| 06th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
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| 20140036696 | Utilizing Client Mobile Devices for Wireless Network Monitoring - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to utilizing client mobile devices for wireless network monitoring. Link quality data for wireless networks are measured by a plurality of wireless client devices and are provided to a network controller. The link quality data is usable to manage a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless networks include at least the WLAN and a cellular network. A recommendation for connection is provided to the wireless client devices, where the recommendation indicates if the cellular network is recommended or an access point of the WLAN. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036697 | Traffic Management of Third Party Applications - A proxy server for routing traffic between a mobile device and a network, comprising at least one processor, a memory, and a traffic monitoring application stored in the memory that, when executed by the at least one processor, monitors a plurality of mobile device installed applications that run on the mobile device and the mobile device installed applications' traffic, analyzes traffic usage for the mobile device installed applications, identifies the mobile device installed applications responsible for traffic that is excessive or unnecessary as determined by the mobile device's service provider, and blocks, delays, or reports the excessive and unnecessary traffic without interrupting the mobile device's communications. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036698 | ITERATIVE COVARIANCE INVERSION BASED ON LINEAR RECEIVER DESIGNS - A method of wireless communication includes receiving a wireless signal at a linear receiver, and iteratively computing an inverted covariance matrix in frequency domain, one channel code at a time. The method also includes computing receiver demodulation coefficients based on the inverted covariance matrix and the frequency domain channel estimate or time domain channel estimate. The method further includes deriving a transmitter symbol based on a received signal vector and the coefficients. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036699 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR REDUCED LAYOUT CONGESTION IN A SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI EXPANDER - Methods and structure for reduced layout congestion in a switching device integrated circuit. A switching device such as a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) expander comprises a switching circuit to couple any of a plurality (“N”) of physical links of the switching device with any other physical link of the switching device. The switching circuit comprises a first stage circuit adapted to couple any of the N physical links with a selected one of N/2 communication paths of the switching circuit and comprises a second stage circuit adapted to couple any of the N/2 communication paths with any of the N physical links. Since only N/2 communication paths may be active at any time in such a switching device, a control unit of the switching device tracks which of the N/2 communication paths are presently in use or unused so that an unused path may be selected for a new connection. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036700 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR CONTROLLING TX AND RX THROUGHPUT OVER TCP - A first node that transmits TCP packets to and receives TCP packets from a second node splits a target TCP packet throughput across multiple consecutive time slots, each slot having a target throughput value. If a current slot's achieved throughput value does not match the current slot's target throughput value, the target throughput value for the current slot and/or a subsequent slot is adjusted. Transmit throughput from the first node to the second node is controlled by transmitting TCP packets from the first node to the second node according to a target throughput value for the current slot. Receive throughput from the second node to the first node is controlled by dynamically calculating an advertised receive window size according to a target throughput value for the current slot and communicating the advertised receive window size to the second node. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036701 | Mobile Access Point Detection - Methods and devices for detecting mobile access points are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of detecting mobile access points comprises collecting crowdsourcing data associated with one or more access point devices, quantizing the crowdsourcing data to generate a quantized crowdsourcing data, for each access point device, determining an interfracile range of the access point device using the quantized crowdsourcing data, where the interfracile range is a measure of statistical dispersion of the quantized crowdsourcing data with respect to the access point device, identifying the access point device as a mobile access point device in response to the interfracile range exceeds a first predetermined range. The method of collecting crowdsourcing data comprises collecting the crowdsourcing data within a predetermined sliding time window. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036702 | Multi-media multi-modulation and multi-data rate mesh network - A node having a multiple protocol receiver may listen to multiple links in parallel and determine a quality of links having multiple communication technologies between the node and multiple neighbor nodes. The multiple communication technologies may include radio frequency (RF) communication technologies and one or more power line communication (PLC) communication technologies. The node determines a link quality metric for each link associated with an optimum communication technology and data rate, and maintains availability information of neighbor nodes. The node may then route communications to neighbor nodes using the link quality metric and the availability information. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036703 | Method and System for Controlling Access of Terminal Device to Wireless Network - The present invention provides a method and system for controlling access of a terminal device to a wireless network. The method includes: receiving, by an access point device, a first wireless network access request message sent by a first terminal device; receiving, by the access point device, feedback information of one or more directional devices within a predetermined area; judging, by the access point device according to the received feedback information, whether N directional devices within the predetermined area all find the first wireless network access request message by monitoring; and if yes, enabling the first terminal device to access the wireless network, where the N is the number of the directional devices within the predetermined area. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036704 | PERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION REPORTING FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (CoMP) SYSTEMS - Technology for periodic channel state information (CSI) reporting from a user equipment (UE) configured for carrier aggregation is disclosed. One method can include the UE generating a plurality of periodic CSI reports for transmission in a subframe for a plurality of CSI processes, wherein each periodic CSI report corresponds to a CSI process with a CSI process index. A single periodic CSI report from the plurality of periodic CSI reports may be selected to multiplex with a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback. The periodic CSI report multiplex with the HARQ-ACK feedback and any scheduling request (SR) may be determined to have a bit size less than or equal to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format 3 maximum payload bit size. The periodic CSI report multiplexed with the HARQ-ACK feedback and any SR may be transmitted to a serving cell. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036705 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION - The present invention provides a method and a device for data traffic distribution. The method includes: measuring, by a mobile wireless interconnection wifi device, signal strength of a wifi network; and switching, by the mobile wifi device, data traffic between a cellular wireless communication network and the wifi network according to the signal strength of the wifi network, where, when the data traffic is transmitted over the wifi network, the mobile wifi device, by means of time division multiplexing, serves as an access point AP and a station STA respectively to route the data traffic between STAs having an Internet access demand and APs capable of providing an Internet access service. The embodiments of the present invention can implement data distribution in the scenario of multiple WAN ports. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036706 | Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) Signaling and Use to Support Interference Coordination Between Cells - Indication(s) of a configuration of first interference measurement resources in first subframe(s) and of a configuration of second interference measurement resources in second subframe(s) are received at a first BS and from a second BS using an interface between the first and second BSs. The first BS transmits zero or low power REs that coincide with the REs belonging to the first interference measurement resources in the first subframe(s). The first BS transmits full power REs that coincide with the REs belonging to the second interference measurement resources in the second subframe(s). The first interference measurement resources in the first subframe(s) are to be used by a UE (e.g., attached to the second base station) to measure interference for zero or low power REs and the second interference measurement resources in the second subframe(s) are to be used by the UE to measure interference for full power REs. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036707 | DIFFERENTIATING MEASUREMENT REPORTING MECHANISM - Techniques are provided for transmission of measurement reports from a UE to a base station. A method may include receiving a measurement configuration message from a serving cell. The method may include determining a report value from the measurement configuration message, the report value indicating a number of measurement reports to be transmitted to the serving cell. The method may include, based on the number of measurement reports indicated by the report value, determining whether to wait for a signal measurement result of at least one neighboring cell to become available prior to sending a measurement report to the serving cell. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036708 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING MEASUREMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing measurement in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the method is implemented in a UE. The method includes configuring the UE with a threshold of serving cell quality. The method further includes determining, at the UE, whether to apply the threshold of serving cell quality depending | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036709 | HIDDEN NODES DETECTION - A method of detecting a hidden node is disclosed. Reports from a plurality of access points (APs) are received. The method includes determining that transmissions from a second AP are not detected by a first AP based on the received report from the first AP. The method includes determining that transmissions from a client associated with the first AP are detected by the second AP based on the received report from the second AP. The method further includes detecting that the second AP is a hidden node, wherein transmissions from the hidden node interfere with transmissions between the client and the first AP, and wherein the detection is based at least in part on the determination that transmissions from the second AP are not detected by the first AP and the determination that transmissions from the client associated with the first AP are detected by the second AP. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036710 | INTER-RAT MEASUREMENTS FOR A DUAL-SIM DUAL-ACTIVE DEVICE - A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes monitoring a first RAT for a first paging message with a first receive chain. The method also includes monitoring a second RAT for a second paging message with a second receive chain. The method further includes performing, for the first SIM, an inter-frequency/inter-RAT measurement for the first RAT. The method still further includes performing, for the second SIM, an inter-frequency/inter-RAT measurement for the second RAT. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036711 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH RATE OFDM COMMUNICATIONS - Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized communication parameters. The transmitter then stores these communication parameters and when transmitting to that particular receiver, the transmitter utilizes the stored parameters in an effort to maximize the data rate to that receiver. Likewise, when the receiver receives packets from that particular transmitter, the receiver can utilize the stored communication parameters for reception. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036712 | DETECTION AND LOCATION OF WIRELESS FIELD DEVICES - A method of evaluating a potential location to add a wireless field device to an existing network of a plurality of existing wireless field devices is provided. The method includes placing a handheld field maintenance tool in the potential location and causing the handheld field maintenance tool to identify wireless field devices within communicative range of the potential location. Information related to wireless communication at the potential location is viewed. Methods are also provided for identifying a selected field device in a process installation using a handheld field maintenance tool. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036713 | REFERENCE SIGNAL PORT DISCOVERY INVOLVING TRANSMISSION POINTS - A method includes receiving information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; measuring the channel quality for the indicated sets of reference signal patterns; and reporting indications of the measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns to the first transmission point. Another method includes transmitting information indicating one or more sets of reference signal patterns from a first transmission point to a user equipment, wherein at least one of the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns corresponds to one of one or more other transmission points; and receiving from the user equipment indications of measured channel quality for the indicated one or more sets of reference signal patterns. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036714 | NODEB Self-Tuning - It is provided an apparatus, including base station means to provide a base station functionality using component carriers; neighbor detecting means to detect a neighboring base station; informing means to inform a coordinating device about the neighboring base station; willingness setting means to set a willingness to perform self-tuning based on a respective long-term priority for each component carrier, wherein the long-term priorities are received from the coordinating device, and the willingness is only set if the long-term priorities are not in contradiction to an actual requirement, willingness providing means to provide an indication of the willingness to the coordinating device; and self-tuning means to perform self-tuning if an agreement statement is received from the coordinating device, wherein, as a result of the self-tuning, a usage of each component carrier by the base station means is based on the received long-term information and the actual requirement. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036715 | WIRELESS ACCESS POINT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING SIGNAL RECEPTION SENSITIVITY - A method and apparatus for testing signal reception sensitivity of a wireless access point are provided. The apparatus includes a receiver which is configured to receive a test start request signal, a transmission power level change request signal and a test packet retransmission request signal from a neighboring access point apparatus; a test signal generator which is configured to generate a test packet signal to be transmitted to the neighboring access point apparatus; a transmission power level adjuster which is configured to adjust a transmission power level of the test packet signal; a transmitter which is configured to transmit the test packet signal to the neighboring access point apparatus with a power having a level adjusted by the transmission power level adjuster; and a test executor which is configured to execute a test program having a predetermined sequence for testing a signal reception sensitivity of the neighboring access point apparatus. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036716 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING QUALITY OF SERVICE PER SERVICE DATA FLOW THROUGH THE BEARER LAYER - In scenarios where the quality of service is negotiated through a signalling layer whereas the services are actually carried through a bearer layer, application functions at the signalling layer are not always aware of how quality of service is individually accomplished at the bearer layer on a service basis. The invention provides a method and devices whereby events are detected on a service data flow basis at a detection device in the bearer layer and notified towards an application device in the signalling layer via a control device between the signalling and the bearer layer. The list of events to be notified is obtainable at the control device from the application device and is included in Quality of Service related rules, along with service data flow filters. This Quality of Service related rules are provided to the detection device for inspecting individual service data flows in order to detect and notify the indicated events. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036717 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING BANDWIDTH-CONSUMING FRAME FLOWS IN A NETWORK - A port monitor monitors network traffic that passes through a port of a switch. Frame flows routed through the switch are counted by hardware frame counting logic, which includes a content-addressable memory (CAM) and counters corresponding to various frame flows. Port monitor software includes logical containers (“buckets”), which are used to record and sort counts of the frame flows from hardware based on activity of the frame flows. Frame flow sorting is based on confidence building algorithms such that the thrashing of frame flows between buckets is reduced. Storage and sorting of the frame flows in software allows the activity level of any number of frame flows associated with the switch to be counted, regardless of hardware limitations on how many frame flows can be counted. This allows a real-time analysis of frame flows and a determination of frame flows that are major users of Fibre Channel bandwidth. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036718 | DEVICE TO DEVICE CLUSTER ENHANCEMENT TO SUPPORT DATA TRANSMISSION FROM/TO MULTIPLE DEVICES - The exemplary embodiments of this invention provide, in one aspect thereof, a method that includes operating a first wireless communications device in a role as a cluster head in a device-to-device communication mode cluster; and autonomously transferring the role of the cluster head to a second wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster. In this method only a wireless communications device that is operating in the role of the cluster head has authority to transmit new data to another wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster. The exemplary embodiments of this invention also provide, in another aspect thereof, a method that includes operating a first wireless communications device in a role as a cluster head in a device-to-device communication mode cluster; and transmitting a scheduling grant from the wireless communications device that is operating in the role of the cluster head to another wireless communications device in the device-to-device communication mode cluster, In this method the scheduling grant authorizes the another wireless communications device to perform, during a subframe specified by first information in the scheduling grant, a retransmission of data that was received by the another wireless communications device during a subframe specified by second information in the scheduling grant. Also disclosed are corresponding apparatus and computer readable memories storing computer program instructions to implement the methods. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME DIVISION DUPLEX UPLINK-DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION CHANGE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for changing Time Division Duplex (TDD) Uplink (UL)-Downlink (DL) configuration. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving by the UE a signaling for TDD UL-DL reconfiguration and changes from an old TDD UL-DL configuration to a new TDD UL-DL configuration. The method further includes considering by the UE before a specific timing that a number of Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) groups is determined by the old UL-DL configuration at least for overlapped non-UL subframes between the new TDD UL-DL configuration and the old TDD UL-DL configuration. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036720 | ASSIGNING A VLAN - In a network that comprises a first edge device and a second edge device at a site connecting the site to a core of the network, the first edge device receives, in a Hello message sent from the second edge device, information indicating a Virtual Local Area Network VLAN amongst a plurality of VLANs in the site as a preferred VLAN of the second edge device. From the Hello message sent from the second edge device, the first edge device obtains the information indicating the preferred VLAN of the second edge device. For each of the plurality of VLANs, the first edge device assigns a VLAN to the second edge device if the obtained information indicates the VLAN as the preferred VLAN of the second edge device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036721 | Wireless Device and Wireless Network System - Provided is a wireless device and a wireless network capable of readily communicating wirelessly using different frequency bands and wireless formats to match the state of wireless communication at the installation location of the facility being monitored. A wireless device for performing wireless communication using a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the wireless device being provided with a plurality of wireless modules on a base substrate, wherein the wireless modules are a plurality of wireless modules between which the frequency and/or the wireless format differ. The wireless device is characterized in being provided with: a device controller for selecting a wireless module suited to the state of communication, the device controller being detachably mounted on the base substrate and connected to the plurality of wireless modules by signal wires; and a terminal block for external connection and a communication interface, which are connected to the device controller. The wireless device performs wireless data communication using a wireless module selected by the device controller, the data being acquired from the terminal block or the communication interface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036722 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BY TUNNELING IN HIERARCHICAL CELLULAR NETWORKS - A hierarchical cellular network system having a core and comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a relay; and wherein at least one relay includes: a tunneling sub-system; a backhauling link subsystem interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a node which is closer to the core than the relay; and a base station subsystem, interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a mobile station or a node which is further from the core than the relay, wherein the tunneling subsystem is operative to perform the following, on data arriving from a base station subsystem belonging to another node from among the plurality of nodes: collecting the data; and encapsulating the results to be sent in an individual session into packets and sending the packets to the Backhauling Link Subsystem. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036723 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN A MAIN ELEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE A NFC CONTROLLER, AND A SET OF AT LEAST TWO AUXILIARY ELEMENTS - Device, comprising a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036724 | Slot-Based Transmission Synchronization Mechanism in Wireless Mesh Networks - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to synchronizing transmissions among parent and child routing nodes in a hierarchical wireless mesh network. In one implementation, the present invention employs a time slot scheduling algorithm to coordinate communications between wireless nodes of a hierarchical tree. In one implementation, the present invention provides a wireless mesh network where slot scheduling information propagates throughout the mesh, while individual nodes in the mesh compute their respective time slot schedules based on this information and the current state of the network. In one such implementation, a parent routing node computes its slot schedule and transmits certain parameters to its child nodes (as opposed to the schedule itself). The child node(s) then iterates the same scheduling function based on the parameters passed to it to determine the slots with which it should communicate to its parent node and its child nodes. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036725 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a wireless communication device which includes a notification information transmitting unit for transmitting, via a wireless communication network, notification information of the wireless communication device, a notification information receiving unit for receiving notification information transmitted from another device, a frequency switching unit for successively switching, at random cycles, a frequency at which the notification information is transmitted or a frequency at which the notification information is received, and a transmission processing unit for performing a data transmission process after transmitting or receiving an acknowledgement to the notification information to/from such other device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036726 | NETWORK, DATA FORWARDING NODE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A network includes a data forwarding node including: a logical network topology management unit managing a correspondence relationship among at least two different logical network topologies generated by applying different policies to a physical network topology and data traffic conditions to which the logical network topologies are applied; and a packet processing unit selecting a logical network topology corresponding to data traffic to which an incoming packet belongs, determining a packet forwarding destination, and transmitting the incoming packet. The data forwarding node selects a logical network and forwards a packet, based on data traffic. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036727 | ROUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING OPTIMUM MULTI-HOP HYBRID V-MIMO TRANSMISSION PATH FOR WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for setting the optimum transmission path for increasing energy efficiency in a wireless ad hoc network. More particularly, the present invention relates to setting an optimized data transmission path in a multi-hop data transmission environment in a wireless network comprising machine to machine (M2M) communication devices, which operate with limited energy, based on link information of the network, such as the position of a node in the network. And to this end, the present invention relates to a wireless M2M communication network protocol minimizing energy consumption by selecting the optimum transmission method for each of the hops from the following transmission methods: a single input single output (SISO) method; a virtual single input multiple output (V-SIMO) method; and a virtual multiple input multiple output (V-MIMO) method. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036728 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BACKBONE NETWORK FOR A SENSOR NETWORK - The apparatus for controlling a backbone network according to the present invention comprises: a context-interpreting unit, which interprets the request for a service of a sensor node, and generates a session containing routing information; a sensor node registration unit, which stores sensor node information and routing information, and which provides routing information; a gateway, which transmits the service request using routing information, and which receives a response message; and a message-processing unit, which transmits the service request, and which provides the response message. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036729 | LABEL DISTRIBUTION AND ROUTE INSTALLATION IN A LOOP-FREE ROUTING TOPOLOGY USING ROUTING ARCS - In one embodiment, a method comprises creating, in a computing network, a loop-free routing topology for reaching a destination device, the loop-free routing topology comprising distinct paths for reaching the destination device; generating a set of serialized representations describing the loop-free routing topology, each serialized representation describing a corresponding one of the paths; and propagating the set of serialized representations from the destination device to network nodes in the computing network, enabling the network nodes to establish loop-free label switched paths for reaching the destination device via the loop-free routing topology. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036730 | ADAPTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED VIRTUAL SWITCH - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying at a network device, characteristics of a distributed virtual switch comprising a control plane component and a plurality of data plane components, grouping the data plane components, and adapting operation of the distributed virtual switch for one or more groups of the data plane components based on the characteristics. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036731 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL CALLING RATES - A method and apparatus for enabling VoIP service providers to dynamically adjust international calling rates as a function of adjustments made with partner carrier arrangements that VoIP service providers put in place are disclosed. Thus VoIP service providers can pass on savings, if the new calling rate is lower than the old calling rate, to their subscribers in order to enhance the loyalty of existing subscribers. Instead of having subscribers to call into customer service centers to take advantage of these new lower international calling rates, the new calling rates will be updated dynamically and immediately for subscribers without these subscribers having to call in to request their billing rates to match the new calling rates. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036732 | WIRELESS VOIP NETWORK FOR SECURITY SYSTEM MONITORING - A Voice over IP (VoIP) module is used to connect an alarm system to a monitoring station over the Internet. A built-in wireless or Ethernet over A/C power component is described, such that the Voice-over-IP equipment can be placed at a distance from a router, without the need to run an Ethernet cable from the VoIP equipment to the router. This arrangement is useful, as in many cases, the customer's security system is hidden within a closet, or else placed within the home or business at a significant distance from their Internet connection and router. The present invention accomplishes this by adding a built-in WiFi (wireless) radio, or a built-in Ethernet over Power circuit, into the Voice-over-IP equipment installed in the home or business. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036733 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INITIATING CONFERENCE CALL USING CALENDAR EVENTS - An email client method and server that allow a conference organizer to schedule a conference (e.g., conference call) using a calendar feature found in today's email applications. When the email client is installed to work with the user's email application, an option becomes available to allow access to a conferencing scheduling feature. The server is adapted to receive an incoming conference request via a data message (e.g., email message) and coordinate acceptances to the request. At the time of the conference, the server retrieves a list of conference participants/attendees and their contact information. The server determines whether or not each participant/attendee is a server participant. If the participant/attendee is a server participant, the server will initiate the conference by calling the multiple contact numbers associated with the participant/attendee. Otherwise, the server will call one contact number associated with the participant/attendee. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036734 | Single Wire Concurrent Bi-Directional Communication For PSU - A communication system where first and second devices communicate concurrently and bidirectionally over a single wire, in addition to a ground. The second device can be a computing device having a powered component which requires a certain power output, for instance, and the first device may be a power supply unit. The second device provides a signal on a control line (the single wire) which is characterized by a frequency, pulse width, duty cycle and/or an amplitude which is associated with a message from the second device. The first device recognizes the message in the signal and invokes a corresponding function, such as by enabling a corresponding power supply. The power supply provides power to the second device via a separate power line. Further, the first device modifies the signal, without adding power, to provide a message from the first device, concurrent with the message from the second device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036735 | DISJOINT DATA PATH ROUTING FOR INTEGRITY AND AVAILABILITY AUGMENTATION - A method comprises transmitting a plurality of copies of a message from each of a first transmission node and a second transmission node, each copy having a respective identification and forwarding each of the plurality of copies of the message among other nodes in the network based, at least in part, on the respective identification of each copy such that each copy of the message traverses a predetermined communication path among the other nodes. A respective first received copy is compared to a respective second received copy at each of the other nodes. The integrity of the respective first and second copies is validated at each of the other nodes if the copies match and the copies traversed disjoint communication paths. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036736 | PIM COMPENSATION IN A RECEIVER - The present disclosure relates to compensation for Passive Intermodulation (PIM) distortion in a receiver. In one embodiment, a main receiver receives a radio frequency receive signal and outputs a main receiver output signal. In order to compensate for PIM distortion, a tunable non-linear circuit generates an Intermodulation Products (IMP) signal that includes a number of IMPs as a function of a signal that is indicative of the radio frequency transmit signal. An auxiliary receiver receives the IMP signal and outputs an auxiliary receiver output signal that includes only a subset of the IMPs that fall within a passband of the main receiver. The auxiliary receiver output signal is adaptively filtered to provide a PIM estimate signal, which is then subtracted from the main receiver output signal to provide a compensated output signal. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036737 | UPLINK SIGNALING FOR COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION - A method of operating a wireless communication system is disclosed (FIG. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036738 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A DYNAMIC-TIME DIVISION DUPLEX (D-TDD) DOWNLINK-UPLINK CONFIGURATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for supporting a dynamic-time division duplex (D-TDD) downlink-uplink configuration in a wireless communication system and to an apparatus therefor. A method in which a first network node supports a dynamic-time division duplex (D-TDD) downlink-uplink configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a step of selecting two or more TDD downlink-uplink configurations from among a plurality of predefined TDD downlink-uplink configurations based on a predetermined rule so as to establish a set of TDD downlink-uplink configurations, wherein the predetermined rule may enable the selection of two or more TDD downlink-uplink configurations from a number of downlink subframe durations constituted by subframes other than a downlink subframe, or from a number of uplink subframe durations constituted by subframes other than an uplink subframe. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036739 | METHOD, BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION FOR TDD OPERATION IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method, NodeB and User Equipment for TDD operation in a communication system operating in TDD mode in a frequency band allocated for FDD operation. Preferably, operation is in TDD uplink and downlink mode in a first frequency band designated or normally used for FDD uplink communication, and in TDD downlink-only mode in a second frequency band designated or normally used for FDD downlink communication. The invention provides the following advantages: Provides a flexible method to deploy a time division duplex architecture in frequency division duplex spectrum. Allows flexible use of system capacity by adjusting the uplink and downlink capacity split. Removes previous FDD duplex restrictions. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036740 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING BACKHAUL LINK SUBFRAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING CARRIER AGGREGATION TECHNIQUE APPLIED THERETO - Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a base station to set a backhaul link subframe for a relay node in a wireless communication system, to which a carrier aggregation technique is applied. More particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: determining one of the plurality of subframe settings as a first subframe setting for a main component carrier allocated to the relay node; composing subframe setting candidates for one or more subcomponent carriers allocated to the relay node, one the basis of the determined first subframe setting; and determining a second subframe setting for each of the one or more subcomponent carriers, using the composed subframe setting candidates, wherein a subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting and subframe aggregations according to each of the subframe setting candidates do not overlap when downlink subframes and uplink subframes of the different component carriers are identical, and a downlink subframe aggregation according to the second subframe setting is included in a downlink subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036741 | DOWNLINK POWER CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK TIME SLOTS IN TDD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for downlink power control for use in a spread spectrum time division communication system having time slots for communication, implemented in a user equipment, includes receiving data in a command per coded composite transport channel (CCTrCH) transmitted over a plurality of time slots. An interference power for each time slot of the plurality of time slots is measured and a single power command for the entire CCTrCH is transmitted in response to a signal to interference ratio of the received CCTrCH and the measured interference power measurement for each time slot. A subsequent data is received in the CCTrCH communication having a transmission power level for each downlink communication time slot set individually in response to the interference power measurement for that time slot and the single power command for the entire CCTrCH. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036742 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION VIA CELLS HAVING DIFFERENT TIME DIVISION DUPLEX SUBFRAME CONFIGURATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed that facilitate discontinuous reception via a primary cell and one or more secondary cells that have different TDD UL/DL subframe configurations including overlapping subframes, such as in an instance in which a UL subframe of a secondary cell overlaps with a corresponding DL subframe of the primary cell. A method may define an active state of a primary cell to be larger than an active state of a secondary cell in a TDD network that supports carrier aggregation. The method may also provide for discontinuous reception via the primary cell and the secondary cell in accordance with different TDD UL/DL subframe configurations and also in accordance with the respective active states of the primary and secondary cells. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036743 | WIRELESS NETWORKS, DEVICES AND METHODS THAT ESTABLISH ASYMMETRIC FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEX (FDD) LINKS USING A DOWNLINK FREQUENCY CARRIER AND MULTIPLE UPLINK FREQUENCY CARRIERS - A node of a wireless network is configured to arrange a frequency division duplex communications link from the node to a user equipment using a downlink frequency carrier having a downlink frequency bandwidth, and from the user equipment to the node by selectively using either a first uplink frequency carrier having a first uplink frequency bandwidth or a second uplink frequency carrier that is spaced apart in frequency from the first uplink frequency carrier and having a second uplink frequency bandwidth. The first uplink frequency carrier may initially be assigned to the user equipment, and the user equipment may be subsequently selectively handed over the second uplink frequency carrier, while continuing to use the downlink frequency carrier. Related nodes, user equipment and operating methods are described. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036744 | Switchable Diplexer With Physical Layout to Provide Improved Isolation - A switchable diplexer includes a plurality of bandpass filters having passbands for the frequency bands in which communication across a communication channel is desired. The bandpass filters can be arranged in groups of bandpass filters located adjacent to one another physically. Further, a group of bandpass filters can include a plurality of bandpass filters having a stop band in a common frequency range of interest. A plurality of switches can be provided to switch the desired bandpass filter into the circuit to allow communication on its corresponding band. The switches can therefore be electrically coupled to the passband filters and configured to select one of the plurality of bandpass filters for signal communication on the communication channel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036745 | HANDLING IN-DEVICE COEXISTENCE INTERFERENCE - A wireless access node sends an information element to user equipment, where the information element settable to corresponding values indicating support for multiple different solutions to address in-device coexistence (IDC) interference at the user equipment. The multiple different solutions cause respective modifications of wireless communication behavior at the user equipment. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036746 | LISTEN INTERVAL (LI) SELECTION FOR WLAN CLIENT - The listen interval of a WLAN client is selected to have one of a plurality of values, including a start listen interval (SLI) and one or more longer listen intervals (e.g., transient listen interval (TLI), maximum listen interval (MLI)). The listen interval is set to SLI in response to (1) detecting that an applications processor of the WLAN client is in an awake state, (2) detecting transmit/receive activity on the wireless link, and (3) failing to detect an expected beacon signal on the wireless link. If the listen interval is set to MLI (or TLI) and the WLAN client fails to detect an expected beacon signal (beacon miss), the listen interval is temporarily set to SLI. If the WLAN client then detects an expected beacon signal before detecting a predetermined number of consecutive beacon misses, the listen interval is immediately returned to the original listen interval MLI (or TLI). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036747 | Method and Apparatus For Receiving A Control Channel - Various methods and apparatuses for receiving a control channel involve a communication device monitoring a first control and receiving information from a network regarding the configuration of a second control channel. The communication device receives an uplink grant from the network; transmits a message to the network, in which the message indicates to the network that the communication device is capable of monitoring the second control channel. The communication device monitors the second control channel based on the configuration information receiving via the first control channel. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036748 | UE INDICATIONS OF POWER MODE PREFERENCES - The present disclosure relates generally to low traffic or power modes for a User Equipment (UE) or mobile or wireless device in wireless communications systems, and more particularly to indications provided by a UE to a communications network relating to state transitions of the UE in a power mode. A method in a UE is provided comprising: generating a power mode state preference to extend or change the current power mode state of the UE; and indicating to a network element the power mode state preference. The power mode state transition of the UE can involve turning a reception capability of the UE from an On state to an Off state and vice versa. The UE preference can be based on information within the UE, including on information from one or more applications on the UE. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036749 | CARRIER AGGREGATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BITS - Systems, methods, and user equipment can involve transmitting Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) bits for carrier aggregation between a first cell and a second cell in a User Equipment (UE). With the UE, for a sub-frame, a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell can be compared with a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell. If a first number of ACK/NACK bits for the first cell is less than a second number of ACK/NACK bits for the second cell, an ACK/NACK bit position from the first cell can be used to transmit an ACK/NACK bit for the second cell. In some implementations, one or more DTX bits can be used to set the number of ACK/NACK bits in the first cell equal to the number of ACK/NACK bits in the second cell. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKING EXCESSIVE TRANSMITTER MESSAGE SIGNALING - The present disclosure relates to transmitting assistance information from a first node to a second node. In one embodiment, a first node includes a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. In response to transmitting a preference indicator for a first configuration to a second node via the wireless transmitter or receiving a reconfiguration request associated with the preference indicator for the first configuration, the first node starts a timer set to a value that defines an amount of time before the first node is permitted to transmit a preference indicator for a second configuration to the second node. The first node then blocks transmission of the preference indicator for the second configuration to the second node until the timer has expired. In this manner, excessive signaling of preference indicators from the first node to the second node is avoided. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036751 | BEACON SCHEDULING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A system and method for reducing energy consumption in a wireless network. In one embodiment, a system includes a network coordinator configured to manage access to a wireless network. The network coordinator includes a controller. The controller is configured to define a channel hopping list that specifies on which channel a beacon signal is transmitted in each slot frame of the wireless network. The controller is also configured to set a number of time slots in each slot frame based on a length of the channel hopping list. The controller is further configured to transmit a first beacon signal in each slot frame on a channel specified by the channel hopping list. The number of slots in each slot frame causes the first beacon signal to be transmitted on a same channel in each slot frame. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036752 | METHOD FOR TRANSITIONING BETWEEN MULTIPLE RECEPTION LEVELS - There is provided a method for enabling a user equipment (UE) to transition between a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level and at least one discontinuous reception (DRX) level. The LIE in a DRX level wakes up periodically to monitor a scheduling channel. The method includes receiving a DRX indicator in a Non-DRX level with continuously monitoring the scheduling channel and transitioning from the Non-DRX level to a DRX level indicated by the DRX indicator. The UE can transition between multiple DRX levels by an explicit command/signaling. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036753 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In an ad hoc mode based on IEEE802.11 standard, when a wireless terminal performs a power save operation to create a network, and a network identifier identical to that of the network to be created is present, the wireless terminal does not join the network. When the wireless terminal is to join the network, and the network identifier identical to that of the network which the wireless terminal is to join is not present, the wireless terminal does not join any network. In this method, reliable connectivity can be obtained in the ad hoc mode which is not defined in the IEEE802.11 standard in detail. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036754 | OVERLAYING VIRTUAL BROADCAST DOMAINS ON AN UNDERLYING PHYSICAL NETWORK - The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for overlaying one or more broadcast groups over virtual local area networks in a wireless network. The network device receives a broadcast/multicast message from a member device of a broadcast group. The broadcast group includes a subset of devices sharing at least one common property. The broadcast/multicast message is to be received by other member devices, but not by non-member devices of the first broadcast group. Furthermore, the broadcast group includes one of (i) a subset of devices from a single virtual local area network, and (ii) at least two subsets of devices from different virtual local area networks. The network device then determines the broadcast group associated with the received broadcast/multicast message based on the common property, and then transmits the received broadcast/multicast message to other member devices in the broadcast group. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036755 | MBMS SUPPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK AND IN-VENUE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication enable user equipment operating in a current cell that provides a multimedia broadcast/multicast service to distinguish between neighboring cells that have different operational characteristics. The presence of a neighboring cell is identified while the user equipment is operating in a first cell and it is determined whether the neighboring cell provides services different from the services provided in the current cell, based on information maintained by the user equipment. The user equipment may move to the neighboring cell to obtain better or different service. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036756 | TRACKING LOCATIONS OF MULTICAST GROUP MEMBERS WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Apparatuses and methods related to tracking locations of multicast group members within a wireless communication system are disclosed. An access terminal sends a group member report to an access network, the group member report indicating a location of the access terminal and at least one multicast group, the group member report being sent before a multicast session associated with the multicast group is initiated, determines a location update rule, the location update rule being a manner in which to report location updates of the access terminal to the access network and reports location updates of the access terminal to the access network based on the determined location update rule. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036757 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING A FRAME THAT FAILED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN A MU-MIMO BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of transmitting in a wireless communication system is provided. A transmitter generates a group management frame including a group information and position information and a data frame including a group control information having a group identifier for each of a plurality of groups. The group information indicates whether the receiver is a member of each of the plurality of groups. The position information indicates a position of at least one stream corresponding to at least one group of which the receiver is a member. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036758 | POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT DIGITAL RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSPORT - One embodiment is directed to a system for use with a coverage area in which one or more wireless units wirelessly transmit using a wireless radio frequency spectrum. The system comprises a first unit, and a plurality of second units communicatively coupled to the first unit using at least one communication medium. Each of the plurality of second units generates respective digital RF samples indicative of a respective analog wireless signal received at that second unit. Each of the plurality of second units communicates the respective digital RF samples generated by that second unit to the first unit using the at least one communication medium. The first unit digitally sums corresponding digital RF samples received from the plurality of second units to produce summed digital RF samples. The system is configured so that an input used for base station processing is derived from the resulting summed digital RF samples. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036759 | DIGITAL BROADCAST TRANSMITTER FOR TRANSMITTING TRANSPORT STREAM CONTAINING AUDIO PACKETS, DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER FOR RECEIVING SAME, AND METHODS THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for processing a stream of a digital broadcast transmitter. The method includes forming a stream containing normal data and mobile/handheld (M/H data), and encoding and interleaving the stream and outputting and transmitting the encoded and interleaved stream, wherein the forming of the stream includes forming the stream such that a predetermined number of audio packets of the normal data are disposed per predetermined time cycle. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036760 | RELAY NODE AGGREGATION OF DATA TRANSFERS IN A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A relay node for aggregating data transfers in a wireless telecommunications network includes a receiver configured to receive uplink signals from multiple terminals, each uplink signal including respective uplink data, a decoder operatively connected to the receiver and configured to decode the uplink signals to obtain the uplink data, a machine-readable storage medium operatively connected to the decoder and configured to store the uplink data, an encoder operatively connected to the machine-readable medium and configured to encode an aggregate uplink signal including the uplink data obtained from the uplink signals, and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink transmission of the aggregate uplink signal to the base station. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036761 | SATELLITE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND REMOTE CONTROL METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a satellite communication device which receives instructions from a remote place and automatically carries out a predetermined process. The satellite communication device includes an acquiring section, a storing section, and a control section. The acquiring section acquires instruction information through an artificial satellite by line switching type communication. The storing section stores the instruction information and a registered process by established correspondence. The control section reads out a process corresponding to the instruction information acquired by the acquiring section based on storage contents of the storing section, and carries out the process that has been read out. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036762 | System and Method to Support Multiple Radio Access Technology Relays with a Unified Backhaul Transport Network - Embodiments are provided for supporting multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) using a common backhaul transport network. A relay node is configured to instantiate a virtual-user equipment (V-UE) layer for a UE, upon determining that the UE uses a different RAT than the backhaul transport network. A connection is then established between the V-UE layer and a V-UE gateway using a pre-existing radio interface between the relay node and a base station. Upon receiving data from the UE, the relay node translates the data into a RAT format supported by the backhaul transport network, and sends the data on the connection via the base station, wherein the RAT format of the UE is transparent to the base station. A generic access network controller is also configured to connect and exchange signaling with the relay node to establish a service for the UE and configure radio resource on the relay node. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036763 | ASSOCIATION AND RESOURCE PARTITIONING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK WITH RELAYS - Techniques for performing association and resource partitioning in a wireless network with relays are described. In an aspect, resource partitioning may be performed to allocate available resources to nodes and access/backhaul links of relays. In one design, a node computes local metrics for a plurality of possible actions related to resource partitioning. The node receives local metrics for the possible actions from at least one neighbor node and determines overall metrics for the possible actions based on the computed and received local metrics. The node determines resources allocated to a set of nodes and resources allocated to the access and backhaul links of at least one relay based on the overall metrics for the possible actions. In another aspect, association involving relays may be performed by taking into account the performance of the relays. In yet another aspect, association and resource partitioning may be performed jointly. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a signal of a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first signal to the relay station through the transmission period in a subframe including a transmission period and a guard time for transmission/reception switching of a relay station, and transmitting a second signal to a macro user equipment through the guard time. Accordingly, a signal can be effectively transmitted in the wireless communication system employing the relay station. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036765 | RELAY SATELLITE AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A relay satellite includes reception antennas, reception processing units, transmission processing units, transmission antennas, a reception analog switch matrix unit that outputs a signal received by the reception antenna to one or more of the reception processing units, a digital switch matrix unit that outputs digital reception signals obtained by reception processing performed by the reception processing units to one or more of the transmission processing units, and a transmission analog switch matrix unit that outputs analog signals obtained by transmission processing performed by the transmission processing units to one of the transmission antennas. The reception analog switch matrix unit outputs a broadband reception signal to the reception processing units when a reception signal having a band broader than a band processable by the reception processing unit is inputted, and the reception processing unit performs reception processing on a part of a band when the broadband signal is inputted. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036766 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND PROCESSING MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PACKET DATA UNITS IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a method and system for generating and processing medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (PDUs) in a broadband wireless network environment. In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a MAC service data units (SDUs) intended for a receiving device includes fragmented MAC SDU(s). The method also includes generating MAC PDU(s) from the fragmented MAC SDU(s) when the MAC SDUs includes fragmented MAC SDU(s), where each MAC PDU includes a single fragmented MAC SDU. The method further includes determining whether unfragmented MAC SDU(s) in the MAC SDUs satisfy pre-defined criteria. If the unfragmented MAC SDU(s) satisfy the predefined criteria, the method includes generating MAC PDU(s) from the unfragmented MAC SDU(s), where each MAC PDU includes multiple unfragmented MAC SDUs. Otherwise, the method includes generating MAC PDU(s) from the unfragmented MAC SDU(s), where each MAC PDU includes a single unfragmented MAC SDU. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036767 | Proximity Based Wireless Docking - The present application discloses various implementations of a wireless docking system. In one implementation, such a wireless docking system includes a docking surface and at least one wireless transceiver configured to establish a wireless connection with a portable device. The wireless connection results in interoperability of the portable device and another device connected to the wireless docking system. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036768 | Processing of Access Point Crowdsourcing Data - Method and apparatus for processing access point (AP) crowdsourcing data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions, consolidating the WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions based at least in part on a set of selection criteria to generate a WiFi AP record, and uploading the WiFi AP record to a crowdsourcing server. The method consolidating the WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions comprises quantizing data received in accordance with time segment of the WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions. The set of selection criteria comprises a maximum number of scan lists to be uploaded in a predetermined period of time, a maximum number of scan lists to be uploaded in a single upload, ratio of MNoO to remaining unprocessed observations, similarity between scan lists, and comparison of HEPE values between similar scan lists. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036769 | COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCHING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices for switching internet protocol (IP) flows from a first communication path to a second communication path are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may include an exchange component, a session component, and a communication component. The exchange component exchanges second communication path availability information between the UE and another UE by sending and receiving session initiation protocol (SIP) messages that include second communication path availability information over the first communication path. The session component changes the communication session by re-routing traffic flows to the second communication path based on the exchanged second path availability information. The communication component sends to and receives from the other UE data corresponding to an IP flow over the second communication path. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036770 | FREQUENCY TRANSLATION IN A VIRTUALIZED DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A method for communicating with wireless user devices includes receiving a signal at a DAU, the signal residing within a first frequency band and processing the signal at the DAU. The method also includes transmitting the processed signal from the DAU and receiving the transmitted signal at a DRU. The method further includes converting the signal to a second frequency band different than the first frequency band. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036771 | Networked Video Bridge Device - A networked video bridge device includes a data input module that receives at least one raw image data stream from a plurality of data sources. The device further includes a storage module that records the raw image data and temporarily stores the raw image data. A display screen displays the raw image data. The device also includes a user interface module that receives user input data from a user of the networked video bridge device. The device also includes a control module that selectively augments the raw image data based on the user input data. The control module also communicates the augmented image data to a remote image data storage device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036772 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL FRAME AND MANAGEMENT FRAME COMPRESSION - Systems, methods, and devices for communicating frames having a plurality of types are described herein. In some aspects, the frames include a compressed frame, such as a compressed management frame or a compressed control frame. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network includes generating a control frame including an identifier, the identifier comprising a portion of a frame check sequence and a service field of a frame that elicited the control frame. The method further includes transmitting the control frame. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036773 | Session Management procedures for transferring data - Method for transferring user data from one or more user equipment (UE) over a telecommunications network to customer network(s). The UE inserts the user data in session management signalling message(s) before transmitting the session management message(s) containing the user data over the signalling plane of a telecommunications network. On the customer network, the user data is retrieved by extracting the user data from one ore more authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) protocol message(s) sent from the telecommunications network to the customer network. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036774 | System and Method for Controlling Advanced Triggering Operations in a Telecommunication Network - A network server may be configured to generate, modify, augment, communicate, and/or manage the triggers and signaling communications so that they may be processed and communicated in a more intelligent, efficient, and/or cost effective manner than that which is available via conventional solutions. The network server may receive a trigger communication message that includes trigger parameters and information suitable for causing a destination device to automatically initiate an operation, determining a criterion for sending the trigger communication message to the destination device based on the trigger parameters included in the trigger communication message, monitoring a condition to determine whether the criterion has been satisfied, and send the trigger communication message to the destination device when it is determined that the criterion has been satisfied. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036775 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR FRAME CONTROL DESIGN - Systems, methods, and devices for communicating packets having a plurality of types are described herein. In some aspects, the packets include a MAC header with a frame control field. The sub-fields included in a particular frame control field may be based on the type of information to be communicated to the receiving device. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE RELAY PACKET GATEWAY RELOCATION FOR PATH OPTIMIZATION - A bearer path can be optimized following a mobile relay node (MRN) handover in order to directly re-route the bearer path from a user equipment (UE) core network to a target donor base station (DeNB). Bearer path optimization signaling includes a packet data network gateway (PGW) relocation information element (IE) indicating that a PGW of an MRN is being relocated from an initial DeNB to a target DeNB. The PGW relocation IE may be carried in a path switch request message. Bearer path optimization signaling also includes an non-access stratum (NAS) activate default enhanced packet switch (EPS) bearer context request/accept messages for activating the optimized bearer path. The NAS activate default EPS bearer request/accept messages may be communicated between the mobile relay node mobility management entity (MME) and the MRN via the target DeNB. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036777 | ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAYS - In order to reduce the weight, cost and complexity of an active antenna array, designed for use with a plurality of different mobile telecommunications systems (multi-band system), the array comprises a plurality of antenna elements, which are divided into a plurality of antenna groups; a plurality of RF transceivers, which are divided into transceiver sets, wherein each transceiver of a set is arranged to operate on a different mobile telecommunications system, and including respective phase shifting and feeding networks coupled between each transceiver set and a respective antenna group, so that each transceiver of a set is coupled to each antenna element of the respective antenna group. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036778 | GATEWAY RELOCATION CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A control method and device, as well as a system, are provided that make it possible to perform relocation at an appropriate timing without impairing a user's sensory feeling about use of a service. A relocation control device | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036779 | ROBUST DOWNLINK TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD IN LTE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a robust downlink timing synchronization method in an LTE system, which includes: step 1: a receiving terminal continuously storing time domain signal sequences of M PSS transmission periods; step 2: performing narrowband filtering on the time domain signal sequences of the M PSS transmission periods; step 3: performing down-sampling on data obtained after the filtering; step 4: performing sliding differential mirror correlation on the down-sampling data of an m | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036780 | MULTIPROTOCOL ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE SERVICE PROVIDERS - A radio access node is configured to digitize a first analog radio frequency signal in order to generate first digital data indicative of the first analog radio frequency signal and is configured to digitize a second analog radio frequency signal in order to generate second digital data indicative of the second analog radio frequency signal. The first analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a first mobile unit using wireless service provided by a first wireless service provider. The second analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a second mobile unit using wireless service provided by a second wireless service provider. The first and second digital data are transported from the radio access node to the base unit using a shared transport medium. The base unit is configured to produce information derived from the first digital data and the second digital data that is used in performing base station processing for the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036781 | REMOTE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A virtual broadband transmitting unit (FIG. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036782 | AVOIDING REDUNDANT TRANSMISSIONS OF DATA DURING MULTIMEDIA MOBILE PHONE COMMUNICATIONS - A method, apparatus, and computer product for avoiding redundant data transmissions during communication via multimedia mobile phones. In operation, a sending party inquires whether intended for transmission data already resides in a mobile phone of a receiving party Depending on a content of the response from the receiving party, the sending party transmits the data or a request for displaying the already available data. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036783 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING CIRCUIT SWITCHED INTERWORKING - A method includes receiving internet protocol (IP) multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) session content that includes voice call content in IMS domain and multimedia content in IMS domain; translating the voice call content in IMS domain to voice call content in circuit switched (CS) domain; transmitting the voice call content in CS domain to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a CS domain entity and a radio access network (RAN); and transmitting the multimedia content in IMS domain to the WTRU via a PS domain entity and the RAN. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036784 | Data Transmission Method, Radio Access Network Device, Wireless Gateway and System - A data transmission method, a radio access network device, a wireless gateway and a system are disclosed. A downlink data transmission method of a radio access network includes: when receiving a downlink data packet transmitted by a wireless core network device, compressing the downlink data packet; transmitting the compressed downlink data packet to a radio frequency module, where the compressed downlink data packet is sent in a wireless manner via an air interface. An uplink data transmission method of a wireless gateway includes: when receiving an uplink data packet transmitted by a user terminal, compressing the uplink data packet; transmitting the compressed uplink data packet to a radio frequency module, where the compressed uplink data packet is sent in a wireless manner via an air interface. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036785 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING QOS AND/OR POLICY AND CHARGING CONTROL OF A GUEST USER - The invention proposes a method and device for controlling QoS and/or policy and charging control of a guest user. The method proposes an innovative solution to extend the current policy and charging control architecture and online charging system to dynamically control the data connection of third party application services over network operator's network. This enables network operator and third party application provider to jointly provide QoS control service based on end user service usage limit. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036786 | UPLINK INTERFERENCE REDUCTION AT BASE STATION WITH RESTRICTED WIRELESS ACCESS - The disclosure relates to a method in a macro base station of a heterogeneous wireless communication system, for reducing uplink interference at a radio base station with restricted wireless access. The uplink interference is caused by a user equipment served by the network node, which has a restricted wireless access to the radio base station. The method comprises receiving ( | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036787 | System and Method for Computing Coverage Set and Resource Allocations in Wireless Networks - The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for computing coverage set and resource allocations in wireless networks. The disclosed network device selects a radio frequency subdomain in a wireless network, and further determines a coverage set for the selected radio frequency subdomain. The coverage set includes a subset of access nodes in the selected radio frequency domain. Moreover, a respective access node in the radio frequency subdomain satisfies one of (a) the respective access node is a member of the coverage set, and (b) the respective access node is covered by at least one member of the coverage set with a signal strength stronger than a predetermined threshold. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036788 | System and Method for Computing Coverage Set and Resource Allocations in Wireless Networks - The present disclosure discloses a network device and/or method for computing coverage set and resource allocations in wireless networks. The disclosed network device receives a radio frequency subdomain and a coverage set for the radio frequency subdomain in a wireless network. Furthermore, the disclosed network device selects a capacity mode or a coverage mode as an operating mode of the radio frequency subdomain in response to a measure of network activity satisfying a predetermined condition. In addition, the disclosed network device performs radio resource management in the radio frequency subdomain based on the selected operating mode. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036789 | SIGNALING FOR EPDCCH RESOURCE MAPPING IN THE SUPPORT OF COMP - Communication systems may benefit from signaling for resource mapping. For example, third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution advanced (LTE-Advanced) may benefit from signaling for enhanced downlink control channel (ePDCCH) resource mapping in support of coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE CANCELLATION OF EXTERNAL INTERFERENCE - In MU-MIMO scenarios, uncoordinated or external interference may be very significant. Such external interference can degrade the system performance as much as the internal interference. To address these problems, a desired signal subspace can be changed to avoid the external interference as much as possible. This technique can be applied in conjunction with systems that already cancel internal interference, such as Interference Alignment and Joint Processing. An original signal space may be broken down to desired and interference subspaces that are orthogonal to each other. The receiver can notify the transmitter of the boundary, and transmitter in turn can project the transmitted signal to fall into the desired subspace. The receiver can project the received signal into the desired subspace, which cancels everything not contained in the desired subspace. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036791 | WHITE SPACE MOBILE CHANNEL SELECTION BASED ON EXPECTED USAGE - In described embodiments, white space channel recommendations are provided to a device in a white space channel allocation environment when the device is either stationary or mobile. The channel recommendation comprises of a prioritized channel list where available channels are ordered as a function of their relative optimal applicability. Once a basic list of white space channels is generated based on simple white space channel availability, a final, recommended and prioritized list is computed by a variety of cooperating optimization modules that take into account other objective and subjective parameters related to the user and device. Such other parameters might include projected usage of the spectrum, projected usage duration, device current and projected location and terrain, a user of the device's plans/calendar, and other projections based on user or device history. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036792 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE ON-DEMAND ADVERTISEMENT - Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, computing devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for device-to-device on-demand advertisement. In some embodiments, the method may include receiving a request for broadcasting an advertisement by a device-to-device (D2D) advertiser via a D2D communication protocol, requesting that an evolved NodeB (eNB) associated with the D2D advertiser allocate a resource for broadcasting the advertisement by the D2D advertiser, determining that the broadcasting the advertisement is no longer needed, and requesting that the eNB retrieve the allocated resource. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036793 | NETWORK ASSISTANCE FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY - Embodiments of system and method configurations for device discovery and connection establishment in connection with use of device-to-device (D2D) and proximity-based services are generally described herein. In some examples, an evolved packet core (EPC) of a 3GPP Long Term Evolution or 3GPP Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) network is arranged to assist D2D identification and discovery procedures at user equipment (UEs) connected to the LTE/LTE-A network. Various identification and discovery procedures may be implemented in connection with proximity detection and the establishment of communication times for the establishment of the D2D communication link, between the UEs. Accordingly, the EPC of the LTE/LTE-A network may assist the establishment of a device-to-device communication link between UEs on a wireless network employing a distinct wireless protocol (for example, a direct wireless network connection via a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless personal area network (WPAN)). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036794 | USER EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE INFORMATION SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Generally, this disclosure provides apparatus and methods for improved signaling of User Equipment (UE) assistance information in a wireless network. The UE device may include a processing circuit configured to generate an assistance information message including a power preference indicator (PPI) and mobility state information (MSI), the PPI and the MSI associated with the UE; a signal generation module configured to generate a Medium Access Control (MAC) layer Control Element (CE) signal, the MAC CE signal including the assistance information message; and a transmitter circuit configured to transmit the MAC CE signal to an evolved Node B (eNB) of a wireless network associated with the UE, the MAC CE signal transmitted on an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH). The assistance information message may also be generated as a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message and transmitted on an uplink dedicated control channel (UL-DCCH). | 2014-02-06 |
| 20140036795 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN 3GPP-LTE SYSTEMS - In Machine Type Communication (MTC) with a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network, there is often a need to transmit and receive small data payloads. New information elements (IEs) have been defined to ease the transmission and receipt of small data payloads. Methods and systems can use the new IEs to more efficiently transmit and receive data. The new IEs include a Small Data ACK IE and a Small Data Container IE. Other new messages include an RAC Release indicator and an RRC Connection Release. | 2014-02-06 |
