26th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 90 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160192359 | ACCESS METHOD AND PROTOCOL IN AN AD HOC NETWORK - A method for accessing a radio channel in a communication system comprises a plurality of terminals communicating with one another by radio links, a terminal being equipped with transmission and/or reception means, a processor suitable for executing the steps of the method, wherein it uses an access protocol based on a communication frame made up of a plurality of slots S( | 2016-06-30 |
20160192360 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Signal in a Mobile Device - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and apparatus for processing a signal in a mobile device are provided. The method includes classifying signals transmitted and received between devices according to at least two predetermined rates, and transmitting and receiving the classified signals in connection lines supporting the at least two rates, respectively. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192361 | Managing Sounding Signals to Limit Power in a Multicarrier Wireless Device - A wireless device receives message(s) configuring cell groups and transmissions of sounding reference signals (SRSs). Uplink transmission timing in a first cell group is derived employing a cell in the first cell group and uplink transmission timing in a second cell group is derived employing a second cell in the second cell group. A first signal is transmitted on a cell of the first cell group. A first subset of the SRSs are dropped and a second subset of the SRSs are transmitted. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192362 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNAL INTERFERENCE PROCESSING - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for detecting signal interference in a first segment of a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum of a wireless communication system, determining according to the signal interference a measure of quality of service of the first segment for transmitting voice traffic, comparing the measure of quality of service to a desired measure of quality of service measure for voice traffic, determining from the comparison that the first segment is not suitable for voice traffic, and notifying a system that the first segment is not suitable for voice traffic. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192363 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMMUNICATING A WIDE-BANDWIDTH DATA FRAME - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating a wide-bandwidth data frame. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to generate at least one wide-bandwidth data frame to be transmitted over a wide-bandwidth millimeter-Wave (mmWave) channel, the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel including a plurality of mmWave channels; and a transmitter to transmit a plurality of reservation frames over the plurality of mmWave channels, a reservation frame of the plurality of reservation frames including a duration value corresponding to a duration of the wide-bandwidth data frame and a wide-bandwidth indication to indicate that the wide-bandwidth data frames are to be transmitted over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel, the transmitter to transmit the at least one wide-bandwidth data frame over the wide-bandwidth mmWave channel. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192364 | COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CONNECTED DEVICES - Embodiments relate generally to method, system and apparatus for wireless communications between multiple wireless sensor nodes for wireless sensor networks. More specifically, disclosed are system and method that enable wireless communications between devices using different wireless transmission protocols, via one or more multi-channel intermediate devices. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192365 | NETWORK CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS OF PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUSES VIA MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING ENTITIES - A network control device includes a controller and a wireless communications module. The controller provides a plurality of signaling entities each belonging to one of a plurality of signaling levels to form multi-level signaling entities and configures one or more signaling entities of the multi-level signaling entities to a communications apparatus to communicate with the communications apparatus based on the one or more configured signaling entities. The wireless communications module transmits a plurality of radio frequency signals via the one or more configured signaling entities. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192366 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - [Object] To utilize the extension band in the band-filling efficiently. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192367 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING NETWORK IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SLAVE MODE - Method and system for searching network in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) slave mode are provided. The method includes: determining whether the number of frequency points to be measured is greater than N, wherein N is a positive integer; if the number is greater than N, ordering the frequency points to be measured according to their signal strength; selecting, from the ordered frequency points to be measured, N frequency points whose signal strength is greater than other ordered frequency points as optimally selected frequency points; and performing cell search based on the optimally selected frequency points. Based on the above method, the cell search is performed by measuring the N optimally selected frequency points. In this way, the number of measured frequency points is reduced, and a time period for measuring each optimally selected frequency point is prolonged. Therefore, the possibility of finding a cell may be increased. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192368 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method for communicating in a wireless local area network, and a device therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes selecting, by a transmitting station, a transmission channel; and transmitting, by the transmitting station, a Physical layer Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) over the selected transmission channel to a receiving station. The transmission channel includes a primary channel and a first channel if the first channel was idle. The transmission channel includes the primary channel, the first channel and a second channel if both the first channel and the second channel were idle. The primary channel is positioned between the first channel and the second channel if the transmission channel includes the primary channel, the first channel and the second channel. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192369 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A terminal device controls transmission power using a TPC command that is included in a DCI format 3. In the terminal device, in a case where CRC parity bits that are attached to the DCI format 3 are scrambled with a first RNTI, timing when the TPC command is applied is based on a first uplink-downlink configuration, and in a case where the CRC parity bits that are attached to the DCI format 3 are scrambled with a second RNTI, timing when the TPC command is applied is based on a second uplink-downlink configuration. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192370 | IDLE MODE LOAD BALANCING - A base station may establish a wireless connection with a mobile device. The base station may determine an index value for each of a plurality of carriers that may be used for the wireless connection. The index value for a respective carrier may be determined based on a quantity of idle mode devices using the respective carrier in an idle mode. The base station may generate a carrier order that indicates a priority for each of the plurality of frequencies. The carrier order may be generated based on sorting the plurality of carriers based on the index values for the plurality of carriers. The base station may send order information indicating the carrier order to the mobile device via the wireless connection. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192371 | METHOD OF SHARING RESOURCE ALLOCATION INFORMATION AND BASE STATION APPARATUS THEREFOR - Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a base station apparatus including: an information receiving module which receives information used for scheduling from a plurality of terminals corresponding to the base station apparatus; and a scheduler which generates resource allocation information for one shared FA among a plurality of FAs which is available in the base station apparatus based on the received information and applies the generated resource allocation information to at least one other shared FA. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192372 | Method and corresponding system for spectrum management - Methods and corresponding systems for spectrum management featuring advanced frequency-allocation planning and advanced interference avoidance. The invention discloses access points that transmit directionally and assigning a predefined channel in a predefined direction, in order to reduce interference between closely located access-points. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192373 | BS and UE, and Interference Cancellation Methods used in the Same - The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a BS for facilitating IC at a UE and an associated BS. The method includes predefining one or more sets of transmission parameters, where one or more of the transmission parameters in the one or more sets are constrained to take values from respective reduced sets of values out of the values available for the respective one or more transmission parameters, each set of the one or more sets of transmission parameters being identifiable by a unique indication. The method further includes configuring a transmission of the BS, which is to interfere downlink transmissions to the UE from a serving BS of the UE, by using one of the predefined one or more sets of transmission parameters. The present disclosure also relates to a method in a UE for IC and an associated UE. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192374 | FULL DUPLEX BACKHAUL RADIO WITH INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT DURING A BLANKING INTERVAL - A backhaul radio is disclosed that operates in multipath propagation environments such as obstructed LOS conditions with uncoordinated interference sources in the same operating band. Such a backhaul radio may use a combination of interference mitigation procedures across multiple of the frequency, time, spatial and cancellation domains. Such backhaul radios may communicate with each other to coordinate radio resource allocations such that accurate interference assessment and channel propagation characteristics assessment may be determined during normal operation. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192375 | Method and Node for Controlling Combining of Radio Signals from a User Equipment - A method and controlling node ( | 2016-06-30 |
20160192376 | COVERAGE ENHANCEMENTS OF LOW COST MTC DEVICES IN UPLINK/DOWNLINK DECOUPLED SCENARIO - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to describe cell selection in low cost machine type communication (LC-MTC) devices. An LTC-MC device may measure a plurality of downlink signals from a plurality of cells. The LTC-MC may detect a channel condition, e.g., by determining a cell with better uplink coverage than a downlink cell. The detection of the channel condition may include measuring an uplink pathloss. The LTC-MC may report the channel condition as a decoupled channel condition, e.g., when an uplink cell is identified with uplink coverage better than the downlink cell. The channel condition may be reported, e.g., via a set of Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) preambles. The set of PRACH preambles may be predefined. The channel condition may be reported via a higher layer signaling. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192377 | ADAPTIVE EDCA ADJUSTMENT FOR DYNAMIC SENSITIVITY CONTROL - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to adjust an EDCA parameter based on a signal strength of a signal from an access point or a distance between the station and the access point and to communicate with the access point based on the adjusted EDCA parameter. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192378 | PROVIDING AIRTIME FAIRNESS IN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing airtime fairness in a telecommunications network are disclosed. In one aspect a method includes determining, by an access point, respective transmission rates of multiple stations configured to wirelessly communicate with the access point; determining, by the access point and for each of the multiple stations, a weight of the station that is proportional to the respective transmission rate of the station; and transmitting, wirelessly by the access point and to each of the multiple stations, one or more packets to the station during an airtime allocation to the station, wherein the amount of one or more packets transmitted during the airtime allocation corresponds to the weight of the station and a size of queued packets for the station. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192379 | Resource Allocation for Mobile Terminal Configured for Dual Connectivity - Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a first wireless network access point ( | 2016-06-30 |
20160192380 | CONFIGURABLE WIRELESS SWITCHED NETWORK - A configurable wireless switched network includes a wireless access point. The wireless access point includes an application that is executable thereon. The application is configured to set, by a user via an input component, a first port of a plurality of ports as a command channel. The command channel provides a first point of contact between the wireless access point and client devices. The application is also configured to receive configuration parameters from the user. The configuration parameters include port allocation instructions for the ports and identifiers of the client devices. The application is further configured to monitor bandwidth utilization on a network; receive, at the command channel, a request from one of the client devices to access the network; and assign one of the ports to the client device based on the port allocation instructions, the bandwidth utilization, and an identifier of the client device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192381 | Dual Band Communication Method and WLAN Device - A dual band communication method and a wireless local area network (WLAN) device, First determining a service type of a service in a switching period according to a preset policy, where the switching period includes one first timeslot in which a first radio frequency (RF) channel works and one adjacent second timeslot in which a second RF channel works, and determining, according to the determined service type and a preset service quality requirement corresponding to the service type, maximum duration of the switching period in which the service quality requirement is met, and when time division multiplexing (TDM) is performed on a baseband processor, controlling the switching between the first RF channel and the second RF channel according to the maximum duration, hence actual duration of the switching period is less than or equal to the maximum duration. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192382 | METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AND/OR MUTING OF RADIO RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a Method for scheduling and/or muting radio resources in a wireless communication system, said wireless communication system comprising a plurality of network nodes and a plurality of user nodes; the method comprising the steps of: measuring, by at least one user node, received signal strength of radio signals transmitted from one or more network nodes so as to obtain received signal quality and/or interference associated with said one or more network nodes; arranging, by said user node, the received signal quality and/or interference associated with said one or more network nodes in an order or a ranking with respect to at least one radio signal criterion; signalling, by said user node, said order or ranking to at least one network node; and scheduling and/or muting radio resources based on said signalled order or ranking. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192383 | Soft Buffer Partition for Superposition Coding - When the codeword level interference cancellation (CW-IC) is used at the receiver in conjunction with the superposition coding scheme at the transmitter, it is helpful if the soft buffer at the receiver is reserved not only for the desired transport blocks (TBs) but also for the interfering TBs handled by the CW-IC. In so doing, the soft channel bits of interfering TBs at multiple (re)transmissions can be combined to enhance the success rate of data decoding. A soft buffer partition method for the soft channel bits of the desired and interfering TBs in the superposition coding scheme is proposed. The proposed method has a full flexibility in adjusting the soft buffer sizes for the desired and interfering TBs. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192384 | DYNAMIC CARRIER ASSIGNMENT OF CARRIER AGGREGATION IN AN LTE-ADVANCED SYSTEM - Various embodiments of a scheme of dynamic activation and release of carrier aggregation in an LTE-Advanced system are provided. When transmission need of an LTE-Advanced user is large and the user is within coverage of at least one secondary component carrier, carrier aggregation is activated while a certain amount of resource of each component carrier is preserved to support carrier aggregation. This avoids unnecessary activation and waste due to signaling cost. When the primary component carrier of an LTE-Advanced user has sufficient resource to satisfy transmission need of the user or when the user is not within coverage of at least one secondary component carrier, carrier aggregation is released. This minimizes complex measurement and cost of controlling signals due to multi-carrier scheduling. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192385 | IMPROVED UPLINK SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY - Methods and systems are disclosed for reducing control signaling in uplink transmissions. A device, such as a wireless transmit/receive unit, may determine to use a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) transmission schedule out of a plurality of DM-RS transmission schedules. The DM-RS transmission schedule may be characterized by a DM-RS transmission being mapped to a single orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol per subframe of a data stream. The DM-RS transmission schedule may be characterized by a DM-RS transmission being mapped to a first subset of subcarriers of an OFDM symbol of a subframe of a data stream and Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission or Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) control information being mapped to a second set of subcarriers of the OFDM symbol. The first set of subcarriers may be different than the second set of subcarriers. The data stream may be transmitted according to the DM-RS transmission schedule. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING SCHEDULING IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for a terminal requesting scheduling to transmit uplink data in a mobile communication system. More specifically, the present invention, in a system that aggregates carriers between different base stations, defines a process and a method for scheduling requests so that a terminal can transmit “scheduling request” control information to each base station, thereby enabling effective transmission of dynamic scheduling and uplink data. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192387 | BASE STATION APPARATUS FOR GENERATING INFORMATION REMOVING INTER-BEAM INTERFERENCE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a base station apparatus and the base station apparatus includes: a first beam scheduler allocating resources to a plurality of electronic apparatuses corresponding to a first beam and generating resource allocation information including the resource allocation details; a second beam scheduler allocating resources to a plurality of electronic apparatuses corresponding to a second beam and generating resource allocation information including the resource allocation details; and a control scheduler receiving at least some of the resource allocation information generated by the first beam scheduler from the first beam scheduler, receiving at least some among the resource allocation information generated by the second beam scheduler from the second beam scheduler, and transmitting at least some information received from the second beam scheduler to the first beam scheduler, in which the first beam scheduler generates electronic apparatus control information based on at least some among the resource allocation information generated by the first beam scheduler and at least some information received from the control scheduler. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK CONTROL SIGNALING WITH MASSIVE CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method of operating a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes configuring a user equipment (UE) for carrier aggregation with N serving cells, where N is a positive integer. The UE is scheduled to receive downlink data from M of the N serving cells at a first time, where M is a positive integer less than or equal to N. The UE provides uplink control information (UCI) for only the M serving cells. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONFIGURING TIMING OF UPLINK TRANSMISSION - The present disclosure is to provide a method of configuring timing of uplink (UL) transmission, comprising, receiving, by a user equipment (UE), configuration information on carrier aggregation (CA) of at least one frequency division duplex (FDD) cell and at least one time division duplex (TDD) cell; and adjusting, by the UE, starting timing of a UL subframe in a cell participating in the CA. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192390 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON LIMITED CONTENTION - Disclosed is a method for transmitting data between a terminal and a base station. The method includes: being assigned a scheduling request identifier (SRID) through a connection with the base station, in the terminal; configuring a scheduling request (SR) message and transmitting the scheduling request message to the base station when uplink traffic is generated, in the terminal; assigning an uplink resource based on the scheduling request message, in the base station; and transmitting data using the uplink resource, in the terminal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192391 | NODE AND METHOD FOR DOWNLINK SCHEDULING AND HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST TIMING - Some of the example embodiments are directed towards a base station for determining a control timing configuration in order to provide a subframe timing setting for configuring downlink HARQ-ACK control timing for a cell serving a user equipment in a multiple cell communications network. The user equipment is served a TDD based cell and a FDD based cell. Some example embodiments are directed towards the user equipment the control timing configuration as discussed above. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN VIRTUAL CELL NETWORK SYSTEM - The present invention can reduce the clashing of random accesses by assigning a random access priority according to the number of links. A method for random access from a terminal in a virtual cell network system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of determining the number of links that are connected to the terminal; selecting a random access set for random access on the basis of the number of links; selecting a slot resource for random access from the random access set on the basis of the number of links; and performing a random access over the slot resource, wherein the slot resource includes a common resource held by a plurality of base stations. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192393 | SYSTEM LEVEL INFORMATION FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION, CELL RESELECTION AND RACH - A wireless transmit/receive unit is configured to receive system level information, including discontinuous reception (DRX) information, cell selection information, and RACH information. The system level information is received as defined parameters assigned to system information blocks or signaled through dedicated RRC signaling. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192394 | BASE STATION AND CONTROL METHOD - A base station including: a memory, and a processor configured to: determine whether each random access signal is detected or not by comparing each of specified characteristics of each of radio resources prepared for each random access signal with a detection threshold, each of the specified characteristics relating to each reception power of each of the radio resources prepared for each random access signal, the radio resources being divided into first radio resources and second radio resources, the first radio resource being prepared for dedicated random access signals each transmitted from each terminal in response to each request signal transmitted from the base station, and determine the detection threshold based on each of the specified characteristics of each of unused first radio resources, each of the unused first radio resource being each of the first radio resources for which each request signal has not been transmitted from the base station. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192395 | ANTENNA SUBSET AND DIRECTIONAL CHANNEL ACCESS IN A SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques are provided for accessing a shared radio frequency spectrum band by selecting a subset antennas associated with a successful access procedure for accessing the shared radio frequency spectrum. In some examples, a wireless communication device, such as a network node, may perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure for each of two or more subsets of antennas associated with the network node, and only those subsets of antennas that pass the LBT procedure are used for transmissions during the associated time period, while other antennas are idle, or used for transmissions on another radio frequency spectrum band during the associated time period. In some examples, antennas of a wireless communication device may perform an access procedure utilizing beamforming capabilities of associated antennas to determine one or more different spatial directions that may provide access to the shared radio frequency spectrum band. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192396 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK CHANNEL ACCESS AND TRANSMISSIONS FOR LTE ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses for efficient data transmission in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving a predefined downlink-uplink (DL-UL) subframe configuration from an eNodeB (eNB), wherein the eNB cooperates with at least one neighbor eNB that belongs to an asynchronous licensed assisted access (LAA) cell operating on at least one LAA carrier. The method further includes performing a listen before talk (LBT) procedure before transmitting UL data in the at least one LAA carrier and transmitting the UL data in accordance with the LBT procedure based on the DL-UL subframe configuration. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192397 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN WIRELESS LAN - A method for transmitting data in wireless LAN may include the step of: receiving a non-target RTS frame from a second STA by a first STA, wherein the non-target RTS frame includes an RA field indicating a third STA; when the first STA does not receive a non-target CTS frame after a predetermined time and tries to transmit a data frame to an AP, transmitting an RTS frame to the AP by the first STA, wherein the non-target CTS frame is a response frame to the non-target RTS frame; and when the first STA has received a CTS frame in response to the RTS frame from the AP, transmitting the data frame to the AP by the first STA. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192398 | Methods and Devices for Generating and Detecting Random Access Preambles - One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting a random access preamble in a transmitting sub-frame at a terminal device. The method comprises: creating a random access preamble such that it comprises a plurality of random access sequences; dividing the plurality of random access sequences into a number N | 2016-06-30 |
20160192399 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR HANDOVER - Technology for switching from a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) is disclosed. A multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) user equipment (UE) can receive WLAN-specific dedicated physical random access channel (PRACH) allocation information from an evolved node B (eNB) to enable the multi-RAT UE to perform an inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover. The multi-RAT UE can initiate the inter-RAT WLAN-to-WWAN handover at the multi-RAT UE by performing random access with the eNB using the WLAN-specific dedicated PRACH allocation information. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192400 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication. The method of transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication includes: transmitting a transmission beam to a terminal in an area which exists within a preset cluster; receiving a random access channel signal including a random access code mapped to the cluster; and detecting the random access code by using the random access channel signal. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In a communications system using a plurality of beams, a terminal determines a beam to be communicated with the terminal among the plurality of beams, determines one sequence among sequences allocated to the determined beam as a beam based random access preamble, and transmits the beam based random access preamble through the determined beam. In addition, if a random access response for the beam based random access preamble is not received from a base station for a set interval, the terminal determines one sequence among sequences in a cell based random access preamble collection as a cell based random access preamble and transmits the cell based random access preamble. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192402 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD - A communications device, communicating data via a mobile radio network, includes a transmitter/receiver communicating data to/from a mobile radio network via a wireless access interface, and a module storing information identifying the communications device to the mobile radio network, the stored information including a same common identifier in each of an associated group of communications devices, the common identifier to establish communications sessions to communicate data to/from any of the associated communications devices. The group of communications devices may communicate machine type communications for a particular application, for example disposed in a vehicle, to report certain parameters. With spatial proximity of the communications devices, each can receive control plane signalling data and accordingly communication of signalling data is as if broadcast to a local environment in which the group of communications devices are disposed, to save communications bandwidth proportional to the number of devices in the group. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192403 | MECHANISM TO PROVIDE LTE VOICE, INTERNET AND EMBMS SERVICES OVER ETHERNET FOR CONNECTED HOME ARCHITECTURE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for communication in a network. The apparatus sends a multicast message to a network device. The multicast message facilitates discovery of an unknown IP address of the network device. The apparatus determines whether a first response message is received from the network device in response to the multicast message and determines the IP address of the network device from the first response message when the first response message is received from the network device. The apparatus establishes a secure connection with the network device using the determined IP address. The apparatus sends a link status check message to the network device to detect a failed end-to-end link between the apparatus and the network device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192404 | METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR FACILITATING AND ESTABLISHING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for facilitating and establishing network connectivity. The network connectivity is established by a first computing device which is capable of identifying network parameters of available network connections and broadcasting the network parameters. The first computing device receives connection request along with connection request parameters from second computing devices to establish connection with one of the available network connections. The first computing device determines which network connection can server the connection request parameters and then facilitates the available network connection to the second computing device. The second computing device establishes the network connections with the first computing device. The second computing device identifies which are first computing devices with their network parameters can serve the connection request parameters of the second computing device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192405 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MAPPING A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK ACCESS POINT TO A SINK DEVICE - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of mapping a wireless local area network access point to a sink device. For example, a source device may include a radio to establish a peer to peer connection over a wireless communication channel between the source device and a sink device, the peer to peer connection to communicate from the source device to the sink device content to be displayed on a display device; and a controller to receive mapping information to map the sink device to a WLAN AP, the controller to communicate WLAN traffic with the WLAN AP during the peer to peer connection. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192406 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING DATA-COMMUNICATION, A RELATED SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICES - The present invention relates to a method for supporting data-communication between a first communications module and a second communications module over a communications link between the first communications module and the second communications module where this method comprises the steps of at a first communications module setting up a temporary network applying at least one network connection parameter in the setting up of the temporary network and presenting data-communication supporting information, where the data-communication supporting information comprises at least one network connection parameter and data-communication specific data. Subsequently, the second communications module retrieves the data-communication supporting information presented and the second communications module connects to the temporary network of the access point of the first communications module applying the at least one network connection parameter retrieved from the data-communication supporting information. The method also includes the step of starting a first application at the first communications module and a second application at the second communications module where the first and second application require a data-communication over the temporary network between the access point of the first communications module and the second communications module. The first and said second application being uniquely identified by the data-communication specific data. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192407 | Wireless sensor pod uses trigger events for pairing and testing - A wireless sensor pod and associated method use a trigger event to pair with a master device. The wireless sensor pod includes an inertial sensor for detecting physical movement of the wireless sensor pod, a wireless transceiver, a processor communicatively coupled to the inertial sensor and the wireless transceiver, and a memory communicatively coupled with the processor and storing machine readable instructions. When the machine readable instructions are executed by the processor, they are capable of: detecting, using the inertial sensor, a first trigger event caused by the physical movement, and when the first trigger event is detected, transmitting, using the wireless transceiver, a communication to pair the wireless sensor pod with a master device. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192408 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION IN 3GPP-LTE SYSTEMS - In Machine Type Communication (MTC) with a 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) Network, there is often a need to transmit and receive small data payloads. New information elements (IEs) have been defined to ease the transmission and receipt of small data payloads. Methods and systems can use the new IEs to more efficiently transmit and receive data. The new IEs include a Small Data ACK IE and a Small Data Container IE. Other new messages include an RRC Release Indicator and an RRC Connection Release. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192409 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING A NETWORK IN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PORTABLE DEVICE - A method for accessing a network in an electronic system and associated portable device are provided. The portable device includes; a transceiver, supporting a plurality of predetermined communication protocols; and a processor, configured to connect the portable device to a connectivity service device in an electronic system via the transceiver when the portable device enters a coverage region of the connectivity service device. The connectivity service device retrieves service information from a plurality of electronic devices that are connected to the connectivity service device, to build a service list. The processor retrieves the service list from the connectivity service device, and determines a service from the service list to be used for communicating with the plurality of the electronic devices. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192410 | ENHANCED NODE B AND METHOD FOR RRC CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT FOR SMALL DATA TRANSFERS - Embodiments of an enhanced Node B (eNB) and method for RRC connection establishment for small-data transfers in a 3GPP LTE network are generally described herein. The eNB may receive a small-data RRC connection request message from user equipment (UE) that may include an establishment clause value indicating small-data traffic either with or without mobility. The eNB may send an initial UE setup request message to inform the mobility management entity (MME) that a small-data RRC connection is being established. The eNB may receive an acceptance message from the MME for the small-data RRC connection which may include a reduction of an RRC inactivity timer for fast connection release. The eNB may send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE in response to receipt of the acceptance to establish the small-data RRC connection, the RRC connection reconfiguration message including a measurement information element (IE) when mobility is to be supported. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192411 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONGESTION OF MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A base station forms a wireless communication area in a radio access network, and a radio device transmits a connection request to the base station. The radio device sets a specific signal sequence in the connection request. The base station stores an attach request for registering a radio device in the radio access network, and receives the connection request including the specific signal sequence from the radio device located in the wireless communication area. In response to the detection of the specific signal sequence, the base station transmits the attach request to a higher-level network node before receiving, from the radio device, another attach request that is scheduled to be received after the detection of the specific signal sequence. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192412 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION CHANNEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME - An electronic device and a communication channel control method are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit that includes a first communication module and a second communication module having different types of communication schemes using frequency bands which overlap each other; and a processor that is connected to the first communication module and the second communication module, respectively, and determines a communication channel which can be used by the second communication module based on a connected communication channel and occupied communication channels which used by the first communication module. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192413 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A wireless communication network that forms an ad-hoc network without the arrangement of a controlling station sets a period that a communication apparatus can utilize with priority and performs isochronous communication in the period as required. When isochronous communication has not been performed or after isochronous communication has finished in the priority utilization period, other communication apparatuses perform arbitrary communication. When another communication is performed in a communication apparatus's own priority utilization period, the start of isochronous communication is temporarily delayed. In an ad-hoc communication environment, data having a real-time characteristic, such as AV content, can be efficiently transmitted through the isochronous communication. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192414 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SERVICE LAYER ASSISTANCE FOR MODEM SLEEP OPERATIONS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with improving wireless device power consumption in an M2M environment. In an example, a service layer module equipped to obtain a network value indicating that a service layer transaction is complete and no additional activity associated with the service layer transaction is expected from a network entity, determine that no additional activity associated with the service layer transaction is expected from a wireless device application, generate a sleep mode value based on the reception of the network value and upon the determination, and provide the sleep mode value to a modem subsystem and/or an application subsystem indicating that it is allowed to enter a sleep mode. In an aspect, the sleep mode value may be provided using cross layer signaling between a service layer and modem processing layer. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192415 | TRANSMISSION POINT INDICATION IN COORDINATED MULTI-POINT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for transmission point indication in a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) system. A user equipment (UE) may receive common reference signal (CRS) parameters associated with individual base stations of a CoMP measurement set. The UE may also receive a transmission point index corresponding to a first base station of the CoMP measurement set that is scheduled for communications with the UE. A mapping module of the UE may produce a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) mapping pattern based on the CRS parameters associated with the scheduled base station. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192416 | USER APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BACKOFF CONTROL METHOD - A user apparatus having a function for performing device-to-device communication by radio, including: a resource state detection unit configured to detect a state of each resource in a set of resources that can be used for device-to-device communication; a backoff control unit configured, when the state detected by the resource state detection unit satisfies a predetermined condition, to set the user apparatus to be in a backoff state in which the user apparatus does not perform transmission of a discovery signal for a predetermined period; and a discovery signal transmission unit configured, when the user apparatus is not in the backoff state, to select a resource from among the set of resources, and to transmit a discovery signal using the selected resource. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192417 | Systems and Methods of Wireless USB Service Discovery - Example embodiments of the systems and methods of wireless USB service discovery disclosed herein provide the querying of the MAC address of devices for available services to determine the information elements provided to the querying devices based on access categories specified by the user of the querying device. Sniffing or querying of the Wi-Fi enabled devices may subsequently determine which of the MAC addresses correspond to known friends and automatically make that content accessible to those friends by including these MAC addresses in file metadata so that a device with this MAC address can subsequently access the file. Availability of this file for download may subsequently be advertised. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192418 | INTRACELL DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION CONTROL - A user equipment comprises one or more antennas, a processor to communicate with an enhanced Node B (eNB) of an Internet Protocol (IP) based wireless communication network via the antenna; and a storage medium coupled to the processor, the storage medium having instructions stored thereon, that if executed by the processor, result in: requesting the eNB for a direct communication with a second user equipment, wherein the user equipment and the second user equipment are in a cell of the eNB; performing a first channel measurement based on a command from the eNB; receiving direct communication related information from the eNB based on a result of the first channel measurement; and performing a configuration based on the direct communication related information to perform the direct communicate with the second user equipment. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192419 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR DEVICE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Disclosed are a method for searching for a device and an apparatus therefor. To this end, the method for searching for a device of a first wireless device comprises: transmitting a probe request frame; and receiving a probe response frame from a second wireless device in response to the probe request frame, wherein the probe response frame may contain information on an access point (AP) to which the second wireless device is currently connected. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192420 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE - The present invention provides a method and a device for differing the scheme of accessing a reception device on the basis of the probability of attempted access to the reception device or an indicator similar thereto. The transmission device according to the present invention transmits signals according to a first scheme or a second scheme on the basis of access attempts or indicators similar thereto and receives signals according to the first scheme or second scheme on the basis of the access attempts or indictors similar thereto. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192421 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A first communication terminal, unconnected with a communication network, searches for a second communication terminal existing around the own communication terminal. In the communication network, one of a plurality of communication terminals functions as a master having a function of an access point, and the rest of the communication terminals function as slaves of the master. Based on the information included in a communication message received from one or more second communication terminals found through the search, the first communication terminal determines a second communication terminal which serves as a connection counterpart from among the second communication terminals, and configures a communication network with the determined connection counterpart. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192422 | COMMUNICATION SWITCHING AND ESTABLISHING METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are a communication switching and establishing method and device. A switching procedure comprises: an access network device determining to switch from a D2N link to a D2D link; sending a switching command to a first terminal and a second terminal; receiving a switching complete response; and saving bearer information of a bearer, which needs to be switched to the D2D link, in the D2N link, or requesting to send a bearer keep request to a core network node. A communication establishing procedure comprises: after the access network device determines that communication needs to be established with the D2D link, determining whether a core network side link needs to be established for communication between the first terminal and the second terminal; if yes, sending a service request to a core network device, so that the core network device establishes a core network side link for the service request; and sending configuration information of the D2D link and establishment instruction information of the D2D link to the first terminal and/or the second terminal. The present application enables a first terminal and a second terminal to perform D2D communication, thereby enhancing network transmission efficiency. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192423 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISCOVERY STEP AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method and device by which a terminal performs a discovery step for D2D communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first discovery signal (DS) including identification information of a target terminal from a member terminal of a first terminal group; checking whether the target terminal belongs to the first terminal group; and transmitting a second DS corresponding to the first DS, wherein if the target terminal belongs to the first terminal group, the second DS is transmitted to member terminals within the first terminal group, and if the target terminal does not belong to the first terminal group, the second DS is transmitted to a specific terminal within a second group different from the first group. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192424 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - A terminal apparatus transmits information related to communication/discovery between terminal apparatuses to a base station apparatus of EUTRAN. The base station apparatus of the EUTRAN transmits the information related to the communication/discovery between the terminal apparatuses to the terminal apparatus. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192425 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL FROM DEVICE-TO-DEVICE TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a second terminal receiving, from a first terminal, a device-to-device (D2D) signal in a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method for receiving a D2D signal comprising the steps of: setting a time window for receiving the D2D signal; and receiving the D2D signal, wherein the D2D signal is transmitted according to a D2D signal transmission timing of the first terminal, which is determined by the first terminal based on a signal transmitted from a one or more timing reference nodes. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192426 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a device-to-device discovery method in a wireless communication system. A device determines whether a first subframe for a physical layer uplink channel or signal and a second subframe for the discovery signal are the same. The device transmits the physical layer uplink channel or signal without transmitting or receiving the discovery signal, in the same subframe, when the first subframe and the second subframe are the same. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192427 | OPERATION METHOD OF COMMUNICATION NODE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Disclosed are operation methods of a terminal in a wireless communication network. An operation method of a terminal in a communication network may comprise configuring a layer-2 ID of the terminal which is used for device-to-device (D2D) communications for a transmission manner; and performing the D2D communications by using the layer-2 ID. Therefore, performance of the communication network can be enhanced. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192428 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMATICALLY ASSOCIATING NEARBY USERS - Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for programmatically associating nearby users are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include user-wearable gesture exchange device including a motion sensor and circuitry. The motion sensor may be configured to generate motion data values indicating motion of the gesture exchange device. The circuitry may be configured to monitor motion data values generated by the motion sensor for detection of a gesture exchange signature, such as a handshake, being performed by the user. In some embodiments, the gesture exchange device may be configured to establish a wireless communication connection with a second gesture exchange device for exchange of user data, such as in response to detecting user performance of the gesture exchange signature and/or determining that the second gesture exchange device is within a predetermined proximity. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192429 | Communication apparatus - A first communication apparatus may comprise a memory configured to store a wireless profile being used in a first wireless network in a case where the first communication apparatus operates as a child station of the first wireless network. The first communication apparatus may determine, after the first wireless network in which each of the first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus operates as a child station and a third communication apparatus operates as a parent station has been formed, whether a wireless connection between the first and third communication apparatuses is disconnected, and form a second wireless network in which the wireless profile is used in a case where it is determined that the wireless connection is disconnected, the second wireless network being a network in which the first communication apparatus operates as a parent station and the second communication apparatus operates as a child station. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192430 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION AND FAST NETWORK SWITCHING WITH A SINGLE-BASEBAND-MODEM, CARRIER-AGGREGATION-CAPABLE WIRELESS-COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for carrier aggregation and fast network-switching with a single-baseband modem, carrier-aggregation-capable wireless-communication device (WCD). One embodiment takes the form of a system that includes a first RF integrated circuit (RFIC), a second RFIC, a baseband processor coupled to the first and second RFICs, a first carrier-aggregation circuit, a fast-network-switching connection manager coupled to the baseband processor, and a mode controller coupled to the baseband processor and to the fast-network-switching connection manager. The mode controller is configured to selectively place the wireless-communication device in a carrier-aggregation mode or in a fast-network-switching mode. In the carrier-aggregation mode, the WCD is operable to conduct carrier aggregation using at least the first carrier-aggregation circuit. In the fast-network-switching mode, the WCD is operable to conduct fast network switching using the fast-network-switching manager. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SIGNALING OVERHEAD IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing signaling overhead in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the method is implemented in a UE. The method includes receiving a first indication from a network node to tell the UE to remember, after the UE enters RRC_IDLE, a first configuration which is currently used while the UE is in RRC_CONNECTED. The method also includes keeping the first configuration upon leaving RRC_CONNECTED. The method further includes releasing the first configuration when the UE connects to a RAT different from where the first indication was received. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192432 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system capable of reducing energy consumption of a network node in a local area range. When judging that there is a shift trigger, a local eNB shifts from a normal operation to an energy saving operation. In the energy saving operation, the local eNB stops the operation of transmitting at least a part of downlink transmission signals to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) and performs the operation of receiving an uplink transmission signal transmitted from the UE. When judging that it has received the uplink transmission signal (RACH) in the energy saving operation, the local eNB shifts to the normal operation. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192433 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) SCHEMES FOR MILLIMETER WAVELENGTH (MMW) DUAL CONNECTIVITY - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are provided to implement a method for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX). A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may enter into a DRX state on a first cell layer. The WTRU may transmit, on a second cell layer, a DRX indication of the first cell layer. The WTRU may receive, on the second cell layer, a deactivation signal corresponding to the first cell layer. The WTRU may deactivate, based on the deactivation signal received on the second cell layer, the first cell layer. The WTRU may receive, on the second cell layer, an activation signal corresponding to the first, cell layer. The WTRU, based on the activation signal, may activate the first cell layer. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192434 | Method and Apparatus - A method including defining at least one extended modification period; determining a system information change; generating at least one paging message indicator based on the paging message occurring within the at least one extended modification period. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192435 | USER EQUIPMENT INITIATED DISCONTINUOUS OPERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - An apparatus and method for initiating discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in a user equipment (UE) are disclosed herein. Applications running on the UE are monitored by the UE to identify one or more inactivity trigger events associated with the application(s). The UE includes an application-radio cross layer to process the application information, including the inactivity trigger event, for use by a radio layer. The radio layer of the UE determines initiation of the DRX operation in accordance with the application information, including the inactivity trigger event, provided by the application-radio cross layer and device characteristics information. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192436 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISCONNECTING A WIRELESS LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of disconnecting a wireless link. For example, a mobile device may include a radio to communicate with a wireless display in a room to share content from the mobile device on the wireless display over a wireless link between the mobile device and the wireless display; and a controller to determine whether or not the mobile device is out of the room, and, if the mobile device is determined to be out of the room, to initiate disconnection of the wireless link between the mobile device and the wireless display. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192437 | Method for Releasing Wireless Link Resource and User Equipment - A method for releasing wireless link resources and a user equipment (UE) are provided in the present document. The method includes the following steps: the UE monitoring a transport layer signaling state in a data communication process; the UE prejudging whether a corresponding condition for releasing wireless link resources is satisfied according to the detected transport layer signaling state ( | 2016-06-30 |
20160192438 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA UNIT IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for transmitting a data unit in a wireless local area network system, according to one embodiment. The method comprises transmitting a signal field, transmitting a first data symbol for a first data field, and transmitting a second data symbol for a second data field. The signal field, the first data symbol, and the second data symbol are transmitted through a 1 MHz channel bandwidth having a band of 1 GHz or less. Two pilot tones are inserted to each of the first data symbol and the second data symbol. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192439 | NETWORK-INITIATED DISCOVERY AND PATH SELECTION PROCEDURES FOR MULTI-HOP UNDERLAY NETWORKS - Described herein are processes related to discovering and establishing suitable multi-hop communication paths for (endpoint) user equipments (UEs). A network-initiated discovery and path selection processes may utilize periodically transmitted reference signals along with optional assistance information. A network node, such an eNodeB, and other relaying-capable nodes, such as relay UEs, may transmit periodic reference signals. Based on these transmitted reference signals and optional assistance information, the relay UEs and/or an endpoint node (e.g., the eNodeB or the endpoint UE) may make a selection decision for previous hop paths for communication. The endpoint UE or the eNodeB may make the selection decision for the end-to-end path in order to provide coverage extension for the end UE using multi-hop transmission paths. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192440 | METHODS, BASE STATION SYSTEM, RADIO UNIT AND RADIO HEAD OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK, FOR INCREASING SIGNAL QUALITY OF SIGNALS SENT FROM THE RADIO HEAD TO THE RADIO UNIT - Disclosed is a method performed by a base station system of a wireless communication network, for increasing signal quality of signals sent from a radio head, RH, ( | 2016-06-30 |
20160192441 | RADIO DEVICE - A radio device including: a housing, a heat sink provided on an external surface of the housing, the heat sink extending in a vertical direction of the housing, a board accommodated inside the housing in the vertical direction, the board being coupled to the heat sink through the housing, the board including a first area and a second area, the first area being located above the second area in the vertical direction, and a plurality of electronic components provided on the board, the plurality of electronic components including at least one first electronic component and at least one second electronic component, the at least one first electronic component being more heat-resistant than the at least one second electronic component, the at least one first electronic component being provided on the first area, the at least one second electronic component being provided on the second area. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192442 | HEAT MAT WITH THERMOSTATIC CONTROL - A heat mat with thermostatic control having a reference voltage generating source that provide high voltage DC for a power controller and low voltage for a temperature sensor and hysteresis circuit. The sensor and hysteresis circuit establish a temperature threshold signal that is delivered to the resistance heating element. The resistance heating element is sandwiched between two layers of material with adhesive. Two layers of PVC protects the sandwich. In manufacturing the heat mat, the resistance heating element is placed with adhesive between two layers of material then cured and degassed under vacuum. The thermostatic control is sealed within an overmold housing or flat pack. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192443 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC CABLES OF A SURFACE HEATER - A support structure for electric heating cables of a surface heater includes a film-like support layer with projections that extend upward and that define heating cable receiving channels therebetween for receiving the electric heating cables. A thermal barrier layer is fastened to the bottom side of the support layer. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192444 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORT WITH MULTIPLE HEATING ZONES - Embodiments of substrate supports are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support may include a body having a support surface; and a first heater disposed within the body and having a first heating coil and multiple heating zones, wherein a pitch of windings of the first heating coil vary among each of the multiple heating zones to define a predetermined heating ratio between the multiple heating zones. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192445 | Microwave Cooking Device - A microwave oven includes a shell defining a cooling air inlet and a cooling air outlet therein; a compartment defining a cavity, nested in the shell and defining an open front end, a receiving space being defined between a rear plate of the compartment and a rear plate of the shell; a first electric member and a second electric member disposed in the receiving space respectively; and a fan disposed in the receiving space, defining a first air inlet, a second air inlet, a first air outlet communicated with the first air inlet to define a first air blowing channel, and a second air outlet communicated with the second air inlet to define a second air blowing channel, the fan being configured to cool the first electric member via the first air blowing channel and to cool the second electric member via the second air blowing channel. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192446 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROCESS FOR SELECTIVE HEATING OF MATERIALS IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC OVEN - A selective heating device may comprise a chamber configured to contain a target to be at least partially heated, at least one heating element, and a controller. The at least one heating element may be configured to selectively heat a first portion of the target at a first energy level for a first period of time. The at least one heating element may also be configured to selectively heat a second portion of the target at a second energy level for a second period of time, wherein the second energy level and/or the second period of time are different from the first energy level and/or the first period of time; or refrain from heating a third portion of the target; or a combination thereof. The controller may be configured to receive a heating instruction and control the at least one heating element based on the heating instruction. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192447 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR - A device for actuating at least one field effect transistor corresponding to a control signal present at a control line, includes at least one driver circuit having a current mirror with an input side and an output side. Both the input side and the output side are connected to a supply voltage, the input side is connected to the control line via a level converter and the output side is connected to the at least one FET. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192448 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192449 | LIGHTING DEVICE, LUMINAIRE USING LIGHTING DEVICE, AND LIGHTING SYSTEM USING LUMINAIRE - A lighting device includes at least first and second lighting circuits configured to receive electric power from a single common DC power supply. First lighting circuit includes a first output capacitor connected between output ends thereof, and a first pre-charge circuit configured to keep a voltage across first output capacitor at a first voltage for first lighting circuit, while a first light source is in OFF state. Second lighting circuit includes a second output capacitor connected between output ends thereof, and a second pre-charge circuit configured to keep a voltage across second output capacitor at a second voltage for second lighting circuit, while a second light source is in OFF state. First and second voltages are set such that a difference between a forward voltage of first light source and the first voltage agrees with a difference between a forward voltage of second light source and the second voltage. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192450 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE SENSING AND CONTROL OF LED LIGHTS - A system and method of thermal management for an LED are provided. A method provided by the system includes (a) providing a forward drive current to power the LED, the forward drive current having a first LED operating current component; (b) detecting the first LED operating current component; (c) sensing a first thermal operating point of the LED; and (d) generating a temperature signal indicative of the first thermal operating point. The method also includes (e) determining a thermal operating range of the LED; (f) determining that the first thermal operating point of the LED is outside the thermal operating range of the LED; and (g) generating a first control setting configured to cause the LED to be driven at a second operating point, the second thermal operating point within the thermal operating range. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192451 | System for Decreasing Energy Usage of a Transparent LCD Display Case - An apparatus for controlling a backlight is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing and door. A transparent liquid crystal display and associated backlight is positioned between front and rear glass panels of said door. A door sensor is positioned to detect if the door is open or shut, and a controller connected to the backlight and door sensor measures the amount of time that has passed between door openings and drives the backlight at various levels based upon the elapsed time. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192452 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING A BEACON LIGHT SOURCE FOR USE IN A LIGHT BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM - In one aspect, the present disclosure related to a method for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light-based positioning system. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a modulation scheme for the light source, determining a duty cycle for the light source based on the modulation scheme, the duty cycle having a proportion of time the light source is in an on state and a corresponding proportion of time the light source is in an off state, the proportion of time the light source is in an off state resulting in reduced luminosity of the light source, and supplying additional power to the light source to compensate for the reduced luminosity of the light source by the duty cycle. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192453 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - Embodiments provide a lighting apparatus including a light source unit including a first light source and a second light source, a light source driving unit including a first driver configured to supply first supply current to the first light source and a second driver configured to supply second supply current to the second light source, and a controller configured to control the first driver so as to vary the level of the first supply current and to control the second driver so as to fix the level of the second supply current. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192454 | LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH SENSOR FEEDBACK - A lighting system includes multiple light sources, a sensing unit, and a control system. The light sources have different emission spectra, and the sensing unit is configured to measure a spectral content of light. The control system may be configured to use measurements from the sensing unit to select respective intensities for emissions from the light sources and then independently control the light sources to emit the respective intensities. In particular, the control system can select and render a spectral distribution selected based on the light reflected from objects that are being illuminated or render a spectral distribution to supplement light from other light sources and achieve a lighting objective. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192455 | BATTERY BACKUP SYSTEM FOR LED LUMINAIRE - An LED light fixture includes a housing, a controller circuit having direct current (DC) and alternating-current (AC) power inputs, a direct-current (DC) power supply unit (PSU) connected to the controller circuit, an alternating-current (AC) PSU connected to the controller circuit, and at least two groups of light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to emit light, wherein each group includes at least one LED of a first type and at least one LED of a second type. In some embodiments, when the LED light fixture operates in a security mode the controller prevents power from flowing to the AC PSU and allows power to flow to the DC PSU to power only the first type of LEDs of the at least two groups of LEDs to emit a security light. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192456 | DRIVING CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCE - A method for powering a load by a light source driving circuit is disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a first sensing signal indicative of an average current flowing through the load; generating a first temperature detecting signal indicative of an ambient temperature of the light source driving circuit; and adjusting the average current flowing through the load based on the first temperature detecting signal and the first sensing signal to make the average current flowing through the load to be inversely proportional to the ambient temperature of the light source driving circuit if the ambient temperature of the light source driving circuit is between a first temperature threshold and a second temperature threshold. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192457 | MONITORING AND CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AN ILLUMINATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a monitoring and control device, applicable to an illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes a lighting unit which outputs a signal representative of a status of the lighting unit. The illumination apparatus includes an apparatus identifier. The illumination apparatus includes: a monitoring circuit electrically coupled to the lighting unit, for receiving the signal and determining whether the illumination apparatus needs to be replaced in response to the signal satisfying a condition; a controller electrically coupled to the monitoring circuit; and a receiving/transmitting unit electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the controller controls the receiving/transmitting unit to transmit the apparatus identifier of the illumination apparatus to be replaced in response to the determination is affirmative. A method thereof is also disclosed. | 2016-06-30 |
20160192458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING A TYPE AND FEATURE SET OF A LIGHT SOURCE, AND THE CONTROL THEREOF - Systems and methods of the disclosed subject matter provide to detect the signature of a light source through either electrical signature on a circuit or external light signatures output by the light source, and a switch can change modes and features to match the capabilities of the connected light source. Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a light source, a sensor to determine a type of the light source, and a switch, including a processor, to determine a set of operations according to the determined type of light source, and to control the light source to perform a selected operation from the determined set of operations. | 2016-06-30 |