22nd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170155992 | Power Management for Wireless Earpieces - A system, method and wireless earpieces for managing power utilized by a pair of wireless earpieces. A signal strength is determined between the pair of wireless earpieces. Signal activity is determined for the pair of wireless earpieces. A low power mode is activated in response to determining the signal activity is below an activity threshold. The low power mode is activated for the one or more of the pair of wireless earpieces in response to the signal strength exceeding one or more signals thresholds. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155993 | Wireless Earpieces Utilizing Graphene Based Microphones and Speakers - A system, method, and wireless earpiece. The wireless earpiece includes a frame supporting circuitry of the wireless earpiece. The frame includes a graphene speaker and a graphene microphone with a sleeve portion of the frame configured to fit in to an ear canal of a user. The wireless earpiece may further include a processor for executing a set of instructions and a memory for storing the set of instructions, wherein the set of instructions are executed to process the first electronic signals for playback by the graphene speaker; and process the second electronic signals received from the graphene microphone. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155994 | NOISE REDUCTION WITH IN-EAR HEADPHONE - An in-ear headphone comprises an earbud body constructed and arranged for positioning in an ear canal of a wearer, and configured to have a distal end farther into the ear canal than a proximal end. The earbud body includes a cavity and an opening to the cavity. The in-ear headphone further comprises a transducer in the opening to the cavity, a portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening; a microphone at the distal end of the earbud body; an earbud tip on the earbud body and complying with a surface of the earbud body; and an acoustically resistive mesh structure at a distal end of the earbud tip. The mesh structure covers the microphone and the portion of the transducer facing outward from the opening. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155995 | DEFORMABLE EAR TIP FOR EARPHONE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A removable component for use with an earphone is disclosed. As an example, the removable component can be an ear tip. According to one aspect, an improved ear tip can be provided for use with a headphone. The ear tip is suitable for in-ear operation and can have a cosmetic deformable outer member. The deformable outer member can enable the ear tip to readily conform to a user's ear. The ear tip can also include an inner member to structurally support the outer member and to facilitate attachment to a headphone. Methods for forming such ear tips are also disclosed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155996 | EARPHONE DEVICE - An earphone device includes earphone cables that do not become twisted or entangled with each other. The volume of the earphone is reduced to facilitate storage and portability. The earphone device includes an earphone jack and a pair of earphone speakers for outputting sound. Earphone cables extended at a predetermined length from the earphone jack, and branch into first and second earphone cables to be connected respectively to the pair of earphone speakers. The first and second earphone cables have a coupling protrusion and a coupling groove at mutually facing surfaces such that the earphone cables can be separably coupled by male-female coupling of the coupling protrusion and the coupling groove. The coupling protrusion and the coupling groove are formed such that the earphone cables can be wound into a spiral shape and integrally united using the male-female coupling when the earphone cables are wound in a lengthwise direction. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155997 | Vehicle with interaction between entertainment systems and wearable devices - A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and an entertainment system disposed within the vehicle wherein the entertainment system comprises at least one audio source. The entertainment system is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless earpiece to provide for streaming of audio to and from the at least one wireless earpiece. A method includes providing a vehicle having an entertainment system, wirelessly connecting the entertainment system of the vehicle to at least one wireless ear piece associated with an occupant within the vehicle, and streaming audio from the at least one wireless earpiece to the entertainment system of the vehicle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155998 | Vehicle with display system for interacting with wearable device - A system includes a vehicle, a vehicle network disposed within the vehicle, and a vehicle display operative connected to the vehicle network. The vehicle network is configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one wireless earpiece to receive data from the at least one wireless earpiece and display information associated with the at least one wireless earpiece on the vehicle display. The vehicle may also be configured to receive input from an occupant wearing the at least one wireless earpiece using the vehicle display and communicate the input to the at least one wireless earpiece. | 2017-06-01 |
20170155999 | WIRED AND WIRELESS EARSET - The present disclosure relates to a wired and wireless earset, the earset comprising: a first earphone unit configured to be able to be inserted into a first external auditory canal of a user; a second earphone unit configured to be able to be inserted into a second external auditory canal of the user; and a main body connected to the first earphone unit, the second earphone unit and an external device, the main body comprising a switch setting up an operating mode to allow the earset to operate in one of a first mode and a second mode, and first and second speaker output adjusting circuits adjusting respective outputs of the first and second speakers in the first mode. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156000 | Vehicle with ear piece to provide audio safety - An earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a speaker associated with the ear piece housing, a microphone associated with the ear piece housing a wireless transceiver disposed within the ear piece housing and a processor disposed within the ear piece housing. The earpiece is configured to connect with a vehicle using the wireless transceiver and after connection with the vehicle automatically enter a driving mode. In the driving mode, the earpiece senses ambient sound with the microphone and reproduces the ambient sound at the speaker. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156001 | MASS LOADED EARBUD WITH VENT CHAMBER - Intra-concha earphones are disclosed. In an embodiment, an intra-concha earphone includes a housing having a rear space divided into a back volume, a bass duct, and a vent chamber between a driver and a rear wall. The vent chamber may be acoustically coupled with the back volume through both an acoustic port and the bass duct. Furthermore, the vent chamber may be acoustically coupled with a surrounding environment through a vent port, which may be a sole acoustic opening in the rear wall. Thus, sound emitted by the driver may propagate through the acoustic port and the bass duct to meet in the vent chamber before being discharged through the vent port to the surrounding environment. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156002 | INTEGRATED MEMS MICROPHONE AND VIBRATION SENSOR - MEMS microphone and vibration sensor dies and packages are described. In an embodiment, a MEMS microphone and vibration sensor die includes a die substrate, a MEMS microphone on the die substrate and a MEMS vibration sensor on the die substrate. The MEMS vibration sensor may include a plurality of beams with different proof masses corresponding to different resonant frequencies, wherein the different proof masses comprise a same material as the die substrate. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156003 | SPEAKER CABINET - Speaker Cabinets are provided. In one embodiment, a speaker cabinet comprises: a core fabricated from a core material, the core material having an inner chamber defining an air cavity internal to the core; a baffle board having an internal side and an external side, wherein the internal side is mounted to the core at an opening to the air cavity; and a plurality of baffle board sonic coupling battens extending from the baffle board into the core material of the core. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156004 | ACOUSTIC TUNABLE SPEAKER DEVICE - An speaker device with an acoustic tuning assembly can adjust sound in variety. The acoustic tuning assembly includes a main body and a housing receiving the main body. The main body receives an acoustic unit, and includes a first sound chamber and an upper peripheral wall. The housing defines a plurality of through holes. The upper peripheral wall defines a plurality of match holes. The housing can be rotated relatively to the main body to make the through holes of the housing are overlapped partially or completely with the match holes to formed a plurality of overlap holes, or make the through holes of the housing are non-overlapping with the match holes. Therefore, sound from the acoustic unit can be transmitted through the first sound chamber and selectively through the overlap holes. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156005 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting Main Microphone - In an embodiment of the present invention, a terminal monitors a working state parameter of a main microphone arranged on the terminal; judges whether the working state parameter satisfies a preset rule; and prompts a user that an audio input signal is abnormal or selects a main microphone satisfying the preset rule as an audio input according to a judgment result. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156006 | HEADPHONE AUDIO AND AMBIENT SOUND MIXER - A headphone set can enable the substantially simultaneous output of two or more audio sources to a user. The audio from the multiple sources may be mixed so that a listener can hear and understand audio received from multiple audio sources. Thus, in certain embodiments, a user can consume media and also engage in conversation with other users or listen to ambient sounds, such as a telephone ringing or an alarm. Further, a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, can mix audio from multiple sources enabling a user to consume audio from the device while also listening to ambient sound or audio received from a source other than the device, using currently-available headphones. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156007 | DIAPHRAGMS FOR LOUSDSPEAKER DRIVE UNITS - A diaphragm for a loudspeaker drive unit or for a microphone includes a rigid dome-shaped member having a thickness that varies from a first thicker thickness at a first location at the periphery of the dome-shaped member to a second thinner thickness at a second location, which is nearer to the centre of the dome-shaped member. There is a step-wise change in thickness at a location between the first location and the second location. Having greater thickness at the periphery of the dome-shaped member may improve stiffness of the diaphragm and may allow for an increased break-up frequency. Having thinner material elsewhere in the dome-shaped member may allow the mass of the diaphragm to be kept low and may result in better acoustic sensitivity. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156008 | TRANSDUCER ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TRANSDUCER ELEMENT - The present invention concerns a transducer element ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156009 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING FEEDBACK CANCELLATION RESOURCES FOR HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for allocating feedback cancellation resources for improved acoustic feedback cancellation for hearing assistance devices. In various embodiments, a hearing assistance device includes a microphone and a processor configured to receive signals from the microphone and process them according to a plurality of processing blocks. The processor is adapted to include an event detector that can provide detection of an event and an output to adjust one or more processing blocks of the overall process to more efficiently use resources of the processor for the event detected, in various embodiments. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156010 | EXTERNAL COMPONENT WITH INDUCTANCE AND MECHANICAL VIBRATORY FUNCTIONALITY - A device including an inductive radio frequency communication coil and a platform apparatus configured to be secured or coupled to an actuator such that the actuator can induce vibration in the skull inducing hearing percepts, and the RF coil can deliver communication allowing an implantable stimulator to also induce hearing percepts. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156011 | HEARING AID WITH A FLEXIBLE CARRIER ANTENNA AND RELATED METHOD - A hearing aid having an electrical assembly, the electrical assembly includes a printed circuit board having a first board surface and a second board surface, the printed circuit board having a first pad in a first pad region on the first board surface, the first pad region having a first board normal; a flexible printed circuit board comprising an antenna, the antenna having a first terminal in a first terminal region on a first flexfilm surface of the flexible printed circuit board, the first terminal region having a first terminal normal; and first electrically conductive material connecting the first pad and the first terminal, and wherein the first terminal normal and the first board normal forms a first angle that is anywhere from 30° to 150°. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156012 | SYSTEM, AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING FIRING DIRECTION OF UPWARD FIRING SPEAKER - A system, an audio output device, and a method for automatically adjusting a firing direction of an upward firing speaker are disclosed. The system includes the audio output device and an audio receiver. The audio output device includes the upward firing speaker. During testing, the device controls the speaker to output a test audio signal at each of multiple testing angles of elevation. The audio receiver within a receiving area receives the test audio signal and generates a received audio waveform for creating reception information. The audio output device selects one testing angle as a preset angle of elevation according to the reception information. At playing, the audio output device is controlled by a mode selection signal and chooses a correction value from a mode lookup table to adjust the preset angle. The speaker is controlled to output an audio signal at the adjusted preset angle. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156013 | Sound Localization for an Electronic Call - During an electronic call between two individuals, a sound localization point simulates a location in empty space from where an origin of a voice of one individual occurs for the other individual. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156014 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A first level converter performs level conversion for a first digital signal into a second digital signal. A second level converter performs level conversion for a third digital signal into a fourth digital signal. An arithmetic unit generates a fifth digital signal obtained by subtracting the fourth digital signal from the second digital signal, and a sixth digital signal obtained by adding the first digital signal and the fourth digital signal to each other. A first DA converter performs DA conversion for the fifth digital signal into a first analog signal. A second DA converter performs DA conversion for the sixth digital signal into a second analog signal. An adder adds the first analog signal and the second analog signal to each other to generate a third analog signal. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156015 | SELECTION OF CODED NEXT GENERATION AUDIO DATA FOR TRANSPORT - An example device for receiving audio data includes an audio decoder implemented using digital logic circuitry and configured to decode audio data conforming to MPEG-H or AC-4 part 2, and an audio data processing unit implemented in digital logic circuitry and configured to receive a manifest file describing a plurality of audio objects conforming to MPEG-H or AC-4 part 2, wherein the manifest file indicates whether each of the audio objects is available via broadcast, broadband, or both broadcast and broadband, receive selection data indicating which of the audio objects are to be presented, receive streamed media data including the audio objects based on the selection data, and provide the audio objects indicated by the selection data to the audio decoder. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156016 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING OF DIRECTIONS OF DOMINANT DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS WITHIN SUBBANDS OF A HOA SIGNAL REPRESENTATION - Encoding of Higher Order Ambisonics (HOA) signals commonly results in high data rates. For data rate reduction, a method ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156017 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO CREATION AND DELIVERY - Systems and methods of providing an audio signal are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of delivering an audio signal from a device toward a user's ear includes, for example, transmitting a filtered audio signal from a transducer positioned at a location on the device that is longitudinally spaced apart from an entrance of an auditory canal of the user's ear when the device is worn on the user's head. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156018 | Method And Electronic Device For Online Tuning Application - A method and electronic device for online tuning an application. The method includes: receiving an application tuning request sent by a user terminal; parsing the application tuning request so as to determine a property parameter set of the user terminal; comparing the property parameter set with various index sets in a type reference system, wherein each index set in the type reference system corresponds to one type, determining a plurality of similarities between the property parameter set and the various index sets, and determining the type of the user terminal according to the similarity determination result; and determining an adapted tuning parameter configuration file with reference to a tuning parameter configuration list corresponding to various types in the type reference system according to the determined type of the user terminal and sending the tuning parameter configuration file to the user terminal. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156019 | Wireless connected device manager - A network connected device includes a device manager configured to receive dynamic information regarding the status of multiple wireless connected devices in an ecosystem. A display has multiple tiles, each tile corresponding to one of the connected devices, the multiple tiles showing the dynamic information and arranged about a control panel area that is larger than the individual tiles, wherein the control panel displays detailed information about, and an interface to control a connected device corresponding to the user selected one of the multiple tiles. The tiles are arranged about the control panel display the dynamic information from corresponding wireless connected devices that is relevant to control of the user selected tile corresponding wireless connected device via a setting in the control panel. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156020 | DISASTER SAFETY SYSTEM USING COMBINED BEACON AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THEREOF - The present invention relates to a disaster safety system using a combined beacon and a method for processing thereof. Various low-power sensors are combined with the combined beacon, which measures various environmental information for an installation place through a wireless communication network. The combined beacon supports, for example, Bluetooth and Bluetooth smart standards. The combined beacon combines sensors required by a user to measure and collect the environmental information for the installation place. The disaster safety system is provided to measure and collect various environmental information for the installation place in real time by using a combined beacon in which a plurality of sensors is combined and provide the environmental information to a smart device of a user and collect, analyze, and monitor the environmental information and predict and determine whether a disaster occurs at the installation place. According to the present invention, since the disaster safety system is able to be constructed by using an application of the smart device, system construction cost can be reduced and various sensors required by the user can be combined to the combined beacon and environmental data of the combined sensor is provided to be used for Internet of things (IoT) application services of various fields. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156021 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE IN LOW-POWER WIRELESS SENSOR COMMUNICATION - A control method for collision avoidance in low power wireless sensor communication including a center node and a plurality of neighbor nodes includes assigning a seed to a neighbor node associated with a center node, updating, by the neighbor node, the seed at each radio frame, determining, by the neighbor node, a criterion for performing communication, and transmitting data in a next slot according to a result of carrier sensing is provided. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156022 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE FOR HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method for a first electronic device having first and second antennas for communicating with a second device is disclosed. The method comprises determining which one of the first and second antennas of the first device is stimulated by an electromagnetic field generated by the second device; and transmitting one of first and second types of information according to which one of the first and second antennas is the determined antenna. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156023 | ID KITS FOR PERSONAL AUTOMATION, AND CHARGING UNITS THEREFOR - An ID kits for personal automation comprise: a wireless communication module for performing wireless communication with an external wireless communication device; a microcomputer for performing an operation according to a program configured according to a signal of the wireless communication device via the wireless communication and outputting the result of the performance to the wireless communication module; and a first battery for supplying power to the microcomputer, wherein each ID kit is given a unique number, which is then registered with only one wireless communication device, and thus can wirelessly communicate only with the registered wireless communication device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156024 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING ANTENNA LOCATION OF COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An apparatus, system, and method for displaying an antenna location of a communication terminal, receives, from a user carrying and operating the communication terminal, an instruction that causes the communication terminal to establish a non-contact communication with a counterpart communication device via an antenna provided in the communication terminal, and controls a display of the communication terminal to display location guide information indicating a location of the antenna in the communication terminal, the location guide information to be used for assisting the user in identifying a section of the communication terminal to be brought closer to the counterpart communication device to start establishing the non-contact communication with the counterpart communication device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156025 | NETWORK SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING SERVICES BASED ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES - A network system for positioning services based on wireless communication system, including base stations, a dedicated access apparatus, cables, and a server. The base stations, the dedicated access apparatus and the cables constituting a private network. The server constituting a public network. The base stations are configured to send and receive signals in a broadcasting manner, and transmit the signals to the server through the cables and the dedicated access apparatus. The dedicated access apparatus is configured to transfer transmission data between the private network and the public network, forward data from the base stations to the server, and forward data from the server to a corresponding base station. The cables are configured to transmit data between the base stations and between the base stations and the dedicated access apparatus. The server is configured to perform data processing according to the received data collected by at least one base station. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156026 | REAL-TIME LOCATION SHARING - The present disclosure generally describes that real-time location information may be exchanged among devices and a communications system, allowing for users to locate other users in real-time for determining whether such users may advantageously engage in collective activities. An example communications system may acquire and store device location information corresponding to devices in a user information database. The user information database may also include a variety of additional information such as user preferences, destinations, and place of work. Device location information and such additional information may be provided to devices by the communications system upon request. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156027 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST AND ACCURATE RSSI BASED LOCATION ESTIMATION - The present invention proposed a weighted Centroid Localisation (WCL) algorithm, which does the location estimation based only on the known positions of the gateways and the measurements of the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) at the gateways. The algorithm computes the weight of the gateway based on their rank when the gateways are sorted by their relative RSSI. Simulations have demonstrated the algorithm's robustness under different multipath/fading channel conditions and its good location performance. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156028 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER'S PRESENCE - The present disclosure relates generally to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156029 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING IN DYNAMIC GROUPINGS OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A RF based mobile positioning system determines mobile device positioning by count stamped packets communicated between the mobile device and access points according to a standard wifi protocol. Ad-hoc groups of wifi network nodes are formed and then broken with a mobile device as that mobile devices moves relative to fixed nodes, such as access points. Within an ad-hoc group, the nodes count stamp packets by latching a local counter within each node. Count-stamps are collected and used to generate ranges for a mobile device relative to nodes in an ad hoc group. A positioning services determines the position of the mobile device from the ranges. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROBUST AND EFFICIENT TDOA BASED LOCATION ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF VARIOUS MULTIPATH DELAY - A system comprising at least a mobile device ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156031 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A POSITION MEASUREMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a range measurement. For example, a first wireless communication device may include a radio to communicate a discovery frame with a second wireless communication device, the discovery frame including at least one movement indication field to indicate a time of movement of a sender of said discovery frame; and a controller to perform a range measurement procedure with said second wireless communication device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156032 | METHOD FOR REQUESTING TRANSPORTATION SERVICES - A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156033 | Location-Based Place Determination Using Online Social Networks - In one embodiment, one or more computing devices of an online social network, receives, from a mobile-client system, geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system. The one or more computing devices identify multiple candidate place-entities associated with the online social network that correspond to the geographic-location information, where each candidate place-entity is associated with a particular geographic location. The method also includes determining, for each candidate place-entity, a confidence score based on the geographic-location information associated with the mobile-client system, where the confidence score represents a probability that the first user is located at the candidate place-entity. A location-probability distribution associated with the candidate place-entity can also be used to calculate the confidence score. The one or more computing devices send, to the mobile-client system, information associated with one or more of the candidate place-entities based on their respective confidence scores. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156034 | Method and System for Providing Enhanced Location Based Information for Wireless Handsets - Methods, devices and systems for generating enhanced location information on or about a mobile device may include hybrid lateration and/or trilateration solutions in which the mobile device determines whether information obtained via a geospatial system of the mobile device is accurate, collects location information from a plurality of mobile devices in response to determining that the information obtained via the geospatial system of the mobile device is not accurate, computes computing more precise location information (including three-dimensional location and position information) based on the location information collected from the plurality of mobile devices, and uses the computed more precise location information to provide an enhanced location based service, such as an emergency location service, a commercial location service, an internal location service and/or a lawful intercept location service. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156035 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OBJECT MOTION BY CAPTURING MOTION DATA VIA RADIO FREQUENCY PHASE AND DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL DETECTION - Methods and systems for determining the motion of an object by capturing motion data. The methods and systems may comprise the use of motion sensor tags adapted for disposal on an object, wherein motion data may be collected by said motion sensor tags and transmitted via radio frequency signal for processing of collected data comprising the motion data, direction of arrival data, amplitude data, and phase data. The same system may also be adapted to determine the position of a UAV or aircraft by intercepting radio frequency communications signals emanating from the object. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156036 | METHOD FOR MONITORING ACTIVITY OF SUBJECT AND MONITORING DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for monitoring activity of a subject and a monitoring device therefor. The method comprises, detecting the direction of the monitoring device with respect to a hand of a subject by measuring a signal of y-axis for a time t | 2017-06-01 |
20170156037 | TELEMATICS FURTHERANCE VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to a telematics furtherance visualization system. The system can sense mobile device remote observation misalignment risk and reconcile mobile device remote observation alignment by communicating a subsequent log of mobile device vector data for rendering a sequence of next positions in the furtherance of a mobile device. The system can also provide an adaptive rendering based upon a phase shift, a log of mobile device vector data, or predictive rendering until receipt of the next subsequent log of mobile device vector data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156038 | DEVICE GROUP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A device group management system, method, and apparatus are provided. The method includes: after receiving an adding instruction of adding a target device into a target group, sending a broadcasting instruction to the target device where the broadcasting instruction triggers the target device to broadcast a signal, receiving signal strengths sent by reference devices where at least one of the signal strengths is signal strength of a received broadcasted signal which is acquired by one of the reference devices after it receives the broadcasted signal, and sorting the reference devices based on the signal strengths fed back by the reference devices. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156039 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULTANEOUS TALKING IN A TALKGROUP USING A DYNAMIC CHANNEL CHAIN - A mobile radio has selectable transmit and receive channels, and is in a talkgroup that has a primary channel and multiple auxiliary channels. The mobile radio receives a broadcast-start command, and responsively selects its transmit channel to be the primary channel (if available) or an inactive auxiliary channel (if the primary channel is not available). The mobile radio receives user media via its user interface, and transmits that received user media on its selected transmit channel. The mobile radio scans for an auxiliary channel transitioning from inactive to active. Responsive to detecting such a transition, the mobile radio selects that auxiliary channel as its receive channel. The mobile radio mixes inbound media received on its selected receive channel with user media received via its user interface, and transmits the mixed media on its selected transmit channel. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156040 | UNSTRUCTURED MESSAGE ESCALATION WITHIN A NETWORK COMPUTING SYSTEM - Unstructured message escalation may include, responsive to detecting an unanswered message from a sending mobile device of a sender to a receiving mobile device of a recipient, determining a sender-recipient relationship and a last known location of the receiving mobile device, determining a first contact of the recipient from a contact data storage device according to the sender-recipient relationship, a relationship between the recipient and the first contact, proximity, and an escalation plan for the recipient, and sending a first escalation message to the first contact. Responsive to determining that the message is unanswered subsequent to sending the first escalation message, selecting a second contact of the recipient according to the sender-recipient relationship, a relationship between the second contact and the recipient, proximity, and the escalation plan and sending a second escalation message to the second contact. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156041 | Downlink Offloading and Converging Method, Uplink Offloading and Converging Method, and Device - The present embodiments relate to a cellular radio access device sends, by using a non-cellular radio access device, a data frame to the UE served by the cellular radio access device, where the data frame includes a data packet that the cellular radio access device needs to send to the UE, and indication information used to indicate that the data packet is a cellular network data packet. The indication information is used by the UE to process the data packet by using a cellular network protocol according to the indication information. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156042 | COMMUNICATING LOCATION SPECIFIC EMERGENCY INFORMATION TO A MOBILE DEVICE - An occurrence of an emergency situation pertinent to people presently located within a venue can be identified. Responsive to identifying the emergency situation pertinent to the people located within the venue, location specific emergency information can be automatically communicated to a first mobile device. The location specific emergency information can describe an emergency plan for exiting the venue from a present location of the first mobile device within the venue. The location specific emergency information can be configured to be presented by the first mobile device to a user of the first mobile device to safely guide the user from the present location to an exit of the venue. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156043 | EMERGENCY CALL SUPPORT FOR VoLTE ROAMING WITHIN S8 HOME ROUTING ARCHITECTURE - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions are provided to receive an attach request from a wireless device to attach to the device; obtain a mobile telephone number of the wireless device from another device of a home wireless network of the wireless device, based on the attach request; receive subsequent to an attachment of the wireless device, a request to establish an unauthenticated Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) emergency call, wherein the wireless device is not registered with a visited Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem and the visited IMS is not communicatively coupled to a home IMS of the wireless device; and provide during an establishment of the unauthenticated VoLTE emergency call, the mobile telephone number to a public access safety point. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156044 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNICATION SERVICE IN A REMOTE LOCATION - Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example method includes attempting to establish a remote communication path to a wireless network from a proxy, the proxy physically attached to a balloon. A determination is made as to whether an emergency procedure is to be performed. In response to a first determination that the remote communication path is established and that the emergency procedure is to be performed, a current location of the proxy is determined, and the current location of the proxy is transmitted to an emergency server. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156045 | NOTIFYING EMERGENCY CONTACTS - A method of operating an emergency call procedure in a telecommunications network includes storing, for a user of an IMS network, emergency contact Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) of one or more emergency contacts of the user who may be contacted by emergency services in the event of an emergency call from the user. The method also includes receiving an emergency call from the user and providing the emergency contact URIs to a Public Safety Answering Point, PSAP. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156046 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING NEIGHBOR DISCOVERY - A method and apparatus for neighbor discovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A neighbor seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may search for a first signal to discover neighbor WTRUs for peer-to-peer communication. The WTRU may then receive the first signal. Further, the WTRU may generate a report based on the received first signal. Then, the WTRU may send a second signal carrying the report to a cellular wireless network. The first signal may include a beacon for neighbor discovery or a synchronization signal or both. The report may contain at least one neighbor WTRU identity or at least a portion of a time value or both. Further, the report may contain a counter value, including at least a portion of a time value. The counter value may be based on a time source. In addition, the first signal may be received from a synchronization source. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156047 | A NODE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION OF A WIRELESS DEVICE IN A ROAMING STATE - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a physical node, and corresponding methods therein, for providing authentication of a wireless device within a visiting wireless network while the wireless device is in a roaming state. The wireless device is registered to a home wireless network. The physical node further comprises a virtual representation of a functionality of at least one core network node controlled by the home wireless network. Thus, such authentication may be provided and control according to home network based procedures. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156048 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, ACCESS NETWORK DEVICE, AND APPLICATION SERVER - The present invention provides a communication method, user equipment, an access network device, and an application server. The method is: allocating, by the access network device, an IP address to the UE; and after the UE notifies the IP address to the application server, performing, by the application server, a data transmission service for the UE by using the IP address. By using the technical solutions of the present invention, a PDN-GW, an SGW, a PCRF entity, an MME, and an HSS in an existing wireless communications network are deleted, and functions of the foregoing network side devices are implemented by using the access network device and the application server. Therefore, it is avoided that an SGW-to-PDN-GW link becomes a bottleneck of a processing capability of the wireless communications network, network layers are greatly reduced, a data transmission delay is effectively reduced, and a network paralysis risk is reduced. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156049 | MANAGEMENT OF A SET OF IDENTIFIERS - A method of operating a terminal device, the terminal device being capable of access network selection, traffic steering and/or traffic aggregation through a network node in a first network operating according to a first radio access technology, RAT, and a network node operating according to a second RAT, the method comprising storing a set of identifiers of network nodes operating according to the second RAT that can be used for access network selection, traffic steering and/or traffic aggregation; receiving an update signal, the update signal indicating one or more identifiers of network nodes operating according to the second RAT that are to be added to and/or removed from the stored set of identifiers; updating the stored set of identifiers based on the update signal; and performing an action using the updated set of identifiers. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156050 | METHOD OF MANAGING MULTIPLE SUBSCRIPTION AND USER IDENTITIES IN MULTI-SIM USER DEVICES - Apparatuses, systems, and methods to avoid contact/identity disclosure when using a multiple subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) wireless electronic device are described. According to one method, if a call to a first party in a first SIM cannot be established using the first SIM, the call is established using a second SIM, but without the device displaying identity/contact information of the first SIM. According to the embodiment, the calling line identification restriction (CUR) supplementary service may be used, a user-to-user signalling (UUS) service may be invoked, and/or the user may decide to share selected identity/contact information associated with the first SIM while withholding the rest from the device. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156051 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PROFILE FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and device for efficiently transmitting and receiving a profile for providing a communication service in a mobile communication system. A method for supporting remote reception of a profile in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a second message including a first message for downloading the profile from a server managing the profile; and transferring the second message including the first message to a plurality of UICCs on the basis of the second message, wherein the plurality of UICCs includes at least one eUICC. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156052 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGNING IP IN SHIP AD-HOC NETWORK - A method of automatically assigning IP in a ship ad-hoc network includes (A) receiving a non-duplicate IP block from a terrestrial station by transmitting/receiving an IP request signal and an IP request response signal generated from a data link layer by one-hop ship stations able to perform direct transmission/reception with the terrestrial station; (B) allowing the one-hop ship stations receiving IP blocks to determine IPs thereof and to allocate IP blocks, as IP providers, to multi-hop ship stations able to perform indirect transmission/reception with the terrestrial station through ad-hoc communication when the multi-hop ship stations request the IP blocks; and (C) determining one of the IP providers to transmit an IP request signal such that the determined IP provider transmits an IP request response signal when multi-hop ship stations, to which the IP blocks are not allocated, receive MAC frames of plural IP providers in a channel allocation. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156053 | RELAY APPARATUS AND BASE STATION SYSTEM - A relay apparatus including a memory configured to store in an associated manner, first identification information given to a first cell of a base station connected to the relay apparatus and a communication link between the base station and the relay apparatus, the first identification information being configured to have, exclusive of a predetermined tail position, values common to identification information given to a second cell of the base station; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to search the memory, for first identification information that forward matches second identification information, and transfer a signal by a communication link stored associated with the forward matching first identification information, when first identification information matching the second identification information is not stored in the memory, the second identification information being included in the signal received from a second communications apparatus and indicating a destination base station of the signal. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156054 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present application provides an information processing method and device, and relates to the field of information encryption and decryption. The method comprises: sharing first information on a social network; generating a key according to the first information; encrypting second information by using the key, to obtain encrypted information; and wirelessly broadcasting the encrypted information. According to the method, persons in a coverage area of the wireless broadcast all can receive the encrypted information, but only a person having a permission to access the first information on the social network can decrypt the encrypted information. Therefore, it is convenient and secure for a user to broadcast information to friends around and the like. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156055 | PRIVACY ISSUES IN M2M - Upon transmitting privacy information to an MTC server ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156056 | SECURING ENTERPRISE DATA ON MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for securing enterprise data in a mobile computing environment. Aspects include receiving, by an application disposed on a mobile computing device, a request to access the enterprise data stored on the mobile computing device in an encrypted format and determining whether the mobile computing device is in communication with an enterprise network. Based on determining that the mobile computing device is in communication with the enterprise network, aspects include transmitting a decryption request to an encryption application disposed on the enterprise network, receiving the enterprise data in an unencrypted format from the enterprise network and granting access to the enterprise data in an unencrypted format to the application. Based on a determination that the mobile computing device is not communication with the enterprise network, aspects also include denying the request to access the enterprise data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156057 | SECURING ENTERPRISE DATA ON MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for securing enterprise data in a mobile computing environment. Aspects include receiving a request to access the enterprise data stored on the mobile computing device in an encrypted format and determining whether a decryption key is stored in a cache memory of the mobile computing device. Based on determining that the decryption key is not stored in a cache memory of the mobile computing device, aspects include transmitting a request to an enterprise network for the decryption key and receiving the decryption key and storing the decryption key in the cache memory. Aspects also include decrypting the enterprise data using the decryption key and deleting the decryption key from the cache memory based on a determination that the decryption key has not been accessed for a period of time greater than a threshold time. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156058 | SECURING ENTERPRISE DATA ON MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for securing enterprise data in a mobile computing environment. Aspects include receiving, by an application disposed on a mobile computing device, a request to access the enterprise data stored on the mobile computing device in an encrypted format and determining whether the mobile computing device is in communication with an enterprise network. Based on determining that the mobile computing device is in communication with the enterprise network, aspects include transmitting a decryption request to an encryption application disposed on the enterprise network, receiving the enterprise data in an unencrypted format from the enterprise network and granting access to the enterprise data in an unencrypted format to the application. Based on a determination that the mobile computing device is not communication with the enterprise network, aspects also include denying the request to access the enterprise data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156059 | BEARER RELEASE - A user equipment method, user equipment, a base station method, a base station and computer program products. The user equipment method, comprises: on reception of a trigger instructing modification of an access stratum radio bearer, preventing release of an associated non-access stratum bearer. In this way, when an access stratum or data radio bearer is instructed to be modified (as may occur when security credentials for that bearer need to be updated), the associated non-access stratum bearer may be re tamed in order to allow a update in security credentials to occur without disrupting communication or losing data. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156060 | Device and Method of Handling Data Transmission/Reception for Dual Connectivity - A communication device for handling data transmission/reception for dual connectivity comprises a storage unit for storing instructions of connecting to a first base station (BS) and a second BS; receiving a message from the first BS, wherein the message configures a handover to a third BS and a connection change to a fourth BS; updating a first parent key to a first updated parent key and updating a second parent key to a second updated parent key based on the first updated patent key, in response to the message; updating a first security key to a first updated security key based on the first updated patent key and updating a second security key to a second updated security key based on the second updated parent key, in response to the message. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156061 | PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a processing device, including: a processing unit configured to perform an authentication process of authenticating a communication target device through communication of a first communication distance and perform a communication-based process with the authenticated communication target device through communication of a second communication distance shorter than the first communication distance. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156062 | ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS CONNECTION TO A VEHICLE - A method for establishing a wireless connection between a mobile communication device and a communication module ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156063 | Methods and Apparatus to Discover Authentication Information in a Wireless Networking Environment - Examples to discover network authentication information in a wireless network involve transmitting during network discovery and prior to authentication, a Generic Advertisement Services (GAS) request to a network access point. The request requests authentication information. In addition, a response to the request is received from the network access point. The network authentication information is retrieved from the response. The network authentication information includes a re-direct frame. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156064 | COORDINATED TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR UNBALANCED LOAD - A method in a network node for handling a transmission between a plurality of Transmission Points, TPs, and User Equipments, UEs, in a wireless network. The network node receives information from each respective UE out of a number of first UEs served by the network node, which information is related to the location of the UE. The network node then identifies a hot spot, based on the information received from the UEs. The hot spot is an area where the load density of UEs is above a first threshold. When a hot spot is defined the network node selects a plurality of TPs dedicated to serve the UEs | 2017-06-01 |
20170156065 | CLOUD BASED ACCESS NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for designing a cloud based radio access network, C-RAN, are provided. The solution comprises dividing ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156066 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a first wireless communication apparatus and multiple second wireless communication apparatuses. The first wireless communication apparatus includes circuitry that detects that a wireless communication between the first wireless communication apparatus and at least one of the second wireless communication apparatuses is disconnected, requests, if the circuitry detects that the wireless communication with at least one of the second wireless communication apparatuses is disconnected, one of the second wireless communication apparatuses whose wireless communication is not disconnected to perform beam-forming training sequence directed to the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is disconnected, and determines, based on a result of the beam-forming training sequence acquired from the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is not disconnected, the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is not disconnected as a relay apparatus for the second wireless communication apparatus whose wireless communication is disconnected. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156067 | MIMO TRAINING METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE - An MIMO training method including performing transmission sector sweeping using an initiator including a plurality of transmitting antennas, selecting a set of at least one transmission sector for each of the transmitting antennas using a responder including a plurality of receiving antennas; performing reception sector sweeping using the initiator, selecting a set of at least one reception sector for each of the plurality of receiving antennas using the responder, performing beam combination training using the initiator; and selecting a determined number of sector pairs consisting of a transmission sector and a reception sector from among the selected set of transmission sectors and the selected set of reception sectors using the responder, wherein the transmitting antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another, and the receiving antennas in the selected sector pairs differ from one another. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156068 | RE-CONFIGURATION OF RBS PERFORMANCE MODE - A method in a network node for triggering a re-configuration of a radio base station, RBS. The RBS supports a configured performance mode and an increased performance mode. The method comprises the steps of estimating (S | 2017-06-01 |
20170156069 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING COMMUNICATION IN LEAKY WAVE DISTRIBUTED TRANSCEIVER ENVIRONMENTS - A communication device may comprise a plurality of distributed transceivers and one or more corresponding antenna arrays. A processor may configure a first distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more first data streams via one or more first communication links. The processor may configure a second distributed transceiver to receive signals comprising one or more second data streams via one or more second communication links. The processor may determine a channel response matrix associated with communication of the one or more first data streams via the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second data streams via the one or more second communication links. The processor may optimize one or both of link capacity and/or link reliability of the one or more first communication links and/or the one or more second communication links based on the determined channel response matrix. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156070 | JOINT OPTIMIZATION OF A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK AND A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - Certain features relate to systems and methods for jointly optimizing a radio access network (RAN) and distributed antenna system (DAS). A joint RAN-DAS self-optimizing network (SON) entity can determine target parameters based on parameters specific to the DAS and parameters specific to the RAN. The joint RAN-DAS-SON entity can optimize the RAN and DAS using the target parameters. Jointly optimizing the RAN and the DAS can improve the capacity characteristics, coverage characteristics, or the performance characteristics of the RAN and DAS. In some aspects, the joint RAN-DAS-SON entity can optimize the RAN and DAS by re-allocating power levels of downlink signals transmitted by remote units of the DAS to compensate for underutilized carrier signals in situations of low traffic load. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156071 | NETWORK ASSISTED ALTERNATE COVERAGE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention allows network assisted alternate coverage in a cellular communications network during at least partial cell outage event or a maintenance event. In response to an indication of an at least partial cell outage event or a maintenance event, a mobile communications device is switched from a cellular communications mode to a device-to-device, D2D, communications mode based on D2D configuration information received from a cellular network base station. Communications are performed as needed in the D2D communications mode by the mobile communications device. In response to receiving a message to switch back to the cellular communications mode, the mobile communications device is switched back to the cellular communications mode. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TERMINAL IN SINGLE BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present specification proposes a method of displaying a terminal involved in public disaster safety communication in a single base station that has a constraint on a normal backhaul connection. Even when the backhaul connection is disconnected, it is possible for a terminal to communicate by using an X2 connection between base stations, but there is a limitation in that it is difficult for a terminal to find the position of another terminal because a connection between the base station and an evolved packet core (EPC) is disconnected. Thus, there is a need for a method to solve this limitation. Whether there is a backhaul connection between a first base station and the EPC is detected, and when a backhaul connection is not detected, a first ID is allocated to a terminal in the service area of the first base station and the first ID allocated is transmitted to a second base station. When there is a backhaul connection between the first base station and the EPC, a globally unique temporary identifier (GUTI) of the terminal in the service area of the first base station is received from a mobility management entity (MME). Then, whether there is a backhaul connection between the first base station and the EPC is detected, and when a backhaul connection is not detected, the GUTI of the terminal in the service area of the first base station is transmitted to the second base station. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156073 | TESTING MACHINE AND SYSTEM FOR MOBILE PHONE - A machine for testing the parts and functions of a mobile phone includes a supporting mechanism, a platform, a receiving portion, and a detecting mechanism. The supporting mechanism is mounted in a box. The platform is slidably mounted on the supporting mechanism. The receiving portion is used to receive the mobile phone. The receiving portion is rotatably mounted on the platform. Devices within the machine are operated to test the mobile phone. A mobile phone testing system used in the testing machine is also described. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156074 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN TRANSMISSION GAPS - A method for performing a measurement by a communication device including selecting at least one measurement type of a plurality of measurement types, wherein each measurement type is assigned to a time slot, wherein the at least one measurement type is selected for a time interval which is pre-defined as a transmission gap of a receiver of the communication device for carrying out measurements by the receiver corresponding to the time slot; and performing a measurement of the at least one measurement type during the time interval. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156075 | RADIO BASE STATION, USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In order to prevent, in an LAA system supporting LBT, reduction in resource usage of the system, the present invention provides a radio base station that communicates with a user terminal capable of using a licensed band and unlicensed band. The radio base station comprises: an obtaining section that obtains information about an available time resource amount that is determined based on a result of LBT (Listen Before Talk) in the unlicensed band; and a control section that controls communication with the user terminal in the unlicensed band based on the information about the available time resource amount. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ELECTRONIC DEVICE THROUGH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A device management method and apparatus is provided for managing electronic devices through wireless communication. A device management method of a first device having a list of wireless communication-enabled devices according to the present disclosure includes transmitting a first message requesting second device information, when it is necessary to check connection status of a second device performing wireless communication with the devices contained in the list, comparing the second device previously stored information and the second device information contained in the second message, when a second message including the second device information is received in response to the first message, and transmitting a recovery command message with the first device information, when the second device information included in the second message differs from the previously stored second device information. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156077 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELAYING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SIGNALS WITH EFFICIENT JOINT CAPACITY - The present disclosure teaches a method and a system ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONGESTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for managing congestion in a first node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving status information from each of nodes configuring a network with the first node, receiving information about a service requirement criterion from a second node as one of the nodes, acquiring additional path setup information for the second node based on the status information received from each of the nodes and the information about the service requirement criterion received from the second node, and transmitting the acquired additional path setup information to the second node. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156079 | Method for Cancelling a Data Transmission of a Neighboring Cell - A method of interference cancellation is proposed. A UE obtains configuration information of a data transmission from a neighboring cell via an interference channel in a mobile communication network. The UE receives radio signals on a set of data resource elements as determined based on the obtained configuration information. The UE then estimates the interference channel corresponding to the data transmission from the neighboring cell based on the received radio signals on the set of data resource elements. Finally, the UE cancels the data transmission from the neighboring cell based on the estimated interference channel. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156080 | Method for Cancelling a Data Transmission of a Neighboring Cell - A method of interference cancellation is proposed. A UE obtains configuration information of a data transmission from a neighboring cell via an interference channel in a mobile communication network. The UE receives radio signals on a set of data resource elements as determined based on the obtained configuration information. The UE then estimates the interference channel corresponding to the data transmission from the neighboring cell based on the received radio signals on the set of data resource elements. Finally, the UE cancels the data transmission from the neighboring cell based on the estimated interference channel. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156081 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A communication system is a communication system that includes first and second information processing devices. The first information processing device performs control such that a signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which the second information processing device receiving a frame stops the reception of the frame is transmitted to the second information processing device. The second information processing device performs control such that the reception of the frame is stopped based on the signal (which is a signal having backward compatibility) serving as an index by which reception of the frame is stopped when the frame transmitted from the first information processing device is received. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156082 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING AMONG MOBILE TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND CORE NETWORK IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and a computer readable record media storing instructions for executing the same method for interfacing among a hybrid type synchronous or asynchronous terminal to a core network in a next generation mobile telecommunications system. The hybrid type synchronous or asynchronous radio network determines the operating type of the core network when the core network has a connection thereto, and sends the determined core network operating type information and information related to the core network to the hybrid type synchronous or asynchronous terminal, thereby allowing the synchronous or asynchronous terminal to smoothly perform a data interfacing operation with the core network. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156083 | MAINTAINING PERSISTENT MOBILE DEVICE SESSION - Techniques for maintaining a game session when a client device transitions between a first wireless connection and a second wireless connection are described herein. The client device can receive, using a first wireless connection, a first packet having a unique session identifier associated with a game session. Additionally, the client device can determine that a connection quality associated with the first wireless connection is below a predetermined threshold, and in response to the determination, select a different connection type from a priority list. Moreover, the client device can send, using the different connection type, an acknowledgement for the received first packet. The acknowledgement can include the unique session identifier. Furthermore, the client device can establish a second wireless connection using the different connection type. Subsequently, the client device can receive, using the second wireless connection, a second packet from the game server associated with the game session based on the acknowledgement. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156084 | ROAMING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A roaming processing method and apparatus are disclosed. According to the method, a wireless local area network controller maintains a roaming neighbor list, for multiple access points according to a roaming behavior of at least one terminal, where the multiple access points include a first access point and a second access point, and in the roaming neighbor list, the second access point is a neighbor of the first access point; and when a first terminal is connected to the first access point, the wireless local area network controller sends connection data of the first terminal to the second access point. Connection data of a terminal is sent to a neighbor of an access point when the terminal is connected to the access point. Roaming smoothness is improved. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156085 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA STRUCTURE FOR DECIDING ON A SIGNALING SCHEME FOR HANDOVER - A first method (and related first apparatus) includes transmitting, in a handover request message, an indication of a first protocol version; a second method (and related second apparatus) includes receiving, in the handover request message, the indication, deciding, based on the received indication and a second protocol version, on a value of an information element included in a handover request acknowledgement message to be transmitted, the information element indicating usage of a first or second signaling scheme, and transmitting the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and in the first method receiving the handover request acknowledgement message including the information element; and a third method (and related third apparatus) including receiving the handover command message including the information element, and configuring according to one of the first and second signaling schemes indicated by the information element. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156086 | INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER AND MULTI-CONNECTIVITY VIA AN INTEGRATED SMALL CELL AND WIFI GATEWAY - A system comprises an integrated small cell and WiFi (ISW) gateway (GW). The ISW GW is integrated with a mobility management entity (MME) and serving gateway (SGW) and has interfaces with both a | 2017-06-01 |
20170156087 | SECURE WIFI USING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS - Aspects automatically direct data requests from a specific application of a mobile programmable device to a designated WiFi network pathway without interaction from a mobile device user in response to determining that an initial data network pathway does not meet a satisfactory service threshold for forwarding the data requests to an event web server. Aspects also predict total attendance within a venue of the event and within a communication range of a designated WiFi service node by device users as function of real-time levels of social media following activity associated with the event and an available venue occupancy, a historical attendance at similar events within similar venues, and a time of the event. Aspects predicting a bandwidth requirement for usage of a WiFi pathway of the WiFi node for requests as a function of the predicted attendance. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156088 | RELAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a communication system, when a path is switched along with communication apparatus switchover, a packet sent/received via this path may be lost. A relay apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by including: a first means capable of switching a forwarding destination of a communication session related to a terminal; and a second means capable of sending a control signal indicating termination of the communication session, in response to switchover from a first network node to a second network node corresponding to the first network node, wherein the first network node is the forwarding destination of the communication session. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156089 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for operating a mobile device ( | 2017-06-01 |
20170156090 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT AND HANDOFFS - A first wireless access point notifies a handoff management resource that a second wireless access point is a potential handoff candidate. Subsequent to authentication of the second wireless access point as being a valid handoff candidate, the handoff management resource notifies a mobile communication device that the second wireless access point is a valid handoff option to receive a communication session from the first wireless access point. To perform a handoff, the mobile communication device initiates termination of a wireless communication link with the first wireless access point and communicates with the second wireless access point to establish a new wireless communication link. In furtherance of providing uninterrupted network access, the handoff management resource conveys communication settings information associated with the handed off communication session to the second wireless access point for use over the new wireless communication link. | 2017-06-01 |
20170156091 | PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION IDLE MODE - Various apparatuses and procedures for applying cell reselection priorities in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) are described. A method includes receiving a message including first cell reselection priorities assigned to a first plurality of frequencies and a validity timer associated with the first cell reselection priorities, where the validity timer indicates a length of time the first cell reselection priorities are valid, starting the validly timer based on the received message, performing a cell reselection evaluation using the first cell reselection priorities, and, on a condition that the validity timer expires, deleting the first cell reselection priorities, applying second cell reselection priorities assigned to a second plurality of frequencies, and performing a cell reselection evaluation using the second cell reselection priorities. | 2017-06-01 |