Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100290436 | CIRCUIT SERVICE TUNNELING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INTERWORKING SYSTEMS AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITIES THEREOF - A circuit service tunneling system is provided. The circuit service tunneling system has a first and a second mobile service network, and a user equipment. The first mobile service network provides packet-switched domain services and the second mobile service network provides circuit-switched domain services. An interworking system in the second mobile service network interconnects the first mobile service network with the second mobile service network, by connecting to a mobility management entity in the first mobile service network, to enable the first mobile service network to provide the circuit-switched domain service to the user equipment via the second mobile service network. | 11-18-2010 |
20100290437 | CIRCUIT SERVICE TUNNELING METHODS AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOF - A user equipment is provided with connection to a first mobile service network providing circuit-switched services. A first protocol module communicates with the first mobile service network. A circuit-switch tunneling control protocol module establishes a circuit-service tunnel to a second mobile service network providing packet-switched services. A circuit-switch tunneling data protocol module transmits a circuit-service tunneling message from the first protocol module to the second mobile service network via the circuit-service tunnel. | 11-18-2010 |
20100322070 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LOAD BALANCING MANAGEMENT - A mobile communication device for load balancing management is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module receives data communication services via a first service node and receives a plurality of system information messages from the first service node and a plurality of second service nodes, wherein each of the system information messages has a forward-link quality threshold corresponding to a respective service node. Also, a controller determines a traffic type of the data communication services and a signal indicator of the first service node, and determines whether the signal indicator is less than the forward-link quality threshold corresponding to the first service node. In response to that the signal indicator is less than the forward-link quality threshold corresponding to the first service node, the controller switches the data communication services from the first service node to one of the second service nodes according to the traffic type. | 12-23-2010 |
20110032924 | Apparatuses, Systems, and Methods for Managing Operation Status of Wireless Transmissions and Receptions - A mobile communication device for managing the operation status of wireless transmissions and receptions is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs the wireless transmissions and receptions. Also, in the mobile communication device, a controller module activates the wireless module to transmit a scheduling request message to the service network, and keeps the wireless module activated for the wireless receptions in a first predetermined period of time subsequent to the transmission of the scheduling request message. | 02-10-2011 |
20110051697 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Access Procedure Enhancements - A mobile communication device for access procedure enhancement is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network. Also, a controller module transmits an access probe to the service network via the wireless module, and retransmits the access probe in response to not receiving an acknowledgement of the access probe from the service network via the wireless module in a waiting period of time. The waiting period of time is determined according to a coherence-time related offset. The controller module further repeats the retransmission of the access probe until the acknowledgement of the access probe is received from the service network via the wireless module | 03-03-2011 |
20110299492 | Mobile Communications Devices and Transmission Methods for Transmitting Machine Type Communication Data Thereof - A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module for performing an enhanced access procedure is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a cellular station of a service network. The controller module transmits a random access preamble to the cellular station via the wireless module, receives a random access response message corresponding to the random access preamble from the cellular station via the wireless module, and transmits a scheduled transmission message including the MTC (machine type communication) data from the cellular station via the wireless module, in response to the random access response message. Then, the controller module completes the enhanced access procedure in response to receiving a contention resolution message from the cellular station via the wireless module. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300858 | Buffer Status Reporting Methods for Machine Type Communication Data Transmission and Related Mobile Communication Devices - A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module for performing a buffer status reporting procedure is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a cellular station of a service network. The controller module receives machine type communication (MTC) data, determines whether to trigger a buffer status report (BSR) according to a comparison result of the data size of the MTC data and a threshold value when the MTC data arrives at an empty transmission buffer, and if so, transmits the BSR to the cellular station via the wireless module. | 12-08-2011 |
20110300889 | Methods and Devices for Reducing Signaling Overhead - A method for reducing signaling overhead in user equipment (UE) connected to a base station is provided. The method includes: when the UE sends Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer messages to the base station, the UE compresses RRC layer messages and sends the compressed RRC layer messages to the base station; and when the UE receives the compressed RRC layer messages from the base station, the UE decompresses the compressed RRC layer messages received from the base station. | 12-08-2011 |
20110310769 | Methods and Apparatuses for Machine Type Communication - A Machine Type Communication (MTC) method for an MTC device to configure a plurality of MTC logical channels associated with an MTC application is provided The method comprises the steps of: configuring, in a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer, the MTC logical channels independently from a Common Control Channel (CCCH), a Dedicated Control Channel (DCCH), and a Dedicated Traffic Channel (DTCH), wherein the MTC logical channels include a Machine Type Communication Traffic Channel (MTCTCH) and a Machine Type Communication Control Channel (MTCCCH); carrying uplink and downlink traffic data dedicated for the MTC application executed by the MTC device in the MTCTCH; and carrying uplink and downlink control data dedicated for the MTC application executed by the MTC device in the MTCCCH. | 12-22-2011 |
20120039253 | DATA PROCESSING METHODS FOR PROCESSING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DATA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS THEREOF - A data processing method for a wireless communication system with a plurality of terminals, an intermediate device and a service network, the method comprising: sending a plurality of machine type communication (MTC) data flows from the plurality of terminals to the intermediate device; performing a data multiplexing operation by the intermediate device on the plurality of machine type communication data flows to generate a multiplexed data flow; and the service network receiving the multiplexed data flow. | 02-16-2012 |
20120082106 | System and Method for Allocating Physical Random Access Channel Resources - A system for allocating PRACH (Physical Random Access Channel) resources is provided in the invention. The system comprises a plurality of wireless terminals and a base station. The base station is configured to allow the plurality of wireless terminals to share an access slot comprising a plurality of M2M (Machine to Machine) preambles and a plurality of H2H (Human to Human) preambles, and configured to separate the plurality of M2M preambles from the plurality of H2H preambles. | 04-05-2012 |
20120117140 | CLASS IDENTIFICATION METHODS FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) APPLICATIONS, AND APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - A mobile communication device for application-based class identification is provided with a wireless module and a controller module. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network. The controller module determines a class of a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) application, and determines a priority level corresponding to the class of the M2M application. Also, the controller module initiates the M2M application via the wireless module according to at least one M2M parameter corresponding to the priority level. | 05-10-2012 |
20120149383 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A communication method and a communication device using the same method are proposed. The proposed communication method is adapted to a machine-to-machine communication device (M2M device) with low mobility, and includes following steps: reporting that the M2M device is low mobility to a communication network; reporting a sector, in which the M2M device is located, to the communication network; and transmitting a paging message only in the sector to the M2M device. | 06-14-2012 |
20120178444 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication method, an access network device and a communication device using the same method, and a communication system are proposed. According to an embodiment, the communication method can include following step. An access network device determines whether there is any femto cell within the coverage area thereof. when there is at least one femto cell within the coverage area thereof, the access network device obtains femto cell information of the at least one femto cell; and delivers the femto cell information to at least one terminal device within the coverage area thereof, where the femto cell information includes an indication of the at least one femto cell, at least one femto cell identifier and at least one carrier frequency of the at least one femto cell. | 07-12-2012 |
20130058277 | COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Communication transmission methods and systems are provided. Firstly, a base station is configured to set an indicator for determining whether a first wireless communication technology and a second communication technology are allowed simultaneously for transmissions by the base station. Then, a user equipment, is configured to receive a voice call by a user equipment from the base station and determine whether to answer the voice call using the first wireless communication technology or the second communication technology, when the first wireless communication technology and the second communication technology are not allowed simultaneously shown by the indicator. | 03-07-2013 |
20130182642 | COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Communication transmission methods and systems are provided. Firstly, a base station broadcasts a message to a user equipment, wherein the message includes a priority threshold value. Then, the user equipment compares a priority value of the user equipment with the priority threshold value. Then, an initiation of an access procedure of the user equipment is disabled when the priority value of the user equipment is below the priority threshold value. | 07-18-2013 |
20130265952 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, CELLULAR ACCESS STATIONS, AND OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHODS FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile communication device configured for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network, and a controller module receives a message with a Slot Cycle Index (SCI) only for the M2M communications from the service network via the wireless module and instructs the wireless module to monitor a paging channel according to the SCI only for the M2M communications. | 10-10-2013 |
20130265990 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SERVICE NETWORKS, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF A REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile communication device configured for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network, and a controller module receives a message with an extension registration period only for the M2M communications from the service network via the wireless module and periodically performs a registration procedure according to the extension registration period only for the M2M communications. | 10-10-2013 |
20130324122 | DEEP SLEEP IN 1X M2M DEVICES - A wireless apparatus including a machine-to-machine (M2M) device. The M2M device has an applications processing element, RF transceive elements, and a deep sleep controller. The applications processing element executes one or more functions corresponding to an M2M processing environment, and directs the transmission and reception of radio frequency (RF) messages. The RF transceive elements are operationally coupled to the applications processing elements and transmit and receive the RF messages over the one or more wireless communications links. The deep sleep controller is coupled to the applications processing element and the RF transceive elements, and directs the applications processing element to request a sleep time from a corresponding base station, and causes the M2M device to enter a deep sleep mode upon acceptance of the sleep time by the corresponding base station, where the deep sleep mode is entered by removing power from the RF transceive elements. | 12-05-2013 |
20140078883 | METHODS FOR RETRANSMITTING REVERSE LINK DATA AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method for retransmitting reverse link data practiced by a media access control layer, the method comprising: buffering a plurality of data frames encapsulated in a first access probe in a memory; obtaining information regarding data frames encapsulated in the first access probe that are successfully decoded by a telecommunication network; selecting the buffered data frames that are required to be retransmitted, according to the obtained information; and passing down the selected data frames to a physical layer, to encapsulate the selected data frames into a second access probe and transmit the second access probe to the telecommunication network. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078962 | METHODS FOR ACCESSING TO BASE STATION THAT USES SACK MECHANISM AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method for mobile station accessing to a base station in a wireless communication system that uses selective acknowledgement mechanism, comprising: transmitting, an access probe from the mobile station to the base station;
| 03-20-2014 |
20140078963 | METHODS FOR ACCESSING TO BASE STATION THAT USES SACK MECHANISM AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method for a mobile station to access to a base station in a wireless communication system that uses selective acknowledgement mechanism, comprising: transmitting, an access probe from the mobile station to the base station, the access probe including a plurality of data frames; setting, a vector in the mobile station based on a message received from the base station, wherein the message indicates parts of the plurality of data frames in the access probe are not decoded by the base station; passing, the parts of the plurality of data frames that are not decoded by the base station from a MAC layer of the mobile station to a PHY layer of the mobile station according to the vector; and sending, by the mobile station to the base station, the parts of plurality of data frames that are not decoded by the base station. | 03-20-2014 |
20140078984 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACCESS CONFIGURATIONS - A mobile communication device including a wireless module and a controller module is provided, and the mobile communication device is coupled to a cellular access station. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from the cellular access station. The controller module determines whether a GAPM has been received from the cellular access station via the wireless module and whether the mobile communication device supports an EACH, and if so, performs Tx operations on the EACH using a random access procedure with a message duration, and otherwise, if not, performs the Tx operations on an ACH using the random access procedure. Particularly, the GAPM includes a maximum message duration and a minimum message duration over the EACH, and the message duration is not greater than the maximum message duration and not less than the minimum message duration over the EACH. | 03-20-2014 |
20140105137 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSMISSION FOR A MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER - Communication system and method of data communication are provided. The method of data communication for a MAC layer includes initiating an access attempt; transmitting, by a mobile station, a probe to a base station (BS), wherein the probe includes header information and data frames; decoding the header information and the data frames; generating, by the BS, a SACK message; and transmitting the SACK message to the MS. | 04-17-2014 |
20140146793 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESS PROBE HANDOFF - A mobile communication device for access probe handoff is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a first cellular station and a second cellular station, and a controller module configures the mobile communication device to operate in a selective retransmission mode, and detects that a signal quality of the first cellular station is less than a predetermined threshold during an access sub-attempt to the first cellular station via the wireless module. Also, the controller module hands off the mobile communication device from the first cellular station to the second cellular station in response to detecting that the signal quality of the first cellular station is less than a predetermined threshold, and clears a physical layer buffer and restarts a selective acknowledgement (SACK) operation for the selective retransmission mode after the handoff of the mobile communication device. | 05-29-2014 |
20140308986 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THEREOF - Mobile communication devices and integrated circuits thereof are provided. The mobile communication device, communicating with a packet switched network and a second network, includes a transceiver, a first PLL circuit and a controller. When exchanging an ongoing data transmission with the packet switched network, the transceiver transmits a first message to the packet switched network, which indicates the mobile communication device will be tuned away from the packet switched network, and performs a subsequent procedure for the second network. The first PLL circuit provides a first clock to the transceiver. When the ongoing data transmission with the packet switched network is not completed, the controller controls the first PLL circuit to switch the first clock from a first clock frequency to a second clock frequency after the transceiver transmits the first indication message. | 10-16-2014 |
20150065129 | M2M DEVICES AND COMMUNICATION METHODS THEREOF - M2M devices and communication methods thereof are provided. The communication method is adopted by a M2M device, including: establishing a traffic channel with a base station; transmitting M2M data via the traffic channel; determining that the M2M device is going to be powered down; and transmitting power-down registration information via the traffic channel. | 03-05-2015 |