12th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110069566 | MEMORY CELL WRITE - Embodiments of a memory cell comprising a voltage module configured to supply a first supply voltage and a second supply voltage, a data node programming module configured to receive the first supply voltage and to program a data node based at least in part on a write data line, and a complementary data node programming module configured to receive the second supply voltage and to program a complementary data node based at least in part on a complementary write data line, wherein the voltage module is configured such that the first supply voltage is substantially different from the second supply voltage for a period of time while the memory device is being programmed. Additional variants and embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069567 | Memory device having data paths with multiple speeds - A memory device has multiple bi-directional data paths. One of the multiple bi-directional data paths is configured to transfer data at one speed. Another one of the multiple bi-directional data paths is configured to transfer data at another speed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069568 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING LOCAL SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH ON/OFF CONTROL - A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell array blocks, a bit line sense amplifier, a local sense amplifier that can be controlled to be turned on or off, a data sense amplifier, and a controller. The controller activates a local sense control signal for a predetermined duration in response to first and second signals. The first signal is a bit line sense enable signal that activates the bit line sense amplifier, and the local sense amplifier is activated for a predetermined duration after the bit line sense enable signal is activated. The second signal is activated or deactivated in phase with a column selection line signal that connects a pair of bit lines and a pair of local input/output lines. Accordingly, it is possible to turn on or off the local sense amplifier according to operating conditions, thereby increasing a tRCD parameter and reducing the consumption of current. The operating speed of the semiconductor memory device can be improved by combining the local sense amplifier with a current type data sense amplifier that does not require precharging and equalization during a read operation. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069569 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE COMPRISING TRANSISTOR HAVING VERTICAL CHANNEL STRUCTURE - A semiconductor memory device including a transistor having a vertical channel structure is provided. The device includes a first sub memory cell array including a first memory cell connected to a first bit lines and including a transistor having a vertical channel structure, a second sub memory cell array including a second memory cell connected to a first inverted bit lines and including a transistor having a vertical channel structure, and a plurality of precharge blocks. In addition, first and second precharge blocks are disposed at first and second sides of the first bit line and precharge the first bit line, and third and fourth precharge blocks are disposed at first and second sides of the first inverted bit line and precharge the first inverted bit line. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069570 | MEMORY CIRCUITS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA OF THE MEMORY CIRCUITS - A memory circuit includes at least one first memory cell of a first memory array for storing a first datum. The at least one first memory cell is coupled with a first word line and a first bit line. A first bit line bar is disposed substantially parallel with the first bit line. A first switch is coupled between a sense amplifier and the first bit line bar. The first switch can electrically isolate the sense amplifier from the first bit line bar if the sense amplifier is capable of sensing a first voltage difference between the first bit line. The first bit line bar and the first voltage difference is substantially equal to or larger than a predetermined value. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069571 | Word Line Decoder Circuit Apparatus and Method - One embodiment of the technology is an apparatus, a memory integrated circuit. The memory integrated circuit has word line address decoding circuitry. The circuit allows selection of a single word line to have an erase voltage. A decoder circuit includes an inverter and logic. The inverter has an input, and an output controlling a word line to perform the erase operation. A voltage range of the input extends between a first voltage reference and a second voltage reference. Examples of voltages references are a voltage supply and a ground. In some embodiments, this wide voltage range results from the input being free of a threshold voltage drop from preceding circuitry limiting the voltage range of the input. The logic of the decoder is circuit is controlled by a word line address to determine a value of the input of the inverter during the erase operation. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069572 | ROW ADDRESS CODE SELECTION BASED ON LOCATIONS OF SUBSTANDARD MEMORY CELLS - A memory device identifies memory blocks that contain substandard memory cells. The memory device then determines row address codes to apply to the memory blocks during refresh operations. The row address codes determine which memory blocks of the memory block are refreshed together. The row address codes are designed to ensure that memory blocks having substandard memory cells, which must be refreshed more frequently than other cells, are refreshed together, while memory blocks without substandard memory cells are refreshed together. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069573 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of bank sets and an address controller. Each bank set includes a plurality of banks Each bank includes a plurality of memory mats and sense amplifier arrays corresponding to row addresses. The plurality of bank sets is arranged in both sides of arrays of power electrode pads to be used for operations of the sense amplifier arrays. The plurality of bank sets commonly shears the arrays of power electrode pads. The address controller generates different row addresses that are supplied to different ones of the plurality of bank sets. The different row addresses designate different memory mats in the different ones of the plurality of bank sets, so as to designate different arrays of the power electrode pads for the different ones of the plurality of bank sets for refresh operation in accordance with an external refresh command. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069574 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a word line driver, and a bit line booster. The memory cell array has multiple word lines WL, multiple bit line pairs BL, and multiple memory cells MC provided at the respective intersections of the word lines WL and the bit line pairs BL. The word line driver drives a selected word line WL to a positive voltage VWL when data is written to the memory cells MC. The bit line booster drives a selected bit line pair BL to a negative voltage VBL corresponding to the voltage VWL when data is written to the memory cells MC. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069575 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DATA LOSS IN MEMORY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY - An electronic device includes a memory storage device, a storing unit, and a voltage increasing unit. The storing unit is used for receiving the supply voltage to store energy and releasing energy to generate an standby voltage when the power supply stops providing the supply voltage. The voltage increasing unit is used for receiving the standby voltage, increasing the standby voltage, and providing the increased standby voltage to the memory storage device for preventing data loss in the memory storage device. A related method for preventing data loss in a memory storage device and an electronic device assembly are also provided. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069576 | Barrel Alignment in Extruder Systems - A barrel alignment structure for a pair of barrel sections each defining an end surface configured to abut each other is disclosed. The barrel alignment structure comprises of a plurality of alignment pins distributed on the end surface of the first barrel section. The barrel alignment structure further comprises of a corresponding number of slots defined on the end surface of the second barrel section, each slot configured to receive one alignment pin, wherein the slot has a width substantially equal to that of the alignment pin and a length larger than the width of the alignment pin permitting relative thermal expansion between the pair of barrel sections. An extruder barrel section is also disclosed. The extruder barrel section defining an end surface configured to abut the end surface of another extruder barrel section. The extruder barrel section comprises of a plurality of alignment pins distributed on its end surface. Each alignment pin configured to be received by a corresponding slot defined on the end surface of the extruder barrel section abutting it, wherein the slot has a width substantially equal to that of the alignment pin and a length larger than the width of the alignment pin permitting relative thermal expansion between the pair of barrel sections. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069577 | DIVERSE CONTAINER MATERIAL REMOVAL MACHINE - A machine used for maximizing the extraction of otherwise wasted material in diverse containers by shaking and vibrating the inverted containers consequently causing the material to flow to the caps of the containers for use. All the embodiments described use a motor to shake and/or vibrate the opening and the container so the contents flow to the cap. They are composed of an opening within a housing to allow for container insertion, a housing to elevate the opening and container off of a surface to allow movement, a holding assembly to keep the container in place during a cycle, a motor or motors, and the necessary components to energize and control the motor(s). With the exception of the vibration only embodiment (FIGS. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069578 | BEVERAGE VENDING MACHINE MIXER | 2011-03-24 |
20110069579 | FLUID MIXER WITH INTERNAL VORTEX - The present disclosure generally relates to a fluid mixer, a system for mixing fluids utilizing the fluid mixer, and a method of mixing fluids using the fluid mixer or the system for mixing fluids, and more specifically, to a compact static mixing device with no moving parts and capable of mixing any fluid, such as air, nitrogen gas, water, oil, polluted water, and the like. A first pressurized, incoming fluid is accelerated locally by a section reduction, is split into streams, and then is released into a second fluid found in a closed volume or an open volume after a period of stabilization. The directed and controlled first fluid slides along an insert up to directional and angled fins at a vortex creator where suction forces from a self-initiating vortex in an internal cavity draws in at least part of the first fluid to fuel the vortex. The compactness and simplicity of the fluid mixer with internal vortex can be used alone within a closed volume in a conduit, in a sprayer, or within a fixed geometry to direct the mixing vortex to specific dimensions. One or more fluid mixers can also be used in an open volume such as a reservoir, a tank, a pool, or any other fluid body to conduct mixing. The technology alone, as part of a multimixer system, or as a method of mixing using the fluid mixer with internal vortex is contemplated to be used in any field where mixing occurs. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069580 | MEASURING AND MODIFYING DIRECTIONALITY OF SEISMIC INTERFEROMETRY DATA - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for replacing the individual receivers used with a seismic interferometry process with an array of seismic receivers and then manipulating the array data in order to measure and modify the typical non-uniform directionality function of the background seismic energy. The non-uniform directionality function is a significant cause of noise with seismic interferometry. Furthermore, the array of receivers may be used to significantly enhance the preferred reflection energy and damp undesirable near surface energy. The directionality function may be modified by using an array of receivers for the virtual source location of seismic interferometry to measure the non-uniform directionality function, generating multiplication factors, and applying the multiplication factors to convert the measured directionality function into a desired directionality function. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069581 | Removal of Surface-Wave Noise In Seismic Data - The invention is a method to predict surface-wave waveforms ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069582 | SLANT-STACK FOR TIME GATHER TO ANGLE GATHER CONVERSION - A method to correct errors in a conversion from time gather to angle gather using slant stacks wherein the slant stacking is performed along a direction that is normal to a dip or along three orthogonal directions. The slant stacking is performed in various domains. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069583 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY MEASUREMENT OF WELL BORE FORMATION DEBRIS ACCUMULATION - An invention is claimed wherein the signal loss along steel drill pipe walls can be estimated in the absence of a loss mechanism due to the formation debris at various positions in the well bore; the signal loss in excess of the calculated attenuation is generally and directly attributable to the build-up of said formation debris and an estimation of the amount can be determined. Furthermore, by use of distributed acoustic nodes positioned in the well between the transmitter in the BHA and the surface receiver—configured as repeaters—the formation debris build-up can be determined in each section so defined. This new information enables the driller to implement hole cleaning means in a timely manner and as appropriate, thus avoiding the problems of getting stuck in the hole, and possible well abandonment. An extension of the method enables the hole cleaning process to be automated, thereby improving efficiency. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069584 | METHOD OF LOCATING A RECEIVER IN A WELL - A microseismic method of determining the position of a downhole receiver ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069585 | Gunshot Detection Sensor with Display - A system for locating and identifying an acoustic event such as gunfire. The inventive system employs a plurality of man wearable acoustic sensors for detecting gunfire, each acoustic sensor having a display associated therewith for displaying information concerning the acoustic event to a user. In preferred embodiments, the sensor includes a microphone for receiving acoustic information; an A/D converter; a processor for processing the digitized signal to detect a gunshot and determine a time of arrival; a GPS receiver for determining the position of the acoustic sensor; and a network interface for bidirectional communication with a system server. Preferably the display comprises: an LCD; and an electronically readable compass. When the display and acoustic sensor are in separate housings, the acoustic sensor includes a transmitter and the display includes a receiver for transferring the gunshot information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069586 | Sonar Mount - A sonar mount allows accurate and precise alignment of a sonar head to a boat. A tilt mechanism allows the sonar head to be lifted to a position that is substantially parallel to the boat's deck, thus facilitating placement of the boat on a trailer without the need to remove the sonar head from the boat. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069587 | MEDICINE CAP TIMING APPARATUS - A medicine cap with a timing mechanism that automatically resets upon the removal of the cap from a medicine bottle. A timing device is housed within a medicine camp, with a diaphragm housed below the timing device. The diaphragm has a rod extending upward from a central location, and fastening the cap onto a bottle or container causes the rod to be pushed up into contact with, and activate, the timing device. Upon removal of the cap from the bottle or container, the rod loses contact with the timing device, and the timer is reset. The cap may comprise multiple pieces, so the cap may be used in child-proof mode by the engagement and disengagement of splines on the cap housing and a cap insert. Means are supplied for enabling the constant engaging of the splines. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069588 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MONITOR HAVING FUNCTION OF DISPLAYING TEMPORARY ROOM LEAVING TIMER - A biological information monitor which receives, directly or via an network, biological information of a patient which is measured by a unit attached to the patient, includes: a display portion on which the biological information is displayed; and a controlling portion which displays, on the display portion, at least one of a reason of temporary room leaving accompanied by stoppage of measurement of the biological information of the patient, a period for leaving a room, a scheduled time for restarting the measurement, and present progress information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069589 | Wearable Electronic Device with Multiple Display Functionality - A wearable electronic device for conveying information in an analog manner at least in part by the use of at least one display hand positioned on the dial side of a dial, wherein the wearable electronic device uses the display hand(s) to convey information that is stored in the controller of the device and/or provided by sensors and/or an external transmitter. An actuation mechanism, preferably a stepper motor, is used to rotate the display hands in the clockwise and/or counterclockwise directions in predefined increments to convey the information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069590 | TIMEPIECE WITH VARIABLE HOUR CIRCLE - Timepiece including indicator members actuated or not actuated by the movement. These indicator members are composed of movable hour marks represented by the faces of the studs ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069591 | FLAT BALANCE SPRING FOR HOROLOGICAL BALANCE AND BALANCE WHEEL/BALANCE SPRING ASSEMBLY - This flat balance spring for a horological balance comprises a wound strip shaped to ensure an approximately concentric development of the balance spring and almost zero force on the pivots and on the fixing point, during a rotation of less than 360° of its inner end relative to its outer end in both directions from its rest position. The stiffness of its strip decreases gradually and through more than 360° from each of its two ends, the lowest stiffness being situated in the median part of said strip. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069592 | ACCESS CONTROLLED OPTICAL DISC AND METHOD THEREFOR - An optical disc is disclosed having a set of primary tracks and a set of alternate tracks. At least some of the primary and alternate tracks are associated. When a CD-DA reader accesses the optical disc, it locates only the primary tracks. By contrast, when a data reader such as a CD-Rom drive accesses the disc, modifications to the Table of Contents (TOC) cause the data reader not to access a given primary track but instead to be directed to its associated alternate track. This alternate track may contain audio (CD-DA) data which may or may not correspond with the CD-DA data in the associated primary track. The alternate tracks may be copy protected, and/or may include compressed (not CD-DA) data which is the subject of digital rights management. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069593 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC INFORMATION OF OPTICAL DISC AND RELATED CONTROLLER THEREOF - A method of identifying physical characteristic information of an optical disc includes: deriving a reading result by reading at least a first region of the optical disc, where a location of the first region is specified in a Blu-ray disc specification for recording information associated with recording management of a BD recordable disc; and identifying a first physical characteristic of the optical disc according to the reading result. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069594 | INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS THEREFOR - An environmental load information of an information recording medium is recorded on the information recording medium so as to recycle or dispose properly an information recording medium, which is not necessary any more. The information recording medium comprises a main information area ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069595 | AZO METAL CHELATE DYE AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide a dye to be used for an optical recording medium excellent in both high speed recording characteristics and reproduction durability. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069596 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING METHOD, A HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND USE OF SUCH MEDIUM - A method of recording content comprising the steps of: providing a content storage medium comprising a pre-recorded grating or hologram; and illuminating a pre-recorded grating or hologram with a single recording beam to record content in the grating or hologram. The recording beam may increase the diffraction efficiency of the pre-recorded grating or hologram. Alternatively, the recording beam may form a new grating or hologram in close proximity to a pre-recorded grating or hologram. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069597 | OPTICAL HEAD APPARATUS, HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL INTEGRATED DEVICE, OPTICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD - An optical head apparatus including a holographic optical device which diffracts a light beam and includes a first diffraction region and a second diffraction region facing each other across a region dividing line passing through an optical axis of a light-collection optical system and extending in a radial direction of an optical disc, the first diffraction region having a grating pattern for generating diffracted light having a first wavefront and entering a first photoreception region and a second photoreception region, the second diffraction region having a grating pattern for generating diffracted light having a second wavefront and entering a third photoreception region and a fourth photoreception region, the first and second wavefronts having first and second coma aberrations in the radial direction of the optical disc, respectively, and the first and second coma aberrations having axes located off the optical axis. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069598 | OBJECTIVE LENS, AN OPTICAL PICKUP, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An objective lens has a numerical aperture of 8.0 or more and focusing a light beam of a wavelength λ of at least 450 nm or less on an optical information recording medium. In this objective lens, a wavefront-aberration deterioration level TOR, accumulative value of aberration deterioration, satisfies the equation (1): | 2011-03-24 |
20110069599 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING APPARATUS, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCING METHOD, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SOLID IMMERSION LENS - An optical information recording and/or reproducing apparatus comprises: a focusing unit ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069600 | OPTICAL RECORDING-REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical recording-reproducing apparatus includes a laser light source, an objective lens for concentrating a luminous flux from the laser light source onto a disk medium, an actuator for controlling the position of the objective lens, a tilt-adjusting circuit for adjusting a tilt of the objective lens with respect to the disk medium, a circuit for determining laser power for recording a recording mark on the disk medium, and a circuit for detecting symmetry of the recording mark based on reflected light from the disk medium. In recording, the tilt of the objective lens is adjusted by the tilt-adjusting circuit based on an amount of change of the symmetry of the recording mark. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069601 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL HEAD, OPTICAL INFORMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL HEAD - An optical head includes a laser light source of emitting laser, an objective lens which focuses the laser emitted from the laser light source on an optical recording medium and an optical element placed between the light source and the optical recording medium, of which the transmittance varies depending on a voltage applied. The voltage applied to the optical element is switched so that the optical element has a lower transmittance upon reproducing a signal on the optical recording medium than upon recording a signal on the optical recording medium, at times when recording a signal on the optical recording medium and when reproducing a signal on the optical recording medium. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069602 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR AN OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM - A production method for an optical recording medium including a substrate, an information recording layer, and a light transmission layer, includes: molding the substrate; forming on the substrate the information recording layer so as to have a multilayer structure including a layer that has been sputtered under a first deposition condition and a layer that has been sputtered under a second deposition condition with use of targets of the same composition; and forming the light transmission layer on the information recording layer. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069603 | MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING METHOD, MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND MULTILAYER INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention provides a multilayer information recording medium manufacturing method, a multilayer information recording medium manufacturing apparatus, and a multilayer information recording medium that enable to make a distance from a light incident surface of the multilayer information recording medium to a farthest information recording layer thereof uniform within a plane of the medium. A multilayer information recording medium manufacturing apparatus ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069604 | Method and System for Signal Emulation - A circuit can process a sample of a signal to emulate, simulate, or model an effect on the signal. Thus, an emulation circuit can produce a representation of a real-world signal transformation by processing the signal according to one or more signal processing parameters that are characteristic of the real-world signal transformation. The emulation circuit can apply analog signal processing and/or mixed signal processing to the signal. The signal processing can comprise feeding the signal through two signal paths, each having a different delay, and creating a weighted sum of the outputs of the two signal paths. The signal processing can also (or alternatively) comprise routing the signal through a network of delay elements, wherein a bank of switching or routing elements determines the route and thus the resulting delay. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069605 | COAXIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION NODE AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING MULTIMEDIA OVER A COAXIAL NETWORK WITH REDUCED-LENGTH CYCLIC PREFIXES - A coaxial network communication node receives multimedia content with one or more other nodes in a coaxial network. The node determines a delay-spread of a coaxial channel based on receipt of a probe from a transmitting node and configures a channel-shortening time-domain equalizer (TEQ) filter to effectively shorten the channel based on the delay spread. The node instructs the transmitting node to shorten a length of a cyclic prefix for subsequent packet-based transmissions to be received from the transmitting node. The probe is stored and reused until the channel-shortening TEQ filter converges. The nodes may be configured to communicate in accordance with the Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) specifications. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069606 | COMMUNICATION NODE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING COMMUNICATION FAULT THEREOF - A communication node detects a communication fault thereof, and when a communication fault is detected, the communication node determines whether the communication node is included in a transmission path of a data packet with reference to a routing table and transmits the stored communication fault notification message to peripheral communication nodes. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069607 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUITY CHECK OF ETHERNET MULTICAST - Methods and systems for continuity check of Ethernet multicast are provided. A root MEP multicasts frames with continuity check function information to all leaf MEPs in a multicast group, using a multicast DA. The leaf MEP in a defect condition transmits a frame with defect indication information to the root MEP. Responsive to receiving the frame with defect indication information, the root MEP, using a unicast address of the leaf MEP in a defect condition, transmits a frame with continuity loss information only to the leaf MEP in a defect condition. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069608 | System for providing backup programming at radio or television transmitter - A system transmits backup programming media in a transmitter station being connected to a remote media station. The media station includes a media programming input to receive a source media signal, which includes media programming. The media station further includes an Ethernet programming input that receives an Ethernet media signal including backup media programming being different the media programming. A transmitter station receives the source media signal via a transmission medium and transmits the media programming. The transmitter station further receives the Ethernet media signal and stores the backup media programming in a storage device. A controller detects a fault on a transmission medium connecting the media station and the transmitting station. The controller retrieves the stored backup media programming and generates a backup media signal. A transmitter transmits the backup media programming based on the backup media signal until it is controlled to re-transmit the source media signal. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069609 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROTECTING A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT PRIMARY TREE IN A CONNECTED MODE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention relates to a technique for protecting a point-to-multipoint primary tree in a connected mode communications network set up from a primary root node to leaf nodes in the event of a fault affecting the primary root node by means of a back-up tree between a back-up root node and at least one merge node, said at least one merge node belonging to a branch of the primary tree coming from the primary root node. A merge node executes the following steps:
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20110069610 | HIGH CAPACITY RING COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for communication includes configuring a plurality of ring nodes to communicate over a communication network that includes two or more overlapping communication rings, each ring including two unidirectional ringlets in mutually-opposite directions. A data packet including one or more header fields is accepted at an ingress ring node. An egress ring node to which the data packet is to be forwarded by the ingress ring node is determined. A subset of the rings including one or more common rings that are connected to both the ingress and egress ring nodes is identified. A ringlet of a ring among the one or more common rings is selected responsively to a respective value of at least one of the header fields of the packet. The data packet is forwarded from the ingress ring node to the egress ring node over the selected ringlet. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069611 | WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - Provided is a wireless sensor network including: a plurality of sensor nodes connected linearly; a sink node connected to the uppermost node among the sensor nodes; a control server; a gateway connected between the sink node and the control server to transmit and receive data; and a plurality of relay gateways. In the case where the plurality of the sensor nodes are divided into a predetermined number of subgroups, the sensor nodes located at the highest levels in the divided subgroups and which are connected to the relay gateways are designated as relay nodes. In the case where an amount of data stored in the relay node exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the relay node transmits the stored data through the connected relay gateway to the control server. Accordingly, in the case where the data of the sensor nodes are increased, it is possible to minimize a problem in that the increased data are lost during transmission. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069612 | BEST PATH SELECTING DEVICE, BEST PATH SELECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A best path selecting device in a bus master ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069613 | ENERGY EFFICIENT SCALING OF NETWORK APPLIANCE SERVICE PERFORMANCE - Systems and methods for automatically controlling efficient operation of a plurality of network appliances operatively linked and networked to balance network traffic load across a plurality of network appliances that are selectively enabled. The system facilitating performance of the method includes at least a plurality of network appliances operatively connected to a switch and controlled by a network access control module. During system operation, at any given moment in time, the plurality network appliances operate in one of two modes, fully operational or stand-by. The network appliances of the plurality that are fully operational and thereby consuming full operational power depends upon the network traffic load at any given moment in time. The network appliances functioning in a stand-by mode consume low power levels which are sufficient to allow a network appliance in stand-by mode to receive a command signal directing it to switch from stand-by to full operational mode. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069614 | STATISTICAL SUB-MULTIPLEXER FOR CENTRALLY FORMATTED BROADCAST PROGRAMMING - Methods and systems generate a multiplex signal including two or more different sub-multiplexes for transmission via a broadcast network. A first sub-multiplex may include several services for broadcast in multiple locations, while multiple second sub-multiplexes may include services for broadcast within particular locations. A statistical multiplexer generates the first sub-multiplex within a first bandwidth allocation. If the first sub-multiplex services cannot fit within the allocated bandwidth, the bandwidth allocation may be adjusted. The statistical multiplexer may generate a second sub-multiplex within a second bandwidth allocation. If the second sub-multiplex services do not fit within the allocated bandwidth, the bandwidth allocation may be adjusted to increase the bandwidth allocated to the second sub-multiplex and decrease the bandwidth allocated to the first sub-multiplex so that the total bandwidth capacity of a broadcast network is not exceeded. This process may be repeated for each of the second sub multiplexes. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069615 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING LOW PRIORITY TRAFFIC FROM BLOCKING HIGH PRIORITY TRAFFIC - A method for processing high priority packets and low priority packets in a network device includes performing arbitration on high priority packets until no high priority packets remain. Arbitration then is enabled on low priority packets. A packet size associated with the selected low priority packet is compared with a programmable threshold. Low priority packets are excluded from subsequent arbitration for a programmable duration when the packet size exceeds the programmable threshold. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069616 | MANAGEMENT OF DATA CONGESTION IN A DATA NETWORK - A congestion management apparatus for receiving a traffic data stream and an associated control signal, wherein the apparatus detects a congestion indicator in the traffic data stream and generates congestion control data. The apparatus incorporates the congestion control data into the control signal and sends the control signal to a streaming server to control the rate at which the streaming server sends the traffic data. The apparatus selects an adaptation method depending on a protocol associated with the control signal and generates the congestion control data in accordance with the adaptation method. The apparatus is modular and may be adapted to support a plurality of protocols and adaptation methods. The traffic data may comprise real time data, especially video data and/or audio data, transmitted using one or more connectionless transport protocol, such as Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) over User Datagram Protocol (UDP). | 2011-03-24 |
20110069617 | ANTENNA TESTING DEVICE - An antenna testing device for testing an antenna assembled in a portable wireless communication device includes a data processing unit configured to receive signals from a CPU of the portable wireless communication device, a feedback unit, and a duplexer. The data processing unit sends the signals to the antenna by the feedback unit and the duplexer. The feedback unit feeds back mixed feedback signals mixed with signals leaked from the antenna to the data processing unit. The data processing unit judges whether the antenna is working properly according to the mixed feedback signals. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069618 | Circuit-switched services over LTE - A mobile radio communication system and method of initiating a circuit-switched service at a mobile station over a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) core network using packet-switched communications between the mobile station and the SAE core network is provided. The method includes communicating service handling information between a Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) and the mobile station through a Mobility Management Entity (MME) of the SAE core network; sending instructions from the MSC for setting up the circuit-switched service through a Media Gateway, coupled to at least one network external to the SAE core network; providing packet-switched addressing information for the Media Gateway to the mobile station; and initiating the circuit-switched service at the mobile station over the SAE core network and through the Media Gateway. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069619 | CONGESTION AND THRU-PUT VISIBILITY AND ISOLATION - Offering vertical services to subscribers and service providers is an avenue to immediately improve the competitiveness of digital subscriber line access service, for example of the type offered by a local exchange carrier. To deliver high-quality vertical services, however, the underlying ADSL Data Network (ADN) or the like needs to establish Quality of Service (QoS) as a core characteristic and offer an efficient mechanism for insertion of the vertical services. The inventive network architecture introduces QoS into the ADN, in a manner that enables the delivery of sophisticated and demanding IP-based services to subscribers, does not affect existing Internet tiers of service, and is cost-effective in terms of initial costs, build-out, and ongoing operations. The architecture utilizes a switch capable of examining and selectively forwarding packets or frames based on higher layer information in the protocol stack, that is to say on information that is encapsulated in the layer-2 information utilized to define normal connectivity through the network. The switch enables segregation of upstream traffic by type and downstream aggregation of Internet traffic together with traffic from a local services domain for vertical services and other local services. Systems coupled to the local services domain alone or in combination with software in servers and/or a user's computer enable a testing of connectivity, throughput, QoS metrics and the like through selected points of the ADN network. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069620 | Misdirected Packet Detection Apparatus and Method - There are disclosed methods and a packet receiver for testing a network. A packet may be received from the network at a port unit. The port unit may ignore the received packet if the received packet does not contain a valid test signature. When the received packet contains a valid test signature, the port unit may determine if the port unit is an expected destination for the received packet. When the port unit is not an expected destination for the received packet, a misdirected packet counter may be incremented. When the port unit is an expected destination for the received packet, test data may be extracted from the received packet. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069621 | Network Testing Using Control Plane and Data Plane Convergence - There is disclosed a system and method for implementing a control plane/data plane test to evaluate the performance of a device under test upon the occurrence of a critical event. The method may be performed by a network testing system. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069622 | Traffic Distribution Control - There is disclosed apparatus and processes for generating simulated network test traffic from a stored test traffic definition. A network test system or a user may select arbitrary ways to group flows of test traffic into streams, and to modify these streams before and during transmission of the test traffic by network test equipment. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069623 | Diversity Monitoring For Communication Network Circuits - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for monitoring circuit diversity within a communications network. Information is gathered regarding circuits within the communications network. Diversity rules for the circuits are received. The diversity rules may limit the sharing of network resource between primary and secondary circuit pairs. The information regarding the circuits is analyzed to identify violations of the diversity rules. A report on the violations of the diversity rules is generated. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069624 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING MULTIPLE DATA PACKET TRANSCEIVERS TOGETHER DURING A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL - A method and system for testing multiple data packet transceivers together during a predetermined time interval. A sequence of downlink data packets are generated and distributed as corresponding sequences of downlink data packets for reception by multiple data packet transceivers each one of which is responsive during at least a respective portion of a predetermined time interval to a respective one of the corresponding sequences of downlink data packets by transmitting a respective one of multiple corresponding sequences of uplink data packets. At least a portion of each of the corresponding sequences of uplink data packets are combined to provide a sequence of test data packets of which at least one signal parameter is measured. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069625 | PRIORITY-BASED, DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF UTILIZED BANDWIDTH - Methods, devices, and systems are provided for performing priority-based codec conversions. Such conversions may implemented on calls sharing a link having limited bandwidth and may also be implemented after the call has been established but before the call has been terminated. The mechanisms provided herein maximize per-user call completion/quality and overall utilization of network bandwidth by dynamically adjusting encoding algorithms and transmission characteristics of calls using the constrained link. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069626 | NETWORK TESTING PROVIDING FOR CONCURRENT REAL-TIME INGRESS AND EGRESS VIEWING OF NETWORK TRAFFIC DATA - There is disclosed a system and method for implementing concurrent real-time ingress and egress viewing of network traffic data to evaluate the performance of a device under test. The method may be performed by a network testing system. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069627 | PEER-ASSISTED TRANSMITTER SIGNAL ATTRIBUTE FILTERING FOR MOBILE STATION POSITION ESTIMATION - Examples disclosed herein may relate to filtering one or more signal attributes from a given transmitter from use in mobile station position estimation operations based at least in part on variations in signal strength indicators for one or more wireless communications between the transmitter and a plurality of devices. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069628 | CONTENTION BASED MEDIUM RESERVATION FOR MULTICAST TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and apparatus are described including multicasting a medium reservation message and receiving a response to the medium reservation message. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a medium reservation message, determining if a medium is idle and transmitting a response to the medium reservation message responsive to the determination. Further described are a method and apparatus including receiving a medium reservation message, determining if a received network allocation vector in the medium reservation message has a value greater than a current network allocation vector, determining if transmission over a medium during a time interval is detected and resetting the current network allocation vector responsive to the determination of transmission. Yet further described are a method and apparatus including receiving a response to a medium reservation message, determining if a network allocation vector in the response is greater than a current network allocation vector and updating the current network allocation vector responsive to the determination. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069629 | PHYSICAL LAYER METRICS TO SUPPORT ADAPTIVE STATION-DEPENDENT CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK RATE IN MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure present physical layer metrics for supporting adaptive station-dependent channel state information feedback rate in multi-user communication systems. For certain aspects, the physical layer metrics may be calculated at the stations and communicated to the AP. For certain aspects, the metrics may be calculated at an access point utilizing information about channel characteristics of stations available at the access point. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COOPERATIVE SPECTRUM USAGE AMONG MULTIPLE RADIO NETWORKS - An approach is provided for cooperatively sharing spectrum. A threshold value associated with an acceptable level of interference to a first radio network is determined. A beacon message specifying the threshold value is generated for transmission from the first radio network to one or more nodes of a second radio network that is configured to exchange traffic for mobile services. The first radio network and the second radio network share spectral resources including adjacent bands for the respective radio networks, and the beacon message is used for controlling the level of interference to the first radio network caused by the one or more nodes of the second radio network. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069631 | Technique for Radio Resource Management - A technique for radio resource management is proposed for controlling a wireless transceiver in a cellular communication system that comprises a scheduling channel configured to transport relative scheduling grants for signalling adjustments in transmission resources previously granted to the wireless transceiver. A method embodiment of this technique comprises the steps of deriving an amplitude parameter indicative of an instantaneous amplitude level of the scheduling channel, determining a threshold value taking into account the amplitude parameter, processing a scheduling signal received over the scheduling channel to obtain a signal sample comprising a relative scheduling grant, and subjecting the signal sample to a threshold decision based on the threshold value to decode the relative scheduling grant. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069632 | TRACKING NETWORK-DATA FLOWS - A network-equipment-implemented method and apparatus for tracking durations of flows received at a network node in consecutive intervals utilizes two counting bloom filters in ping-pong operation to reduce memory and processing. Identifiers for flows that exceed a predetermined duration or number of intervals are stored in a long-duration flow-identifier table. Hash functions used within the counting bloom filters and optionally used in the long-duration flow-identifier table are chosen to minimize the probability of false positives in the detection of long-duration flows. In some embodiments, flows are sampled to conserve memory and processing resources at the risk of missing detection of some long-duration flows. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069633 | ANTENNA ARRAY, NETWORK PLANNING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND METHOD FOR RELAYING RADIO SIGNALS WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONFIGURABLE BEAM PATTERN SHAPES USING A LOCAL KNOWLEDGE - The present disclosure provides an antenna array ( | 2011-03-24 |
20110069634 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT SCALABLE ROUTING IN NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus to implement scalable routing in network communication systems are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves selecting a plurality of virtual private networks in a communication network and selecting a candidate hub router from a plurality of routers in the communication network. The example method also involves determining a plurality of least memory utilization costs associated with assigning different quantities of spoke routers to the candidate hub router. Each of the least memory utilization costs and corresponding quantity of spoke routers is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of virtual private networks. For each of the least memory utilization costs, a bandwidth usage of a corresponding one of the quantities of spoke routers is identified. The candidate hub router is selected to operate as a hub router for one of the quantities of spoke routers associated with a corresponding one of the bandwidth usages that does not exceed a bandwidth capacity of the candidate hub router. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069635 | IP MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM FOR A MULTIMODE WIRELESS DEVICE - System and method for managing connections in a mobile device. A first application may be executing on the mobile device. A first application request, including first quality of service (QOS) parameters and first connection information for the first application, may be received. The first QOS parameters and the first connection information may be stored in a routing table. A first connection for the first application may be established based on the first QOS parameters and the first connection information. A second application may be executing on the mobile device. A second application request, including second QOS parameters and second connection information for the second application, may be received. The second QOS parameters and the second connection information may be stored in the routing table. A second connection for the second application may be established based on the second QOS parameters and the second connection information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069636 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AD-HOC COMMUNICATIONS OVER MILLIMETER WAVE WIRELESS CHANNELS IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and system for wireless data communication for peer wireless stations in a network is provided. A pair of peer wireless stations perform discovery on a predefined wireless communication channel to discover each other. Upon peer wireless stations successfully discovering one another, a wireless communication channel is selected to setup a connection between the peer wireless stations for data communication on the selected wireless communication channel. The peer wireless stations then perform connection setup and data communication over the selected wireless channel. In one implementation, the network comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) for ad-hoc Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) peer-to-peer communication. Further, the peer wireless stations conduct millimeter wave (mmWave) directional data transmissions between the peer wireless stations on the selected wireless data communication channel. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069637 | System and Method for Control Channel Search Space Location Indication for a Relay Backhaul Link - A system and method for providing a control channel search space location indication for a relay backhaul link are provided. A method for controller operation includes configuring a set of resource blocks for transmission of a relay control channel for a relay node, and transmitting the configuration of the set of resource blocks to the relay node using high layer signaling. The relay control channel is located within the set of resource blocks. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069638 | COGNITIVE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATING METHOD THEREOF - Object: To provide a mechanism and a function of a system that can determine a communication method and the like effectively utilizing frequency resources, considering priority of each communication, in a cognitive communication network system of a frequency shared type or the like assuming that a given frequency band is shared by a plurality of systems in use. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069639 | Withdrawing Multiple Advertised Routes Based On A Single Tag Which May Be Of Particular Use In Border Gateway Protocol - Advertised routes are associated with a particular tag in a routing database in a second router. A first router subsequently sends one or more messages associated with a route withdraw operation that specifies the particular tag, such that second router can identify, based on the particular tag, a set including multiple routes, and remove those multiple routes from its routing database. For example, the tag may be a Border Gateway Protocol attribute, a Border Gateway Protocol communities attribute, or some other indication, numeric quantity, or opaque value. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069640 | Wireless Access Point - An electronic assembly includes a power supply, a wireless access point, and wired network connectivity. Power for the wireless access point may come from the power supply, or alternatively, from power through the wired network. The power supply can also provide removable power to a portable information device. The wireless access point may optionally be configured to communicate wirelessly only with one particular wireless client. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069641 | Estimating User Device Location in a Wireless Network - A method of estimating user location involving collecting data from the access points in the network. The data can then be used to define a relationship, for example the loss of power experienced by a transmitted signal, between the access points. The relationship can be stored within a matrix, database or any other suitable storage method that can be referenced to determine the position of a user device within the network and correlated with corresponding measurements from a user device to determine the location of the user device within the network. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR LARGE-SCALE MULTIMEDIA CONFERENCES - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for dynamically allocating resources for large-scale multimedia conferences. In one embodiment, a method for allocating resources to a multimedia conference includes receiving a request from a potential participant to join the multimedia conference and dynamically assigning the request to one of a plurality of media servers serving the multimedia conference. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069643 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUDIO IN A COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT - A method and system for designating an aural position of an audio stream in a collaboration environment. A plurality of icons corresponding to participants are displayed in a user interface. A moderator may move the icons from a first position in the user interface to a second position in the user interface. Upon moving an icon from a first position to a second position, an aural position identifier corresponding to the second position is generated and sent to a conference processor. The conference processor uses the aural position identifier to generate an outgoing audio stream that aurally positions the audio stream generated by the participant corresponding to the icon at the aural position. The outgoing audio stream is provided to the moderator, who uses a multi-channel capable device to perceive the audio stream at the designated aural position. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069644 | Apparatus for Sharing a Wireless Communication Base Station - A wireless communication base station shares one antenna between a main system and a subsystem. A signal combiner/divider is connected to each of the transmission/reception signal lines of a main and a subsystem duplexer and combines signals according to their phases and divides other signals. A filter is provided in the signal paths between the combiners/dividers. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069645 | MULTIPLEXER - A multiplexer for a device capable of receiving signals in first and second frequency bands, the multiplexer comprising a first branch for connecting an antenna to a first sub-system configured to process received signals in the first frequency band, a second branch for connecting the antenna to a second sub-system configured to process received signals in the second frequency band, wherein the first branch comprises a filter for attenuating received signals in the second frequency band and the second branch couples the antenna directly to the second sub-system. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069646 | INTRA-PREMISES WIRELESS BROADBAND SERVICE USING LUMPED AND DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS RADIATION FROM CABLE SOURCE INPUT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus that includes a communication interface for receiving broadband signals and for transmitting RF frequency signals to a diplexer located within a premises via cabling where the RF frequency signals are configured for distribution to signal radiation devices of the premises via the diplexer and where the RF frequency signals are configured for being radiated by the signal radiation devices to at least one wireless device; and a controller for generating packetized signals from the received broadband signals at a first frequency and for modulating the packetized signals at a second frequency, wherein the RF frequency signals comprise the modulated packetized signals at the second frequency. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069647 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF AUDIO IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for audio transmission in a wireless communication system which transmits digital video and digital audio in High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) format. Position information of audio packets within the HDMI frame is obtained. Digital audio information including the position information is transmitted from a data source device to a data sink device via a wireless communication medium. At the data sink device, an HDMI frame is reconstructed by inserting received audio packets into horizontal and vertical blanking periods of the HDMI frame. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069648 | DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data for a wireless communication system. The method includes generating a first aggregation packet by controlling the number of preambles or by controlling a size of a packet according to a channel state of a channel formed to at least one reception terminal or according to a state of the reception terminal, and transmitting the first aggregation packet to the reception terminal. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069649 | ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Embodiments of power control in a wireless device include adjusting a snooze interval as a function of communication traffic characteristics. In some embodiments, the power control considers data rate, jitter, and throughput. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POWER SAVING BY COORDINATED WAKE-UP IN A WIRELESS MULTI-BAND NETWORK - A system and method for wireless communication over multi-rate channels are disclosed. One embodiment of the system operates on wake-up schedules for power saving. The system includes a first multi-band wireless station that is capable of using a first frequency band and a second frequency band for wireless communication; and a second multi-band wireless station that is capable of using the first frequency band and the second frequency band for wireless communication. One or more of the first and second stations is configured to maintain therein one or more wake-up schedules on the second frequency band of one or more of the first station, the second station, and an access point. The first and second stations are configured to share the one or more wake-up schedules with each other via the first frequency band. The system allows the stations to effectively associate with each other, thereby saving power. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069651 | CONSERVING POWER USING CONTENTION-FREE PERIODS THAT LACK NETWORK TRAFFIC - A method that comprises receiving, by an access point (AP), an interval value from a station (STA). The interval value corresponds to a frequency with which the STA listens to the AP. The method also comprises commanding, by the AP, the STA to refrain from transmitting data to the AP until a period expires. The commanding comprises the AP setting a duration of the period to correspond to the interval value. The method further comprises transferring, by the AP, data to the STA after the period expires. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069652 | Multicast Group Management In Wireless Networks - A source device which is a distributed device and which is not a wireless network access point advertises a multicast data stream; receives from a destination device a message indicating that the destination device wants to receive the multicast data stream; and adds the destination device to a list of destination devices for the multicast data stream, in which the list is stored in a computer readable memory. In various exemplary embodiments the advertising comprises broadcasting in a protocol adaptation layer an advertisement comprising a multicast medium access control (MAC) address and an address for the source device; or sending to a centralized controller a first message comprising the MAC address which triggers the centralized controller to broadcast an advertisement for the multicast data stream to destination devices. Prior to advertising the source device may create a multicast MAC address and check for uniqueness of the created address via signaling. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069653 | MULTICAST SERVICE - A method including sending a multicast packet to a cluster of recipients; receiving information indicating receiving status relating to the multicast packet from individual members of the cluster of recipients; and initiating intra-cluster retransmission of said multicast packet by sending to the cluster of recipients collective information about the receiving statuses of the members of the cluster of recipients. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069654 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTI-HOP RELAY COMMUNICATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and operating method of a Relay Station (RS) and a Base Station (BS) controller for a multi-hop relay communication in a broadband wireless communication system is provided. The method of the RS includes, when receiving at least one traffic Media Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from a Mobile Station (MS) accessing the RS, extracting a Layer-3 (L3) packet from the at least one traffic MAC PDU, generating a relay MAC PDU including the L3 packet, and transmitting the MAC PDU to the BS through an RS Service Flow (SF) which supports Quality of Service (QoS) required by an MS SF carrying the L3 packet. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069655 | RELAY STATION APPARATUS, MULTIHOP SYSTEM AND RELAYING METHOD - A relay station apparatus includes a first transmission/receiving means and second transmission/receiving means. The first transmission/receiving means exchanges a first relay link signal transmitted/received by a superordinate apparatus, with the superordinate apparatus and exchanges part of the first relay link signal as a second access link signal or a second relay link signal, with a subordinate apparatus. The second transmission/receiving means exchanges the other part of the first relay link signal, which the first transmission/receiving means exchanges with the superordinate apparatus, as a third access link signal or a third relay link signal, with a subordinate apparatus. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069656 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS MULTI-HOP NETWORK USING SYNCHRONOUS MAC PROTOCOL - Technology for a wireless multi-hop network is provided. A method by which a source node operates in a wireless multi-hop network includes selecting one of first to M-th frame structures (M is a natural number greater than or equal to 2), based on a data packet generation interval, when the source node is in an active state, synchronizing with neighboring nodes in a first synchronization period of the selected frame structure, and when the source node is in the active state, transmitting a control packet to a next hop in a data period of the selected frame structure, and waiting for a response from the next hop, the control packet indicating that the source node will transmit a data packet in a sleep period subsequent to the data period and including information on the selected frame structure. Here, each of the first to M-th frame structures defines a frame including at least one synchronization period, at least one data period, and at least one sleep period, and having a different duty cycle. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF FLO AND FLO-EV DATA OVER A MULTI-FREQUENCY NETWORK - A system for receiving data comprising a receiver configured to receive a radio frequency communication signal comprising at least one superframe, the at least one superframe having at least a first data stream encoded therein; and overhead information carried in the superframe, the overhead information comprising a control channel, the control channel having control channel information for separating the at least one first data stream from any other data streams encoded in the at least one superframe, where the at least first data stream and any other data streams may be carried on different radio frequency channels. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069658 | Method for Reducing Closed Subscriber Group Identity Comparison - A method for reducing CSG identity comparison for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of including RAT information in an Allowed CSG list and an Operator CSG List, wherein the Allowed CSG list and the Operator CSG List are stored in an elementary file of the mobile device and the RAT information indicates a plurality of RATs associated with a plurality of CSG identities listed in the allowed CSG list; maintaining a plurality of sub-allowed CSG lists in an access stratum (AS) layer of the mobile device according to the plurality of RATs, wherein the number of the sub-allowed CSG lists corresponds to the number of the RATs; and comparing a CSG identity associated with a first RAT with the CSG identities listed in a first sub allowed CSG list corresponding to the first RAT. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCAL BREAKOUT SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for providing a Local BreakOut (LBO) service in a wireless communication system are provided. In the method for providing an LBO service in a wireless communication system, after an access authentication procedure between an authentication server and a terminal, a femto gateway receives a subscriber profile including LBO service flow information from the authentication server to provide the LBO service flow information to a femto base station through initial service flow setting between the terminal and the femto gateway. The femto base station sets an LBO service flow through a Dynamic Service Addition (DSA) procedure. The terminal performs a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) procedure through the LBO service flow setting, and obtains an IP address for LBO based on the DHCP procedure. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069660 | FEMTOCELL AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOF - A femtocell and a resource allocation method thereof are provided. The femtocell comprises a storage unit and a processing unit. The storage unit is configured to store a priority region threshold. The processing unit is configured to assign a first region of a frame as a CSG region according to a priority region threshold and assign a second region of the frame as a non-CSG region according to the priority region threshold. The CSG region and the non-CSG region are exclusive. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069661 | Telecommunication Service Employing an Electronic Information Repository Storing Social Network User Information, Developer Information, and Mobile Network Operator Information - A telecommunication system that carries out telecommunication functions between multiple parties as initiated by the user interaction with a social network application, while maintaining privacy of the device identifiers (phone numbers or static IP addresses assigned to devices) of the participating parties. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069662 | CONTEXT TRANSFER SYSTEMS AND METHODS IN SUPPORT OF MOBILITY - A broad aspect of the invention provides a method of providing mobility support for a mobile node's traffic. The method involves maintaining context information for the mobile node on each of a first plurality of network nodes carrying the traffic; and proactively transferring and maintaining at least a portion of the context information in a plurality of network nodes which are not carrying the traffic, but which are candidates for carrying the traffic due to mobility of the mobile node. The method typically further involves defining and maintaining a definition of the second plurality of network nodes. In one embodiment of the invention, this involves adding a particular network node to the second plurality when the particular network node becomes a candidate for carrying the traffic, removing a particular network node from the second plurality when the particular network node is no longer a candidate for carrying the traffic. Furthermore, for each node in the second plurality of network nodes, a definition is made of a node in the first plurality of network nodes from which to obtain the context information. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069663 | INTERCEPTING GPRS DATA - GPRS Tunneling Protocol (“GTP”) packets are intercepted by receiving a GTP tunnel packet, determining whether the GTP tunnel packet is to be intercepted, intercepting GTP tunnel packets if it is determined that the GTP tunnel packet is to be intercepted, and processing the intercepted GTP tunnel packets. Multiple tunnels may be intercepted simultaneously and GTP tunnel packets from different tunnels may be processed differently. Implementations include both inline and offline interception of GTP traffic between SGSN and GGSN. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069664 | LOCATION INTERCEPT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses a location monitoring method and apparatus. The method includes: creating a tracking area (TA) list for user equipment (UE) according to a monitoring precision indication and sending the TA list to the UE; and obtaining location information of the UE when the UE executes a location update according to the TA List and reporting the location information to a monitoring center. With the present disclosure, the monitoring location precision of a monitoring target may be set so that more accurate location information of the monitoring target can be obtained and that the needs of various monitoring tasks can be satisfied. | 2011-03-24 |
20110069665 | NETWORK INTERFACE UNIT FOR A NODE IN A WIRELESS MULTI-HOP NETWORK, AND A METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A NETWORK PATH BETWEEN NODES IN A WIRELESS MULTI-HOP NETWORK - The invention describes a network interface unit ( | 2011-03-24 |