quality for each allowable channel. The estimated levels are updated using measurements of actual levels at the transmitter location. The database dynamically allocates channels using the secondary system priorities. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330920 | PROVIDING IMPROVED CONNECTION FAILURE DETECTION - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is a method, an executable computer program, and apparatus for implementing a radio link failure counter that operates as a function of a discontinuous reception schedule of an active wireless communication connection, and based on a value of the radio link failure counter, determining a condition of the active wireless communication connection. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330921 | Method of Transmitting Measurement Report in Wireless Communication System - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and terminal for providing a wireless communication service, and more particularly, a method of transmitting a measurement log from a terminal to a network when a RRC connected terminal has not found a RRC connectable network, although a wireless dedicated channel is not allocated between the terminal and the network, in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from a UMTS, Long Term Evolution (LTE) System or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330922 | USER SELECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIUSER MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT - A user selection method and apparatus for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) are disclosed. The method includes: selecting two user-beam pairing modes, and obtaining target functions corresponding to the two user-beam pairing modes; comparing the target functions corresponding to the two user-beam pairing modes; and selecting a user-beam pairing mode with a larger target function. With the present invention, the optimal user-beam pairing mode can be quickly obtained when the channel information is inaccurate; and the calculation is simplified. | 12-30-2010 |
20100330923 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A channel estimation and prediction unit | 12-30-2010 |
20100330924 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes: providing means for providing a communication parameter to a receiving apparatus that receives communication parameters; first storage means for storing a first communication parameter that has been set by a communication parameter setting process performed with another communication apparatus; and determining means for determining whether a network established using the first communication parameter exists, wherein the providing means provides the first communication parameter or a second communication parameter that differs from the first communication parameter, based on a result of the determination by the determining means. | 12-30-2010 |
20110003554 | RADIO NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITORING METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND ITS PROGRAM - During a communication, the radio connection quality is measured so as to detect and store a generation time, an end time, and a continuation time of quality degradation. Upon a communication end, the end cause is judged. If the communication end is caused by a user operation, a causal connection between the communication end and the quality degradation is judged according to temporal relationship between the generation time of the quality degradation and the communication end time. That is, it is judged whether the communication end caused by the user operation is a phenomenon that the user has terminated the communication because of the communication quality degradation or other reason. Thus the communication end reasons are divided into at least two types and accumulated. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003555 | Method and Apparatus for PDCCH Monitoring - A method for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of activating a plurality of component carriers, detecting an uplink transmission problem, and stopping monitoring a PDCCH associated with a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, wherein the first component carrier is not configured for performing a Random Access procedure. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003556 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING IF A FIRST CELL MANAGED BY A FIRST BASE STATION IS NEIGHBOUR OF A SECOND CELL MANAGED BY A SECOND BASE STATION - The present invention concerns a method for determining if a first cell managed by a first base station is neighbour of a second cell managed by a second base station, the cells being cells of wireless cellular network, the wireless cellular network comprising a telecommunication network enabling the transfer of information between the base stations. The first base station monitors the amount of information transferred between the first base station and the second base station through the telecommunication network and determines if the second cell managed by the second base station is neighbour of the first cell managed by the first base station according to the amount of monitored information transferred between the first base station and the second base station through the telecommunication network. The invention concerns also the associated device. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003557 | RADIO STATION APPARATUS, RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING RADIO STATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - To provide good communication quality inside a building while suppressing interference exerted on communication of other radio stations by radio waves leaked outside the building. A femto base station | 01-06-2011 |
20110009067 | MOBILE STATION - A mobile station (UE) according to the present invention is configured to repeatedly transmit a first measurement report including a radio quality of a first cell and to repeatedly transmit a second measurement report including a radio quality of a second cell at the same timings, when the mobile station starts transmitting the first measurement report and thereafter starts transmitting the second measurement report. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009068 | MOBILE STATION - A method of estimating a location of a mobile station is disclosed. A received signal strength of a signal transmitted from a base station is measured. Based on the received signal strength, determination is made whether a signal propagation path to the base station is non-line-of-sight. If the signal propagation path is non-line-of-sight, a distance to the base station is estimated based on a propagation model of the base station. | 01-13-2011 |
20110009069 | RADIO FREQUENCY APPARATUS - An apparatus for controlling at least one radio module, wherein the apparatus is configured to generate at least one service request for a first radio mode, determine at least one logical architecture model dependent on each service request, select at least one of the plurality of radio modules to form a physical architecture structure dependent on each logical architecture model, and generate at least one configuration data set dependent on the selected one of the plurality of radio modules. | 01-13-2011 |
20110021154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FOR A RADIO LINK FAILURE - Methods and apparatus are described for monitoring for a radio link failure in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system operated with carrier aggregation. The methods include criteria for determining radio link failure, recovery events, and the actions that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may take upon the occurrence of such events. | 01-27-2011 |
20110028100 | LOCATION AND TIME SENSING COGNITIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Techniques for determining whether or not a cognitive device may perform a cognitive task are disclosed. A cognitive device may be arranged in communication with a communications device. The cognitive device may include a cognitive receiver, an antenna, and a time and/or location determining device. The communications device may include a cognitive radio, a portable power source, and an antenna. Example cognitive devices may be configured to use time and/or location information, to determine whether or not to perform a cognitive task or determine whether to perform a cognitive task a certain way. The cognitive device may be arranged to communicate cognitive information to the communications device based on whether the cognitive task was performed. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028101 | A METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY COMPENSATING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF A COMMUNICATING ENTITY - A method of dynamically compensating a movement of a source communicating entity relative to a destination communicating entity comprising a set of destination antennas, an antenna data signal transmitted by a source antenna of the source communicating entity being pre-equalized by time reversing an estimated propagation channel between said source antenna and a reference destination antenna at a current time, the method comprising the iterative steps of the destination communicating entity estimating a current focus, estimating movement of the current focus, and selecting, for the next time period, a reference destination antenna for estimating the propagation channel and a target destination antenna for receiving said data signal. | 02-03-2011 |
20110034130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING TOTAL ISOTROPIC SENSITIVITY USING RSSI MEASUREMENTS FOR WIMAX DEVICE CERTIFICATION - Embodiments of a system and method of determining total isotropic sensitivity (TIS) of a wireless broadband client device are described herein. A received signal strength indicator (RSSI) reported at an embedded radio module of the device is logged for each of a plurality of antenna polarizations and for each of a plurality of platform orientations. A single point measurement of module sensitivity is performed at a reference orientation and polarization the transmit antenna. The TIS is calculated as a correction to the single point measurement of module sensitivity. A correction factor to correct the TIS may be based on the difference between an average of the logged RSSIs and an RSSI at the reference orientation and polarization of the transmit antenna. | 02-10-2011 |
20110034131 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus | 02-10-2011 |
20110039498 | SYMBIOTIC SYSTEM FOR TESTING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL COVERAGE IN AREAS NEAR TRANSPORT ROUTES - A cooperative system for testing signal strength near a target area selected by a wireless provider is disclosed, using test units installed in the fleet vehicles of an unrelated service enterprise. The system in one embodiment includes an algorithm for comparing test parameters to the route data contained in the dispatch plan for the fleet vehicles, in order to identify the optimal routes on which to send test units. A computer software product for storing the parameters and executing the algorithms is also disclosed. Signal testing in a target area is accomplished through the symbiotic relationship between the testing units and the fleet vehicles, whereby the wireless provider benefits from unit carriage along routes already being traveled by the fleet vehicles for a different purpose. This Abstract is provided quickly inform a reader about the subject matter, and not for use interpreting the scope or meaning of the claims. | 02-17-2011 |
20110039499 | DYNAMIC SELECTION OF RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL CONFIGURATIONS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate dynamic selection of a random access channel configuration. Typically, a single random access channel configuration is utilized throughout a cell; however, the configuration employed, while appropriate for some mobile devices within the cell, can introduce unnecessary overhead for other mobile devices. A mobile device can measure a characteristic of a radio link between the mobile device and a base station. The measurement can be compared to a set of thresholds provided by the base station. Based upon the comparison, a random access channel configuration can be selected from a set of formats. The selected configuration can be utilized to initiate random access procedures. | 02-17-2011 |
20110045780 | RADIO MEASUREMENT IN A RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A radiocommunications network includes terminals and a network entity. The network entity determines at least one subset of network terminals on the basis of the distances between the terminals. A message is then sent to at least some of the terminals of said subset requesting them to effect a measurement. A value representing a capacity of a terminal to effect a measurement is associated with each terminal of the subset and the terminals that effect said measurement are determined on the basis of the respective values associated with them. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045781 | SENSING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IN TELEVISION FREQUENCY BANDS - In general, techniques are described for sensing wireless communications in television frequency bands, which may be implemented by a sensing device comprising a sensing unit, a power spectral density (PSD) estimation unit, a filter unit, a candidate selection unit, an analysis unit and a decision unit. The sensing unit senses a signal in the television frequencies bands. The PSD estimation unit calculates an estimate of a PSD for the sensed signal. The filter unit filters the estimated PSD. The candidate selection unit analyzes the filtered PSD to identify a candidate frequency representative of a potentially in use frequency. The analysis unit computes a test statistic for the candidate frequency. The decision unit compares the test statistic to a threshold to identify whether the candidate frequencies is actively in use by wireless communication devices. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053516 | TEST DEVICE FOR TESTING THE TRANSMISSION QUALITY OF A RADIO DEVICE - The invention relates to a test device for testing the transmission quality of radio devices by integrating a noise generating device in the transmission chain of the test device. To this end, data to be transmitted are imaged on individual partial data streams modulated onto signals associated with the partial data streams and having different carrier frequencies. At this point in the transmission chain, a noise proportion for at least a part of the signals is added to one signal each of a carrier frequency, in order to allow frequency-selective control of the noise proportions added to the signals of the carrier frequencies. The resulting noisy signals and non-noisy signals of the carrier frequencies are transmitted by a transmission device, and a response signal sent back by a radio device to be tested is received by a receiving device. An analysis device evaluates the received response signal. | 03-03-2011 |
20110065392 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND SIGNAL PATH CONFIGURATION METHOD THEREOF - A signal path configuration method and apparatus of a wireless device are provided for avoiding radiation performance degradation caused by holding a specific part of the wireless device. A wireless device of the present invention includes a Radio Frequency (RF) unit that includes a plurality of antennas, an RF connector for RF calibration, and a detection unit for detecting connection of an RF cable, a switch for switching a signal path to one of the plurality of antennas, and a control unit for distinguishing between communication modes based on a detection signal output by the detection unit and for generating a control signal for controlling the switch to connect the signal path to one of the antennas according to the communication mode. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065393 | Reporting Cell Measurement Results in a Cellular Communication System - The present invention relates to reporting cell measurement results associated with a plurality of cells of a cellular communication system. The reporting is transmitted from a station via a radio interface to receiver element of a cell serving the station. The cells are arranged in a reporting order that is to be used by the station for the reporting. The cell measurements are performed by the transceiver station for getting cell measurement results associated with a number of the cells. Relevant cell measurement results are then selected and the selected results are transmitted in the defined reporting order. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070840 | Handheld synthetic antenna array - A system for estimating parameters of an incoming signal is provided. At least one antenna is coupled to at least one suitable receiver. The antenna(s) are spatially translated in an arbitrary trajectory. As the antenna(s) is being spatially translated, a data processing means samples the incoming signal at set intervals based on a clock signal provided by a system clock. By sampling the incoming signal at different times at different spatial locations on the arbitrary trajectory, the system acts as a synthetic antenna array. The different samplings of the incoming signal at different times and positions provide signal diversity gain as well as different readings which can be used to estimate and/or calculate various parameters of the incoming signal. The different samplings can be used to detect the incoming signal, estimate its angle of arrival, estimate its time of arrival, as well as other parameters. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070841 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMPROVED PREDICTION OF SPECTRUM OCCUPANCY AND ESTIMATION OF RADIO SIGNAL FIELD STRENGTH - In an embodiment of the invention, a system may include a specially configured computer having at least one processor and at least one storage device. The computer may be configured to calculate an estimate of radio propagation and signal strength using a first radio propagation model. The computer may recalculate the estimate of radio propagation and signal strength using one or more additional radio propagation models. The computer may store the recalculated estimate of radio propagation and signal strength in storage. | 03-24-2011 |
20110076957 | COMPLEMENTING THE NEIGNBOURING CELL LISTS OF A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BY WORKLOAD INFORMATION - In a radio communication system having a plurality of network-side radio stations, a first network-side radio station sends signals to subscriber stations of the radio station information relating to other network-side radio stations. The subscriber stations carry out measurements on the signals of network-side radio stations indicated in the radio station information. The first network side radio station sends workload information relating to the workload of at least some of the network-side radio stations indicated in the radio station information. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076958 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL PERFORMING CELL SEARCH PROCESS - A mobile communication terminal includes: an antenna that performs transmission and reception of a wireless signal; a communication unit that performs communication with a base station by establishing a wireless communication line with the base station through the antenna; a memory unit that stores synchronization information of the wireless communication line established by the communication unit; a measuring unit that measures reception power level and signal quality of the wireless signal received by the antenna; and a cell search processor that detects the base station based on the synchronization information stored in the memory unit in a case where the reception power level is larger than a predetermined value and the signal quality is lower than a predetermined signal quality threshold value. | 03-31-2011 |
20110076959 | Method and Apparatus Relating to Spectrum Sensing - The invention comprises a method and a corresponding apparatus ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110081868 | METHOD OF REPORTING MEASUREMENT RESULT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of reporting a measurement result includes preparing a measurement result by measuring a channel condition, identifying periodically whether the measurement result satisfies an event condition, and reporting the measurement result when the event condition is satisfied. Signaling overhead resulted from the reporting of the measurement result can be reduced. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081869 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTI-ANTENNA RADIATED PERFORMANCE OF WIRELESS DEVICES - An apparatus and method for determining radiated performance of multiple antennas in a wireless system on the basis of capacity degradation comprising calculating a plurality of normalized IID channel matrices based on a plurality of complex gain patterns; calculating a plurality of colored channel matrices based on the plurality of normalized IID channel matrices; calculating a first channel capacity corresponding to the plurality of normalized IID channel matrices; calculating a second channel capacity corresponding to the plurality of colored channel matrices; and calculating a capacity degradation based on the first channel capacity and the second channel capacity. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081870 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SIGNAL STRENGTH OUTPUT METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a radio communication device including a radio receiving unit to receive a radio signals, a synchronization unit to detect synchronization based on a result of a correlation for received signals output from the radio receiving unit, and a signal strength output unit to output, as signal strength of the received signals that is RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) value, a level of a correlation signal that is output as a result of the correlation by the synchronization unit. | 04-07-2011 |
20110092163 | Duty cycle estimation system and method - A method of operating a vehicle locating unit wherein an activation signal is received when the vehicle is stolen and in response to the activation signal, a signal indicating the vehicle has been stolen is transmitted. The receiver is energized for an actual duration N | 04-21-2011 |
20110092164 | WIRELESS SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS - Techniques, apparatuses, and systems can include operating a sensor to respond to one or more target environmental inputs to produce sensor data, sampling the sensor data to produce sample values, performing a sample comparison among two or more of the sample values, monitoring a power supply to ascertain a power level; and selectively transmitting measurement data to a server via one or more wireless communication channels based on the power level and the sample comparison, where the measurement data includes one or more of the sample values. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092165 | Method, Communication System and Communication Unit for Synchronisation for Multi-Rate Communication - A method, communication system and communication unit for synchronisation for multi-rate communication by transmitting a signal (FIG. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092166 | Radio Channel Control Method And Receiving Apparatus - A radio channel control method for controlling, in a radio communication system having a transmitter and a receiver, a radio channel from the transmitter toward the receiver. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter by the receiver, measuring reception quality of the signal, generating information which indicates increment or decrement of the reception quality, and controlling a modulation or coding for the radio channel based on the information. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092167 | Methods, Apparatuses, System, and Related Computer Program Product for Reference Signaling - It is disclosed a method including creating inquiry information related to an evaluation of at least one network terminal, and transmitting the created inquiry information in a long-range reference signal; a method including receiving the inquiry information in the long-range signal, establishing, based on the received inquiry information, report information related to a quality of the long-range reference signal, and transmitting the established report information; and a method including receiving the report information, and evaluating, based on the received report information, at least one network terminal. | 04-21-2011 |
20110098004 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND QUANTIZATION METHOD - Provided is a wireless communication device which can improve the notification accuracy of the channel state information (CSI) without straining the feedback circuit. In this device, a channel estimator ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110098005 | Method and Apparatus Relating to Spectrum Sensing - The invention presents methods and corresponding device relating to cooperative spectrum sensing. First a candidate set of sensors that can participate in an occasion of cooperative spectrum sensing is obtained. A cost formula for calculating a cost associated with using sensors from the candidate set in the cooperative spectrum sensing is then defined ( | 04-28-2011 |
20110105042 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE ANTENNA DIVERSITY GAIN IN DIGITAL RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method and a device for measuring the antenna diversity gain in digital radio transmission systems, wherein the sensitivity of a receiver system is designed by using a plurality of antennas, wherein the signals thereof determine a diversity gain (DG) by means of the bit error rate (BER)-increase of the signals. The invention is characterized in that the method and the device for measuring the diversity-gain (DG) in digital radio transmission systems form an optimization of radio net planning by means of targeted use of diversity, wherein a decrease of the number of used base stations and an increase of the transmission- and receiving quality is achieved. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105043 | Method of Handling Measurement and Related Communication Device - A method of handling measurement for a mobile device capable of communicating with a network through a maximum number of component carriers in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving data with the maximum number of component carriers, receiving a command for deactivating one of the maximum number of component carriers, from the network, deactivating the component carrier indicated by the command, and performing an inter-frequency measurement without any measurement gap. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105044 | REVERSE INDEXING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Methods and systems for reversing indexing signal option selections are disclosed. The signal options can be any of a variety of options that permit the establishment of a communication link, including modulation format, coding rate, precoding index and assigned subbands. The selected options can be represented as a vector and the index can be determined by employing a worth function for a particular selected vector element that is dependent on a selection occurrence count of the element and on an element position count of the element. In particular, the index can be the summation of worth function values for each selected element. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105045 | RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD, RADIO TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, RADIO RECEIVER AND RADIO TRANSMITTER - A radio transmission system is provided comprising vertically polarized antennas and horizontally polarized antennas which form a plurality of transmission paths which perform a radio data transmission, a communication condition measuring unit which detects that at least a part of transmission paths becomes unavailable for use, and a search unit which searches or sets, depending on a detecting result of the detecting unit, another alternative transmission path instead of the part of transmission paths which becomes unavailable for use. The search unit searches the alternative transmission path by using search results of a part or all of transmission paths other than the part of transmission paths which is blocked. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105046 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Channel Quality Information for Wireless Communication - A method and apparatus for generating channel quality information, such as may be used for transmit link adaptation, provide different operating modes, such as a first mode that may be used when propagation channel estimates are not reliable, and a second mode that may be used when the propagation channel estimates are reliable. In one or more embodiments, channel quality information is generated using receiver performance information that characterizes receiver performance in terms of a defined channel quality metric, e.g., supported data rates, for different values of receiver input signal quality over a range of propagation channel realizations. Channel quality information can be generated by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and a desired probability of meeting a defined performance requirement over a range of propagation channel realizations, or by selecting channel quality metrics according to receiver input signal quality and particularized propagation channel realizations. | 05-05-2011 |
20110117856 | Method, Device And System For Detecting The Mobility Of A Mobile Device - The disclosure is directed to a method, computer program product, or a mobile device configured for obtaining a mobility parameter indicative of a mobility of the mobile device. The mobility parameter may be further utilized to configure the operating state of the mobile device. The mobility parameter is obtained using a multi-sense approach, which utilizes both Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) and Frequency Offset (FO) measurements. The mobility parameter is based on statistical parameters relating to the distributions of the RSSI and FO measurements. Various configurations of computer program products, mobile devices and systems are also described. | 05-19-2011 |
20110117857 | Radio Channel Control Method And Receiving Apparatus - A radio channel control method for controlling, in a radio communication system having a transmitter and a receiver, a radio channel from the transmitter toward the receiver. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter by the receiver, measuring reception quality of the signal, generating information which indicates increment or decrement of the reception quality, and controlling a modulation or coding for the radio channel based on the information. | 05-19-2011 |
20110117858 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to device and method for controlling a wireless image display device, in which a communication state between wireless transmitter/receiver is informed to a user and a transmission side Tx antenna and a reception side Rx antenna are controlled for providing an optimum transmission/reception radio. | 05-19-2011 |
20110124293 | STANDING WAVE RATIO MEASURING CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A standing wave ratio measuring circuit includes an amplifier circuit amplifying a transmission signal; a first circulator outputting the transmission signal amplified in a direction of an antenna, and outputting a reception signal received by the antenna to a reception system; a traveling wave bypassing unit allowing the transmission signal (the traveling wave), before being input to the amplifier circuit, to travel to the reception system while bypassing the amplifier circuit when a request to measure a standing wave ratio is detected; a second circulator outputting the traveling wave bypassing the amplifier circuit in a direction of the first circulator; a control unit controlling the amplifier circuit; a reflected wave acquiring unit acquiring a reflected wave at a location after the second circulator in the reception system; and a measuring circuit measuring the standing wave ratio using the traveling wave and the reflected wave. | 05-26-2011 |
20110124294 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATE/MODE TRANSITIONING - A user equipment implements a method of processing indication messages, such as SCRI (signalling connection release indication) messages. The use equipment (UE) maintains a count of how many indication messages with a cause set have been sent by the UE while in at least one radio resource control (RRC) state. In some cases, the count is reset responsive to transmitting signalling by the UE on radio bearer 3 or upward. In some cases, the count is reset responsive to entering RRC connected mode. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130100 | METHODS FOR MONITORING PAGING MESSAGES WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A method for monitoring paging messages in a mobile station with a subscriber identity card camping on a cell is provided. A paging channel is monitored at every end of predetermined time interval subsequent to the last monitored time. It is detected whether the same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted in the paging channel at different ends of predetermined time interval. A new time interval is determined when detecting that the same identity information is repeatedly broadcasted. The paging channel is monitored at every end of new time interval subsequent to the last monitored time so as to receive subsequent paging messages from the cell, wherein the new time interval is longer than the predetermined time interval. | 06-02-2011 |
20110136439 | Analyzing Wireless Technologies Based On Software-Defined Radio - An analysis application is adapted to be executed on a computing device for collecting data for analysis from a software-defined radio implemented on the same computing device or on a separate computing device for testing measurement and analysis of wireless standards, radio configurations, communication protocols and other radio technologies. | 06-09-2011 |
20110136440 | Radio Channel Control Method And Receiving Apparatus - A radio channel control method for controlling, in a radio communication system having a transmitter and a receiver, a radio channel from the transmitter toward the receiver. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted from the transmitter by the receiver, measuring reception quality of the signal, generating information which indicates increment or decrement of the reception quality, and controlling a modulation or coding for the radio channel based on the information. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING RADIO LINK MONITORING AND RECOVERY - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for facilitating a radio link failure determination. A wireless terminal is configured to monitor a control channel quality of a control signal over at least one control carrier. A radio link failure determination is then made based on the control channel quality of the at least one control carrier. In other embodiments, rather than basing the radio link failure determination solely on the set of control carriers, the wireless terminal is configured to monitor a control channel quality over at least one additional carrier, not included in the set of control carriers, in response to a link loss detected over each of the set of control carriers. For such embodiments, the radio link failure determination is then made based on the control channel quality of the additional carrier(s). | 06-16-2011 |
20110143676 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL IN MILLIMETER WAVEBAND - Provided is a millimeter waveband signal receiving device and method. The millimeter waveband signal receiving method includes receiving a plurality of millimeter waveband signals via a plurality of paths, selecting a switching path from among the plurality of paths based on the plurality of received millimeter waveband signals, and setting a communication connection to the selected switching path. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143677 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OBJECT BETWEEN DEVICES HAVING MULTI-RADIO INTERFACE - A method for transmitting, by a mobile device, a data object, is provided, and includes estimating expected transmission times required for transmitting an object between devices by an acoustic communication link and supported radio interfaces, based on a size of the object, transmitting the object through an acoustic communication channel when the link is estimated to provide a shortest expected transmission time, and determining rankings of the radio interfaces according to the expected transmission times when the acoustic communication link does not provide a shortest expected transmission time, transmitting rankings information and configuration information on the supported radio interfaces through the acoustic communication channel by a configuration container, and transmitting the object through a radio interface through which a response is received. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143678 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A communication apparatus including a first antenna and performing wireless communication in which a reflected power from the first antenna changes depending on a positional relationship between the first antenna of the communication apparatus and a second antenna of a communication partner. The communication apparatus further includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a data signal to the communication partner via the first antenna, a determination unit configured to determine a reflected power generated when the transmission unit supplies the data signal to the first antenna, and a control unit configured to control the transmission of the data signal by the transmission unit, based on the reflected power determined by the determination unit. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143679 | Polling system for a moved machine component - A polling system for a moved machine component comprises a polling subunit that is to be disposed at the machine component end and is provided with at least one switch which operates without power in a certain state of the machine component or a certain position of a part of the machine component, a radio transmitter unit that evaluates the switching modes of the switch and transmits the evaluated switching signals with digital radio switching signals, and an electric power source for supplying the radio transmitter unit. The polling system further comprises a radio receiver unit which is stationary relative to the polling subunit and is used for receiving and evaluating, forwarding and/or displaying the signals received from the radio transmitter unit. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143680 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes step of managing identification information on a radio base station | 06-16-2011 |
20110151797 | METHOD AND MEASURING SYSTEM FOR THE MEASUREMENT AND TESTING OF A MOBILE-TELEPHONE DEVICE - The measurement method presented and the measuring device presented allow inferences to be gained regarding the status and the quality of mobile telephone user equipment by correlating operating parameters with the transmission power of a mobile telephone transmitter and the Transport Format Combination Indicator (TFCI). | 06-23-2011 |
20110151798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING MULTI-PATH SPECTRUM OF COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM AND COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM THEREOF - Provided is a multi-path spectrum sensing apparatus for a cognitive radio (CR) system. The multi-path spectrum sensing apparatus may include a spectrum sensing unit to sense at least one spectrum from a radio frequency (RF) input signal, using at least one of a broadband filter and a narrowband filter, and a processor to determine an occupation state of a channel corresponding to the at least one spectrum. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159818 | System and Method of Automatically Connecting a Mobile Communication Device to A Network Using a Communications Resource Database - A system, method, and computer program product of automatically connecting a mobile communication device to a communication network using a network resource classification database includes detecting a communication network access point using the mobile communication device and reporting network attributes associated with the access point to a resource classification server. The server analyzes and stores the network attributes, determines auxiliary data related to the access point, and uses a rules database to determine a category identifier associated with the access point. The server creates a resource classification characterizing the access point based upon the network attributes, auxiliary data, and category identifier and the network attributes, auxiliary data, and/or category identifier data of other access points. The mobile communication device queries the server, receives a resource classification, and connects to an access point based upon the received resource classification. | 06-30-2011 |
20110159819 | MULTIPLE CLOCK SIGNAL GENERATION FROM A COMMON OSCILLATOR - A system and method of providing a clock signal to a navigation satellite receiver in a device is disclosed. A clock signal generated by a voltage controlled temperature compensated crystal oscillator (VCTCXO) in a cellular engine of the same device is appropriated to clock a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) programmed to generate an adjusted clock signal suitable for use in receiving signals from navigation satellites and to heterodyne them down to baseband or an intermediate frequency for processing. Preferably, if the cellular engine has an automatic frequency control (AFC) module for adjusting the voltage control input to the VCTCXO to compensate for a change in the operating environment of the cellular engine, the AFC module modifies the control word in the NCO to counteract such adjustment so that the adjusted clock signal provided to the navigation satellite receiver is not unduly impacted. The use of the NCO ensures that the adjusted clock signal remains phase continuous throughout any such adjustments, so that positional lock of the navigation satellite receiver should not be lost. The sharing of the VCTCXO by the cellular engine and the navigation satellite receiver results in component cost and board space savings, economy in power consumption and reduced engineering effort in routing clock signals throughout the circuit board. | 06-30-2011 |
20110165845 | Method and apparatus for determining the location of a node in a wireless system - A method and apparatus for determining the location of a node within a wireless communication system is provided herein. In order to determine the location of a node, a series of GSM network measurement reports (NMRs) received at multiple base stations are analyzed by location-finding equipment. Multiple reports from the same mobile unit are analyzed for their received signal strength and multiple location estimates are then determined for the node. The location estimates are then averaged and weighted to determine an accurate location estimate for the node. | 07-07-2011 |
20110171912 | System and Method for Mobile Location By Proximity Detection - A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device in a communications network having one or more proximity sensors. A request to locate the mobile device may be received and at least one of the proximity sensors tasked to receive a signal transmission from the mobile device. One or more signal characteristics of the signal transmission from the mobile device may be measured by each tasked proximity sensor, and a location of the mobile device determined as a function of the measured characteristics. This may be accomplished by associating a fixed location with each tasked proximity sensor, and then determining the location of the mobile device as a function of one of the associated fixed locations. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177786 | Method and system for identification and mitigation of errors in non-line-of-sight distance estimation - Ultra-wide bandwidth (UWB) transmission is a promising technology for indoor localization due to its fine delay resolution and obstacle-penetration capabilities. However, the presence of walls and other obstacles present a significant challenge in terms of localization, as they result in positively biased distance estimates. Measurement campaigns with FCC-compliant UWB radios can quantify effects of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation. Features of waveforms measured during a campaign can be extracted for use in distinguishing between NLOS and line-of-sight situations in embodiments of the present invention. Embodiments further include classification and regression methods based on machine learning that improve the localization performance while relying solely on the received signal. Applications for systems employing an example embodiment of the invention include indoor or outdoor search and recovery with high accuracy and low cost. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177787 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD - A wireless power transmission method is provided. The method includes exchanging information for wireless power transmission between a wireless power transmission device and a terminal, in order to determine a communication protocol. | 07-21-2011 |
20110183625 | MULTICHANNEL CONSTANT ENVELOPE ORTHOGONAL WAVEFORMS USING RECEIVER DESIGN - An radar apparatus including a first transmitter, a second transmitter, a first receiver, a second receiver, and a control device. The control device is programmed to use both the characteristics of a first transmit signal from the first transmitter and a second transmit signal from the second transmitter to determine a first control signal for applying to the first receiver to determine its impulse response characteristics, and to determine a second control signal for applying to the second receiver to determine its impulse response characteristics which differ from the first receiver. These control signals have the ability to separate out the first transmit signal and the second transmit signal from their combined sum that appears at the input of the receiver. The procedure can be generalized to include any number of transmit signals and a corresponding number of control signals to separate out the transmit signals from their combined form. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183626 | Methods And Apparatuses For Use In Identifying Wireless Transmitting Devices For Use In Estimating A Location Of A Mobile Device - Techniques for provided which may be implemented using various methods and/or apparatuses to allow a mobile device to identify and select certain wireless transmitting devices for use in estimating a location of the mobile device. For example with one method, a mobile device may identify a plurality of wireless transmitting devices from which measurements are obtainable to estimate a location of the mobile device, and select a set of wireless transmitting devices based, at least in part, on a location reliability indicator. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183627 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - It is possible to present identification information of a sender in such a manner that the identification information is easily understood by a user. Included are: a wireless communication section ( | 07-28-2011 |
20110189960 | Estimating Whether A Wireless Terminal Is Indoors Using Pattern Classification - A method and apparatus for estimating whether or not a wireless terminal is indoors are disclosed. The illustrative embodiment employs a pattern classifier that is trained on a plurality of input/output mappings, where each mapping corresponds to a respective location, the output of the mapping is a Boolean value that indicates whether the location is indoors, and the input of the mapping is based on empirical and predicted signal data for the location. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, a computer-executable program is generated based on the trained pattern classifier. The computer-executable program estimates whether or not a wireless terminal is indoors based on empirical data reported by the terminal, and on a location estimate for the terminal that might be crude or inaccurate (e.g., based on Cell Identifier [Cell-ID], GPS, etc.). | 08-04-2011 |
20110189961 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON MOTION IDENTIFICATION - A data transmission method and apparatus based on motion identification are disclosed. The method includes detecting and identifying a change of a position status of a data transmission apparatus, detecting, by the data transmission apparatus, a target apparatus when the change of the position status is determined to be a predefined motion, and establishing, by the data transmission apparatus, a connection with the target apparatus and performing, by the data transmission apparatus, a data transmission, if the target apparatus is detected. The data transmission method does not operate through an interface, but can trigger a data transmission apparatus to detect a target apparatus and to perform a data transmission by only identifying a motion of the data transmission apparatus. Thus, the operation of data transmission can be simplified, and a user-friendly operation method can be achieved. | 08-04-2011 |
20110189962 | OVER-THE-AIR TEST - A testing system optimizes a cost function of a theoretical spatial cross correlation and a spatial correlation obtained with antenna elements for determining weights of the antenna elements, and forms a beam of a signal of at least one path of a simulated radio channel with at least two antenna elements of a plurality of antenna elements coupled to an emulator in an anechoic chamber. The at least two antenna elements are capable of polarizing the beam in a known manner. | 08-04-2011 |
20110195668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPORTING LOGGED MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of reporting logged measurements in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected mode receives Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) configuration from a base station and starts a validity timer upon receiving the MDT configuration. The user equipment in an RRC idle mode logs measurements based on the MDT configuration to collect logged measurements while the validity timer is running. When the validity timer is expired, the user equipment discards the MDT configuration. | 08-11-2011 |
20110195669 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system which is capable of, when carrying out mobile communication using a shared channel, increasing in efficiency of transmission timing of the data transmission rate request value to prevent wasteful power consumption and hence reduce power consumption. A mobile station apparatus of the mobile communication system measures CIR of the received signal from a base station apparatus at a CIR measuring section, and decides the data transmission rate request value corresponding to the measured CIR value at a rate request value deciding section. Also, it detects an error of the received signal at a CRC section, and, when no error is found, calculates a difference between the average data transmission rate from a base station apparatus and the data transmission request value at a rate request value transmission controlling section. Then, it transmits the data transmission rate request value to the base station apparatus only when the obtained difference is larger than a threshold value. | 08-11-2011 |
20110201279 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to perform measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a user equipment (UE) to perform measurements in a mobile communication network comprises receiving configuration information comprising at least one of a validity state, a measurement activation criterion, a measurement deactivation criterion, a reporting criterion or a location request criterion to configure a measurement, and performing the measurement based on the configuration information. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201280 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE CONTEXT OF AN ENTITY - Method for providing information on a context parameter relating to a consumer device of a telecommunication system which includes a plurality of provider devices. The method includes: a) checking if data relevant to the context parameter are available for the consumer device; b) in the positive case of a), obtaining the information on the context parameter relating to the consumer device based upon the available data; c) in the negative case of a), checking, according to predetermined proximity rules, if among the plurality of provider devices, there is at least one nearby provider device that, with regard to the context parameter, is in the proximity of the consumer device; d) in the positive case of c), checking if data useful to determine the information on the context parameter relating to the consumer device are available for the at least one nearby provider device, and e) in the positive case of d), determining the context information on the consumer device based upon the data available for the at least one nearby provider device. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207411 | Network Performance Server - Techniques are described for collecting and providing information regarding mobile network performance. In one example, a device includes a mobile device interface configured to receive data sets from mobile devices, each of the data sets comprising a geographic position value identifying a geographic position of a corresponding mobile device and a signal quality value representative of signal quality for the corresponding mobile device at the geographic position, a computer-readable storage medium configured to store the data sets, a request interface configured to receive a request for signal quality data at a requested geographic position, and means for providing an aggregate location value representative of an average signal quality at a location including the requested geographic position, wherein the aggregate signal quality value comprises an aggregation of signal quality values of the data sets that also have geographic position values contained within the location. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207412 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A WIRELESS INTEGRATED TEST AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE - Aspects of a method and system for a wireless integrated power test and measurement are provided. In this regard, concurrently with receiving a first signal via a first antenna, a second signal that indicates received signal strength of the first signal may be generated and transmitted via a second antenna. The second signal may be utilized to determine performance of the first antenna. A frequency of the generated second signal may be controlled so as to mitigate interference between the transmitted second signal and the received first signal. The first signal may be formatted in accordance with one or more first wireless standards and the second signal may be formatted in accordance with one or more second wireless standards. The received signal strength of the first signal may be determined via an analog-to-digital converter and the second signal may be updated at the sample rate of the analog-to-digital converter. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207413 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REGULATING ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC THEREOF - A mobile device includes an antenna module, a calculation module, a location sensor, a determination module, and a regulator module. The calculation module calculates a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the antenna module. The location sensor senses a user relative to the mobile device when the mobile device is in a communication mode. The determination module determines whether the RSSI degrades over a default period and whether the user is near the mobile device when the mobile device is in the communication mode. The regulator module regulates antenna characteristic of the mobile device when the RSSI degrades over the default period and the user is near the mobile device when the mobile device is in the communication mode. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207414 | MOBILE STATION, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station UE includes: a measuring unit which measures the radio quality in a serving cell and a peripheral cell from a radio base station eNB; and a determining unit which determines whether to notify the measurement result. When the mobile station UE is in the discontinuous reception state, the determining unit determines whether to notify the measurement result in accordance with the radio quality in the measured serving cell and the peripheral cell and a parameter for the discontinuous reception state. When the mobile station UE is not in the discontinuous reception state, the determining unit determines whether to notify the measurement result in accordance with the radio quality in the measured serving cell and the peripheral cell and a parameter for the continuous reception state. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212693 | Measurement Handling with Carrier Aggregation - Measurement handling is of interest in a user equipment (UE) in connected mode, with the UE being configured with multiple downlink component carriers (CCs). The UE evaluates the signal quality of a specific CC of the configured CCs against a configurable threshold to determine the need for neighbor cell measurements. The UE performs neighbor cell measurements if the signal quality of the specific CC is below the configurable threshold. In this way, robust and efficient measurement handling is provided, even though the UE is configured with multiple component carriers. | 09-01-2011 |
20110217935 | Method and Terminal for Acquiring Frequency Difference - A method and a terminal for acquiring a frequency difference are disclosed. The method includes acquiring a difference T | 09-08-2011 |
20110223868 | PORTABLE EQUIPMENT DETECTING SYSTEM - A portable equipment detecting system includes an antenna having a first element of which a longitudinal direction is defined as a running direction of the vehicle, a second element of which longitudinal direction is defined as a direction perpendicular to the running direction of the vehicle and the vertical direction of the vehicle, and a bypass wiring of which one end is connected to a connection point between the first and second elements; and detecting circuit adapted to switch between three power-supplied states of the antenna including a first supplied state, a second supplied state and a third supplied state, and to detect a location of the portable equipment based on an acknowledge signal from the portable equipment when the power-supplied state is switched. | 09-15-2011 |
20110223869 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING A MOBILE-RADIO DEVICE BY MEANS OF STATIC CHANNEL SIMULATION - The invention relates to a device and to a method for testing a mobile radio device in a multiple antenna system using a frequency-selective static channel model for channel simulation in frequency space. In the method according to the invention, the useful data to be transmitted are first allocated to a plurality of carrier frequencies and the associated coding parameters per antenna. The useful data are then modulated onto the carrier frequencies according to the allocation. One or more modulated carrier signals are now distorted in frequency space according to a frequency-selective static channel model. A transmission signal composed of the channel-modeled modulated carrier signals is subsequently transmitted in the period of time to a mobile radio device to be tested. | 09-15-2011 |
20110230143 | Method and Device in Over-the-Air Test Environment - The present invention relates to a device and method for simulating a radio channel with a defined characteristic between at least one antenna port ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110237197 | AUTOMATIC ASSOCIATION OF WIRELESS DEVICES TO POINT NAMES - A system and method automatically associate wireless devices to point names. An installation plan indicates that wireless devices are installed at designated locations. Each designated location in the installation plan includes an associated point name, each wireless device is configured to transmit a message indicating itself as the source of the message, and each wireless communication device is installed proximate to its designated location. Expected distances are determined between one or more pairs of designated locations on the installation plan. Range estimate data is gathered from the installed wireless devices for one or more pairs of the installed wireless devices. A unique identifier within a signal transmitted by one of the installed wireless devices is associated with a corresponding point name on the installation plan. The association is determined at least in part by the expected distances and the range estimate data. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237198 | Method and System for Super-Resolution Blind Channel Modeling - Propagation channels are reconstructed from measurements in disjoint subbands of a wideband channel of interest. By using high-resolution estimation of multipath parameters, and suitable soft combining of the results, a channel estimate and subseqeuntly channel models can be extracted that accurately interpolate between the measured subbands. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237199 | METHODS FOR CALIBRATING RADIO-FREQUENCY RECEIVERS USING CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS TEST EQUIPMENT - Wireless test equipment may be used to perform over-the-air testing of user equipment. The user equipment may contain an antenna and a receiver. The wireless test equipment may contain a call box that performs network-level testing by sending and receiving protocol-compliant network messages. The call box may transmit a radio-frequency test signal at a predetermined power. The antenna in the user equipment may receive the radio-frequency test signal and may provide the received radio-frequency test signal to the input of the receiver. The call box may send a network message such as a code-division-multiple-access intercode handover command to the user equipment to direct the user equipment to measure the received radio-frequency test signal power at the input of the receiver. The measured power may be transmitted to the call box as part of a pilot measurement message indicator, using an intercode handover command, or using other network messages. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237200 | COLLABORATIVE SPECTRUM SENSING IN RADIO ENVIRONMENT - A system for configuring wireless communication in apparatuses based on sensed spectrum information. Apparatuses interacting via a shared information space may exchange configuration information that may, for example, comprise communication transport information. The configuration information may then be utilized in formulating spectrum sensing parameters that are distributed to one or more of the apparatuses via the shared information space. The spectrum sensing parameters may be used by the apparatuses for performing signals sensing operations in their respective environments, the results of which may be shared via the shared information space. The spectrum sensing results may then be utilized to configure and/or manage communications in one or more of the apparatuses. | 09-29-2011 |
20110237201 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF POWER MANAGEMENT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method of power management of an electronic device, the method including the steps of:
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20110244804 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AVAILABILITY OF MEASUREMENT LOG - A communications apparatus includes a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module transmits and receives radio frequency signals to and from a service network via at least a first and a second component carriers. The controller module receives a first measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier from the service network, receives a message indicating that the first component carrier is replaced by a third component carrier from the service network via the wireless module, receives a second measurement configuration corresponding to the third component carrier from the service network via the wireless module, keeps at least one of the first and second measurement configurations in response to receiving the message, and performs measurements according to the kept measurement configuration. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244805 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AVAILABILITY OF MEASUREMENT LOG - A communications apparatus includes a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module transmits and receives radio frequency signals to and from a service network via a set of component carrier(s), which is configured by the service network and includes at least a first component carrier. The controller module receives a measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier from the service network via the wireless module. The controller module keeps the measurement configuration corresponding to the first component carrier when the first component carrier is removed from the set of component carrier(s). | 10-06-2011 |
20110244806 | DYNAMIC CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING SET FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for dynamically controlling channel monitoring in a multi-carrier environment. A UE may monitor one or more channels associated with active carriers. The monitoring by the UE may be established via a network pre-configuring the HS-SCCHs and/or specifying which HS-SCCHs the UE should monitor depending on which carriers are activate. Further, the network may pre-configure a list of HS-SCCHs for each carrier, and the UE may autonomously, following pre-determined rules, increase or decrease the number of HS-SCCHs it monitors on each carrier. In addition, the network may indicate in an HS-SCCH order which HS-SCCHs the UE should stop or start monitoring. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244807 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus estimate a frequency offset of a receiver in a mobile communication system. A pilot signal and a signal of a control channel are received from a transmitter. Frequency offsets of the pilot signal and frequency offsets of the control channel are estimated, respectively. And the frequency offset of the pilot signal is corrected based on the frequency offset estimation of the control channel. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244808 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A wireless communications apparatus ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110244809 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOISE RISE ESTIMATION - A received total wideband power ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110250847 | METHOD FOR TESTING APPLIANCES FOR A MOBILE-RADIO SYSTEM, SIGNAL GENERATOR, APPLIANCE FOR A MOBILE-RADIO SYSTEM, AND A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A method, a signal generator, an appliance for a mobile radio system, and a measurement system are provided. First of all, a signal generator generates signal data. The signal data are used to generate a signal which is sent to the appliance which is to be tested. The appliance which is to be tested receives the signal and evaluates it. The evaluation of the received signal is taken as a basis for generating a response signal, wherein the response signal has an envelope which is characteristic of the information which is to be returned. This characteristic envelope is measured and a measurement signal which is representative thereof is generated. The measurement signal is supplied to a correlator in the signal generator and is compared with a comparison signal stored in the signal generator. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250848 | Method and Apparatus for Channel Quality Reporting in a Wireless Communication System - According to one aspect, the present invention advantageously provides a method and apparatus that increase communications throughput by manipulating the order or manner in which CQI values are reported in a multi-rank CQI report that constrains one or more such values according to reporting order. As a non-limiting example, the present invention provides that the reporting order used for reporting multiple CQI values is chosen to eliminate or at least reduce under-reporting and over-reporting errors arising from the use of differential reporting formats for one or more of the reported CQI values. Additionally, the present invention provides for selection between single-rank or multi-rank CQI reporting, based on determining which one corresponds to the highest channel capacity, in view of the differential reporting constraints. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250849 | Radiative focal area antenna transmission coupling arrangement - The present invention comprises a docking system for connecting a portable communication device to a further signal transmission line. The docking system may be arranged within a workstation such as a desk or a tray. The system may also envelope a room in a building or be located in a vehicle, to control and restrict the radiative emission from the communication device and to direct such radiation to a further remote antenna and or signal distribution system connected to the transmission line. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR INTERFACE INFORMATION FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method for determining values for use by radio resource management functions is disclosed. Air interface actual values and predictive values are obtained and stored. A timestamp indicating a time when each actual value or predictive value is obtained is generated and stored. The actual values and the predictive values are processed to provide an output value. | 10-13-2011 |
20110256835 | TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A FUNCTIONAL TEST OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A testing device comprises a transmission path comprising at least one leakage conduction antenna disposed in the cabin of the aircraft, a control device coupled to the transmission path, said control device comprising a generating device for generating a broad-band interference signal and a transfer device for feeding an HF signal to the leakage conduction antenna, wherein the fed HF signal has a pre-defined power level and contains at least the generated broad-band interference signal, at least one measuring device coupled to the transmission path at a pre-defined coupling point, said measuring device measuring the power level of the HF signal at the coupling point and preparing a measurement signal that is proportional to the measured power level, and an evaluation means for preparing a test result by way of a comparison between the prepared measurement signal and a target signal that depends on the power level of the fed HF signal. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263208 | Cognitive radio sensing method and system - The cognitive radio system and method uses a wideband chirp signal. A cognitive radio base station broadcasts the low power reference wideband chirp signal with bandwidth covering the sensed spectrum. At the receiver, a Fast Fourier Transform is applied to the output of a chirp signal matched filter. The filter output is fed to decision circuitry, where a threshold value is set to decide the minimum spike's amplitude to determine frequencies utilized by primary users. Using reference chirp signal and its matched filter eases sensing computational complexity and improves the quality of sensing, thereby offering enhanced cognition at the CR receiver. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263209 | QUIET PERIOD FORMATION AND MAINTENANCE IN RADIO SYSTEMS - A system for quiet period determination. An apparatus may listen for potential silent periods to occur in an environment, and if detected, the potential silent periods may be compared to quiet period criteria to determine if they are actual silent periods. If at least two subsequent actual silent periods are determined, the apparatus may adopt quiet period timing and duration based on the actual silent periods. Alternatively, the apparatus may establish new quiet period timing and duration based on the quiet period criteria. | 10-27-2011 |
20110263210 | MOBILE USER TERMINAL, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile user terminal includes a receiver which receives a signal, and a processor which measures downlink channel quality based on the signal and does not transmit downlink channel quality information and an uplink pilot signal simultaneously at a period which the mobile user terminal is a state of transmission off in an intermittent fashion. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269402 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS - A method and corresponding apparatus for performing minimization of drive tests (MDT) in a mobile communication system are provided. The method may include receiving, by a base station, a control message from a user equipment (UE). The control message may be one of a MDT prohibit indication configured to indicate the base station should not select the UE for performing MDT, a UE status indication including at least one first UE parameter to be used by the base station when selecting MDT UEs, and a MDT measurement rejection when at least one second UE parameter differs from a predetermined UE parameter threshold. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269403 | RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO EQUIPMENT, AND RADIO EQUIPMENT CONTROLLER - A radio equipment in a radio base station is configured to measure received signal strength of an uplink signal transmitted by a mobile station and includes a TRX function unit configured to transmit IQ data and control information to a radio equipment controller by using a frame including an IQ data region for mapping the IQ data and a control region for mapping the control information, the IQ data being obtained by subjecting the uplink signal to demodulation processing (orthogonal demodulation processing), and the TRX function unit is configured to map information indicating the received signal strength (RSSI) measured by the measurement unit to a fixed region in the control region. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269404 | ACTIVE ANTENNA DEVICE, NETWORK DEVICE AND ACCESS POINT OF A WIRELESS NETWORK - An active antenna device, a network device, an access point equipped with the network device and a plurality of distributed active antenna devices form components of a communication system. The active antenna device contains an antenna unit, an amplifier unit and a control unit, wherein the amplification of the amplifier unit is controlled by the control unit according to an instruction from a management unit located in the network device. The devices achieve a low handover frequency whereas rendering the communication less vulnerable to contentions and/or interference than in the conventional systems. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269405 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic Transmitter to Multi-Carrier Power Amplifier Mapping - According to the teachings presented herein, dynamic mapping is used to determine which multi-carrier power amplifiers (MC-PAs) provide the required transmit power for individual ones of the transmitters in a base station. With dynamic mapping, the required transmit power of any one or more of the transmitters can be distributed to more than one MCPA, providing for more efficient ‘packing’ of required transmit powers into the available transmit powers of the MCPAs, and/or providing for power mapping based on any one or more mapping criterion, As a non-limiting advantage, the dynamic mapping presented herein reduces the number of MCPAs needed to support a given number of transmitters. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269406 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - To enable a mobile station, when a base station carries out a measurement of a radio signal coming from an adjacent cell while suspending at least one of radio transmission to and radio reception from the mobile station when a base station's own cell is in operation, to recognize that the adjacent cell is being measured. A home base station | 11-03-2011 |
20110269407 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-CELL SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MULTI-CELL ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a method for synchronizing multiple cells, which perform cooperative multi-input multi-output operations, as well as to a method for inter-cell synchronization in a multi-cell environment, comprising the steps of: measuring a propagation delay of a cooperative base station; transmitting the measured propagation delay to a serving base station; and receiving data for cooperative multi-input multi-output operations in which a transmission location is adjusted, on the basis of the propagation delay of the cooperative base station, when the serving base station transmits the propagation delay to the cooperative base station. | 11-03-2011 |
20110269408 | METHOD OF DETERMINING CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND USING MICRORADIOS - A microradio is provided with a hysteretic switch to permit an optimum range increasing charging cycle, with the charging cycle being long relative to the transmit cycle. Secondly, an ensemble of microradios permits an n | 11-03-2011 |
20110269409 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In the case that periodical transmission of transmission signal number-of-sequence quality indicative signal cannot be performed, the number of transmission signal sequences is clarified in association with reception quality information that is generated immediately after the case, and the base station apparatus performs appropriate communication resource allocation. A mobile station apparatus has a feedback information control section | 11-03-2011 |
20110275328 | SCHEME FOR MONITORING BATTERY OF MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a machine type communication system including a machine type communication device operating with a battery. The machine type communication system may monitor a residual power of the battery supplying power to the machine type communication device, and may output the monitored residual power to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device. Also, a point in time when the residual power of the battery is to be monitored may be determined based on the residual power. | 11-10-2011 |
20110281525 | Method of Estimating Path Loss for a Channel - A method of estimating path loss for a channel between a user equipment and a base station of a wireless communication system, the method performed at the base station and comprising the steps of: measuring (302) a signal power PSDrx for a received signal transmitted from the user equipment to the base station on the channel; and estimating ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110281526 | RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION SYSTEM, RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTIC ESTIMATION PROGRAM - Disclosed are a radio wave propagation characteristic estimation system, radio wave propagation characteristic estimation method, and radio wave propagation characteristic estimation program for estimating propagation characteristics of radio waves at high speeds, without deteriorating accuracy. An object selection module reads map data prerecorded on a map data memory unit and selects structures from the structures indicated in structure data included in the map data according to the height thereof, a radio wave propagation path calculation module searches for the path of radio waves emitted from a transmission point based on the structure data related to the selected structures and location data for the transmission point and an observation point, and calculates the propagation path of the radio waves until the radio waves reach the observation point, and a radio wave propagation characteristic estimation module estimates the propagation characteristics of radio waves at the observation point based on this calculated path. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287721 | DYNAMIC RF MATRIX EMULATOR - A dynamic RF matrix emulator uses digital switching to emulate the switching behavior of hundreds of wireless terminals. The emulator includes a switching matrix with channels formed between terminal pairs, digital front ends for coupling terminals digitally to the switching matrix, and a channel database having entries representing attenuation values which can be changed in time, the attenuation values correlated with movement of vehicles provided by a traffic simulator. Channel behavior is defined by temporal attenuation values obtained from the database. The digital switching is controlled through a digital communication protocol. | 11-24-2011 |
20110294435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL DECISIONS BASED ON RADIO SPECTRUM BLOCKS - A policy determination function (PDF) makes policy and charging control decisions based on radio spectrum blocks. More particularly, the PDF: receives radio spectrum block data via an interface; and determines, using the radio spectrum block data, a first radio spectrum block for use during a session for a subscriber, wherein the first radio spectrum block is one of a plurality of radio spectrum blocks, and wherein the subscriber has a unique set of policy and charging control (PCC) rules corresponding to each of the radio spectrum blocks in the plurality. The PDF further selects and provides to a policy enforcement function the set of PCC rules for the subscriber corresponding to the first radio spectrum block, for applying to communications with the subscriber during the session. | 12-01-2011 |
20110294436 | WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND AREA QUALITY INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD - A wireless terminal that carries out communication by a wireless circuit includes information acquisition means, transmission means, and transmission control means. The information acquisition means measures the communication quality of the wireless circuit. The transmission control means issues an instruction to the transmission means to transmit area quality information when basic transmission trigger conditions that have been determined in advance as time information are satisfied and when additional transmission trigger conditions are satisfied that have been determined that correspond to the state of the wireless terminal such that battery consumption is reduced. Upon receiving the instruction, the transmission means transmits area quality information that includes the communication quality that was measured by the information acquisition means. | 12-01-2011 |
20110294437 | METHOD AND TEST INSTRUMENT FOR ANALYZING A DEVICE COMMUNICATING VIA A RADIO LINK - The invention related to a method and to a test device for analyzing a device communicating via a radio link. Said device comprises a plurality of antennas for communicating, together comprising an antenna arrangement. The device under test is first disposed in a first position relative to a radio field. A value of at least one piece of channel state information describing a quality of the antenna arrangement obtained via the return channel is determined in said relative position. A change in the relative position of the device under test relative to the radio field is subsequently performed. A second value of the at least on piece of channel state information is determined in said changed, new relative position. | 12-01-2011 |
20110300808 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting RF Field Strength - A method and apparatus for detecting RF field strength. A field strength reference generator develops a field strength reference current as a function of a field strength of a received RF signal; and a field strength quantizer develops a digital field-strength value indicative of the field strength reference current. In one embodiment, detected field strength is used to dynamically vary the impedance of a tank circuit whereby, over time, induced current is maximized. | 12-08-2011 |
20110306304 | PRE-FETCHING INFORMATION BASED ON GESTURE AND/OR LOCATION - Example methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be utilized to pre-fetch and/or obtain information for use with mobile devices based, at least in part, on a gesture of a user and/or location of a mobile device. By way of example, a method may include detecting an arrival of a mobile device at a location; and pre-fetching, in response to the detection of the arrival, information in connection with executing one or more applications and/or functions on the mobile device. In certain implementations, a method may include processing signals received from at least one sensor at a mobile device; inferring, in response to the processing the signals, a likelihood of a user executing one or more applications and/or functions on the mobile device; and pre-fetching information in connection with the executing applications and/or functions on the mobile device based, at least in part, on the likelihood. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306305 | Monitoring Media Services in Telecommunications Networks - A method of monitoring Quality of Experience or other indicators of quality of service delivering media data to user equipment in a telecommunications network. The method comprises determining a first value of the metric, determining a second value of the metric after a defined period of time, adjusting the value of said defined period of time, wherein the second determined value of the metric is used in determination of magnitude and direction of the adjustment and recording the determined values of the metric. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306306 | Method and Apparatus for Virtual Desktop OTA - The present invention relates to testing a mobile device in a lab by providing test signals to the mobile device via a cabled connection which bypasses the actual physical antennas in the mobile device. The test signals emulate a wireless channel and incorporate representative and/or actual measured characteristics of the performance of the antennas in the mobile device. As such, the performance mobile device can be accurately measured without requiring placement in an anechoic chamber, which enables efficient testing over a large set of configurations and underlying conditions. | 12-15-2011 |
20110312279 | RF RANGING-ASSISTED LOCAL MOTION SENSING - Example methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized to facilitate or otherwise support RF ranging-assisted local motion sensing based, at least in part, on measuring one or more characteristics of a range between communicating devices in one or more established RF links. | 12-22-2011 |
20110312280 | POSITIONING PROTOCOL CONVEYANCE - Techniques for selecting positioning protocols consistent with the capabilities of the location server in a Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) based service are described. The SUPL Location Platform (SLP) transmits the service capabilities of the SLP, such as the positioning protocol capabilities of the SLP. The SLP transmits its capabilities of the SLP in an initiation message to the SUPL enabled terminal (SET) or after receiving an initiation message from the SET. The SET may transmit a positioning initiation message and the SLP and SET communicate to determinate one or more position estimates for the SET. The SET may include in the positioning initiation message a positioning protocol positioning message that is consistent with the SLP service capabilities. | 12-22-2011 |
20110312281 | METHOD, EQUIPMENT FOR SUBMITTING A MEASUREMENT REPORT - A method, relevant equipment and system for determining a User Equipment (UE) or UEs affecting a neighboring cell are disclosed. The method for determining UE or UEs affecting a neighboring cell includes: receiving load information sent by a neighboring cell, where the load information indicates an interfered Physical Resource Block (PRB) of the neighboring cell; determining a UE or UEs that occupy, when scheduling is performed, the interfered PRB; determining UEs located in an Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) measurement area corresponding to the neighboring cell; and obtaining an intersection of the UE or UEs that occupy, when scheduling is performed, the interfered PRB and the UE or UEs located in the ICIC measurement area corresponding to the neighboring cell. The technical solution under the present invention enables accurate determining of the UE or UEs that affect the neighboring cell. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319027 | METHOD FOR CHANNEL QUALITY FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for channel quality feedback in a wireless communication device that receives precoding information of at least one potentially co-scheduled wireless communication device that is potentially assigned a time frequency resource that is also assigned to the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device determines a channel quality metric based on the received precoding information and an assumption that the wireless communication device and the at least one potentially co-scheduled wireless communication device are assigned the same time frequency resource, and then feeds back the channel quality metric. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING MEASUREMENT REPORT MESSAGES FROM A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE TO A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Apparatus and a method for sending measurement report messages from a wireless telecommunications device to a wireless telecommunications network are disclosed. The method comprises at the wireless telecommunications device: generating a measurement report in respect of a first event; transmitting a first message including the measurement report in respect of the first event to the network; generating a subsequent measurement report for another event; determining whether conditions for the first event are still satisfied and, if so, including in a subsequent message the measurement report for the first event as well as the measurement report for the other event; and transmitting the subsequent message to the network. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319029 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING RADIO PERFORMANCE DURING FUNCTIONAL OVER-THE-AIR OPERATION - An apparatus for determining a health of radio-frequency transmitters each transmitting a transmitted signal during normal operation. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving received signals, each received signal responsive to a transmitted signal, a first element for determining signal parameters of each received signal, the signal parameters responsive to an operating condition of a transmitter, each transmitted signal and each associated received signal including an identifier of the transmitter that transmitted the transmitted signal, the apparatus using the identifier to link determined signal parameters with the transmitter that transmitted the transmitted signal and a second element for determining a health of the transmitter that transmitted the transmitted signal, the health responsive to a relationship between one or more signal parameters and a selected value or a range of selected values for each signal parameter. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319030 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND THEIR CONTROL METHOD - To provide a radio communication system capable of reducing the power consumption of a radio base station apparatus. A radio communication system according to the present invention includes a user apparatus ( | 12-29-2011 |
20110319031 | METHODS FOR USING A DETECTOR TO MONITOR AND DETECT CHANNEL OCCUPANCY - Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame. | 12-29-2011 |
20120003939 | COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SETTING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SELECTION METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A communication channel setting method and a communication channel selection method for an electronic device are provided. The communication channel setting method measures the interference between two communication protocols implemented on the same electronic device and stores threshold values and a look-up table obtained from the measurements in the electronic device. Next, the electronic device executes the channel selection method. The channel selection method selects usable channels of one of the two communication protocols according to the threshold values and the look-up table, thereby preventing or alleviating the interference between the communication protocols. | 01-05-2012 |
20120009880 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER A BEAMFORMED COMMUNICATION LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication over a beamformed communication link. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to establish at least one beamformed communication link for communication with at least one other wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication unit is to measure a link maintenance time period corresponding to the beamformed communication link, and wherein the wireless communication unit is to attempt to restore the beamformed communication link upon expiration of the link maintenance time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009881 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a mobile communication device and a communication control method which can perform communication by using a stable high-quality antenna while suppressing a power consumption. The mobile communication device includes: a first antenna ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120009882 | Statistical Inversion Method and System for Device-Free Localization in RF Sensor Networks - A new methodology for detecting, localizing, tracking, and counting objects. The method for state/space estimation includes arranging in a space a first pair of radio frequency sensors in a network of nodes. The first pair of radio frequency sensors is calibrated to determine a first fading condition associated with the first pair of radio frequency sensors. A signal strength of at least one signal sent between the first pair of nodes is measured. A first likelihood model is determined based on the first fading condition. A first posterior distribution is estimated based on the signal strength of the at least one signal using the first likelihood model for purposes of determining object information within the space. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009883 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SWITCHING METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION INTERFACE THEREOF - A mobile terminal and switching method for controlling data transmission interface thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes an application processor, a communication processor and data transmission interfaces thereof, the application processor including a traffic monitor unit and an interface control unit, wherein the traffic monitor unit is configured to detect data traffic of data transmission, compare the data traffic with a preset threshold to obtain a comparison result, and output the comparison result; and the interface control unit is configured to control, on receipt of the comparison result, the connection or disconnection of a high-speed data line between the application processor and the communication processor, and to transmit a corresponding interface switching command to the communication processor for switching the data transmission interface. With the present system, the power consumption of the system can be reduced and the efficiency of the data transmission can be improved. | 01-12-2012 |
20120021691 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNAL DISTORTION CHARACTERIZATION AND PREDISTORTION COMPENSATION USING MUTUAL COUPLING IN A RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SYSTEM - A method and system use the mutual coupling property of multiple antenna elements for characterizing signal waveform distortion introduced by items in the signal path, including the antenna elements, of a radio frequency transmit/receive system. The method and system alleviate the need for external test equipment by using the same hardware used in standard operation of the transmit/receive system for performing waveform distortion characterization through the generation, mutual coupling, and acquisition of a reference signal. In an embodiment involving application of complementary inverse predistortion to generation of an operational signal and/or to processing of a received operational signal, the signal as received and processed during standard system operation is compensated for distortion contributed by system hardware, improving impulse response and system performance. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021692 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus and method are provided. The wireless communication apparatus includes: a transmission/reception side location recognizing unit recognizing the location of a transmission side and that of a reception side; a transmission power determining unit recognizing radio wave propagation characteristics according to the locations of the transmission side and the reception side, and determining transmission power in consideration of the radio wave propagation characteristics; a transmission time determining unit analyzing a transmission signal service type and determining a transmission time in consideration of a frequency usage fee if the transmission signal is not required to be transmitted in real time; and a transmission and reception unit transmitting the transmission signal according to the transmission power and the transmission time determined by the transmission power determining unit and the transmission time determining unit. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021693 | Method and Receiver for Estimating and Reporting a Channel Quality Measure - A method of estimating and reporting, for a receiver ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120028585 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A communication system to enable a communication between different places including: a transmitting section which transmits information from a first place in order to detect whether a communication partner is present at a second place; a detection section which receives the information and detects whether the communication partner is present; and a judgment section which, in cases where the communication partner is detected to be present, determines whether the communication partner is possible of communication. | 02-02-2012 |
20120028586 | SIMULATION SYSTEM, SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND SIMULATION METHOD - A simulation apparatus according to the present invention performs propagation simulation regarding the radio wave quality of a base station radio wave in a specific area. The apparatus includes: a receiving unit configured to receive, from a plurality of mobile terminals existing in the specific area, measured results of the radio wave quality of a base station radio wave from a base station around the mobile terminal, the field intensity of a GPS wave from a GPS satellite, and a position of the mobile terminal; and a simulating unit configured to identify a mobile terminal having the measured result of the field intensity at or above a predetermined value from the plurality of mobile terminals and correct a propagation equation used for the propagation simulation using the measured result of the radio wave quality at the position of the identified mobile terminal for performing the propagation simulation. | 02-02-2012 |
20120034877 | OPERATION METHOD AND RADIO DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING POWER SWITCH OF RADIO BASED ON MOVING SPEED - An operation method and a radio device for controlling power switch of radio based on moving speed are provided. The radio device comprises a speed estimator and an operator. The speed estimator is used for estimating the moving speed of the radio device, and the operator is used for comparing the moving speed of the radio device with a speed threshold value so as to turn on/off the power switch of the radio device. Thereby, the power switch of the radio device can be controlled based on the moving speed so as to decrease the time the radio device staying on, thus reducing the power consumption of the radio device. | 02-09-2012 |
20120034878 | CELL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND PROCESS - A cellular communications system is described in which a mobile cellular device can, if necessary, obtain cell measurements for cells contained within a first cell list after it has received a second cell list. The mobile device then reports the cell measurements for cells within both lists so that a best candidate cell is less likely to be discarded in a cell handover procedure. A network node is also disclosed that can receive cell measurements for cells within a first cell list after the node has issued a second cell list. The node then uses the received cell measurement data to control a handover procedure. | 02-09-2012 |
20120034879 | Inter-Radio Access Technology Measurement System and Method - A network access device is provided with one or more processors configured for macrotechnology-based transmission to a multi-mode user equipment of a signal including a plurality of data portions and a plurality of gaps between one or more of the plurality of data portions, wherein at least one of the gaps is used by the multi-mode user equipment for measurement of a first signal strength of a microtechnology-based network. | 02-09-2012 |
20120034880 | System and Method for Inter-Radio Access Technology Signal Measurement - A multi-mode user equipment is provided. The multi-mode user equipment includes a processor configured to promote measurement of a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component. | 02-09-2012 |
20120040621 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPORTING LOGGED MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of reporting a logged measurement in a wireless communication system are provided. A user equipment receives a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDI) configuration and logs measurements based on the MDT configuration to collect a logged measurement. The user equipment receives an information request to request the logged measurement from a base station and transmits an information response to the base station. The information response includes a part of the logged measurement and an availability indicator indicating that all entries in the logged measurement are not included in the information response. | 02-16-2012 |
20120040622 | METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION, METHOD FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION - A method for reporting channel state information includes: obtaining channel state information of a described object; and feeding back the obtained channel state information to a base station in a comb manner. A method for channel estimation includes: receiving channel state information that is reported by a terminal in a comb manner; and determining, according to the channel state information that is reported in the comb manner, channel state information corresponding to a described object that does not report channel state information. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045997 | Radio Frequency Transceiver - A radio frequency transceiver includes a mixer circuit configured to convert an intermediate frequency signal into a radio frequency signal, a driver amplifier circuit configured to amplify the radio frequency signal from the mixer circuit, a temperature sensing circuit configured for sensing ambient temperature, and an attenuation circuit connected with the temperature sensing circuit, configured to decreasingly attenuate the radio frequency signal from the driver amplifier circuit as the ambient temperature increases. | 02-23-2012 |
20120058733 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING MOBILE DEVICES AS LOCATION ANCHOR POINTS - Mobile devices are used as temporary location anchor points, e.g., to supplement fixed location permanent location anchor points, in a wireless communications system in which mobile device locations are determined. A mobile device receives a command or request to operate as a location anchor point. In some embodiments, the command includes time information indicating the amount of time the mobile device is to operate as a location anchor point. In some embodiments, a mobile device operating as a location anchor point reports a received signal strength measurement along with information identifying the device from which the signal was received to a network element, e.g., a location server node. In some embodiments, a mobile device operating as a location anchor point broadcasts a signal providing location information. The mobile device receives compensation for operating as a location anchor point. Compensation may be monetary, services, or benefits provided by the network. | 03-08-2012 |
20120064834 | Optimum Radio Communication Method With Radio Frame Variable Control And Radio Communication System Using The Same - A radio communication system includes a transmission apparatus configured to transmit data using a radio frame formed in one time block, to which a plurality of continuous or discontinuous frequency areas are assigned, and a reception apparatus configured to receive the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus by using the radio frame. The transmission apparatus transmits to the reception apparatus a radio frame provided in the beginning of the radio frame with a pilot which is a known signal used for measurement of reception quality and a control signal used for the control of demodulation at the reception apparatus. The reception apparatus transmits reception quality information concerning reception quality measured by the pilot, and the transmission apparatus performs a transmission process by using a radio frame format which does not include control information for the reception apparatus which has transmitted the reception quality information. | 03-15-2012 |
20120071105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE DETECTION OF RADIO-FREQUENCY DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for detecting the presence of electronic communications devices, such as cellular phones, are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a complex radio frequency stimulus is transmitted into a target area, and nonlinear reflection signals received from the target area are processed to obtain a response measurement. The response measurement is compared to a pre-determined filter response profile to detect the presence of a radio device having a corresponding filter response characteristic. In some embodiments, the pre-determined filter response profile comprises a pre-determined band-edge profile, so that comparing the response measurement to a pre-determined filter response profile comprises comparing the response measurement to the pre-determined band-edge profile to detect the presence of a radio device having a corresponding band-edge characteristic. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071106 | REDUCED TRANSMIT POWER FOR WIRELESS RADIO COEXISTENCE - In user equipments (UEs) with multiple radios, interference between those radios may be reduced by monitoring radio performance and adjusting aggressor transmit power levels to ensure victim and aggressor performance stay within desired operational levels. Various factors may determine when a reduced power approach is desired. Such factors may include aggressor transmit power, received signal strength indicator, victim error rate, throughput loss, coverage impact, etc. Various methods of reducing transmit power may be used. For example, for Long Term Evolution communications, a power headroom report may be altered to adjust a modulation coding scheme and bandwidth allocated for a particular UE. For Bluetooth communications a power control mechanism may be overridden to ensure a device stays within a desired transmit power. A power reduction loop may be employed to monitor a device's transmit power. | 03-22-2012 |
20120077442 | ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES - A method for establishing communication between a plurality of devices, including obtaining communication protocols that the plurality of devices support, determining which of the communication protocols are common to each the plurality of devices, determining operational parameters that are associated with each of the common communication protocols, indicating which of the common communication protocols and associated operational parameters can be used to establish communication between the plurality of devices, determining whether the plurality of devices can communicate with each other using the common communication protocols, and establishing communication between the plurality of devices using at least one of the common communication protocols. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077443 | MONITORING APPARATUS - An monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first reception unit configured to receive a communication apparatus state transition notification indicating a state transition of a communication apparatus, a second reception unit configured to receive a network state transition notification indicating a state transition of a network, a determination unit configured to determine whether the state transition of the network is caused by the state transition of the communication apparatus, and a report notification unit, wherein when the determination unit determines that the state transition of the network is not caused by the state transition of the communication apparatus, the report notification unit transmits a report, and when the determination unit determines that the state transition of the network is caused by the state transition of the communication apparatus, the report notification unit does not transmits the report. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077444 | Method and Device for Improved Detection and Analysis of Partial Discharge Activity in and Around High Voltage Electrical Equipment - Apparatus for processing broadband impulses signals of low repetition rate includes a tuner for receiving broadband impulsive signals of low repetition rate and providing an output signal characteristic of the amplitude and spectral content of the received input signal. Resolution bandwidth filters coupled to the tuner output each have a different bandwidth that determines the measurement resolution and influences the sensitivity and transient response to low repetition rate impulsive signals. At least one radio frequency switch selects a resolution bandwidth filter for coupling to and associated one of at least a peak detector, an average detector and an envelope generator. A gate generator coupled to the peak detector, the average detector and the envelope generator furnishes a gating signal to each to provide a peak signal, an average signal and an envelope signal respectively during a selected gating interval. A microprocessor is coupled to the peak detector and the average detector. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077445 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL STATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication system includes a terminal station apparatus and a base station apparatus which transmits data to the terminal station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers that are communication frequency bands in which wireless communication is performed. The base station apparatus includes: a frequency band determination unit which determines component carriers in which data is transmitted and notifies the terminal station apparatus of the determined component carriers on the basis of radio quality of each of the plurality of component carriers when transmission of the data to the terminal station apparatus is initiated or when the component carriers to be used for transmission of the data to the terminal station apparatus are changed. | 03-29-2012 |
20120083218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE SPECTRUM ANALYSIS - In systems and methods for analyzing spectrum, a radio system may sample spectrum and transmit the sample to a remote spectrum analysis system. The remote spectrum analysis system analyzes the sample to determine if an incumbent radio system or radar is present and returns analysis results to the radio system. The remote spectrum analysis system may use information acquired from other sources, such as a knowledge base of devices that operate in the vicinity of the radio system to assist in analyzing the spectrum sample. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083219 | MULTI-RADIO TEST METHOD AND TEST FIXTURE - A method for testing characteristics of a communication device that includes a plurality of modules using a test fixture includes the steps of connecting the communication device to the test fixture, determining if tests to be performed on the plurality of modules can be simultaneously performed, performing the tests to be performed on the plurality of modules for any tests that are determined can be simultaneously performed, calculating a numerical value for each of the plurality of modules if it is determined that the tests to be performed cannot be simultaneously performed, selecting one of the tests based on the calculated numerical value, and performing the selected one of the tests based on the calculated numerical value and suspending the test or tests on the remaining modules of the plurality of modules other than the selected one of the tests. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083220 | Determining the quality of service in a communication terminal device - The invention relates to a method for determining the quality of service of at least one service, whereby several parameters that represent the quality of service are detected in a communication terminal device. With the method, at least one second parameter is associated with at least one first parameter, and the detection of the second parameter is started as a function of the result of a comparison of the first parameter to a prescribed threshold value. Moreover, the invention relates to a communication terminal device which is suitable to carry out the method and which can especially be a mobile communication terminal device. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083221 | INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS FOR OBSERVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL - Aspects of this invention include a method, system and computer program to perform mobile node measurements. In a method there are steps of receiving from a location server at a mobile user node a request to perform inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements; receiving from a serving access node a measurement gap configuration; performing the requested inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements during the assigned measurement gaps; and reporting the results of the inter-frequency reference signal time difference measurements to the location server. | 04-05-2012 |
20120088454 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER CONTROL IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Systems and methods for identifying and using a connectivity option that has lower power consumption in the electronic device than another, typically default, connectivity option. The mobile device may scan for connectivity options and communicate those options to a network access management system. The management system may, in turn, identify which option may reduce power consumption by the electronic device and communicate that option to the mobile device. It is contemplated that the mobile device may not have credentials for using the option that reduces power consumption by the electronic device. Therefore, access credentials may be supplied by the management system to enable the electronic device to use the option. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088455 | INTER-MODULATION DISTORTION REDUCTION IN MULTI-MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method in a multimode wireless communication device that communicates using a first radio access technology in a first mode and using a second radio access technology in a second mode is disclosed. The device determines a state of the first radio access technology, indicates to the second radio access technology a state of the first radio access technology, and adjusts a maximum transmit power limit associated with either the first radio access technology or the second radio access technology based on the state of the first radio access technology. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088456 | HOST-MOBILE TRACE SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMPARISON - Systems and methods are provided for tracing parameters indicative of performance of a mobile device that is not tethered to a host computer. The mobile device is instructed to monitor a performance characteristic when the mobile device is not tethered to the host computer. The instructions may be to trace the characteristic at a certain point, for a span in the future, under certain conditions, or at all times. When the mobile device is later tethered to the host computer, the traced parameter data is transferred to the host computer. Applications that decrease performance, as indicated by the traced parameters, may be debugged or optimized. The behavior of the mobile device before, during, and after tethering to the host computer or to a second device may be observed. The performance of a plurality of untethered mobile devices may also be traced, transferred, and compared. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088457 | Method and Device for Minimizing Drive Test Logging Measurement - Embodiments of the present invention provide a Minimizing Drive Test (MDT) logging measurement method and device. The method includes: generating MDT logging measurement configuration information; and sending the MDT logging measurement configuration information to an active User Equipment (UE) and/or an idle UE according to a predetermined rule. Through the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a commercial UE in an existing network may be utilized to assist in locating a network problem, thus reducing a Drive Test (DT) overhead. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088458 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A transmission device includes: a transmitting unit that transmits a common reference signal and a receiving device-specific reference signal to a receiving device; a selecting unit that selects either a first mode reporting a receiving quality using only the common reference signal or a second mode reporting a receiving quality using at least the receiving device-specific reference signal; and a notifying unit that notifies a mode selected by the selecting unit to the receiving device. | 04-12-2012 |
20120094607 | MOBILE STATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station (UE) according to the present invention includes: a measurement unit ( | 04-19-2012 |
20120094608 | METHOD FOR REPORTING MEASUREMENT RESULT OF CARRIER AGGREGATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - A method and user equipment for reporting a measurement result in carrier aggregation are provided. The method for reporting the measurement result of carrier aggregation includes: the user equipment reporting a measurement report which carries measurement results of part of or all of component carriers in a same carrier-aggregation cell. With the invention, the problem that a network cannot correctly evaluate the channel quality of a carrier-aggregation cell because the network can only acquire the measurement result on a single component carrier is resolved. The present invention further can assure a service quality when the UE performs handover between cells of carrier aggregation, and satisfy good performance of UE mobility between carrier-aggregation cells. | 04-19-2012 |
20120094609 | Method for Processing a Frequency Band by a Wireless Communication Device and Corresponding Device - A method and apparatus for processing a frequency band by a wireless communication device to locate communication channels comprises detecting potential communication channels of the band; selecting of a sample of these detected potential channels; performing a synchronization test on the channels of the sample; and rejecting the frequency band if all of the synchronization tests fail. The frequency band may be subdivided into a plurality of ranges and a sample of detected potential channels selected for each range. The strongest detected potential channels may be selected for the sample for each range. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100810 | Apparatus for Spectrum Sensing and Associated Methods - In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a nano-scale spectrum sensor configured to be electromagnetically excitable at a predetermined frequency based on received ambient electromagnetic radiation. The apparatus is also configured to be able to use this excitation of the nano-scale spectrum sensor to thereby determine ambient electromagnetic radiation spectrum usage. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100811 | WIRELESS NETWORK APPARATUS, WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM AND WIRELESS NETWORK NODE CONTROLLING METHOD - The invention discloses a wireless network apparatus, wireless network system and wireless network node controlling method. The method applied in a wireless network including an aggregation node and a plurality of subnodes includes: randomly setting in advance sleeping time and working time for each subnode according to a predetermined strategy; judging a current state of each subnode, and recording monitor data of the subnode according to the current state of the subnode, wherein: when the subnode is currently in a working state, directly acquiring the monitor data currently reported by the subnode, and recording the acquired monitor data; when the subnode is currently in a sleeping state, estimating current monitor data of the subnode, and recording an estimate value of the monitor data. The embodiment of the invention can facilitate lowered energy consumption of a wireless ad hoc network and improve the robustness, reliability and real-time performance of the network. | 04-26-2012 |
20120100812 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A mobile communication method includes the following steps: local base station information of at least one local base station is received from the at least one local base station. When present mode is under test mode, connection information is obtained to replace the local base station information. A test connection to one of the at least one local base station is established according to the connection information to obtain mobile communication service through the test connection. | 04-26-2012 |
20120108176 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a method for optimizing mobile wireless communications is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first communications signal from a first wireless network provider, receiving at least one additional communications signal from at least one additional network provider, executing a comparison between the first communication signal and the at least one additional communications signal, selecting one of the first communication signal and the at least one additional communications signal based on the comparison, and establishing a communications link to the selected signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108177 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL MEASUREMENT IN RADIO LINK MONITORING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A subscriber station is configured to perform a channel measurement on a communication channel in restricted sub-frames for DRX and NON-DRX modes. The subscriber station includes a receiver configured to receive signals from a base station. The subscriber station also includes processing circuitry. When the receiver receives higher layer signaling indicating that channel quality measurement is to be performed in restricted sub-frames for measurement (RFSM), the processing circuitry is configured to extend an evaluation period for monitoring a quality of the communication channel. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108178 | ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING AN RF SIGNAL - An antenna system and method utilize an evaluation branch circuit and an implementation branch circuit. These circuits are each connected to both a first antenna input and a second antenna input. An output of the evaluation branch circuit is in communication with a controller while an output of the implementation branch circuit is in communication with a receiver. Each branch circuit includes at least one signal conditioner to change an electrical characteristic of RF signals received from antennas via the antenna inputs. The evaluation branch circuit, controlled by the controller, changes the electrical characteristics of the RF signals in a variety of different ways to discover an optimized evaluation RF signal. Once the optimized evaluation RF signal is determined, the implementation branch circuit is controlled, by the controller, to produce an optimized implementation RF signal in accordance with that discovered by the evaluation branch circuit. | 05-03-2012 |
20120122405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A DYNAMIC INACTIVITY TIMER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for providing a dynamic inactivity timer are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a timer for a time threshold associated with a burst of a plurality of bursts of packets, and determines if the timer for the time threshold associated with the burst has expired. The method predicts an inter-burst time for the burst, if the timer for the time threshold associated with the burst has expired and sets the dynamic inactivity timer in accordance with the inter-burst time for the burst. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122406 | SIMULTANEOUS DOWNLINK TESTING FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES IN RADIO-FREQUENCY TEST SYSTEMS - A test station may include a test host, a signal generator, and a test chamber. Multiple devices under test (DUTs) may be placed in the test chamber during production testing. Radio-frequency signals may be conveyed from the signal generator to the multiple DUTs using a conducted arrangement through a radio-frequency signal splitter circuit or using a radiated arrangement through an antenna in the test chamber. The signal generator may broadcast initialization downlink signals. The multiple DUTs may synchronize with the initialing downlink signals. The signal generator may broadcast test downlink signals at a target output power level. The multiple DUTs may receive the test downlink signals and compute a corresponding downlink transmission performance level based on the received downlink signals. A given DUT is marked as a passing DUT if the downlink performance level is satisfactory. A given DUT may be retested if the downlink performance level fails design criteria. | 05-17-2012 |
20120122407 | ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION FEEDBACK - A method, program and apparatus for transmitting from a transmitter to a receiver over a channel using a transmit diversity scheme. The method comprises: receiving power-related information fed back from the receiver to the transmitter; and at the transmitter, using the power-related information to generate channel state information. The method further comprises using the generated channel state information to control for subsequent transmission to the receiver from the multiple transmit antennas of the transmitter. | 05-17-2012 |
20120129460 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY INVOKING POSITIONING SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE DEVICE CONTROL APPLICATIONS USING WIRELESS NETWORK MEASUREMENTS - Systems and methods are provided for selectively invoking a positioning system in mobile device control applications. A processor receives a measurement representative of wireless networks in an environment of a mobile device, and evaluates the first measurement using first criteria. In response to determining that the first measurement satisfies the first criteria, a positioning system is invoked to receive a position measurement of the mobile device, and the operation of the mobile device is controlled according to the position measurement. When the first measurement does not satisfy the first criteria, the processor invokes the positioning system at a later time. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129461 | Self-Positioning Of A Wireless Station - A self-positioning mechanism is provided that determines and tracks the position of an access point in real time. A location unaware access point determines its location from the locations of location aware stations. The location is determined based on a predicted estimate which is updated based on measured values of the locations of the location aware stations over a time period. The movement of the location is then tracked based on the differences between range measurements of the location aware stations. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129462 | COGNITIVE RADIO - An apparatus configured to operate under cognitive radio principles. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform spectrum sensing in the apparatus to produce spectrum sensing data; and first circuitry configured to share the spectrum sensing data with other apparata. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129463 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless communication apparatus includes following units. The first timer measures first time intervals. The second timer measures second time intervals. The time interval selection unit selects a second time interval among second time intervals included in each first time interval. The control unit controls the transmitting unit and the receiving unit to operate, during the selected second time interval, in a first operational state in which a transmission of a connection request signal and a wait for reception of a response signal are repeatedly performed, and to operate, during each of the second time intervals other than the selected second time interval, in a second operational state in which a wait for reception of a connection request signal transmitted by another apparatus is performed for a third time interval shorter than each of the second time intervals. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129464 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, ACCESS POINT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system including a radio terminal capable of establishing a plurality of transmission paths, includes: a selecting unit for selecting transmission paths to be used for transmitting user data from among a plurality of transmission paths; and an establishing unit for establishing the transmission paths selected by the selecting unit, wherein the selecting unit selects the transmission paths to be used for transmitting the user data based on quality information required for transmitting the user data. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129465 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication terminal ( | 05-24-2012 |
20120135689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for detecting a heterogeneous communication system is provided. The apparatus include a radio frequency (RF) signal reception unit configured to receive a signal from a particular communication system, a silent duration evaluation unit configured to evaluate a silent duration between frames on the basis of the received signal, and a system type decision making unit configured to determine the type of the particular communication system on the basis of the evaluated silent duration. | 05-31-2012 |
20120135690 | SOCIAL INTERACTION TRACKING - A device may include a communication interface configured to transmit and receive communications from a second device. The device may further include logic configured to determine whether a user of the device is in a social interaction with a user of the second device, obtain identification information associated with the second device when the user of the device is in a social interaction with the user of the second device, and store the obtained identification information associated with the second device to track the social interaction with the user of the second device. | 05-31-2012 |
20120142274 | CONFIGURABLE SEGMENTED ANTENNA - Systems, methods, and apparatus that utilize a configurable segmented antenna are presented herein. A monitor component can be configured to detect at least one parameter corresponding to one or more segments of an antenna integrated with a communications device. An antenna component can be configured to select at least one segment of the one or more segments in response to the at least one parameter. A control component can be configured to modify a quality of a signal according to the at least one parameter. Further, a transmission component can be configured to transmit the signal from the at least one segment based on the quality. | 06-07-2012 |
20120142275 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication device capable of lightening the influence of a frequency selective fading in the wide-band transmission of a single carrier thereby to prevent deterioration of error rate characteristics. In this device, an FFT unit subjects a modulated signal inputted from a modulation unit to a Fourier transformation. A pilot insertion unit inserts a pilot symbol into a plurality of individual frequency components of the modulated signal. Weight multiplication units multiply the individual frequency components and the pilot symbols inserted into the individual frequency components, by weight coefficients set at a weight coefficient setting unit. IFFT units subject the frequency components to an inverse Fourier transformation, thereby to convert the frequency components into time domains. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149309 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PROXIMITY-RELATIONSHIP GROUP CREATION - An approach for enabling computing devices to establish and recognize a relationship group based on physical proximity is described. A proximity management platform monitors a plurality of activities of a mobile device. The monitored activities include communications with one or more devices within a predetermined proximity of the mobile device. The proximity management platform stores the monitored activities and associated timing information. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149310 | Collaborative Radio Resources Allocations to Applications of Mobile Units - Collecting state information about the resources of radio access networks (RANs) and the Access Point Names (APNs) enables this information to be provided to mobile stations which employ this information to determine which radio access technology (RAT) to employ for connecting to the wireless access network, and to determine which APN to use. This decision is made relative to each application that the mobile station is executing, and these decisions are, optionally, revisited periodically, or as significant changes in the state information are recognized. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149311 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus is provided for selecting an optimum frequency even when radio wave conditions have changed. A wireless communication apparatus provided with a frequency selector for selecting an optimum frequency for establishing a link for mutually transmitting and receiving has a transceiver for transmitting radio waves to another wireless communication apparatus and receiving from the other wireless communication apparatus radio waves responding to those transmitted radio waves, a quality analyzer for analyzing communication quality indicating the condition of the link from the received radio waves, and a quality updater for updating the analyzed communication quality on the basis of time elapsed from when the radio waves were received. In addition, the frequency selector selects the optimum frequency on the basis of the updated communication quality. | 06-14-2012 |
20120157000 | User Experienced Remote Monitoring of a Communications Network - Various systems, computer program products, and methods are disclosed for user experienced remote monitoring of a communications network. For example, a method may include receiving air interface information from a mobile device. The air interface information may originate from signals communicated between the mobile device and the communications network. The air interface information may indicate an actual communication quality between the mobile device and the communications network. The method may further include receiving user experience information. The user experience information may indicate a perceived communication quality at the mobile device. The method may further include associating, by the server device, the air interface information and the user experience information with one another. The method may further include determining, by the server device, whether the perceived communication quality is due to the actual communication quality based on the associated air interface information and user experience information. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157001 | Method of Reducing Specific Absoption Rate for an Electronic Device, and the Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a radio frequency module having a communication port, and an antenna module having a number of antennas electrically coupled to the communication port. A method of reducing specific absorption rate (SAR) for the electronic device includes: a) measuring the SAR for the electronic device to obtain a measurement result; b) increasing the number of antennas of the antenna module when the measurement result is not lower than a standard value; and c) repeating steps a) and b) until the measurement result is equal to or smaller than the standard value. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157002 | MOBILE NETWORK CONTROL APPARATUS AND ENERGY SAVING METHOD - Provided are a mobile network control apparatus and energy saving method. The mobile network control apparatus for may calculate a first amount of total consumed power consumed by m base stations to provide a first cell as a coverage range, and a second amount of total consumed power consumed by n base stations to provide a second cell including the first cell as a coverage range. The mobile network control apparatus may save energy by initiating an operation of the n base stations on a high power mode, and by suspending an operation of a remaining base station excluding the n base stations if the first amount of total consumed power is greater than the second amount of total consumed power. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157003 | INFORMATION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS - An information apparatus includes: a receiving module; a wireless connecting module; a processing ability detecting module; and an outputting module. The receiving module receives a message. The wireless connecting module wirelessly connects with an electronic device. The processing ability detecting module detects, when receiving a request for transmitting the message from the electronic device, a message processing ability of the electronic device using a table. The outputting module outputs a message according to the detected message processing ability toward the electronic device. | 06-21-2012 |
20120157004 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING PERFORMANCE OF RADIO NETWORK CELL - The present invention provides a method and device for testing performance of a radio network cell. The method includes: obtaining traffic information of a cell and triggering a cell service performance test according to the traffic information of the cell; performing the cell service performance test and obtaining a cell performance parameter; and determining whether cell service performance is normal according to the cell performance parameter. According to the present invention, a radio performance parameter of the cell and processing procedure information in a procedure of a radio access request attempt are detected. This improves accuracy of analysis and determination of the cell service performance. In addition, a test is able to be performed without depending on a mobile terminal in an actual radio network, and test data is able to be obtained. | 06-21-2012 |
20120164952 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZATION TO MINIMIZE RADIO LINK FAILURE - An optimization system that minimizes a radio link failure may be provided. In the optimization system, a base station may include a measured data collecting unit to collect wireless environment data measured by a terminal included in a cell, a threshold managing unit to manage a threshold value associated with a radio link failure in a wireless section, an analyzing unit to manage a variable associated with a radio link failure, and to analyze a cause of the radio link failure, and a parameter changing unit to change a parameter value based on an analysis result of the analyzing unit. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164953 | Method And Apparatus For Sensing Movement - A method and an apparatus for sensing movement using wireless communication are provided. The method includes: receiving radio waves transmitted from a movement sensed target and collecting information on predetermined characteristics of the radio waves; calculating a change amount in characteristics of the radio waves based on the information on characteristics of the radio waves; determining whether the change amount in characteristics of the radio waves is a predetermined threshold or more; and determining that movement has been made between an apparatus for sensing movement and the movement sensed target when the change amount in characteristics of the radio waves is the predetermined threshold or more as a result of the judgment. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164954 | TRIGGERING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT ATTACHED TO A WIRELESS NETWORK - Wireless transmit receive units (WTRUs) and methods implemented in WTRUs are described. A method includes monitoring a broadcast channel of a cell of a wireless network for a trigger event while the WTRU is not attached to the wireless network. The WTRU initiates attachment of the WTRU to the wireless network on a condition that the trigger event is detected while the broadcast channel is being monitored. Another method includes monitoring a paging channel of a cell of a wireless network for a trigger event at intervals having a length that is provided to the wireless network while the WTRU is not attached to the wireless network. The WTRU initiates attachment of the WTRU to the wireless network on a condition that the trigger event is detected while the paging channel is being monitored. | 06-28-2012 |
20120164955 | Method and Apparatus for Cell Control - In a method and an apparatus for determining when a cell of a cellular radio system can enter a discontinuous transmission mode is provided. By evaluating qualities from both the cell and neighboring cells for a number of positions and calculating a statistically expected quality distribution of the evaluated qualities conditioned on that certain cells are in discontinuous transmission mode it is possible to generate a distribution which can be compared with at least one requirement thresholds. Based on the comparison it is possible to determine if first cell can use discontinuous transmission mode and still fulfill the requirements. | 06-28-2012 |
20120178374 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SPATIAL CSI FEEDBACK FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT PROCESSING (CoMP) - Spatial discrimination information is fed back at both the multi-antenna transmitter and the multi-antenna receiver connecting a UE and cells within a CoMP measurement set. With the UE feeding back the transmitter and the receiver side spatial discrimination information of each cell-to-UE connection, the composite spatial CSI over multiple sites/nodes can be determined. The approach is applicable for UEs with single or multiple receiving antennas, and the spatial discrimination information can be wideband long-term or subband short-term. In some embodiments, the spatial discrimination information at the receiver side is derived from the actual spatial channel while receiver implementation is taken into account. The spatial discrimination information at the transmitter and at the receiver can be fed back using codebooks for MIMO precoding. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING AN INITIAL TRANSMISSION POWER IN UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM USER EQUIPMENT - A method and apparatus for calculating an initial transmission power in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device receives broadcast system information, and measures a signal power. An initial transmission power is calculated in a lowest logical layer of the system defined as a protocol stack, using the received information and measured power. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178376 | DEAD SPOT PREDICTION METHOD FOR WIRELESS VEHICULAR APPLICATIONS - A wireless communication method includes providing a plurality of vehicles, and sensing a plurality of dead spot regions encountered by the vehicles while traveling. The sensing is performed within the vehicles. Locations of the sensed dead spot regions are recorded within the vehicles. The dead spot region locations sensed by the vehicles are transmitted from the vehicles to a central controller. The dead spot region locations transmitted by the vehicles are sent back to the vehicles such that each vehicle has access to ones of the dead spot region locations sensed by other ones of the vehicles. The dead spot regions are mitigated, within the vehicles, by use of the sent dead spot region locations. | 07-12-2012 |
20120178377 | BASE STATION, TERMINAL STATION, RADIO SYSTEM, RADIO CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - [Problem] Provided are a base station, a terminal station, a radio system, a radio control method and a storage medium capable of estimating with high accuracy a utilization status of a frequency band which is assigned to or of which a preferential use is permitted to another radio system. | 07-12-2012 |
20120184219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING OF THE PARAMETERS OF A FINGERPRINT PREDICTION MAP MODEL - Signal measurements are received, e.g., by a network device such as a location determination server, and a location of a mobile device to which the signal measurements correspond is determined. The measurements are also used to update parameters used to generate a signal prediction map. The signal prediction map, generated using the updated parameters, is then used for determining the position of another mobile device. In some embodiments parameter updating is performed when the location of a device is determined to a predetermined degree of certainty but not when the position of a mobile device is determined with a lower degree of certainty. Parameters used for generating prediction maps are updated, e.g., refined, based on signals collected for use in determining the location of a device without the need to conduct an updated survey and/or take signal measurements specifically for the purpose of updating prediction map parameters. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184220 | Method for Link Adaptation and Apparatus Thereof - A method for link adaptation includes: classifying a radio channel; setting a set of link adaptation modes; and selecting a corresponding link adaptation mode according to a radio channel type. An apparatus for link adaptation includes: a classification module for performing a classification on a radio channel; a setting module for setting a set of link adaptation modes; and a mode selection module for selecting a corresponding link adaptation mode from the setting module according to a radio channel type of the classification. The present invention accordingly selects effective link adaptation modes in accordance with different types of radio channels, and is able to ensure to implement the maximum system throughput in different fading channels and maintain the stable and reliable link quality. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184221 | POWER HEADROOM REPORT METHOD AND APPARATUS OF USER EQUIPMENT - A power headroom report method and apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) provides an efficient resource allocation in a mobile communication system. The power headroom report method of the present disclosure includes calculating a power headroom change by comparing the current power headroom and the previous power headroom. The method also includes determining, when the power headroom change is greater than a predetermined threshold value, whether a report prohibit timer set to a predetermined value has expired. The method further includes reporting the current power headroom when the report prohibit timer has expired, and resetting the prohibit timer to a different value. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184222 | Method for Sensing Whitespace in a Wireless LAN System, and Apparatus for Performing Same - Provided is a method for sensing a channel of a whitespace band in a wireless LAN system. A method for sensing and reporting a channel of a whitespace band in a wireless LAN system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a sensing request including a candidate report channel and a target channel of a whitespace band to be sensed; sensing the target channel; and determining a channel for transmitting sensed results in accordance with whether a licensed user is detected on the target channel, and transmitting the sensed results. | 07-19-2012 |
20120184223 | RADIO NETWORK COMPRISING RADIO CLIENTS THAT PERFORM CHANNEL MEASUREMENTS IN A DIAGNOSTIC MODE - The invention relates to a radio network ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120190306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOSS OF COMMUNICATION USING STATISTICAL ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for detecting a loss of communications between an aircraft and a ground station are provided. In one embodiment, a system for detecting a loss of communication for an aircraft comprises: a communication detection software module resident as an application on an aircraft communication management unit (CMU); a CMU message router in communication with the communication detection software module; at least one radio coupled to the communication management unit; a statistical model of communications traffic density for an RF zone associated with a ground station; wherein the communication detection software module performs a statistical analysis of a current communications traffic density of radio communications observed by the at least one radio to determine when the aircraft has a lost a communications link with the ground station. | 07-26-2012 |
20120190307 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING IDLE-TIMEOUT PERIOD ACCORDING TO TIME-INTERVAL VARIATION RATE DERIVED FROM TIME INTERVALS OF DATA TRANSMISSION AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREOF - A method for adjusting an idle-timeout period of a connection between a wireless communication device and a host includes following steps: detecting a plurality of time intervals of data transmission between the wireless communication device and the host; generating a time-interval variation rate according to the time intervals; and adjusting the idle-timeout period according to the time-interval variation rate. | 07-26-2012 |
20120196541 | ENVIRONMENT ESTIMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system are described for estimating an environment surrounding a wireless communication system, the environment including at least one in hector that inflects transmitted signals. An observation generator receives an input signal transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver via a wireless communication channel and also receives system state information pertaining to at least one of the receiver, the transmitter and the inflector. An observation processor uses observations from the observation generator to estimate at least one property of the inflector based on the received input signal and the system state information. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196542 | MILLIMETER WAVE PROBING OF COMPONENTS VIA A PROBE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - Probe data is directly communicating between a probe device and a component of an external device via a wireless millimeter wave communication path. A probe application is executed in accordance with the probe data, for diagnostics and testing, to update component software, and to upload other files and applications to the component. | 08-02-2012 |
20120196543 | Arrangements and Methods in Communication Nodes - The invention relates to a method in a reporting communications node ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120208469 | ALERTING A SMART CARD READER OF PROBABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless device may alert a wireless smart card reader that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is probably imminent by sending an activation alert. Upon receipt of the activation alert, if the wireless smart card reader is in a low-power state, the wireless smart card reader may enter a higher-power state. If the wireless smart card reader is in the higher-power state upon receipt of the activation alert, the wireless smart card reader may remain in the higher-power state until a timeout period has expired. The wireless device may instruct the wireless smart card reader to enter the low-power state by sending a deactivation alert if the wireless device detects that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is not likely to occur within a specified period of time. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RADIO ANTENNA FREQUENCY TUNING - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, which can include computer instructions to determine a subset of use cases from a group of use cases stored in a memory of a communication device, and to determine a target use case from among the subset of use cases based on an operational parameter associated with a transceiver of the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 08-23-2012 |
20120214422 | Adaptive Maximum Power Limiting Using Capacitive Sensing in a Wireless Device - An apparatus for satisfying Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) compliance criteria comprising a processor configured to receive a first capacitance measurement from a first capacitance sensor, receive a second capacitance measurement from a second capacitance sensor, determine a relative proximity of a human body to a wireless device based on the first capacitance measurement and the second capacitance measurement, and adjust a radio frequency (RF) transceiver's output power from a first output power limit to a second output power limit based on the determined relative proximity. | 08-23-2012 |
20120220240 | RADIO FREQUENCY SELF-CERTIFICATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Radio frequency self-certification devices and methods of using the same are provided. A device for testing a radio frequency connection may include at least one radio frequency communications interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor. The at least one memory may be configured to store computer-executable instructions. The at least one processor may be configured to access the at least one memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to (i) scan through a plurality of downstream frequencies received by the communications interface, (ii) collect, based at least in part upon the scan, information associated with a plurality of downstream channels and information associated with available upstream channels, (iii) identify one or more upstream channels that facilitate communication with a host server, and (iv) verify, via the one or more identified upstream channels, the availability of one or more client applications. | 08-30-2012 |
20120225624 | Over-the-Air Test - An apparatus forms a weight for each signal path associated with an antenna of a plurality of antennas around a test zone in an over-the-air chamber by a comparison of a desired target electric field based on a radio channel model and an electric field obtainable by the plane waves associated with the test zone, the plane waves being transmittable by the antennas and being based on at least one basis waveform in each signal path. | 09-06-2012 |
20120231743 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a mobile communications device ( | 09-13-2012 |
20120238218 | Location-based method to specify ratio frequency spectrum rights - The disclosed methods, systems, and computer-program products generate location-based RF spectrum rights for components in a radio frequency (RF) system. In an embodiment, a location-based spectrum right for an RF system's operational use of RF spectrum includes the spectrum rights of each component of the system, a definition of all locations at which each component might possibly operate, and a specified time period of this operational use. In an additional embodiment, the location-based RF spectrum right include a transmitter right and a receiver right, and the transmitter and receiver rights may be based on a combination of maximum power density, spectrum masks, underlay masks, power maps, locations, minimum power density, start times, end times, protocol specifications, and rules. Most transmitter rights and all receiver rights include propagation maps to articulate the rate at which signals attenuate away from transmitters and toward receivers. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238219 | HYBRID TECHNIQUES FOR ANTENNA RETUNING UTILIZING TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE POWER INFORMATION - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver, an antenna tuner connecting said transceiver to an antenna, a power sensor adapted to acquire measurements about transmit power, a receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) adapted to acquire measurements about receive power and wherein said tuner tunes said antenna based upon said transmit and receive measurements to optimize said antenna in both the receive and transmit bands. | 09-20-2012 |
20120238220 | EXPLOITING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS FOR SPECTRUM SENSING IN COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS - Spectrum sensing in wireless communications is provided to identify utilized and/or unutilized frequency bands reserved for primary users using a cyclostationary beamforming approach. An adaptive cross self-coherent restoral (ACS) algorithm can be utilized to extract signals of interest (SOI) at unique cycle frequencies related to primary and/or secondary users from an antenna array measurement. Based on the SOI, one or more users of the spectrum can be identified or the spectrum can be regarded as vacant; this can be based on lobe identification in the frequency spectrum of the SOI, in one example. This mechanism is less complex than traditional cyclic spectrum analysis methods. The cyclostationary beamforming based approach is more effective than the energy detection method. Also, the need for quiet periods in spectrum sensing is eliminated when using this mechanism such that signals can be transmitted simultaneously with receiving signals over the antenna array. | 09-20-2012 |
20120244816 | Telematics Provisioning System for Deactivated Devices - The disclosed invention provides a system and method for efficiently establishing a data call connection from a TSP call center to deactivated telematics units without a subscriber profile being in an HLR or VLR and without the use of a “500” number. An equipment identifier associated with a deactivated telematics unit may be delivered to the wireless network provider, and a calling line ID based on the equipment identifier and a common number for deactivated telematics units may be translated into a paging address through which the deactivated telematics unit may be paged. An appropriate paging strategy based on the network topology may be used to page the deactivated telematics unit and establish a data call connection with the deactivated telematics unit. The deactivated telematics unit may then be provisioned or perform or have performed on it other functions based on the data call connection. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244817 | Apparatus and Methods For Estimation of a Subchannel Power Imbalance Ratio (SCPIR) - Described herein are various methods for a communication device (e.g., a mobile station) receiving an AQPSK modulated signal (e.g., a VAMOS signal) to estimate a subchannel power imbalance ratio (SCPIR). Advantageously, the methods are not computationally complex and do not suffer from poor numerical performance. | 09-27-2012 |
20120252368 | REDUCING RATE OF DETECTION CYCLES AND MEASUREMENT CYCLES IN A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) MODE - A user device performs a set of measurements at a specified rate when the user device in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode, and determines a signal condition of a signal received from a serving cell. The user device adjusts the specified rate based on the signal condition. The reduction in the rate may reduce a current drain by the user device when the user device is in the DRX mode. | 10-04-2012 |
20120252369 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COORDINATING POLARIZATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An object of the present invention is to enable coordination of VP/HP polarizations generated by cross-polarized, i.e. orthogonally polarized antenna configurations, of one radio device with another radio device. The object is achieved by a method in a first eNB ( | 10-04-2012 |
20120258669 | FACILITATING POSITIONING THROUGH BlUETOOTH LOW ENERGY WIRELESS MESSAGING - A system for providing positioning-related information within wireless communication signals. For example, an apparatus (e.g., acting as a tracker) may receive one or more messages advertising the presence of another apparatus (e.g., acting as a target). The advertisement messages may further comprise information indicating the availability of positioning-related information from the target apparatus. The tracker device may then determine, based on the received information, that positioning-related interaction with the target apparatus is available. If determined to be available, the tracker and target may interact with each other in order to initiate positioning-related information transmission. After receiving at least one message comprising positioning-related information from the target apparatus, the tracker apparatus may then determine at least one of a relative direction towards or from the target apparatus based on the received positioning-related information. | 10-11-2012 |
20120258670 | SUPPORT FOR WIRELESS RADIO DEVICE IN MULTIPLE WIRELESS REGULATORY DOMAINS - A system and method for automatically configuring operating parameters of a wireless radio device. The wireless radio device determines a geographic location of the wireless radio device, and a determination is made as to the regulatory domain in which the wireless radio device is located based on the geographic location of the wireless radio device. The wireless radio device may register with and/or receive configuration information from the server associated with the regulatory domain in which the wireless radio device is located. The wireless radio device configures the operating parameters of the wireless device in accordance with configuration parameters associated with the determined regulatory domain. | 10-11-2012 |
20120264377 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT OF PARAMETERS OF RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION DEVICES - A system and method for measurement of parameters of radio-frequency transmission devices is introduced. The system includes a digital signal processing (DSP) unit and RF transmitter and receiver modules. The transmitter generates Gaussian white noise and transmits it to the device under test (DUT) input. The output of the DUT is connected to the receiver. Using DSP analysis on the output response of the DUT to white noise, the DUT transfer function is estimated using iterative LMS method. From the estimated transfer function all the parameters which are used to describe the device can be calculated such as: gain, flatness, phase and group delay, phase and group delay variations, frequency response, filters rejection etc. | 10-18-2012 |
20120276853 | PERFORMING TESTING IN A RADIO DEVICE - In a radio device such as a receiver or transceiver, a test operation can be performed to determine performance. A received signal can be processed to obtain demodulated samples, which can be provided to a logic to perform a logic operation on the samples to generate a logic output. A storage such as a counter or other mechanism is coupled to the logic to store a count of a number of the logic outputs having an error. | 11-01-2012 |
20120282862 | USER EQUIPMENT ENERGY REPORTING FOR ENABLING POWER EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for enabling power efficient operation. In one aspect, there is provided a method including receiving a request for an indication of a value representative of an energy consumption of at least one of a transmission and a reception at a user equipment. Moreover, the value is determined in response to the request. The value may also be determined for one of a plurality of radio access technologies provided by the user equipment. The determined value may be reported to a network element. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 11-08-2012 |
20120289166 | AUTOMATING DIAL ATTEMPTS TO A TELEMATICS OR CELLULAR DEVICE - A system and method of managing communications with a vehicle telematics unit includes determining that a data transmission to a vehicle telematics unit over a wireless carrier system has failed; automatically performing a network registration check with the wireless carrier system to determine the registration status of the vehicle telematics unit based on the data transmission failure; and deciding whether to re-transmit the data to the vehicle based on the results of the network registration check. | 11-15-2012 |
20120289167 | TESTING AND CALIBRATION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT - A system for testing and calibrating communications equipment or modules. A processor is configured to perform a test or calibration procedure on a communications unit under test (UUT) in response to commands entered by an operator. Test and measurement instruments arranged to be responsive to the computer include a power supply for activating selected portions of signal paths in the UUT, one or more signal generators, and one or more instruments for measuring output signals produced by the UUT in response to the test signals. The UUT has switches and terminals for inputting test signals from and returning output signals to the instruments, and an adapter is connected between the processor and the UUT. When performing a calibration procedure, the adapter operates the switches and connects the terminals on the UUT to the test and measurement instruments under the control of the processor. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302172 | Transmission Parameter Adaptation in Cooperative Signal Communication - With respect to cooperative signal communication between a mobile terminal ( | 11-29-2012 |
20120302173 | Power Headroom Control Element, Method of Communicating Power Information from a User Equipment, Method for Processing Received Power Information as Well as a Corresponding User Equipment and Base Station - The present invention relates to a power headroom control element for communicating power information from a user equipment (UE) to a base station (BS), a corresponding method, a method for processing received power information at a radio access network (RAN) as well as to a user equipment for communicating power information and a base station configured to process received power information, which particularly enable simple handling and processing of transmission power information, respectively. A power headroom control element is structured to comprise a power headroom field containing power headroom information and having a predetermined number of bits in the power headroom control element, and an indicator field associated with the power headroom field, wherein the indicator field serves to indicate whether a transmission power field with a predetermined number of bits is present in the power headroom control element. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302174 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND SYNCHRONIZATION TIMING DETERMINING METHOD - A method of determining synchronization timing, comprising: transmitting transmission power information of a first base station (BS) which connects a mobile station (MS) and a second BS; switching reception frequency of the MS in the transmission period for the first BS to transmit reference signal between transmission frequencies of reference signal of the first BS and the second BS; measuring reception power received by the MS from the first BS and the second BS; determining propagation loss from the first BS and the second BS to the MS based on the measured reception power and transmission power information; determining a propagation delay difference between the first BS and the second BS to the MS based on the propagation loss; determining synchronization timing of the second base apparatus to the MS based on synchronization timing of the first BS to the MS and the propagation delay difference. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302175 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING MOBILE STATIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS WITH VIRTUAL ANTENNA ARRAYS - A measuring device for measuring a device under test comprises a first subscriber, a second subscriber, a first virtual antenna array and a processing device. The device under test in this context is a mobile station. The first virtual antenna array comprises at least two mobile stations. The first virtual antenna array contains the device under test. The first subscriber is arranged in such a manner that it transmits signals to the first virtual antenna array. The first virtual antenna array in this context is arranged in such a manner that it transmits signals at least indirectly to the second subscriber. The processing device is designed in such a manner that it compares signals transmitted to the device under test and transmitted from the device under test. | 11-29-2012 |
20120302176 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING FAST FREQUENCY SWEEPING OF MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The disclosure provides a method for implementing fast frequency sweeping of a mobile terminal, which includes: performing Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) measurements in communication frequency bands of a mobile terminal according to a preset first frequency sweeping step length, to obtain multiple first RSSI values (S | 11-29-2012 |
20120309320 | MESSAGE FLOW REROUTING FOR AUTONOMOUS SELF-DISRUPTING NETWORK ELEMENT - A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for establishing a test protocol processor which autonomously intercepts success path protocol messages at a network element port buffer and substitutes a corresponding failure path messages to simulate the introduction of unexpected protocol messages into the protocol message flow from an external source to the network element under test. Subsequent to intercepting messages, the test protocol processor may perform one or more of several actions according to the results of statistical calculations. These actions include allowing the message to drop, replacing the message after a delay, replacing the message after altering the payload of the message, and replacing the message after altering the message type. The disclosed autonomous self disrupting network element is particularly useful for providing a means to perform in situ field testing of network performance indicators under desired statistical conditions. | 12-06-2012 |
20120309321 | Synchronized calibration for wireless communication devices - Synchronized calibration for wireless communication devices. A protocol is presented herein that allows for calibration operation(s) by one or more wireless communication devices to mitigate (or eliminate) the disruption caused to the communication medium thereby. A calibration announcement frame is provided by a wireless communication device intending to perform calibration operation(s), and respective receiving wireless communication devices may adaptively determine whether to perform a calibration operation based thereon. In response to a calibration announcement frame, one or more other wireless communication devices may also perform calibration operation(s) (e.g., in accordance with a group calibration event, simultaneously, etc.) or may perform some operations as to minimize any effects that may be incurred during such a calibration operation(s) (e.g., enter into some robust operational mode, power savings mode, etc.). Such a calibration announcement frame may indicate respective time slots (e.g., maintenance window) during which respective wireless communication devices may perform calibration operation(s). | 12-06-2012 |
20120315856 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN RESPONSE TO CONTACT - A terminal to convert data based on contact includes a receiver condition storage to store condition information for selecting or converting original stored data to be transmitted to a terminal of a second user, a contact sensor to sense contact between the first user and the second user; and a controller to modify the stored data to be transmitted from the terminal of the first user to a terminal of the second user based on the condition information if contact exists between the first user and the second user. A method for communicating data between a first terminal of a first user and a second terminal of a second user, includes: detecting contact between the first user and the second user; generating a signal corresponding to the contact; converting the signal to a digital signal; and transmitting stored data according to the digital signal. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315857 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A wireless communication method and apparatus that produce only a small amount of transmission delay even when carrier sensing is performed. Intensity indication data indicating the radio wave intensity of a received wireless signal is generated. The intensity indication data is intermittently captured and retained. An average of the retained intensity indication data is calculated. If the average is less than or equal to a threshold, a wireless transmission operation is enabled. The average is calculated with a frequency according to the frequency of capturing of the intensity indication data. The average and the threshold are compared at a frequency corresponding to the frequency of calculation of the average. | 12-13-2012 |
20120315858 | DYNAMIC CELL BONDING (DCB) FOR RADIO-OVER-FIBER (RoF)-BASED NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Communication devices, systems, and methods for dynamic cell bonding (DCB) for networks and communication systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of operating a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining a first plurality of remote units in a cloud bonded to a communication session, measuring a received signal strength from each of the first plurality of remote units, and measuring a received signal strength from each of a second plurality of remote units in the cloud not bonded to the communication session. One or more of the second plurality of remote units is dynamically bonded to the communication session if the measured received signal strength of the one of the second plurality of remote units is greater than the measured received signal strength of the first plurality of remote units. | 12-13-2012 |
20120322386 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST (MDT) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and terminal for providing a wireless communication service, and more particularly, a method of UE effectively perform an operation of MDT (Minimization Driving Test) for specific parameter of each cell in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from a UMTS, Long Term Evolution (LTE) System or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322387 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING MOBILE BROWSER ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A system for measuring power consumption by a mobile device corresponding to access of web pages is provided. The system includes: the mobile device, configured to access web pages via a wireless network; a power measurement device connected to a battery of the mobile device, configured to measure parameters related to power consumption; and a server, in communication with the mobile device and the power measurement device, configured to control the mobile device's access of web pages and control the power measurement device's measurement of parameters, to receive measurements from the power measurement device, and to process the received measurements so as to correlate the mobile device's access of a web page with an amount of power consumed corresponding to the mobile device's access of the web page. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322388 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER - Provided is a communication control method including: determining whether or not reception quality of a second reception device satisfies a predetermined reference in a communication system including a first transmission device, a first reception device, a second transmission device secondarily using a frequency having been assigned to the first transmission device, and the second reception device; and, when it is determined that the reception quality of the second reception device does not satisfy the predetermined reference, additionally performing reception beam steering by the first reception device, beam steering by the first transmission device, reception beam steering by the second reception device, or transmission beam steering by the second transmission device in a predetermined order. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322389 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for determining a wideband power level by scanning a wide frequency band, determining a threshold, detecting from signals scanned in the wide frequency band interference associated with a plurality of channels, wherein the interference is detected according to one of the threshold, the wideband power level, or both, and modifying a variable bandwidth of a filter to substantially suppress the detected interference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 12-20-2012 |
20120329401 | Method and Device for Monitoring Backbone Inter Base-Station Communication - A method and a device for data processing in a network are provided, wherein a base station determines a performance of a connection to at least one other base station. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 12-27-2012 |
20120329402 | Method for controlling drive test logged measurement, drive test system and user equipment - The disclosure discloses a method for controlling Drive Test (DT) logged measurement, a DT system and User Equipment (UE). The method comprises the steps of: sending a logged measurement duration time to a UE by a network side or setting the logged measurement duration time by the UE itself; recording and reserving, by the UE, a measurement result obtained by DT; deleting the measurement result by the UE when the logged measurement duration time expires or the measurement result is reported during the logged measurement duration time. The disclosure makes the UE more efficient in reporting the measurement result and managing the storage space, thus saving memory space. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005272 | POWER STATUS MULTIPATH SEARCH WINDOW SIZING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method of operating a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes determining signal quality for wireless communications received over each of a first antenna element and a second antenna element, and processing the signal quality and a power status of the wireless communication device to determine a first multipath search window for the first antenna element and a second multipath search window for the second antenna element. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005273 | Method and System for Accessing a Telecommunications Network - The invention relates to a method and network for receiving at least a first access request from a first device and a second access request from a second device. A first message is transmitted from the network to the first device, wherein the first message comprises a first access time or first access time window. Similarly, a second message is transmitted from the network to the second device, wherein the second message comprises a second access time or second access time window. The first access time or first access time window is different from the second access time or second access time window. Subsequent to the first message, the network receives the first access request from the first communication device at or after the first access time or within the first access time window and, subsequent to the second message, the network receives the second access request at or after the second access time or within the second access time window from the second device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130005274 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY TESTING OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Embodiments relate to a system for conducting hearing aid compatibility testing of a mobile communication device. The system comprises: a simulated hand for supporting the mobile communication device during the testing; a probe; and a processor. The processor is configured to cause the probe to be positioned in a sequence of positions in proximity to the mobile communication device relative to an audio output component of the mobile communication device during the testing and to determine a field strength of a field radiated by the mobile communication device at the sequence of positions based on an output of the probe at each position. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012136 | WIRELESS ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS - A wireless assessment system includes a plurality of response devices, including at least one plug-in device in signal communication with a subject computer station. The at least one plug-in device is configured to receive subject response data from the subject computer station. The at least one plug-in device has a computer-readable medium, a radio frequency transceiver, a plug-in device operating system, and logic. The plug-in device operating system is configured to block a subject from accessing an operating system of the subject computer station. The logic is configured to store the subject response data in the computer-readable medium. The logic is further configured to instruct radio frequency transceiver to wirelessly transmit the subject response data. The system further includes at least one base unit having a base unit radio frequency transceiver configured to receive the subject response data from the at least one plug-in device. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012137 | Inter-Radio Access Technology Measurement System and Method - A network access device is provided with one or more processors configured for macrotechnology-based transmission to a multi-mode user equipment of a signal including a plurality of data portions and a plurality of gaps between one or more of the plurality of data portions, wherein at least one of the gaps is used by the multi-mode user equipment for measurement of a first signal strength of a microtechnology-based network. | 01-10-2013 |
20130029608 | Methods of calibrating a device under test to communicate wirelessly - A method of calibrating a device under test (DUT) to communicate wirelessly includes providing predetermined reference signal strength values corresponding to a reference device, the reference signal strength values including a first group of signal strength values measured at each of a first plurality of transmission power levels. The method further includes measuring signal strength values for the DUT including a second group of signal strength values measured at each of a second plurality of transmission power levels, mapping the measured signal strength values in the second group of signal strength values to corresponding reference signal strength values in the first group of signal strength values to create a plurality of mapped data pairs, and generating a lookup table according to the mapped data pairs and storing the generated lookup table in a memory of the DUT. The method also includes calibrating the DUT according to the lookup table. | 01-31-2013 |
20130029609 | CHANNEL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND DEVICE - The present invention provides a channel measurement system, method, and device. The system includes: a signal collecting device, configured to collect a first signal according to a preset sampling rate, and obtain a second signal, where the first signal is a signal sent by a transmitter without passing through a channel and includes a service signal and a pilot signal; a receiver with measuring function, configured to collect a third signal according to the sampling rate synchronously when the signal collecting device collects the first signal, and obtain a fourth signal, where the third signal is a signal obtained after the first signal passes through the channel; and a channel measuring and processing device, configured to process the second signal and the fourth signal, and obtain a response of the channel. The channel measurement accuracy is improved without any impact on the operation of a legacy network. | 01-31-2013 |
20130040578 | SIGNALING POWER ALLOCATION PARAMETERS FOR UPLINK COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (COMP) - A method for obtaining multiple path loss parameters by a user equipment (UE) is described. A radio resource control (RRC) signaling message is received from a serving eNode B. A first transmit power corresponding to a first reference signal is obtained from the RRC signaling message. A second transmit power corresponding to a second reference signal is obtained from the RRC signaling message. A first path loss parameter is calculated using the first transmit power. A second path loss parameter is calculated using the second transmit power. | 02-14-2013 |
20130045691 | ALERTING A SMART CARD READER OF PROBABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless device may alert a wireless smart card reader that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is probably imminent by sending an activation alert. Upon receipt of the activation alert, if the wireless smart card reader is in a low-power state, the wireless smart card reader may enter a higher-power state. If the wireless smart card reader is in the higher-power state upon receipt of the activation alert, the wireless smart card reader may remain in the higher-power state until a timeout period has expired. The wireless device may instruct the wireless smart card reader to enter the low-power state by sending a deactivation alert if the wireless device detects that communication of data between the wireless device and the wireless smart card reader is not likely to occur within a specified period of time. | 02-21-2013 |
20130045692 | Femto Access Point Operable with different Spatial Characteristic Antenna Patterns - It is described a femto access point for providing wireless access for a user equipment to a femto cell of a telecommunication network. The femto access point includes an antenna which is adapted to operate with different spatial characteristic antenna patterns, and a transceiver unit, which is coupled to the antenna and which is adapted to activate at least one of the different spatial characteristic antenna patterns. It is further described a method for providing wireless access for a user equipment to a femto cell of a telecommunication network via a femto access point. The method includes activating at least one spatial characteristic antenna pattern of an antenna of a femto access point, wherein the antenna is adapted to operate with different spatial characteristic antenna patterns. | 02-21-2013 |
20130052959 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EVALUATING WIRELESS NETWORK PERFORMANCE - In a method of enabling evaluation of performance of a wireless network, a post-processing tool selects measurement data records associated with a first procedure performed by a plurality of user equipments, and generates a visual representation indicative of wireless network performance based on the selected measurement data records. The first procedure refers to a set of messaging interactions between the wireless network and the plurality of user equipments. | 02-28-2013 |
20130052960 | CALIBRATION SYSTEMS FOR WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A calibration system may be provided for calibrating wireless communications circuitry in an electronic device during manufacturing. The calibration system may include data acquisition equipment for receiving an amplitude-modulated calibration signal from the electronic device. The calibration system may include calibration computing equipment for extracting pre-distortion coefficients from the amplitude-modulated calibration signal. The calibration computing equipment may be configured to detect a bulk phase drift in the amplitude-modulated calibration signal. The calibration computing equipment may be configured to remove the bulk phase drift from the amplitude-modulated calibration signal. The wireless communications circuitry may include a power amplifier that distorts a signal generated by the wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include a pre-distortion compensator for countering the distortion. The pre-distortion coefficients determined from the phase drift corrected amplitude-modulated calibration signal may be used by the pre-distortion compensator when countering the distortion. | 02-28-2013 |
20130059542 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TANGIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An example information processing apparatus which is portable is provided that includes a zone identifying unit which identifies a zone where the information processing apparatus is located, a reception status measurement unit which measures a reception status of a signal from at least one transmitter in the zone identified by the zone identifying unit, a transmitter identifying unit which identifies the transmitter as a source of the signal in which the reception status corresponds to a predetermined condition, and a processing unit which executes a predetermined processing according to the transmitter identified by the transmitter identifying unit. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059543 | SENSING IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Usefulness of resource usage sensing information is determined by at least one node in a radio system. Transmission of sensing result information in the radio system is then controlled based at least in part on the determined usefulness. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059544 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINISTIC DIRECTIONAL DISCOVERY OF WIRELESS DEVICES - A method for deterministic directional discovery of neighbor devices by a device in a wireless network comprises dividing equally an access time to a discovery channel to predefined number of sector scanning periods ( | 03-07-2013 |
20130065535 | Validity Time configuration for Immediate MDT Reporting - The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and a computer program product for performing one or more minimizing Perform MDT drive test (MDT) measurements, defining a validity time threshold for each kind of MDT measurement, verifying, prior to reporting one of the MDT measurement results, whether the validity time threshold defined for the respective MDT measurement result to be reported, is exceeded, and, if the validity time threshold is not exceeded, reporting the MDT measurement result. | 03-14-2013 |
20130065536 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING INFLUENCE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES OF BASE STATION ON HUMAN BODY - The present invention relates to a method for reducing an average time period adopted at the time of evaluating an effect of electromagnetic fields of a mobile communication base station near the mobile communication base station on a human body and measurement is performed for 6 minutes at a predetermined measurement point for acquiring a whole body average by comparing a site measurement result targeting multiple base stations and uncertainty by repetitive measurement and when a 6-minute average value and an average value for a reduced time period which is shorter than 6 minutes are compared with each other, a standard deviation is equal to or lower than a predetermined level, e.g., 0.4 dB, it is sufficient even by the measurement for the reduced time period which is shorter than 6 minutes. | 03-14-2013 |
20130072125 | SWITCH FOR TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODE SELECTION AND ANTENNA POLARIZATION DIVERSITY - A transceiver circuit includes a transmitter to send communication signals and a receiver to receive communication signals sent by other transmitters. The transceiver circuit also includes a switch to connect the transmitter and the receiver to at least one antenna. The switch controls at least two directions of polarization of the at least one antenna. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072126 | System and Method for Determining Quality of Service of a Mobile Device - A system and method for determining the quality of service in wireless data network by a plurality of mobile devices is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes presenting to a user a plurality of reference content items, for each content item, receiving a reference content item rating indicative of a quality rating provided by the user, wirelessly transmitting a test content item to the mobile device, presenting the transmitted test content item to the user; receiving a test content item rating provided by the user, wherein at least some of the plurality of reference content items comprise content items of known and differing quality, normalizing the test content item rating based on the reference content rating received to provide a normalized test content item rating; and outputting a quality of service performance metric based on the normalized test content item rating. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072127 | METHOD FOR TESTING HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for testing handheld electronic device is for use in testing the power consumption level of a handheld electronic device equipped with an open operating platform. The method involves configuring, in the open operating platform, a radio communication unit and a display unit of the handheld electronic device; configuring the radio communication unit such that the radio communication unit can receive a data signal; adjusting controllably brightness of the display unit; and comparing, after a predetermined time period of control, an initial power level and a current power level of a battery in the handheld electronic device to evaluate power consumption of the handheld electronic device. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072128 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING SIGNALS TRANSMITTED OVER A RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - A method for classifying a signal is disclosed. The method can be used by a station or stations within a network to classify the signal as non-cooperative (NC) or a target signal. The method performs classification over channels within a frequency spectrum. The percentage of power above a first threshold is computed for a channel. Based on the percentage, a signal is classified as a narrowband signal. If the percentage indicates the absence of a narrowband signal, then a lower second threshold is applied to confirm the absence according to the percentage of power above the second threshold. The signal is classified as a narrowband signal or pre-classified as a wideband signal based on the percentage. Pre-classified wideband signals are classified as a wideband NC signal or target signal using spectrum masks. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072129 | Methods for Determining Optimum Power Supply Voltages for Radio-Frequency Power Amplifier Circuitry - Electronic devices with wireless communications capabilities are provided. The electronic device may include storage and processing circuitry, power amplifier circuitry, power supply circuitry, etc. The storage and processing circuitry may direct the power amplifier circuitry to operate using a desired gain mode, in a particular radio channel, and at a given output power level. The power supply circuitry may bias the power amplifier circuitry with a power supply voltage. The performance of the power amplifier circuitry may be characterized by an adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR) margin. The power consumption of the power amplifier circuitry may be characterized by a current savings ratio. A cost function may be calculated by taking the product of the ACLR margin and current savings ratio. A minimum point for each cost function curve may be determined. It is desirable to bias the power amplifier circuitry with a supply voltage corresponding to the minimum point. | 03-21-2013 |
20130072130 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR ADAPTIVE SIGNAL DETECTION - The present invention describes a new distributed decision making scheme for adaptive signal detection. The innovation describes an adaptive system and method for allocating signal detection resources that are used to find out the status of channel use (occupied/unoccupied). The system includes selection of suitable spectrum sensing methods and decision combining techniques as well as the associated parameters to meet the requirements set for the system in the specific operational environment. The result is that the system has good performance, simple implementation and is applicable to versatile time-variant situations. | 03-21-2013 |
20130084808 | DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF RECEIVE DIVERSITY - A method, system, and computer program product for managing a plurality of antennas on user equipment. A connection status module is configured to monitor the plurality of antennas for a data packet of a plurality of data. A control module is configured to power more than one of the plurality of antennas to measure signal quality in response to receiving the data packet. The signal quality comprises a power level of each of the plurality of antennas and a correlation of the plurality of antennas. An antenna quality module is configured to determine whether the correlation of the plurality of antennas is greater than a threshold in response to the connection status being active. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084809 | QoS Verification and Throughput Measurement For Minimization of Drive Test - A method of throughput and data volume measurement for minimization of drive test (MDT) is proposed. A base station establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network. The base station or UE measures transmitted or received data volume during a transmission time of a data burst between the base station and the UE. When the data burst spans multiple measurement periods and the data burst is split at each measurement period boundary. For each measurement period, data volume during the measurement period is measured to generate a measurement result. When throughput measurement is performed by the network, the base station receives location information that is available during the transmission time of the data burst. The data volume measurement is logged with time stamp such that each measurement result can correlated with the location information. | 04-04-2013 |
20130090068 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A disclosed wireless communication device includes an antenna for communication, a transmission unit, a reception unit, a transmission/reception switchover unit, a communication control unit, a diagnosis start determination unit, a loopback path forming unit, a reception level determination unit, a reception duration determination unit, and a fault assertion unit. When a loopback path, which inputs a transmission signal outputted from the transmission unit into the reception unit, is formed by the loopback path forming unit, the reception level determination unit detects a signal level of a reception signal received by the reception unit, and determines whether or not the signal level is normal. The reception duration determination unit measures a reception duration of the reception signal in the reception unit, and determines whether or not the reception duration has exceeded a threshold value for abnormality determination. | 04-11-2013 |
20130090069 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication device capable of lightening the influence of a frequency selective fading in the wide-band transmission of a single carrier thereby to prevent deterioration of error rate characteristics. In this device, an FFT unit subjects a modulated signal inputted from a modulation unit to a Fourier transformation. A pilot insertion unit inserts a pilot symbol into a plurality of individual frequency components of the modulated signal. Weight multiplication units multiply the individual frequency components and the pilot symbols inserted into the individual frequency components, by weight coefficients set at a weight coefficient setting unit. IFFT units subject the frequency components to an inverse Fourier transformation, thereby to convert the frequency components into time domains. | 04-11-2013 |
20130095764 | CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF DATA - In an embodiment, a method of controlling transmission of data from a wireless device to a receiver connected via a communication channel includes an application executing on the wireless device providing an estimate of end-to-end bandwidth of the communication channel; supplying to the application from wireless access circuitry in the wireless device at least on communication-related parameter and modifying in the application the estimate of end-to-end bandwidth using the at least one communication-related parameter. | 04-18-2013 |
20130095765 | TUNING MATCHING CIRCUITS FOR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER BANDS AS A FUNCTION OF THE TRANSMITTER METRICS - A system can obtain an operational metric associated with the transceiver, determine a target figure of merit based on a compromise between a desired transmitter performance and a desired receiver, determine a current figure of merit based on the operational metric, and adjust the variable reactance component of the impedance matching circuit based on a comparison of the current figure of merit with the target figure of merit. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 04-18-2013 |
20130102258 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION RECEPTION - A method and system for improving radio frequency transmission receives a first RF transmission, determines the strength of the transmissions, and adjusts a radio maturity buffer based on the determined strength. | 04-25-2013 |
20130109320 | Measurements Logging and Transmission at a User Equipment of a Mobile Communications System | 05-02-2013 |
20130109321 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POWER CONSUMPTION OF COMMUNICATION SITE | 05-02-2013 |
20130115888 | RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS - The disclosed subject matter provides for received signal strength indicator (RSSI) snapshot analysis. RSSI snapshot analysis can be independent of determining location/map information. An RSSI snapshot can be analyzed in view of historic RSSI information to determine a probability that a local wireless resource correlated with the historical RSSI information is instantly available. Machine learning can be employed to train an inference component to facilitate in determining the probability. In an aspect, the state of a wireless radio can be controlled based on the probability and this can reduce the energy consumption of the user equipment by facilitating intelligent enablement of a wireless radio. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115889 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING COORDINATED RADIO FREQUENCY CHANNEL ALLOCATION, USING AUTHORIZED CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS AND CONTROLLED USER ACCESS - An apparatus and method are provided for intermittent communication over at least one of a plurality of channels. The method includes receiving by the apparatus a reservation request from a user, detecting an available channel, generating a reservation signal on the available channel, receiving an activation request, and handing said available channel over to the user. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115890 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING LOCATIONS OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS IN AN HYBRID NETWORK - A method for evaluating connectivity in an hybrid network is disclosed. The hybrid network comprising wireless access points, the method comprises step of elaborating an indirect connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of the indirect connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct or an indirect path between a first access point i and a second access point j. A signal sent from a first access point i to a second access j on an indirect path is successively received and re-sent by at least a third access point k. The matrix being remarkable in that the level of received signals between each access point is greater than a second level. The method further comprises a step of elaborating a direct connectivity matrix having a dimension equal to n×n, wherein an element being located at row i and line j of the direct connectivity matrix corresponds to a direct path between a first access point i and a second access point j wherein the level of received signal is greater than a first level. | 05-09-2013 |
20130115891 | METHOD OF OPERATING A BASE STATION AND BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a method, of operating a base station ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130122820 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus acquires a delay profile for a first transmit signal from a transmitting apparatus and determines an end time at which to end detection of a second transmit signal from the transmitting apparatus, based on the delay profile. | 05-16-2013 |
20130122821 | POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION IN A USER TERMINAL - A data communication emulating unit ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130130627 | RADIO MEASUREMENT COLLECTION METHOD AND RADIO TERMINAL - A radio terminal UE performs a process of storing a measurement log including a measurement result of a radio environment in an idle state and within a measurement duration set by a network, and can discard the measurement log after the lapse of 48 hours since the expiration of the measurement duration. The radio terminal UE transmits, to the network, log storing information indicating that the measurement log is stored, when the radio terminal transits from the idle state to a connected state. The radio terminal UE transmits, to the network, a message notifying that the measurement log is not stored, after the lapse of the 48 hours. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130628 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, BASE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a wireless communication device including a receiving unit for receiving information based on measurement of radio conditions transmitted from a base station in association with identification information; and a control unit for controlling communication by using the information received by the receiving unit when the wireless communication device corresponds to the identification information received by the receiving unit. | 05-23-2013 |
20130130629 | Electronic Device Testing Using Radio Signals - Methods and devices are disclosed for controlling an electronic device using data transmitted over radio signals. In some embodiments, a radio source may embed instructions to control an electronic device into a radio signal. Alternatively, data relating to test parameters of other test equipment may be embedded into the radio signal. For example, the radio source may use the RDS communications protocol to transmit the instructions in an FM radio signal. In a testing environment, the electronic device may locally save the test parameters, and associate the test parameters with the results of a test. | 05-23-2013 |
20130137378 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN NODE DEVICES OF A CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM - This disclosure describes examples of condition monitoring systems with node devices that can adjust the power level of a radio. Embodiments of the node device can dynamically vary the power level for the radio in response to communication with other node devices. In one example, the node devices measure the strength of a signal received from the other node devices. The node devices can, in response to this value, vary the power level of the radio to optimize power consumption and extend the battery life for the node device. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137379 | Method and Apparatus for Reporting a Logged Measurement in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for performing a logged measurement in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a measurement configuration and a terminal selection parameter from a base station. The terminal determines whether or not to apply the measurement configuration based on the terminal selection parameter. If the measurement configuration is determined to be applied, the terminal logs a measurement based on the measurement configuration. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143504 | Method to Conserve Power on a Wireless Mobile Device Using Web Browser State Knowledge - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for conserving battery power in a user equipment (UE) by idling the modem when it is not needed in an active state. Idling can occur (1) between a user request for content and the start of the content download; (2) after the content download; and (3) after additional dynamic content has been downloaded, further scripting has finished, or UE data has been uploaded to the network, but before another user request for content has been made. Grace timers can be used before the second and third opportunities to ensure that the modem is not idled while still in use, but also to minimize the time that the modem is in an active state but not being used. These timers can be fixed or dynamic and their duration based on historical trends or testing of particular content or content types. | 06-06-2013 |
20130149970 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING ASSISTED AIMING FOR WIRELESS LINKS - Systems and methods which provide local sensor and/or external information derived proactive aiming assistance with respect to wireless nodes for facilitating desired wireless links are shown. Embodiments provide an aiming assistance user interface providing guidance with respect to properly altering the orientation of a wireless node to provide a desired wireless link. To facilitate providing aiming assistance embodiments of wireless nodes are adapted to include a plurality of sensors operable to provide information useful in environmental analysis for determining proactive orientation guidance information. Wireless nodes adapted according to embodiments additionally or alternatively utilize information obtained externally useful in determining proactive orientation guidance information. Embodiments of the invention utilize the foregoing sensor information and externally sourced information to determine proactive orientation guidance information. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149971 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - Communication apparatuses T1 to T3 are mutually located in the communication areas of one another and by exchanging data, respectively have the same data D1 to D3. Each of the communication apparatuses T executes connection processing of connecting to a network N via a base station BS. When any one among the communication apparatuses T1 to T3, such as T2, is able to connect to the network N, the communication apparatus (T2) transmits the data D1 to D3 to respective destination and transmits to the other communication apparatuses (T1, T3), information that indicates that the data D1 to D3 have been transmitted. The other communication apparatuses (T1, T3), upon receiving the information, realized that the data D1 to D3 have been transmitted and thus, suspend connection processing to connect to the network N. | 06-13-2013 |
20130157579 | SYMBIOTIC SYSTEM FOR TESTING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL COVERAGE IN AREAS NEAR TRANSPORT ROUTES - A cooperative system for testing signal strength near a target area selected by a wireless provider is disclosed, using test units installed in the fleet vehicles of an unrelated service enterprise. The system in one embodiment includes an algorithm for comparing test parameters to the route data contained in the dispatch plan for the fleet vehicles, in order to identify the optimal routes on which to send test units. A computer software product for storing the parameters and executing the algorithms is also disclosed. Signal testing in a target area is accomplished through the symbiotic relationship between the testing units and the fleet vehicles, whereby the wireless provider benefits from unit carriage along routes already being traveled by the fleet vehicles for a different purpose. This Abstract is provided quickly inform a reader about the subject matter, and not for use interpreting the scope or meaning of the claims. | 06-20-2013 |
20130157580 | Spectrum Sensing Method, Apparatus, and System - A method for performing spectrum sensing by using correlation between channels, to reduce the sensing time and increase the throughput while satisfying requirements for sensing accuracy is provided. The method according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: obtaining correlation information between target channels; obtaining a spectrum sensing result of at least one of the target channels; and determining a sensing result of another target channel according to the spectrum sensing result of the at least one of the target channels and the correlation information between the target channels. | 06-20-2013 |
20130165052 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY PERFORMING RADIO LINK CONTROL WITHIN A NETWORK, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for adaptively performing radio link control within a network and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: screening a plurality of cells within the network according to recorded data of locations of the plurality of cells and according to a target location of the electronic device, to obtain cell information of at least one portion of the plurality of cells, the at least one portion of the plurality of cells being selected by screening, wherein the cell information or existence of the cell information indicates suggestion regarding whether the electronic device should use the at least one portion of the plurality of cells with respect to the target location, respectively; and based upon the cell information of the at least one portion of the plurality of cells, controlling content(s) of a measurement report being sent to the network. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165053 | System and Method for Inter-Radio Access Technology Signal Measurement - A multi-mode user equipment is provided. The multi-mode user equipment includes a processor configured to promote measurement of a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component. | 06-27-2013 |
20130171943 | Method and Associated Apparatus Applied to Receiver of Wireless Network for Determining Quantity of Antennas of Transmitter - A method applied to a receiver of a wireless network for determining an unknown quantity of antennas of a transmitter according to a received network is provided. The method includes: delaying the network signal according to a sum of a reference period and an estimated shift interval to provide a delayed signal; calculating a correlation between the network signal and the delayed signal to generate a correlation index; comparing the correlation index and a threshold to provide a comparison result; and determining the unknown quantity of transmitting antennas according to the comparison result. | 07-04-2013 |
20130171944 | METHOD OF MANAGING TRACE SESSIONS IN A NETWORK AND TRACE SESSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of managing trace sessions in a network, wherein each trace session is assigned a Trace ID and a specific trace collection entity TCE ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130183905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A WIRELESS NETWORK WITH AN EXTERNAL TIMING SOURCE - A communications device synchronizes itself with respect to an external reference signal, e.g., a GPS signal. The communications device detects timing reference signals, e.g., beacon signals, from a communications network. If the communications device determines that the network is not synchronized to the external timing reference signal, the communications device operates as a master timing control device. In various embodiments, when operating as a master timing control device the wireless communications device communicates time stamps, e.g., in beacon signals, which indicate a greater passage of time than the actual passage of time. When operating as a master timing control device the communications device transmits network timing reference signals at a higher rate than is being used by the network to seize control of network timing and become the master timing control device. The communications device drives the network timing to synchronize network timing to the external timing reference. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183906 | ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED SYNCHRONIZATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are described which increase the probability and/or frequency that devices with comparatively faster clocks in a network than other devices in the network will transmit beacon signals are described. As a result, devices with faster clocks will tend to drive system synchronization to convergence faster than if all devices transmitted beacons at the same rate, thus facilitating more reliable maintenance of system synchronization since the devices with faster clocks will tend to transmit more frequently. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183907 | BEAM COMPENSATION METHOD AND BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A beam compensation method and a base station are provided for improving system throughput of a wireless communication system. The beam compensation method includes monitoring feedback signals of a plurality of radio paths; detecting an abnormally operating radio path, based on the monitoring; retrieving beam compensation values corresponding to the abnormally operating radio path; and compensating signals on normally operating radio paths with the retrieved beam compensation values. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183908 | Method and Device for Performing Logged Measurement in Wireless Communication System - A method of performing a logged measurement in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving by a user equipment a measurement configuration from a network, wherein the measurement configuration includes a logging interval; detecting by the user equipment a mobility state of the user equipment; adjusting by the user equipment the logging interval on the basis of the detected mobility state; and logging by the user equipment a measurement by using the adjusted logging interval. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189930 | Flexible Radio Channel Sounding - A method includes determining a base sequence, cyclic shift, and UE-specific portion of a frequency comb, applying the cyclic shift to the base sequence to create a shifted sequence, and selecting a portion of the shifted sequence as a user equipment-specific SRS. The selected portion of the shifted sequence corresponds to the portion of the frequency comb. A second method includes assigning a cyclic shift and a UE-specific portion of a frequency comb to a UE, where the cyclic shift is for use by the UE to apply the cyclic shift to the determined base sequence to create a shifted sequence. The portion of the frequency comb is for the UE to select a portion of the shifted sequence for SRS. The method includes transmitting indications of the base sequence, the cyclic shift, and the portion of the frequency comb. Auxiliary DMRS may be provided using SRS resources. | 07-25-2013 |
20130196603 | FLEXIBLE RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) MEASUREMENTS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for performing reference signal (RS) metric measurements in different parts of a channel bandwidth are described. One example method generally includes receiving signaling indicating one or more frequency bands within an operating frequency band of a current serving cell for performing reference signal (RS) metric measurements, performing the measurements on the one or more frequency bands, and reporting the measurements. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196604 | Method and Device for Performing a Logged Measurement in a Wireless Communication System - A method for performing a logged measurement in wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving measurement configuration from a network, logging MDT (Minimization of Driving Tests) measurement, detecting whether a condition for state transition has occurred, performing state transition when the condition for state transition has occurred, and logging state transition information related to said state transition. | 08-01-2013 |
20130203357 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS - A user equipment is configured to operate in an idle mode according to an MDT configuration. When receiving an activation signal from a base station, the user equipment is configured to execute one or multiple logged MDTs in the idle mode according to the activation signal and the MDT configuration. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203358 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS - A user equipment is configured to operate in an idle mode according to an MDT configuration. When receiving a modify/setup signal from a base station, the user equipment is configured to update the MDT configuration accordingly in the idle mode and perform one or multiple corresponding logged MDTs according to the updated MDT configuration. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203359 | METHOD FOR ENABLING PROMPT DIAGNOSIS OF A FIELD DEVICE CONNECTED TO A WIRELESS ADAPTER - A method, in the case of which it is monitored in a wireless adapter connected to a field device whether, in the context of communication with the field device, a status change of the field device is being reported. In case a status change has been reported, the wireless adapter queries for expanded status information of the field device. The expanded status information is transmitted event-controlled from the wireless adapter to a superordinated communication unit and provided through such to an evaluation tool, in case a comparison of the expanded status information with a status pattern adapted specifically for the field device shows that the relevant, expanded status information should be evaluated. | 08-08-2013 |
20130210367 | RADIO APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a radio apparatus includes: a radio unit; a timer configured to count a first measurement time; a control unit configured to establish a first mode if the first measurement time is shorter than a first time, and establish a second mode if the first measurement time is longer than or equal to the first time; and a power control unit configured to control power to be supplied to the radio unit if the first mode is set and next data is not received even if a second time elapsed, and control power to be supplied to the radio unit if the second mode is set and next data is not received even if a third time elapsed, wherein the radio unit makes a transition to a sleep mode as a result of a power control by the power control unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210368 | Method and Wireless Communication Device for Antenna Deployment Determination - A method of antenna deployment determination in a wireless communication device is disclosed. The method includes transceiving a radio signal via the a first antenna port of the wireless communication device, obtaining a first strength result corresponding to the radio signal transmitted or received via the first antenna port, and determining a connecting status of the first antenna port according to the first strength result. | 08-15-2013 |
20130210369 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CALIBRATION FOR RADIO FREQUENCY CIRCUIT IN COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for calibration for a Radio Frequency (RF) circuit in a communication device is provided. The method includes performing an independent RF-circuit calibration, storing calibration data generated through the calibration, in an external storage unit, and downloading, to the communication device, partial calibration data among the calibration data stored in the external storage unit. | 08-15-2013 |
20130225091 | Radio Frequency Calibration Method and Apparatus for Mobile Terminal - The disclosure provides a radio frequency calibration method for a mobile terminal, including: setting a parameter required for radio frequency calibration of the mobile terminal ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130231060 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A RADIATED PERFORMANCE OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of a plurality of predetermined positions. Further, the wireless device receives synchronization information operable to enable synchronization between the logged measurements and each of the positions. The synchronized log allows the wireless device, or another apparatus, to determine a radiated performance characteristic based on a predetermined analysis protocol. Further, the described embodiments allow for the determination of several radiated performance characteristics in a single test, using a single, unaltered wireless device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130231061 | Technique to provide an Absence Timer for Secure Port Access Control to Handle Base Station Remote Radio Power Outage - There is provided a method of controlling a CPRI monitor port of a remote radio equipment following a powering cycle. Access to the CPRI monitor port is first detected. An absence timer decrementing process is started when the CPRI monitor port becomes inactive. The timer value is then stored in a region of persistent memory and the memory is updated as the absence timer is decremented. If a power cycle at the remote radio equipment is detected and the remote radio equipment powered on, the absence timer value is read from the persistent memory and the absence timer is re-started if the timer value is greater than zero. | 09-05-2013 |
20130237157 | MEASURING QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - Implementations and techniques for measuring quality of experience associated with a mobile device are generally disclosed. | 09-12-2013 |
20130237158 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PROBING OF ALTERNATIVE ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an arrangement, a communication network node and a user equipment allowing for probing of alternative antenna configurations in a communication network system as well as a method for such probing. The method comprises making one of the reconfigurable antennas ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130260693 | PROXIMATE BEACON IDENTIFICATION - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for identifying a proximate beacon to a mobile device. One or more first received signal strengths (RSSs), relative to the mobile device, may be received and used to determine a first average signal strength (RSS) and a first average RSS deviation for a first beacon during an observation period. An average RSS deviation for the observation period can be determined using the first average RSS deviation (e.g., and other average RSS deviations). If the average RSS deviation meets a desired deviation threshold, the first beacon may be identified as the proximate beacon. In this manner, if the user of the mobile device consents to the same, the user may be provided with relevant information (e.g., advertisements) on the mobile device while in a locale (e.g., store) corresponding to the (known) location of the beacon, for example. | 10-03-2013 |
20130267179 | Remote Control Of Mobile Devices To Perform Testing Of Wireless Communications Networks - A remote testing and control system sends instructions to perform a test to a mobile device, receives test results from the mobile device in response to the instructions, presents the test results within a user interface so that that the test results are viewable by a user, and receives an input to control the test results. The test results may be received and presented within the user interface in real-time. The instructions to perform the test may be scheduled to be sent at a specified time. | 10-10-2013 |
20130273853 | MOBILE DEVICE MONITORING AND TESTING - A multi-channel communications interface is provided and communicatively coupled to a controller which captures, via the communications interface, video data of a display of a mobile device at a resolution and frame rate equal to or greater than that of the mobile device display, and may additionally capture various other outputs of the mobile device. During the capture of the video data and other outputs, one or more input actions may be provided to the mobile device by the controller via the communications interface. The input actions may be provided in an interactive or automated manner, and may correspond to interactions of users with the controller that are performed using one or more provided graphical or programmatic interfaces. | 10-17-2013 |
20130273854 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, an apparatus, and a system for a distributed antenna system, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The communication method includes: receiving, by a receiving device, a measurement reference signal corresponding to an antenna cluster in a cell, where all antennas in the cell are divided into at least one antenna cluster, and each antenna cluster includes at least one antenna and has a corresponding cluster identifier; obtaining channel information corresponding to the antenna cluster according to the measurement reference signal; and transmitting the cluster identifier and the channel information corresponding to the antenna cluster to a central processing device, so that the central processing device determines the antenna cluster serving the receiving device according to the cluster identifier and the channel information corresponding to the antenna cluster. | 10-17-2013 |
20130281025 | FACILITATING THE INITIATION OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SESSION - An apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive a signal indicative of a request to initiate a wireless communication session using an antenna of a first wireless communication device, and responsive to the signal, to cause an indicator to be displayed on a display of the first wireless communication device, the indicator being configured to indicate to a user an orientation of the first wireless communication device with respect to a second communication device for facilitating the initiation of a wireless communication session between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device using the antenna. | 10-24-2013 |
20130281026 | DEVICE COGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COGNIZINGDEVICE USING THE SAME - The inventive concept directly relates to device cognition apparatus. The device cognition apparatus according to the inventive concept may include a wireless part forming a main beam and side beams, a transmission signal processing part pointing the main beam at a peripheral device for establishing a communication link, a reception signal processing part receiving reception signal intensities respectively corresponding to the main beam and the side beams from each of a plurality of peripheral devices, and a controller calculating signal differences between the main beam and the side beams based on the received reception signal intensities and selecting the peripheral device for establishing the communication link from the plurality of peripheral devices by the result of the calculation. | 10-24-2013 |
20130288609 | SELF-DIAGNOSIS CIRCUIT - A self-diagnosis circuit is coupled to a signal transmission path between a high-frequency signal input part and an output part and is configured to diagnose a high-frequency circuit using a signal that propagates along the signal transmission path. The self-diagnosis circuit includes a detector configured to detect the high-frequency signal propagating along the signal transmission path from the output part toward the input part; and a diagnosis unit that diagnoses for an abnormality in the follower stage of the high-frequency circuit disposed between a coupling part of the self-diagnosis circuit with respect to the signal transmission path and the output part, in accordance with the detection result of the detector. | 10-31-2013 |
20130295854 | Troubleshooting Link and Protocol in a Wireless Network - Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating troubleshooting wireless connectivity issues in a wireless network. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, either a diagnostic supplicant in the wireless client or a diagnostic manager initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager over a diagnostic link in response to one or more events. In one embodiment, after the diagnostic supplicant establishes a link to a diagnostic manager via a diagnostic link, the diagnostic supplicant generates and transmits a problem report to the diagnostic manager. The problem report initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic manager and the diagnostic supplicant. | 11-07-2013 |
20130295855 | MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for minimization of drive tests, and relates to the field of communications technologies. In the technical solutions, by obtaining a mapping relationship between a TCE address and a TCE identifier, and according to a TCE identifier included in the MDT report reported by the UE, a corresponding TCE address is obtained and the MDT report is sent to a TCE corresponding to the TCE address. And it is unnecessary to send an actual TCE network address to the user equipment, which improves security and solves the insecurity problem of the MDT measurement. The present invention is simple, convenient and easy to implement, and reduces the complexity of network signaling interaction and network processing. | 11-07-2013 |
20130309978 | RADIO STATION LIST MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides radio station list management in a wireless receiver. Upon detection of a scan event, a plurality of radio broadcast channels is scanned to detect available radio stations. Available radio stations that fail to meet a preference criterion are identified and removed to form a list of preferred radio stations. The scan event may be generated dependent upon a time, a location of the wireless receiver, or a broadcast signal quality. Preference criteria may include station content classification and signal quality. | 11-21-2013 |
20130316653 | SYSTEM FOR CONSTRAINING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF AN EHF COMMUNICATION CHIP - An EHF communication system including an EHF communication chip. The EHF communication chip may include an EHF communication circuit having at least one controllable parameter-based module having a testable and controllable operating parameter The EHF communication chip may further include a test and trim circuit coupled to the EHF communication circuit, where the test and trim circuit includes a logic circuit having one or more memory elements, where the logic circuit is coupled to the controllable parameter-based module. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316654 | METHOD, APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING RADIO CHANNEL ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION, AND RADIO NETWORK CONTROL DEVICE - A method, an apparatus for acquiring for acquiring radio channel environment information, and a radio network control device are provided in embodiments of the present invention. The apparatus includes: an acquiring unit, configured to acquire a radio signal transmitted by a terminal; a channel information acquiring unit, configured to acquire pilot information from the radio signal, and calculate channel information according to the pilot information; and a storage unit, configured to record the channel information. With the method, the apparatus for acquiring radio channel environment information, and the radio network control device provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the real condition of the radio channel can be reflected accurately, and the exception to the user terminal or the network can be identified accurately, thereby improving the efficiency of exception handling. | 11-28-2013 |
20130316655 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECEIVING DEVICE - This disclosure relates to a signal processing device, a signal processing method, and a receiving device that are capable of detecting response information at a high degree of accuracy from a carrier signal that is load-modulated based on the response information. A positive DC generating unit | 11-28-2013 |
20130316656 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, SUBSCRIBER MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step A of transmitting, by an operation and maintenance server EM, “MDT config” to a subscriber management server HSS, and a step B of instructing, by the subscriber management server HSS, the target mobile station UE to perform the MDT measurement process through a mobility management node MME and a radio base station eNB when it is determined that the MDT measurement process by the target mobile station UE is approved. | 11-28-2013 |
20130324050 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device may be provided. The radio communication device may include: a measurement circuit configured to measure a first reception quality of a first signal from another radio communication device and configured to measure a second reception quality of a second signal from the other radio communication device; a transmitter configured to transmit information related to the measured first reception quality to the other radio communication device; a memory configured to store information related to the transmitted information; a comparison circuit configured to compare information related to the measured second reception quality with the stored information; a determiner configured to determine a quality of the previously transmitted information based on the comparison by the comparison circuit; and the transmitter further configured to transmit to the other radio communication device information indicating the determined quality of the previously transmitted information. | 12-05-2013 |
20130331039 | Optimization of Transmit Signal Polarization of an Adaptive Polarization Array (APA) - An Adaptive Polarization Array (APA) Algorithm is described for analyzing a wireless signal transmitted by an entity to determine a received polarization of the received wireless signal at a non-coherent receiver. The APA Algorithm determines a transmit polarization state for a transmitter to transmit signals to the entity based in part on the determined received polarization. The transmitter is an arbitrary-polarized transmitter configured to transmit signals at any polarization. | 12-12-2013 |
20130344814 | RADIO TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a radio communication unit | 12-26-2013 |
20140004800 | BACKGROUND CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR CALIBRATION | 01-02-2014 |
20140018008 | COMBINED SENSING METHODS FOR COGNITIVE RADIO - Embodiments of cognitive radio technology can recover and utilize under-utilized portions of statically-allocated radio-frequency spectrum. A plurality of sensing methods can be employed. Transmission power control can be responsive to adjacent channel measurements. Digital pre-distortion techniques can enhance performance. Embodiments of a high dynamic range transceiver architecture can be employed. | 01-16-2014 |
20140018009 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided are a receiving device, a receiving method, and a computer program capable of more reliably ascertaining the number and power of transmitting antennas so as to more accurately find a base station. A first power of a first signal transmitted from a first transmitting antenna and a second power of a second signal transmitted from a second transmitting antenna are measured, and a determination is made as to whether the ratio of the first power and the second power is larger than a predetermined threshold value. When a determination is made that the ratio of the first power and the second power is larger than the threshold value, a presumption is made that the number of transmitting antennas is two. | 01-16-2014 |
20140024315 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMPARISON OF RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DATA SIGNALS TRANSMITTED BY A DEVICE UNDER TEST (DUT) AND RECEIVED BY A TEST SYSTEM - A system and method for facilitating comparison of radio frequency (RF) data signals transmitted by a device under test (DUT) and received by a test system. A RF data signal received from a DUT is analyzed to provide analysis data indicative of conformance of the DUT operation with one or more applicable signal standards. The RF data signal is also converted to related conversion data that can be stored with state machine data corresponding to states of the signal testing subsystem. This state machine data can then be processed as needed with the analysis data and conversion data for off-line tasks such as debugging new test programs and procedures. | 01-23-2014 |
20140030982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTANCE ESTIMATE USING SIGNAL STRENGTH INFORMATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed herein for distance estimation using signal strength information. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a broadcast communication from one of a plurality of devices in a wireless mesh network in which devices communicate via peer-to-peer communication, measuring signal strength information corresponding to the received broadcast communication, and using the signal strength information to determine an estimate of distance between a first device and the one device. | 01-30-2014 |
20140030983 | RECEIVER UTILIZING MULTIPLE RADIATION PATTERNS TO DETERMINE ANGULAR POSITION - A receiver includes an antenna array, an angular positioning module, a low noise amplifier module, and a down conversion module. The antenna array is operable to receive an inbound wireless signal. The angular positioning module is operable to: receive a plurality of received inbound wireless signals from the antenna array. An angular position of a source of the inbound wireless signal is determined from at least some of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals based on a first radiation pattern and a second radiation pattern of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals; and output a representation of the inbound wireless signal. The low noise amplifier module is operably coupled to amplify the representation of the inbound wireless signal to produce an amplified inbound wireless signal. The down conversion module is operably coupled to convert the amplified inbound wireless signal into a baseband or near baseband signal. | 01-30-2014 |
20140045436 | Mobile Battery Consumption Analysis System and Method of Operating on Delta Charge Samples - A method for operation of a battery consumption analysis server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices over radio channels to receive packages of data recorded at each mobile device containing application use, and battery charging and discharging events. By receiving independent sets of information from the mobile device wherein independent sets comprise at least one of wireless phone activities and battery use, combining this information in such a way that the battery consumption or over consumption of specific applications are identified, the apparatus and method configures a display to identify the correspondingly bad applications to a user. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045437 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PERFORMING RADIO MEASUREMENT IN - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, responsive to receiving a request for a measurement in a mobile, the mobile determines whether time instances associated with the measurement coincide with time instances of location estimate availability in the mobile. Responsive to determining that location estimates are not available for a substantial fraction of the time instances when the measurement is requested, the mobile changes the time instances for the measurement and/or the time instances of location estimate availability to increase the availability of location estimates for the measurements. | 02-13-2014 |
20140045438 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORK BASED ON ANTENNA FEEDER APPARATUS - A method for optimizing a wireless network based on an antenna feeder apparatus, including: obtaining antenna feeder information of an antenna feeder apparatus and performance information of a wireless network structured by the antenna feeder apparatus; analyzing the antenna feeder information and the network performance information of the wireless network to obtain a required antenna feeder parameter; generating a regulation-control command by using the antenna feeder parameter and transmitting the regulation-control command to the antenna feeder apparatus; and regulating, by the antenna feeder apparatus, the antenna feeder parameter according to the regulation-control command to optimize the network performance of the wireless network. A system for optimizing a wireless network based on an antenna feeder apparatus is also disclosed. The application of the embodiments of the present invention improves optimizing efficiency, shortens an optimizing period, and improves the wireless network performance. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051363 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER TEST BED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for testing wireless transceivers in a virtual wireless environment including emulating an RF environment, creating virtual spectrum users having selectable transmission parameters and physical characteristics and evaluating the operation of the wireless transceiver in the virtual wireless environment. | 02-20-2014 |
20140057571 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING RADIATED POWER OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are an apparatus for measuring radiated power and a method thereof. The apparatus for measuring radiated power includes: a measurement unit configured to receive an RF signal radiated from an antenna of the wireless communication device to generate a radiated power measurement value; a driving unit configured to vertically ascend or descend the measurement unit from the ground; and an operation control unit configured to control the driving unit to ascend the measurement unit to a point at which the antenna is installed and convert the radiated power measurement value into a measurement value on a target point. In accordance with the embodiment of the present invention, even when the antenna of the wireless communication device is inclined to the ground, the radiated power of the wireless communication device can be accurately measured by compensating for the change in the measurement distance due to the inclined angle. | 02-27-2014 |
20140057572 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALIGNMENT OF SENSORS IN A SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for alignment of sensor units comprised in at least two independent communication devices operating in the same environment, the method may comprise the steps of receiving a first signal representing sensor data collected by a first sensor unit comprised in a first communication device, receiving a second signal representing sensor data collected by a second sensor unit comprised in a second communication device, calculating a correlation function between the first signal and the second signal, defining the time difference between first and second signals by finding a maximum in the correlation function while time shifting the first and the second signals and calibrate the first and second sensor units to compensate for the defined time difference. | 02-27-2014 |
20140065974 | Battery Conservation in Stationary Conditions for a Wireless Device - Conserving battery by a wireless user equipment (UE) device in substantially stationary conditions. A first wireless link may be established with a first cell. It may be determined that the UE device is substantially stationary. One or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics associated with the first wireless link may be measured. The one or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics may be below a first threshold. The UE may ordinarily be configured to perform a search for neighboring cells if the one or more signal strength and/or signal quality metrics are below the first threshold. The UE may not actually perform a search for neighboring cells, based on determining that the UE is substantially stationary. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065975 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING RADIO SENSING DATA - A system for generating spectrum environment data receives spectrum sensing data from a wireless electronic device. The sensing data includes, for each of plural channels, a sensing measurement value expressed with a sensing resolution bandwidth and indicative of perceived signal strength. The system normalizes the received sensing measurement values so that each value has a predetermined analysis resolution bandwidth. The system also calibrates the normalized sensing measurement values to adjust for differences between perceived signal strength and predicted signal strength for at least one reference channel on which a protected transmitter with known operational characteristics transmits. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065976 | Systems and Methods for Determining Mobile Thing Motion Activity (MTMA) Using Sensor Data of Wireless Communication Device (WCD) and Initiating Activity-Based Actions - Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for accurately identifying a moving thing motion activity (MTMA) associated with a mobile thing (MT) using sensor data from one or more sensors associated with a wireless communication device (WCD) transported by the MT so as to enable or initiate a further one or more activity based actions. One such method, among others, comprises: (a) receiving first and second data from one or more sensors (e.g., accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, etc.) associated with a wireless communication device (WCD) transported by a mobile thing (MT), the first and second data indicative of movement of the WCD; (b) determining reference data that defines a reference framework from the first data; (c) normalizing the second data with the reference data so that the second data can be analyzed in the reference framework; and (d) identifying an MTMA associated with the MT based upon the normalized second data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065977 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus detects strength of electric wave which is transmitted from a wireless communication terminal and received through a leaky coaxial cable and executes the data transmission to the wireless communication terminal by transmitting the electric wave from the leaky coaxial cable if the detected strength of the electric wave is equal to or greater than a set value. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a communication device comprising: a detection unit that detects presence or absence of communication connection with a server storing data related to a communication environment of a communication area where a first communication service is provided; a data acquisition unit that acquires data related to a surrounding communication environment; and a determination unit that determines availability of usage of a second communication service using a part or whole of a spectrum assigned to the first communication service based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit, wherein when communication connection with the server is not detected by the detection unit, the data acquisition unit senses a communication environment surrounding the communication device or receives data related to a communication environment from another communication device located near the communication device. | 03-06-2014 |
20140073261 | WHITE SPACE UTILIZATION - The concepts relate to radio white space utilization. One example can measure a potential radio white space frequency. The example can also communicate results of the measuring for other devices and receive other results from the other devices relating to the potential radio white space frequency. The method can further determine whether the potential radio white space frequency is actually an available radio white space frequency based upon the results and the other results. | 03-13-2014 |
20140073262 | PROXIMITY TAG FOR OBJECT TRACKING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a systems and methods of loss prevention, discovery, and tracking of personal belongings through the use of wireless hardware and mobile electronic devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, and portable computers. One embodiment of the present invention may be directed to a mobile communication device comprising a processor, an antenna, a transceiver device electrically coupled to the antenna and the processor, and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and comprising code executable by the processor to implement a method. The method may include receiving a wireless communication from a wireless apparatus attached to an object, determining a signal strength reading from the communication, determining if the signal strength reading is below an adaptable alert threshold, and if the signal strength reading is below the alert threshold, alerting a user. | 03-13-2014 |
20140080421 | TERMINAL HAVING TRANSFER MODE AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD - A terminal and a network connection method to automatically connect devices to a network and transfer data to the devices using the received signal strength indication (RSSI) levels of signals respectively received from the devices. The terminal may transfer different data to devices based on the RSSI level of the signals received from the devices and/or the locations of the devices. | 03-20-2014 |
20140080422 | TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a transmission method, apparatus, and system for uplink transmit diversity, which relate to the field of communications. To determine activation or deactivation of uplink transmit diversity in time and effectively to improve uplink transmission quality, the technical solution provided in the present invention is as follows: determining, by a base station, to activate/deactivate uplink transmit diversity of a user equipment and sending an activation/deactivate request indication to a radio network controller, the activation/deactivate request indication is used for the radio network controller to instruct the user equipment to activate/deactivate the uplink transmit diversity. The present invention is applicable to the control of uplink transmit diversity transmission. | 03-20-2014 |
20140094127 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES BASED ON MACHINE DEVICE CAPABILITY INFORMATION - Devices and methods for adjusting resource management procedures based on machine device capability information are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for adjusting resource management procedures in a machine device communicating with a node operating in a communication network includes receiving a first message from the machine device, the first message including machine device capability information, processing the received machine device capability information to determine an adjustment to a resource management procedure, and transmitting a second message to the machine device, the second message including the determined resource management procedure adjustment. The first and second messages may be radio resource control (RRC) messages, such as RRC connection request and setup messages. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099900 | Adaptive Channel Estimation for Coordinated Multipoint Cellular Communication - Adaptive channel estimation technique selection for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) cellular communication in a wireless user equipment (UE) device. A channel estimation technique according to which to perform channel estimation may be determined, from at least two possible channel estimation techniques, for each respective cell of a plurality of cells. Channel estimation may be performed on each respective cell of the plurality of cells according to the determined channel estimation technique for the respective cell. Multipoint channel state information may be generated based on the channel estimates for the plurality of cells. The multipoint channel state information may be transmitted to a first cell in a wireless manner. The multipoint channel state information may be used to select a CoMP joint transmission cluster for the UE. | 04-10-2014 |
20140113570 | METHOD FOR TESTING TRANSMISSION MODES OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for testing transmission modes of a wireless communication device. According to the method, a switching range is determined in a parameter space in a test device. The parameter of the parameter space describes the quality of transmission and influences a recommendation for a transmission mode to be adjusted in a device to be tested. The switching range is a subspace of the parameter space and contains at least one switching limit for the recommendation for the subsequent transmission mode to be adjusted. In a further step, random parameter points from the switching range are generated depending on a probability distribution which is defined for the switching range. A signal is generated for every parameter point and has a transmission mode determined by the parameter point and is transmitted to the device to be tested. The device to be tested then transmits one response signal per received signal to the test device, the response signal containing a recommendation for a subsequent transmission mode to be adjusted. All recommendations from all received response signals are evaluated in the test device. | 04-24-2014 |
20140120843 | WIRELESS DEVICE, SENSOR UNIT, WIRELESS UNIT, AND METHOD FOR SETTING WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device may include a sensor unit and a wireless unit. The sensor unit may include: an input/output unit that measures or manipulating a state quantity in a process; a first local communication unit that performs local communication to transmit/receive measurement results or manipulation commands for the input/output unit; and a first supply unit that supplies power to the input/output unit and the first local communication unit. The wireless unit may include: a wireless communication unit that transmits/receives the measurement results or the manipulation commands for the input/output unit; a second local communication unit that performs local communication with the first local communication unit to transmit/receive the measurement results or the manipulation commands for the input/output unit; and a second supply unit that supplies power to the wireless communication unit and the second local communication unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140128004 | CONVERTING SAMPLES OF A SIGNAL AT A SAMPLE RATE INTO SAMPLES OF ANOTHER SIGNAL AT ANOTHER SAMPLE RATE - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a determiner, converter, adapter, and modifier. The determiner is configured to generate a representation of a difference between a first frequency at which a first signal is sampled and a second frequency at which a second signal is sampled, and the converter is configured to generate a second sample of the first signal at a second time in response to the representation and a first sample of the first signal at a first time. The adapter is configured to generate a sample of a modifier signal in response to the second sample of the first signal, and the modifier is configured to generate a modified sample of the second signal in response to a sample of the second signal and the sample of the modifier signal. For example, such an apparatus may be able to reduce the magnitude of an echo signal in a system having an audio pickup (e.g., a microphone) near an audio output (e.g., a speaker). | 05-08-2014 |
20140128005 | FEMTOCELL USE FOR RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORK SWEEPS - Systems and methods that utilize femtocell access points (FAP) to perform radio frequency (RF) network sweeps are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: predicting an availability of an access point (AP) to perform an RF network sweep; and determining that the access point is available to perform the RF network sweep based, at least, on a prediction that a mobile device on a white list for the access point is not likely to access the access point during a time interval associated with performing the RF network sweep. In another embodiment, a method includes: comparing a network quality characteristic for a wireless channel associated with a FAP with a network quality characteristic for a wired network communicatively coupled to the FAP. The network quality characteristics can be the same. The method can then include employing the comparison to determine to which network an impairment is attributable. | 05-08-2014 |
20140134955 | WIRELESS DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A wireless device includes a receiver that receives a first radio signal transmitted from a first communication device and a second radio signal transmitted from a second communication device, and a processor that detects a first arrival direction which is a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the received first radio signal and a second arrival direction which is a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the received second radio signal and generates a first signal for guiding the wireless device so as to be located on a straight line that extends in a propagation direction of the second radio signal received by the first communication device based on the detected first and second arrival directions. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134956 | Pseudo-Omni-Directional Beamforming with Multiple Narrow-Band Beams - In a technique for communication with a station on a wireless network, the technique includes forming a plurality of narrow-band beams, each having a different angular direction from an antenna of a base station and collectively distributed over a beamspace to form a pseudo-omni-directional beam pattern. That beamspace may span an entire spherical region or a portion thereof, for example, when the narrow-band beams are broadcast over a sector of an entire spherical region. The technique may assign each of the plurality of narrow-band beams to a different frequency band (such as a different channel band or sub-channel) on the wireless network. The technique may simultaneously broadcast the plurality of narrow-band beams in a time-varying manner such that the angular direction of each of the plurality of narrow-band beams varies with time, where that variation may be random or ordered. | 05-15-2014 |
20140148102 | Configuration of a Data Collection Agent and its Distribution System - A wireless device user controls participation in a study panel. The device contains a data collection agent installed by the user, the manufacturer, or a distributor. The user enlists in a study panel. The essential steps include: a user obtains a panel identification identity and provides it to a data collection agent; the data collection agent receives the panel identification identity and uses it to initiate the transfer of a data collection profile. Upon receiving the data collection profile, the data collection agent on the wireless device is configured to participate in a specific study. The agent is controlled by the profile to record metrics and user selections, transform the data into a package, and transmit the package to a destination package reception server determined in the profile. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148103 | WIRELESS SENSOR MODULE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEASUREMENT DATA THEREBY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A wireless sensor module has a sensor that measures a measuring object to generate measured data, a wireless communication section that wirelessly transmits the measured data to an external device and receives a radio signal from the external device, a control section that controls the sensor and the wireless communication section, and an electric power storage device that serves as an electric power supply. The control section secures an idle period of time in a series of operations for processing the measured data so that the series of operations are not carried out consecutively. The series of operations includes an operation in which the sensor generates the measured data, and an operation in which the wireless communication section wirelessly transmits the measured data to the external device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140154995 | ADAPTIVE RF SYSTEM TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for testing an adaptive RF system in an emulated RF environment using a feedback control module to efficiently and accurately evaluate the performance of the RF system under test in the search space. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154996 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A RADIO DELAY OF A WIRELESS DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of calibrating a radio delay. For example, a radio delay calibrator may calibrate at least one radio delay of a radio of a wireless communication device based on one or more calibration messages received by the wireless communication device from one or more other wireless communication devices, the calibration messages including calibration information, which is based on radio delays of the one or more other wireless communication devices. | 06-05-2014 |
20140162564 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication control apparatus includes a processor that is configured to determine a congestion state of uplink communication of a base station; and cause a mobile station that attempts to establish connection to the base station while increasing transmission power stepwise from an initial value, to set the initial value to be a first value, upon determining the congestion state to be a first congestion state and to set the initial value to be a second value that is greater than the first value, upon determining the congestion state to be a second congestion state that is heavier than the first congestion state. | 06-12-2014 |
20140162565 | Antenna Device and Control Method Thereof - A method for controlling an antenna is provided. The antenna can rotate in a signal area and point to one of a plurality of scanning sectors of the signal area. The method includes: (a) measuring an environment identification data in an initial scanning sector of the scanning sectors and determining if the environment identification data matches an operation identification data; (b) if the environment identification data matches the operation identification data, measuring an environment evaluation signal, wherein the environment evaluation signal corresponds to the environment identification data; (c) comparing the environment evaluation signal with an operation evaluation signal, wherein the operation identification data corresponds to the operation evaluation signal; and (d) maintaining the antenna in the initial scanning sector and recording the environment evaluation signal if the environment evaluation signal is larger than or equal to the operation evaluation signal. | 06-12-2014 |
20140170983 | RESILIENT ANTENNA DISTURBANCE DETECTOR - A resilient antenna disturbance detector is provided. A signal generator generates an unclonable integrity test signal. The antenna reflects a signal in response to the integrity test signal. A comparator determines whether the reflected signal matches the integrity test signal and a controller signals the disturbance of the antenna to a monitoring device if the energy level of the reflected signal is greater than a predetermined threshold and the reflected signal matches the integrity test signal. The detector provides the advantage of preventing an external receiver and transmitter from predicting and transmitting the integrity test signal to the antenna to interfere with disturbance detection. Also provided is a security system with resilient antenna disturbance detection. | 06-19-2014 |
20140170984 | REMOTELY CONFIGURABLE WIRELESS INTERCOM SYSTEM FOR AN ESTABLISHMENT - Systems and methods associated with an intercom system for a drive-through, quick service restaurant facility is disclosed. Generally, a plurality of headsets is configured for communication with a base station. A speaker is associated with the drive-through facility is configured to be located near a menu board, and is configured for communication with the base station. A microphone is also configured to be located near the menu board and configured for communication with the base station. A plurality of parameters control the configuration of the intercom system, and the base station is connectable to a wide area communication network to enable remote adjustment of the plurality of parameters. | 06-19-2014 |
20140179237 | Adaptive Crowdsourcing Using Mobile Device Generated Parameters - Method and apparatus for performing crowdsourcing are disclosed. The method may include monitoring environment of a mobile device, determining a level of crowdsourcing in accordance with one or more mobile device generated parameters corresponding to the environment, and performing crowdsourcing in accordance with the level of crowdsourcing determined. The level of crowdsourcing comprises one or more of quantity of crowdsourcing data to be collected by the mobile device, frequency of crowdsourcing operations to be performed by the mobile device, and type of quantization to be applied to the crowdsourcing data collected. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179238 | Systems and Methods for Quality of Experience Measurement and Wireless Network Recommendation - Systems and methods for quality of experience measurement and wireless network recommendation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises connecting to a non-cellular wireless data network, the digital device capable of communicating over a cellular network, transmitting a plurality of pings to a QoE system accessible over the non-cellular wireless data network, receiving a set of ping responses from the QoE system in response to the plurality of pings, calculating a QoE score based on the set of ping responses, and determining whether to maintain connectivity with the non-cellular wireless data network based on the QoE score. | 06-26-2014 |
20140187170 | System and Method for Testing a Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit - In an embodiment, a method of testing a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) includes generating high frequency test signals using the on-chip test circuit, measuring signal levels using on-chip power detectors, and controlling and monitoring the on-chip test circuit using low frequency signals. The RFIC circuit is configured to operate at high frequencies, and an on-chip test circuit that includes frequency generation circuitry configured to operate during test modes. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187171 | AAS-BASED INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, SYSTEM, UE AND BASE STATION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an advanced antenna system AAS-based method for information interaction, which includes: sending, by a base station, a connection reconfiguration request to a user equipment (UE) which accesses the base station, and receiving a measurement report message returned from the UE, where the measurement report message carries three-dimensional coordinate information of the UE; performing, by the base station, beamforming according to the three-dimensional coordinate information of the UE carried in the measurement report message. Embodiments of the invention further disclose an AAS-based system for information interaction, a UE and a base station. Embodiments of the present invention can provide a more effective and more accurate beam to the UE, improve communication service quality and enhance performance of a wireless communication system. | 07-03-2014 |
20140194068 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COMMUNICATION PARAMETERS - The disclosed embodiments include a network management system for managing communications of a wireless device. The network management system includes memory for storing data and executable instructions; and a processing component in communication with the memory. In one embodiment, the processing component configured to execute the executable instructions to perform operations such as, but not limited to, receiving network performance information from a plurality of wireless access points; and sending an instruction to the wireless device that modifies at least one wireless connectivity parameter of the wireless device to improve communications on the wireless device based on the network performance information. | 07-10-2014 |
20140206293 | BLIND SPOT DETERMINATION - A method comprising maintaining (A, B), by a device ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140213191 | WIRELESS DEVICE LINK METRIC FOR EFFECTIVE COMPARISON OF MULTI-HOP ROUTES IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS - Link metrics for communication paths in multi-hop wireless mesh networks of industrial radio device are determined based on signal strength and traffic level performance of each link in the communication paths. A path metric is determined from the link metrics and path metrics are compared and utilized for optimal routing of messages through the network. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213192 | SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE REDUCTION - Embodiments provide apparatus, methods, and computer readable mediums with programming instructions that enable determinations of specific absorption rates relative to a threshold. In response, a device may alternate use of the first transceiver and the second transceiver to cooperatively transmit an amount of data and reduce the specific absorption rate. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213193 | FREQUENCY OFFSET COMPENSATION FOR WIFI RANGING - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for determining accurate ranging measurements between communication devices. Various embodiments are described for recording timestamps associated with when transmissions are sent and received between the communication devices. The communication devices are configured to determine a difference in their clock frequencies and to communicate this difference with one another. Furthermore, each of the communication devices is configured to compensate for these differences before or after the timestamps are exchanged and to send a compensation indicator of whether the compensation has been performed. If the compensation has not been performed, either of the communication devices can compensate for the clock frequency differences after receiving the timestamps based on the compensation indicator. By using compensated clock frequencies based on a single clock reference, highly accurate ranging measurements are obtained using round trip propagation time calculations. | 07-31-2014 |
20140213194 | MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE-TESTS CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NETWORK ELEMENT DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an MDT control method, system, and network element device. The network element device acquires an MDT PLMN list, where the MDT PLMN List includes at least two PLMN identities, and UEs in at least two PLMNs corresponding to the at least two PLMN identities can perform MDT in the at least two PLMNs; when a first UE accesses a current PLMN, the network element device acquires and determines that a user intention of the first UE is to permit performing the MDT; the network element device judges whether the MDT PLMN List includes an HPLMN identity or an EHPLMN identity of the first UE; and when the MDT PLMN List includes the HPLMN identity or EHPLMN identity of the first UE, the network element device instructs the first UE to perform the MDT measurements. | 07-31-2014 |
20140220904 | Unknown - There is provided a wireless transmission system comprising at least one mobile transmitter for wireless audio transmission having a user interface. The wireless audio transmission system further has a stationary receiver for receiving the wireless audio transmission from the at least one mobile transmitter. The receiver has a receiving unit for wirelessly receiving the audio signals transmitted from the mobile transmitters. The stationary receiver also has an audio processing unit for performing audio processing of the audio signals received by the receiving unit and a sound check unit for analyzing the wireless audio signals received by the receiving unit. The stationary receiver further has a transmitter for transmitting at least parts of the analysis of the sound check unit to the mobile transmitters by way of a return channel. | 08-07-2014 |
20140235176 | PERFORMING INTER-FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS IN A MOBILE NETWORK - Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for performing inter-frequency measurements in a mobile network are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include a mobile station receiving, from a network, one or more lists specifying a set of frequencies for which measurements are to be performed. Such example methods also include the mobile station varying a rate at which the measurements are to be performed for a first frequency of the set of frequencies based on a number of frequencies for which the measurements are to be performed. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235177 | Method and System for Automatically Identifying Wireless Signal Quality of a Region - A method for automatically identifying wireless signal quality of a region includes receiving signal quality information associated with wireless signals received by each of a plurality of mobile endpoints and receiving location information identifying locations of each of the plurality of mobile endpoints. The method also includes, based on the received signal quality information and the received location information, identifying a first region of an area, the first region having a first signal quality. | 08-21-2014 |
20140242916 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND USING CONGESTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are for receiving a set of individual congestion reports, wherein each individual congestion report comprises a set of congestion values and an associated location. Each individual congestion report has been generated by one of a plurality of user devices operating in a wireless communication system and is based on at least one of a downlink congestion value, an uplink congestion value, and a core congestion value. The set of individual congestion reports is correlated to form one or more local congestion reports. One or more local congestion reports are transmitted to a user device. Additionally or alternatively, user device application interactions with a user device are altered based on the one or more local congestion reports. Additionally or alternatively, network performance parameters are altered to reduce congestion in at least on region based on one or more local congestion reports. | 08-28-2014 |
20140248840 | ADAPTIVE FILTERING OF CELL MEASUREMENTS - A method for adaptive filtering of cell measurements is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device determining based on instantaneous measurement samples of a cell captured over a measurement period that a fading condition of the cell exceeds a threshold. The method can further include the wireless communication device modifying a network configured filter coefficient to derive a modified filter coefficient in response to the fading condition of the cell exceeding the threshold over the measurement period. The method can additionally include the wireless communication device filtering the instantaneous measurement samples based on the modified filter coefficient to calculate a filtered measurement of the cell. The method can also include the wireless communication device calculating an adjusted measurement value for the cell based on the filtered measurement. The method can further include the wireless communication device using the adjusted measurement value for event evaluation and reporting. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248841 | System, Method, and Circuit for Distance Measurement Between Two Nodes of a Radio Network - A system and method for distance measurement between two nodes of a radio network is provided. A first unmodulated carrier signal is transmitted by the first node and received by the second node. A second unmodulated carrier signal is transmitted by the second node and received by the first node. A first value and a second value of a first phase are measured by the first node, whereby the first value of the first phase is assigned to a first frequency of the received second carrier signal and the second value the first phase is assigned to a second frequency of the received second carrier signal, whereby the first frequency and the second frequency have a frequency difference. A third value and a fourth value of a second phase are measured by the second node, whereby the third value of the second phase is assigned to a third frequency of the received first carrier signal and the fourth value of the second phase to a fourth frequency of the received first carrier signal, whereby the third frequency and the fourth frequency have the frequency difference. The distance is determined from the frequency difference from the first value and the second value of the first phase and from the third value and fourth value of the second phase. | 09-04-2014 |
20140248842 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TEST (MDT) FOR SPECIFIC AREA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and terminal for providing a wireless communication service, and more particularly, a method of effectively perform an operation of MDT (Minimization Driving Test) for a specific area or a specific cell in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from a UMTS, Long Term Evolution (LTE) System or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system. | 09-04-2014 |
20140256265 | METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS RADIO NETWORK OPTIMIZATION USING STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATION - A method of determining, within a radio network, an optimal value of at least one network parameter having an associated performance metric, the network having at least a base station and a user equipment (UE), the method including: providing a mathematical representation function (MRF) for the performance metric such that an optimal value for each of the at least one network parameter provides a result of zero in the MRF; making at least one noisy observation of the MRF from the network; and recursively updating the at least one network parameter based on the at least one noisy observation to obtain the optimal value for each of the at least one network parameter that provides the result of zero in the MRF. | 09-11-2014 |
20140256266 | SYMBIOTIC SYSTEM FOR TESTING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL COVERAGE IN AREAS NEAR TRANSPORT ROUTES - A cooperative system for testing signal strength near a target area selected by a wireless provider is disclosed, using test units installed in the fleet vehicles of an unrelated service enterprise. The system in one embodiment includes an algorithm for comparing test parameters to the route data contained in the dispatch plan for the fleet vehicles, in order to identify the optimal routes on which to send test units. A computer software product for storing the parameters and executing the algorithms is also disclosed. Signal testing in a target area is accomplished through the symbiotic relationship between the testing units and the fleet vehicles, whereby the wireless provider benefits from unit carriage along routes already being traveled by the fleet vehicles for a different purpose. This Abstract is provided quickly inform a reader about the subject matter, and not for use interpreting the scope or meaning of the claims. | 09-11-2014 |
20140273866 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RECEIVE DIVERSITY ON A WIRELESS DEVICE - Techniques for controlling receive diversity on a wireless device are disclosed. In one aspect, one or more thresholds are determined based on one or more parameters. One or more other parameters are compared against the one or more thresholds to determine whether to enable or disable receive diversity. For example, a wireless device may determine a threshold value based on a first parameter related to communication of the wireless device. The wireless device may decide to enable or disable receive diversity based on a second parameter and the threshold value. The wireless device may receive data transmission with receive diversity when a decision is made to enable receive diversity. The first parameter may relate to characteristics of data being received by the wireless device and may be represented by percentage downlink utilization. The second parameter may relate to channel conditions and may be represented by an improvement in received signal quality with receive diversity enabled. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH BATTERY-POWERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An apparatus, system and method for communicating with a battery-powered electronic device having a wireless receiver, wherein the receiver is power-cycled once every predetermined time period. In one embodiment, the method comprises, determining a power cycle time of the battery-powered electronic device, the power cycle time comprising a time period over which the battery-powered electronic device completes a cycle of operating in a dormant state of operation and operating in an active mode of operation, defining a transmission time duration equal to or greater than the power cycle time, storing the transmission time duration in a memory, and transmitting a signal intended for the battery-powered electronic device, the signal lasting for at least the transmission time duration. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273868 | DRIVER DISTRACTION DETECTION AND REPORTING - A system including a communication detection and classification apparatus configured to detect and classify radio signals is disclosed. The system may include a communication service detection unit configured to detect available radio communication services and to store system parameters relating to the available radio communication services in a memory, an access probe and energy detection unit configured to detect a radio signal within a proximity to the communication detection and classification apparatus and to store the detected radio signal, wherein the radio signal is communicated over one of the detected available radio communication services, an analysis unit configured to analyze the detected radio signal, and a classification unit configured to classify a type of activity of the detected radio signal based on an output of the analysis unit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273869 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LTE INTERFERENCE DETECTION - Systems and methods are provided for identifying whether a signal is an LTE signal. The method includes receiving, using control circuitry, a signal. The method includes computing a measurement of the received signal, determining a signal parameter corresponding to a system parameter specific to an LTE standard, and identifying whether the received signal is an LTE signal based on the determined signal parameter. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273870 | INTERACTIVE RF SYSTEM TESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for evaluating the interactivity of RF devices in a virtual RF environment having selective virtual spectrum users remotely controlled by a web browser, where the virtual spectrum users have selectable interactivity parameters, and the virtual RF spectrum can be selectively changed, and the performance of the virtual spectrum users is evaluated and assigned scores as a function of the evaluation to determine which virtual spectrum user receives the highest amount of points. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273871 | Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management - Systems, methods, and devices enable spectrum management by identifying, classifying, and cataloging signals of interest based on radio frequency measurements. In an embodiment, signals and the parameters of the signals may be identified and indications of available frequencies may be presented to a user. In another embodiment, the protocols of signals may also be identified. In a further embodiment, the modulation of signals, data types carried by the signals, and estimated signal origins may be identified. | 09-18-2014 |
20140273872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINIATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287692 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Statistics for Direction of Departure | 09-25-2014 |
20140287693 | SPECTRUM SENSING - Provided are methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for performing spectrum sensing on a spectrum. A method comprises receiving, at a user equipment, information regarding performing spectrum sensing from a base station; performing, based upon the information, the spectrum sensing by the user equipment in an idle mode; and transmitting, by the user equipment out of the idle mode, to the base station a result of the spectrum sensing. With the claimed inventions, transmission interruption caused by non-idle user equipments performing the spectrum sensing would be eliminated. | 09-25-2014 |
20140295769 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A METRIC FOR A BASE STATION'S DOWNLINK/UPLINK PATH UTILIZING A RADIO FREQUENCY SCANNER AND THE RADIO FREQUENCY SCANNER - In one embodiment, the radio frequency scanner includes a detector configured to receive signals for transmission by the base station, and to detect a presence metric for each carrier expected in the received signals. A processor is configured to determine if the base station is operating improperly based on the detected presence metrics. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295770 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR USER EQUIPMENT TO REPORT A MEASUREMENT RESULT - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for a UE to report a measurement result and the UE, which may timely and accurately report the measurement result to a base station and improve the communication continuity of the UE. The method for UE to report a measurement result includes: determining a moving speed state of the UE, and determining a measurement parameter according to the moving speed state; acquiring a measurement period of the UE according to the determined measurement parameter; and in the measurement period, measuring a cell to obtain a measurement result, and reporting the measurement result to a serving base station of the UE. The present disclosure is suitable for UE to report a measurement result. | 10-02-2014 |
20140308903 | System and Method for Sensing Signal Disruption - A system for sensing disruption to a signal propagating along a guiding medium for guiding electromagnetic surface waves, the system comprising: a guiding medium for guiding electromagnetic surface waves; a transmitter arranged to transmit electromagnetic surface waves along the guiding medium; a receiver arranged to receive electromagnetic surface waves transmitted along the guiding medium and to measure changes to a signal transmitted via the guiding medium in order to sense disruption to said signals based on said measured changes. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308904 | NETWORK DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PERFORMANCE OF A RADIO NETWORK DURING FUNCTIONAL OVER-THE-AIR OPERATION - An apparatus determining network health in a network comprising base station transceivers in bidirectional communication with radios, each having an identifier and transmitting a signal including the identifier. First and second devices each receive the transmitted signal during normal over-the-air operation of the radio, measure signal parameters, and determine operating characteristics of the radio from the parameters. Each of the devices produce a responsive received signal when the first operating characteristics determined by the first device indicate a healthy first radio and the second device produces a responsive received signal when the second operating characteristics determined by the second device indicate a healthy first radio. The devices determine respective signal parameters of the respective received signals. The received signals are time aligned to insure that the devices have determined the respective signal parameters of the same transmitted signal. Network health is indicated by the first and second operating characteristics. | 10-16-2014 |
20140308905 | Flexible Configuration of Channel Measurement - There are provided measures for flexible configuration of channel measurement, particularly in CoMP communication and/or CoMP-enabled heterogeneous network deployments. Such measures may exemplarily include acquiring one or more reference signal patterns for channel measurement, each reference signal pattern defining a predefined number of ports subject to channel measurement, configuring a channel measurement set for a terminal by selecting ports out of the acquired one or more reference signal patterns and combining the selected ports in at least two channel measurement patterns, and instructing channel measurements at the terminal based on the at least two channel measurement patterns in the configured channel measurement set. | 10-16-2014 |
20140315495 | Systems and Methods for Predictive Radio-Frequency Testing of Electronic Devices - A test system may test the radio-frequency (RF) performance of wireless electronic devices under test (DUTs). The RF performance of the DUTs may be characterized by a set of performance metrics. The test system may obtain correlation information for each performance metric in the set of performance metrics. The correlation information may identify predictor performance metrics and associated dependent performance metrics in the set of performance metrics. The test system may gather measurement data from a selected DUT by measuring the predictor performance metrics on the selected DUT. The production test station may generate a conditional probability distribution for the dependent performance metric given the measurement data and the correlation information. The production test station may determine whether to omit testing of the dependent performance metric for the selected DUT by comparing an area under the conditional probability distribution for the dependent performance metric to a predetermined threshold. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315496 | WIRELESS QUALITY COLLECTING DEVICE, WIRELESS QUALITY COLLECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A wireless quality collecting device receives quality information on a wireless area from a terminal device that is located in the wireless area. For each region belonging to a predetermined range, the wireless quality collecting device counts the number of pieces of the received quality information. For a region in which the total number of pieces of the counted quality information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number, from among pieces of the quality information belonging to the region, the wireless quality collecting device selects the predetermined number of pieces of the quality information and stores the selected quality information in a storing unit. | 10-23-2014 |
20140323056 | Systems, methods, and devices having databases for electronic spectrum management - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time, which is stored on each apparatus or device and/or on a remote server computer that aggregates data from each apparatus or device. | 10-30-2014 |
20140323057 | Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of signals and devices in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and automatically identifying signals and devices, comparing and storing data from a multiplicity of units and automatically generating reports for a wireless communications spectrum in near real time. | 10-30-2014 |
20140323058 | Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying open space - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time. | 10-30-2014 |
20140335794 | System and Method for Automated Testing of Mobile Computing Devices - Methods and systems are disclosed that determine a device's operational characteristics, and then self-adjusts to the device's capabilities. Operational characteristics of the device can provide use cases, which can include, without limitation, voice calls, email (push or manual), Bluetooth, WiFi, WiMax or other near-range or midrange wireless protocol communication (synchronized, idle or active), video or audio playback (streaming over a network or local from a local memory store), Global Positioning System (GPS) communication, web browsing, short messaging service (SMS), camera (image acquisition, manipulation, editing and storage), and other use cases. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335795 | Software Applications For Displaying And Or Recording Receiver Signal Strengths And Other Parameters - A software application installed on a mobile device periodically measures a parameter and records it along with the position associated with the measurement. These data are recorded on the device's internal memory and displayed in the form of a map so that users can navigate to locations with desired parameter levels. In one embodiment, this parameter may be cellular signal strength, allowing users in areas with no useable cellular signal to find a location where a phone call can be placed. Parameter and location data may be displayed in a map as they are acquired or in other embodiments they may be preloaded onto the device, for example allowing cellular signal strength maps to be displayed on a device even when it has no current data connection. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335796 | MONITORING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING USING RADIO FREQUENCY EMISSIONS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a monitoring system is capable of monitoring the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of one or more persons occupying a building. The monitoring system includes an information handling system having a radio-frequency (RF) scanner capable of scanning the RF ambient environment of the building. When an individual uses devices in the building that emit RF signals or emissions, the RF signals are detected by the RF scanner and analyzed by the information handling system. The characteristics of the detected RF signals are compared to a database of signature of known devices. If a detected RF signal matches the signature of a known device, the use of the device is logged into a database for ADL analysis. | 11-13-2014 |
20140342673 | METHODS OF AND SYSTEMS FOR LOGGING AND/OR COMPARING RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM DATA - Radio signals over a spectrum of radio frequencies are sampled for individual time periods of a set of plural time periods to give respective spectrum data for each of the time periods (of the set of plural time periods). The respective spectrum data for each of the time periods (of the set of plural time periods) is then stored in memory. The respective spectrum data for subsets of time periods (of the set of plural time periods) is then consolidated to give respective consolidated spectrum data for each of the subsets of time periods (of the set of plural time periods). The respective consolidated spectrum data for each of the subsets of time periods (of the set of plural time periods) is then stored in memory. The step of consolidating respective spectrum data for subsets of time periods is repeated for progressively larger subsets of time periods. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349582 | POSITIONING METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT, DATA SENDING METHOD, DEVICE AND USER EQUIPMENT - A positioning method for a user equipment, a data sending method, a device and a user equipment are disclosed. After receiving a positioning service trigger, the method comprises: acquiring a velocity estimate of a UE to be positioned; selecting configuration information of a PRS according to the velocity estimate, setting a PRS sending period of an evolved base station eNB, and sending the PRS sending period to the eNB; sending the configuration information of the PRS to the UE, enabling the UE to receive the PRS sent by the eNB according to the configuration of the PRS and estimate a measurement of RSTD; and receiving the measurement of RSTD sent by the UE, and calculating a geographic position of the UE according to the measurement of RSTD. The embodiments of the disclosure improve effectively the accuracy of positioning the user equipment. | 11-27-2014 |
20140349583 | MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE TESTS DATA AND RADIO LINK FAILURE INFORMATION CORRELATION - A method, apparatus, system, and computer-readable medium is provided for performing RLF functionality within a trace functionality. As part of trace functionality, RLF information, in the form of one or more RLF reports, is collected. When MDT information is also collected as part of trace functionality, the RLF information and the MDT information is correlated. | 11-27-2014 |
20140357196 | Methods for Calibrating Receive Signal Strength Data in Wireless Electronic Devices - A wireless electronic device may include wireless communications circuitry and processing circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may receive radio-frequency signals from external communications circuitry in a number of frequency channels of a communications band. The processing circuitry may gather received signal quality data such as receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) values from the radio-frequency signals received in each of the frequency channels. The processing circuitry may accumulate respective probability distributions of gathered RSSI values for each frequency channel and may compare each of the probability distributions to generate RSSI offset values for each frequency channel. The processing circuitry may gather additional RSSI values in one or more frequency channels and may adjust the additional RSSI values based on the associated RSSI offset values. The processing circuitry may use the adjusted RSSI values to determine an accurate location of the wireless electronic device. | 12-04-2014 |
20140357197 | Method of Reporting an Aggregated Measurement in Wireless Communication System - Disclosed is the radio (wireless) communication system providing a radio communication service and the terminal, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting an aggregated measurement report to a network in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (E-UMTS) evolved from the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) or a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364065 | METHOD FOR JOINT CELL MEASUREMENT AND SYSTEM INFORMATION IDENTIFICATION - The present disclosure relates to a method for determining an impact factor of a mobile communication system, wherein reference signals of a detection space defined by an impact factor are examined. Examining in this context refers to trying to detect, hence blindly detect, cell specific reference signals. The detection space is divided into a plurality of subsets, wherein each subset of the plurality of subsets is associated with a specific value of said impact factor. The specific value of said impact factor is identified for which an existence of cell specific reference signals has been detected in the subset associated with said specific value. Thus, the system information defined by a specific value of an impact factor is blindly detected. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378066 | Human Mobility Rule-Based Device Location Tracking - Techniques are presented herein to provide human mobility pattern based modeling and tracking of a group of network enabled user devices associated with the same person. An association is made, at a tracking device, between a plurality of user devices and a user. Location information for each of the plurality of user devices is derived through network activity of the plurality of user devices. Locations for the plurality of user devices are derived from the location information. One or more predetermined user mobility pattern rules are applied to the plurality of user devices. User anomalies are detected when the tracked locations indicate that one or more of the plurality of user devices has violated one or more the predetermined user mobility rules. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378067 | COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERFERENCE DETECTION - Systems, methods and procedures are described for detecting passive intermodulation (PIM) associated with wireless communication devices and infrastructure. In one implementation, equipment and functionalities associated with a wireless communication system are used to detect PIM. In a particular implementation, PIM is detected using one or more components integral to a base station transceiver. The PIM may be communicated to other wireless communication elements for evaluation. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378068 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REPORTING MEASUREMENT RESULT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of reporting measurement results in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment receives a measurement configuration which configures a plurality of serving cells as measurement objects and performs measurements for the plurality of serving cells based on the measurement configuration to determine measurement results for the plurality of serving cells. The user equipment reports the measurement results for the plurality of serving cells. | 12-25-2014 |
20150011167 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION POWER - The present invention provides methods and devices for determining a transmission power and relates to the field of communication technologies. A method includes receiving, by a power determining device, capacity information of a first cell sent by a serving base station of the first cell and determining a transmission power used by a serving base station of the second cell on the specific resource of the second cell according to the capacity information of the first cell. The aforementioned method allows the capacity of the first cell to be guaranteed. | 01-08-2015 |
20150017922 | TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED RF PEAK DETECTOR - A temperature compensated RF peak detector is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first RF peak detector configured to generate a reference signal, a temperature compensated threshold generator configured to generate a temperature compensated detection threshold based on the reference signal, and a comparator configured to generate a peak detection output based on the temperature compensated detection threshold. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017923 | ADAPTIVE RF CONTROL FOR LTE MEASUREMENTS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) having at least two radio frequency (RF) chains and capable of communicating with first and second radio access networks (RANs). In aspects, the UE may utilize both RF chains to measure signals in the first RAN, during a first measurement period, while on the second RAN. The UE may determine signal conditions in the first RAN, based on the measurements, and decide, based on the determined signal conditions, which of the RF chains to use to measure signals in the first RAN during one or more subsequent measurement periods. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017924 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR A MOBILE TRANSCEIVER AND A BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER, MOBILE TRANSCEIVER, BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments provide apparatuses, methods and computer programs for a mobile transceiver and a base station transceiver, a mobile transceiver, a base station transceiver and a mobile communication system. The apparatus ( | 01-15-2015 |
20150017925 | Allocation of Identifiers for Home Node BS - A technique including receiving neighbouring cell information specifying one or more cells as neighbouring cells for a first cell of a plurality of cells associated with a gateway entity; and selecting based on said neighbouring cell information an identifier for said first cell that distinguishes said first cell from any other cell of said plurality of cells associated with said gateway entity that specifies one or more neighbouring cells in common with said first cell. | 01-15-2015 |
20150017926 | SCHEME FOR MONITORING BATTERY OF MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a machine type communication system including a machine type communication device operating with a battery. The machine type communication system may monitor a residual power of the battery supplying power to the machine type communication device, and may output the monitored residual power to a device of a manager that manages the machine type communication device. Also, a point in time when the residual power of the battery is to be monitored may be determined based on the residual power. | 01-15-2015 |
20150024692 | RADIO MEASUREMENT COLLECTION METHOD AND RADIO TERMINAL - A radio measurement collection method using UE configured to perform a process of retaining a measurement log including a measurement result of a radio environment according to a measurement configuration set by a measurement configuration message received from a network includes a step S | 01-22-2015 |
20150031307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN DETECTING CHANGES WITHIN WIRELESS SIGNAL ENVIRONMENT - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture are provided for use by one or more electronic devices to detect and/or respond to certain changes (anomalies) within a wireless signaling environment. For example, a first electronic device may receive a report of a threshold anomaly detected by a monitoring device deployed at a fixed predetermined position within a coverage area of a network service device, and may initiate an investigation by requesting that a second electronic device attempt to monitor certain transmissions of and/or actively communicate with a network service device. In response to a determination based, at least in part, on the investigation that the threshold anomaly represents a threshold change in status within the wireless signaling environment, the first electronic device may transmit a status report regarding the wireless signaling environment to another electronic device. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031308 | NETWORK COVERAGE HOLE DETECTION - A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to connect to a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) cell in a cellular network. Logged minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements can be recorded at the UE at a selected rate when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode in a first LTE cell in a cellular network. A change in a UE state of the RRC idle mode can be identified. The Logged MDT measurements can stop being recorded at the UE when the UE state changes from a camped normally UE state to another UE state of the RRC idle mode. The Logged MDT measurements can resume being recorded when the UE state changes to the camped normally UE state of the RRC idle mode. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031309 | METHOD OF SPECTRUM SENSING AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of spectrum sensing and an apparatus for spectrum sensing are provided. A method of spectrum sensing involves partitioning, by a processor, a spectrum sensing section into a plurality of sub-periods each having a same size, performing energy detection in each of the plurality of sub-periods, and determining whether a primary user's signal is present in the spectrum sensing section based on presence of a primary user's signal in each of the plurality of sub-periods and a test statistic in each of the plurality of sub-periods. | 01-29-2015 |
20150044972 | Method for Logging Measurement Result in Wireless Communication System and Apparatus for the Same - A method for logging measurement results in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: receiving a logged measurement configuration from a network, the logged measurement configuration comprising information for performing logged Minimization Driving Test (MDT); measuring at least one cell based on the logged measurement configuration; determining whether the measurement result has importance for logging; if a storage space for logging is enough for additionally logging, setting an importance tag of the measurement result to a predetermined value in accordance with the determination; and logging the measurement result and the importance tag in the storage space. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044973 | NODE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING NON-REAL TIME DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards improved means of collecting and handling non-real time measurements and/or non-real time data. According to some of the example embodiments, a first radio node (e.g., a collector node) is configured to transmit to a second radio node (e.g., a user equipment or any other node which may obtain measurements), a signal or message indicating an availability for collecting the non-real time measurements and/or non-real time data. The first radio node may further receive, from the second radio node, the non-real time measurements and/or non-real time data in response to the signal or message indicating the ability. Some of the example embodiments may be directed towards a second radio node configured to receive, from the second radio node, the signal or message indicating availability for collecting the non-real time measurements and/or non-real time data. | 02-12-2015 |
20150044974 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO STATION, NETWORK OPERATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND NETWORK OPTIMIZATION METHOD - A radio communication system, a radio station, a network operation management apparatus, and a network optimization method are provided that can optimize a performance of the entire system even when network optimization is performed individually. In the radio communication system including multiple radio stations ( | 02-12-2015 |
20150050889 | Method and Apparatus for Inter-Frequency Measurements in a Communication Network - In one aspect of the teachings herein, a wireless device operating in a wireless communication network determines the measurement rate to use for making inter-frequency measurements on a given frequency layer, based on a performance requirement specified for that layer. For example, the wireless device uses a higher measurement rate for a frequency layer that has a performance requirement that is higher than the performance requirement specified for another one of the layers on which it is to perform inter-frequency measurements. Correspondingly, in an example scenario, a network node sends measurement configuration information to a targeted device, where that information indicates the layers on which the device is to perform inter-frequency measurements and indicates the performance requirements corresponding to respective ones of those layers. By way of example, the network node may be a base station, a relay, or another wireless device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050890 | Method and Apparatus for Inter-Frequency Measurements in a Communication Network - In one aspect of the teachings herein, network-side and device-side methods and apparatus identify a subset of frequency layers on which a wireless device performs regular inter-frequency scanning. The subset is identified from among a set of frequency layers that are candidates for inter-frequency measurement by the device. In an example, the wireless device scans the set of frequency layers and the corresponding scan results are used to select the best frequency layers in the set. In turn, the wireless device performs regular inter-frequency measurements on the frequency layers in the selected subset. Scanning thus can be understood as a mechanism for intelligently selecting preferred ones among a number of frequency layers that are candidates for inter-frequency measurement by the device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150050891 | INTERACTIONS AMONG MOBILE DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - One embodiment of the disclosure sets for a method for synchronizing multiple mobile devices in a wireless network, which includes the steps of calculating a time interval for a first mobile device to respond to a request, receiving timing information of the first mobile device, determining a first offset associated with the first mobile device based on the time interval and the timing information, receiving a first data stream including the timing information of the first mobile device, and inserting a first dataset into the first data stream based on the first offset before transmitting the first data stream. | 02-19-2015 |
20150056925 | METHOD FOR REPORTING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for reporting by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method logs, within a logged measurement, a log entry comprising a measurement result, wherein the log entry is related to one or more public land mobile networks (PLMN) contained in a minimization driving test (MDT) PLMN list for a logged measurement configuration provided for logging, and the method comprises: acquiring a new PLMN list; determining the validity of the log entry on the basis of the new PLMN list; and reporting the logged measurement report message to a network on the basis of the result of the validity determination. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056926 | Systems, Methods, and Devices for Electronic Spectrum Management for Identifying Signal-Emitting Devices - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for device sensing in white space, by identifying sources of signal emission by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, and creating corresponding unique signal profiles. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056927 | Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of signals and devices in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and automatically identifying signals and devices, comparing and storing data from a multiplicity of units and automatically generating reports for a wireless communications spectrum in near real time. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056928 | Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management for identifying open space - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of open space in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the open space based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real-time. | 02-26-2015 |
20150056929 | Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management with remote access to data in a virtual computing network - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time, which is stored on each apparatus or device units and/or on a remote server computer that aggregates data from each of the units, wherein the data is accessible via remote computer devices. | 02-26-2015 |
20150065059 | Systems, methods, and devices having databases for electronic spectrum management - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time, which is stored on each apparatus or device and/or on a remote server computer that aggregates data from each apparatus or device. | 03-05-2015 |
20150072625 | SOURCE DETECTION BY SPECTRUM SENSING - A source detection system for detecting wireless communication signals, the system comprising: receiving means for receiving a signal; and processing means arranged to filter the signal to separate it into a plurality of frequency components, determine an energy content for each of the frequency components, calculate a measure of the difference between the energy contents of respective frequency components, and make a determination, from said measure, whether the signal has been transmitted from a source. | 03-12-2015 |
20150079910 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION - A communication control method that is applied to a mobile communication system including an X2 interface established between a first base station and a second base station, comprises: a step A of transmitting, by the first base station, a first X2 message to the second base station through the X2 interface. In the step A, the first base station adds first measurement information for measuring communication delay between the first base station and the second base station to the first X2 message, and transmits the first X2 message. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING CARRIERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for measuring a signal of a deactivated cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method includes receiving measurement information including a measurement interval for the deactivated cell, from a base station, acquiring a measurement period using the measurement interval, measuring the signal of the deactivated cell, and generating a filtered measurement result based on the measurement period. | 03-19-2015 |
20150087238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING ACCESS POINT DATABASES - An estimated location of an access point is generated based on identification of indoor and outdoor locations and the presumption that most access points are in an indoor location. The estimated location may be produced using location information for the access point and the identification of the indoor and outdoor locations while prioritizing the indoor location to produce the estimated location on or within a boundary of the indoor location. The location information may be, e.g., a preliminary estimated location or wireless signal measurements and associated position fixes for the access point. For example, a preliminary estimated location may be shifted to be on or within the nearest boundary of an indoor location or may be adjusted based on the location information. The estimated location may be calculated directly using weights to bias the calculation of the estimated location to be on or within the boundary of the indoor location. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087239 | TECHNIQUES FOR CROSS-DEVICE RADIO SIGNAL STRENGTH CALIBRATION - An apparatus may include a memory to store a first radio signal strength indicator (RSSI) data set comprising first data entries for RSSI detected from a multiplicity of transmission sources by a first wireless device of a first device type, and to store a second RSSI data set comprising second data entries for RSSI detected from the multiplicity of transmission sources by a second wireless device of a second device type; and a cross-device radio calibration engine to receive the first RSSI data set and second RSSI data set and generate a cross-calibrated RSSI function comprising a function that reduces differences between the first RSSI data set and the second RSSI data set. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150087240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING CELL POPULATIONS - A method and system for characterizing a cell population including a set of cell subpopulations, the method comprising: at a processing system, receiving image data corresponding to a set of images of the cell population captured at a set of time points; at the processing system, generating an analysis based upon processing the set of images according to: a cell stage classification module configured to automatically identify a cell class of each of the set of cell subpopulations, and a cell graph representation module configured to characterize geometric and spatial features of the set of cell subpopulations; from the analysis, determining a set of parameters characterizing the cell population; and generating an indication of quality of the cell population based upon a comparison between at least one parameter of the set of parameters and a set of reference values. | 03-26-2015 |
20150093996 | Method and Apparatus for Heterogeneous Small Cells Self-Organization in LTE Networks Based on Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems - A wireless network includes a plurality of small cells. The small cells each register with the network, and an application server tracks the locations of the small cells within the network. Upon entry to the network, the small cell registers with various event packages managed by the application server. When a small cell in the network updates its configurations and/or parameters, the small cell publishes those changes to the application server. The application server determines other nearby small cells that are “interested” in those changes based on their proximity to the changed cell. The application server then notifies those proximate cells of the changes made to the changed cell so that the proximate cells can update their own configurations. | 04-02-2015 |
20150093997 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program for Determining Whether a Received Signal Comprises a First Signal Component - A method of determining at a receiver whether a received signal comprises a pure tone signal component. The method comprises: measuring a received signal over a measurement period; calculating, using maximum likelihood hypothesis testing, a likelihood ratio value for the measured signal and, determining, based on said likelihood ratio value, whether the measured signal comprises a pure tone signal component. The likelihood ratio value is a value indicative of the ratio of a likelihood L | 04-02-2015 |
20150093998 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIRMING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SIGNAL CONNECTION INTEGRITY WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES UNDER TEST (DUTs) TO BE TESTED CONCURRENTLY - System and method for confirming radio frequency (RF) signal connections with multiple devices under test (DUTs) tested concurrently using replicas of a RF test signal. Cabled signal connections between the signal source and the DUTs are monitored by sensing levels of outgoing and related reflection RF signals. These signal levels are compared against similar signal levels when the outgoing RF signals are provided to reference impedances. Alternatively, the cabled signal connections have lengths of known signal wavelengths and the RF test signal frequency is swept such that minimum and maximum time delays between the outgoing and reflection RF signals go through minimum and maximum signal cycles with a difference of at least one full cycle. The reflection RF signal magnitude and phase are monitored, from which peak and valley signal level differences and phase changes are identified to determine return loss and phase changes indicative of DUT connection. | 04-02-2015 |
20150105027 | RANGING METHOD, RANGING DEVICE, LOCATION DEVICE AND LOCATION METHOD - A ranging method, executed in a ranging device, comprising steps of: obtaining a trip time of a received wireless signal, wherein the received wireless signal is a wireless signal from an object; calculating a statistical value of a rising time of the received wireless signal; when the statistical value of the rising time of the received wireless signal is smaller than the specific value, estimating a distance between the object and the ranging device according to a corrected trip time, wherein the statistical value of the rising time of the received wireless signal corrects the trip time of the received wireless signal to generate the corrected trip time. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105028 | RANGING METHOD, RANGING DEVICE, LOCATION DEVICE AND LOCATION METHOD - A ranging method, executed in a ranging device, comprising steps of: among a plurality of parameter sets under a specific constraint, selecting one parameter set which minimizes a statistical value of a rising time of a received wireless signal; obtaining a trip time of the received wireless signal, wherein the received wireless signal is a wireless signal from an object; and estimating a distance between the object and the ranging device according to a corrected trip time, wherein the statistical value of the rising time of the received wireless signal corrects the trip time of the received wireless signal to generate the corrected trip time. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105029 | Methods and Devices for Path-Loss Estimation - A method on a first device for estimating path-loss between the first device and a second device is described. A user context indicator associated with the first device is determined. At least one path-loss parameter of a plurality of path-loss parameters for the first device is updated based on the user context indicator. At least one wireless signal is received from the second device. The path-loss between the first device and the second device is estimated based on the plurality of path-loss parameters and the at least one wireless signal. | 04-16-2015 |
20150105030 | Method and System for Analyzing Radio Performance During Over-the-Air Operation - An apparatus for identifying failed or suspect RF transmitting devices while the devices are in normal operation transmitting over-the-air RF signals. The apparatus comprises an RF signal sensor receiving the RF signals from at least one of the devices that are mobile or portable. The sensor is responsive to the received RF signals. An analyzer determines RF frequency characteristics of the received RF signals from the at least one transmitting device, determines the respective identifier of the at least one transmitting device from the received RF signals, and uses the identifier from the received RF signals to correlate the RF frequency characteristics of the particular one of the transmitting devices. A graphical user interface displays at least one RF frequency characteristic in a form that can be used to identify transmitting devices that have failed and transmitting devices that are suspect. | 04-16-2015 |
20150111503 | METHOD AND CELL CONTROLLING NODE FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A method and cell controlling node providing radio communication in a first cell of a communication network, for supporting management of the communication network based on performance related reports sent to a management system. Signal measurement reports are obtained from User Equipments being served by the first cell controlling node, on measurements on signals from cell controlling nodes in neighbouring cells. Based on the measurement reports, the cell controlling node identifies a neighbouring cell from which signals fulfill a signal condition. A current identity of the identified neighbouring cell is then selected as a cell cluster identity, in order to send performance related reports to the management system indicating the cell cluster identity. Cell cluster identity can be shared by cells forming a cell cluster of a specific area, and performance related reports can be more uniform regardless of which cell controlling nodes they are received from. | 04-23-2015 |
20150111504 | CALIBRATION COUPLEING UNIT, CCU, AND A METHOD THEREIN FOR ENABLING CALIBRATION OF BASE STATION - A Calibration Coupling Unit, CCU, and a method therein for enabling calibration of a Base Station are provided. The CCU comprises an Antenna Interface Standards Group, AISG, interface and the CCU is connected to the Base Station by means of radio branch feeder cables carrying uplink and downlink transmissions to/from the Base Station. The Base Station comprises a Radio Unit, RU, and a Base Band Unit, BBU, and the CCU is further connectable to an antenna array comprising antenna elements. The method in the CCU comprises receiving ( | 04-23-2015 |
20150118968 | MEASUREMENT MANAGEMENT IN SMALL-CELL SYSTEMS - A system and method for neighbor-cell measurement reporting in a cellular environment supporting multistate cells limits measurement reporting by requiring that state-specific trigger conditions are met. Thus for example, a dormant cell may need to meet more stringent measurement conditions before a report is generated by the user device, since a current primary cell may prefer to hand off to an active cell. In particular, state-specific thresholds, offsets, and hysteresis values may be used to enforce a preference for active cells, for example. | 04-30-2015 |
20150118969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ANTENNA SPACE CORRELATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for measuring an antenna space correlation, and a terminal device. The method includes: measuring and acquiring, by a terminal device when it is in measurement mode, measurements related to antenna space correlation measurement, and sending the acquired measurements related to the antenna space correlation measurement to a test instrument. After entering a measurement mode, the terminal device measures and calculates measurements required for the antenna space correlation measurement, and sends a measurement result to the test instrument. An antenna space correlation result of the terminal device can be calculated by using a parameter displayed on the test instrument, thereby providing a basis for an antenna engineer and a hardware design engineer to optimize antenna design. | 04-30-2015 |
20150126129 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR UTILIZING A MOBILE ROBOTIC PLATFORM TO CONDUCT FUNCTIONALITY TESTING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a system that includes a mobile robotic platform for navigating within a coverage area associated with an access point belonging to a communications network under test, wherein the mobile robotic platform includes a client device emulation module configured to emulate multiple client devices that are wirelessly connected to the access point and to send emulated test traffic data to the access point from each of the emulated client devices via a wireless connection. The mobile robotic platform also includes a real client device that includes a client application configured to communicate simulated test traffic data to the access point via an established wireless connection and a performance metrics module configured to determine wireless communication performance metrics associated with the wireless connection between the access point and at least one of the real client device or the emulated client devices. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126130 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MDT CONTINUITY - The present invention provides a method for implementing MDT continuity, for the management based MDT, if the selected PLMN of the UE is the HPLMN of the UE, the EHPLMN of the UE, or the equivalent PLMN of the HPLMN or EHPLMN, the base station obtains the user consent information of the UE, and selects the UE to perform MDT measurement according to the user consent information of the UE; for the signaling based MDT, if the selected PLMN of the UE is the HPLMN of the UE, the EHPLMN of the UE, or the equivalent PLMN of the HPLMN or EHPLMN, the base station obtains the MDT configuration information of the MDT, and performs the MDT measurement according to the MDT configuration information. By using the methods of the present invention, the eNB can select the UE in the scope of the HPLMN of the UE, the EHPLMN of the UE, or the equivalent PLMN of the HPLMN or EHPLMN to perform the MDT measurement and receive the MDT report of the UE, thereby supporting the MDT measurement in the HPLMN, EHPLMN, or the equivalent PLMN of the HPLMN or EHPLMN, and implementing MDT continuity. | 05-07-2015 |
20150126131 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE THEREFOR - In a wireless communication device, a reactance element is connected in series between an input/output terminal of a wireless communication and an impedance-matching circuit. A measuring reactance element is provided in an external measuring device, and the types and circuit contacts of respective elements are chosen such that when the reactance element and the measuring reactance element are connected in parallel during power measurement, they together form a band-stop filter circuit that blocks signals of a prescribed frequency band outputted from the wireless communication circuit. | 05-07-2015 |
20150133058 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND CLASSIFYING SIGNALS TRANSMITTED OVER A RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - A method for classifying a signal is disclosed. The method can be used by a station or stations within a network to classify the signal as non-cooperative (NC) or a target signal. The method performs classification over channels within a frequency spectrum. The percentage of power above a first threshold is computed for a channel. Based on the percentage, a signal is classified as a narrowband signal. If the percentage indicates the absence of a narrowband signal, then a lower second threshold is applied to confirm the absence according to the percentage of power above the second threshold. The signal is classified as a narrowband signal or pre-classified as a wideband signal based on the percentage. Pre-classified wideband signals are classified as a wideband NC signal or target signal using spectrum masks. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133059 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A mobile terminal apparatus includes: a plurality of antennas that receive, respectively, radio waves transmitted from a plurality of base stations; a plurality of receiving sections that receive reception signals from the plurality of antennas in parallel to produce demodulated signals; and a controller that exercises control so that a report on information regarding the plurality of base stations is transmitted to an upper order station if signal levels of the reception signals in the receiving sections are not less than a preset threshold value, and so that announcement information is acquired from the demodulated signals in response to a request for information acquisition, the request being made by the upper order station based on the report. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133060 | DISTRIBUTED SPECTRUM ANALYZER AND METHOD OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS APPLYING SAME - A distributed spectrum analyzer and a method of spectrum analysis applying same. The spectrum analyzer adopts a separate design. A radio frequency receiver receives a signal, performs frequency conversion processing and AD conversion on the received signal, and sends the converted digital signal to a host. In such a structure, by a digital optical module, the radio frequency receiver is connected to a corresponding. digital optical module on the host through an optical fiber, so as to implement a bidirectional data transmission. The host performs general control of the system as well as signal processing and spectrum analysis. Therefore, a multi-interface design is applied to the host of the spectrum analyzer, so as to support simultaneous access and control for a plurality of radio frequency receivers, thereby conveniently implementing multi-port measurement extension. | 05-14-2015 |
20150133061 | PRIORITY MANAGEMENT OF A MEASUREMENT EVENT TIMER AND LOW-POWER PERIOD - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for transmitting a measurement report during wireless communications. When, for example, a low-power period (e.g., CDRX OFF period) is scheduled to begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer (TTT timer), a UE may modify the low-power period. The low-power period may be modified based, at least in part on determining the low-power period of the UE will begin during a time defined by a measurement event timer, a duration of the measurement event timer, and a duration of the low-power period. Modifying the low-power period may include delaying the start of the low-power state until after transmission of the MR associated with the measurement event timer or skipping the low-power period altogether. The UE may transmit the MR based, at least in part, on the modification. | 05-14-2015 |
20150140936 | TEMPERATURE MONITORING CABLE - A portable communication system ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150304870 | Plane Wave Generation Within A Small Volume Of Space For Evaluation of Wireless Devices - Small anechoic chambers for evaluating a wireless device under test (DUT) are characterized by a set of antennas to which a test signal is applied and for which excitation coefficients are applied such that the test signal approximates a single plane wave or a preselected superposition of plane waves in the near field of the antennas. The test-equipment antennas in the chamber may be as close as one wavelength from the boundary of a test zone in which the DUT is disposed. Hence, the test zone can be in the near field of the test-equipment antennas and the test zone can be less than a wavelength from the chamber walls. Consequently, it is possible to perform tests in a small anechoic chamber that previously required a large anechoic chamber, e.g., advanced spatial channel-model tests and antenna-pattern measurements. | 10-22-2015 |
20150318935 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING - A test apparatus is configured to perform non-determinative testing of equipment. The test apparatus comprises a test computer arranged to automatically execute a non determinative test regime under the control of a test application. A network simulator connected to the test computer is provided with communication circuitry operable to communicate with the equipment under test. The network simulator is configurable into different network states according to the non-determinative test regime, and the test application is operable to control the network simulator to transition between a plurality of different network states. Data about unscripted communications between the network simulator and the equipment under test is monitored and can be analyzed to reach a test verdict. | 11-05-2015 |
20150327096 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING CARRIERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of a terminal and a base station in a mobile communication system are provided. The method for measurement by the terminal includes receiving, from a base station, measurement information including a measurement interval for a deactivated cell, determining a measurement period using the measurement interval, and measuring a signal of the deactivated cell. The measurement period is equal to a value acquired by multiplying the measurement interval by a predefined value greater than 1. | 11-12-2015 |
20150334584 | Measurement of a First RAT Based on Metrics of a Second RAT - Performing measurement of a first RAT while connected to a second RAT. The UE may initially communicate with a base station of the second RAT. While maintaining a connection to the base station of the first RAT, the UE may perform base station measurement of the first RAT (e.g., using a single radio of the UE). However, the measurement of the first RAT may be influenced by various factors, such as signal quality metrics of the second RAT. For example, if signal quality metrics are high for the second RAT, measurement of the first RAT may not be desirable, e.g., for battery life reasons. | 11-19-2015 |
20150358091 | Radio Frequency Process Sensing, Control, And Diagnostics Network - A sensing and control system and method is disclosed, which utilizes cavity resonance and waveguide measurements to directly monitor process state variables or detect changes in the state of a system and provide direct in situ feedback control top optimize the process. The same system may be used to monitor a number of different process parameters including the composition, amount, distribution, and physical or chemical properties of a material, or to monitor the state or health of a system or sub-system. The system is broadly applicable to wide range of systems and process including ranging from engines and exhaust systems to production plants. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358845 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in a User Equipment, (UE) of performing measurements of a plurality of measurement types is provided. The UE performs a measurement of a first measurement type and at least one of a measurement of a second and a third measurement type. In the performed measurements: the at least one of a measurement of the second and the third measurement type is performed during a required time such that first pre-defined requirements for the at least one of a measurement of the second and third measurement type are met, the required time forming part of a time available for measurements, and the measurement of the first measurement type is performed during a remaining time, during which the at least one of a measurement of the second measurement type and a measurement of the third measurement type is not performed. | 12-10-2015 |
20150373570 | MULTIPLE BAND PORTABLE SPECTRUM ANALYZER - A device for detecting RF power information, for use as a stand alone purpose built device, or connectable to an external computing instrument such as a laptop, PDA, or cell phone, or other similarly capable technology. The device scans two or more bands in the wireless frequency and provides output to the user with wireless information about multiple bands of information. | 12-24-2015 |
20150382227 | Adaptive Control of Crowdsourcing Data Using Mobile Device Generated Parameters - Method and apparatus for controlling crowdsourcing data are disclosed. The method may include comparing a set of access points detected in an area of a wireless environment by the mobile device to a set of known access points for the area, determining a level of crowdsourcing based at least in part on the comparison, where the level of crowdsourcing controls a quantity of crowdsourcing data to be collected, uploaded, or a combination thereof by the mobile device, and performing crowdsourcing, at least in part, in accordance with the determined level of crowdsourcing, where the determined level of crowdsourcing affects a frequency of crowdsourcing operations to be performed by the mobile device, a type of quantization to be applied to crowdsourcing data collected, or some combination thereof. | 12-31-2015 |
20160007218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION OF A COMMUNICATION LINK - Described is a method for performance estimation of a communication device. The method comprises: executing active probing to determine active probing data; reading operational data which includes data related to channel and its noise condition and counter values related to user data traffic between the communication device and another communication device, wherein the operational data is relevant to the current settings of the communication device; and training a performance estimation algorithm for the communication device according to the active probing data and the operational data. | 01-07-2016 |
20160007315 | RANGING SYSTEM USING ACTIVE RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) NODES - A ranging system includes at least one beacon and a control module. The at least one beacon is configured to scan each segment in a plurality of segments of an arc with a narrow radio frequency (RF) beam and receive a response signal from an end user node in at least one segment. Each segment of the arc is scanned at a specified time interval. The control module is configured to communicate with the at least one beacon. The control module is further configured to calculate at least one of an angle-of-arrival (AOA) and a time-of-flight (TOF) of a response signal from the end user node to the beacon and generate an end user node location relative to a beacon location. | 01-07-2016 |
20160014627 | QoS Verification and Throughput Measurement for Minimization of Drive Test | 01-14-2016 |
20160021558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING CARRIERS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for measurement by a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation are provided. The method for measurement by the terminal includes receiving, from a base station, a measurement interval for a secondary cell in a deactivated state, acquiring a measurement period based on the measurement interval, and measuring a signal of the secondary cell in the deactivated state, based on the measurement period. The measurement period is acquired by multiplying the measurement interval by a predefined value greater than | 01-21-2016 |
20160028454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING HIGH DATA RATE TRANSMISSION IN THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method for a wireless device capable of receiving and transmitting a signal includes receiving a reference signal from a second wireless device through a communication channel, estimating the communication channel, using the reference signal, selecting a pair of an analogue digital converter (ADC) quantizer and an input distribution, based on the estimated communication channel, and sending information on the selected input distribution and the ADC quantizer to the second wireless device. A wireless device capable of wirelessly receiving and transmitting a signal includes a transceiver configured to receive a reference signal from a second wireless device through a communication channel, and a processor configured to estimate the communication channel, using the reference signal, selecting a pair of an ADC quantizer and an input distribution, based on the estimated communication channel, and sending information on the selected input distribution and the ADC quantizer to the second wireless device. | 01-28-2016 |
20160037354 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a communication device comprising: a detection unit that detects presence or absence of communication connection with a server storing data related to a communication environment of a communication area where a first communication service is provided; a data acquisition unit that acquires data related to a surrounding communication environment; and a determination unit that determines availability of usage of a second communication service using a part or whole of a spectrum assigned to the first communication service based on the data acquired by the data acquisition unit, wherein when communication connection with the server is not detected by the detection unit, the data acquisition unit senses a communication environment surrounding the communication device or receives data related to a communication environment from another communication device located near the communication device. | 02-04-2016 |
20160050573 | Test Apparatus, Radio Communication Test Apparatus, Method for Testing and Computer Program Product - The present invention relates to a for testing user equipment. The test apparatus comprises an emulation module which is configured to emulate the functionality of a first user equipment and to establish a D2D link between the first user equipment and an externally arranged second user equipment which forms a user equipment under test. The test apparatus also comprises a test module which is configured to test at least one second user equipment after being connected to the emulated first user equipment of the emulation module via the established D2D communication link. The present invention further relates to a radio communication test apparatus, a method for testing user equipment and a computer program product. | 02-18-2016 |
20160056902 | SYSTEMS FOR MODULE AND MODULAR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE TESTING - A system for module testing includes a module interface that includes a power interface, a data interface, and a mechanical interface; a functional testing system that simulates at least one of power conditions and data conditions for the module; and a model generator, wherein the module generator generates models of a modular mobile electronic device based on module operations data. | 02-25-2016 |
20160057643 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, USER TERMINAL, NETWORK DEVICE, AND BASE STATION - A communication control method according to the present invention comprises: a step A of notifying, by UE | 02-25-2016 |
20160072596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINKS FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Various system embodiments comprise a plurality of devices adapted to wirelessly communicate with each other. The plurality of devices includes a battery-operated hearing assistance device adapted to be worn by a person. The hearing aid device includes a signal processing circuitry connected to a microphone and a receiver. At least one of the plurality of devices includes a link quality management device adapted to assess a link quality for a first wireless communication channel, provide channel metrics indicative of the assessed quality for the first wireless communication channel, and adjust wireless communication over the first wireless communication channel using the channel metrics for the first wireless communication channel. | 03-10-2016 |
20160072598 | Antenna Port Detection - There is provided presence detection of a second transmit antenna port in a distributed antenna port system. Cell-specific reference signals, CRS, are received on a first receive antenna port and a second receive antenna port. The CRS have been transmitted by a first transmit antenna port and a second transmit antenna port in the distributed antenna port system. Reference signal received power, RSRP, measurements and reference signal resource element received power, RSRERP, measurements are estimated from the CRS. Presence is detected by comparing each one of at least one metric based on filtered RSRP measurements and filtered RSRERP measurements to a respective threshold. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073280 | Method and System for Analyzing Radio Performance During Over-the-Air Operation - An apparatus for identifying failed or suspect RF transmitting devices while the devices are in normal operation transmitting over-the-air RF signals, each of the RF transmitting devices including an identifier and being mobile, portable or stationary, includes an RF signal sensor receiving the RF signals and responsive thereto, an analyzer, and a GUI. The analyzer measuring signal parameters and determines operating characteristics of a device therefrom, determining the identifier, if each RF signal conforms to packet structure specifications, and bit-field information of each RF signal to discern therefrom a transmission type, measures RF frequency offset, correlates the bit-field information with the RF frequency offset utilizing the identifier; and repeats the last three steps to determine a range of RF frequency offset deviations over time. The GUI displays the range in a form used to identify an RF frequency offset range of the RF transmitting device. | 03-10-2016 |
20160080955 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT WITH REMOTE ACCESS TO DATA IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING NETWORK - Systems and method for advanced analytics relating to a wireless communications spectrum are disclosed. At least one distributed device is in network-based communication with at least one remote server. Each of the each of the at least one distributed device is operable to sense and measure signals transmitted from at least one signal emitting device, thereby creating signal data; provide near-real-time analytics for the signal data, thereby creating analyzed data; calculate signal degradation data for the measured signals; and communicate the signal data, the analyze data, and the signal degradation data to the at least one remote server. The at least one remote server is operable to aggregate data from the at least one distributed device and compare the aggregated data from the at least one distributed device. | 03-17-2016 |
20160080959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING MDT MEASUREMENT INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for performing operations of an eNB and a UE to effectively use a minimization of drive test (MDT) technology in a mobile communication system. The present invention provides a method for transmitting/receiving MDT measurement information of an eNB in a mobile communication system, the method comprising the steps of: configuring an MDT in a UE; collecting MDT measurement information from the UE; determining whether enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) is configured in the UE in which the MDT is configured, and, when the eICIC is configured in the UE, reporting indication information indicating that the MDT measurement information is affected by the eICIC together with the MDT measurement information. | 03-17-2016 |
20160087842 | METHOD OF OPERATING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of operating a communication network comprising a verification component is provided, wherein the method comprises achieving at the verification component a verification plan defining a verification process associated with a specific network operation; and executing the verification plan after deploying the specific network operation. | 03-24-2016 |
20160105816 | MONITORING NON-SUPPORTED WIRELESS SPECTRUM WITHIN COVERAGE AREAS OF DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS (DASS) - Monitoring non-supported wireless spectrum within a coverage area of a distributed antenna system (DAS) in which a listening module connected to a remote unit of the DAS monitors non-supported wireless frequencies (i.e., frequencies that are outside the frequency ranges supported by the downlink and uplink signals of the DAS), via one or more antennas. The listening module also transmits the wireless frequencies to a monitoring module connected to head-end equipment (HEE) of the DAS. In that manner, a monitoring module can use an existing DAS infrastructure to monitor non-supported portions of the wireless spectrum at remote locations. In addition to avoiding the need to run a parallel DAS infrastructure, the disclosed arrangements are also useful in shared spectrum environments and other environments where efficient spectrum utilization is desired. | 04-14-2016 |
20160112887 | Spectral Stitching Method to Increase Instantaneous Bandwidth in Vector Signal Analyzers - Various embodiments are described of devices and associated methods for processing a signal using a plurality of vector signal analyzers (VSAs). An input signal may be split and provided to a plurality of VSAs, each of which may process a respective frequency band of the signal, where the respective frequency bands have regions of overlap. Each VSA may adjust the gain and phase of its respective signal such that continuity of phase and magnitude is preserved through the regions of overlap. The correction of gain and phase may be accomplished by a complex multiply with a complex calibration constant. A complex calibration constant may be determined for each VSA by comparing the gain and phase of one or more calibration tones generated with each region of overlap, as measured by each of the VSAs. | 04-21-2016 |
20160119806 | Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management - Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device. | 04-28-2016 |
20160135133 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADJUSTING SIGNAL STRENGTH OF ROUTER - A method and a device are provided for adjusting signal strength of a router. In the method: the device monitors a number of terminals wirelessly connected to the router during a preset time period. The device determines a signal-strength level of the router according to the number of the terminals wirelessly connected to the router during the preset time period. The device adjusts the signal strength transmitted by the router according to the signal-strength level. Through the present disclosure, a router may automatically control the signal strength transmitted by itself. | 05-12-2016 |
20160142159 | RF SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE - Apparatus for generating an RF signal for use in RF signal detection is described. The apparatus comprises at least one processor configured to generate a set of IQ data based on at least one set of weighted IQ data, each set of weighted IQ data having a respective weight and a circuit configured to generate an RF signal using the set of IQ data. The at least one processor is configured to calculate each respective weight in dependence upon location of a signal detector or an antenna associated with the RF signal detector. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142228 | CHANNEL MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR LARGE-SCALE ANTENNAS, AND USER TERMINAL - Provided are a channel measurement method for large-scale antennas, and a user terminal. The method comprises: antennas at a base station side are divided into more than two groups in advance, a user terminal receives pilot signals transmitted from the antennas at the base station side, where the antennas in one group transmit the pilot signals in a frequency-division mode, and the antennas in different groups transmit the pilot signals in a time-division mode; and the user terminal performs a spatial channel estimation based on the pilot signals received from partial groups of the antennas, to obtain a channel measurement result for all the antennas. | 05-19-2016 |
20160142927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS FROM A FIRST CHANNEL TO A SECOND CHANNEL OF HIGHER-FREQUENCY - A method and apparatus can be configured to measure channel conditions of a first channel ( | 05-19-2016 |
20160149655 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING SENSORS UNDER DISRUPTIVE CONDITIONS - A method and apparatus are provided for calibrating a sensor under disruptive conditions. The apparatus includes user equipment. The user equipment includes a memory element and processing circuitry coupled to the memory element. The processing circuitry monitors at least one sensor of the user equipment. The at least one sensor includes an existing calibration. The processing circuitry also identifies a disruption in a sensor of the at least one senor, the disruption causing unexpected sensor readings for the sensor based on the existing calibration. The processing circuitry also calculates a new calibration based on the disruption. | 05-26-2016 |
20160150423 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY REPORTING A CQI/CSI MEASUREMENT REPORT - To solve the above-mentioned problem, a method in which a terminal reports channel state information comprises the following steps: receiving, plurality from a base station, information on a plurality of patterns to be used in a channel state measurement; receiving, from the base station, selection information for selecting a pattern from among the plurality of patterns that is to be used in the channel state information to be reported to the base station; measuring a channel state using the information on the plurality of patterns; and selecting a portion of the measured channel state based on the selection information, and reporting the selected portion to the base station. The above-described solution enables the efficient reporting of channel state information including CQIICSI, thus improving communication efficiency. | 05-26-2016 |
20160150434 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods, apparatuses, and computer programs for assigning measurement groups in a wireless network are disclosed. The measurement group may be announced by measurement group information comprised in a broadcast message transmitted in the wireless network. Reporting may be triggered by transmission of a request-to-report message transmitted in the wireless network. | 05-26-2016 |
20160165469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CELL STATES TO ADJUST ANTENNA CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS - A method for determining cell states to adjust antenna configuration parameters includes receiving, at a radio access nodes in a network, measurement reports from a plurality of user equipment devices. The radio access node performs a weak coverage analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether a cell provided by the radio access node is assigned a good coverage state or a weak coverage state. The radio access node performs an overshooting analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned an overshooter state or a non-overshooter state. The radio access node performs an interference analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned an interferer state or a non-interferer state. The radio access node performs a quality analysis in response to the measurement reports to determine whether the cell provided by the radio access node is assigned a good quality state or a bad quality state. Adjustments are made to antenna configuration parameters of the cell provided by the radio access node in response to the various states assigned to the cell. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165472 | Analytics assisted self-organizing-network (SON) for coverage capacity optimization (CCO) - Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting configuration parameters, such as antenna tilt or transmit power, of a plurality of cells in a wireless network based on measurement reports received during a data collection period of the wireless network, so that coverage and capacity of the wireless network may be improved. Cell status labels or blames are assigned to each of the cells based on the measurement reports, and configuration parameters of the cells are adjusted based on the assigned cell status labels or blames. | 06-09-2016 |
20160165540 | THROUGHPUT-BASED ACTIVE MODE TRIGGER - A method and apparatus for reducing gaps in data transmission between a device and at least one wireless access point connecting the first device to a central monitoring system. The device includes a radio that enables bidirectional data communication between the device and the at least one wireless access point, the radio being able to operate in a power save mode and an active transmission mode. A control processor selectively monitors a type and amount of data being transmitted between the radio and the at least one wireless access point to predict an occurrence of a gap in data transmission between the device and the at least one access point. The control processor, in response to predicting a gap in data transmission, automatically switches an operational mode of the radio from the power save mode to the active transmission mode for a predetermined amount of time enabling full bidirectional communication between the device and the at least one wireless access point for the predetermined amount of time preventing the gap in data transmission. | 06-09-2016 |
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20160192217 | FAST SIGNAL SURVEYOR - A system and method for characterizing a received radio frequency (RF) signal. In one embodiment, the system includes an antenna, a tuner, a sampler, a memory, and a processing unit connected to the memory, the processing unit being configured to receive a first sequence of samples from the sampler, perform a fast Fourier transform (FFT) operation, take the absolute value of a shifted complex frequency spectrum, perform a first filtering operation, perform a logarithmic operation, and perform an edge detection process to form an array of carrier centers and an array of carrier bandwidths. The processing unit is further configured to form, for each energy band identified as a result of the edge detection process, estimates of carrier characteristics and estimates of modulation characteristics. | 06-30-2016 |
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20190146075 | Motion Detection Based on Beamforming Dynamic Information | 05-16-2019 |
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