| 10th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 41 |
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| 20150063046 | MEMORY TIMING CIRCUIT - Disclosed are various apparatuses and methods for a memory with a multiple word line design. A memory timing circuit may include a dummy word line including a first portion and a second portion and further including capacitative loading that is lumped in the second portion of the dummy word line, a first transistor connected to the first portion of the dummy word line and configured to charge the dummy word line, and a second transistor connected to the second portion of the dummy word line and configured to discharge the dummy word line. A method may include charging a dummy word line using a first transistor, and discharging the dummy word line using a second transistor, wherein the dummy word line includes a first portion and a second portion and further includes capacitative loading that is lumped in the second portion of the dummy word line. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063047 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a memory block, a driving circuit performing a program operation on memory cells and a voltage detector generating a detection signal when an external power supply voltage is reduced to less than a reference voltage level. The driving circuit discharges a voltage applied to a drain selection line during the program operation in response to the detection signal. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063048 | Sample-and-Hold Current Sense Amplifier and Related Method - A device includes an amplifier and a first switched current sampler. The first switched current sampler includes a first transistor, a first capacitor, and first, second, and third switches. The first capacitor has a first terminal electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and a second terminal electrically connected to a source electrode of the first transistor. The first switch has a first terminal electrically connected to a first current source, and a second terminal electrically connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor. The second switch has a first terminal electrically connected to the first current source, and a second terminal electrically connected to a drain electrode of the first transistor. The third switch has a first terminal electrically connected to the drain electrode of the first transistor, and a second terminal electrically connected to a first input terminal of the amplifier. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063049 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a memory cell array including a normal memory cell array and a redundancy memory cell array, a normal refresh counter suitable for generating a normal address for performing a refresh operation to the normal memory cell array with a first period during a refresh mode and a redundancy refresh counter suitable for generating a redundancy address for performing a refresh operation to the redundancy memory cell with a second period shorter than the first period. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063050 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING REFRESH OPERATION - Disclosed herein is a device that includes a first semiconductor chip. The first semiconductor chip includes a first data storage area storing data, a first refresh circuit repeating a first refresh operation on the first data storage area to make the first data storage area retain the data, a first terminal supplied with a first control signal from outside of the first semiconductor chip, and a first control circuit coupled between the first terminal and the first refresh circuit to control a repetition cycle of the first refresh operation in response to the first control signal. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063051 | LOW POWER PROTECTION CIRCUIT - The present invention provides the low power protection circuit including a first voltage detector, a pulse generating circuit, a SR latch, and an output logic operation circuit. The low power protection circuit is adapted for a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) with dual operating voltages. The first voltage detector generates a high-voltage pump enable signal by detecting a voltage level of the power-up signal. The pulse generating circuit generates a power-up pulse according to the power-up signal. The SR latch receives the power-up pulse, the high-voltage pump enable signal and an inverted power-up signal, and generates an output signal. The second voltage detector generates a low-voltage pump enable signal by detecting a voltage level of the output signal. The output logic operation circuit generates a pump enable signal according to the low-voltage pump enable signal and the high-voltage pump enable signal. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063052 | INDEPENDENTLY ADDRESSABLE MEMORY ARRAY ADDRESS SPACES - Examples of the present disclosure provide devices and methods for accessing a memory array address space. An example memory array comprising a first address space comprising memory cells coupled to a first number of select lines and to a number of sense lines and a second address space comprising memory cells coupled to a second number of select lines and to the number of sense lines. The first address space is independently addressable relative to the second address space. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063053 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPRATUS - A semiconductor apparatus includes a plurality of memory blocks including a plurality of unit memory blocks, respectively, a first area extending in a first direction among areas formed among the plurality of memory blocks, a second area extending in a second direction among the areas formed among the plurality of memory blocks, and a test mode-related circuit block arranged at an edge part of the first area. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063054 | PROCESS FOR THE INSERTION AND CONVEYING OF LABILE ADDITIVES IN STREAMS OF MOLTEN MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a process for the insertion and conveying of a labile additive, or a mixture thereof, in a transporting pipe, in which a main stream of molten material flows, said process characterized in that it incorporates said additive, or said mixture, in a portion of the pipe delimited by the main stream, according to one of the following alternative modes: a) in a longitudinal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of molten material, or b) in a transversal direction with respect to the flow direction of the main stream of. molten material, or c) according to a composition of the longitudinal (a) and transversal (b) mode, thus forming a resulting stream which keeps the labile additives segregated from the main stream of molten material. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063055 | BOWL FOR A KNEADING MACHINE - A bowl for a kneading machine includes a bottom provided with an opening, a discharge device equipped with a plug, and an actuator configured for moving the plug between a position for closing the opening, in which the latter is engaged by the plug, and a position of discharge of the bowl, in which the opening is disengaged from the plug so as to be able to discharge through it the dough prepared in the machine. The actuator is a linear actuator configured for moving the plug, and cam means are configured for guiding movement of the plug along a path comprising a horizontal rectilinear stretch. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063056 | Clamp for a Fluid Container and Method of Use Thereof - Provided herein is a clamp and method of use thereof for agitating, mixing, or shaking a fluid container using a mechanical agitator, such as a hand motion shaker. The clamp includes: at least one grip adapted to attach to at least a portion of a fluid container; at least one base comprising a high friction portion configured to contact a bottom portion of the fluid container; a supporting member extending between the grip and the base; and a mounting structure for connecting the support member to a mechanical agitator. The fluid container may be a flask including an elongated narrow neck portion extending from a bulbous portion, which has a larger inner diameter than the narrow neck portion. A method of clamping a fluid container and an assembly including a clamp and a mechanical agitator are also provided. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063057 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - An ultrasonic wave of a predetermined wavelength is transmitted toward an object from channels that are constituted by ultrasonic transducer elements, and reception waves of ultrasonic echoes relating to the transmitted ultrasonic wave are acquired from the channels. When information showing a normal mode or a low power consumption mode shows the normal mode, a first number of reception signals are added together with a weight that is computed in advance, and image generation is performed based on the reception signal obtained from the adding, and when the information shows the low power consumption mode, a second number of reception signals that is less than the first number is added together with a weight that depends on each reception signal, and image generation is performed based on the reception signal obtained from the adding. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063058 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided are an ultrasonic measurement apparatus, an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and an ultrasonic measurement method that achieve an increase in processing speed together with an increase in resolution and are user friendly. An image is generated by adding together, with a weight having a fixed value, reception signals obtained by ultrasonic echoes being received by an ultrasonic element array, and an area of interest is set within the area in which the generated image is to be displayed. When an area of interest is acquired, the reception signals received by the ultrasonic element array are added together with weights that depend on the reception signals, with respect to data forming the basis of the image to be displayed in the area of interest, and image generation is performed. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063059 | SONAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for pre-determining an underwater objects GPS position using a rotatable scan sonar unit linked to a boat, magnetic compass and GPS receiver. This system determines the underwater objects GPS position using the objects distance, compass heading and a GPS receiver/sonar on a boat. This system will provide real time longitude and latitude positions of underwater objects seen with sonar at a distance from a boat, and will allow for precise autopilot navigation or fixed position fishing. The system can also be used to correct for GPS errors when using previously stored waypoints positions of an object. The computer determines an objects underwater GPS position using a sonar transducer and mounted on a 360 degree movable mechanism such as a trolling motor unit, or phased array of transducers and a compass to provide heading information and formulates the objects position based on the distance and heading of the object in relation to the boats current GPS position. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063060 | SONAR NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for pre-determining an underwater objects GPS position using a rotatable scan sonar unit linked to a boat, magnetic compass and GPS receiver. This system determines the underwater objects GPS position using the objects distance, compass heading and a GPS receiver/sonar on a boat. This system will provide real time longitude and latitude positions of underwater objects seen with sonar at a distance from a boat, and will allow for precise autopilot navigation or fixed position fishing. The system can also be used to correct for GPS errors when using previously stored waypoints positions of an object. The computer determines an objects underwater GPS position using a sonar transducer and mounted on a 360 degree movable mechanism such as a trolling motor unit, or phased array of transducers and a compass to provide heading information and formulates the objects position based on the distance and heading of the object in relation to the boats current GPS position. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063061 | Piezoelectric Bender With Additional Constructive Resonance - Embodiments related to a piezoelectric bender that comprises a spring and mass element to provide additional constructive resonance. An embodiment provides an apparatus comprising: a base plate; a piezoelectric body coupled to the base plate; a spring coupled to the base plate; and a mass element coupled to the spring, wherein the base plate, the piezoelectric body, the spring, and the mass element are operable to produce at least two resonance frequencies in the apparatus | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063062 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACCELEROMETER - An accelerometer. At least some of the example embodiments include an accelerometer having a first piezoelectric element having a first polarization, the first piezoelectric element defining an upper surface and a second piezoelectric element having a second polarization, the second piezoelectric element defines a lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the first piezoelectric element; the first polarization being aligned with the second polarization. The accelerometer further includes a first mounting plate that defines a first aperture, the first and second piezoelectric elements extending through the first aperture such that the first mounting plate transects the first and second piezoelectric elements. The piezoelectric elements define a first cantilever portion on a first side of the first mounting plate, and the piezoelectric elements define a second cantilever portion on a second side of the first mounting plate opposite the first side. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063063 | DISTRIBUTED MULTI-SENSOR STREAMER - This disclosure is related to the field of streamers. In one embodiment, a streamer may include a group of particle motion sensors. In some embodiments, at least two of the particle motion sensors in the group are movable relative to one another within the streamer, and the two particle motion sensors are configured to measure motion along a particular axis. In some embodiments, the streamer may additionally include a plurality of pressure sensors. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063064 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ATTENUATING NOISE IN SEISMIC DATA - The disclosure presents computational systems and methods for attenuating noise in seismic data. The seismic data may be recorded by distributed sensors in response to acoustic signals emanating from one or more sources activated at approximately the same location with a time delay between activations of the one or more sources. The system and methods form an initial gather of traces from the seismic data and generate time-shifted gathers based on the initial gather and the time delays between activation of the sources. A realization gather is formed from traces selected from the initial gather and the time-shifted gathers. Noise in the seismic data is attenuated in the realization gather and may be removed. The realizations gathers may be used to generate high-resolution seismic images of the subterranean formation and enable quantitative seismic interpretation and improved reservoir monitoring. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063065 | SEISMIC VIBRATOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH ROTATION SENSOR - A seismic land vibrator, comprising a baseplate comprising a substantially flat, rigid member; at least one driven member that is connected with the baseplate and extends in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to baseplate; a rotation sensor that is coupled to the baseplate and adapted to provide a signal that is indicative of rotational movement of at least a portion of the baseplate. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063066 | Creating Seismic Images Using Expanded Image Gathers - In the present inventive method, individual traces of seismic data are migrated ( | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063067 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING SEISMIC ANISOTROPY WITH HIGH RESOLUTION - A system and method for estimating seismic anisotropy of subsurface formations with high resolution. A method for determining anisotropy parameters of subsurface formations includes generating a synthetic reflectivity gather from a vertical well log. Times of a surface seismic gather are adjusted to those of the synthetic gather. Low-cut filtering is applied to the surface seismic gather. Anisotropy parameters are generated as a difference of the filtered seismic gather and the synthetic gather. An anisotropy value is assigned to each of plurality of layers of a formation based on the generated anisotropy parameters. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063068 | SENSING DEVICE AND POSITIONING METHOD - A sensing device and a positioning method are disclosed. The sensing device is mounted around a display module to detect an object. The display module includes a display screen for displaying an image. The sensing device includes a first sonic wave transceiver, a second sonic wave transceiver, and a control module. The first and second sonic wave transceivers are respectively configured for transmitting a first sonic wave and a second sonic wave, and receiving a first reflected sonic wave and a second reflected sonic wave generated based on the first and second sonic waves, respectively. A frequency of the first and second sonic waves is between 50 KHz and 70 KHz. The control module is configured for controlling the first and second sonic wave transceivers, and for calculating a position of the object relative to the display module based on the first and second reflected sonic waves. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063069 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE, SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM - A sound processing device includes a sound collection unit configured to record a sound signal, a tilt information acquisition unit configured to acquire tilt information on a tilt of the sound processing device, an azimuth estimation unit configured to estimate azimuths of a sound source in a plane in which the sound collection unit is arranged based on the sound signals which are recorded by the sound collection unit at least at two times; and an elevation angle estimation unit configured to estimate an elevation angle of the sound source with respect to the plane in which the sound collection unit is arranged based on the tilt information acquired by the tilt information acquisition unit and the azimuths estimated by the azimuth estimation unit at least at two times. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063070 | ESTIMATING DISTANCES BETWEEN DEVICES - A mobile recording device comprises means for detecting an audio signal emitted by the first device and means for measuring a strength of the audio signal. A server or the mobile comprises means for using the measured signal strength to estimate a distance between the first and second devices. A server comprises means for storing first and second collections of data sets, each of the data sets of the first collection comprising an emission time stamp, each of the data sets of the second collection comprising a reception time stamp and data indicative of a received signal strength; means for using emission time stamps and reception time stamps of the data sets to identify a data set of the first collection that corresponds to a data set of the second collection; and means for using the data indicative of the signal strength from the identified data set of the second collection to estimate the distance between devices that are sources of the identified data sets. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063071 | GPS ASSISTED TORPEDO RECOVERY SYSTEM - A method of locating an underwater based system, the method including determining the underwater based system's geo-location, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encoding the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmitting RF and acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location to a receiving station. A locator for locating an underwater based system including a buoy, a global positioning system having an antenna and a receiver, an RF transmission system including an antenna and a transmitter, an underwater acoustic transducer, and a locator control unit adapted to determine the underwater based system's geo-location, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for RF transmission, encode the underwater based system's geo-location for acoustic transmission, and transmit RF and underwater acoustic signals containing the encoded geo-location. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063072 | INJECTABLE ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION DEVICES AND PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - Injectable acoustic tags and a process of making are described for tracking host animals in up to three dimensions. The injectable acoustic tags reduce adverse biological effects and have a reduced cost of manufacture compared with conventional surgically implanted tags. The injectable tags are powered by a single power source with a lifetime of greater than 30 days. The injectable tags have an enhanced acoustic signal transmission range that enhances detection probability for tracking of host animals. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063073 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR DRIVING CIRCUIT - An ultrasonic sensor includes a signal generation circuit, an amplifier, and a matching circuit as a transmission-side circuit. The signal generation circuit includes a driving signal generation circuit that generates a driving signal for transmitting ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic transducer for transmission and reception and a reverberation suppression signal generation circuit that generates a reverberation suppression signal for suppressing reverberation occurring at the ultrasonic transducer from which the ultrasonic waves are transmitted. The reverberation suppression signal generation circuit generates the reverberation suppression signal having a frequency of 1/2 times the frequency of the driving signal and applies the reverberation suppression signal to the ultrasonic transducer at a time delayed from the driving signal by a half wavelength. With the above configuration, an ultrasonic sensor driving circuit capable of reducing the duration of the reverberation occurring at the ultrasonic transducer is provided. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED INPUT-SERVICE - An apparatus and method that provide a customized input-service is provided. The apparatus includes at least one input unit that generates an sound wave based on an exterior input and a sound wave sensor that converts an sound signal for the sound wave into an electric signal. In addition, a controller analyzes the electric signal received from the sound wave sensor to confirm where the exterior input is generated and detects a control signal based on the exterior input and performs an operation based on the control signal from operations allocated to the input unit. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063075 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wearable electronic device and method of use are disclosed, including a main body, and at least one strap fixed to the main body. The strap includes a core member mounted with at least one electronic component, an electric connector disposed on the core member, and a band member enclosing at least one part of the core member disposed with the electric connector, wherein the at least one electronic component is electrically coupled to the main body through the electric connector. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063076 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A running watch includes: a time measurement portion which measures a lapse of time; an operation button which indicates a measurement with respect to the time measurement portion; a display portion which displays a measurement result in the time measurement portion on a display screen; and a display color switching portion which switches a display color of the display screen corresponding to a measurement state of the time measurement portion. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063077 | TIMEPIECE - A timepiece includes: a central pivot; a central disk rotatable in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction around the central pivot; a stationary 24-hour scale arranged concentric to the central pivot; a sun mark; a large moon disk, the large moon disk being rotatably drivable in the counterclockwise direction at a rate of one revolution per synodic month; a moon view aperture in the large moon disk; and a small moon disk mounted at the large moon disk so as to be rotatable around a moon pivot parallel to the central pivot, the small moon disk carrying a plurality of dark circular areas. The dark circular areas are movable successively into registration with the moon view aperture and successively out of registration with the moon view aperture by the rotational movement of the small moon disk. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063078 | Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece includes a GPS receiving section, which captures a satellite signal emitted from a positional information satellite and receives the satellite signal, and is capable of obtaining at least one of time information and positioning information, and a reception mode setting section adapted to set a reception mode selectively to at least a time measurement mode and a positioning mode. The GPS receiving section is provided with a base band section as a correlation section, and the correlation section is capable of changing the frequency resolution in a plurality of levels. Further, the correlation section sets the minimum value of the frequency resolution to be changed in the time measurement mode to a value larger than the minimum value of the frequency resolution to be changed in the positioning mode. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063079 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A running watch includes: a GPS signal reception portion which captures a satellite signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and processes the captured satellite signal; a chronograph process portion which measures a lapse of time; a display portion which displays a screen; an operation button which indicates an operation; and a control portion which displays a first screen showing a capturing circumstance of the satellite signal on the display portion when the GPS signal reception portion initiates the capturing of the satellite signal, and which continues the capturing of the satellite signal with respect to the GPS signal reception portion and displays a second screen showing that a measurement can be initiated by the chronograph process portion on the display portion when a predetermined operation is indicated from the operation button. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063080 | Portable Terminal - A portable terminal comprises at least 12 clock indicator lights which are distributed at equal intervals and configured around a display screen of the portable terminal, wherein each clock indicator light serves as a clock graduation; a power supply unit configured to connect to each clock indicator light respectively; and a control unit configured to connect to the power supply unit, according to a current time, control the power supply unit to supply power for the clock indicator light corresponding to a hour hand position on a clock of the current time by adopting a preset first color, and control the power supply unit to supply power for the clock indicator light corresponding to a minute hand position on the clock of the current time by adopting a preset second color. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063081 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SPORTS AND/OR AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS - The present invention relates to devices and methods for sports and other physical training. In some embodiments, the devices and methods are adapted for use in relation to aquatic environments or pursuits. In some forms, the invention relates to timing devices and associated methods. In other forms, invention relates to a communication device and a wearable item incorporating the communication device. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063082 | FLEXIBLE ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM WITH MOVABLE FRAME - An escapement mechanism for a timepiece movement or timepiece including at least one balance and at least one escape wheel. A transmission of impulses between the balance and the escape wheel is achieved by a single-piece flexible mechanism including at least one feeler spindle cooperating with the escape wheel or, respectively, with the balance, and the single-piece, flexible mechanism is connected by at least one flexible blade to a fixed structure of the timepiece, or respectively to the escape wheel. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063083 | OPERATION STABILIZATION MECHANISM, MOVEMENT, AND MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE - Provision of an operation stabilization mechanism, a movement, and a mechanical timepiece capable of stabilizing the operation of the balance with hairspring while preventing a change in the oscillation cycle of the balance with hairspring due to the gravitational force even in the case where a constant-force device is provided. An operation stabilization mechanism includes: an outer carriage | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063084 | CONSTANT FORCE DEVICE, MOVEMENT AND MECHANICAL TIMEPIECE - There are provided a constant force device, a movement, and a mechanical timepiece which can decrease a loss of power for controlling rotation of a stop wheel & pinion. A constant force device includes an inner carriage that outputs an output torque by being rotated around a tenon of a first inner rotation body and a tenon of a second inner rotation body, a constant force spring that supplies a rotation force to the inner carriage, an outer carriage that stores a resilient force in the constant force spring by being rotated around a tenon of a first outer rotation body and a tenon of a second outer rotation body, a stop wheel & pinion that is supported to be rotatable around a stop wheel axle body in the outer carriage, and that is rotatable around the tenon of the first outer rotation body and the tenon of the second outer rotation body, and a stopper that is rotated around the tenon of the first inner rotation body and the tenon of the second inner rotation body together with the inner carriage, and that engages with the stop wheel & pinion in response to rotation of the stop wheel & pinion which is rotated around the stop wheel axle body. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063085 | Method for Controlling Alarm Clock of Electronic Device and Electronic Device - A method for controlling an alarm clock of an electronic device and an electronic device is provided. The method for controlling an alarm clock of an electronic device includes detecting a non-contact behavior after the alarm clock of the electronic device is triggered, where the non-contact behavior includes a sound and/or a non-contact action, matching the detected non-contact behavior with at least one standard model, and when the matching is successful, controlling the alarm clock of the electronic device according to an alarm clock control manner corresponding to the successfully matched standard model. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention help to simplify a user operation of controlling an alarm clock of an electronic device, thereby improving user experience. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063086 | MAGNETIC ADHESION LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A device having an air bearing surface and a method of forming the device are disclosed. The device can include a writer portion including a surface at the air bearing surface of the device, a magnetic adhesion layer disposed proximate at least a portion of the surface of the writer portion, and an overcoat disposed proximate at least a portion of the magnetic adhesion layer such that the magnetic adhesion layer is between the at least a portion of the surface of the writer portion and the overcoat. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063087 | PEG HEIGHT OF NEAR-FIELD TRANSDUCERS - A method is provided for characterizing the peg region of a near-field transducer incorporated into a write head of a HAMR magnetic recorder. The method includes providing excitation radiation to one or more near-field transducers. The near-field transducers include an enlarged disk region and a peg region at least partially in contact with the enlarged disk region. The method further includes filtering output radiation from the near-field transducers by passing a portion of photoluminescent radiation emitted by the near-field transducers in response to the excitation radiation and substantially blocking the excitation radiation transmitted by the near-field transducers. The method also includes detecting the portion of photoluminescent radiation and characterizing the peg region of at least one of the plurality of near-field transducers. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATOMIC FILM DATA STORAGE - The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with data storage using atomic films, such as graphene, boron nitride, or silicene. A platter assembly may include at least one platter that has one or more substantially planar surfaces. One or more layers of a monolayer atomic film, such as graphene, may be positioned on a planar surface. Data may be stored on the atomic film using one or more vacancies, dopants, defects, and/or functionalized groups (presence or lack thereof) to represent one of a plurality of states in a multi-state data representation model, such as a binary, a ternary, or another base N data storage model. A read module may detect the vacancies, dopants, and/or functionalized groups (or a topographical feature resulting therefrom) to read the data stored on the atomic film. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063089 | Six-dimensional Optical Multilayer Storage Using Two-photon Absorption Writing, Erasing and Optical Coherence Tomography Reading - This invention relates a method of six-dimensional optical multilayer storage using two-photon absorption writing, erasing and optical coherence tomography reading and the apparatus designed based on this method. The invented system stores data in three spatial dimensions plus three physical dimensions of wavelength, intensity and polarization. It has large storage capacity of over 32 Tbytes per DVD sized disk and ultrafast reading speed of over 25 Gbits/s with high signal-to-noise ratio of over 76 dB. The larger capacity of over 1 Pbyte per disk is potential. Furthermore, the invented system has relatively simple optical structure, easy light manipulation for addressing the storage cell and high compatibility with the CDs and DVDs. It is an actually practicable optical large capacity storage technology. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063090 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for receiving signals in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise identifying a frame start point based on a received signal; determining a fast Fourier transform (FFT) start point based on the frame start point; reconfiguring the FFT start point in order for the FFT start point to be located within a cyclic prefix (CP) period based on a preconfigured offset value; performing FFT based on the reconfigured FFT start point; and performing, on a result of the FFT, a phase compensation based on the preconfigured offset value. Thus, degradation of channel estimation performances can be prevented. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063091 | RECOVERING CONNECTION IN LTE LOCAL AREA NETWORK FOR EPS AND LOCAL SERVICES - A method is disclosed, comprising sending a local connection re-establishment request to a local access apparatus in response to a failure of a radio link by which a user equipment was connected to a local network and operated in a single radio mode to use bearer services provided by a macro network; and recovering local signalling radio bearer in response to successfully verifying, by the local access apparatus, local context of the user equipment. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063092 | METHOD OF RECEIVING OR TRANSMITTING A PACKET, TERMINAL THEREOF, AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method of receiving a packet by a receiving terminal is provided. The method includes receiving one or more packets including information about an event which belongs to a same kind of event from a transmitting terminal, and selecting at least one packet from among the received one or more packets based on time information of a certain point of time at the certain point of time. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063093 | TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TO REESTABLISH FAST REROUTED PRIMARY TUNNELS BASED ON BACKUP TUNNEL PATH QUALITY FEEDBACK - In one embodiment, a primary tunnel is established from a head-end node to a destination along a path including one or more protected network elements for which a fast reroute path is available to pass traffic around the one or more network elements in the event of their failure. A first path quality measures path quality prior to failure of the one or more protected network elements. A second path quality measures path quality subsequent to failure of the one or more protected network elements, while the fast reroute path is being used to pass traffic of the primary tunnel. A determination is made whether to reestablish the primary tunnel over a new path that does not include the one or more failed protected network elements, or to continue to utilize the path with the fast reroute path, in response to a difference between the first path quality and the second path quality. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063094 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CONNECTIVITY - The present invention discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for detecting connectivity. A node receives connectivity detection request information; determines, according to nicknames of target nodes, whether the is one of the target nodes; if the node is one of the target nodes, sends connectivity detection reply information to a source node; if the node is not one of the target nodes, performs corresponding processing according to a value of a hop count and whether the node is on a path that is in the multicast distribution tree and is from the source node to any one of the target nodes. With the present invention, a source node is capable of receiving only a feedback of a node on a true path, thereby making it easier to identify a path. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY - A method and apparatus for neighbor discovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A neighbor seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may send a first beacon based on configuration information provided by the network. The neighbor WTRUs receive the first beacon and may send either a report to the network or send a second beacon to the neighbor seeking WTRU. The network may then provide neighbor WTRU information to the neighbor seeking WTRU. The neighbor discovery may be performed within a pre-defined group of WTRUs that is formed based on proximity to the WTRU and/or an attribute of the WTRU. The neighbor discovery procedure may be performed to find neighbor WTRUs in case where a WTRU fails to find any network. A neighbor list may be generated by the neighbor seeking WTRU by measuring reference signals transmitted by neighbor WTRUs on an uplink to the network. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063096 | NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COMMUNICATION PATH - A network equipment communicates with customer premises equipment (CPE) through a primary path and a secondary path, and includes a timing module, a processor, a switching module and a calculating module. The timing module provides heartbeat packets for the CPE to obtain response times corresponding to the primary and secondary electrical paths. The switching module switches the primary path or the secondary path. The calculating module calculates time differences and capacity of primary path or the secondary path. When the timing module reaches a preset retransmission timeout, the switching module switches to the secondary electrical path from the primary electrical path. When the first response time is less than the third response time, the second response time is less than the fourth response time and the first capacity exceeds the second capacity, the switching module switches to the primary electrical path. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063097 | IN-BAND SIGNALING FOR POINT-MULTIPOINT PACKET PROTECTION SWITCHING - A method and system provide in-band protection switch signaling in a communication system arranged as a point-to-multipoint tree. The point-to-multipoint tree includes a root node communicatively coupled to a plurality of leaf nodes through both a working link and a protection link. Data is transferred through a current link of the point-to-multipoint tree. The current link is either the working link or the protection link. A fault is detected in the current link in the point-to-multipoint tree. Each leaf node in the point-to-multipoint tree is notified of the fault using the current link. Upon receiving the notification, the root node and each leaf node switch to the other link of the working link and the protection link. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063098 | REDUCING INTERFERENCE FROM LTE IN UNLICENSED BANDS - The disclosure relates to reducing Wi-Fi interference from small cells that provide cellular coverage in unlicensed bands. In particular, in response to determining that a small cell is substantially unloaded (e.g., has traffic below a threshold), the small cell may be switched to a reduced interference configuration. For example, the small cell may be switched to a low downlink configuration to reduce interference in a time domain and/or a low bandwidth configuration to reduce interference in a frequency domain. Alternatively (or additionally), the small cell and/or any other small cells that have traffic below the threshold may switch to the same frequency and/or channel number to concentrate all possible interference on the same frequency and/or channel number. Further still, the configuration may be switched in a power domain, where a transmit power associated with the small cell may be adapted based on cellular measurements in combination with Wi-Fi measurements. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063099 | ROBUST INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Systems and methods are disclosed for mitigating interference between Radio Access Technologies (RATs) sharing operating spectrum in an unlicensed band of radio frequencies. The mitigation may comprise, for example, identifying an upcoming signal transmission associated with a first RAT, with the signal transmission being scheduled for transmission on the shared operating spectrum during a transmission period. The signal transmission may be classified with respect to a protection status. Based on the protection status, a channel reservation message may be transmitted that is associated with a second RAT to reserve at least a portion of the shared operating spectrum for at least a portion of the transmission period. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063100 | Data Communications In A Distributed Computing Environment - Data communications may be carried out in a distributed computing environment that includes computers coupled for data communications through communications adapters and an active messaging interface (‘AMI’). Such data communications may be carried out by: issuing, by a sender to a receiver, an eager SEND data communications instruction to transfer SEND data, the instruction including information describing data location at the sender and data size; transmitting, by the sender to the receiver, the SEND data as eager data packets; discarding, by the receiver in dependence upon data flow conditions, eager data packets as they are received from the sender; and transferring, in dependence upon the data flow conditions, by the receiver from the sender's data location to a receive buffer by remote direct memory access (“RDMA”), the SEND data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063101 | 3GPP BEARER-BASED QOS MODEL SUPPORT ON WIFI - A method is disclosed for providing broadband access to a Packet Data Network (PDN) from a WLAN. A network node receives a request for a dedicated bearer from a PDN gateway, along with one or more Quality of Service (QoS) requirements. Responsive to the bearer request, the network node sends a request to an access point in the WLAN for load information indicative of a load of the access point, and receives the requested load information. Based on the load information, the network node determines whether the access point would be able to meet the one or more QoS requirements if the bearer request was granted. If the determining indicates that the access point would be able to meet the one or more QoS requirements, the network node creates the dedicated bearer between the wireless terminal and the PDN gateway according to the one or more QoS requirements. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063102 | Flow Based Network Service Insertion - Techniques are provided to generate and store a network graph database comprising information that indicates a service node topology, and virtual or physical network services available at each node in a network. A service request is received for services to be performed on packets traversing the network between at least first and second endpoints. A subset of the network graph database is determined that can provide the services requested in the service request. A service chain and service chain identifier is generated for the service based on the network graph database subset. A flow path is established through the service chain by flow programming network paths between the first and second endpoints using the service chain identifier. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063103 | BANDWIDTH-DEPENDENT COMPRESSOR FOR ROBUST HEADER COMPRESSION AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - A bandwidth-dependent robust header compression (RoHC) compressor and a method of RoHC. One embodiment of the bandwidth-dependent RoHC compressor is embodied in a protocol stack, including: (1) a bandwidth estimator operable to generate an indicator of excess bandwidth on a channel over which a data flow having original packet headers compressed at an initial compression level is transmitted, and (2) a robust header compression (RoHC) compressor operable to gain access to the indicator and select a reduced compression level based on the indicator. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063104 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DELAY IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - Embodiments of user equipment and methods for reducing delay in a radio-access network (RAN) are generally described herein. Embodiments disclosed herein provide enhancements that may be applicable to a 3GPP LTE RAN for reducing delay that may be particularly beneficial for real-time over-the-top (OTT) applications. Some embodiments provide for an uplink delayed buffer status report. Some embodiments provide for a downlink congestion and buffer report. Some embodiments provide for traffic characteristic based inter-UE prioritization. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063105 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS STATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus which communicates with at least one wireless station apparatus by utilizing EDCA mechanism includes the following elements. A first channel state determining unit determines a usage state of a communication channel used between the wireless communication apparatus and the wireless station apparatus in a contention period of the communication channel. A first terminal occupation time calculating unit calculates, on the basis of the usage state, a different-terminal occupation time in the contention period of the communication channel. A first traffic measuring unit measures an amount of data received from the wireless station apparatus in the different-terminal occupation time. A first parameter adjusting unit adjusts an EDCA parameter set used in the EDCA mechanism, on the basis of the different-terminal occupation time and the amount of received data. A parameter updating unit updates the EDCA parameter set to an adjusted EDCA parameter set. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063106 | EXECUTING VARIABLE-PRIORITY JOBS USING MULTIPLE STATISTICAL THRESHOLDS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - Methods and arrangements for managing variable-priority flows in a network. Requests for transmission of digital content are received from client devices, each request being associated with a priority, the requests including at least one lower-priority delayable request and at least one higher-priority request. A usable bandwidth for delivery of the requested digital content through the network is estimated and, within the estimated usable bandwidth, there is controlled at least one flow associated with the at least one lower-priority request in the presence of at least one flow for the at least one higher-priority request. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063107 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED QUALITY OF SERVICE CONFIGURATION THROUGH THE ACCESS NETWORK - A system comprises a plurality of access nodes configured to provide one or more services to customer equipment; and a plurality of transport elements coupled together to form a network. Each transport element is configured to receive data packets committed to the network by one or more of the other transport elements and to commit data packets to the network, each data packet assigned to one of a plurality of traffic classes. Each respective transport element is further configured to shape a first set of traffic comprising data packets received from another transport element based on the respective traffic class of each data packet and to shape a second set of traffic comprising data packets to be committed to the network by the respective transport element based on the respective traffic class of each data packet, the first set of traffic shaped separately from the second set of traffic. Each respective transport element is further configured to shape the shaped first set of traffic together with the shaped second set of traffic based on respective weights associated with the first set of traffic and the second set of traffic. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063108 | OPENFLOW SWITCH MODE TRANSITION PROCESSING - Embodiments of the invention relate to switch mode transition and processing upon loss of controller communication. One embodiment includes losing a connection with a controller by a switch device, entering a particular mode by the switch device, transferring flow entries of the switch device to one or more tables, and notifying network application protocols that correspond to the transferred flow entries. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063109 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK TRAFFIC - An apparatus for controlling network traffic is provided. The apparatus includes: a data object service providing module generating a data check service frame; a message service providing module generating a data transmission service frame; a frame delay module adjusting a generation period of the data check service frame generated by the data object service providing module; a traffic analysis module comparing a data transmission amount of the data transmission service frame generated by the message service providing module with a reference data transmission amount, wherein the traffic analysis module determines a generation period of the data check service frame according to a comparison result, and controls the operation of the frame delay module according to a determined generation period; and a transmit queue transmitting a service frame transmitted from the traffic analysis module to a control area network open (CANopen) network. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063110 | PROGRAMMABLE SENSOR NETWORKING APPARATUS AND SENSOR NETWORKING SERVICE METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a programmable sensor networking apparatus. In accordance with an embodiment, the sensor networking apparatus includes a gateway for receiving application service information from an application, generating information to be processed by each sensor node based on the received application service information, and transmitting the generated information to each sensor node, and one or more sensor nodes for receiving the information to be processed from the gateway, and processing the received information. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063111 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE USER UPLINK - Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting a quality of service (QoS) message to a device. The QoS message includes a request for a transmission opportunity for sending uplink data to the device. The QoS message includes at least one of a sequence control field or a QoS control field. The method further includes receiving a clear to transmit (CTX) message in response to the QoS message. The method further includes transmitting data to the device in response to the CTX message. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063112 | DYNAMIC PRIORITY QUEUE MAPPING FOR QOS ROUTING IN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS - A QoS management scheme for SDN. Network resource availability of routers and switches are maintained in a central resource database of a SDN controller. The SDN controller performs resource reservation, admission control and route calculation. When a flow is admitted or completed, the resource database is updated accordingly. Dynamic queue mapping for QoS routing in SDN is also provided. For a traffic flow with a certain traffic description and delay requirement, the queue mapping protocol dynamically assigns the flow to different priority queues at different switches along its routing path. Compared with the static mapping of a flow to a specified priority queue, the disclosed mapping is more flexible and uses network resources more efficiently. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063113 | TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND TRAFFIC CONTROL APPARATUS - The present invention is contrived to implement more granular traffic control and improve a traffic control method. A traffic control method disclosed herein performs the following: with respect to a plurality of terminals that connect to a network and perform communication via a communication link, analyzing signaling during a session performed by each terminal from a time when a terminal initially connects to the network, thereby associating a terminal, an application, and signaling required for the application; generating control information including identifiers for implementing traffic control on a per-signaling basis, based on preconfigured information on an object that should be under traffic control and the analysis results; assigning to a received packet an identifier on a per-signaling basis based on the control information; and referring to the identifiers and the control information and performing a specified traffic control action on signaling included in the packet. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063114 | MULTIPLE CONCURRENT DATA LINK MANAGEMENT - An apparatus and method of determining an allocation of data across multiple data communications networks. A respective characteristic of the first data communications network and the second data communication network are determined based on receiving a respective first and second portion of a data set sent through respective channels to a receiver. Based on determining these respective characteristics and based upon the respective characteristics, an allocation of data between the first data communications network and the second communications network is determined such that the allocation satisfies at least one data transfer performance requirement associated with the data set. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063115 | SYNCHRONIZING STATE AMONG LOAD BALANCER COMPONENTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for synchronizing state among load balancer components. Embodiments of the invention include load balancers using a consistent hashing algorithm to decide how new connections should be load balanced. Use of consistent hashing algorithm permits load balancers to work in a stateless manner in steady state. Load balancers start keeping flow state information (destination address for a given flow) about incoming packets when it is needed, i.e. such as, for example, when a change in destination host configuration is detected. State information is shared across load balancers in a deterministic way, which allows knowing which load balancer is authoritative (e.g., is the owner) for a given flow. Each load balancer can reach the authoritative load balancer to learn about a flow that cannot be determined locally. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063116 | NETWORK COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PREFERENTIAL BAND LIMITATION OF TRANSFER FRAME - In a network communication apparatus, transfer and discard processing is realized for each transfer frame having a priority, and a band limitation is carried out to prevent the congestion of a transfer destination apparatus. Specifically, a bucket is provided for every priority, and tokens of an amount determined based on the priority are supplemented. Moreover, before a bucket evaluation, one shared bucket is provided. All of the tokens existing in the bucket provided for every priority are transferred to the shared bucket for every constant period. The tokens overflowing beyond a capacity of the shared bucket are discarded. All of the frames are equally evaluated and transferred regardless of the priority of each of the frames, as far as the token exists in the shared bucket. When there is no token in the shared bucket, switching to the preferential band limitation is carried out and each priority bucket is evaluated. The bucket corresponding to the priority of the frame is checked and when the token exists, transfer processing of the frame is carried out. When there is no token, discard processing of the frame is carried out. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063117 | Tunnel Keep-alive Timeout Mechanism Based On Quality of Service (QoS) Value of Received Keep-alive Messages - A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing a variable tunnel keep-alive interval is presented. A tunnel keep-alive packet for a first tunnel is received at a first switching device. A Quality of Service (QoS) value of the keep-alive packet ishcekce. A determination is made regarding whether the QoS value corresponds to a QoS value of network control traffic, and when the QoS value of the keep-alive packet is lower than the QoS value of the network control traffic then a value of a tunnel keep-alive interval is increased. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063118 | Device for multipath routing of packets in computer networking and the method for its use - The invention describes a device and a method for multipath packet routing in computer networks. The device (router) maintains a Flow Forwarding Table (FFT) containing identifiers of active flows and related router outgoing interface identifiers, and the FFT is characteristic of the invention. When the first packet representing a new flow arrives to a router built according to this patent, an outgoing interface identifier is selected using existing methods utilising routing tables. Packets are then directed to an outgoing interface according to the FFT. A routing table is used for creation of the relationship between flow identifier and outgoing interface in the FFT. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063119 | Method and Apparatus for Content Processing Application Acceleration - A network architecture enables the data flow of packets to be dynamically modified depending upon the operational needs of the packet being processed. This allows for separate processing of control and data path operations, as well as providing a mechanism for functions that require high computational support, such as encryption functions for example, to be offloaded onto processing devices that can support such functions. Other, less computationally intensive or lower priority functions can be forwarded to PEs having lower operation capacity. With such an arrangement, a dynamic mechanism is provided for customizing the data path of a network device to accommodate the computation needs of any application. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063120 | CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) WORST-CASE MESSAGE LATENCY WITH PRIORITY INVERSION - This application discloses determining a worst-case latency in a controller area network (CAN) for messages experiencing priority inversion within individual controllers. A system to determine the worst-case latency can include a memory system to store computer-executable instructions and a computing system, in response to execution of the computer-executable instructions, can identify that a controller area network (CAN) design includes a controller configured to sequence messages for transmission over a shared bus with at least one of the messages experiencing priority inversion. The computing system also can determine a delay for the controller to present a first message to the shared bus for transmission when the first message is ordered behind a second message having a lower priority than the first message. The delay may be a portion of the worst-case latency corresponding to the priority inversion. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063121 | Load Balancing Among Alternative Paths - A method and a transmitting node for redirecting of a flow of data packets to a path of alternative paths, and a method and a receiving node for enabling redirection of a flow of data packets to a path of alternative paths, where data packets are marked with a value indicating the importance of the data packets. The method for directing directs one or more flows of data packets for the alternative paths, wherein data packets marked with a higher value are prioritized over data packets marked with a lower value. Based on feedback information, the transmitting node redirects a flow of data packets to a second path of the alternative paths, if the metric of congestion indicates a higher congestion on the first path than on the second path. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063122 | SMART MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY FOR UE ATTACHED RELAY NODE - A system includes a communication section communicably connected to a network, and configured to receive requests for data flows from user equipment attached to the network. The system may further include a flow path determination section configured to determine, for each data flow requested, an optimal signal path from among a plurality of potential signal paths based on substantially current characteristics of the potential signal paths and on characteristics of the data flow requested. The system may further include a command plane section configured to control routing of each requested data flow in accordance with the optimal signal path determined by the flow path determination section for the respective data. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063123 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING SELECTION BASED ON ROUTING DISTANCE AND CAPACITY - A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and computer-implemented method for route selection based on payload delivery capacity and routing distance are described. Network demand information is obtained. The network demand information may include a network graph and information related to an outbound demand of each node of the network graph. A simplified demand graph based on the outbound demand of each node and a distance between each node pair is generated. A plurality of return routes for the simplified network graph is generated and a payload delivery capacity of each of the routes is calculated. An advised return route from the plurality of return routes is generated based in part on the payload delivery capacities of the plurality of return routes. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063124 | CALL DATA CORRELATION - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for collecting diagnostic messages and collating them into correlated groups to be matched to specific calls, to identify and diagnose issues with those calls. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSERVING POWER IN LINK AGGREGATION GROUPS - A system and method of reducing power consumption in a network switching unit includes detecting whether conditions are suitable for reducing power consumption in a first network switching unit. The first network switching unit includes a link aggregation group (LAG) and a plurality of communication ports, each communication port configured to couple the first network switching unit to a second network switching unit using a corresponding network link selected from a plurality of network links, and wherein the plurality of network links are assigned to the LAG. The system and method further includes requesting network link deactivation by sending a link deactivation request to the second network switching unit, determining whether the link deactivation request is approved, determining a first network link selected from the plurality of network links to deactivate, deactivating the first network link from use by the LAG, and reducing power supplied to the first network link. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063126 | APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SERVER FAILURE HANDLING - Apparatus, method, system and computer program product for server failure handling A mechanism for a first apparatus is described. The mechanism comprising receiving, from a first apparatus, a first authentication request comprising an user identity and an identity of said first apparatus, wherein said first apparatus being capable for provide authentication related service with respect to said user identity; determining if a third apparatus, originally associated with said user identity for providing authentication related service, is available for providing said service; registering said first apparatus as the server associated with said user identity for providing authentication related service, if said third apparatus is not available; sending a response to said first apparatus to acknowledge the first authentication request. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063127 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - There is provided a transmission apparatus which includes a transmission unit configured to transmit a control data to an opposite transmission apparatus at a transmission interval, a first determination unit configured to determine a communication quality of a network connected with the opposite transmission apparatus, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust the transmission interval, at which the control data is transmitted, to be longer than a reference transmission interval when the communication quality is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063128 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR WIRELESS SIGNALING - Embodiments of the invention provide signaling mechanisms for wireless networks composed of a large number of stations. An example method embodiment comprises: storing, by a wireless device, a prior channel estimate that was previously transmitted to another wireless device in a wireless network; receiving, by the wireless device, a request message from the other device, to determine a distortion between a current channel estimate and the prior channel estimate and compare the determined distortion to a distortion threshold value, the request message being a broadcast request message or a measurement request message and the distortion value being either included in the request message, received in another message, or a preconfigured value; determining, by the wireless device, the distortion between the current channel estimate and the prior channel estimate and comparing the determined distortion to the distortion threshold value; and transmitting, by the wireless device, one or more parallel or sequential messages to the other device, indicating presence of the determined distortion greater than the distortion threshold value or indicating an inability to determine a distortion in channel estimates. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063129 | INFRASTRUCTURE CORRELATION PROTOCOL - The performance and/or state of communication infrastructure that transmits data may be correlated with the transmitted data. In one implementation, a method may include receiving infrastructure data relating to a state of communication infrastructure; receiving identifiers corresponding to machine to machine nodes that transmit data using the communication infrastructure; storing the infrastructure data to associate the infrastructure data to the identifiers corresponding to the nodes; generating structured data that represents a correlation of the received data and the infrastructure data; and providing at least a portion of the structured data, to one or more devices relating to the plurality of computing nodes or the communication infrastructure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063130 | CUSTOMIZED DIAMETER PERFORMANCE METRICS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Diameter node, the method including: receiving a Diameter message at the Diameter node; evaluating a custom metric rule to identify a metric to be collected; and collecting the metric related to the received Diameter message based upon the evaluation of the custom metric rule. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063131 | EFFECTING CHANGE TO TRANSMIT DUTY CYCLE OF WLAN TRANSCEIVER - An apparatus has a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver and one or more sensors. The sensors are monitored. From time to time, a mitigation level applicable to the apparatus is determined as a function of output from the one or more sensors. The mitigation level is one of multiple mitigation levels, each mitigation level corresponding to a set of configuration changes for a Media Access Control (MAC) layer of the WLAN transceiver. Responsive to determining that the applicable mitigation level has increased from a most recent previously determined mitigation level, the MAC layer is configured to effect a decrease in a transmit duty cycle of the WLAN transceiver. Responsive to determining that the applicable mitigation level has decreased from a most recent previously determined mitigation level, the MAC layer is configured to effect an increase in the transmit duty cycle of the WLAN transceiver. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063132 | BANDWIDTH ESTIMATION MECHANISM FOR A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A mechanism for determining the available bandwidth of a network is disclosed. The baseline latency of each of a plurality of routers on a network path between a first network device and second network device of a network is determined. A subsequent latency of each of the plurality of routers is determined. A bandwidth limiting router on the network path is identified based, at least in part, on the baseline latency and the subsequent latency of each of the plurality of routers. An available bandwidth associated with the network path is determined based, at least in part, on taking latency measurements of the bandwidth limiting router from the first network device. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063133 | METHOD FOR TESTING DATA PACKET SIGNAL TRANSCEIVERS USING INTERLEAVED DEVICE SETUP AND TESTING - A method of using tester data packet signals and control instructions for testing multiple data packet signal transceiver devices under test (DUTs). During mutually alternating time intervals, selected ones of which are substantially contemporaneous, multiple tester data packet signals and DUT control instructions are used for concurrent testing of multiple DUTs. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063134 | SELECTING A COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A method for transmitting data from within a wired communication system is disclosed. A first network-enabled device can select one of a plurality of communication mediums for transmitting the data stream to the second device and transmit the data stream to the second device using the selected communication medium. The first device determines that the transmission of the data stream using the selected communication medium is being interfered with by transmission of other data from the first device to a third device on another of the plurality of communication mediums. In response to determining that the transmission of the data stream to the second device on the selected communication medium is being interfered with by the transmission of the other data to the third device using the other communication medium, the first device turns off the transmission of the other data to the third device on the other communication medium. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063135 | CLIENT, SERVER, AND WIRELESS SIGNAL MAP CREATING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided are a client and a server which filter errors in signal data collected in a wireless signal map creating process and increase accuracy of a signal map, and a wireless signal map creating system using the same. The wireless signal map creating system collects a local wireless signal map, stores a global wireless signal map, calculates a predicted signal strength of a specific point using a reception strength of at least one point located adjacent to the specific point in the local wireless signal map, compares a wireless signal strength of the specific point in the local wireless signal map and a predicted signal strength to determine an error or not, and updates the global wireless signal map based on a determination result. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063136 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ENTITY COLLISION DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for communication at a network entity comprise sending a measurement configuration message to a user equipment (UE) to configure the UE to perform one or more measurements during a specified measurement period. Additionally, the methods and apparatus comprise suspending, at the network entity, transmission of at least one configuration parameter to the UE during the specified measurement period, wherein the network entity is the serving network entity. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise receiving at least one measurement report message from the UE after the specified measurement period. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063137 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ENTITY COLLISION DETECTION - Methods and apparatus for communication at a network entity comprise receiving one or more technology layer measurements during a measurement period. The methods and apparatus further comprise determining that a first subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies an adequate user equipment (UE) communication condition. In addition, the methods and apparatus comprise determining that a second subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies at least one measurement threshold value. Moreover, the methods and apparatus comprise identifying a network entity conflict when the first subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies the adequate UE communication condition and the second subset of the one or more technology layer measurements satisfies the at least one measurement threshold value. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063138 | PASSIVE POSITIONING UTILIZING ROUND TRIP TIME INFORMATION - Techniques for passive positioning of a client station are disclosed. In an example a passive positioning scheme may include detecting an incoming message from an access point, determining a Round Trip Time (RTT) value associated with the access point, generating an acknowledgment message, calculating a time of departure for the acknowledgment message based on the RTT value, and sending the acknowledgment message at the time of departure. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063139 | Apparatus and Method for Interference Management between Cellular and Local Area Networks - According to an example embodiment of this application, a method may include determining a distance from a network element; and assigning at least one of a downlink resource or an uplink resource to the network element based at least in part on the determined distance, wherein the assigned resource is used for both a downlink and an uplink communication of the network element. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063140 | METHOD FOR MEASURING CHANNEL USING TRACKING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE USING SAME - A method for measuring a channel in a wireless communication system is provided. A terminal receives a first reference signal from a primary cell. The terminal receives a second reference signal from a secondary cell corresponding to the primary cell. The terminal measures a channel for the secondary cell on the basis of the second reference signal. A subframe in which the second reference signal is received is signaled from the primary cell. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063141 | ESTIMATING LINE RATE - The invention measures the rates of a whole population of existing lines together with a line characteristic, such as capacitance, that can be measured prior to provisioning. Using these measures, a rating we refer to as a “quality figure” is generated for each distribution point by looking at the rate of the lines running through that distribution point, and comparing those rates to the rates of other lines having the same line characteristic across the whole population of lines. Distribution points that have lines operating better (faster) than the average for their given line characteristic will have higher quality figures. To estimate the rate of a new line, the quality figure of the distribution point that the new line passes through is used in conjunction with the measured line characteristic as a look up on the whole population of lines, which have also been given quality figures according to their line characteristic and line rate measurements. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a terminal to report channel state information in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: calculating one or more pieces of channel quality information from a signal measurement resource configuration and a plurality of interference measurement resource configurations associated with the signal measurement resource configuration; and transmitting a channel state report including the calculated channel quality information. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063143 | LTE Advanced Service Indicator - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments there is at least an apparatus and method to perform receiving an indication of advanced services of an area associated with the communication network, in response to the indication of advanced services, determining a relative performance improvement of the advanced services for the device, and based on the determined relative performance improvement, setting an indication flag at the device. Further, in accordance with the exemplary embodiments, perform sending towards a user equipment information including an indication o f an advanced service area available to the user equipment, where the information is for use by the user equipment in determining whether accessing the advanced service area would provide a relative operational performance to the user equipment, and in response to the sending, receiving an indication of one of the user equipment displaying an indication of the advanced service area, and the user equipment accessing the advanced service area. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED FLOW CONTROL IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for performing flow control. In one embodiment, the method is for use in a wireless network apparatus that includes a controller, wireless entities, user equipments, and includes the following operations: collecting, by the controller, signal strength measurements from entities of the plurality of wireless entities; collecting, by the controller, channel quality indicators (CQI) information provided by one or more UEs of the at least one UEs; generating a CQI estimate for each entity of the plurality of entities not serving a flow to a UE; and determining, by the controller, forwarding decisions for one or more flows to specify which wireless entity is to serve which flow, based on one or more of the signal strength measurements, the channel quality indicators (CQIs) provided by one or more UEs, and one or more generated CQI estimates associated with entities not serving a flow to a UE. | 2015-03-05 |
| 20150063145 | RADIO MEASUREMENT REPORTING - The present invention provides for a mobile radio communications device arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology for communication in a mobile radio communications network, and according to a second radio access technology, and to related network device and methods of operation, whereby radio measurements taken by the mobile radio communications device in relation to the first radio access technology can be polluted by coexistence interference from the second radio access technology, the mobile radio communications device being arranged to indicate to the network its capability of providing enhanced radio measurements taken while experiencing pollution by coexistence interference prior to any such provision and, if to be provided, to include interference information. | 2015-03-05 |
