| 31st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
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| 20130195056 | Service Flow With Robust Header Compression (ROHC) In A WiMAX Wirless Network - A robust header compression (ROHC) controller provides for service flow processing of a ROHC channel in a WiMAX wireless communication system. The ROHC controller controls the negotiations of the MS ROHC capabilities during its registration and the negotiations of the ROHC channel parameters during ROHC enabled service flow setup; the MS ROHC capabilities including ROHC compression and decompression capabilities and ROHC channel and feedback strategies; the channel parameter negotiation covers the ROHC profile set and feedback channel information in addition to the 16e/12D standard. The ROHC controller receives a service flow request for a ROHC enabled service flow, wherein the request includes a QoS profile. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195057 | Wireless Device Capability and Enhanced Control Channel - A base station receives a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising parameter(s) indicating whether a wireless device supports an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH). The base station transmits a second RRC message causing configuration of first radio resources of a first ePDCCH and second radio resources of a first data channel. The second RRC message indicates a frequency allocation for the first ePDCCH in terms of resource blocks in a subset of subframes. The base station transmits scheduling information on the first ePDCCH in a first subframe. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195058 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless communication apparatus communicates with another wireless communication apparatus, using multiple frequency bands. A notifying unit notifies the other wireless communication apparatus of capability information on capability of the wireless communication apparatus to handle in parallel first-length guard intervals and second-length guard intervals. A transmitting unit transmits first data with the first-length guard intervals in a first frequency band and transmits second data with the second-length guard intervals in a second frequency band. A control unit schedules transmission of at least one of the first data and the second data based on the capability information. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195059 | BASE STATION, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BASE STATION, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A base station that relays data between a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to store a physical address, to transmit data to and receive data from the second information processing apparatus, and upon receiving a request from the second information processing apparatus, the request including a physical address which has been transmitted from the first information processing apparatus to the second information processing apparatus and requesting connection, to permit the first information processing apparatus to transmit data to and receive data from the base station via the second information processing apparatus, based on a result of comparison between the physical address included in the received request and the stored physical address. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195060 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAME - A mobile communication technology, and, more particularly, a method for efficiently transmitting data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer and a user equipment for the same is disclosed. The method of transmitting data by a user equipment in uplink includes receiving an uplink (UP) Grant signal from a base station on a specific message, determining whether there is data stored in a message 3 (Msg3) buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message, determining whether the specific message is a random access response message, and transmitting the data stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base station using the UL Grant signal received on the specific message, if there is data stored in the Msg3 buffer when receiving the UL Grant signal on the specific message and the specific message is the random access response message. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195061 | MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATIONS WITH ADAPTIVE CLUSTER CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING - A method and apparatus for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating at least one diversity cluster of subcarriers to a first subscriber and allocating at least one coherence cluster to a second subscriber. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195062 | MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATIONS WITH ADAPTIVE CLUSTER CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING - A method and apparatus for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating at least one diversity cluster of subcarriers to a first subscriber and allocating at least one coherence cluster to a second subscriber. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195063 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information in an environment comprising a plurality of cells and to a device therefore, and relates to a method which comprises: receiving one, either or both of one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals; and generating entire received response information with respect to the one, either or both of the one or more PDCCH signals and one or more PDSCH signals, wherein portions of the received response information constituting the entire received response information are generated separately for each cell and each subframe. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195064 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY OF TRANSMITTING CSI VIA PUCCH - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of transmitting CSI via PUCCH. The method for improving the accuracy of transmission of channel status information via the physical uplink control channel comprises reducing the number of bits of other channel information transmitted via the physical uplink control channel under the condition that the payload of the physical uplink control channel remains unchanged, and utilizing the thus-saved bits to transmit the channel state information to reduce the degree of sub-sampling the channel state information and thereby improve the accuracy of transmission of the channel status information via the physical uplink control channel. According to the present invention, system performance loss can be reduced. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195065 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ACK/NACK SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal for an HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) in a CA (Carrier Aggregation) system, the method including obtaining at least one transmission resource among first and second transmission resources; configuring a first table showing a relationship in which a combination of at least one of the first and second transmission resources and modulation symbols is mapped to an ACK/NACK signal, and transmitting modulation symbols corresponding to a transmission target ACK/NACK signal in the first table by using transmission resource corresponding to the transmission target ACK/NACK signal in the first table. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195066 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for a terminal to transmit acknowledgement information including: determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format and resource, in which the acknowledgement information is transmitted in response to a downlink transmission received in a downlink sub-frame set including M (M≧1) downlink sub-frame; and transmitting the acknowledgement information using the PUCCH format and resource in one uplink sub-frame. Here, more than one serving cells are configured to the terminal, and the more than one serving cells can include one PCell and at least one SCell. The acknowledgement information can be transmitted using a PUCCH format 1a/1b when one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) without a corresponding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) detected, exists only on PCell in the downlink sub-frame set, and a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release PDCCH does not exist in the downlink sub-frame set. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195067 | DEVICES FOR SIGNALING AN ENHANCED PHYSICAL CONTROL FORMAT INDICATOR CHANNEL - An evolved Node B (eNB) for indicating a control format is described. The eNB includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The eNB generates a first enhanced Control Format Indicator (eCFI) corresponding to a first enhanced Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (ePCFICH). The first eCFI at least partially indicates a first enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (ePDCCH) region. The eNB also loads the first eCFI into a first set of resource elements in a first slot. The eNB additionally sends the first eCFI in the first slot in a first subframe. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195068 | METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION - In a method for receiving control information, a transceiver decodes at least one set of decoding candidates, and then detects whether control information is present on the control channel based on the decoded at least one set of decoding candidates. In a method for transmitting control information, a transceiver selects a decoding candidate from a set of decoding candidates for transmitting control information on a control channel; and transmits to another transceiver, control information using at least one time-frequency control channel resource element corresponding to the selected decoding candidate. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195069 | SIGNALING MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING FLEXIBLE PHYSICAL BROADCAST CHANNEL AND COMMON REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATIONS - A method, apparatus, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided that can provide a signaling mechanism on a physical broadcast channel. The signaling mechanism generates system configuration information, and uses one or more bits within the physical broadcast channel to store system configuration information. The signaling mechanism further signals the system configuration information to devices within a cell of a communication system. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195070 | TIME AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION FOR LTE-ADVANCED NEW CARRIER TYPE - A particular kind of component carrier that may be used as a secondary cell in an LTE system is a new type carrier that has reduced or eliminated legacy control signaling such as the omission of CRSs. Alternative techniques are described for performing timing and frequency synchronization in the downlink between an eNB and a UE when CRSs are not present in a component carrier. These techniques involve using either channel state information reference signals or UE-specific reference signals. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195071 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Radio communication apparatus perform communication by using a plurality of frequency bands. The radio communication apparatus transmits to the radio communication apparatus by using a first frequency band a control message including identification information indicating a second frequency band different from the first frequency band during a random access procedure. The radio communication apparatus receives the control message from the radio communication apparatus by using the first frequency band and performs data communication by using the second frequency band indicated by the identification information included in the control message. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195072 | Enhanced Control Signals Multiplexed With Data Signals - According to one embodiment, a method includes scheduling at least one time and at least one set of subcarrier frequencies to be used to transmit each of a plurality of data signals. Control signals may be addressed to at least one endpoint and may indicate at least one time and at least one set of subcarrier frequencies to be used to transmit one or more of the data signals to the at least one endpoint. For each control signal, at least one time and at least one set of frequencies selected from the frequency range to be used to transmit the control signal may be scheduled. At least one of the plurality of control signals and at least one of the plurality of data signals are scheduled to be transmitted simultaneously by the transceiver. The data signals and the control signals are transmitted to the plurality of endpoints. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195073 | Low-Cost LTE System with Distributed Carrier Aggregation on the Unlicensed Band - A method for distributed carrier aggregation on unlicensed bands is described. The method includes tuning an antenna of a user equipment to a first carrier. The method includes transmitting, from an access point on a first carrier, information regarding a second carrier. The method also includes receiving, on the first carrier via the antenna, the information regarding the second carrier. The first carrier and the second carrier are in an unlicensed band. The method includes retuning the antenna to the second carrier and communicating data on the second carrier via the antenna. A maximum transmission power for the second carrier is based at least in part on a bandwidth of the second carrier. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195074 | SINGLE RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY HANDOVER OF CALLS WITH VIDEO MEDIA FROM A CIRCUIT SWITCHED ACCESS NETWORK - A method is provided of performing a handover with Single Radio Voice Call Continuity, SRVCC, of a telecommunications session from a User Equipment, UE accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network via a Circuit Switched, CS, access network to a target Packet Switched, PS, access network. The method includes receiving a handover request from the CS access network to transfer the session and determining that the telecommunications session comprises data media in addition to, or without, any audio media. The ability to perform the handover with SRVCC for the data media is determined. Bearer resources for the session when handed over to the PS access network are allocated, including a data media bearer and, if there is any audio media in the session an audio media bearer. The session is transferred from the CS to the target PS access network. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195075 | HANDOVER OF PRIORITY CALLS FROM A CIRCUIT SWITCHED ACCESS NETWORK WITH SINGLE RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY - A method is provided of handing over a priority call with Single Radio Voice Call Continuity, SRVCC. The priority call is handed over from a User Equipment, UE, accessing an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network via a Circuit Switched, CS, access network to a target Packet Switched, PS, access network thereby establishing a priority IMS session. The priority call has a specified CS priority level. The method includes sending a handover request from the CS access network towards the PS access network and the IMS network to transfer the priority call. A PS priority level for the session in the PS network is determined based on the specified CS priority level. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195076 | HANDOVER OF ERMERGENCY CALLS FROM A CIRCUIT SWITCHED TO A PACKET SWITCHED ACCESS NETWORK - A method is provided of performing a handover with SRVCC to a target PS access network of an emergency call to a PSAP from a UE accessing a CS access network. The method includes sending a handover request from the CS access network towards an IMS network to transfer the emergency call. A CS to PS emergency handover command is sent to the UE, including an emergency STN identifying an access transfer control function. The UE sends a SIP INVITE to establish an emergency IMS session over the PS access network. The SIP INVITE includes the emergency STN so that the INVITE is routed to the access transfer control function. The emergency call sent over the CS access network with the emergency IMS session are correlated and the emergency call is switched to the emergency IMS session over the PS access network to complete the handover. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195077 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND REORDEREING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile station in a communication system for sending packets, to which numbers indicating sequence are attached, from a base station to a mobile station and performing delivery of the packets in order of the sequence number in the mobile station, includes a buffer which stores packets received from both a source base station and a target base station; and a control unit which performs the delivery of the stored packets in order of the sequence number at the handover procedure based on information indicating whether packets which are not sent from the source base station to the mobile station, are forwarded from a source base station to a target base station is set, the information being received from the source base station. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195078 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system including a mobile terminal and a plurality of base stations is provided. Each of base stations includes communication unit selectively uses at least one of a plurality of frequency bands to communicate with the mobile terminal, and a handover unit performs handover with at least one another base station. The mobile terminal includes a storage unit stores, by each base station basis, information of a frequency band used for communication from the plurality of frequency bands, and a notification unit notifies, when handover from a first base station currently connected in communication to a second base station is required, the first base station about a proximity indication associated with some of the plurality of frequency bands based on the stored information of the frequency band used for communication. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195079 | CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - A contention-based uplink data transmission method, apparatus and system are provided. The method may include that: a main control node in a communication system receives data transmitted via uplink contention transmission resources, and decodes the data, wherein the uplink contention transmission resources are uplink transmission resources which the main control node allocates to a plurality of terminal nodes in the communication system and via which the plurality of terminal nodes transmits data in a contention-based way; and the main control node sends reception status information to each terminal node transmitting the data via the uplink contention transmission resources, wherein the reception status information reflects whether the data transmitted from each terminal node has been decoded successfully. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195080 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION IN A MULTI-NODE SYSTEM - Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a signal of a multi-node system employing a plurality of nodes distributed geographically and a base station that can be controlled by being connected with each of the plurality of nodes. The method includes: mapping a plurality of codewords to a plurality of streams; mapping the plurality of streams to at least one node among the plurality of nodes; performing multiple input multiple output (MIMO) precoding to map the streams mapped to the at least one node to at least one transmit antennas; and transmitting a signal subjected to the MIMO precoding to a user equipment. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195081 | COLLISION REDUCTION MECHANISMS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method includes wirelessly communicating with one or more stations that are partitioned into one or more groups. The method also includes generating a message that identifies one or more time periods during which each station of a first group of the one or more groups is permitted to contend for a communication channel or restricted from contending for the communication channel. The method further includes transmitting the message. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195082 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING COEXISTENCE OF SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS NODES IN A SYNCHRONOUS MAC SYSTEM - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be configured to determine a plurality of slots for transmitting information including a plurality of first type slots and a plurality of second type slots where the second type slots have a longer duration that the first type slots. The apparatus may be configured to transmit information in a first type slot when a previous reception was successful and there is no other transmission expected to occur during a gap preceding the first type slot and during the first type slot. Additionally or in the alternative, apparatus may be configured to transmit information in a second type slot when at least one of the previous reception was unsuccessful or there is another transmission expected to occur during a gap preceding the first type slot or during the first type slot. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195083 | MAIN HUB, SUB HUB, AND SENSOR NODE COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK (WBAN) INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SUB HUB, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - A main hub, a sub hub, and a sensor node communicating in a wireless body area network (WBAN) including at least one sub hub, and a communication method thereof, are provided. A communication method of the main hub, includes assigning a beacon slot to the sub hub. The method further includes receiving, from the sub hub, a beacon signal based on the beacon slot. The method further includes verifying whether the sub hub includes data to be transmitted to the main hub based on the beacon signal. The method further includes receiving, from the sub hub, the data based on a result of the verification. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195084 | PHYSICAL LAYER ISSUES RELATED TO MULTI-TA GROUP SUPPORT - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may determine a number of uplink timing groups configured for a plurality of component carriers, and determine whether to transmit at least one of data or control information on one or more first component carriers of the plurality of component carriers concurrently with sounding reference signals (SRS) on one or more second component carriers of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the number of uplink timing groups. When only one uplink timing group is determined, the SRS is transmitted in a symbol on the one or more second component carriers if the data and control information is not transmitted in the symbol. When two uplink timing groups are determined SRS may be transmitted on the second component carriers concurrently with data or control information on the component carriers | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING A WIRELESS DEVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for synchronizing the discovery of wireless services or applications in a wireless network using a recurring time interval T in which wireless devices within the wireless network can be in one of a predetermined plurality of time states. The method includes selecting a time state from amongst the plurality of time states, performing discovery by a first wireless device supporting a given service or application once during the recurring time interval T at the selected time state, and repeating the above steps in successive ones of the recurring time interval T until all of the predetermined plurality of time states have been selected. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195086 | TIMING MANAGEMENT IN UPLINK (UL) COORDINATED MULTIPOINT (COMP) TRANSMISSION - According to example embodiments, a method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving signaling indicating multiple timing adjustments (TAs) for different uplink channels between the user equipment (UE) and one or more transmission points, and applying at least one of the multiple TAs when transmitting on at least one of the uplink channels. According to example embodiments, a method for wireless communications by a base station includes determining multiple timing adjustments (TAs) for different uplink channels between the user equipment (UE) and one or more transmission points, and transmitting signaling indicating the multiple timing adjustments (TAs) to the UE. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195087 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION DATA OF MULTIPLE MTC DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method and a system of multiplexing Machine Type Communication (MTC) data of MTC devices over a single radio block period are provided. The method includes providing, by a base station, resource information to a plurality of MTC devices, where the resource information includes a time slot allocated to the plurality of MTC devices in each frame of a radio block period, a temporary flow identifier, and the sub-block index information. The method further includes packing MTC data associated with each of the plurality of MTC devices in a data packet. Furthermore, the method includes multiplexing the data packet including the MTC data associated with the plurality of MTC devices in downlink over the time slot allocated in each frame of the radio block period. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195088 | MOBILE HOTSPOT DEVICE AND BATTERY - A mobile hotspot device may be used to interface one or more host computing devices with a wireless wide area network. The mobile hotspot device is powered by a high-capacity lithium ion (Li-Ion) cylindrical battery pack(s) and has a small, pen-like form factor. Use of the Li-Ion cylindrical battery pack(s) improves mobile hotspot device talk time over prismatic battery cell technology, as well as avoids premature device/modem shutdown experienced when a prismatic battery cell is proximate to a printed circuit assembly of the mobile hotspot device. Additionally still, Li-Ion cylindrical battery pack(s) avoid negatively impacting volume capacity of the mobile hotspot device. Further still, use of the Li-Ion cylindrical battery pack(s) allows for unique, interactive information display, as well as evolutionary mobile hotspot device design and form factors. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195089 | SUPER LONG RANGE (SLR) DEVICES AND LOW RATE ENABLER (LRE) DEVICES - A method includes generating, at a low rate enabler (LRE) device, a packet including a preamble having a legacy portion and a super long range (SLR) portion. The legacy portion includes at least one bit to indicate a presence of the SLR portion to at least one SLR-compatible device. The method also includes transmitting the packet to a plurality of devices includes the at least one SLR-compatible device. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195090 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a sharing unit configured to share a communication parameter for wireless communication with another communication apparatus with the another communication apparatus, a connection unit configured to connect to the another communication apparatus using the communication parameter shared by the sharing unit, a communication unit configured to, after connection with the another apparatus by the connection unit, communicate with the another communication apparatus by utilizing a predetermined function, and a control unit configured to control the communication parameter shared by the sharing unit according to a result of communication by the communication unit utilizing the predetermined function. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195091 | WIRELESS BRIDGE DEVICE - Techniques are described for connecting devices that use the ANT wireless protocol to other devices or networks that use the Wi-Fi wireless protocol. In one example, a network device is disclosed that comprises a processor configured to receive ANT data from a sensor, encapsulate the ANT data in a Wi-Fi packet, and transmit the Wi-Fi packet directly to a wireless access point without using an intermediate computing device. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PREAMBLE SYMBOLS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for transmitting an 802.11ah packet is provided. A training field sequence is generated using control circuitry. A preamble for a packet is generated using the control circuitry. The preamble includes a training field symbol which includes the training field sequence. A portion of the training field sequence is within a plurality of guard tones of the training field symbol. The preamble is transmitted using transmit circuitry. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195093 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device may establish a first type of connection by using a first wireless channel. The wireless communication device may establish the second type of connection by using a second wireless channel. In a specific case where one of the first type of connection with the first device and the second type of connection with the second device is to be established under a situation in which the other has been established, the wireless communication device may determine at least one of a value of the first wireless channel and a value of the second wireless channel such that the value of the first wireless channel is identical to the value of the second wireless channel. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195094 | Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) System - A situation is circumvented where wireless communication becomes impossible in a wireless LAN system under the influence of a blocking object, noise caused by an electromagnetic wave, or the like. A wireless LAN system comprises: a relay which can communicate with an external system; a master which can communicate with the relay; and a plurality of slaves which can wirelessly communicate with the master, the plurality of slaves including a first group and a second group, the first group comprising an alternative slave having a function of transmitting, when a portion of the slaves cannot receive a synchronization signal from the master, an information signal received from the master to the portion of slaves, and the second group comprising non-alternative slaves and not having the function of transmitting the information signal to the portion of slaves. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195095 | Wireless Social Networking - A first device may communicate by joining a wireless mesh network that includes at least one wireless device configured to operate a wireless routing protocol, discovering a group of other wireless devices configured to participate in the wireless mesh network, and accessing an interest metric for a second wireless device in the group of other wireless devices. The interest metric is based in part on a network topology from the wireless mesh network. The interest metric is related to an interest threshold and it is determined whether relating the interest metric to the interest threshold supports enabling messaging communications. If so, messaging communications may be enabled. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195096 | Method and Apparatus for Scanning Existing Networks in TVWS - A method and an apparatus for scanning existing networks in TV White Space are disclosed. For scanning existing networks at a station to operate as an unlicensed device in a regulatory domain where a licensed device and the unlicensed device are permitted to operate, the method comprises: receiving a white space map (WSM) comprising information for available channels to be used for the unlicensed device to operate a wireless local area network (WLAN) operation and maximum transmission powers allowed for each of the available channels from an enabling station, wherein the enabling station is a station determining the available channels at its location using its own geographic location identification and a regulatory database access capability; and scanning the existing networks on the available channels identified within the received WSM. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195097 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING ENHANCED CQI UPDATE FREQUENCY - A method and apparatus for facilitating downlink data transmission in a TD-SCDMA system is provided. The method may comprise receiving, from a Node B, a channel quality indicator (CQI) request, wherein the CQI request is not associated with a payload transmission. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195098 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A modulator generates a modulation signal from an input signal. A serial-parallel converter generates a subcarrier modulation signal from the modulation signal. An IFFT unit performs an inverse fast Fourier transformation on the subcarrier modulation signal, generating first data. A decomposer decomposes the first data into real data and imaginary data. An operator performs a predetermined operation using a predetermined threshold value, a boundary value and the real data, generating positive data and negative data. Another operator performs a similar operation on the imaginary data. A generator adds the positive data and negative data based on the real data, and adds the positive data and negative data based on the imaginary data, generating real operation data and imaginary operation data. A synthesizer synthesizes both operation data to generate a baseband signal. A transmitter generates a transmission signal from the baseband signal, and transmits it to another apparatus via an antenna. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195099 | CODEBOOK GENERATION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A codebook generation system and associated methods are generally described herein. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING TO SUPPORT FLEXIBLE REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION - The method includes determining which of one or more physical resource elements are to include a reference signal. The method includes generating a signaling message including information indicating the determined physical resource elements that are to include a reference signal, and transmitting the signaling message to user equipment. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195101 | System And Method For Detecting Packet Synchronization - A method of providing frame synchronization for GPS signals can include performing coherent bit extraction on the GPS bits and then performing coherent frame boundary detection based on the bits of the coherent bit extraction. Concurrently, differential bit extraction on the GPS bits and differential frame boundary detection based on bits of the differential bit extraction can be performed. Whichever of the coherent frame boundary detection and the differential frame boundary detection first finds a frame boundary, then that frame boundary is used for the frame synchronization. A method of providing string synchronization for GLONASS signals includes performing coherent and differential bit extraction on the GLONASS bits. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195102 | ROUTING CALLS WITHOUT TOLL FREE CHARGES - A method may include receiving a call placed to a local telephone number and identifying a toll free number associated with the local telephone number. The method may also include determining whether the toll free number is associated with a first call center for a customer using voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) trunking to route calls to the first call center, and identifying a dialed number identification service (DNIS) number associated with the toll free number. The method may further include forwarding the call and the DNIS number to the first call center via a VoIP trunking connection, in response to determining that the toll free number is associated with the first call center. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VOIP DATA - A system and method for processing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) data including determining whether received audio data is VoIP data, transferring, when received audio data is VoIP data, the received VoIP data to a first path, and transferring, when received audio data is not VoIP data, the received audio data to a second path. The system and method can process, when received audio data is VoIP data, the received VoIP data via a VoIP data processing path including a voice engine for VoIP, instead of an audio data processing path, irrespective of types of mobile devices and types of applications. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195104 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICES - A method for managing power consumption by a network device is disclosed. The network device includes first and second ports, each of the first and second ports identified by a unique identifier and adapted to handle separate network traffic. The method includes verifying that the first and the second ports are connected to a common network end node; shutting off a link between the first port and the network end node; obtaining the unique identifier of the first port; creating, on the second port, a virtual port in response to the unique identifier of the first port; discovering the virtual port on the network device; and redirecting traffic formerly routed through the link through the virtual port. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195105 | SYNCHRONIZING ROUTING TABLES IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK SWITCH - Techniques are provided for routing table synchronization for a distributed network switch. In one embodiment, a first frame having a source address and a destination address is received. If no routing entry for the source address is found in a routing table of a first switch module, routing information is determined for the source address and a routing entry is generated. An indication is sent to a second switch module, to request a routing entry for the source address to be generated in the second switch module, based on the routing information. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195106 | Multi-Path Data Transfer Using Network Coding - Techniques, devices, systems, and protocols are disclosed herein that relate to data transfer between communication nodes via multiple heterogeneous paths. In various embodiments, network coding may he used to improve data flow and reliability in a multiple path scenario. Transmission control protocol (TCP) may also be used within different paths to further enhance data transfer reliability. In some embodiments, multiple levels of network coding may be provided within a transmitter in a multiple path scenario, with one level being applied across ail paths and another being applied within individual paths. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195107 | Method for Managing Multicast Traffic in a Data Netwrok and Network Equipment Using Said Method - The invention relates to a method for managing multicast traffic in a data network, and network equipment using said method. Hosts ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195108 | Communication Method and Server of Transmission Control Protocol - This disclosure provides methods and servers to transmit data packets via Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connections. In some aspects, transmitting data packets includes receiving a data packet from a first application on a first server. The data packet is analyzed to determine a destination address associated with a second server. The data packet is transmitted based on the address associated with the second server. In some aspects, transmitting data packets includes receiving a data packet from a second application on a second server. The data packet is analyzed to determine the destination address associated with a first application on the first server. The data packet is transmitted based on the address associated with the first application. In some aspects, transmitting data packets includes a flow control mechanism to control data transmission. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195109 | NETWORK GATEWAY APPARATUS - A network gateway apparatus which adds encryption to easily implement secure communication without affecting network environment settings includes two network interface cards to communicate on two networks. The processor of the network gateway apparatus initializes communications through the network interface cards and uses a TCP/IP protocol stack to communicate through the network interface cards. When a packet is received by one of the network interface cards, the processor replaces the origin MAC and IP addresses and the destination MAC and IP addresses with temporary values. Then the processor encrypts the payload. The packet is sent to the TCP/IP protocol stack, which sends the packet to one of the two network interface cards according to the temporary values. The MAC an IP addresses of the final destination of the packet are rewritten to the packet and the packet is transmitted. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195110 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD FOR SETTING PROCESSING RULES, AND PROGRAM - A communication system includes: a plurality of nodes provided with a packet processing unit that processes a received packet in accordance with a processing rule associating a process to be applied to a packet and a matching rule for identifying a packet to which the process is to be applied; a trunk port management unit that manages a trunking link in a network including the nodes; and a path control unit that determines whether or not to use the trunking link, in accordance with a characteristic of a packet for which a setting of a processing rule is requested by a given node, and in a case of using the trunking link, selects some trunking link according to a prescribed rule. The control device calculates a packet forwarding path including the selected link, and sets a processing rule to implement the packet forwarding path for nodes on the packet forwarding path. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195111 | Shortest Path Bridging in a Multi-Area Network - A method that improves multi-area routed Ethernet network design, in which multipath implementation in each of the areas is independent of each other area to allow optimal network design in each area. The network implements a shortest path bridging medium access control (SPBM) protocol. The areas include a Level 2 (L2) routing area coupled to a Level 1 (L1) routing area via multiple area border bridges (ABBs). The L1 routing area including a backbone edge bridge (BEB) coupled to the ABBs via multiple L1 multipath instances identified by respective backbone VLAN identifiers (B-VIDs). The ABBs receive an advertisement from the BEB that indicates a set of BEB identifiers, each of which identifies the BEB and is associated with a respective B-VID. Each of the BEB identifiers is unique. The ABBs also advertise into the L2 routing area, and translate the B-VIDs based on service identifiers for frames transiting the ABBs. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195112 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, POLICY MANAGEMENT APPARTATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Authentication apparatus authenticates user using host connected to forwarding node. Policy management apparatus holds access control policy for identifying host under access control using identifier of forwarding node or identifier of user, and links identifier of host under access control and identifier of forwarding node to which host is connected, or identifier of host under access control and identifier of user using host. Forwarding node transmits to policy management apparatus identifier of host connected to own forwarding node and identifier of own forwarding node. Authentication apparatus transmits to policy management apparatus identifier of host connected to forwarding node and identifier of user. Policy management apparatus refers to access control policy and, if host connected to forwarding node is under access control, notifies content of access control to control apparatus as access control list. Control apparatus generates processing rule in accordance with access control list and sets generated processing rule in forwarding nodes. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195113 | System and Method for Network Switch Data Plane Virtualization - A network switching device includes a hardware data plane with a forwarding table. The forwarding table has a sub-table. The network switching device also includes a control plane with a processor and a virtual data plane. The virtual data plane has a virtual sub-table. The processor maps changes in the virtual sub-table to the sub-table. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195114 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ISOCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION IN REAL TIME - A communication system which has a PROFINET IRT system with first communication devices for isochronous transmission. A special IRT bridge device is created, so that a traditional standard Ethernet communication device can also transmit real time-critical data over the PROFINET IRT system. The bridge device has a timer, which is synchronized in time with the timers of the first communication devices. In addition, a device for analysis of the transmission point in time of a real time-critical data telegram received by the communication device and a control unit are provided, such that the control unit controls the forwarding of the respective real time-critical data telegram to at least one second communication device as a function of the analyzed transmission point in time. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195115 | VRRP and Learning Bridge CPE - The present invention describes an access node for communication in a telecommunication network comprising: an input/output unit adapted for receiving a first information message, wherein the first information message comprises a logical address associated with a virtual network node, a processing unit for extracting the logical address of the virtual network node and for determining a hardware address associated with the logical address of the virtual network node, where the processing unit is further adapted for a determining a logical address of an end-user host communicating with the virtual network node, wherein the access node is configured to transmit a second information message comprising the logical and hardware address of the virtual network node to the logical address of the end-user host. Also, a network infrastructure where the access node is operating, is described. The access node also implements a method of the present invention by means of a computer program comprising instruction sets for implementing the method steps of the invention. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195116 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION IN A HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER UNIT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method in a converter station for communication within a DC power transmission system including two or more interconnected converter stations includes receiving, in the converter station, a synchronization signal for synchronizing the two or more converter stations; obtaining, in the converter station, an allocation of a communication time slot; changing, in the converter station, a set-point DC voltage level during the communication time slot; and measuring, in the converter station, a change of DC current in timeslots other than the communication time slot. A communication method utilizing the DC power transmission system itself is thus provided. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195117 | PARAMETER ACQUISITION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERAL PROTOCOL PARSING AND GENERAL PROTOCOL PARSING METHOD AND DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a parameter acquisition method and device for general protocol parsing and a general protocol parsing method and device. The method includes: acquiring a message to be parsed; according to a preset state transition table, performing regular expression matching on the message to be parsed, and acquiring a state number and location information of a character corresponding to a matched matching rule; and acquiring the matching rule corresponding to the state number according to a preset rule matching table, and outputting a required field according to the matching rule, the location information, and the buffered message to be parsed, where the matching rule is an initial point sub-rule or an end point sub-rule. Embodiments of the present disclosure may implement general parsing on the protocol. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195118 | TRANSLATION BETWEEN TELEPHONE DEVICE AND NETWORK CLIENT - Call control messages and audio signals between a telephone device and a computer network telephone client on a computing device can be intercepted. For control messages from the computer network telephone client, the control messages can be translated from a first control protocol to a second control protocol and forwarded to the telephone device. For control messages from the telephone device, the control messages can be translated from the second control protocol to the first control protocol and forwarded to the computer network telephone client. For audio signals from the computer network telephone client, the audio signals can be translated from a first audio protocol to a second audio protocol and forwarded to the telephone device. For audio signals from the telephone device, the audio signals can be translated from the second audio protocol to the first audio protocol and forwarded to the computer network telephone client. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195119 | FEEDBACK CHANNEL FOR WIRELESS DISPLAY DEVICES - A sink device in a Wireless Display (WD) system may send performance information feedback to a source device to adjust media data processing at the source device. The performance information feedback may include performance indicators of the WD system that are capable of being measured or calculated at the sink device based on received media data or request to adjust the transmission of media data. For example, the performance information feedback may include one or more of round trip delay, delay jitter, packet loss ratio, error distribution, and received signal strength indication (RSSI). The feedback channel may be piggybacked on a reverse channel architecture referred to as the User Input Back Channel (UIBC) implemented between the source device and the sink device. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195120 | System and Method for Enabling Energy Efficient Ethernet Networks with Time-Sensitive Protocols - A system and method for enabling energy efficient Ethernet networks with time-sensitive protocols. Time-stamped packets generated by a time-sensitive protocol rely on fixed latency in a transit time through a transmission subsystem. An energy efficiency control policy in a network device governs a transmission of time-stamped packets in accordance with energy efficiency initiatives controlled by the energy efficiency control policy. In one embodiment, time-stamped packets can be dropped or modified to account for transitions by the transmission subsystem into an energy saving state. In another embodiment, transitions by the transmission subsystem into or out of an energy saving state can be impacted by the existence of time-stamped packets scheduled for transmission. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195121 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING UPPER-LAYER PROTOCOL INFORMATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating upper-layer protocol information. For example, a wireless communication unit to transmit a management frame, e.g., a Traffic Stream Establishment (TSE) frame, including an Upper-Layer-Identification (UPID) element including a control field indicating a protocol of a layer higher than a Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195122 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION ON A PHYSICAL UPLINK SHARED CHANNEL - A method of selecting resource element for UCI transmission and countering a ping-pong effect includes adjusting transmission parameters without adjusting a channel quality indicator/pre-coding matrix index. The transmission parameters include a modulation coding set of a transport block and a transport block size. Another method of selecting resource element for UCI transmission and countering the ping-pong effect includes selecting a transport block having a highest modulation coding set index or the transport block having a lowest modulation coding set index. Alternatively, the evolved Node B may select the transport block having a largest size or the transport block having the smallest size. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195123 | CLOCK RECOVERY OVER PROTECTED PACKET NETWORKS - A method and circuit for recovering a clock signal in a receiving station, wherein the receiving station receives packets carrying timing information” (TI) from a transmitting station over a packet switched network, the TI relating to a reference timing source located over the network. The method comprises the steps of: calculating over time, in the receiving station, a “TI Delay” variable based on a relative time difference between a timestamp assigned to a sample of a clock signal generated in the receiving station and the TI; upon detecting a Delay Deviation in the TI Delay, accumulating the Delay Deviation in an “Accumulated Deviation” variable; subtracting the Accumulated Deviation from the TI Delay; adjusting the frequency of the clock signal based on the TI Delay; and upon detecting that the Accumulated Deviation absolute value is smaller than a Zeroing Threshold, zeroing the Accumulated Deviation before subtracting it from the TI Delay. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195124 | TIMEBASE PERIPHERAL - A microcontroller has a timebase driven by a clock signal, wherein the timebase has a reset input and an output coupled with a comparator. The comparator is further coupled with a register and is operable to generate a synchronization output signal if the timebase matches the register value. The microcontroller further has a first multiplexer receiving the synchronization output signal from the comparator and further receiving at least one event signal generated by a unit other than the timebase, wherein the first multiplexer is operable to select either the synchronization output signal or the at least one event signal as a timebase synchronization output signal. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195125 | TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - Provided is a transmission circuit that includes first and second drive circuits. A first digital signal at a data rate of a predetermined period length is input to the first drive circuit. A second digital signal at the data rate of the predetermined period length shifted by ½ of the predetermined period length relative to the first digital signal is input to second drive circuit. The outputs of the first drive circuit and the second drive circuit are connected. The connected output indicates the maximum level or the minimum level when the value of the first digital signal and the value of the second digital signal are the same. The connected output indicates a level between the maximum level and the minimum level when the value of the first digital signal and the value of the second digital signal are different. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195126 | High Power Single Mode Ytterbium Fiber Laser System with Single Mode Neodymium Fiber Pump Source - A high power fiber laser system emitting a substantially diffraction limited beam with a Gaussian intensity profile includes a single mode (“SM”) neodymium fiber pump source outputting a SM pump light; a seed laser operative to emit a SM signal light at a wavelength greater than that of the pump light; a SM DWM receiving and multiplexing the SM pump and signal lights. The disclosed system further includes a booster fiber amplifier which is configured with a frustoconically-shaped ytterbium (“Yb”) doped core receiving the pump and signal lights and configured with a small diameter input end which supports only a SM and a large diameter output end which is capable of supporting the SM and high order modes (:HOM”). The booster further has a cladding surrounding and coextending with the core, the core being configured for having intensity profiles of respective SMs of pump and signal lights overlap one another so that an overlap integral substantially equals to one (1) along an entire length of the core. The SM of the light signal extracts substantially the entire energy from the pump mode leaving the HOMs without amplification necessary to affect a quality of the diffraction limited beam of the system in a MW peak power range and hundreds of watt average power range. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195127 | LASER LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND FIBER LASER APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The laser light emitting device includes a glass rod having an input end and an output end. The glass rod has a core provided along the central axis thereof and a cladding covering the core. The refractive index of the core on the side of the input end is higher than the refractive index of the cladding. A value given through subtraction of the refractive index of the cladding from the refractive index of the core on the side of the output end is smaller than a value given through subtraction of the refractive index of the cladding from the refractive index of the core on the side of the input end. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195128 | Multiple Wavelength Laser System - A system for generating multiple simultaneous laser wavelengths, said system comprising: a pulsed slave laser comprising a non-linear electro-optic crystal optically coupled to a lasing crystal in a ring cavity configuration, said non-linear electro-optic crystal configured to adjust an optical path length of said ring cavity in response to an applied voltage potential; an energy pump configured to initiate a pulse cycle in said pulsed slave laser in response to a trigger; a cavity control circuit configured to apply said voltage potential to said non-linear electro-optic crystal to generate a cavity resonance condition associated with said adjusted optical path length, said cavity control circuit further configured to provide said trigger to said energy pump in response to a detection of said cavity resonance condition; and one or more seed lasers configured to inject a single frequency laser beam into said pulsed slave laser. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195129 | PHASE-CONTINUOUS TUNABLE LASER - A tunable laser comprises a first tuner configured to select an emission wavelength of the laser a second tuner configured to adjust a cavity mode of the laser by modifying the cavity optical path length. The second tuner is constrained by a finite tuning range. The tunable laser also comprises a controller configured to control the first and second tuners to select the emission wavelength and adjust the cavity mode in synchronization to perform phase-continuous tuning across a range larger than supported by the finite tuning range of the second tuner. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195130 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL POWER, FOR POWER-NORMALIZING LASER MEASUREMENTS, AND FOR STABILIZING POWER OF LASERS VIA COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - A method is disclosed for power normalization of spectroscopic signatures obtained from laser based chemical sensors that employs the compliance voltage across a quantum cascade laser device within an external cavity laser. The method obviates the need for a dedicated optical detector used specifically for power normalization purposes. A method is also disclosed that employs the compliance voltage developed across the laser device within an external cavity semiconductor laser to power-stabilize the laser mode of the semiconductor laser by adjusting drive current to the laser such that the output optical power from the external cavity semiconductor laser remains constant. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195131 | CHEMICAL DETECTION AND LASER WAVELENGTH STABILIZATION EMPLOYING SPECTROSCOPIC ABSORPTION VIA LASER COMPLIANCE VOLTAGE SENSING - Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a direct indication of the presence and concentration of an analyte within the external cavity of a laser device that employ the compliance voltage across the laser device. The systems can provide stabilization of the laser wavelength. The systems and methods can obviate the need for an external optical detector, an external gas cell, or other sensing region and reduce the complexity and size of the sensing configuration. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195132 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING SATURATED ABSORPTION LINES AND LASER FREQUENCY STABILIZING DEVICE - A method for determining saturated absorption lines includes defining first and second threshold values based on an output value of a light output signal. The first and second threshold values are in a magnitude relationship. An output value of a second-order differential signal of the light output signal is compared with the first and second threshold values. A determination is made as to whether the second-order differential signal following a change in a resonator length has an output waveform that displays a behavior in which the output waveform changes from less than the second threshold value to be equal to or greater than the first threshold value, and then changes to be less than the second threshold value. Based on a result of the determination by the waveform determination, a determination is made as to whether the output waveform of the second-order differential signal is the saturated absorption line. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195133 | DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR LASER DIODE OUTPUTTING PRE-EMPHASIZED SIGNAL - A shunt driver for driving an LD is disclosed. The shunt driver has the push-pull arrangement with the high side driver and the low side driver. The high side driver is driven by a positive phase signal superposed with a negative phase signal with a delay and a less amplitude with respect to the positive phase signal. The low side driver is driven by a negative phase signal superposed with a positive signal with a delay and a less amplitude compared to the positive phases signal. Adjusting the magnitude of the superposed signals, the driving current for the LD has the peaking in the rising and falling edges thereof. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195134 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device having stable heat dissipation property is provided. The semiconductor laser device includes a semiconductor laser element, a mounting body on which the semiconductor laser element is mounted, and a base body connected to the mounting body. The base body has a recess configured to engage with the mounting body and a through portion penetrating through a part of a bottom of the recess. In the specification, the remainder, which is a part of the bottom of the recess except for the through portion has a thickness equal or less than half of the largest thickness of the base body. The lowermost surface of the mounting body is spaced apart from the lowermost surface of the base body through the remainder. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195135 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser having a mesa structure includes an off-orientation substrate, a bottom reflection mirror, an active layer, a current confinement layer, a top reflection mirror, and a surface-relief structure. The central axis of a high-reflectivity region of the surface-relief structure and the central axis of the mesa structure do not coincide with each other. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195136 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER - A semiconductor laser includes: a stacked body having an active layer including a quantum well layer, the active layer having a cascade structure including a first region capable of emitting infrared laser light with a wavelength of not less than 12 μm and not more than 18 μm by an intersubband optical transition of the quantum well layer and a second region capable of relaxing energy of a carrier alternately stacked, the stacked body having a ridge waveguide and being capable of emitting the infrared laser light; and a dielectric layer provided so as to sandwich both sides of at least part of side surfaces of the stacked body, a wavelength at which a transmittance of the dielectric layer decreases to 50% being 16 μm or more, the dielectric layer having a refractive index lower than refractive indices of all layers constituting the active layer. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195137 | METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY PUMPED SEMICONDUCTOR EVANESCENT LASER - Embodiments of a method comprising guiding an optical mode with an optical waveguide disposed in silicon, overlapping both the optical waveguide and an active semiconductor material evanescently coupled to the optical waveguide with the optical mode guided through the optical waveguide, electrically pumping the active semiconductor material to inject current directed through the active semiconductor material and through the optical mode, and generating light in the active semiconductor material in response to the injected current. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195138 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR THE RAPID COOLING OF FLUE GAS OF IRONWORK PLANTS, APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FLUE GAS OF IRONWORK PLANTS COMPRISING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGER AND RELATIVE TREATMENT METHOD - A heat exchanger rapid cooling flue gas of ironwork plants, including: a support structure of at least one module including an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold of the flue gas, mutually opposed and aligned; plural panels that extend between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold mutually superimposed at a defined distance, pairs of adjacent panels defining flow channels of the flue gas closed laterally by shoulders and including at opposite ends respectively an inlet aperture communicating with the inlet manifold and an outlet aperture communicating with the outlet manifold; circulation ducts of a cooling fluid associated with the panels; and a first selective closing mechanism of the inlet apertures and a second selective closing mechanism of the outlet apertures of one or more of the channels; each of the channels laterally closed by a respective pair of shoulders of which at least one is of removable type. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195139 | SAMPLE CONTAINER WITH SENSOR RECEPTACLE AND METHODS OF USE - Devices and methods are described herein that are configured for use in laboratory testing, such as, for example, during a procedure including the monitoring and detection of chemical reactions. For example, the systems and devices described herein can be used during a procedure to monitor and detect polymerase chain reactions (PCR). In some embodiments, a sample container includes a container body that defines an interior volume and has an open end in fluid communication with the interior volume. A cap is sealingly engageable with the open end of the container body. The cap defines a receptacle that is configured to extend within a portion of the interior volume of the container body when the cap is sealingly engaged thereto. The receptacle can receive therein a sensor, such as, a temperature sensor that can monitor the temperature of a sample material disposed within the container body. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195140 | Temperature Sensor - The present invention relates to a temperature sensor comprising a network of carbon nanotubes, wherein an electrical resistance of the network of carbon nanotubes is indicative of a temperature to which the network of carbon nanotubes has been exposed. The present invention further relates to a time temperature indicator and a method of manufacturing a temperature sensor. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195141 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A display device includes a temperature sensor which is arranged in the inside of a housing, and a control unit which calculates a temperature of a display panel based on an output value of the temperature sensor. The control unit calculates the temperature of the display panel based on a current output value of the temperature sensor and an output value of the temperature sensor received prior to the receiving of the current output value. With such a display device, the temperature of the display panel can be calculated with high accuracy even when a temperature of a device which constitutes a heat source is changed. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195142 | SMALL AREA HIGH PERFORMANCE CELL-BASED THERMAL DIODE - A thermal sensing system includes a circuit having a layout including standard cells arranged in rows and columns. First and second current sources provide first and second currents, respectively. The thermal sensing system includes thermal sensing units, first and second switching modules, and an analog to digital converter (ADC). Each thermal sensing unit is configured to provide a voltage drop dependent on a temperature at that thermal sensing unit. The first switching module is configured to select one of the thermal sensing units. The second switching module includes at least one switch controllable by a control signal. The at least one switch is configured to selectively couple the thermal sensing units, based on the control signal, to one of the first and second current sources, via the first switching module. The ADC is configured to convert an analog voltage, provided by the selected thermal sensing unit, to a digital value. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195143 | METHOD OF MEASURING TEMPERATURE IN CUTTING PROCESS - The invention relates to a method of measuring a cutting temperature for an apparatus for a cutting process, when the apparatus for a cutting process includes a shank and a tool jointed to the shank by means of silver solder, the shank being electrically conductive, the tool being electrically nonconductive. The method includes: connecting a first lead wire to the shank, connecting a second lead wire to the silver solder, and measuring thermal electromotive force that is generated between the first lead wire and the second lead wire. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195144 | Temperature Sensor Supporting Device And Temperature Sensor Attachment Structure - A temperature sensor supporting device includes a supporting body having first and second groove portions, a separation preventive part, and a pair of harnesses connected to a temperature sensor. The first groove portion is set to have such a groove width size as to permit clamping of proximal end parts of the harnesses inward of the supporting body when the proximal end parts are viewed as a single overlapping line from a first angle. The second groove portion is set to have such a groove width size as to permit clamping of intermediate parts of the harnesses inward of the supporting body when the intermediate parts are viewed as two lines from a second angle. The proximal end parts and the intermediate parts are clamped respectively in the first and second groove portions so that the sensor is positioned and fixed with the sensor disposed outside the supporting body. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195145 | LOW POWER ULTRA WIDEBAND TRANSCEIVERS - Low-power transmitter and/or receiver devices are provided by sacrificing time and/or frequency diversity in exchange for lower power consumption. When channel conditions indicate that time and/or frequency spreading are unnecessary for transmissions, a transmitter may enter into a power-conservation mode in which transmissions are performed using a time gating scheme or a time repetition scheme. In the time gating scheme, symbols are transmitting just once, rather than a plurality of times, but with increased transmission power. In the time repetition scheme, copies of the same symbol are transmitted a plurality of times on the same frequency on different symbol transmission periods, instead of being retransmitted on different frequencies on different symbol transmission periods. Consequently, the symbol can be generated once and stored for subsequent retransmission, thereby allowing some of the transmitter/receiver chain components can be operated at a lower duty cycle or processing speed to conserve power. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195146 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING RADIO COMMUNICATION PROCESS - Provided is a radio communication device which can make Acknowledgement (ACK) reception quality and Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) reception quality to be equal to each other. The device includes: a scrambling unit ( | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195147 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: an offset adjustment unit supplying an offset correction signal corresponding to a frequency switching to an adder unit receiving output from a mixer; a timing adjustment unit adjusting the timing of a frequency switching signal supplied to a local oscillator and the timing of an offset correction amount switching signal supplied to the offset adjustment unit for changing an offset amount in correspondence with the frequency switching in the local oscillator; a noise amount measurement and calculation unit receiving a signal obtained by amplifying and filtering the signal from the adder unit, to measure a noise amount of the signal and generates a timing determination signal based on the noise amount; and a control unit controlling frequency switching signal timing and the offset correction amount switching signal supplied to the timing adjustment unit, based on the timing determination signal from the noise amount measurement and calculation unit. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195148 | MODULATION AND DEMODULATION METHOD FOR SATELLITE COMMUNICATION USING WIDESPREAD SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO (SNR) - Provided are a modulation method and a demodulation method for satellite communication using a widespread signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), the method including: adding a dummy frame to a broadcasting/communication signal frame for signal transmission of a digital video broadcasting-satellite second generation (DVB-S2) modulator; verifying a spreading factor; adding the same physical layer header to the broadcasting/communication signal frame to which the dummy frame is added, repeatedly the number of times corresponding to the verified spreading factor; and repeating the same data, for example, PL frame data as the physical layer header. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195149 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, DATA DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile electronic device that includes a circuitry configured to acquire synchronization with a spreading code of an intermediate frequency signal that is obtained by converting a frequency of a received signal from a satellite in a global positioning system into a predetermined intermediate frequency, demodulate a message included in the intermediate frequency signal, output a primary signal to a predetermined signal line, and attach a predetermined header to a secondary signal and output the result to the predetermined signal line, and includes a display unit configured to display data corresponding to the primary signal and the secondary signal, such that the primary signal includes results of measuring one of position, velocity, and time of the mobile electronic device based on the message that is demodulated by the circuitry, and that the secondary signal includes the intermediate frequency signal. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195150 | SIGNAL REPEATER AND METHOD FOR MATCHING AN OUTPUT IMPEDANCE OF THE SIGNAL REPEATER, WHICH AMPLIFIES A SIGNAL ON AN ELECTRICAL LINE OF AN ELECTRICAL GRID, TO AN IMPEDANCE OF A LOAD - A signal repeater includes a port, an amplifier, and an adaptive device. The port is configured to connect to an electrical line of an electrical grid between devices. Communication over the electrical line and between the devices includes transmission of a first signal. The port is configured to receive the first signal from the electrical line. An amplifier is configured to receive a second signal based on the first signal, and amplify the second signal. The port is configured to receive the amplified second signal, and provide the amplified second signal to the electrical line. An adaptive device is configured to, based on the first signal, adjust an output impedance of the signal repeater to match a first impedance of a load on the signal repeater. The first impedance is seen by the signal repeater at the port, and wherein the first impedance includes an impedance of the electrical line. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195151 | FIELD PROGRAMMABLE TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITS - A transceiver circuit comprising a transmit path and a receive path, the transmit path comprising at least one digital to analogue converter for converting a digital input signal to an analogue signal, at least one filter for filtering the analogue signal, at least one first frequency synthesizer for producing a first synthesized RF signal, at least one mixer for mixing the analogue signal with the RF signal to produce an RF output, and at least one amplifier for amplifying the RF output for transmission; and the receive path comprising at least one second amplifier for amplifying a received RF input, at least one second frequency synthesizer for generating a second synthesized RF signal, at least one second mixer for mixing the amplified RF input with the second synthesized RF signal to produce a baseband signal, at least one second filter for filtering the baseband signal, and at least one analogue to digital converter for converting the baseband signal to a digital output signal, at least one switch arranged to selectively connect together different points of the circuit thereby to bypass at least one component of the circuit and a control input connected to the at least one switch and arranged to receive control signals for controlling operation of the at least one switch. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195152 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING AUXILIARY RECEIVER TO DETERMINE TRANSMIT IMPAIRMENT AND GENERATE TRANSMIT IMPAIRMENT COMPENSATION SIGNAL, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communications device includes a baseband input to receive a baseband signal. A transmitter is coupled to the baseband input and generates a transmit signal based upon the baseband signal, the transmit signal having an initial transmit impairment. An auxiliary receiver is coupled to the transmitter and generates a receive signal having a receive impairment therein resulting from the initial transmit impairment. A controller determines a power of the baseband signal by integrating a product of the receive signal and a complex conjugate of the baseband signal, and determines a power of the receive signal by integrating a product of the baseband signal and the receive signal. The controller also determines the initial transmit impairment based upon the power of the baseband signal and the receive signal, and generates a transmit impairment compensation signal based upon the initial transmit impairment. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195153 | BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a transceiver includes a bidirectional data transmission circuit coupled to a direction control circuit and method for transmitting electrical signals in one or more directions. The direction control circuit generates a comparison signal in response to comparing input/output signals of the bidirectional data transmission circuit. Transmission path enable signals are generated in response to the comparison signal. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195154 | Transmitter Adaptation Loop Using Adjustable Gain and Convergence Detection - A communication port and method of adapting a transmit filter in the port to reduce receive errors by a receiver coupled to the transmit filter via a communication channel. The filter has coefficients that are adjusted in response to a first adaptation gain value, decision bits, and receiver error values. During a first time period, the coefficients are adjusted until changes in the coefficients are less than a first threshold amount. Then during a second time period, the coefficients are adjusted using a second adaptation gain value until changes in the coefficients are less than a second threshold amount. The second adaptation gain value is less than the first adaptation gain value and the second threshold amount being less than the first threshold amount. By using two or more adjustment periods with different gain values, the filter is adapted faster than using a single adjustment period with fixed adaptation gain. | 2013-08-01 |
| 20130195155 | MULTI-LEVEL AMPLITUDE SIGNALING RECEIVER - One embodiment relates to a receiver circuit for multi-level amplitude signaling which includes at least three amplitude levels for each symbol period. The receiver circuit includes a peak detector, a reference voltage generator, and a comparator circuit. The peak detector is arranged to detect a peak voltage of the multi-level amplitude signal, and the reference voltage generator uses the peak voltage to generate multiple reference voltages. The comparator circuit uses the multiple reference voltages to detect an amplitude level of the multi-level amplitude signal. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed. | 2013-08-01 |
