29th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120182880 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A monitoring apparatus may receive data transmitted from a transmitting source apparatus at predetermined time intervals, via relay apparatuses configured to make a retransmission request depending on a reception error, and measure a reception time interval between consecutively received data. The monitoring apparatus may judge which one of the relay apparatuses is making the retransmission request, based on the measured reception time interval. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182881 | Routing Protocols for Power Line Communications (PLC) - Systems and methods for routing protocols for power line communications (PLC) are described. In some embodiments, a method may include transmitting a one-hop broadcast request message to a plurality of PLC devices in a mesh network and receiving a response from each of the devices. The method may also include selecting one of the devices as a bootstrapping agent, sending a join request to a bootstrapping server through the bootstrapping agent, and, in response to successfully joining the network, setting the bootstrapping agent as a next hop toward a bootstrapping server. In another embodiment, a method may include maintaining a routing table for a plurality of PLC devices in a mesh network, receiving a join request from a PLC device, accepting the request, and updating the table to add a record corresponding to the PLC device; the record setting the bootstrapping agent as a penultimate hop toward the PLC device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182882 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOCIAL GRAPH DATA ANALYTICS TO DETERMINE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY - Systems and methods for social graph data analytics to determine the connectivity between nodes within a community are provided. A user may assign user connectivity values to other members of the community, or connectivity values may be automatically harvested or assigned from third parties or based on the frequency of interactions between members of the community. Connectivity values may represent such factors as alignment, reputation, status, and/or influence within a social graph of a network community, or the degree of trust. The paths connecting a first node to a second node may be retrieved, and social graph data analytics may be performed on the retrieved paths. For example, a network connectivity value may be determined from all or a subset of all of the retrieved paths. A parallel computational framework may operate in connection with a key-value store to perform some or all of the computations related to the connectivity determinations. Network connectivity values and/or other social graph data may be outputted to third-party processes and services for use in initiating automatic transactions or making automated network-based or real-world decisions. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182883 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION OF COEXISTENT SECONDARY NETWORKS - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed to provide for wireless resource sharing between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks in a TV band white space by grouping two or more of the neighboring networks into subsets based on predefined rules. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising the steps of: maintaining, at an apparatus, information regarding at least one of used communication protocols, operator identifiers, and bandwidths associated with one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and wireless networks neighboring the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus; forming, from the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and the wireless networks neighboring the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus, a number of subsets, based on at least one of the used communication protocols, the operator identifiers, and the bandwidths associated with the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and the wireless networks neighboring the one or more served wireless networks; and comparing the number of formed subsets with a number of available channels. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182884 | Fast SSL Testing Using Precalculated Cryptographyc Data - Methods and computer readable storage media to test secure network connections. One or more pre-calculated encryption data (PCCD) sets may be defined in accordance with a secure communications protocol. The one or more PCCD sets may be stored in a first PCCD memory and a second PCCD memory located respectively within a first port unit and a second port unit of a plurality of port units. Each PCCD set may include at least a first parameter and a second parameter generated by encrypting the first parameter. A simulated secure connection between the first port unit and the second port unit via a network under test may be opened using a selected PCCD set from the one or more PCCD sets without performing decryption processing. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182885 | Testing Connectivity in Networks Using Overlay Transport Virtualization - Techniques are provided for detecting connectivity failures within an OTV network using CFM. In an embodiment, a method and apparatus for using E-OAM to accurately test connectivity in an OTV network is provided. In an embodiment, one method comprises: in a first edge router that is in a local area network (LAN) and that is coupled to a core network: maintaining, for each node of the LAN, a mapping of a source address to one or more delivery multicast groups, each delivery multicast group comprising a set of other edge routers, each of the other edge routers having a connection to a distinct LAN; receiving a frame from a particular source node of a particular source address; sending the frame to a plurality of the delivery multicast groups that are mapped, in the mapping, to the particular source address. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182886 | Method and Apparatus for Wireless Medium Access - In a non-limiting and example embodiment, a method is provided for arranging multi-channel wireless communications, including detecting, by a communications apparatus, information on available bandwidth for a transmission opportunity applying multiple channels, and controlling duration of channel occupancy for at least one of channels available for the transmission opportunity on the basis of the information on available bandwidth. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182887 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING SUBSETS - Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for wireless resource sharing between heterogeneous wireless networks to enable coexistence of secondary networks by grouping two or more of the neighboring networks into subsets based on determining whether one or more wireless networks has a fair portion of available resources to operate, according to an embodiment of the present invention. An example embodiment of the invention includes a method, comprising: forming, by an apparatus, one or more subsets of networks, wherein each of the one or more subsets of networks comprise one or more wireless networks from one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and wireless networks neighboring the one or more served wireless networks; calculating target resources for each of the one or more subsets of networks based on one or more parameters associated with the wireless networks; allocating available resources for each the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and wireless networks neighboring each of the one or more served wireless networks based on the calculated target resources; and determining whether each of the one or more wireless networks served by the apparatus and wireless networks neighboring each of the one or more served wireless networks has a fair portion of available resources to operate. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182888 | Write Traffic Shaper Circuits - In an embodiment, one or more fabric control circuits may be inserted in a communication fabric to control various aspects of the communications by components in the system. The fabric control circuits may be included on the interface of the components to the communication fabric, in some embodiments. In other embodiments that include a hierarchical communication fabric, fabric control circuits may alternatively or additionally be included. The fabric control circuits may be programmable, and thus may provide the ability to tune the communication fabric to meet performance and/or functionality goals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182889 | Quality of Service (QoS)-Related Fabric Control - In an embodiment, one or more fabric control circuits may be inserted in a communication fabric to control various aspects of the communications by components in the system. The fabric control circuits may be included on the interface of the components to the communication fabric, in some embodiments. In other embodiments that include a hierarchical communication fabric, fabric control circuits may alternatively or additionally be included. The fabric control circuits may be programmable, and thus may provide the ability to tune the communication fabric to meet performance and/or functionality goals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182890 | ADAPTIVE PEER DISCOVERY BASED ON NON PEER DISCOVERY TRANSMISSIONS AND DEVICE DENSITY FOR WI-FI - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which a number of wireless devices communicating peer discovery information are estimated. In addition, a transmission time period for transmitting peer discovery information is determined based on the estimated number of wireless devices. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182891 | PACKET ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING HADOOP BASED PARALLEL COMPUTATION - The present invention relates to a packet analysis system and method, which enables cluster nodes to process in parallel a large quantity of packets collected in a network in an open source distribution system called Hadoop. The packet analysis system based on a Hadoop framework includes a first module for distributing and storing packet traces in a distributed file system, a second module for distributing and processing the packet traces stored in the distributed file system in a cluster of nodes executing Hadoop using a MapReduce method, and a third module for transferring the packet traces, stored in the distributed file system, to the second module so that the packet traces can be processed using the MapReduce method and outputting a result of analysis, calculated by the second module using the MapReduce method, to the distributed file system. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182892 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW-LATENCY NETWORKING - Various aspects of a method and system for low-latency networking are provided. Latency requirements of traffic to be communicated along a network path comprising one or more Ethernet links may be determined. A maximum size of Ethernet frames utilized for communicating the traffic may be determined based on the latency requirements. The maximum size of the Ethernet frames may be determined based on a data rate of one or more Ethernet links along the network path. A single device may utilize different maximum packet sizes for different ports/links on which it communicates. One or more messages indicating the determined maximum size may be communicated among devices along the network path to coordinate maximum packet sizes. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182893 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Devices, systems and methods of controlling transmit power of a station are disclosed. The station is able to request for link management, to receive a response frame with an indication to decrease and/or to increase the transmit power and, if the transmit power is increased or decreased no later than a predefined time interval, the station sends a link adaptation acknowledgment with an indication to increase or decrease the transmit power. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182894 | WIRELESS RELAY MODULE FOR REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEMS - A wireless relay module for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. The relay module communicates with the remote monitoring device over one or more internet-accessible wireless communication networks, and includes a receiver, transmitter for communicating over wireless relay networks, other transmitters for the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the one or more internet-accessible wireless communications networks. When the status indicates that at least one of the interne-accessible wireless communications network is available, the appropriate transmitter is selected for the transmitting medical device data over the available internet-accessible wireless communications networks. When internet-accessible wireless communications networks are not accessible, the appropriate wireless relay network transmitter is selected for transmitting the data to another wireless relay module. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - Provided are apparatus and a method for transmitting and receiving channel state information. The apparatus for transmitting channel state information includes a resource demapper configured to extract at least one of data, a user equipment (UE)-specific reference signal, and a cell-specific reference signal from an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-demodulated signal, a channel estimation unit configured to estimate a downlink channel on the basis of at least one of the UE-specific reference signal and the cell-specific reference signal, and a channel state information producer configured to produce at least one of a cell-specific channel quality indicator (CQI), a UE-specific CQI, and switched beam selection information on the basis of information on the estimated downlink channel. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently perform channel adaptive transmission and beamforming-mode transmission in consideration of an actually reflected beamforming gain and interference cancellation gain. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182896 | INTERFERENCE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER EQUIPMENT HAVING MULTIPLE HETEROGENEOUS COMMUNICATION MODULES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An interference measurement method and a user equipment supporting the method are provided. The method enables the user equipment having multiple heterogeneous communication modules for Long Term Evolution (LTE), WiFi, Bluetooth and Global Positioning System (GPS) to perform interference measurement so as to avoid coexistence interference. The user equipment may perform effective communication by identifying non-preferred frequency bands and avoiding coexistence interference caused by the heterogeneous communication modules. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK ENTRY IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK - An apparatus and a method for manage network entry in a heterogeneous network (HetNet). In the method for network entry of a terminal in a HetNet, a base station access signal for network entry is transmitted to a serving base station. A response message is received from the serving base station. An uplink parameter is controlled based on an indication of the serving base station included in the response message. An access request message is generated and transmitted to the serving base station. A downlink response message including information regarding a selected serving base station is received from the serving base station. An access response message including information for network entry is received from the selected serving base station. A network entry procedure is performed with the selected serving base station. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK DATA VIA A RELAY - A method and system for transmitting downlink data via a relay, and a relay are provided by the present invention. The system includes an evolved node B and a relay. The evolved node B is set to determine power parameters of a terminal according to a downlink transmission power from the rely to the terminal, and to inform the terminal of the power parameters; the rely is set to perform the signal transmission to the terminal according to the downlink transmission power; the terminal demodulates the signal received from the evolved node B and/or the rely according to the power parameters. Application of the present invention enhances the transmission performance of the system, and resolves the problem of setting the transmission power for the relay node. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182899 | CQI TABLE FOR WIRELESS MIMO NETWORK - A Channel Quality Indicator table for wireless multiple input multiple output (MIMO) networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of generating a table for channel quality indicator (CQI) for an open loop MIMO transmission includes calculating performance of a link between a transmitter and a user end unit for each MIMO transmission mode over a range of average signal-to-noise ratio, and selecting the MIMO transmission mode that maximizes performance for each subset of the range of average signal-to-noise ratio. The method further includes storing the selected MIMO transmission mode and the corresponding subset of the range of average signal-to-noise ratio in a CQI table, the CQI table being stored in an user end unit and a base transceiver station of the open loop MIMO network. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182900 | Network Device - In this disclosure, we have the following examples and teachings: (1) Integrating the NID functionality in to the small foot-print of an SFP Module, with one or more of the features below: a) Mounting a NID SoC IC to an existing SFP Printed Circuit Board (PCB); b) Using the power from the SFP module, without requiring separate external power; c) NID SoC having only 2 ports, each with its own MAC and possibly PHY layer; d) NID SoC having an embedded microprocessor, RAM and ROM; e) Running a Web portal or other remote login and management software on the NID SoC; f) Miniaturizing the NID to make it cheaper, with reduced cost of inventory, shipment, and installation; and/or g) Supporting one or more (multiple) of the following functions in NID SoC: OAM, Media conversion, Rate adaptation, Policing & marking, Shaping, SLA performance monitoring, Statistics collection, Header manipulation, Security, and/or In-band management. (2) Building the NID functionality in a Dongle that hangs off an Electrical Ethernet port that supports POE (Power over Ethernet), with one or more of the features below: a) Similar to SFP-NID, but hanging off an Electrical Ethernet port; and/or b) Using the power from the Ethernet port POE, without requiring separate external power. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182901 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FAST RETRANSMISSION OF PROPOSAL MESSAGES - In one aspect, the invention provides a layer 2 network device that implements a fast retransmission method that causes the layer 2 network device to transmit proposal messages more frequently than defined in the RSTP standard. By transmitting proposal messages (e.g., proposal RST BPDUs) more frequently, the network device can significantly reduce the duration of a network traffic outage caused by a lost proposal message or a lost agreement message. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182902 | Hierarchical Fabric Control Circuits - In an embodiment, one or more fabric control circuits may be inserted in a communication fabric to control various aspects of the communications by components in the system. The fabric control circuits may be included on the interface of the components to the communication fabric, in some embodiments. In other embodiments that include a hierarchical communication fabric, fabric control circuits may alternatively or additionally be included. The fabric control circuits may be programmable, and thus may provide the ability to tune the communication fabric to meet performance and/or functionality goals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182903 | INFERRING CONNECTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF CONFLICTING NETWORK DATA - The connectivity information provided by a variety of inference engines is integrated to provide a set of inferred links within a network. A consolidation is performed among inference engines that operate at a base level of connectivity detail to create a model of the network at this base level. The connectivity information provided by inference engines at each subsequent higher level of connectivity abstraction is then overlaid on the base level connectivity. By separately consolidating the connectivity information at each level of abstraction, the rules for dealing with conflicts can be simplified and/or better focused to resolve the conflict. By assuming that the more detailed lower level information is likely to be more accurate, rules can be developed to modify the connectivity models produced by the higher level techniques to conform to the lower level connectivity details while still maintaining the integrity of the higher level connectivity models. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182904 | System and method for component substitution - Component substitution systems and methods are provided. An example of a method includes building a system tree having a plurality of nodes, each node in the system tree representing a characteristic of a component of a system under consideration. The method also includes comparing nodes of the system tree with nodes in other trees to identify common nodes. The method also includes generating a new tree for the system under consideration by replacing at least one of the common nodes in the system tree with at least one of the nodes in the other trees. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182905 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system is provided, including a remote control for transmitting a remote control code corresponding to a user operation and a host apparatus for performing processing according to the remote control code, in which the host apparatus is configured to determine a frequency channel for a communication section included therein to be on receiving standby, the remote control is configured to transmit a channel shift request to the host apparatus when a signal is not transmitted on the frequency channel which the host apparatus is on receiving standby, and the host apparatus is also configured to change the frequency channel on which the communication section is on receiving standby after receiving the channel shift request. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182906 | High isolation signal routing assembly for full duplex communication - A signal routing assembly accepts a first transmission signal at an input and outputs a substantial portion of the signal at a common port of the signal routing assembly. A second transmission signal is received at the common port and is routed through the signal routing assembly delivered to output of the signal routing assembly. Leakage signals from routing devices leaking the first transmission signal are terminated inside the signal routing assembly. Leakage signal from a divider/combiner are cancelled by reflect signal from at least one reflector device. A transmitter produces the first transmission signal and the signal routing assembly delivers this signal to the common port of the signal routing assembly. In full duplex operation, second transmission signals received at the common port are routed to the output to be applied to a receiver. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182907 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PEER TO PEER COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless communications system supports both cellular communications and direct peer to peer communications. The cellular communications use FDD downlink and uplink bands for control and traffic signaling. An access point employs control over direct peer to peer communications. Peer to peer mode control signals from the access point are transmitted to wireless terminals using the FDD cellular downlink band. Peer to peer mode control signals from wireless terminals are transmitted to an access point using the FDD cellular uplink band. Peer to peer traffic signals between wireless terminals are communicated using a TDD band. In one embodiment, the access point communicates priority information to peer to peer network wireless terminals, and the wireless terminals make peer to peer traffic transmission decisions in a decentralized manner using the received priority information. In another embodiment, the access point directly schedules peer to peer traffic in the peer to peer network. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182908 | METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR SENDING UPLINK RESOURCE SCHEDULING REQUEST - A method for a user equipment sending an uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution mobile communication system and the user equipment thereof are provided. The present invention relates to a technique for the user equipment sending the uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution system, for reducing the user data transmission delay. The embodiments of the present invention set the minimum alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter as 2 ms or 1 ms, that is to say, add 2 ms or 1 ms, or 2 ms and 1 ms to the alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter, therefore, improving the flexibility of the whole system in the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration. When the data delay is required to be less, the user data transmission delay can be reduced, by using the 2 ms or 1 ms scheduling request transmission cycle configuration, to the delay requirement of 10 ms as close as possible. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182909 | BASE STATION DEVICE - A base station device of the present invention includes a downlink signal reception unit | 2012-07-19 |
20120182910 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To efficiently control channel quality indicators CQIs in response to a plurality of downlink component frequency bands in a wireless communication system using a plurality of component frequency bands, and enable a mobile station apparatus to suitably transmit signals including the channel quality indicators CQIs, the mobile station apparatus is provided with an uplink control data generation part | 2012-07-19 |
20120182911 | PATH SETTING APPARATUS, PATH SETTING METHOD, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE DEVICE - A path setting apparatus sets wireless paths fixed by a wireless network formed by a wireless connection device and a plurality of wireless devices. The path setting apparatus may include an editing unit that edits and sets positions of the wireless connection device and the wireless devices and wireless paths between the wireless connection device and the wireless devices and between the wireless devices, and edits and sets communication timings of the wireless connection device and the wireless devices where the wireless paths are set, based on an input instruction, a storage unit that stores power performance information of the wireless devices, and calculating unit that calculates at least one of transmission delays between the wireless devices and the wireless connection device, transmission delays between the wireless devices, consumption power of the wireless devices, and battery life of batteries used as power supplies of the wireless devices. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182912 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCAL INTERNET PROTOCOL ACCESS CONNECTION HANDLING DURING CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK AND HANDOVER - A method and apparatus are described for handling local Internet protocol (IP) access (LIPA) connection during circuit switched fallback (CSFB) and handover (HO). One representative method of managing a Local Internet Protocol Access (LIPA) packet data network (PDN) connection to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), includes performing a switching operation to switch from the LIPA PDN connection to a non-LIPA PDN connection for communication to the WTRU; and suspending the LIPA PDN connection, in response to the switching operation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182913 | FRAME MAPPING FOR GERAN VOICE CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS - The present document relates to radio transmission. In particular, it relates to the mapping of frames in a GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN). A GERAN base station comprising a transceiver is described. The base station is operable to communicate with a first mobile station via a first VAMOS channel; to communicate with a second mobile station via a second corresponding VAMOS channel; and to use a control channel of the second VAMOS channel which is offset by 4 or 8 TDMA frames with respect to a control channel of the corresponding first VAMOS channel. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182914 | FEEDBACK SCHEME FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON PLURAL TRANSMISSIONS - The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing HARQ feedback in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation. To suggest a scheme for transmitting feedback on the successful/unsuccessful decoding of transmissions that is operable in FDD mode, the invention proposes to utilize only a single one of plural radio resources available for feedback transmission for signaling feedback for multiple transmissions. A feedback sequence of ACK/NACKs for the transmissions is mapped to one feedback resource combination that is one of the radio resources available for feedback transmission and a modulation symbol of the given modulation scheme that is transmitted on said one radio resource. This scheme can also be used in cases where the number of possible feedback sequences of ACK/NACKs for the transmissions is larger than the number of feedback resource combinations available for feedback transmission. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182915 | Systems and Methods for Receiving Data at an Access Point - Stations in standby mode periodically wake up to check for buffered data at the access points. Traditionally, the information is available by checking the periodic beacon frame for a traffic indication map (TIM). Unfortunately, the length of beacons has steadily increased with the progression of the various wireless standards requiring stations to wake up for longer periods to merely check for buffered data. Several approaches are disclosed which address this shortcoming, including the broadcast of TIM frames, the partial reception of beacon frames and the use of an embedded TIM frame within a beacon frame. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182916 | Method and a Device for Saving Power in a Wireless User Terminal - A method for use in a cellular system with at least one controlling node, eNodeB, which controls user terminals, UEs, in a cell. According to the method, a UE can be in one of at least two different states, an idle state, a DRX state, and an “on duration” state. A UE can receive at least a first and a second type of traffic from its eNodeB. If the first type of traffic is received by a UE during an on duration period, the UE assumes the idle (DRX) state at the end of the on duration period, and if the second type of traffic is received by the UE during an on duration period, the UE prolongs the current on duration period by a certain amount of time. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182917 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION - An implantable medical device, IMD, tags data packets transmitted to a non-implantable communication unit with notifications indicating whether the IMD has additional data that needs to be transmitted to the communication unit. The notifications are used by the communication unit to achieve a conditional generation and transmission of power down requests that urges the IMD to power down its radio equipment. The total length of the communication session can thereby be reduced as power down requests are not transmitted when the IMD has additional data to transmit. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182918 | Method of Handling Latency Impact on CoMP HARQ and Feedback Operation and Related Communication Device - A method of handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) operation for a network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The network supports a coordinated multipoint transmission/reception (CoMP) operation. The method comprises determining a modified HARQ operation for the CoMP operation, wherein the modified HARQ operation is a derived HARQ operation or a variation of the HARQ operation; configuring the modified HARQ operation to a mobile device in the wireless communication system when the mobile device participates in the CoMP operation; and performing a transmission or a reception of a HARQ process according to the modified HARQ operation. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182919 | Method of Handling Latency Impact on Feedback Operation and Related Communication Device - A method of handling control information for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The mobile device is configured with a coordinated multipoint transmission/reception (CoMP) operation by network of the wireless communication system. The method comprises determining at least one cooperating cell or cooperating point of the network involving in the CoMP operation or involving in downlink (DL) transmissions to the mobile device or uplink (UL) receptions from the mobile device; and feeding back the control information to the at least one cooperating cell or cooperating point on at least one UL channel. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHONE COMMUNICATION USING HOME NETWORK - A method of providing a home network telephony service, in which a first mobile communication terminal having a phone call connection with a second mobile communication terminal provides a phone communication service by using a first electronic device connected to a home network of the first mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes transmitting a call initiation request message, including an address of the first electronic device, and making a request for a phone call connection using the first electronic device in response to the phone call to the second mobile communication terminal; receiving a response message in response to the call initiation request message from the second mobile communication terminal; and transmitting a call initiation request message including the address of the second electronic device and making a request to the first electronic device to originate a call to the second electronic device. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182921 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - To perform MBMS transmission capable of effective utilization of resources without increasing load in a mobile station apparatus. In a wireless communication system including a base station apparatus and mobile station apparatuses to provide an MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service), the base station apparatus transmits a message for aggregating the number of mobile station apparatuses requesting an MBMS to a mobile station apparatus being served, and, among the mobile station apparatuses, the mobile station apparatus requesting an MBMS adds intra-cell location information of its own to a response message to the message and transmits the response message added with the intra-cell location information to the base station apparatus. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182922 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING SYNCHRONISATION FOR MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES IN A WIRELESS ACCESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK, CORRESPONDING MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVER AND BASE STATION - The present invention relates to a method for performing data synchronization in a wireless access communication network. The method includes data to be synchronized coming from an access network gateway and being sent to at least two base stations, and the data being further sent from the base stations to user terminals over an air interface in downlink frames. The method also includes sending a signaling message to the at least two base stations with the signaling message having a set of parameters defining unambiguously the position and size of the data in the downlink frame and the structure of the data. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182923 | SUBFRAME PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - A subframe processing method and device are disclosed. The subframe processing method includes: if data packets that are not received by an evolved NodeB (eNB) include at least two consecutive Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) data packets to be scheduled in a Dynamic Schedule Period (DSP) by the eNB, setting a subframe of the eNB that is used to transmit | 2012-07-19 |
20120182924 | Medical Device Wireless Network Architectures - An architecture for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. An interface circuit coupled to each medical device communicates with one of a plurality of relay modules via a wireless relay network. The relay modules communicate with the remote monitoring device over an internet-accessible wireless communication network. Each relay module includes a receiver coupled to the wireless relay network, a first transmitter coupled to the wireless relay network, a second transmitter coupled to the internet-accessible wireless communications network; and a controller. The controller determines a status of the internet-accessible wireless communications network. When the status indicates that the internet-accessible wireless communications network is accessible to the wireless relay module, the second transmitter is selected for transmitting medical device data. When the internet-accessible wireless communications network is not accessible, the first transmitter is selected for transmitting the data to another wireless relay module. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182925 | SCHEDULING APPARATUS AND METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND RELAY-BASED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a scheduling apparatus and method, an user equipment, and a relay-based mobile communication system. The scheduling apparatus receives information on a channel state of the access zone from the eNB UE separately from the information on the channel state of the relay zone, performs scheduling for the eNB UE in a subsequent relay zone temporally following the relay zone on the basis of the information on the channel state of the relay zone, and performs scheduling for the eNB UE in a subsequent access zone temporally following the access zone on the basis of the information on the channel state of the access zone. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING RELAY FRAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a relay frame in a relay end are provided. The method includes: receiving a relay request frame requesting data transmission to a receive end from a transmit end; transmitting a relay response frame including information on data to be relayed to each of the transmit end and the receive end; receiving the data from the transmit end; and generating a relay frame including the data to transmit the relay frame to the receive end. According to the present invention, the data is transmitted to the receive end positioned outside a transmission coverage of the transmit end, such that a wireless LAN service coverage may be expanded, and an adjacent terminal connected to the receive end is used as the relay end, such that the transmit end that may not be connected directly to the receive end may communicate with the receive end. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182927 | Wireless Relay Module For Monitoring Network Status - A wireless relay module for networked communications between a series of medical devices and a remote monitoring device. An interface circuit coupled to each medical device communicates with the wireless relay module via a wireless relay network. The relay module communicates with the remote monitoring device over an internet-accessible wireless communication network. The controller determines a status of the networks. When the status indicates that the internet-accessible wireless communications network is available, a transmitter transmits medical device data over this network. When the internet-accessible wireless communications network is not accessible, another transmitter transmits the data to another wireless relay module. In addition, the controller obtains status information the two networks, and either transmits this information to one of the medical devices or prepares the information for display on a display of the wireless relay module. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182928 | WIRELESS INTERNET CONNECTION REPEATER WITHOUT SIGNAL INTERFERENCE - Disclosed is a wireless Internet connection repeater, and more particularly, a wireless Internet connection repeater without signal interference between a local area wireless communication module (WiFi module) and a broadband wireless communication module (WiMAX module). The wireless Internet connection repeater includes a broadband wireless communication module which includes a master packet control mediator for outputting status information of data transmission/receipt between the broadband wireless communication module and a base station in a broadband wireless network, and a local area wireless communication module which includes a slave packet control mediator for transmitting and receiving data to/from client terminals in synchronization with the status information from the master packet control mediator. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182929 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for data transmission. The method for data transmission includes: determining that data to be transmitted is control plane signaling related to a user equipment that camps on a relay node; and transmitting the data through a first user data bearer established between the relay node and a donor base station, where the first user data bearer provides integrity protection for the data. According to the embodiments of the present invention, when the control plane signaling related to the user equipment that camps on the relay node is transmitted between the relay node and the donor base station, integrity protection is provided for the control plane signaling, and therefore attacks such as the denial of a service attack are prevented. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182930 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION - Provided is a communication system including a plurality of base stations, a plurality of communication terminals that communicates with one of the plurality of base stations, and a relay device, the relay device including a selection unit that selects a communication terminal to be relayed from among the plurality of communication terminals on the basis of communication quality information received from each of the plurality of communication terminals, and a relay unit that relays communication between the communication terminal selected by the selection unit and the corresponding base station. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182931 | Transmission Method, Detection Method and Equipment For Control Channels Of A Relay System - A configuration method, detection method and equipment for control channels of a relay system are provided in the present invention. The configuration method comprises: the network side transmits a Relay-Physical Downlink Control Channel (R-PDCCH) of a control channel to its service relay equipment, the related control information of said relay equipment is included in said R-PDCCH, said R-PDCCH is a dedicated R-PDCCH of said relay equipment. In the present invention, the dedicated control channel of the relay system is configured according to the number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols occupied by a R-PDCCH, and the mapping from a R-PDDCH/Relay-Physical Downlink Shared Channel (R-PDSCH) to a Resource Element (RE), and the demand that one relay node dedicates a R-PDCCH is satisfied. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182932 | DIRECTIONAL MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORK - A method for directional mobile ad-hoc communication may include transmitting a join message from a first node to a second node, receiving an accept message from the second node including a TDMA frame slot reassignment correlating to an available TDMA frame slot in a TDMA frame associated with the second node, reassigning a TDMA frame slot for the first node in the TDMA frame associated with the first node according to the frame slot reassignment, and assigning a TDMA frame slot for the second node in the TDMA frame of the first node. It may also comprise executing a discovery protocol to configure a directional mobile ad-hoc communication network between a first node and as second node, transmitting a bandwidth reservation request message from the first node to the second node, receiving a bandwidth reservation response message from the second node, and enabling a relay node. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182933 | CLUSTERING CROWD-SOURCED DATA FOR DETERMINING BEACON POSITIONS - Embodiments analyze crowd-sourced data to identify a moved or moving beacon. The crowd-sourced data for the beacon is grouped into a plurality of clusters based on spatial distance. Timestamps associated with the crowd-sourced data in the clusters are compared to select one of the clusters. The crowd-sourced data associated with the selected cluster is used to determine position information for the beacon. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182934 | APPLICATION LAYER COMMUNICATION VIA AN INTERMEDIATE NODE - An intermediate node in a wireless communication system transmits application layer messages between first and second nodes. To do so, the intermediate node receives a request to activate a packet data protocol (PDP) context for the first node. The request, as generated by the first node, indicates the first node is capable of using a first protocol stack that excludes one or more particular layers included in a second protocol stack used by the second node. The intermediate node activates a PDP context for the first node in accordance with the request. The intermediate node thereafter forwards application layer messages supported by the activated PDP context between the first node and the second node, forwarding application layer messages destined for the first node in accordance with the first protocol stack and forwarding application layer messages destined for the second node in accordance with the second protocol stack. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PACKET DISTRIBUTION IN A VEHICULAR NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes receiving a request for data from a source device, such as an on-board unit of vehicle or a mobile device coupled to an on-board unit, over a vehicular network. Location data, such as GPS coordinates, speed, and heading associated with the source device may also be received. A travel path for the source device can be predicted based on the location data, and an access point to the network can be located within range of the travel path. Packets associated with the requested data may be sent to the access point and then forwarded to the source device when the source device is in range. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182936 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING THE MOBILITY OF MOBILE NETWORKS - In response to a Mobile Access Router (MAR) initially attaching to a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) domain through a first Access Router (AR) in the domain, a Mobility Anchor Point (MAP) in the MPLS domain establishes a plurality of Label Switched Paths (LSPs) for the MAR. For example, the MAP establishes an active LSP to the MAR through the AR to which the MAR has initially attached, and further establishes an inactive LSP for the MAR to each of one or more other ARs in the MPLS domain. An inactive LSP established at a given AR for a given MAR is activated when/if that MAR attaches to the AR. Correspondingly, the present invention includes method and apparatus teachings related to the MAP, ARs and the MAR, as regards establishing inactive LSPs, activating inactive LSPs, and extending an activated LSP to the MAR. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182937 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A MOBILE SYSTEM - A method is provided for bi-casting real time data packets in a mobile system that includes a first Node-B and a second Node-B for communication with a user equipment. The method includes associating a first sequence number with a first real time data packet when sending the first real time data packet to the first Node-B and transmitting the first real time data packet associated with the first sequence number to the first Node-B. The method also includes associating a second sequence number with a second real time data packet when sending the first real time data packet to the second Node-B, wherein the second sequence number is different from the first sequence number and transmitting the first real time data packet associated with the second sequence number to the second Node-B. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182938 | WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH DUAL CIRCUIT ARCHITECTURE - Electronic devices may have multiple wireless integrated circuits such as first and second baseband processor integrated circuits. The first baseband processors may be used exclusively for handling packet switched traffic, whereas the second baseband processor may be used exclusively for handling circuit switched traffic. Radio-frequency front end circuitry may be used to couple multiple antennas to the baseband processors and associated radio-frequency transceivers. The first baseband processor may be coupled to a first universal integrated circuit card (UICC) storing a first subscriber profile, whereas the second baseband processor may be coupled to a second UICC storing a second subscriber profile. The first baseband processor may be used to support any desired circuit switched radio access technology, whereas the second baseband processor may be used to support any desired packet switched radio access technology. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182939 | TELEHEALTH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION HUB AND SERVICE PLATFORM SYSTEM - Methods and devices provide a wireless communications hub device and services enabling remote access to electronic medical or fitness devices in a manner that simplifies device networking A wireless communication hub device may include a processor and wireless communication transceivers configured to connect to cellular and/or WiFi networks to access a remote server, and wired and/or wireless local networks for connecting to electronic medical or fitness devices. The wireless communication hub device may plug into a power source, connect to an electronic medical or fitness device, and communicate via a second wireless network with an associated server-based service. The system enables discovery of the wireless communication hub device and connected electronic medical or fitness devices. The associated remote server based service platform services may provide drivers for various electronic medical or fitness devices, store and forward data, and provide remote access to the various electronic medical or fitness devices. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182940 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TRAFFIC WITHIN A NETWORK STRUCTURE AND A NETWORK STRUCTURE - A reliable and flexible method for controlling traffic within a network structure without the addition of remarkable complexity to the core network is provided, the structure including a PDN (Packet Data Network), an operator core network with a DNS (Domain Name System) server, a HeNB (Home evolved Node B) or HNB (Home Node B) and/or eNB (Evolved Node B) or NB (Node B) and a UE (User Equipment) that is associated with the HeNB or HNB and/or eNB or NB. On the basis of a predefinable routing policy the DNS server is controlling whether a traffic from a UE to a destination address within a local network associated to the HeNB or HNB or eNB or NB or within a PDN and/or vice versa will be routed via the core network or directly via the local network in support of local network protocol access or selected network protocol traffic offload. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182941 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING POWER RESOURCES IN WIRELESS DEVICES - A method and system is disclosed for a device to quickly determine if data is being sent to it. If no data is being sent to the device, the device may return to a sleep mode so as to conserve energy. The present invention includes organizing and transmitting, one at a time, all device destination identifiers. If a message listing search indicates that no message is being sent for a device, the device can continue with any other activity that needs servicing, or if no other activity is pending, it may shut down to conserve power until the next wake up period arrives. If the search returns a positive indication, the count value when the identifier is found can be used to determine the location of the pointer to the message. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182942 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF UPLINK CONTROL SIGNALING AND USER DATA IN A SINGLE CARRIER ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment (UE) operating in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing communication system transmits Layer 1 and Layer 2 user data non-associated and user data associated control signaling on an uplink by puncturing user data information with the user data non-associated and user data associated control signaling to produce a data stream wherein the control signaling and user data information are multiplexed. The UE then conveys the punctured data stream to a radio access network via an air interface. The communication system further provides for a selection of a coding and modulation for the control signaling based on a modulation and coding scheme of the user data and a transmission scheme that is applied for transmission of the user data information over the air-interface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182943 | Method for Establishing a Bidirectional Communication Path in a Wireless Network - A method for establishing a bidirectional communication path in a wireless network, where the network includes nodes comprising a sink node and a plurality of subscriber nodes, and where the communication path for the bidirectional transmission of data packets is to be established between the sink node and at least one queried node of the subscriber nodes. An uplink path from a particular subscriber node to the sink node is determined by periodically exchanging path messages between adjacent nodes of the network, where a particular path message signals the respectively shortest distance to the sink node, i.e., as a metric. A downlink path from the sink node to the at least one queried node is determined by inserting an address list into at least one of the path messages sent by the sink node, which list comprises the address of a respectively queried node. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182944 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR SIGNALING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - Particular embodiments provide a method in a network node ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120182945 | Uplink Power Control - An uplink power control that is applied to a user equipment ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120182946 | RATE MATCHING FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSION SCHEMES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for determining resource elements REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) transmission schemes. The techniques generally include determining, by a User Equipment (UE), a set of data REs used for Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) operation. The determination is based on a CoMP scheme and data REs available to particular base stations involved in the CoMP operation. The technique further includes processing data received via the CoMP operation on the determined set of data REs. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182947 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication system where a mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information to a base station apparatus, the reception quality information indicating quality of a signal received from the base station apparatus, characterized in that the base station apparatus transmits information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data included in an uplink data transmission permission signal, and the mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information without uplink data according to the information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data. This allows a mobile station apparatus to transmit reception quality information including a large amount of information even if there is no uplink data between the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus, and the transmission control flexibly responding to the amount of information and the frequency of transmissions of the reception quality information transmitted from the mobile station apparatus is possible. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182948 | Wireless Data Communications - A wireless data communications method and transmitter are disclosed. A transmitter ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120182949 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile station apparatus which communicates with a base station apparatus using a plurality of component carriers, transmits uplink control information to the base station apparatus using a single physical uplink control channel in a plurality of uplink component carriers, regardless of whether or not a plurality of physical uplink control channels is assigned by the base station apparatus and, when each physical uplink shared channel of the plurality of uplink component carriers including a first uplink component carrier on which the uplink control information is transmitted using the physical uplink control channel is assigned in the same subframe by the base station apparatus, transmits the uplink control information to the base station apparatus using the physical uplink shared channel of the first uplink component carrier. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING SCHEDULING SIGNALS IN A MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for transceiving scheduling signals in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, comprising a step of transmitting, via a predetermined downlink component carrier, a PDSCH transmission scheduling signal on one or more downlink component carriers and/or a PUSCH transmission scheduling signal on one or more uplink component carriers; and a step of transceiving the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH in accordance with the scheduling signals. The scheduling signals can be defined to the same size in a PDCCH transmission region of said predetermined downlink component carrier in the event different MIMO transmission modes are applied to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission, or in the event said one or more downlink component carriers or said one or more uplink component carriers have different bandwidths. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182951 | RADIO BASE STATION AND MOBILE STATION - A radio base station eNB according to the present invention includes: a synchronization signal transmission unit | 2012-07-19 |
20120182952 | FRAMING FOR AN ADAPTIVE MODULATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for mapping a combined frequency division duplexing (FDD) Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)/Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) downlink subframe for use with half-duplex and full-duplex terminals in a communication system. Embodiments of the downlink subframe vary Forward Error Correction (FEC) types for a given modulation scheme as well as support the implementation of a smart antennae at a base station in the communication system. Embodiments of the system are also used in a TDD communication system to support the implementation of smart antennae. A scheduling algorithm allows TDM and TDMA portions of a downlink to efficiently co-exist in the same downlink subframe and simultaneously support full and half-duplex terminals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182953 | Mobile Communication System, Base Station Device and Frequency Allocation Method for Mobile Communication System - In a base station device | 2012-07-19 |
20120182954 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR FAST SESSION TRANSFER FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Devices, systems and methods to provide session transfer between a pair of multiband stations by a fast session transfer (FST) setup protocol. For example, a method may include transferring, by a first wireless communications device (STA | 2012-07-19 |
20120182955 | Multi-Network Shared Phy Layer - A system and method is provided for processing a physical (“PHY”) layer signal. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a PHY layer signal, analyzing a non-content characteristic of the PHY layer signal, and determining a communication protocol associated with the PHY layer signal. The PHY layer signal may be processed according to the communication protocol to obtain a processed PHY layer signal. In one embodiment, when the communication protocol is a first communication protocol, the PHY layer signal may be processed according to the first communication protocol. When the communication protocol is a second communication protocol, the PHY layer signal may be processed according to the second communication protocol. The processed PHY layer signal may be outputted. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182956 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNALS - A method and apparatus for transmitting reference signals in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method and apparatus includes reference signal, RS, transmission in resource blocks supporting multiple antenna port transmission, at least one broadcast channel being provided in resource blocks belonging to a first set of resource blocks, a first number of reference signals being transmitted in at least one resource block supporting multiple antenna port transmission and a second number of reference signals being transmitted in at least one resource block belonging to a second set of resource blocks. Preferably, different resource elements, REs, are used for each reference signal in resource blocks. An example embodiment of reference signal support of, e.g., eight antenna ports is provided. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182957 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method in which user equipment transmits a non-periodic sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system. In detail, the method comprises: a step of receiving a downlink control channel from a base station; a step of checking carrier indication field (CIF) information of a downlink control information (DCI) format contained in the downlink control channel; and a step of transmitting a non-periodic sounding reference signal to the base station in accordance with the CIF information, wherein said CIF information comprises a triggering message of the non-period sounding reference signal. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182958 | Reconfiguration of Active Component Carrier Set in Multi-Carrier Wireless Systems - In a multi-carrier wireless system, potential problems from reconfiguring mobile station resources to accommodate changes in component-carrier configuration are mitigated by inserting a guard period each time the configuration of component carriers changes, so that transceiver reconfiguration can be carried out without interfering with ongoing transmission. A base station is configured to transmit data to a mobile station according to a first configuration of two or more component carriers, to determine that a change of configuration to a second component-carrier configuration is required, and to signal the change of configuration to the mobile station, using the first configuration of component carriers. The base station then refrains from transmitting data to the mobile station during a pre-determined guard interval of at least one transmission-time interval subsequent to the signaling of the change of configuration. After the guard interval, data is transmitted to the mobile station according to the second component-carrier configuration. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transceiving data in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving data in a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention is configured such that a base station receives, from a mobile station, a signal including information and data on the transmission mode which the mobile station has selected in accordance with a channel status, and decodes the data in accordance with the transmission mode. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182960 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPORTING POWER HEADROOM REPORT (PHR) IN CARRIER AGGREGATION SCENCE - A method and system for reporting PHR in carrier aggregation scenarios are disclosed. The method includes: UE encapsulating UE specific PH and/or UL CC specific PH that need to be reported into a same PHR according to a preset order, and meanwhile encapsulating indication information that indicates whether the UE specific PH and each UL CC specific PH are reported or not into the PHR, then sending the PHR to eNB; after receiving the PHR, the eNB analyzing the PHR to obtain the PH and indication information in the PHR, determining the type and quantity of the UE specific PH and/or each UL CC specific PH reported in the PHR according to the indication information and scene configured by eNB for the UE, and then extracting the UE specific PH and/or each UL CC specific PH from the PHR in combination with the preset order. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182961 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING FIXED RESOURCE IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for handling an error in a persistent resource allocation that is performed by a base station includes transmitting a first control message to a terminal, the first control message including persistent allocation information for transmission of an uplink data burst and determining whether the terminal has received the first control message. If a decoding of the uplink data burst, transmitted by the terminal in a resource indicated by the first control message, has been successful, it is determined that the terminal has received the first control message. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182962 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING PEER TO PEER TRAFFIC IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A wireless terminal receives peer to peer resource control information from a base station. The peer to peer resource control information is used by the wireless terminal in a peer to peer network to control transmission scheduling and/or resource utilization. The base station sends the control signals at a first rate which is slower than the rate at which wireless terminals make transmission decisions for traffic slots. During the intervals between receipt of the base station control signals, wireless terminals make transmission decisions with regard to multiple traffic segments. The decisions are also influenced based on peer to peer signaling occurring between the wireless terminals in the network for each traffic slot. Resource utilization feedback information is provided from the wireless terminal to the base station. Based on the feedback information the base station updates the resource utilization control information and sends updated resource utilization control signals to the wireless terminals. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182963 | RESERVING TRANSMISSION RESOURCES - A method, apparatus, and computer program for acquiring transmission resources during a transmission period is provided. A first communication apparatus is arranged to utilize at least a second communication apparatus to reserve at least one additional transmission band for the first communication apparatus during the transmission period of the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus is configured to increase its transmission band during the transmission period upon successful exchange of transmission request and transmission permission messages, wherein the transmission request and transmission permission messages are used to identify available additional transmission bands. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182964 | PILOT AND CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD FOR SDMA MIMO TRANSMISSION DOWNLINK - A pilot and channel estimation method for SDMA MIMO transmission downlink is provided in the present invention, and the method provides possibility for saving the orthogonal pilot resources; the pilot signals of different users in the transmitting antenna domain can occupy the same time-frequency resources, and thereby the pilot overhead of system resources can be reduced greatly; the method includes: for the MIMO transmission downlink that employs pre-coding for SDMA, taking the quantity of orthogonal pilot resources occupied by the users in the pre-coding domain as the number of data streams that can be transmitted or the number of spatial dimensions occupied first, at the transmitting end of the base station; then, performing SDMA transmission pre-coding for the orthogonal pilots in the pre-coding domain in the same way as the data signals, to obtain the pilot signals of the users in the transmitting antenna domain; wherein, the pilots of the users in the pre-coding domain can be orthogonal in the frequency domain or code domain, and the pilots of different users in the pre-coding domain can be identical or not identical to each other; the pilot signals of different users in the transmitting antenna domain can occupy the same time-frequency resources. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182965 | FEMTOCELL BEACON INTERFERENCE MITIGATION WITH OUT-OF-BAND LINKS - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for mitigating macrocell interference during femtocell discovery in a wireless communications system. In one example, a mobile device may be camped on a macrocell. A femtocell transmits out-of-band (OOB) discovery signals to, or receives OOB band discovery signals from, the mobile device to facilitate presence detection. The femtocell may also be configured to use various techniques to transmit in-band beacon bursts (e.g., low or high power beacon bursts) to the mobile device in the macrocell frequency range to trigger the mobile device to perform an inter-frequency scan for cell reselection. The femtocell may transmit communications signals to the mobile device in a femtocell frequency range (different from the macrocell frequency range) after the mobile device has discovered and selected the femtocell. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182966 | OUT-OF-BAND PAGING FOR PROXIMITY DETECTION IN A FEMTO DEPLOYMENT - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products are described for using an out-of-band (OOB) radio integrated with the femtocell to implement various novel proximity detection techniques. Proximity detection of access terminals (ATs) in the femtocell's access control list (ACL) may be desirable to support femto connectivity and service provision, for example, in context of idle macro-to-femto handoffs, active macro-to-femto hand-ins, etc. When multiple ATs are in the ACL, and particularly when the ATs have different OOB implementations, optimizing proximity detection may involve balancing reliability against latency. Embodiments implement OOB proximity detection according to techniques that address reliability, efficiency, and/or fairness of proximity detection, even across unmanaged OOB networks and for ATs having different OOB implementations. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182967 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNCIATION BETWEEN WIRELESS ACCESS STATIONS VIA A MOBILE TERMINAL - A packet is transferred between first and second wireless access stations via a memory of at least one mobile terminal. The first wireless access station is provided with source information to be provided for one or more users, and the second wireless access station acquire the source information from the first wireless access station by performing a predetermined procedure of packet transfer between the first and second wireless access stations via the memory of the at least one mobile terminal when the at least one mobile terminal moves between coverage areas of the first and second wireless access stations. The second wireless access station performs a predetermined data processing on the acquired source information, and provides the one or more users with the source information on which the predetermined data processing has been performed. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182968 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL DURING TD-SCDMA BATON HANDOVER - A method for wireless communication comprises switching an uplink (UL) from a source cell to a target cell; and receiving an uplink transmit power control (TPC-UL) command from the source cell, wherein the TPC-UL command is generated by the target cell. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182969 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile communication method according to the present invention is summarized in that it includes: a step in which a mobile station UE sends “Measurement Report” including location registration area information “TAI” and identification information “ECGI” on a cell subordinate to a radio base station HeNB, to a radio base station eNB; a step in which the radio base station eNB sends “(X2) HO Request” including the identification information “ECGI” on the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB to an IP address of a gateway apparatus HeNB-GW corresponding to the location registration area information “TAI”; and a step in which the gateway apparatus HeNB-GW transfers the “(X2) HO Request” to the IP address corresponding to the identification information “ECGI” on the cell subordinate to the radio base station HeNB. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182970 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK HANDOVER - A method, a system and a device for network handover are provided, which are applied to the field of communications technologies. The method includes the following steps that: a terminal first obtains information of a handover manner of handover from a virtual base station to a target base station, and then sends a corresponding message to the virtual base station according to the information of the handover manner, so as to perform network handover, so that in a procedure that the terminal is handed over from a non-WiMAX network to a WiMAX network, the terminal may be directly handed over according to the handover manner supported by the virtual base station. Compared with the conventional art in which handover manners require handover attempts, the adoption of the method for network handover reduces handover time and increases network handover efficiency. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182971 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD AND REORDERING METHOD - A mobile station, that includes a receiving means for receiving first PDCP PDU from a source base station and a receiving means for receiving second PDCP-PDU from a target base station, in which the second PDCP-PDU being created using sequence number and PDCP SDU that are transferred from the source base station to the target base station and a storage means for storing PDCP SDU conforming to the first PDCP PDU and the PDCP SDU conforming to the second PDCP PDU; and a reordering means for performing in order delivery of the stored PDCP SDUs based on the sequence numbers. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING OR MODIFYING LOCAL IP ACCESS BEARER - A method and device for establishing or modifying a local IP access bearer are provided by the embodiments of the present invention, said method includes: a handover request message transmitted by an evolved Node Base station is received, said handover request message carries an evolved Node Base station identifier, said evolved Node Base station identifier is the same as the local packet data network gateway identifier; the local breakout ability of said evolved Node Base station is obtained; according to said evolved Node Base station identifier, the local breakout ability of said evolved Node Base station and the local IP access point name, the local IP access bearer is established or modified between a serving gateway and the local packet data network gateway, said serving gateway is located in the core network or the evolved Node Base station. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182973 | Code Allocation for Uplink MIMO - The disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses that allow for channelisation code allocation adapted for uplink MIMO transmissions. A method for use in a user equipment of a telecommunication system comprises spreading data symbols of a plurality of streams to be transmitted from the user equipment as MIMO transmissions. The step of spreading the data symbols comprises allocating, for each stream, at least one channelisation code ( | 2012-07-19 |
20120182974 | System and Method for Mapping Reference Signal Sequence in Advanced Long Term Evolution System - The present invention provides a method and system for mapping a reference signal sequence in an advanced Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, and the method and the system are used to map the reference signal sequence to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbol of l. The method includes: when the system uses a normal cyclic prefix, determining the symbol l according to an expression, and mapping the reference signal sequence to a location of a sub-carrier k on the symbol l of an antenna port p. The system includes: a mapping module, a first acquiring module and a second acquiring module. The system and the method which are provided ensure the transmission performance while ensuring the interference randomization. In addition, the system and the method are compatible with existing LTE systems, thus realizing high-order Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission, supporting the usage of the corresponding techniques. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182975 | Method and Apparatus for Repeating Uplink Synchronization in Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multple Access (TD-SCDMA) Networks - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a first synchronization signal to access to a Node B is transmitted; a request signal from the Node B requesting a second synchronization signal is received; and the second synchronization signal is transmitted to the Node B. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182976 | Wireless Network Protocol Coexistence - The present invention comprises a communication device configured to communicate using several wireless networking protocols. The communication device is configured to transmit a signal according to a first protocol so as to indicate to devices on the wireless network that they should not transmit during a first period of time, and subsequently, transmit or receive signals by means of the second protocol during the first period of time. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182977 | Resource Setting Control for Transmission Using Contention Based Resources - There is proposed a mechanism by means of which resources for a data transmission between a user equipment and a base transceiver station are set. For this purpose, a resource dedicated to the user equipment (like an SR resource) is combined with at least one contention based resource allocated to a contention based transmission by the user equipment (like a CB-PUSCH resource). The at least one contention based resource to be combined is selected by executing a mapping according to a predetermined rule and based on an information indicating a specific resource element dedicated to the user equipment to at least one set of available contention based resources, and by determining an information identifying at least one resource element of the at least one contention based resource. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182978 | System and Method For Managing Routers and Communication Interfaces On A Computing Device - An apparatus and method are described for managing router and communication interfaces. For example, one embodiment of a method implemented on a computing device having a plurality of communication interfaces comprises: receiving a plurality of router advertisement packets indicating a preference level of each of a plurality of routers, each of the plurality of routers reachable through one of the communication interfaces on the computing device; designating one of the communication interfaces as a primary interface and the remainder of the communication interfaces as scoped interfaces; specifying a primary router for the primary interface based on a preference level associated with the primary router, the primary router selected from a group of all of the routers reachable through the primary interface; and specifying a default router for each of the scoped interfaces based on a preference level of each default router, each default router selected from a group of all of the routers reachable through its scoped interface. | 2012-07-19 |
20120182979 | PERFORMANCE IN A DUAL BSS ENVIRONMENT - An integrated circuit includes logic configured to adjust an original service time of a first Wi-Fi Basic Service Set connection (“BSS”), out of a plurality of BSSs configured to be associated with a communication device, to an adjusted service time based on an unsuccessful acknowledgement transmission or reception in a previous service time on the first BSS. At least one of the plurality of BSSs is supportive of a peer-to-peer connection. | 2012-07-19 |