05th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140029381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING A CENTER OF A SEISMIC SOURCE - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for positioning a center of a seismic source. The method includes determining a desired center-of-source of the seismic source and selecting one of a first and a second plurality of guns to form the seismic source based upon the desired center-of-source, a center-of-source of the first plurality being different than a center-of-source of the second plurality. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029382 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING OPTIMIZED BOREHOLE ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS - A system and method for measuring a formation property in a wellbore is disclosed. In the method, an acoustic measurement tool is introduced into a wellbore. The acoustic measurement tool may include a transmitter and a plurality of sensors. At least one of the plurality of sensors may be positioned in a non-uniform spacing configuration. The transmitter may transmit energy into the formation. The plurality of sensors may measure energy received from the formation. Additionally, a time semblance of the formation may be determined using at least one time semblance algorithm generalized for non-uniform sensor spacing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029383 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIGRATION VELOCITY MODELING - A method of modifying a seismic image of a subsurface region includes identifying a location within the seismic image that includes a distortion, indicating a structural change associated with the distortion, that is selected to at least partially correct for the distortion, identifying a region causing the distortion in which corrections to a velocity model corresponding to the seismic image are to be applied, performing an inversion for the region in accordance with the indicated structural change, updating the velocity model on the basis of the inversion, and producing a modified seismic image on the basis of the updated velocity model. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029384 | USER INTERFACES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device comprises a transmitter | 2014-01-30 |
20140029385 | Method for operating a surroundings detection system of a vehicle having at least two transceiver units and surroundings detection system - A method for operating a surroundings detection system of a vehicle having at least two transceiver units, at least one transceiver unit emitting signals, and the at least two transceiver units receiving echo signals of the emitted signals, the echo signals being reflected by reflection sources situated in a detection range of the transceiver units. It is provided that received wave pulses and corresponding amplitude information are ascertained from the received echo signals, and upon receipt of the received wave pulses originating from at least two different reflection sources, an assignment of different received wave pulses of a first transceiver unit to different received wave pulses of a second transceiver unit is performed, taking into account the amplitude information, so that a spatial position of the at least two different reflection sources is ascertainable. Also described is a surroundings detection system and a computer program configured for performing the method. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029386 | Apparatus and Methods of Tuning and Amplifying Piezoelectric Sonic and Ultrasonic Outputs - An apparatus and method associated with amplifying piezoelectric sonic and ultrasonic outputs is presented which provides high power output from piezoelectric devices, especially at high ultrasonic frequencies, in open air, which mitigates or eliminates overheating of the piezoelectric devices when stimulated at or near their peak outputs for extended periods. In addition, the invention provides a means of amplifying a piezoelectric sonic and ultrasonic device if a desired output power exceeds a normal maximum capability of the piezoelectric device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029387 | ANALOG ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - An analog electronic timepiece comprising: a plurality of rotating display bodies; a gear train mechanism; a drive control unit; a detection unit; and a delay cycle counting unit, wherein the delay cycle counting unit adds 1 to the number of delay cycles in a case where it is determined, for each detection cycle of a predetermined reference display mode, that the first rotating display body is stopped during a rotation cycle of the first rotating display body based on detection results by the detection unit at a first timing and at a second timing, and the drive control unit rotationally moves the first rotating display body for a number of times, the number corresponding to the number of delay cycles, in a case where the first rotating display body is capable of operating at the first timing. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029388 | Electronic Timepiece with Internal Antenna - An electronic timepiece with internal antenna maintains sufficiently high reception performance of circularly polarized waves even when having a metal external case. A drive unit of the timepiece counts a time inside the external case. An antenna has a tubular-shaped side part, a bottom part that covers one of two openings of the side part, and a top part that contacts an inside surface of the side part inside the external case. The bottom part is a back cover of the external case, and the top part has a slot part. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029389 | ANTI-TRIP BALANCE SPRING FOR A TIMEPIECE - Anti-trip mechanism ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029390 | TIMEPIECE BALANCE SPRING - Balance spring ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029391 | TIMEPIECE DISPLAY MECHANISM - Timepiece movement ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029392 | TIMEPIECE FACEPLATE, AND ELECTRICAL TIMEPIECE EQUIPPED WITH SOLAR BATTERY - To provide a timepiece faceplate having appropriate light permeability with excellent aesthetic appearance having glittering property, and an electrical timepiece equipped with a solar battery, a timepiece faceplate of the invention includes a faceplate main body that has light permeability, and a glittering layer that is provided on either one of a front surface side and a back surface side of the faceplate main body and is configured by dispersing a glittering powder into a light permeable resin. The glittering powder is configured by laminating a metallic oxide film above one surface side of a plate shaped base material, which has light permeability, and the glittering powder is a lamination powder that an average grain diameter is more than 10 μm and less than 90 μm. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029393 | FASTENING OF A DIAL TO A TIMEPIECE BOTTOM PLATE - Timepiece assembly ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029394 | TIMEPIECE COMPRISING REMOVABLE ACCESSORIES, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING/REMOVING SAID ACCESSORIES - A timepiece includes a first and at least one second removable accessory, a locking system that is activated to rigidly connect the accessories to the timepiece and deactivated to detach the accessories from the timepiece, the locking system including a locking member that is movable between an operative position and an inoperative position for locking and unlocking the first accessory, respectively, a safety element which is automatically activated upon the unlocking of the first accessory, and which prevents the complete removal of the first accessory from the timepiece, and a blocking member for preventing the separation of at least one second accessory from the timepiece, the blocking member consisting of a functional portion of the first accessory. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029395 | Method and System for Recording Audio - An audio recording software program adapted to capture spontaneous extemporaneous performance after group recording. The software permits a user to suspend recording of some tracks while continuing recording of at least one track, to capture extemporaneous performances of musical phrases, especially vocal performances, which are often preferred in the extemporaneous utterance which are difficult to recapture. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029396 | HEAT ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE WITH PRE-HEATED WRITE ELEMENT - An apparatus includes a write element configured to apply a magnetic field to write data on a portion of a heat-assisted magnetic recording media in response to an energizing current. An energy source is configured to heat the portion of the media being magnetized by the write element. A preheat energizing current is applied to the write element during an interval before writing the data to the portion of the media. The preheat energizing current does not cause data to be written to the media and brings at least one of the write element and driver circuitry into thermal equilibrium prior to writing the data on the portion. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029397 | HEAT ASSISTED MEDIA RECORDING APPARATUS WITH COMPENSATING HEATER - An apparatus includes an optical pathway configured to deliver energy to heat a magnetic recording medium via a slider body. The optical pathway generates heat in the slider body when delivering energy to the magnetic recording medium. The apparatus includes a compensating heater with a thermal characteristic that matches a thermal characteristic of the optical pathway. The compensating heater is activated at least part of the time when the optical pathway is not delivering the energy to the magnetic recording medium. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029398 | SUSPENSION BOARD WITH CIRCUIT - A suspension board with circuit includes a conductive pattern, including a slider arranged on a surface side of the suspension board with circuit and mounted with a magnetic head, the magnetic head being electrically connected with the conductive pattern; and a light emitting device arranged on the back surface side of the suspension board with circuit and electrically connected with the conductive pattern, in which the conductive pattern includes a first terminal provided on a surface of the suspension board with circuit and electrically connected with the magnetic head; and a second terminal provided on the back surface of the suspension board with circuit and electrically connected with the light emitting device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029399 | OPTICAL DISK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - In an optical disk device, a technique for AC tilt correction with stability and following capability is provided in which, during an operation of a tracking servo mechanism, a lens shift amount obtained from a tracking control signal or a lens position error signal is measured for each of predetermined angles of rotation of an optical disk, and the measured values are averaged in a radial direction of the optical disk, and a tilt controller corrects an AC tilt based on the resulting average value. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029400 | Servo Processor Receiving Photodetector Signals - A focus servo system for an optical disk drive includes an optical pick-up unit comprising at least one photodetector. At least one analog to digital converter is configured to digitize signals received from the at least one photodetector. At least one processor is configured to execute a digital servo algorithm to process the versions of the digitized signals to calculate a focus error signal (FES) from the versions of the digitized signals and to indicate a focus open condition based on the FES and the versions of the digitized signals. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029401 | DISK DRIVE DEVICE - A front-end unit | 2014-01-30 |
20140029402 | Detection System Using Heating Element Temperature Oscillations - A data storage system includes a recording head and a compensating resistor. The recording head has a heating element. The compensating resistor is in electrical series with the heating element and is external to the recording head. A method includes applying an alternating current at a first angular frequency to a recording head. A voltage drop across the recording head heating element is measured. A component of the voltage drop is extracted. The component has a frequency that is three times the frequency of the first angular frequency. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029403 | OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING INFORMATION IN OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - An optical information recording medium | 2014-01-30 |
20140029404 | HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INCIDENT ANGLE OF REFERENCE BEAM - A holographic memory apparatus includes an optical detector which receives reflected light of reference beam from the surface of a hologram recording medium. An incident angle of the reference beam is estimated on the basis of information on a focused position on the optical detector. When the incident angle is different from a target incident angle, the incident angle of the reference beam is adjusted according to a difference between the incident angle and the target incident angle. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029405 | OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - In the optical information reproduction apparatus using Homodyne phase diversity detection, the S/N ratio of a reproduced signal is deteriorated due to the influence of a quantization noise generated in an A/D converter for digitalizing a differential signal. The optical information reproduction apparatus is arranged to have the A/D converter for digitalizing the differential signal having a vertical resolution equal to or higher than 9 bits. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029406 | Time Division Multiple Access Far End Crosstalk Channel Estimation - A method of far-end crosstalk (FEXT) channel estimation in a digital subscriber line (DSL) system, wherein the DSL system comprises a first subscriber line and a second subscriber line, the method comprising allocating a plurality of time slots, wherein the plurality of time slots comprises a first period and a second period, wherein the first period precedes the second period, and wherein each of the first and second periods comprises at least one time slot, transmitting at least one training symbol in the first period onto the second subscriber line in a downstream direction while no transmission is made on the first subscriber line, receiving at least one feedback symbol in the second period from the first subscriber line in an upstream direction, and estimating a level of downstream FEXT from the second subscriber line into the first subscriber line based on the at least one feedback symbol. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029407 | SELF TROUBLESHOOTING HOME ROUTER - A device detects DNS timeouts indicative of a connectivity problem, determines, after detection of the DNS timeouts, whether a reboot timer has expired prior to troubleshooting the connectivity problem, and reboots the device and collect error logs when the reboot timer has expired. The device determines whether the rebooting of the device has corrected the connectivity problem, and provides a request to perform a reset of the device when the rebooting of the device fails to correct the connectivity problem. The device receives, based on the request, an instruction to perform the reset of the device, resets the device based on the instruction, and determines whether the resetting of the device has corrected the connectivity problem. The device sends the error logs to the log server when either the rebooting of the resetting of the device corrects the connectivity problem. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029408 | TRANSMISSION-SIDE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RETRANMSISSION CONTROL METHOD - A retransmission control method of a transmission-side communication apparatus, which transmits a packet to a reception-side communication apparatus in a radio communication system that supports adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) and hybrid automatic retransmission control (HARQ), comprises: a step (S | 2014-01-30 |
20140029409 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING THE REROUTING OF LOGICAL CIRCUIT DATA IN A DATA NETWORK - An example method involves generating a table to store current reroute statistics based on rerouting of data from one or more logical circuits, when they have failed, to one or more logical failover circuits. The current reroute statistics include trap data received for the one or more logical circuits. The trap data includes a committed information rate. Each of the logical circuits and logical failover circuits is identified by a logical circuit identifier that is renamed until the one or more logical circuits have been restored. The table is updated to store updated reroute statistics that include updated trap data received for the one or more logical circuits. Generating the updated reroute statistics comprises detecting a change in a status of the one or more logical circuits by determining if a frame has been dropped. The frame is dropped when the committed information rate has been exceeded. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029410 | SOURCE DISCOVERY FOR NON-FLOODING MULTICAST USING OPENFLOW - Provided is a method of source discovery for non-flooding multicast using OpenFlow. A data packet is received from a source address on a network device. The data packet is routed from the network device to an OpenFlow controller. The OpenFlow controller identifies a rendezvous point (RP) of the network device, maps a random address to the source address in a port used for connecting with the rendezvous point (RP), generates a flow message containing a rule for handling the data packet, transmits the flow message to the network device and adds a flow entry in the network device based on the rule for handling the data packet. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SEAMLESS DATA TRANSMISSION - Seamless data transmission methods and apparatuses for seamless data transmission in ubiquitous health care environment are provided. The method to provide seamless data transmission includes receiving data collected by a sensor at a primary gateway; transmitting the data to a server; searching for backup gateways when the data transmission is interrupted; and selecting a backup gateway based on characteristics of the backup gateway. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ANYCAST MAC ADDRESSING IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM - An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for providing an anycast MAC addressing capability to a network. The anycast MAC address may be provided by creating and using virtual routing bridges, which in the network topology appear in front of service-providing nodes associated with the anycast MAC address. The physical routing bridges that neighbor the virtual routing bridge in the network are configured so as to provide the routing bridge functions to the virtual routing bridge, including propagating network topology information representing the virtual routing bridge to the rest of the network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RSVP HELLO SUPPRESSION FOR GRACEFUL RESTART CAPABLE NEIGHBORS - A system, method and apparatus adapting one or more routers or nodes in a network to operate in a first mode to exchange hello messages with neighboring nodes to indicate thereby active or live status, and to operate in a second mode to avoid the use of hello messages by opportunistically relying upon service or management protocols to convey active or live status. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029414 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING AND RESPONDING TO ERO EXPANSION FAILURE IN INTER-DOMAIN TE LSP - A system, method and apparatus for performing a constraint base shortest path computation (CSPF) in a manner excluding those nodes indicated as having failed an ERO expansion, the indication being provided via an error code within an RSVP path message associated with setup of an alternate LSP. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029415 | Relaying Information for an Unreliably Heard Utility Node - Data of a utility node that is unreliably heard may be relayed through another utility node. In some examples, utility nodes of a star network may attempt to transmit data to a collector, a repeater, a relay, a router, or a mobile device. When it is determined that a utility node is unable to reliably transmit data, a relay relationship may be established so that data of the unreliable utility node is relayed through the network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029416 | SEGMENT RECOVERY IN CONNECTION-ORIENTED NETWORK - A connection-oriented network has a working path and a segment recovery path for a segment of the working path. The working path has a branch node at an end of the segment where the segment recovery path connects to the working path. The branch node is not located at an end node of the working path. Control plane signalling is received at an end node of the working path from a node along the working path, indicating that a failure has occurred along the working path. The end node determines, from the received control plane signalling, if the failure has occurred outside the segment of the working path. When it is determined that the failure has occurred outside the segment of the working path, a notification is sent to the branch node. The notification is an instruction not to reroute to the segment recovery path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029417 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO REROUTE DATA IN A DATA NETWORK - An example method involves, when a first quality of service parameter for a failed logical circuit is equal to or less than a second quality of service parameter for a logical failover circuit, rerouting data from the failed logical circuit to the logical failover circuit without requiring authorization from a customer to communicate the data at the second quality of service parameter. When the second quality of service parameter for the logical failover circuit is a lower level of quality than the first quality of service parameter for the failed logical circuit: a customer is prompted for an authorization to communicate the data via the logical failover circuit at the second quality of service parameter; when the authorization is received, the data is rerouted from the failed logical circuit to the logical failover circuit; and when the authorization is denied, the data is not rerouted to the logical failover circuit. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING TRAFFIC FROM SUB-OPTIMAL PRIMARY P2MP TO STANDBY P2MP - A system, method and apparatus in which RSVP path messages are modified to indicate that a failed source-to-leaf (S2L) sub-LSP or path has switched (or is switching) to a bypass S2L sub-LSP or path via a local-protection mechanism. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029419 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS PROVIDING MVPN FAST FAILOVER - A system, method and apparatus of failover indication of a Multicast Virtual Private Networking (MVPN) P-Tunnel at a leaf provider equipment (PE) router. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) attributes may be adapted to associate a BFD discriminator with a P-Tunnel terminated at the Leaf PE router such that BFD session status may be used to indicate a tunnel failure condition. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC OFFLOADING BASED ON CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method that can increase network performance and user perceived service quality by allocating more radio resources to user data through a non-3GPP Access Network (AN) in a wireless communication system such as LTE is provided. Use of a 3GPP AN or a non-3GPP AN may be set in a user equipment or set according to a policy received from a policy server such as ANDSF. A scheme for dynamically updating and applying a policy according to user and AN conditions is provided. The scheme provides two approaches for determining whether to apply a policy according to user and the AN conditions. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029421 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT (CPE) IN A CONVERGED NETWORK - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically configuring customer premises equipment (CPE) in a converged network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein comprises a method performed at a mobility offload gateway that includes receiving cell site change notification message from a mobile network, determining, based on the change notification message, whether user equipment (UE) can be offloaded to a Wi-Fi network, and in response to determining that the UE can be offloaded, dynamically configuring consumer premises equipment (CPE) associated with the identified Wi-Fi network to support a predetermined quality of service (QoS) for the UE. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029422 | RATE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PACKET TRANSMISSION - User equipment in a communication system including a base station includes: a receiver which receives, from the base station, a rate control command to up, down or keep a maximum transmission rate of the user equipment and receives, from the base station, absolute information by which the maximum transmission rate of the user equipment is determined, wherein an initial maximum transmission rate is set in the user equipment prior to receiving the rate control command or absolute information. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029423 | Methods And Apparatuses For Automating Return Traffic Redirection To A Service Appliance By Injecting Traffic Interception/Redirection Rules Into Network Nodes - Methods and apparatuses for automating return traffic redirection to a service appliance by injecting forwarding policies in a packet-forwarding element are disclosed herein. An example method for automating return traffic redirection can include: establishing a communication channel between a service appliance and a packet-forwarding element; and transmitting an out-of-band message over the communication channel to the packet-forwarding element. The message can include a forwarding policy that requests the packet-forwarding element to forward predetermined packets to the service appliance. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029424 | Higher Layer Compression with Lower Layer Signaling - Methods and devices for reducing traffic over a wireless link through the compression or suppression of high layer packets carrying predictable background data prior to transportation over a wireless link. The methods include intercepting application layer protocol packets carrying the predictable background data. In embodiments where the background data is periodic in nature, the high layer packets may be compressed into low-layer signaling indicators for communication over a low-layer control channel (e.g., an on off keying (OOK) channel). Alternatively, the high layer packets may be suppressed entirely (not transported over the wireless link) when a receiver side daemon is configured to autonomously replicate the periodic background nature according to a projected interval. In other embodiments, compression techniques may be used to reduce overhead attributable to non-periodic background data that is predictable in context. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029425 | Method And Apparatus For Inter-Carrier Load Balancing - Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved inter-carrier load balancing. In one method, network equipment determines ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029426 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION BAND - A transmission apparatus includes: a frame transmitter configured to receive an asynchronous first frame transmitted via a first transmission network and arrange the received first frame to a second frame to transmit the arranged second frame to a second transmission network; a congestion detector configured to detect congestion that has occurred in an asynchronous transmission apparatus that receives the first frame via the first transmission network; and a band controller configured to control a transmission band of a path so as to reduce the transmission band of a path on the second transmission network corresponding to a path on which the congestion has occurred. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029427 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPENFLOW SWITCH WITHIN A NETWORK, AN OPENFLOW SWITCH AND A NETWORK - For allowing a very flexible scheduling of data flows within an OpenFlow (OF) switch a method for operating an OpenFlow switch within a network includes using the OpenFlow switch to direct arriving data flows out of different ports of the OpenFlow switch. The method is characterized in that a scheduling mechanism for performing at least one scheduling task is assigned to the OpenFlow switch, wherein a metric will be used to assign weights to the arriving data flows and wherein the data flows will then be scheduled based on the assigned weights and based on a scheduling policy. Further, a corresponding OpenFlow switch and a corresponding network are described, preferably for carrying out the above mentioned method. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029428 | Method and a system for transmitting pilot - The disclosure discloses a method for transmitting a pilot, which includes the step of: selectively transmitting or not transmitting a demodulation pilot in a subframe according to a setting, in a control signaling, of triggering or not triggering a demodulation pilot transmission in the subframe. A system for transmitting the pilot is further disclosed, which includes a pilot selectively transmitting unit configured to selectively transmit or not transmit a demodulation pilot in a subframe according to a setting, in a control signaling, of triggering or not triggering a demodulation pilot transmission in the subframe. The method and system of the disclosure are capable of reducing the pilot overhead and improving the capacity of the LTE/LTE-Advanced system. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029429 | ADAPTIVE LOAD BALANCING - Methods and systems for performing load balancing within an Ethernet network are provided. According to one embodiment, a set of paths is maintained by a first component of multiple components coupled in communication with a network. Each path is a loop-free switching path, reverse path learning network and the first component and a second component of the multiple components are connected through each path. A packet destined for the second component is received by the first component. On a packet-by-packet basis or on a per flow basis, the first component dynamically selects a particular path of the multiple of paths by selecting a virtual network of the set of virtual networks for transporting the received packet that tends to balance traffic load across the set of virtual networks. The first component causes the received packet to be transported through the network to the second component via the particular path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029430 | WAVEFRONT DETECTION AND DISAMBIGUATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - One or more flow control modules, implemented on various types of network topologies, provide a number of functionalities for controlling the flow of IP packets (such as TCP/IP packets) over a network connection. The flow control modules may be implemented within a sender and/or receiver or may be deployed into a network as a separate device without requiring significant additional resources. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029431 | CONCEPT FOR LOAD BALANCING IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A concept for balancing a load in a mobile communication network, comprising receiving | 2014-01-30 |
20140029432 | FEEDBACK-BASED TUNING OF CONTROL PLANE TRAFFIC BY PROACTIVE USER TRAFFIC OBSERVATION - In one embodiment, a management device may determine whether user traffic in a computer network is suffering from insufficient network resources. In response to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then trigger the computer network to reduce control plane traffic. In another embodiment, a network device may transmit control plane traffic into a computer network at a first rate. In response to receiving instructions to reduce control plane traffic due to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then transmit control plane traffic into the computer network at a reduced second rate. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029433 | SYMMETRIC TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITY (TXOP) TRUNCATION - Various embodiments of symmetric transmit opportunity (TXOP) truncation (STT) systems and methods are disclosed. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a frame that truncates a TXOP around a first station, and responsive to receiving the frame, sending a second frame that truncates the TXOP around a second station. Others system and method embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029434 | CONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A CONVERGED COORDINATOR - Methods and apparatus for a configurable architecture with a converged coordinator are described. The converged coordinator may have multiple radio transceivers or interfaces. The converged coordinator may communicate with a plurality of clusters or Personal Area Networks (PANs). The converged coordinator may include a protocol stack with a Convergence Layer and a Converged Medium Access Control (MAC) layer. The converged coordinator may perform channel switching to allow devices to switch from one channel to another (or from one PAN to another). The method may include active channel switching, passive channel switching, and group-based channel switching, as well as two-step active channel switching and one-step active channel switching. The converged coordinator may perform channel switching due to increased congestion or traffic in a particular cluster or PAN. The method may include new messages and fields within messages for use in channel switching. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029435 | QUALITY OF SERVICE HANDLING IN PACKET CORE AND RADIO NETWORKS - There is provided a serving node S) comprising processing means (CTRL_U | 2014-01-30 |
20140029436 | Method And Device For Optimizing The Routing Of A Stream - A method for optimisation of the routing of a flow exchanged between two nodes in an operator's telecommunications network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029437 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RELAY APPARATUS - An information processing system includes a relay apparatus configured to select a first route by an operation on the basis of a first address in a packet, and a computer configured to change, when congestion occurs in the first route, an address in the packet from the first address to a second address which causes the relay apparatus to select a second route having a destination the same as that of the first route by the operation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029438 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS CONFORMING PATH COST CRITERIA ACROSS MULTIPLE ABRs - A system, method and apparatus for adapting the operation of Area Border Routers (ABRs) in a network such that all ABRs use a common tie-breaking mechanism or process to select a particular path where equal cost multiple paths (ECMP) exist. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029439 | LONG TERM EVOLUTION TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND EVENT PLANNING - A network monitoring and configuration device may be configured in a network to receive condition data from devices across the network in order to perform network-wide reconfiguration to improve the service provided by the network. By analyzing data received from across the network regarding device utilization, link utilization, and other conditions, the network monitoring and configuration device may determine whether and how to redirect traffic, adjust delivery requirements, and re-provision network resources to improve service or avoid future service degradation. The network monitoring and configuration device may also receive data from external sources, such as emergency services providers, and use such data to further determine whether and how to configure the network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029440 | CARRIER AGGREGATION TESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A carrier aggregation testing method for a wireless communication system, includes the steps of allocating a primary component carrier between a User Equipment and a carrier aggregation testing apparatus being configured to act as a Base Station with regard to the User Equipment, allocating at least one functionally limited secondary component carrier between the User Equipment and the carrier aggregation testing apparatus, aggregating the at least one functionally limited secondary component carrier with the primary component carrier, executing a carrier aggregation test being based on a functionality of the at least one functionally limited secondary component carrier. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029441 | MULTI-HOP REFLECTOR SESSIONS - A method for measuring and reporting performance parameters in a network having at least one originator for generating test protocol data units, and multiple reflectors for relaying the test protocol data units along successive segments of a test path in the network. The method generates the test protocol data units at the originator and transmits the test protocol data unit along a test path that includes multiple reflectors. Each reflector relays the test protocol data unit to the next reflector along the test path. Measurements of performance parameters are collected from the multiple reflectors in the test protocol data unit by inserting timestamps into the test protocol data unit at the originator and each of the reflectors to identify the departure and arrival times for each test protocol data unit at the originator and each of the reflectors in both the downstream and upstream directions along the test path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029442 | AUTOMATIC SETUP OF REFLECTOR INSTANCES - A method of establishing a service operations administration and maintenance (OAM) session between an originator and a reflector in a communication network includes continuously monitoring, by the reflector, any test packets transmitted by the originator. The originator transmits to the reflector, at a time indicated by a first timestamp, a test packet. The reflector receives the test packet at a time indicated by a second timestamp and generates a unique flow identifier that identifies the reflector. The reflector transmits the test packet to the originator. The reflector assigns a sequence number to the test packet. The originator receives the test packet at a time indicated by a fourth timestamp. The reflector stores the unique flow identifier at least for the duration of the OAM session. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029443 | INTERPROVIDER VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK PATH IDENTIFICATION - An inter-provider virtual provider network path is identified by identifying a provider network provider edge router having a provider edge interface serving, obtaining routing information from the provider edge router, identifying, from the routing information, a remote customer edge interface of a customer edge router connected to the provider edge router by an intermediate service provider, and identifying the path and associated links between the identified provider edge interface and the identified remote customer edge interface. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029444 | TROUBLESHOOTING CLIENT ROAMING - In an example embodiment, a service that analyzes location information of a client as the client roams. For example, whenever a trigger event occurs, such as a change in the association state, a change in Internet Protocol (IP) address, etc., a determination is made whether the event was expected. If the event was not expected, the location of where the trigger event occurred can be determined enabling a network administrator to investigate roaming problems at a particular location. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029445 | ROUTING USING CACHED SOURCE ROUTES FROM MESSAGE HEADERS - In one embodiment, an intermediate node of a computer network can receive a message intended for a destination. The message can include a header indicating a source route. The intermediate node can determine a routing entry for a routing entry for the destination associated with a next hop based on the source route and cache the routing entry. The intermediate node can further receive a second message intended for the destination that does not indicate the next hop, and transmit the second message according to the cached routing entry. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029446 | INTERNET PACKET QUALITY MONITOR - A system for determining packet quality on an Internet protocol-based (IP-based) network includes a packet test device that traces multiple paths on the IP-based network to obtain node identifiers corresponding to nodes on each path, and an Internet quality monitor (IQM) that associates a quality metric with each path, and associates an identified link between nodes in a path with one of the quality metrics. A method for monitoring quality of data on an Internet protocol (IP)-based network includes deriving a network topology corresponding to a portion of the IP-based network, determining a quality metric associated with a path in the network topology, deriving a link in the path, and determining a quality metric associated with the link based on the quality metric associated with the path. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029447 | FORWARDING TABLES FOR HYBRID COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A hybrid device can apply forwarding tables associated with one or more other hybrid network devices of a hybrid communication network to control the entire transmission route of a frame scheduled for transmission. The hybrid device can use its forwarding table and a forwarding table of a destination hybrid device to determine a source network interface address, a destination network interface address, and a frame transmission route. The destination hybrid device can use forwarding tables associated with one or more hybrid network devices to determine whether to process or drop a received frame, whether the frame was previously received, and/or whether the frame was received on an incorrect network interface. The hybrid device can also use the forwarding tables to ensure that the frame comprises an appropriate link layer address and to select an appropriate transmission route based on analyzing link performance values associated with multiple transmission routes. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029448 | Method And Apparatus For Improved Signal Processing In Wireless Networks - Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved cooperation-based signal processing. In a first method, network equipment determines ( | 2014-01-30 |
20140029449 | Investigating the Integrity of Forwarding Paths within a Packet Switching Device - In one embodiment, the integrity of forwarding paths within a packet switching device is investigated. A packet switching device creates a probe packet. The packet switching device then communicates the probe packet within the packet switching device in a normal forwarding manner, while monitoring at multiple positions along forwarding paths through the packet switching device for the appearance of the probe packet. The traveling within the packet switching device of the probe packet, including as identified by the monitored positions, is analyzed to identify whether or not the probe packet was correctly forwarded at one or more locations within the packet switching device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029450 | Adaptive Antenna Pattern Management for Wireless Local Area Networks - The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for adaptive antenna pattern management for wireless local area networks. A network device comprising an adaptive antenna receives a coverage area description and a wireless coverage objective for a wireless network. The network device also scans a plurality of channels in a plurality of directions to detect signal levels from one or more other network devices in the wireless network. The network device can then coordinate wireless signal coverage with the one or more other network devices based at least on the coverage area description, the wireless coverage objective, and the detected signal levels. Specifically, the network device may accomplish such coordination by switching or reshaping the adaptive antenna patterns based on adaptive antenna patterns of other network devices in the wireless network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029451 | MONITORING VIRTUALIZED NETWORK - A method of monitoring virtualized network includes receiving information regarding the virtualized network, wherein the information is received at a port of a network switch appliance, receiving a packet at a network port of the network switch appliance, and using the received information to determine whether to process the packet according to a first packet processing scheme or a second packet processing scheme, wherein the first packet processing scheme involves performing header stripping, and performing packet transmission to one of a plurality of instrument ports at the network switch appliance after the header stripping, each of the instrument ports configured for communicatively coupling to a network monitoring instrument, and wherein the second packet processing scheme involves performing packet transmission to one of the plurality of instrument ports at the network switch appliance without performing any header stripping. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029452 | NETWORK FLOW ANALYSIS - In an example network flow analysis, sample packets can be received from a stream of packets over a time interval from a network element. The sample packets can be aggregated into a subclass of packets. A sample pool size of the stream of packets in the time interval, a number of sample packets received over the time interval, and a number of sample packets aggregated into the subclass of packets can be determined. An effective sampling ratio (ESR) from the sample pool size of the stream of packets in the time interval and the number of sample packets received over the time interval can be calculated. An extrapolated flow for the subclass of sample packets can be calculated by multiplying the ESR by the number of sample packets aggregated into the subclass of packets. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029453 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LINK MEASUREMENT OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of link measurement of a wireless communication link. For example, a wireless communication unit may communicate a link measurement request frame between an initiator station and a responder station; may communicate a first link measurement report frame in response to the link measurement request frame, the link measurement report frame including link information determined by the responder station with respect to a wireless communication link between the initiator station and the responder station; and/or may communicate a second, unsolicited, link measurement report frame including link information determined by the initiator station with respect to the wireless communication link. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) by a CQI transmission apparatus in a communication system is provided. The method includes generating a CQI based on a CQI metric generated using a CQI_offset compensation value, and transmitting the CQI to a CQI reception apparatus, wherein the CQI_offset compensation value is generated using a CQI_offset and wherein a CQI_offset control value, and the CQI_offset is generated using Acknowledgement (Ack)/Non-Acknowledgement (Nack) information for a transmitted transport block. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION BY A USER EQUIPMENT IN IDLE AND/OR CONNECTED MODE - A method and apparatus for determining available downlink bandwidth are described. The described aspects may include estimating an available link capacity of a cell for a user equipment. The described aspects may include estimating an available fraction of cell resources for the user equipment. The described aspects may include estimating available bandwidth of the cell for the user equipment as a function of the estimated available link capacity and the estimated available fraction of cell resources. Available bandwidth may be estimated for a cell in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) system when the user equipment is in an idle mode and/or a connected mode. Available bandwidth may be estimated for a cell in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system when the user equipment is in an idle mode and/or a connected mode. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029456 | INTERFERENCE ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF ePDCCH TRANSMISSIONS - A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes determining, for each resource element group of a resource block pair, whether an interfering control channel is present on the resource block pair. The determination may be based on whether estimated power of the resource element groups varies among two or more resource element groups. The method also includes estimating the interference on the resource block pair based on the determination. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029457 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REPORTING WIMAX PARAMETER - A computerized method reports world interoperability for microwave access (WIMAX) parameters of a communication device to a network server. An initial value of each of the WIMAX parameters of the communication device is recorded in a file, the file having a predetermined format. When there is a change in a value of any WIMAX parameter, the data stored in the file is updated. When a parameter diagnosis command is received from the network server, the value of each of the WIMAX parameters stored in the file is reported to the network server through a network. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029458 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING COORDINATED MULTI-POINT (COMP) MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION - A mobile communication device is provided with a wireless module and a controller module. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a cellular station. The controller module configures a plurality of Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS) resources according to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message received from the cellular station via the wireless module, and receives a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) from the cellular station via the wireless module. Also, the controller module adds or removes one of the CSI-RS resources to or from a measurement set for Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) according to the MAC CE. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for discontinuous reception in multiple component carrier system are provided. A method for a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation by a half-duplex UE in multiple component carrier system includes identifying whether a current subframe is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) subframe; perform PDCCH monitoring on the identified PDCCH subframe during an active time of a DRX cycle; and counting a DRX-related timer included in the active time in the identified PDCCH subframe. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029460 | CHANNEL AND NOISE ESTIMATION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A channel and noise estimation method includes: performing channel estimation on a received signal to obtain a real channel estimation value; filtering the real channel estimation value to obtain a filtered channel estimation value; calculating a biased noise power value, a biased signal power value, a biased noise correlation and a biased signal correlation according to the filtered channel estimation value; calculating an unbiased noise power value, an unbiased signal power value, an unbiased noise correlation and an unbiased signal correlation according to the biased noise power value, the biased signal power value, the biased noise correlation and the biased signal correlation. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029461 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING A BEAM-FORMING NETWORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPATIALLY MULTIPLEXED WIRELESS SIGNALS - Various methods and systems for combining the capabilities of beam-forming networks together with the benefit of using spatially multiplexed wireless signals. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029462 | System and Method For Monitoring Network Link Quality - Monitoring network link quality in a telecommunications network which includes a plurality of intermediate network elements connected to network links via which communications sessions are conducted between respective terminating devices. A communications session comprises signaling procedures relating to the control of the session and media transfer procedures for transmitting media content via a media path established using at least part of the procedures. The established media path includes media path legs which are each established between respective media path leg endpoints connected via a network link. One or more endpoints of a media path leg is determined from at least part of the procedures. The determined one or more endpoints includes a media path leg endpoint at an intermediate network element. Reporting data is generated that comprises data identifying the determined one or more endpoints. The reporting data is transmitted to an analysis system for network link quality analysis. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029463 | METHOD FOR REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed are a method for reporting channel quality information and a device thereof, the method comprising: according to configuration information of a CSI-RS, a user equipment measuring the CSI-RS to acquire a downlink channel transmission matrix; according to a PDSCH transmission scheme used as a basis when determining a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), and according to the measured downlink channel transmission matrix, the user equipment determining the CQI of a frequency domain reporting unit; and the user equipment reporting the determined CQI to a network side. Through the present invention, the measurement and reporting of the channel quality information based on the CSI-RS is implemented based on transmission of non-PMI feedback. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029464 | Apparatus And Methods For Signal Reception Based On Network Load Estimations - Methods and apparatus for correcting quantization errors in signal reception based on estimated network loading including solutions for preserving cellular network performance in low noise, high interference environments. In one embodiment, a data channel is amplified with respect to other signals based on network load during periods of relatively low network utilization. Dynamic modification of the data channel's power level is configured to overcome quantization errors, rather than the true noise floor (which is insignificant in low noise environments). Such solutions provide both the fidelity necessary to enable high degrees of unwanted signaling rejection, while still preserving data channel quality. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029465 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention is designed to provide a mobile terminal apparatus, a radio base station apparatus and a radio communication method which, even when a MIMO technique and a CoMP technique are applied together, can optimize the effects of both techniques. The mobile terminal apparatus estimates downlink channel states using reference signals included in downlink signals from a plurality of cells, determines the PMI for each cell and inter-cell phase difference information, from the channel states of the plurality of cells, such that the combinations of the PMI of each cell and inter-cell phase difference information become optimal, measures channel quality from the determined PMIs and inter-cell phase difference information, and transmits the PMI for each cell, the inter-cell phase difference information and channel quality information, to a radio base station apparatus. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029466 | MANAGEABILITY TOOLS FOR LOSSLESS NETWORKS - Manageability tools are provided for allowing an administrator to have better control over switches in a lossless network of switches. These tools provide the ability to detect slow drain and congestion bottlenecks, detect stuck virtual channels and loss of credits, configure hold times on edge switches to be different from hold times on core switches, and mitigate severe latency bottlenecks. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029467 | ZONING RECORD UPDATE - An example first switch includes a zoning manager module to store a record comprising zoning information of a serial attached SCSI (SAS) fabric. The zoning manager module updates the record based at least in part on received zone modification information to create an updated record. The zone manager module distributes the updated record to at least a second switch in the SAS fabric, wherein the first switch and the second switch are in a stacked configuration. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029468 | Adaptive Access Point Database Management - Method and system for providing information of an access point database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing information of an access point database comprises receiving a request to access an access point database from a mobile client, generating a segment of the access point database in accordance with at least an application requirement of the mobile client, and providing the segment of the access point database to the mobile client. The application requirement of the mobile client comprises precision level requested by the mobile client, and cache level of the mobile client. The method of generating a segment of the access point database comprises at least one of: generating the segment of the access point database in real-time, and providing the segment of the access point database previously generated and stored in the access point database. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029469 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - A node transmits a route search demand, which is a demand to search for a route from the node to a predetermined device among adjacent communication devices, to an adjacent communication device that is not selected as a transmission destination of the route search demand. The node transmits the route search demand when the number of adjacent communication devices serving as confirmed routes is smaller than a predetermined number and when there is an adjacent communication device that has not been selected. The node stops transmission of the route search demand when the number of the adjacent communication devices serving as the confirmed routes reaches the predetermined number. The node transmits a warning to the predetermined device when the number of the adjacent communication devices serving as the confirmed routes is smaller than the predetermined number and when there is no adjacent communication device that has not been selected. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029470 | Topology Aware MANET For Mobile Networks - Systems and methods provide adaptability in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), based on an existing protocol, such as adaptive hybrid domain routing (AHDR). The systems and methods are especially suited for fast changing topologies that may change after a reactive route discovery has been completed. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029471 | NETWORK-ASSISTED PEER DISCOVERY - Techniques for transmitting information in a long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication network are disclosed. A base station may receive a first user equipment (UE) expression and first UE location information of a UE seeking peers. The base station may also receive a second UE expression and second UE location information of at least one of the peers. In accordance with the first and second UE expressions and the first and second UE location information, the base station may match ones of the peers proximate to the UE. The base station may transmit, using a data exchange efficiency technique, information to alert the UE to the presence of the peers. This transmission may comprise wide area network (WAN)-specific signaling. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029472 | PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION AND INTERACTIVE DEVICE FOR INTERNET-BASED TEXT AND VIDEO COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The present invention is directed to a method and device for assigning a telephone number to a browsing session and for providing physical location information to a public safety answering point in association with a web-based chat or relay session. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEW SUBSCRIBER ACCESS TO TELEPHONY FEATURES - A method and apparatus for gaining access to communication services includes receiving an initial inquiry for communication service access, collecting equipment information based upon the initial inquiry, sending a non-voice communication to said equipment and receiving a request from said equipment to obtain communication service access. The apparatus includes a system having one or more controllers for performing communication service access. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029474 | VOIP SERVICE WITH STREAMLINED CONFERENCING OPTIONS - In at least some embodiments, a system includes at least one server to manage voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. The managed VOIP services provided by the at least one server include streamlined conferencing service to add a mobile device to a VOIP conferencing session based on a streamlined conferencing command received from the mobile device. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029475 | MOBILE APPLICATION PROCUREMENT AND CONFIGURATION OPTIONS FOR VOIP SERVICE - In at least some embodiments, a system includes at least one server to manage voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. The managed VOIP services provided by the at least one server include a procurement service configured to streamline configuration of at least some of the VOIP services for a mobile device during a signup session based on a VOIP services signup session token. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING A STREAM OF DATA PACKETS VIA MULTIPLE COMMUNICATIONS CHANNELS - Systems and methods of preventing an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as carrying a voice over Internet protocol telephony communication can make use of encryption techniques to prevent the Internet service provider from examining the content of the data packets. Also, multiple communications channels may be established between a telephony device and elements of an IP telephony system. A stream of data packets bearing the media of an IP telephony communication is then separated into sub-streams, and each sub-stream is sent through a different one of the communications channels. This prevents an Internet service provider from identifying a stream of data packets as bearing the media of an IP telephony communication based on a pattern in the data traffic. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029477 | DELIVERING TIME SYNCHRONIZED ARBITRARY DATA IN AN RTP SESSION - The disclosure relates to wireless communications. An aspect generates a plurality of packets of data, each packet comprising a header and a payload of media data, receives opaque data related to a payload of at least one packet, and embeds the opaque data in an extension header of the at least one packet. An aspect receives a plurality of packets of data, each packet comprising a header and a payload of media data, and receives opaque data related to a payload of at least one packet, the opaque data embedded in an extension header of the at least one packet. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029478 | VOIP SERVICE WITH STREAMLINED CALL TRANSFER OPTIONS - In at least some embodiments, a system includes at least one server to manage voice over internet protocol (VOIP) services. The managed VOIP services provided by the at least one server include a telephony service to establish a calling phase between an initiator device and a mobile target device in response to a call command received from the initiator device, and a streamline call transfer service to transfer a call from the mobile target device to a transfer target device in response to a one-touch transfer command received from the mobile target device during the calling phase. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029479 | DUPLEX OPERATION IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A cellular communication system comprises a first base station serving at least a first user equipment. The base station comprises functionality for transmitting a base station duplex capability message to user equipments using a transmission format which is common to a plurality of duplex modes. A first user equipment comprises a transceiver which receives the base station duplex capability message. A RACH characteristics processor determines at least one transmit characteristic for an access message in response to the base station duplex capability message and a RACH transmit controller controls the transmission of an access message to the first base station in response to the at least one transmit characteristic. | 2014-01-30 |
20140029480 | TRANSCEIVER FILTER AND TUNING - A radio transceiver including a transmitter and a receiver. A filter coupled to an output of the transmitter, the filter has one or more inductors and one or more capacitors, where the filter is tuned by varying one or more capacitance values of the one or more capacitors in the filter to tune the filter. The one or more capacitors are Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) ceramic integrated capacitors that are each tuned by application of a bias voltage thereto. A filter tuner circuit is configured to apply the bias voltage to the one or more capacitors, where the bias voltage is initially established as a stored initial value, and where the bias voltage is refined by a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller configured to optimize a power within the transceiver. This abstract is not to be considered limiting since various implementations may incorporate more, fewer or different elements. | 2014-01-30 |