23rd week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 81 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170164273 | MOBILE STATION DEVICE AND BASE STATION DEVICE - In a radio communication system in which a supplemental uplink-downlink configuration can be used, a mobile station device and a base station device efficiently communicate with each other. A mobile station device communicates in prescribed bands. This mobile station device transmits information related to support of a specific uplink-downlink configuration. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164274 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for automatically selecting a wireless access network for a mobile device without intervention of the user comprises a method for selecting, according to the location of a mobile device, a connection interface for connecting to a wireless access network. The mobile device is equipped with a plurality of connection interfaces, the method allowing the access networks available at the location of the mobile device to be identified, a plurality ‘n’ of measurements of the quality of the signals for each identified access network to be taken for each connection interface of the mobile device, the ‘n’ measurements to be evaluated, for each connection interface, according to predefined evaluation criteria, and the results of the evaluations to be compared in order to select the connection interface having the best evaluation of the quality of the signal from among the plurality of connection interfaces of the mobile device. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164275 | TRAFFIC CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A slave device accesses an external network through a master device via a short-range wireless communication channel between the master device and the slave device. The slave device receives a notification message from the master device, wherein the notification message includes information about an intermediate network used by the master device to connect to the external network. The slave device controls its network traffic to the external network according to a type of the intermediate network. When a master device uses a network of a cellular network type, use of network traffic in an application on a slave device can be restricted, thereby saving traffic. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164276 | PDP/PDN CONTEXT ACTIVATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a PDP/PDN context activation method, a device, and a system. A method for selecting subscription information used to activate a PDP/PDN context is improved to use subscription information that includes different APNs when the PDP/PDN context is activated for multiple times, so as to resolve a problem that a service type applied by a user is excessively undiversified due to repeat use of an APN, thereby expanding a scope of a service type available to the user, and improving an activation success rate and user satisfaction. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164277 | SIM SELECTION - A SIM selection method of a wireless communication device connectable to a first SIM associated with a first subscription in relation to a first wireless communication system and a second SIM associated with a second subscription in relation to a second wireless communication system. The method comprises obtaining current values of first second and third parameters. The first parameters are applicable in relation to the first SIM and in relation to the second SIM, and comprise a geographical location of the wireless communication device. The second and third parameters obtained for the first SIM are applicable in relation to the first SIM only and the second and third parameters obtained for the second SIM are applicable in relation to the second SIM only. The current values of the third parameters are based on values of the third parameters associated with the geographical location and uploaded to a server by a plurality of other wireless communication devices. The method also comprises receiving a SIM utilization request from an application of the wireless communication device and selecting one of the first SIM and the second SIM for utilization by the application based on the current values of the first parameters, the second parameters, and the third parameters. Corresponding computer program product, SIM selector and wireless communication device are also disclosed. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164278 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS OF DISPLAY SCREEN, AND TRANSMITTING DATA - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, apparatus, and system for adjusting the brightness of a display screen, and transmitting data so as to address the problem in the prior art of being operationally complex to adjust the brightness of a display screen of a display device to thereby save power consumption of the display device while enabling the user to watch comfortably. The method for adjusting the brightness of a display screen includes: receiving ambient illumination data transmitted by a user equipment with which a communication connection is set up, wherein the ambient illumination data are acquired by the user equipment using an optical sensor; and adjusting the brightness of the display screen according to the received ambient illumination data. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164279 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - Disclosed is a wireless communication base station device capable of reducing the power consumption of a terminal when broadband transmission is performed with only an uplink. With this device, a setting unit sets mutually different terminal IDs per a plurality of uplink unit bands for a terminal that communicates using a plurality of uplink unit bands and prescribed downlink unit bands which are fewer in number than the uplink unit bands; a control unit that respectively allocates resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands to a PDCCH arranged in a prescribed downlink unit band; and a PDCCH creation unit that creates a PDCCH signal by respectively masking the resource allocation information per a plurality of uplink unit bands with the terminal ID that has been set per a plurality of uplink unit bands. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164280 | Provision of Time Information to a Wireless Device - There is provided provision of timing information of a first timing information source using timing information of a second timing information source to a wireless device. A network node determines that second timing information from the second timing information source is available and that timing information from the first timing information source is derivable from the second timing information. The network node instructs the wireless device to use the second timing information as a source for deriving first timing information of the first timing information source. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164281 | SECONDARY CELL GROUP CONFIGURATION - A method of carrying out dual connectivity with a secondary access node and an apparatus is provided. A mode of operation of a user equipment is determined in dependence on the presence of bearers mapped to the secondary access node. Operating in a first mode occurs when it is determined that one or more bearers are mapped to a secondary access node. Operation in a second mode occurs when it is determined that no bearers are mapped to the secondary no access node. The second mode comprises limiting a listening time to a downlink channel from the secondary access node with respect to the first mode. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164282 | METHOD AND NETWORK ELEMENT FOR SCHEDULING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method performed in a network element provides for scheduling a communication device of a wireless network. The method comprises: estimating a scheduling metric of a first arrived packet at a future time instant t, taking into account time domain restrictions for the communication device that restricts a future scheduling occasion; determining whether the estimated scheduling metric at the future time instant t is within limits of the scheduling metric; calculating, for the case the estimated scheduling metric is within limits of the scheduling metric, a scheduling weight for a packet bundle comprising the first arrived packet and at least one more packet, and else calculating a scheduling weight for the first arrived packet for transmission of the first arrived packet without bundling; and scheduling the communication device according to determined scheduling weight. The disclosure also relates to a corresponding network element, computer program and computer program product. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164283 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CHANNEL IN WLAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. A method for accessing the channel from a station (STA) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting a power save-poll (PS-poll) for channel accessing from a listening interval to an access point, wherein the station operates in a non-traffic indication map (TIM) mode which is not limited by a TIM element that is transmitted from the access point, and wherein the time of transmission of the PS-poll is not limited by the TIM element. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164284 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TURBO MODE OPERATION - A method of managing turbo mode operation of a first electronic device is provided. The first electronic device has been clustered with a second electronic device. The method is executable at a computing apparatus and includes receiving, via a communication network, a signal indicative of turbo mode operation of the second electronic device, and responsive to the signal indicative of turbo mode operation of the second electronic device, causing turbo mode operation of the first electronic device. Servers and electronic devices for implementing the method are also provided. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164285 | Intelligent Power Saving - A device comprising: a transceiver operable in a first or second mode and configured to receive packets from a remote device, each packet comprising an indication of whether or not the remote device has a further packet to transmit, wherein: in the first mode the transceiver: (i) sends a polling message in response to receiving the indication of a further packet for transmission; and (ii) listens for that further packet; and in the second mode the transceiver: (i) does not send a polling message in response to receiving the indication of a further packet for transmission; and (ii) listens for packets regardless of whether a received packet indicates that there is a further packet to transmit or not; and a controller configured to monitor an activity level for the transceiver and cause the transceiver to operate in the first or second mode in dependence on the activity level. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS OF TERMINAL IN POWER-SAVING MODE - Provided are a method and apparatus for effectively exchanging information between nodes in a wireless communication system. A communication method for a user equipment (UE) may include: sending a mobility management entity (MME) a power saving mode request message containing information requesting a different network entity to perform proxy transmission and reception for the UE during power saving mode; receiving information indicating availability of power saving mode and corresponding parameters from the MME; and operating in power saving mode according to the received parameters. It is possible to provide an information transmission method for a user equipment remaining in power saving mode. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164287 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND MODE CONTROL METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus that operates in any one of multiple modes that differ in power consumption, the apparatus includes: a control unit that controls the switching of the mode; and a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication, in which, in a case where the control unit disables a first wireless function of the wireless communication unit that operates as an access point for the wireless communication, the control unit enters a first mode that is included in the multiple modes, and in which, in a case where the control unit enables the first wireless function, the control unit switches from the first mode to a second mode that is included in the multiple modes, which has higher power consumption than the first mode. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164288 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT - A control plane entity ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170164289 | DETECTING NARROW BAND SIGNALS IN WIDE-BAND INTERFERENCE - Systems and methods are disclosed that may detect a likely presence of a narrow band signal in the presence of wide-band interference without powering up a wireless receiver. A wireless device may receive a wireless signal, measure a first energy level in a first frequency band associated with an expected frequency band of the narrow band wireless signal, measure a second energy level in a second frequency band that is offset from and non-overlapping with the first frequency band, and determine whether a difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeds a threshold. A wireless receiver of the wireless device may be powered up based at least in part on the difference between the first energy level and the second energy level exceeding the threshold. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164290 | REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION FOR BROWSING WEBSITES - An example method of conserving power within a browser application includes receiving, at a browser application, a webpage for rendering on a mobile device. The method also includes performing an action that conserves power within the browser application if the webpage is identified in a mobile database located on the mobile device. The mobile database stores identifiers of one or more websites that have been identified as high power consuming websites. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164291 | POWER SENSITIVE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION RADIO MANAGEMENT - In one example, a wearable device includes one or more processors, a plurality of communication components, one or more motion sensors configured to detect motion of the wearable device and generate, based on the detected motion, motion data, and a storage device configured to store at least one module. The at least one module may be operable by the one or more processors to: responsive to determining that the wearable device is not connected to the computing device using the first communication technology, determine, based on the motion data, whether the wearable device is currently being worn, and responsive to determining that the wearable device is currently being worn, establish the wireless connection to the computing device using the second communication component. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164292 | MANAGING NOTIFICATION SERVICE CONNECTIONS - A method and apparatus to manage notification service connections. In one embodiment of the invention, a mobile device schedules a notification service connection message transmission interval for each of a plurality of notification service connections. The mobile device also associates a notification service connection message transmission window with each notification service connection message transmission interval. The mobile device synchronizes transmission of notification service connection messages based on overlapping notification service connection message transmission windows. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164293 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SENSOR BY THE MOBILE DEVICE - A method for controlling a sensor by a mobile device, the method comprising: executing an application performing a task; obtaining first sensor data using a first sensor to perform the task; receiving second sensor data obtained using a second sensor of at least one communicably connected external device; comparing the first sensor data with the second sensor data; and when the first sensor data is replaceable with the second sensor data, controlling an operation of the first sensor and the second sensor according to a battery state of the mobile device and the external device. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164294 | DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATION CALL MANAGEMENT - To overcome the restriction on the number of handsets or portable parts that can be rung at any one time using the DECT protocol, the ULE B-field paging mechanism is used as a replacement for the DECT indirect link establishment scheme. ULE B-field paging is used to indicate the presence of an incoming call to multiple handsets, or handset groups. Also, the ULE Connectionless, (connectionless), downlink may be used to indicate other information. This information would include but not be limited to Caller ID, pending address book changes, and SMS message pending. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164295 | A NETWORK NODE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION POWER FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL - A network node and a method performed by a network node for determining downlink transmission power for a downlink shared channel to be used in a Transmission Time Interval, TTI, by cells served by the network node in a wireless telecommunications network. The network node determines the downlink transmission power available to a cell for physical channels associated with the downlink shared channel based on downlink transmission power allocated in the cell to physical channels associated with a pilot signal downlink channel. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164296 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A power for a physical uplink channel is determined based on whether or not P | 2017-06-08 |
20170164297 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL USING RECEIVED POWER CONTROL INFORMATION - An uplink signal may be transmitted by a user equipment (UE) in a time interval using an uplink control channel. The uplink signal may include hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) control information related to received downlink data. If the UE determines that information indicating a coding and modulation is to be transmitted at a same time interval as the H-ARQ control information, the uplink signal may include the information that indicates the coding and modulation. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for controlling uplink power of a User Equipment (UE) forming a transmission link with a plurality of BSs (BSs), a power headroom report trigger event by at least one of the plurality of BSs is detected. Power headroom information of the UE is reported to at least one of the plurality of BSs. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164299 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus includes a transmission unit that transmits a channel and/or a signal based on a maximum output power in a first cell group in a certain subframe. In a case where information relating to uplink transmission in the second cell group is recognized, a residual power is allocated based on a priority level of a type of uplink transmission. The residual power is given by subtracting a power that is determined based on uplink transmission in the first cell group and a power that is determined based on the uplink transmission in the second cell group from a sum of maximum output powers of the terminal device. The maximum output power is a sum of the power that is determined based on the uplink transmission in the first cell group and a power that is allocated to the first cell group, of the residual power. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164300 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER BACK OFF CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to various embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing including a first surface, a second surface facing in the opposite direction of the first surface, and side surfaces that surround at least a part of a space between the first surface and the second surface; a first sensor and a second sensor which are disposed in the housing or exposed through at least one surface; a communication circuit disposed in the housing; an antenna radiator electrically connected with the communication circuit; and a control circuit electrically connected with at least one of the first and second sensors, and the communication circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to: transmit or receive, to or from an external device, a first signal output from the communication circuit, using the antenna radiator; detect, using the first sensor, whether an external object has approached within a predetermined distance at least a part of the antenna radiator to generate a second signal; detect, using the second sensor, an orientation of the electronic device to generate a third signal; and decrease the strength of the first signal, based on at least a part of the generated second signal and third signal. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164301 | DEVICES AND METHOD USING TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL AND SCHEDULING FOR LTE UNLICENSED BAND OPERATION - An enhanced NodeB (eNB), user equipment (UE) and communication methods therebetween using an unlicensed channel of an unlicensed band are generally described. The eNB measures an interference power level (IPL) of the unlicensed channel at the eNB and determine a transmit power level (TPL) for a downlink transmission based on the IPL, the TPL decreasing with increasing IPL. Feedback including unlicensed channel conditions measured by the UE is used by the eNB to determine the UE-eNB proximity. The eNB determines whether to transmit the downlink transmission to the UE based on the IPL and the proximity; as the IPL increases, the eNB services increasingly proximate UEs until, when the IPL exceeds a predetermined threshold, the eNB does not service any UE using the unlicensed channel. The eNB schedules and transmits the downlink transmission to the UE using the transmit power level. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164302 | METHOD IMPLEMENTED IN MCE FOR PERFORMING DOWNLINK POWER CONTROL FOR MULTICAST OR BROADCAST SERVICE AND ASSOCIATED MCE - The present disclosure provides a method implemented in an MCE for performing downlink power control for a multicast or broadcast service which is collectively provided from a number of radio base stations to a number of terminal devices. The method comprises collecting path-loss attenuations between the radio base stations and all or a subset of the terminal devices. The method further comprises calculating transmission powers for the radio base stations based on the collected path-loss attenuations, such that a sum of the transmission powers is minimized under a set of constraints on reception powers at said all or said subset of the terminal devices. Each of the radio base stations is notified of a corresponding one of the calculated transmission powers. The present disclosure also provides an MCE for performing downlink power control for a multicast or broadcast service. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164303 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION - A transmission power control method in a mobile communication system including a user apparatus and a base station is provided. The method enables the base station to control transmission power of a discovery signal of the user apparatus. The method includes estimating a number of the user apparatuses transmitting discovery signals by monitoring the discovery signals transmitted from the user apparatuses, by referring to power class setting information which associates the number of the user apparatuses transmitting the discover signals with a power class used for determining transmission power information of the discovery signal in the user apparatus, determining the power class associated with the number of the estimate user apparatuses, and transmitting the determined power class to the user apparatus. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164304 | METHODS, NODES AND USER EQUIPMENTS FOR FINDING NEIGHBORING USER EQUIPMENTS WITH WHICH A FIRST USER EQUIPMENT MAY BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY - Disclosed is a method performed by a system of network nodes in a wireless communication network, for finding neighboring user equipments, UEs, with which a first UE ( | 2017-06-08 |
20170164305 | Gain Control in Radio Chains of a Receiver - There is provided automatic gain control of radio chains of a receiver. At least two radio frequency (RF) signals are received. Each RF signal is received on an individual radio chain from an antenna array. By comparing the at least two RF signals to a threshold it is determined whether to perform gain control or not of at least one of the at least two RF signals before analogue combining of the at least two RF signals. A notification is sent to a detector regarding whether gain control is performed or not. Analogue combining of the at least two RF signals is performed, thereby generating a single input to the detector. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164306 | METHOD AND ASSOCIATED TIME MANAGER FOR MANAGING TIME RELATION BETWEEN SYSTEM TIMES OF DIFFERENT REMOTE SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method and an associated time manager for managing a time relation between system times of different remote systems, including: at a first moment, obtaining a first value of a first system time and accessing a periodically updating reference counter to obtain a first count; at a second moment, updating the time relation by: obtaining a second value of a second system time along with a second count, and calculating a second value of the first system time by summing the first value of the first system time and an extrapolation interval calculated according to a difference between the first count and the second count. Thus, when synchronization with a first remote system ends, a fourth value of the first system time may be calculated according to a fourth value of the second system time and a previously stored time relation. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ENABLING MULTI BAND TRANSMISSION - A method for multi-band operation by a first transmit/receive unit (TRU) is disclosed. The method may comprise monitoring a plurality of frequency bands including a first band and a second band. A first beacon may be received on the first band and a determination may be made, based on the received first beacon, of a first beacon period start time. The first beacon period start time may correspond to beacons transmitted by the second TRU. A second beacon period start time may be determined, based on the received first beacon, wherein the second beacon period start time corresponds to a beacon for transmission by the first TRU. A beacon signal may be transmitted in a second band, by the first TRU, wherein the beacon signal is timing aligned with beacon signals of the second TRU. The first band and the second band may be adjacent radio bands. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164308 | SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL SENDING METHOD, SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL RECEIVING METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUSES - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a synchronization signal sending method, including: determining, by a transmit end device, a first signal, where the transmit end device operates in a serving cell, the first signal includes a first synchronization sequence, the first synchronization sequence is a sequence obtained after a special ZC sequence is cyclically shifted by a first quantity of digits and then dot multiplication or conjugate multiplication is performed on the cyclically shifted special ZC sequence and a characteristic sequence, the special ZC sequence is a ZC sequence with a root index being +1 or −1, and the characteristic sequence and/or the first quantity of digits are/is corresponding to a cell identity of the serving cell. In the synchronization signal sending method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, signal synchronization can be implemented in an M2M technology by using the ZC sequence. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164309 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL (PBCH) ASSISTED SYNCHRONIZATION DURING A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) OPERATION - A mobile communication device with a Radio Frequency (RF) unit and a processing unit is provided. The RF unit transmits and receives wireless signals to and from a service network. The processing unit configures the RF unit to communicate with the service network in a DRX operation, and uses a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) for synchronizing with the service network during the DRX operation. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164310 | UPLINK SYNCHRONIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF 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 Long Term Evolution (LTE). Embodiments of the present invention are to provide a method and apparatus for performing uplink synchronization in a wireless communication system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a terminal in a wireless communication system includes the processes of: receiving an adjustment message including a first timing advance (TA) value from a first base station; and transmitting an uplink signal to a second base station based on a second TA value for the second base station that is determined based on the first TA value. According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to decrease the overhead of an uplink resource by adjusting an uplink signal time transmitted to other base stations or other cells by using information for uplink synchronization in a base station or cell in a wireless communication system. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164311 | METHOD OF PROCESSING MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of processing a plurality of component carriers (CCs) included in a signal received by a user equipment includes receiving a first CC and a second CC, in which the first and second CCs have different reception timings, front-processing the first and second CCs asynchronously, controlling a timing between the first and second CCs using an alignment buffer memory, and processing the timing-controlled first and second CCs synchronously. The plurality of CCs includes at least the first and second CCs. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONFIGURING DOWNLINK TIMING AND TRANSMITTING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method of configuring downlink timings and transmitting a random access response message is provided for a random access procedure in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting carrier aggregation. The method for adjusting timing of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation of at least one carrier includes transmitting a Random Access Preamble to a base station, and receiving a Random Access Response with a Timing Advance Command (TAC) for commanding uplink timing adjustment from the base station, wherein the Random Access Response comprises information indicating a Timing Advance Group (TAG) to which the TAC is applied. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164313 | Method and System for Realizing D2D Communication Synchronization, and Base Station - Disclosed are a method and a system for realizing Device-to-Device D2D communication synchronization, and a base station. The method includes: a second cell serving base station at which second UE is located receives a notification, sent by a first cell serving base station at which first UE is located, about making a preparation for D2D communication; and the second cell serving base station acquires synchronization information of the first cell serving base station; and the second cell serving base station sends the acquired synchronization information of the first cell serving base station to the second UE, such that the second UE performs a synchronization search and establishes communication synchronization with the first UE. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164314 | ELECTRONICALLY CONNECTED ENVIRONMENT - Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for an electronically connected environment, such as implemented in connection with one or more computing and/or communication networks, devices, and/or protocols, for example. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164315 | Method and System for Performing Trilateration for Fixed Infrastructure Nodes (FIN) Based On Enhanced Location Based Information - Method, systems and devices for providing a location based service in a fixed wireless device. A fixed wireless device may be configured to determine whether information obtained via a geospatial system of the fixed wireless device is accurate, collect location information from a plurality of fixed wireless devices in a communication group in response to determining that the information obtained via the geospatial system of the fixed wireless device is not accurate, compute more precise location information for the fixed wireless device based on the location information collected from the plurality of fixed wireless devices, and use the generated location and position information to provide the location based service in the mobile device. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164316 | Geo-Tagged Beacons for Wi-Fi Performance Optimization - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a geo-tagged beaconing operation. With the geo-tagged beaconing operation, Wi-Fi nodes include geographic information within beacon frames generated by the nodes. In various embodiments, the Wi-Fi nodes include one or more of networking equipment access points, client devices and dedicated Wi-Fi endpoints. Enables a device attempting a Wi-Fi connection to determine its location based upon the geographic information contained within the beacon frame. Upon detecting its location, the Wi-Fi radio then dynamically selects one or more Wi-Fi mode and/or power calibration setting. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164317 | BASE STATION DEVICE, FIRST LOCATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a communication control method and the like for enabling a terminal device to connect to a core network and move in a communication system in which multiple core networks are overlaid. A base station device receives a tracking area update request, determines a location management device to connect to on the basis of a setting in the base station device, and transmits a tracking area update request. The location management device requests information pertaining to a terminal device to the location management device to which the terminal device was connected prior to moving, and then the location management device to which the terminal device was connected prior to moving or the location management device which received the tracking area update request from the base station device determines whether resetting of the location management device is necessary. Thus, it is possible to control which core network the terminal device connects to. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164318 | Method and System for Performing Trilateration for Fixed Infrastructure Nodes (FIN) Based On Enhanced Location Based Information - Method, systems and devices for performing trilateration for a fixed infrastructure node (FIN) using enhanced location based information may include receiving a plurality of inputs (e.g., waypoints) from a plurality of devices, using the received plurality of inputs to generate an initial positional fix, and setting a current waypoint of the FIN based the initial positional fix. The FIN may receive additional inputs, and use the plurality of inputs to generate updated (more accurate) location information for the FIN. The FIN may update its current waypoint based on the generated updated location information. The FIN trilateration operation may also include applying three or four of the received inputs (e.g., waypoints) kalman filter, and reporting/using the output of the kalman filter as the device's current waypoint or location. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164319 | PROXIMITY NODE LOCATION USING A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK - Methods, media, apparatus, and systems are described for improved and enhanced node location determination related to one of a plurality of nodes in a wireless node network. A first and second other node in the network are instructed to detect any message broadcast from the one node over a period of time. The server receives a first indication from the first other node, where the first indication relates to a characteristic of all messages broadcast from the one node that are detected by the first other node during the time period. The server receives a second indication from the second other node, where the second indication relates to the characteristic of all messages broadcast from the one node that are detected by the second other node during the time period. The server then determines a location of the one node based upon a difference in the first and second indications. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164320 | ANALYSIS AND ADDRESS ALLOCATION OF WIRELESS BUILDING NETWORKS - A network node for a lighting network, the node is at least one of: a light sensor; a motion sensor; lighting means; a control device; or an operating device for the lighting means; and includes means for measuring the signal quality or signal strength of the wireless connection to all wirelessly connected further nodes, storage means configured to store connection information e.g. based on the signal quality or signal strength together with an identifier for the associated wirelessly connected further node(s), and means for wirelessly forwarding the connection information to another node, wherein the network node is configured to receive at least one test pattern and/or to re-send the test pattern, the test pattern including the network node's identifier, e.g. the MAC address. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164321 | ACCURATELY TRACKING A MOBILE DEVICE TO EFFECTIVELY ENABLE MOBILE DEVICE TO CONTROL ANOTHER DEVICE - A method, system and computer program product for tracking a mobile device. A reference position of the mobile device and a frequency offset between the mobile device and another device are estimated. Samples are then fetched at various frequencies from the receivers. The fetched signals are mixed with a pseudo transmitted signal. A relative distance between the mobile device and the other device is computed based on a change in frequency of the mixed signal at a current location, a velocity of the mobile device and the estimated frequency offset. An absolute distance between the mobile device and the other device is determined using the reference position and the computed relative distance. A location of the mobile device is then determined based on the mobile device's velocity and the determined absolute difference. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164322 | DYNAMIC NETWORK CONFIGURATION BASED ON PASSIVE LOCATION ANALYTICS - Passive location estimation of mobile devices within a wireless network is provided. The passive location estimation is determined based on one or more measurements that are received from the mobile device and/or from one or more network elements. At least a portion of the passive information can be received in user plane data associated with an application executing on the mobile device. A measurement set for the mobile device can be defined and can be used to build fingerprints of geographical cellular measurements. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164323 | PARTIALLY SYNCHRONIZED MULTILATERATION OR TRILATERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING USING RF - Systems and methods for determining a location of user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit (LMU) having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of the UE. Some systems may include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Some systems may include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164324 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING DATA PERFORMANCE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Disclosed are methods and apparatus optimizing the performance of a radio access technology, such as LTE, in a single radio wireless communication system supporting multiple radio access technologies, such as both LTE and 1x CDMA. The methods and apparatus effectuate this optimization in a single radio LTE (SRLTE) device, for example, through increasing system parameters, such as Slot Cycle Index (SCI) related to a maximum allowed periodicity of when a wireless device tune away from a LTE data call to monitor paging from 1x CDMA. Increasing the SCI value in the wireless device reduces the periodicity of 1x CDMA paging tune away from an LTE data call, thereby optimizing the LTE performance. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164325 | METHOD AND APPARATUSES FOR DETERMINING PRIORITY OF A WIRELESS TERMINAL - A method for determining a priority of a mobile subscriber in a cellular network. The method is performed in a radio network node and comprises the steps of: obtaining a temporary mobile subscriber identity, TMSI, associated with a priority affecting event; storing the TMSI associated with the event, as at least part of an indication of priority; receiving a connection request from a wireless terminal of the mobile subscriber, the connection request comprising a TMSI; and determining a priority of the wireless terminal based on whether the TMSI of the connection request matches a stored TMSI or not. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164326 | PAGING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A network node determines a paging occasion of a user equipment (UE). In response to a received paging message, the network node transmits on a control channel in the determined paging occasion a signal including an indication of shared channel resources. The signal may be derived from a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI). | 2017-06-08 |
20170164327 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES OF A NEIGHBOR AWARE NETWORK - In some examples, a method includes receiving, at a second device of a data link group of a neighbor aware network (NAN), a message including an indication of whether a first device corresponding to a particular service is available during a particular time period during which devices of the data link group are configured to operate in an active operating mode. The method also includes transitioning to a low-power operating mode during one or more transmission windows corresponding to the particular time period in response to determining that the first device is unavailable during the particular time period. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164328 | 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 to format at least one input stream to output DP (Data Pipe) data corresponding to each of a plurality of DPs, wherein the each of a plurality of DPs carries at least one service or at least one service component, an encoder to encode the DP data, a mapper to map the encoded DP data onto constellations, a time interleaver to time interleave the mapped DP data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved DP data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164329 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS - A method of communicating data between a base station and a plurality of terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises transmitting data from the base station to the plurality of terminal devices in a multicast transmission and transmitting response signals from the terminal devices to the base station to indicate whether the respective terminal devices have successfully received the multicast transmission. The use of a multicast transmission provides an efficient mechanism for communicating the same data to a plurality of terminal device, for example as might be desired in a machine-type communication network. In combination with this, the use of individual response signals, such as ACK/NACK signalling, from the terminal devices allows the base station, or other entity, such as a machine-type communications server, to track which terminal devices have indicated successful receipt of the multicast transmission, and to instigate an appropriate re-transmission protocol accordingly. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164330 | Multicast Control Channel Design - A system for providing a multicast control channel (MCCH) including information related to a service is provided. The system includes a processor programmed to promote transmission of a MCCH including a multi-cell information portion that contains information common to a plurality of cells in a wireless telecommunications network, and a cell-specific information portion that contains information specific to one of the cells. A method for providing control information is also provided. The method includes transmitting a multicast control channel (MCCH) including information related to a service, wherein the MCCH has a cell-specific portion that contains information specific to a specific cell in a telecommunications network, and wherein the MCCH has a multi-cell portion that contains information common to a plurality of cells in the telecommunications network. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164331 | RECEPTION APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - The present technology relates to a reception apparatus, a reception method, a transmission apparatus, and a transmission method, by which channel selection information can be acquired more efficiently. Provided is a reception apparatus, including: a reception unit that receives a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP (Internet Protocol) transmission system; a communication unit that receives first signaling information for acquiring broadcast content transmitted by the broadcast wave through communication with a server via a network; an acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of the first signaling information, a physical parameter used in a physical layer in a hierarchy of a protocol of the IP transmission system; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the physical parameter, operations of respective units that perform channel selection processing. The present technology is applicable to a portable receiver that is movable, for example. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164332 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING RELAY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method of selecting, by a first UE, a relay in a proximity service (ProSe) in a wireless communication system, the method including the steps of transmitting a UE-to-Network Relay discovery message; selecting a second UE as the UE-to-Network Relay; setting a connection for direct communication with the second UE; and transmitting a registration request message to a group communication service application server (GCS AS) through the second UE, wherein when the UE-to-Network Relay discovery message includes UE-to-UE Relay related request information, the UE-to-UE Relay related information is received from the second UE and the second UE is selected as the UE-to-UE Relay based on the UE-to-UE relay related information. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164333 | BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN COMMUNCATION NETWORK - A base transceiver station (BTS) includes dedicated memories to store uplink real-time (RT) data received by way of an antenna of the BTS and downlink RT data generated by processors of the BTS. The dedicated memories serve a dedicated number of processors, which prevents over-run and under-run of antenna buffers and provides deterministic data flow necessary to stream time-critical uplink and downlink RT data. Thus, a high and dedicated bandwidth for the uplink and downlink RT data is ensured. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO A SELF ORGANIZING NETWORK CONTROLLER - A method and apparatus for transmitting a control signal to a self organizing network controller, are disclosed. For example, the method implemented via a processor receives a change, determines whether the change to at least one network element maintains an acceptable level for one or more service quality metrics based on a predicted service quality metric calculated using a modeling function, generates a control signal based on the determining, and transmits the control signal to the self organizing network controller to cause the self organizing network controller to configure the at least one network element in a communication network in accordance with the control signal. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164335 | TERMINAL, BASE STATION, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A PUCCH resource collision between a normal mode terminal and MTC coverage enhancement mode terminal is avoided. A terminal includes a receiving section that receives control information indicating assignment of downlink data, and the downlink data; and a transmitting section that transmits a response signal using a resource in a first resource group when the terminal is a first terminal to which repetition transmission is applied, and that transmits the response signal using a resource in a second resource group that is different from the first resource group, when the terminal is a second terminal to which the repetition transmission is not applied. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164336 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY REDUCING FRONTHAUL LOAD BETWEEN A BASE STATION AND MULTIPLE REMOTE RADIO UNITS - A method arranges, in a mobile communication network, data transmission between user equipment and at least one base station including a central unit and at least one remote unit associated therewith. The data includes information data and control data from the central unit to the remote unit, or vice versa. The method includes allocating radio resources for the data to/from the remote unit, grouping the allocated radio resources, each group including at least one radio resource allocated for data to/from a respective remote unit, including in each group data indicating an association of the allocated radio resource of that group with the respective remote unit, including in each group allocation data indicating the allocated radio resources, among the at least one allocated radio resource, that have been allocated for the information data, and transmitting the groups in the frequency-domain between the central unit and the at least one remote unit | 2017-06-08 |
20170164337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IN 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 transmitting data in a base station (BS) in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting data to a plurality of stations (STAs) included in a group on a first sub-frame based on a schedule preset based on a time division duplexing (TDD) scheme; and receiving acknowledgement (ACK) signals from each of the plurality of STAs on a second sub-frame after a first interval from the first sub-frame. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164338 | CONTROL DATA TRANSMISSION OVER A DATA CHANNEL BY A CONTROLLING BASE STATION - A controlling base station sends, to a wireless communication device, control data related to communication between a communication base station and the wireless communication device. The control data is transmitted in accordance with a communication specification and is transmitted to allow reception by the wireless communication device of the control data within a data channel having a frequency and time allocated by the communication specification for the wireless communication device to receive data transmissions from the communication base station. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164339 | RANDOMIZATION PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGNING INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for assigning interference measurement resources. A method includes receiving at least one identifier, which determines, at least in part, at least one interference measurement resource that partially overlaps with another at least one interference measurement resource. The at least one interference measurement resource comprises a number of resource elements out of a set of resource elements. The method also includes measuring interference based at least in part on the at least one interference measurement resource. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164340 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - The described aspects include methods and apparatus providing MTC in a wireless network. In an aspect, a narrow bandwidth within a wide system bandwidth is allocated for communicating data related to MTC. MTC control data generated for communicating over one or more MTC control channels for an MTC UE within the narrow bandwidth is transmitted over the one or more MTC control channels. The one or more MTC channels are multiplexed with one or more legacy channels over the wide system bandwidth. Other aspects are provided for transmission mode and content of the MTC control data or other MTC data. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164341 | BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - In a terminal, a control unit transmits a bundle response signal using a resource in a basic region of an uplink control channel in an uplink unit band of a unit band group when no error is detected in each of a plurality of pieces of downlink data of the unit band group, the uplink control channel in the uplink unit band being associated with a downlink control channel in a basic unit band that is a downlink unit band in which a broadcast channel signal including information relating to the uplink unit band is transmitted, and the control unit transmits the bundle response signal using a resource in an additional region of the uplink control channel when an error is detected in each of the plurality of pieces of downlink data. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164342 | CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of this application provide a control information sending method and apparatus, where the method includes: obtaining a control information indication message from a first standard network, selecting a second standard network from one or more other networks that constitute a heterogeneous network with the first standard network, and sending the control information indication message to the second standard network, and then to a client over the second standard network. The control information indication message is used to instruct to substitutively send control information of the first standard network. According to the method and apparatus provided, the control information of the first standard network is substitutively sent over the second standard network, and sending the control information does not need to occupy bandwidth of the first standard network. Therefore, in comparison with the prior art, a network capacity of service data sent over the first standard network can be increased. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164343 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is a communication control device including a radio communication unit configured to perform radio communication with a terminal apparatus of a primary system using a frequency band of the primary system, and a selecting unit configured to select a subframe in which the frequency band is usable by a secondary system secondarily using the frequency band, the subframe being a unit of time in radio communication. The radio communication unit transmits system information of the frequency band including identification information of the selected subframe. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164344 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA CHANNEL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - A method includes allocating, by a communications controller, a first set of resource blocks to an enhanced physical downlink shared channel (ePDSCH), where the ePDSCH has a first starting point and allocating, by the communications controller, a second set of resource blocks to an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). The method also includes identifying, by the communications controller, a second starting point for the ePDSCH, where the second starting point for the ePDSCH is located within a legacy control region, where the first starting point of the ePDCCH is located within the legacy control region, and where the second starting point of the ePDSCH is different than the first starting point of the ePDCCH. Additionally, the method includes signaling, by the communications controller to a user equipment (UE) the second starting point and a number of the second set of resource blocks allocated to the ePDSCH. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164345 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE - In an LTE-A system, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform stable communication in a case where there is a time when another system occupies an unlicensed band being used. There is provided a base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal device in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band capable of being used as a dedicated frequency band. The base station apparatus includes: a wireless transmission unit that transmits data or control information to the terminal device; and a wireless reception unit that receives data or control information transmitted from the terminal device. The wireless transmission unit transmits data to the terminal device, and the wireless reception unit performs a process of receiving ACK/NACK transmitted from the terminal device in a subframe of an initial uplink after communication of another system is ended in a case where the other system performs the communication in the second frequency band at a reception timing of the ACK/NACK of the data transmission. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164346 | USER EQUIPMENT - From a base station, a user equipment receives a mixed data signal transmitted in a format in which multiple data signals are transmitted with different downlink transmission powers such that the multiple data signals are not orthogonal to each other, multiple control signals corresponding to multiple user equipments, and information indicating an identifier of another user equipment. The user equipment determines an aggregation level of the subject user equipment. The user equipment uses the identifier of the other user equipment to attempt descrambling of one control signal among multiple control signals corresponding to an aggregation level higher than or equal to the aggregation level of the user equipment, and if the descrambling is successful, the user equipment uses the control signal to demodulate the non-orthogonal data signal. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative ACK (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, and to an apparatus for the method. A method in which a terminal transmits ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation comprises the following steps: receiving one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs); and transmitting ACK/NACK for said one or more PDSCHs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A PUCCH format for transmitting ACK/NACK is selected by taking the type of the carrier in which said one or more PDSCHs are received into account. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING DATA PACKETS IN A CLOUD CELL - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for communicating data packets in a cloud cell. In one embodiment, a network node from which data packets are received is identified by the BS. If the data packets are received from a data gateway, a network node to which the data packets to be sent is identified. If the data packets are to be sent to a slave BS, partial processing is performed on the data packets by the master BS. Furthermore, partially processed data packets are transmitted to the slave BS so that the slave BS performs complete processing on the partially processed data packets and transmits the completely processed data packets to the MS. If the data packets are to be sent to the MS, then complete processing of the data packets is performed by the BS and transmitted to the MS. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164349 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING NETWORK SLICING IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and system of allocating resources in a Radio Access Network that includes associating each of a plurality of services with a slice that is allocated a unique set of network resources and transmitting information in the Radio Access Network for at least one of the services using the slice associated with the at least one service. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164350 | METHODS FOR ENB, UE UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Methods and apparatus are provided for narrowband UEs. In one novel aspect, frequency hopping is used. The UE stays on the first frequency band for consecutive number of subframes before hopping to another frequency band. In another embodiment, the first set of resource elements and the second set of resource elements are discontinued with a gap in the time domain. In another novel aspect, the UE obtains sub-band information and a resource index and generates a communication channel for data frame transmission and receiving. In one embodiment, the UE further acquires the sub-band set information through system information. In yet another embodiment, the resource index is acquired from DCI. In yet another novel aspect, resource blocks are selected for a PUCCH for a narrowband UE. The UE determines an operating sub-band information and selects one or more narrowband regions for the PUCCH. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164351 | SIGNALING UPLINK FRAME DURATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL-AREA NETWORKS - Computing readable media, apparatuses, and methods for signaling UL frame duration in wireless local-area networks. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry, the processing circuitry configured to: encode a trigger frame for an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) communication, the trigger frame including a media access control (MAC) portion including one or more station identifications and a length field to indicate an UL physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) (UL-PPDU) length, the MAC portion further including a duration field to indicate a time period for other stations to set network allocation vectors. The processing circuitry further configured to: configure the access point to transmit the trigger frame, and decode UL-PPDUs from one or more stations identified by the one or more stations identifications, where a length of each of the UL-PPDUs is to be in accordance with the UL-PPDU length. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164352 | UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL CONFIGURATION FOR UNLICENSED CARRIERS - A physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format for transmission of uplink control information (UCI) in unlicensed spectrum is either short PUCCH or long PUCCH. The short PUCCH occupies less than 1 subframe in the time domain and spans an entire system bandwidth in the frequency domain with interlacing on a resource block level. The long PUCCH occupies one subframe in the time domain and spans the entire system bandwidth in the frequency domain with interlacing on a resource block level. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164353 | Channelization Procedure for Implementing Persistent ACK/NACK and Scheduling Request - In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes: configuring a common resource space having a plurality of time-frequency resources and code resources, where the common resource space includes a first portion for a first type of signaling and a second portion for a second type of signaling, where the first type of signaling includes at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling, where the second type of signaling includes dynamic acknowledgement signaling; and allocating, based on the configured common resource space, resources of the common resource space for the at least one of persistent acknowledgement signaling and scheduling request signaling. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION - A method of receiving uplink control information is provided at a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell in a wireless communication system. A first set of one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) signals is transmitted within M downlink subframes through the first cell, where M≧1. A second set of zero or more PDSCH signals is transmitted within N downlink subframes through the second cell, where N≧1. The communication apparatus receives acknowledgment information on an uplink subframe, the acknowledgment information including acknowledgment information for the first set and acknowledgment information for the second set. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164355 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation and operating in TDD includes: generating a first HARQ-ACK (hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement) set for a first cell using a value M; generating a second HARQ-ACK set for a second cell using the value M; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to a third HARQ-ACK set including the first HARQ-ACK set and the second HARQ-ACK set in an uplink subframe n, wherein M=max(M1, M2), max(M1, M2) representing a value being equal to or larger than not smaller between M1 and M2, wherein M1 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the first cell, and M2 corresponds to the number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe n in the second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have different UL-DL configurations. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164356 | USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A user terminal includes a transmission section that transmits channels using a first cell and a second cell that belong to different cell groups, and a control section that, when a channel to be transmitted in the first cell and a channel to be transmitted in the second cell are same channels and channel transmission in the first cell overlaps at least partially in time with channel transmission in the second cell, preferentially allocates transmission power to one of the channel transmission in the first cell and the channel transmission in the second cell over the other. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164357 | Automated Diplomatic Interactions For Multiple Users Of A Shared Device - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, machine-readable storage medium, including executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, including configuring a display device to present a first data stream viewable only by a first viewer, configuring the display device to present a second data stream viewable only by a second viewer, wherein the first data stream and the second data stream have concurrent presentation schedules on the display device, and obtaining first personalized content according to a first behavior profile of the first viewer and second personalized content according to a second behavior profile of the second viewer, wherein the first personalized content differs from the second personalized content. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164358 | 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. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164359 | LTE HIERARCHICAL BURST MODE - Methods, systems, and devices are described for hierarchical communications within a wireless communications system. An eNB and/or a UE may be configured to operate within the wireless communications system which is at least partially defined through a first layer with first layer transmissions having a first subframe type and a second layer with second layer transmissions having a second subframe type. The first subframe type may have a first round trip time (RTT) between transmission and acknowledgment of receipt of the transmission, and the second layer may have a second RTT that is less than the first RTT. Subframes of the first subframe type may be multiplexed with subframes of the second subframe type, such as through time division multiplexing. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164360 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for allocating resources in a mobile communication system is provided. The resource allocation method includes determining whether a transmission time of response information indicating presence/absence of an error in received data overlaps a transmission time of channel state information; and when the transmission times overlap each other, allocating, to the response information, a resource block for the channel state information, cyclic shift values in a frequency domain, and orthogonal sequences having orthogonality in a time domain. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UPLINK SCHEDULING AND HARQ TIMING - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for controlling an uplink (UL) scheduling and Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) timing supported in a TDD-FDD CA environment. The method includes receiving, on a first serving cell, at least one of a first UL grant and a first Physical HARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) about a second serving cell through a cross-carrier scheduling, and receiving, on the second serving cell, at least one of a second UL grant and a second PHICH about the second serving cell through a self scheduling. According to aspects of the present invention, in a TDD-FDD carrier aggregation deployment environment, an efficient UL scheduling/HARQ operation may be performed for a UE in which a cross-carrier scheduling is configured. Further, in order to satisfy high data rate required by a UE, data transmission efficiency may be enhanced in accordance with the purpose of carrier aggregation (or dual connectivity). | 2017-06-08 |
20170164362 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST PROCESSES PER TRANSMISSION TIME INTERVAL - A method and apparatus may be used for supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes per transmission time interval (TTI). A transmitter and a receiver may include a plurality of H-ARQ processes. Each H-ARQ process may transmit and receive one TB per TTI. The transmitter may generate a plurality of TBs and assign each TB to a H-ARQ process. The transmitter may send control information for each TB, which may include H-ARQ information associated TBs with the TBs. The transmitter may send the TBs using the associated H-ARQ processes simultaneously per TTI. After receiving the TBs, the receiver may send feedback for each of the H-ARQ processes and associated TBs indicating successful or unsuccessful receipt of each of the TBs to the transmitter. The feedback for multiple TBs may be combined for the simultaneously transmitted H-ARQ processes, (i.e., TBs). | 2017-06-08 |
20170164363 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a data transmission method, user equipment, and a base station, so as to resolve a conflict problem in a data transmission process with coexistence of different processing delay scenarios. The method in the embodiments of the present disclosure includes: receiving, by user equipment, a control message sent by a base station, where the control message is used to determine an RTT length corresponding to data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station; determining, by the user equipment according to the control message, the round-trip time RTT length corresponding to the data transmitted between the user equipment and the base station; and performing, by the user equipment, transmission of the data with the base station according to the RTT length. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164364 | NARROWBAND SYNCHRONIZATION AND PAGING IN LONG-TERM EVOLUTION NETWORKS - Techniques described herein may be used to more efficiently use subcarriers allocated to a narrowband channel of a wireless telecommunications network. For example, a base station may identify a middle subcarrier of the narrowband channel and partition the middle subcarrier into additional subcarriers. The additional subcarriers may include a direct circuit (DC) subcarrier occupying a middle bandwidth of the middle subcarrier, and a synchronization subcarrier and a paging subcarrier on either side of the DC subcarrier. The synchronization subcarrier may be dedicated exclusively to communicating synchronization information, and the paging subcarrier may be dedicated exclusively to communicating paging information. The synchronization information may include a preamble signal, a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), and a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) that are repeated over consecutive frames. The paging information may include paging codes that devices may passively listen for in order to be paged by the base station. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164365 | CITIZEN BAND RADIO EMULATING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A Citizen Band (CB) radio emulating device is disclosed. The device comprises a CB transceiver unit that receives and transmits radio frequency within CB frequency range; an antenna port for connecting an antenna to the CB transceiver unit for enhancing the CB transceiver unit's transmission performance; a power port for receiving power supply for the CB transceiver unit; a transmitting unit that establishes a communication with an electronic device, allowing the CB transceiver unit to receive and execute control instructions from the electronic device; and a casing that encloses the CB transceiver unit, the antenna port, the power port and the transmission unit; wherein at least the CB transceiver unit's channel and frequency are adjusted via instructions received from the electronic device. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164366 | COUPLED MODE COMMON UPLINK BURST IN TDD SUBFRAME STRUCTURE - Wireless communications systems and methods related to a coupled mode common uplink burst in Time Division Duplex (TDD) sub-frame structure are disclosed. Upon receiving a signal requesting a user to transmit a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a control channel within a common uplink (UL) burst in each sub-frame communicated between the user and a base station, the user transmits the common UL burst comprising the SRS coupled with the control channel spanning the same frequency bandwidth. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164367 | TECHNIQUES FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION USING USER EQUIPMENT SPECIFIC REFERENCE SIGNALS BASED ON SMOOTHED PRECODERS IN A FREQUENCY DOMAIN - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. One method includes identifying a plurality of intermediate precoders corresponding to a plurality of tone subsets. The plurality of intermediate precoders define a plurality of vectors across the plurality of tone subsets. The method further includes selecting, for each vector of the plurality of vectors, a subset of non-frequency domain components of the vector, such as time-domain components; modifying the plurality of intermediate precoders to a plurality of smoothed precoders based at least in part on the selected subset of non-frequency domain components for each vector; and precoding a plurality of transmit streams using the plurality of smoothed precoders. The plurality of smoothed precoders is smoothed in a frequency domain compared to the plurality of intermediate precoders. Smoothing precoders may enable application of wideband channel estimation techniques using user equipment (UE)-specific reference signals. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164368 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission method executed by a transmission device, the transmission method including performing a plurality of transmitting processes in accordance with a plurality of transmitting patterns, each of the plurality of transmitting processes including transmitting a plurality of signals for a plurality of directions in parallel by forming a plurality of beams corresponding to the plurality of directions, each of the plurality of transmitting patterns being defined a combination of directions to be transmitted in parallel, receiving a result of a determining from a reception device, the determining including determining whether or not, for each of a plurality of receiving processes, the at least one signal satisfies a predetermined condition, each of the plurality of receiving processes including receiving at least one signal transmitted from the transmission device, and selecting a transmitting direction for the reception device from the plurality of directions based on a result of the determining. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164369 | MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE USERS TO USE THE SAME SIGNATURE - A multiple access communication system in which receiving devices equipped with a method of differentiating signals from multiple users assigned with the same signature, the method comprising steps of determining a plurality of hypothetical signal levels according to a plurality of channel information; obtaining a pre-processed signal according to a received signal received by the receiving device, wherein the pre-processed signal comprises a mixture of a plurality of transmitted signals, and the transmitted signals are generated according to a plurality of signatures and encoded according to a plurality of data signals; calculating a plurality of symbol-level probabilities according to the pre-processed signal and the hypothetical signal levels, wherein the number of signatures may be less than the number of users; obtaining a plurality of log-likelihood ratios, corresponding to the users, and generating a plurality of decoded signals corresponding to the plurality of data signals according to the log-likelihood ratios. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting a signal in a communication system includes transmitting a signal using pre-generated matrix, wherein the pre-generated matrix is generated by repeating one matrix including zero elements by a predetermined number of times and a particular sequence is allocated to non-zero elements included in the pre-generated matrix. An apparatus for receiving a signal in a communication system includes at least one processor configured to make a control to receive a transmitted signal based on a pre-generated matrix and to receive the signal, wherein the pre-generated matrix is generated by repeating one matrix including zero elements by a predetermined number of times and a particular sequence is allocated to non-zero elements included in the pre-generated matrix. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164371 | METHOD OF PERFORMING RTS/CTS PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a method of initiating a RTS/CTS procedure at a STA in a wireless LAN system. According to an embodiment of this invention, the method includes receiving, from an AP, one or more RTS transmission control parameters, determining whether to transmit an RTS frame prior to transmitting a first frame, based on the one or more RTS transmission control parameters; and transmitting at least one of the RTS frame or the first frame, wherein the one or more RTS transmission control parameters includes a transmission power threshold for controlling the RTS frame transmission, and wherein the STA transmits the RTS frame prior to transmitting the first frame when a transmission power of the first frame is less than or equals to the transmission power threshold received from the AP. | 2017-06-08 |
20170164372 | DETECTION OF ACTIVE LISTENERS AND DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF CELL SITES FOR BROADCAST - In order to dynamically allocate spectrum resources to broadcast and unicast operations, user equipment (UE) sends a start message to a broadcast multicast tracking application in response to the UE deciding to start receiving a content stream. The start message includes cell site information where the user equipment is located and a channel identification indicating the content stream. The tracking application tracks the number of active listeners to the content stream in the cell and based on the number of active listeners and cell utilization, determines whether to initiate a broadcast. If the broadcast is initiated, the tracking application sends a message to the UE to retune to a broadcast channel. The UE sends a stop message when the UE decides to stop receiving the content stream and the tracking application and determines whether to terminate the broadcast based on the remaining active listeners and the cell utilization. | 2017-06-08 |