20th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 77 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160142974 | POWER SAVING IN WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a first wireless transceiver device | 2016-05-19 |
20160142975 | Method for Managing a User Equipment Device - A method, in a network node, for managing a user equipment device is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving at least one of an apply instruction or a withhold instruction concerning an energy saving process for the user equipment device (step | 2016-05-19 |
20160142976 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an information transmission method and an information transmission device. The information transmission method includes a step of transmitting, by a network-side device, at least one of information about a power back-off value, information about a resource allocation mode and DRX configuration information to a UE in accordance with information about a type or a capability level of a PA reported by the UE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142977 | USER PLANE IDLE MODE BUFFERING WITHIN SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for enabling PMM/ECM IDLE buffering within software defined network architecture. Thereby, it is indicated that a user plane idle state is active, a buffer for a user plane idle procedure is allocated in a user plane node, and a communications protocol controller is notified about received packets at the user plane node, wherein only the first received packet is to be indicated to the communications protocol controller while any subsequent received packet is appended to the allocated buffer. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142978 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes a reception unit configured to receive information from an external device; a control unit configured to implement control for storing, in a storage unit, state information relevant to a state of the communication device itself; a first processor configured to perform a process on the information received from the external device; and a second processor configured to perform a process of executing output. When the information received from the external device is a browse request to browse the state information, the first processor acquires requested information from the state information stored in the storage unit, and executes control to send the acquired information to the external device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142979 | Operating Geographic Location Systems - In general, in one aspect, a method includes receiving, on a mobile device, an indication that an application executing on the mobile device has entered a background state, determining, based on data received from a location system of the mobile device, that the mobile device has remained within a geographic area during a time interval, the geographic area being defined by a radius determined according to an application type of the application, and disabling at least a portion of the location system of the mobile device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142980 | FRAME TRANSMITTING METHOD - A method of transmitting a frame is provided by a first device belonging to a first BSS in a wireless communication network. The first device determines whether an RTS frame or a CTS frame is received from a second BSS that is a neighbor BSS of the first BSS. When the RTS frame or the CTS frame is received from the second BSS, the first device transmits to a second device a transmission frame whose transmission power is changed from a normal power during a predetermined time within a data frame transmission time and an ACK frame transmission time of the second BSS. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT - The present invention is method and apparatus for coverage enhancement. An embodiment of the present invention includes detecting a cell with primary synchronization signal (PSS) and/or secondary synchronization signal (SSS), detecting reference signal based on the detected synchronization signal, detecting broadcasting channel based on the detected reference signal and decoding master information block on the broadcasting channel, detecting system information block on a downlink data channel, transmitting random access preamble on random access channel based on a system information obtained from the system information block and receiving random access response corresponding to the random access preamble. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142982 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMIT POWER - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling transmit power, including: a global positioning system (GPS) receiving unit receiving GPS signals from one or more satellites and measuring signal strengths of the GPS signals; a processor calculating transmit power corresponding to a current position depending on the GPS signals according to a predefined command; a memory storing the command therein; and a communication interface transmitting a data signal including data depending on the transmit power. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142983 | POWER CONTROL METHOD, UE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a power control method and a UE. The method includes: a UE configures power control parameters respectively for two or more pieces of connectivity; and the UE controls power of signals in corresponding connectivity according to the power control parameters, so as to respectively perform power control on the two or more pieces of connectivity. With the embodiments of the present disclosure, demands of a scenario having multiple links may be satisfied. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142984 | POWER HEADROOM REPORTING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING CHANGE IN USE OF WIRELESS RESOURCE AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention proposes a power headroom reporting method and apparatus of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a change in use of wireless resources. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: determining whether power headroom reporting is triggered; and transmitting power headroom reporting (PHR) information for first upper link wireless resource and second upper link wireless resource to a base station, wherein the first upper link wireless resource is configured to allow the use of the wireless resource to be dynamically changed and the second upper link wireless resource is configured to prevent the use of the wireless resources from being dynamically changed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142985 | METHOD FOR POWER HEADROOM REPORTING 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 power headroom reporting in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: obtaining information related to a power headroom (PH) for the second BS; obtaining PH of activated cells of the UE; and transmitting, to a first BS, the information related to the PH for the second BS and the PH of activated cells of the UE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142986 | POWER CONTROL METHOD FOR GUARANTEEING QUALITY OF SERVICE OF DEVICE TO DEVICE DIRECT COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method of controlling, by a device, power for guaranteeing the quality of service of a device to device (D2D) direct communication. In detail, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information containing at least one of channel information and information of a receiving side device in a D2D communication; estimating an uplink channel with the base station on the basis of the received information; and selecting a transmission power by comparing the channel gain value of the uplink channel with a threshold value for determining the maximum transmission power, and transmitting data to the base station using the selected transmission power, wherein the channel information comprises at least one of channel information of the D2D communication, uplink channel information between the device and the base station, and interference channel information between the device and the receiving side device in the D2D communication. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142987 | SYNCHRONIZATION IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - According to a first aspect there is presented a method for synchronization in a wireless device-to-device (D2D) based communications network as performed by a first wireless device. The method comprises identifying an attempt to make a network connection on a default sub-channel over a D2D communications interface from a second wireless device. The method comprises transmitting control information on the default sub-channel to the second wireless device, wherein the control information comprises an indicator of an operational sub-channel, and wherein the operational sub-channel is for subsequent D2D communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142988 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF MEDIA PLAYBACK WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for synchronization of media playback within a wireless network. In one embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to precision synchronization over time, based on repeated measurements of a common time reference. In one exemplary embodiment, the common time reference is a Time Synchronization Function (TSF) of a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the application processor and the modem processor measure a pulse width and the aforementioned common time reference in order to adjust media playback. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142989 | CELL SEARCH PROCEDURE FRAME FORMAT - According to some embodiments, a method of synchronizing a wireless device with a network node comprises receiving a radio subframe transmitted from the network node. The radio subframe comprises a first Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS) associated with a first Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol and a first plurality of subcarriers. The first PSS is paired with a first Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) associated with a second OFDM symbol and the first plurality of subcarriers. The radio subframe also comprises a second PSS associated with the first OFDM symbol and a second plurality of subcarriers. The second PSS is paired with a second SSS associated with the second OFDM symbol and the second plurality of subcarriers. The method further comprises inspecting the first plurality of subcarriers to detect the first PSS and the first SSS and inspecting the second plurality of subcarriers to detect the second PSS and the second SSS. Upon detecting at least one of the first PSS and the first SSS or the second PSS and the second SSS, the method determines system information associated with the network node based on the detected at least one PSS and the detected at least one SSS. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142990 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND TIMING CONTROL METHOD - A radio communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive first and second compressed data strings obtained by compressing, in a control device, a first data string as an object of radio transmission via a first antenna and a second data string as an object of radio transmission via a second antenna different from the first antenna; and a processor configured to process the first and second compressed data strings, wherein the processor: decompresses the first and second compressed data strings and restores the first and second data strings; measures a first decompression time taken for decompressing the first compressed data string and a second decompression time taken for decompressing the second compressed data string; and synchronizes radio transmission timings of restored first and second data strings based on a difference between the first decompression time and the second decompression time. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142991 | System and Method for Signaling a Prohibited D2D Operation - An embodiment method for operating a base station includes instructing, by the base station, a mobile device to transmit, over grouped communications resources, a first instance of a data structure for D2D signaling. The data structure includes a first data field that indicates at least one of a D2D frame number, a D2D multiplexing configuration, a resource allocation for D2D signaling, an identifier of a D2D synchronization source, a type of a D2D synchronization source, or whether the mobile device is in coverage of a network. The data structure also includes a second data field indicating at least one of whether a D2D signaling operation is prohibited, or a type of prohibited D2D signaling operation. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142992 | METHODS FOR RE-SYNCHRONIZING A COMMUNICATION MODE WITH A PEER DEVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS UTILIZING THE SAME - A communications apparatus includes a radio transceiver and a processor. The radio transceiver is configured for transmitting or receiving wireless radio frequency signals to or from a peer device. The processor determines whether re-synchronization in a communication mode with the peer device is required according to a determination rule. When the re-synchronization is required, the processor transmits a message to the peer device via the radio transceiver to trigger a re-synchronization procedure. The processor determines whether the re-synchronization is required in a connected mode. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142993 | TIME SYNCHRONIZING METHOD FOR AVB IN VEHICLE AND SYSTEM THEREOF - Disclosed are a time synchronizing method under a vehicle AVB environment and a system using the same. An AVN, which communicates with at least one device which is provided in a vehicle and performs a predetermined operation under an Ethernet AVB environment, synchronizes the at least one device by receiving a RTC time information message in the form of a RTC protocol packet which applies an IP protocol. Therefore, various services which synchronize a plurality of devices in the vehicle are provided, to improve convenience of a driver. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142994 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNALS IN A SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes generating a first type of synchronization signal based at least in part on a first type of transmission in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, and generating a second type of synchronization signal based at least in part on a second type of transmission in the shared radio frequency spectrum band. The second type of synchronization signal is different from the first type of synchronization signal. A second method includes receiving a synchronization signal associated with a type of transmission in a shared radio frequency spectrum band; determining a type of the synchronization signal; and determining one or more cell parameters based at least in part on the synchronization signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE MOBILE OFFER SYSTEM BASED ON PROXIMITY OF MOBILE DEVICE TO MEDIA SOURCE - Content which is related to content being provided by a media source is synchronized with content being provided by the media source. A mobile device operates to receive content which is related to the content being provided by the media source. The system operates based on mobile device location, and the media source location. Based on the location, a server can determine what content is being provided by the media source and can therefore serve related content based on that to the mobile device. It works passively with periodic regular updates of the mobile device location or actively through the use of a button (touch screen, keyboard, etc.) on the mobile device to signal the server to check its location and therefore identifying which media source the mobile device is near. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142996 | Location-Aware Caching in an Aerial Network - Methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to provide location-aware caching and/or location-specific service profiles in an aerial-vehicle network. An exemplary method may be carried out by an aerial vehicle that is at a location associated with the first geographic area in an aerial-vehicle network that includes a plurality of defined geographic areas, and may involve: (a) determining that a location-aware cache of an aerial vehicle should be updated with user-data associated with the first geographic area; and (b) in response to determining that the location-aware cache should be updated: (i) sending a location-aware cache-update request; (ii) receiving, as a response to the location-aware cache-update request, user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area; and (iii) storing the user-data that corresponds to the first geographic area in a location-aware cache of the aerial vehicle. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142997 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTION SERVICE FOR KIDS, SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing an interaction service for children, which give a real-time alarm related to notification details about a child, who goes to a children's educational institution such as a kindergarten or a child-care center, to a teacher and a parent and thereby enable the teacher and the parent to share information and comprehensively take care of the child, and a system using the same. When the teacher enters and transmits a notification message after the teacher uses a terminal to tag an NFC card which a child carries, an interaction service providing apparatus receives the notification message, attaches a connection address of each social commerce site associated with a particular word of the notification message to a partial area of the notification message, and transmits the notification message to which the connection address is attached, to the parent. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142998 | MULTI-SIM USER EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A wireless communication method and Multi-SIM user equipment are provided. The wireless communication method for Multi-SIM dual standby (DSDS) technology is applied on Multi-SIM user equipment (UE) which is capable of carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DuCo). The wireless communication method includes the steps of determining whether a packet switch (PS) or circuit switch (CS) paging is received on a second SIM card when a first PS call is ongoing in a first SIM card; and suspending the first PS call which is ongoing on the first SIM card if the packet switch (PS) or circuit switch (CS) paging is received on the second SIM card. | 2016-05-19 |
20160142999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING PAGING IN UTRAN/GERAN/E-UTRAN NETWORKS WHEN IDLE SIGNALING REDUCTION IS ACTIVE - Systems and methods are provided for avoiding excessive paging through messaging-based solutions on a mobile network that supports multiple radio access technologies (RATs), such as both Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE)/Universal Mobile Communications System (UMTS) technology, even in situations where the present location of the UE is not known. Preventing paging in access networks where the UE is not present ensures efficient use of radio resources in the paging channel and reduces signaling load on other interfaces. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is simultaneously connected to a Serving General Packet Radio System (GPRS) Support Node (SGSN) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME). By using signaling between the SGSN and MME, the location of the UE may be tracked without requiring unnecessary paging, even when the UE is in IDLE mode or is inactive. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143000 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS - A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an input formatter for input formatting one or more data streams into one or more service data, an encoder for encoding the service data, a mapper for mapping the encoded service data onto constellations, a time interleaver time interleaving the mapped service data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator for modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143001 | Controlling a Transmission of Information in a Wireless Communication Network with a Relay Node - The present invention relates to a transmission of information in a wireless communication network between a radio access node and a relay node, wherein, according to a new ground rule, for each allocated downlink subframe for a downlink transmission from the access node to the relay node, an uplink transmission subframe for an uplink transmission is allocated four transmission time intervals later. A downlink subframe is only allocated when a further subframe of the same transmission time interval for a transmission from the relay node to the user equipment is a subframe of a type that indicates to a user equipment that no data are received beyond a control region of the subframe. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143002 | RESOURCE CONFIGURATION - There is provided mechanisms for resource configuration in a wireless device-to-device (D2D) based communications network. A method performed by a first wireless device comprises transmitting discovery information for D2D communication on a first set of communications resources, wherein the first set of communications resources is a subset of communications resources available for the first wireless device. The method comprises receiving capability information for D2D communication from a second wireless device on the first set of communications resources. The method comprises allocating a second set of communications resources for D2D communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device based on the available communications resources and the received capability information. The method comprises transmitting information identifying the second set of communications resources to the second wireless device using the first set of communications resources. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143003 | METHOD FOR REPORTING A RADIO LINK CONTROL RE-TRANSMISSION FAILURE 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 reporting an RLC (Radio Link Control) re-transmission failure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), an indicator indicating a radio bearer (RB) which the UE reports a RLC retransmission error to the BS; and reporting, to a BS, an Radio Link Control (RLC) retransmission error if the RLC retransmission error occurs in the RB indicated by the indicator. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143004 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A mobile communications resource manager including a smart card configured to accept and store a user's personal information suitable for use in commercial transactions (physical tap or electronically) and communications operations, a cellular radio modem, at least one non-cellular radio modem and a controller. The controller is configured for establishing a short-range wireless connection via said non-cellular modem to at least one user accessible electronic device with human interface functionality and accepting a service request from the at least one user accessible electronic device and making a modem selection by selecting either a cellular or a non-cellular connection via a modem resident in the mobile communications resource manager to provide the communications link for the service request, based on a rule resident in the mobile communications resource manager. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143005 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY WI-FI (HEW) STATION AND ACCESS POINT (AP) AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING OF CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS - Embodiments of a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station, access point (AP), and method for communication in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the HEW AP may transmit a resource allocation message to indicate an allocation of channel resources for uplink transmissions by one or more HEW stations. The channel resources may include multiple channels, each of which may include multiple sub-channels and an extra portion of channel resources. The resource allocation message may include multiple sub-channel allocation blocks to indicate an allocation for a particular HEW station. A length of the sub-channel allocation blocks may be based on various factors, such as a number of channels included in the channel resources and a sub-carrier bandwidth. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143006 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY WI-FI (HEW) STATION AND ACCESS POINT (AP) AND METHOD FOR RANDOM ACCESS CONTENTION - Embodiments of a high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) station, access point (AP), and method for random access contention in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the HEW station may receive a beacon frame that indicates a number of trigger frames (TFs) included in a beacon interval. The beacon frame may be received from an HEW access point (AP) in channel resources that include multiple sub-channels. The HEW station may receive a random access TF that indicates a random access portion of the sub-channels that are allocated for random access contention during an uplink transmission period. The HEW station may select a candidate sub-channel from the channel resources. When the candidate sub-channel is included in the random access portion, the HEW station may transmit an association request (AR) frame on the candidate sub-channel during the uplink transmission period. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143007 | METHODS FOR INDICATING AND DETERMINING UPLINK/DOWNLINK CONFIGURATION, BASE STATION AND TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides methods for indicating and determining uplink/downlink configuration, a base station and a terminal. A base station transmits uplink/downlink configuration information to at least one terminal via a DCI message, the DCI message is provided with at least one uplink/downlink configuration information domain for carrying the uplink/downlink configuration information, and at least one of the uplink/downlink configuration information domains in the DCI message is parsed by the at least one terminal. The at least one terminal parses the received DCI message in accordance with predetermined DCI configuration information, and acquires its own uplink/downlink configuration from a corresponding position in the DCI message. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN LOW LATENCY MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting information in a low latency mobile communication system. Delay time requests are obtained from terminals, and time intervals for transmitting control information for the respective terminals are determined on the basis of the delay time requests. Control information is transmitted to the respective terminals according to the determined time intervals. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143009 | METHOD FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for sending and receiving an enhanced physical downlink control channel EPDCCH and an apparatus, relate to the field of communication technologies, and aim to effectively ensure normal communication between a UE and a base station. The sending method includes: determining position information of a physical resource carrying the EPDCCH; and sending the EPDCCH to the UE according to the determined position information of the physical resource carrying the EPDCCH. The present invention can be applied to a Long Term Evolution wireless communications system. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143010 | MASTER STATION AND METHOD FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY WI-FI (HEW) COMMUNICATION USING A MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUE - Embodiments of a master station and method for communicating with a plurality of high-efficiency Wi-Fi (HEW) devices in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the master station may contend for a wireless medium during a contention period to receive control of the medium for an HEW control period, and transmit an HEW control and schedule transmission at the beginning of the HEW control period. The HEW control and schedule transmission may include a schedule indicating channel resources for communications with the HEW devices during the HEW control period in accordance with non-contention based multiple access technique. The channel resources indicated in the HEW control and schedule transmission may comprise subspaces within a wideband legacy channel bandwidth. Transmissions on HEW channels during the HEW control period may have symbol times aligned within each legacy channel for legacy-device coexistence. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143011 | Data Sending and Receiving Method and Data Sending and Receiving End - Disclosed are a data transmitting, receiving method, a data transmitting end, and a data receiving end. The transmitting method includes that: a transmitting end codes and modulates a plurality of transport blocks of a same receiving end, wherein a same precoding matrix is used to precode the plurality of transport blocks; the transmitting end maps the plurality of transport blocks onto time-frequency resources of a plurality of subframes; and the transmitting end transmits the plurality of subframes. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143012 | CARRIER AGGREGATION CONTROLLER AND METHOD - A carrier aggregation controller for providing an aggregated baseband signal from a plurality of baseband signals is provided. The controller comprises an accumulating memory, a selector and a time domain transformer. The selector is configured to add at least a first list of frequency domain samples obtained for the first baseband signal to first consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a first preset location associated with the first baseband signal, and a second list of frequency domain samples obtained for the second baseband signal to second consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a second preset location associated with the second baseband signal. The time domain transformer is configured to apply at least an inverse discrete Fourier transform to the frequency domain samples accumulated in the accumulating memory, obtaining the aggregated baseband signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143013 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING SELF-INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM SUPPORTING FULL-DUPLEX RADIO COMMUNICATION - The present invention provides methods for estimating self-interference in a full-duplex radio (FDR) system using a reference signal to which a cyclic shift is applied, and apparatuses supporting the same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for estimating a self-interference (SI) channel, by a base station, in a wireless access system supporting wireless FDR communication comprises the steps of: transmitting a channel signal including a first cyclic shift variable allocated to a terminal; transmitting a downlink (DL) self-interference reference signal (SI-RS) for estimating the SI channel generated on the basis of a second cyclic shift variable; receiving the DL SI-RS; receiving an uplink (UL) SI-RS generated on the basis of the first cyclic shift variable; and estimating the SI channel using the DL SI-RS and the UL SI-RS. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143014 | CHANNEL ACCESS IN LISTEN BEFORE TALK SYSTEMS - Systems and methods relating to Listen before Talk (LBT) procedures suitable for, e.g., License Assisted Access (LAA) to an unlicensed frequency spectrum or Long Term Evolution Unlicensed (LTE-U) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a node of a cellular communications network comprises performing a LBT procedure for an observed channel in an unlicensed frequency spectrum. The LBT procedure defers at least one Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) slot such that the LBT procedure concludes at or near a desired starting point for a transmission. The at least one CCA slot comprises at least one of a first CCA slot of the LBT procedure, one or more intermediate CCA slots of the LBT procedure, and a final CCA slot of the LBT procedure. The method further comprises performing the transmission on the observed channel upon completion of the LBT procedure. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143015 | CELL OPERATION CONCEPT - It is provided a method, including: exchanging first data with a data transceiver device using a data resource; exchanging one or more data control messages with the data transceiver device using a control resource different from the data resource, wherein each of the one or more data control messages is directly related to the exchanging of the first data; exchanging one or more first control messages with a control transceiver device different from the data transceiver device using the control resource, wherein each of the one or more first control messages is not directly related to the exchanging of the first data. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143016 | DEVICES FOR SUPPLYING SERVICE INFORMATION FOR A MICROWAVE LINK - In a first aspect, the present invention provides a base band unit (BBU) (or a remote radio head (RRH)), including means for supplying an identifier of said unit to a microwave head (MW | 2016-05-19 |
20160143017 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL FOR MTC AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system supporting repeated transmission of a same signal, and an apparatus for same, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for same, the method comprising: detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal; and transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) signal using an uplink grant, when the PDCCH signal includes the uplink grant, wherein the PUSCH signal is transmitted from a subframe having a first offset from among subframes from which the PDCCH signal has been detected, when user equipment is a first type of user equipment, wherein the PDCCH signal is repeatedly transmitted from a first plurality of subframe sections, when the user equipment is a second type of user equipment, wherein the transmission of the PUSCH signal begins from a subframe capable of starting repeated PUSCH transmission and closest to the last subframe in the first plurality of subframe sections, and wherein the subframe capable of starting repeated PUSCH transmission is determined in advanced through upper layer signaling. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143018 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA UNIT BASED ON UPLINK MULTIPLE USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT TRANSMISSION AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - In an aspect, a method of receiving a data unit, performed by an Access Point (AP), in a Wireless LAN (WLAN) system is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal protection frame, the signal protection frame comprising a group ID field indicating a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission STA group including a first station (STA) and a second STA; and, a spatial stream field indicating a number of spatial streams allocated to each of member STAs included in the MIMO transmission STA group; receiving a first preamble for a first data unit from the first STA; receiving a second preamble for a second data unit from the second STA; and simultaneously receiving the first data unit from the first STA and the second data unit from the second STA. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143019 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING TRANSMISSION RESOURCES - Methods for wirelessly transmitting user data and control information using a plurality of transmission layers include encoding bits of control information to form control codewords and encoding bits of user data to form user data codewords. The method also includes generating a plurality of vector symbols based on the control codewords and the user data codewords. Each vector symbol includes a plurality of modulation symbols that are each associated with a transmission layer over which the associated modulation symbol will be transmitted. Generating the plurality of vector symbols includes interleaving bits of the control codewords and bits of the user data codewords so that the control information is carried in modulation symbols associated with the same transmission layers in the vector symbols transmitted during the subframe that carry the control information. The method also includes transmitting the plurality of vector symbols to a receiver over a plurality of transmission layers. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143020 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Communication operations are optimally conducted by applying space-division multiple access in which wireless resources on a spatial axis are shared among a plurality of users. By applying an RD protocol to a communication system that conducts space-division multiple access, spatially multiplexed frames in a TXOP are made more efficient. By specifying a frame length for reverse direction frames with reverse direction permission information and having respective transmitters of reverse direction frames make their frame lengths uniform while respecting the specification, AGC operation stabilizes. Also, a transmit start time for reverse direction frames can be specified by reverse direction permission information, and respective transmitters of reverse direction frames can transmit frames at the same time while respecting the specification. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143021 | System, Security and Network Management Using Self-Organizing Communication Orbits in Distributed Networks - In one aspect, machines in a managed network implements a set of rules that cause individual machines to directly interact with only a small number of machines in the network (i.e., a local neighborhood within the network), while the independent local actions of the individual machines collectively cause the individual machines to be self-organized into one or more communication orbits without any global control or coordination by a server or an administrator. The communication orbits are used for supporting network, security and system management communications in the managed network. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SERVICING CALL WITH DOORPHONE USING TELEMATICS - A method for servicing a call with a door phone includes: requesting, by a server on a network supporting interworking between the door phone and a vehicle telematics terminal, vehicle information from the vehicle telematics terminal due to a service request from a smart terminal in a home in response to an action of the door phone; receiving, at the server, the vehicle information from the vehicle telematics terminal; and providing, by the server, a call connection between the door phone and the vehicle telematics terminal based on whether or not a vehicle is being driven, as determined by the received vehicle information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143023 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A management device includes a communication controller that determines whether or not to release a communication resource reserved for a stationary terminal according to whether or not congestion is occurring in a core network at termination of communication of the stationary terminal, and a network interface unit that transmits a result of the determination by the communication controller to a base station. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING UCI AND METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION THEREOF BASED ON MIMO SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing uplink control information (UCI) and a method for transmitting the UCI based on a multiple input multiple output system, which processing method comprises: repeating ACK/NACK source bits and/or rank indicator (RI) source bits in the uplink control information to form M groups, with each group corresponding to a code word (S | 2016-05-19 |
20160143025 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR LOGIC CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION - A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network via a plurality of component carriers. The controller determines a plurality of service levels, each corresponding to a respective one of the component carriers, and allocates uplink resource assignments for uplink data transmissions according to the service levels and traffic type of the uplink data. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143026 | SOUNDING PROCEDURE INCLUDING UPLINK MULTIPLE-USER TRANSMISSION IN A HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS LAN - The present disclosure relates to a sounding procedure including uplink multi-user transmission in a High Efficiency WLAN (HEW). According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method for transmitting a response frame by a responding Station (STA) to a transmitting STA in a wireless local area network may be provided. The method may include receiving, from the transmitting STA, a trigger frame including information related to a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) for the response frame, and transmitting, to the transmitting STA, the response frame according to an MCS determined based on the information related to the MCS for the response frame included in the trigger frame. When a type of the response frame corresponds to a Multiple-User (MU) type, a same MCS may be applied to the response frame by a plurality of STAs including the STA and at least one other STA. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS, IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FOR EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION ABOUT SMALL CELL THAT HAS SMALL CELL SERVICE REGION - A method and an apparatus, in a mobile communication system, for effectively providing configuration information about a small cell that has a small cell service region are provided. The method for transmitting reconfiguration information of a small cell base station in a mobile communication system includes: when deciding to reconfigure a small cell, obtaining the latest macro cell configuration information from a macro cell base station; generating reconfiguration information about the small cell on the basis of the obtained macro cell configuration information; and transmitting, to the macro cell base station, the regenerated reconfiguration information so that the macro cell base station can transmit the reconfiguration information to User Equipment (UE). | 2016-05-19 |
20160143028 | REMOTELY CONFIGURABLE MOBILE WIRELESS ACCESS POINT DEVICE - Provided is an intelligent mobile wireless access point device that is set-up to allow for remote configuration of the access point device, via a mobile communication network, by a configuration server. A configuration file for a mobile wireless access point device is maintained by a service provider in a configuration server. The configuration file is delivered to the mobile wireless access point devices over the mobile communication network, which allows multiple mobile wireless access point devices to be configured substantially simultaneously and without the multiple mobile wireless access point devices being physically located at an enterprise location. In addition, the remote configuration examples of a mobile wireless access point device mitigate the opportunities for unauthorized use of the mobile wireless access point, and provide additional security features for authorized users. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143029 | BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station device is able to allocate the resources of multiple subframes to a terminal device by MSS, and thereby improve frame utilization efficiency. However, there is a problem in that the terminal device must attempt to detect control information every frame, leading to higher power consumption of the terminal device. Provided is a base station device that transmits a signal made of a frame made up of a plurality of subframes, the base station device including a PDCCH generation unit that at least generates data for indicating a resource allocation to a terminal device, and a PDSCH generation unit that at least generates data for indicating data of a higher layer, wherein the data for indicating a resource allocation at least includes data related to a number of subframes for allocating a resource of a plurality of subframes, and the data of a higher layer includes information related to a periodicity at which the data for allocating a resource of a plurality of subframes is transmitted. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143030 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING FRAME FOR SUPPORTING LEGACY SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SEARCHING CELL USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a method of transmitting a frame for supporting a legacy system, and a method and an apparatus of searching a cell using the same. A frame including a first frequency band for supporting a mobile communication system and a second frequency band for supporting a legacy system and having a total frequency band larger than the second frequency band is generated. Primary broadcasting information related to a frequency bandwidth is transmitted through a broadcasting physical channel of the second frequency band. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143031 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING SHORT DATA DURING AN ACTIVE TDMA CALL - A mobile radio (MR) transmits short data during an active time division multiple access (TDMA) call in a wireless communication system. The mobile radio receives first communication media (CM) of the active call in a first slot of a first outbound TDMA logical channel (FLC) of an outbound traffic frequency having a slotting ratio n>=2. The MR transmits short data during at least a portion of a second slot of the FLC, pending short data on an inbound logical data channel of an inbound traffic frequency. The MR then receives second CM of the active call in a third slot of the FLC, and receives missed CM of the active call without specifically identifying the missed CM in any request for re-transmission of missed CM, in a first slot of a second outbound TDMA logical channel of the outbound traffic frequency. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143032 | BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Base stations in a system where a mobile station communicates with one of multiple base stations at each subframe using one of multiple UL-DL configurations include: a signal assigner and a separator. The signal assigner assigns signals to be transmitted to the mobile station, based on assignment information, the assignment information indicating assignment of subframes included in a UL-DL configuration that is configured to the mobile station, for each of the multiple base stations. Multiple subframes included in a UL-DL configuration are assigned to each of the multiple base station devices, for each DL/Sp/UL set made up of subframes correlated by a UL grant-PUSCH timing and a DL assignment(PDSCH)-HARQ ACK timing. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143033 | MULTI-SPECTRUM ACCESS NODE - Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. In an aspect, a method can comprise receiving first information by an access node of a premises network via a first radio frequency band. At least a portion of the first information can be transmitted via a second radio frequency band to a gateway node of the premises network. Second information can be received from the gateway node via the second radio frequency band. At least a portion of the second information can be transmitted via the first radio frequency band to a source of the first information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143034 | FREQUENCY RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND BASE STATION DEVICE - This frequency resource allocation method involves receiving, from each mobile station, channel quality information for each frequency resource and a determination result indicating whether or not data has been correctly received by the whole of the frequency resources allocated to that mobile station; for each mobile station, an allocation index for the allocation of frequency resources is calculated on the basis of the channel quality information and the determination result received from the mobile station, and frequency resources are allocated to each mobile station on the basis of the allocation index. To calculate the allocation index, a correction value based on the determination result is found for each of multiple groups into which the frequency resources allocated to that mobile station are divided, and then the allocation index is calculated on the basis of the correction value for each group and the channel quality information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143035 | CARRIER SWITCHING METHOD, BASE STATION, AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention discloses a carrier switching method, a base station, and user equipment, where the method includes: determining, according to carrier switching capability information of user equipment UE, a carrier switching policy according to which the UE performs carrier switching; and sending carrier switching indication information to the UE, where the carrier switching indication information is used for indicating the carrier switching policy, so that the UE performs carrier switching according to the carrier switching policy. In the carrier switching method, the base station and the user equipment according to embodiments of the present invention, the UE having no carrier aggregation capability is enabled to dynamically perform switching between at least two carriers, so that quality of service of a service of the UE can be improved, user experience can be improved, and system performance can be improved. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143036 | HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) METHOD AND DEVICE IN A COOPERATIVE TERMINAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a method for a terminal to perform a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) in a wireless access system that supports cooperative terminal communication includes allocating a second carrier from a base station through a first carrier, the first carrier being used for data transmission to the base station and the second carrier being used for data transmission to another terminal; receiving a preamble and configuration information on the second carrier from the base station; transmitting data to the other terminal in an uplink subframe of the second carrier on the basis of the received configuration information; and receiving acknowledgement (ACK) or non-acknowledgement (NACK) for the transmitted data from a downlink subframe of the second carrier related to the uplink subframe. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143037 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SETTING METHOD, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND PROGRAM - A base station includes a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control information to a user equipment, the downlink control information being generated based on one of a first uplink allocation information and a second uplink allocation information, and a receiver configured to receive a first reference signal in a case where the transmitted downlink control information is generated based on the first uplink allocation information, and a second reference signal in a case where the transmitted downlink control information is generated based on the second uplink allocation information. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143038 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device receives a frequency resource allocation for data transmission configured of a plurality of subframes and notified from a base station device, the terminal device being provided with an orthogonal sequence generation unit that generates an orthogonal sequence to be applied to a reference signal, in accordance with the number of the plurality of subframes allocated. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143039 | Methods and Devices for Controlling Resource Usage | 2016-05-19 |
20160143040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING DATA BASED ON A COMBINED BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sharing data based on a combined bandwidth consumption. In use, a first sharing action is received. Next, a first bandwidth consumption is received. Further, a second bandwidth consumption is received. Additionally, it is determined whether a combination of the first bandwidth consumption and the second bandwidth consumption surpasses a predefined threshold. Lastly, the first sharing action is conditionally allowed based on the determination. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143041 | MULTIMODE WIRELESS TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention provide a multimode wireless terminal, including a general-purpose central processing unit, a reconfigurable baseband processing module, a reconfigurable intermediate radio frequency module, and a reconfigurable antenna module, terminal is applicable to various network environments. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143042 | RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to avoid interference efficiently and control the amount of radio resources that are not used for interference avoidance, the present invention provides a radio base station connected to a neighbor radio base station via inter-radio base station interface. The radio base station has: a radio communication section that performs radio communication with a user terminal using a UL/DL configuration indicating a configuration of uplink and downlink subframes in a radio frame; an interference detecting section that measures and detects interference that the radio base station suffers from; and a selecting section that uses an interference detection result as a basis to determine which to apply to each subframe, between a resource allocation-unrestricted scheme and an inter-cell uplink/downlink orthogonalization scheme. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143043 | TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING BURSTY INTERFERENCE IN A SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes determining, at a user equipment (UE), that the UE is exposed to a bursty interference in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, and modifying, based at least in part on the bursty interference, a feedback message reporting by the UE to a base station. A second method includes determining, at a base station, that a UE is exposed to a bursty interference in a shared radio frequency spectrum band, and modifying, based at least in part on the bursty interference, one or more of: a link adaptation for the UE or a transmission schedule for the UE. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143044 | TERMINAL DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a wireless communication system in which channel state information is used, a mobile station device and a base station device efficiently communicates with each other. A subframe in a certain serving cell that satisfies references which include at least a reference (i) is regarded as being valid as a CSI reference resource. In the reference (i), in a case where information which is signaled on a PDCCH and that indicates a UL-DL configuration is detected, the UL-DL configuration is given by the information. In the reference (i), in a case where the information is not detected, the UL-DL configuration is the same as a UL-DL configuration that is indicated by a higher layer parameter. The reference (i): the subframe is a subframe that is indicated as, a downlink subframe or a special subframe, by the UL-DL configuration. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143045 | METHOD, NETWORK NODE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A DROPPED CONNECTION - A method is performed in a network node of a mobile communication network, for determining a dropped connection to a mobile terminal. The method comprises detecting a release of a radio bearer associated with the mobile terminal; determining whether the radio bearer is a real-time type radio bearer; when the radio bearer is a real-time type radio bearer, determining the released radio bearer to be a dropped connection when the release is classified as an involuntary release; and when the radio bearer differs from a real-time type radio bearer, determining the released radio bearer to be a dropped connection when there is remaining user data in a buffer for transfer in either direction over the released radio bearer. A corresponding network node, computer program and computer program product are also presented. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143046 | Maximization of Radio Resource Allocation For A Carrier Aggregated User Equipment - To schedule user equipments (UEs) in a scheduling period, for each of X cells in a carrier aggregation (CA) system relative priorities of data bearers are determined. Each data bearer is associated with a respective UE having buffered data and at least one of the UEs is a CA-UE that is allowed radio resource allocation to its associated data bearers in at least two of the cells. For each CA-UE, the buffered data of the CA-UE is distributed across those cells in which the CA-UE and its associated bearers are allowed resource allocation using a measure of total data throughput for each of those cells. For each of the X cells resources are allocated to the data bearers according to the relative priorities such that for each CA-UE the resources allocated to its associated data bearers across those cells are sufficient to carry the buffered data as distributed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143047 | Scheduling and Admission of Radio Bearers in a Communications System Applying Carrier Aggregation - A method and a network node ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160143048 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING RECONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS RESOURCE - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving a signal from a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting reconfiguration of a wireless resource. Specifically, the present invention comprises the method for receiving, during a reconfiguration period, a plurality of reconfiguration messages from a subframe at a location indicated by means of upper layer signaling, wherein the plurality of reconfiguration messages indicate the same uplink-downlink configuration within the reconfiguration period. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143049 | WLAN AND LTE TIME DIVISION BASED SCHEDULING DEVICES AND METHODS - A device with concurrent long-term evolution (LTE) and WLAN uplink transmission includes a WLAN transceiver coupled to an LTE transceiver via an interface. The LTE transceiver includes an LTE Layer-1 module that determines whether an LTE data downlink activity is scheduled for an LTE downlink sub-frame of an LTE time frame, based on information in a first portion of the LTE downlink sub-frame. When determination is made that the LTE data downlink activity is not scheduled for the LTE downlink sub-frame, a message may be communicated through the interface to notify the WLAN transceiver that the second portion of the LTE downlink sub-frame is available for WLAN communication. The LTE time frame includes multiple LTE downlink sub-frames each including the first portion and a second portion. The first portion provides the information that indicates whether the LTE data downlink activity is scheduled for the second portion of that LTE sub-frame. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143050 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER TERMINAL | 2016-05-19 |
20160143051 | BASE STATION APPARATUS - A REC unit manages card information on each of L1 cards handling a physical channel, L2-1 cards handling a logical channel, and L2-2 cards in which a scheduling function for communication processing performed with respect to the L1 card and/or the L2-1 card is implemented. A call control card of the REC unit selects, for each of first to third channels, a processing card establishing a signal path relevant to the logical channel from among the L1 card, the L2-1 card, and the L2-2 card. The call control card transmits connection relation information indicating a combination of the processing cards selected to each processing card. On the basis of the connection relation information received from the call control card, each processing card establishes the signal path for each of the first to third channels relevant to the logical channel between the processing cards. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143052 | ADAPTIVE RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF CELLULAR AND DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detect that a mode change is required; and in response to the detection that a mode change is required, select a mode for resource allocation, wherein the mode is selected based on a command received by the apparatus or the mode is selected from a plurality of modes which comprises a first mode and a second mode, and wherein in the first mode the cellular communication and device to device communication are separated in time, and in the second mode the cellular communication and device to device communication take place simultaneously. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143053 | Physical Structure and Reference Signal Utilization of Enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel for OFDM/OFDMA Systems - A two-level physical structure is defined for better diversity for both distributed and localized transmission in enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). First level is a physical unit of enhanced resource element groups (eREGs), where the group of REs is predefined for each eREG. Second level is a logical unit of enhanced control channel elements (eCCEs), where the group of eREGs is predefined or configurable by higher layer for each eCCE. For distributed transmission of ePDCCH, eCCE consists of several eREGs that are distributed in multiple non-contiguous PRBs spreading over the whole channel frequency. Downlink control information (DCI) is transmitted on a number of aggregated eCCEs according to the modulation and coding level required. The utilization reference signals of antenna ports for ePDCCH demodulation is based on the logical order of eCCEs and the aggregation level for DCI transmission. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143054 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SERVING GRANT OF USER TERMINAL OF NEIGHBORING CELL - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for controlling a serving grant of a user terminal (UE) of a neighboring cell. The method is used for controlling a UE in a CELL-FACH state or in an idle state of a neighboring cell through a common E-RGCH. The method includes: obtaining a control command by monitoring the common E-RGCH of the neighboring cell; determining whether the UE satisfies at least one further configured controlled condition; and when the UE satisfies the at least one controlled condition, adjusting the serving grant of the UE based on the obtained control command. Through the method and the apparatus according to the embodiments of the disclosure, throughput of the UE may be prevented from being reduced excessively, thereby improving communication performance. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143055 | SIGNALING ADAPTED CSI-RS PERIODICITIES IN ACTIVE ANTENNA SYSTEMS - A method in a network node is disclosed. The method comprises grouping a plurality of antenna ports corresponding to a plurality of channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) into at least a first CSI-RS antenna port group and a second CSI-RS antenna port group, and determining, based at least in part on one or more criteria, a first transmission periodicity for the first CSI-RS antenna port group and a second transmission periodicity for the second CSI-RS antenna port group. The method further comprises transmitting, to one or more user equipment, the CSI-RS corresponding to the antenna ports in the first CSI-RS antenna port group according to the determined first transmission periodicity, and transmitting, to the one or more user equipment, the CSI-RS corresponding to the antenna ports in the second CSI-RS antenna port group according to the determined second transmission periodicity. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143056 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSMIT DATA FRAME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method for guaranteeing a data frame transmit opportunity in a wireless LAN system having three different transmission modes includes: setting a first transmission protection interval based on a lowest transmission mode, when a node of a mode having a lowest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exists in the wireless LAN system, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame; and setting a second transmission protection interval based on a mode having a highest transmission rate, when only nodes of a mode having a highest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exist, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143057 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR MANAGING COLLISIONS - It is presented a method for managing collisions in a cell of a cellular communication network comprising a radio access network shared by a plurality of core network operators, each core network operator being associated with a priority. The method is performed in a network node and comprises the steps of: estimating a random access load in the cell by considering successful and failed random access attempts by wireless devices during an estimation period in the cell; determining a set of restrictions for wireless devices of a lower priority operator of the multiple core network operators based on the estimated random access load; and restricting random access in the cell according to the set of restrictions. A corresponding network node is also presented. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143058 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CLEAR CHANNEL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME - The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for clear channel assessment and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing efficient clear channel assessment based on BBS identifier information of non-legacy wireless LAN information. To this end, provided is a wireless communication method including: receiving a radio signal of a specific channel; measuring a signal strength of the received radio signal; and determining whether the specific channel is busy based on the measured signal strength and BSS identifier information of the radio signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143059 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING RANDOM ACCCESS RESPONSE MESSAGES FOR COVERAGE CONSTRAINED DEVICES - Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for establishing lightweight communications between different network components. A messaging process is utilized which includes a random access procedure for a user equipment (UE) and an eNodeB, and a messaging sequence comprising a reduced number of messages (compared to a legacy Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection messaging sequence) exchanged between different nodes of the network to establish a lightweight connection. These messages can be generated using any combination of pre-configured or pre-determined data specific to either the UE or to lightweight communications. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143060 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, USER TERMINAL, AND PROCESSOR - A communication control method according to a first aspect is used in a cellular communication system including a user terminal operating in either one of states, a connected state or an idle state. The communication control method comprises a step of performing, by UE | 2016-05-19 |
20160143061 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - In order to provide a transmission device and transmission method with which a response signal for random access preamble transmitted from a preamble transmission device is efficiently transmitted, setting unit ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160143062 | Method, Apparatus and System for Random Access - A method can be used for facilitating a random access procedure between a first transceiver and a second transceiver within a cell. The first transceiver selects a signature sequence from a set of signature sequences, incorporates the signature sequence into a signal, and transmits the signal to the second transceiver. The set of signature sequences being obtained from a Zadoff-Chu sequence with zero correlation zone. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143063 | Enhanced RACH Design for Machine-Type Communications - An adaptive RACH operation is proposed for machine-type communications (MTC) in a 3GPP wireless network. The adaptive RACH operation is based on context information to reduce RACH collision probability, to control network overload, and to enhance system performance. The context information includes device related information and network related information. Device related information includes device type and service or application type. Network related information includes network load information and historical statistics information. Based on the context information, an MTC device adjusts various network access and RACH parameters by applying adaptive RACH operation in different levels. For example, in the application level and the network level, the MTC device adjusts its access probability or RACH backoff time for RACH access. In the radio access network (RAN) level, the MTC device adjusts its access probability or RACH backoff time, or transmits RACH preambles using adjusted RACH radio resources and preambles. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for random access in a wireless communication system. In a communication environment in which a first terminal and a second terminal coexist, a base station receives a random access identification signal from one among a first terminal and a second terminal. The base station transmits a busy signal in response to the random access identification signal. After that, the base station receives data from the terminal having transmitted the random access identification signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143065 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD OF LOCATING A PORTABLE SERVICE ACCESS TRANSCEIVER - Described are devices, methods, techniques and systems for locating a portable services access transceiver (PSAT) for use in aiding emergency “911” services. In one implementation, one or more conditions indicative of movement of a PSAT may initiate a process for obtaining a new estimated location of the PSAT. In another implementation, a location of a PSAT may be determined or updated using indoor navigation techniques. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143066 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING WEB APPLICATIONS OF A FIRST COMMUNICATION DEVICE ON A SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICE BY USING BAN - A method, system and Body Area Network, BAN, enabled communication devices for displaying content of a first BAN enabled communication device on a second BAN enabled communication device are enclosed wherein the method comprising establishing a BAN link through a human body of a user that is wearing the first BAN enabled device, between the first BAN enabled device and a second BAN enabled device, transmitting the content from the first BAN enabled device to the second BAN enabled device by using the established BAN link, and displaying the transmitted content on a Graphical User Interface, GUI, on the second BAN enabled device, when the user touches the second BAN enabled device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143067 | Apparatus and Methods for Accessing a Data Network - A packet data network gateway, P-GW, is located in a second network for supporting user plane data to terminal devices in a wireless communications system that additionally comprises a first network having a first packet data network gateway, P-GW operably couplable to the P-GW. The P-GW comprises a processor arranged to: check a destination address of received packets from the first P-GW to determine whether the received packets are destined for any of the terminal devices, and in response thereto: extract one or more properties of said received packets if they are destined for any of the terminal devices served with user plane data; or discard said received packets if they are not destined for the terminal device(s). | 2016-05-19 |
20160143068 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFECTIVE PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER REUSE - Systems and methods for allocating a physical cell identifier (PCI) to a cell are described. In one implementation, the method comprises identifying allocated physical cell identifiers based on PCI data and generating a near PCI list and a far PCI list based on the allocated PCIs and a RSRP threshold value. Further, the method comprises determining cell group IDs and a cell IDs from the near PCI list and the far PCI list. Further, the method comprises assigning the cell group IDs to a first bin and the cell IDs to a second bin. Further, the method comprises prioritizing the cell group IDs in the first bin based on effective distance and the cell IDs in the second bin based on an effective RSRP value. Further, the method comprises allocating the PCI, to the cell, determined based on the prioritized cell group IDs and the cell IDs. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE WI-FI DEVICES AUTOMATICALLY CONNECTING TO SPECIFIED ACCESS POINT - Methods and systems for multiple Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) devices automatically connecting to a specified access point (AP) are provided. The method includes defining an encryption field in a beacon frame. The encryption field contains connection information of the specified AP defined by a vendor and each of the multiple Wi-Fi devices is from the same vendor. The method also includes assigning respectively a key that decrypts the connection information of the specified AP contained in the encryption field to each Wi-Fi device, and broadcasting the connection information of the specified AP contained in the encryption field of the beacon frame by any AP containing the encryption field. Further, the method includes decrypting the connection information of the specified AP contained in the encryption field of the beacon frame by the multiple Wi-Fi devices having the key, such that the multiple Wi-Fi devices are connected to the specified AP. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143070 | ZONE-BASED SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR INTRA-VEHICULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods provide secure and wireless intra-vehicular communication. An intra-vehicular communication system has a secured network segment including a plurality of secure zones on a vehicle, the secure zones each having a plurality of node devices. The system also has a single point of security proximate each secure zone on the vehicle providing communication security for a corresponding secure zone, and a public network segment on the vehicle configured to wirelessly transport data traffic between the secure zones. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143071 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM OF ESTABLISHING A TUNNEL - A method, a device, and a network system of establishing a tunnel are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure. The method of establishing the tunnel includes: obtaining, by a WTP, an address of an AC and an address of a BRAS from a DHCP server; using, by the WTP, the address of the AC to establish a CAPWAP control tunnel with the AC; and using, by the WTP, the address of the BRAS to establish a CAPWAP data tunnel with the BRAS. By using the technical scheme provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the CAPWAP data tunnel may be established between the WTP and the BRAS. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143072 | SUPPORT FOR PEER-TO-PEER DISCOVERY IN 5 GHZ BAND - A method and apparatus are disclosed that allow a first wireless device to form a peer-to-peer (P2P) connection with a second wireless device that does not operate on the social channels of a first frequency band. The first wireless device receives, from the second wireless device, an action frame indicating a selected channel in a second frequency band. The first wireless device may scan a number of social channels in the first frequency band to discover a presence of another wireless device, and then scans the selected channel to discover the presence of the second wireless device. | 2016-05-19 |
20160143073 | MOBILE DEVICE, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR OPERATING MOBILE DEVICE - A method for operating a mobile device includes: receiving a first wireless signal from an external wireless signal transmitter, in which the first wireless signal comprises an identification code, and the identification code corresponds to the external wireless signal transmitter; sending a service request comprising the identification code to the information providing device to request the information providing device to provide a real-time information to the mobile device according to the identification code; acquiring communication information of the at least one target mobile device; and providing a second wireless signal to the at least one target mobile device, in which the second wireless signal comprises at least one of the real-time information and the identification code. | 2016-05-19 |