| 09th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 83 |
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| 20160066128 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) COIL WITH EMBEDDED WIRELESS ANTENNA - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and WLAN dual-band operations. For example, a WLAN dual-band utilizes the same coil antenna that is utilized for near field communications (NFC) functions. The WLAN dual-band may be integrated into an NFC module to form a single module. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066129 | SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH SENDER AND RECEIVER - The invention relates to a process to check the pairing of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) transmitter with a BLE receiver, comprising the following steps:
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| 20160066130 | POWER OUTLET AND METHOD OF USE - A power outlet for controlling power to an external device and transmitting data to the external device, the power outlet including: a housing containing at least one alternating-current power input connection; a power output connection; a data connector; a sensor module; a wireless communication module, including an antenna; a processing unit configured to receive data and control an electrically connected device through the power output connection and/or data connector based on the received data. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066131 | Near Field Communications (NFC) Device Having Adjustable Gain - A near field communications (NFC) device is disclosed that is capable of optimizing a gain for received signals. Measurements are made of signals received from an NFC environment and are compared to one or more threshold hold values. Based on the comparison, it is determined whether the measurements indicate underamplification or overamplification. Depending on the results of the analysis, one or more components within the NFC device is adjusted to increase or decrease the gain, respectively. The measurements may be taken during an unloaded baseline state or during loading, and may be compared to previous measurements to estimate their accuracy. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066132 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PEER COMMUNICATIONS USING AN ACTIVE COMMUNICATION MODE - Aspects disclosed herein relate to providing peer communications between NFC enabled devices using an active communication mode. In one example, a communications device is equipped to detect a remote NFC device field within an operating volume, establish a peer communication link with the remote NFC device using an active communication mode, determine that the peer communication link is to be deselected, and transmit a deselection request message to the remote NFC device indicating to the remote NFC device that it has been deselected while maintaining the peer communication link. In another example, a communications device is equipped to sense an operating volume, as part of an active communication mode collision avoidance procedure, determine that no field is sensed, initiate an unmodulated carrier as part of switching an operating field to an on state, and maintain the unmodulated carrier for a collision avoidance threshold duration of time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066133 | LOCATION-BASED TELEPHONE CALLS OVER A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK (WLAN) - A request to access a location-based service is received via a wireless access point (WAP). A WAP identifier associated with the WAP may be identified based on the request and a particular geographic location associated with the WAP may be determined based on the identifier. For example, a WAP information service (WIS) may store data associating geographic locations and WAP identifiers corresponding to a plurality of WAPs that include the WAP, and the particular geographic location may be determined by querying the WIS, based on the particular WAP identifier, to identify the particular geographic location. A communication may be established between the user device and location-based service based on the particular geographic location associated with the WAP. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066134 | Venue-Specific Wi-Fi Connectivity Notifications - A method includes receiving a wireless connection request at a backend computing device from a user device to allow wireless connection of the user device to a network through an access point located at a venue. The connection request includes a user identifier. The method includes validating the user identifier and granting wireless access of the user device to the access point when the user identifier is valid. The method further includes transmitting a venue-specific notification to the user device when the user device connects to the network. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066135 | SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a service processing method and apparatus based on location information. The method comprises: acquiring, by an application server, a positioning signal sent by a positioning terminal; determining, by the application server, location information about the positioning terminal according to the positioning signal; and sending, by the application server, service processing information to an application client and/or a positioning terminal according to a service processing rule and based on the location information about the positioning terminal. The present invention achieves the technical effect of the application server sending adaptive service processing information to the application client and/or the positioning terminal according to different service processing rules, optimizes the existing location-based service technology, and meets the growing demand of people for individual and customized location-based services. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066136 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Merchant Locations Based on Transaction Records - Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for identifying a merchant location based on transaction records for the merchant. In an exemplary embodiment, a method generally includes accessing multiple router records. Each router record is assigned to one of multiple cells of a grid structure indicative of geographic location. Each router record is associated with a target merchant. The method further includes, for each of the multiple router records, searching for a match between the router record and at least one of multiple transactions at the target merchant, based on time, and reporting one or more of the multiple cells as a location associated with the target merchant, when a number of matching router records assigned to said one or more of the multiple cells exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066137 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ASSET STATUS DETERMINATION - A system for determining real time location of leaf node device, the system including at least one battery-powered Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled leaf node device, wherein the at least one leaf node device is associated with a corresponding monitored asset; and at least one beam forming reader node in communication, via BLE, with the at least one leaf node, the reader node creating a plurality of sectorized beams in a plurality of sectors and collecting data related to the at least one leaf node device from at least one of the plurality of sectors, wherein a location processing facility determines the real-time location of the at least one leaf node device based on the data collected by the beam forming reader node. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066138 | LONG-LIFE ASSET TRACKING - A method and system for long-life asset tracking is disclosed. One example utilizes an activation module to provide an activation signal to at least a portion of the long-life asset tracker. A position determiner receives the activation signal and determines a location of the long-life asset tracker with a first level of accuracy or a second level of accuracy, wherein the second level of accuracy is more accurate than the first level of accuracy and wherein a default mode of operation is to utilize a radio locator for position determination instead of a navigation satellite system module to extend the life of a power source of the long-life asset tracker. An information provider module to broadcast the location of the long-life asset tracker is also disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066139 | WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER MANAGEMENT OF GEO-FENCED SPACES - A wireless provider system can manage services provided to a plurality of electronic wireless devices based upon geo-fenced spaces defined by respective sets of points in space. A wireless provider system can provide wireless access service to the plurality of electronic wireless devices. The wireless provider system can detect that a particular electronic wireless device of the plurality of electronic wireless devices is within a particular geo-fenced space. In response to this detecting, the system can identify at least one service associated with the particular geo-fenced space. The wireless provider system can, in response to the identifying, modify the wireless access service provided to the wireless device by attaching the at least one service to the particular electronic wireless device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066140 | APPLICATION PROVISIONING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for provisioning applications include storing an application identifier in association with location information in a database that is accessible by a user device. The user device then detects that it is located at a location included in the location information. In response to detecting that it is located at the location, the user device determines an application that is included on the user device and that is identified by the application identifier that is associated with the first location. The user device then automatically provides the application for display to a user. In some embodiments, the application may be automatically provided by automatically launching the application on the user device, and that application may be automatically closed if the user device leaves the location or the application is not used for a predetermined amount of time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066141 | EFFICIENT GEO-FENCE DATA TRANSFER AND NOTIFICATIONS USING A TIME TO REACH VALUE - A system and method for using time to reach determinations to improve the usability of geo-fences is disclosed. A computer system accesses a current location of a client system and identifies one or more nearby geo-fences. The computer system then calculates the time to reach each of these geo-fences. If the calculated time to reach value for a particular geo-fence is within the notification range associated with that geo-fence, then the computer system generates a notification to display to a user. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066142 | WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER MANAGEMENT OF GEO-FENCED SPACES - A wireless provider system can manage services provided to a plurality of electronic wireless devices based upon geo-fenced spaces defined by respective sets of points in space. A wireless provider system can provide wireless access service to the plurality of electronic wireless devices. The wireless provider system can detect that a particular electronic wireless device of the plurality of electronic wireless devices is within a particular geo-fenced space. In response to this detecting, the system can identify at least one service associated with the particular geo-fenced space. The wireless provider system can, in response to the identifying, modify the wireless access service provided to the wireless device by attaching the at least one service to the particular electronic wireless device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066143 | PROXIMITY BOUNDARY BASED COMMUNICATION - Technology is described for proximity based communications. A proximity boundary can be defined with dimensions defined, in part, by a communication range of one of a first Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a second SRC device. The first SRC device and the second SRC device can be configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI). A proximity signal can be communicated in the proximity boundary between the first SRC device and the second SRC device, wherein at least one of the first and second SRC devices includes at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity. A security permission can be provided to enable selected data to be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device and the second SRC device using NFMI when the proximity signal is detected between the first SRC device and the second SRC device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066144 | Geolocation Service Discovery Tool - A geolocation discovery system provides an application executing on an individual's mobile wireless device that may detect the presence of hardware used to implement geolocation services or a location associated with known geolocation services. Upon such detection, the program consults with a location registry that identifies specific application programs or permissions necessary to use those geolocation services. The individual is then provided with information or access to the necessary programs or permissions. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066145 | CONTEXT-BASED ALERT DELIVERY - A user can be notified of certain events or occurrences according to time and location information specified by the user. In some embodiments, a user can specify a location such as an office or warehouse, and can select an automatic range such that whenever the user is within the automatic range of that location, notifications are automatically delivered to the user. The user can also specify a management range, such that when the user is outside the automatic range but inside the management range the user will not receive the notification unless the notification has been pending for a specified delay period. Such an approach enables notifications to be delivered when the notifications are most relevant. If the maximum delay has passed or the user is outside the management range, the notification can be automatically delivered to the user or another user can be selected to receive the notification. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066146 | System And Method For Device-Centric Location Detection And Geofencing - A system and a plurality of methods for location detection are disclosed. In some cases, the user's present location is represented by a circle, having a center and a radius, where the radius is indicative of the accuracy of the present location. The desired destination location, or geofence, is also defined as a circle, having a center and a radius. The various methods disclosed are used to determine when a user has entered or exited the geofence. In some embodiments, these methods attempt to minimize power consumption or another parameter. In another embodiment, the methods attempt to achieve the highest degree of accuracy possible or required for the task. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066147 | TECHNIQUES FOR ALLOCATING POSITIONING SIGNAL ACQUISITION TASKS AMONG A PLURALITY OF CO-LOCATED MOBILE DEVICES - Various techniques are provided that may be implemented at one or more of a plurality of co-located mobile devices. For example, a first mobile device may identify a plurality of signal acquisition tasks, transmit a request indicative of a subset of the plurality of signal acquisition tasks to be performed by a second mobile device, and receive a response to the request. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066148 | DETERMINING A CONTEXT-DEPENDENT VIRTUAL DISTANCE USING MEASUREMENTS OF STIGMERGIC INTERFERENCE - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining a context-dependent virtual distance based on stigmergic interference. The method may include obtaining environmental status information relating to an environment in proximity to a client device, calculating, based on the obtained environmental status information, the context-dependent virtual distance between the client device and a user of the client device, and controlling a user signaling pattern of the client device based on the calculated context-dependent virtual distance. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066149 | LOCATION DETERMINATION USING COMMUNICATIVELY COUPLED ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for selecting location data provided by communicatively coupled electronic devices. In one example process, a first electronic device can select one of a first location determined by the first electronic device and a second location determined by a second electronic device for use as the location of the first electronic device. The selection can be made based on one or more of the times the first and second locations were determined, accuracies of the first and second location determinations, whether or not the first and second locations intersect, priorities associated with source used to determine the first and second locations, and previous location determinations made by the first electronic device. The selected location can be used as the location of the first electronic device to execute an application on the first electronic device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066150 | Dynamic Configuration of a Positioning System - Methods and apparatuses of configuring positioning estimations dynamically are disclosed. According to aspects of the present disclosure, the method may include receiving one or more user interface inputs and one or more sensor measurements at a mobile device, determining an intention score of a user according to the one or more user interface inputs and the one or more sensor measurements, selecting a positioning estimation scheme from a plurality of positioning estimation schemes based at least in part on the intention score of the user, and generating a positioning estimation at the mobile device using the positioning estimation scheme selected. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066151 | SELECTIVE CROWDSOURCING OF LOCATION-RELATED DATA - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for selective crowdsourcing of location-related data, such as within an indoor or like environment, for example, for use in or with a mobile communication device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066152 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROCESS OF INFLUENCING INFORMATION GATHERED BY A TETHERED ITEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A tethered item is associated with an identifier that uniquely identifies the item, and one or more content processing devices execute obtaining an identifier of the item, and correlating the obtained item identifier with information related to the tethered item. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066153 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING AD HOC PEOPLE GATHERINGS - A method for facilitating an ad hoc meeting is provided. The method comprises establishing the ad hoc meeting by a creator, wherein said creator establishes a location for the ad hoc meeting, and at least one invitee to the ad hoc meeting; notifying each invitee of the ad hoc meeting; receiving location and directional information for the creator and each invitee; calculating a relative distance and a relative direction between the creator and each invitee; and causing a radar screen to be displayed on a mobile device of the creator; wherein said radar screen is configured to show a location of the creator at the center, and a current position and direction for each invitee relative to the creator. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066154 | METHOD FOR MANAGING BEACON, TERMINAL DEVICE, SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A beacon managing method is provided. The method includes receiving a first beacon signal from a first beacon at a first time; receiving a second beacon signal from a second beacon at a second time; and identifying a location error of at least one of the first beacon and the second beacon, based on first movement information of a terminal between the first time and the second time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066155 | TRAVEL AND ACTIVITY CAPTURING - A mobile device includes a positioning module sampling at least a position of the mobile device at a sampling rate when active and a processor capable of determining whether a mobile device is travelling or dwelling based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device. The processor further identifies a travel mode for a trip segment for the mobile device based on at least the sampled position of the mobile device when the mobile device is travelling and identifies an activity when then the mobile device is dwelling. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066156 | Selection of Location-Determination Information - An indication that a wireless computing device (WCD) is moving toward a physical setting may be received. The physical setting may include a particular topography. There may be at least (i) location-determination information of a first type and (ii) location-determination information of a second type. The location-determination information of the first type may facilitate low-resolution location determinations in the physical setting and the location-determination information of the second type may facilitate high-resolution location determinations in the physical setting. Based on the physical setting and the particular topography, location-determination information may be selected from at least (i) the location-determination information of the first type or (ii) the location-determination information of the second type. At least some of the selected location-determination information may be used to estimate a location of the WCD. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066157 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME, MOBILE-BASED POSITIONING ACCORDING TO SENSOR AND RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENTS - Method, hardware, device, computer program, and apparatus for positioning mobile devices in unmapped locations based on motion sensor and radio frequency measurements are described. A reference radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a reference range measurement is calculated. Mobile device motion sensor data is used to estimate a relative position of the mobile device. A sample radio signal is received from a transmitter with an unknown absolute position and a sample range measurement is calculated. The reference range measurement and the sample range measurement are compared. The estimated motion sensor based position is adjusted according to the result of the comparison. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066158 | METHOD FOR INDOOR LOCALIZATION USING NOMADIC ACCESS POINTS - A method for indoor localization using nomadic access points, comprising the following steps: a target object transmits a modulated signal over wireless channels to nearby access points, wherein the access points include both static access points and nomadic access points; the access points measure channel state information via the signal from the target object, after that, the static access points export the channel state information to a server, the nomadic wireless access point report the channel state information along with their coordinates of the current sites to the server; and based on the channel state information, the server determines the target object's relative proximity to two arbitrary access points, then based on the result of the relative proximity determination and the coordinates, the server estimates a feasible region for the target object with a space partition-based algorithm. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066159 | CURRENT EVENT AND OUTSIDE EVENT DATA TRANSMISSION TO EVENTGOER DEVICES - An event venue with a performance area (e.g., a stage, a sports field) and an eventgoer area (e.g., stadium seating, bleachers) may include beacons and cameras throughout the performance area and eventgoer area. The beacons and cameras may each record event occurrence data (e.g., images, audio, video) of particular occurrences (e.g., sport goals, songs played, eventgoer activities) during an event (e.g., sports game, concert) at the event venue. The beacons and cameras may send this event occurrence data to a transmission system, which may also receive similar event occurrence data from other event venues. The transmission system may convert selected event occurrence data from a first format to a second format, and then may output the event occurrence data in the second format through one or more local wireless transmitters. Eventgoers in the transmission zones of these transmitters may then receive the event occurrence data at their mobile devices. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066160 | Method And System For Global Navigation Satellite System Configuration Of Wireless Communication Applications - Methods and systems for global navigation satellite system configuration of wireless communication applications may comprise determining a location of a wireless communication device (WCD) comprising a satellite positioning RF path utilizing signals received by the RF path, establishing communications with a wireless access point based on the determined location, and configuring a wireless communication function of the wireless communication device based on the determined location, which may comprise a power level of WiFi circuitry in the WCD. The determined location and a transaction ID for a transaction may be stored utilizing a security processor. The RF path may be powered down based on the determined location. The wireless function may comprise a synchronization of data on the WCD with devices in a home location. The WCD may comprise a femtocell device or a set-top box, and may be controlled by a reduced instruction set computing (RISC) central processing unit (CPU). | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066161 | ENHANCED LOCATION BASED SERVICES - Location information (e.g., GPS information) pertaining to the location of a device may be integrated into a distributed antenna system (DAS) to enhance location based services. This may be accomplished via a system that filters and combines GPS information with DAS information. Utilization of the enhanced location based services system may enhance accuracy performance of indoor location services and improve round-trip time (RTT) location responses associated with network assisted GPS (e.g., A-GPS) location requests for services from indoor calls. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066162 | BEACON CONTENT PROPAGATION - Systems and methods for transmitting beacon messages are described. A beacon message is transmitted from a first beacon device and broadcast to an area within a transmission range of the first beacon device. A mobile device receives and stores the message. When the mobile device is out of the range of the first beacon device and within the range of a second beacon device, the message is transmitted to the second beacon device and broadcast by the second beacon device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF GROUP MEMBERSHIP BASED ON STATUS IN APPLICATIONS - A method of supporting multiple types of group membership in a group based on group-member-status as a member of a group in a set of applications includes tracking a group-member-status as a member of the group in a first application of the set of applications for each group member, wherein the first application is operated with mobile devices of some or all of the group members and the mobile devices communicate on a network, and wherein the group-member-status is based on a group member's relationship with the group in the first application; receiving a request for a list of the group members with a particular group-member-status as a member of the group in the first application, wherein the request is from a second application of the set of applications; and providing a list of the group members with the particular group-member-status in the first application to the second application. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066164 | ENTERPRISE MESSAGING CLIENT AND MESSAGING ARCHIVE - A messaging device receives configuration information from a configuration device. The messaging device identifies application configuration information, associated with a first user device, based on the configuration information and sends the application configuration information to the first user device for configuring a messaging application on the first user device. The messaging device receives an incoming message, including message information, from the messaging application on the first user device. The messaging device identifies, based on the message information and the configuration information, a second user device and a message format associated with the second user device. The messaging device sends, in the message format associated with the second user device, an outgoing message, based on the message information and the configuration information, to the second user device. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066165 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATION AND TIME-BASED MESSAGING USING TEXT-BASED TAGS - A method, system and apparatus for location and time-based messaging using text-based tags is provided. A message and an address of a destination device is received at a processor of a device, the message comprising text for delivery to the destination device, the text comprising and a text-based tag in the text, the tag comprising one or more keywords associated with one or more of a location and a time to deliver the message to the destination device. The tag is processed, at the processor, to associate one or more of the location and the time with the message. The message is transmitted, using the communication interface, for delivery to the destination device using the address, at one or more of the location and the time. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066166 | Devices, Systems and Methods for Mobile Custom Response - Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for selecting and sending one of a plurality of responses to a call on a communications device. A user may select a default response or a custom response. When the user receives a call to a communications device, a set of responses is displayed on the communications device to facilitate selection by the user. A response includes a message and a call processing command. A message is in the form of an audio clip, text message, webpage, picture, video, etc. A call processing command is performed along with the message. This plurality of responses can be organized by the user in groups associated with classes of callers, such as friends, family, co-workers, etc. In this manner, the responses available to the user when a call is received changes depending on the caller. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066167 | Providing Presence Information In A Personal Communications System Comprising An Interface Unit - Presence information is provided in a personal communications system comprising an interface unit ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066168 | Method and Apparatus for Cooperative Positioning in a Wireless Communication Network - According to the teachings herein, a wireless device that is a candidate for operating in the cooperative positioning advantageously activates that mode in response to detecting a warning situation. In some embodiments, the detection and/or activation operations are autonomously undertaken by the wireless device. In other embodiments, the wireless communication network provides warning situation detection and/or control of the cooperative positioning mode. More generally, the wireless communication network maintains a database identifying those wireless devices within a given service area that are cooperative positioning mode candidates—e.g., the devices having D2D communication capability and operational configurations that allow such operation. By the network providing such information in advance of a warning situation, the candidate devices have the information needed to efficiently discover or otherwise identify other such candidates. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066169 | EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM - An improved emergency response system. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066170 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALLING EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER - A method for safeguarding the health of a user using an electronic device includes the electronic device calling at least one emergency contact number with pre-stored medical information of the user and at least one emergency contact number stored in a storage device of the electronic device. When a command inputted by the user is received, medical information relevant to the user is broadcast and is also displayed on a display of the electronic device. A message including current location of the user and the medical information is sent to the at least one emergency contact number, and a phone call is dialed to the at least one emergency contact number. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066171 | Method and Arrangement for Gathering Data from a Communication Network - An arrangement for gathering data from a communication network ( | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066172 | Charging Mechanism for Communication Network - There is provided a charging control mechanism allowing flexible charging in specified communication areas of a communication network, for example of a WLAN. When it is detected that a UE tries to access in a specified communication network area, a charging setting to be used for a communication in the specified communication network area is determined and a rating information in the form of a rating attribute is included in each CDR for indicating the charging setting to be used for charging a communication of the UE in the specified communication network area. A rating/charging engine uses the rating attribute for determining the charging amount for the communication. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066173 | Method and System for Discovering and Connecting Device for Streaming Connection with a Computerized Communication Device - The present invention provides a method for discovering and connecting available device for streaming connection with a computerized communication device. The method comprising the following steps: maintaining list of potential external device for streaming connectivity by tracking active connections, in accordance with at least one of the following: geographical location or common wireless local network connection, triggering discovery of external devices for streaming based on identified new geographical zone or identified new connection to wireless local network connection, discovering devices for streaming from the determined potential external devices according to triggering and connecting discovered available external devices for streaming | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY DISCOVERY FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method, network node, and user equipments for providing parameters to a first user equipment served by the network element, the parameters describing at least a second user equipment for the purpose of the first user equipment initiating a device to device proximity discovery service with the second user equipment, the method collecting information for user equipments desiring device to device proximity discovery; creating a candidate user equipment list for a candidate tier based on the collected information at the network element, wherein each candidate tier comprises one or more thresholds based on timing advance values in use at the first or the at least the second user equipment; and providing the parameters describing at least a second user equipment to the first user equipment. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066175 | DATA SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM IN ROAMING SCENARIO - A data service processing method in a roaming scenario includes: acquiring information about a roaming service provider selected by a subscriber, where the acquired information includes an identifier of the roaming service provider; selecting a gateway according to the acquired information about the roaming service provider; and performing data service processing by using the gateway. In addition, a corresponding network side device and a corresponding communications system are further provided. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066176 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AVOID TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK CONTROL SIGNAL IN PRESENCE OF POSITIONING SIGNAL - A method is performed at a base station for transmitting ePDCCH to a user equipment. The method includes: selecting a user equipment within a service area of the base station; determining PRS configuration information that is configured with the user equipment; and choosing a strategy for transmitting ePDCCH to the user equipment in accordance with the determination of the PRS configuration information configured with the user equipment. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066177 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TALKGROUP-STATE-DEPENDENT ROUTING OF GROUP DATA - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for talkgroup-state-dependent routing of group data. An embodiment takes the form of a process that includes handling receipt of packet data addressed to a talkgroup by responsively: determining whether the talkgroup currently has an active voice session on a voice channel; if not, then routing the received packet data to the talkgroup on a data channel; and if so, then routing the received packet data to the talkgroup via metadata fields in the voice channel. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066178 | DEVICE ACTIVATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of activating a first device is disclosed. The method includes: the first device pairing with a second device; receiving a connection request from a second device; connecting to the second device; opening a communication channel to the second device; transmitting an activation package to the second device; receiving an activation payload from the second device; and performing an activation using information from the activation payload. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066179 | REDUCED RESOLUTION LOCATION DETERMINATION FOR IMPROVED ANONYMITY OF USER LOCATION - Reduced resolution location determination for improved anonymity of a user location is disclosed. In some implementations, a first location of a computing device operating in a geographic area is determined. A population density of the geographic area is estimated. A grid overlay is generated, including a number of cells based on the estimated population density. Using the grid overlay, a second location is generated for the computing device that is less precise than the first location. The less precise second location can be used in a local search or other application to improve the anonymity of the user location. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066180 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATION OVER MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS - Devices, systems and methods of communication over multiple wireless communication frequency bands. For example, a multiple frequency band (multi-band) wireless communication device may include at least two radios to communicate over at least two different frequency bands; and a common station management entity (SME) operably coupled to the at least two radios, and configured to manage parallel and simultaneous operation of the at least two radios. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066181 | Control and Enhancement of Direct Wireless Service Communications - An access point is configured to control peer-to-peer wireless transmission in an area around the access point. The access point receives a message from a service providing device advertising a service. The access point receives another message from a service using device requesting the service. The access point determines whether the service using device or the service is prohibited in the area controlled by the access point. Responsive to a determination that the service using device is prohibited, the access point blocks the service using device from receiving the service. Responsive to a determination that the service is prohibited, the access point blocks the service providing device from providing the service. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066182 | Multifunction Wireless Device - A communication device and system are disclosed for providing communication and data services to residents of a controlled facility. The device can be restricted to communicating only using an internet protocol so as to restrict the device communication to an internal intranet. Wireless access points may be disposed throughout the environment to route calls and data between the device and a central processing center. By converting a protocol of the communications received from the device to a protocol used by the central processing center, minimal modifications to the central processing center are needed to support a wireless communication infrastructure. Many restrictions and safeguards may be implemented within the phone and system in order to prevent improper use. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066183 | SECURING CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION - Methods, systems and apparatus for securing credential distribution are disclosed. One method includes receiving notification from a credential management system that a wireless device is associated with an authenticated user of the credential management system. The method further includes receiving the private network credentials of the authenticated user, storing the private network credentials and the identifier of the wireless device, receiving an authentication request from a router, returning a response to the authentication request to the router, wherein the response includes internet domains and connection bandwidths the wireless device is allowed to use, authenticating the wireless device, ensuring that the wireless device is authorized to receive private network credentials; and distributing, by the cloud system, the private network credentials to the wireless device, thereby allowing the wireless device to obtain local network access with the private network credentials. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066184 | Pairing Computing Devices According To A Multi-Level Security Protocol - In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a security engine to operate in a trusted execution environment to perform security operations and to authenticate a user of the apparatus, and a pairing logic to receive an indication of discovery of a peer device and to determine whether the user of the apparatus corresponds to a user of the peer device, and if so to enable a pairing with the peer device according to a first security ring if the correspondence is determined, and to enable the pairing with the peer device according to a second security ring if no correspondence is detected and the user of the apparatus is authenticated. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066185 | SPATIALLY AWARE COMMUNICATIONS USING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) COMMUNICATIONS STANDARDS - Technology is described for proximity based communications. A proximity boundary can be defined with dimensions defined, in part, by a communication range of one of a first Short Range Communication (SRC) device and a second SRC device. A security permission can be provided to enable selected data to be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device. The selected data can be communicated from one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device using a radio frequency (RF) communication standard. An RF link can be established between the first SRC device and the second SRC device to enable selected data communications to continue between the first SRC device and the second SRC device even after one or more of the first SRC device or the second SRC device exits the proximity boundary. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066186 | METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORK ACCESS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for managing network access is provided. The method includes determining whether there is a network connection request from at least one application, checking at least one attribute information item of the application, determining an access point name (APN) corresponding to the application based on the at least one attribute information item, and transmitting and receiving data of the application to/from a network using the determined APN. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066187 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT - In some embodiments, a method comprises displaying a pre-registration invitation on a first digital device connected to a wireless network, determining one or more wireless network identifiers associated with the wireless network, generating a pre-registration code request, the request including the one or more wireless network identifiers, providing the pre-registration code request to a virtual network server, the server generating a pre-registration code in response to the pre-registration code request, the pre-registration code associated with the one or more wireless network identifiers, receiving the pre-registration code, providing a registration request from a second digital device, the registration request comprising the pre-registration code, and provisioning an account based on the registration request and the wireless network identifiers, the wireless network identifiers identified based on the pre-registration code. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066188 | EHF Secure Communication Device - A communication device employs a contactless secure communication interface to transmit and receive data with a computing device using close proximity extremely high frequency (EHF) communication. The communication device and the computing device periodically initiate a discovery operation mode, whereby the devices periodically transmit identifying information about the respective devices and listen for identifying information from the other device. Upon completion of the discovery mode operation, the devices enter a link-training operation mode and exchange capability information about the respective devices. During transport mode operation the communication device employs methods to manage access to data stored on the communication device by encrypting the data using one or a combination of training information or capability information as a basis for generating an encryption key. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066189 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADDRESSING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES THAT ARE LOST OR STOLEN BUT NOT YET REPORTED AS SUCH - A method is provided for evaluating the usage of a mobile communications device that itself provides access to a resource. In the method, a detected usage of the mobile communications device is compared to a stored usage pattern of an authorized user. When a measure associated with the difference between the detected usage and the stored usage pattern exceeds a threshold, it is concluded that the mobile communications device is being used by an unauthorized user. In response to this conclusion, a restriction is placed on an ability of the mobile communications device to access the resource. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066190 | ACCESS CONTROL FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUPS - A user equipment receives from a network a transmitted (broadcast) access mode indicator that indicates whether a closed subscriber group CSG network is being operated as open or closed, and if it indicates open a user equipment UE that is not a registered member of the CSG is allowed access to the closed subscriber group network as a guest member. The CSG network can provide higher priority services to its registered members by differentiating them over guest members by an indication, received from each UE in its RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL CONNECTION REQUEST message, whether it is registered or a guest. The CSG can also transmit its ID/name for display at the UE so the UE may select whether and which CSG to join. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066191 | Method for Limiting Inter-Cell Interference and Load Balancing and a Wireless Communication System and Base Station - A method for limiting inter-cell interference and balancing load in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: one larger cell and one or more smaller cells providing overlapping terminal coverage and capacity; the larger cell informing the one or more smaller cells of transmission resources in which the larger cell restricts its own transmission; the one or more smaller cells using the restricted transmission resources for their own transmission; one smaller cell communicating with another cell in the wireless communication system to provide use information about the smaller cell's use of the restricted transmission resources; and the smaller cell and/or the other cell carrying out load balancing in response to the use information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066192 | Methods and Apparatus for Managing Wireless Spectrum Usage - Improved mechanisms for managing use of shared spectrum resources. A requesting element such as a base station requests authorization for use of shared spectrum resources for one or more base stations. The request suitably includes identification of the cell or cells and the requested resources. A granting element determines if authorization can be granted and sends an authorization acceptance message specifying a grant time or an authorization rejection message specifying a wait time. As an alternative, if no response is received by the requesting element, the requesting element may make further requests separated by a specified timeout time and if no response is received, be inhibited from subsequent requests for a specified response failure time. In addition, a request may be triggered based on the occurrence of specified events. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066193 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ON-DEMAND CROSS-CHANNEL BANDWIDTH PROVISIONING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for dynamic, on-demand, cross-channel bandwidth provisioning in a wireless communication system. During operation, the system determines, by a scheduler, bandwidth resources that are available in the wireless communication system. The available bandwidth resources comprise a plurality of scattered spectrum pieces. The system defines one or more logical channels that encompass the scattered spectrum pieces, aggregates multiple logical channels in response to determining that spectrum pieces encompassed by a single logical channel do not meet traffic need, and provisions a user or a service using spectrum pieces located within the aggregated multiple logical channels, thereby facilitating on-demand, cross-channel bandwidth provisioning. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066194 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING CHANNEL AVAILABILITY QUERY AND RESPONSE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transceiving channel availability query and response in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, a scheme is provided to enable devices which operate in TVWS to request/response information on an available channel in a plurality of geographical locations in a more accurate and efficient manner. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066195 | SCHEME FOR COMMUNICATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BAND - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066196 | INTERFERENCE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present application provide an interference processing method and device. The method includes: a first access point (AP) receiving a frame sent by a second AP, the frame carrying downlink data load of the second AP, and intra-frequency interference existing between the first AP and the second AP; and the first AP adjusting, according to downlink data load of the first AP and the downlink data load of the second AP, a channel bandwidth used for performing data communication with a station (STA), so as to reduce the probability that the first AP and the second AP transmits data by using same channel. By using the method and the device for dynamically adjusting a bandwidth, intra-frequency interference of devices in OBSS can be reduced. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING BEAM IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066198 | METHODS FOR WIFI SECTORIZATION MAC ENHANCEMENT - A method and apparatus may be used for WiFi sectorization medium access control enhancement (WiSE MAC). An IEEE 802.11 STA may receive an omni-directional indication of a first sectorized transmission opportunity (TXOP) associated with a second STA. The omni-directional indication may include an identifier (ID) of a first sector associated with the first sectorized TXOP. The STA may transmit a directional indication of a second sectorized TXOP a condition that a second sector associated with the second sectorized TXOP does not interfere with the first sector associated with the first sectorized TXOP. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066199 | UPSTREAM/DOWNSTREAM NETWORK CONTROL, MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A policy engine receives monitor information indicating operating conditions of both a wireless network and corresponding communication link. Multiple communication devices share the wireless network to communicate with a wireless access point. The wireless access point is in communication with a remote network such as the Internet through the corresponding communication link. To control end-to-end communications between the communication devices and the remote network, the policy engine produces policy information based on the received monitor information. The policy engine or other suitable resource initiates execution of the policy to control subsequent conveyance of communications over a combination of: i) the wireless network, and ii) the corresponding communication link. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066200 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GRAPHICALLY INDICATING STATION EFFICIENCY AND PSEUDO-DYNAMIC ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE INFORMATION FOR A NETWORK OF WIRELESS STATIONS - Methods and apparatuses providing a visual metric of the efficiency of a network of devices communicating through a wireless access point (AP). These apparatuses and methods may also determine and display pseudo-dynamic error vector magnitude (EVM) information for a network of wireless stations, including displaying a pseudo-dynamic constellation diagrams using EVM information. These methods and apparatuses may transmit a plurality of sounding packets from each of one or more radio devices different modulation types (e.g., BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM and 1024QAM), and receiving at least some of the sounding packets at a second radio device (e.g., an access point) and determining EVM information from the received sounding packets, and displaying (or providing for display) a constellation diagram including pseudo-dynamic EVM information that is a constrained approximation of actual EVM information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS SYSTEM DISCOVERY AND CONTROL USING A STATE-SPACE - In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided apparatuses, systems and methods for implementing wireless system discovery and control using a state-space. For example, such means may include: establishing, a communications interface between an access point optimizer and a wireless access point; identifying one or more interfering wireless nodes exhibiting electromagnetic interference upon the wireless access point; collecting data from the wireless access point; determining a model of the wireless access point and the one or more interfering wireless nodes by: (i) modeling communicative relationships and properties among the wireless access points and the one or more interfering wireless nodes exhibiting electromagnetic interference upon the wireless access point based at least in part on the data collected, and (ii) modeling an active state of the wireless access points representing a current configuration of the wireless access points having therein one or more configurable parameters for the wireless access points based at least in part on the data collected; and quantifying a change in performance of the wireless access points or the one or more interfering wireless nodes based on a state change affecting the model. Other related embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066202 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GRAPHICALLY INDICATING STATION EFFICIENCY AND PSEUDO-DYNAMIC ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE INFORMATION FOR A NETWORK OF WIRELESS STATIONS - Methods and apparatuses providing a visual metric of the efficiency of a network of devices communicating through a wireless access point (AP). These apparatuses and methods may also determine and display pseudo-dynamic error vector magnitude (EVM) information for a network of wireless stations, including displaying a pseudo-dynamic constellation diagrams using EVM information. These methods and apparatuses may transmit a plurality of sounding packets from each of one or more radio devices different modulation types (e.g., BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM and 1024QAM), and receiving at least some of the sounding packets at a second radio device (e.g., an access point) and determining EVM information from the received sounding packets, and displaying (or providing for display) a constellation diagram including pseudo-dynamic EVM information that is a constrained approximation of actual EVM information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PACKET LOSS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for handling packet loss in a mobile communication network are provided. In the method for handling a call when packet loss occurs, the apparatus receives an uplink packet from a user equipment (UE) and deciphers the packet based on a first hyper frame number (HFN). When the deciphering based on the first HFN fails, the apparatus changes an HFN value from the first HFN to a second HFN and then further deciphers the packet based on the second HFN. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066204 | USER EQUIPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDS - A first base station selects a subset of channels of an unlicensed frequency band based on indications of energy received over the channels. The first base station transmits one or more messages instructing user equipment to monitor the subset of channels and report information indicating whether at least one second base station is transmitting over the subset of channels. User equipment monitors the subset of channels of the unlicensed frequency band in response to receiving the one or more messages from a first base station indicating the subset of channels. The user equipment transmits one or more messages including information indicating whether one or more second base stations are transmitting over the subset of channels. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066205 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication interface measures a signal level of a received signal from an access point. A control unit calculates connection time with the access point to which a mobile communication device is connected. The control unit associates a first connection threshold or a second connection threshold that is larger than the first connection threshold with the access point on the basis of the connection time. After calculating the connection time, when the mobile communication device is not connected to the access point, the control unit determines whether to connect the mobile communication device to the access point on the basis of a comparison between the signal level and the first connection threshold or the second connection threshold associated with the access point. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066206 | METHOD FOR REPORTING MDT LOG, NETWORK SERVER, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - Methods, network server, and mobile communication devices for reporting an MDT log are provided. The method, adopted by a network server, requesting a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) log from a mobile communication device is disclosed, including: transmitting a first request message for the MDT log to the mobile communication device; in response to the first request message, receiving a first response message comprising a part of the MDT log from the mobile communication device, wherein the first response message indicates whether the MDT log reporting is finished or whether at least one more part of the MDT log is available; and transmitting a second request message for the MDT log to the mobile communication device when the first response message indicates that the MDT log reporting is not finished or at least one more part of the MDT log is available. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066207 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including initiating, by a system comprising a processor, a third generation partnership project link between a mobile user equipment and a mobile management entity of a mobile packet core of a mobile communication network, initiating a non-tunneling link between stationary user equipment and a stationary packet core of the mobile communication network, and transmitting packet data from the stationary user equipment to a service through the stationary packet core via the non-tunneling link. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066208 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK - The invention relates to a communication device and a method of sending data over a communication network. The communication device includes a controller for accessing the network using contention type access mechanism based on computation of back-off values, and includes a plurality of traffic queues for serving data traffic at different priorities. The controller includes a plurality of back-off engines, each associated with one traffic queue and configured to compute a back-off value in accordance with the priority of the associated traffic queue. One or more back-off engine may be adjusted to prevent the back-off value of such back-off engine to reach zero. When an access to the network is obtained for the device. a traffic queue may be selected based on its associated back-off value, and data may be transmitted from the selected traffic queue. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066209 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a signal transmission method and device, so as to reduce a burden on a communications network. A signal transmission method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: adjusting, by a first communications node, a sending state of a reference signal of a cell that belongs to the first communications node; and sending, by the first communications node, the reference signal of the cell according to an adjusted sending state of the reference signal. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066210 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING DATA IN MULTI-NETWORK - A receiving device includes: a communication unit to receive a plurality of partial data divided from data to be transmitted through two or more connection networks; an information confirming unit to confirm (i) transmission order information and (ii) network transmission order information indicating related to a transmission order assigned to of the specific partial data among the plurality of partial data to be transmitted through a the specific connection network designated among the two or more connection networks; and the control unit to determine whether non-received partial data are lost based on at least one of the transmission order information and the network transmission order information. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066211 | USER APPARATUS AND COLLISION DETECTION METHOD - A user apparatus that transmits and receives a discovery signal, including: collision detection means that detects a collision in a received discovery signal; collision notification means that, when a collision of a received discovery signal is detected by the collision detection means, transmits collision information indicating that a collision occurs in the received discovery signal; collision information reception means that receives collision information; and collision determination means that determines whether a collision occurs in a transmitted discovery signal transmitted by the user apparatus based on the collision information received by the collision information reception means. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCASTING ENCODED BEACON SIGNALS - A method for broadcasting a beacon message by checking size of the beacon message by a beacon generation device to determine if that is greater than a specific size and then splitting the beacon message into two or more message chunks having a size less than or equal to the specific size, if the size of the beacon message is found to be greater than the specific size. The message chunks are then encoded as per a message format with multiple fields to include a message data field and packet identifiers before transmitting the message chunks sequentially in consecutive time slots through a wireless protocol. The message chunks are reassembled by mobile computing devices listening to the beacon message broadcast to regenerate the beacon message. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066213 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DATA - The present invention discloses a system and a method for identifying data, which relates to the field of data transmission. The system comprises a transmitting end and a receiving end, the receiving end comprises a data receiving unit, a first field determining unit, a second field determining unit, identification unit, the method comprises: receiving a PDU with the first one and the second one of length indication fields transmitted by the transmitting end; analyzing and determining whether the value of the second one of length indication fields is equal to a first preset value; if the above two judgments are success, then the corresponding PDU data pack would be identified as valid. The positive effects of the above technical schemes are: remedying the defect of the protocol in that the descriptions of the PDU package with the upstream construction and the PDU package with the downstream reconstruction are inconsistent. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066214 | Method and System for Wireless Networking Using Coordinated Dynamic Spectrum Access - A method and system for coordinated dynamic access to radio spectrum for wireless networking includes defining a coordinated access band (CAB) from which radio access network (RAN) managers may request spectrum allocations in the form of time bound spectrum leases for their respective requesting base stations. In one embodiment of the present invention, a DIMSUMnet architecture is implemented to make some fundamental choices and to centralize the collection of information, such as spectral occupancy, thermal and adjacent frequency interference. Such collected information is subsequently used by a spectrum broker in making spectrum allocation decisions. The DIMSUMnet architecture of the present invention also introduces a RAN manager element to centralize the task of acquiring time bound spectrum leases and for configuring the base stations. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066215 | BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND BANDWIDTH ADJUSTMENT CONTROLLER - A bandwidth adjustment method includes: determining a bandwidth update value of a channel of a first network system and a bandwidth update value of a channel of a second network system and a bandwidth update value of a protective bandwidth according to a request of a user or a channel condition, so that updated bandwidths of the channels of the first network system and the second network system meet the request of the user or are adapted to requirements of channel conditions. By using the technical schemes, a network resource can be adjusted between multiple network systems when the multiple network systems share one network resource, thereby helping improve the application efficiency of a bandwidth resource and ensuring anti-interference capabilities of the network systems. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066216 | NETWORK EMPLOYING SPACE RECYCLING, AND A METHOD FOR MANAGING THE NETWORK - A method of allocating time for a communication device includes receiving a request for allocation of a second time period related to a second communication link, after allocating a first time period related to a first communication link, and reserving the portion of the second period overlapping the first period, wherein the first link is generated between first and second communication devices, and the second link is generated between third and fourth communication devices. A further aspect of the method includes identifying the first period reserved in advance, and receiving the request for allocating the second period, and allocating the second period to spatially overlap the first time period. A further aspect of the method includes identifying an existing reservation for the first period of the first link, receiving a new reservation for the second period, and allocating the second period to spatially overlap the first period. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066217 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INTELLIGENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY RESELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a multimode user equipment (UE) that when suffering a power crunch, can intelligently reselect to another RAT to extend the battery life of the UE. The reselected RAT has a lower specified maximum transmit power relative to the currently attached RAT. Therefore, the UE may reduce its battery drain to extend its service time per charge when a call is made utilizing the reselected RAT. The UE intelligently selects the RAT that will likely consume less uplink transmit power to communicate with a base station in order to conserve battery power in a poor coverage area, when the UE is experiencing a power crunch condition. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066218 | CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALL BACK IMPROVEMENTS - An improved circuit switched fallback (CSFB) method is disclosed, in which failures following several abnormal cases not anticipated by the 3GGP specification are avoided. User equipment implementing the improved CSFB method demonstrate increased performance in terms of call success rate and hence provide an improved user experience and an edge over LTE modem competitors. The improved CSFB method can be included in the 3GPP standards for such abnormal case handling and CSFB call recovery. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066219 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY (MME) TRIGGERED DETACH AND RE-ATTACH TO A SPECIFIC TARGET MME - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and a computer program products for Mobility Management Entity (MME) triggered detach and re-attach to a specific target MME are provided. One method includes receiving or obtaining a trigger to move a UE attached to a source MME to another target MME. The receiving of the trigger may cause the initiating of a GUTI reallocation command towards the UE in which the MME code (MMEC) specifies the target MME and the M-TMSI is set to a reserved value. The method may further include receiving a GUTI reallocation complete message from the UE, sending a detach request to the UE with a detach type of “re-attach required,” and receiving a detach accept message from the UE. The new attach request initiated by the UE is then directed towards the target MME. The target MME recognizes the reserved value, requests UE permanent identity with Identity Request message, UE responds with Identity Response specifying the permanent identity, and the registration with Attach towards the target MME continues. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066220 | COMMUNICATION METHOD USING PLURALITY OF NETWORKS AND DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A communication method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving, by a first communication module supporting a first network, a measurement message for a second network, providing the received measurement message to a second communication module supporting the second network, providing, by the second communication module, information on the second network to the first communication module in response to the measurement message, and reporting, by the first communication module, the information to the first network in order for a handover to the second network. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066221 | CLIENT-CONTROLLED HANDOVER BETWEEN RADIO TECHNOLOGIES - A mobile client can include a first voice interface to communicate over a first network and a second voice interface to communicate over a second network. The mobile client includes a data interface to perform signaling with a private branch exchange (PBX) of an enterprise system and a call control. The call control can determine that an established media session between the mobile client and a third party requires a handoff from the first network to the second network and signal the PBX to establish parameters for the handoff via the data interface. The call control can also perform the handoff of the established media session between the mobile client and the third party to the second network according to the parameters. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066222 | MULTI-CONNECTIVITY IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - An example technique may include establishing a multiple connection session in a wireless network by a user device, the multiple connection session including a first connection between the user device and a first cell and a second connection between the user device and a second cell, wherein the first connection and the second connection are independent, and wherein one or more downlink data units for the multiple connection session are received by both the first cell and the second cell, controlling sending, by the user device to the first cell, a request to receive a first group of data units of the multiple connection session, and controlling sending, by the user device to the second cell, a request to receive a second group of data units of the multiple connection session, wherein the first group of data units is different than the second group of data units. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066223 | LTE HANDOVER PARAMETER CONFIGURATION FOR SPECIFIC TYPES OF TRAFFIC - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a base station. A base station may identify a service type of a mobile device (e.g., voice, web-browsing, or video download). The base station may then determine handover or measurement parameters for the mobile device based on the service type. The base station may also determine a performance metric of the service type. The base station may then adjust the set of parameters based at least in part on the performance metric. In some cases, the base station may select a measurement configuration based on the adjusted parameters. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066224 | REDUCING CALL DROPS IN UPLINK POWER LIMITED SCENARIOS - A method for reducing call drops in uplink power limited scenarios is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device determining that the wireless communication device is experiencing an uplink power limited condition in which a transmission power of the wireless communication device is limited to a level below a power class level of the wireless communication device. The method can further include defining a downlink power threshold for sending a measurement report for triggering a handover based on the uplink power limited condition. The downlink power threshold can be higher than a threshold configured by a serving base station. The method can additionally include determining based on measured downlink power that the calculated downlink power threshold is satisfied and sending a measurement report for triggering a handover to the serving base station in response to the downlink power threshold being satisfied. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066225 | MITIGATING INTERFERENCE WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - An electronic device monitors a quality of a wireless connection between the electronic device and a first access point. Based on the monitoring and a collection of parameters relating to controlling handover between access points, a determination is made regarding whether the electronic device should be handed over to a second access point from the first access point, where the parameters differ for different combinations of the first access point and candidate destination access points for handover of the electronic device from the first access point. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066226 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, DATA RECEIVING METHOD, ACCESS POINT AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide a mechanism that enables a terminal device to receive streaming data stably and that can be more easily implemented. | 2016-03-03 |
| 20160066227 | ACCESS POINT SELECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - In a wireless network such as Wi-Fi, a wireless access point connected to a client device monitors the quality of the link to the client device. When the client device sends probe frames indicative of the link to the connected access point being too low for continued data connectivity, the access points forwards connection data to a management server. When other access points receive the probe requests, they consult the management server to obtain the low channel quality data and use it as a threshold for determining whether to respond to the client device's probe request. | 2016-03-03 |
