19th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120115420 | CHANNEL WIDTH SWITCHING IN MULTIPLE OBSS SYSTEMS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a device is capable of operating at a first bandwidth or a second bandwidth, and further capable of operating using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth. If operation using a communication method intolerant to operation at the first bandwidth is desired, the device transmits an assertion of intolerance of operation at the first bandwidth to one or more devices on the network to cause the one or more devices on the network to switch operation at the second bandwidth. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC REPLACEMENT OF WIRELESS LINK - An apparatus and a method for automatically establishing a new wireless link when the original wireless link between the apparatus and a commercially available FM radio receiver is interfered by other signal sources and reception conditions become poor, thereby eliminating the need to manually configure both the target FM radio receiver and the apparatus to a suitable FM frequency. The apparatus receives an audio signal, modulates and transmits the audio signal to the target FM radio receiver over a selected frequency, scans an FM spectrum for an alternative frequency, transmits an Radio Data System compatible command and a forcible switching signal to configure the target FM radio receiver to tune to the alternative frequency when signal quality of the received signal deteriorate sufficiently. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115422 | IMAGE MAGNIFICATION BASED ON DISPLAY FLEXING - Systems and methods control resizing a presentation of an image on a flexible display. A user flexes a flexible display in a particular manner to control magnification or size reduction of the image presented on the display. The amount of magnification or size reduction of the image presented on a flexible display increases along with the absolute magnitude of flexible display flexing. The flexible display can be double flexed within a defined time to indicate that another action is to be taken, such as fitting the presently displayed document to the width of the flexible display or fitting the entire document to the flexible display. The direction of flexing, such as flexing in a concave or a convex direction, is a flexing characteristic that causes other desired actions. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FREQUENCY DEVIATION PRE-CORRECTION - A method and device for frequency deviation pre-correction are provided. The method includes: estimating an uplink frequency deviation value of a terminal, and obtaining a historic value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction that has been used for the frequency deviation pre-correction of the terminal; according to the historic value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction, determining a current value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction of the terminal, the current value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction being closer to the uplink frequency deviation value than the historic value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction; by using the current value of the uplink frequency deviation pre-correction, pre-correcting the frequency deviation of the terminal, thereby the signal detection performance of the terminal can be effectively improved. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115424 | INSTALLATION TOOL FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - The invention relates to an installation tool for RF (Radio Frequency) networks, such as a wireless networked control system, for example a wireless lighting system. A basic idea of the invention is to provide an installation tool, which allows controlling a setting of a device by performing a simple and intuitive action with the tool, for example turning the tool like a screwdriver. An embodiment of the invention provides an installation tool ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115425 | CHANNEL SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method of identifying an available channel of a plurality of frequency channels defined in a radio frequency spectrum for use by a transmitting station, wherein scanning for an available channel in a frequency spectrum is performed by a scanning method in which a bidirectional search is performed away from an initial channel frequency. The method may include steps to take when a boundary of the spectrum is encountered, and may also take into account existing information concerning channel reservation. A related scanner and radio apparatus is also described. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115426 | POWER AMPLIFIER SATURATION DETECTION - In a portable radio transceiver, a power amplifier system includes a saturation detector that detects power amplifier saturation in response to duty cycle of the amplifier transistor collector voltage waveform. The saturation detection output signal can be used by a power control circuit to back off or reduce the amplification level of the power amplifier to avoid power amplifier control loop saturation. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115427 | RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR REDUCING AN AMOUNT OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK TO A TRANSMITTER - A receiver and a method are described herein for reducing an amount of channel state information related to a transmit channel correlation matrix φ | 2012-05-10 |
20120115428 | ANTENNA DIVERSITY METHOD WITH FALLBACK AND WEIGHTING - In a radio communication station having antennas an antenna diversity system and a gain controllable amplifier the gain of the gain controllable amplifier is set by using a first antenna, the signal levels of signals received at the antennas is measured, a group of antennas is determined having a signal level which exceeds the signal level of the first antenna by no more than a predetermined value, and out of said group of antennas the antenna with the highest signal level is selected out or the first antenna is selected out if said group is empty. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115429 | METHOD AND WIDEBAND ANTENNA SYSTEM TO MINIMISE THE INFLUENCE OF INTERFERENCE SOURCES - A method to minimize influence of interference sources by control of a signal to noise/interference ratio of a wideband antenna system connected to an electronic system. The wideband antenna system includes at least one array of at least two antenna elements/sub arrays. The signal to noise/interference ratio control includes establishing of cancellation directions for interfering frequencies in the antenna pattern in the direction of interference sources. The wideband antenna system is operational over a system bandwidth and operates with an instantaneous bandwidth. Estimation of interference source parameters is performed in an evaluation process. A wideband antenna system implementing the method. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115430 | Mobile Device Having An Emergency Mode - Disclosed is an apparatus and method to locate a mobile device in an emergency situation. The mobile device includes a display device, a user interface to receive an emergency mode request from a user, and a processor. The processor may be configured to execute instructions to implement an emergency mode process based upon the receipt of the emergency mode request from the user. The emergency mode process is implemented to: monitor received signals to locate a base station, wherein, once a base station is located, a short emergency message is transmitted to the base station including the location of the mobile device. The emergency mode process is further implemented to: monitor received signals to receive an acknowledgement signal from the base station; and reduce a plurality of first non-essential functions of the mobile device to reduce power consumption. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115431 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING EMERGENCY STATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus handle an emergency in a wireless communication system. A method of a serving Base Station (BS) for detecting an emergency in a wireless communication system includes receiving an emergency call signal from Mobile Stations (MSs) in a cell; determining whether the number of the received emergency call signals exceeds a threshold number of times; when the number of the received emergency call signals exceeds the threshold number of times, detecting an emergency of a BS; and transmitting a message indicating the emergency to an MS in the cell. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115432 | SUPPORT IN HSS FOR EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - A home subscriber server (HSS) and method are described herein for supporting an emergency telecommunication service (e.g., Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS)). In one embodiment, the HSS and the method are adapted to selectively provide telecommunication access to subscribers of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) by associating different user priority values with different network condition statuses, where a network condition status may be a congestion level or a disaster relief emergency status. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115433 | METHOD OF PROVIDING RATE TIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method of providing rate tiers in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method include forming, at a network element in the wireless communication system, a statistical representation of resource usage for a user in the wireless communication system as a function of location and/or time using measurements of the user's resource usage at a plurality of locations. Embodiments of the method also include defining, at the network element, a plurality of rate tiers based on the statistical representation. Each rate tier indicates a rate for a different level of resource usage offered to the user. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE ACTIVATION IN MOBILE NETWORK BILLING - Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to select from a list of available services that can be used on a mobile device. The services include device-based services and device-network based services. The activation, usage tracking and deactivation of a selected service can be conducted at a central location. Some of the services can be provided by different carrier network providers and in different geographical areas. The service selection can be performed from the mobile device, thus providing the user with maximum flexibility as to when and where the user requests the service. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115435 | Privacy in Mobile Device Communications - The subject disclosure is directed towards mobile device privacy and anonymity. When a contact is marked as private, or when a device operates in a private mode, one or more privacy-related actions with respect to an incoming or outgoing communication are performed. Privacy-related actions include logging private telephone call information to a private, protected log, storing private message content to a private protected store, or not saving any such information or content. Another privacy-related action comprises not allowing a visible or audible notification to occur when a private communication is received. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115436 | Method and Apparatus for Terminal Access - The present invention discloses a method for terminal access, and this method includes: receiving an access request sent by a terminal; analyzing the access request to obtain a service type of the terminal; determining a number of residual equivalent users according to a difference between an access equivalent user number threshold corresponding to the service type of the terminal currently and a number of accessed terminals; and determining whether to respond to the access request according to the number of the residual equivalent users and a preset minimum residual equivalent user threshold. The present invention further discloses an apparatus for accessing the terminal. With the present invention, dynamic variation of the wireless environment can be adapted, QoS with higher quality can be provided for the users, and the experience and the feeling of the users are improved. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURITY ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DOMAINS - A mobile device and a method for providing security to a mobile device having two or more communication domains is provided. The mobile device receives a communication service request. The communication domain of the communication service request is determined, the request domain being one of the two or more communication domains of the mobile device. A set of applicable restrictions is then determined from a list of communication restrictions comprising restrictions on use of services of the mobile device for each of the two or more communications domains. These applicable restrictions are then applied to the communication service request by the mobile device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115438 | Use of mobile phone lock screen to display vital information - Superimposition of information on image files is not by itself novel. The originality of this invention lies on superimposing information on an image file by using any of the methods described in Section 8 (Detailed Description of the Invention) and then using the resulting image in the manner described in Section 6 (Brief Summary of the Invention) to provide a solution to the problems described in Section 5 (Background of Invention) and to add value to the use of mobile phone as listed in Section 6 (Brief Summary of the Invention). | 2012-05-10 |
20120115439 | RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIO TERMINAL APPARATUS - A radio terminal apparatus includes a transmission control unit transmitting an acquisition request for acquiring contract authentication information via a radio channel when a predetermined operation of acquiring the contract authentication information associated with a radio service provider providing a radio connection service is received; a reception unit receiving the contract authentication information transmitted via the radio channel in response to the acquisition request; and a control unit controlling writing the received contract authentication information in a retaining unit. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115440 | WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - A wireless terminal device includes: a transmission control unit which transmits a transfer request which is for requesting a use right of contract authentication information relating to a wireless business operator providing wireless connection services, which is information held by a second wireless terminal device as another wireless terminal device, via a wireless line when a predetermined operation is input; a receiving unit which receives transfer information which is transmitted via the wireless line in response to the transfer request for transferring the use right; and a control unit which sets valid contract authentication information based on the received transfer information. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115441 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESS DATA RECOVERY FROM A MALFUNCTIONING DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for recovering access data from a malfunctioning device. In one embodiment, trained service personnel are provided a specialized apparatus for retrieving access data from a malfunctioning device. For example, in the instance the device comprises a cellular device having an unrecoverable hardware failure, trained service personnel can connect to the secure element and retrieve the one or more electronic Subscriber Identity Modules (eSIMs) stored thereon. The eSIMs are then “reclaimed” and reprogrammed/distributed to a new device. In one implementation, security and integrity measures are taken to protect and control distribution of sensitive access data. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115442 | SECURE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULE SERVICE - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for a secure subscriber identity module service. Communication via a mobile network is activated in response to receiving a request to activate communication service for the system by a secure partition of the system. In response to receiving the request, a key is retrieved for a permit service from storage accessible only by the secure partition. The key is included in a permit requesting to activate the communication service, and the permit is sent to a service provider for the communication service. The service provider communicates with the permit service to obtain a digital signature for the permit. The secure partition receives a signed permit from the service provider, confirms that the signed permit contains the digital signature by the permit service, and activates the communication service for the system in response to confirming that the signed permit contains the digital signature. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115443 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING A FIRST IDENTIFIER OF A SECURE ELEMENT OF A MOBILE TERMINAL ACCORDING TO A SECOND IDENTIFIER OF SAID SECURE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for calculating a first identifier of a secure element of a mobile terminal according to a second identifier of said secure element. The first identifier is a temporary identifier and the second identifier is a final identifier of the secure element in a telecommunications network. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: a—during the first attempt to connect the mobile terminal to the telecommunications network, calculating the first identifier according to the second identifier; b—transmitting the first identifier to the telecommunications network; c—in response to a message of acceptance of the first identifier from the telecommunications network, inhibiting the use of the first identifier by the secure element and, for every subsequent attempt to connect to the telecommunications network, using the second identifier to authenticate the secure element. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115444 | Hybrid Communications Mailbox - Hybrid communications voicemail systems and methods are disclosed. A wireline telephone number may be operatively associated with a wireless telephone voicemail box such that calls placed to the wireline telephone number and subsequently routed to voicemail may be routed to the wireless telephone voicemail box. Thus, the user of both wireline and wireless telephones may check voicemail messages at a single wireless voicemail box. Parents or supervisors may check voicemail messages or converted text messages deposited for children or employees at the single wireless voicemail box. A wireless telephone user may allow calls to be routed to his/her wireless telephone from his/her wireline telephone if he/she cannot be reached at the wireline telephone or as designated by the user. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115445 | DYNAMIC TAPPING FORCE FEEDBACK FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Dynamic force feedback is provided in a device to alert a user about a message received on the device from a remote user and to convey content, context, or a type of the message. Producing dynamic force feedback may include activating a motion induction device, which accelerates and decelerates a mass to create tapping within the device. The amplitude and frequency of the tapping may be configured to produce sequences of taps to alert the user about different types, contexts, or content of received messages. Additionally, multiple motion induction devices may be included in a device to produce dynamic force feedback along multiple dimensions. Multiple dimension dynamic force feedback may be used in providing geographical directions to a user. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115446 | Remote Application of Vehicle Component Settings - Remote application of vehicle control settings includes detecting a vehicle in proximity of the mobile communication device, authenticating the vehicle via a secured pairing between an identifier of the vehicle and an identifier of the mobile communication device, retrieving driver preference settings assigned to the identifier of the vehicle and the identifier of the mobile communication device, and transmitting the driver preference settings to the vehicle. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115447 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAFETY CONTENT SERVICE - The present invention discloses a system and method for providing a safety content service. The system for providing the safety content service includes a first mobile terminal which extracts meta information of new content when the new content is generated, a server which receives the meta information of the new content from the first mobile terminal, analyzes whether the content is harmful based on a file name and a hash value of the content contained in the meta information, and outputs an analysis result, and a second mobile terminal which receives the analysis result from the server. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a service which can prevent children and teenagers from being exposed to harmful contents through mobile terminals such as smart phones such that the children and teenagers can safely use multimedia content. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115448 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATED INTERNET LINK SYSTEM - A system for providing a wide range of telecommunications initiated data fulfillment services in which a multi-function code, such as “#” (star, pound), input into an originating telecommunications device, such as a wireless telephone, triggers the treatment of the input sequence as a multi-function code service request rather than a dialed directory number. The multi-function code is followed by an input data string to complete the multi-function code service request, which the user typically enters into the telecommunications device just like a conventional telephone call, except that the input string begins with the multi-function code. The telecommunications system recognizes the multi-function code as a trigger, and in response takes one or more date fulfillment actions, such delivering a response message to the initiating telecommunications device containing one or more Internet links to webpages associated with the dialed input data string. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115449 | MOBILE DEVICE CALLER ID EXTENSION - An extended display is provided for information based on caller ID during call notification for an incoming phone call on a mobile device. A system enables accessing scheduling information based on caller ID information for the incoming phone call. A contact is identified based on the caller ID information, and scheduling information related to the contact is displayed on the mobile device before the call is answered. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115450 | Presence Server Based Name Information - The present invention relates to a CNAP service in which a name of the calling party is presented to the called party. For retrieving the name, a presence network agent in the mobile switching center accesses the presence server and fetches the name from the presence server before it is introduced into a call setup request message. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115451 | Systems and Methods for Dynamically Forwarding Wireless Communications on Mobile Communications Devices - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for dynamically forwarding incoming calls and/or messages to different mobile communications devices (“MCDs”). In one embodiment, a method may include: storing associations between multiple MCDs and a user and identifying that at least one of the MCDs is inactive and that at least one of the MCDs is active. The method may further include: receiving an incoming call or message intended for the at least one inactive MCD; and if only one of the MCDs is active, causing the incoming call or message to be forwarded to the one active MCD; and if more than one of the MCDs is active, either: (a) causing the incoming call or message to be forwarded to at least one of the active MCDs or (b) not causing the incoming call or message to be forwarded. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115452 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES FOR HANDLING APPARATUS TERMINATED OR ORIGINATED COMMUNICATION REQUESTS WITH INCREASED COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY AND METHODS THEREOF - A communication apparatus has at least one radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card with a first address and a second subscriber identity card with a second address. The first subscriber identity card camps on a first cell belonging to a first wireless network via the radio transceiver module, and the second subscriber identity card camps on a second cell belonging to a second wireless network via the radio transceiver module. The communication apparatus includes first processor logic coupled to the radio transceiver module, the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card, receiving a communication request requesting for establishing wireless communication between the first subscriber identity card and a peer communication entity. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115453 | SELF-AWARE PROFILE SWITCHING ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment. The method can also include identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; and determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115454 | Timer Configuration Method and Related Communication Device - A timer configuration method for a core network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The timer configuration method comprises receiving a mobility management request from a mobile device; and setting a mobile reachable timer to a value no less than a back-off timer value when the core network rejects the mobility management request with the back-off timer value. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115455 | SECURE BOOTSTRAP PROVISIONING OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CARRIER NETWORKS - Disclosed herein is a secure initial provisioning system for communicating data between an electronic device and a management server in a carrier network. The management server may be adapted to facilitate secure initialization provisioning or bootstrap provisioning. An initialization-provisioning table may be made available in the electronic device during manufacturing, or may also be provided in a SIM card. The initialization-provisioning table provides security information, such as keys, for example, and enables secure and spoof-proof push-based initial/bootstrap provisioning or bootstrap of electronic devices. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115456 | LOW POWER DUAL PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTI MODE DEVICES - A mobile computing device with multiple modes, for example, wireless communication and personal computing, has an application processor and a communication processor. In the computing mode, the application processor is the master processor. In the communication mode, the application processor is deenergized to conserve battery power, with the communication processor functioning as the master processor by accessing the device's peripheral bus using the memory interface of the communication processor. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSOCIATING A SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORY IDENTIFIER TO A SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFIER - According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method, in a communication network, of associating a subscriber directory identifier to a first subscriber identifier. The method comprises receiving a request to connect a communication device to the network, the request including a subscriber identifier derived from the first subscriber identifier, determining the first subscriber identifier from the received subscriber identifier, and associating a subscriber directory identifier with the determined subscriber identifier. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115458 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - User group DB ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115459 | Measurement reporting method for closed subscriber group cell and corresponding user equipment - A measurement reporting method for a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and a corresponding User Equipment (UE) are provided in the present invention. The method comprises the following steps that: after detecting a neighboring accessible CSG cell which is not on a frequency in a measurement configuration, a UE in a connected state requests a network for a measurement configuration by reporting indication information which contains the frequency information of the accessible CSG cell and/or the bandwidth information of the accessible CSG cell. The present invention solves the problem about the measurement and reporting of a CSG cell by a UE, so that a network is able to make a decision in time according to a measurement report, satisfying the requirement of the UE on mobility. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115460 | BASE STATION, FEMTOCELL AND HANDOVER MONITORING METHOD THEREOF - A base station, a femtocell, and a handover monitoring method thereof are provided. A wireless network system comprises a server, a mobile device, the base station, and the femtocell. The base station transmits a monitoring signal to the femtocell after it obtains a piece of information corresponding to the mobile device from the server. The femtocell keeps detecting whether a signal is transmitted by the mobile device after it receives the monitoring signal. The femtocell transmits a response signal corresponding to the monitoring signal to the base station after it detects the signal transmitted by the mobile device. The base station transmits a handover signal to the mobile device after it receives the response signal so that the mobile device handovers from the base station to the femtocell. A handover monitoring from the base station to the femtocell for the mobile device is provided by the hand monitoring method. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115461 | COMMUNICATION SERVICE HANDOVER PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR FEMTOCELLS AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for processing handover of a mobile communication device between femtocell base stations, includes: setting communication alert value and signal capture time period; detecting the signal strength of the femtocell base station currently serving the mobile communication device, and when the detected signal strength is less than the communication alert value, performing a timing operation to continuously capture the signal strength of the serving femtocell base station and other femtocell base stations that allow the mobile communication device to access thereto until the elapsed time measured through the timing operation reaches the signal capture time period, and creating a priority list according to the signal strength of said other femtocell base stations; and choosing the femtocell base station with highest priority as a handover target when the signal strength of the serving femtocell base station is less than that of the femtocell base station with highest priority. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115462 | RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY CONFIGURATION IN FEMTO-CELL BASE STATIONS - A method and apparatus for operating a femto-cell base station are disclosed. The femto-cell base station is configured to provide coverage to a User Equipment by connecting it to a core telecommunications network using a first frequency belonging to a first radio access technology. The method includes detecting that a fixed network connection of a femto-cell base station is not operative, and, in response to such failure, scanning frequencies in a second radio access technology available to a wireless network interface of the femto-cell base station, said second radio access technology being different than the first radio access technology. If there is any frequency available in said second radio access technology, said frequency in said second radio access technology is established as the operational frequency of a cellular wireless network connection established by the wireless network interface. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115463 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPROVED USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTING - A method and electronic device for improved filtering of mobile communications device physical layer measurement ratios to reduce the variance of reported measurements. First and second signal powers of a cell in a mobile communications network are measured and a filter having a network determined filter coefficient is applied to the first signal power. A signal quality value is determined from the filtered first signal power and the second signal power. A second filter with a network determined filter coefficient may be applied to the second signal power. An example signal quality value comprises a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) comprised of the ratio of reference signal received power (RSRP), multiplied by the number (N) of resource blocks of a carrier received signal strength indicator (RSSI), to the carrier RSSI. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115464 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING WITH BLUETOOTH DEVICES IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for connecting with a plurality of Bluetooth devices is provided in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a position determining unit and a Bluetooth connecting unit. The position determining unit searches for a second Bluetooth device by using a movement direction of the terminal, when performing a call by the second Bluetooth device while maintaining a call. The Bluetooth connecting unit processes the performance of a call using a first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device. When searching the second Bluetooth device, the Bluetooth connecting unit releases the connection of the first Bluetooth device while maintaining the call and performs a connection with the second Bluetooth device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115465 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND NETWORK CONNECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A mobile terminal as well as a network connecting method and a network connecting apparatus thereof are disclosed in the present disclosure. The network connecting method comprises the following steps of: determining whether the network connecting mode is a dual-mode mode when the mobile terminal is connecting to a network; and if it is determined that the network connecting mode is the dual-mode mode, then setting the network connecting mode of the mobile terminal into a TD preference mode and connecting to the network. In the present disclosure, when the mobile phone is not in a | 2012-05-10 |
20120115466 | CONTROLLING ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION SERVICES - A method and corresponding apparatus and system of controlling access to communication services by a roaming wireless device are described. The method includes receiving a request for roaming wireless device service information related to a roaming user and determining which services the user has access to for the requesting system, if the user is determined to have access to the requesting system. The method also includes transmitting user service information concerning the services to which the user has access. The apparatus includes a memory, a communication system, and a processor. The memory stores: ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115467 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A RADIO ACCESS POINT OF AN ACCESS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE OF A RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK - In a radio communication network access network infrastructure, comprising first and second access points into the access network infrastructure which are both capable of communicating over a radio interface with a user equipment, wherein the radio coverage of the first access point is at least partially included in the radio coverage of the second access point, and wherein the first access point is capable of operating in an operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal, the first access point synchronizes itself with the second access point during reception, and switches to the operating mode wherein it does not transmit a pilot signal. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115468 | TECHNIQUE FOR ANCHOR CARRIER SELECTION IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a technique for avoiding, forestalling, or reducing re-establishment procedures in a telecommunications system having multiple carriers. A method aspect of this technique includes monitoring a signal quality of an anchor component carrier associated with a serving cell of a mobile terminal and used by the mobile terminal. If the signal quality of the anchor component carrier violates a first signal quality condition, then a parameter (of, e.g., a downlink signal) of at least one candidate component carrier associated with the serving cell and distinct from the anchor component carrier is measured and the signal quality of the at least one candidate component carrier is determined based on the measured parameter. If the determined signal quality fulfils a second signal quality condition, then reselection to the at least one candidate component carrier is initiated such that the candidate component carrier becomes the anchor component carrier associated with the serving cell and used by the mobile terminal. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115469 | Method for UE pattern indication and measurement for interference coordination - A method of inter-cell interference coordination is provided for UE measurements and network access procedure. In a first embodiment, a UE in idle mode performs measurements on received radio signals applying a simplified radio resource restriction for interference coordination. The UE determines the restricted radio resource without receiving explicit measurement configuration. In a second embodiment, during various phases of a network access procedure, the UE indicates its interference status and/or additional interference information to its serving base station to enhance interference coordination. In a third embodiment, the UE in connected mode performs measurements on both interference-protected transmission resources and non-interference-protected transmission resources. The UE measurement results are used for scheduling, radio link monitoring, and/or mobility management to increase radio spectrum efficiency and to improve user experience. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115470 | SELECTING FROM AMONG PLURAL CHANNEL ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES - A wireless receiver receives reference signals over a wireless link. The wireless receiver calculates a selection indication based on the received reference signals, and the wireless receiver selects from among plural channel estimation techniques based on the selection indication, where the selected channel estimation technique is usable to perform channel estimation of the wireless link. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115471 | DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION IN FEMTOCELLS - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for discontinuous transmissions in a wireless communications system. In one example, a femtocell uses out-of-band (OOB) signals to detect the presence of user equipment (UEs) in a femtocell coverage area. In response to the detection, the femtocell may transmit in-band signals to facilitate communication with and registration of the detected UE. The femtocell may then perform discontinuous in-band transmissions to the registered UE. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115472 | Method for Selecting a Cell of a Network When a Wireless Communications Device is Turned On and Corresponding Wireless Communications Device - Method for selecting a cell from a network when a wireless communications device is turned on, following a previous power down, comprising a process for obtaining ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING LOCATION INFORMATION IN MACHINE TO MACHINE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for synchronizing location information between devices in a Machine to Machine (M | 2012-05-10 |
20120115474 | METHOD FOR DECIDING UNREGISTERED MACROCELL USER EQUIPMENT ADJACENT TO FEMTOCELL BASE STATION - In a method for deciding an unregistered macrocell user equipment (MUE) adjacent to a femtocell base station (home evolved node B; HeNB), a macrocell base station (macro evolved node B; MeNB) decides occurrence of an unregistered MUE influenced by interference from a HeNB among MUEs. The MeNB requests an adjacent HeNB to transmit system information (SI) of the adjacent HeNB of which interference has influence on the unregistered MUE, and the unregistered MUE searches for the SI of the adjacent HeNB and transmits the searched SI to the MeNB, when it is decided that the unregistered MUE has occurred. The MeNB informs the adjacent HeNB of existence of the unregistered MUE using a closed subscriber group identifier (CSG ID) of the SI of the adjacent HeNB, transmitted from the unregistered MUE. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATION TRACKING, COUNTING, AND MOVEMENT ESTIMATION USING MOBILE OPERATIONAL DATA AND/OR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN MOBILE NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATION TRACKING, COUNTING, AND MOVEMENT ESTIMATION USING MOBILE OPERATIONAL DATA AND/OR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN MOBILE NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115477 | Card Application Toolkit Support for IP Multimedia Subsystem - To consolidate session initiation protocol (SIP) messages a user equipment (UE) is made aware of all Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) applications installed in its memory and on a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) and supported communication services. By obtaining this information before the initial IMS Registration, the UE can save resources by registering all local applications and communication services in single IMS registration. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115478 | Data-Capable Network Prioritization With Reduced Delays In Data Service - A mobile device sends to a wireless network a request for establishing a service. In response to a rejection of the request, the device reattempts the request so long as the total number of requests is less than a predetermined value. When the total number of rejected requests is greater than or equal to the predetermined value, the device selects a different wireless network with which to establish the communication service if the wireless network is a non-home network. Otherwise, if the wireless network is the home network, the mobile device runs a timer which is initialized with an internal timer value instead of a network timer value when the internal timer value is less than the network timer value. In response to an expiration of the timer, the mobile device sends to the wireless network another one or more requests for establishing the service. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115479 | Method and Network Node - Method in a network node ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115480 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio base station includes a mobile communication system, a relay node and a radio base station connected via a radio bearer. A mobile station is configured to perform a handover process between a state in which a radio bearer is set with the relay node so as to communicate via the relay node and the radio base station, and a state in which a radio bearer is set with the radio base station so as to communicate via the radio base station. The handover process is configured such that a data signal is transferred via the radio bearer between the relay node and the radio base station. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115481 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND RECEIVING RELIABLE SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for providing reliable wireless service in a femto system is provided. The method includes broadcasting information about out-of-service, which notifies that an air interface based on the femto BS is disabled, to user equipment (UE); and disabling the air interface. The information about the out-of-service comprising an identifier about a recommended BS that is another BS which the UE can enter. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115482 | METHOD IN WHICH A MOBILE STATION RECEIVES INFORMATION ON A PERIPHERAL LEGACY BASE STATION IN A LEGACY SUPPORT MODE - The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for acquiring system information in a mobile communication system in which a legacy system and an advanced system coexist. A method of receiving system information on a peripheral base station in a mobile communication system includes receiving a second message containing time information for receiving, through a second region of a serving base station, a first message broadcasted through a first region of the serving base station and receiving the first message through the first region of the serving base station using the time information, the first message containing system information on neighbor legacy base stations and/or on the first region of neighbor advanced base stations which operate in a mixed mode. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115483 | Method for Transferring a Communication Session in a Telecommunications Network From a First Connection to a Second Connection - The invention relates to an application server in a telecommunications network for transferring a communication session from a first connection between a first client and a remote client to a second connection between a second client and the remote client. The communication session comprises a media path and a signalling path. The application server being arranged to a) receive a transfer request, b) send a set-up request to the second client, for setting up the second connection, c1) transfer the signalling path, c2) transfer the media path, d) send an update message towards the remote party, the update message comprising an indication that the transfer has been executed, and e) send a termination message to the first client to terminate the first connection. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115484 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A system that selects an optimum codec flexibly adapting to a change in the communication environment and to switch to the optimum codec during communication. A communication control system includes a handover detection unit detecting a handover in which a communication terminal present in a communication area formed by a BTS moves from the communication area to a communication area formed by another BTS, an information acquisition unit acquiring, if the handover detection unit detects a handover, information based on the handover for use in codec switching, a codec selecting unit selecting a codec after switching based on the information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and a codec switching unit controlling such that the codec after switching that is selected by the codec selecting unit is applied to the communication currently performed. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115485 | Idle State Interference Mitigation in Wireless Communication Network - A method in a mobile station for ranking cells in order to perform reselection from a serving cell to a second cell is disclosed. The method includes detecting a second cell that the mobile station is not allowed to access, determining resources used for transmission of a signal of the second cell, and applying a reselection bias if the resources used for transmission of the signal of the second cell do not substantially overlap resources used for transmission of a signal of the serving cell. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115486 | METHODS FOR INTEGRATING CELL MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES OF A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - A communication apparatus has at least one radio transceiver module, a first subscriber identity card and a second subscriber identity card, where the first subscriber identity card corresponds to a first public land mobile network (PLMN), and the second subscriber identity card corresponds to a second PLMN. The communication apparatus includes processor logic determining whether the first PLMN and the second PLMN are the same, and for suspending a measurement procedure and a cell reselection procedure of one of the first subscriber identity card and the second subscriber identity card to reduce battery power consumption. Processor logic further triggers an unsuspended measurement procedure to tune the radio transceiver module to a plurality of corresponding channel frequency/frequencies of the neighbor cells. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115487 | Quality Control for Inter-Cell Handover - A method and apparatus for deciding whether the handover has to be done or not, where the decision is taken by the mobile unit. The mobile unit can reject the command from the base station if the quality of the communication might not be maintained in the second network. This decision is taken measuring some quality parameters of the second network and comparing them with a predefined threshold. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115488 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION PATTERN - An access point transmits signals (e.g., a cell reselection beacon) on a carrier frequency according to a multi-power level transmission pattern. Signals are transmitted at a high power level for a first defined period of time (e.g., between 4-7 milliseconds) and at a low power level for a second defined period of time (e.g., between 58-65 milliseconds). | 2012-05-10 |
20120115489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for handover applied to the communication field. The method includes: receiving indication information from an MME, where the indication information is used to indicate whether a network side and a terminal support enhanced CSFB to a 1x network; if the network side and the terminal support enhanced CSFB, determining to perform enhanced CSFB to the 1x network and determining to perform handover to an HRPD network; and sending a first message to the terminal to trigger the terminal to perform enhanced CSFB to the 1x network and perform handover to the HRPD network. By using the method, when 1xRTT CSFB occurs or when SRVCC is performed, the UE can continue to use PS data services with a shorter handover time, and therefore, a customer has a good customer experience. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115490 | Re-Routing Calls from Mobile Stations - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for re-routing calls from mobile stations. For example, in one embodiment, a call from a mobile station to a non-local number can be re-routed to a local number. The local number can then be used to communicate with a call server to deliver the re-routed call to the non-local number. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115491 | Re-Routing Calls From Mobile Stations - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for re-routing calls from mobile stations. For example, in one embodiment, a call from a mobile station to a non-local number can be re-routed to a local number. The local number can then be used to communicate with a call server to deliver the re-routed call to the non-local number. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115492 | Method of Handling Quarries Caused Overload in Wireless Communication System - A method of handling quarries caused overload in a core network of a wireless communication is disclosed. The core network comprises a data base and a network control node which stores a mobility management (MM) context of a mobile device. The method comprises the network node sending information in a notification message to the data base, wherein the information comprises at least one of International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), UE Reachability Request Parameter for the MME/SGSN (URRP-MME/URRP-SGSN), and a session management (SM) and/or mobility management (MM) back-off timer or a back-off indicator. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115493 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITIES IN A PORTABLE DEVICE USING A SINGLE TRANSCEIVER - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for enabling wireless communications for multiple numbers or subscriber identities using a single transceiver is disclosed. The method includes, for a terminal device including a transceiver for wireless communications, determining whether the terminal device supports a plurality of subscriber identities. The method also includes, responsive to determining that the terminal device supports a plurality of subscriber identities, creating a plurality of recurrent time slots for a communication channel of the terminal device, allocating for each subscriber identity a respective time slot, and enabling wireless communications for the plurality of subscriber identities using the respective time slots via the transceiver. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING AN ACTIONABLE COMMUNICATION RESOURCE - An actionable communication resource forming function performs a method for forming an actionable communication resource in a communication system. The method includes receiving, from a resource management system, a plurality of resource identifiers that identify a plurality of resources, wherein each resource is associated with a communication device addressable by a communication system using a communication device identifier; for each resource identifier, determining the communication device identifier for the associated communication device; for each communication device identifier, identifying a communication group to which the corresponding communication device is affiliated, and using the identified communication groups to determine a set of communication groups, wherein each communication group in the set is addressable by the communication system, wherein an actionable communication resource is formed from the set of communication groups to facilitate communications with the communication devices over the communication system using the addressable communication groups. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115495 | Resource Management for a Mobile Telephone Terminal - A resource management unit for a mobile telephone terminal, with the terminal comprising radio transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals corresponding to bursts of symbols during allocated time slots, and a device able to operate in a first mode and in a second mode, said device interfering less with the transmission/reception of radio frequency signals when it is in the first mode than when it is in the second mode. The resource management unit is able to cause the device to change from one of the first and second modes to the other of the first and second modes during the same time slot. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING FEMTOCELLS USING INTERCELL UPLINK SIGNALS - A system and method provides accurate and timely updates to timing and/or frequency information for a femtocell utilizing information gathered from user equipment camped on a neighboring macrocell. In one example, user equipment camped on the neighboring macrocell actively gathers aiding information such as timing and frequency information related to the macrocell on which it is camped. The user equipment then transmits the aiding information to the femtocell utilizing a different link other than that used for communicating with the macrocell. In another example, the femtocell sniffs uplink transmissions from the user equipment that are not directed at the femtocell, but rather are normal communications between the user equipment and its serving macrocell. Here, the femtocell utilizes information it gathers about the macrocell and utilizes its WWAN interface to sniff the uplink transmissions from the user equipment and extracts timing and/or frequency information based on those transmissions. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115497 | Interference Avoidance in Mobile Communication Network Employing Distributed Antenna System - There is provided a solution for improving the efficiency of a mobile communication network applying a distributed antenna system. The solution comprises avoiding inter-cell interference with only a limited amount of backhaul information exchange between the base stations of the distributed antenna system, and applying beamforming techniques according to determined user allocation. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115498 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLUSTER BASED OPPORTUNISTIC POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for a cluster-based power control at a macro base station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes broadcasting an interference allowance value determined based on a predefined aggregate interference to a femto cell, updating the interference allowance value with consideration of a channel activity for each femto cell group on a cluster basis, and when detecting a change in an aggregate interference generated due to femto cell power allocation, repeating determination of an interference allowance value so that a Quality of Service (QoS) of a macro cell user is met, and broadcasting the interference allowance value to a femto cell. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115499 | COOPERATIVE APPARATUS AND RESOURCE BLOCK ALLOCATION METHOD THEREOF FOR USE IN WIRELESS NETWORK - A cooperative apparatus and a resource block allocation method thereof for use in a wireless network are provided. The wireless network comprises a plurality of femtocells. The cooperative apparatus groups the femtocells based on signal interferences between the femtocells. The femtocells with higher signal interferences are joined to the same femtocell group. The cooperative apparatus averagely allocates resource blocks to the femtocells in the same femtocell group, and randomly allocates resource blocks to different femtocell groups. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115500 | Method and System of Managing Wireless Resources - The invention provides for the management of wireless resources, which can reduce call blocking by allowing high priority services, under suitable conditions, to use resources allocated to low priority services. Thus high priority services can pre-empt the usage of wireless resources by low priority services. This has the advantage of reducing call blocking for high priority calls, while permitting low priority calls to have more access to radio resources than conventional systems with the same call blocking rate. Thus a base station can implement a preemption mechanism that would reclaim Walsh Code and Forward Power resources from an active Supplemental Channel (SCH) burst in order to accommodate incoming Fundamental Channel (FCH) requests. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115501 | SELF-AWARE PROFILE SWITCHING ON A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment. The method can also include identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; and determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115502 | Method for Positioning Femto Base Station Through SUPL Platform and System Thereof - A method for positioning a femtocell base station through a SUPL platform includes the steps of: initiating a SUPL program in the femtocell base station to establish communication between the femtocell base station and the SUPL platform so as to obtain assistant positioning information and approximate location information of the femtocell base station through the SUPL platform; the femtocell base station capturing related satellite signals according to the assistant positioning information, and if the captured related satellite signals are sufficient for positioning calculation, performing the positioning calculation to obtain precise location information of the femtocell base station and replacing the approximate location information with the precise location information. The location information obtained by positioning will be provided by the femtocell base station to a core network for registration or broadcast by the femtocell base station within its coverage. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115503 | Addressing Wireless Nodes - A user may point a control device at a controllable device for which control is desired, and the control device may detect the targeted controllable device. Additionally, the control device may detect a plurality of wireless nodes and list the available wireless nodes. For example, the control device may identify wireless nodes associated with a particular room in the house, or the control device may detect the wireless nodes within a certain range. The list may be a selectable list and a user may select the desired device to control from the list. Upon detection or user selection, the control device may establish control of the wireless node and initiate actions associated with the selected device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115504 | LOCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, LOCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND LOCATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - There is provided a location information management system at a relatively low cost, whereby information including the location information of a vehicle can be managed without affecting the driving. In the location management system including abase transceiver station for transmitting a signal including base transceiver station identifying information, a ubiquitous module | 2012-05-10 |
20120115505 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POPULATION TRACKING, COUNTING, AND MOVEMENT ESTIMATION USING MOBILE OPERATIONAL DATA AND/OR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN MOBILE NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for population tracking, counting and/or movement estimation. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving mobile phone operational data indicative of user equipment location, where the event data includes location area update messages and periodic registration messages; and performing travel estimation based on the mobile phone operation data, including performing interpolation on data associated with one or more individuals in a population to estimate intermediate positions of a trajectory of each of the one or more individuals for a specified time period based on a shortest path mesh sequence estimation algorithm. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115506 | Tracking and Communications Device - A portable tracking and communications device ( | 2012-05-10 |
20120115507 | Systems and Methods for the Detection of Transmission Facilities - A method of detecting a transmitting device within an obstruction rich environment is disclosed. The method may involve detecting the transmitting device with a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device from the wireless transmission detection facility to a central unit; determining the location of the transmitting device; displaying information of the detection and location of the transmitting device through a user interface; and providing an action facility for causing actions related to the detected transmitting device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115508 | WIRELESS NETWORK HYBRID POSITIONING - Methods and apparatuses for position determination and other operations. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station uses wireless signals from a plurality of wireless networks (e.g., with different air interfaces and/or operated by different service providers) for position determination (e.g., for data communication, for obtaining time and/or frequency information, for range measurement, for sector or altitude estimation). In one embodiment of the present invention, mobile stations are used to harvest statistical data about wireless access points (e.g., the locations of mobile stations that have received signals from the wireless access points, such as from cellular base stations, wireless local area network access points, repeaters for positioning signals or other wireless communication transmitters) and to derive location information (e.g., position and coverage area of the wireless access points) for the wireless networks from the collected statistical data. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RADIO LOCATION ACCURACY WITH MEASUREMENTS - A method and apparatus to utilize a set of measurements (either partial or compete) to improve the accuracy of an initial position estimate for a wireless terminal. The initial position estimate for the terminal is first obtained (e.g., based on a cell-ID or an enhanced cell-ID solution). Measurements are obtained for the terminal. The initial position estimate is then updated with the measurements to obtain a revised position estimate for the terminal. The updating may be performed by (1) deriving a measurement vector based on the initial position estimate and the measurements, (2) forming an observation matrix for the measurements, (3) determining a matrix of weights, (4) deriving a correction vector based on the measurement vector, the observation matrix, and the weight matrix, and (5) updating the initial position estimate with the correction vector. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115510 | GEOLOCATION OF A MOBILE STATION OF A WIRELESS TELEPHONY NETWORK - The disclosure relates to a method for locating a mobile station inside an area covered by a wireless telephony cellular network in which the mobile station operates. The method includes using the mobile station to measure the received power on at least seven different communication channels of the network (step | 2012-05-10 |
20120115511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION REGISTRATION UPDATE ON FAILURE TO INSERT SUBSCRIBER DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for location registration update on failure to insert subscriber data caused by a location registration error in a mobile communication system, comprising (a) in the case of a change in subscriber data, a home location register transmitting the subscriber data to a first switching center in which location of a corresponding subscriber is registered, to request the first switching center to insert the subscriber data; (b) in the case of the first switching center's failure to insert the subscriber data, the home location register being notified of the failure; and (c) the home location register extracting a switching center group, to which the first switching center belongs, from a switching center group database for storing switching center data that is grouped according to geographical closeness, and transmitting a location registration update request signal to switching centers in the extracted group. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115512 | Beacon-Based Geofencing - A mobile device can monitor a current location using a multi-tier approach. A baseband subsystem can monitor a coarse location of the mobile device using various course location parameters, such as a mobile country code (MCC), a location area code (LAC), or a cell identifier (cell ID), as the mobile device moves closer to the geographic region. Upon determining that the mobile device is in a cell that intersects the geographic region, the baseband subsystem can transfer the monitoring to the application subsystem. The task can be performed when the application subsystem determines that the mobile device is currently located in the geographic region. A beacon network can provide more accurate estimates of mobile device location and advertise location based services available to the mobile device. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115513 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AUGMENTED REALITY INFORMATION AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE METHOD - A method for displaying information and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. A method for displaying AR information of a mobile terminal, including: capturing an image of a subject; transmitting information designating the captured image of the subject to a server; receiving augmented reality (AR) information relevant to the captured image of the subject; and displaying the received AR information based on filtering information stored in the mobile terminal. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115514 | PORTABLE TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING LOCAL SERVICE BASED ON CONTEXT AWARENESS TECHNOLOGY, AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided are a portable terminal for displaying a local service based on context awareness technology, and an operation method of the portable terminal. The portable terminal may discover a plurality of local services available at a current position, verify a current context of a user, apply a predetermined weight to one or more local services corresponding to the verified current context among the plurality of local services, and thereby display the one or more local services based on the weight. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115515 | LTE SMART PAGING LIST - A device receives, at a particular time, instructions to send a page to user equipment. The device determines, based on a paging list, if the user equipment is associated with a particular serving base station for the particular time. When the user equipment is associated with the particular serving base station for the particular time, the device sends the page to the user equipment via the particular serving base station. When the user equipment is not associated with a serving base station for the particular time, the device sends the page to the user equipment via all base stations associated with a tracking area list for the user equipment. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115516 | System And Method For Processing Multimedia Messaging Service - The disclosure disclosed a system and method for processing a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). The system comprises: a first and second storage units for storing MMS data, a first control unit for controlling the storage of received MMS data outside the system into the first storage unit and data acquisition from the first storage unit, and a second control unit for controlling the writing of the MMS data stored in the first storage unit into the second storage unit according to performance of the second storage unit. The disclosure improves the processing performance of a Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) system, lowers the construction cost of an MMS server of the MMSC system, and guarantees the stable running of the MMSC system. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115517 | AD HOC MOBILE DEVICES AND AD HOC NETWORKS - The present invention relates to ad hoc mobile devices and to ad-hoc networks. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for establishing peer-to-peer communication and performing forwarding under the control of a cellular network are described. A seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a timing signal from at least one discoverable WTRU controlled by a base station. The seeking WTRU may estimate the quality of a radio link (i.e., path loss) between the seeking WTRU and the discoverable WTRU, and determine, (e.g., based on a threshold established by the base station), whether or not to report the estimated radio link quality to a base station that controls the discoverable WTRU. The power of the timing signal may be ramped up in predetermined steps such that the transmission power at any given time is known and may be used by the seeking WTRU for estimating the radio link quality. The timing signal may include at least one of a primary preamble or a secondary preamble. | 2012-05-10 |
20120115519 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INSTALLATION SUPPORT INFORMATION REPRESENTING INSTALLATION METHOD OF EACH WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An acquiring state detecting part detects acquiring states of other wireless transmission apparatuses. The acquiring state represents whether or not a second wireless transmission apparatus acquired device information of the other wireless transmission apparatuses in a wireless transmission system. The transmission quality measuring part acquires measurement results of a transmission quality of each of combinations of a wireless transmission apparatus operating as a video and audio data signal transmitter apparatus and a wireless transmission apparatus operating as a video and audio data signal receiver apparatus. An installation support information generating part generates installation support information representing installation method of each wireless transmission apparatus for wirelessly transmitting a video and audio data signal with a transmission quality equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value between each combination of a transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus based on the detection results and the measurement results of the transmission quality. | 2012-05-10 |