Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120184282 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Access to a Local Area Network - An apparatus, system and method for providing access to a local area network for user equipment operable in a wide area network such as a long term evolution cellular network. In one embodiment, the apparatus ( | 07-19-2012 |
20120184284 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A LOCAL AREA NETWORK - An apparatus, system and method for providing access to a local area network for a mobile station operable in a wide area network such as a Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”) network. In one embodiment, the apparatus ( | 07-19-2012 |
20130073671 | OFFLOADING TRAFFIC TO DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for offloading data to D2D communication links. The method may include processing information indicating at least one or more data locations representing at least one or more candidate locations where data is stored; determining at least one or more device locations representing one or more devices accessible by a wireless device-to-device communication link; determining, based on the one or more data locations and the one or more device locations, a local device from which to access the data; and accessing the data at the determined local device. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 03-21-2013 |
20130078924 | Frequency Band Selection - There is provided a method including obtaining, by a database entity, a-priori channel occupancy rate information of at least one channel from at least one of an entity of a primary system and an entity of a secondary system, wherein a database of the database entity includes information on white space channels, and availing the channel occupancy rate information to the secondary users in order to assist the secondary user to select a channel from the database. | 03-28-2013 |
20130223305 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POWER SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are. An example embodiment comprises: transmitting by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first message indicating an awake state with availability to receive wireless messages from the second wireless device; receiving by the first wireless device, an acknowledgement message from the second wireless device, including control information indicating a duration until a service period starts; and resuming a non-awake state by the first device when the control information indicates the duration satisfies a transition criterion. | 08-29-2013 |
20130223419 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POWER SAVING ENHANCEMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable power saving in network environments. An example embodiment comprises: transmitting by a first wireless device to a second wireless device, a first message indicating an awake state with availability to receive wireless messages from the second wireless device, the first message including a threshold value for acceptance by the first device of buffered data in the second device; and receiving by the first wireless device, an immediate acknowledgement message from the second wireless device, if the buffered data in the second device satisfies the threshold value or receiving by the first wireless device, a delayed acknowledgement message from the second wireless device, if the buffered data in the second device does not satisfy the threshold value. | 08-29-2013 |
20140050203 | Apparatus and Method for Radio Systems Co-Existence on Secondary Carriers - A mechanism for radio systems co-existence on secondary carriers may be of particular value to radio systems that that operating on the same bands as Wi-Fi™ (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or the like) or the bands of similar radio systems. A method providing such a mechanism may include operating Provide Wireless a first network node of a first radio network on a primary channel. The method may also include identifying a secondary channel for expanded operation of the first network node. The method may further include providing a second network node with an opportunity to capture the secondary channel. | 02-20-2014 |
20140334387 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROTECTING SHARED TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY - Embodiments of the invention provide signaling mechanisms for wireless networks composed of a large number of stations. An example method embodiment comprises: receiving, by a first apparatus, a request-to-send frame for a transmission opportunity from a second apparatus; transmitting, by the first apparatus, a first clear-to-send frame for a shared transmission opportunity to the second apparatus; receiving, by the first apparatus, a second clear-to-send frame as response to the first clear-to-send frame from a third apparatus; receiving a data frame from the second apparatus during the shared transmission opportunity; and forwarding the data frame to the third apparatus during the same shared transmission opportunity. | 11-13-2014 |
20140335871 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLING NAV PROTECTION FOR RESTRICTED ACCESS WINDOW - Embodiments of the invention provide signaling mechanisms for wireless networks composed of a large number of stations. An example method embodiment comprises: receiving, by a station in an access network, a frame from another station in the access network or from an overlapped access network, indicating time restrictions for reserving a wireless medium, the frame including an indication in a first portion of the frame, indicating the presence of the time restrictions for reserving the wireless medium; and decoding, by the station, at least a second portion occurring after the first portion of the received frame, to determine the time restrictions for reserving the wireless medium, in response to the indication. | 11-13-2014 |
20150071262 | Method and Apparatus for Signaling That Stations are Awake and Ready to Receive Data - A method, apparatus and software configured to compile a traffic indication message indicating downlink traffic is waiting for a plurality of users; and only for each nth ones of the users for which a response to the traffic indication message is received, the response identifying the nth user in a time period corresponding to a portion of the traffic indication message which indicates downlink traffic is waiting for that user, schedule the downlink traffic in each nth slot corresponding to the time period. A method, apparatus and software configured to determine that a received traffic indication message indicates downlink traffic is waiting for a particular user; map a portion of the traffic indication message, that indicates the downlink traffic is waiting for the particular user, to an uplink time period; and send, in the mapped uplink time period, a response indicating that the particular user is awake. | 03-12-2015 |