24th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120147745 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF RESOURCE COLLISION IN WIRELESS PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method of operating a wireless device includes selecting a CID with a first node and receiving a signal including an LID on a resource. At least one of the signal or the resource is based on the selected CID. The method further includes determining a presence of a second node using the selected CID based on the LID in the received signal. Another method of operating a wireless device includes selecting a CID with a first node and sending a signal including an LID on a resource. At least one of the signal or the resource is based on the selected CID. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147746 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PACKET ROUTING IN A MESH NETWORK - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a first packet and a second packet that propagate in a mesh network and evaluating hop count metrics associated with the first packet and the second packet (e.g., evaluate the number of hops traversed in the mesh network, hop characteristics, etc.). The first packet is sent to a first queue, the second packet is sent to a second queue. The first queue is associated with a first hop count detected in the first packet, and the second queue is associated with a second hop count detected in the second packet. A buffer overflow condition can be identified. The method further includes discarding the second packet based on the second hop count being less than the first hop count. Discarding of the second packet may be performed in response to any type of congestion parameter detected in the mesh network. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147747 | PRIORITY AWARE MAC FLOW CONTROL - Solutions are provided that allow a network device to apply flow control on the MAC layer while taking into account the priority of the frame of traffic. This may be accomplished by generating a frame indicating that traffic flow should be paused, while utilizing a new opcode value, or alternatively by utilizing a new type/length value (possibly combined with a new opcode value). A receiving device may then examine the fields of the frame to determine whether it should use priority-based pausing, and then examine other fields to determine which priority-levels to pause and for how long. This allows for improved efficiency in flow control on the MAC layer. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147748 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONGESTION CONTROL PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD - A server stores data to be transmitted in a first S queue, reads the data stored in the first S queue, and transmits it. If congestion is detected, from among data to be transmitted after the congestion is detected, the server stores, in a second S queue, data other than data for the destination for which the congestion is detected. If congestion is detected, from among data to be transmitted after the congestion is detected, the server stores, in a D queue, data for a destination for which the congestion is detected. After the data is stored in the first S queue, the server reads data stored in the second S queue and transmits it. After the data is stored in the first S queue, the server reads the data stored in the D queue, controls a bandwidth thereof, and transmits the data in the D queue. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147749 | ROUTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK - A routing apparatus and method for a mobile ad-hoc network are provided. The routing apparatus selects a transmission path differently based on the priority of a message, thereby distributing paths such that the overall energy balance between mobile nodes can be maintained. Accordingly, congestion of traffic on a particular path can be prevented, and the overall performance and the lifetime of the network can be enhanced. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147750 | Using the ECN Mechanism to Signal Congestion Directly to the Base Station - Techniques for a mobile station to signal a request for a reduction in data transmission rate to a base station are disclosed. An example method for facilitating flow control in a wireless communication system includes monitoring resource use associated with a mobile station and, based upon the resource use, setting a congestion indicator in a header of at least one uplink traffic data packet. The uplink traffic data packet is then sent to a wireless base station, which detects the congestion indicator. In some embodiments, ECN bits in an IP header of the uplink traffic data packet are set. In other embodiments, ECN bits in an IP header of a downlink traffic data packet are set, to trigger the generation of a TCP header that indicates congestion in subsequent uplink packets. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IP VIDEO DELIVERY USING DISTRIBUTED FLEXIBLE CHANNEL BONDING - A system and method receives IP packets on a first device for delivery as DOCSIS packets over a DOCSIS interface, each DOCSIS packet encapsulating IP data from the IP packets, and including a sequence number that the first device generates for a bonding group. The method delivers first DOCSIS packets to a DOCSIS device using first downstream channels on the first device that are associated with the bonding group. When the first downstream channels exceed a capacity, the method determines an available capacity of second downstream channels on a second device that are associated with the bonding group, identifies second DOCSIS packets that do not exceed the available capacity, and forwards the second DOCSIS packets to the second device, which delivers the second DOCSIS packets to the DOCSIS device using the second downstream channels. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147752 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDICATING CONGESTION IN A SOURCE ROUTED NETWORK - A packet header in a source routed network is augmented to include, with each hop identifier, at least one bit for indicating congestion at the particular hop. As the packet traverses from the source to the destination, when congestion is detected at a hop, a congestion bit associated with the hop is set in the header. At the destination, when another packet is forwarded from the destination to the source on the same path, the congestion bits are reflected back to the source. When the source receives the congestion bits, it has the option of re-routing subsequent communications between the source and destination nodes by generating a new hop list, which routes around one or more of the congested hops. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147753 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION - A method provides for the dynamic traffic prioritization in a communication network. The method electronically monitors traffic in a communication network and determines when traffic exceeds configured thresholds on the links of the communication network. Thus, the method determines a link which is potentially about to be congested in the communication network. The method categorizes the traffic on this link by an end system attached to one end of the potentially congested link into a plurality of priority categories using application layer parameters. Using a re-direct capability of the end system, the method re-directs at least one of the pluralities of priority categories of traffic to an alternate Internet Protocol address. The method uses preconfigured Quality of Service mechanisms on the provider edge router attached to the other end of the potentially congested link to guarantee a predetermined amount of bandwidth capacity of the link to traffic destined to the alternate Internet Protocol address. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147754 | HIGH-SPEED CONTENT INSPECTION APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING SYSTEM OVERHEAD - A high-speed content inspection apparatus for minimizing system overhead is provided. The high-speed content inspection apparatus extracts content in unit of sub-pattern by inspecting a payload of a packet in units of sub-pattern, and extract target content by inspecting a correlation between the extracted sub-patterns. If a sub-pattern present at the end of a payload is smaller than a predetermined unit of a sub-pattern, position information of the sub-pattern at the end of the payload is rolled back and the correlation is inspected. Accordingly, without having to add another hardware or high-performance hardware, target content can be efficiently detected in real time. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147755 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR JUDGING RADIO LINK FAILURE IN CARRIER AGGREGATION TECHNOLOGY - The present invention discloses a method and device for judging Radio Link Failure (RLF) in Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology, which are used to effectively judge whether a radio link is failed or not in CA technology. Said method comprises: on an evaluation point, comparing the determined radio link quality parameter of each carrier participating in the RLF judgement with the corresponding radio link quality parameter threshold, determining whether to trigger an in-sync indication or out-of-sync indication on the evaluation point, and judging whether the radio link of the User Equipment (UE) is failed according to the number of the continuously received in-sync indications or out-of-sync indications. The embodiment of the present invention determines whether to trigger an in-sync indication or out-of-sync indication by comparing the radio link quality parameters of the carriers participating in the RLF judgement with the corresponding radio link quality parameter thresholds, and thereby judges that whether the radio link is failed or not in CA technology. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147756 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTIPLE SERVICES PER CALL - A method and apparatus for enabling multiple services to be invoked in a specific precedence per call are disclosed. For example, the present method allows a subscriber to interact with a plurality of services provided by a service provider on a single call. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147757 | Method, System and Apparatus for Diagnosing Physical Downlink Failure - The present invention discloses a method for diagnosing a physical downlink failure so as to solve the problem in the existing technology of being unable to report information accurately when the physical downlink failure occurs thereby influencing the diagnosis of the physical downlink failure. The method comprises: when a remote device detects the physical downlink failure, determining a code corresponding to information required to be reported based on a stored corresponding relationship between the information and the code; the remote device generating a control signal from the determined code based on an appointed frequency clock; and the remote device reporting a signal corresponding to the control signal to a near-end device through a physical uplink such that the near-end device diagnoses the physical downlink failure according to the reported signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147758 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING DOWNLOAD SPEED FROM PASSIVE MEASUREMENTS - A system for passive estimation of throughput in an electronic network is disclosed. The system may include an plurality of mobile devices configured to operate in the network and may further include an electronic data processor. The processor may be configured to access flow records for data flows associated with the mobile devices during a predetermined time interval. Additionally, the processor may be configured to annotate the flow records with an application field and a content provider field. The processor may also be configured to determine a flow type of each data flow based on the application field and the content provider field of the flow records. Furthermore, the processor may be configured to generate a throughput index that only includes non-rate-limited flow types. Moreover, the processor may be configured to estimate maximum throughput for each data flow having non-rate-limited flow types in the throughput index. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147759 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A COMMUNICATION QUALITY FEEDBACK OF AN END-TO-END COMMUNICATION PATH - The apparatus and methods described herein are used to provide a communication quality feedback of an end-to-end communication path between an application transmitter and an application receiver. One method includes transmitting data from the application transmitter to the application receiver via the end-to-end communication path, the end-to-end communication path having at least one wireless link with a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, generating, at the wireless transmitter, a first communication quality feedback message, and transmitting the first communication quality feedback message from the wireless transmitter to the application transmitter in a standardized format. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147760 | Method for Provisioning a Wireless Network - A method that collects data and subjects it to statistical analysis to detect localized events, which assists in network provisioning. Illustratively, the data employed is hourly network traffic count that is collected at cell sites. By taking the advantage of additive property of Poisson process, the method integrates spatial neighbor information by aggregating temporal data in various areas, and iteratively estimating the event location and the radius of event impact by examining the posterior probability base on the aggregated data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147761 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) TERMINALS - The present invention relates to a method of channel estimation comprising two major steps. The first step is the least-squared and minimum mean-square error (MMSE) estimations on the pilot resource elements to generate the channel response estimates at the predefined pilot locations. The second step of the channel estimation, which utilizes the results from the first step to compute the channel response estimates for the remaining resource elements, comprises the following three operations: (i) averaging of each pair of adjacent pilot resource elements in the frequency direction to obtain the channel response estimate of the resource element in the middle of those two pilot resource elements; (ii) MMSE interpolation in the time domain for all the sub-carriers containing pilot signals; and (iii) linear interpolation in the frequency direction for all the sub-carriers not containing any pilot signals. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147762 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF CONTROLLING STATE DEVICES OPERABLE TO SUPPORT CALLS BETWEEN ENDPOINTS - A method and system of controlling state for devices operable to support signaling or sessions between endpoints, such as the type used to support phone, video, messaging, and other calls. The state control may include transitioning the device between in-service and out-of-service states as a function of current, past or future operating demands on the devices. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147763 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for receiving data in a communication system includes: a detection unit configured to calculate power values of a data packet and a ratio of the power values by using a preamble of the data packet in a received signal, and detect the data packet through the calculated ratio of the power values; a control unit configured to calculate a gain compensation value of the detected data packet, and perform an automatic gain control (AGC) on the detected data packet by using the gain compensation value; a compensation unit configured to calculate a DC offset in the received signal, and remove the DC offset from the received signal; and a demodulator configured to demodulate the AGCed data packet. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147764 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POWER ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a signal detection module and a power adjustment module. The signal detection module detects a received signal quality of a first wireless communication system. The power adjustment module is coupled to the signal detection module, and adjusts an output power in a second wireless communication system according to the received signal quality, so as to enlarge service coverage of the electronic apparatus in the second wireless communication system. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147765 | Power Control Loop Stability Monitoring - New load measures are provided for a base station in a wireless communication network using interference suppression receivers. The new load measures are based on the estimation of neighbor cell interference and reflect the load after interference suppression. The improved load measures are used to monitor the stability of the uplink power control loops of the user terminals served by the base station. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147766 | CHANNEL STATUS INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving channel status information in a mobile communication system including a distributed antenna system. The channel status information feedback method of the present invention includes transmitting, to a base station, received signal strengths of reference signals transmitted through at least one of antennas distributed in a service area of the base station and transmitting, to a base station, channel status information corresponding to at least one antenna selected by the base station. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147767 | EXTENDED QOS SUPPORT IN EPC - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a target Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a target Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) network node, and method, for handling a mobility procedure or session procedure within the same operator. The roaming agreement handling may comprise comparing a Quality of Service (QoS) parameter associated with a source system, a maximum QoS associated with a target system and a Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW) or Policy and Changing Rules Function (PCRF) capability. The mobility procedure or session procedure handling may further comprise providing instructions for the roaming procedure based on the comparison. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147768 | Method and Apparatus For Reducing Power Consumption in a Telecommunication Network - A method that reduces the power consumption on network nodes by taking into account the services that need to be supported by the network and the power saving capabilities of the nodes. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING, REPORTING, AND ANALYZING DATA ON APPLICATION-LEVEL ACTIVITY AND OTHER USER INFORMATION ON A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - System and method for collecting and analyzing information on application-level activity and other user information on a mobile data network. A platform non-intrusively and transparently monitors data activity on a mobile data network in real-time so that user-level information can be reported to an operator. The platform comprises a plurality of collectors, a data manager, and a report manager. The collectors communicate with network routers to almost all network data. The collectors inspect the data for IP addresses and correlate them to user mobile phone numbers. The data manager receives the data and augments it with information obtained by querying carrier information. The data manager stores the data and monitors it to see if it satisfies a set of defined real-time reports. The report manager then works with the data manager to develop and test new reports based on operator instructions for a specific report. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147770 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING PILOTS - This is provided a method for allocating pilots to a sub-frame. The sub-frame includes a plurality of blocks in time domain. The method includes allocating a data demodulation (DM) pilot used for demodulating data to two blocks spaced not contiguous with each other, and allocating a channel quality (CQ) pilot. System capacity can be increased, and degradation of performance incurred by a channel estimation error can be minimized. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147771 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING A BUFFER STATUS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reports a buffer status as part of scheduling information for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmissions. For reporting the buffer status, the WTRU calculates a total amount of data available across all logical channels for which reporting is requested by a radio resource control (RRC) entity. The total amount of data includes an amount of data that is available for transmission and retransmission at a radio link control (RLC) entity and an amount of data that is available for transmission in a medium access control for enhanced dedicated channel (MAC-i/is) segmentation entity in case that a MAC-i/is entity is configured. The WTRU sends scheduling information including a total E-DCH buffer status (TEBS) field that is set based on the total amount of data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147772 | Exchange of Parameters Relating to Measurement Periods - Methods, a first, and a second network node as well as a user equipment for exchange of measurement period related parameters are provided. The user equipment ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147773 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A apparatus and method for transmitting channel state information is disclosed. If an LTE-A system transmits a reference signal per subframe to support eight transmitting antennas, a problem occurs in that overhead is great. In order to solve this problem, a reference signal for channel measurement is transmitted per subband at different periods, or a user equipment scheduled for channel measurement uses a demodulation reference signal. The user equipment can notify a base station of channel measurement result using the demodulation reference signal in accordance with implicit or explicit signaling from the base station. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AN UPLINK BROADBAND MEASUREMENT SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A DOWNLINK CHANNEL USING SAME - The present specification relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink broadband measurement signal in a wireless communication system, and to a downlink channel estimation technique using the same. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147775 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR INFORMATION OF MULTIPLE USER TERMINALS - Provide are a method, a system and an apparatus for transmitting channel quality indicator information of multiple user terminals. The method includes: at least two user terminals transmit their own channel quality indicator information using the same time and frequency resources, wherein the time and frequency resources include at least one frequency-domain unit in frequency domain and at least two sets of data time-domain units in time domain, each set of data time-domain units including at least two data time-domain units; and the channel quality indicator information of each user terminal is transmitted on at least one set of data time-domain units by means of time-domain Code Division Multiple Address. Therefore, it is possible to adjust the transmitted bits according to size of the channel quality indicator information. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147776 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERING SCTP ASSOCIATIONS IN A NETWORK - Systems and methods for discovering SCTP associations between devices communicating in a network are described. A method comprises monitoring packets communicated among a plurality of source and destination devices, determining a combination of source EP address, source port number, destination IP address, and destination port number that defines an association between a source device and a destination device, and resolving a combination of source and destination verification tags that further defines the association based upon the combination of EP addresses and port numbers. The method further comprises ascertaining whether a subsequently monitored packet belongs to the association based at least in part upon an element of the combination of verification tags after at least one element of the combination of EP addresses and port numbers has changed during the ongoing communication. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147777 | ACCESS POINT TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - An access point terminal includes: a communication-terminal-status determination unit which determines a communication status of one wireless communication terminal out of wireless communication terminals, by obtaining a wireless signal transmitted or received by the one wireless communication terminal; and a frequency control unit which uses (i) a first frequency band for wireless communication with the one wireless communication terminal and (ii) a frequency band other than the first frequency band for the wireless communication with one or more of the wireless communication terminals other than the one wireless communication terminal, when the communication-terminal-status determination unit determines that the communication status of the one wireless communication terminal satisfies a predetermined condition. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147778 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using an uplink shared channel includes a radio resource allocation unit configured to decrease frequency resources allocated to the shared channel, when transmission power of the user equipment terminal is less than a predetermined threshold. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147779 | PATH-BASED ADAPTIVE PRIORITIZATION AND LATENCY MANAGEMENT - An improved solution for managing messages through a request response protocol network utilizing a path-based adaptive prioritization and latency management is provided. A weight for a message is determined at a message management computing device based upon a number of hops and a latency of networks passed through by the message. A hop latency target for a current hop segment is evaluated relative to an overall latency target and the determined weight for the message. A priority of the message is adjusted in response to determining that the overall latency target, relative to the weight for the message and the hop latency target for the current hop segment, exceeds a configured allowable hop latency deviation for the current hop segment. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED ROUTING IN MULTI-HOP MULTI-RADIO WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method provides for differentiating usage permissions between different categories of communication traffic within a given network. The method includes ensuring one or more categories of traffic never transits communication radios, link, and/or spectrums dedicated to a different category of traffic. A combined routing metric is calculated using a scaling factor for discouraging usage of restricted communication links and encouraging usage of non-restricted communication links. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147781 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION SPEED OF MULTI-CAST PACKETS - A transmission speed controlling method for multi-cast packets includes the steps of calculating a standard time, and recording an accumulated error time; transmitting one of the multi-cast packets, and calculating a transmission time of the transmitted multi-cast packet; calculating a difference between the standard time and the transmission time, recording the difference as a current error time, adding the accumulated error time and the current error time, and recording the add result as a preset sleep time; and performing the following steps when the preset sleep time is greater than an error threshold value, wherein the following steps are sleeping for the preset sleep time; being awaked from sleep, and calculating a practical sleep time; calculating a new accumulated error time by subtracting the practical sleep time from the preset sleep time; and returning to the first step to transmit the next one of the multi-cast packets. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMAL INTERCONNECTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION NODES VIA A RELIABLE MICROWAVE CLUSTERING - A method and apparatus for providing a topology for interconnection of telecommunication nodes in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines values of: at least one set, at least one parameter, and at least one variable associated with the communication network in accordance with the input data. The method then determines the topology for the interconnection via microwave links of the telecommunication nodes from an objective function in accordance with the at least one set, at least one parameter, and at least one variable, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147783 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONFIGURATION DATA IN A MESH NETWORK - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets from a group of nodes configured to operate in a mesh network; referencing geographic information associated with the group of nodes; evaluating a subset of the group of nodes within a particular geographic area; determining a global positioning system (GPS) location and a relative location associated with the subset of the group of nodes; determining configuration data for the subset of the group of the nodes; and communicating the configuration data to the subset of the group of nodes. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147784 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ATTRIBUTES BASED ON FIBER CHANNEL NETWORK AND SWITCH SYSTEM - An attribute propagation method and a switch system based on a fiber channel network are disclosed. According to the present invention, after an attribute is registered on one of its ports, each switch can automatically use its port on the other side to propagate this attribute, and a next adjacent switch can register this attribute on its port on the same side, so that ports on one side of all switches can have this attribute registered automatically. Hereafter, after the attribute is registered its port on the other side, each switch can automatically use its port on said one side that has been registered to propagate this attribute reversely and a next adjacent can register this attribute on its port on the other side, so that ports on the other side of all switches can automatically have this attribute registered. In this way, there is no need to manually configure each port. Instead, the attribute can be registered automatically on ports on both sides of all switches, thus improving the configuration efficiency for port attributes. Furthermore, the present invention can enable propagation of any attribute, thus making the present invention have a high popularity. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147785 | Method for Establishing Topology Structure of Switching Equipment, Switching Equipment and Stacking System - In the invention, a method for establishing topology structure of switching equipments, a switching equipment and a stacking system are provided. The invention relates to the field of stacking systems in data communication, and the problem of a topology discovery error caused by different starting times of switching equipments is solved. The method comprises the following steps: Step 1, when any one of the following two requirements is met, the switching equipment turns to Step 2, otherwise, the switching equipment executes the Step 1 again, wherein the first one of the two requirements is that the current time exceeds a predetermined time, which is the time for the initialization of all the switching equipments in the stacking system; and the second one of the two requirements is that the switching equipment receives a topology discovery message from another switching equipment in the stacking system; Step 2, the switching equipment sends topology discovery messages to all the other switching equipments in the stacking system; and Step 3, the switching equipment performs a topology discovery. The invention can be applied to a stacking system where switching equipments have different starting times. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147786 | NETWORK OPERATION SYSTEM, NETWORK OPERATION METHOD AND NETWORK OPERATION PROGRAM - Data transfer with high throughput is enabled between servers. When in a set of sites each having a usable network operation unit, a new site is added or an existing site withdraws, designing is executed for determining a combination of the network operation units each one of which is to be used in each added or withdrawn site such that at least a site which transmits or receives data becomes reachable based on a connection relationship between each paired network operation units added or withdrawn, and when a combination of the network operation units is determined in the designing, the network operation unit determined is considered as a network operation unit to be newly used in each site. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147787 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AUDIO CONFERENCE - A method and system for providing an audio conference includes receiving audio from a moderator via a circuit-switched telephone network, transmitting a representation of the audio to a first listener group via the circuit-switched telephone network, and transmitting a representation of the audio to a second listener group via a packet-switched network. The audio conference is preferably transmitted to the first listener group and the second listener group in real-time or near real-time (e.g., within a few seconds). Although the method and system could be used with any suitable circuit-switched telephone network, the method and system are preferably used with a public switched telephone network. Further, although the method and system could be used with any suitable packet-switched network, the method and system are preferably used with the Internet. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147788 | RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END CIRCUIT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio frequency (RF) front-end circuit includes a multiband antenna, an antenna switch, a duplexer, a communication mode selection switch, and a processor. The processor selectively connects the antenna switch or the duplexer to the multiband antenna using the communication mode selection switch. When the multiband antenna is connected to the antenna switch, the processor directs the antenna switch to transmit wireless signals used in a first wireless communication system received by or sent from the multiband antenna; when the multiband antenna is connected to the duplexer, the duplexer transmits wireless signals used in a second wireless communication system received by or sent from the multiband antenna. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147789 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT PATHS AND RELATED METHODS - A communications device may include a first transmit path having a first band pass filter operating at a first frequency band having a first bandwidth, and a second transmit path having a second band pass filter operating at a second frequency band having a second bandwidth. The second frequency band may be adjacent the first frequency band and the second bandwidth may be less than the first bandwidth. The communications device may include a third receive path operating at a third frequency band having a third bandwidth, and a fourth receive path operating at a fourth frequency band having a fourth bandwidth. The fourth frequency band may be adjacent the third frequency band, and the fourth bandwidth may be less than the third bandwidth. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147790 | Method for a Canceling Self Interference Signal Using Active Noise Cancellation in RF Circuits and Transmission Lines for Full Duplex Simultaneous (In Time) and Overlapping (In Space) Wireless Transmission & Reception on the Same Frequency band - A method for full duplex communication includes creating a canceling self interference signal using active noise cancelation in RF circuits and transmission lines with a plurality of receive antennas being used and a signal received by the antennas are destructively combined in the transmission lines and passive RF components, and attaining full-duplex simultaneous in time and overlapping in space wireless transmission and reception on same frequency band responsive to the step of creating a canceling self interference signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147791 | PRESELECTOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION AND DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION - A wireless telemetry module and associated method reject interference in a received signal. The wireless telemetry module includes an antenna receives a communication signal transmitted at a desired channel frequency and having a channel bandwidth. A transceiver is controlled to operate in receiving and transmitting modes by a processor. An interference rejection module receives control signals from the processor corresponding to the desired channel frequency and is coupled between the antenna and the transceiver when the transceiver is operating in the receiving mode. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147792 | RELAYING NODE, TIME DIVISION DUPLEX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A relay node, time division duplex communication system and communication method are disclosed. The communication system comprises a base station, mobile stations and the relay node. The relay node will not be in receiving and transmitting state synchronously. The communication method comprises that the relay node receives a first signal from the base station in a predetermined downlink subframe of a frame and transmits a second signal to the base station in a predetermined uplink subframe of the frame, wherein the first signal is a response signal for the second signal or the second signal is a response signal for the first signal | 2012-06-14 |
20120147793 | System and Method for the Coexistence of Multiple Communications Systems - A method for enabling a coexistence of multiple communications systems includes locating a gap in a first frame structure of a first communications protocol used in a first communications system, and shifting a second frame structure of a second communications protocol used in a second communications system into alignment with the gap to inhibit interference between simultaneous transmissions of the first communications system and the second communications system. The method also includes transmitting the shifted second frame structure to a communications device in the second communications system. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147794 | CHANNEL STATUS INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH RELAY STATION - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a channel status information feedback method and apparatus in a wireless communication system with a relay station. The method for transmitting channel status information according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving a backhaul downlink signal from a base station; generating channel status information based on the backhaul downlink signal; and transmitting the channel status information via a backhaul uplink subframe, wherein the backhaul uplink subframe to which the channel status information is transmitted can be determined based on a subframe index without a designated backhaul downlink subframe and a backhaul uplink transmission timing relation. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147795 | APPARATUS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE FOR ADAPTIVE POWER CONTROL - In embodiments, a first wireless device generates symbols for transmission to another wireless device. Adaptive power control is applied to the transmissions, for example, at symbol or frame boundaries. When a transmit power gain adjustment exceeds a threshold, all or part of the gain adjustment may be performed on the generated symbols before the symbols are combined in an overlap-and-add process. Part of the gain adjustment may also be performed through adjustment of the power amplifier. When the gain adjustment does not exceed the threshold, all of the gain adjustment may be performed through adjustment of the power amplifier. Performing gain adjustment before the overlap-and-add process results in a lower spectral spread of the transmitted waveform and improved bandwidth utilization efficiency. In embodiments, the power adjustment techniques are used in FDD/OFDM systems or other systems where a plurality of symbols or frames is transmitted substantially continuously. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147796 | RADIO BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes: an upper-layer information transmission unit | 2012-06-14 |
20120147797 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MANAGING A REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for managing uplink channel estimation in a base station includes transmitting downlink data from a base station to a mobile terminal in a radio access network over a first portion of a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) spectrum. The first portion of the FDD spectrum is designated for downlink data transfer. The method also includes transmitting a predetermined reference signal from the base station to the mobile terminal over a second portion of the FDD spectrum. The second portion of the FDD spectrum is designated for uplink data transfer. The predetermined reference signal permits the mobile terminal to perform a channel estimate on at least a portion of the second portion of the FDD spectrum. The method additionally includes receiving uplink data transmitted from the mobile terminal to the base station over the second portion of the FDD spectrum. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZING AN RFID TAG VIA AN OPTICAL DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for initializing a radio frequency identification tag are disclosed. For example, the method receives an optical signal having a unique identifier and an encryption key from a display by a radio frequency identification repeater associated with the radio frequency identification tag, wherein the radio frequency identification repeater comprises an optical reader. The method then transmits a communication comprising radio frequency identification information associated with the radio frequency identification tag and the unique identifier via the radio frequency identification repeater to a wireless access point, wherein the communication is encrypted using the encryption key. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147799 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - According to an illustrative embodiment, a data transmission device is provided. The device includes a communication unit for transmitting data to a receiver and transmitting data having a changed characteristic to the receiver, wherein when transmitting the data the device transmits timing information to the receiver indicating a time that the device will begin transmitting the data having a changed characteristic. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147800 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK HAVING STATIONS WITH DIFFERENT POWER CAPABILITIES - In a wireless network, information regarding the power capabilities of a wireless device may be communicated to a wireless AP. The device itself may transmit such information, which may include a Max Idle Time period. The device may communicate the information within an association or re-association frame, for example as a parameter in a BSS Low Power Capability element. The AP may receive the information and set a keep-alive time period for the device based on the information. The AP may set the keep-alive time period to be equal to or greater than the Max Idle period. The AP may further communicate the keep-alive time period to the device, for example in an association or re-association response frame as a BSS Max Idle period element. In this way, the AP may apply different sets of parameters, such as different keep-alive time periods, to different classes of stations. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147801 | SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE BACKOFF IN POWER HEADROOM REPORT - Uplink transmission power adjustment is provided by a mobile device receiving an uplink transmission grant from a serving base station. The mobile device determines a maximum power reduction for uplink transmissions and a SAR-related power reduction. The mobile device compares these values and adjusts transmission power according to the SAR-related power reduction in response to the SAR-related power reduction exceeding the maximum power reduction. A power headroom report is generated when the determined SAR-related power reduction exceeds a previous SAR-related power reduction. This power headroom report is transmitted from the mobile device to the serving base station under various conditions. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147802 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An energy controller ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120147803 | INACTIVITY TIMER IN A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION CONFIGURED SYSTEM - Systems, methods and wireless devices are provided that utilize a timer to ensure a receiver of a wireless device is on to receive downlink transmissions. In the event the timer runs out without further resource allocation, the mobile device turns its radio off. If a further resource allocation occurs while the timer is running, the timer is restarted. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147804 | Medium Reservation Techniques for Multi-User Transmissions - Techniques are provided for a multi-user reservation sequence used when transmitting a multi-user transmission in a wireless network. At a wireless access point device configured to operate in a wireless network, a multi-user request-to-send packet is transmitted as part of a multi-user reservation sequence prior to a multi-user transmission from the wireless access point device to a plurality of wireless client devices that are the intended recipients for the multi-user transmission. The multi-user request-to-send packet comprises duration information and address information configured to address at least some of the plurality of wireless client devices. Clear-to-send packets transmitted from two or more of the plurality of wireless client devices in response to the multi-user request-to-send packet are received at the wireless access point device. Each clear-to-send packet comprises identical content. In some scenarios, the multi-user request-to-send packet is preceded by a single-user request-to-send packet directed to a designated wireless client device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICELL COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - According to one aspect of the present invention, a method in which a relay performs multicell cooperative communication comprises the steps of: receiving scheduling information and data from a base station; receiving a bypass indicator from the base station; performing protocol layer processing on the scheduling information and data in accordance with the bypass indicator; and transmitting the processed data to a user equipment in accordance with the processed scheduling information, wherein said bypass indicator indicates that the protocol layer processing should be performed for only a portion of the protocol layer of the relay. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147806 | Data over signaling (DOS) optimization over wireless access networks - The present invention supports a communication protocol on a wireless communication network to transmit application data on the control channel to an access terminal. Base transceiver stations are grouped and configured into paging zones. The radio network controller transmits a page message and application data to the base transceiver stations in the paging zone where the access terminal is located. Each of the base transceiver stations transmits a page and buffers the application data. The buffered application data is only transmitted by the base transceiver station receiving a response to the page. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147807 | DATA SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a data synchronization method and system. The method includes that: a first device adds a time stamp to a received data packet and transmits the data packet to a second device; the second device determines a transmission period to which the data packet belongs according to the time stamp of the data packet, and transmits data packets of different services which belong to the same transmission period by using air resources corresponding to the transmission period after the data packets of the different services which belong to the same transmission period are multiplexed. By the technical scheme of the present invention, air resources can be fully utilized. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147808 | Network Protocol - A system includes wireless network devices and a terminal device. The wireless network devices include a base station and plural repeater devices for routing data. The terminal device runs a network protocol to establish a presence in a wireless network that includes the wireless network devices. The terminal device enters a low-power mode when not communicating over the wireless network. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147809 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND RELAY NODE - A mobile communication method according to the present invention comprising a step A in which, when a predetermined trigger is detected, the radio base station DeNB notifies the relay node RN of a transmission timing of an MBSFN subframe by a signal for changing the configuration of an RRC connection that is set between the radio base station DeNB and the relay node RN, a step B in which the radio base station DeNB performs scheduling such that a downlink signal is transmitted to the relay node RN at the transmission timing of the MBSFN subframe, and a step C in which the relay node RN performs scheduling such that a downlink signal is transmitted at a timing other than the transmission timing of the MBSFN subframe. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147810 | Flexible Ways to Indicate Downlink/Uplink Backhaul Subframe Configurations in a Relay System - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for indicating the configuration of a subframe of a backhaul between a relay node and a base station. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include generating an indication of a configuration of a subframe of at least one of an uplink and a downlink of a backhaul and sending the indication to a relay node to configure transmission at the relay node. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147811 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS, SMALL-SCALE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, RADIO TRANSMITTING METHOD, RADIO RELAYING METHOD, AND RADIO RECEIVING METHOD - A system can suppress the degradation of the system's own throughput, while suppressing the interference with a different communication system sharing a frequency band with the system. In ST | 2012-06-14 |
20120147812 | INCREMENTALLY INCREASING DEPLOYMENT OF GATEWAYS - In one embodiment, a satellite communications system includes first and second receivers, splitters, and combiners. The first receiver is configured to receive a first microwave communications signal; and the first splitter is coupled to the first receiver and configured to split the first microwave communications signal into at least first and second channels. The second receiver is configured to receive a second microwave communications signal; and the second splitter is coupled to the second receiver and configured to split the second microwave communications signal into at least third and fourth channels. The first combiner is coupled to the first and second splitters and configured to combine the first and third channels to form a third microwave communications signal; and the second combiner is coupled to the first and second splitters and configured to combine the second and fourth channels to form a fourth microwave communications signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147813 | CLOSED-LOOP FEEDBACK DURING INITIAL RANGING PROCEDURE - During operation, the choice of the initial ranging code (sometimes referred to as a ranging preamble code, or a random-access preamble) at the mobile station is associated with a PMI feedback to be signaled to the base station during the initial ranging. More particularly, during initial system access a ranging code is transmitted by the mobile station to the base station. The mobile station chooses one of the available ranging codes based on the channel conditions and associates the ranging code with channel feedback information. The ranging code is then transmitted to the base station, and provides the base station with the channel feedback information. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147814 | SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE SAME COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - A method and apparatus for support communication devices with different communication technologies within the same communication channel includes establishing a common frame structure for the communication channel, the frame having a fixed length and having downlink and uplink portions split between different first and second communication technologies. A next step includes providing different control messages for the respective different technologies in the frame. A next step includes decoding downlink data in a downlink subframe of the frame using the different technologies utilizing information in the control messages. A next step includes supplying uplink data in an uplink subframe of the frame using the different technologies utilizing information in the control messages. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147815 | UPLINK HYBRID-ARQ MECHANISM FOR COOPERATIVE BASE STATIONS - Method for performing a feedback process between a network access node and a user terminal, comprising collecting supporting information and suspending a transmission of a transport block until the supporting information is collected and/or a decision is taken as to whether request either a new transmission or a retransmission. The method may be performed in a serving network node cooperating with supporting network nodes, receivers or antennas, wherein a first part of the information of the transport block is gathered from a receiver or antenna within the serving network node and a second part of the information of the transport block is gathered from one of the supporting network nodes, receivers or antennas. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147816 | PICH-HS TIMING AND OPERATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147817 | Iterative Interference Suppressor for Wireless Multiple-Access Systems with Multiple Receive Antennas - This invention teaches to the details of an interference suppressing receiver for suppressing intra-cell and inter-cell interference in coded, multiple-access, spread spectrum transmissions that propagate through frequency selective communication channels to a multiplicity of receive antennas. The receiver is designed or adapted through the repeated use of symbol-estimate weighting, subtractive suppression with a stabilizing step-size, and mixed-decision symbol estimates. Receiver embodiments may be designed, adapted, and implemented explicitly in software or programmed hardware, or implicitly in standard RAKE-based hardware either within the RAKE (i.e., at the finger level) or outside the RAKE (i.e., at the user or subchannel symbol level). Embodiments may be employed in user equipment on the forward link or in a base station on the reverse link. It may be adapted to general signal processing applications where a signal is to be extracted from interference. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147818 | TRANSMISSION FRAME GENERATING DEVICE, WIRELESS DEVICE, BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION FRAME GENERATING METHOD - A transmission frame generating device includes an encoding processor | 2012-06-14 |
20120147819 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPLINK ESTABLISHMENT IN A WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to wireless communications. More especially it relates to wireless packet data communications. Particularly it relates to latency reduction by distinguishing connection initiation of circuit switched and packet switched connections, respectively. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147820 | DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS PACKET ASSEMBLY - Distributed assembly of data packets into messages at a group of interface devices that receive data packets from within a coverage area. Each interface device in the group will take ownership of a sequence of data packets forming a message when a data packet of the message meeting predetermined criteria is received by that interface device. Once an interface device takes ownership of a sequence of data packets, it sends a request to the other interface devices for any missing data packets of the sequence that the ownership claiming interface does not have, and then assembles message upon receiving all the data packets of the sequence. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147821 | RANDOM ACCESS DESIGN FOR HIGH DOPPLER IN WIRELESS NETWORK - UE-initiated accesses within a cellular network are optimized to account for Doppler shift. A user equipment (UE) receives information that designates a particular access slot as high-speed and designates another access slot as low-speed within a given cell. The UE determines its relative speed to a serving base station (NodeB) within the cell. The UE selects either a baseline structure or an alternate structure if the relative speed is less than a threshold value or only an alternate structure if the relative speed exceeds the threshold value. The UE transmits a signal to the NodeB using the selected structure, such that the baseline structure is transmitted only in the designated low-speed access slot and that the alternate structure is transmitted only in the designated high-speed request slot. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPORTIONAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR MULTI-RATE RANDOM ACCESS - The present invention relates to a system and method for proportional-fair resource allocation for multi-rate random access. The method includes receiving, by a device, data packets to be transmitted to an access point on a shared uplink channel, and determining, by the device, whether or not to contend for access to the shared uplink channel based on a probability of access. The probability of access is based on a data transmission rate between the device and the access point. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147823 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING OF PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK SPECTRUM - A method of wireless communication includes determining peer-to-peer scheduling resources. The peer-to-peer scheduling resources are parallel in time to and multiplexed with non peer-to-peer resources. The peer-to-peer scheduling resources include a plurality of serial scheduling resource segments. Each of the serial scheduling resource segments provides contention resolution for a set of peer-to-peer links. In addition, the method includes communicating in one of the serial scheduling resource segments and/or the non peer-to-peer resources. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147824 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE VIRTUAL PRIVATE MOBILE NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus to configure virtual private mobile networks are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request at a wireless network provider from a client, the request instructing the wireless network provider to create the virtual private mobile network for the client, identifying available network elements within a wireless network of the wireless network provider based on the request from the client, configuring a portion of a control plane and a portion of a data plane of the identified network elements for the virtual private mobile network, and enabling user equipment associated with the client to wirelessly communicatively couple to the virtual private mobile network. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147825 | DIRECT CONNECTION WITH SIDE CHANNEL CONTROL - A wireless computer that pairs with a remote audio-video presentation device, such as a television. As a result of the pairing, a communication channel is established for the computer to transmit audio-video content for presentation through that device. Additionally, as part of the pairing, the computer and remote device select a side channel for communication of user commands. The wireless computer may display a user interface through which a user may input commands that control the manner in which the remote audio-video device presents the content. As a result, a user may use the wireless computer as a remote control for the audio-video device, controlling both the content presented and the manner in which it is presented. The side channel may use different frequencies than the channel used to communicate audio-video content, and may use very low power at frequencies in the digital TV spectrum. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147826 | Method For Inter-Base Station Signaling - One embodiment of a method for inter-base station signaling includes receiving, at a first base station, first information from a second base station. The first information indicates commitments regarding transmission power by the second base station. The embodiment further includes determining, at the first base station, whether the second base station will follow the commitments indicated in the first infatuation based on second information. The second information indicates for at least one of the first and second base stations which subframes in a series of subframes will be special subframes. Each special subframe has at least one of less transmit power than a maximum transmission power and less data than a fully loaded subframe. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147827 | Method of Handling Transmission and Reception Involving an ABS subframe in a Wireless Communication System and Related Communication Device - A method of handling transmission and reception involving an almost blank subframes (ABS) subframe for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the mobile device being configured the ABS subframe by a network of the wireless communication system; and the mobile device stopping receiving a first packet transmitted by the network in a subframe, when the subframe is the ABS subframe. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147828 | Adaptive Load Prediction for Interference Suppression Receivers - Load measurements having low computational complexity are provided that give an effective load after interference suppression. The effective load after interference may be compared with the air interface load to determine interference suppression gains for different user constellations. The interference suppression gains may be stored in the form of a gain table that gives the expected interference suppression gains for different user constellations. The expected interference suppression gains may be used by a scheduler at a base station to predict the effective load for two or more candidate user constellations, and to select one of the candidate user constellations. Users are then scheduled according to the selected user constellation. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147829 | PILOT ADDITION METHOD AND PILOT ADDITION APPARATUS - A pilot addition method and a pilot addition apparatus. The pilot addition method is used in a transmitter for transmitting data to subscriber of an old system and subscriber of a new system serving as an updated system of the old system, including: judging whether or not to insert a pilot required by the subscriber of the new system into a current resource block, determining a sub-carrier symbol block serving as an insertion position of the pilot required by the subscriber of the new system, from one or more sub-carrier symbol blocks having a large influence on the statistical performance of a channel estimation for the subscriber of the old system; and inserting the pilot required by the subscriber of the new system into the sub-carrier symbol block serving as the insertion position of the pilot required by subscriber of a new system. determined by the determining. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147830 | ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS - The invention relates to a random access procedure for use in a mobile communication system. Furthermore, the invention also provides a mobile terminal and a base station that as suitably adapted to perform the random access procedure as well as the definition of a special format of a random access response message signalled during the random access procedure. To suggest a random access procedure that allows more information to be conveyed in the first scheduled transmission of the random access procedure, the invention proposes a random access procedure for use in a mobile communication system, wherein a base station transmits a random access response in response to receiving a random access preamble from a mobile terminal, wherein the random access response message comprises a grant for a scheduled transmission by the mobile terminal and an indication on the uplink transmission mode for the scheduled transmission. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147831 | CHANNEL QUALITY REPORTING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates methods for triggering channel quality feedback for at least one of plural component carriers of a communication system available for downlink transmission. The invention suggests a mechanism for triggering channel quality feedback from a terminal where the downlink control signaling overhead for the selection of component carrier(s) to be reported on is minimized. One aspect of the invention is a new interpretation of a predetermined format for dedicated control information comprising a CQI request flag, which is depending on the status of the CQI request flag. In case the CQI request flag is set at least one further bit of the dedicated control information is interpreted as information indicative of the one or more component carriers available for downlink transmission to the terminal and the terminal is providing channel quality feedback on the channel quality experienced on the indicated component carrier or component carriers. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING HARQ PROCEDURE - A apparatus and method for efficiently performing an HARQ procedure in a wireless communication system are disclosed. According to the method for performing an HARQ procedure, waste of unnecessary resources caused by continuous failure in packet transmission can be avoided, wherein the failure occurs due to the error of the uplink basic assignment A-MAP IE for retransmission. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147833 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE THEREFOR, AND RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for transmitting data in a wireless communication system and a transmitting device therefor. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147834 | NETWORK ENTITY, A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNIT AND METHODS FOR ACCESS TO A REMOTE PRIVATE IP NETWORK AND SUPPORTING THEREOF - A method for supporting access to a remote private internet protocol (IP) network, comprises, at a network entity, receiving an access request message from a wireless communication unit, wherein the access request message comprises an identifier. The method further comprises determining from the identifier that the access request message indicates a remote access request to the remote private IP network of the wireless communication unit; and sending an access acceptance message to the wireless communication unit. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147835 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING RECONFIGURATION OF RADIO LINK CONTROL PARAMETERS - A variety of wireless communication methods and apparatus for supporting reconfiguration of radio link control (RLC) parameters are disclosed. A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message is generated that indicates that an RLC unit in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) or a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) should be reconfigured from supporting flexible size RLC protocol data units (PDUs) to supporting fixed size RLC PDUs. If an information element (IE) “one sided RLC re-establishment” is present in the RRC reconfiguration message, only a receiving side subassembly in the RLC unit is re-established. Otherwise, both the receiving side subassembly and a transmitting side subassembly in the RLC unit are re-established. Flexible size RLC PDUs may be discarded and a message indicating the discarded flexible size RLC PDUs may be transmitted. The flexible size RLC PDUs may be modified such that they correspond to a set of pre-defined sizes. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147836 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus capable of communicating with a user equipment terminal using an uplink shared channel includes a radio resource allocation unit configured to decrease frequency resources allocated to the shared channel, when transmission power of the user equipment terminal is less than a predetermined threshold. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147837 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND A BASE STATION AND USER TERMINAL THEREOF - A user terminal in a radio communication system, in which each of user terminals performs multiplexing of a data signal and a pilot signal and transmits the multiplexed signal to a base station using different data transmission band frequencies that are assigned by the base station, the user terminal includes a receiving unit that receives uplink resource information from a base station. A pilot generation unit that generates a pilot signal based on the uplink resource information and a transmitting unit that transmits the pilot signal generated by the pilot generation unit to the base station where the pilot generation unit includes a sequence generation unit that generates a Zadoff-Chu sequence as a pilot signal based on the uplink resource information and a subcarrier mapping unit that performs mapping of a sequence generated by cyclically copying the Zadoff-Chu sequence. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147838 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SEMI-PERSISTENT SCHEDULING DATA - A method and device for transmitting semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) data reduces the probability of retransmitting a semi-persistent service, and increases the system throughput. The method includes: determining an initial transmission carrier for transmitting SPS data according to channel condition information of each carrier in multiple carriers and a gain of a match of a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) antenna unit; instructing, to a user, the determined initial transmission carrier for transmitting SPS data; and transmitting the SPS data to the user through the instructed initial transmission carrier for transmitting SPS data. The method and device are mainly applied to a process for transmitting SPS data in a carrier aggregation scenario. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147839 | Method, System, and Access Gateway for Traffic Flows to Share Resources - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a system, and an access gateway for traffic flows to share resources. The method for traffic flows to share resources includes obtaining information of at least two traffic flows and resources requested by the at least two traffic flows, where the at least two traffic flows correspond to different Internet Protocols connections. The at least two traffic flows share the resources. The information of the at least two traffic flows is bound on an established data channel. Resources for the data channel are allocated according to the resources requested by the at least two traffic flows. The at least two traffic flows are beared on the data channel. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147840 | METHOD FOR BOOSTING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION TO MOBILE STATION AND SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - The invention discloses a method for boosting the downlink transmission rate to a mobile station by a processing unit thereof, including the steps of predicting a total number of acknowledgement (ACK) packets that are going to be generated, wherein the predicted total number of the ACK packets is a fixed value, predicting timing for when the ACK packets will be generated, determining a bandwidth amount according to the predicted total number of the ACK packets, issuing a bandwidth amount request with the determined bandwidth amount from the mobile station to a base station for the ACK packets to be generated and transmitted to the base station before generation of the ACK packets, generating the ACK packets, and instructing an RF module to transmit the ACK packets to the base station following a notification from the base station indicating that the requested bandwidth amount has been allocated. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147841 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PLACEMENT OF RANK INFORMATION IN A PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL - A wireless communication network comprising a plurality of base stations capable of wireless communication with a plurality of subscriber stations within a coverage area of the network, wherein at least one of the plurality of base stations is capable of selecting two or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a subframe of a physical uplink shared channel, the two or more OFDM symbols are selected starting from the bottom of the physical uplink shared channel in a bottom-up manner, and repeating one or more rank information (RI) coded bits in each of the selected two or more OFDM symbols. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147842 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus | 2012-06-14 |
20120147843 | ALLOTMENT OF RADIO RESOURCES IN A BASE STATION OF A BROADBAND NETWORK - In order for professional mobile terminals for a critical mission of public security to make use of the radio infrastructure of a broadband network, for instance of the LTE type, the downward and upward frames are configured in a base station each in a first area dedicated to mobile terminals of lower priority and a second area dedicated to mobile terminals of critical mission of high priority. In the second area, sub-channels dedicated to a group of terminals of critical mission are allotted by order of priority to this group, to another group of mobile terminals of critical mission and to mobile terminals of lower priority. | 2012-06-14 |
20120147844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR COMPONENT CARRIERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system which has a plurality of component carriers and a method and system for allocating resources for each component carrier. The present disclosure relates to a scheme in which cell coverage is set for each component carrier in consideration of the wireless environment of the component carriers, and a scheme in which a random access process of a user equipment is controlled in accordance with said set cell coverage and resources are allocated in accordance with a priority configuration. | 2012-06-14 |