07th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 58 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160050565 | SECURE PROVISIONING OF AN AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIAL - Techniques are described for securely provisioning a client device. A client device may output first client information over a secure interface to a trusted device to be transmitted to an authentication server. Second client information related to the first client information may be transmitted to the authentication server. The authentication server may link the second client information and the first client information. The client device may receive an encrypted authentication credential from the authentication server. The authentication credential may be encrypted based at least in part on the first client information or the second client information. The client device may decrypt the encrypted authentication credential using the first client information, the second client information, or a shared secret key. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050566 | Wireless Terminal Configuration Method, Device, and System - A wireless terminal configuration method, device, and system. The method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes acquiring, by a configuration device, device identification information and configuration password information of a wireless terminal; sending, by the configuration device, configuration triggering information to the wireless terminal according to the device identification information of the wireless terminal; performing, by the configuration device, verification with the wireless terminal according to the configuration password information; sending, by the configuration device, credential information required for the wireless terminal to access an access point (AP) and device identification information of the AP to the wireless terminal; and sending, by the configuration device, the credential information and the device identification information of the wireless terminal to the AP. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050567 | Wireless Network System, Terminal Management Device, Wireless Relay Device, and Communications Method - Provided is a technology for allowing only a wireless terminal satisfying a security policy to be connected to an in-company network without causing a significant increase in costs. The terminal management device including a determination part communicating with a wireless terminal via a different communication network from the wireless network system, and determining whether or not the wireless terminal satisfies a predetermined security policy, and a connection information transmission part transmitting connection information for connection to the wireless relay device to the wireless terminal which is determined to satisfy the security policy by the determination part is provided in a wireless network system that includes a wireless access point device constituting an in-company network and connecting a wireless terminal for which predetermined connection information has been set. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050568 | MACHINE-TO-MACHINE CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SECURITY - Communication between a mobile terminal operating in a cellular network and a server is provided. Communication between the mobile terminal and the server is routed through a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) of the cellular network in which the mobile terminal is operating. Cryptographic integrity check information is communicated in data link layer messages between the mobile terminal and the SGSN. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050569 | METHOD FOR TESTING IMPLICIT BEAMFORMING PERFORMANCE OF A MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT RADIO FREQUENCY DATA PACKET SIGNAL TRANSCEIVER - Method for testing implicit beamforming performance of a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT). The data packet signals forming the sequential data packet signal transmissions used for beamforming are produced with a selectively varied phase difference and conveyed via internal RF signal paths to external transmit terminals. Combining these transmitted data packet signals produces a combined data packet signal in which a peak power occurs during which a particular phase difference is being induced between the sequential DUT data packet signal transmissions used for the beamforming. This phase difference corresponds to the difference in RF signal phase lengths between the internal RF signal paths of the DUT, and is thereby indicative of the amount of phase shift needed between the sequential DUT data packet signal transmissions used for the beamforming to enable optimal implicit beamforming performance. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050570 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERGENCE AND AUTOMATIC DISABLING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for convergence and automatic disabling of access points in a wireless mesh network. Specifically, an access point within a wireless mesh network computes one or more network metrics to determine whether the metrics are unfavorable or favorable. If the network metrics are favorable, then the access point disables the access point's network connection. An access point turns the network connection back on based on whether a routing was lost for at least a preset amount of time, utilization of one or more neighboring access points is above a preset value, or one or more network metrics have degraded by a certain percentage value. One advantage of this approach is that cost savings may be achieved when the number of access points dynamically changes to accommodate varying communications conditions. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050571 | NETWORK OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND NETWORK OPTIMIZATION DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a network optimization method and a network optimization device. The method includes: acquiring, in a first time segment, a first network status parameter that is determined according to M groups of network status parameters of at least one target cell, and acquiring a first CP that is determined according to M groups of cell control parameters CPs of the target cell, where the network status parameters include a key performance parameter KPI and a cell measurement parameter, determining, according to the first network status parameter and from a first entry that records a mapping relationship between a network status parameter and a security status, a security status of the target cell in the first time segment; and performing network optimization on the target cell according to the security status of the target cell in the first time segment. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050572 | Radio communication test apparatus and method for testing - The present invention relates to a radio communication test apparatus 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 wireless D2D communication 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 a 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 method for testing user equipment. | 2016-02-18 |
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. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050574 | DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF DENIAL-OF-SERVICE ATTACKS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining data relating to a set of collision events on a shared channel on a wireless network according to a contention-based access protocol in which a plurality of terminals attempt to access the channel contemporaneously. A probability of collision in the channel is estimated and a probability distribution of time intervals between access attempts is generated based on the estimated probability of collision. Empirical and theoretical cumulative distribution functions for the time intervals are calculated, and compared to identify a malfunctioning terminal not operating in accordance with the protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050575 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for performing measurement by a terminal in a wireless communications system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: receiving from a first transmission point the uplink-downlink structures associated respectively with a second transmission point and a third transmission point; and determining at least one measurement set based on the received uplink-downlink structures, wherein each measurement set consists of the sub-frames that: the duplex direction combination during a particular time interval in the case of following the uplink-downlink structure associated with the second transmission point is the same as the duplex direction combination during the particular time interval in the case of following the uplink-downlink structure associated with the third transmission point. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050576 | ENSURING THE PERFORMANCE OF NORMAL PERFORMANCE CARRIERS - In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a plurality of multicarrier parameters including a scaling parameter, a first quantity of carriers in a first group of carriers, and a second quantity of carriers in a second group of carriers; operating in a first mode using the received scaling factor, when the received plurality of multicarrier parameters does not result in the second group having equal or better monitoring performance than the first group; and operating in a second mode inhibiting use of the received scaling factor, when the received plurality of multicarrier parameters results in the second group having equal or better monitoring performance than the first group. Related methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050577 | Inter-Cell Interference Mitigation - To address the problem of inter-cell interference in a heterogeneous network, several methods and systems are disclosed for determining interference caused by an aggressor mobile node, and transmitting at appropriate times and with transmit power that does not cause interference. Methods disclosed include using X2 communications, such as HII and RNTP messages, switching to an alternative radio access technology, sniffing at the eNodeB to obtain information, coordinating with a cloud coordination server, and using CFI information to avoid interfering with communications on the PDCCH. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050578 | Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) Signaling And Use To Support Interference Coordination Between Cells - Indication(s) of a configuration of first interference measurement resources in first subframe(s) and of a configuration of second interference measurement resources in second subframe(s) are received at a first BS and from a second BS using an interface between the first and second BSs. The first BS transmits zero or low power REs that coincide with the REs belonging to the first interference measurement resources in the first subframe(s). The first BS transmits full power REs that coincide with the REs belonging to the second interference measurement resources in the second subframe(s). The first interference measurement resources in the first subframe(s) are to be used by a UE (e.g., attached to the second base station) to measure interference for zero or low power REs and the second interference measurement resources in the second subframe(s) are to be used by the UE to measure interference for full power REs. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL INTERFERENCE PROCESSING - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a schedule of transmission segments in an uplink of a communication system, determining a threshold for detecting signal interference in at least one transmission segment of a plurality of transmission segments according to the schedule of transmission segments in the uplink, and detecting signal interference in the at least one transmission segment of the plurality of transmission segments according to the threshold. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF RADIO CHANNEL STATE AND BASE STATION CONGESTION STATE IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and can include obtaining, within a radio access network, a channel state for a data channel associated with a mobile terminal; including the channel state in a differentiated services (diffserv) marking within an Internet Protocol (IP) header of at least one IP packet associated with the mobile terminal; and transmitting the at least one IP packet including the IP header having the diffserv marking toward a packet data network. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND PROCESSING INTERFERENCE INFORMATION - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information from each of the plurality of communication devices detecting interference information in a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum, correlating the interference information of the plurality of communication devices to generate correlated information, and identifying a plurality of interferers according to the correlated information. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050582 | Distributed Bi-Directional Flow Control in Wireless Mesh Networks - A distributed, bi-directional congestion control and starvation avoidance system for wireless mesh networks. In particular implementations, the nodes of the wireless mesh network monitor their respective local buffers for traffic load, and signal upstream and downstream nodes in response to detected congestion or excess capacity to dynamically allocate transmit capacity between neighboring nodes. Particular implementations are capable of mitigating congestion and preventing starvation in a fully distributed, low-overhead, scalable and efficient manner. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050583 | METHOD FOR GROUPING MTC DEVICES IN MTC NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Methods for grouping MTC devices in MTC networks are proposed. One of the proposed methods includes grouping femto MTC devices into femto groups and grouping macro MTC devices into macro groups, where each of the assigned groups has its granted interval for delivering MTC messages. In the proposed method, it may detect network overload of each group or unsuccessful access request of each device, and statistically count consecutively accumulated number of occurrence of the CN overload of each group or accumulated number of occurrence of unsuccessful access request retries of each device. The group numbers, cycle time, and access probability of the macro groups or the femto groups may be adjusted according to the aforementioned accumulated numbers. In addition, the macro groups or the femto groups are merged or split according to determination based on the statistical counts. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050584 | APPLICATION SPECIFIC TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION IN A WIRELESS LINK - A packet data system such as a TCP/IP network transmits packets containing a variety of data types along links in the network. Packets are transmitted in a stream between nodes interconnected by the links connections, which conform to a transport layer protocol such as TCP, UDP, and RSTP, and include wireless links, which transmit packets using a radio frequency (RF) medium. By examining the data in a packet, performance characteristics such as a port number are determined. The performance characteristics indicate the application type, and therefore, the data type, of the packets carried on the connection. Since certain data types, such as streaming audio and video, are more loss tolerant, determination of the data type is used to compute link control parameters for the wireless link which that are optimal to the type of data being transmitted over the link. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050585 | REDUCTION OF USER PLANE CONGESTION - Technology for reducing user plane congestion is disclosed. An inquiry request message can be received at a mobility management entity (MME) from a congestion information collection function (CICF). The inquiry request message can request an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) and a packet data network (PDN) connection identifier (ID) associated with user equipments (UEs) that are impacted by radio access network (RAN) user plane congestion. The IMSI and the PDN connection ID that are associated with the UEs can be identified based in part on the inquiry request message. An inquiry response message that includes the IMSI and the PDN connection ID can be sent to the CICF to enable the CICF to discover an assigned policy and charging rules function (PCRF) for the UEs that are impacted by the RAN user plane congestion, wherein the PCRF is configured to implement network policies to reduce the RAN user plane congestion. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050586 | DATA PRIORITIZATION FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and device for priority sorting and transmission of data signals including a prioritization engine which reduces congestion of a data stream by prioritizing video data packets in proportion to non-video packets at established ratios. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050587 | PROACTIVE NETWORK CONGESTION MITIGATION - A device may proactively mitigate network congestion and reduce network load on a network device. In some implementations, the device may monitor load information associated with a base station in communication with a user device via a wireless cellular network; determine, based on the load information, that load on the base station should be reduced; determine, in response to the determination that the load on the base station should be reduced, and based on a type of traffic being transmitted to the user device via the base station, whether traffic for the user device can be offloaded to an access point within communications range of the user device; and cause, based on determining that the traffic for the user device can be offloaded to the access point, the user device to communicate via the access point and discontinue transmitting the traffic via the base station. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050588 | System and Method for Wireless Load Balancing - In one embodiment, a method of wireless load balancing includes receiving, by a communications controller from a device, a plurality of messages including a plurality of demands of a plurality of UEs and a plurality of locations of the plurality of UEs, where the plurality of demands includes a demand of a UE of the plurality of UEs, where the plurality of locations includes a location of the first UE, and where the location of the UE is in a cell and determining a utility map in accordance with the plurality of demands and the plurality of locations. The method also includes determining a recommendation of user behavior of a user of the first UE in accordance with the utility map, the location of the first UE, and the demand of the UE and transmitting, by the communications controller to the UE, the recommendation of user behavior. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050589 | AMBIENT NETWORK SENSING AND HANDOFF FOR DEVICE OPTIMIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Computer implemented methods, systems, and computer readable media provided herein may collect contextual information including parameter from a physical layer and a parameter from at least one other OSI layer. A handoff may be initiated based on the physical layer parameter and the at least one other OSI layer parameter. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050590 | System and Methods for Improving Intra-frequency Cell Reselection on a Wireless Communication Device in Connected Mode - Methods and devices for enabling improved cell reselection procedures on a wireless communication device with a first SIM is camped on a serving cell of a first network may include receiving a list of neighbor cells from system information that is broadcast in the serving cell, and performing signal measurements associated with the listed neighbor cells and the serving cell, and, based on the signal measurements, identifying neighbor cells that satisfy selection criteria. The wireless device may calculate ranking criteria for the serving cell and the identified neighbor cells, and determine whether an inter-frequency neighbor cell has a highest ranking criteria among all of the ranked cells. Upon determining that an intra-frequency neighbor cell has the highest ranking criteria, the wireless device may start a reselection timer and also start decoding the system information that is being broadcast in the intra-frequency neighbor cell that has the highest ranking criteria. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050591 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR ENABLING AN EXTENDED A BASE STATION IDENTITY - A method in a first network node for sending a message to a second network node or receiving the message from the second network node is provided. The first network node sends ( | 2016-02-18 |
20160050592 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR CELL RESELECTION IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - Methods and apparatuses are provided for cell reselection at a mobile terminal. A first cell measurement is performed with respect to a serving cell and a first set of one or more cells included in a neighbor cell list. A second cell measurement is performed to detect a second set of one or more cells that are not included in the neighbor cell list, based on the first cell measurement. One or more candidate cells that satisfy cell reselection criteria are determined from among the first set of one or more cells and the second set of one or more cells. One of the one or more candidate cells is reselected. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050593 | HARQ ADAPTATION FOR ACQUISITION OF NEIGHBOR CELL SYSTEM INFORMATION - A method in a mobile station including receiving an order from a serving cell for system information acquisition of a neighbor cell, wherein the order includes at least a physical cell identifier and a time limit for acquisition of the system information of the neighbor cell, acquiring the system information of the neighbor cell within the time limit for the acquisition of the system information, and reporting at least a part of the acquired system information to the serving cell. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050594 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CELL HANDOVER IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method, apparatus and system for cell handover in the communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA). The method includes: after receiving a performance measurement report for one or more neighboring cells from the served terminal, according to the performance measurement report, and basing on the CA mode for one or more candidate BSs corresponding to the one or more neighboring cells, a source Base Station (BS) in a communications system selects an algorithm suitable for the CA mode to calculate the priority levels of the one or more candidate BSs; from the one or more candidate BSs, selecting the BS having the highest priority as a target BS; and selecting one more cells to access from all cells being subject to the target BS in the one or more neighboring cells. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050595 | NEIGHBOR SCANNING IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - An access point includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals, a receiver configured to receive signals, and a timing information device. The timing information device is configured to receive a timing information request from a station associated to the access point, receive timing information for a beacon signal sent by a second access point, and report the timing information to the station. The timing information includes a time difference relative to a known reference time for transmission of the beacon signal and the time difference is an offset in timing units. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050596 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING AND MANAGING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN A MULTI-CELL ENVIRONMENT, AND NETWORK DEVICE AND TERMINAL FOR APPLYING THE METHOD - A method of assigning and managing reference signals in a multi-cell environment, and a network device and a terminal for applying the method, are provided. Reference signal patterns may be assigned to multiple femtocells through a long term coordination of a central control unit that is used to control multiple cells. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050597 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CELL RESELECTION - A communication terminal is described comprising a memory storing, for each radio cell of a plurality of radio cells, an information specifying whether the radio cell supports simultaneous operation in a plurality of different and overlapping frequency bands and a controller configured to initiate a cell reselection to one of the plurality of radio cells based on at least a part of the information. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050598 | SMALL CELL OFFLOADING COMMAND - A method includes, when operating in a connected state in a first cell such as a macro cell, reporting a presence of a second cell such as a small cell to the macro cell; receiving a first offloading command; storing connected state context information associated with the macro cell; establishing a connected state with the small cell; storing connected state context information associated with the small cell; performing at least one data offloading operation with the small cell and, upon a termination of data offloading operation, reestablishing the connected state with the macro cell using the stored connected state context information associated with the macro cell. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050599 | POWER SCAN FOR ESTABLISHING CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK (CSFB) CALL - In a method of wireless communication, a UE receives a redirection message from a first radio access technology (RAT) to move to a second RAT. The UE scans frequencies of the second RAT indicated in the received redirection message from the first RAT and does not detect a cell. The UE scans a third RAT and collects system information from a detected cell in the third RAT but does not camp on the detected cell in the third RAT. The UE scans frequencies of the second RAT indicated in the collected system information and detects a cell. The UE then performs a call setup with the detected cell of the second RAT. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050600 | Release with Redirect to LTE - A Radio Network Controller (RNC) and method in a non-Long Term Evolution (non-LTE) radio access network for controlling a Release with Redirection (RwR) procedure in which a User Equipment (UE) operating in the non-LTE radio access network is released and redirected to an LTE radio access network. When the RNC detects that the UE has been inactive for a defined period of time, and the UE is capable of operating in the LTE radio access network, the RNC determines whether the UE will have adequate signal quality to operate in the LTE radio access network. If so, the RNC performs the RwR procedure to release the UE from the non-LTE radio access network and redirect the UE to the LTE radio access network. If not, the RNC performs a normal release procedure. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050601 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING DEDICATED CORE NETWORK - Various communication techniques and related systems for a fusion between a 5th generation (5G) communication system and Internet of Things (IoT) technology are provided. A user equipment (UE) is required to select a dedicated core network so as to receive a suitable service. In a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, an enhanced Node B (eNB) of a mobile communication system transmits a first request message to a first mobile management entity (MME), receives a reroute command message based on the first request message from the first MME, and transmits a second message to a second MME based on the reroute command message. Herein, the reroute command message contains the first request message, at least one MME identifier, and a UE identifier. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050602 | Mobility optimization method, user equipment and access network equipment - Disclosed in the present disclosure is a mobility optimization method. The method includes that a User Equipment (UE) having a small data feature performs, when determining that a cell supporting an optimized small data processing capability exists in candidate cells during execution of cell reselection, the cell reselection according to information of a small data priority cell reselection principle. Also disclosed is another mobility optimization method, including that a network side provides cell reselection information to a UE having a small data feature and normally residing in a cell; the cell reselection information includes information of a reselection principle including a small data processing capability factor and/or capability information indicating whether a network supports optimized small data processing or not; during execution of switching, a target Evolved Node B (eNB) having an optimized small data processing capability and satisfying a switching condition is selected preferentially for the UE having the small data feature, and a switching request message is sent to the selected target eNB. Also disclosed are a UE and an access network device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050603 | INTERFERENCE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are an interference information processing method and device. The method comprises: a user terminal determining completion of reestablishment of an RRC connection; and the user terminal reporting interference indication information to a target cell. In the embodiment of the present invention, after a connection is established between the user terminal and a target cell except a source cell, the target cell may obtain interference indication information of the user terminal through the user terminal or the source cell, so as to avoid in-device interference of the user terminal according to the interference indication information of the user terminal. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing a handover procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) of a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) system receives information on an access point (AP) of a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, which is located at neighborhood of a second eNB, to which data of the first eNB can be offloaded, from a user equipment (UE) or a second eNB, and decides whether to handover the UE to the second eNB based on the received information on the AP. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050605 | METHOD FOR OFFLOADING TRAFFIC BY MEANS OF WIRELESS LAN IN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for offloading traffic by means of wireless LAN in a mobile communications system and apparatus therefor, and more particularly to a method for a terminal to offload traffic at a bearer level, and to a base station communicating with the terminal. The method for a terminal to offload traffic according to the present invention includes the steps of: while performing a data communication with a base station through a bearer of a first communications network, receiving from the base station an offloading command for offloading a part of traffic to a second communications network; transmitting a report of the offloading to the base station in response to the offloading command; and performing a data communication of the partial traffic with an accessible AP through a bearer of the second communications network without releasing the bearer of the first communications network. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050606 | COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLING WLAN AND FEMTOCELL NETWORKS UTILIZING A FEMTOCELL-TO-WLAN NETWORK BRIDGE AND CONTROLLER - Aspects of a method and system for communicatively coupling WLAN and femtocell networks utilizing a FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller are provided. In this regard, data communicated via one or more femtocells and one or more WLAN access points may be managed via a FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller communicatively coupled between a femtocell controller and an access point controller. The femtocell controller may be operable to manage and/or control operation of the one or more femtocells, and the access point controller may be operable to manage and/or control operation of the one or more WLAN access points. The FC-to-WLAN network bridge and controller, the femtocell controller, and the access point controller may intemperate to manage data communicated between a first end-user device communicatively coupled to one of the femtocells and a second end-user device communicatively coupled to one of the access points. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050607 | COMMUNICATING DATA USING A LOCAL WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK NODE - A local wireless access network node receives a request to offload at least a portion of data traffic for a user equipment from a macro wireless access network node to the local wireless access network node, where the user equipment is to maintain a wireless connection to the macro wireless access network node after the offload. The local wireless access network node sends a response to indicate whether the local wireless access node has accepted or denied the request. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050608 | METHOD FOR INITIATING HANDOVER, WIRELESS DEVICE AND BASE STATION - The present disclosure provides a method in a wireless device for initiating a handover from a source base station to a target base station. The method includes calculating a power offset indicative of a difference between a receiving power from the target base station and a receiving power from the source base station. A Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration difference is obtained between a TDD configuration of the target base station and a TDD configuration of the source base station. A TDD offset is calculated based on the TDD configuration difference and an uplink-downlink traffic model of the wireless device. The handover is initiated based on a combination of the power offset and the TDD offset exceeding a threshold. The present disclosure also provides a wireless device, a method in a base station and a base station. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050609 | CHANGING WIRELESS CARRIERS DURING A MOBILE GATEWAY SESSION - A first performance measure is determined of an existing data session between a mobile gateway and a cloud gateway via a first wireless carrier. Second performance measures of others of the wireless carriers are determined during the existing data session. Based on the first performance measure and the second performance measures, the existing data session is continued with the cloud gateway via a second of the wireless carriers. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050610 | CELL SELECTION AND RESELECTION FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELLS - A method for cell selection including a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell is described, the method including receiving priority information or reselection information, storing the information at a wireless transmit/receive unit, and applying the priority information for cell selection. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050611 | Data transmission method and system - Disclosed is a data transmission method. The method includes that: when downlink data is transmitted, a master node shunts, on a Radio Link Control (RLC) sublayer, the downlink data to obtain shunted data packets, and sends the shunted data packets to shunting nodes; the shunting nodes process the shunted data packets, and send the processed data packets to a User Equipment (UE); and when uplink data is transmitted, the master node converges data packets sent from the shunting nodes and data packets sent from the UE, and sends the converged data packets to a core network. Also disclosed is a data transmission system. With embodiments of the disclosure, mobile communications system is able to provide an optimized service, a higher bandwidth and better performance. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050612 | AGGREGATION-NODE SELECTION USING VIRTUAL HUB - A route determination method is provided in a multi-hop network having a number of nodes, where at least two nodes are target nodes. The multi-hop network includes a fictitious node having fictitious links to at least two of the target nodes. The method includes determining, at least part of one or more extended routes for connecting one or more of the nodes included in the multi-hop network, to the fictitious node and determining, at least a part of a route in the multi-hop network, using the at least part of one or more extended routes. Other methods and devices are disclosed for route determination in a multi-hop network have several gateways or aggregation nodes for connecting to a communication network, and for routing in a multi-hop network. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050613 | PRK-BASED SCHEDULING FOR PREDICTABLE LINK RELIABILITY - A Distributed sensing and control network includes multiple sensing/control nodes, each of which includes a controller. Each sensing/control node determines signal transmission/receipt scheduling based on a physical-ratio-k-scheduling (PRKS) protocol stored within the controller. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050614 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING MULTI-BAND BASED LINK IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method and a device for setting a multi-band based link in a wireless LAN system are disclosed. The method for configuring a wireless link comprises the steps of: receiving, from a wireless access device supporting the plurality of communication channels, a beacon message through a first communication channel among a plurality of communication channels; obtaining, from the beacon message, wireless access information which is used for accessing a first communication channel; and obtaining, from the beacon message, at least one available communication channel list except for the first communication channel among the plurality of communication channels. Thus, the time for configuring a link between wireless LAN apparatuses can be reduced. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050615 | EXTENDED ACCESS BARRING - A system and method for authorizing access to a transmission station for a mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device can receive device extended access barring (EAB) configuration information in a broadcast control channel (BCCH) from a transmission station. The mobile device can bar the mobile device configured for EAB and having characteristics identified in the EAB configuration information for barring from accessing the transmission station. Alternatively, a system and method for barring a mobile device from accessing a transmission station is disclosed. The transmission station can receive from the mobile device a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment request. The transmission station can configure a system information block (SIB) with extended access barring (EAB) configuration information. The transmission station can broadcast the SIB with EAB configuration information to the mobile device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORDERING CANDIDATES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK ASSOCIATION - Systems and methods for ordering candidates for wireless network association are provided. In certain embodiments, a wireless device, includes a processor that controls data received and data to be transmitted by the wireless device; and a memory, wherein the memory stores a short list that stores network device responses, wherein a network device response is associated with a network device in an environment of the wireless device. In certain implementations, instructions direct the processor to perform a short list search, wherein the wireless device attempts to connect to networks associated with network devices identified in the short list; and when the wireless device fails to connect with the networks associated with the network devices identified in the short list, perform an exhaustive search, wherein the wireless device attempts to connect to additional networks associated with additional network devices based on an ordered arrangement of network identifiers. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050617 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING SEARCH SIGNAL FOR DETECTING SMALL-SIZED CELL - According to one embodiment of the present description, a method by which a terminal receives a search signal from a small-sized cell is provided. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, configuration set information of search signals of clustered neighboring small-sized cells for each cluster; determining configuration information of a search signal of each of the neighboring small-sized cells belonging to a corresponding cluster on the basis of the set information; and detecting a search signal from a corresponding small-sized cell on the basis of the determined configuration information. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050618 | Systems and Methods of Controlling Access of Multiple Radio Protocol Stacks Within a Subscription - Embodiments include systems and methods of controlling access to radio access protocol stacks within a subscription. A processor of a communication device may establish a connection to a communication network under a subscription associated with the communication device. The processor may select a protocol stack from among two or more protocol stacks associated with the subscription to communicate with the communication network. The processor may send an attention command to the selected protocol stack within the subscription. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050619 | WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) SELECTION RULES - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for identifying a wireless local area network (WLAN) selection preference rule for use by a user equipment (UE) during a re-association procedure of the UE. The UE may use the WLAN selection preference rule to identify a WLAN with which the UE should associate. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCALABLE AND MANAGEABLE NON-ACCESS STRATUM (NAS) NODE SELECTION FUNCTION FOR EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEMS - A network element having a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) Node Selection Function for discriminating information in order to determine which core network node a signaling message should be sent comprising: a network interface unit configured to interact with a packet network system; a processor with a memory associated with the network interface unit and adapted to: receive the signaling message from an eNB at a selection function; extract header information from Stream Control Transport Protocol (SCTP) of the signaling message; communicate with a database having a persistent application map to determine if there is an association between the header information and a core network entity; if there is an association, forward the signaling message to a selected core network entity; and determine at the selected core network entity which one of a plurality of core network nodes within a core network pool to route the message based on availability of the plurality of core network nodes. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050621 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - In a proximity service, when positional information is notifies to a server in advance and the proximity service is started, UE that transmits and receives data receives the proximity degree including a communication target UE from the server before proximity discovery is performed to discover the communication target UE, and the UE controls unnecessary proximity discovery by discovering the communication target UE based on the proximity degree. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050622 | WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING BEACON FRAMES - Wireless devices, methods, and computer readable media for transmitting and receiving beacon frames are disclosed. A HEW device may include circuitry configured to: operate in accordance with OFDMA on a plurality of subchannels and a primary channel, and transmit a first beacon on the primary channel to one or more legacy devices. The circuitry may be further configured to transmit a second beacon on the plurality of subchannels to one or more HEW devices. The first beacon may be an 802.11 legacy beacon and the second beacon may be a HEW beacon. A HEW device may include circuitry configured to: tune to an assigned subchannel; and receive a HEW beacon on the assigned subchannel. The circuitry may be configured to: enter a power saving mode; leave the power saving mode; and receive another HEW beacon on the assigned subchannel to synchronize the HEW device with the AP. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050623 | WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SYNCHRONIZATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL-AREA NETWORK - Wireless devices, methods, and computer readable media for synchronization in a wireless local-area network. A method on a wireless communication device may include tuning to a first subchannel based on a schedule received from an access point (AP) the schedule to indicate that the HEW device is assigned to the first subchannel. The method may further include determining a target beacon receive time and tuning to a second subchannel to receive the target beacon at the target beacon receive time. The method may further include receiving the target beacon on the second subchannel and tuning back to the first subchannel. A method on an AP for synchronization may include transmitting information that indicates a target beacon receive time on a subchannel. The method may include not transmitting to a wireless communication device operating on a second subchannel for a period of time before the target beacon receive time, and transmitting a target beacon on a first subchannel at the target beacon receive time. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050624 | SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER SYNCHRONIZATION - There is provided a method performed by a wireless device for managing a sleep state when a Discontinuous Reception, DRX, cycle of the wireless device is configured to be longer than a predefined value. The method comprises the following steps. Determining a future point in time indicating an upcoming, future reception occasion at which the wireless device will receive a message. Entering the sleep state. Keeping track of time during the sleep state according to a first time format by using a clock. Waking-up from the sleep state before, as monitored by the clock, the future point in time. Reading broadcasted time information according to a second time format. Obtaining System Frame Number, SFN, synchronization based on the broadcasted time information according to the second time format and received System Frame Number, SFN, information. Receiving, with obtained SFN synchronization, the message at the future point in time. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION OPERATION FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN CELLULAR SYSTEM - Provided is a method and apparatus for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packets for low-power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The present research provides a method and apparatus that can perform a low-power consuming operation when a terminal is in active state in a cellular system. The method for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packet data to reduce power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system, including the steps of: a) establishing discontinuous reception/transmission (DRX/DTX) parameters including discontinuous DRX/DTX cycle information for terminals operating in a transmission suspension mode, which is a sub-state of an active state; and b) performing DRX/DTX based on the DRX/DTX parameters in the terminals operating in the transmission suspension mode. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050626 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING PAGING SIGNAL - A method and device for monitoring paging signals are provided. A method of DRX cycle extension for a mobile terminal in an IDLE mode is provided. The method is used to extend the current DRX cycle. A longer paging cycle is designed by extending a UE-specific paging cycle or introducing a new coefficient in system information. A method for extending the SFN is proposed in the invention. A boundary and a serial number of the SFN in the longer wrap around are indicated by the SI. To avoid a situation in which the high paging load occurs in certain paging frames or subframes, the UE_ID is extended in the invention. The proposed mechanism can flexibly adjust the paging cycle and the SFN extension to meet the actual requirements. The long DRX cycle can save a lot of power consumption of the mobile terminals in the IDLE mode. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050627 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER EFFICIENT ACCESS IN CONGESTED NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for of tracking network system timing are provided. In one aspect, a method for wireless communication comprises determining a probability of passing an accessibility test for accessing a network. The method further includes comparing the determined probability to a threshold. The method further includes selectively performing a backoff procedure for a period of time based on the comparison. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050628 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF TERMINAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MULTI-CARRIER STRUCTURE - A method for reducing power consumption of a terminal that communicates with a base station in a mobile communication system using a multi-carrier sturcture composed of a primary component carrier and at least one secondary component carrier comprises: receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter group for multi carriers from the base station; and setting the multi carriers to the same parameter value, by using the received parameter group. The method for reducing power consumption of the terminal further comprises: performing a downlink control channel receive operation on each carrier according to a DRX cycle. As the base station in the mobile communication system using the multi-carrier structure simplifies the DRX process for reducing power consumption of a terminal by reducing signaling load for the multi-carrier control of the terminal, it becomes possible to reduce power consumption of the terminal. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050629 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR WIDEBAND ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEMS - Apparatus and methods for wideband envelope tracking systems are disclosed herein. In certain implementations, an envelope tracker includes a DC-to-DC converter, a current digital-to-analog converter (DAC), an error amplifier, a feedback circuit, and an AC combiner. The current DAC receives a digital envelope signal, and uses the digital envelope signal to generate an envelope current. The feedback circuit is connected between an output and an inverting input of the error amplifier, and the envelope current is provided to the error amplifier's inverting input. Additionally, the AC combiner generates a power amplifier supply voltage by combining an output of the DC-to-DC converter and an output of the error amplifier. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050630 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION OF SUCH A DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A distribution system ( | 2016-02-18 |
20160050631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL OF MULTI-LINK CONNECTIONS - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for uplink transmission power control (TPC) of multi-link connections. The method for uplink TPC of multi-link connections according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a user equipment (UE) receiving a cell path loss compensating factor and a reference power level of each carrier of each connection in the multi-link connections, receiving an uplink transmission power adjustment amount of each carrier of each connection in the multi-link connections, and measuring a path loss of each carrier of each connection in the multi-link connections. According to the received cell path loss compensating factor, reference power level, and uplink transmission power adjustment amount, and the measured path loss, the UE calculates uplink transmission power of each carrier of each connection in the multi-link connections, and transmits data based on the uplink transmission power. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050632 | Power Control for Simultaneous Transmission of ACK/NACK and Channel-State Information in Carrier Aggregation Systems - Channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK information for multiple carriers are simultaneously transmitted using a PUCCH Format 3 structure, where the hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits and CSI bits are separately encoded and interleaved. In an example method, a power control offset parameter is calculated as a linear combination of at least a number N, representing a number of channel-state information bits and a number M, representing a number of hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits. The method continues with the calculating of a power level for a transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), using the power control offset parameter. In some embodiments, encoded channel-state information and hybrid-ARQ ACK/NACK bits are then transmitted according to the calculated power level. In some embodiments, the linear combination is of the form aN+bM+c, where a, b, and c are non-zero constants. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050633 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A device and a method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile terminal are provided. The device includes an antenna set in an optimized state, a memory including a power control table that includes transmission power control data for satisfying a Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) standard in a state where efficiency of the antenna is optimized, a sensor for detecting a distance between the mobile terminal and a user, a controller for receiving distance data from the sensor and for outputting transmission power control data corresponding to the distance data by referring to the power control table, and a power amplifier connected between a transmitter and the antenna for controlling transmission power of a signal according to the transmission power control data and for outputting the signal to the antenna. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050634 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL FOR DEVICE IN HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS LAN - The present invention relates to transmission power control for a device operating in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, and a transmission and reception method and apparatus using the transmission power control. According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting an uplink frame to an Access Point (AP) by a Station (STA) in a WLAN system may include receiving first transmission power control information and second transmission power control information from the AP, if a type related to the uplink frame is a first type, determining a maximum transmission power based on the first transmission power control information, if the type related to the uplink frame is a second type, determining a maximum transmission power based on the second transmission power control information, and transmitting the uplink frame based on the determined maximum transmission power. The first type and the second type may correspond to different access schemes for uplink transmission. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050635 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING D2D DISCOVERY SIGNAL BY TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for determining a device-to-device (D2D) symbol having orthogonality maintained (hereinafter, a position of the D2D symbol having orthogonality maintained) between single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) sub-carriers among physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)/D2D signals, a method for determining the power of the symbol having orthogonality maintained, and a method for transmitting additional information in accordance with selective power control is provided. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050636 | CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A POWER AMPLIFIER IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling the power consumption of a power amplifier included in a communication device. For at least some embodiments, the power consumption may be controlled by determining an order for the data packets to be transmitted, selecting a coding scheme used to encode the data packets, and/or determining an output power level of the power amplifier. The data packet transmission order, the coding scheme, and/or the output power level may be determined, at least in part, by the temperature of the power amplifier, a quality of service associated with the data packets, a data packet length, and/or a link budget. Adjustments to the data packet transmission order, the coding scheme, and/or the output power level may be made dynamically for each data packet. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050637 | CONFIGURING DISCOVERY SIGNALS - A method in a first network node is disclosed. The method comprises determining a time synchronization level for at least a pair of network nodes, the time synchronization level comprising information about a difference in start time of the radio frames in a downlink or radio subframes in a downlink between the at least a pair of network nodes. The method further comprises adapting one or more discovery reference signal parameters based at least in part on the determined time synchronization level for the at least a pair of network nodes, and transmitting a discovery reference signal using the adapted one or more discovery reference signal parameters. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050638 | PROXY MOBILE NODE CAPABILITY FOR MOBILE IP - A method and system are provided for transmitting information in a Mobile Internet Protocol (IP) environment, which includes a home agent (HA) provided at a home network, a base station (BS) broadcasting a pilot signal, a foreign agent (FA) provided at or associated with the BS, a mobile node (MN) providing the ability to detect and identify itself to a BS, a proxy mobile node (PMN) Identifying the MN wherein the PMN is provided at the BS. If the PMN identifies the MN, the PMN retrieves an IP address for each of the MN, FA and HA and sends a registration request to the FA. The FA relays the registration request to the HA, and the proxy MN is registered with the HA. Thus, the MN functionality is provided transparently to the MN by the PMN. This significantly simplifies the configuration of the MN and the Mobile IP network. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050639 | Determining Effects on Communication Signals | 2016-02-18 |
20160050640 | SITE MODEL SELECTION FOR A WIRELESS ACCESS POINT - Techniques are provided for placing wireless access points on a site model. An indication of a newly detected wireless access point is received. Perceived signal strengths are received from the newly detected wireless access point or located wireless access points. A site model is selected based on the received perceived signal strengths. The newly detected wireless access point is placed on the selected site model. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050641 | LOCATING COMPUTER-CONTROLLED ENTITIES - A beacon device is provided in proximity to a computing system within a computing center. A request to locate the computing system in the computing center is triggered on a central control unit. In response to the request to locate the computing system, the control unit generates specification data for a unique radio signal identifier, sends an activation request and the specification data to the beacon device, and provides the specification data to a portable device and stores the specification data on the portable device. In response to receiving the activation request, the beacon device sends a radio signal identifier generated from the specification data. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050642 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOTIFICATIONS - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes, in response to receipt of selection of an option to enter a do not disturb mode at the portable electronic device, suppressing notifications for the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The method also includes, in response to exiting the do not disturb mode, discontinuing suppressing notifications for new communications received at the portable electronic device, providing an option to view the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode and, in response to receipt of selection of the option to view the communications received while in the do not disturb mode, displaying a consolidated list of the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The consolidated list includes a plurality of electronic communication types. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050643 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PAGING IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A paging procedure of a mobile telecommunications system is modified to page a terminal using all the transceiver node cells in the coverage area allocated to the terminal that operate in the frequency bands indicated by frequency band capability data for the terminal, but not using the transceiver node cells in the coverage area allocated to the terminal that operate only in other ones of the frequency bands. In one embodiment a control entity is operable to initiate an initial paging procedure by paging based on the characteristic of the terminal obtained by the control entity, and to initiate a subsequent paging procedure if no paging response is received from the terminal. In another embodiment, coverage area allocation means allocates each of the transceiver node cells to one or more of the coverage areas in dependence upon on which of the frequency bands the cell is capable of communicating. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050644 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR QUICK BURST TUNE AWAY IN MULTI-SIM DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication comprises a processor configured to determine a time when the plurality of page bursts for the first radio access technology (RAT) will be received. The processor further configured to allocate a portion of time between page bursts for use by a second RAT. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050645 | Beacon Sharing Platform - Data is received that specifies at least one beacon associated with a first account and a first validity window specifying a time period during which the at least one beacon is to be associated with an additional account. Thereafter, a first entitlement is generated which, when registered by a second account, causes the at least one beacon to be associated with the second account until expiration of the first validity window. Prior to registration of the first entitlement and additionally outside the first validity window the at least one beacon is associated solely with the first account. After the registration of the first entitlement, the at least one beacon is caused to be associated with the second account during the first validity window. Other types of sharing parameters are also available such as sequencing, subsets of beacons, and the like. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050646 | Radio Resource Management Method, Macro Base Station, And Low-Power Node - Disclosed are a method for radio resource management, a macro eNB and a low power node. The method is applied to a long term evolution (LTE) system introduced with a low power node, including: a macro eNB selecting a low power node for an accessed user equipment to provide a joint transmission service; the low power node and the macro eNB jointly providing a radio resource management service for the user equipment. The macro eNB includes a selection unit and a first resource management unit. The low power node includes a second resource management unit and a data transmission unit. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050647 | RECEIVING METHOD AND USER DEVICE IN SMALL-SCALE CELL - According to one disclosure in the present specification, a receiving method for a user device in a small-scale cell is provided. The receiving method may include: a step of monitoring a plurality of candidate control channels within a search space for a serving cell; and a step of acquiring downlink control information (DCI) by decoding the plurality of candidate control channels. The DCI can include a resource block assignment field, and the resource block assignment field can include information about virtual system bandwidth in the downlink system bandwidth. The receiving method may include a step of receiving a data channel over multiple subframes, based on the virtual system bandwidth. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) of a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving a downlink signal comprising an uplink grant; when a CSI request field contained in the downlink signal triggers a CSI report, deriving a CQI value on the basis of a PDSCH transmission block in a CSI reference resource; and carrying out a CSI report including the CQI value in subframe n, wherein the CSI reference resource is the last subframe that is not later than a subframe which is four subframes before subframe n. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050649 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING RESOURCE IN SMALL CELL ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for managing a resource in a small cell environment. The method for managing a resource in a small cell environment by a macro base station for controlling connection between user equipment (UE) and a gateway (GW), includes: configuring at least one packet path between the GW and the UE through a bearer of the macro base station; determining whether to add at least one small base station in the macro base station to the at least one packet path according to signal strength of the at least one small base station from the UE; and changing the at least one packet path using a bearer of a small base station based on the result. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050650 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING NETWORK RESOURCE, METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO TARGET DEVICE IN NETWORK, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - The present application discloses a method for allocating a network resource, a method for connecting to a target device in a network, a base station, and a terminal device. In the method for allocating a network resource, a base station receives request information sent by a first terminal device, where the request information is configured to request the base station to allocate a network resource; the base station sends, to the first terminal device, allocation information of the network resource allocated by the base station, where the allocation information is configured to indicate the network resource allocated by the base station; the first terminal device is a terminal served by a cell of the base station, and the second terminal device is a terminal that accesses the target device by using the first terminal device. Thus, a problem of network resource waste is reduced, and user experience is improved. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050651 | Method for Selecting Consecutive Resource Blocks and Associated Base Station - The present disclosure discloses a method for selecting consecutive resource blocks (RBs) on an available frequency band and an associated base station (BS). The method comprises the step of determining a minimum possible window size and a maximum possible window size for each of selected fragments of the frequency band (S | 2016-02-18 |
20160050652 | Secondary Cell Preparation for Inter-Site Carrier Aggregation - According to embodiments of the invention, an apparatus is provided which includes a connection unit configured to send and/or receive data to and/or from a secondary network control node, a processor configured to establish a configuration preparation message for the secondary network control node for preparing a carrier aggregation in which data to a user equipment is transmitted by at least two component carriers, and in which at least one first component carrier is provided between the apparatus and the user equipment and at least one second component carrier is provided between the secondary network control node and the user equipment, wherein the configuration preparation message includes configuration preparation information for the carrier aggregation, and the connection unit is configured to send the configuration preparation message to the secondary network control node. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050653 | AVOIDING RADIO ACCESS NETWORK CONGESTION - In an LTE (Long Term Evolution) system, a radio access network (RAN) is configured to detect and report congestion radio congestion to a core network. RAN congestion may be indicated by lost, discarded, or retransmitted data packets. In response to being notified of congestion at the RAN, the core network of the system modifies properties of data bearers and data flows between the core network and the RAN, such as by modifying QoS commitments where possible and remapping data flows. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050654 | CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus includes: a control unit that controls a network in its charge, by setting control information in communication node(s) to be controlled; a policy storage unit that holds a policy or policies for selecting, from among the control information, control information to be transmitted to another control apparatus; and a control information exchange unit that transmits, to the other control apparatus, control information selected by referring to the policy. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050655 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A user equipment (UE) receives using a PDCCH, downlink control information (DCI) including second information (SI), the DCI being used for scheduling of a PUSCH in one uplink component carrier. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, channel state information (CSI) for a first set of one or more downlink component carriers (DCCs) which is configured in a case that more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a first value. The UE transmits using the PUSCH, the CSI for a second set of the one or more DCCs which is configured in a case that the more than one DCC is configured and the DCI including the SI is received and a value of the field of the SI is a second value, where the DCI is mapped on a UE specific search space. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050656 | 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. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050657 | USER TERMINAL, SMALL BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to achieve enough randomization of uplink control signals between a plurality of small cells located in a macro cell and to simplify cell planning of the small cells, the present invention provides a user terminal that is capable of communicating with a macro base station covering a macro cell and a small base station covering a small cell located within the macro cell. The user terminal generates uplink signals using uplink signal sequences of zero autocorrelation except at a synchronization point, and allocates the uplink signals to subframes by using a hopping pattern where a sequence number of an uplink signal sequence is switched per subframe in a predetermined cycle. A hopping cycle of the uplink signal sequences in a hopping pattern for the small base station is longer than a hopping cycle of the uplink signal sequences in a hopping pattern for the macro base station. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050658 | Radio Access Technology with Non-Continuous and Periodic PUSCH Transmission - In some embodiments, a user equipment (UE) and base station implement improved communication methods which enable a UE that is peak current limited to perform UL transmissions which are consistent with the UL timeline. Embodiments are also presented which enable a UE that is peak current limited to utilize a new form of distributed TTI (transmit time interval) bundling for improved uplink communication performance. In performing “distributed” TTI bundling, the UE may transmit a plurality of redundancy versions of first information to the base station, wherein the plurality of redundancy versions are transmitted in non-consecutive sub-frames with a periodicity of X ms. After the plurality of redundancy versions of first information are transmitted to the base station, the base station may provide a single acknowledge/negative acknowledge (ACK/NACK) to the UE. A method for dynamically generating and using a bundle size for TTI bundling is also disclosed. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050659 | RATE DETERMINATION IN HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS LAN - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a transmission rate in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for receiving an uplink frame from a Station (STA) by an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN may be provided. The method may include transmitting to the STA a downlink frame eliciting the uplink frame, and receiving the uplink frame from the STA at a rate determined based on whether the type of the uplink frame is a single user type or a multi-user type. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050660 | CHANNEL CAPACITY ON COLLISION BASED CHANNELS - The present disclosure relates generally to wireless devices (e.g., Internet of Things (IoT) devices) and, more particularly, to improving the capacity of a logical channel such as the Random Access Channel (RACH) to cater to wireless traffic (e.g., IoT traffic). In one embodiment, a wireless device, when deciding to attempt a system access in accordance with the present disclosure, would first select a Training Sequence Code (TSC) based on the device's coverage class and then transmit one or more access request bursts (each including the selected TSC) on a logical channel to a wireless access node. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050661 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION LINKS - A system and method for managing a communication link between a consumer electronic device adapted for two-way, wireless communications with at least one peripheral. The communication link is managed using a controller that is associated with the consumer electronic device that functions to assign communication slots to the peripheral to facilitate communications between the peripheral and the consumer electronic device. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050662 | Network Nodes and Methods for Enabling Access to a Radio Network - A wireless device ( | 2016-02-18 |
20160050663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA RATE OF COMMERCIAL CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH SCATTERED SPECTRUM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for implementing Long-Term Evolution (LTE) scheduling in a wireless communication system with scattered spectrum. During operation, the system determines bandwidth resources that are available in the wireless communication system. The available bandwidth resources comprise a plurality of scattered spectrum pieces. The system identifies a spectrum piece that has a bandwidth that is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold, defines a logical channel that is centered at the identified spectrum piece, and performs LTE scheduling based on the defined logical channel, wherein the LTE scheduling involves provisioning a user or a service using spectrum pieces encompassed in the defined logical channel. | 2016-02-18 |
20160050664 | Managing Transmitter Collisions - Various embodiments implemented on a mobile communication device (e.g., a multi-SIM-multi-active communication device) mitigate degraded transmit performance typically experienced by a lower-priority subscription during a Tx collision event in which a higher-priority subscription receives a shared Tx resource of the mobile communication device to the exclusion of the lower-priority subscription. Specifically, in various embodiments, a processor of the mobile communication device may determine when an upcoming transmission of the lower-priority subscription will collide with a scheduled transmission of the higher-priority subscription (i.e., may determine when a Tx collision event will occur between the subscriptions) and may implement one or more Tx collision management strategies in response to determining that the lower-priority subscription's upcoming transmission will collide with a transmission of the higher-priority subscription, thus improving the lower-priority subscription's overall performance. | 2016-02-18 |