20th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 76 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142874 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING NEARBY DEVICE USING DISTANCE AND INTIMACY - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for recognizing a nearby device, which measure distances between devices and calculate intimacies between the devices, thus notifying a user of the distances to and intimacies with nearby devices. The apparatus includes a distance determination module unit for determining distances to a plurality of nearby devices based on signals for distance determination, received from the respective nearby devices. A zone determination module unit determines zones to which the respective nearby devices belong, among multiple zones, depending on the distances to the respective nearby devices. A nearby device recognition module unit recognizes the nearby devices using received information of the nearby devices. An intimacy determination module unit determines intimacies with the nearby devices, based on previously stored information required for intimacy determination. A user interface unit displays results of distance determination and intimacy determination to a user. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142875 | LOCATION AWARE PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE ENABLED PUBLIC ADDRESSING (PA) SYSTEM - Methods and systems are described for locating a user of a personal communication device (PCD) at a venue. A method may include: receiving a request to determine a location of the PCD from the PCD; receiving information corresponding to a signal measurement regarding a signal received by at least one access point at the venue from the PCD; and determining the location of the PCD based at least in part on the received information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AD-HOC NETWORK FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF A SUBJECT - A method and system for tracking a stationary and/or dynamic location of at least one transponder emitting identifying signals, the system comprising: a software application embedded within at least one smart-phone, configured to at least temporarily gather and forwardly transfer the identifying signals emitting from the at least one transponder; at least one communication means for enabling wireless communication between the at least one transponder and the at least one smart-phone; at least one computing server, in wireless communication with the at least one smart-phone; the computing server is configured to collect and aggregate the identifying signals transferred by the at least one smart-phone, by mean of crowd-sourcing data, and accordingly process a real-time estimated location of each of the at least one transponder. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SEAT LOCATION OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE IN A MULTI-SEAT ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for associating a mobile computing device with a particular seat in a seating environment. The system collects first sensor data from device sensors of a first mobile computing device based on activity detected within the seating environment. The system then determines, for each of a plurality of seats in the seating environment, a degree of correlation with the mobile computing device based at least in part on the first sensor data, and associates the mobile computing device with the seat, among the plurality of seats, having the highest degree of correlation with the first mobile computing device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142878 | LOCATION-BASED HEALTHCARE COLLABORATION, DATA MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS CONTROL - The locations of electronic devices in an institutional facility are determined based on interaction with the wireless mobile devices of users who roam though the facility and interact with (or are detected by) the devices. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142879 | ESTABLISHMENT BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - The present invention is a conventional mobile wireless communications device including a location based ad hoc network system, using a location beacon and wireless device management software. When a wireless device comes in range of the beacon signal, the wireless device will see the presence of the beacon, and when the beacon is selected, the wireless device is now enabled to potentially communicate with all other such enabled wireless devices. Then, the wireless device management application (App) of this invention, which each such enabled wireless devices will have installed, acts to manage access to and between the wireless communications devices. The communication with other such enabled wireless devices may be under anonymous conditions or with various amounts of disclosure, including personal information. Upon completion of user-member communications, either user-member may request the other user-member to allow saving the content of the completed communications session, and if refused all information will be totally deleted upon the user-members disconnecting from each other and no history of the communications transactions is retained. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142880 | Enhanced Mobile Base Station - Systems and methods for an in-vehicle base station are described. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed comprising a first access radio for providing an access network inside and outside a vehicle; a second backhaul radio for providing a backhaul connection to a macro cell; and a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a location of the mobile base station, and for transmitting the location of the mobile base station to a core network, wherein a transmit power of the first access radio is configured to increase or decrease based on a speed of the vehicle. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142881 | TRACKING ASSET COMPUTING DEVICES - One or more processors send a signal from a first computing device to a second computing device through a hardwire connection. One or more processors determine a change between the signal as sent by the first computing device and the signal as received by the second computing device. The change is caused, at least in part, by the distance the signal travels. One or more processors determine a geo-location of the second computing device based, at least in part, on the change. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142882 | MEETING NOTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION SERVICE - Techniques are described for providing a meeting notification and automatic modification service. A system may be configured to identify an appointment in a calendar application, identify a geographic location of the appointment, and identify, before the appointment time, a geographic location of a first participant of the appointment. Based on the geographic information, the system may identify a route extending from the geographic location of the first participant to the geographic location of the appointment, and may identify a travel time associated with the route. Based on the travel time and the appointment time, the system may determine whether the first participant is estimated to arrive at the appointment on time and, based on the determination, the system may send a message to participants of the appointment or dynamically reschedule the appointment. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142883 | Mobile Device Location Estimation Using Categorized Local Location Data From Various Sources - Methods and program products of mobile device location estimation using categorized local location data from various sources. For example, a method includes: detecting one or more wireless access gateways on a mobile device; for at least one detected wireless access gateway, determining whether or not location data of the gateway exists among part or all of a predetermined collection of data on the mobile device, the location data including a location estimate of the gateway, and none or at least one of: an uncertainty value associated with the location estimate; or a confidence value related to the likelihood that the gateway is stationary; determining whether or not a condition related to location estimation of the device is true; determining a location estimate of the device using the existing location data of the detected gateways on the device or other location estimation methods, based on the determination of the condition. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE PHONE WITH MOVEABLE WIRELESS BEACONS - The invention addresses the problem of efficiently locating a target device such as a mobile phone, by directing the movement of moveable wireless beacons along a search pattern, using the target device as a moveable wireless beacon detection device. Preferably, the target device is equipped with a WiFi and/or Bluetooth radio and the moveable wireless beacons are WiFi-equipped and/or Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones in possession of first responders. To locate a target device, the WiFi and/or Bluetooth radios in the moveable wireless beacons are activated such that they transmit a unique identifier. As moveable wireless beacons report their locations and as the target device reports updated beacon detection information, movement directions are determined and sent to the moveable wireless beacons to coordinate an efficient search of the target device. Once at least one moveable wireless beacon is detected by the target mobile phone, updated movement directions are provided to the moveable wireless beacon to direct them toward the target device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142885 | VOICE CALL PROMPTING METHOD AND DEVICE - A voice call prompting method, includes: acquiring a current time at which voice information from a terminal device is received; determining a time interval between the current time and a last time of broadcasting voice information; and if the time interval is longer than a predetermined time period, generating a prompt of broadcasting the received voice information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142886 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE MULTICAST STREAMS OVER A SINGLE TRANSPORT BEARER CHANNEL - A user device may be configured to identify a received transport bearer channel, via which a group of content streams are received, the transport bearer channel including a group of logical bearer channels that each correspond to a particular transport layer session, each transport layer session corresponding to a particular one of the content streams; receive a selection of a particular content stream, of the group of content streams; identify a particular logical bearer channel, of the group of bearer channels, that corresponds to the particular content stream; extract a transport layer session from the identified particular logical bearer channel; provide, from a transport layer of the user device and to an application layer of the user device, the particular content stream from the transport layer session; and present the particular content stream. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142887 | Online Systems and Methods for Advancing Information Organization Sharing and Collective Action - Methods and systems and mobile device interfaces for creating, joining, organizing and managing via mobile devices affinity groups in a cloud computing environment for social and business purposes. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142888 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A communication device for a vehicle includes a telecommunication company server configured to transmit a wake-up message of a vehicle terminal. A telematics server is configured to transmit a transmission request of the wake-up message to the telecommunication company server and to transmit a wake-up voice call to the vehicle terminal when a response signal to the wake-up message is failed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142889 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS - The evolution in telecommunications whilst providing email, MMS, SMS, texting etc. still means that telephony is the only telecommunications format providing immediacy in respect of a recipient responding to a message from a sender. Within these other formats the recipient may view the message and elect when to respond thereby allowing them time to compose, consider, etc. rather than garnering their immediate reaction. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to add a level of immediacy to these other forms of telecommunications messaging. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING APPLICATION TERMINAL REMOTELY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for remotely managing an application in a wireless communication system. A method for supporting a remote management of an application by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: receiving a management instruction for a remote management of the application transmitted from a management server through a mobile communication network according to a request of a service server of a service provider providing the application; processing the management instruction received through a baseband, based on a trusted execution environment (TEE) which is a secured environment; and transmitting an execution result of the management instruction to the management server. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142891 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL SENSOR PLATFORM BASED PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORK - The present systems and methods are directed to a private network of personal social sensors. The sensors are irreversibly paired with a communication device which ensures privacy of data. The sensors communicate data via a short range communications link to a communication device that in turn securely transmits the sensor data to a secure data store. A user may share their data with others within their social sensor network. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142892 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION, EXCHANGE, AND ANALYSIS - An information processing system is described, which has circuitry configured to receive, via a mobile application, a data entry form request for a type of incident. The circuitry is also configured to select, via a server of the information processing system, at least one data entry form based on the request. The at least one data entry form is customized according to an established protocol for the type of incident. The circuitry is also configured to receive data entered into a selected data entry form, and analyze and process the received entered data based on the established protocol for the type of incident. The circuitry is also configured to forward the received entered data to one or more designated entities. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142893 | Disaster Mesh - Disaster Mesh is a small entity headed equally by Katelyn Dunn, Margaux Giles, and Karla Dana, that created the Disaster Mesh WiFi mesh network. The mesh network is connected by WiFi routers with solar panel chargers referred to as “seeds”. Each seed, is distributed by air drop within 30 meters. The seeds utilize the mesh network capabilities, and route devices to the Internet through the few seeds that also have a modem. The modem has a direct connect to the Internet, and supplies Internet to the rest of the seeds. Once connected, the user presses buttons to respond to questions regarding to their situation. The user's answer and GPS coordinates are collected and analyzed by Disaster Mesh. Disaster Mesh compiles the data into a map that contains information on the specific needs of the affected area. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL TIME DETECTION AND REPORTING OF PERSONAL EMERGENCIES - According to at least one aspect, a system and corresponding method for detecting and reporting personal emergency events includes a mobile application running on a client device of a user and a backend application running on a backend system. The mobile application and the backend application can communicate on a regular basis. The mobile application or the backend application can regularly monitor sensor data, user contextual data or other data indicative of user state of health, activities or environment and detect or predict an emergency event of the user based on the monitored data. Upon detecting an emergency event, the mobile application or the backend application can warn the user or notify emergency contacts of the user of the emergency event. The backend application can use the sensor data or other user data to update an emergency predictive model specific to the user employed to detect or predict emergency events. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142895 | MOBILE PHONE AS A HANDHELD RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER OVER NON-CELLULAR RADIO FREQUENCY CHANNELS - A system enables a device such as a mobile phone to operate as a transmitter and receiver over non-cellular radio frequencies such as very-high frequency (VHF) and ultra-high frequency (UHF) not natively compatible with the mobile phone. The system includes a radio appliance coupled to a radio that receives and transmits information over non-cellular radio frequencies. The radio appliance provides an interface between the radio and a web appliance accessible on a network such as the internet. The radio appliance receives information in broadcast from the radio and transmits the information to the web appliance over the network. The web appliance provides mobile devices access to the information received from the radio appliance, such as audio that was broadcast, over the network. Additionally, the web appliance may receive information from the mobile phone for transmission to the radio appliance and subsequent broadcast by the radio. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142896 | Transfer of Emergency Services Session Between Disparate Subsystems - Methods and nodes for coordinating communication sessions are described herein. A method includes providing, by a control system, a signaling anchor point at a domain transfer function in a visited multimedia subsystem for an access signaling leg and a remote access signaling leg for a communication session between a user element and a public service access point and coordinating call signaling for the communication session via the access signaling leg and the remote signaling leg. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142897 | Enriched D2D Discovery Content - The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for transmission of discovery messages for device-to-device, D2D, communication. More particularly the disclosure pertains to enriching D2D discovery messages to include information related to properties of the transmitting device. According to one aspect, the disclosure proposes a method performed in a wireless terminal | 2016-05-19 |
20160142898 | DISCOVERY SIGNAL GENERATION AND RECEPTION - Physical layer processing and procedures for device-to-device (D2D) discovery signal generation and transmission and scheduling of D2D discovery signals are described. Detection and measurement of a D2D discovery signal, D2D signal identity management, and monitoring by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) of PDCCH for D2D discovery scheduling is described, as is a WTRU that may be configured with a D2D-specific transmission/reception opportunity pattern. The discovery signal may carry a payload for explicit information about user and/or service identity, and may be mapped to physical resources in such a way as to decouple transmission/reception of the discovery signal from downlink operations. A WTRU may measure a D2D discovery signal quality and report to the network. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142899 | Method for Performing D2D Discovery and Terminal Using Same - The present invention relates to a method for performing a D2D discovery and a terminal using the same. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for performing a D2D discovery, which compares a congestion level of another discovery slot selected randomly or according to a preset pattern with a threshold or a congestion level of a current discovery slot and determines a discovery slot to transmit a discovery message and a transmission period of the discovery message according to a result of the comparison, and a terminal using the same. The present invention relates to a method for performing a D2D discovery using discovery resources including a plurality of discovery slots, and a terminal performing the same, the method comprising the steps of: broadcasting a discovery message by using a first discovery slot; comparing a congestion level of a selected second discovery slot with a predetermined congestion level value; determining a discovery slot to broadcast the discovery message on the basis of a result of the comparison; and broadcasting the discovery message by using the determined discovery slot. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142900 | WIRELESS SERIAL BUS SERVICE CONTINUITY - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for continuity of a wireless serial bus (WSB) service across multiple WSB service sessions. A host may perform a discovery process with a device as part of WSB service session establishment. The host may determine an identifier that is unique to the WSB service provided during the first WSB service session and send the unique identifier to the device. If the WSB service session is terminated, the host may establish a second WSB service session with the device using the unique identifier and without performing another discovery process with the device. The WSB service may support universal serial bus (USB) over Wi-Fi services. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING COMMUNITIES OVER AN AD-HOC MESH NETWORK - An approach is provided for locating communities over an ad-hoc mesh network. Community identifiers are used to locate communities and community members over an ad-hoc mesh network. The community identifiers are also associated with keys to authenticate members of the community and to protect the privacy and anonymity of information exchanged between the members. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142902 | CONTEXT-AWARE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR VIDEO STREAMING SERVICES - The increasing amount of internet traffic from video streaming services, in addition to users requesting more personalized content and creating/sharing video content, has led to a huge demand for highly scalable and efficient distribution of video content, especially with mobile computing devices. Embodiments provide a network and service infrastructure better suited to these video content distribution and mobility needs. More intelligence is provided in the network infrastructure through an awareness of the user status/activity, end-user device, and content characteristics in correlation with the network bandwidth conditions. In this view of adding more intelligence in the network, additional communication is utilized between the service platform and the network to identify content characteristics (e.g., video content, content encoding characteristics), network characteristics, and device characteristics. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142903 | Cloud-Based Connectivity Information Discovery - A method includes detecting a change in connectivity information for a mobile device. The connectivity information allows another device to connect to the mobile device at least while the mobile device is wirelessly connected to a network. In response to the change in connectivity information for a mobile device, performing an update with a service provider to indicate the change in connectivity information. Another method includes receiving an update from a first electronic device, where the update indicates one or more changes in connectivity information for the first electronic device. The method includes updating one or more second electronic devices with changed connectivity information of the first electronic device. Another method includes receiving from a service provider an update of changed connectivity information for a first electronic device for which a second electronic device is subscribed at the service provider for updates to connectivity information for the first electronic device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY SERVICES - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising caching, by a server comprising a processor, a subscriber profile in a network repository to create a cached subscriber profile. The cached subscriber profile comprises a replica of stored subscriber data. The method also comprises updating the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a first application from a first application provider to produce a first updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The method further comprises updating the first updated version of the cached subscriber profile in accordance with subscriber use of a second application from a second application provider to produce a second updated version of the cached subscriber profile. The first and second updated versions of the cached subscriber profile are accessible by the first application provider and by the second application provider. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A TIME-SENSITIVE GRAMMAR - The disclosure relates to creating a time-sensitive grammar. A device receives a plurality of data points, identifies a plurality of time gaps associated with the plurality of data points, each of the plurality of time gaps representing a dwell time or a frequency of occurrence of a data point of the plurality of data points, generates a generic time factor representing a multiple of the plurality of time gaps, and combines the generic time factor with the plurality of data points to create a time-sensitive sequence of data points. The generic time factor may be inserted into the time-sensitive sequence a number of times representing the dwell time or the frequency of occurrence of a corresponding data point of the plurality of data points. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142906 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROFILE INSTALLATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of providing a profile package by a profile server and the profile server includes generating a profile package, dividing the profile package in a unit installable in a UICC of an electronic device, reconfiguring the divided profile information in an encryptable unit, and transmitting the reconfigured profile information to the electronic device. Further, provided is an operating method and apparatus of an electronic device communicating with the profile server. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142907 | METHOD TO PARAMETERIZE A COMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDED BY A SERVER OF A SERVICE PROVIDER TO A USER'S COMMUNICATION MODULE VIA A PORTABLE DEVICE - One embodiment relates to a method to parameterize a communication service delivered by a server of a service provider to a communication module of a user, the communication service being configured in accordance with an availability status, comprising detecting a change in context of use of a portable device of said user separate from said communication module, determining a new availability status as a function of the detected change in context of use, and transmitting a message relating to the new availability status to the server of the service provider or the communication module so that the communication service is configured on the basis of the determined new availability status. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142908 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Distributing Data of Virtual Subscriber Identity Module - A method, an apparatus, and a system for distributing data of a virtual subscriber identity module (VSIM) where a terminal device acquires a graphic code from a distribution client; and acquires the temporary data of the VSIM and the service authentication code that are included in the graphic code; and registers with a mobile network according to the temporary data of the VSIM, and connects to the management server through the mobile network; and sends to the management server, a request for downloading formal data of the VSIM; and if the authentication is passed, the management server acquires formal data that is of the VSIM and corresponding to the service authentication code, and sends the formal data of the VSIM to the terminal device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142909 | DYNAMIC PASSWORD-LESS USER VERIFICATION - A method, system, and computer program product for dynamic password-less user verification in a mobile device are provided in the illustrative embodiments. Using a processor and a memory in the mobile device, a first portion of a call log stored in the mobile device is selected. Using a transformation function, a first transformed value corresponding to the first portion is obtained. A second portion of a call log stored in a repository of a service provider is obtained from the service provider, the service provider facilitating voice communications from the mobile device, and the second portion corresponding to the first portion. Using the transformation function, a second transformed value corresponding to the second portion is obtained. Responsive to the first transformed value matching the second transformed value within a tolerance limit, a conclusion is generated that the user verification is successful. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142910 | STORAGE DEVICE WITH SRWC (SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION) DEVICE TAG AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING STORAGE DEVICE - A short-range wireless communication (SRWC) mobile storage device includes a portable storage device and a SRWC device tag. The SRWC device tag has a non-volatile memory for storing an access-control setting information. If the access-control setting information has already been set with required parameters and when the portable storage device with the SRWC device tag is connected to a master equipment, the portable storage device is automatically switched to a secured private zone for the master equipment to access. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142911 | FACILITATING DYNAMIC PRIVATE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Private communication networks are facilitated. One method includes broadcasting, by a first device, to an access point device associated with a first network, a first signal comprising an identifier for a second network, wherein the access point device of the first network foregoes broadcast of a name of the first network, and wherein the first device is located at a first location and a second device is located at a second location remote from the first location. The first device and the second device are associated with the second network. The method also includes receiving a second signal indicative of a broadcast of the name of the second network based on an authentication of the identifier for the second network and key data representing a key for the second network; and connecting to a network device of the second network in response to the receiving the second signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142912 | HEARING INSTRUMENT WITH AN AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOL - A hearing instrument includes: a radio for reception of a broadcasted signal having a message, at least a part of the message has been encrypted with a first key, wherein the first key has been encrypted with a second key; an authenticator configured for authentication of the message by decrypting the first key with a third key, and decrypting the at least a part of the message with the first key; and a processing unit for converting the message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT SHARING BETWEEN MULTIPLE MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method performed by a server to facilitate content sharing between multiple mobile electronic devices includes receiving, from a first mobile electronic device, a first content-sharing request and credentials for establishing a direct wireless connection between the first mobile electronic device and another mobile electronic device for sharing content of the first mobile electronic device. A first content-discovery request is received from a second mobile electronic device, and a location of the second mobile electronic device is also received. The credentials are communicated to the second mobile electronic device when the location indicates that the second mobile electronic device is within an established content-sharing geographical area. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142914 | METHOD OF AUTHENTICATING A TERMINAL BY A GATEWAY OF AN INTERNAL NETWORK PROTECTED BY AN ACCESS SECURITY ENTITY PROVIDING SECURE ACCESS - One embodiment is an authentication method comprising on receiving a request from the web browser of the terminal, the request including a user identifier, obtaining authentication data that is associated with the user identifier and that is stored in a database of the internal network, configuring a proxy server authorizing access via the access security entity to the internal network for a determined set of connection parameters, generating a first application from the connection parameters of the set, which application is protected using at least one determined portion of the authentication data and being configured to, on being executed by the web browser, set up a connection between the terminal and the proxy server using the parameters, this being done in response to the at least determined portion of the authentication data being supplied and transmitting the first application to the web browser of the terminal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142915 | ENHANCEMENTS TO ENABLE FAST SECURITY SETUP - WTRUs, ARSs, APs, WLG/AAA proxies, networks, and methods thereon are disclosed for fast security setup on a multi-RAT WTRU. Methods of sharing security associations between RATs on a multi-RAT WTRU are disclosed. Methods of caching security associations are disclosed. Methods are disclosed for alerting an ANDSF server of an AP that should be considered for association. Enhancements to advertisements from an AP are disclosed where the advertisements may include SSID with a FQDN, a HESSID type information, or TAI type information. Methods of resolving AP identities to a reachable address are disclosed. An address resolution protocol is disclosed for resolving AP identities. ARSs are disclosed that may resolve a BSSID to a network routable address. Protocols for carrying AP identities and security parameters are disclosed. Methods are disclosed of using ANDSF to provide the WTRU with security information and parameters of an AP. An RSN may indicate security capabilities. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142916 | Data Stitching For Networked Automation - A telecommunication carrier may stitch data from multiple sources to support device automation and access control. A state may be assigned to a user of a user device at a telecommunication carrier based on a data stitch of information from multiple data sources. The data sources may include data on a geolocation of the user device. The state may be provided to a rules engine at a remote location via a carrier network of the telecommunication carrier. An indication from the rules engine that the user device is granted or denied access to one or more entities at the location based on the state may be received via the carrier network at the telecommunication carrier. In turn, the telecommunication carrier may provide the indication of the granted or denied access to the user device of the user. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142917 | CUSTOMER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates generally to customer demographic information (e.g., monetizing customer demographic information). In various examples, obtaining, aggregating and/or providing customer demographic information may be implemented in the form of systems, methods and/or algorithms. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142918 | USAGE OF BEACON FOR LOCATION BASED SECURITY - A system for location based security which includes a plurality of receivers. Each of the receivers determines limes of arrival of received time varying signals. The system also includes a server in communication with the receivers and a mobile device. The server receives the times of arrival from the receivers, and times of arrival of the time varying signals determined by the mobile device. The server determines a location of the mobile device based on the times of arrival. The server may then authorize the mobile device to perform secure communication over the secure communication network when the location of the mobile device is determined to be in an authorized communication area defined based on the Limes of arrival received from the receivers. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142919 | Method and Network Node for Providing Radio Resources for Radio Communication in a Cellular Network - A method and network node ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142920 | SHARING CHANNELS IN A LICENSED-ASSISTED ACCESS IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION OPERATION - A channel sharing method includes determining a starting time for transmission on an LAA-LTE channel. A length of a hybrid preamble is determined based on the starting time and a predetermined transmission time boundary. Subsequent to determining the length of the hybrid preamble, the hybrid preamble having the determined length is transmitted. Subsequent to the hybrid preamble, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) signal is transmitted. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142921 | WI-FI TILE TRANSFER - Various technologies described herein pertain to transferring geospatial tiles for Wi-Fi networks. A geospatial tile specifies a geographic region and includes data pertaining to a plurality of Wi-Fi networks having respective geographic coverage areas within the geographic region. A mobile device can receive an indicator that corresponds to a geospatial tile for retrieval by the mobile device. Further, the mobile device can request the geospatial tile from a tile management system based upon the indicator. Upon receiving the geospatial tile from the tile management system, the mobile device stores the geospatial tile in a tile cache. Further, the mobile device can automatically connect to a particular Wi-Fi network from the plurality of Wi-Fi networks utilizing data for the particular Wi-Fi network included in the geospatial tile when the mobile device is positioned within a geographic coverage area of the particular Wi-Fi network. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142922 | Transceiver Architecture for Multiple Antenna Systems - A transceiver architecture with combined digital beamforming and analog/hybrid beamforming is proposed. Digital beamforming is used for beam training with reduced overhead (switching time). It is beneficial to estimate all UE's angle of arrival (AoA) at the same time. In addition, the pilot/training signals are transmitted in a narrow band to reduce complexity. Analog/hybrid beamforming is used for data transmission with high directive gain and low complexity. The value of beamforming weights (phase shifter values) in analog domain can be based on the estimation of AoA from beam training. By using digital beamforming for beam training, combined with analog/hybrid beamforming for data transmission, effective beamforming is achieved with reduced overhead, complexity, and cost. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142923 | CONCENTRIC CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142924 | MOBILE STATION - A situation where the important configuration setting is delayed is avoided during execution of “Inter-eNB CA”. A mobile station UE according to the present invention includes: a priority management unit | 2016-05-19 |
20160142925 | OPTIMIZING A NEIGHBOR LIST - In one embodiment, a neighbor access point list is obtained. Statistics are maintained for a current access point that a client is currently associated with, including previous access points previous clients have roamed from prior to associating with the current access point, and next access points the previous clients associated with. The neighbor access point list for the client is optimized, by determining one or more previous clients that associated with a same previous access point as the client and prioritizing access points in the optimized neighbor access point list, based on the next access points the one or more previous clients associated with. The optimized neighbor access point list is sent to the client. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING IN AN INCREASED CARRIER MONITORING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for signaling in an increased carrier monitoring wireless communication environment are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may include control circuitry to configure the UE for increased carrier monitoring; determine, based on a first signal received from a network apparatus, whether a reduced performance group carrier is configured; determine, based on a second signal received from the network apparatus, whether a scaling factor is configured; and in response to a determination that no reduced performance group carrier is configured and a determination that no scaling factor is configured, allow the UE to monitor fewer carriers than required by increased carrier monitoring. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SWITCHING COMMUNICATIONS FROM A FIRST CHANNEL TO A SECOND CHANNEL OF HIGHER-FREQUENCY - A method and apparatus can be configured to measure channel conditions of a first channel ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142928 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVICE WIRELESS MODULE DIAGNOSTICS - Methods, devices and systems are provided for diagnosing a wireless module of a device. An exemplary method involves operating a second wireless module of the device to transmit data on a second wireless channel that overlaps, at least in part, a first wireless channel. A measured response associated with the first wireless channel concurrent to the data transmitted on the second wireless channel is obtained from the first wireless module and a remedial action is initiated with respect to the first wireless module based at least in part on the measured response. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142929 | METHOD OF SPATIAL SHARING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for performing spatial sharing between an existing SP and a candidate SP includes transmitting a first measurement request to an STA involved in the candidate SP carrying measurement configuration information for measurement over primary tier 1 channel of a tier 2 channel. The measurement configuration information includes the method that is to be used for the requested measurement, the measurement start time, the measurement duration, the number of time blocks within the measurement duration, the number of concurrent measurements to be performed using plural RX antenna configurations, and the method for reporting results of plural concurrent measurements, wherein the duration of each time block is the same. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142930 | Enterprise Cognitive Radio Integrated With Laser Communications - A wireless data access system is provided to ameliorate bursty traffic occurring in a radio communications link such as a WiFi, WiMAX, 3G or cellular telephone link to a wireless network access device. A data traffic event is detected relating to traffic in the link. The traffic event may be a traffic burst exceeding a predetermined threshold. Based on detecting the data traffic event, a free-space optical communications link is established to the network access device to handle the traffic burst. The established radio link may be used to set-up and coordinate the free-space optical link. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142931 | AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF END-TO-END PERFORMANCE OF VoLTE SERVICE - Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to automated measurement and analysis of end-to-end performance of Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) service and, in some embodiments, automated network optimization for VoLTE service performance improvement. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node to perform automated end-to-end analysis of VoLTE sessions is provided. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the network node comprises correlating control and data plane messages across a nodes and interfaces in a VoLTE network to thereby provide data representative of end-to-end message flows for a plurality of VoLTE sessions. The method of operation further comprises configuring one or more nodes in the VoLTE network based on the data representative of the end-to-end message flows for the plurality of VoLTE sessions. In this manner, automated network optimization for VoLTE service performance improvement can be provided. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142932 | EVOLVED DATA COMPRESSION SCHEME FOR UNRELIABLE TRANSMISSION MODES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a device. A transmitting device such as a base station may select some packets for direct transmission to a receiving device using data compression based on the reliability of the direct connection. The transmitting device may select other packets for indirect transmission via an unreliable connection using uncompressed packets or compressed packets that will not be used to update a compression buffer. In some cases, uncompressed packets may also be sent via the reliable connection. If a packet sent over the unreliable connection is lost, it may be transmitted over the reliable connection. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142933 | Fair Distribution of Radio Resources Between Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) and non-GBR Data Bearers - User equipments (UEs) may be scheduled by, in a cell, determining relative priorities of data radio bearers (DRBs), each DRB associated with an active UE. A limit is established dividing radio resources available for allocation in the cell during a scheduling period into at least a first limited portion and a second remaining portion. According to the determined relative priorities: a) up to the first limited portion of the radio resources are allocated to only the DRBs that have a guaranteed bit rate (GBR), and thereafter b) the second remaining portion of the radio resources are allocated to only the DRBs which have not been fully allocated from the first limited portion. In carrier aggregation the radio resources are allocated in turn in each different cell per step a) and thereafter in turn in each different cell per step b). | 2016-05-19 |
20160142934 | BUFFER STATUS REPORT FOR eDCS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. A user equipment (UE), for example, may determine a content size of an uncompressed buffer and a content size of a compressed buffer. The UE may then generate a buffer status report (BSR) based on the content sizes of the uncompressed buffer and the compressed buffer. Alternatively, a base station may receive a BSR based on a size of an uncompressed buffer of the UE. The base station may then receive a compressed packet from the UE and may determine a compression gain based on a size of the compressed packet and a size of a corresponding uncompressed packet. The base station may then adjust the received BSR based on the compression gain. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142935 | RAN USER-PLANE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT - There are provided measures for improving/enhancing RAN user-plane congestion management. Such measures exemplarily comprise detecting a congestion indication for at least one bearer, which indicates user-plane congestion for the at least one bearer in a radio access network, deciding on activation of application detection for the at least one bearer on the basis of the detested congestion indication, and activating application detection for the at least one bearer upon an activation decision. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142936 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A USER EQUIPMENT WITH AN HFN OFFSET - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE). In some examples, the UE may identify an initialization and refresh (IR) packet at the radio link control (RLC) layer based the size of the IR packet, where the IR packet comprises a larger ciphered PDU size than a compressed RoHC packet. Accordingly, once the UE identifies the received packet as an IR packet, the UE may attempt to decipher the IR packet using one or more HFN offset values. In one example, the UE may determine whether the IR packet is deciphered correctly based on cyclic redundancy check (CRC) value of the deciphered IR packet. As a result, the present disclosure allows the UE to re-synchronize with the transmitting device by at least one of incrementing or decrementing an HFN value at the receiving device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142937 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMPRESSING SESSION INITIATION MESSAGES USING TEMPLATES FOR EVOLVED DATA COMPRESSION SCHEME (EDCS) - Session initiation messages may be compressed using templates for evolved data compression scheme (eDCS). One or more session initiation messages may be exchanged between various network entities, such as UEs and base stations, for purposes such as registration, call setup, and call modification, for example. Session initiation messages may include header fields which identify the caller and characteristics of the device receiving the call, and may also contain payload, which describes the audio/video codec characteristics. Many of these contents may be repeated across all user devices of the same vendor attached to the same operator and may be compressed using templates to enhance system efficiency. These templates may be known at the transmitter and receiver, and reduce the data that has to be carried over air. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142938 | BYTE CACHING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Various embodiments provide byte caching in wireless communication networks. In one embodiment, a plurality of data packets are received through an internet protocol (IP) data flow established between a wireless communication device and at least one server. Each of the plurality of data packets are combined into a packet bundle. A determination is made as to whether a second byte caching system is available. The packet bundle is transformed using one or more byte caching operations based on a second byte caching system being available. The transformed packet bundle is sent to the second byte caching system using an IP communication mechanism. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142939 | METHOD FOR SEGMENTING AND REORDERING A RADIO LINK CONTROL STATUS PROTOCOL DATA UNIT AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for segmenting and reordering a RLC status PDUs in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating an RLC status PDU (Radio Link Control status Protocol Data Unit); segmenting the generated RLC status PDU if a size of transmitting resource is smaller than a size of the generated RLC status PDU; generating a plurality of Segment RLC status PDUs, wherein each Segment RLC status PDU has a segment of the generated RLC status PDU and a RLC header including segmentation information; and transmitting the plurality of Segment RLC status PDUs. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142940 | INTELLIGENT MOBILE DATA OFFLOADING - A method for offloading mobile data may include determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system. Further, the method may include determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142941 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - Systems and methods for managing in-vehicle system network connectivity. A media system processor may determine an application requirement of an application running on the media system and an available bandwidth of a cellular communication link of the media system. The processor may receive available cellular communication link bandwidths of one or more mobile devices in communication with the media system. The processor may rank an ability of the media system, the first one or more mobile devices to meet the application requirement based on their respective available bandwidths, select the highest ranked of the media system, and the one or more mobile devices via a short-range communication to receive content for presentation by the media system, and may receive the content for the selected highest ranked of the media system, and the one or more mobile devices. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142942 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, GATEWAY DEVICE, BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD, AND GATEWAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A base station ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142943 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING DELIVER OF DATA PACKETS TO A USER EQUIPMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a communication system ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142944 | Seamless Mobile Handover - A localized method for performing handover of a mobile device at a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: establishing, at a cellular base station, a relay connection with a second base station for backhaul; receiving a handover request for a mobile device, the handover request including an IP address; receiving, at the cellular base station, a handover confirmation message from the mobile device following handover authorization for the mobile device; sending, from the cellular base station, a request to the mobile device to shut down a cellular radio connection with the cellular base station; and establishing, using the IP address and a non-cellular radio, a data connection with the mobile device on the same IP address, thereby performing a handover of the mobile device for providing continued IP connectivity for the mobile device at the cellular base station. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142945 | Methods of and Nodes for Selecting a Target Core Network for Handing Over a Voice Session of a Terminal - A method of selecting a target core network of a communication network for handing over a voice session of a terminal from a packet switched source radio access network (RAN) to a target RAN. The voice session is anchored in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem, and the selected target core network includes a circuit switched domain which is associated with the target RAN and supports voice session continuity to hand over the voice session from the source RAN to the target RAN. The target RAN is associated with a network identification of the target core network. The method is executed by a node and includes receiving a network identification of at least one target core network associated with at least one target RAN. The target core network is selected based on an indicated support of voice session continuity by the network identification. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142946 | Multiple SIM Multiple Network Diversity For Enhancing Call Connectivity - Methods and devices are disclosed for establishing a second call during a first call on a multi-SIM communication device. A quality of the first call between a calling party and a called party using a first subscription for a first network may be determined to be degrading. Network alternatives may be provided for establishing the second call in response to determining that the quality of the first call is degrading. One of the network alternatives may be selected based on an order of suitability for originating the second call. A notification to the called party using information associated with calling party and the second call may be provided before the second call is originated. The information associated with the second call may identify the calling party to the called party before the second call is originated. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142947 | Handover in a Radio Communication Network - The present invention relates to providing a method and a network node that prevents radio bearers from being dropped if a mismatch in RLC Mode exists between source Node and target Node. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142948 | Determination of Radio Resource Usage - There is provided a method for determining radio resource usage. The method is performed by a network node. The method comprises associating a bearer of a terminal device with a target bitrate. The method comprises estimating a spectral efficiency of the bearer. The method comprises acquiring a maximum radio resource usage. The method comprises determining radio resource usage of the bearer based on the target bitrate, the maximum radio resource usage, and the estimated spectral efficiency. A corresponding network node and a corresponding computer program are also provided. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142949 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A first radio communication device includes: a control unit that, when a second radio communication device is currently connected to the first radio communication device, notifies radio communication devices other than the first radio communication device of information on the second radio communication device; and a transmission unit that transmits, to the second radio communication device, information on the radio communication devices which have been notified of the information on the second radio communication device. The second radio communication device includes a transmission unit that selects, on the basis of the information on the radio communication devices which has been transmitted from the transmission unit of the first radio communication device, one of the radio communication devices and transmits to the selected radio communication device a control signal for controlling handover. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142950 | HYBRID-ANTENNA MODE OF AN APPARATUS CONFIGURED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Various aspects of the present disclosure provide for an apparatus configured to receive a transmission from a serving cell utilizing a single antenna while the apparatus is operating in a first mode. While the apparatus is operating in a second mode, the apparatus may be configured to measure a signal quality of a neighbor cell utilizing at least one of two or more antennas and use receive diversity (RxD) to receive the transmission from the serving cell utilizing the two or more antennas. While the apparatus is operating in a third mode, the apparatus may be further configured to use only RxD to receive the transmission from the serving cell utilizing the two or more antennas. The first mode may be a single-antenna mode. The second mode may be a hybrid-antenna mode. The third mode may be an RxD-only mode. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142951 | DATA COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR HANDOVER AND RADIO LINK FAILURE RECOVERY - A user equipment (UE) and source base station may use data compression techniques for data packets sent between them. During a handover, the source base station may provide data compression context to a target base station, thus enabling the target base station to continue the data compression following the handover without having to reestablish the data compression context. The source base station may determine data compression capabilities of the UE or the target base station, or both, and may communicate the determined data compression capabilities to the UE or target base station. The source base station may identify at least one gap in a sequence of packets received from the UE, and communicate the existence of the gap to the target base station, which may request retransmission of packets associated with the gap. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142952 | METHOD OF HANDOVER CONTROL, RELAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING TARGET CELL IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of handover control, a relay apparatus, and a method for selecting a target cell are provided that make it possible to identify a target cell in a hand-in phase even in a network topology in which relay apparatuses are connected in multiple stages. In a radio communication system in which a base station controller ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142953 | METHODS FOR EFFICIENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A method for efficient wireless communications includes determining whether a first predetermined threshold value related to cell reselection is greater than a second predetermined threshold value related to cell measurement; and when the first predetermined threshold value is not greater than the second predetermined threshold value, determining not to perform cell measurement on a predetermined neighbor cell and determining to perform at least one radio activity instead in a predetermined period of time reserved for performing the cell measurement. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142954 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for and apparatus for performing handover in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device transmits measurement results configured for a secondary radio access technologies (RAT) system, receives information on routing modification based on the measurement results, from a network entity of a primary RAT system and performs a handover to a target access network according to the information on routing modification. The secondary RAT system is used for a user plane (U-plane) data, and the handover is determined based on at least one of a quality of service (QoS) information, load information about the primary RAT system and secondary RAT system, and a network preference information of the UE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142955 | METHODS AND NETWORK NODES FOR ENHANCED MOBILITY BETWEEN MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - The disclosure relates to methods, a wireless device, a radio access node and computer programs for improving wireless device mobility between a first radio access network arranged to operate according to a first radio access technology and a second radio access network arranged to operate according to a second radio access technology. In particular, the disclosure relates to handover preparation procedure to improve handover of a wireless device ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160142956 | Method and Apparatus for Information Processing and Communication System - A method and apparatus for information processing and a communication system. The method includes: storing, when user equipment detects that a failure occurs, information related to the failure, and reserving the stored information related to the failure. In this way, when the network side obtains the information related to failure at each time occurrence of failure, the handover parameter may be configured according to the information, thereby reducing occurrence of failure. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142957 | CELL ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell access method, an apparatus, and a system, where the method includes: when user equipment camps on a first cell, receiving, by the user equipment, a first signal offset of the first cell and a random access failure threshold of the first cell; attempting, by the user equipment, to perform random access to the first cell, and counting a quantity of random access failures; and if the quantity of random access failures reaches the random access failure threshold, performing cell reselection, by the user equipment, by using the first signal offset for the first cell; and if no cell meets a service condition in cell reselection, performing cell reselection, by the user equipment, without using the first signal offset. Therefore, a service interruption problem of user equipment when random access to a cell fails in the prior art can be resolved. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142958 | SEAMLESS HANDOFF SYSTEM AND METHOD - A multicellular communications system where transmission between a roving subscriber and multiple base station transceivers is maintained throughout the territory. Each mobile subscriber unit has global code seeds for the entire communications system or an updated neighbor list and continuously searches to access available cell base stations while maintaining a communication link with one base station. Candidate cell base stations are interrogated and communicated with. The candidate base station that requires less transmitting energy from the mobile subscriber unit is closely monitored. When the mobile subscriber unit can successfully communicate with less transmit power than currently required by the present base station, the mobile subscriber unit is handed off to the candidate base station transceiver. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142959 | HANDOVER MANAGEMENT METHOD AND BASE STATION USING THE SAME - The present disclosure proposes a handover management method and a base station having a smart antenna using the same method. A transceiver of the base station transmits and receives wireless data. An interface controller of the base station transmits a source beam-forming information and receives a target beam-forming information. A processing circuit of the base station is coupled to the transceiver circuit and the interface controller and is configured for transmitting the source beam-forming information when switching to a setting of the smart antenna corresponding to the source beam-forming information and receiving the target beam-forming information using the interface controller, recording the source beam-forming information and the target beam-forming information as a beam-forming pair to a history of a handover when performing the handover, grouping the beam-forming pair in the history into beam-forming pair groups, and determining handover parameters for each of the beam-forming pair groups respectively. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142960 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A wireless communication method and device are provided. The wireless communication method includes the steps of receiving a plurality of measurement results; determining whether a cell-change event is triggered according to the measurement results; calculating a reverse-direction criterion to determine whether a ping-pong effect will occur when the cell-change event is triggered; and terminating the cell-change event when the ping-pong effect will occur. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142961 | NETWORK COVERAGE HOLE DETECTION - A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to connect to a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) cell in a cellular network. Logged minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements can be recorded at the UE at a selected rate when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode in a first LTE cell in a cellular network. A change in a UE state of the RRC idle mode can be identified. The Logged MDT measurements can stop being recorded at the UE when the UE state changes from a camped normally UE state to another UE state of the RRC idle mode. The Logged MDT measurements can resume being recorded when the UE state changes to the camped normally UE state of the RRC idle mode. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142962 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HANDOVER SUPPORT INFORMATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing handover support information in a mobile communication system are provided. A method for an Base Station (BS) to provide information necessary for measurement report trigger performance to a Mobile Station(MS) after the MS determines neighboring BSs in a mobile communication system includes, in a case where the MS is an active mode MS, providing a Time To Trigger (TTT) independently by a specific neighboring BS to the active mode MS and, in a case where the MS is an idle mode MS, providing a reselection time period (Treselection) independently by the specific neighboring BS to the idle mode MS. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142963 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ROUTING TRAFFIC OF APPLICATIONS INSTALLED ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device performs method for routing traffic of applications installed on the mobile device. The method includes receiving, from a source external to the mobile device, a set of attributes for a first application installed on the mobile device. The method further includes receiving, from a network element, a set of application traffic routing rules. Additionally, the method includes selecting, under the control of at least one application traffic routing rule of the received set of application traffic routing rules, a network access from multiple network accesses of the mobile device for routing traffic of the first application. The selecting is based on the set of attributes for the first application. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142964 | WIRELESS BEACON DEVICES FOR USE IN MANAGING TRANSPORTATION SERVICE TERMINALS - There are provided systems and methods for wireless beacon devices for use in managing transportation service terminals. A user may travel with a device, such as a communication device, that includes a communication module that may utilize specialized hardware features to establish short range wireless communications with nearby wireless beacons. The wireless beacons may be established at or nearby transportation service terminals, such as bus/train stops. The beacon may provide the aforementioned communication services with the communication device and be utilized to determine whether the user will utilize a transportation service for the terminal. If the user wishes to utilize the transportation service, a transportation service may be alerted. The user may also be alerted of an expected time of arrival for the transportation service, other transportation services available at the transportation terminal, and/or of nearby transportation terminals. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142965 | Efficient Beacon Transmission and Reception - A control point, such as a laptop, phone, wireless access point, or other device, transmits beacons to receiving stations in a wireless network. The control point may reduce power and bandwidth consumption by transmitting beacons with smaller payloads and/or less frequently to sectors with no associated stations. The stations, which may include laptops, phones, or other devices may reduce power consumption be powering on their antennas when beacons may be transmitted to their sectors. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142966 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) REGISTRATION USING MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS - Apparatus, systems, and methods for updating Internet Protocol (IP) registration on a proxy server, including receiving a device registration message from a first user device in a first protocol, extracting device registration data and network communication address data associated with the first user device from the device registration message, storing an association of the registration data with the network communication address data, and receiving a device registration update message from the first user device in a second protocol. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142967 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS POINT OPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An access point (AP) operation control method of an AP in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system and an apparatus therefor are provided. The method includes receiving connection related information with respect to the AP and at least one terminal, based on the connection related information, determining whether the AP is a dummy AP, and based on a result of the determination, performing a coverage hole detection and correction related operation for the AP. Also, provided are a method and an apparatus for operating an AP controlled by an AP controller (APC). | 2016-05-19 |
20160142968 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISCOVERY SIGNAL COMMUNICATION - A method of controlling discovery signal communication of a user equipment (UE) and a UE using the same is disclosed. The method comprises steps of selecting a target operating radio resource associated with the discovery signal communication among a plurality of discovery radio resources to transmit at least one discovery signal of the UE, and updating the target operating radio resource by the UE based on a loading of the plurality of discovery radio resources calculating by the UE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142969 | First Network Node, Second Network Node, and Methods Therein, of Providing a Last Used Public Land Mobile Network Identifier - A method performed by a first network node of providing a last used PLMN ID in LTE to a second network node, the first network node and the second network node operating in a wireless communications network. The method comprises providing the last used PLMN ID in LTE of a wireless device in the wireless communications network, to the second network node, as soon as a Circuit Switched, CS, call due to a CSFB procedure has been setup. The providing of the PLMN ID is performed by one of: adding information about the last used PLMN ID in LTE to an existing message from the first network node to the second network node, and defining a new message from the first network node to the second network node. The new message comprises the last used PLMN ID in LTE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142970 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NETWORK TRAFFIC FOR USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION AND RELATED APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The present disclosure is directed to a method of controlling network traffic for a user equipment (UE) and a base station (BS). In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method of controlling network traffic for a UE. The method would include not limited to determining whether to select a target access network, and transmitting a traffic re-direct inform message in response to the selection of the target access network, wherein the traffic re-direct inform message comprises information of the target access network and a traffic flow indicator corresponding to at least one traffic flow. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142971 | NON-CELLULAR LINK INTEGRATION WITH CELLULAR NETWORKS - Improved non-cellular (e.g., Wi-Fi) link integration with a cellular (e.g., LTE) network is described. The improved link integration can relate to utilizing an eNodeB device (e.g., residing in a radio access network portion of a cellular network) as an anchor point rather than a packet data network gateway device (e.g., residing in a core network portion of the cellular network) utilized by other approaches. The improved link integration can maintain full compliance with or support for other approaches, and can reduce signaling overhead, simplify quality-of-service management, and/or provide a more rapid reaction to changes of access, particularly in cases where the eNodeB device and a non-cellular access point device are co-located. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142972 | Method and Apparatus for Efficiently Reducing Number of Access Points in a Radio Map - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a list of access points detected at a location, a processor for determining the number of times at least one access point in the list is detected during a first period of time and a processor for determining to use an access point in generating a partial radio map based at least in part on the number of times the access point is detected during a second period of time. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING OFF CELL FOR ENERGY SAVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for switching off a cell for energy saving in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) transmits information on quality of services (QoS) of user equipments (UEs), connected to the first eNB, to a macro eNB, and receives a list of recommended cells for handover of all or a part of the UEs. Then the first eNB performs handover of all or the part of the UEs with a second eNB which manages a cell included in the list of recommended cells, and switches off a cell managed by the first eNB. | 2016-05-19 |