19th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 70 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160135172 | BAND OCCUPANCY TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMISSIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - A method and apparatus for uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a first assignment for one or more beacon signals. The first assignment includes a first resource assignment and a first interlace assignment. The UE may determine that a size of a payload of an uplink transmission is less than a threshold. The UE may transmit the one or more beacon signals according to the first assignment in response to the determination. The one or more beacon signals increase bandwidth occupancy by the UE over a contention-based spectrum. Additionally, the UE may receive a second assignment for the payload of the uplink transmission. The second assignment includes a second resource assignment and a second interlace assignment. The UE may transmit the payload of the uplink transmission according to the second resource assignment on the second interlace assignment. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135173 | TERMINAL DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A POWER HEADROOM REPORT IN A MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SAME - A method and device for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment (UE) in a communication system supporting a plurality of carriers. The method includes transmitting, to an eNode B (eNB), a power headroom report (PHR) related to the plurality of carriers configured for the UE. The power headroom report (PHR) comprises a first type power headroom (PH) and a second type power headroom (PH). While the first type power headroom (PH) is calculated for a power headroom report (PHR) related to a primary carrier and a non-primary carrier, the second type power headroom (PH) is calculated for a power headroom report (PHR) related to only the primary carrier. The second type power headroom (PH) is calculated for case of simultaneous transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). | 2016-05-12 |
20160135174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA RADIO BEARERS FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for establishing/modifying/releasing data radio bearers (DRBs) in a wireless communication system is provided. A master eNodeB (MeNB) in dual connectivity transmits a request message, which includes information on E-UTRAN radio access bearers (E-RABs) to be set up/modified/released, to a secondary eNB (SeNB) in dual connectivity through an X | 2016-05-12 |
20160135175 | SMALL CELL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR SERVICING MULTIPLE NETWORK OPERATORS - Systems are provided for managing a small cell telecommunication system servicing multiple network operators. In one aspect, a small cell telecommunication system can include management sub-system including a controller, multiple baseband processing units in communication with the controller, a transport module, and multiple remote antenna units. The controller can communicate with multiple core networks. Each core network is operated by a separate network operator for providing telecommunication services to terminal devices. Each of the baseband processing units can process data plane data and control plane data from at least one respective core network. The transport module can communicate signals between the baseband processing units and the remote antenna units of the small cell network. The management sub-system can provide a respective amount of capacity via the small cell network for each core network based on a respective subset of the baseband processing units assigned to the core network. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135176 | ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL USER EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC SEARCH SPACE SUBBAND HOPPING FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method is provided for receiving, at a receiving device, a control information message from a transmitting device. The method includes monitoring a first plurality of reception resources contained in a first frequency range in a first subframe and a second plurality of reception resources contained in a second frequency range in a second subframe. The method also includes receiving a control information message in at least one of the monitored reception resources. The first frequency range is at least partly non-overlapping with the second frequency range. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135177 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING VARIABLE BANDWIDTH - Provided are a method and an apparatus for supporting a variable bandwidth in a wireless communication system. A wireless device receives first system information in a base band and receives second system information in a limited band. The first system information comprises information indicating the limited band. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135178 | TERMINAL AND DISTANCE ESTIMATION METHOD THEREOF - A terminal and a distance estimation method thereof for use in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication are provided. The terminal includes a transceiver configured to communicate with other terminals and at least one processor configured to control the transceiver to transmit a discovery message including time information to the other terminals and receive distance information calculated by the other terminals, the distance information being calculated based on the time information. The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). | 2016-05-12 |
20160135179 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL - A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to receive a configuration of a licensed-assisted access (LAA) for a serving cell from an evolved node B (eNB). The instructions are also executable to receive a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) of the serving cell. The PSS and the SSS are mapped according to a frame structure of frequency-division duplexing (FDD). | 2016-05-12 |
20160135180 | 2D ACTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY OPERATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for operating a large scale antenna array in a wireless communication system includes receiving one or more signals. The one or more signals include information for beamforming to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) using a full-dimensional multiple-input multiple-output (FD-MIMO) beamforming scheme. The FD-MIMO beamforming scheme includes same time resources and same frequency resources that are co-scheduled to the plurality of UEs. The method further includes identifying a time delay of the one or more signals associated with one or more antenna arrays that are distributed in the large scale antenna array and performing a multi-user (MU) joint beamforming on the one or more signals to one or more UEs. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LICENSE ASSISTED ACCESS - A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message to specify subframes for a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS). The UE also includes a control channel receiver configured to monitor a first control channel and a second control channel in a subframe. The first control channel indicates whether the CSI-RS in the subframe is available for CSI measurement. The second control channel is a control channel of which detection indicates a transmission of a shared channel in the subframe. The UE further includes a shared channel receiver configured to receive the shared channel when the second control channel is detected. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a base station of a mobile communication system configuring at least one low latency transmission time interval (TTI) within a length of at least one transmission symbol in a subframe including a plurality of transmission symbols and transmitting LL (low latency) TTI related information using a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH) transmitted at a pre-defined transmission symbol position within the subframe. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135183 | MULTIMODE USER EQUIPMENT ACCESSING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A method, an apparatus and a computer-readable storage medium for accessing a wireless sensor network with a multimode user equipment. The method includes a user equipment receiving broadcasted wireless sensor network information; requesting access information for the wireless sensor network from a base station of a mobile data network; receiving the access information from the base station; and accessing the wireless sensor network using said access information. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135184 | DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC CAPACITY ALLOCATION AND POWER ADJUSTMENT - A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes host that receives downstream signals corresponding to radio frequency (RF) channel and remote antenna units (RAUs) communicatively coupled to host. Host communicates downstream transport signal derived from downstream signals received at host to RAUs. Each RAU uses downstream transport signal to generate downstream RF signal for radiation from antenna associated with RAU. Downstream RF signal comprises a subset of plurality of downstream frequency bands. Each RAU receives upstream RF signal including respective RF channel. Each RAU communicates upstream transport signal derived from upstream RF signal to host. Host uses upstream transport signal to generate upstream signal including at least one upstream frequency band. Host analyzes attribute of downstream and upstream transport signals associated with RAUs, correlates analyzed attribute for each RAU with profile, and determines current capacity usage of RAUs based on correlation. Host dynamically allocates capacity amongst RAUs based on current capacity usage. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135185 | METHODS FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) TRANSMISSION BURSTS TO IMPROVE SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY IN UNLICENSED FREQUENCY CHANNELS AND INDOOR SCENARIOS - Modifications to frame/subframe structure are presented herein so that a wirelessdevice can transmit its data within a fraction of a subframe. The device obtains data to be transmitted in an unlicensed spectrum and determines whether an entire subframe is required to completely communicate the data. If the data is small enough to not require the entire subframe, then the device generates a burst transmission to minimize the time period of the subframe used to communicate the data. The device transmits the burst transmission and a parameter indicating the duration of the burst transmission. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135186 | FREQUENCY SPECTRAL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION DATABASE AND SECONDARY SYSTEM APPARATUS - A system that receives a request for resources from a first system of a plurality of systems having different levels of priority; identifies resources that are available in a second system different from the plurality of systems based on the received request; and determines whether to adjust a resource assigned to the plurality of systems based on the priority level of the first system and the resources that are available in the second system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135187 | CARRIER ALLOCATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND TERMINAL - A carrier allocating apparatus including processing circuitry and a method and terminal, where the processing circuitry is configured to: determine a carrier parameter according to parameter information of the terminal, where the carrier parameter is configured to indicate a carrier needed by the terminal, and the carrier parameter includes a carrier type, the carrier type includes a Legacy Carrier Type (LCT) and a New Carrier Type (NCT), where the parameter information of the terminal includes a current carrier configuration of the terminal and a service type; perform a corresponding carrier allocation on the basis of the determined carrier parameter. A demand for a carrier is determined according to parameter information of the terminal, and then the needed carrier is allocated to the terminal. The apparatus can improve quality of service of the terminal in a system and improve user experience. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135188 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING EXTENDED FREQUENCY CHANNEL NUMBERS - Various aspects provide for determining whether an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number (EARFCN) value is greater than a predetermined reserved value for at least one neighbouring cell. If the EARFCN value is greater than the predetermined reserved value, various aspects further provide for including the predetermined reserved value in an E-UTRA Network (E-UTRAN) neighbour cell structure and providing one or more extended EARFCNs used in the E-UTRAN in an extended EARFCN structure included in an existing system information message used in a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) random access network (RAN). The predetermined reserved value may be equal to 0xFFFF. The existing system information message may be a SYSTEM INFORMATION TYPE 2quater message according to a GSM Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) RAN (GERAN) standard. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135189 | MINIMIZING INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method is provided for minimizing cross-technology interference with data transmissions from a wireless device in a shared spectrum. The wireless device obtains data to be wirelessly transmitted in a transmission burst in a first radio access technology (RAT) format over a shared spectrum. The wireless device generates a preamble comprising assistance information related to the transmission burst. The preamble comprises a first preamble portion in the first RAT format and a second preamble portion in a second RAT format. The wireless device transmits the preamble followed by the transmission burst. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135190 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR DISCRETE-FOURIER-TRANSFORMING A TIME DOMAIN SYMBOL TO A FREQUENCY DOMAIN SIGNAL AND MAPPING THE TRANSFORMED SIGNAL ON FREQUENCY BANDS - Provided is a radio communication device which can reduce ISI caused by destruction of an orthogonal DFT matrix even when an SC-FDMA signal is divided into a plurality of clusters and the clusters are respectively mapped to discontinuous frequency bands. The radio communication device includes a DFT unit ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135191 | EMBEDDED CONTROL SIGNALING FOR SELF-ORGANIZING WIRELESS BACKHAUL RADIO AND SYSTEMS - Enhancement of wireless Channel Order and rank (ECHO) systems and ECHO repeater devices for enhancement of a wireless propagation channel for point to point or point to multipoint radio configurations are disclosed. The enhancement may be used for MIMO communications channels. Aspects support a richer multipath environment to increase the rank of the channel propagation matrix and/or to increase the magnitude of the coefficients of the propagation matrix between two or more radios. Such enhancement is applicable to backhaul radios in terms of increased range or in the number of supportable information streams. The installation, provisioning, optimization, control, monitoring, and adaptation of such devices within a network of backhaul radios is also disclosed. Wireless links and control between IBR and ECHO devices, and between ECHO devices and other ECHO devices, are also disclosed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135192 | FULL DUPLEX BACKHAUL RADIO WITH TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING - A intelligent backhaul radio is disclosed that is compact, light and low power for street level mounting, operates at 100 Mb/s or higher at ranges of 300 m or longer in obstructed LOS conditions with low latencies of 5 ms or less, can support PTP and PMP topologies, uses radio spectrum resources efficiently and does not require precise physical antenna alignment. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135193 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Uplink Transmit Power of UE, UE, and Base Station - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for controlling uplink transmit power of UE, UE, and a base station, and the method includes: determining subframe configuration information, where the subframe configuration information is used to indicate base stations corresponding to all subframes in a radio frame; determining static power control parameters corresponding to all the base stations; determining a TPC adjustment value of a current subframe; and determining uplink transmit power of the current subframe according to a static power control parameter corresponding to a base station corresponding to the current subframe and the TPC adjustment value of the current subframe. In the embodiments of the present invention, when UE is connected to at least two base stations, control over uplink transmit power can be implemented when the UE sends data to different base stations. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135194 | METHOD FOR CHANNEL STATE REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for reporting channel state information of a user equipment (UE) having interference cancellation capabilities in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a serving base station, a channel state report configuration indicating a report of a channel state to which interference cancellation is applied, or a report of a channel state to which interference cancellation is not applied, calculating a report value for a channel state according to the channel state report configuration, and transmitting the report value for the channel state to the serving base station. The channel state report configuration may be configured per subframe subset. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135195 | CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION METHOD, BASE STATION AND TERMINAL - A cell interference coordination method and a base station include a base station stopping sending other information other than pilot information after the base station switches to a dormant state from a work state. A cell interference coordination method and a terminal are also included. By means of the technical solution, the base station is enabled to send pilot information when in a dormant state, thereby avoiding bringing interference for other base stations, and also enabling a terminal to awaken the dormant base station according to the received pilot information as required. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135196 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a wireless communication system that is capable of preventing interference with a primary use system caused by a CPE emitting radio waves at a frequency which is not a transmittable frequency before acquiring a list of transmittable frequencies based on its position information. In a wireless communication system that uses white space, a BS | 2016-05-12 |
20160135197 | INTERFERENCE REMOVAL METHOD IN MULTI-NODE SYSTEM AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME - An interference removal method in a multi-node system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives node information from a base station, a first signal from a first node, and a second signal from a second node. The first signal and the second signal are used to remove an interference. The node information includes configuration information related to the first signal and the second signal. The configuration information includes information related to at least one of a number of antenna ports of the first node and the second node, a number of data streams, and a node identifier (ID). A pattern of the first signal or the second signal is determined according to at least one of the number of antenna ports of the first node and the second node, the number of data streams, and the node ID. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135198 | ALIGNMENT OF PACKETS FOR IMPLEMENTING COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE HOMOGENEOUS RADIOS - Techniques are disclosed for controlling, in a network device, multiple radio circuits operating in a same or similar frequency band and in close physical proximity. In some embodiments, the radio circuits operate on the same network protocol. The network device can include a coexistence controller coupled to the network circuits. According to some embodiments, the network circuits are each assigned a priority, and the coexistence controller can control operations between the network circuits by selectively adjusting one or more transmission operating parameters of a respective network circuit based on a plurality of operating criteria, which include each network circuit's priority. Among other benefits, the embodiments disclosed herein can increase wireless network bandwidth and reduce mobile device power consumption by providing coordination among the radio circuits so that the transmitting and receiving operations are performed in a way that they do not interfere with their respective antennas. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135199 | WIFI CHANNEL SELECTION AND SUBCHANNEL SELECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement data transmission, comprising: receiving a first signal from an access point (AP) indicating that a primary channel is associated with a first frequency band associated with a first period of time; determining by an IEEE 802.11 station (STA) that a channel condition associated with a secondary channel is better than a channel condition associated with the primary channel; reserving the primary channel associated with the first frequency, wherein the reserving of the primary channel comprises occupying or reserving the primary channel during the first period of time; and sending data over the secondary channel while the primary channel is occupied or reserved. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135200 | Managing Resources For Device-To-Device D2D Discovery In An Ad-hoc Radio Communication Network - A method and a radio node ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135201 | Method and Radio Node for Managing Resources for D2D Discovery in an Ad-Hoc Radio Communication Network - A method and a radio node ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135202 | Method and First Radio Node for Conveying a Message to a Second Radio Node - A method and first radio node ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135203 | METHOD FOR SELECTING OR RESELECTING RELAY FOR PROXIMITY SERVICE - One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for selecting or reselecting a relay for a proximity service. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, by user equipment (UE) which is to receive a relay service, synchronization signals from a plurality of other UEs capable of operating as relays; and receiving, by the UE, announce messages from the plurality of other UEs capable of operating as the relays. Here, the announce messages from each of the other UEs can contain relay type information on whether to support a UE-to-network relay service, packet data network (PDN)/access point name (APN) information, and service/group information. The method further comprises the steps of: generating, by the UE, a candidate relay list on the basis of the relay type information, the PDN/APN information, and the service/group information within the announce messages received from the plurality of other UEs; and selecting or reselecting, by the UE, one of the other UEs within the candidate relay list in consideration of relay type, PDN/APN, and service/group information necessary for a service of the UE. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135204 | Methods of Incorporating an Ad Hoc Cellular Network into a Fixed Cellular Network - In this invention, we disclose methods of establishing a cellular network having backhaul flexibility, comprising, establishing, at a first cellular base station, a first connection with a core cellular network; establishing, at the first cellular base station, an inter-base station connection with a second cellular base station for relaying traffic from the first and the second cellular base stations to the core cellular network, the second cellular base station having a second connection with the core cellular network; determining, at the first cellular base station, if the quality of the first connection falls below a threshold parameter; and terminating, at the first cellular base station, the first connection in favor of the second connection if the quality of the first connection falls below the threshold parameter. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135205 | WI-FI NETWORK ACCESS AND A MOBILE TERMINAL CONFIGURED FOR THE SAME - A method for accessing a Wi-Fi network from user equipment (UE) using a preferred access point (AP) when more than one AP is available is provided. RSSI included in received responses to scanning from the US and past connectivity data associated with the APs are used to generate a preferred list of APs from which an AP for connecting or switching to is selected. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135206 | MBAN CHANNEL MANAGEMENT SCHEME USING PATIENT ACUITY INFORMATION | 2016-05-12 |
20160135207 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CHANNEL ALLOCATON - An exemplary system and method for dynamic channel allocation in an LMR system includes using one or more preference indicators to dynamically determine a channel allocation priority to be used for channel allocation when channel allocation requests are received. The preference indicators may include a channel failure indicator (e.g. a channel health indicator based on repeater failures), a channel priority indicator, a radio frequency interference indicator, a high reflected power indicator, an excessive current drain indicator, a loss of backbone communications indicator, and a channel usage indicator. If more than one preference indicator is used, the channel priority ranking may be determined using any of a variety of weightings and prioritizations of the various preference indicators to dynamically generate the channel allocation priority. The dynamic channel allocation system may include one or more site controllers, servers, and/or one or more processors configured to implement the method of dynamic channel allocation. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135208 | BROADCASTING METHOD USING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method in which a base station (BS) transmits information to a plurality of terminals in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: dividing the plurality of terminals into two or more groups according to a channel state of each of the BS and the plurality of terminals and a channel state between the plurality of terminals; and broadcasting the information to a first group among the two or more groups, wherein the first group transmits the information to another group among the two or more groups through D2D communication. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING COEXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE HOMOGENEOUS RADIOS AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT THEREIN - Techniques are disclosed for controlling, in a network device, multiple radio circuits operating in a same or similar frequency band and in close physical proximity. In some embodiments, the radio circuits operate on the same network protocol. The network device can include a coexistence controller coupled to the network circuits. According to some embodiments, the network circuits are each assigned a priority, and the coexistence controller can control operations among the network circuits by selectively adjusting one or more transmission operating parameters of a respective network circuit based on a plurality of operating criteria, which include each network circuit's priority. Among other benefits, the embodiments disclosed herein can increase wireless network bandwidth and reduce mobile device power consumption by providing coordination among the radio circuits so that the transmitting and receiving operations are performed in a way that they do not interfere with their respective antennas. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135210 | TRANSMISSION MODE SELECTION AND DOWNLINK SCHEDULING USING PRIMARY AND DEDICATED PILOT SIGNALS - A method and system for probing in a wireless communication network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes directing at least one low power node to transmit a probing signal, where the probing signal includes least one code. The method also includes receiving from a wireless terminal an indication of downlink channel quality. The channel quality is based on a power of the probing signal received by the wireless terminal. The method further includes selectively directing at least one of the at least one low power node to communicate with the wireless terminal. The selecting is based on the indication of downlink channel quality. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135211 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING INTERFERENCE AWARE OPTIMAL UPLINK FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION UNDERLYING LTE NETWORKS - A method and system is provided for scheduling interference aware optimal uplink for device-to-device communication underlying LTE networks. The present application provides a method and system for scheduling interference aware optimal uplink for device-to-device communication underlying LTE networks, comprises registering a plurality of users equipment (UEs) with a single cell with one Evolved Node B (eNB) over the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network; initiating connection by the plurality of users equipment (UEs) with Evolved Node B (eNB); discovering device-to-device (D2D) communication between the actively connected plurality of users equipment (UEs); segregating the actively connected plurality of users equipment (UEs) in device-to-device and cellular users by the Evolved Node B (eNB); and scheduling the two-phase interference aware optimal uplink for device-to-device communication for segregated actively connected device-to-device (D2d) and cellular users by the Evolved Node B (eNB), underlying the Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135212 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING UNLICENSED BAND TRANSMISSIONS - At least one example embodiment discloses a system including a network element configured to transmit downlink control channel information to a user equipment (UE) using a first bandwidth, the first bandwidth being at least a portion of a long term evolution (LTE) bandwidth, transmit a preamble to the UE using a second bandwidth, the second bandwidth being a bandwidth excluding the LTE bandwidth, and the preamble indicating a scheduled data transmission, and transmit data to the UE using the second bandwidth in accordance with the downlink control channel information and the preamble. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135213 | COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A USER EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a UE. The method generally includes sharing a single transmit chain for communication by at least a first RAT and second RAT, determining a tolerable puncturing rate for the first RAT, and providing assistance information, based on the determined tolerable puncturing rate, to a base station of the second RAT to assist the base station in avoiding scheduling transmissions that would lead to conflict with uplink transmissions in the first RAT. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135214 | UPLINK CONTROL RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR DYNAMIC TIME-DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses for managing uplink scheduling for one or more user equipment served by a network entity in a wireless communications system are presented. For instance, an example method is presented that includes generating, by the network entity, an uplink bandwidth allocation map, the uplink bandwidth allocation map defining an uplink bandwidth allocation for at least one of the one or more user equipment for at least one of a plurality of uplink transmission window lengths. In addition, the example method includes transmitting the uplink bandwidth allocation map to at least one of the one or more user equipment. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135215 | LONG TERM EVOLUTION NETWORK SYSTEM AND DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING METHOD THEREOF - An LTE network system and a data transmission scheduling method thereof are provided. The LTE network system includes a first base station and a mobile station. The mobile station connects with the first base station and a second base station. A first base station data processing module of the mobile station processes data transmitted from the first base station, and a second base station data processing module of the mobile station processes data transmitted from the second base station. The first base station transmits a data transmission time of first data control information to the second base station, and transmits the first data control information to the mobile station. The first base station data processing module notifies the second base station data processing module of the data transmission time of the first data control information. The second base station data processing module sets a base station listening status as active. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135216 | MULTI-RADIO CONTROLLER AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN CO-LOCATED TRANSCEIVERS - Embodiments of a multi-radio controller and methods for preventing interference between co-located transceivers are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the multi-radio controller operates within a multi-radio device and is configured to cause a wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiver to transmit a triggering frame after an active period of a wireless wide-area network (WWAN) transceiver. The triggering frame indicates the duration of a transmission opportunity, which may be restricted to the time between active periods of the WWAN. In response to receipt of the triggering frame, the WLAN access point is configured to transmit a downlink data frame within the transmission opportunity. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135217 | METHOD FOR CANCELING A SIDELINK BUFFER STATUS REPORT IN A D2D COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for canceling a sidelink buffer status report in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: triggering one or more sidelink Buffer Status Reports (BSRs) for sidelink data available for transmission; configuring one or more sidelink grants in one or more subframes within a certain period; checking in a first subframe whether remaining sidelink grants can accommodate all pending data available for transmission; and cancelling all of the triggered sidelink BSRs if the remaining sidelink grants can accommodate all of the pending data available for transmission, wherein the remaining sidelink grants are sidelink grants configured in one or more subframes starting from the first subframe to end of the certain period. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135218 | Uplink Control Channel Allocation in a Communication System and Communicating the Allocation - Various methods of allocating uplink control channels in a communication system are implemented at a resource scheduler or a user equipment (UE). In one method the scheduler reserves resources for a downlink data channel and signals a corresponding downlink data channel grant and also reserves resources for a persistent uplink control channel for a longer duration than the data channel grant. Signaling overhead associated with a grant for this persistent uplink control channel is reduced over a full dynamic grant. A predetermined rule can be used at the scheduler and at the UE to avoid overhead signaling associated with a grant for this persistent control channel. Predetermined rules at the UE and scheduler can also be used to reserve appropriate resources and select appropriate MCS levels for control information and the control information and uplink data can be transported over a common uplink channel when a time overlap occurs between an uplink data channel and the persistent control channel. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL FLOW MOBILITY IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving an indication of a radio access technology (RAT) change for a user equipment (UE); determining availability of a preferred RAT type for a policy related rule associated with the UE, wherein the policy related rule includes, at least in part, the preferred RAT type for one or more service data flows for the UE; and configuring the one or more service data flows for the UE based, at least in part, on a change in availability of the preferred RAT type following the RAT change. In at least one case, the method can include routing downlink packets to the UE using the one or more service data flows for the preferred RAT type if the preferred RAT type is available. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135220 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LICENSED SHARED ACCESS RADIO - Embodiments described herein relate generally to a communication between a user equipment (“UE”) and a plurality of evolved Node Bs (“eNBs”). A UE may be adapted to operate in a dual connectivity mode on respective wireless cells provided by first and second eNBs. The UE may communicate with a first eNB in a first frequency band. The UE may communicate with a second eNB in a second frequency band. The first eNB may detect that the second frequency band is unavailable. Based on this detection, the first eNB may notify the UE that communication in the second frequency band is no longer available. In response, the UE may control a radio to cease communication in the second frequency band. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135221 | COMMUNICATION METHOD USING A CARRIER AGGREGATION AND APPARATUS THEREFORE - A method of controlling an uplink transmission in a wireless communications system, and a user equipment therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes configuring the user equipment with multiple component carriers; receiving first configuration information for allocating one or more component carrier sets; receiving second configuration information for periodically transmitting an uplink signal; receiving control information for configuring states of component carriers, by which a downlink component carrier and an uplink component carrier are controlled to be in a same state; and performing a procedure for periodically transmitting the uplink signal on an uplink component carrier in use of the first configuration information, the second configuration information and the control information. When the uplink component carrier is in the active state, a transmission of the uplink signal is performed. When the uplink component carrier is in the non-active state, the transmission of the uplink signal is skipped. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135222 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL FLOW MOBILITY IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving an indication of a radio access technology (RAT) change for a user equipment (UE); determining availability of a preferred RAT type for a policy related rule associated with the UE, wherein the policy related rule includes, at least in part, the preferred RAT type for one or more service data flows for the UE; and configuring the one or more service data flows for the UE based, at least in part, on a change in availability of the preferred RAT type following the RAT change. In at least one case, the method can include routing downlink packets to the UE using the one or more service data flows for the preferred RAT type if the preferred RAT type is available. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135223 | EFFICIENT SCHEDULING IN ASYNCHRONOUS CONTENTION-BASED SYSTEM - In an operation scheduler adapted to schedule in an asynchronous contention-based system a first FIFO queue is adapted to store one trigger message or one operation request. A message router is coupled to the first FIFO queue and is adapted to route instructions to a second FIFO queue or a memory and locate in the memory the instructions of a suspended operation associated with a trigger message and authorise execution of the suspended operation. An arbitration unit is coupled to the second FIFO queue and to the memory, and is adapted to schedule the execution of instructions associated with a standalone non-preemptable operation during a period of time within which at least one operation of the first sequence is being suspended. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135224 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FRAME, CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT METHOD, AND APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME METHOD - A method for transmitting frames of a device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) includes generating a symbol in which legacy cyclic prefixes are periodically located and transmitting a frame including the symbol, wherein the symbol includes a data duration excluding cyclic prefix in symbol duration, and the length of the data duration is longer than 3.2 us. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135225 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FRAME IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving a frame in a WLAN. A method for transmitting a frame, performed in a first station, may comprise receiving a first PPDU; determining whether a BSS of the first PPDU is a BSS to which the first station belongs or a BSS to which the first station does not belong; when the BSS of the first PPDU is the BSS to which the first station does not belong and a received signal strength of the first PPDU is higher than a first threshold, setting a virtual carrier sensing by using information included in a preamble of the first PPDU. Therefore, performance of the WLAN can be enhanced. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135226 | Methods and Devices for Controlling Antenna Points - The teachings presents a method | 2016-05-12 |
20160135227 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS BY TERMINAL, AND TERMINAL - Disclosed are: a terminal for selecting RRUs of which a connection state with the terminal is a critical value or more from among a plurality of RRUs on the basis of down signals received from the RRUs, transmitting an RRU list including information on the selected RRUs and a random access preamble to an RRU having the best connection state with the terminal among the selected RRUs, receiving an access information response message indicating a preferred RRU with which a random access is to be performed by the terminal from any one RRU among the selected RRUs and performing a random access process with the preferred RRU; and a method for performing random access by the terminal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135228 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ACCESS CONFIGURATIONS - A mobile communication device including a wireless module and a controller module is provided, and the mobile communication device is coupled to a cellular access station. The wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from the cellular access station. The controller module determines whether a GAPM has been received from the cellular access station via the wireless module and whether the mobile communication device supports an EACH, and if so, performs Tx operations on the EACH using a random access procedure with a message duration, and otherwise, if not, performs the Tx operations on an ACH using the random access procedure. Particularly, the GAPM includes a maximum message duration and a minimum message duration over the EACH, and the message duration is not greater than the maximum message duration and not less than the minimum message duration over the EACH. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135229 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR JOINING A SUB-TALKGROUP OF A FIRST TALKGROUP - A process carried out by a first mobile radio for joining a sub-talkgroup of a first talkgroup includes receiving, via a provisioning process or via an infrastructure wireless communication interface from an infrastructure radio access network (RAN) while within wireless communication range of the RAN, a talkgroup-specific security token associated with and shared by all group mobile radios in a first talkgroup to which the first mobile radio is subscribed via the RAN. The first mobile radio then detects, via a short-range wireless communication interface, a second mobile radio, and authenticates, the second mobile radio using the talkgroup-specific security token. If the authentication is successful, the first mobile radio adds an identity of the second mobile radio to a sub-talkgroup set of mobile radios of the first talkgroup. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135230 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVELY ROUTING GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AMONGST MULTIPLE NETWORKS - A process carried out by a first mobile radio includes detecting a request to transmit group communication media and, responsively, determining, by the first mobile radio, whether a push-to-talk (PTT) key input is in an activated or de-activated state, selecting, by the first mobile radio and as a function of the determined state of the PTT key, one of a first talkgroup on a first wireless network and a second talkgroup on a second wireless network as a target talkgroup to transmit the communication media to, and transmitting, by the first mobile radio via a corresponding one of a first wireless communication interface to the first wireless network and a second wireless communication interface to the second wireless network, the communication media to the selected target talkgroup. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135231 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING CONNECTING OPERATION WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS IN NETWORK INCLUDING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INTERWORKING WITH EACH OTHER, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - A method for performing a connecting operation with multiple communication systems by a terminal in a network including the multiple communication systems interworking with each other according to the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting, to an interworking entity of a first communication system, a result of scanning a base station of a second communication system in a state where the terminal is radio resource control (RRC)-connected with the first communication system and is in an idle with the second communication system; receiving a first message from the interworking entity of the first communication system, the first message including a first indicator instructing the terminal to perform an association process with the base station of the second communication system and a second indicator instructing the terminal to operate in a power saving mode with the second communication system; performing the association process with the base station of the second communication system on the basis of the first indicator of the first message; switching into an RRC idle mode state with the first communication system and entering the power saving mode from the idle mode with the second communication system on the basis of the second indicator of the first message, after performing the association process; and receiving, from a base station of the first communication system, a paging message for the second communication system through a paging channel of the first communication system. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135232 | MOBILE CELLULAR NETWORKS - Multiple mobile cellular network (MCN) communication systems can be networked together to form a network of MCN communication systems (NOM). Each MCN communication system within the NOM can operate as an independent cellular network to provide communications between user equipment within a covered area. When a UE in one MCN of the NOM moves into a different MCN of the NOM, the corresponding MCN communication systems can handover the UE. The UE can also be handed over between MCN communication systems when the MCN communication systems move. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135233 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE - [Object] To provide a mechanism for allowing a user to select easily a target to be connected wirelessly without causing the user to perform an operation that imposes a burden on the user. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135234 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS THAT ESTABLISHES CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER APPARATUS BASED ON DISPLACEMENT INFORMATION OF BOTH APPARATUSES - An information processing apparatus that receives, from another information processing apparatus, first displacement information; senses second displacement information corresponding to movement of the information processing apparatus; and establishes a connection with the another information processing apparatus based on a predetermined relationship between the first displacement information and the second displacement information. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135235 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION SHARING BASED ON WIRELESS ASSOCIATION - In a communication network comprising a plurality of user equipment (“UEs”) supported by one or more wireless access points (“APs”), identification data for a user of first UE is received, for example at a computing device or another UE in the network, for example in a packet. A unique identifier of an access point AP serving the first UE is also received, optionally in the same packet as the user identification data. A unique identifier of an access point AP serving a second UE is received, for example in a packet from the second UE. If the unique identifiers meet at least one predetermined criterion, e.g. they match, permission may be granted for the identification data for the user of the first UE to be transmitted to the second UE. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135236 | CONNECTION SETUP METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a connection setup method, apparatus, and system. The method in the present invention includes: sending information about to-be-provided connection request resources to a user equipment UE set; receiving a connection request message that is sent on a selected connection request resource by one UE in the user equipment set; acquiring a first information segment of a radio resource control connection request of the UE according to the selected connection request resource and the mapping relationship; receiving a radio resource control connection request message that is sent, by the UE, on a radio resource that corresponds to the resource scheduling information; and determining radio resource control connection request information of the UE according to the first information segment of the radio resource control connection request and a second information segment of the radio resource control connection request. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135237 | Peer to Peer Networking and Sharing Systems and Methods - An embodiment includes peer-to-peer (P2P) pairing protocols that mutually authenticate both end points and do not rely upon a backend server or a central certificate provisioning server. An embodiment provides a persistent control path for sending inter-peer control information (e.g., synchronization messages). Another inter-peer path includes an “on-demand” data path enabled when a unit determines content is ready for sharing. After the content is shared, the data path may be deconstructed, which saves resources on both sides and makes the framework more scalable. Also, embodiments include graphical user avatars to whereby a first peer shares content with a second peer by dragging content over the avatar. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135238 | ESTABLISHING A BEARER SERVICE IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Method for establishing an EPS Bearer for a mobile terminal (UE, | 2016-05-12 |
20160135239 | D2D COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHOD OF TRANSMISSION FOR OVERLAPPED D2D RESOURCE POOLS - An evolved Node-B (eNB), user equipment (UE) and method for handling overlapping resource pools for device-to-device (D2D) transmission are generally described. Resources for D2D communication with at least one other UE may be requested by the UE. The allocated pools may overlap. The overlapping pools may comprise pools of the same type or different types. The types of pools may include a discovery pool, a Scheduling Assignment (SA) pool and a Mode-2 data pool. The eNB may resolve conflict among the pools by transmitting an indication of allocation of only one of the pools or may permit the UE to determine which pool to use for transmission. The pool may be selected based on at least one of usage index, configuration identity, and usage priority. The usage index may include traffic types, mode switching, L2 control, UE classification, data rate, real-time/non-real time, latency, and Quality of Service (QoS). | 2016-05-12 |
20160135240 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provide is a method and apparatus for processing an initialization for a D2D communication between user equipments (UEs). The method includes: determining D2D subframes available for a D2D communication, the D2D subframes including a first D2D subframe and a second D2D subframe, each of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe including a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 0; and at a start of the D2D slot of the first D2D subframe and at a start of the D2D slot of the second D2D subframe, processing an initialization associated with a pseudo-random sequence of a D2D communication. The first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe each include a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 1. At least one of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe corresponds to a non-zero subframe number of a radio frame. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135241 | CONNECTIVITY MODULE FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES - The disclosure relates to an Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity module that can add connectivity to an otherwise non-connected host and simplify procedures to connect, configure, and enable device-to-device (D2D) communication between the host and various heterogeneous IoT devices. For example, according to various aspects, the connectivity module may comprise a connectivity chip configured to implement a wireless network platform (e.g., a radio-frequency front end and one or more wireless radios), one or more standard peripheral interfaces configured to interconnect the connectivity module to a host having at least one processor, and a D2D application configured to implement a proximal D2D communication framework and expose a command protocol associated with the proximal D2D communication framework via the standard peripheral interfaces. Furthermore, according to various aspects, the connectivity module may comprise a dedicated interrupt line that may be asserted to notify the host when data becomes available to consume. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135242 | OPPORTUNISTIC IOE MESSAGE DELIVERY VIA SENSOR-TRIGGERED FORWARDING - Opportunistic wide area network (WAN) connectivity for sensor devices with low transmit power, triggered by sensor device broadcasts, is disclosed which increases the likelihood of the sensor devices' data messages reaching the base station. Multiple sensor devices within proximity to each other establish device to device links. When a sensor device successfully connects to the base station, the base station informs the sensor device selected as a gateway, which in turn broadcasts its identification to peer sensor devices by way of a multi-hop rebroadcasting scheme. This triggers a multi-hop forwarding scheme where sensor devices that receive the broadcast forward their data messages via the D2D links to other peers until their data messages reach the gateway sensor device. The gateway sensor device forwards data messages it receives to the base station, so that the base station receives data packets from multiple sensor devices via the gateway sensor device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135243 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROSE COMMUNICATION - Methods, corresponding apparatuses, and computer program products for ProSe communication are provided. A method comprises sending, from a first base station, a first configuration message to at least one of two user equipments which are performing ProSe communication over a first locally routed path via the first base station such that the two user equipments perform the ProSe communication over a second locally routed path via a second base station. The method also comprises sending, from the first base station, a second configuration message to the second base station such that the second base station is configured to support the two user equipments to perform the ProSe communication over the second locally routed path via the second base station. In the method, ciphering and deciphering of ProSe communication traffic at a specific protocol layer by the first base station is skipped such that the ciphering and deciphering are performed by the two user equipments or by the second base station and the two user equipments. With the claimed invention, the back-and-forth routing between the first base station and second base station resulting in heavy traffic load can be alleviated. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135244 | Device and Method of Handling Proximity Service - A communication device for handling Proximity Service (ProSe) comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions may comprise determining to keep a first ProSe operation and to enable (disable) a second ProSe operation of a plurality of ProSe operations after enabling the first (and the second) ProSe operations, and transmitting a message comprising a first field and (not) comprising a second field of a plurality of fields to a network according to the determination, wherein the first and the second fields correspond to the first and the second ProSe operations, respectively. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135245 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONNECT WIRELESS-ENABLED DEVICES - Examples to establish a connection between wireless-enabled devices involve collecting first biophysical signal data via a first wireless-enabled device, using the first biophysical signal data as a key to decrypt encrypted information received from a second wireless-enabled device to recover first information, and establishing a wireless connection between the first wireless-enabled device and the second wireless-enabled device based on a comparison of the first information and second information stored in the first wireless-enabled device. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135246 | HANDLING OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS INTEREST INDICATION - This disclosure generally relates to handling of device-to-device communication interest indication. In one embodiment, a D2D UE may receive at its lower layer one or more first indicator for D2D communication interest indication from its higher layer during a time period of disconnection with its serving base station. The UE generates a second indicator for D2D communication interest indication based on the received first indicator(s). The second indicator is used to record or represent the latest first indicator for the UE's D2D communication interest indication received during the time period of disconnection. Once the connection with a base station is successfully reestablished, the UE reports to the re-established base station the generated second indicator to inform its D2D communication interest. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135247 | ENHANCED CONNECTION MANAGEMENT FOR MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORKS - Semi-connected state operation for UEs in multiple-access networks is described. In the semi-connected state, UEs may monitor system information and paging, and mobility may be UE-controlled. Base stations may determine whether to transition UEs from the connected state to the semi-connected state based on capabilities, priority, data connections, or loading conditions. Base stations may maintain context information and logical traffic connections for UEs while UEs continue to be served by the base station in the semi-connected state. Thus, when a transition from the semi-connected state to the connected state occurs, the base station does not have to re-establish security parameters, nor re-establish logical traffic connections within the network for carrying control plane and user plane data for the UE. Context information for semi-connected state UEs may be shared between neighboring base stations or base stations within a context area. The techniques may be applied to LTE/LTE-A networks. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135248 | Methods for Multi-Point Carrier Aggregation Configuration and Data Forwarding - Methods of multi-point carrier aggregation configuration and data forwarding are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a primary connection is established between a UE and a primary base station in a primary cell with a first UE-ID. A second connection is configured between the UE and a second base station in a secondary cell with a second UE-ID. Component carriers from the primary and the second connections are configured and aggregated. Mobility management functions are performed on the primary connection. In another embodiment of the current invention, a first UE data is received from a primary connection with a UE connecting to a first base station, a second UE data is received from a second base station. The first UE data and the second UE data are combined. A third UE data from a network entity is distributed to the first and the second base station. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135249 | RECORDER - A recorder includes a wireless gateway unit built in the recorder, the wireless gateway unit being configured to wirelessly communicate with a field device, the wireless gateway unit converting between an internal communication protocol used for the internal communication of the recorder and a protocol used for the wireless communication. The recorder may further include a control unit that processes data from the field device. The wireless gateway unit is configured to internally communicate with the control unit. The wireless gateway unit collects the data from the field device to transmit to the control unit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135250 | SLIDER WINDOW ASSEMBLY - A rear slider window assembly for a vehicle includes a fixed window panel, a frame portion and a movable window panel that is movable along the frame between a closed position and an opened position relative to an opening of the fixed window panel. A first heater grid is disposed at the first panel portion, a second heater grid is disposed at the second panel portion, and a third heater grid is disposed at the movable window panel. A first busbar is disposed at the fixed window panel and extends at least partially across an upper or lower panel portion of the fixed window panel. The rear slider window assembly includes an electrical connector for electrically conductively connecting the third heater grid to one of (i) the first heater grid, (ii) the second heater grid and (iii) the first busbar. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135251 | Control Circuit for Heating Textile Articles - An example heating control module includes a microcontroller, and a switch operatively coupled to the microcontroller. The switch is arranged to allow current to flow between a power supply and one or more heating elements during a closed state and to prevent current from flowing between the power supply and the heating elements during an open state. The microcontroller is configured to receive, from a user interface, an indication of a heating level, and transmit, in response to receiving the indication, a control signal to the switch such that a current waveform corresponding to the heating level flows between the power supply and the heating elements. The microcontroller is also configured to obtain, during the closed state of the switch, one or more measurements of the current delivered to the heating element, compare the one or more measurements to a lower threshold current, and open the switch upon determining that at least one measurement is less than the lower threshold current. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135252 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY HAVING RAPID TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A substrate support assembly comprises a ceramic puck having a substrate receiving surface and an opposing backside surface. The ceramic puck has an electrode and a heater embedded therein. The heater comprises first and second coils that are radially spaced apart. A base of the support assembly comprises a channel to circulate fluid therethrough, the channel comprising an inlet and terminus that are adjacent to one another so that the channel loops back upon itself. A compliant layer bonds the ceramic puck to the base. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135253 | HEATABLE MOLDED ARTICLES MADE FROM ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE - The present invention relates to a method of using a composition (Z1) at least comprising an elastomer (E1) and an at least 90% carbon-based conductivity-conferring additive (A1) in the manufacture of an electrically heatable shaped article for the automotive sector, wherein said composition (Z1) has a Shore hardness A, determined as per DIN 53505, in the range from 30 to 95, an electric specific volume resistivity, determined as per ISO 3915, of below 1×10 | 2016-05-12 |
20160135254 | Heating pad for targeted location - A heating pad for targeted locations employs a conventional single-use exothermic heating element, containing a supersaturated solutions such as sodium acetate. A second version employs an electric heating element. The heating element is secured to a region of the user's body where major blood vessels are located close to the skin surface, such as the inner wrist, inner thigh, side of the neck, or ankle. The heat from the pad's exothermic reaction warms major blood vessels near the skin surface and allows the user's circulatory system to distribute the heat throughout the body. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135255 | INDUCTION-HEATING COOKER - An induction-heating cooker has a heating coil, an insulation plate on which the heating coil is placed, a ferrite on which the insulation plate is placed, and a support body on which the ferrite is placed and that is made of a nonmagnetic metal material. The support body has an uneven part for positioning the ferrite to be placed on an upper surface of the support body with respect to the support body. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135256 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an LED lighting apparatus capable of performing lighting using a rectified voltage. The LED lighting apparatus may include a lamp divided into a plurality of light emitting modules, and perform lighting using a voltage obtained by lowering a rectified voltage, thereby preventing internal parts from being damaged by a surge voltage. Furthermore, the structure in which LED groups are arranged on a substrate can be improved to uniformize the light intensity. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135257 | BLEEDER PROTECTION USING THERMAL FOLDBACK - Thermally protected bleeder circuits for maintaining an input current of a power converter above a dimmer circuit holding current are disclosed. In one example, a bleeder control circuit may generate a bleeder control signal to control a bleeder current of the bleeder circuit based on an input current signal and a temperature signal. The bleeder control circuit may cause the bleeder current to be substantially equal to zero in response to the input current signal being greater than or equal to a reference signal, and may cause the bleeder current to be proportional to a difference between the input current signal and the reference signal in response to the input current signal being less than the reference signal. The reference signal may be constant for temperatures less than a threshold temperature, but may decrease with respect to increases in temperature for temperatures greater than the threshold temperature. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135258 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING LED FLICKER OF AN LED DRIVER SYSTEM - A method for minimizing LED flicker of an LED driver system, the LED driver system comprising a PFC constant average current converter, a capacitor, an LED module, and a current regulator, the method including: a first step: the current regulator generating a control voltage according to an average of a difference between a reference voltage and a voltage at a second end of the LED module; and a second step: the current regulator determining a regulation value for a current flowing through the LED module according to the control voltage. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135259 | DRIVE CIRCUIT WITH AN EXTERNAL MODE-ADJUSTING PIN - A drive circuit with an external mode-adjusting pin includes an operational mode control circuit and a drive processing circuit. The operational mode control circuit further includes a current mirror circuit, a resistor, a capacitor and a comparator. The first comparator input port receives a reference voltage. The second comparator input port couples the second output port of the current mirror and the capacitor. The current mirror circuit bases on a resistor current to generate a charge current for charging the capacitor. As the charge voltage at the second comparator input port reaches a reference voltage, a trigger signal is outputted to the drive processing circuit for controlling the switches thereof. The external pin is defined to one end of the resistor or the capacitor for varying the resistance or the capacitance respectively to determine the operational mode for the driven circuit. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135260 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A switch circuit for light-emitting diode is provided. The switch circuit includes a power module, a light-emitting diode module, an inductor, a first switch, a second switch and a capacitor. When the input voltage of the power module is higher than the forward bias voltage of the light-emitting diode module, the first switch is switched repeatedly and the second switch is turned off, so that the power supply can charge the inductor and/or the capacitor. When the input voltage of the power module and the storage voltage of the capacitor both are lower than the forward bias voltage of the light-emitting diode module, the first switch and the second switch are controlled to switch repeatedly and synchronously, so that the power energy of the power module or the discharge energy of the capacitor can be used to continuously charge the inductor. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135261 | LED DRIVING DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC SEGMENT CONFIGURATIONS AND THE LED LIGHTING APPARATUS THEREOF - The invention discloses an LED driving device for dynamic segment configurations and the LED lighting apparatus thereof, wherein, the said LED driving device includes a first adjustable LED lamp string unit, a first N-type switch module, at least one second adjustable LED lamp string unit, one unidirectional conduction unit, one P-type switch module, one second N-type switch module, control logic module and current detection module; the control logic module outputs control signals, based on output voltage changes from the bridge rectifier, to control the on and off states of the first adjustable LED lamp string unit, the adjustable LED lamp string module, the P-type switch module, the first and second N-type switch module, also it adjusts the parallel and serial connection states of the first and second adjustable LED lamp string units dynamically. The invention adopts the dynamically configuring technology, improving the lighting effects and the utilization of LED lamps. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135262 | Load Driving Device, and Lighting Apparatus and Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - A load driving device disclosed in the specification includes a power supply circuit for supplying to a load an output voltage converted from an input voltage, a detection voltage generation circuit for generating a detection voltage which varies depending on a magnitude of a voltage drop which across the load, and a control circuit for controlling the power supply circuit so that it performs output feedback control of the output voltage, on the basis of the detection voltage. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135263 | MODULARIZED LIGHT SYSTEM, CONTROL MODULE THEREOF AND POWER MODULE THEREOF - A modularized light system, a control module and a power module are provided. The modularized light system comprises at least a light module, a control module and a power module. The internal and external wiring of the power source is integrated into the power module. The wiring of the control circuit and the power transmission is integrated into the control module. The wiring of the power transmission and the light source is integrated into the light module. A novel design uses a single power module and a control module for transmitting and controlling the power to one or a plurality of light module. One or more connection units detachably connect the light modules. Thus, the system installation is simplified and design coordinated with advantages such as fast assembly, saving assemble time, saving effort, a neat appearance, no wire entanglement, and flexibility of extending lighting range can be achieved. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135264 | ENABLE CIRCUIT FOR LIGHTING DRIVERS - This relates to an enable driver circuit for an LED drive. In some examples, the enable driver circuit may sense an input of the LED driver and enable the LED driver when a conduction angle of the input is greater than a threshold value after a set amount of line cycles of the input of the LED driver have occurred. If the conduction angle is not greater than the threshold after the set amount of line cycles, the enable driver circuit may not enable the LED driver and power may not be delivered to the LED load. In some examples, the enable driver circuit may further enable the LED driver if the conduction angle of the input increases by a certain amount and the resultant conduction angle is greater than the threshold, regardless of the number of line cycles of the ac input voltage that have occurred. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135265 | Control System for Phase-Cut Dimming - A phase-cut dimming control system according to the embodiment includes a phase angle detector configured to detect a phase angle of an input voltage generated by phase-cut dimming, a feedback signal generator configured to generate a first reference signal corresponding to the detected phase angle, and generate an initial feedback signal based on a detection signal corresponding to power supplied to a load and the first reference signal, a feedback signal modulator configured to modulate the initial feedback signal and generate a feedback signal, a power transmission controller configured to generate a control signal which controls power transmission according to the feedback signal, and a power transmission circuit configured to transmit power to the load according to the control signal. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135266 | GATE VOLTAGE THRESHOLD TURN OFF FOR MAINTAINING VOLTAGE SUPPLY DURING STANDBY MODE OF A LIGHTING SYSTEM - Provided is a lighting system that includes a plurality of lighting elements to emit light, a power supply to supply power, a lighting driver including a microcontroller and to output power to the plurality of lighting elements for operation thereof, a control system to transmit a control signal to the microcontroller to initiate a standby mode of the plurality of lighting elements, and a semiconductor device configured to receive voltage from the microcontroller, and selectively enable and disable a low power consumption mode of the lighting driver, to thereby maintain voltage for communication between the microcontroller and the control system during the standby mode. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135267 | MODULAR CONSTANT CURRENT REGULATOR - Constant current regulator ( | 2016-05-12 |
20160135268 | LED Auditorium House Light System - A plurality of LED light fixtures are mounted in a ceiling of an auditorium and a power control system is positioned in an area separate from a seating area of the auditorium for supplying power to the LED light fixtures. Each LED light fixture comprises an extrusion carrying one or more ambience light LED modules for providing ambient light and one or more high intensity LED modules for providing full level lighting. The power control system is configured to collectively switch the ambience light LED modules “on” and “off” and to separately and collectively switch the high intensity LED modules “on” and “off” to thereby provide either low level ambient light or high intensity full level lighting to the auditorium. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135269 | WIRELESS POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wireless power distribution system and method for power tools and other battery-powered devices. The system includes a power transmitter configured to transmit a power signal within a first power distribution volume and a plurality receivers configured to receive the power signal. The receivers include power harvesters, batteries, light sources and light sensors. The receivers determine whether the received power signal is greater than a power threshold value and convert the RF power signals into direct current. The direct current is used to charge a battery, power the light source, etc. The light source selectively receives power from the battery when the ambient light, detected by the light sensor, is below a light threshold value. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135270 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT FOR A SOLID-STATE LAMP - An antenna arrangement for a solid-state lamp is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide for improved performance by positioning the antenna for radio frequency (RF) control of the lamp non-parallel to the main driver board and/or the LED board. This positioning can provide distance from the main board circuitry and a ground plane for the antenna. An RF daughter card can be used for the antenna and also possibly for other RF components. In some embodiments, the antenna is substantially perpendicular to the main board. In some embodiments, the lamp is dimensioned as a replacement for a standard incandescent bulb, such as an A, BR, or PAR bulb. In some embodiments, an optically transmissive enclosure and/or a base define the interior cavity of the lamp. A plurality of LEDs can be disposed within the optically transmissive enclosure. | 2016-05-12 |
20160135271 | LIGHTING CONNECTIVITY MODULE - A lighting module, including: a baseboard configured to receive a user signal indicating a user lighting preference; a communication submodule configured to receive the user signal and convert the user signal to machine readable data indicating the user lighting preference; a control submodule communicably coupled to the wireless communication submodule for receiving the machine readable data, wherein the microcontroller submodule comprises: memory configured to store a lighting parameter provided by a provider, and a processor configured to generate lighting driver instructions based on the user lighting preference and the lighting parameter; and a lighting mode output submodule configured to output the lighting driver instructions to a lighting driver module of a lighting assembly for controlling light emitting elements of the lighting assembly. | 2016-05-12 |