12th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150078168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A load distribution method and apparatus of a base station are disclosed. The method includes measuring load information associated with the BS; transmitting the measured load information to at least one adjacent BS; receiving load information from the at least one adjacent BS; generating a first cluster including the BS and the at least one adjacent BS; and executing a load distribution operation with respect to the first cluster, wherein at least one BS included in the first cluster is included in a second cluster. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078169 | Communication Terminal, Method of Communication and Communication System - A communication terminal comprises: first means that communicates with a network system that includes a forwarding apparatus forwarding a packet and a control apparatus informing the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule prescribing a packet processing method; second means that determines a processing operation to be executed by the network system from among packet processing operations to be executed by the communication terminal; and third means that informs the forwarding apparatus of a processing rule corresponding to the determined packet processing operation. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078170 | BYPASSING CONGESTION POINTS IN A CONVERGED ENHANCED ETHERNET FABRIC - Embodiments relate to bypassing congestion points in a network. An aspect includes sampling queues of a plurality of switches in a network. When packet congestion is detected at a congestion point of a first switch, the packet flow contributing to the packet congestion is identified. A congestion notification message indicating the identified packet flow is then propagated to upstream switches, which are upstream from the first switch in the network. The congestion notification message is then snooped by the upstream switches. Virtual queues within the upstream switches are associated with the identified packet flow to hold packets associated with the identified packet flow. The packets associated with the identified packet flow are then re-routed to bypass the packet congestion in the first switch. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078171 | CONGESTION MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING FOR REAL-TIME DELAY-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS - Embodiments describe mechanisms for an eNB, possibly assisted by a UE, to detect and possibly alleviate user plane congestion. In some embodiments, the eNB implements UE assisted packet dropping, where the UE requests the eNB drop packets in a sub-QCI that meet designated criteria, such as exceeding a sub-QCI delay threshold. Other embodiments, detect periods of congestion and send congestion indication to the core network when the congestion period exceeds a threshold or when the user experience is degraded. Some embodiments implement both sets of functionality. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078172 | PACKET DETECTION IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERERS - Methods and apparatus for signal processing is disclosed. The methods and apparatus include a first autocorrelator configured to autocorrelate a received signal using a first time delay to produce a first correlation magnitude, a second autocorrelator configured to autocorrelate the received signal using a second time delay different from the first time delay to produce a second correlation magnitude, and a detector configured to determine whether the received signal comprises a packet preamble based on the first and second correlation magnitudes. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078173 | METHOD AND NETWORK MONITORING PROBE FOR TRACKING IDENTIFIERS CORRESPONDING TO A USER DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and network monitoring probe for tracking identifiers corresponding to a user device are provided. The probe monitors a source base station (BS) for receipt of at least a first control plane message comprising a first control plane identifier and a first user device identifier; the probe also monitors the source MME for receipt of a second control plane message comprising a second control plane identifier, a second and a third user device identifier; when the first and the second control plane identifiers are identical and the first and the second user device identifiers are identical, the first and third user device identifier are respectively stored or output as an identified first and second user device identifier of the user device, and it is determined that the user device commences a S1-based handover when the first control plane message is determined as a handover required message. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078174 | AUTOMATIC SETUP OF REFLECTOR INSTANCES - A method of establishing a service operations administration and maintenance (OAM) session between an originator and a reflector in a communication network includes continuously monitoring, by the reflector, any test packets transmitted by the originator. The originator transmits to the reflector, at a time indicated by a first timestamp, a test packet. The reflector receives the test packet at a time indicated by a second timestamp and generates a unique flow identifier that identifies the reflector. The reflector transmits the test packet to the originator. The reflector assigns a sequence number to the test packet. The originator receives the test packet at a time indicated by a fourth timestamp. The reflector stores the unique flow identifier at least for the duration of the OAM session. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078175 | SERVICE QUALITY MEASUREMENT AND INDICATION FOR MULTICAST BROADCAST IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A service quality metric, that measures the quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device, may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content that was encoded using a forward error correction (FEC) technique in which the content is segmented and encoded as a plurality of blocks; and reassembling the content corresponding to the received radio signal. The method may further include determining an FEC failure rate based on a relative occurrence of the successfully reassembled blocks to the unsuccessfully reassembled blocks; determining a service quality metric based on the FEC failure rate; and providing a visual indication of the service quality metric. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078176 | SELECTIVELY REFRESHING ADDRESS REGISTRATION INFORMATION - Facilitating communications within a processing environment. Inbound traffic and outbound traffic on one or more virtual interfaces of the processing environment are monitored for a predefined amount of time. Based on the monitoring, a determination is made as to whether for a selected component of a virtual interface of the one or more virtual interfaces an inbound frame has been received but an outbound frame has not been transmitted for the predetermined amount of time. Based on determining that the inbound frame has been received but the outbound frame has not been transmitted, a generated outbound frame is forwarded to cause address registration information for the virtual interface to be refreshed. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078177 | MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION - Systems and apparatuses involve implementing methods that may include receiving, by enhanced user equipment (eUE), an assignment of Resource Blocks (RBs) from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the eUE is configured to receive full-duplex transmissions; for each assigned RB, measuring interference caused by uplink transmissions from one or more legacy UEs; and reporting, to the eNB, the measured interference. The present implementations may provide an eUE-based approach, an eUE and eNB interactive approach, an eUE baseband approach, and an eUE analog approach to reducing interference for full duplex enabled mobile devices. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078178 | SOFTWARE PLATFORM FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A software-based technology framework for supervising and supporting a combined wireless and satellite communications network requires a two-way communication capability that is operated by a network manager in a supervising system. In particular, this requires the monitoring of a communication network by the network manager, which receives operational information from operative components in the communications network that is pertinent to state/status, performance, and fault reporting aspects of the components. The operational information is then correlated and analyzed at the network manager to generate support information, which pertains to administration, configuration, provisioning and troubleshooting instructions for operative components of the communication network. The support information is then disseminated by the network manager to the appropriate operative component. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078179 | SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR FOR MULTICAST BROADCASTING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The quality of a multicast broadcast that is being received by a mobile device may be determined. In one implementation, a method may include receiving a radio signal corresponding to a multicast broadcast of content; measuring a strength of the received signal; determining a minimum signal strength to receive the content associated with the multicast broadcast; determining a signal quality metric, associated with the multicast broadcast, the signal quality metric being based on a difference between the measured strength of the signal and the determined minimum signal strength; and providing a visual indication of the signal quality metric. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078180 | Communication Adaptations To Industrial Noise - A device in an industrial environment may adapt communications to account for industrial noise in the industrial environment. The device may send a first communication to a destination device in the industrial environment using a first communication technology. The device may access noise prediction data for the industrial environment, and the noise prediction data may indicate predicted noise for one or more portions of the industrial environment, including a communication pathway to the destination device using the first communication technology. The device may adapt a subsequent communication to the destination device to account for the predicted noise along the communication pathway. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078181 | System and Method for Capacity Planning on a High Speed data Network - The present disclosure describes a method and system for monitoring the bandwidth utilization on a high speed data network port over time. According to the method described herein, measurements of the bandwidth utilization on the port may be taken over a predetermined time interval and analyzed to determine whether the utilization measurement equals or exceeds a predetermined upper threshold. If the port exhibits high bandwidth utilization within the time interval, an alert may be set for further monitoring of the port or for port augmentation. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078182 | METHODS SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR ROBUSTNESS IMPROVEMENT IN A MOBILE AD HOC NETWORK USING REPUTATION-BASED ROUTING - Aspect of the present disclosure include A Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) in which an intermediate relay node may engage in discreet packet-dropping practices for selfish (e.g., to conserve power) or other reasons. Each node in such a MANET has a dynamic reputation level known to all other nodes. Embodiments include improving the overall performance or robustness of such a MANET by adopting a routing strategy (e.g. routing protocol) which considers the reputation levels of intermediate relaying nodes in determining the best route from a source to a destination. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include a system for discovering a route between two nodes in a communication network. One or more nodes: (i) determine a reputation level of each neighboring node; (ii) sending a route discovery message that is addressed to the destination node to one neighboring node having a highest reputation level. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078183 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING INTERFERENCE SIGNAL IN CARRIER SIGNAL - Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and system for measuring interference signals in carrier signals. The method comprises: receiving multiple valid samples of the carrier signals; based on the multiple valid samples of the carrier signals, gaining value of constant part and mean square error of zero mean part in the interference signals through iterative calculation; calculating the total power value of the interference signals. Since considering the constant part in the interference signals, the measurement method is suitable in the case that the interference signals in the carrier signals is non-zero mean value, and the obtained measurement result of the interference signals will be more accurate than the result through the existing method. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING SPEED OF USER EQUIPMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for estimating a speed of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes counting a number of cell reselections based on whether a cell is reselected due to a user service or not, and estimating a speed of the UE based on the number of the cell reselections. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078185 | Network Node, Wireless Sensor Network and Method for Facilitating Positioning of a Network Node in a Wireless Sensor Network - There is provided a network node for use in a wireless sensor network, said network node being arranged to determine communication activities of the network node in different spatial directions extending from the network node, and said network node comprising at least one visual indicator being arranged to provide a visual indication of said communication activities. A wireless sensor network comprising such a network node is also disclosed, as is a method facilitating positioning a network node in a sensor network. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078186 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR DECENTRALIZED INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method that includes interference control at transmitters and interference mitigation at receivers in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention exploit the interference sensitivity at neighboring terminals by taking into account the reciprocity of propagation radio channels in Time Division Duplexing systems (TDD). It can be applied to design the resource allocation for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in a wireless communication system. The methods include the self-configuration of the transmit power, the transmit precoder and the receive filter, at each transmitter and receiver in a multi-cell network. Systems are also provided and configured for implementing the methods of the invention. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078187 | NOISE ESTIMATION BASED ON CONTROL MESSAGES DESTINED FOR OTHER MOBILE TERMINALS - A method in a communication terminal includes receiving a signal that carries a data channel and at least a control-channel message, which has a first part that is masked with a terminal-specific code. A second part of the control-channel message that is not masked with the terminal-specific code is decoded to produce a decoded second part. The validity of decoded second part is checked. In response to deciding that the decoded second part is valid, a noise level for the data channel is estimated based on the decoded second part. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078188 | UPLINK CHANNEL DESIGN WITH COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for providing uplink channel coverage enhancements for wireless devices. An example method generally includes determining a power difference value based on a target preamble received power level and a maximum preamble transmit power level, selecting a bundling size for uplink transmissions based on the determined difference, and sending the uplink transmissions, in accordance with the selected bundling size. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DRX OPERATION IN BEAM FORMING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for controlling a discontinuous reception operation in a beam forming communication system includes receiving a discontinuous reception operation request message from the mobile station; determining whether a discontinuous reception operation of the mobile station is set, based on the number of subframes necessary for measuring a beam of the base station by the mobile station and a maximum allowable delay time of a service provided for the mobile station, and when it is determined that a discontinuous reception operation is set for the mobile station, transmitting a response message containing information on a beam measuring duration and a feedback duration to the mobile station. Other embodiments including a base station and a mobile station are also disclosed. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078190 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF ENHANCING DOWNLINK UE-SPECIFIC DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL TO FACILITATE INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION AND SUPPRESSION - Various devices and methods are provided that use enhanced downlink demodulation reference signals (DMRS) to facilitate inter-cell interference cancellation and suppression. Coordinated configuration of DMRS port assignments for transmission from cells in a group of neighboring cells is provided. Each cell's physical cell identification (PCID) is mapped with its corresponding assigned antenna port(s). | 2015-03-19 |
20150078191 | System And Method For Providing Interference Characteristics For Interference Mitigation - According to certain embodiments, a method for providing interference characterization data by a network node includes providing telecommunications services for a first wireless device located associated with the network node. The network node identifies characteristic data associated with at least one characteristic of an interfering signal associated with a second wireless device. The characteristic data associated with the interfering signal associated with the second wireless device is transmitted to the first wireless device. The at least one characteristic may identify at least one power characteristic associated with the interfering signal. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078192 | 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 includes receiving measurement information including a measurement interval from a base station, determining a measurement period based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle if a carrier is activated, determining the measurement period based on the received measurement interval if the carrier is deactivated, and generating a filtered measurement result for the carrier based on the measurement period. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078193 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SOURCE DEVICE, DESTINATION DEVICE AND RELAY DEVICE - A communication method of a source device according to an embodiment includes detecting a status of a first link directly connected from the source device to a destination device or a status of a second link connected from the source device to the destination device via a relay device, selecting any one of the first link and the second link based on a result of the detection, and transmitting data using the selected link. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078194 | Spectrum analysis capability in network and/or system communication devices - Spectrum analysis (SA) capability is included in various communication devices within a communication network. One or more of the devices use the SA information from other devices in the system to determine status of various communication links were devices in the system. One or more processors within one or more devices can identify any actual/existing or expected failure or degradation of the various components within the system. Such components may include communication devices, communication channels or links, interfaces, interconnections, etc. When an actual/existing or expected failure or degradation is identified, the affected components may be serviced or devices within the system may operate to mitigate any reduction in performance caused by such problems. Such SA functionality/capability may be implemented in one communication device or in a distributed manner across a number of devices in a communication system. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078195 | RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Where first and second reference signals for a first and second communication system, respectively, are transmitted, resources that affect a reception apparatus compatible only with the first communication system can be minimized, and the throughput can be prevented from being deteriorated. As resources for a reference signal CSI-RS for LTE-A, last half symbols in a time direction of a resource unit RB/Sub-frame defined in a frequency-time domain are used, and the CSI-RS is allocated in a position up to the last two symbols or in the last symbol, or the like, of a particular RB/Sub-frame and transmitted when a reference signal 4RS for LTE is transmitted to a reception apparatus in addition to transmitting CSI-RS for LTE-A. The reception apparatus receives CSI-RS allocated in the last half symbol of RB/Sub-frame based on CSI-RS allocation information, measures channel quality by using this CSI-RS, and transmits and reports feedback information. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING WIDE BAND DATA PACKET SIGNAL TRANSCEIVERS USING NARROW BAND TESTERS - System and method for using multiple data packet signal testers having narrower data packet signal bandwidths for testing multiple data packet signal transmitters having wider data packet signal bandwidths. Using multiple data packet signal testers with narrower receiver bandwidths to process respective portions of the wider bandwidth of the data packet signals produced by the devices under test (DUTs) enables use of lower cost, narrower-bandwidth test equipment to test wide-bandwidth signals. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078197 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUS PEER-TO-PEER DISCOVERY - Apparatus and method are provided for performing asynchronous discovery among multiple peers in a wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network. In an aspect of the disclosure, a peer selects a duty cycle C corresponding to a probability that the peer is in either a scanning state or an advertising state, rather than a sleeping state, wherein the duty cycle C is selected in accordance with a power consumption of the peer. The peer also selects a first probability P | 2015-03-19 |
20150078198 | SIMPLE MESH NETWORK FOR WIRELESS TRANSCEIVERS - A method of operating a mesh network is disclosed (FIG. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078199 | Network Managing Method and Device for Wireless Network System - A network managing method for a wireless network system including a plurality of wireless access equipments and at least one user equipment includes the plurality of wireless access equipments measuring a plurality of echo back time of the at least one user equipment to obtain a plurality of measurement results, determining locations of the at least one user equipment according to the plurality of measurement results and locations of the plurality of wireless access equipments, and adjusting wireless operations from the plurality of wireless access equipments to the at least one user equipment according to the locations and priorities of the at least one user equipment. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078200 | Adaptive Industrial Network - An environment, such as an industrial environment, may include a control network with multiple network devices. A network device in the control network may have groups of communication ports servicing upstream and/or downstream network traffic. The group of communication ports may have, for example, two communication ports. Transmission parameters of the communication ports may be dynamically configured based on a first network port configuration and a second network port configuration for the first and second communication ports, respectively. The first network port configuration may have different transmission parameters than the second network port configuration. The first network port may forward data packets over the control network according to the first network port configuration, while the second network port may forward data packets to the next hop device utilizing the second network port configuration. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078201 | ROUTE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The application provides a route synchronization method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a first FEF, an entire network address request message sent by a second FEF, where the entire network address request message includes an MAC address and an FC network segment of the second FEF; parsing, by the first FEF, the entire network address request message, acquiring the MAC address and the FC network segment of the second FEF, and storing the MAC address and the FC network segment of the second FEF in a routing table of the first FEF; and sending, by the first FEF, a response message to the second FEF, where the response message includes a MAC address and an FC network segment of the first FEF. Thus, distributed routing of an FCoE network is implemented, and scalability of the FCoE network is improved. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078202 | MANAGED ACCESS TO MOBILE ENDPOINTS - A network device may be configured to provide a gateway between a remote host and a mobile node using multiple interconnection protocols. The network device may include database circuitry configured to query a database for a first or second address of a mobile node using a domain name of the mobile node. The addresses may be associated with different interconnection protocols. The network device may include communication interface circuitry configured to receive a request from a remote host to communicate with the mobile node. The request may include the domain name. The interface circuitry may also be configured to transmit a message indicating the request using the first address, and transmit the second address to the remote host so that the remote host can communicate with the mobile node using the second address. The message may include a command to establish a data bearer through the second address. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078203 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY CONTROL CONNECTIVITY WITHIN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus to dynamically control connectivity within VPNs are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes broadcasting, by a route server, a border gateway protocol advertisement as received at the route server; determining a first provider edge router is to be configured for additional connectivity beyond a connectivity defined in a table associated with the first provider edge router, the additional connectivity including an identification of a second provider edge router to which the first provider edge router is to be communicatively coupled; generating a copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement; modifying the copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement to facilitate the additional connectivity; and broadcasting the modified copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078204 | DOMINATING SET IDENTIFICATION FOR PATH COMPUTATION BASED ON DIRECTED ACYCLIC GRAPH MEMBERSHIP - In one embodiment, a method comprises a path computation device receiving device information from member network devices, each member network device belonging to a directed acyclic graph to a destination in a low power lossy network; and the path computation device classifying each member network device belonging to a directed acyclic graph as belonging to a dominating set, for generation of optimized routes distinct from any directed acyclic graph, for reaching any one of the member network devices of the dominating set. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078205 | Self-Organising Method for Establishing Deterministic Routes in a Large Computer Network - The invention relates to a method for establishing deterministic communication routes in a large computer network, wherein all affected end systems and switches of the computer network have a global time and a deterministic communication route is generated on the basis of an existing communication route between two or more end systems of the computer network in that a time-triggered connection manager (TTCM) of an end system
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20150078206 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK EQUIPMENT - A method for acquiring information includes: receiving an Internet Protocol (IP) address acquisition request or Packet Data Network (PDN) address allocation information sent by User Equipment (UE); determining a PDN address capability according to the IP address acquisition request or the PDN address allocation information; and sending the determined PDN address capability to the UE. An UE and network equipment are also provided. The PDN address capability is determined by the network and is sent to the UE, so as to indicate to the UE the IP address information that may be acquired in a current PDN connection, such that when the network cannot provide an IP address for the UE any more, the UE is prevented from acquiring other IP addresses in other manners, avoiding service abnormality. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078207 | MICROWAVE BACKHAUL ARRANGEMENTS - Described herein are techniques related to wireless communication systems that may implement microwave backhaul for connectivity between network elements deployed by the wireless communication systems. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078208 | System and Method for Maintaining Privacy Applied to Communications Caused by an Emergency - A User Equipment (UE) and a method operable at the UE are disclosed. The method includes sending a first SIP message to a network, the first SIP message requesting a first service comprising at least privacy; responsive to sending the first SIP message, receiving at the UE a SIP response message, the SIP response message including a Contact header field with an indicator as a value, the indicator based on the first service; and sending a second SIP message with the indicator, the second SIP message requesting a second service. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078209 | Systems and Methods of Conducting Conference Calls - Systems and methods performed by an IP telephony system allow a user to request that his IP telephony device be set into a conference calling mode for an indefinite period of time. When the user's IP telephony device is in the conference calling mode, all parties that attempt to call the user's IP telephony device are added to a conference bridge tied to the user's IP telephony device. All incoming calls are treated in this fashion until the user cancels the conference calling mode and returns to a normal calling mode. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078210 | Method, Device, and System for Implementing Multi-Party Conference Call by Using Set Top Box - A method, device, and system for implementing a multi-party conference call by using a set-top box. The method includes: in a conferencing state, the set-top box sending a network server that manages the conference a request message for adding another specified set-top box into the conference where the set-top box is located; and after the set-top box receives an acknowledgment message fed back by the network server for indicating that the specified set-top box has joined in the conference, distributing audio and/or video signals to be transmitted by the set-top box to other members of the conference through the network server. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078211 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH SPEED PACKET TRANSMISSION - The present invention provides systems and methods for providing data transmission speeds at or in excess of 10 gigabits per second between one or more source devices and one or more destination devices. According to one embodiment, the system of the present invention comprises a first and second media access control (MAC) interfaces to facilitate receipt and transmission of packets over an associated set of physical interfaces. The system also contemplates a first and second field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) coupled to the MAC interfaces and an associated first and second memory structures, the first and second FPGAs are configured to perform initial processing of packets received from the first and second MAC interfaces and to schedule the transmission of packets to the first and second MAC interface for transmission to one or more destination devices. The first and second FPGAs are further operative to dispatch and retrieve packets to and from the first and second memory structures. A third FPGA, coupled to the first and second memory structures and a backplane, is operative to retrieve and dispatch packets to and from the first and second memory structures, compute appropriate destinations for packets and organize packets for transmission. The third FPGA is further operative to receive and dispatch packets to and from the backplane. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078212 | Full Duplex Resource Reuse Enablement - Systems and apparatuses involve implementing methods that may include receiving, by enhanced user equipment (eUE), an assignment of Resource Blocks (RBs) from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the eUE is configured to receive full-duplex transmissions; for each assigned RB, measuring interference caused by uplink transmissions from one or more legacy UEs; and reporting, to the eNB, the measured interference. The present implementations may provide an eUE-based approach, an eUE and eNB interactive approach, an eUE baseband approach, and an eUE analog approach to reducing interference for full duplex enabled mobile devices. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078213 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL METHOD IN SINGLE CHANNEL WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein is a medium access control method in a single channel wireless network environment, which is a medium access control method of a receiving side terminal capable of communicating in a full-duplex communication scheme. The medium access control method includes: receiving a frame header of a data frame; and transmitting an ACK frame in response to the frame header. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078214 | ACCESS POINT FOR WIRELESS LAN AND MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a medium access control method of an access point for a wireless LAN, the access point is capable of full-duplex communication, and the medium access control method includes receiving a frame header of a first data frame from a first terminal, and transmitting a second data frame to a second terminal while the first data frame is received from the first terminal. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FULL DUPLEX COMMUNICATION OVER A WIRELESS NETWORK - Systems, methods, and apparatuses for full duplex communication on a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, one or more lists of non-effecting nodes are determined for one or more devices on the wireless network. A list of non-effecting nodes for a device identifies other network nodes or devices whose transmissions do not cause substantial interference with the device. When a full duplex communication is scheduled on the wireless network, a downlink message transmitted to the device may be performed concurrently with an uplink transmission from one of the non-effecting devices. This full duplex communication may be possible even if the device does not inherently support full-duplex communication on the wireless network. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078216 | SET UP AND MAINTENANCE FRAMEWORK FOR FLEXIBLE TIME DIVISION DUPLEX OPERATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - One embodiment is directed to a method for operating base stations in a heterogeneous network. The method may include receiving, by a first base station, an indication for a second base station to use flexible time division duplex mode ( | 2015-03-19 |
20150078217 | SYSTEMS FOR DELAY-MATCHED ANALOG SELF-INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - A system for delay-matched analog self-interference cancellation including a transmit coupler, that samples the analog transmit signal to create a sampled analog transmit signal; a delay matcher that imposes a variable delay on the sampled analog transmit signal to create a delayed analog transmit signal; an analog self-interference canceller that transforms the delayed analog transmit signal to an analog self-interference cancellation signal; and a receive coupler, that combines the analog self-interference cancellation signal with the analog receive signal. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078218 | PROVIDING DIFFERENT TRANSMIT AND/OR RECEIVE MODES IN DIFFERENT SECTORS OF A WIRELESS BASE STATION - A wireless base station simultaneously transmits or receives wireless communications in different modes in different sectors of the wireless base station. The different modes may comprise a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode and a non-TDD mode, and/or different air interfaces. Related methods and systems are described. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078219 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE - Base Station (BS) and User Equipment (UE) apparatuses for configuring a Random Access CHannel (RACH), and methods thereof, are provided. The method for a BS to configure a RACH includes generating configuration information on RACH resources, transmitting the configuration information on the RACH resources to a UE, receiving a random access preamble multiplexed on a plurality of continuous RACH resources from the UE, extracting the random access preamble multiplexed on the plurality of continuous RACH resources, and detecting the extracted random access preamble. The method for a UE to configure a RACH includes receiving configuration information on RACH resources from a BS, selecting occupied RACH resources among a plurality of continuous RACH resources, generating a random access preamble, multiplexing the generated random access preamble on the selected RACH resources, and transmitting the random access preamble on the selected RACH resources to the BS. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078220 | HIGH INTERFERENCE INDICATOR FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEX WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide embodiments of methods for supporting dynamic sub frame re-configuration in a time division duplex wireless communication system. One embodiment includes transmitting, from a first base station to a second base station, a message indicating that the first base station is configured for scheduling uplink transmissions from first user equipment in one or more subframes of a time division duplex frame. The message is transmitted when the second base station is configured for downlink transmission to second user equipment in the subframe(s). | 2015-03-19 |
20150078221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING CARRIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for aggregating carriers in wireless communication systems. In the method, a first carrier is set up, and a second carrier is added in addition to the first carrier. In addition, the first carrier is a time division duplex (TDD) carrier for which an uplink subframe and a downlink subframe are positioned at different times in a frame, and the second carrier is a carrier only for a downlink that consists of downlink subframes. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078222 | SIGNAL-TRANSCEIVING METHOD, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of receiving scheduling information for data transmission in a first uplink subframe, and transmitting uplink data based on the scheduling information. The uplink data transmission period includes the first uplink subframe, and further includes, if the second subframe immediately before the first uplink subframe is a subframe including a downlink period, a guard period and an uplink period, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, an uplink period of a second subframe. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078223 | METHOD FOR TRANSCEIVING SIGNALS, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for a terminal to perform a HARQ process in which a scheduling cell of a first UL-DL configuration and a P-scheduling cell of a second TDD UL-DL configuration are set in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA), as well as to an apparatus for the method. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a UL grant through the scheduling cell; transmitting data corresponding to the UL grant through the P-scheduling cell according to the HARQ timing of a specific UL-DL configuration; and receiving data acknowledgement information through the scheduling cell according to the HARQ timing of the specific UL-DL configuration. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078224 | TECHNIQUES AND CONFIGURATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION IN ENHANCED COVERAGE MODE - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for enhanced coverage machine type communication (MTC). Various embodiments may include systems and methods for scheduling a starting subframe, timing sequence, or resource for various transmissions with repetition to achieve a coverage extension target for MTC. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION - A method is described for transmitting uplink control information at a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a Primary Cell (PCell) and a Secondary Cell (SCell) in a wireless communication system operating in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode. One or more downlink signals requiring Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback are received in a set of subframes. Reception response information about the one or more downlink signals is transmitted through a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) on a subframe configured for Scheduling Request (SR) transmission. When a predetermined condition is not satisfied, the reception response information and SR information are multiplexed and transmitted using a first HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, for a positive SR, the reception response information includes information about an ACK count for the one or more downlink signals and is transmitted using a SR PUCCH resource. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078226 | FILTER ENHANCER AND METHOD - A filter enhancer provides greater performance in a passive filter. The passive filter has an input terminal for receiving a signal in a first frequency band and an output terminal for providing a signal in a second frequency band. The filter enhancer includes: (a) a first canceller circuit coupled between input terminal and output terminal, the first canceller circuit including a first finite impulse response (FIR) filter for attenuating signals in the first frequency band; and (b) a control circuit coupled to output terminal and first canceller circuit for providing adaptive coefficients for configuring the first FIR filter. The first FIR filter may be implemented by either a digital FIR filter or an analog FIR filter. The filter enhancer may further include a second canceller circuit coupled between input terminal and output terminal, the second canceller circuit including a second FIR filter for attenuating signals in the second frequency band. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078227 | Method and Apparatus for Energy Saving - Methods and apparatuses for energy saving have been disclosed. A method for a base station serving a cell is provided. The method comprises: monitoring communication conditions of the cell; and altering a bandwidth for communication in response that the monitored communication conditions meet a predefined criterion. Energy saving may be achieved by dynamically altering the bandwidth for communication based on the communication conditions. Further, the proposed energy saving technique may be applied to various communication networks, including but not limited to, FDD system and TDD system. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078228 | Method for Processing the Reception of a Communication Signal by Radio Channel, and Associated Method for Processing the Transmission, Devices and Computer Programs - Provided are methods for receiving and transmitting a communication signal by radio channel and corresponding devices and computer programs. A plurality of nodes alternately comply with sleep periods and wake periods, and a transmitter node precedes transmission of data to a recipient node with a step of transmitting a preamble of a length at least equal to a sleep period of the recipient node, wherein at least two transmission channels has been defined between the nodes with a view to the transmission of the preamble. The method includes selecting from the plurality of channels at least one channel for listening to the preamble, called a current channel; and deciding to the change the listening channel on detection of at least one triggering event likely to affect predetermined operational constraints of the receiver node. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING BEACON IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically discloses a method and an apparatus for transceiving a beacon in a wireless LAN system. A method for receiving a beacon from a station (STA) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a probe response frame from an access point (AP); determining the time at which the next beacon is to be received by means of information regarding the next beacon contained in the probe response frame; and receiving the next beacon at the time determined for receiving the next beacon. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078230 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CHANNEL IN WLAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. A method for accessing the channel from a station (STA) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises receiving from an access point (AP) setting information of a time window, which does not allow channel access of the STA in a traffic indication map (TIM) mode and which is repeatedly set in a cyclic manner; and carrying out the channel access on the basis of the time window, wherein the setting information includes starting point information of a specific time window and cycle information of the time window, wherein the time window is repeatedly set for every cycle that is indicated by the cycle information of the time window. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078231 | USER EQUIPMENT, A RADIO BASE STATION AND RESPECTIVE METHOD THEREIN FOR MANAGING UPLINK RESOURCES WITHIN A COVERAGE AREA OF THE RADIO BASE STATION - A UE, an RBS and respective methods therein for managing uplink resources from an RBS in a wireless communication network are provided. The method in the UE comprises determining that uplink resources are needed, and determining which type of service for which the uplink resources are needed. The method further comprises transmitting, to the RBS, a scheduling request for a scheduling grant, the scheduling request comprising an indication of the type of service for which the scheduling grant is requested. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078232 | STORYTELLING SIMULATOR AND DEVICE COMMUNICATION - Embodiments provide techniques for facilitating radio frequency (RF) communication between devices using guaranteed time slots (GTSs). Embodiments include designating, at a personal area network (PAN) coordinator, a contention access period (CAP) during which a plurality of devices on a network can transmit unsolicited media access control (MAC) commands to the PAN coordinator via RF communications. Embodiments further include facilitating direct RF communication between the plurality of devices, by broadcasting a beacon, at the PAN coordinator, designating GTSs for the plurality of devices, wherein each GTS specifies a time period during which one of the plurality of devices on the network is authorized to send or receive data. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078233 | METHOD, TERMINAL, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MOBILE COMMUNICATION - Provided is a method of providing mobile communication information. The method includes acquiring, by a master terminal, mobile communication information necessary for using mobile communication services in a predetermined area, wherein the master terminal is connected to at least one slave terminal via a predetermined network and transmitting the mobile communication information to the at least one slave terminal via the predetermined network. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078234 | Apparatus and an Associated Method for Facilitating Communications in a Radio Communication System that Provides for Data Communications at Multiple Data Rates - Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating operation of a radio communication system that provides for multi rate data communications, such as a CDMA 2000 system that provides for 1xEV-DV communication services. A supplemental pilot, or control, signal generator embodied at a mobile station generates a supplemental pilot, or control, signal that is sent on a newly defined supplemental pilot, or control, channel. As the data rates of data communicated upon a reverse supplemental channel changes, corresponding changes are made to the power level of the reverse supplemental pilot, or control, signal. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078235 | Energy-Saving Mechanisms in a Heterogeneous Radio Communication Network - There is provided support mechanisms for at least one adding and removing a cell from operation in a heterogeneous radio network having a first type of basic cell for providing basic radio coverage and a second type of cell associated to a basic cell as a capacity enhancing cell. A capacity enhancing cell is selectively switched on and off. When the capacity enhancing cell is shut down the cell does not exist over the air while cell configuration information is kept. When the capacity enhancing cell is switched on the cell becomes available again over the air interface. An indication of shut-down and a wake-up call message for switch-on of the capacity enhancing cell are communicated between a base station serving the capacity enhancing cell and a base station serving the basic cell. In this way energy savings can be supported without disrupting service availability. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078236 | Energy-Saving Mechanisms in a Heterogeneous Radio Communication Network - There is provided support mechanisms for at least one adding and removing a cell from operation in a heterogeneous radio network having a first type of basic cell for providing basic radio coverage and a second type of cell associated to a basic cell as a capacity enhancing cell. A capacity enhancing cell is selectively switched on and off. When the capacity enhancing cell is shut down the cell does not exist over the air while cell configuration information is kept. When the capacity enhancing cell is switched on the cell becomes available again over the air interface. An indication of shut-down and a wake-up call message for switch-on of the capacity enhancing cell are communicated between a base station serving the capacity enhancing cell and a base station serving the basic cell. In this way energy savings can be supported without disrupting service availability. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078237 | POWER MANAGEMENT VIA COORDINATION AND SELECTIVE OPERATION OF TIMER-RELATED TASKS - A method of coordinating tasks of a mobile computing device may include initializing a timer associated with one or more tasks and a state condition. The state condition may depend on a device state of the mobile computing device and/or a component state of a mobile computing device component. An expiration of the timer is detected. Upon detecting the expiration, a determination is made whether the state condition is satisfied based on whether the mobile computing device is in the device state and/or the mobile computing device component is in the component state. Based at least in part on the determination that the state condition is satisfied, performance of the one or more tasks associated with the timer can be initiated. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078238 | System and Method for Discontinuous Reception Control Start Time - Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signalling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake periods. Methods of extending the awake periods in various embodiments are also provided. Methods of determining the first on period are also provided. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078239 | POWER SAVING IN WIRELESS NETWORK ENTITIES - Power saving in wireless networks is disclosed. A wireless network entity that includes a module to enable a reduction in power consumption in that wireless network entity is also disclosed. The module is configured to determine that a selected wireless station of one or more wireless stations associated with the wireless network entity in a same wireless network will transmit system control information (including synchronization information and service identification information) that is normally transmitted by the wireless network entity. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078240 | DOWNLINK DATA BLOCK PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a downlink data block processing method, device, and system. The method includes: determining, by a base station controller, that no data needs to be sent to a mobile station on a packet data channel of a base station; and sending, by the BSC, an indication message to indicate the BTS to stop sending a downlink data block on the PDCH. The present invention can solve a problem in the prior art that because the data amount of a PS service is small, most of downlink data blocks transmitted by the BTS are invalid downlink data blocks. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078241 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTICAST DELIVERY - A method and apparatus can be configured to determine an indicator based on a received request. The method can also include transmitting the indicator towards a base station. The indicator affects the coverage of a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network transmission. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078242 | TS PACKET GROOMING - Received data packets are groomed to improve performance of MPEG-2 transport stream packet in a digital video broadcasting system. Multitude of crosschecking techniques are applied to ensure that crucial pieces of information such as the packet identifier (PID) field, the continuity counter (CC) field, table ID, section length, IP header checksum, table and frame boundaries, application data table size are corrected if necessary. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078243 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR MOBILE SLOTTED ALOHA PROTOCOL - A system for reducing collisions in communications utilizing a media access control (MAC) data communication protocol and/or a time division multiple access-based (TDMA-based) data communication protocol, such as an Aloha protocol or an MS-Aloha protocol, that may include one or more electronic devices (such as electronic devices of a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET)). | 2015-03-19 |
20150078244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for receiving a service in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a service from a first node serving a first cell, detects a second cell not providing the service, and determines whether to transmit a message for the second cell to the first node according to a preference for the service. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078245 | SEAMLESS AND RESOURCE EFFICIENT ROAMING FOR GROUP CALL SERVICES ON BROADCAST/MULTICAST NETWORKS - Various aspects and embodiments may provide seamless and resource efficient roaming for group call services on broadcast/multicast networks. In particular, upon a user equipment (UE) roaming or detecting an imminent move from a current Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) to a Visited PLMN (VPLMN), an application server in a Home PLMN associated with the UE may determine whether to establish a multicast bearer in the VPLMN if the UE has pre-registered for group call services in the VPLMN and provide the UE with information about bearers that will support the group call services in the VPLMN. For example, the multicast bearer may be established in the VPLMN if a number of users actively participating in the VPLMN exceeds a threshold, or the group call services may alternatively be supported over unicast service only if the number of actively participating users in the VPLMN is below the threshold. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078246 | Sending an Identifier of a Wireless Local Area Network to Enable Handoff of a Mobile Station to the Wireless Local Area Network - In a wireless communications network, the presence of a wireless local area network in a cell segment is determined. An identifier of the wireless local area network in the cell segment is sent to at least one mobile station in the cell segment to enable the at least one mobile station to hand off to the wireless local area network. Optionally, information identifying geographic boundaries of cell segments and the wireless local area network can be sent to the at least one mobile station. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078247 | SEAMLESSLY SWITCHING AMONG UNICAST, MULTICAST, AND BROADCAST MOBILE MEDIA CONTENT - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for switching between broadcast and unicast content on a mobile device. The method and system involves making unicast content available to the mobile device, making broadcast content available to the mobile device; and providing an application on the mobile device which allows for switching between the unicast and broadcast content. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078248 | METHODS FOR SUPPORTING COEXISTENCE OF A MOBILE RELAY AND A FIXED RELAY AND CORRESPONDING APARATUSES - The present invention discloses methods for supporting coexistence of a mobile relay and a fixed relay in a wireless communication network, and corresponding apparatuses. A method comprises: receiving, by a base station, a first message from a relay; determining, by the base station, whether the relay is a mobile relay or a fixed relay based on the first message received from the relay; sending, by the base station, a second message to a mobility management entity, the second message comprising information indicating whether the relay is a mobile relay or a fixed relay so that the mobility management entity can select a corresponding service gateway SGW and a corresponding packet data network gateway PGW for the relay. According to the present invention, coexistence of a mobile relay and a fixed relay in a wireless communication network can be realized with a minimal impact on standardization work. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078249 | SIGNAL TRACKING AND DECODING IN GNSS - Method, computer program product, and apparatus for signal tracking and decoding in GNSS are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation, a satellite receiver may be configured to receive a first sub-frame of a satellite signal. It defers a determination of validity of the first sub-frame until a preamble of a second sub-frame is received. The satellite receiver receives the preamble of the second sub-frame, and then determines whether there is a data decoding error of the first sub-frame using the first sub-frame and the preamble of the second sub-frame. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078250 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CHIP CLOCK GENERATION METHOD, AND ORTHOGONAL CODE GENERATION METHOD - When multiple communication terminals access a base station in CDMA in which transmission signals are spread with orthogonal codes, the orthogonal codes in CDMA signals transmitted from the communication terminals are synchronized on the communication path. The communication terminals each include an information acquirer acquiring reference time information common to the multiple communication terminals, a transmission time generator generating a chip clock on the basis of the time information, an orthogonal code generator generating orthogonal codes in time with the timing of the chip clock, a CDMA spreader spreading transmission signals with the orthogonal codes to generate code division multiple access signals, a carrier wave generator generating a carrier wave, and a BPSK modulator modulating the carrier wave generated by the carrier wave generator with the code division multiple access signals and transmitting the carrier wave. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078251 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - According to an aspect of this disclosure a communication terminal device is provided, comprising: a transceiver configured to communicate with a communication device according to a retransmission protocol; a controller configured, for a message transmitted from the communication device to the communication terminal device, to at least one of decide, upon a successful receipt of the message from the communication device, if the controller controls the transceiver not to transmit an acknowledgement message which is to be transmitted according to the retransmission protocol; and decide, upon an unsuccessful receipt of the message from the communication device, if the controller controls the transceiver not to transmit a negative acknowledgement message which is to be transmitted according to the retransmission protocol. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078252 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a communication control device by which a situation where a mobile station is disabled to receive a terminating call can be prevented from continuing for a long time, even when the IP-CAN bearer is removed for some reason. A P-CSCF | 2015-03-19 |
20150078253 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A routing table stores therein an upper unit for 60 G wireless, a lower unit for 60 G wireless, a left unit for 60 G wireless, a right unit for 60 G wireless, or a WLAN unit as a routing destination based on a direction from its own node to a destination node and a distance therebetween. A routing unit routes a packet to the upper unit for 60 G wireless, the lower unit for 60 G wireless, the left unit for 60 G wireless, the right unit for 60 G wireless, or the WLAN unit based on the routing destination retrieved from the routing table through table retrieval. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078254 | Method, System, Network Element, and Gateway for Processing Access Point Name Restriction Information - A method, a system, a network element, and a gateway for processing access point name restriction information are disclosed. The method includes a second mobility management element receives first access point name restriction information from a first mobility management element, and the second mobility management element obtains maximum access point name restriction information according to the first access point name restriction information, so that a packet data network gateway determines to or refuses to establish a new packet data network gateway connection. With the present invention, the second mobility management element may obtain the maximum access point name restriction information according to the received access point name restriction information. In this way, the packet data network gateway can determine to or refuse to establish a new packet data network gateway connection, therefore improving the security of private packet data network gateways. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078255 | Paging Processing Method, Communication Apparatus, and Communication System - A paging processing method, a communication apparatus, and a communication system are disclosed. The paging processing method includes: receiving, by a mobility management network element, a downlink data notification message which includes service attribute information of a downlink data packet; obtaining the service attribute information; and initiating paging of the user equipment based on different policies according to the service attribute information. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078256 | COMMUNICATION PACKET CONVERSION - Techniques for converting communication packets in a network having multiple nodes are described herein. A node may receive communication packets from one or more neighboring nodes. Each communication packet may include control data and payload data. The node may extract the payload data and store the payload data for a time period. The node may determine whether to concatenate the extracted payload data of the communication packets (e.g., based on destinations to where each of the extracted payload data are to be sent, a supported data rate, an application type associated with the extracted payload data, etc.). The node may concatenate the extracted payload data of the communication packets and send the concatenated payload data to another node in a communication packet. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078257 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION METHOD, DATA SENDING METHOD, AND APPARATUSES IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - An interference cancellation method, data sending method, apparatus, user equipment and base station in a Long Term Evolution system are disclosed. The interference cancellation method includes: obtaining downlink cell-specific power ratio information of a specific cell; performing channel estimation based on a downlink cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of the specific cell, to obtain a channel estimation matrix of a specific physical channel, signal, or message of the specific cell; compensating the channel estimation matrix by using the downlink cell-specific power ratio information; and canceling, in an original signal that is received from a target cell and is interfered by the specific cell, interference caused by the specific cell in a received signal from a specific physical channel, signal, or message. A technical problem in the prior art that a user equipment cannot effectively cancel interference because power transmission strength of a strong interfering cell cannot be correctly estimated is solved. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078258 | EVOLVED DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - One embodiment is directed to a method for generating and distributing wireless RF signals at a host unit in a distributed antenna system. At least a first subset of IP data from an IP network entity is routed to a first base transceiver station within the host unit, and at least a second subset of the IP data is routed to a second base transceiver station within the host unit. The IP data is baseband processed by the first and second base transceiver stations to generate a first digital representation of a first RF signal and a second digital representation of a second RF signal. The first digital representation of the first RF signal is routed to a first subset of the plurality of remote units and the second digital representation of the second RF signal is routed to a second subset of the plurality of remote units. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078259 | Interference Avoidance between Overlapping Wireless Networks - This document discloses a solution for reducing interference between wireless networks. According to an aspect, a method comprises: acquiring, by an access node of a first wireless network from at least one node of the first wireless network, information on at least one interfering node of a second wireless network; generating, by the access node, mapping information between the node of the first wireless network and said at least one interfering node; and causing, by the access node, transmission of the mapping information to another access node of the second wireless network. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078260 | PARALLEL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WHITE SPACE BANDS USING TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL AND CHANNEL SET ASSIGNMENT - A method and system for parallel resource management in white space bands may use transmit power control and channel set assignment. Channel sets and corresponding network sets for each of L power levels may be assigned for N networks sharing K number of channels. The input may be location information for each of the N networks. The output may be updated channel sets and corresponding network sets for each of the L power levels. The method may assign maximum networks to channel sets with larger power values. The network sets may be constructed such that a number of channels in a corresponding channel set is larger than a maximum node degree of a corresponding interference graph. The method may further take into account re-use possibilities for channels among networks and may accordingly increase spectrum utilization. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078261 | STATE-DRIVEN SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION - A method and system for selectively activating and deactivating secondary cells in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to one aspect, the invention provides a finite state machine having a plurality of states facilitating secondary cell activation and deactivation decisions. The states of the finite state machine include a deactivated state and an activated state. In the deactivated state, a secondary cell is deactivated and a media access control element, MAC CE, for deactivation is sent to the UE. The base station in the deactivated state is not allocating resources for maintaining transmission on the secondary cell. In the activated state, the secondary cell is active and a MAC CE for activation is sent to the UE. In the activated state, the base station is ready to transmit on the secondary cell. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078262 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method is provided in one example and includes determining at least one subscriber session policy, determining at least one current subscriber session analytic data, the current subscriber session analytic data comprising subscriber session analytic data that is indicative of at least one current subscriber session condition, and performing resource allocation based, at least in part, on the subscriber session policy and the current subscriber session analytic data. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078263 | MOBILE-DEVICE BASED PROXY FOR BROWSER-ORIGINATED PROCEDURES - An example method of facilitating communication between a mobile device positioned within an internal network and a target peer includes intercepting, at a proxy executing on a mobile device, a communication to initiate a real-time communication connection with a target peer. The mobile device is coupled to a cellular network, and the internal network is separated from one or more external networks by network address translation (NAT). The example method also includes determining whether the target peer is reachable via the cellular network. The example method further includes when it is determined that the target peer is reachable via the cellular network, sending over the cellular network to the target peer a request to communicate in a first protocol. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078264 | GENERATION OF RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLES - Embodiments described herein relate generally to a random procedure between wireless transmit/receive units (“WTRUs”) and access nodes. A WTRU may be adapted to determine a repetition level that corresponds to a number of repetitions associated with communication with the access node. The WTRU may then determine at least one of a resource and/or a logical root sequence index associated with the random access procedure. The WTRU may transmit a random access preamble based on the resource and/or a logical root sequence index. The access node may be adapted to determine a repetition level associated with the WTRU based on the random access procedure. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078265 | Communication System, Communication Device, Program and Communication Control Method - There is provided a communication system comprising: a first communication device that senses a communication environment surrounding the first communication device; a second communication device that acquires sensed data sensed by the first communication device; and a third communication device that determines availability of usage of a second communication service using a part or whole of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service based on the sensed data transmitted from the second communication device. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078266 | Control Channel Transmitting, Receiving Method, Base Station and Terminal - A method for transmitting and receiving a control channel, a base station and a terminal relate to a long term evolution advanced system. The method for transmitting a control channel disclosed by the present document includes: a base station side configuring, for a terminal side, detection-limited subframe cluster information of a control channel, so as to notify the terminal side of the manner by which the base station side transmits the control channel. The present document also discloses a method for receiving a control channel, a base station and a terminal. | 2015-03-19 |
20150078267 | PILOT FREQUENCY SEQUENCE DETERMINATION - In an SC-FDE system, in accordance with FDPMT, a transmitter may be configured to replace data carried by one or more signals, e.g., one or more sub-carriers, with the data included in a pilot frequency sequence. The starting position of the pilot frequency sequence may affect the BER value of the system. The transmitter may then be configured to choose a proper starting position for the pilot frequency sequence so that the BER of the overall system may be minimum. | 2015-03-19 |