35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130223284 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING A FEMTOCELL ACCESS POINT - A method installing a femtocell device in a radio-telecommunications network, wherein the femto-cell device receives from a mobile tele-communication device a set of parameters for connecting the femtocell device to a network access device that provides an access to an Internet Protocol network and connects to a management unit of the radiotelecommunications network, through the Internet Protocol network access, in order to be integrated to the radiotelecommunications network under control of the said first management unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223285 | TUNNEL MULTIPLEXING METHOD FOR LINEAR PROTECTION GROUP AND TAIL-NODE OF TUNNEL - The present document relates to a tunnel multiplexing method for a linear protection group and a tunnel tail node. The method includes: setting linear protection configuration information, wherein a public network label is configured associatively with an active/standby status of its corresponding tunnel, and a private network label is configured associatively with an active/standby status of a valid tunnel of a protection group corresponding to the private network label; after receiving a data message, a tunnel tail node searching for active/standby status corresponding to the public network label and the private network label according to the public network label and the private network label in the data message, and judging whether the active/standby status corresponding to the public network label is consistent with the active/standby status corresponding to the private network label; if consistent, the tunnel tail node forwarding the data message, and if inconsistent, discarding the data message. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223286 | Asynchronous Wireless Dynamic Ad-Hoc Network - A method for establishing and maintaining a dynamic network designed to allow wireless devices to communicate with one another on an ad-hoc basis. The wireless network is designed specifically to function autonomously, remaining completely independent from relying on any internet service provider or any other subsidiary systems such as any access points or routers. Rather than using central routers, all nodes in the network share the same capabilities as one another, and allow for a dynamic routing protocol to be executed directly by the network nodes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223287 | LAYER TWO EXTENSIONS - A network device may be configured to define a Layer 2 domain, wherein the Layer 2 domain defines a data link layer broadcast domain and assign an access interface to the Layer 2 domain. The network device may be further configured to assign a double Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier to the access interface in the Layer 2 domain, wherein the double VLAN identifier includes an inner VLAN identifier and an outer VLAN identifier, receive a data unit via the access interface, wherein the data unit includes the double VLAN identifier, and associate the data unit with the defined Layer 2 domain, based on the data unit being received via the access interface and based on the data unit including the assigned double VLAN identifier. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223288 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Messaging Services - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail device having a controller to detect a recording of a voicemail message, generate a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, wherein the SIP message contains visual voicemail data associated with the recorded voicemail message, and transmit the SIP message to a cordless phone system, wherein the SIP message is received by the cordless phone system over a data port of the cordless phone system, wherein the cordless phone system comprises a base station and at least one cordless communications device, wherein the visual voicemail data is retrieved by the base station, and wherein the visual voicemail data is transmitted by the based station to the at least one cordless communications device by utilizing a cordless wireless access protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223289 | OPERATIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM - A system may include a plurality of components including a voice portal, a web center unit, an Internet Protocol Communications unit, a backbone network service unit, a network interface, an operational data store, and a process management system to connect the plurality of components. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223290 | POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL METHOD SUPPORTING IP FLOW MOBILITY IN ROAMING SCENARIO - A policy and charging control method for supporting IP flow mobility in a roaming scenario includes: when a Visited Policy and Charging Rules Function (V-PCRF) receives IP flow mobility routing rule information reported by a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF), and if a Home Policy and Charging Rules Function (H-PCRF) subscribes IP-CAN type change (IP-CAN_CHANGE) event trigger or access node gateway change (AN_GW_CHANGE) event trigger, the V-PCRF reporting the IP flow mobility routing rule information to the H-PCRF. With the present method, a visited network can execute the IP flow mobility locally, or compared with a method in which an interaction with the H-PCRF is required at any time, signaling overhead between the V-PCRF and the H-PCRF can be saved. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STAGGERING INTERNET PROTOCOL TELECONFERENCING CALLS - A method and apparatus for enabling providers of PSTN toll free services to stagger simultaneous transmission of call setup signaling messages into an IP based teleconference bridge, supported by a VoIP network, by suspending a subset of calls and placing them on hold while placing other calls to be connected to the conference bridge are disclosed. The PSTN network can stagger calls by limiting the number of call setup signaling messages to be sent to the VoIP network within a predefined period of time interval and spread all the calls over multiple of such predefined periods. Prerecorded announcements or music can be played while the calls that have been placed on hold are in queue. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223292 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A transmission management system receives, from a request source terminal which is an addition request source requesting to add a certain transmission terminal as a destination candidate, an addition request for the destination candidate, identification information of the request source terminal and identification information of a request target terminal which is an addition request target of the destination candidate; and informs the request target terminal of an approval request for requesting the request target terminal to approve the addition request, and the identification of the request source terminal. The system receives an addition request response from the request target terminal in response to the addition request. When the addition request response indicates to approve the addition request, the system additionally associates the identification information of the request target terminal with the identification information of the request source terminal as the identification information of the destination terminal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223293 | TRANSMITTING MULTIPLE DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS OVER A REDUCED NUMBER OF PHYSICAL CHANNELS - Transmitting a bidirectional, virtual differential signal in addition to other differential signals over physical communication channels. Thus, four signal lines can provide three differential signals, where the virtual differential signal is bidirectional. The virtual differential signal can be provided over one or more of the other physical communication channels. Additional configurations allow for providing a bidirectional DC power supply. Additional configurations allow for providing DC power in addition to data over a reduced number of lines. Selective switching of signal lines can allow backward and forward interoperability with other standard interfaces. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223294 | Methods and Apparatus for Operating Wireless Devices - A system of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network includes selecting, by the wireless device, a preferred operating mode for use by the wireless device, the selection being made from at least a full duplex operating mode in which the wireless device can transmit and receive simultaneously on the same frequency band and a non full duplex operating mode; and transmitting a signal indicating the selected preferred operating mode to a network entity. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223295 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND CHANNEL TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION METHOD THEREOF - A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REBALANCING THE SIZES OF THE DOWNLINK (DL) ASSOCIATION SETS FOR COMPONENT CARRIERS HAVING DIFFERENT TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SUBFRAME CONFIGURATIONS - Methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for rebalancing the sizes of downlink (DL) association sets for component carriers having different time division duplex subframe configurations. A method is provided that includes determining DL subframes that are included in a DL association set for each of a plurality of component carriers. In an instance in which the number of acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK) bits corresponding to the DL subframes included in the DL association sets for respective component carriers differ by at least a predetermined amount, the method modifies the number of ACK/NACK bits corresponding to the DL subframes that are included in the DL association sets for each of the respective component carriers. The method may also cause transmission of the ACK/NACK bits in accordance with the DL association sets, as modified, via the respective component carriers. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products are also provided. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223297 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SOLVING CHANNEL COLLISION - The present invention relates to a method, device and system for solving channel collision, which are applied to a Long Term Evaluation Advanced (LTE-A) system. The method includes: receiving control information transmitted by a base station; transmitting uplink data to the base station according to the control information; and receiving decoding results on the uplink data from the base station, and determining the resource location of a Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) according to the control information, thereby determining the decoding result corresponding to a User Equipment (UE) itself. The implementation of the embodiments of the present invention can avoid the problem of collision the channel resources of the PHICH determined by the UE when the LTE-A has to be compatible with the LTE. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223298 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to the invention, a wireless device communicates with a base station by applying a first downlink-uplink (DL-UL) setting that sets a plurality of downlink subframes and a plurality of uplink subframes at different times. The wireless device communicates with the base station by using at least one auxiliary subframe when receiving a second UL-DL setting from the base station. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223299 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING ACK/NACK IN TDD-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and a device for transmitting an ACK/NACK in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. A terminal receives an uplink grant that includes uplink resource allocation and piggyback information, and determines an ACK/NACK response for at least one downlink transmission block according to said piggyback information. The terminal multiplexes the ACK/NACK response with an uplink transport block and transmits the multiplexed ACK/NACK response. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223300 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACK/NACK TRANSMISSION IN TDD-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and a device for ACK/NACK transmission in a TDD (Time Division Duplex)-based wireless communication system. The terminal receives a SPS downlink transmission block on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) without a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and receives a downlink transmission block on the PDSCH that is indicated by the PDCCH having a downlink assignment index (DAI). The terminal transmits a 2-bit ACK/NACK regarding the SPS downlink transmission block and the downlink transmission block on an uplink control channel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223301 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to an uplink control information transmitting/receiving method and device. A method of transmitting acknowledgement information in a wireless communication system by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: determining whether transmission of a scheduling request is set in one subframe where acknowledgement information on downlink transmission is to be transmitted; determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format and a resource with which the acknowledgement information is to be transmitted; and transmitting the acknowledgement information by using the PUCCH format and the resource. Here, when the transmission of the scheduling request is set in the one subframe and the acknowledgement information corresponds to only a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) received on only a Primary Cell (PCell), the acknowledgement information and the scheduling request may be transmitted using PUCCH format 1a/1b. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223302 | MULTI-PROTOCOL SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR CONTROLLING DIFFERENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS - A multi-protocol switching control system suitable for controlling different electronic devices of different protocols by using a router capable of receiving different kinds of protocol to instruct switch sets connected thereto. The system comprises: a wireless router for controlling at least one switch set; the switch set receiving control signals from the central controller for turning on or off electronic devices connected thereto. A protocol area is defined in the router and includes at least two control protocols. The switch control unit defines a protocol assign function to the protocol area. The function causes that one can define or input a protocol to the protocol area and assign the protocol as an operating protocol of the system so that the operation protocols in the wireless routers are matched to those used in switch sets; thereby, the system can receive external instructions and instruct the switch sets to perfume predetermined operations. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223303 | RADIO APPARATUS THAT RECEIVES PACKET SIGNAL CONTAINING PREDETERMINED INFORMATION - An RF unit, a modem unit and a processing unit receive packet signals sent from other radio apparatuses and broadcast packet signals. If no packet signals are received over a predetermined period of time, a timing control unit has the RF unit, the modem unit and the processing unit perform an intermittent receiving processing and has them stop broadcasting the packet signals. When the packet signals are received while no packet signals has been received over the predetermined period of time, the timing control unit has them perform continuous receiving processing and has them start broadcasting the packet signals. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223304 | CORE NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A core network connected to a mobile communication network and establishing voice communication between communication apparatuses receives, from the mobile communication network, to which an originating mobile communication apparatus is connected, a connection request that includes an identifier identifying a terminating communication apparatus, and determines at least one codec that can be used in a terminating network to which the terminating communication apparatus is connected. When the at least one codec that can be used in the terminating network can be used in the core network, the core network signals, to the originating mobile communication apparatus, that codec as a codec candidate that should be used by the originating mobile communication apparatus. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223305 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POWER SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are. An example embodiment comprises: transmitting by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first message indicating an awake state with availability to receive wireless messages from the second wireless device; receiving by the first wireless device, an acknowledgement message from the second wireless device, including control information indicating a duration until a service period starts; and resuming a non-awake state by the first device when the control information indicates the duration satisfies a transition criterion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223306 | Buffered Frames Indication Enhancement To Enable Power Savings - A method includes receiving, by an apparatus, a signaling element containing an indication whether there are buffered individually addressed frames for at least one device within a group of devices; determining, by the apparatus, whether the apparatus belongs to a group for which there are no buffered individually addressed frames, based on the indication; and if the apparatus belongs to a group for which there are no buffered individually addressed frames, entering a lower power state without waiting to receive a next signaling element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223307 | COMBATING DRX DEADLOCK IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS - A method of operating a base station node ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223308 | ENGERY EFFICIENT MAXIMIZATION OF NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - The minimization of the amount of power consumed by an electronic device in acquiring or maintaining network connectivity with a network may extend the battery life of the electronic device. When the electronic device has established a communication connection with a wireless access point, the electronic device cycles a network interface controller of the electronic device between a power on state and a power off state without terminating the communication connection. Accordingly, the electronic device powers on a main processor of the electronic device when the network interface controller detects a beacon during the power on state that indicates the wireless access point has a buffered data frame for the electronic device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223309 | MOBILE STATION AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile station and a power saving method thereof for a wireless communication system are provided. The wireless communication system comprises a base station and the mobile station. The mobile station stays in a sleep mode. The mobile station comprises a buffer, a transceiver, and a processor. The buffer is configured to temporarily store an uplink data packet. The transceiver is configured to receive a downlink traffic indication message during at least one listening interval. The processor, electrically connected to the transceiver and the buffer, is configured to determine that the downlink traffic indication message carries a non-having downlink data packet information to make the buffer continue to temporarily store the uplink data packet so that the mobile station continuously stays in the sleep mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223310 | OPERATING METHOD OF LOW-POWER-CONSUMPTION WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK SYSTEM - The invention provides an operating method of low-power-consumption wireless sensor network system, which comprises a plurality of nodes. Wherein, the nodes can be enforced to enter a sleep state at a preset times and enter an awake state by a first light. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223311 | COORDINATED UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN LTE DRX OPERATIONS FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMIT RECEIVE UNIT - A method and apparatus for discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in a wireless transmit receive unit aligns uplink and downlink transmissions with a DRX cycle. The transmission may be a channel quality indicator report, a sounding reference signal, or a silence descriptor among other downlink and uplink transmissions. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223312 | METHOD AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION OF ISR - The present application relates to mobile communication technical field, and a method for optimizing activation/deactivation Idle State signaling Reduction (ISR) and a network side device are disclosed. The method includes: during a process of updating User Element (UE) area, a first network entity, when receiving a context request message transmitted from a second entity, determines to activate or deactivate ISR, according to a mobile-reachable timer or an implicit detach timer corresponding to said UE, or operation states of the mobile-reachable timer and the implicit detach timer; and the first network entity transmits the determination result to the second network entity, said second network entity determines to instruct the UE to activate or deactivate the ISR according to the received determination result. The application optimizes the existing procedure for the activating/deactivating of the ISR, enables the ISR processing at the network side and the UE side to be consistent in height, and thus avoiding unnecessary signaling expense. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223313 | System and Method for Scheduling Communications - A method for operating a station includes scheduling a first appointment at a first time with an access point to communicate with the access point in response to a first message from the access point, wherein the first message indicates that the station has ownership of a communications medium used by the station at the first time. The method also includes transmitting a second message to the access point in accordance with the first appointment. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223314 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND POWER SAVING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device and a power saving method are provided. The handheld device comprises a transceiver and a processor electrically connected to the transceiver. The processor executes a sync procedure every a sync period to enable the transceiver to establish an internet connection with a mail server to receive a mail data, determine that the handheld device works in an idle mode, and automatically adjust the sync period by extending the sync period gradually. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223315 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND WIRELESS ACCESS POINT DEVICE - A wireless communication system in which wireless communication can be performed via a wireless communication network, the wireless communication system comprising: a wireless access point device configured to operate by using power supplied via a two-wire cable, to perform wireless communication with wireless field devices via the wireless communication network, and to perform communication via the two-wire cable; and a conversion device connected to the two-wire cable and to a control unit configured to control the wireless field devices, the conversion device being configured to supply power to the wireless access point device via the two-wire cable, and to perform conversions between signals, which are input and output from the control unit, and signals, which are transmitted and received via the two-wire cable. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223316 | RELIABILITY DETECTION OF CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR (CQI) AND APPLICATION TO OUTER LOOP POWER CONTROL - A method for performing outer loop power control in wireless communications includes initializing a time interval clock to count down a predetermined time interval; receiving and decoding a channel quality indicator (CQI) message; computing a decision metric value for each symbol in the decoded CQI message; determining whether the CQI message is erroneous; counting a number of erroneous CQI messages; and signaling a wireless/transmit receive unit to adjust an uplink transmission power on a condition that the time interval clock has expired and the number of erroneous CQI messages exceeds a threshold. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223317 | BASE STATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A micro base station eNB-B, which is adjacent to a macro base station eNB-A and used in a cellular mobile communication system, comprises: a radio communication unit | 2013-08-29 |
20130223318 | System and Method for Message Acknowledgment Feedback for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and signal a length of a sliding window to the group of UEs. In an embodiment, ACK/NACK feedback for communications over the DMC link is aggregated according to the length of the sliding window, and the ACK/NACK feedback for the communications over the DMC link is determined independently from ACK/NACK feedback for cellular transmission between the communication controller and the group of UEs. In an embodiment, the length of the sliding window is a number of subframes. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223319 | BROADCAST TRANSMISSION METHOD USING MULTI-ANTENNA TO INCREASE DEGREE OF FREEDOM WITHOUT FEEDBACK OF CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND RECEPTION METHOD USING AT LEAST ONE ANTENNA - A broadcast transmission method using a multi-antenna to increase a degree of freedom without feedback of channel state information, and a reception method using at least one antenna, are provided. A communication method of a transmitter in a communication system including the transmitter and at least two receivers, includes selecting complex elements from a channel table to generate a staggered block fading channel between the transmitter and the at least two receivers. The communication method further includes generating a transmission signal based on the selected complex elements. The communication method further includes transmitting the transmission signal to the at least two receivers. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223320 | EFFICIENT CONTROL SIGNALING OVER SHARED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITH WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for efficient control signaling over shared communication channels with wide dynamic range. Some embodiments includes a gateway configured to encode and to transmit multiple physical layer headers, including a first physical layer header and a second physical layer header. The first physical layer header may span a first length and represent a first modcode; the second physical layer header may span a second length and represent a second modcode. The second length may be longer than the first length. Embodiments may include multiple terminals in wireless communication with the gateway via satellite, including a first terminal configured to decode the first physical layer header and to determine the first modcode. Embodiments may include a second terminal configured to decode the second physical layer header and determine the second modcode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SCANNING OF ASSIGNED SECONDARY CARRIER IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A scan reporting method for an inactive secondary carrier in a wireless access system includes receiving, from a base station, a multicarrier advertisement (MC-ADV) message including reference carrier information, the reference carrier information indicating a carrier index of a reference carrier representing a carrier group, performing scanning of an assigned secondary carrier including at least one of an active secondary carrier and an inactive secondary carrier, and reporting, to the base station, the scan result of the inactive secondary carrier, wherein the scan result of a carrier corresponding to the lowest carrier index, of assigned secondary carriers linked to the reference carrier is reported to the base station. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223322 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER, AND BASE STATION - Each of two or more base stations notifies a communication controller of information on a first frequency band that the base station uses for radio communication. Based on the information on the first frequency bands acquired from the two or more base stations, the communication controller selects a second frequency band to be used by the two or more base stations to transmit the data with common content, and notifies the two or more base stations of information on the selected second frequency band. The two or more base stations transmit the data with common content based on the information on the second frequency band acquired from the communication controller. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223323 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING A SUBFRAME IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention proposes a method for preventing, when two types of subframes (first subframe and second subframe) exist in a wireless communication system, a high version terminal from performing unnecessary operation for the second subframe. Through the present invention, the high version terminal skips unnecessary operation, resulting in reduction of unnecessary power consumption. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223324 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPPORTUNISTIC RELAY ASSOCIATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for associating a user equipment (UE) with a relay in a wireless network are provided. The apparatus determines a relay backhaul link quality of a relay; determines a path loss from a UE to the relay; and compares the relay backhaul link quality to a direct link quality between the UE and a base station, and the path loss to a path loss threshold to determine whether to associate the UE with the relay. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223325 | METHOD FOR BEARER SIGNALLING MANAGEMENT - A method for bearer signalling management in a communication network comprising of transporting bearer resource request message of both the UE and RN via DeNB to managing entity of RN within EPC, as a signalling message over uplink channel referred to as ‘Union of Resource Request (UR Request)’ message. The bearer resource response message from one of the managing entity of RN or managing entities of UE and RN within EPC are transported as a signalling message to Evolved Packet Edge (EPE) via DeNB over the downlink channel referred to as ‘Union of Admission Response (UA Response)’. This manages bearer setup signalling as a single loop, by transportation of ‘UR Request’ signalling message and receiving one ‘UA Response’ signalling message over uplink and downlink channels respectively. EPE is a conglomeration of network nodes comprising of UEs, RNs and all other network nodes that communicate over EPC via DeNB. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223326 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Functionality in a Relay Node - Devices and methods related to relay nodes are provided. The relay node includes a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity providing a first HARQ functionality. The relay node further includes a second HARQ entity providing a second HARQ functionality. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223327 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication system according to the present invention is configured such that a relay node RN is configured to time-share a subframe for transmission and reception in a Un interface and a subframe for transmission and reception in a Uu interface, and a radio base station DeNB is configured to transmit SI, which is to be transmitted in a subordinate cell, to the relay node RN via individual signaling. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223328 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, RELAY STATION AND MOBILE STATION - In a mobile communication system, a mobile station receives intermittently a channel transmitted by a first or second base station through a relay station. Herein, the relay station, before execution of a handover for switching a connection destination of its own station from the first base station to the second base station, transmits information on the second base station. The mobile station, based on the information on the second base station received from the relay station before the handover, controls a timing for receiving the channel from the relay station after the handover. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223329 | Method for Performing Proactive Wireless Communication Handoffs Using a Mobile Client's Route Information - A method of handing off radio resources from a first base station to a second base station includes transmitting route information and speed information associated with a client device from the client device to the first base station or to an application server. A time is selected at which the radio resources are to be handed off from the first base station to the second base station. The selection is performed by the first base station or the application server. The selection is performed dependent upon the route information and speed information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223330 | REPEATER DEVICE - The invention relates to a repeater arrangement for amplifying a communication link between a base station and user equipment, wherein the communication link comprises an uplink and a downlink utilizing frequencies within a coherence bandwidth. The repeater arrangement comprises: a first antenna for communication with the base station; a second antenna for communication with the user equipment; an amplifying device operatively connected to the first antenna and to the second antenna for conveying and amplifying communication signals between the first antenna and the second antenna, the amplifying device comprising a first signal path for the uplink and a second signal path for the downlink, the first and second signal paths having equal electrical length, in order to affect said communication signal identically in both uplink and downlink, providing same phase and amplitude characteristics to said communication signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223331 | Method and Apparatus for Allocating Bandwidth Request Channel in Wireless Communication System Including Relay Station - A method and apparatus of allocating a bandwidth request channel (BRCH) in a wireless communication system including a relay station (RS) is provided. At least one first BRCH for a bandwidth request of a mobile station (MS) connected to a base station (BS) and at least one second BRCH for a bandwidth request of the RS are allocated. An opportunity index is assigned to each of the at least one first BRCH and the at least one second BRCH, and the opportunity index assigned to the at least one second BRCH is started after the opportunity index assigned to the at least one first BRCH. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RELAY LINK RESOURCE ELEMENT GROUP - A method and an apparatus for determining a relay link resource element group are disclosed. The method includes: determining a size of a relay link resource element group according to a pattern of a non-zero-power Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS), and/or a pattern of a zero-power CSI-RS and/or a pattern of a Common Reference Signal (CRS), and/or a pattern of a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) transmitted in a resource block in which the resource element group locates in allocated resources. The allocated resources are used for a transmission over a relay link physical downlink control channel, including one or more continuously or discretely distributed resource blocks in the frequency domain, while including one or more Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in the time domain. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223333 | METHOD TO OPTIMIZE CALL ESTABLISHMENT IN MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Call placement to or from satellite UEs is optimized by reducing IMS message exchanges, the originating party has control over QoS parameters, a HPA subscription service is made available, and calls to a terminating satellite UE that is shielded from satellite coverage are completed by selectively employing HPA pages. For a call request without preconditions, an IMS node associated with an originating UE uses the NRSCPA on Offer instead of using the standard terminating node initiated NRSCPA on Answer. An IMS node associated with a terminating UE checks for HPA subscription by the user. If subscribed, the terminating INVITE request is for a “Conversational” or “Interactive” service, and the terminating UE is in PMM_IDLE state, the satellite RAN pages the terminating UE using HPA. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223334 | Channel Scan for Smart Meter Networks to Determine Operating Channels - An operation channel in a multi-hop network is determined. The network uses a set of channels, and one of the nodes is a network management node. The operation channel is selected in the network management node. Then, the network management node broadcasts a channel information packet including the operation channel using all channels. The channel information packet is received in each of other nodes, either directly from the network management node or from an intermediate node that received and rebroadcasted the channel information packet. Lastly, the operation channel in each node is set according to the channel information packet until the network is formed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223335 | MULTI-MODE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION MODE THEREOF - A method for operating a multi-mode terminal having a processor includes receiving a data packet, determining whether the data packet includes foreground data, and selecting, using the processor, a first mode or a second mode based on the presence of the foreground data in the data packet, in which the second mode is selected if the data packet is determined to comprise the foreground data. A multi-mode terminal includes a receiver to receive a data packet, and a mode determiner to determine whether the data packet comprises foreground data, and to select a first mode or a second mode based on the presence of the foreground data in the data packet. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223336 | IN-BAND SIGNALING TO INDICATE END OF DATA STREAM AND UPDATE USER CONTEXT - The disclosure relates to indicating or detecting an end of a stream of data using in-band signaling. An embodiment transmits the stream of data, the stream of data comprising multiple packets, each packet of the multiple packets including a header with a marker bit field and a payload, and configures the marker bit field and/or the payload of at least one packet of the multiple packets to indicate the end of the stream of data, wherein the configuring the payload comprises reducing an amount of data contained in the payload from payloads of other packets of the multiple packets and/or setting a field in the payload indicating a countdown to a last packet of the stream of data. An embodiment receives the stream of data and detects that at least one packet of the multiple packets is configured to indicate the end of the stream of data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223337 | MOBILE DEVICE TO GENERATE MULTIPLE MAXIMUM TRANSFER UNITS AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD - Provided are a mobile device capable of generating multiple maximum transfer units (MTUs) and a data transfer method. The method includes determining whether a network is registered with the mobile device; if the network is not registered in the mobile device, generating a virtual interface to generate a maximum transfer unit (MTU) value of the network; and registering the network by storing the MTU value of the network in the mobile device. The mobile device includes an MTU management unit configured to determine whether a network is registered with the mobile device, and, if the network is not registered in the mobile device, to generate a virtual interface to generate an MTU value of the network. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223338 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMPRESSION - Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of compressing a block acknowledgment frame includes generating an offset value and a portion of a bitmap, the offset value indicating a location where the portion of the bitmap is located in the bitmap. The method further includes transmitting the offset value and the portion of the bitmap in a compressed block acknowledgment frame. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223339 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND GATEWAY - The number of required GWs is reduced to suppress the number of facilities by storing MS information on an M2M connection in an external device, and cooperating with the GWs such as mobile GWs in a mobile system in which the M2M connection and a connection other than the M2M connection are mixed together. When an MS migrates to an idle state, the MS stores the MS information in the external device once, and deletes information from an ASN-GW. When the MS migrates from the idle state to an active state, the ASN-GW again draws the MS information from the external device, and again stores the MS information within the device, to thereby enable a communication. If a resource of the active state is short within the device, a migration from the idle state to the active state is enabled with the use of another ASN-GW. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223340 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AVAILABLE ACCESS POINTS - An apparatus to identify an available access point (AP) includes a communication unit to detect one or more APs located within a reference proximity from the apparatus, a determination unit to determine an available state of the detected AP, and a display unit to display an AP scan list including available state of the accessible AP. A method for identifying an available AP of a wireless local area network (LAN) terminal includes detecting APs located within a reference proximity of the wireless LAN terminal, determining an available state of at least one of the detected APs, and displaying an AP scan list including the available state of the AP. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for discovering a device without an access point (AP) to perform P2P communication in a wireless communication network includes: receiving a probe request frame from another P2P device; determining whether a message requesting at least one of a phone number and user identification information is included in the received probe request frame; and transmitting a probe response frame including at least one of the phone number and the user identification information to the another P2P device when the message is included in the probe request frame. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223342 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRESENCE FUNCTION IN ENTERPRISE MOBILITY SYSTEM - A method for operating a terminal to provide a presence function in an Enterprise Mobility System (EMS) includes transmitting a registration message a server; receiving a response message including state information of a user group from the server in response to the registration message; and displaying the state information of the user group. The state information is information which is provided to the server from at least one network entity of a plurality of network entities included in the enterprise mobility system and is collected. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223343 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING MULTI-SOURCE MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATIONS - A method for applying multi-source multiple-input multiple-output communications by a base station is described. The method includes obtaining data for transmission to a wireless communication device. The method also includes sending a second portion of the data to an assisting base station. The method also includes sending an indication frame that comprises an identifier of the wireless communication device to the assisting base station. The method also includes transmitting a first portion of the data on a first set of spatial streams. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223344 | System and Method for HARQ Entity Configuration - A single hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity can be associated with multiple serving units to achieve lower complexity user-side signal processing during multi-point communication. Additionally, configuring a single HARQ entity to establish HARQ operations with multiple serving units may achieve lower latency communication when users are engaging in multi-point communications, such as coordinated multi-point transmission/reception (CoMP). HARQ entity associations and/or reconfigurations can be achieved through radio resource control (RRC) signaling. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223345 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGMENT COMPRESSION - Systems, methods, and devices for compressing block acknowledgment (ACK) frames/packets are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a block acknowledgment frame comprising a plurality of fields in the following order: a block acknowledgment identifier field including an identifier of the block acknowledgment frame; a starting sequence control field including at least one of a sequence number and a function of a sequence number of a data unit for which the block acknowledgement frame is sent; and a block acknowledgement bitmap field indicating a received status of a number of data units. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting the block acknowledgment frame. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223346 | Systems and Methods for Dynamic Aggregation of Bandwidth - Systems and methods are presented for the dynamic aggregation of communications network bandwidth. Communication devices are bonded in a community in which the communication resources of a bonded device can be used to transfer data on behalf of another bonded device. In an exemplary embodiment, communication devices are bonded wirelessly to share wireless wide area network communication channels. Bandwidth aggregation is performed dynamically based on user communication requirements and the current states of the bonded communication devices. Methods are presented by which communication devices can be automatically bonded when a predetermined bonding condition is satisfied. The methods and systems of the invention optimize utilization of communication resources in a cost-effective manner that provides a user high quality service as well as location mobility. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CALL ORIGINATIONS USING SMS AND HOTLINE CAPABILITIES - A method for handling call originations is provided. The method includes sending origination information from a mobile device to an application server in an enterprise network using Short Message Service (SMS) and determining whether a hotline feature is present in a subscriber profile associated with the mobile device. Data is then routed from the mobile device to a predetermined destination based on the hotline feature. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223348 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CO-CHANNEL AND CO-EXISTENCE VIA ENHANCED FRAME PREAMBLES - Methods and apparatus are described to facilitate co-channel co-existence in a wireless communication environment. First information and second information related to a shared channel may be transmitted. The first information may be transmitted across a plurality of subcarriers over a first symbol set of a subframe and the second information may be transmitted within a subset of the plurality of subcarriers over a second symbol set of the subframe. The second information may include channel-sharing information regarding the wireless communication environment. The channel-sharing information may reduce intercell interference with at least one other base station. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, TRANSMITTING, AND RECEIVING A DATA FRAME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a technique relating to a method and apparatus for generating, transmitting, and receiving a data frame having a newly proposed format in a wireless communication system. According to the technique, the method for generating a data frame in a wireless communication system comprises the following steps: generating at least one first subframe; generating at least one second subframe; and generating a data frame including the first and second subframes, wherein the first and second subframes include length information of a MAC protocol data unit (MPDU) contained in the first and second subframes, and the length information of the MPDU contained in the second subframe is zero. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223350 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL IN A MULTI-NODE SYSTEM - Provided is a method for transmitting a signal in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes, and a base station connected to each of the plurality of nodes for controlling the nodes. The method comprises the following steps: transmitting first node-setting information to a first terminal; transmitting second node-setting information to a second terminal; transmitting a signal to the first terminal through a first node group; and transmitting a signal to the second terminal through a second node group, wherein the first node-setting information and the second node-setting information include system parameters which are set differently for each terminal, and the first node group is determined on the basis of the first node-setting information, and the second node group is determined on the basis of the second node-setting information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-CHANNEL FREQUENCY HOPPING SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transmitting data in a frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) wireless communication system. A multi-channel receiver is configured to receive data from one or more channels simultaneously. The multi-channel receiver enables efficient implementation of a transmission protocol in which multiple candidate nodes within a wireless mesh network are polled for availability to receive a packet of data. The packet of data is transmitted to one or more available nodes based on prevailing link conditions, thereby increasing the likelihood of successful delivery. Data flooding may be selectively implemented to further increase the likelihood of successful delivery. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223352 | System and Method for Allocating Network Resources - A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a UE group including at least two UEs includes receiving, from a communications controller, network resources information about an allocation of a first set of network resources to the UE group and a transmission indication, where the transmission indication indicates that the UE is selected to transmit in a second set of network resources that is a subset of the first set of network resources. The method further includes transmitting, to other UEs in the UE group utilizing a direct mobile communications (DMC) link associated with the communications controller, a first message including a control indicator in a first subset of the second set of network resources, the control indicator indicating scheduling information for a second subset of the second set of network resources. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223353 | System and Method for Time Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller and a user equipment in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a first set of subframes to a group of UEs for a DMC link, allocate a second set of subframes to a particular UE in the group of UEs, transmit a first message including information about the first set of subframes to the group of UE, and transmit a second message including information about the second set of subframes to the particular UE. The second set of subframes is a subset of the first set of subframes, and information about the second set includes subframes in which the particular UE may transmit to other UEs in the group of UEs. Subframes in the first set not in the second set are allocated for reception by the particular UE. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223354 | HS-SCCH AND HS-SICH ALLOCATION AND MONITORING IN TD-SCDMA MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - In multi-carrier wireless communications control channels are coordinated onto a single reference frequency for scheduling communications with mobile devices. Mobile devices may monitor all available control channels on a single reference frequency rather than over multiple frequencies, thereby reducing CPU processing and power consumption. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223355 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING POWER GRANT ALLOCATION IN A MAC SCHEDULER - An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate an estimated power unit table used to store power information in response to one or more of a plurality of input parameters. The second circuit may be configured to individually allocate one or more power usage parameters to each of a plurality of mobile units through a wireless network in response to the parameters stored in said power unit table. The power usage parameters may comprise (i) an absolute power grant when in a first mode and (ii) a relative power grant when in a second mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223356 | ALLOCATING AND DETERMINING RESOURCES FOR A DEVICE-TO-DEVICE LINK - An evolved Node B (eNB) for allocating resources for a device-to-device (D2D) link between User Equipments (UEs) is described. The eNB includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The eNB allocates resources for a D2D link by using at least one Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH). The eNB further indicates a D2D link direction. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223357 | GENERATING A SEARCH SET OF TELEVISION WHITE SPACE CHANNELS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - A method includes determining, at an electronic device, information associated with a location of the first electronic device. An initial set of television white space channels is filtered based on the information to generate a search set of television white space channels. A passive scan of the search set of television white space channels is performed at the electronic device to identify a television white space access point. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223358 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESETTING A NETWORK STATION - Systems and methods for communicating in a wireless communication system are described. One implementation is provided for effectively resetting stations within a wireless communication system. For example, a signal indicating the end of a contention free period may be transmitted from a device requesting the contention free period to another peer device or an access point. The peer device or access point may be configured to then transmit the occurrence of the end of the contention free period to other devices of the wireless communication system. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223359 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND TRACKING - A platform to facilitate updating an equalizer in addition to other receiver functionality is disclosed. A transmitting entity transmits one or more pilot tones in each protocol data unit (PDU) such as a packet. A receiving entity is able to derive a sufficiently accurate channel response estimate with the pilot tones under most channel conditions. The method and apparatus rotates the pilot tones through each of the subcarriers over the packet. The pilot tones would be separated by some number of data subcarriers so that estimation of slope and intercept for subcarrier tracking could be maintained. As the pilot tones are swept across the subcarriers, the taps for the equalizer for the subcarriers for which the pilot tones currently populate would be updated as well. This approach allows the system to track channel changes over time. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223360 | FOURIER TRANSFORM FOR A SIGNAL TO BE TRANSMITTED ON A RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL - Method and apparatus for processing a signal using a recursive method for determining a plurality of frequency components of the signal, the signal being a chirp-like polyphase sequence, wherein a first frequency component of the plurality of frequency components is determined; a component factor is determined by accessing a factor table for use in determining a second frequency component of the plurality of frequency components; and the second frequency component is determined using the determined first frequency component and the determined component factor. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223361 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS ACCESS CHANNEL - A terminal to establish a wireless access channel, includes an input unit to receive a user input to establish a wireless access channel for a data transfer, the user input corresponding to first identification information, a flow control unit to search for a target terminal in response to the user input and to establish a wireless access channel with the target terminal if a response including second identification information corresponding to the first identification information is received from the target terminal, and a control unit to check whether the second identification information corresponds to the first identification information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223362 | UPLINK RESOURCE ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present subject matter discloses systems and methods for uplink resource access in wireless communication networks. In one implementation, the method comprises identifying at least one communication device transmitting low characteristic data based on at least one device identification parameter, and transmitting a resource assignment message to the at least one identified communication device, wherein the resource assignment message is indicative of allocation of uplink resources. The method further comprises receiving data, from the at least one identified communication device, based on the allocation of the uplink resources. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223363 | METHOD FOR ENABLING EARLY DECODING GAINS IN PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS PACKET STREAMS - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication in a wireless communication network that includes receiving a plurality of data packets, wherein the plurality of data packets includes one or more indication bits for each of the plurality of data packets, and wherein the one or more indication bits embedded in each of the plurality data packets includes information about additional transport channels. Aspects of the methods and apparatus include early decoding of the plurality of data packets. Aspects also include retrieving the one or more indication bits from one or more of the plurality of data packets which have been successfully early decoded. Aspects also include determining an existence of additional transport channels based on the one or more indication bits. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223364 | ACK CHANNEL DESIGN FOR EARLY TERMINATION OF R99 UPLINK TRAFFIC - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus early decodes a packet prior to reception of the entire packet. Thereafter, the apparatus transmits an Ack of early decoding. A packet transmitting apparatus begins a transmission of a packet and ceases transmission of the packet after receiving an Ack of early decoding prior to transmission of the entire packet. The Ack may be transmitted using on/off keying or BPSK and using a slot format that substitutes Ack bits in a subset of slots reserved for ULTPC. The Ack may be transmitted using a separate R99 downlink channel by using resources of another existing downlink control channel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223365 | CROSS-LAYER SCHEDULING BASED ON LOWER LAYER FEEDBACK - Systems, methods, apparatus, and techniques are provided for retransmitting packets of data. A Radio Link Control (RLC) layer data packet is generated, and the RLC layer data packet is converted to one or more physical (PHY) layer data packets. The one or more PHY layer data packets are transmitted. At least one of a hybrid automatic transmission request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) message and a HARQ negative acknowledgment (NACK) message is received from a receiver in response to transmission of the one or more PHY layer data packets. It is determined whether the at least one of the HARQ ACK message and the HARQ NACK message represents a automatic transmission request (ARQ) ACK message or a ARQ NACK message. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223366 | ADAPTATION OF CONTROL SIGNALING TRANSMISSIONS TO VARIATIONS IN RESPECTIVE RESOURCES - A method and an apparatus for a User Equipment (UE) to receive a first type of a Physical Downlink Control CHannel (PDCCH) or a second type of a PDCCH in a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) are provided whereby the first type of PDCCH and the second type of PDCCH convey respective Downlink Control Information (DCI) formats containing Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) bits scrambled with a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). The method includes receiving by the UE a first bitmap associated with a number of TTIs equal to the first bitmap size, wherein each element of the first bitmap indicates whether a TTI is of a first type or of a second type, decoding by the UE only PDCCH of the first type if the TTI is of the first type, and decoding by the UE only PDCCH of the second type if the TTI is of the second type. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223367 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACCESS PROBE ENHANCEMENTS - Methods and wireless communication devices for access procedure enhancement are provided. The wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement includes a transceiver module and a communication protocol module. The transceiver module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a network. The communication protocol module divides an access channel into a plurality of narrow band frequency division multiplexing (FDM) channels, groups a plurality of reverse link FDM access channels (R-FACH) into a plurality of R-FACH groups, determines whether a base station in a network supports an access probe. If yes, the base station joins at least one R-FACH group. The wireless communication device sends the access probe in a chosen R-FACH during each access procedure. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223368 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA USING VARIABLE CLOCK - A data transmission system that transmits data in a wireless environment such as a wireless communication network is provided. The data transmission system includes an access point (AP) and a terminal. The AP transmits control information to the terminal, and the terminal selects a data period to transmit the data based on the control information. The terminal may determine an operation clock, a channel bandwidth, and the like according to a data transmission rate of the data to be transmitted. The terminal may operate at a low operation clock according to the data transmission rate, thereby reducing power consumption. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223369 | METHOD, PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK AND USER EQUIPMENT - A method for providing an access control of a User Equipment to a public land mobile network, the User Equipment being configured to be capable of a first kind of access and a second kind of access to the public land mobile network, includes: realizing access control to the public land mobile network by at least one of connecting the User Equipment to the public land mobile network according to the first kind of access based on a first access control information; or connecting the User Equipment to the public land mobile network according to the second kind of access based on a second access control information. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223370 | Method and an Arrangement for Sharing of a First Cell Radio Network Temporary Identifier - method and an arrangement ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130223371 | RECEIVING APPARATUS AND RECEIVING METHOD - A multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) transmission apparatus includes a modulation signal generating section and a MIMO transmitting section. The modulation signal generating section generates: (i) a first OFDM modulation signal, in which a plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol, in both a first time period and a second time period; and (ii) a second OFDM modulation signal, in which the plurality of subcarriers include a subcarrier carrying a pilot symbol and a subcarrier carrying a data symbol in the first time period, while in the second time period an in-phase component and a quadrature-phase component of every subcarrier included in the plurality of subcarriers are zero. The MIMO transmitting section transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and transmits the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223372 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING DATA RETRANSMISSION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of receiving packets at a network in a mobile communication system. Including receiving a first packet from a user equipment; and receiving a second packet from the user equipment regardless of a reception status for the first packet, if control information for the second packet is transmitted to the user equipment. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223373 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION VIA OVER THE AIR LOAD INDICATOR AND RELATIVE NARROWBAND TRANSMIT POWER - Systems and methods for facilitating inter-cell interference coordination using resource partitioning are described. A UE may receive or determine information related to received interference and/or future scheduling. The information may be communicated to a serving base station, which may use the information to allocate uplink or downlink resources between cells. The uplink and/or downlink resource may be partitioned in subbands to mitigate interference from adjacent network nodes. The eNBs may communicate, such as directly, via a backhaul connection, and/or between UEs to configure interference coordination and signaling. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223374 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REFERENCE SIGNAL - It is an object to provide a sequence allocating method that, while maintaining the number of Zadoff-Chu sequences to compose a sequence group, is configured to make it possible to reduce correlations between different sequential groups. This method includes the steps of setting a standard sequence with a standard sequence length (Nb) and a standard sequence number (rb) in a step (ST | 2013-08-29 |
20130223375 | Methods And Apparatus For Use In Facilitating Access To Aggregator Services For Mobile Communication Devices Via Wireless Communication Networks - A mobile device performs a scanning operation for identifying a wireless network and receives from the wireless network a hotspot aggregator service identifier which identifies a hotspot aggregator service made available via the wireless network. The mobile device compares the received hotspot aggregator service identifier with one or more hotspot aggregator service identifiers stored in memory. When there is a match between the received and the stored hotspot aggregator service identifiers, the mobile device initiates a connection with the wireless network for receiving the hotspot aggregator service. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BLIND DECODING RESULTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate processing and pruning of blind decoding results (e.g., associated with grant signaling) within a wireless communication environment. As described herein, blind decoding results associated with grant signaling and/or other suitable signaling can be pruned in various manners, thereby reducing false alarm probabilities associated with such results. For example, techniques are provided herein for constraining respective decoding candidates to possible radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) values, performing validity checking on payload of respective decoding candidates, and selecting a most likely decoding candidate from a previously pruned set of candidates. Further, techniques are described herein for generating filler bits (e.g., padding bits, reserved bits, etc.) in a grant message according to a predefined pattern, thereby enabling checking of such bits to further reduce false alarm rates. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223377 | Context Transfers And Multi-Band Operation For Wireless Networks - Various example embodiments are disclosed relating wireless networks and relating to context transfers and multi-band operation in wireless networks. In an example embodiment, a multi-band scheduler may be provided for use in a wireless node. The multi-band scheduler may be configured to: receive one or more data units of a flow; assign each received data unit of the flow to a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands; determine a band transfer condition for the flow; and perform a context transfer from the first frequency band to a second frequency band for the flow based on the determined band transfer condition. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223378 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL SIGNALING - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting downlink control information in mobile communications system. A size of a downlink control information (DCI) format associated with an uplink transmission mode is determined and then compared with a size of a DCI format corresponding to a current downlink transmission mode. If the size of the DCI format associated with the uplink transmission mode is same as the size of the DCI format corresponding to the current downlink transmission mode, a bit is appended to the DCI format associated with the uplink transmission mode to differentiate the size of the DCI format associated with the uplink transmission mode from the size of the DCI format corresponding to the current downlink transmission mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223379 | Interference Randomization of Control Channel Elements - A method and a radio base station for interleaving control channel data to be transmitted in a telecommunications system are described. The method comprises grouping the control channel elements CCE | 2013-08-29 |
20130223380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus of transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a precoded reference signal or a non-precoded reference signal in accordance with a rank, and transmitting the generated reference signal. Uplink transmission using multiple transmit antennas is supported through reference signal design and related control signaling. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223381 | Frame Number in Multicarrier Wireless Networks - A base station is configured to communicate employing a plurality of carriers comprising at least one prime carrier and at least one non-prime carrier. The base station may transmit a system frame number in a physical broadcast channel in a frame on a prime carrier. The base station may transmit and receive, employing a communication interface, packets in the frames on a non-prime carrier. The communication interface employs the system frame number transmitted in the frame of the prime carrier. The non-prime carrier is configured to operate without broadcasting the system frame number on the non-prime carrier. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CLIENT INITIATED TRANSMISSIONS IN MULTIPLE-USER COMMUNICATION SCHEMES - A method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes receiving a plurality of requests to transmit data from a plurality of apparatuses; determining resource allocation for a set of apparatuses in the plurality of apparatuses, wherein the determination is based on the plurality of requests; and transmitting a message comprising the resource allocation to the set of apparatuses to permit data transmission. Another method for wireless communications is disclosed that includes contending for access to a medium based on a request, by an apparatus, with a plurality of other apparatuses; receiving a message, the message comprising a resource allocation based on requests from the apparatus and the other apparatuses, wherein the resource allocation permits data transmission from the apparatus and some of the other apparatuses; and transmitting data by the apparatus based on the message. Apparatuses for performing the methods are also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130223383 | MOBILE SERVICE RECEPTION METHOD AND MOBILE SERVICE RECEIVER - A mobile service reception method and a mobile service receiver are provided. The mobile service reception method includes performing a channel scan operation comprising searching in one or more frequencies for a broadcast signal which includes mobile data for providing a mobile service and generating a list of a plurality of mobile services, selecting at least one mobile service from the list, and processing mobile data for the selected at least one mobile service by obtaining at least one parade through which the selected at least one mobile service is transmitted, wherein a parade forms one Reed Solomon (RS) frame or two RS frames. | 2013-08-29 |