45th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130294172 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY (NVM) AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A nonvolatile memory and a method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory are disclosed. A nonvolatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment may include a deep well formed on a substrate, a first well formed within the deep well, a second well formed separately from the first well within the deep well, a first metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) formed on the first well, and a second MOSFET formed on the second well. According to a method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory according to an exemplary embodiment, a well region of a control MOSFET of a memory cell may be shared with a control MOSFET of an adjacent memory cell, or a well region of a tunneling MOSFET of a memory cell may be shared with a tunneling MOSFET of an adjacent memory cell, thereby reducing an area of the memory cells. Further, the nonvolatile memory according to the exemplary embodiment may constantly maintain a voltage of a shared well region in the tunneling MOSFET and apply a different voltage to a source/drain from that of an adjacent cell, thereby recording data only in the selected memory cell or deleting recorded data from the selected memory cell while sharing the well region. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE ERASE SUSPEND OPERATION - Various aspects of a nonvolatile memory have an improved erase suspend procedure. A bias arrangement is applied to word lines of an erase sector undergoing an erase procedure interrupted by an erase suspend procedure. As a result, another operation performed during erase suspend, such as a read operation or program operation, has more accurate results due to decreased leakage current from any over-erased nonvolatile memory cells of the erase sector. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294174 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING MULTI-CORE ACCESS TO BANK GROUPS - A memory device has a burst length “b”, performs “k” core accesses per command, and receives a command, where “b” is an integer of at least 2 and “k” is an integer of at least 2 and at most “b”. The memory device includes a memory cell array comprising a plurality of bank groups, a plurality of bank group control units respectively corresponding to the plurality of bank groups, each of the bank group control units configured to generate a multiplexer control signal for selecting part of data read from a corresponding bank group, and a multiplexer configured to sequentially output data read from the plurality of bank groups according to the multiplexer control signal output from the plurality of bank group control units. Data items comprised in output data of the multiplexer have a same time space. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294175 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor device and a method for testing the same are provided. The nonvolatile semiconductor device includes a current generating unit configured to generate a set write current depending on a step pulse that is generated based on a reference current and output the set write current to a memory cell, and a current measuring unit configured to measure a step duration of the step pulse and output a measured result outside of a chip during an activation period of a test enable signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294176 | CONTROL DEVICE - A control device that comprises a first data strobe input terminal to be connected in common to data strobe terminals that are included respectively in first memory devices, and a plurality of first sub-units each coupled to the first data strobe input terminal and each holding a data strobe delay value corresponding to an associated one of the first memory devices, and the data strobe delay values of the sub-units being independent from each other. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294177 | MEMORY DEVICES AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a first signal line, a memory cell array, first and second voltage adjustment circuits. The memory cell array is divided into first and second areas and includes first memory cells in the first area and second memory cells in the second area. The first and second memory cells are coupled the first signal line. Each of the first and second memory cells has a reference node. The first voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the first memory cells. The second voltage adjustment circuit adjusts voltages at the reference nodes of the second memory cells. The reference nodes of the first memory cells are coupled to a ground through the first voltage adjustment circuit. The reference nodes of the second memory cells are coupled to the ground through the second voltage adjustment circuit. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294178 | METHOD FOR REDUCING STANDBY CURRENT OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, a sensing amplifier, a precharge circuit, and a control signal generator. The precharge circuit has a NMOS transistor and two PMOS transistors, and is used to precharge bit lines of a bit line pair, wherein the NMOS transistor is controlled by a first control signal, and the two PMOS transistors are controlled by a second control signal. The control signal generator is used to generate the first and second control signals, wherein the first control signal is at a logic high level only when the second control signal is at a first logic low level, the first control signal is at a logic low level when the second control signal is at a second logic low or a first logic high level, and the second logic low level is higher than the first logic low level. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294179 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING OFFSET IN AN AMPLIFIER - In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a circuit comprising an amplifier having an input and an output, an offset detection circuit to detect an offset of the amplifier at the output of the amplifier, and an offset generation circuit having an input coupled to the offset detection circuit and an output coupled to the input of the amplifier to generate an offset at the input of the amplifier during an operational phase of the amplifier based on the detected offset. The generated offset cancels a least a portion of the offset of the amplifier. In one implementation, the amplifier is a sense amplifier in a memory. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294180 | CHARGE STORAGE ORGANIC MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system is disclosed. The system comprises a memory layer between a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer are configured to apply an electrical bias to the memory layer. In some embodiments the memory layer comprises nanodots made of a material selected from the group consisting of peptides and amino acids. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294181 | MEMORY CELL HAVING FLEXIBLE READ/WRITE ASSIST AND METHOD OF USING - A semiconductor device includes at least one memory cell die. The at least one memory cell die includes a data storage unit. The at least one memory cell die includes at least one read assist enabling unit electrically connected to the data storage unit. The at least one read assist enabling unit configured to lower a voltage of a word line. The memory cell die also includes at least one write assist enabling unit electrically connected to the data storage unit. The at least one write assist enabling unit configured to supply a negative voltage to at least one of a bit line or a bit line bar. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294182 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A non-volatile semiconductor device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which can increase a read efficiency of the non-volatile semiconductor device using the Low Power Double Data Rate (LPDDR) 2 specifications. The non-volatile semiconductor device includes a decoder configured to output a plurality of active control signals by decoding an active address and an active signal, and a plurality of active controls configured to be controlled by the plurality of active control signals and a plurality of active reset signals so as to generate a plurality of active enable signals that are independently activated. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294183 | ELECTRICAL FUSE RUPTURE CIRCUIT - A semiconductor memory device including circuitry for detecting and repairing memory cell failures in a test mode. The memory cell repair process is conducted in a manner that effectively eliminates unnecessary fuse rupture operations and verify operations in a test mode, thus reducing product test time. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294184 | SELF-REPAIR LOGIC FOR STACKED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE - Self-repair logic for stacked memory architecture. An embodiment of a memory device includes a memory stack having one or more memory die elements, including a first memory die element, and a system element coupled with the memory stack. The first memory die element includes multiple through silicon vias (TSVs), the TSVs including data TSVs and one or more spare TSVs, and self-repair logic to repair operation of a defective TSV of the plurality of data TSVs, the repair of operation of the defective TSV including utilization of the one or more spare TSVs. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294185 | SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - A sense amplifier circuit includes an enable signal generation unit configured to generate an enable signal when a change in a voltage level of input signals is sensed; a sink unit configured to provide a sense voltage in response to the enable signal; and a sense unit configured to generate an output signal in response to the sense voltage and the input signals. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294186 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP INCLUDING THE SAME, AND TEST SYSTEM INCLUDING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP - A phase-locked loop includes a phase detection unit configured to compare the phase of a feedback clock with the phase of an input clock, a clock generation unit configured to adjust the frequency of a first clock based on a result of the comparison of the phase detection unit, a first division unit configured to generate an output clock by dividing the first clock at a first division ratio in test mode and generate the output clock by dividing the first clock at a second division ratio that is lower than the first division ratio in normal mode, and a second division unit configured to generate the feedback clock by dividing the output clock. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294187 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING HOT MIX FOR TAR SEALED ROADS - An apparatus for preparing a hot mix including aggregate and bitumen includes a cylindrical vessel incorporating a mixing chamber having a rotating paddle assembly mixing aggregate and bitumen. A heating chamber is below the mixing chamber, separated by a dome shaped separating element, the center of which is above its periphery. The heating chamber's lower part has a diameter less than that of its upper part. A blower forces air into the lower part through a horizontal passage with a burner heating the air. The axis of the passage is offset from the vertical axis of the heating chamber. The heated air spirals upwardly and outwardly through the lower and upper parts of the heating chamber, traversing the separating element before exiting through apertures about the periphery of the separating element. The mix is heated by the heat transferred from the air as it passes over the separating element. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294188 | Plasticizing System Including Opposite-Facing Surfaces for Contacting Opposite Sides of Solidified-Resin Particle - A plasticizing system ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294189 | System and method for bubble-free gas-enrichment of a flowing liquid within a conduit - The present invention provides a system for enriching a flowing liquid with a dissolved gas inside a conduit. The system comprises two or more capillaries, each capillary delivering a stream of a gas-enriched liquid to the flowing liquid. The first ends of the capillaries are positioned to form an intersecting angle with respect to the effluent streams such that these streams of gas-enriched liquid collide with each other upon exit from the first ends of the capillaries, effecting localized convective mixing within the larger liquid conduit before these gas-enriched streams are able to come into close contact with the boundary surfaces of the conduit, whereby the gas-enriched liquid mixes with the flowing liquid to form a gas-enriched flowing liquid. In the preferred embodiment, no observable bubbles are formed in the gas-enriched flowing liquid. Methods of making and using such system are also provided. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294190 | Stirrer - A stirrer having a motor; a hollow shaft that is drivable via the motor and is provided with at least one additive outlet opening, via which an additive passed through the hollow shaft can be discharged; and a rotor arranged on the hollow shaft and having rotor blades, characterized in that a second rotor having rotor blades is provided on the hollow shaft at a distance from the first rotor, and in that the at least one additive outlet opening is provided between the two rotors, wherein the rotors are designed and drivable such that, during operation, a negative pressure and a centrifugal force are generated in the intermediate space defined between the rotors. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294191 | MIXER DRUM APPARATUS - A mixer drum apparatus to stir material to be stored includes a freely-rotatable drum having an opening end opened at one end to receive the material to be stored therein, a plurality of spirally-shaped blades provided inside the drum to have a phase difference, and an inlet seal provided at the opening end of the drum and connected partially to the blades. The inlet seal located between the blades forms an opening causing the material to be stored to pass through. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294192 | SEPARATE FLOW PATH TYPE OF GAS-AIR MIXING DEVICE - According to the present invention, a gas-air mixing device used in a gas boiler includes: a gas supply tube branched into a first gas flow path and a second gas flow path; an air supply tube branched into a first air flow path and a second air flow path by means of an air-flow-path branching apparatus; a pressure valve which is connected to the inlet side of the gas supply tube in order to adjust the supply rate of gas being supplied to the gas supply tube; and a drive unit in which two valve bodies are connected to a rod that moves vertically up and down due to the magnetic force of an electromagnet; and the air-flow-path branching apparatus is formed to have a slot that connects to either the first air flow path or the second air flow path, and has a joining part which the rod can pass through in a position corresponding to the slot. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294193 | MIXING DEVICE FOR MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS - A mixing device produces a multi-component mixture, in particular for medical applications, and has at least one first component and one second component, whereby the first component is a pasty fluid mass, whereby the mixing device has a housing having at least one first opening and a hollow body, whereby the hollow body has an internal space that contains the second component, and the mixing device has a feed plunger for expelling the second component from the internal space of the hollow body, whereby the hollow body has a thread and the feed plunger has a counter-thread that engages the thread of the hollow body, and the mixing device has a propulsion element that is arranged inside the housing, whereby the propulsion element converts a flow of the first component through the housing into a rotary motion, whereby the rotary motion of the propulsion element screws the feed plunger into the internal space of the hollow body, and whereby the second component can thus be extruded from the hollow space into the fluid flow of the first component. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEA CURRENT AIDED, ENHANCED AZIMUTH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION - A system of designing and acquiring 3D marine seismic surveys such that the prevailing sea current is parallel or orthogonal to a major axis of the area to be surveyed. By steering the vessel and towed seismic source and receiver arrays through the water, heading into the sea current at some significant angle away from the sea current direction, then the resultant movement of the seismic source and receiver arrays will result in a much richer sampling and measurement of the earth's sub-surface by virtue of increasing the range of source-to-receiver azimuths available. By adopting this method, the final 3D seismic image of the subsurface will be more accurate and will be correctly focussed. Also line change times may be reduced significantly and the overall carbon footprint of the seismic survey may be lessened. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294195 | SEISMIC STREAMER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A seismic streamer system for acquiring seismic data includes a plurality of first cable sections each employing a first sensor configuration therein, and at least one second cable section operatively connected to one or more of the first cable sections and employing a second sensor configuration therein. In various embodiments of the streamer system, one or more of the second cable sections are sparsely integrated into a streamer, a streamer array and/or a seismic spread. The first sensor configuration may, e.g., include a conventional hydrophone distribution, and the second sensor configuration may, e.g., include multicomponent sensors such as at least one of a particle velocity sensor, a pressure gradient sensor, an accelerometer and a combination thereof. The present invention is useful for attenuating noise in the measured seismic data as well as deghosting the data. A particular deghosting process includes decomposing the up- and down-going parts of the vertical component of particle velocity associated with the acoustic wave reflections from the strata. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294196 | INVERSION USING A FILTERING OPERATOR - To perform inversion to produce a model of a structure, a filtering operator based at least on an angle between a propagating direction of a source wavefield and a propagating direction of a back-propagated receiver wavefield is computed. The filtering operator is used in performing the inversion to produce the model of the structure. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294197 | AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FAULT AND FRACTURE POPULATIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for modeling a fracture network are provided. The method includes mapping a sub-seismic data set to a portion of a seismic-resolution data set, and defining a fractal region of the seismic-resolution data set containing the portion thereof to which the sub-seismic data is mapped. The method also includes generating a training image for sub-seismic scale characteristics of the one or more fracture networks of the seismic-resolution data set using the portion of the seismic-resolution data, and modeling the sub-seismic scale characteristics of the one or more fracture networks of the fractal region of the seismic-resolution data set outside of the portion, using the training image. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294198 | TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY FOR AN ECHOSCOPE - The present invention relates to a transducer assembly ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294199 | Method And Device For Estimating The Content Of A Solid Material Container - The invention relates to a method for estimating the contents of particulate solids in a solid container, comprising the steps of: a) providing a percussion device; b) hitting the surface of the container on it outside with said percussion device at predetermined distances along the height of the container; c) recording the sound created by said percussion; d) identifying the sound generated by each recorded percussion at the percussion time within a plurality of percussions; e) applying a analysis algorithm to a digital representation of the sounds identified in d above; and e) determining the heights of the container that is filled with particulate material by locating the height at which the value resulting from the analysis of each percussion changes from a high to lower value, wherein a higher value indicates an empty portion of the container, and a lower value indicates a filled portion of the container. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294200 | SIGNAL PROCESSING - The disclosed electronic apparatus comprises:
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20130294201 | ULTRA WIDE BANDWIDTH TRANSDUCER WITH DUAL ELECTRODE - Wide bandwidth piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (pMUTs), pMUT arrays and systems having wide bandwidth pMUT arrays are described herein. For example, a piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) includes a piezoelectric membrane disposed on a substrate. A reference electrode is coupled to the membrane. First and second drive/sense electrodes are coupled to the membrane to drive or sense a first and second mode of vibration in the membrane. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294202 | MULTI-FREQUENCY ULTRA WIDE BANDWIDTH TRANSDUCER - Piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducer (pMUT) arrays and techniques for frequency shaping in pMUT arrays are described, for example to achieve both high frequency and low frequency operation in a same device. The ability to operate at both high and low frequencies may be tuned during use of the device to adaptively adjust for optimal resolution at a particular penetration depth of interest. In embodiments, various sizes of piezoelectric membranes are fabricated for tuning resonance frequency across the membranes. The variously sized piezoelectric membranes are lumped together by two or more separate electrode rails, enabling independent addressing between the two or more subgroups of sized transducer elements. Signal processing of the drive and/or response signals generated and/or received from each of the two or more electrode rails may achieve a variety of operative modes for the device, such as a near field mode, a far field mode, and an ultra wide bandwidth mode. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294203 | Focused Acoustic Transducer - A focused acoustic transducer suitable for use in a downhole environment is disclosed. At least some embodiments employ a disk of piezoelectric material with low planar coupling and low Poisson's ratio mounted on a backing material and sealed inside an enclosure. The piezoelectric material disk has a pattern of electrodes deposited on an otherwise smooth, ungrooved surface. Despite the lack of grooves, the material's low planar coupling and low Poisson's ratio enables the electrodes to operate in a phased relationship to provide and receive focused acoustic pulses. Moreover, the elimination of deep cuts offers a much lower cost of construction. The electrode material may be any conductive material, though silver and silver alloys are contemplated. The patterning of electrodes can occur during the deposition process (e.g., using a silk-screen or other printing technique) or afterwards (e.g., mechanically or chemically with an etch technique that uses a pre- or post-deposition photoresist layer). | 2013-11-07 |
20130294204 | Silicon-Based Monolithic Integrated Sonar Array - The invention discloses a silicon-based monolithic integrated sonar array which includes a cantilevered sensing array structure, a sound-transparent jacket, and a support structure. The cantilevered sensing array structure is fixed on the support structure and in the sound-transparent jacket, wherein the sound-transparent jacket is filled with insulating dielectric oil, and the cantilevered sensing array structure is immersed in the insulating dielectric oil. The sound-transparent jacket is sealed and is treated with water tightness processing. The array can be applied, into devices for underwater ultrasonic imaging, ultrasonic ranging, torpedo navigating, etc. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294205 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING FUNCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a sound collecting unit and a processor. The processor determine whether continuous sound signals collected by the sound collecting unit includes a first alternating portion, a direct portion, and a second alternating portion in sequence. The processor further determines whether a first duration of the direction signals portion falls within a first preset time range, and determines whether a second duration of each of the first alternating portion and the second alternating portion falls within a second preset time range. The processor then triggers a function of the electronic device when the first duration falls within the first preset time range, and the second duration falls within the second preset time range. A related method is also disclosed. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294206 | Multi-Lane Stop Watch - An electronic multi-lane stop watch is disclosed. Said multi-lane stop watch can record multi-athletes' split times and final times simultaneously. Said multi-lane stop watch can also automatically save collected data to files and export/import information and data to/from external devices such as computers or printers. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294207 | Light Source Power Control for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) - Apparatus and method for light source power control during the writing of data to a storage medium. In accordance with various embodiments, a data recording head is provided having a magnetic transducer and a light source. The light source is driven at a first power level to irradiate an adjacent storage medium prior to the writing if data to the medium using the magnetic transducer. The first power level is insufficient to alter a magnetization state of the medium. The light source is subsequently transitioned to a higher, second power level to irradiate the storage medium during the writing of data to said medium using the magnetic transducer, the second power level being sufficient to alter said magnetization state of the medium. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294208 | PLASMONIC TRANSDUCER HAVING TWO METAL ELEMENTS WITH A GAP DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN - An apparatus includes a waveguide configured to deliver light to a transducer region. The apparatus also includes a plasmonic transducer that has two metal elements configured as side-by-side plates on a substrate-parallel plane with a gap therebetween. The gap is disposed along the substrate-parallel plane and has an input end disposed proximate the transducer region and an output end. The transducer is configured to provide a surface plasmon-enhanced near-field radiation pattern proximate the output end in response to the light received by the waveguide. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294209 | VOICE CONTROL OF OPTICAL DISK DRIVE - A control circuit for an optical disk drive includes a microphone, an analog-to-digital (A/D conversion) module, a control module, and a processing module configured to compare a digital representation of a spoken command from a user against the operation representation of the control module. If the processing module determines that a spoken command in the analog form, is equal to the digital signal, the control module acts on the command and controls the optical disk drive to change its status. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294210 | SPECTRAL NOISE ANALYSIS FOR READ HEAD STRUCTURES - A testing device tests a magnetic head with a read head structure including a read head element while applying an external magnetic field to the magnetic head. The testing device receives signals from the read head element and processes the signals to generate a spectral power density for the signals. The spectral power density is characterized for at least one frequency range. The characterization of the spectral power density is used to determine a characteristic of noise from the read head structure. The signals from the read head may be received with different applied magnetic fields and/or before or while thermally exciting the magnetic head. Additionally, a histogram of the signals may be generated and used to determine a second characteristic of the noise. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294211 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The optical pickup device includes a light-emitting element that emits light, an objective lens that converges light emitted by the light-emitting element on an external optical recording medium, a light-receiving element that receives the light returned from the optical recording medium via the objective lens, a holder that holds the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element, and a casing to which the holder is secured with an adhesive interposed therebetween. The holder has a holder's bonding surface to be bonded to the casing, while the casing has a case's bonding surface facing the holder's bonding surface and to be bonded to the holder. The holder's or casing's bonding surface is provided with adjoining sidewalls that have wall faces forming an angle with the holder's or casing's bonding surface. The holder and casing are adhesively secured to each other with a UV-curable adhesive applied on the holder's or casing's bonding surface. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294212 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294213 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294214 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294215 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294216 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method of producing a recording medium includes preparing a substrate of the recording medium, forming a first face recording layer at a first face side of the substrate, forming a first face protection layer for protecting the first face recording layer on the first face recording layer, forming a second face constituting whole or a part of a layer configuration at a second face side of the substrate,
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20130294217 | RADIO TRANSMITTER, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission apparatus comprising a plurality of antennas, a scheduler configured to perform transmission scheduling in units of chunks each determined based on a prescribed frequency bad and a prescribed time so as to transmit signals via the plurality of antennas, and a transmission circuit configured to apply phase rotations to signals, where a phase rotation difference between adjacent subcarriers in an antenna generated from the phase rotations is set to either a first value smaller than (n−1)/(Fc×Ts) or a second value larger than (n−1)/(Fc×Ts) where Fc denotes the frequency band width of the chunk, Ts denotes a length of time for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and n denotes a number based on an antenna index of the antenna in which the phase rotation was applied to the signals. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294218 | Method of Allocating Walsh Codes and Quasi-Orthogonal Functional Codes in a CDMA Network - A method of allocating Walsh codes and Quasi-orthogonal Functional, QoF, codes in a CDMA system in which a finite number of Walsh codes are defined, and some mobile terminals operating in the CDMA system are capable of supporting Advanced Quasi-Linear Interference Cancellation, AQLIC, and some mobile terminals operating in the CDMA system are non-AQLIC-capable. Walsh codes are allocated to control channels. A code allocation unit then determines a threshold number of Walsh codes to reserve for non-AQLIC-capable mobile terminals. When a current Walsh code usage level is less than the threshold, the unit allocates Walsh codes to both the AQLIC-capable mobile terminals and the non-AQLIC-capable mobile terminals. When the current Walsh code usage level is greater than the threshold, the unit allocates QoF codes only to AQLIC-capable mobile terminals, and allocates Walsh codes to non-AQLIC-capable mobile terminals. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294219 | NC-OFDM For A Cognitive Radio - The present invention is directed to a method for use in a cognitive radio. A Fourier transform of a time domain signal is performed to obtain a series of frequency domain samples covering substantially the entire predetermined RF spectrum, the time domain signal corresponding to the RF waveform, each frequency domain sample being characterized by a predetermined waveform characteristic. The predetermined waveform characteristic of each frequency domain sample is evaluated in each subcarrier block to obtain a subcarrier block activity level for each subcarrier block. A subcarrier block is selected when its subcarrier block activity level is greater than a predetermined threshold. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS - A transmission apparatus couples a first phase modulation signal for first input data and a second phase modulation signal for second input data according to a first coupling method and transmits the coupled signal, and a reception apparatus receives the coupled signal. The reception apparatus derives a signal in which a first phase modulation signal and a second phase modulation signal are coupled according to a second coupling method from a received signal and separates the first phase modulation signal and the second phase modulation signal from the received signal based on the received signal and the derived signal. Furthermore, the reception apparatus obtains the first input data by demodulating the first phase modulation signal and obtains the second input data by demodulating the second phase modulation signal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294221 | Optimization for Trill LAN Hellos - Systems and methods may be provided embodying an optimized Trill LAN network hello mode. The optimized hello mode may allow the number of LAN hellos exchanged to be reduced significantly in a steady state mode of operation. No modifications to the current Trill specification are needed and in a converged state (when designated RBridge election and appointed forwarder appointments are complete), only 1 hello PDU per RBridge is originated in every hello interval. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294222 | HOST COMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE - A system and method for low-cost, fault tolerant, EMI robust data communications, particularly for an EV environment. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for retransmitting data in a wireless communication system using channel bonding are provided. The method for retransmitting data includes transmitting data by mapping the data to at least two channels according to the channel bonding, and retransmitting the data by changing a mapping scheme of the data to the at least two channels. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294224 | TRANSMIT AND ADMISSION CONTROL FOR CDMA SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system for performing transmit power and admission control for a satellite based wireless communication systems. Admission control uses centralized admission and distributed admission controls. Centralized admission control uses a maximum persistence value broadcasted from a hub to terminals. Persistence is the probability that a transmission will timely occur. Each terminal transmits a persistence that is no greater than the maximum persistence value. If the transmission fails, the transmission is repeated using the same probability. Lowering the persistence introduces a delay for alleviateing congestion. Power control is performed using centralized and distributed power control. Centralized power control uses power control commands transmitted from the hub to each terminal. When an acknowledge is not received, a backoff and recovery procedure is performed. Distributed power control is performed during the recovery process when a terminal fails to receive an acknowledgment message after a predetermined number of attempts. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294225 | Error Correction Coding Across Multiple Channels in Content Distribution Systems - Error correction coding across multiple channels is provided in multi-channel transmission systems. Specifically, redundancy is provided by selecting a portion of original data from each of a plurality of original channels, performing at least one encoding operation using the portions of original data to produce at least one portion of redundancy data, including the portion of redundancy data in at least one redundancy channel, and transmitting the redundancy channel along with the original channels. Error correction is achieved by receiving at least one redundancy channel and a plurality of original channels, selecting a portion of redundancy data from the redundancy channel, selecting a portion of original data from each of the original channels, and performing at least one decoding operation using the portion of redundancy data and the portions of original data to correct at least one error in the portions of original data. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294226 | PRIORITY DOMAINS FOR PROTECTION SWITCHING PROCESSES - Embodiments of the invention describe apparatus, systems and methods for creating a protection switching domain having a control virtual local area network (vlan), a first set of high priority protected data vlans, and a second set of lower priority protected data vlans. When a fault is detected at a ring network, indicating a failed link between adjacent nodes, said fault is communicated to a master node of the ring network via the control vlan. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294227 | REDUNDANT CONTROL DEVICE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - Network repeaters which each implement a redundant switching function previously grasp connection states of ports of a network system by using an inquiry frame and an exchange frame. At the time when a line is broken, when actively confirming a state of a port connected to a port in which a line is broken via a downstream device, the network repeaters each grasp that which portion of the line is broken and determine whether a switchover is required. Through the process, the network repeaters each prevent a useless switchover such as switching-back immediately after the switchover, and at the same time since a mechanism of waiting for a given length of times is not required, they each perform a fast switchover. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294228 | Optimal Segment Identification for Shared Mesh Protection - Nodes and methods are disclosed, including, circuitry of a source node in a mesh network retrieving information indicative of network topology; identifying a working path from the source node to a destination node; identifying potential protection segments of the working path, wherein a potential protection segment has at least one disjoint protection path available for the segment; creating a hypothetical network topology comprising the nodes of the working path and hypothetical links between the nodes, wherein the hypothetical links represents potential protection segments identified, and the links are assigned a weight; executing a Shortest Path Algorithm on the hypothetical network topology; identifying as optimal segments the potential protection segments represented by the hypothetical links determined as being in the shortest path by the Shortest Path Algorithm; generating and transmitting a message communicating need for resources in case of failure of the optimal segments. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294229 | FAILURE PROTECTION METHOD AND NODE APPARATUS - A failure protection method of a network connecting between nodes by multiple working paths and a protection path is disclosed. An allocation bandwidth is determined to allocate to a detected path where a failure is detected in multiple paths being set to the multiple working paths, depending on the detected path. The detected path is switched from one of the multiple working paths to the protection path. Data to be transmitted by the detected path is transmitted by using the allocation bandwidth determined within an entire bandwidth of the protection path. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294230 | EFFICIENT DEVICE HANDOVER/MIGRATION IN MESH NETWORKS - A new device is deployed to an area in which a network is provided. The new device may join the network using a single handshake via a neighboring device that is a member of the network and register with a network management system managing the network. If the network is overloaded or has limited bandwidth remaining, the network may refuse to admit the new device, or if the new device is isolated, may force some devices that are members of the network to leave or migrate from the network to allow the isolated device to join the network. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294231 | METHOD OF HIGH-SPEED SWITCHING FOR NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION AND HIGH-SPEED VIRTUAL SWITCH ARCHITECTURE - A virtual switch for providing a network virtualization service and a high-speed switching method of an input packet are provided. A packet is efficiently transmitted at a high speed using information of the input packet between a physical interface and a logical interface or between logical interfaces. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294232 | WIRELESS DISCOVERY USING A REDUCED TRAFFIC LOAD PROCESS - Traffic load over a wireless medium due to wireless access point discovery is reduced. The wireless stations and wireless access points support wireless discovery using a reduced traffic load process. The reduced traffic load process includes providing aggregated short probe responses. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294233 | BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD FOR CONNECTION OF TERMINAL WITH HIGHER PRIORITY AND BASE STATION SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of controlling a base station is disclosed that provides service to a first terminal and a second terminal having higher priority than the first terminal. The base station determines whether there is an influx of call connection attempts when the lower-priority terminal and the higher-priority terminal perform ranging. If it is determined that there is an influx of call connection attempts, the base station sets the initial ranging backoff window size included in an information element of S-SFH SP3 (Secondary-Superframe Header SubPacket3) to a first size. If it is determined that there is an influx of call connection attempts, the base station sets the initial ranging backoff window size for the second terminal in an AAI-SCD (Advanced Air Interface-System Configuration Descriptor) message to a second size. Accordingly, it is possible to achieve a high probability of success of initial ranging of a higher-priority terminal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294234 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A communication management system includes a measuring unit, an assigning unit, and a distribution controller. The measuring unit measures, for each of clients, a traffic pattern representing a pattern of temporal changes in an amount of communication traffic regarding the client. The assigning unit assigns, to each of plural communication channels, one or more clients that use the communication channel, on the basis of the traffic patterns of the clients measured by the measuring unit. The distribution controller performs control of selecting, as a communication channel with which distribution data is to be distributed to one or more of the clients, at least one of the plural communication channels to which the assigning unit has assigned the clients. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294235 | System and Method for Controlling Network Congestion - A method for controlling network congestion includes estimating a queue size, entering a first mode of operation if the estimated queue size is below a first threshold, and entering a second mode of operation if the estimated queue size is above a second threshold. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294236 | CONGESTION CONTROL IN PACKET DATA NETWORKING - A network element controls congestion in a link of a packet data network. A congested link is identified and a throttle rate is determined for one or more of the traffic groups traversing the congested link. The central controller determines the throttle rates using a weight of the group and the current traffic rate of the group through the link. The throttle rates are sent to switches to throttle traffic for each affected group. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294237 | PRIORITIZED REPORTING OF METERING DATA - A utility company may schedule when and how endpoints report resource consumption data based on relative priorities of endpoints or the customers associated therewith. By associating endpoints with one of multiple different quality of service (QoS) levels, and sending each endpoint a reporting schedule based on its respective QoS level, the utility company may configure prioritized reporting of resource consumption data by endpoints of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with automatic meter reading (AMR). | 2013-11-07 |
20130294238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOST-CONTROLLED PACKET DATA SUPPRESSION - The various aspects comprise methods and devices for managing signal traffic. The various aspects comprise a data controller module. The data controller module may be configured to receive information of an exchange of data with a plurality of data types having a plurality of data rates in a network communication; identify a sensitive condition of the network communication; and responsive to identifying the sensitive condition, reduce a rate of data of at least one data type of the plurality of data types | 2013-11-07 |
20130294239 | DATA FLOW SEGMENT OPTIMIZED FOR HOT FLOWS - Embodiments are directed towards improving the performance of network traffic management devices by optimizing the management of hot connection flows. A packet traffic management device (“PTMD”) may employ a data flow segment (“DFS”) and control segment (“CS”). The CS may perform high-level control functions and per-flow policy enforcement for connection flows maintained at the DFS, while the DFS may perform statistics gathering, per-packet policy enforcement (e.g., packet address translations), or the like, on connection flows maintained at the DFS. The DFS may include high-speed flow caches and other high-speed components that may be comprised of high-performance computer memory. Making efficient use of the high speed flow cache capacity may be improved by maximizing the number of hot connection flows and minimizing the number of malicious and/or in-operative connections flows (e.g., non-genuine flows) that may have flow control data stored in the high-speed flow cache. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294240 | METHODS AND APPARATUS - An apparatus, comprise a virtual machine on which an offload application is configured to run, said virtual machine comprising a first interface configured to provide offload traffic to said application and a second interface configured to output traffic from said application. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294241 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT, MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD - A mobile communications network communicating data to/from mobile communications devices includes a core network including plural infrastructure equipment, and a radio network including plural base stations with a wireless access interface communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices. The mobile communications network provides communications bearers on request to the mobile communications devices based on a relative type of data packets communicated via the communications bearers for supporting communications sessions, indications of the type of the data packets used to configure the communications bearers. The mobile communications network includes a control unit to determine the number of bearers of each of type of the communications bearers for plural predetermined types provided to the mobile communications devices within the mobile communications network, and to determine a state of the mobile communications network based on the number of each type of communications bearers for each of the plural predetermined types. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PUSCH IN TRAFFIC ADAPTATION SYSTEM - A Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission method by a User Equipment (UE) in a traffic adaptation system is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station, a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for scheduling PUSCH resources, obtaining an Uplink (UL)-Grant in the PDCCH, determining a reference uplink and downlink configuration of the scheduled PUSCH resources in the PDCCH, based on at least one of the bit value of a UL-Index or a UL-Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) in the UL-Grant, and a serial number of a subframe in which the UL-Grant is located, and transmitting PUSCH data on the scheduled PUSCH resources according to a timing relationship corresponding to the reference uplink and downlink configuration. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-ROUTING CALLS - The disclosed embodiments include a system, computer program product, and method for routing a call over a packet network. A call request may be received from a calling party to call a called party at a network address. At least one potential call path over a packet network may be determined to connect the calling party to the called party at the network address. Network performance information associated with each potential call path may be accessed and a determination may be made that each of the call paths are impaired or congested. In response to determining that each of the call paths are impaired or congested, the call may be routed over a call path other than one of the at least one potential call paths to enable the calling party to communicate with the called party. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294244 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes: a packet receiving unit that receives, via a wireless ad hoc network, a packet transmitted from a node device; a congestion detection unit that detects, based on the packet received by the packet receiving unit, that congestion occurs in a communication path along which the packet reaches the packet receiving unit; a congestion control message generating unit that generates, when the congestion detection unit detects that the congestion occurs in the communication path, a congestion control message that instructs to take an action to avoid the congestion in the communication path; and a message transmitting unit that transmits the congestion control message generated by the congestion control message generating unit to the node device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294245 | Predictive and Nomadic Roaming of Wireless Clients Across Different Network Subnets - Wireless access points detect neighboring wireless access points in different subnets. Upon connecting with a wireless client, a wireless access point determines predictive roaming information for the wireless client. Predictive roaming information identifies the wireless client; its home network subnet; and includes connection information associated with the wireless client. The wireless access point forwards the predictive roaming information associated with a wireless client to neighboring wireless access points while the wireless client is still connected with the wireless access point. Neighboring wireless access points store received predictive roaming information. Upon connecting with a wireless client, a neighboring wireless access point determines if the wireless client matches the stored predictive roaming information. If so, the neighboring wireless access point uses the predictive roaming information to quickly connect with the wireless client and to establish a tunnel to redirect network traffic associated with the wireless client through to its home subnet. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294246 | Adaptive Relative Bitrate Manager for TCP Depending Flow Control - A method is provided for congestion control in a network node ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294247 | RESOURCE SCHEDULING METHOD, APPARATUS AND BASE STATION - Disclosed are a resource scheduling method, apparatus and base station for reducing the signaling overhead of the downlink control channel instruction in uplink and downlink data transmission. The method comprises: configuring semi-persistent scheduling parameters for a user equipment (UE) when the cell of the UE is determined to be an interference limited cell and a semi-persistent scheduling mechanism needs to be set for the UE; allocating semi-persistent scheduling resources to the UE for transmitting service data according to the semi-persistent scheduling parameters when the UE is determined to be in need of a semi-persistent scheduling mechanism for transmitting the service data of access services; sending the resource scheduling information of the semi-persistent scheduling resources to the UE over the downlink control channel of the UE. The technical solution provided in the present application reduces the signaling overhead of the downlink control channel instruction during data transmission, reduces inter-cell interference of the downlink control channel, and improves the reception capability of the downlink control channel, quality of service (QoS) and cell spectrum efficiency. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294248 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLOAD CONTROL IN A NEXT GENERATION NETWORK - A Call Server in a network is able to monitor an offered rate of incoming calls per Access Gateway (AGW). A calculated GlobalLeakRate can be distributed between the AGWs in proportion to the traffic rate they offer. A leak rate calculation method is used to calculate the GlobalLeakRate control parameter of the ETSI NR restrictor at an overloaded Control Server The leak rate calculation is based on the POTS call rejection rate. In one particular embodiment of the present invention, the calculation is based on bringing the call reject rate close to a configurable low target reject level. An MGC is able to identify the end of an overload event with a greater degree of confidence and an AGW is able respond appropriately if the AGW is prematurely instructed to stop the control. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294249 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR FLOW MEASUREMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for flow measurement, which are used to reduce management bandwidth of a controller over a forwarding device. The method includes: receiving a data flow sent by a forwarding device, and knowing the type of the data flow by parsing the data flow; if the type of the data flow is a preset type in a measurement flow type set, obtaining a feature identifier carried in the data flow and packet header information of the data flow, and obtain operation information corresponding to the data flow, and adding a measurement operation for the feature identifier to the operation information, where the operation information is used to record various operations of the data flow; and sending, to the forwarding device, the packet header information and the operation information added with the measurement operation for the feature identifier. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294250 | EXCHANGING DATA BETWEEN A USER EQUIPMENT AND ONE OR MORE SERVERS OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In an embodiment, a proxy server delivers, to a UE, a set of rules to be enforced by a management application executing thereon. The set of rules includes at least one rule that instructs the management application to selectively intercept and apply data payload modifications to data being exchanged being a transport layer stack (e.g., a TCP/IP stack) and one or more client applications on the UE based on (i) a packet-state related to a data payload of the data (ii) a device-state associated with the UE, (iii) an application-state associated with an application from which the data originates or to which the data is targeted and/or (iv) a network-state associated with a serving network of the UE. The management application on the UE can enforce the set of rules for UE-terminated data (e.g., data downloaded to the UE) or UE-originated data (e.g., data to be uploaded from the UE). | 2013-11-07 |
20130294251 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - To improve throughput by reducing the resource used for transmitting a parameter relating to retransmission control and decreasing overhead of retransmission control signaling. Where a retransmission control method is employed with adaptive MCS control in which the encoding rate can be changed, the scheduling section sets the MCS in accordance with CQI notified from the communication counterpart apparatus. When transmission data is encoded, the RV parameter bit-number setting section sets the number of bits used for signaling the RV parameter to decrease as the encoding rate of the first transmission is decreased and sets the RV parameter based on the number of bits. For example, in a case where the encoding rate R is R>⅔, two bits are set. In a case where the encoding rate ⅓2013-11-07 | |
20130294252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INITIATING TESTING OF MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A system and method for initiating testing of a plurality of communication devices. The tester and devices under test (DUTs) are first synchronized as a way of confirming test readiness on the part of the DUTs, Following that, a test sequence is initiated by the tester. The synchronization and test initiation can be accomplished using signals with differing signal magnitudes or device identifiers. The test sequence can be a DUT transmit signal test in which each DUT transmits data packets in accordance with one or more predefined test sequences. Alternatively, the test sequence can be a DUT receive signal test in which the tester transmits data packets to the DUTs with differing signal frequencies or signal magnitudes. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294253 | WIDE AREA TRANSPORT NETWORKS FOR MOBILE RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS AND METHODS OF USE - Wide area transport networks for mobile Radio Access Networks, and methods of use are provided herein. An exemplary wide area transport network may include a plurality of network segments that include at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another. Each of the plurality of network segments may be configured to transmit at least one of a plurality of signals communicated between a baseband module and a wireless transceiver. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC TIMESLOT REDUCTION - A method for communicating with a mobile station is presented. The method includes transmitting a first radio block to the mobile station. The first radio block including an indication instructing the mobile station to enter a DTR mode. Before receiving an indication of whether the mobile station is in DTR mode, the method includes retransmitting to the mobile station at least one of the first radio block and a radio block previously transmitted to the mobile station using a timeslot that is not monitored by the mobile station when the mobile station is in the DTR mode. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294255 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT PARALLEL TESTING OF TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (TDD) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - The invention described herein utilizes devices under test (DUTs) outfitted with stored, predefined test sequences, testers equipped with vector-signal generation (VSG) and vector-signal analysis (VSA) functionality, and novel methods for combining loopback and single-ended test functions in order to obtain higher testing efficiency for DUTs using Bluetooth or other time-division duplex (TDD) based communications. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294256 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ERROR DETECTION IN COORDINATION WITH A RADIO LINK LAYER - An approach includes detecting failure of an error detection scheme relating to transmission of data units of a transport block. A negative acknowledgement message is generated in response to the detection of the failure. The negative acknowledgement message is forwarded to a radio link controller for discarding one or more of the data units. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294257 | Methods for Subscriber Tracing Based on Error History Information - Methods and arrangements for subscriber tracing based on error history information, are disclosed. A method in a network node ( | 2013-11-07 |
20130294258 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO MONITOR COMMUNICATION PATHS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor communication paths in communication systems are disclosed. An example method includes identifying links of a communication system, the links communicatively coupling router pairs, identifying communication paths in the communication system, each of the communication paths being routed via one or more of the links, testing the links during a first interval by testing at least a first portion of the communication paths, testing the links during the second interval by testing at least a second portion of the communication paths, changing the first portion of the communication paths to include at least one of the communication paths from the second portion of the communication paths such that testing the first portion of the communication paths and testing the second portion of the communication paths collectively test each of the links, and identifying a link failure based on the testing. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294259 | Network Congestion Analysis - A network monitoring and network congestion analysis can be performed based on a comparison of data packets at multiple different network nodes installed at different locations on a communication path. A downstream network node may be installed at a user location while an upstream network may be installed at an access router further up the network. A network congestion analyzer may receive data packet information including timestamps from both network nodes, and may compare the data packet information to group the data packets into application flows and match the corresponding packets from the different network nodes. Based on the data packet matching, the network congestion analyzer may calculate packet loss, packet delay, packet delay variation, and perform other network congestion analysis techniques for the application flows corresponding to a user's various devices and the applications executing on those devices. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294260 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING A STATUS TO DEVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM - A method for providing a status to a plurality of devices in a distributed VoIP system includes circulating a first status data packet between each device in the first group of devices and circulating a second status data packet between each device in the second group of devices. One device in the first group of devices participates in circulating both the first status data packet and the second status data packet, while the other devices in the first group of devices circulate only the first status data packet. One device in the second group of devices participates in circulating both the first status data packet and the second status data packet, while the other devices in the second group of devices circulate only the second status data packet. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294261 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EFFICIENT TIM COMPRESSION AND DECODING - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments improve power saving in network environments. An example method embodiment comprises: generating in an access point device, a traffic indication map comprising a page bitmap field, a page control field, one or more block bitmap fields, and one or more sub-block bitmaps indicating wireless client devices having buffered data in the access point device available for them; and periodically broadcasting the traffic indication map in a beacon frame to the wireless client devices. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294262 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING INTERFERENCE AND COMMUNICATING INFORMATION - A wireless communications device operates in a system where communications resources may be used by multiple devices concurrently. A device, with an acquired set of recurring time intervals, selects, e.g., pseudo-randomly, an interval or intervals to be used as a combined data transmission and channel measurement time interval. The other time intervals in its set are to be used as data transmission time intervals. The combined use type interval facilitates the measurement of interference on the device's channel while still allowing the device to transmit some data during the interval. A combined use interval includes a first portion for data transmission and a second portion for channel measurement. In some embodiments, the first portion is fixed size and the second portion occurs at the very end of the interval. In some embodiments, the duration of the first portion is varied over time such that the channel measurement start time varies. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294263 | Method and Device for Monitoring Wireless Terminal Behavior According to Terminal Type - One or more embodiments of a method and device taught herein provide for monitoring wireless terminal behavior in a wireless communication network, where each wireless terminal has a defined terminal type. Data describing the behavior of a plurality of wireless terminals in the wireless communication network is obtained. Based on the obtained data, an aggregated severity score for a given terminal type is determined that is indicative of the extent to which one or more of a plurality of performance criteria have not been met by wireless terminals of the given terminal type. If the aggregated severity score for the given terminal type exceeds a corresponding severity score threshold, one or more of a plurality of predefined actions are performed based on the extent to which the threshold is exceeded. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294264 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING FEMTO NODE USERS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with classifying devices that communicate with a femto node for providing services thereto. In one example, a node is equipped to monitor and/or receive one or more parameters communicated by a device, assign a classification to the device related to a frequency of using the femto node based in part on the one or more parameters. In an aspect, the node is equipped to provide services to the device based on the classification. In another aspect, the node is equipped to provide the classification to one or more femto nodes, including the femto node, for providing services to the device. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294265 | POSITIONING METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a positioning method, device and system, which are applied to indoor WLAN positioning. A positioning server obtains location service information of APs in a set of APs to be measured; selects three APs to be measured in the set of APs to be measured according to a preset rule, and calculates a first coordinate of a terminal; if a calculated RSSI value of an unmeasured AP is not smaller than a difference between the measured RSSI value and a preset threshold, determines that signals of the unmeasured AP are not affected by reflection; and uses the first coordinate as a location coordinate of the terminal if all the three APs to be measured have been measured, thereby positioning the terminal. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294266 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A LOCATION OF A MOBILE STATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method for estimating a location of a mobile station includes transmitting a position request signal, including at least departure time information or an identifier of the mobile station, to an AP by synchronizing with the AP, receiving first position information, including at least a calculated first location of the mobile station or a calculated first distance between the mobile station and the AP and departure time information of a position response signal, from the AP, calculating a ToA of a signal between the mobile station and the AP based on the departure time information of the position response signal, calculating at least a second distance between the mobile station and the AP or a second location of the mobile station using the ToA, and determining a final location of the mobile station based on the first position information and at least the second distance or the second location. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294267 | DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A SET OF HARD-REAL TIME APPLICATIONS WITHIN A NETWORK - A data communication method for a set of hard real-time applications with an associated set of predefined network requirements (PNR) is provided. The method comprises configuring the physical layer of the network with a set of static modulation parameters (SMPs) to guarantee the PNRs are met at worst-case operating conditions for the network. The method further comprises measuring the current network performance within the network based on a given network performance monitoring schedule and, whenever the current network performance exceeds the PNRs by predefined amounts, adjusting the physical layer of the network by selecting a set of dynamic modulation parameters (DMP's) to increase the bandwidth availability within the network. Advantageously, the invention further allows for the allocation of the excess bandwidth to a set of non-hard real-time applications, whenever the current network performance exceeds the PNR. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294268 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION BASED ON ADAPTIVE TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) CONFIGURATIONS - A method for mitigating interference in a wireless network includes an eNodeB and/or a UE identifying interference. The eNodeB may identify the interfering TDD configurations based on a downlink signal of a neighboring eNodeB received during an uplink timeslot for a UE associated with the eNodeB. Likewise, the UE may identify an interfering UE based on an uplink signal received during a downlink timeslot for an eNodeB associated with the UE. The eNodeB performs interference management based at least in part on the identified interference. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294269 | TIME SPACE COHERENCE INTERFEROMETER - A time space coherence interferometer (TSCI) system is provided. In one embodiment of the present invention the TSCI system includes an interferometer in communication with an RF source and a receiver. The interferometer includes a first switch, a second switch, a transmit element, a receive element and a sequencer circuit, wherein the sequencer circuit is configured to alternate the first and second switches between first and second configurations. In a first configuration, the signal from the RF source is provided to the transmit element, where it is communicated to the receive element via a signal path, and provided to the receiver. In the second configuration, the signal from the RF source is provided to the receiver via a reference path. The switching sequence results in a complex ratio of the signal path signal to the reference path signal (e.g., an S21 transmission ratio) being provided to the receiver. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294270 | System and Method for Controlling Network Discovery - A method for discovering an access point of a communications system includes receiving an active scanning indicator, delaying transmission of a probe request of the station for a first amount of time in accordance with the active scanning indicator, and determining if the station is able to receive a matching probe request of a neighbor station during the first amount of time. The method also includes delaying transmission of the probe request for a second amount of time if the station is able to receive the matching probe request during the first amount of time, and determining if the station is able to receive a probe response corresponding to the matching probe request during the second amount of time. The method further includes transmitting the probe request if the station is not able to receive the probe response corresponding to the matching probe request during the second amount of time. | 2013-11-07 |
20130294271 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a mobile terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, and a communication control method, which allow control suitable for interference reduction in a layered network such as HetNet, and which support a next-generation mobile communication system. A mobile terminal apparatus has a receiving section ( | 2013-11-07 |