06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090034465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIMENSIONING SCHEDULING ASSIGNMENTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for performing Scheduling Assignments (SAs) for User Equipments (UEs) at a base station of a communication system by accounting for the different operating conditions UEs may experience or for the different data rates or data packet sizes UEs may require. This reduces a total size of SAs by introducing compact SAs, in addition to full SAs. For compact SAs, the range for the resource allocation or for the spectral efficiency of the signal transmission is restricted or some fields that exist in the full SA are eliminated without adversely impacting scheduling flexibility or system throughput. By reducing the total size of SAs through the use of compact SAs, the corresponding control signaling overhead is reduced, which improves system throughput, improves scheduling flexibility, or improves coverage. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034466 | Arrangement And Method For Extended Control Plane Signalling In A High Speed Packet Data Communication - The present invention relates to a base station arrangement ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034467 | Allocation of periodically distributed frames of wireless communication - Methods of allocating a plurality of periodically distributed frames of communication between a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver are disclosed. One method includes detecting periodic data for transmission between the wireless base station and the wireless mobile unit. A transmission map that maps frequency and time slots is generated for transmission of the data packets. Allocation information is included within less than all of a plurality of transmission maps of the plurality of periodically distributed frames. The allocation information designates frequency and time slots in which data packets identified as a periodic data type are transmitted to the second wireless transceiver for the plurality of periodically distributed frames. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034468 | Time-Sharing of Sounding Resources - This invention is a method for time-sharing sounding resources. A first embodiment defines one common sounding period for all user equipment and all sounding resources. A second embodiment allows for different sounding periods so long as each individual sounding resource uses only one sounding period. A third embodiment offers the most flexibility in sharing of the sounding resources by permitting changes in time. The first option is a special case of the second option. The second option is a special case of the third option. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING TARGET CELL BY USING MULTIMODE-MULTIBAND TERMINAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed is a method for searching for a target cell by using a multimode-multiband terminal in mobile communication environments, in which a mobile communication system improves a handover success rate and communication quality by reducing time required for searching for the target cell, the mobile communication system including a CDMA-2000 system and a WCDMA system, the CDMA-2000 system including a base-station transmission system and a base station controller and providing a CDMA-2000 service to a terminal requesting access, the WCDMA system including an RTS and an RNC and providing a WCDMA service to the terminal requesting the access. The method including: (a) receiving WCDMA signals transmitted from the WCDMA system through a WCDMA modem in order to measure an E | 2009-02-05 |
20090034470 | FORWARDING BROADCAST/MULTICAST DATA WHEN WIRELESS CLIENTS LAYER 3 ROAM ACROSS IP SUBNETS IN A WLAN - In a network comprising a first subnet comprising a first WLAN associated with a home wireless switch a second subnet comprising a second WLAN associated with a first current wireless switch and a third subnet comprising a third WLAN associated with a second current wireless switch, methods are provided for forwarding a Broadcast/Multicast (BCMC) packet generated by a first wireless client device when the first wireless client device roams from the first subnet to the second subnet and a second wireless device roams from the first subnet to the third subnet. Other methods are provided for forwarding a BCMC packet generated by a wired host to a first wireless client device when the first wireless client device roams from the first subnet to the second subnet and to a second wireless device when the second wireless device roams from the first subnet to the third subnet. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034471 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDOFF BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system for operating a standalone client in a dual-mode mobile communications device to hand off a call between first and second wireless networks operating under different communications protocols, using SIP and ISUP signaling. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034472 | System and Method for Handing Over Sessions Between Networks - A system comprising a component to assign a unique session identifier to each of a plurality of sessions between a wireless device and a correspondent node. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034473 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING MOBILE TERMINAL AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD - A mobile communication system includes a plurality of base station apparatuses; and a mobile terminal configured to perform HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) communication between the mobile terminal and the plurality of base station apparatuses. The mobile terminal has a receiving section configured to receive HS-SCCH (High Speed Shared Control Channel) signals from the base station apparatus as a source of handover and the base station apparatus as a destination of the handover at a same time. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034474 | Method and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of uplink transmission time - Systems and methods for dynamically adjusting the transmission time interval (TTI) for a communications system are presented. The described aspects provide for dynamically adjusting the TTI in a communication session between a base station or nodeB and a wireless device or user equipment between a shorter TTI, which can provide increased data throughput and lower power consumption, and a longer TTI, which can provide more rugged communication link connections. By dynamically adjusting the TTI, the communications link can be optimized for the given communication channel conditions. Determinations, based on indicia related to the communications system conditions, can be employed in dynamic TTI adjustment. These determinations can be formed centrally at the Radio Network Controller (RNC), at the RNC supplemented with user equipment (UE) available information, or formed in a distributed manner between the RNC and UE across a communications system. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034475 | Soft Handoff Using A Multi-Beam Antenna System - A method for providing soft handoff between antennas in a multi-antenna system is provided according to some embodiments of the disclosure. A first packetized digital data stream may be received from a satellite using a first antenna and the data stream may include a plurality of packets that each include a header and data. The data may be provided, forwarded or stored in memory. In the meantime, a second packetized digital data stream is monitored. The second packetized digital data stream may be received from the satellite using a second antenna. The phase difference between the first packetized digital data stream and the second packetized digital data stream may be determined and added or subtracted from the second packetized digital data stream. The second packetized digital data stream may then be provided, forwarded or stored in memory. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034476 | PACKET DATA CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL PROCEDURES - Method and an apparatus for activating a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) reordering in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) which receives a handover command message, resets a radio link control (RLC) entity of the WTRU, collects a PDCP sequence number (SN) and a range of the SN of out-of-sequence service data units (SDUs), reports the PDCP SN to a radio resource control (RRC) layer of the WTRU, transmits a handover confirm message along with a first unacknowledged PDCP SN uplink (UL), and activates the PDCP reordering based on the PDCP-SN-UL is disclosed. The WTRU includes PDCP entity including a control plane (C-plane) and a user plane (U-plane). Also, a robust header compression (RoHC) entity, a user ciphering entity, and an entity for the user plane data/control is also described. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034477 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE IN MEDIA ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Terminal devices F and G store statistical information related to interference from an external communication system, and notify the stored statistical information to a master station E. The master station E determines the terminal device G as a candidate station for a master station capability handover destination based on collected statistical information. The master station E requests to hand over a master station capability to the terminal device G. If it is determined that the terminal device G accepts handover of the master station capability, the terminal device G starts to act as the master station. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034478 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING DATA TO A MOBILE DEVICE USING PLURAL ACCESS POINTS - A system and method for providing connectivity between mobile devices and access points of a network without redundant solicitation of communication by the mobile device at each access point is described. The method involves receiving a data packet at a first access point in a control group; transmitting the data packet from the first access point to the mobile device; determining if the mobile device acknowledges receipt of the data packet; responsive to determining that the mobile device failed to acknowledge receipt of the data packet, forwarding the data packet to a second access point; and transmitting the data packet from the second access point to the mobile device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034479 | Network system, control method, and gateway - To prevent a packet loss during hand over, provided is a network system including: a gateway coupled with a wired network; and at least two base stations coupled with the gateway over the wired network and providing a wireless access method, in which the gateway is configured to: calculate, for each of the at least two base stations, a delay in information transmission between the gateway and each of the at least two base stations; choose a maximum delay from among the calculated delays of each of the at least two base stations; calculate, as a delay difference of each of the at least two base stations, a difference between the chosen maximum delay and the delay of each of the at least two base stations; and notify each of the at least two base stations of the calculated delay difference of each of the at least two base stations. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034480 | Adaptive antenna system signal detection - A system and method for processing signals in a communication system is disclosed herein. The system and method comprises processing steps and processing logic for generating a downlink subframe comprising a preamble and a plurality of data bursts within a predetermined frequency band; embedding first and second sets of downlink subframe parameters in the downlink subframe; transmitting the downlink subframe; receiving the downlink subframe; processing data in the preamble to obtain channel quality indicator (CQI) information; and using the CQI information to select either the first set or set second set of downlink subframe parameters to process the data bursts in the downlink subframe. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034481 | CODE SEQUENCE TRANSMISSION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTER, AND RECEIVER - A code sequence transmission method capable of improving system throughput and user throughput by improving power utilization efficiencies of a control channel and a data channel including a plurality of signals having different required qualities is provided. In a mobile station, a bit sequence of a TFCI is transmitted within one frame a plurality of times repeatedly the bit sequence of each TFCI is multiplied by one bit of a bit sequence of an SI, a multiplication result is transmitted. It is thereby possible to transmit both the TFCI and the SI without providing a signal field of the SI in each frame. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034482 | Cell search operations using Multibranch PSYNC detection module - A wireless terminal is operable to receive a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal from a base station and includes clock circuitry, a wireless interface, and a Primary Synchronization (PSYNC) module. The clock circuitry generates a wireless terminal clock using a wireless terminal oscillator. The wireless interface receives the WCDMA signal, which is produced by the base station using a base station clock that is produced using a base station oscillator that is more accurate than the wireless terminal oscillator. The PSYNC module includes a plurality of PSYNC correlation branches. Each PSYNC correlation branch phase rotates the WCDMA signal based upon a respective frequency offset, correlates the phase rotated WCDMA signal with a Primary Synchronization Channel (PSCH) code over a plurality of sampling positions, and produces PSYNC correlation energies based upon the correlations for each of the plurality of sampling positions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034483 | Methods for detecting acknowledgement channels using probabilities - A first transceiver determines whether a second transceiver has properly decoded at least one of a received data packet and control information associated with the corresponding data packet based on an estimated probability. The estimated probability is indicative of whether the second transceiver has properly decoded at least one of the data packet and associated control information. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034484 | Synchronization channel noise power estimation - Apparatus and method to process a pilot channel and a synchronization channel to obtain a combined noise estimate of the pilot channel and the synchronization channel that is synchronized to the pilot channel. The combined noise estimation is processed to determine a first noise component for a period when both the pilot channel and the synchronization channel are present. Then, the combined noise estimate is processed to determine a second noise component for a period when only the pilot channel is present. Next, the second noise component is subtracted from the first noise component to derive a noise estimation for the synchronization channel. The technique may be applied to the Common Pilot Channel (CPICH), and the Synchronization Channel (SCH) defined in a 3 | 2009-02-05 |
20090034485 | Method and Apparatus for Improving Continuous Packet Connectivity in a Wireless Communications System - A method of improving CPC for a UE in a wireless communications system includes receiving a reconfiguration message, determining the content of a second information element, abbreviated to IE, included in a first IE when the first IE is included in the reconfiguration message, wherein the first IE is used for indicating timing information of a discontinuous transmission and discontinuous reception, abbreviated to DTX-DRX, operation and the second IE is used for selecting a timing of the DTX-DRX operation, and using the content of the first IE without storing the content of the first IE when the content of the second IE is a new timing. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034486 | WIRELESS BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The wireless base station | 2009-02-05 |
20090034487 | HARQ PROCESS RESTRICTION AND TRANSMISSION OF NON-SCHEDULED CONTROL DATA VIA UPLINK CHANNELS - The present invention relates to a method and mobile terminal for performing a data allocation process for scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data obeying restrictions on the resource utilization defined by a scheduling grant and at least one non-scheduled grant. Further, the invention relates to a method for transmitting control signaling from a network entity in a radio access network of a mobile communication system controlling the radio resources of mobile terminals to at least one of said mobile terminal and the network entity in a radio access network. In order to reduce the delays to control signaling implied by a conventional HARQ process restriction mechanism the present invention suggests a new categorization of uplink data into scheduled data, non-scheduled user data and non-scheduled control data and a new HARQ process restriction mechanism disabling certain HARQ processes for non-scheduled user data only. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034488 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND DATA RETRANSMISSION METHOD OF THE SAME - A base station apparatus of this invention includes a buffer ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034489 | Long Range Scheduling for Directional Antenna Manet Networks - Method and apparatus for scheduling time division multiple access (TDMA) communications among a plurality of peer nodes arranged to form a wireless ad hoc mobile network. The peer nodes communicate with each other using directional antennas and a TDMA process. The method includes a scheduling process for scheduling at least one transmit time slot during which a first one of the plurality of peer nodes transmits wireless data to a second one of the plurality of peer nodes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034490 | Generation of Quality Metrics using Multibranch PSYNC detection module - A wireless terminal is operable to receive a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal from a base station and includes clock circuitry, a wireless interface, and a Primary Synchronization (PSYNC) module. The clock circuitry generates a wireless terminal clock using a wireless terminal oscillator. The wireless interface receives the WCDMA signal, which is produced by the base station using a base station clock that is produced using a base station oscillator that is more accurate than the wireless terminal oscillator. The PSYNC module includes a plurality of PSYNC correlation branches. Each PSYNC correlation branch phase rotates the WCDMA signal based upon a respective frequency offset, correlates the phase rotated WCDMA signal with a Primary Synchronization Channel (PSCH) code over a plurality of sampling positions, and produces PSYNC correlation energies based upon the correlations for each of the plurality of sampling positions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034491 | MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK PROVIDING DESIRED LINK DELAY OFFSET WITHOUT GUARD TIMES AND RELATED METHODS - A MANET may include a plurality of MANET nodes each including a wireless transceiver, a position determining device, and a controller cooperating with the wireless transceiver and position determining device for establishing a wireless communication link with an adjacent MANET node based upon a time division multiple access (TDMA) implementation. The TDMA implementation may use time slots without using a range dependent guard time therein. The controller may further determine a range to the adjacent MANET node, and schedule time slots to offset a link delay in a received signal from the adjacent MANET node based upon the determined range. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034492 | Supporting Idle Stations in Wireless Distribution Systems - Supporting idle stations in an IEEE 802.11 wireless distribution system. When a station in an IEEE 802.11 wireless distribution system (DS) enters the idle state, it is not associated with any access points (APs) in the DS, Prior to entering the idle state, a station may establish filters indicating what traffic it wishes to receive. These filters are sent to a server in the DS. When a station goes idle, it is associated with a paing server in the DS, which buffers all received for the idle station, and initiates paging of the idle station when such traffic meeting filter criteria is received. When the station exits the idle state by reassociating with an AP in the DS, the server is notified, and forwards the buffered traffic to the station through its AP. The server may be implemented as a process running in a controller or portal in the DS. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034493 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATIONING BASED NAT ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and systems are provided for location-based network address translation (NAT). The system allows an administrator to logically partition an environment into a plurality of spatial regions. The method then includes specifying, for each of the spatial regions, whether network address translation (NAT) is allowed or not allowed for that spatial region, then performing a locationing procedure to determine in which spatial region the mobile unit is located. NAT is allowed for wireless data communication from the mobile unit if the mobile unit is within one of the spatial regions for which NAT is allowed, and is not allowed for wireless data communication from the mobile unit if the mobile unit is within one of the spatial regions for which NAT is not allowed. The systems and methods are applicable, for example, to networks operating in accordance with 802.11, RFID, WiMax, WAN, Bluetooth, Zigbee, UWB, and the like. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034494 | Method for Allocating a Temporary Address to a Mobile Node of a Telecommunication System, Equipment and Programs for Implementing Same - The invention concerns a method wherein the mobile node ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PERSISTENT APPLICATION SESSION WITH ANONYMITY BETWEEN A MOBILE HOST AND A NETWORK HOST - System and method for facilitating a persistent application session with anonymity between a mobile host and a network host in a wireless communication environment. The system and method include establishing a first communication session between the mobile host and the network host through a first radio access point; receiving a first mobile host identifier and a mobile host address from the mobile host during the first communication session, wherein the first mobile host identifier is different from the mobile host address; terminating the first communication session due to movement of the mobile host; establishing a second communication session between the mobile host and the network host using the first mobile host identifier, through a second radio access point; and receiving a second mobile host identifier from the mobile host during the second communication session, wherein the second mobile host identifier is different from the first mobile host identifier and the mobile host address. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034496 | PACKET DATA PROTOCOL CONTEXT MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR A MOBILE STATION - A packet data protocol (PDP) context management method is provided. The PDP context management method enables a mobile station to manage the PDP contexts of networks integrally by evaluating PDP context capacities of the networks in a proactive manner. A packet service method of the present invention includes creating a network information table after activating a packet data protocol (PDP) context to a network, determining, when a multiple PDP context activation is requested, whether the network has a multiple PDP context capacity with reference to the network information table, requesting, if the network has a multiple PDP context capacity, a multiple PDP context activation to the network and stopping, if the network has a multiple PDP context capacity, attempt of a multiple PDP context activation to the network. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034497 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL AND WIRELESS BASE STATION - If a WiMAX base station cannot receive a ranging signal from a WiMAX-embedded wireless terminal or if adjustment is not completed even after the WiMAX-embedded wireless terminal adjusts a parameter depending on adjusted value information for a pre-determined number of times, negotiation is performed via a heterogeneous network to establish a communication connection for upstream communication from the WiMAX-embedded wireless terminal to the WiMAX base station, and only downstream communication from the WiMAX base station to the WiMAX-embedded wireless terminal is performed via a WiMAX network. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034498 | Simultaneously Maintaining Bluetooth and 802.11 Connections to Increase Data Throughput - A device for wirelessly communicating between one or more mobile communication devices over a wireless network. A primary mobile communication device is configured to establish one or more connections to one or more secondary mobile communication devices. The primary mobile communication device is further configured to establish a first connection and a second connection to at least one of the secondary mobile communication devices. The first connection is a Bluetooth (BT) connection and the second connection is a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) connection. The primary mobile device is also configured to establish a third connection to another secondary mobile communication device wherein the third connection is a WiFi connection. Additionally, the primary mobile communication device is configured to simultaneously maintain the BT connection and the WiFi connections during the bi-directional transmission of data between the primary mobile communication device and the secondary mobile communication devices. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE OPTIMISATION IN NESTED MOBILE-NETWORKS - The invention provides a method and apparatus for building a linked binding cache. The method includes storing mobile router entries in a binding cache. The mobile router entries include a first mobile router entry having a prefix and an indication of the prefix's length along with an associated intermediate address. The method also includes linking a second mobile router entry to the first mobile router entry for delivering at least one data packet via the first mobile router. The method further includes adding a pointer in the binding cache from the entry of the second mobile router to the first mobile router entry when the intermediate address of the second mobile router matches the first mobile router's prefix in order to create a linked binding cache. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034500 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF UNACKNOWLEDGED NETWORK LAYER SERVICE ACCESS POINT IDENTIFIER (NSAPI) RECOVERY IN SUB-NETWORK DEPENDENT CONVERGENCE PROTOCOL (SNDCP) COMMUNICATION - A system and method of unacknowledged Network Layer Service Access Point Identifier (NSAPI) recovery in Sub-Network Dependent Convergence Protocol (SNDCP) communication are disclosed herein. The disclosed techniques prevent the loss of data which may result from changing between GPRS/GSM modes in a Class B mobile station (MS). | 2009-02-05 |
20090034501 | Multiple Antenna Servicing by Multibranch PSYNC detection module - A wireless terminal is operable to receive a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) signal from a base station and includes clock circuitry, a wireless interface, and a Primary Synchronization (PSYNC) module. The clock circuitry generates a wireless terminal clock using a wireless terminal oscillator. The wireless interface receives the WCDMA signal, which is produced by the base station using a base station clock that is produced using a base station oscillator that is more accurate than the wireless terminal oscillator. The PSYNC module includes a plurality of PSYNC correlation branches. Each PSYNC correlation branch phase rotates the WCDMA signal based upon a respective frequency offset, correlates the phase rotated WCDMA signal with a Primary Synchronization Channel (PSCH) code over a plurality of sampling positions, and produces PSYNC correlation energies based upon the correlations for each of the plurality of sampling positions. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034502 | FIRMWARE PROCESSING FOR DOWNLINK F-DPCH - A downlink channel receiver operable to implement fractional dedicated physical channel (F-DPCH) processing within a Rake receiver structure is provided. The downlink channel receiver includes a receiver, a baseband processing block, a WCDMA processing block, wherein F-DPCH processing is divided between a plurality of hardware processing blocks and a plurality of firmware (FW) processing blocks. The receiver is operable to convert a radio frequency (RF) signal to a baseband signal. The baseband processing block operable to processes and provides the baseband signal to the WCDMA processing block. F-DPCH processing is divided between the plurality of hardware processing blocks and plurality of firmware (FW) processing blocks. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034503 | RECEIVER AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A receiver and reception method for estimating a channel in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system is provided. The receiver includes a delay estimator for estimating, from a signal received from a transmitter through multipaths, at least one of an average time delay of the multipaths and a time delay of one of the multipaths having a maximum power among the multipaths, a rotator for circular-rotating the received signal using the estimated delay, and a channel estimator for estimating a channel impulse response of the circular-rotated signal. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034504 | HIGH-FREQUENCY COMPONENT - A high-frequency component includes a diplexer in which a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter are connected in parallel with an antenna port, a high-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the high-pass filter, and a low-frequency circuit cascade-connected to the low-pass filter. A filter which causes an impedance mismatch to occur is connected to the low-frequency circuit. The low-pass filter includes a line. The low-pass filter is defined by a parallel resonant circuit including the line and a series circuit including the line. A resonant frequency of the parallel resonant circuit is a trap frequency of a high-frequency transmission/reception signal. A resonant frequency of all elements of the low-pass filter is a trap frequency of undesired resonance that occurs at high frequencies. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DIFFERENT SIGNAL TYPES IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for multiplexing a reference signal from a User Equipment (UE), not having any other signal transmission in the respective Transmission Time Interval (TTI), with a reference signal from another UE also having data transmission in the respective TTI, or with the control signal and reference signal from another UE transmitted in the respective TTI. The multiplexed reference signal from the UE not having any other signal transmission in the respective TTI can serve as a sounding reference signal to enable the serving base station to apply link adaptation to a subsequent signal transmitted by the UE or it can serve as a reference signal conveying state information, such as resource request or service request. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034506 | Data Burst Communication Techniques For Use In Increasing Data Throughput To Mobile Communication Devices - Methods and apparatus for use in increasing data throughput to mobile stations in a wireless communication network, where data is communicated between mobile stations and the wireless network in a plurality of data bursts within time slots assigned to the mobile station. One illustrative method includes the acts of receiving, through a wireless transceiver, data in a time slot W; tuning the wireless transceiver, during a first portion of a time slot X which follows the time slot W, for transmission; reading transmit data from a transmit data queue and encoding the transmit data in a data burst in accordance with a data burst format; and causing the encoded transmit data to be transmitted in the data burst during a second portion of the time slot X. The data burst may be formatted in accordance with a predefined data burst format of the wireless network and merely shifted in time, or the data burst may be formatted in accordance with a reduced-size data burst format. When such alternate data burst technique is utilized, extra available time remains to tune the wireless transceiver from receive to transmit mode, or transmit to receive mode. Thus, an additional downlink time slot(s) per data frame may be allocated to the mobile station for increased data throughput, where at least one uplink time slot per data frame is utilized for data transmission. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034507 | HIGH-SPEED UPLINK PACKET ACCESS (HSUPA) CIPHER MULTIPLEXING ENGINE - A combined data packing, cipher and multiplexing engine operable to support high speed uplink packet access (HS-UPA) within user equipment (UE) is provided. This combined cipher multiplexing engine includes a master port, a radio link control (RLC) data packer, and a cipher multiplexing processing module. The master port couples to an advanced microprocessor bus architecture (AMBA) high speed buss (AHB) on which control information for the combined cipher and multiplexing engine is provided. The RLC couples to the master port and receives RLC service data units (SDUs) from the AHB. Then the RLC data packer may concatenate or segment RLC SDUs into RLC packet data units (PDUs) which are stored for use by a cipher multiplexing processing module. The cipher multiplexing processing module retrieves the RLC PDU from the RLC PDU buffer and ciphers to produce ciphered data, if cipher is enabled and multiplexes the ciphered/non-ciphered data together with the RLC header, MAC-es header, MAC-e header and enters the multiplexed results to a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) buffer. A protocol stack executed within the UE activates and provides an array on the formation of the RLC PDU, RLC header information to the combined cipher and multiplexing engine for RLC PDU ciphering and medium access control (MAC) multiplexing of the enhanced data transport channel (E-DCH). | 2009-02-05 |
20090034508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECTRUM SHARING BETWEEN AN INCUMBENT COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND A COGNITIVE RADIO SYSTEM - Efficient frequency spectrum sharing between at least one incumbent communication system(s) ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING UPSTREAM NOISE IN A NETWORK USING AN ACTIVE MULTIPLEXER - An active multiplexer contains a switching mechanism that connects one of a plurality of upstream links from corresponding nodes in a communication network to an upstream output based on information contained in a MAP. The MAP contains scheduling information of the next user stations, which are coupled to the nodes, and which are scheduled to transmit in the upstream direction during a period following the current time. Station identifiers are associated with their corresponding node identifier during a ranging burst interval into a station/node table, which is used in conjunction with the MAP to control the active multiplexer. Based on the MAP, the active multiplexer connects the node, as determined from the station/node table, that serves the station that is scheduled to transmit upstream traffic and disconnects other nodes. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034510 | Method and apparatus for securely transmitting lawfully intercepted VOIP data - A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for transmitting intercepted VOIP data are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A VOIP call is intercepted in response to a lawful request for intercept by a law enforcement agency. VOIP data associated with the intercepted VOIP call is encrypted. The encryption may use a virtual private network an encryption using a key of a specific length, bit stuffing, or other encryption methods. The encrypted VOIP data is transmitted to the law enforcement agency using a public data network either during the VOIP call or after the VOIP call. The intercept request may be made during the VOIP call, or before the VOIP call. Furthermore, the VOIP data of the VOIP call may be stored before transmitting to the law enforcement agency, and archived based on archiving rules. The request for the intercept may be queued for processing according to queuing rules. Notifications based on the request for intercept, VOIP call characteristics, or characteristics of the VOIP data may be sent to one or more law enforcement agencies, and may also be encrypted. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034511 | TECHNIQUE FOR INTERCONNECTING CIRCUIT-SWITCHED AND PACKET-SWITCHED DOMAINS - A technique for interconnecting circuit-switched (CS) and packet-switched (PS) domains enables network components ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034512 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING THE FLOW OF SIGNALING TRAFFIC ENTERING A SIGNALING SYSTEM 7 (SS7) BASED NETWORK - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing the flow of signaling traffic entering a signaling system 7 (SS7) based network having a plurality of gateways for connecting the SS7 network to a non-SS7 network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for managing the flow of signaling traffic entering the SS7 based network includes generating, at a signaling node within the SS7 network, a route management message including information for identifying one of the plurality of gateways as the preferred gateway for traffic into the SS7 network. The message is sent to a node in the non-SS7 network for directing traffic into the SS7 network via the identified gateway. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034513 | INTERNET BASED TELEPHONE LINE - A telephone service method that provides subscribers with the functionality of an extra telephone line during data/Internet sessions. Each subscriber has a unique telephone number Dns that can be dialed by anyone with access to the PSTN. When the Dns is dialed the call will be routed via the PSTN to the ILTD server. The ILTD server upon receiving the call attempt from the Dnc will analyze the dialed number (Dns) and determine if the subscriber's computer is able to receive the telephone call. If the subscriber's computer is actively engaged in an Internet Protocol session, with the ILTD client software running, the ILTD server will connect the call over the Internet to the ILTD client software. The ILTD client software will activate the subscriber's sound card and the microphone to play audio and receive input from the microphone to allow the subscriber and the calling party to have a full duplex telephone conversation (i.e. using voice-over-IP technology). | 2009-02-05 |
20090034514 | Integrated Mobile Computing and Telephony Device and Services - Disclosed is an integrated handheld computer and telephony system. Integration of the handheld computer and telephony system is at the physical and operational level. For example, the integrated handheld computer and telephony system physically integrates a handheld computer with a mobile (e.g., cellular) telephone. In addition, the handheld computer is distinct from telephony system in that they are logically separable. However, they are also operationally integrated, for example, the telephony system executes a telephone application on the processor of the handheld computer. Likewise, the handheld computer can execute applications, for example, a phone book, that can be used to launch the telephony application. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034515 | Call Setup Request Confirmation - At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a call setup request, and automatically providing an indication that the call setup request is being processed. At least one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a method comprising providing a call setup request to a network, and receiving an indication that the call setup request is being processed. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034516 | CALL TRANSFER WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATION SERVERS IN SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL-BASED NETWORK - Call transfer techniques between multiple application servers in a SIP-based network or other type of communication network are disclosed. In accordance with one example technique of the invention, it is assumed that a first call is established between a first user device and a second user device via a first server, and the second user device, wishing to initiate a call transfer to a third user device, establishes a second call between itself and the third user device via a second server. Thus, the technique includes the following steps. Upon the first server receiving a call transfer request from the second user device such that the first user device and the third user device can communicate, it is determined whether the first server has information that matches the second call. Upon determining that the first server does not have information matching the second call, a message is sent from the first server to the second server so as to obtain information from the third device such that the first user device and the third user device can communicate via the first server. The message sent from the first server to the second server indicates that the call transfer request was referred by the second user device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034517 | ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROUTER AND CROSSBAR SWITCH CONTROLLER - The invention relates to a crossbar switch controller including an input terminal configured to receive a set of service request signals from a set of virtual output queues each comprising a set of packets. The invention also includes a matrix circuit coupled to the input terminal and configured to represent the set of service request signals in the form of a matrix, wherein each service request signal is described by a row position M and a column position N. The invention further includes an output terminal configured to receive a portion of the set of packets during an epoch, an arbiter circuit configured to iteratively scan the matrix during the epoch and issue the set of grant signals to the virtual output queues to determine which service requests are granted, and an arbiter controller configured to initiate the arbiter circuit with an array of non-conflicting matrix elements. Whereby, the arbiter circuit scans the matrix during a first epoch, issues the set of grant signals, allows the set of granted service requests to substantially complete, and if necessary, scans the matrix during subsequent epochs. The invention also relates to a crossbar switch controller including an arbitration pre-processor coupled to the input terminal and the matrix circuit, and configured to represent the set of service request signals in the form of a mapping matrix, and further configured to transform a first mapping position of the service request signal to a second mapping position based, in part, on a mapping algorithm. The invention also includes an arbitration post-processor coupled to the output terminal and the matrix circuit, and further configured to transform the second mapping position of the service request signal back to the first mapping position. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034518 | MULTIPORT SWITCH FOR CASCADED ETHERNET AV DEVICE NETWORKING - A multiport switch for cascaded Ethernet audio/visual (AV) device networking. AV devices are configured with multiple external Ethernet ports and an internal port. These multiple Ethernet ports enable the AV devices to operate as a terminating AV device or as an intermediary switch. With this functionality, a cascading chain of AV devices can be used to support traffic between the connected set of AV devices. Independent links between the sets of devices would not be required as with conventional point-to-point topologies. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034519 | PACKET FILTERTING BY APPLYING FILTER RULES TO A PACKET BYTESTREAM - A packet filtering method, system and article of manufacture are provided which include: employing an instruction set associated with a pseudo-machine in filtering packets received at a network interface card coupled to a host, wherein a set of instructions of the instruction set implements at least one byte-defined filter rule; and the employing includes for a packet of the received packets, processing bytes of the packet as a bytestream and applying at least one filter rule to the bytestream to filter the packet. The applying can be performed in any one of a plurality of locations without customization of the instruction set, including the network interface card and the host processor coupled thereto. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034520 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR RELIABLY TRANSMITTING PACKETS OF AN UNRELIABLE PROTOCOL - A method for reliably communicating unreliable protocol packets by encapsulating one or more unreliable protocol packets in a packet constructed according to a predefined format. The method further employs an acknowledgement mechanism whereby a receiver of packets acknowledges reception by responding with a packet containing information pertaining to received packets. A sender retransmits packets for which no acknowledgement was received within a predefined period of time. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034521 | Apparatus, Method, and Program for Validating User - Accuracy of user validation is improved without reducing user's convenience. When a authentication request packet is received from a terminal, when the authentication is successful based on a user ID and a password (affirmative in | 2009-02-05 |
20090034522 | Transporting fibre channel over ethernet - Methods and apparatus for the Transporting of Fibre Channel data over Ethernet are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, Fibre Channel data frame and primitive signals are transported over Ethernet instead of using the Fibre Channel FC-1 and FC-0 protocols. This allows less expensive Ethernet equipment and devices to transport and perform services for Fibre Channel connected devices without having a physical Fibre Channel interface. The ability to provide Fibre Channel services and functions without having a physical Fibre Channel interface allows Ethernet equipment to be placed into service as SAN components. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034523 | Management of Network Quality of Service - In one embodiment, a router is deployed on a local area network (LAN) in addition to any routers deployed on a wide area network (WAN) coupled with the LAN having the router. A service management device is coupled between the two routers. The service management device provides management processing, for example, quality of service (QoS) processing, traffic shaping, type of service (ToS) processing, or class of service (CoS) processing. For messages between devices both coupled to the WAN router, the WAN router diverts the messages to the LAN router. The LAN router then returns the messages back to the WAN router through the service management device, which provides management processing. The WAN router then forwards the processed message to the destination device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034524 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REAL-TIME-CRITICAL AND NON-REAL-TIME-CRITICAL DATA IN A DISTRIBUTED, INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A system and a method provides both for a real-time-critical communication and a non-real-time-critical communication in a switched data network consisting of users and switching units, for example a distributed automation system, by means of a cyclic operation. In a so-called transmission cycle ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034525 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING LAYER 2 PACKET AND ACCESS DEVICE THEREOF - A method for Layer 2 packet transmission is disclosed, where a corresponding relationship between packet attribute information and public MAC addresses is configured in an access device such that the access device could find a corresponding public MAC address in the corresponding relationship when receiving a packet from a user terminal, replaces the source MAC address with the public MAC address found, and then sends the packet to a convergence layer device. A method for transmission of a Layer 2 packet without character information is also disclosed. The access device needs to obtain the packet attribute information and carry the information in the packet to be sent to the convergence layer device. An access device is also disclosed. As a result, the capacity of the VLAN and the MAC address table items needed for the convergence layer device to convert MAC addresses is greatly decreased. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034526 | COMPRESSED MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) HEADER STRUCTURE FOR MAC OVERHEAD REDUCTION IN MOBILE WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WiMAX) SYSTEMS - A packet data structure comprising a compressed medium access control (MAC) header structure capable of significantly reducing MAC header overhead for small payload applications, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and interactive gaming and to increase the capacity of such applications. In various implementations, the packet data structure may be used in mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems designed to operate in accordance with the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards such as the 802.16e-2005 standard and/or the evolving IEEE 802.16m standard. Various embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034527 | Method of combating the sending of unsolicited voice information - A method of combating the sending of unsolicited information in a packet transmission network from a sending entity to a destination entity, the unsolicited information being of voice type and being sent during a call that includes a call set-up stage during which a call signaling message is transmitted in the network, followed by an on-going call stage during which said unsolicited information is transmitted. The method includes a step of detecting unsolicited information during said call. The method also includes a reaction step triggered following detection of unsolicited information during the call. A system for combating the sending of unsolicited information is also disclosed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034528 | METHOD OF COMPRESSING AND RESTORING IP PACKETS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BROADCAST NETWORK - A method of compressing and restoring an Internet Protocol (IP) packet which is transmitted through a broadcast network is provided. According to the method, by using a characteristic of a transmission structure of a broadcast network, that is unlike ordinary packet switching communication networks, a field value that can be removed from a header part of an IP packet is determined. Then, the determined field value is removed from the header, and an IP packet having a header formed with the remaining field values is generated, thereby compressing the header of the IP packet more effectively compared to the header of the conventional static IP packet. In addition, by transmitting a compressed IP packet instead of a static IP packet which is periodically transmitted according to the conventional method, compatibility that the compression method can be used together with conventional compression methods is guaranteed. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTING PACKETS VIA HEADER-COMPRESSION CHANNELS - Various embodiments are described for routing packets via header-compression channels. A communication device sends ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034530 | PACKET CLASSIFICATION USING MODIFIED RANGE LABELS - A method and system for encoding a set of range labels for each parameter field in a packet classification key in such a way as to require preferably only a single entry per rule in a final processing stage of a packet classifier. Multiple rules are sorted accorded to their respective significance. A range, based on a parameter in the packet header, is previously determined. Multiple rules are evaluated according to an overlapping of rules according to different ranges. Upon a determination that two or more rules overlap, each overlapping rule is expanded into multiple unique segments that identify unique range intersections. Each cluster of overlapping ranges is then offset so that at least one bit in a range for the rule remains unchanged. The range segments are then converted from binary to Gray code, which results in the ability to determine a CAM entry to use for each range. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034531 | Host device interfacing with a point of deployment (POD) and a method of processing broadcast data - A host device interfacing with a point of deployment (POD) and method of processing broadcasting data are disclosed. An IP physical interface unit receives a frame including an internet protocol (IP) packet carrying broadcast data through a network modem. A routing engine routs the frame based on a destination information included in the frame. An IP to TS Decapsulator extracts a MPEG-2 TS packet from the IP packet included in the routed frame. And a multiplexer augments the extracted MPEG-2 TS packet with Packet Header carrying an identification information, multiplexes the augmented MPEG-2 TS packet and forwards the multiplexed MPEG-2 TS to the POD. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034532 | CONNECTION ROUTING BASED ON LINK UTILIZATION - A method and system for connection routing based on link utilization. A link utilization limit is accessed at a node of a network. The link utilization limit is compared to a utilization of a link coupled to the node. If the utilization of the link is greater than the link utilization limit, then the link is excluded from a virtual circuit. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034533 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LINK, NODE AND PG POLICY BASED ROUTING IN PNNI BASED ATM NETWORKS - A system and method for providing link, node, and PG policy based routing in PNNI based ATM networks is disclosed. A computer implemented method signals and routes a call in the network. Upon detecting the call's arrival, its service request is accessed. Upon determining that the service request relates to an attribute of a link, a routing path is sought that conforms to the service request, as by accessing information relating to the routing path and comparing the information to the service request. A conforming routing path is selected, and the call is routed via that path. A computer implemented method advertises an attribute of links, nodes, policies, etc. Data relating to the route's attribute can be provided to a node as a GAT IE component of a PNNI signaling setup message for multi-peer group networks, and advertised using PTSEs within a peer group. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING AND MANAGING MULTIMEDIA SESSIONS BETWEEN TERMINALS - A source communication terminal includes a communication module that initiates a first communication with a first remote terminal via first Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystems (IMS) of a first IP network. The first communication includes X media components. The source communication terminal also includes a media transfer module that transfers Y of the X media components to a first target terminal of Z target terminals during the first communication. The source communication terminal also includes a control module that provides an indication to the first IMS of a control model for the first communication. The control model is implemented after the Y media components have been transferred to the first target terminal. The control model identifies at least one of the source communication terminal and the first target terminal that controls IMS signalling for the first communication. X, Y and Z are integers greater than or equal to 1, and Y is less than or equal to X. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034535 | DATA COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus functioning as a data communication apparatus determines whether data communication with another information processing apparatus in the same local network is carried out using a global network address. If it is determined that the data communication is carried out using a global network address, the information processing device carries out control so that the data communication is carried out using a local network address. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALISING USERS FOR SERVICES BASED ON SIP OR H.323 PROTOCOLS WITH DYNAMIC IP ADDRESS ALLOCATION - The aim of the invention is to localise a terminal ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034537 | TEMPORAL AFFINITY-BASED ROUTING OF WORKLOADS - Techniques for routing client requests among a group of nodes offering a service are described. A coordinator determines that performance could be improved by using affinity-based routing. In one embodiment, the coordinator calculates a Time-to-Live (TTL) metric whereby clients benefit by returning to the same cache and posts this hint to subscribers. Client's start preserving locality data in an affinity context, such that later requests for a connection can be routed to the location last visited. The coordinator measures the system over subsequent intervals. If the gradient of the goodness (viz service quality and capacity) is stable or improving, then the coordinator continues to advise subscribers to use the affinity-based technique. Alternatively, if the gradient of the goodness is deteriorating, then the coordinator posts advice to the subscribers to stop using the affinity-based technique for any instance during the next intervals. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034538 | Node and control method thereof - According to an aspect of the embodiments, a node arranged on a ring network, for transmitting a frame from upstream to downstream, the ring network having a plurality of nodes capable of connecting a network apparatus, respectively, the node comprises: a detector for detecting the frame on the ring network; and a frame controller for distinguishing the detected frame whether the frame reaches a final destination, the frame controller stopping the transmitting for the frame when the ring network is lacked of ability to reach the frame to the destination. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034539 | ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS, ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - Upon receipt of a request to connect to an ad-hoc network from an external communication node, an address assigning unit obtains information on an IP address assigned to the external communication node. The address assigning unit determines whether the IP address is already used by any of communication nodes that are connected to the ad-hoc network based on network management information stored in a storage unit. The address assigning unit generates a new IP address that is used none of the communication nodes when the IP address is already used, and transmits the new IP address to the external communication node. The external communication node is assigned the new IP address, and connects to the ad-hoc network. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STREAMING VIDEO ON DEMAND (VOD) STREAMS OVER A LOCAL NETWORK - A system and method for streaming numerous video on demand (VOD) streams over a network, such as a local area medium sized network on a vehicle such as an aircraft. The system and method that provides redundant and restricted paths for streaming numerous VOD streams while providing maximum bandwidth for traffic from multiple sources with minimal packet loss due to contention. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034541 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ROUTING TRAFFIC BETWEEN NODES IN A NETWORK THAT ARE CONNECTED BY REDUNDANT LINKS - A communications network is operated by providing a plurality of redundant links between a first network node and a second network node. A first identifier is associated with a first one of the plurality of redundant links and a second identifier is associated with a second one of the plurality of redundant links. The first and second identifiers are associated with the regulatory constraint. Traffic that is marked with the first identifier is routed to the first one of the plurality of redundant links and traffic that is marked with the second identifier is routed to the second one of the plurality of redundant links so that operation of the communications network is in compliance with the regulatory constraint. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034542 | METHOD OF OPERATING A NETWORK - An Internet Protocol router device ( | 2009-02-05 |
20090034543 | OPERATING SYSTEM RECOVERY ACROSS A NETWORK - A system comprises a first network device and a second network device coupled via a network to the first network device. The first network device initiates a recovery across the network of an operating system of the second network device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034544 | State-based Communication Station Control System and Method - State-based communication stations are capable of operating on two or more “states.” Principles of the present invention are used to allow the functionality that a multi-state communication station is equipped to change as a result of the current state of the station. The functionality of modern communication stations remains much less hindered by the physical limitations of the stations' physical construction and design. While the number of buttons in a communication station remains the same, the number of functions that such buttons may execute is multiplied by the number of “states” that exist for the station. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034545 | Multicasting - In one embodiment, a computer system comprises a multicast node to receive a multicast signal indicating a multicast content, in response to the multicast signal, apply a multicast notification signal to at least one remote client managed by the remote computing server, receive, from the at least one remote client, a subscription signal indicating that the at least one remote client subscribes to the multicast content, and in response to the subscription signal, connect the at least one remote client to the multicast node on the remote computing server, whereby the at least one remote client accesses the multicast content. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034546 | PACKET ROUTING CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A wireless communication system downloads information from a file server quickly and efficiently by using multiple wireless communication paths. When a destination requests data from a file server through a wireless terminal, the wireless terminal generates an address translation rule that includes source, translation and destination addresses used to route the data from the file server to the destination through a virtual network server. The address translation rule is sent to at least one other wireless terminal, so that retrieved data packets can be routed through both wireless terminals simultaneously. A packet retrieved from the file server is sent to the virtual network server, where the packet is encapsulated into multiple packets and assigned virtual addresses. The encapsulated packets are sent to the multiple wireless terminals, and are sent from those terminals to the destination using the address translation rule, where the packets are decapsulated to reproduce the originally sent packet. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034547 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING TIMER AND COUNTER IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of setting a timer value and a counter value depending on Radio Signal Strength (RSS) information according to a communication protocol is provided. In the method of determining the counter value and the timer value of a Mobile Station (MS) in a protocol negotiation process includes measuring a Round Trip Delay (RTD) and an RSS with respect to a counterpart MS, determining a timer value and a counter value according to the measured RTD and RSS, and exchanging a signaling message according to the determined timer value and counter value. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034548 | Hardware Queue Management with Distributed Linking Information - A network element including a processor with logic for managing packet queues by way of packet descriptor index values that are mapped to addresses in the memory space of the packet descriptors. A linking memory is implemented in the same integrated circuit as the processor, and has entries corresponding to the descriptor index values. Each entry can store the next descriptor index in a packet queue, to form a linked list of packet descriptors. Queue manager logic receives push and pop requests from host applications, and updates the linking memory to maintain the queue. The queue manager logic also maintains a queue control register for each queue, including head and tail descriptor index values. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034549 | Managing Free Packet Descriptors in Packet-Based Communications - A network element including a processor with logic for managing packet queues including a queue of free packet descriptors. Upon the transmission of a packet by a host application, the packet descriptor for the transmitted packet is added to the free packet descriptor queue. If the new free packet descriptor resides in on-chip memory, relative to queue manager logic, it is added to the head of the free packet descriptor queue; if the new free packet descriptor resides in external memory, it is added to the tail of the free packet descriptor queue. Upon a packet descriptor being requested, by a host application, to be associated with valid data to be added to an active packet queue, the queue manager logic pops the packet descriptor currently at the head of the free descriptor queue. In this manner, packet descriptors in on-chip memory are preferentially used relative to packet descriptors in external memory, thus improving system performance. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034550 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING FIBRE CHANNEL FRAMES - A method and system for transmitting frames using a fibre channel switch element is provided. The switch element includes a port having a receive segment and a transmit segment, wherein the fibre channel switch element determines if a port link has been reset; determines if a flush state has been enabled for the port; and removes frames from a buffer, if the flush state has been enabled for the port. For a flush state operation, frames are removed from a receive buffer of the fibre channel port as if it is a typical fibre channel frame transfer. The removed frames are sent to a processor for analysis. The method also includes, setting a control bit for activating frame removal from the transmit buffer; and diverting frames that are waiting in the transmit buffer and have not been able to move from the transmit buffer. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVE QUEUE PROVISIONING - Systems and methods that provide receive queue provisioning are provided. In one embodiment, a communications system may include, for example, a first queue pair (QP), a second QP, a general pool and a resource manager. The first QP may be associated with a first connection and with at least one of a first limit value and an out-of-order threshold. The first QP may include, for example, a first send queue (SQ). The second QP may be associated with a second connection and with a second limit value. The second QP may include, for example, a second SQ. The general pool may include, for example, a shared receive queue (SRQ) that is shared by the first QP and the second QP. The resource manager may provide, for example, provisioning for the SRQ and may manage the first limit value and the second limit value. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034552 | IN-HOME COEXISTENCE NETWORK - Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of network bandwidth. In some examples, a guaranteed interval period, including a guaranteed interval start time and guaranteed interval end time, can be identified based upon policy. Network stations can then identify first interval start times and first interval end times different than the guaranteed start times and guaranteed end time provided by policy. An access network can thereby provide a first interval start time and a first interval end time to stations within the access network. An in-home network can determine an in-home interval period based upon the first interval start time and first interval end time. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034553 | SYSTEM AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN NODES - Provided are a system and article of manufacture performed at a local node to communicate with a remote node. A first communication protocol is used to communicate with the remote node to establish a connection for a second communication protocol. Data structures are created to enable communication with the remote node to establish the connection with the remote node for the second communication protocol. An extension layer is invoked for the second communication protocol. The data structures are passed to the extension layer to use to communicate with the remote node using the second communication protocol. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034554 | Adapted method for spectrum management of digital communication systems - Provided is a method of determining a spectrum management of digital communication systems having a plurality of communication lines by determination of the power levels within each band, for each user, assuming a predetermined maximum interference from other users. The spectral management center has a power allocation determinator for receiving a modelled power level and a noise weight from each user communication line and is able to determine allocated power of its respective communication line based on the optimised determined power needs of the plurality of communication lines of the digital communication systems. In one form the calculations are undertaken in the SMC. In another form the master is undertaken in the SMC while the slave is undertaken at the user's modem and the power level of an individual communication line and its interference by adjacent lines is determined at the user's modem and communicated to the spectral management center. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034555 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF DETERMINING A TRANSMISSION TIME PER UNIT OF A FLOW OF DATA PACKETS - An apparatus and associated methodology are provided for determining a transmission time per unit cell of a flow of data packets. A packet comprises at least one unit cell and the data packets are received in bursts. An expiration time is determined, beyond which a received data packet does not belong to a burst currently being observed, from a transmission time per unit cell. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034556 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATA - The present invention relates to a digital broadcasting system for transmitting/receiving a digital broadcasting signal and a method of processing data. In one aspect of the present invention provides a method of processing data, the method including receiving a broadcasting signal in which mobile service data and main service data are multiplexed, demodulating the received broadcasting signal, obtaining an identifier indicating that data frame of the broadcasting signal includes service guide information, decoding and storing the service guide information from the data frame; and outputting a service included in the mobile service data according to the decoded service guide information. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034557 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC SECURED GROUP COMMUNICATION - A system and method directed to carrying out dynamic secured group communication is provided. The method includes obtaining a first packet that includes a first header. The first header includes a first source address of a first source node of a first network, and a first destination address of a first destination node of the first network. The method also includes forming a frame that includes the first header in encrypted form, combining the first header and the frame to form a second packet, and forming a second header. This second header includes a second source address of a second source node of a second network, and a second destination address of a second destination node of the second network. The method further includes encapsulating the second packet with the second header to form a third packet, and communicating the third packet into the second network from the second source node for termination to the second-destination node. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034558 | Method and system for detecting a presence and a start of a zone in a frame - The present invention provides methods and systems for detecting a start symbol of a second zone of a frame. One or more symbol indices corresponding to one or more symbols of the second zone of a frame are derived. One or more codes on pilot sub-carriers corresponding to the one or more symbol indices may also be derived. Based on the one or more symbol indices a set of possible start symbol indices is established. Thereafter, a frame is received comprising one or more of a preamble symbol, a first zone and the second zone. It is determined if the received frame comprises the second zone. If the second zone is present in the received frame, the start symbol index of the second zone of the received frame is determined based on the detection of one or more codes and the set of possible start symbol indices. The present invention further provides methods and systems for detecting a N | 2009-02-05 |
20090034559 | VIDEO APPARATUS HAVING PVR FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus having a personal video recorder (PVR) function and a control method thereof are provided. The video apparatus includes a counter which assigns a timestamp to a transport stream packet, a synchronization unit which extracts time information from the transport stream packet, compares the extracted time information with system time information of the video apparatus, and outputs synchronization control information, and a controller which stores an information table created using the timestamp and synchronization control information. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034560 | Generating And Operating A Double Temporal Descriptor For Transmitting A Synchronizing Signal In A Packet Network - The invention concerns device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, including in particular means for generating a first temporal descriptor from a sampled value of a master counter, means for generating a second temporal descriptor from a sampled value of a second counter synchronized on all the network stations and means for transmitting jointly the two temporal descriptors in the network. The invention also concerns a device for receiving packets in a packet communication network, which uses the double temporal descriptor generated by the transmitter device. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034561 | BACKWARD STIMULATED RAYLEIGH-BRAGG SCATTERING DEVICES BASED ON MULTI-PHOTON ABSORBING MATERIALS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a method and system of generating backward stimulated Rayleigh-Bragg scattering by focusing activating radiation through a multi-photon absorbing dye solution, thereby producing coherent output radiation with no measured frequency shift and measured pump threshold values independent of the spectral line width of the input activating radiation. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034562 | Visible continuum generation utilizing a hybrid optical source - An all-fiber supercontinuum source is formed as a hybrid combination of a first section of continuum-generating fiber (such as, for example, highly-nonlinear fiber (HNLF)) spliced to a second section of continuum-extending fiber (such as, for example, photonic crystal fiber (PCF)). The second section of fiber is selected to exhibit an anomalous dispersion value in the region of the short wavelength edge of the continuum generated by the first section of fiber. A femtosecond pulse laser source may be used to supply input pulses to the section of HNLF, and the section of PCF is spliced to the termination of the section of HNLF. A section of single mode fiber (SMF) is preferably inserted between the output of the laser source and the HNLF to compress the femtosecond pulses prior to entering the HNLF. It has been found that the hybrid combination of these two types of fibers allows for extension of the continuum on the short wavelength side—into the visible portion of the spectrum—by virtue of the first section of fiber acting as a “pump” source for the second section of fiber. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034563 | Tunable diode laser system with external resonator - A tunable diode laser system with external resonator in Littrow or Littman configuration has an optical lattice on which the light beam from a laser diode is diffracted, a support element to hold the lattice or to hold a mirror, which reflects the light diffracted by the lattice, and an actuator to change the position of the lattice or the mirror. The tunable diode laser system enables a reliable mode-hop-free tuning and furthermore is easy and economical to realize by having the support element include a carrier, on which the lattice or the mirror is arranged, and a base body, while the actuator acts on the carrier and rests against the base body. The carrier is connected to the base body via linkages, such that a linear deflection of the actuator is transformed into a rotation of the carrier in the plane of the light beam, while the center of rotation lies outside the base body. | 2009-02-05 |
20090034564 | Method and apparatus for detecting and avoiding multiple-pulse states in ultra-short-pulse laser - In a detection method for undesired double- or multiple-pulse states in an ultra-short-pulse laser system operated in the soliton regime and intended for generating femtosecond or picosecond pulses, comprising an amplifying laser medium for producing a laser emission, a laser resonator having at least one resonator mirror and a pump source, a first signal μ proportional to the pulse power P(t) or pulse energy averaged over the resonator cycle is measured for the laser emission. A second signal ν proportional to the square of the pulse power P(t), averaged over the resonator cycle, is measured for the laser emission, and the occurrence of a double- or multiple-pulse state is detected on the basis of a comparison of the measured signals μ and ν. | 2009-02-05 |