15th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120087199 | WAKE-UP CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR POWER-GATED IC - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a power-gating switch circuit. The power-gating switch circuit may comprise a first switch to connect a power supply to a virtual power supply and a second switch to connect the power supply to the virtual power supply in parallel to the first switch. The first switch may have a lower impedance than the second switch. When a wake up signal is received, the second switch may be turned on first and the first switch may be turned on after the virtual power supply reaches a predetermined voltage level. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087200 | INTERNAL COLUMN ADDRESS GENERATING CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes first and second bank groups and an internal column address generating circuit. Each of the first and second bank groups includes at least one bank. The internal column address generating circuit converts a column address into a first internal column address and outputs the first internal column address through a first transmission line in response to a bank address if a read operation or a write operation is performed on a bank of the first bank group. Also, the internal column address generating circuit converts the column address into a second internal column address and outputs the second internal column address through a second transmission line in response to the bank address if a read operation or a write operation is performed on a bank of the second bank group. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087201 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A semiconductor memory device includes an internal clock signal generator configured to generate an internal clock signal by dividing a frequency of an external clock signal; a default latency determiner configured to determine a default latency in outputting a signal; and a latency reflector configured to, for each of consecutive commands, selectively add a half latency equal to a half cycle of the internal clock signal to the default latency in response to a half latency selection information signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087202 | KNEADING TANK INVERSION DISCHARGING SEALED PRESSURIZED TYPE KNEADING MACHINE - A kneading machine is provided having a kneading tank with kneading rotors therein and a stocking opening. The kneading machine may also include a pressurizing lid for opening and closing the kneading tank and an inner-pressure cover. The kneading tank is capable of inverting in a range of 90° to 120° for discharging the kneaded materials. A front wall defining the stocking opening may be attached so as to be suspended downward from the kneading tank by a hinge when the kneading tank is inverted. The kneading machine may also include a capturing apparatus with a duct connected to the inner-pressure cover to capture powder compound jetted into the inner-pressure cover, and the powder compound captured in a filter of the capturing apparatus can be collected into the kneading tank. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087203 | Automated Mix In-Cup Apparatus and the Method of Operating the Same - The present disclosure describes an automated blend in-cup apparatus and the related method of operation. The disclosure relates generally to the field of mixing consumable material. More specifically, the disclosure relates to a mixer that is automatically operable to lower a mixing blade into a cup or vessel that contains material to be blended/mixed. A shield is automatically lowered to at least partially isolate the cup. After mixing, the shield and blade are automatically retracted, and the cup is removed from the apparatus. The shield and blade may be automatically lowered again for a cleaning operation. Use of the apparatus can be accomplished with one hand. Overall, the apparatus contains various structural and safety elements that provide a unique construction and method of operating the apparatus. The apparatus is effective, fast, easy to operate, safe, and clean. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087204 | TRANSDUCER ARRAY IMAGING SYSTEM - The embodiments contemplate methods and devices for communicating an acoustic emission via an array of transducers and wirelessly communicating data via a transceiver. The transceiver may be in communication with the array of transducers. The embodiments also contemplate providing power for the acoustic emission via a power source and processing the data at a relatively remote location with respect to the power source. In addition, the embodiments contemplate providing an indication at a relatively remote location with respect to the power source. The indication may provide, at least in part, numerical information regarding the acoustic emission. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087205 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SENSITIVITY VARIATION OF ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - An electromechanical transducer includes a plurality of elements each including a first electrode and a second electrode with a gap therebetween, a voltage applying unit configured to apply an AC voltage to the first electrode, and a sensitivity variation computing unit configured to compute a sensitivity variation for each of the elements using a signal output from the second electrode of the element due to the application of the AC voltage. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087206 | Apparatus for Deployment of Ocean Bottom Seismometers - A deployment and retrieval apparatus for ocean bottom seismic receivers, the apparatus being a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) having a carrier attached thereto and carrying a plurality of receivers. The carrier includes a frame in which is mounted a structure for seating and releasing the receivers. The structure includes one or more movable conveyors disposed to move receivers along a linear path relative to the frame in order to discharge and retrieve ocean bottom seismic receivers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087207 | PROCESSING SEISMIC DATA - A method of monitoring a marine seismic source array comprises, consequent to actuation of a seismic source array ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087208 | Method for Deployment of Ocean Bottom Seismometers - A deployment and retrieval method for ocean bottom seismic receivers, the method employs a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) having a carrier attached thereto to carry a plurality of receivers. The receivers are individually placed on the ocean bottom floor by utilizing a conveyor to move the receivers along a linear path to remove the receivers from the carrier. In one embodiment, multiple linear conveyors may be operated independently to alter the relative positions of the receivers on the respective conveyors to adjust the weight distribution of the receivers within the carrier. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087209 | Method for Transmission of Seismic Data - The transmission system combines a self-contained, wireless seismic acquisition unit and a wireless, line-of-site, communications unit to form a plurality of individual short-range transmission networks and also a mid-range line-of-site transmission network. Each seismic unit has a power source, a short-range transceiver and a geophone disposed within a casing. Each wireless communications unit is formed of an elongated support structure on which is mounted an independent power source, mid-range radio transceiver and a short-range transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate with the short-range transceiver of the acquisition unit. Preferably, the acquisition unit is buried under the ground surface, while the wireless communications unit is positioned adjacent in the near vicinity of the buried unit and vertically protrudes above the ground. The acquisition unit and the wireless communications unit communicate by short-range transmissions, while the wireless communications unit communicates with other seismic acquisition systems using mid-range radio transmission. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087210 | MOVING OBJECT DETECTING APPARATUS - A moving object detecting apparatus includes: a transmitting/receiving unit for radiating an ultrasonic wave and receiving a reflective wave reflected from an object present in a monitoring space; a phase detection circuit for mixing reference signals with a reflective signal and obtaining a pair of Doppler signals each having an amplitude depending on a phase difference from the reference signal, each of the Doppler signals having a different phase from each other; a rotation angle calculation unit for calculating a rotation angle; a cumulative addition unit for accumulating the rotation angle; and a comparison unit for comparing the accumulated rotation angle with a threshold value. In the moving object detecting apparatus, a single ultrasonic vibrator is commonly used in the transmitting unit and the receiving unit. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087211 | LOW-POWER SECURITY AND INTRUSION MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON VARIATION DETECTION OF SOUND TRANSFER CHARACTERISTIC - Disclosed are a method for measuring a acoustic transfer function of a predetermined space to be secured or monitored through a correlation between sound signals acquired from a sound source generating device and a sound measuring device and a method and a system for judging whether there is an intrusion object by using a difference between an initially set acoustic transfer function information and varied acoustic transfer function information by using the method for measuring the transfer function. In the present disclosure, when an object moves or an intrusion object is generated in a predetermined space, intrusion or no intrusion is monitored by variation of the acoustic transfer function varied by the intrusion object even though there is no noise generated by the intrusion object. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087212 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INDOOR LOCATION OR POSITION DETERMINATION OF OBJECT DEVICES USING BUILDING INFORMATION AND/OR POWERLINES - An apparatus and method for providing indoor detection, location, position, or track determination of object devices using building information and/or powerlines. An object device may determine the dimensions of the interior of a building and compare it to known information about the dimensions of the building to determine that it's indoors and/or also determine its exact location or position in the building. An object device may also determine dimensions in an enclosure in order to identify if it is in an automobile, aircraft, or any other conveyance. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087213 | GRIP PRESSURE SENSOR - A watch includes a wrist band and a housing mounted to the wrist band where the housing includes a wrist side and an opposing side, a pliable domed shape pressure plate that extends outwardly from the wrist side of the housing to contact a palm side of a wrist and that responds to movements of muscles and tendons in the wrist that correspond to varying grip pressures applied by a hand extending from the wrist, a battery, memory, circuitry powered by the battery to convert responses of the pliable domed shape pressure plate to digital data, and circuitry powered by the battery to record the digital data to the memory. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087214 | OSCILLATING BODY, MECHANICAL OSCILLATING SYSTEM FOR WRIST WATCHES HAVING SUCH AN OSCILLATING BODY AND WATCH HAVING SUCH AN OSCILLATING SYSTEM - Oscillating body for mechanical oscillating systems of wristwatches, having several mass weights arranged at regular angle distances around an oscillating body middle axis that respectively can rotate or swivel on the oscillating body on an axis parallel to the oscillating body axis and have a mass center of gravity that is radially offset to their axis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087215 | WRISTWATCH WITH DETACHABLE WATCHCASE - A special housing comprising a holding structure and binding means allows a pocket watch to be transformed in an extremely simple and reliable way into a wristwatch. The pocket watch is seated inside the housing and kept in position by the binding means, which are conceived in such a way as to not affect negatively the watch final aesthetic appearance. In a way equally simple, the case can be disengaged in order to be used again as a pocket watch or as a neck pendant by adding a simple chain. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087216 | WATCH - A watch having a band formed from a bistable spring is described. The band automatically wraps to or coils around a wrist, arm, or other limb of an individual wearing the watch. The band is formed from the bistable spring, which includes an extended configuration and a coiled configuration. The band forms a first portion and a second portion. An outer layer covers at least a portion of the bistable spring. The watch includes a watch module to display time data. A housing receives the watch module. The housing is integral with the outer layer. The housing is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the band. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087217 | THERMALLY ASSISTED MAGNETIC HEAD, HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY, AND HARD DISK DRIVE - A thermally assisted magnetic head is formed by performing a head forming process, a mounting part forming process and a light source mounting process in that order. In the head forming process, a planned area is secured on a light source placing surface of a slider substrate, then a magnetic head part is formed on a head area other than the planned area and a spacer for securing a mounting space for the laser diode is formed on the planned area. In the mounting part forming process, a light source mounting part is formed by removing the spacer. In the light source mounting process, a laser diode is mounted on the light source mounting part formed by the mounting part forming step. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087218 | WRITE-ONCE READ-MANY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD, INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION APPARATUS - A write-once read-many information recording medium is provided, which is capable of easily searching for a latest DDS and a latest defect list. At least one disc management working area is sequentially allocated in a predetermined direction on the write-once read-many information recording medium of the present invention. The latest defect list and the latest DDS are provided in a recorded disc management working area neighboring a border between the recorded disc management working area and an unrecorded disc management working area, where the latest defect list precedes the latest DDS in the predetermined direction. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087219 | WOBBLE SIGNAL EXTRACTING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR EXTRACTING WOBBLE SIGNAL, AND OPTICAL DISK UNIT - A wobble signal extracting circuit includes: a readout signal generating circuit generating an RF signal by adding first and second detection signals corresponding to reflected light from inside and outside a recording track; a first subtractor generating a push-pull signal by subtracting the first and second detection signals, respectively; a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) converting the RF signal to digital; a second ADC converting the push-pull signal to digital; a residual RF component generating circuit generating a residual RF signal component equivalent to the RF signal component remaining in the digitized push-pull signal; and a second subtractor generating the wobble signal by subtracting the residual RF signal component from the digitized push-pull signal. The residual RF component generating circuit generates the residual RF signal component so that it may approach the remaining RF signal component based on correlation between the wobble signal and the digitized RF signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087220 | OPTICAL PICKUP AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - An optical pickup includes a light source, an optical system for irradiating a recording medium including a plurality of recording layers with light from the light source, a diffraction optical element that divides light reflected from the recording medium into a plurality of optical fluxes and diffracts the fluxes, and an optical detector receiving the optical flux diffracted by the diffraction optical element. The optical detector includes a light receiving element detecting a focus error signal, wherein a longitudinal direction of the light receiving element is arranged to coincide with a circumferential direction of the recording medium, or arranged to be inclined to a circumferential or radial direction. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087221 | DATA WRITING CONTROL DEVICE, DATA WRITING CONTROL METHOD, AND DATA WRITING CONTROL PROGRAM - A data writing control device enable quickly writing data to optical discs. A reading process unit | 2012-04-12 |
20120087222 | DISC INSPECTING METHOD AND DISC INSPECTING DEVICE - A disc inspecting method includes: forming recording marks on a disc; scanning the recording marks from inside to outside or from outside to inside of the disc by a pickup unit to read a reproduction signal while rotating a spindle to move a slider by each predetermined width; acquiring reproduction data from the reproduction signal in a signal acquiring unit; and determining whether or not the reproduction data is proper in a calculation unit, and optimizing a formation condition of the recording marks when it is determined that the reproduction data is not proper. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087223 | METHOD OF WRITING DATA TO A DISC, DISC DRIVE - The invention relates to a method of writing data to a disc (OD). The method comprised: a) performing a plurality of writing actions in which a plurality of data portions are written to the disc, b) performing a plurality of verification actions in which written data portions are at least partly verified and at least part of the data portions are replaced if needed. The method further comprises a2) performing a decision action for each writing action in which a decision whether or not to perform the verification action for a specific written data portion is taken. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087224 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SYNC DATA OF READ DATA IN A DISK DRIVE - According to one embodiment, a disk drive is provided, which starts reading data at the head thereof, when a sync mark is detected. The disk drive has a read channel that generates a forced SM detection signal if the sync mark cannot be detected because of the occurrence of TA. The read channel starts generating the forced SM detection signal at the end position of a preamble, which is equivalent to the position of the sync mark. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087225 | Digital PLL circuit, information readout device, disc readout device, and signal processing method - A digital PLL (phase locked loop) circuit (and method thereof), includes an AAF (anti aliasing filter) that limits a frequency bandwidth of an input RF (radio frequency) signal on the basis of a given cutoff frequency, an ADC (analog to digital converter) that samples an output signal of the AAF on the basis of a given sampling frequency, a down converter that converts a data rate of the ADC, and a digital phase tracking unit that generates a synchronous clock signal from an output signal of the down converter on the basis of a given internal frequency. The cutoff frequency and the sampling frequency are fixed, respectively, even when a frequency bandwidth of the RF signal fluctuates. The down converter reduces the data rate according to an increase in the frequency bandwidth of the RF signal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087226 | OPTICAL PICKUP LENS - An optical pickup lens for focusing a light beam from a laser light source on an optical information recording medium is a single lens. The optical pickup lens has two surfaces, and a surface R | 2012-04-12 |
20120087227 | OPTICAL PICKUP LENS - An optical pickup lens for focusing a light beam from a laser light source on an optical information recording medium is a single lens. The optical pickup lens has two surfaces, and a surface R | 2012-04-12 |
20120087228 | DATA MEDIUM OF THE COMPACT DISC TYPE, IN PARTICULAR FITTED WITH PROTECTION AGAINST COPYING, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A data medium of the compact disc type may include medium areas of different types configured to define digital content, and a controllable element having two different states corresponding respectively to the two different types of areas. The controllable element may be configured to take selectively one of its states in response to a command, so as to modify in a controllable manner the content of the data medium. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087229 | System and Method for Coordination of Neighboring Networks on Wireline Communication Channels - Embodiments of system and method for coordination among neighboring networks for communications over shared physical medium are provided. In one aspect, a method comprises determining, by a first domain master of a first network domain, a first number of network nodes of the first network domain that interfere with data transmission on the physical medium by at least one network node of at least one other network domain, or a second number of network nodes of the at least one other network domain that interfere with data transmission on the physical medium by at least one network node of the first network domain. The method further comprises causing, by the first domain master, one or more network nodes of the first network domain to transmit data during one of a plurality of non-overlapping time slots of a MAC cycle. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087230 | Method For Antenna Calibration In A Wideband Communication System - The present invention relates to a method for antenna calibration in a communication system having a bandwidth divided into multiple frequency intervals M with multiple communication units | 2012-04-12 |
20120087231 | Packet Loss Recovery Method and Device for Voice Over Internet Protocol - A method and device for method of doing packet loss recovery in VoIP system is disclosed. By employing the information in LPC parameters of CELP codec, the speech packets/frames which belong to the beginning segment of each speech phoneme are located, and packet repetition is adopted to protect these packets before they are transmitted in the network. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087232 | LINK STATE RELAY FOR PHYSICAL LAYER EMULATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a fault-management system. During operation, the system identifies a failure at a remote location associated with a communication service. The system then determines a local port used for the communication service, and suspends the local port, thereby allowing the failure to be detected by a device coupled to the local port. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087233 | Address Refresh Method and System - A method and a system for refreshing addresses are disclosed. Said method includes: when state switching between a link fault and a fault recovery occurs in a link, a node where a port related to this link is situated refreshing an address forwarding list, and configuring a flag PF for suspending an operation of refreshing an address forwarding list on other ports of this node, and sending protocol message with address refreshing information to other nodes; and when ports of other nodes receive said protocol message, refreshing the address forwarding list only when identifier information included in this protocol message is inconsistent with identifier information stored in this port and this port is not configured with said PF flag. Said method and system judge whether to refresh the address forwarding list according to said PF flag, and determine whether to refresh the address forwarding list according to the judgment result. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087234 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR CONDUCTING COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for conducting communications. One method includes determining a context associated with a communication between a first participant and a second participant while the communication is occurring, determining a failure of the communication, and resuming the communication based, at least in part, on the context. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CONNECTIVITY IN A LONG TERM EVOLUTION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for monitoring connectivity in a network at a bearer path layer are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request to monitor a user endpoint, identifies an internet protocol address of the user endpoint, an internet protocol address of each transport network element between the user endpoint and a bearer trace server, a bearer path identification of each bearer used by the user endpoint, a quality of service associated with each bearer used by the user endpoint, and a tunnel identification of each bearer used by the user endpoint; and performs a fault isolation and performance monitoring at a bearer path layer, wherein the fault isolation identifies a particular segment where a fault is detected at the bearer path layer. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087236 | METHOD TO IMPLEMENT TWO FIBER SHARED PROTECTION RING WITH EXTRA TRAFFIC ON STM-1/OC-3 INTERFACE - A method for protection of data traffic transmitted over 2-fiber shared protection ring on STM-1/OC-3 interface is provided. Also, the method involves carrying extra traffic in a ring topology for STM-1/OC-3 interface. This is achieved by fixing the granularity to one of ‘VC12/VC11/VC3/VC12-VC3/VC11-VC3’ for the STM-1 interface and to one of ‘VT2/VT1.5/STS-1’ for the OC-3 interface upfront when the protection is configured on the network element. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PAYLOAD INFORMATION IN RADIO TRANSMISSION - System and method for improving the protecting radio channels in transmission, according to which the payload information of the signal to be transmitted is divided into a plurality of data portions of smaller size which are then grouped into packets and the packets are labeled based on a criterion from among a plurality of criteria, said criterion being indicative of a level of priority associated to said packets. The packets are subsequently radio transmitted in accordance with their level of priority indicated by their associated label. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087238 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a terminal device and a retransmission control method which enable the reduction of the overhead of an uplink control channel when ARQ is applied in communication using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. In a terminal ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087239 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING A SIGNALING MESSAGE THAT RELATES TO TRANSMISSION RATE RESTRICTIONS - A method for handling a signaling message that specifies transmission rate restrictions may include operating in a first state. The method may also include receiving the signaling message from a network. The signaling message may include an activation time, the transmission rate restrictions and the control duration. The method may also include receiving a state transition trigger to operate in a second state. The method may also include determining the user equipment's behavior regarding the transmission rate restrictions upon receiving the state transition trigger. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087240 | METHOD AND ARCHITECTURE FOR A SCALABLE APPLICATION AND SECURITY SWITCH USING MULTI-LEVEL LOAD BALANCING - A switch architecture and method provides scaling through multi-level load balancing of flows across data and application processing planes. An input/output module receives a communication session flow (forward) from a client device and selects one of a plurality of data processors to process the flow. The selected data processor determines the level of processing for the forward flow and selects an application processor from a plurality of such application processors. The application processor generates a session structure identifying actions to be performed on the forward flow and transfers the session structure to the selected data processor to perform the actions on the forward flow. The application processor also predictively generates and offloads a session structure for the associated reverse flow. If the reverse session structure is offloaded to a different data processor, either the forward or reverse flow redirects packets, or is redirected, to the data processor hosting the other flow. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087241 | FLOW ADMISSION CONTROL IN AN IP NETWORK - A flow admission control module for IP traffic types monitors network topology and usage. A new flow is not admitted if it is determined that the flow would push the utilization of available bandwidth reserved for the traffic type on a link in the associated path beyond a predetermined threshold. The admission control module may, as a result of dynamic changes to network topology capacity, re-compute the link utilization for effected active flows The admission control module may also account for protection regimes in flow admission calculations. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THROTTLING A FABRIC LOGIN IN A FIBRE CHANNEL ADAPTER - Systems and methods for throttling a fabric login (FLOGI) in a Fibre Channel (FC) adapter are provided. One system includes a first tracking mechanism, a second tracking mechanism, a switch, and a FC adapter. The FC adapter comprises three or more FLOGIs and a controller configured to perform the below method. One method includes transmitting first and second FLOGI requests to the switch and indicating, via a first tracking mechanism, that a first FLOGI associated with the first FLOGI request and a second FLOGI associated with the second FLOGI request are active. The method further includes queuing a third FLOGI request until the first FLOGI request or the second FLOGI request is processed by the switch and indicating, via a second tracking mechanism, that a third FLOGI associated with the third FLOGI request is queued. Also provided are computer storage mediums including computer code for performing the above method. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087243 | Message Processing Method and System - A message processing method includes receiving by a base station a physical shared channel reconfiguration request transmitted from a control radio network controller, the physical shared channel reconfiguration request including priority queue specific deleting information; and deleting a priority queue corresponding to the priority queue specific deleting information. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087244 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ECN RECEIVER DRIVEN CONGESTION CONTROL - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing congestion notification and control across a network. In certain aspects, a protocol for managing sender and receiver-based congestion control is provided using a format for streaming parameters, such as the Session Description Protocol format. In certain aspects, a system and method for operating an interworking gateway between different user devices is provided. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087245 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ECN RECEIVER DRIVEN CONGESTION CONTROL - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for managing congestion notification and control across a network. In certain aspects, a protocol for managing sender and receiver-based congestion control is provided using a format for streaming parameters, such as the Session Description Protocol format. In certain aspects, a system and method for operating an interworking gateway between different user devices is provided. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087246 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRAFFIC IN AN INTERMEDIATE ACCESS POINT - A method for processing traffic destined for a BS received from one or more terminals in an intermediate access point supporting two or more communication schemes is disclosed. The method includes receiving traffic from the one or more terminals according to a first communication scheme, measuring a congestion level of the received traffic, transmitting a first traffic being part of the received traffic to a second intermediate access point according to a second communication scheme, if the congestion level is a predetermined threshold or higher, and transmitting a second traffic being remaining traffic of the received traffic except the first traffic to the BS. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087247 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COVERAGE EXPANSION OF COMPACT CELL IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of operating a compact base station for supporting coverage area expansion of a compact cell in a heterogeneous network system are provided. The method includes determining whether an overload takes place in a coverage area where a compact base station and a plurality of terminals communicate using a first Frequency Assignment (FA) in a compact cell, determining whether resources are redistributable using a second FA in a coverage area expanded according to coverage area expansion of the compact cell, and when the resources are redistributable using the second FA in the coverage area expanded according to the coverage area expansion of the compact cell, changing the FA of at least one of the plurality of terminals communicating with the compact base station using the first FA in the compact cell, from the first FA to the second FA. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087248 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING NETWORK COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus having a communication function, which is capable of improving security while ensuring convenience in network communication using the ICMP Echo protocol. It is determined whether or not a source of a received packet is an apparatus lies in the same network as a network in which the communication apparatus is installed. According to the determination result, whether or not to respond to the received packet is judged based on one of a first judgment condition used in a case where the source lies in the same network as the network in which the communication apparatus is installed, and a second judgment condition used in a case where the source does not lie in the same network as the network in which the communication apparatus is installed. According to the judgment result, a response to the received packet is sent back. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087249 | INTEGRATED SWITCH - Switching between communication ports of a notebook is typically accomplished using an off-chip local area network (LAN) switch or an off-chip high speed analog multiplexer. This off-chip component is disadvantageous for several reasons, including: added cost of an additional component; increased overall power consumption because transmit amplitude loss; and reduced cable reach and link performance due to hybrid mismatch and signal distortions. To reduce cost and preserve electrical and networking performance, an integrated switch is provided to multiplex signals of a networking communication chip to multiple network paths. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087250 | DETERMINATION OF RADIO LINK FAILURE WITH ENHANCED INTERFERENCE COORDINATION AND CANCELLATION - Existing criteria for analyzing radio link failure conditions may not satisfactorily address the conditions between cells that support cooperative resource coordination. Generally, when the UE declares radio link failure, the UE discontinues communication with a serving base station and searches for a new base station. When the UE lies in a region with severe interference, where the interference is coordinated between base stations by the interfering cell yielding part of its resources, the UE measurements for determining radio link failure (RLF) may vary considerably, depending on whether the measured resources were yielded by the interfering cell. When the UE measures resources which were not yielded by the interfering cell, the UE can erroneously declare RLF (e.g., due to high interference), although the UE can still access the serving cell using resources yielded by the interfering cell. Accordingly, disclosed are aspects for determining RLF based by accounting for cooperative resource coordination employing yielded resources. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087251 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR NODE CONFIGURATION AND PATH DETECTION - A method, system, and network device for node configuration and path detection are provided. The method for path detection includes: receiving a path detection message, and writing path state information of a present node into the path detection message; forwarding the path detection message, into which the path state information of the present node has been written, to downstream nodes according to a forwarding manner for a multicast data stream. The method for path detection is capable of improving the acquisition efficiency for multicast paths and saving network bandwidth. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087252 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINE LATENCY MEASUREMENT IN TRANSPORT NETWORKS - In order to measure the latency of a particular transport service from end to end, a method of measuring the latency of a transport connection between a first network node (N | 2012-04-12 |
20120087253 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR PEER-TO-PEER DATA IN NON PEER-TO-PEER RESOURCES - A method of operating a wireless device includes communicating in one of peer-to-peer data resources or non peer-to-peer resources. The peer-to-peer data resources include a first set of peer-to-peer resources with a first bandwidth and a second set of peer-to-peer resources with a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth. The first set of peer-to-peer resources is parallel in time with the non peer-to-peer resources. In addition, the method includes estimating a signal quality for a data transmission on the peer-to-peer data resources. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether to send the data transmission in one of the first set of peer-to-peer resources or the second set of peer-to-peer resources based on the estimated signal quality. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087254 | UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION ON BACKWARD COMPATIBLE PUCCH FORMATS WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for reporting uplink control information (UCI) on a user equipment (UE) is described. A number of bits for a channel quality indicator and/or a precoding matrix index and/or a rank indication (CQI/PMI/RI) is obtained. A number of component carriers with hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) reporting is also obtained. A total number of HARQ-ACK bits is further obtained. A number of HARQ-ACK bits that can be carried on the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined. Bundling is performed on the total number of HARQ-ACK bits to be reported to fit the total number of HARQ-ACK bits to be reported into the number of HARQ-ACK bits that can be carried on the PUCH. A backward compatible PUCCH format is used to simultaneously carry the CQI/PMI/RI bits and the HARQ-ACK bits. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087255 | RELAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention provides a relay apparatus | 2012-04-12 |
20120087256 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A wireless communication apparatus includes a first storage unit, a switching detection unit and a control unit. The first storage unit stores configuration information that configures a relationship between occurrence of switching of a wireless communication apparatus and a frequency of the occurrence of switching. The switching detection unit detects the occurrence of switching of other wireless communication apparatus currently connected by wireless communication. The control unit performs control on a basis of the configuration information such that the frequency of switching when the detected occurrence of switching satisfies a given condition is lower than when the occurrence of switching does not satisfy the given condition. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087257 | Signalling Mechanism for Multi-Tiered Intra-Band Carrier Aggregation - Methods of performing intra-band carrier aggregation in a multi-tiered wireless network include determining a capability of a user equipment unit located within an overlapping coverage area of first and second radio network nodes to simultaneously receive data on a first component carrier and on a second component carrier from the first and second network nodes, and simultaneously transmitting data to the user equipment unit using the first and second component carriers from different radio network nodes in response to determining that the user equipment unit is capable of simultaneously receiving data on the first component carrier and on the second component carrier from different radio network nodes. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087258 | USER TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA RELATED TO MINIMIZATION OF DRIVE-TESTS (MDT) - A user terminal and a method for managing data related to minimization of drive-tests (MDT) in the user terminal. The method includes entering into an MDT mode, receiving a system parameter from a base station, obtaining MDT-related data D | 2012-04-12 |
20120087259 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING MDT-RELATED DATA - Provided is a method for obtaining and reporting minimization of drive-tests (MDT)-related data and an apparatus for performing the same. The method may include receiving mode signaling message related to performing of an MDT mode, obtaining MDT-related data for measuring a propagation environment around equipment, based on the MDT mode signaling message, maintaining and storing the MDT-related data in a memory, generating an MDT report message including at least one of an average of the MDT-related data D | 2012-04-12 |
20120087260 | MODELING RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS - A method, a computer program product and a device, the method is for evaluating a state of a radio access network (RAN), and may include parsing control plane massages that are exchanged between the RAN and a core network that is coupled to the RAN; and determining, by an edge bandwidth manager, a current state of the RAN based on the control plane massages. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087261 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING BETWEEN COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL INTERFERENCE CANCELATION AND RESOURCE ELEMENT PUNCTURING IN A CO-CHANNEL HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - Communication in a dominant interference scenario may be supported by performing inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC). Resource coordination/partitioning may be performed to allocate resources to a serving Node B located near the vicinity of a strong interfering Node B. The interfering Node B may avoid transmitting on the allocated/protected resources, possibly except for a common reference signal (CRS). A UE can then communicate with the serving Node B on the protected resources in the presence of the interfering Node B and may observe no interference (possibly except for the CRS) from the interfering Node B. When CRS tones of an interferer may collide with control/data tones of a serving cell, CRS interference cancellation (CRS IC) or puncturing of interfered resource elements (REs) may be appropriate. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques, where the UE may dynamically switch between CRS IC and RE puncturing based on certain parameters. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087262 | Method, Apparatus and System for Detecting Service Data of a Packet Data Connection - The invention relates to an apparatus, a system, a method and a computer program product for transmitting to a policy and/or charging server information relating to a user, wherein the information includes an indication of a service data detecting entity for detecting service data of a packet data connection of the user, and initiating communication towards the service data detecting entity based on the received information. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087263 | Method And Apparatus For Frequency Offset Estimation And Correction In Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing System - A frequency offset estimation and correction method in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system is disclosed in present invention, including: obtaining a pilot frequency domain channel estimation value of a target user, and smoothing the channel estimation value in frequency domain; obtaining the link quality state of a receiver; adopting a history smoothing algorithm or a multi-branch attempt algorithm to perform frequency offset estimation and frequency offset compensation, performing frequency domain demodulation for the data for which frequency offset compensation has been performed, and outputting a link quality state parameter; and updating the link quality state of the receiver according to the link quality state parameter, determining the output value of this frequency offset estimation and outputting a history frequency offset value required by next frequency offset estimation according to the determined output value of this frequency offset estimation. A corresponding apparatus is also disclosed in the present invention. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087264 | Method and Device for Measuring a Received Signal Power in a Mobile Communication System - In a method and a mobile communications receiver for performing signal measurements, signal measurement data is received from at least one base station during at least part of a measurement period. Each measurement period comprises a number of non-equidistant snapshot measurement windows during which the receiver receives signal measurement data. At least one average signal strength value of the signal measurement data received during the measurement period is computed. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087265 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INTEGRATED BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL - A frame time having a certain period of time is divided into: a time period (for inter-base-station time division multiplex communication) in which one of the base stations has a transmission right in the simultaneous transmission and carries out inter-base-station time division multiplex communication so as to avoid interference between the base stations; and a time period (for inter-base-station simultaneous communication) for communication which is simultaneously carried out between the plurality of base stations. Furthermore, the time periods are switched for the communication. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION ACTIONS FOR TIME-DOMAIN PARTITIONED CELLS - Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and more particularly, to systems and methods for managing inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) actions for time-domain partitioned cells. In certain aspects, time-domain partitioning is accounted for by an eNB in determining whether to send frequency-based inter-cell interference information (e.g., uplink overload indicator) to neighboring eNB(s) and/or responsive actions to take in response to receiving frequency-based inter-cell interference information (e.g., uplink overload indicator, high interference indicator, and/or relative narrowband transmission power). | 2012-04-12 |
20120087267 | Method and Apparatus for Adaptive Searching of Distributed Datasets - A first communication device comprising memory in which data is stored may receive a request packet from a second communication device, measure received signal strength for the request packet, and determine whether to perform the requested search of the data stored in the memory based on the received signal strength and the power at which the request packet was transmitted. The search request packet may comprise a request to search the data stored in the memory, and a transmit power field that indicates a power at which the request packet was transmitted. The determining may be based on a result of a comparison between the received signal strength and a threshold and/or based on a comparison of a relative power and a threshold. The relative power may be calculated utilizing the received signal strength and the power at which the packet was transmitted. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087268 | ADAPTIVE RATE AND REACH OPTIMIZATION FOR WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS - A method controls a wireless local area network, which includes a centralized performance management controller and a plurality of network elements. The method includes determining interference between each network element and every other network element of the plurality of network elements, and populating an interference matrix identifying the interference between each combination of two network elements of the plurality of network elements. The method also includes generating an adjacency matrix based on the interference matrix indicating each combination of the two network elements of the plurality of network elements that has an unacceptable level of interference. The method further includes improving overall performance of the wireless local area network by reducing the unacceptable levels of interference indicated by the adjacency matrix. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087269 | SELF-OPTIMIZING WIRELESS NETWORK - Optimizing a plurality cell sites or sectors in a wireless netwrok including receiving network data regarding a plurality of cell sites or sectors; determining a critical zone in which communication is degraded; determining best neighbor cell sites or sectors among the neighbor cell sites or sectors associated with the critical cell sites or sectors; determining if the critical cell sites or sectors in the critical zone have available resources for achieving a desired improvement in communications; determining if the best neighbor cell sites or sectors have available resources for achieving the desired improvement in communications; and altering wireless network parameters of the critical cell sites or sectors, or the best neighbor cells sites or sectors for achieving the desired improvment in communications. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087270 | UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention relates to an uplink synchronization method and apparatus, where the method includes: obtaining a timing advance of a second frequency point according to a timing advance of a first frequency point; and sending data at an uplink sending time corresponding to the timing advance of the second frequency point. According to embodiments of the present invention, the TA of the second frequency point can be obtained according to the TA of the first frequency point, and a RACH access process does not need to be performed at the second frequency point, which effectively reduces the network resources occupied by the RACH process, and shortens the produced delay, thereby improving the performance of the entire system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087271 | SIGNALING OF POWER INFORMATION FOR MIMO TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for signaling power information to facilitate channel quality indicator (CQI) reporting are described. A Node B may send power information that may be used by a UE to determine a power per channelization code, P | 2012-04-12 |
20120087272 | LOCALIZATION IN A NETWORK - A system for determining node locations comprises an interface for receiving a first set of measurements at a first set of nodes, the first set of nodes having known locations. The system further comprising an interface for receiving a second set of measurements at a node having an unknown location, and a processor configured for determining a location of the node with unknown location based at least in part on the first set of measurements and the second set of measurements. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN COMP SCHEME - The present system relates to a method for signal transmission in a CoMP scheme. Each cell that performs a CoMP operation in capable of setting and allocating a particular carrier and a particular CoMP zone in order to execute a particular CoMP scheme. Using the particular CoMP zone and the allocated carrier, a terminal can transmit and receive a CoMP signal corresponding to the particular CoMP zone and the allocated carrier. The terminal can perform measurement of a carrier or a particular zone within the carrier and select a carrier or a particular zone, on the basis of the measurement value. On the other hand, a serving base station can select a carrier or a particular zone, on the basis of the measurement value that is received from the terminal. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF COMMUNICATION OF PAYLOAD DATA - The invention concerns transfer of payload data via a mobile communications network, wherein a communications terminal is configured to communicate payload data with a communication entity via the mobile communications network, the method comprising: sending, by the communications terminal, a request message, to set up a connection to the network, the request message including information to identify the terminal; including, by the communications terminal, the payload data to be communicated in the request message; and receiving, by the network, the request message in the network and routing at least part of the payload data to the communication entity. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087275 | Method of Load Estimation - In a method and a device for determining or predicting the uplink load based on measurements, including CIR and adjustable parameters, the parameters are adjusted based on measurements of received power. Hereby an improved determination of the uplink load can be obtained. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087276 | Method And Apparatus For Transmitting Load Information Among Nodes In A Radio System - An apparatus includes means for providing load information, said load information for sending from one of an access node and a relay node associated with said access node to the other of said relay node and access node. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087277 | NETWORK PROTECTION METHOD AND NETWORK PROTECTION ARCHITECTURE - The invention provides a network protection method and a network protection architecture. In a network, one or more protected local networks are determined according to practical situations and a protection characteristic set of the local network is set; a link in the protected links of the protection characteristic is set as a protection link; and whether a protection switching request exists is judged, if the protection switching request does not exist, a node to which the protection link belongs blocks a port connected with the protection link; and if the protection switching request exists, a node of the protection switching request blocks a designated port of the protection switching request, and the node to which the protection link belongs unblocks the port connected with the protection link. This solution is suitable for networks with various kinds of topologies, when a protocol channel of a protection protocol for a transmit path of a protocol frame indicating the existence of the protection switching request is set up in the protection characteristic set, the protection protocol is prevented from being implemented on each node. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL PACKET - A method of generating a control packet by using a first apparatus including a plurality of medium access control (MAC) layers, the method comprising: generating dynamic tone pairing (DTP) reception setup information indicating whether to receive DTP information for each of a plurality of links from a second apparatus; and generating a control packet including the DTP reception setup information. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087279 | Encapsulation of Higher-Layer Control Messages for Local Area Network Support into a Wide Area Network Protocol - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for integration of a wireless local area network and a wide area cellular network. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include the support node receiving, from a first node, a message including a request for information representative of a configuration of a wireless local area network accessible by the first node. The method may also include providing, in response to the received message, the information representative of the configuration of the wireless local area network. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087280 | IDENTIFICATION OF DUAL PLANE TOPOLOGIES - In one embodiment, two neighboring nodes adjacent to each end-point node of a domain may be associated with a “dual” (a logical structure). A first of the two neighboring nodes may be placed into a first family (and group) of the dual, while a second of the two neighboring nodes may be placed into an opposing second family (and group). Augmentations may then be performed, recursively merging and connecting the duals and/or groups, as well as connecting unplaced nodes to particular duals, families, and groups, according to forced augmentations and/or unforced augmentations where no forced augmentations exist. In the end, it may be determined whether the domain supports dual plane topologies based on whether a solution having one resultant dual with a single group in each opposing family is reached from the recursive augmentations | 2012-04-12 |
20120087281 | ACCESS POINT PROFILE FOR A MESH ACCESS POINT IN A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - A mesh access point that includes an access point profile storing one ore more parameters in non-volatile memory, and a method of using the mesh access point having the access point profile to select and carry out mutual authentication on a wireless mesh network to establish itself to the mesh network using information in the access point profile, and further to provide services to wireless clients according to information in the access point profile. Access point profiles can be pre-configured/configured/updated suitably in order to adapt the mesh access point in a mesh network according to its capabilities and requirements. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087282 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication high-frequency circuit in which a broadband amplifier is shared between multiple communication frequency bands and multiple duplexers are used in order to support the multiple communication frequency bands to improve the transmission efficiency includes a first impedance matching circuit between an output port of an amplifier and a relay switch. A first signal path extends from the output port of the amplifier to the ground in the first impedance matching circuit. An inductor and a variable capacitance element are provided on the first signal path. Second impedance matching circuits are provided between output ports and the input port of the relay switch and transmission signal input ports of duplexers, respectively. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087283 | Multi-Hop Booster - A two-way wireless repeater and booster system and method are disclosed. The system and method improve signal quality and strength for the middle hop of a three-hop repeater, between User and Network Units operating in the unlicensed bands (ISM and/or UNII), and supporting the cellular (or wireless) network communications channels. The system and method enables the support of a wider repeat spectrum or bandwidth for a given communications bandwidth in the unlicensed band. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087284 | Antenna Having Active And Passive Feed Networks - An antenna having a passive feed network in one band, and an active radio network in an adjacent band, is provided. The antenna includes radiating elements arranged in an array dimensioned to transmit and receive RF signals. The antenna includes diplexers having a first port, a second port and a third port. The first port of each diplexer coupled to at least one radiating element. The diplexer has a first filter coupling the first port to the second port and a second filter coupling the first port to the third port. A passive feed network includes a phase shifter, which is coupled to an input transmission line and a plurality of output transmission lines. Each of the output transmission lines may be coupled to one of the second ports of one of the diplexers. An active radio is coupled to each of the third ports of the plurality of diplexers. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087285 | HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - A high-frequency switch module includes a first diplexer arranged to receive a GPS signal and to send/receive a GSM | 2012-04-12 |
20120087286 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN ACK/NACK SYMBOL AND APPARATUS - A method for transmitting an ACK/NACK symbol includes transmitting a same ACK/NACK symbol in both a first reference symbol and a second reference symbol in a slot. An apparatus to transmit an ACK/NACK symbol includes an ACK/NACK symbol generator, and a transmitter to transmit a modulated first reference symbol modulated by a first ACK/NACK symbol in a first reference symbol long block of a first slot, and to transmit a modulated second reference symbol modulated by the first ACK/NACK symbol in a second reference symbol long block of the first slot. Antenna diversity may be applied in successive slots or between the first and second reference symbols in a slot. A switching pattern to the modulation of the first and/or second reference symbol may be applied. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087287 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER SAVING MODE IN GROUP COMMUNICATION - A method of controlling power saving modes of a plurality of terminals joining in a group communication by a base station is provided. The base station establishes a group call connection with the plurality of terminals, and establishes a same power saving mode pattern for the plurality of terminals. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087288 | Channel-Occupancy Efficient, Low Power Wireless Networking - An apparatus and method are provided for efficiently sharing a single wireless channel and for providing improved power saving. Automatic beacon “sliding” establishes a round-robin contention-free channel schedule among multiple IBSSs. Entering an idle state immediately following communication after a beacon saves power. Further power savings occur when presumptions of pending traffic may be made. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087289 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system transmits a paging signal from a base station to a mobile terminal, via a designated carrier among multiple carriers. The communication system includes the base station that transmits the paging signal via the designated carrier, and further transmits via a carrier that is among the carriers and not the designated carrier, information that indicates the designated carrier; and the mobile terminal that based on the information received via a carrier to which the mobile terminal is connected, connects to the designated carrier and receives the paging signal transmitted via the designated carrier. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087290 | Communicating over a Wireless Network - A first device communicates with a wireless network that includes nodes that are active for predefined activation times and that are at least partially dormant when not active. The communication method includes identifying a start of communication via a message that exceeds a maximum activation time of nodes on the wireless network by a factor N, where N is equal to at least a maximum number of frequencies on the wireless network, and exchanging information with a second device comprising a node on the wireless network that is within a transmission range of the first device, where the information is exchanged following the message and includes frequency hopping data for the second device. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087291 | METHOD OF SUPPORTING OPERATION OF SLEEP MODE IN A WIDEBAND RADIO ACCESS SYSTEM - A method of indicating downlink traffic to a mobile subscriber station that is in a sleep mode includes transmitting a sleep request message to a base station (BS); entering the sleep mode in response to a sleep response message received from the BS, wherein the sleep response message includes a first SLPID; receiving a traffic indication message including a FMT field indicating formats for the traffic indication message from the BS during a listening interval of the sleep mode, wherein the FMT field indicates one of an SLPID bitmap based format and an SLPID based format, and the traffic indication message further includes a second SLPID when the SLPID based format is used; and terminating the sleep mode to receive the downlink traffic when the second SLPID in the traffic indication message is same as the first SLPID included in the sleep response message. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087292 | Adaptive Multi-Channel Access for Vehicular Networks - A system and method is provided for dynamically self-allocating channel access for communication between communicating entities in an inter-vehicle ad hoc network. A respective entity observes communication activity over each inter-vehicle ad hoc network communication channel. Available time slots are identified within each communication channel for the respective entity to broadcast a data packet in response to the observed communication activity on a respective channel. An available communication channel and timeslot are selected to broadcast the data packet. A message is broadcast within the inter-vehicle ad hoc network that provides a schedule identifying the communication channel and time slot selected for broadcasting the data packet by the respective entity. The data packet is broadcast over the selected communication channel at the respective timeslot. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087293 | Telematics Device Reactivation Via Broadcast SMS Alert - The disclosed invention provides a system and apparatus for deactivating unused telematics units in a cost effective manner, while allowing later contact with the unit by the service provider. The service provider deactivates a device by replacing a valid MIN with an invalid default MIN, deactivating the normal CDMA registration process, and implementing a reduced frequency registration regimen. A regionally broadcast SMS message is subsequently used to reach the deactivated module. The SMS message is configured in such a way as to cause the targeted device to place a cellular call using a non-validating wireless number to a call center of the service provider. Once the telematics provider has a dedicated link call with the module, it executes a desired action, e.g., providing a newly provisioned MIN, shutting down the device entirely, collecting stored data from the device, etc. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087294 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided are a radio base station apparatus and a radio communication method capable of improving the reception quality of a user at an end in a cell or certain area in MBMS. The radio base station apparatus of the present invention supports multimedia broadcast-multicast service and includes: a control signal receiver ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120087295 | Method and system for transmitting logical channel identifier in MBMS - The present invention discloses a method for transmitting a logical channel identifier in a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), it comprises: an evolved Node B (eNB) notifies a User Equipment (UE) of a radio frame or a radio subframe carrying an MBMS Control Channel (MCCH) through a system broadcast message; and the UE reads a Medium Access Control (MAC) head from the radio frame or radio subframe, identifies the type of a logical channel according to the MAC head, and reads data from an MAC Service Data Unit (SDU). The present invention also discloses a system for transmitting a logical channel identifier in an MBMS. By adopting the present invention, the UE can accurately identify the type of the logical channel when various types of MBMS logical channels multiplex on the same MAC Protocol Data Unit (PDU). | 2012-04-12 |
20120087296 | NETWORK-RELAY SIGNALING FOR DOWNLINK TRANSPARTENT RELAY - A method of providing downlink retransmissions to a mobile station in a wireless communication network, the wireless communication network comprising a base station communicatively linked to a transparent relay station, the method comprising: at the base station: receiving a request for a retransmission from the mobile station; scheduling resources for the retransmission; signalling scheduling information for the retransmission to the transparent relay station via a control link; at the transparent relay station: receiving said scheduling information for the retransmission on the control link; and sending the retransmission to the mobile station in a retransmit subframe on a retransmit frequency band. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087297 | PACKET ROUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A packet routing apparatus and method are provided. The packet routing apparatus may participate in a sensor network. In certain aspects the packet routing apparatus may snatch a request to send (RTS) signal that is transmitted from a first node to a second node in the sensor network and may intervene on the relay path of the snatched data packet. In certain aspects, the packet routing apparatus may sniff a data packet that is transmitted from a first node to a second node and may intervene on the relay path of the sniffed data packet. | 2012-04-12 |
20120087298 | MOBILITY LOAD BALANCING AND RESOURCE STATUS REPORT FOR SCENARIOS WITH RELAY NODES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatuses for wireless communications. The techniques generally include intercepting a report message from a relay node destined for a target base station, modifying the report message based on information not available at the relay node, and sending the modified report message to the target base station. | 2012-04-12 |