28th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170201973 | MEASUREMENT GAP ALLOCATION - A user equipment (UE) reduces delays associated with inter-radio access technology (IRAT) measurements. In one instance, the UE determines whether a first signal quality of a serving cell, a second signal quality of an intra frequency neighbor cell of a serving RAT (radio access technology), and/or a third signal quality of an inter frequency neighbor cell of the serving RAT is below a first threshold. The UE also determines whether a fourth signal quality of at least one cell of a neighbor RAT is above a second threshold. The UE further allocates one or more measurement gaps for a synchronization channel decoding procedure for the neighbor RAT based at least in part on the determining whether the fourth signal quality is above the second threshold and determining whether the first, second, and/or third signal quality is below the first threshold. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201974 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD AND DEVICE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A base station uses a plurality of transmitting/receiving beams to divide a service region into a plurality of sub-regions, transmits a sub-region reference signal for identifying sub-regions and a beam-identifying reference signal for identifying transmitting/receiving beams in sub-regions, uses transmitting beams belonging to sub-regions to transmit a system information block including random access information of sub-regions, uses random access information of the sub-region to which the terminal belongs to receive a random access preamble transmitted by the terminal and determine the transmitting/receiving beam to which the terminal belongs, and transmits a random access response message including resource allocation information of the transmitting/receiving beam to which the terminal belongs to the terminal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201975 | PER STREAM AND PER ANTENNA CYCLIC SHIFT DELAY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND UPLINK MULTI-USER MIMO - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus may determine whether to transmit a frame with CSDs based on a number of antennas, a number of streams, or both. In another aspect, the apparatus may determine a first set of CSD values for transmitting a first set of information associated with a first portion of the frame. In a further aspect, the apparatus may determine a second set of CSD values for transmitting a second set of information associated with a second portion of the frame. In yet another aspect, the apparatus may transmit the first set of information based on the first set of CSD values and the second set of information based on the second set of CSD values using the number of antennas, the number of streams, or both. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201976 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN LARGE SCALE MIMO SYSTEMS USING ITERATIVE LOCATION BASED SPATIAL FILTERING - The disclosure relates to technology for iterative localization and channel estimation in a communication system. A radio network node detects user location information from user equipment in a geographic region, where the geographic region includes a location cluster having multiple location levels. A location signature profile is formed for each level based on the location signature of a corresponding location level in the cluster, and a filter is generated for each level based on the location signature. Upon application of the filter that matches the location level of the location user information, the channel is estimated and the user location information is updated based on the channel estimation. The process is repeated until the user location information converges with a preselected convergence value. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201977 | PUCCH RESOURCE COMPRESSION FOR EPDCCH IN TDD MODE - Techniques are described for compressing the PUCCH resources reserved for acknowledging downlink data transmissions when those resources are implicitly signaled by EPDCCHs that schedule the downlink transmissions in TDD mode. An acknowledgment resource offset field transmitted in the EPDCCH is configured to correspond to one or more values that compress the region in PUCCH resource index space that would otherwise be reserved for the subframes of a bundling window. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201978 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication control method in a relay station that holds a donor base station list, is connected to a donor base station existing on the donor base station list, and performs relay transmission between the donor base station and a user terminal, comprises a step A of designating a neighboring base station, a step B of inquiring the neighboring base station designated in the step A of whether to accept or refuse the relay station, and a step C of updating the donor base station list in response to an inquiry result in the step B. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - In some embodiments, an apparatus comprises of a first Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) module implemented in at least one of a memory or a processing device that is configured to be designated as a backup control module for a wireless access point during a first time period. The first CAPWAP control module is configured to receive state information associated with the wireless access point during the first time period from a second CAPWAP control module. The second CAPWAP control module is designated as a primary control module for the wireless access point during the first time period. The first CAPWAP control module is configured to be automatically designated as the primary control module during a second time period after the first time period and in response to the second CAPWAP control module not operating according to at least one predefined criterion. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201980 | DISCOVERY SIGNAL BLOCK MAPPING - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signal block mapping are provided. One method includes configuring, by a network node (e.g., base station or eNB), a group of discovery signaling blocks. The method may then include mapping the discovery signaling blocks of the group onto a subframe structure, including the group information into each of the discovery signaling blocks, and transmitting the discovery signaling blocks in the subframe structure. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201981 | NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTOR SETTINGS FOR MULTI-USER OPERATION - Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for setting network allocation vectors (NAV) for multi-user (MU) operation. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode a preamble portion of a frame, and if the preamble portion of the frame comprises a high-efficiency (HE) signal (SIG) A field (HE-SIG-A) comprising a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration field and a media access control (MAC) portion of the frame is not decoded, set one or more NAVs based on the TXOP duration field. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: decode a MAC portion of the frame, and if the MAC portion of the frame comprises a MAC duration field, set the one or more NAVs based on the MAC duration field. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201982 | NARROW-BAND PHYSICAL CONTROL CHANNEL DESIGN - Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes allocating, in a downlink carrier including a plurality of resource blocks, a first set of resource elements for cell-specific reference signals (CRS) associated with communication with one or more communication devices of a first type; allocating resources of a resource block of the plurality of resource blocks to a narrow-band physical channel for communication with one or more communication devices of a second type, the allocated resources being rate-matched around the first set of resource elements and a second set of resource elements allocated to narrow-band CRS (NB-CRS) associated with communication with the one or more communication devices of the second type; and transmitting information to the one or more communication devices of the second type mapped to a subset of the allocated resources of the narrow-band physical channel. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201983 | METHODS FOR USING A DETECTOR TO MONITOR AND DETECT CHANNEL OCCUPANCY - Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201984 | SOFT BUFFER PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a soft buffer processing method, comprising the steps of: first, receiving, by UE, D2D data and PDSCH data; and then performing soft buffer processing on the D2D data, and performing soft buffer processing on the PDSCH data. The present application further discloses a soft buffer processing apparatus. By the present application, the problem of soft buffer processing required for storing soft bits of D2D data and soft bits of PDSCH data can be solved, so that the link performance is improved. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201985 | Transmission Method and Communications Device - A transmission method and a communications device, and the method includes sending a first data frame to a second communications device using an unlicensed carrier, and sending M second data frames to the second communications device using a licensed carrier, where at least one data frame in the M second data frames carries first information, the first information includes information required for detecting the first data frame by the second communications device, and M is an integer not less than 1. According to the transmission method and the communications device, the energy consumption of the communications device can be reduced. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201986 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNAL BY FULL-DUPLEX BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by an inband full duplex (IBFD) base station in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving respective uplink signals that repeat K times in K time intervals; and transmitting K-N downlink signals in K-N time intervals while the uplink signals are received in the K time intervals, wherein the N time intervals in the K time intervals are used for handling interference received by one or more terminals receiving the downlink signals from one or more terminals transmitting the uplink signals. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201987 | ONE MEASUREMENT GAP IN ASYNCHRONOUS DUAL CONNECTIVITY - In an embodiment, an apparatus to be employed in a user equipment (UE) is described. The apparatus includes configuration circuitry operable to determine, based on one or more configuration information messages, a measurement gap for a master evolved Node B (MeNB) that is operable to provide a master cell group (MCG) that is asynchronous with a secondary cell group (SCG) of a secondary evolved Node B (SeNB), wherein subframe boundaries of the MCG are different from subframe boundaries of the SCG; and radio frequency (RF) control circuitry operable to cause RF circuitry to be tuned, at a beginning of the measurement gap based on a subframe boundary of the MCG, to start inter-frequency measurements, wherein the RF circuitry is to be used to transmit or receive data in a serving cell of the MCG and in a serving cell of the SCG. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201988 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES FOR CONTROL SIGNAL OF DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for allocating resources for a control channel of device-to-device direct communication in a wireless communication system is disclosed in the present application. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, in a subframe no. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201989 | UPLINK DATA CHANNEL DESIGN FOR NARROWBAND DEVICES - Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for uplink (UL) data channel design. An example method is provided for operations which may be performed by a first apparatus. The example method generally comprises determining a number of pilot symbols to transmit for one or more slots of a first subframe based, at least in part, on a coverage enhancement (CE) level, and transmitting at least one uplink data channel having the determined number of pilot symbols in the one or more slots of the first subframe. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201990 | Subframe Scheduling Method and Data Receiving and Transmitting Method and Apparatus in a Half-duplex System and System - Embodiments of this disclosure provide a subframe scheduling method and apparatus in a half-duplex system and a system. The method includes: a network side transmits uplink and downlink subframe change information to UE, the uplink and downlink subframe change information indicating the UE to change uplink and downlink setting(s) of one subframe or one group of subframes in first uplink and downlink subframe configuration at the network side; and the network side serves for the UE at a corresponding subframe according to the changed uplink and downlink setting. With the method of the embodiments of this disclosure, the system capacity is improved. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201991 | ADAPTIVE UPLINK/DOWNLINK TIMESLOT ASSIGNMENT IN A HYBRID WIRELESS TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS/CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless network device may receive a first list indicating a first assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a time division duplex (TDD) frame and determine at least first downlink time intervals based on the first list. The device may receive a second list indicating a second assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a TDD frame and determine at least first uplink time intervals based on the second list. The device may determine at least second downlink time intervals and second uplink time intervals based on a third list, wherein the third list indicates a third assignment for uplink and downlink time intervals in a TDD frame, and wherein the second downlink time intervals include downlink time intervals of at least the first downlink time intervals and the second uplink time intervals include uplink time intervals of at least the first uplink time intervals. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201992 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING AN ENHANCED DIRECTIONAL MULTI GIGABIT (EDMG) SUPPORT INDICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201993 | RADIO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RADIO RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided are a radio transmission apparatus, a radio reception apparatus, and a communication method capable of realizing a radio LAN system in which user throughput is improved by using OFDMA while suppressing overhead. A radio transmission apparatus of the invention selects any one group from a plurality of groups each indicating a combination of a plurality of radio reception apparatuses, notifies at least a plurality of radio reception apparatuses belonging to the selected group of an identification number assigned in advance to the selected group, and allocates transmission data addressed to the radio reception apparatuses belonging to the selected group to each of a plurality of frequency resources on the basis of order of the radio reception apparatuses, which is determined in advance in the selected group. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201994 | SUBFRAME STRUCTURE AND HARQ OPERATING METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a subframe structure of a wireless communication system, including a plurality of short frames defined as n (n<12, n is a natural number) OFDM symbol periods, wherein a transmission time interval (TTI) is determined based on the plurality of short frames. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201995 | System and Method for Power Indications - A wireless communications system includes an access point (AP) and multiple stations. The AP transmits a reference indicator indicating a target receive power reference of the AP and an adjustment indicator indicating an adjustment to the target receive power reference for a station. When the station receives the reference indicator and the adjustment indicator, the stations determines a transmission power level in accordance with the target receive power reference and the adjustment to the target receive power reference. The stations transmits a packet at the transmission power level to the AP. Reduction in signaling overhead is achieved. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201996 | ASYMMETRICAL RECEIVERS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Receivers in a mobile device are configured to mitigate receiver overload and fully or nearly-fully utilize available spectrum for communication. Configuration is dictated at least in part by at least one of radio link quality or available receiver specifications, and it can be affected by the mobile device or a base station that serves the mobile device. Receiver configuration includes various spectrally asymmetric receivers that tune respective disparate portions of the available spectrum to maximize utilization thereof in the spectral regions prone to overload conditions. In severe overload conditions, a single receiver can be configured to operate in a frequency band spectrally adjacent to a sub-band that leads to overload conditions when employed for telecommunication. To improve performance, the single receiver configuration can be supplemented with at least one of transmit diversity operation, asymmetric multicarrier spreading, or downlink power boost of asymmetrical multicarrier spreading. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201997 | INTERFERENCE MITIGATION DURING SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF MULTIPLE RADIOS IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Disclosed are apparatus and methods of adaptive frequency channel allocation adjustment to mitigate the in-device interference of simultaneous coexistence operation of multiple radio frequency operation. At least one of channel conflict tables is pre-defined in the device memory. One of the multiple radio frequency operation is prioritized, and the mobile device would request the cellular base transceiver station or the host access point to allocate a non-conflicted frequency channel with respect to the prioritized radio frequency channel. Once the prioritized communication channel changes due to handover or any other reason, the device would check the allocated channels against the pre-defined conflict channel tables and request the access point or the base station to adjust the secondary frequency channel if there exists the conflict channel. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201998 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention provides a radio communication system including a radio communication apparatus that can wirelessly communicate at frequencies in a predetermined licensed band and an unlicensed band, and a base station. The base station includes a first processor configure to manage operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band and notify the radio communication apparatus of operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band at a frequency in the predetermined licensed band. The radio communication apparatus includes a second processor configured to receive operating states of frequencies in the unlicensed band from the base station at a frequency in a predetermined licensed band, select an unused frequency in the unlicensed band as an operation candidate frequency and transmit a transmission request to the base station at the operation candidate frequency in the unlicensed band. | 2017-07-13 |
20170201999 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION AND BASE STATION - Disclosed is a signal transmission method. The signal transmission method includes the steps of: setting a default value for generating a beamforming vector to be used for precoding; performing a calculation process of an outer layer for determining whether an accuracy of an energy efficiency satisfies a first threshold value range during a dual layer calculation process for maximizing an energy efficiency of a base station; performing a calculation process of an inner layer for calculating a predetermined second threshold value on which deterministic equivalence of a channel gain matrix coverage; generating a beamforming vector on the basis of values used in the calculation process of the outer layer and the calculation process of the inner layer, when the accuracy of the energy efficiency satisfies the first threshold value range in the calculation process of the outer layer; generating a transmission signal using the beamforming vector; and transmitting the generated transmission signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202000 | Method and User Equipment for Predicting Available Throughput for Uplink Data - A method in a user equipment for predicting an available throughput for uplink data to be sent from the user equipment to a base station over a radio link. The user equipment obtains ( | 2017-07-13 |
20170202001 | APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a dynamic network planning trigger unit and a master user equipment selecting unit. The dynamic network planning trigger unit triggers, based on a predetermined trigger event, a dynamic network planning in an area managed by the apparatus. The dynamic network planning includes selection of a master user equipment used for device-to-device communication, and the master user equipment receives signals from a base station during the device-to-device communication process and relays signals between the base station and a slave user equipment. The master user equipment selecting unit selects, from user equipment in the area according to quality of channels between the user equipment and the base station, one or more user equipment as master user equipment, distances between the master user equipment being greater than the intervals. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202002 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A digital media device is provided. The digital media device includes a processor, a transceiver configured to be operationally connected with the processor, and a sensor configured to be operationally connected with the processor. The processor may be configured to receive identification information of an object when an event occurs, obtain state information of a user within a specific distance from the object, and create reaction information with respect to the object based on the state information. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202003 | CONVEYING USE OF EXCEPTION REPORTING TO CORE NETWORK NODES - A radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem, Evolved Node B) and method are described herein for indicating to a core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node, Mobility Management Entity, CIoT Serving Gateway Node) usage of exception reports by a mobile station. In addition, a core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node, Mobility Management Entity, CIoT Serving Gateway Node) and method are described herein for receiving an indication of usage of exception reports by a mobile station. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202004 | GUARANTEED DOWNLOAD TIME - A method of operating a radio access node for a wireless communications network includes the steps of obtaining a minimum transfer bitrate for a transfer of data content between the radio access node and a wireless communications device, and scheduling one or more radio resources for the transfer of the data content based on the minimum transfer bitrate. The minimum transfer bitrate is calculated based on a total volume of the data content and a transfer deadline for the transfer of the data content. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE CENTRALIZED RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A SPLIT RADIO ACCESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating feedback information at a first remote access point (AP), wherein the feedback information is associated with one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP; determining constraints for the first remote AP at a central controller based on the feedback information received from the first remote AP and feedback information received from one or more other remote APs that neighbor the first remote AP, wherein the constraints are determined for a plurality of transmission time intervals (TTIs); and scheduling resource blocks (RBs) for the one or more user equipment served by the first remote AP for one or more of the plurality of TTIs based, at least in part, on constraints received from the central controller. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202006 | Inter-Cell Fractional Frequency Reuse Scheduler - Systems and methods are disclosed to address inter-cell interference in a heterogeneous network. In one embodiment, a system is disclosed, comprising: a coordinating node situated between a radio access network and a core network; and a first base station in the radio access network in communication with the coordinating node, wherein: the coordinating node has a coordinating scheduler with a first scheduling period; the first base station has a first base station scheduler with a second scheduling period shorter than the first scheduling period; the coordinating scheduler is configured to send a resource reservation list and a resource restriction list to the first base station scheduler once during each first scheduling period; and the first base station is configured to receive the resource reservation list and the resource restriction list and to use the resource reservation list and the resource restriction list when performing mobile device resource scheduling. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202007 | UPLINK SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink signal transmission method, including: when detecting, by listening, that an unlicensed band is in an idle state, determining, by a radio access network device, an available subframe on the unlicensed band, where the available subframe includes a subframe n; sending, by the radio access network device, an uplink scheduling instruction to user equipment in the subframe n by using the unlicensed band. The uplink scheduling instruction is used to instruct the user equipment to send an uplink signal in a subframe n+i by using the unlicensed band or a licensed band, n and i are integers, n≧0, and i≧1; and receiving, by the radio access network device in the subframe n+i by using a band corresponding to the uplink scheduling instruction, the uplink signal sent by the user equipment. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202008 | Transmission and Reception of a Data Block in a Wireless Communication System - A user equipment is configured for use in a wireless communication system. The user equipment in particular is configured to receive from a base station one or more configuration messages that indicate a pattern of downlink transmission gaps in time. The user equipment is further configured to receive from the base station a scheduled downlink transmission that comprises a downlink data block and one or more repetitions of the downlink data block. The scheduled downlink transmission is received with downlink transmission gaps therein according to the indicated pattern. Alternatively or additionally, the user equipment is configured to transmit a scheduled uplink transmission that comprises an uplink data block and one or more repetitions of the uplink data block. In this case, the scheduled uplink transmission is transmitted with uplink transmission gaps therein according to an uplink transmission gap pattern that specifies a pattern of uplink transmission gaps in time. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202009 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING SCHEDULING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for requesting scheduling in a wireless communication system. More specifically, a method of requesting scheduling for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system may include transmitting, by user equipment (UE), a Scheduling Request (SR) of an SR type selected from multiple SR types to an eNB, receiving, by the UE, an uplink grant determined according to the selected SR type from the eNB, and transmitting, by the UE, uplink data to the eNB through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource allocated by the uplink grant. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202010 | Terminal, Base Station, System, and Notification Method - Embodiments provide a terminal, a base station, a system, and a notification method. The terminal includes: a receiving module, configured to receive a system message broadcasted by a base station, where the system message carries resource configuration information of a dedicated channel, and the dedicated channel is used to transmit application data that is transmitted discontinuously and that has a length less than a preset threshold. The terminal also includes a reading module, configured to read the resource configuration information of the dedicated channel from the system message and store the resource configuration information. The terminal also includes a sending module, configured to send, by using the dedicated channel and to the base station, the application data that is transmitted discontinuously and that has the length less than the preset threshold. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202011 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GRANT FRAME FOR BANDWIDTH SCHEDULING - Devices and methods of limiting wideband STA communication are generally described. The STA receives, over a primary channel, a wakeup frame containing an indication of a SP or CBAP to acquire a wideband TXOP over a wide bandwidth channel including the primary channel and a secondary channel and a control trailer having an indication of the wide bandwidth channel. Prior to the SP/CBAP, the STA opens reception from the primary channel to the wide bandwidth channel. The STA then communicates with another STA over the wide bandwidth channel and subsequently reduces reception from the wide bandwidth channel to the primary channel. The wakeup frame originates from an AP/PCP or the other STA, and contains fields indicating the wakeup frame length and SP or a sensing time length prior to the CBAP. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202012 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AN UPLINK SIGNAL, METHOD FOR RECEIVING AN UPLINK SIGNAL, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION - The invention relates to a method comprising classifying user equipment (UE) cells, to which carrier aggregation is applied, into a plurality of time advance groups. Uplink-time synchronization is managed using the time synchronization of a primary cell (Pcell) in the time synchronization group to which the primary cell belongs. For other time synchronization groups, the uplink time synchronization is managed using the time synchronization of a secondary cell (SCell) that is particularly set in the relevant time synchronization group. Thus, the plurality of time synchronizations can be effectively managed for the UE and a base station (BS). | 2017-07-13 |
20170202013 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station apparatus receives, on a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel), information used for initiating a random access procedure. The mobile station apparatus also transmits a random access preamble on a physical random access channel resource based on or in response to the information. Furthermore, the mobile station apparatus receives a random access response corresponding to the random access preamble on one specific downlink component carrier among a plurality of downlink component carriers where the one specific downlink component carrier linked to an uplink component carrier on which the random access preamble is transmitted on the physical random access channel resource. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN COOPERATIVE MULTI-POINT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for a base station to configure a channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) is provided. The base station configures a CSI-RS antenna port for a terminal. The base station selects one of at least one port number mapping rule for mapping a port number on the CSI-RS antenna port for the terminal. The base station notifies the terminal of the selected port number mapping rule. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202015 | CHANNEL ACCESS POLICY CONTROL DURING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - An access point selects a channel access policy for an electronic device in a wireless local area network (WLAN). During operation, an interface circuit of the access point receives a channel access preference from the electronic device. The channel access preference includes: a multi-user trigger-based channel access technique, a single-user contention-based channel access technique, or both. The interface circuit selects the channel access policy for the electronic device based, at least in part, on the received channel access preference. The channel access policy can also be selected based at least in part on a communication performance metric associated with communication in the WLAN. The interface circuit communicates the selected channel access policy to the electronic device, which subsequently accesses a communication channel and communicates packets with the access point in accordance with the channel access policy. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202016 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To efficiently use radio resources. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202017 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS PARAMETERS FOR DIFFERENT STATIONS - In some aspects, a method for configuring channel access parameters in a wireless communication system includes determining, at an access point, an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter for a first subset of stations of a plurality of stations, the first subset of stations capable of transmitting multi-user uplink transmissions. The method further includes generating an information element including the EDCA parameter. The method further includes transmitting the information element such that the information element is decodable by the first subset of stations and not by a second subset of stations of the plurality of stations. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202018 | RADIO CHANNEL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are a base station and a channel access method performing a channel access in a unlicensed band. The channel access method includes: performing channel sensing at least once on a channel of the unlicensed band in a channel sensing period of a frame; and broadcasting a reservation signal for the channel when the channel is empty. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202019 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING DATA THROUGH UNLICENSED BAND IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method according to the disclosure of the present specification may include the steps of: acquiring information about an operating channel of at least one BSS located in the neighboring area of a terminal, from a beacon signal periodically transmitted by at least one AP included in a wireless LAN system; reporting the information about the operating channel to a mobile communication base station; receiving information about a first channel bandwidth included in an unlicensed band from the mobile communication base station, wherein the information about the first channel bandwidth is acquired on the basis of the information about the operating channel by the mobile communication base station; transmitting a CTS frame defined in the wireless LAN system on the first channel bandwidth; and receiving a data channel from the mobile communication base station through an LTE frame, on a second channel bandwidth included in the unlicensed bandwidth. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202020 | CHANNEL AWARE RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured transmit, to a set of stations, a trigger frame that indicates a set of RUs for uplink and/or downlink transmission available to each station of the set of stations. The trigger frame may be a request for feedback on the set of RUs from each station. The apparatus may be configured to receive from each station a response frame over an uplink resource based on the transmitted trigger frame. The response frame may include the feedback on the set of RUs and may be received independent of a channel condition associated with the uplink resource. The feedback may be an ordered list of RUs based on the set of RUs. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202021 | Device and Method of Handling Transmission/Reception for Serving Cell - A communication device for handling transmission/reception for a serving cell comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise receiving an indication indicating at least one subband unit of a serving cell from a network; and performing a communication operation in the at least one subband unit with the network, after receiving the indication. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202022 | LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK TECHNIQUES FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - Techniques for performing listen before talk (LBT) channel contention procedures in a shared radio frequency spectrum band are provided. The LBT techniques may include a shortened LBT procedure that may be selected if a base station has reserved a shared channel for a duration of expected user equipment (UE) uplink transmissions, and a full LBT procedure that may be selected if the base station has not reserved the channel for the duration of expected UE uplink transmissions. The shortened LBT procedure may include detecting energy levels of the channel for a relatively short time period relative to the full LBT procedure. The shortened LBT procedure may be selected if a time period between a UE receiving a grant of uplink resources and the beginning of the uplink resources is less than a threshold time value. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202023 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING ENHANCED DISTRIBUTED CHANNEL ACCESS PARAMETERS FOR DIFFERENT STATIONS - In some aspects, a method for configuring channel access parameters in a wireless communication system includes determining, at an access point, an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter for a first subset of stations of a plurality of stations, the first subset of stations capable of transmitting multi-user uplink transmissions. The method further includes generating an information element including the EDCA parameter. The method further includes transmitting the information element such that the information element is decodable by the first subset of stations and not by a second subset of stations of the plurality of stations. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202024 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR ALLOCATING CLEAR CHANNEL, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME - The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for clear channel assessment and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method and a wireless communication terminal for performing efficient clear channel assessment based on BBS identifier information of non-legacy wireless LAN information. To this end, provided is a wireless communication method including: receiving a radio signal of a specific channel; measuring a signal strength of the received radio signal; and determining whether the specific channel is busy based on the measured signal strength and BSS identifier information of the radio signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202025 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD - There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus. The terminal device includes a transmission unit that configures a transmit power for transmission of a physical uplink shared channel in a serving cell belonging to a first cell group based on whether or not a physical random access channel is transmitted in the first cell group and a second cell group in a case where the first cell group and the second cell group are configured. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202026 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS DATA TRANSMISSION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL USING SAME - The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for simultaneous data transmission and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, a wireless communication method in which a plurality of terminals simultaneously transmit data for improving a data throughput in a high density environment, and a wireless communication terminal using the same. To this end, the present invention provides a wireless communication method for a terminal including transmitting a trigger frame indicating simultaneous uplink data transmission of multi-users, receiving uplink data transmitted by a plurality of terminals in response to the trigger frame, and transmitting a block acknowledgement for the plurality of terminals having transmitted the uplink data, and a wireless communication terminal using the same. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202027 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS FOR MULTIPLE DEVICES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing a random access by a device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including location information which indicates each of at least two partial areas included in a transmission area of a preamble sequence, and transmitting the preamble sequence through one of the at least two partial areas on the basis of the broadcast signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202028 | NARROW BAND PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL FREQUENCY HOPPING PATTERNS AND DETECTION SCHEMES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. Dedicated frequency resources of a physical random access channel (PRACH) may be designated for large and small frequency hops to facilitate the determination of timing offsets for PRACH transmissions. For instance, a frequency hopping pattern within the PRACH channel having a plurality of single tone transmission may include a first number of hops associated with a first frequency hopping distance (e.g., large frequency hops), and a second number of hops associated with a second frequency hopping distance (e.g., small frequency hops). | 2017-07-13 |
20170202029 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INITIAL ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides a method of operating a base station in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a terminal, a first random access signal transmitted by a plurality of transmit beams of the terminal, determining a receive beam based on a signal strength of the first random access signal, receiving, from the terminal, a second random access signal transmitted by the plurality of transmit beams of the terminal using the receive beam, and establishing a connection between the terminal and the base station based on a signal strength of the second random access signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202030 | Random Access Method, Network Device, and User Equipment - Embodiments provide a random access method, a network device, and user equipment. The method includes receiving, by a network device, identification information sent by user equipment UE according to an access status, and allocating, by the network device, a first access network identifier to the UE according to the identification information. The method also includes sending, by the network device, the first access network identifier to the UE, and allocating, by the network device, a resource to the UE according to the first access network identifier. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202031 | RESOURCE INDICATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention discloses a resource indication method, a base station, and user equipment. The user equipment includes: a sending unit, configured to send a random access preamble to a base station on a physical random access channel (PRACH), where the PRACH corresponds to at least one acquisition indicator channel (AICH); a detection unit, configured to detect auxiliary indication information and detect, on the at least one AICH, feedback information sent by the base station, where the feedback information includes acquisition indicator (AI) information and extended acquisition indicator (EAI) information; and a determining unit, configured to determine, according to the feedback information and the auxiliary indication information, a resource index of a target resource allocated by the base station in M uplink transmission resources, where M is an integer greater than 32. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202032 | Method, Apparatus and System for Processing Blind Detection Capability During Trunking Group Call - The present disclosure provides a method for processing a blind detection capability during a trunking group call. According to the method, a terminal may report a trunking identifier and a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) blind detection capability of the terminal to a base station when the terminal is in a radio resource control_connected (RRC_connected) state and is receiving a called party service of trunking group call. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202033 | CONFIGURABLE ACCESS STRATUM SECURITY - Techniques are described for wireless communication. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes establishing a connection with a network node; receiving from the network node, as part of establishing the connection, an AS security indication indicating an AS protocol layer for protecting data packets; and configuring AS security protection for data packets based at least in part on the AS security indication and the indicated AS protocol layer. A method for configuring AS security includes establishing a connection with a UE; receiving from a network access device controller, as part of establishing the connection, an AS security indication indicating an AS protocol layer for protecting data packets; and configuring AS security protection for data packets transmitted to or received from the UE based at least in part on the AS security indication and the indicated AS protocol layer. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION TO A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK THROUGH A PERSONAL AREA NETWORK CONNECTION - A method for establishing a connection to a wireless local area network connection through an access point on a target device having a limited user interface through a wireless personal area network connection between the target device and a controlling device with a superior user interface, such as a smart phone. The process of establishing a connection begins with the creation of a wireless personal area network connection bond between the target device and the controlling device. One the bond is created, the configuration and authentication information required to connect to the access point is provided to the target device from the controlling device. Following the provision of the authentication information, the target device then establishes the desired connection to the access point with the authentication information. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202035 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A wireless communication terminal includes an identification information obtainment unit that obtains identification information using, for example, a short-range wireless communication with the wireless communication device, a connection determination unit that, when the identification information in the network is wirelessly transmitted to an external access point connected in advance and a response for the transmission of the identification information in the network is received, determines whether or not a wireless communication device corresponding to the identification information in the network is on the network through the external access point based on the received response, a connection selection unit that selects whether to wirelessly connect to the wireless communication device without going through the external access point or wirelessly connect to the wireless communication device through the external access point, in accordance with the determined result, and a communication control unit that performs wireless communication with the wireless communication device. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202036 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SHORT RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M | 2017-07-13 |
20170202037 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - 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. The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for installing an electronic device in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a first electronic device includes obtaining location information of the first electronic device, and sending the location information of the first electronic device to a system controller to operate a second electronic device to be paired with a third electronic device located near the first electronic device, in a pairing mode. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202038 | METHODS TO ENABLE WLAN PROXIMITY SERVICE - Methods and apparatus are described for implementing a wireless local area network (WLAN) Proximity Service (ProSe) connection in a WLAN ProSe capable wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WLAN ProSe capable WTRU requests an establishment of a WLAN ProSe connection with other WLAN ProSe capable WTRU(s), where a ProSe discovery process determines the presence of other WLAN ProSe capable WTRU(s). Configuration information is received, via a non-access stratum or a radio resource control message, from a network node to facilitate the WLAN ProSe connection to the other WLAN ProSe capable WTRU(s). The configuration information includes one of a WLAN ID of the other WLAN ProSe capable WTRU(s), a medium access control ID of the other WLAN ProSe capable WTRU(s), a WLAN access point Service Set Identification (SSID) or Basic SSID, a frequency or channel number, a beacon interval, and timing information. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202039 | SMART-HOME DEVICE FACILITATING CONVENIENT SETUP OF PLURAL INSTANCES THEREOF IN THE SMART HOME - A method for using a first device to pair a second device to a user account may include receiving first wireless communications using a first wireless protocol, where the first device has previously been paired with the user account. The method may also include receiving a transmission that instructs the first device to establish second wireless communications with the second device, and then establishing the second wireless communications between the first device and the second device using a second wireless protocol. The method may additionally include receiving, using the first wireless protocol, information allowing the second device to use the first wireless protocol, and sending the information to the second device using the second wireless protocol, where a new pairing between the second device and the user account is established using the first wireless protocol. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202040 | DONGLE DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC PAIRING TO A LOCAL DEVICE - There are provided systems and methods for a dongle device for automatic pairing to a local device. A location may include one or more local devices that may allow for wireless connections to other nearby computing devices, such as mobile devices. For example, a local device may be a desktop computer, nearby server, Internet access router, payment processing teiiiiinal, or console computing device of a vehicle. In order to pair the local device to a nearby computing device, a dongle device may be associated with the local device to provide connection information to the computing device for automatic pairing when the dongle device is inserted into an input port of the computing device. The connection information may cause the computing device and the local device to connect. The dongle device may also remove the connection infoimation on removal or insertion of a new dongle device. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202041 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication device which is used for a user equipment side includes a signal transceiving apparatus and a control apparatus. The signal transceiving apparatus is configured to transmit a device-to-device communication signal, and receive a feedback signal of other wireless communication devices for the communication signal. The control apparatus is configured to determine receiving quality of other wireless communication devices for the communication signal based on the feedback signal, and adjust the signal coverage range of a user equipment based on the distribution of the receiving quality of other wireless communication devices. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202042 | OPTIMIZING PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR D2D SERVICE - An optimization processing method and apparatus for a D2D service are provided. The optimization processing method includes the following steps. D2D service information and/or service experience information about a terminal are/is acquired, wherein the service experience information is used for reflecting quality of a terminal user' experience on a current service. The D2D service information and/or service experience information are/is reported. By means of the above-mentioned technical solution, the technical problem that there is no solution for a terminal to report D2D service information and/or service experience information in the related art is solved, thereby implementing reporting of the D2D service information, improving the supervision capability of a network side on a D2D service, and providing a strong support for improving the user experience of the D2D service. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202043 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DIRECT DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING UNLICENSED BAND - The present invention relates to a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, and provides a method and an apparatus for performing direct device-to-device communication. The method for performing direct device-to-device communication in a wireless access system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, by a terminal, information about an unlicensed band through a licensed band; determining whether or not to receive a data signal in the unlicensed band on the basis of information about the unlicensed band; and receiving a data signal within a predetermined time of the unlicensed band when it is determined to receive the data signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202044 | PROTECTIVE CONNECTOR AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A protective connector includes a core assembly structure, mating pins and a mating coupling structure. The core assembly structure has circuitry mounted therein. The mating coupling structure substantially encases the core assembly structure and mates with another connector such that the mating pins of the protective connector are electrically coupled to pins of the other connector. The mating coupling structure is mechanically free-moving with respect to the core assembly structure such that forces applied to the mating coupling structure to mate the protective connector to the other connector are not applied to the circuitry within the core assembly structure. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202045 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION - A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202046 | KEY ESTABLISHMENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A GROUP - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A managing device may create a group security configuration for each device of a group of devices managed by the managing device. The group security configuration may include a group security parameter associated with the group of devices and a device-specific security parameter associated with each device in the group of devices. The managing device may provide the group security configuration to one or more devices of the group of devices. The one or more devices may use the group security configuration to directly establish a secure connection for communications between the one or more devices, which may include an establishment of the secure connection without further communications with the managing device during the establishment. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202047 | Device and Method of Handling Radio Resource Control Connection - A communication device for handling a RRC connection comprises a storage unit and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to execute instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise transmitting a first resume request message with a first resume identity for requesting a resume of the RRC connection to a first cell of a network; receiving a resume reject message from the first cell of the network; determining the first resume identity and at least one radio resource corresponding to the first resume identity are valid and keeping the first resume identity and the at least one radio resource, if the resume reject message comprises an indicator; and determining the first resume identity and the least one radio resource are invalid and releasing the first resume identity and the at least one radio resource, if the resume reject message does not comprise the indicator. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202048 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND MOBILITY MEASUREMENT METHOD - The disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus comprises a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by means of different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202049 | ABORTING AN EXTENDED SERVICE REQUEST PROCEDURE - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a method to implement an extended service request procedure for a circuit-switched fallback, comprises communicating with a packet-switched network, and initiating an extended service request procedure for a circuit-switched fallback to handle a voice call. If the voice call is terminated prior to completion of the extended service request procedure, the extended service request procedure may be aborted, and the user may remain in communication with the packet-switched network. Otherwise, the user completes the connection to the circuit-switched network and communicates with a circuit-switched network to handle the voice call. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202050 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING CELL, AND BASE STATION - Method for accessing cell and base station are provided. The method includes: transmitting system information indicating whether the cell supports connection resume function to a UE; after receiving an RRC connection resume request from the UE, acquiring a resume identification of the UE from the RRC connection resume request; looking up context information of the UE based on the resume identification, and transmitting an RRC connection resume acknowledgement message to the UE after finding the context information; after determining an MME supports connection resume function, transmitting a context information activation request including identification information of the UE to the MME; receiving a context information activation acknowledgement message from the MME, which is transmitted after the MME finds the context information of the UE according to the identification information; and transmitting a notification message indicating that a bearer is resumed to the UE. Failure in connection resume procedure is avoided. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REUSING ACCESS STRATUM CONTEXT THROUGH UNIQUE BASE STATION IDENTIFIER, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESUMING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) CONNECTION BY USING THE SAME - Provided is a method for resuming, by a first base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection suspended by a second base station. The first base station receives an RRC connection resume request message including a first identifier and a resume identifier for identifying the second base station from a terminal. The first base station identifies the second base station using the first identifier. Further, the first base station acquires access stratum (AS) context information matching the resume identifier from the second base station, using the resume identifier. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202052 | DEVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device and method in a wireless communication system. The device includes: a cell configuration unit configured to control periodic discontinuous transmission mode of cells according to a load condition of the cells and/or interference condition between the cells, and configure parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode including periods; and a user equipment configuration unit configured to configure parameters of periodic discontinuous reception mode of a user equipment including periods according to the parameters of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, so that the periods of the periodic discontinuous reception mode of the user equipment are compatible with the periods of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode, wherein each period of the periodic discontinuous transmission mode includes an activation time period and a dormancy time period, and a cell provides a service for the user equipment during the activation time period. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202053 | Methods and Apparatus for Keep-Alive Signaling - The present invention relates to a method for determining whether a wireless device is reachable in a cell served by a radio network node. The method is performed in the radio network node. The wireless device is in connected mode in the cell and applies DRX. The method comprises allocating ( | 2017-07-13 |
20170202054 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONNECTED MODE DRX OPERATIONS - A method in a UE comprises monitoring a downlink control channel during a duration of at least a first timer, and receiving an indication of a downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises after receiving the indication of the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, stopping monitoring the first timer, wherein after the first timer is stopped the UE does not need to monitor the downlink control channel. The method comprises performing an uplink transmission associated with the indicated downlink or uplink transmission for the UE. The method comprises starting a second timer after receiving the indication for the downlink or uplink transmission for the UE, the duration of the second timer comprising an offset period, and, when the second timer expires, starting a third timer. The UE monitors the downlink control channel for the duration of the third timer. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202055 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION OPERATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The disclosure relates to methods for improving the DRX operation of a UE by introducing an additional DRX wake-up cycle, which runs in parallel to the short and/or long DRX cycle. The DRX wake-up cycle defines time intervals after which the UE starts monitoring the PDCCH for a wake-up duration of time; the UE does not perform any other operation during the wake-up duration apart from monitoring the PDCCH. The time intervals of the wake-up cycle between the wake-up durations are preferably shorter than the one of the DRX long cycle, and may have the same or a shorter length than the ones of the DRX short cycle. The wake-up duration may be as long as the on-duration of the DRX short/long cycle, or may be preferably much shorter, such as only one or a few subframes. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202056 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and a terminal. The method includes: detecting, by a terminal in an idle state, whether a logical channel of a first path includes first to-be-transmitted data, and whether a logical channel of a second path includes second to-be-transmitted data; and if it is detected that the logical channel of the first path does not include the first to-be-transmitted data and a length of the second to-be-transmitted data is less than a preset second path transmission data threshold, selecting the second path to transmit the second to-be-transmitted data, where the second to-be-transmitted data includes discontinuously transmitted application data whose length is less than a preset threshold. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202057 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND GENERATING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Provided is a method of generating a Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS) by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes determining a service attribute for identifying whether the terminal is serviced by at least one base station; and generating a D2DSS for identifying whether the terminal is serviced by the base station, based on the determination result. In addition, provided is a method of configuring D2D synchronization by a terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The method includes receiving a signal from at least one base station or another device; determining whether a synchronization signal is detected from the received signal; and when the synchronization signal is detected, configuring synchronization with the another device based on the timing reference of the detected synchronization signal. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202058 | Wireless device - A wireless multi-band device comprises a radiating system comprising a ground plane layer, a boosting element, and a radiofrequency system, wherein the radiofrequency system comprises a tunable reactive element. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202059 | INDUCTION STIRRING APPARATUS FOR INDUCTION COOKTOPS - An induction stirring apparatus for an apparatus such as a cooktop appliance is provided. The cooking surface is equipped with a transmitter coil, and the induction stirring apparatus comprises a stirring paddle, motor, receiver coil and transformer. The motor is configured to drive a gear to turn the stirring paddle. The receiver coil is inductively coupleable with the transmitter coil of the cooking surface to transfer electrical energy from the transmitter coil to the receiver coil. The transformer is coupled to and between the motor and the receiver coil. The transformer is configured to transfer the electrical energy from the receiver coil to the motor and thereby power the motor to drive the gear. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202060 | MICROWAVE OVEN AND THAWING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a microwave oven, and a thawing control method and device for the same. The method includes: acquiring a total period T of thawing according to a weight x of food in the microwave oven, wherein the total period T of thawing satisfies: T=K(x/100) seconds, where, 20 seconds/g≦K≦120 seconds/g; and controlling the microwave generator to start, and thawing the food according to the total period T of thawing. With the method, the thawed food is more nutritious, healthier, and easier to cut, and has the low temperature difference, without a cooked discoloration phenomenon. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202061 | LED LIGHT STRING HAVING SERIES-CONNECTED LIGHT BULBS WITH PARALLEL-CONNECTED LED CHIPS - An LED light string is provided that includes at least an input connector electrically connectable to a source of an alternating current voltage, a rectifier configured to convert the alternating current voltage to direct current voltage, and a plurality of light bulbs connected in series to one another, at least one of the light bulbs comprising at least one LED array comprising a plurality of LED chips connected in parallel with one another. The LED light string may be useful, for example, as decorative lights and holiday decorations. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202062 | LED DRIVING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - A light emitting diode (LED) driving apparatus includes: a first circuit connected to a primary winding of a transformer, and configured to receive input power and transfer the input power to the primary winding of the transformer; a second circuit connected to a secondary winding of the transformer to generate output power for driving a plurality of LEDs; and a controller including a control circuit configured to control the second circuit, and a power detection circuit configured to compare a magnitude of the input power with a predetermined reference power magnitude range, and transmit a control command to the control circuit in response to determining that the magnitude of the input power is outside the predetermined reference power magnitude range. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202063 | LIGHT UNIT DRIVER SYSTEM - A light unit driver comprising a plurality of light unit driver channels, each light unit driver channel being configured for driving a respective light unit via a respective light unit driver channel output of the light unit driver channel,—a supply rail that is connected to respective power inputs of the light unit driver channels to conduct electrical energy to the light unit driver channels,—a backup energy storage configured for storing electrical energy,—a control device for controlling the light unit driver, The backup energy storage is electrically connected to the light unit driver channel output of one of the light unit driver channels, the light units being connected to the light unit driver channel outputs of the remaining light unit driver channels. The control device is configured to:—in an operational mode, operate the one of the light unit driver channels to charge the backup energy storage via the one of the light unit driver channel outputs to which the backup energy storage is connected, and operate the remaining light unit driver channels to drive the light units, and—in an emergency mode, operate the one of the light unit driver channels to feed energy back to the supply rail to power the remaining light unit driver channels via the one of the light unit driver channels from the backup energy storage. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202064 | DRIVING A LIGHT SOURCE VIA DIFFERENT MODES | 2017-07-13 |
20170202065 | LIGHT SOURCES UTILIZING SEGMENTED LEDS TO COMPENSATE FOR MANUFACTURING VARIATIONS IN THE LIGHT OUTPUT OF INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTED LEDS - A light source and method for making the same are disclosed. The light source includes a plurality of Segmented LEDs connected in parallel to a power bus and a controller. The power bus accepts a variable number of Segmented LEDs. The controller receives AC power and provides a power signal on the power bus. Each Segmented LED is characterized by a driving voltage that is greater than 3 times the driving voltage of a conventional LED fabricated in the same material system as the Segmented LED. The number of Segmented LEDs in the light source is chosen to compensate for variations in the light output of individual Segmented LEDs introduced by the manufacturing process. In another aspect of the invention, the number of Segmented LEDs connected to the power bus can be altered after the light source is assembled. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202066 | LED DEVICE AND DIMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A dimming system includes a signal generating circuit, a first dimming circuit and a second dimming circuit. The signal generating circuit generates the driving signal according to the input signal, and switches the driving signal between multiple states according to the switch signal. The first dimming circuit generates the dimming signal to adjust the luminance of the LED device according to the driving signal. When the driving signal is switched from the first states to the second states, the dimming signal is changed by the first dimming circuit so that the luminance of the LED device is adjusted from the first luminance to the second luminance. The second dimming circuit adjusts the input signal according to the control signal so that the dimming signal is adjusted and the luminance of the LED device is between the first luminance and minimum luminance, or between the second luminance and minimum luminance. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202067 | DIRECT-LIGHTING MODE AND SOFT-LIGHTING MODE INTERCHANGEABLE PHOTOGRAPHY LED ILLUMINATING LAMP - A direct-lighting mode and soft-lighting mode interchangeable photography LED illuminating lamp. The present invention solves an inconvenience that a camera photographer has to carry a direct-lighting LED illuminating lamp and a soft-lighting LED illuminating lamp both, and there is no such LED illuminating lamp currently. The essence of the technical solution includes: a lamp casing, a plurality of LED lights, a power supply connector, a power supply switch, a stand, and a luminescence window provided at the front face of the lamp casing, wherein the lamp casing is provided with a plurality of first LED lights at its front face thereof opposite to the inner side of the luminescence window, with the radiation directions of the first LED lights being toward the front of the LED illuminating lamp; the lamp casing is further provided with a plurality of second LED lights at its inner circumferential faces opposite to the inner side of the luminescence window; the lamp casing is provided with a transparent light guide plate for covering the luminescence window which is positioned opposite to the inner side of the luminescence window, with the radiation directions of the second LED lights being toward the outer circumferential faces of the transparent light guide plate respectively; the inward surface of the transparent light guide plate facing the first LED lights is provided with light ray reflection dents; and the lamp casing is further provided with an illumination mode toggle switch. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202068 | SOLID STATE POWER CONTROLLER FOR AEROSPACE LED SYSTEMS - A light emitting diode (LED) control system may include a LED control system for an aircraft. The LED control system may include an LED power controller, and a solid state power controller (SSPC) that includes a processor in communication with the LED power controller, where the LED power controller and the solid state power controller are integrated onto a single power module. The LED control system is configured to receive DC power from a power source, determine, via the processor, current flow through a series MOSFET element connecting to at least one LED, to control operational voltage across the at least one LED, and adjust, via the processor, a gate voltage of the series MOSFET element with the LED power controller. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202069 | LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER - A lighting system includes: a plurality of lighting devices; a controller; and a sensor which detects brightness of a region illuminated by at least two lighting devices among the plurality of lighting devices, wherein the controller includes a lighting controller operable in a plurality of operation modes, the plurality of operation modes include a sensor mode, and when the lighting controller obtains an instruction to operate in the sensor mode, the lighting controller performs (a) transition control for controlling the at least two lighting devices, by transmitting a transition instruction, to cause the at least two lighting devices to provide illumination at a predetermined dimming level, without using a result of detection by the sensor, and (b) dimming control for controlling the at least two lighting devices to cause the brightness indicated by the result of detection by the sensor to approach the target value, after transmitting the transition instruction. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202070 | BACKLIGHT SOURCE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, BACKLIGHT SOURCE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a backlight source adjustment method, a backlight source adjustment device and a display device. After acquiring intensity information and spectrum information of current ambient light, a color temperature corresponding to the current ambient light is determined in accordance with the spectrum information of the current ambient light, and a total current to be currently supplied to a backlight source is determined in accordance with the intensity information of the current ambient light. Brightness values of light source branches having different color ranges in the backlight source are determined in accordance with the determined color temperature corresponding to the current ambient light and the total current, and currents for the light source branches are adjusted, so as to adjust color gamut of the backlight source in accordance with the current ambient light. | 2017-07-13 |
20170202071 | CORRELATED COLOUR TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A correlated colour temperature control system ( | 2017-07-13 |
20170202072 | LIGHTING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a lighting apparatus using an LED as a light source. The lighting apparatus may include: a first driver configured to control a flow of a first current through a low-power switching element by comparing a reference voltage and a sensing voltage, in response to light emission of an LED group; and a second driver configured to form a flow of a second current through a high-power switching element in connection with the flow of the first current of the first driver, in response to light emission of the LED group. The lighting apparatus stably provides a current path for a current corresponding to high power. | 2017-07-13 |