39th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170280346 | METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR LOW-OVERHEAD USER EQUIPMENT MEASUREMENTS - An embodiment method includes identifying a plurality of VTP configurations representing allocations of TPs among a plurality of VTPs each having at least one TP. Potential serving VTPs are then identified for a selected UE in a plurality of UEs according to at least one UE centric criterion. The potential serving VTPs are selected for each of the plurality of VTP configurations. A UE measurement set is then scheduled for the potential serving VTPs for a scheduled channel resource according to measurement parameters. The method further includes selecting a serving VTP configuration from the plurality of VTP configurations according to UE measurement feedback from the selected UE. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280347 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED NODE MONITORING IN A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK - Methods, apparatus and systems that are directed towards improved logistics node monitoring. Such a system may include a high-level managing node and a mid-level monitoring node that can communicate with low-level ID nodes associated with items being shipped. The mid-level node uses a central node control processor to coordinate monitoring for ID node signals, and a remote management communication interface coupled to the processor to provide the processor with access to the high-level node and a control input sent from the high-level node. A first command radio transceiver coupled to the processor provides a first command interface to the ID nodes and allows for transmission of an ID node instruction from the processor to at least one of the ID nodes. A first node monitoring radio receiver in the mid-level monitoring node is assigned to listen for ID node signals over a first channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING UE-AMBR FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for deciding a secondary eNB (SeNB) user equipment aggregate maximum bit rate (UE-AMBR) in a wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a master evolved NodeB (MeNB) in dual connectivity receives assistant information, which includes at least one of a buffer size or load information of a SeNB, from the SeNB, and decides whether to change a SeNB UE-AMBR based on the assistant information. In another embodiment, the MeNB transmits an indication which requests change of a SeNB UE-AMBR to a SeNB, receives information related to a new SeNB UE-AMBR from the SeNB; and decides whether to change the SeNB UE-AMBR based on the information related to the new SeNB UE-AMBR. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280349 | Identifying Congested Access Points within a Network based on Measured Throughput - Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate network access management based on measured throughput. In embodiments, throughput at one or more stations or bands of an access point may be monitored and various statistics associated with the monitored throughput may be calculated. Throughput at the stations or bands may be tracked over different durations and the monitored throughput may be compared to average throughputs observed for the stations or bands. The various throughput statistics may be analyzed to make a determination whether throughput at the stations or bands is decreasing and whether current throughput is less than an average throughput observed for the respective stations or bands. If the determination is made that throughput is decreasing and is below average throughput, one or more stations may be moved from a congested access point or band to an alternate access point or band. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280350 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR SELF-ADJUSTING A BROADCAST SETTING OF A NODE IN A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK - Methods, apparatus and systems that are directed towards a tangible wireless node-based implementation for self-adjusting a broadcast setting of a node in a wireless node network. In general, the node (such as an ID node, a master node, or container-related node) detects a broadcast modification event (such as a time-based event, an association-based event, a location-based event, and/or a sensor-based event). The node then accesses a broadcast profile stored within the node to determine an updated value for the broadcast setting of the node based upon the detected broadcast modification event. Pursuant to the broadcast profile, the updated value may, for example, be a modified RF transmission output power level setting, a modified frequency setting, and/or a timing setting that changes how the node broadcasts messages. Once the updated value is determined, the node then self-adjusts the broadcast setting from a current value to the updated value. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280351 | METHODS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA, AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT OF A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS NODES IN A WIRELESS NODE NETWORK - Technical solutions for enhanced communication management of wireless nodes are described. For example, an enhanced system for communication management may include different wireless nodes deployed at different locations, including a target node at an initial location. The system's server can directly or indirectly communicate with each of the nodes. The server, when executing communication management software instructions, can identify the target node; identify an initial group of other nodes proximate to the initial location of the target node; determine an operating node density of the initial group of other nodes; and transmit a change in a broadcast profile to at least one neighboring node from the initial group of other nodes proximate to the target node's initial location if the operating node density exceeds a threshold. This profile change causes at least one neighboring node to temporarily cease broadcasting during a time interval. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280352 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Method and arrangement in a first node for requesting a status report from a second node. The first node and the second node are both comprised within a wireless communication network. The status report comprises positive and/or negative acknowledgement of data sent from the first node, to be received by the second node. The first node comprises a first counter configured to count the number of transmitted Protocol Data Units, PDUs, and a second counter configured to count the number of transmitted data bytes. The method and arrangements comprises initialising the first and the second counter to zero, transmitting data to be received by the second node, comparing the value of the first and the second counters with a first threshold limit value and a second threshold limit value and requesting a status report from the second node if any of the threshold limit values is reached or exceeded. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280353 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF DATA IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The method for achieving very high data rates in wireless communication systems is provided. The method comprises receiving protocol data units (PDUs) by receiving units, providing the received PDUs to processing units, processing the received PDUs by the processing units for extracting service data units (SDUs), providing the extracted SDUs to a sorting unit, processing the received SDUs by the sorting unit to derive one or more lists of sequentially contiguous SDUs, providing the derived lists of sequentially contiguous SDUs to a window processing unit, and processing the derived list of sequentially contiguous SDUs by the window processing unit for sending the in-sequence SDUs to a delivery unit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280354 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication device serving as an NG60 WiGig device includes a PPDU generator that generates an MF control PHY PPDU (physical layer protocol data unit) including a legacy preamble, a legacy header, an NG60 header (a non-legacy header), a data field, and identification information indicating that the non-legacy header is included in the PPDU and a transmitter that transmits the generated MF control PHY PPDU. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280355 | Delegate-Based Inter-Network Communication - The embodiments disclose a method in a first communication entity of a first radio communication network for communicating with a second communication entity of a second radio communication network. The method comprises selecting one or more communication nodes from the first radio communication network as one or more first delegates; for each of the delegates, triggering the delegate to perform handshaking with one or more second delegates in the second radio communication network so as to find one or more counterpart delegates in the second radio communication network and establishing bridging connections between the first delegate and the one or more counterpart delegates, the one or more second delegates are selected by the second communication entity; and communicating with the second communication entity via at least one of the bridging connections. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280356 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING CAPABILITY OF BASE STATION, BASEBAND DEVICE, BASE STATION, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for enhancing a processing capability of a base station, a baseband device, a base station, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, data of a terminal; performing control plane protocol processing on the terminal by using a first BBP, and performing all or part of data transmission protocol processing on the data of the terminal by using a second BBP; and sending processed data of the terminal. In this way, another BBP shares all or part of data transmission protocol processing for a terminal that accesses a BBP, to enhance a processing capability of the base station on the whole, thereby implementing inter-board load balancing. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280357 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR POLICING TRAFFIC FLOWS IN A NETWORK - Devices and methods for policing traffic flows in a network are described herein. For example, a network device can include a processing unit and a memory operably coupled to the processing unit. The network device can be configured to provide an input port and an output port, the input and output ports being configured to process a traffic flow received at the network device. The network device can also be configured to queue the traffic flow using a plurality of buffers associated with the output port, cyclically direct the traffic flow from the input port to each of the plurality of buffers according to a queuing schedule, and enforce a policer policy synchronized to the queuing schedule. The policer policy can ensure that the traffic flow does not exceed a predetermined bandwidth. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280358 | WIRELESS DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR REQUESTING AND SENDING BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT - An apparatus, method, and computer readable media for requesting and sending block acknowledgement requests (BARs) and block acknowledgments (BAs) is disclosed. A method for BARs is disclosed. The method may include transmitting data frames to two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO). The method may include transmitting block acknowledgement requests (BARs) for the transmitted data frames to the two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with MU-MIMO. The method may include receiving block acknowledges (BA) of the data frames from the two or more wireless communication devices in accordance with MU-MIMO. A method for BAs is disclosed. The method may include receiving data frames from a second wireless communication device. The method may include receiving a block acknowledgement request from the second wireless communication device The method may include sending a block acknowledgement to the second wireless communication device using MU-MIMO. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280359 | Data Transmission Method, Related Device and System - Disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention is a data transmission method. The method comprises: simultaneously receiving data simultaneously transmitted by multiple transmitters, the data comprises multiple data frames simultaneously transmitted by at least one transmitter; generating a chunking acknowledgment message frame according to the receiving state of the data, the chunking acknowledgment message frame contains a group information identifier and data receiving state information, wherein the group information identifier is used to indicate multiple transmitters which belong to the same group pre-set correspondingly by the chunking acknowledgment message frame, and the data receiving state information is used to indicate the data receiving states of various transmitters which belong to the same group, the data receiving states comprise the receiving states of the multiple data frames simultaneously transmitted by at least one transmitter; and transmitting the chunking acknowledgment message frame to the multiple transmitters. By means of the present invention, the technical problems of being not beneficial to effective spectrum utilization and being not beneficial to power saving of user equipment which are caused by replying an ACK frame to the user equipment in order are solved, thereby improving the effective spectrum utilization. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280360 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA COMMUNICATION OVER A PEER-TO-PEER CONNECTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A first base station of an access network exchanges with a first peer device and a network element of a core network to establish a peer-to-peer connection and associated first access network bearer for the first peer device. The first access network bearer is unbound to a core network bearer. The first base station receives a data packet from the first peer device over the first access network bearer, wherein the data packet is addressed to a second peer device. The first base station further forwards the data packet to the second base station for the second peer device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN ACCESS POINTS AND HOTSPOTS IN A NETWORK OF MOVING THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE INCLUDING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. - Systems and methods for managing connectivity in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for managing connectivity in a network in which at least a portion of the network access points are moving. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280362 | FAST UE MEASUREMENT EVENTS ACTIVATION - A mobile terminal and a method at the mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements, as well as a network node and a method at the network node of requesting cell measurements. The method at the mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements comprises determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion. In direct response to such determination, the mobile terminal determines a property of one or more channels of at least one neighbouring cell, and reports the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the channel(s) of the neighbouring cell(s) to a network node of the serving cell. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280363 | Method and System for Managing Radio Connections with a Virtual Access Point - A stable virtual access point and a method for operating a stable virtual access point are disclosed. In embodiments a method for operating a logical endpoint of a stable virtual access point, wherein the logical endpoint includes an interface with a macro access point, wherein the stable virtual access point comprises a plurality of transmission points (TPs), and wherein the TPs provide a coordinated data transmission to a UE comprises storing, at the logical endpoint, a connection status of the UE, receiving, at the logical endpoint, information regarding the connection status of the UE from the macro access point, determining, at the logical endpoint, a change in the connection status of the UE and updating, at the logical endpoint, the connection status of the UE with respect to the change. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280364 | Mobile Terminal Control Method and Mobile Terminal - A mobile terminal control method and a mobile terminal are provided. The control method includes receiving at least one network message in a current time period, where the at least one network message is sent by at least one network device, obtaining, according to the network message received in the current time period, a network identifier of the network message received in the current time period, and determining whether a correspondence between the current time period and the network identifier of the network message received in the current time period complies with a correspondence stored in a database. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280365 | Network-Side Device, User Equipment, and Blind Area Management Method - A network-side device, user equipment, and method for blind area management. The network-side device includes a receiving module configured to receive measurement information sent by user equipment, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program to be executed by the processor. The program includes instructions to identify a status of the user equipment according to the measurement information received from the user equipment, wherein the status of the user equipment is a normal communication state or a blind area state, and the blind area state includes at least one of a beam biased state, an interfered state, or a blocked state, and perform blind area management of the user equipment when the user equipment is in the blind area state. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280366 | ACHIEVING DUAL SIM DUAL ACTIVE OPERATION IN AN LTE + LTE DEVICE BY DOWNGRADING USER EQUIPMENT CATEGORY TO 1 FOR ONE SIM - A method for performing a dedicated data subscription (DDS) switch on a multi subscriber identity module multi-active (MSMA) mobile communication device includes: initiating a DDS switch from a first subscription to a second subscription; determining whether a first communication network associated with the first subscription supports user equipment (UE) capability update via a tracking area update (TAU) procedure; in response to determining that the first communication network supports UE capability update via a TAU procedure, initiating a TAU procedure on the first subscription with the first communication network; and reporting a UE category 1 capability to the first communication network on the first subscription for the mobile communication device during the TAU procedure on the first subscription. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280367 | Managing Usage of Radio Access Technologies in a Multimode Communication Device - Various embodiments include multimode communication devices and methods for managing usage of radio access technologies (RATs). In various embodiments, the multimode communication device may prevent scanning for a signal of higher priority RATs when a communication link is established with a lower priority RAT and the multimode communication device determines that the device is stationary. Signal characteristics of the communication link and/or other resources that can detect when the multimode communication device has moved may be monitored. In response to a change in signal characteristics or another indication that the multimode communication device has moved, scanning of higher priority RATs may be reactivated. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280368 | DIRECTED STATION ROAMING IN CLOUD MANAGED WI-FI NETWORK - Directing station roaming in a cloud-managed Wi-Fi network. Management messages are received from a controller that is located remotely from the Wi-Fi communication network by an access point. When an RSSI (received signal strength indication) value between the station and the access point falls below a threshold, the access point (i.e., controller access point) determines which neighboring access point would be a best fit for a hand-off, with limited real-time input form the cloud-based Wi-Fi controller. One of the two or more of the plurality of access points is selected for handing-off the station based on the RSSI values received from the interrogation. Responsive to the selection, a message is sent to the selected access point instructing the one of the at least one of the plurality of access points to respond to messages from the station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280369 | SOFT LOCK OF A CELL IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - In some embodiments, a method comprises blocking mobile devices from establishing new connections to a cell, ending existent connections of mobile devices to the cell gradually based on a shutdown procedure, and locking the cell after the shutdown procedure. The shutdown procedure is configured according to pre-defined parameters that indicate to end the existent connections based on at least one of a priority level of existent connections or an activity level of existent connections. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280370 | DEAD ZONE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system illustratively comprising: a wireless communication device; a network for controlling wireless communication over said network, said network tracking a location of said wireless communication device based on location data pertaining to said wireless communication device, said network comprising a no communication zone register including a database of predetermined zones in which predetermined communication by, to, or by and to said wireless communication device is to be disabled; wherein when said wireless communication device is in one of said predetermined zones in which communication by, to, or by and to wireless communication device is not permitted, said network disables said predetermined communication by, to, or by and to said wireless communication device. The “dead zones” where the wireless device may be disabled illustratively may include a speeding zone, a hospital zone, a movie theater zone and a church zone. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280371 | AUXILIARY APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT, PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORK DEPLOYMENT - An auxiliary apparatus for wireless network deployment, portable terminal and method for wireless network deployment. The apparatus includes: a transmitting unit configured to broadcast a link detection request; a collecting unit configured to collect link detection responses received within a predetermined time; a first determining unit configured to, taking nodes transmitting the link detection response as reference nodes, determine a target reference node and non-target reference nodes of the apparatus; a second determining unit configured to determine a link connection status of the apparatus relative to each reference node according to the link detection responses; and a third determining unit configured to determine a movement direction and distance of the apparatus according to the link connection status of the apparatus relative to each reference node. Hence, personnel of wireless network deployment are assisted in a practical deployment scenario in precisely deploying nodes in the wireless network. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280372 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS - A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system comprises a transceiver to perform wireless communication with a base station and to obtain system information defining communication parameters from system information data received from that base station; system information storage; and a controller to detect whether the system information storage already holds at least some of the system information applicable to a newly communicating base station and to control the transceiver to obtain any portions of the system information not already held by the terminal device, in which: the system information comprises a plurality of system information blocks; and the controller is configured to detect parts of a system information block stored by the system information storage which are applicable to the newly communicating base station and to obtain other parts of that system information block as a partial system information block from the newly communicating base station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280373 | PASSENGER ZONE DETECTION WITH SIGNAL STRENGTH DATA AIDED BY PHYSICAL SIGNAL BARRIERS - Values may be tracked from wireless sensors of a vehicle that indicate distances between the mobile device and the sensors. When the signal strength values indicate the mobile device is within the vehicle, the device may be associated with a seating zone of the vehicle corresponding to the one of the sensors that provided signal strength values that peaked earliest in time. The mobile device may be determined to be within the vehicle by using a hypothesis test comparing a threshold signal strength value to the signal strength values. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280374 | METHODS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR PERFORMING CELL SEARCH AND DETECTION - A mobile communication device may include a cell search circuit configured to process a first block of signal waveform data to extract a first discrete parameter set, wherein the first discrete parameter set identifies one or more first potential cells present in the first block of signal waveform data, process the second block of signal waveform data to extract a second discrete parameter set, wherein the second discrete parameter set identifies one or more second potential cells present in the second block of signal waveform data, and compare the first discrete parameter set and the second discrete parameter set to identify one or more matching cells, and an RF transceiver configured to transmit or receive radio signals based on the identification of the one or more matching cells. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280375 | METHOD FOR SCANNING FOR ACCESS POINT IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for scanning for an access point. An active scan method comprises the steps of: generating a probe request frame including information on the signal strength of a terminal; and transmitting the probe request frame to an access point. Thus, a waste of time and radio resources can be prevented. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280376 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD PERFORMING PROCESS OF SELECTING RESOURCE OF RADIO LINK - An acquirer acquires parameters that correspond to a plurality of base station devices using a resource for communication with a terminal device and can be used for predicting a shortage of a resource of each base station device. A generator generates information relating to a priority level of a resource desired to be used by a terminal device connected to one of the plurality of base station devices in accordance with the parameters acquired by the acquirer. A transmitter transmits the information generated by the generator. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280377 | NAN DATA LINK MULTI-HOP TOPOLOGY - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine that a multi-hop feature is enabled for a service and to transmit, based on the determination, a multi-hop attribute that may include at least one of an identifier provided by a publisher device or a hop count associated with the service. In another aspect, an apparatus is configured to determine a data scheduling protocol for a multi-hop service and to communicate with one or more wireless devices based on the determined data scheduling protocol. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280378 | Vehicle Wireless Device Discovery - A first V2X wireless device may transmit a first discovery request to a V2X network entity. The a V2X network entity may comprise a first wireless device identifier and a V2X value. The V2X value may indicate a V2X communication capability. The first V2X wireless device may receive a first discovery response from the V2X network entity. The first discovery response may comprise a first discovery code. The first discovery code may correspond to at least the V2X value. The first V2X wireless device may perform a discovery procedure. The discovery procedure may employ the first discovery code. The first V2X wireless device may communicate, with a second V2X wireless device by employing the V2X communication capability, one or more packets in response to the discovery procedure connecting the first V2X wireless device with the second V2X wireless device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280379 | IMPROVED NETWORK SEARCHING - A mobile RF communication device configured for dual SIM operation and configured to send a request for search data relevant to the second SIM module to a server, said request including an identifier for a first cell associated with the first operator; receive a response from said server, said response including a correlation for said first cell and search data for a second cell associated with the second operator, the search data including an identifier for the second cell; and adapt a network searching strategy for the second RF modem based on the correlated search data. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280380 | METHOD TO DYNAMICALLY SWITCH DATA SUBSCRIPTION IN VOLTE + GSM DUAL SIM DUAL STANDBY DEVICE - A method for dynamically switching a data subscription in a multi subscriber identity module (SIM) multi standby (MSMS) mobile communication device includes: in response to determining that signal energy for a first subscription detected during a background public land mobile network (BPLMN) search remains greater than or equal to a threshold signal energy value during a first specified time period of a first timer, reducing a second specified time period of a second timer for a second subscription; determining whether any data communication activity occurs on the second subscription during the second specified time period; in response to determining that no data communication activity occurs on the second subscription during the second specified time period, performing a dedicated data subscription (DDS) switch from a second subscription to the first subscription. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280381 | CONTENT DELIVERY ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A system is provided for content delivery across heterogeneous networks. The system may store a database of unified identity codes (UICs) for respective categories of information, and in-network addresses of in-network subscriber nodes subscribed to the respective categories of information. At least one in-network subscriber node may be a gateway node of and between a heterogeneous network and another heterogeneous network that includes an out-of-network subscriber node. The system may receive a query including a UIC for a category of information to which one or more in-network subscriber nodes are subscribed, and in response thereto retrieve from the database using the UIC, one or more in-network addresses for the one or more in-network subscriber nodes. The system may also reply to the query with the one or more in-network addresses for use by the source node to transmit content to the one or more in-network subscriber nodes. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280382 | AUTOMATIC NETWORK SELECTION FOR MULTEFIRE - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may attempt to access a network at a local area network access point without prior context information. The access point may be a hotspot operating in unlicensed spectrum according to a Long Term Evolution (LTE)-based standard. The UE may be unable to determine if it is authorized to access the network, so the UE may attempt to obtain system information that provides a list of service providers supported by the network. The UE may then determine whether it has credentials for a supported service provider, and the UE may access the network using those credentials when a supported service provider is recognized. Other broadcast messages may provide information about system information for supported service providers. A UE that is unable to access the network using stored credentials may attempt access using a random access channel procedure. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280383 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIGGERING PLURALITY OF PS-POLL FRAMES IN WIRELESS LAN - Disclosed are a method and a device for triggering a plurality of PS-poll frames in a wireless LAN. The method for triggering a plurality of PS-poll frames in a wireless LAN can comprise the steps of: transmitting, by an AP, a beacon frame; transmitting, by the AP, a first PS-poll trigger frame within a beacon interval; receiving, by the AP, a plurality of first PS-poll frames transmitted on the basis of a UL MU transmission by a first STA group as a response to the first PS-poll trigger frame; transmitting, by the AP, a plurality of first downlink data frames to a plurality of STAs on the basis of a DL MU transmission as a response to the plurality of first PS-poll frames; transmitting, by the AP, a second PS-poll trigger frame within a beacon interval; receiving, by the AP, a plurality of second PS-poll frames transmitted on the basis of the UL MU transmission by a second STA group as a response to the second PS-poll trigger frame; and transmitting, by the AP, a plurality of second downlink data frames to the plurality of STAs on the basis of the DL MU transmission as a response to the plurality of second PS-poll frames. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280384 | Apparatuses and Methods for Controlling Always-On Displays for Mobile Devices - Receiving a first notification at a mobile device, displaying a first set of information related to the first notification for a first time period commencing when the first notification is received, analyzing data from a sensor of the mobile device to detect a presence of a user, in response to detecting the presence of the user, and also in response to receiving a subsequent notification, displaying an updated set of information related to the subsequent notification during a second time period that commences upon receipt of the subsequent notification. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280385 | LINK SPEED CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR POWER OPTIMIZATION - Link speed control systems for power optimization are disclosed. In one aspect, a communication link adjusts a data transfer speed based on link utilization levels. In a second exemplary aspect, one or more conditions affecting a link speed are weighted and collectively evaluated to determine an efficient or optimal link speed. By adjusting the link speed in this fashion, lower link speeds may be used, and net power savings may be effectuated. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280386 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA TO AND FROM TERMINAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a device and method for transmitting and receiving data to and from a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method of operating the terminal in the wireless communication system may include the processes of comparing pre-stored domain name service (DNS) cache information with DNS inquiry information in a DNS inquiry if the DNS inquiry on a host is received from a uniform resource locator (URL) protocol handler, and transmitting internet protocol (IP) address information corresponding to the host to the URL protocol handler according to a compared result. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280387 | DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH SWITCHING FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-program products for performing dynamic bandwidth switching between control signals and data signals of differing bandwidths are disclosed. A wireless communication apparatus comprises a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to transmit a control signal to a user equipment (UE) using a first bandwidth. The processor is further configured to transmit a data signal to the UE using a second bandwidth wider than the first bandwidth. The control signal and the data signal are transmitted over a single carrier frequency. The control signal comprises an indication of a characteristic of the data signal. The data signal is transmitted after the control signal such that the data signal and control signal are separated by a time interval. The time interval is based on at least a switching latency of the UE. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280388 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INVOLVING A WAKE TIME PERIOD FOR A STATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to receive information indicating a wake time period from a STA and use the received wake time period to schedule communication with the STA. The apparatus may use the received wake time period to determine a target transmission time for transmitting a trigger frame to the STA. The apparatus may transmit a beacon to the STA and then transmit the trigger frame to the STA at the target transmission time following the beacon. The apparatus may also indicate an offset from the beacon that the apparatus will use for communication with the STA based on the wake time period of the STA. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280389 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICE DATA TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting voice data in a wireless communication system, in particular there is provided an apparatus comprising an audio processing module configured to detect a period of silence in a voice signal and to output an indication of the detected period of silence, and a communication module coupled to the audio processing module and configured to transmit upload packets according to a predefined scheduling allocation, the upload packets comprising the voice signal, wherein the communication module is further configured to, upon receipt of an indication of a detected period of silence refrain from transmitting further upload packets using the predefined scheduling allocation for a predetermined period of time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280390 | CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING METHOD AND ACCESS TERMINAL - A control channel monitoring method and an access terminal are disclosed. The method includes: detecting, by an access terminal if the access terminal is in an initialization state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a first preset condition; detecting, by the access terminal if the access terminal is in a monitoring state currently, whether the access terminal satisfies a second preset condition; and monitoring, by the access terminal, only a particular timeslot on a control channel if the access terminal satisfies the first preset condition in the initialization state or the access terminal satisfies the second preset condition in the monitoring state, where the particular timeslot is a timeslot that is used by the access network for sending a synchronous capsule or a sub-synchronous capsule. According to the present invention, power consumption of an access terminal can be reduced. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280391 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate in a first communication mode in which a memory of the communication apparatus is accessed by another communication apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect an access from the another communication apparatus to the memory of the communication apparatus, and a shift unit configured to shift an operation mode of the communication apparatus in response to a condition including at least the access to the memory detected by the detection unit. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280392 | FINE TIMING MEASUREMENT SIGNALING - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to fine timing signaling. A device may determine a first request to establish a fine timing measurement (FTM) session from a first device. The device may determine one or more FTM measurement exchanges with the first device based at least in part on the FTM session. The device may determine an FTM measuring period associated with the FTM session. The device may determine one or more wake-up packets based at least in part on the first request. The device may cause to send at least one of the one or more wake-up packets to the first device on a first channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280393 | METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING - Disclosed are a method and electronic device for controlling. According to the method for controlling provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, by detecting pressure information of a force touch area of a side frame of a mobile device when preset condition is met, controlling the screen status of the mobile device according to the detected pressure information, and intelligently adjusts the screen status of the mobile device by virtue of the practical use condition of a user about the mobile device reflected by the pressure information, the power consumption of the mobile device is reduced, the user experience is enhanced, and the user satisfaction is improved. Therefore, the technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can solve the problem of the prior art that the screen status of a mobile device cannot be intelligently adjusted according to the practical use condition of a user. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280394 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOTION-BASED LOW POWER IMPLEMENTING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal capable of implementing an always-on function with a lower power, based on a motion, and a motion-based low power implementing method thereof. The method includes sensing a motion of a user by using an acceleration sensor in a low-power always-on that only the acceleration sensor is activated; a selectively activating an always-on function according to the sensed motion and deactivating the always-on function when no motion is sensed in an always-on state and automatically entering to the low-power always-on function. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280395 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING PACKET INTERVAL TIMING BASED ON DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS - An apparatus and method are described for selecting an appropriate advertising interval for an IoT device. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: Internet of Things (IoT) device data collection circuitry/logic to collect IoT device usage data and/or other IoT device data; advertising interval determination circuitry/logic to determine an appropriate advertising interval based on the IoT device usage data and/or other IoT device data; and advertising interval selection circuitry/logic to implement the appropriate advertising interval determined by the advertising interval determination circuitry/logic. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280396 | DIGITAL SIGNAL RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SUCH DIGITAL SIGNAL RECEIVER - A digital signal receiver comprises an iterative decoder configured to decode its input signal using an iterative decoding algorithm, a signal quality detector, configured to detect signal quality of the input signal of the iterative decoder; a power consumption monitor, configured to detect a parameter indicating power consumption of the iterative decoder; a voltage regulator, configured to adjust a supply voltage of the iterative decoder to maintain it within a preset supply voltage range, based on the detected parameter indicating the power consumption of the iterative decoder; and an iteration controller, configured to adjust a maximum iteration number of decoding based on the signal quality of the input signal of the iterative decoder. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280397 | ENERGY SAVINGS MODE FOR SILENT HAPTICS - A method and system for energy savings with silent haptics is presented. A haptically-enabled device includes a processor that executes a haptic track containing haptic instructions. The haptic track is analyzed to determine the presence of a zero-force interval, also known as a silent haptic. The duration of the zero-force interval is determined, and if the duration exceeds a pre-determined threshold, then the system or method enters an energy savings mode. An overhead time associated with the terminating of the energy savings mode is determined. And, the energy savings mode is terminated at the conclusion of the zero-force interval less the overhead time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280398 | ADAPTIVE SINR CONTROL - An adaptive SINR control process is triggered based on various quality measures associated with the received signal in a mobile device or on a geographic region in which a base station and an interferer are located. As part of the adaptive SINR control process, the mobile device reduces the signal level of the received signal, which reduces both the signal strength of the desired signal and the interfering signal. If the control process is triggered on the mobile device side, after detecting the presence of interference, the mobile device sends a request that the base station increase its transmit power of the desired signal to improve the receiving SINR in the mobile device. Alternatively, the mobile device may receive information from the base station causing the mobile device to reduce the signal level of the received signal based on quality indicators sent by the mobile device to the base station or based on geographic location of the base station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280399 | Managing Radio Frequency Spectrum Usage By A Wireless Network Node - Embodiments include systems and methods for managing radio frequency (RF) spectrum usage by a processor of a wireless network node. The processor may scan one or more frequencies to determine a spectrum usage. The processor may identify one or more high priority devices based on the scanning The processor may determine a maximum RF interference threshold of the one or more high priority devices based on the spectrum usage and the identification of the one or more high priority devices. The processor may calculate a transmit power for one or more wireless network nodes based on the determined maximum RF interference threshold, and the processor may transmit a signal at or below the calculated transmit power. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280400 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STANDBY POWER CONSUMPTION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed are a method and device for controlling standby power consumption of a mobile terminal. The method comprises: in a first cycle of discontinuous reception, obtaining, by way of searching adjacent cells, a control channel allocation list of a first adjacent cell for the first network mode and a control channel allocation list of a second adjacent cell for the second network mode; generating a list of shared channels according to the same channels within the said control channel allocation list of the first adjacent cell and the said control channel allocation list of the second adjacent cell; and in a second cycle of discontinuous reception, re-obtaining, by way of searching adjacent cells, the said control channel allocation list of the first adjacent cell and updating the said control channel allocation list of the second adjacent cell according to the said control channel allocation list of the first adjacent cell. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280401 | INDIVIDUALIZED GAIN CONTROL OF UPLINK PATHS IN REMOTE UNITS IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) BASED ON INDIVIDUAL REMOTE UNIT CONTRIBUTION TO COMBINED UPLINK POWER - Individualized gain control of uplink paths in remote units in a wireless communication system based on individual remote unit contribution to combined uplink power is disclosed. The gain level is reduced for uplink paths of individual remote units that provide higher power contribution to the combined uplink power of a combined uplink communications signal received in the central unit. This allows the initial uplink gain of all remote units to be set higher to increase sensitivity, because the gain of the remote units that provide higher power contributions to the combined uplink power in the central unit can be reduced if the combined uplink power exceeds the desired threshold power level. The gain of the remote units that provide higher power contributions to the combined uplink power in the central unit can be reduced without reducing the gain in the other remote units that would otherwise reduce their sensitivity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280402 | Verification of Time Information transmitted by Time Signals or Time Telegrams - A method is proposed for verification of time data from a time signal modulated on a continuous carrier signal with steps to receive a first time signal with a first reference time, to receive a second time signal with a second reference time, which follows the first reference time in time, for calculation of the target time interval lying between the reference times from the time data contained in the received time signal, to determine a time interval and determine a reference time interval, using counting of periods of the continuous carrier signal within the time interval, for comparison of the target time interval with the reference time interval and to send an error signal, if the deviation determined by the comparison surpasses a stipulated tolerance value. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280403 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING D2D SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL AND TERMINAL THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method for transmitting a synchronization signal of device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method for transmitting a D2D synchronization signal of the present application may indicate the state of a terminal, the purpose of transmission of a primary D2D synchronization signal (PD2DSS), or whether to transmit a physical D2D shared channel (PD2DSCH), on the basis of an order in which root indexes of PD2DSSs are transmitted or the value of a root index used by a PD2DSS. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280404 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING DOWNLINK SYNCHRONIZATION, AND MTC APPARATUS - The present specification provides a method for obtaining downlink synchronization in a machine type communication (MTC) apparatus. The MTC apparatus may comprise the steps of: receiving an MTC-dedicated synchronization signal from a base station on the subframe before a subframe which attempts to receive a paging message; obtaining a downlink synchronization of the base station through the synchronization signal; and after obtaining the downlink synchronization, attempting to receive the paging message. Here, the MTC-dedicated synchronization signal may be received on the same sub-band as a sub-band on which the paging message is received, from among the entire system band of the base station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF IMPLEMENTING TIME SYNCHRONIZATION - A method of time synchronization and a base station system are disclosed. The base station system includes a main unit, at least one radio unit, and a transmission medium adapted to transmit information between the main unit and the at least one radio unit. The base station system further includes a clock synchronization server configured close to the side of the at least one radio unit or integrated with the at least one radio unit. The clock synchronization server is adapted to transmit synchronization data to the main unit through the transmission medium, so that the main unit performs configuration processing according to the synchronization data to implement time synchronization with the clock synchronization server. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280406 | SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR V2X COMMUNICATIONS - A user equipment (UE) comprises control circuitry and transmission circuitry. The control circuitry may be configured to select one sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) sequence from multiple SLSS sequences. The transmission circuitry may be configured to transmit SLSS which is generated by using the selected SLSS sequence. The multiple SLSS sequences may consist of a first subset and a second subset, the first subset being for in-network-coverage, the second subset being for out-of-network-coverage. The first subset may include a third subset, the third subset corresponding to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) timing. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280407 | SYNCHRONIZATION CIRCUIT, SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE, SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a synchronization circuit includes a received-signal detecting unit which detects a received signal including a first and a second reference signal, a timing-synchronization adjusting unit including a storage module storing information of the first reference signal and a correlation operating module carrying out correlation operation of the first reference signal included in the received signal and the information of the first reference signal output from the storage module, the timing-synchronization adjusting unit which carries out timing synchronization so that a result of the correlation operation carried out by the correlation operating module becomes a predetermined value, and a phase-synchronization adjusting unit which carries out phase synchronization of a subcarrier by adjusting a component varied depending on a phase of a subcarrier frequency by using a phase modulation signal included in the second reference signal, wherein the received signal is a filtered multicarrier signal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280408 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK INCLUDING TRANSMITTER REGISTRY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communication network includes a plurality of transmitters, each configured to broadcast a signal including a known transmitter identifier. The network includes a registry stored on a computer. The registry includes a transmitter data structure including a plurality of records and a channel data structure including a plurality of channels. Each channel is associated with at least one of the records and links each of its associated records with a behavior. The network also includes a wireless communication device configured to receive an incoming transmitter identifier. The device sends a request including the incoming transmitter identifier to the registry. The computer responds to the request by locating one of the records corresponding to the incoming transmitter identifier, locating at least one of the channels associated with the located record, and sending a behavior linked to the located record by the located channel to the mobile device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280409 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK INCLUDING TRANSMITTER REGISTRY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A communication network includes a plurality of transmitters, each configured to broadcast a signal including a known transmitter identifier. The network includes a registry stored on a computer. The registry includes a transmitter data structure including a plurality of records and a channel data structure including a plurality of channels. Each channel is associated with at least one of the records and links each of its associated records with a behavior. The network also includes a wireless communication device configured to receive an incoming transmitter identifier. The device sends a request including the incoming transmitter identifier to the registry. The computer responds to the request by locating one of the records corresponding to the incoming transmitter identifier, locating at least one of the channels associated with the located record, and sending a behavior linked to the located record by the located channel to the mobile device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280410 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING INFORMATION SELF-REGISTRATION, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A method, terminal, server and system for implementing information self-registration, and a computer storage medium. When a terminal starts for the first time or registration information of the terminal changes, the terminal sends to a server a self-registration session operation packet carrying current registration information of the terminal (S | 2017-09-28 |
20170280411 | Method and System for Tracking and Determining a Location of a Wireless Transmission - An apparatus for detecting and timing a transmitting device is disclosed. The device includes a receiving system receiving a signal containing at least a preamble code of a known length and at least one pulse within a receive window after the preamble code, a circuit receiving the at least one pulse comprising a zero-crossing circuit for indicting a zero-voltage crossing of the at least one pulse and a trigger device for latching the indication of zero-voltage crossing, and a ripple circuit counter, receiving the latched indication of said zero-voltage crossing and associating a time to the receipt of the latched indication. A system for detecting and locating a transmitting device is further disclosed. The system includes a plurality of sensor apparatus each determining a reception time of a signal and a processor for determining a location based on groups of the reception times | 2017-09-28 |
20170280412 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND WEARABLE DEVICE THEREFOR - An interactive communication system includes a wearable device and a network comprising a server and a plurality of base stations for serving the wearable device. The wearable device includes a sensing module, a wireless communication module and a microcontroller. The sensing module senses a position change of a user wearing the wearable device and generates a corresponding sensing signal. The wireless communication module sends a signal to the base stations. The microcontroller dynamically adjusts one of a frequency and a time interval of the sending of the signal from the wireless communication module to the base stations according to the sensing signal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280413 | BASE STATION LOCATION DETERMINATION - A method of determining a location of a base station includes: receiving, at a mobile device from a location server, a base station identifier (BSID) of the base station and two or more candidate locations of the base station; receiving a signal, at the mobile device from the base station identified by the BSID; and selecting, at the mobile device, a particular candidate location from the two or more candidate locations based on a characteristic determined from the signal. A method of identifying an actual location of a base station includes: transmitting, from a location server to a disambiguating mobile device, a base station identifier (BSID) of the base station and two or more candidate locations of the base station; and receiving, at the location server from the disambiguating mobile device, an indication of the actual location of the base station from among the two or more candidate locations. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280414 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A RANGING PROTOCOL - Disclosed are methods, systems and devices for obtaining a measurement of a range between two devices. For example, wireless stations may obtain a measurement of range between the wireless stations based, at least in part, on an exchange messages such as fine timing measurement (FTM) messages. In a particular implementation, FTM messages may be received at a transceiver device in a burst of FTM messages from a responding wireless station. An acknowledgement messages may be transmitted to the responding wireless station immediately in response to receipt of the FTM message. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280415 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POSITION USING HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method of measuring the position of a terminal by using a heterogeneous network signal. The method comprises receiving transmission time information that represents a time at which a signal for measuring the position of a terminal is transmitted; receiving a first signal from a reference cell at a time represented by the transmission time information; receiving a second signal from a measurement cell at a time represented by the transmission time information; calculating the difference between the time at which the first signal is received and the time at which the second signal is received to generate measurement information; and reporting the measurement information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280416 | Time Stamp Generation without GNSS Signal - The invention relates to a method for generating a time stamp in a vehicle which participates in a vehicle ad-hoc network, said method associating, by giving out the time stamp, an event, which is transmitted in a message, with a clock time. Said clock time is generated by updating a global time base that can be derived from a global satellite navigation signal (GNSS). The method comprises checking whether a GNSS signal can be received, and generating the clock time based on a local time base if an insufficient number of global satellite navigation signals for deriving the global time base is available. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280417 | ENHANCED AND ADAPTIVE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT WITHIN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for enhanced and adaptive mobility management within a mobile communication network includes: in a first step—upon a first mobile terminated service targeting a first user equipment—a first paging operation is performed targeting the first user equipment, and in a second step, either during the first step or subsequent to the first step—upon a second mobile terminated service targeting a second user equipment—a second paging operation is performed targeting the second user equipment. The first paging operation is performed—during the initial time interval—in a first paging area, and the second paging operation is performed—during the initial time interval—in a second paging area. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280418 | CORE NETWORK NODE AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REACHABILITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES IN EXTENDED DISCONTINUOUS RECEIVE (eDRX) OPERATION - A core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)) and various methods are described herein for determining reachability of wireless devices operating with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX). | 2017-09-28 |
20170280419 | CORE NETWORK NODE AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING REACHABILITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES IN EXTENDED DISCONTINUOUS RECEIVE (eDRX) OPERATION - A core network node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)) and various methods are described herein for determining reachability of wireless devices operating with extended discontinuous reception (eDRX). | 2017-09-28 |
20170280420 | EVENT-TRIGGERED CONTROL OF BEACON BROADCASTS - Broadcasts from beacon devices each of which is disposed in a known different physical location within a venue are controlled. Scheduling information for events scheduled to take place at the venue may be collected from calendar management sources and analyzed. Notification of an emergent event associated with the venue or its geographic location may also be received from emergent event notification sources and analyzed. The result of these analyses and the knowledge of the physical location of each of the beacon devices are used to generate a set of broadcast rules for each of the beacon devices, where these rules specify one or more beacon signals to be periodically broadcast by the beacon device and the timing by which these signals are to be broadcast. For each of the beacon devices, the set of broadcast rules for the beacon device is downloaded to the beacon device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280421 | Wireless Multicast Communication - This document describes multicast communication between wireless devices. A scheduling frame may be wirelessly transmitted by a wireless device. The scheduling frame may include a multicast address indicating a group of intended receiving devices for a payload frame. The scheduling frame may further include scheduling information indicating an order for the group of intended receiving devices to transmit acknowledgement information for the payload frame. A payload frame may also be wirelessly transmitted by the wireless device. The payload frame may include payload information intended for the group of intended receiving devices. Additionally, acknowledgement frames may be wirelessly received by the wireless device from at least a subset of the group of intended receiving devices. The acknowledgement frames may be received according to the order indicated in the scheduling information. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280422 | Mechanisms for Optimizing Communications Band Selection Depending on Ongoing Quality of Service - A wireless communication device (UE) conducting wireless communications according to a specified radio access technology (RAT) in a first communications band belonging to a first network may be required to switch to a different communications band due to network restrictions and/or radio link failure. The UE may therefore perform a system scan identifying other communications bands associated with the first RAT and available at the present location of the UE. The UE may identify whether the other communications bands include preferred communications bands belonging to the first network, support a service associated with the wireless communications of the UE, and have an energy level higher than a specified threshold. If one or more preferred communications bands are present, the UE may switch communications from the first communications band to one of the preferred communications bands, even if it doesn't have the highest energy level among all the other communications bands. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280423 | Resource Selection For Device to Device Discovery or Communication - A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may perform provide a report to a network. The WTRU may include a processor that is configured to receive a measurement configuration from the network, where the measurement configuration indicates a threshold and a resource pool on which to perform measurements. The resources pool may be used for communication between one or more mobile device. The processor may be configured to perform measurements on the resource pool and determine whether an energy level for the resource pool is above the threshold for a duration of time. The processor may also be configured to send a report to the network indicating that the energy level for the resource pool is above the threshold for the predetermined duration of time. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280424 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION SIGNALING IN UPLINK FRAMES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Apparatuses, computer readable media, and methods for resource allocation signaling in uplink frames in wireless networks are disclosed. An apparatus of an access point including processing circuitry is disclosed. The processing circuitry may be configured to encode a first frame and encode second frames for one or both of DL OFDMA or MU-MIMO. The second frames may include data for a plurality of stations. The processing circuitry may be configured to encode a resource allocation for each of the plurality of stations to transmit one or more third frames comprising an acknowledge to the corresponding one or more second frames in accordance with one or both of OFDMA or MU-MIMO. The resource allocation is to be encoded in one or both the first frame and each of the one or more second frames. The resource allocation in the second frames includes the resource allocation for the corresponding station. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280425 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The resent invention relates to a wireless communication system, and particularly to a method and device for same, the method including the steps of: receiving, from a base station, L1 information about M number of UCells (M≦N) on which downlink resources are temporarily configured, wherein M number of UCells (M≦N) are a subset of N number of UCells; selectively aggregating K number of UCells (K2017-09-28 | |
20170280426 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD - A wireless communication terminal capable of increasing the utilization efficiency of ACK/NACK resources and suppressing unnecessary PUSCH band reduction while avoiding ACK/NACK collision. The wireless communication terminal has a configuration provided with: a reception unit for receiving a control signal including ARI via an E-PDCCH set from among one or a plurality of E-PDCCH sets; a control unit for determining an offset value indicated by the ARI on the basis of whether or not a resource region that may be taken by a dynamic ACK/NACK resource corresponding to the E-PDCCH set that has received the control signal and a resource region that may be taken by a dynamic ACK/NACK resource corresponding to another E-PDCCH set overlap, and imparting an offset to the ACK/NACK resource according to the value of the ARI; and a transmission unit for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal using the determined ACK/NACK resource. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280427 | METHODS AND NODES FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A network node ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280428 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL USING PLURALITY OF ANTENNA PORTS AND TRANSMISSION END APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method for transmitting a signal using a plurality of antenna ports and a transmission end apparatus for same. According to a method for a transmission end transmitting the signal in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless communication system of the present invention, a step of transmitting instruction information on a first channel transmission method to a reception end, and a step of transmitting the first channel to the reception end using a resource region are comprised, wherein the first channel is either an advanced-physical downlink control channel (A-PDCCH) or a relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH), the first channel is not transmitted when at least a portion of the resource region overlaps with a resource region used for transmitting a second channel, and wherein the second channel can be periodically transmitted using a predetermined portion of the resource region. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280429 | RESOURCE ELEMENT USAGE IN CONTROL CHANNEL ELEMENTS - Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for efficient RE usage in CCEs. One apparatus includes a processor that determines a control channel frequency region including a set of CCEs in a TTI. Each CCE of the set of CCEs includes a set of REs. The processor determines a subset of CCEs of the set of CCEs not used for transmission of control information. The apparatus includes a receiver that receives data on the REs in the subset of CCEs. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION REPORTING WITH LICENSE-ASSISTED ACCESS (LAA) UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS - A user equipment (UE) is described that includes a processor. The UE is configured with a secondary cell group (SCG). The UE is also configured with a licensed-assisted access (LAA) serving cell as a primary secondary cell (pSCell) of the SCG. The UE receives a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on at least one LAA serving cell in the SCG. The UE determines a channel to carry uplink control information (UCI), the channel being on any one of the serving cell(s) in the SCG. The UE also determines transmission timing of the channel based on reception timing of the PDSCH. The UE further determines one or more PDSCHs of which HARQ-ACK bits are included in the UCI, the one or more PDSCHs including the PDSCH. The UE additionally determines content of the HARQ-ACK bits. The UE also performs a channel access procedure for the transmission of the channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280431 | BASE STATION AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - In a base station that transmits data to a first terminal in coordination with a coordination-providing base station, and functions as a connection-making base station that instructs the coordination-providing base station on a transmission parameter that is used for coordinated communication, a reception processor receives first CSI between the connection-making base station and the first terminal from the first terminal, and, receives, from each of at least one or more second terminals other than the first terminal, second CSI between the connection-making base station and a second terminal, and third CSI between the coordination-providing base station and at least one second terminal, a CSI estimator configures the third CSI which corresponds to a terminal, to which the first CSI and the second CSI are the closest, of the at least one or more second terminals, as an estimation value of CSI between the coordination-providing base station and the first terminal. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280432 | SCHEDULED TRANSMISSION IN CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - There is provided a system for scheduled transmission from at least two network devices in a cellular communications network. The system comprises at least two network devices. Each respective network device is configured to transmit in sectors using directional transmission beams. The at least two network devices are configured to transmit in the sectors according to a beamforming pattern according to which concurrent received power from all but one of the at least two network devices in sectors in which more than one network device is enabled to transmit using the directional transmission beams is below a threshold interference power level. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280433 | FAST CONTROL FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIER OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives signals over a plurality of downlink carriers, generates feedback for each of the plurality of downlink carriers based on the received signals, and transmits via a plurality of antennas, the feedback for at least one of the plurality of downlink carriers over a first physical channel and feedback for another of the plurality of downlink carriers over a second physical channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280434 | GENERATING A PRE-CACHING SCHEDULE BASED ON FORECASTED CONTENT REQUESTS - A method includes accessing information identifying user devices, and accessing media consumption data indicating content requests corresponding to the user devices. The method also includes determining expected locations of the user devices based on the information, and determining forecasted content requests based on the media consumption data. The method further includes generating a pre-caching schedule based on the forecasted content requests and the expected locations, and determining that the pre-caching schedule indicates that particular media data is to be provided via a multicast transmission to a first user device and to a second user device. The method also includes sending an instruction to the first user device directing the first user device to store the particular media data. The method includes sending, responsive to a request from the second user device, the particular media data via the multicast transmission to the first user device and to the second user device. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280435 | Information Handling System Mesh Network Power Management - A portable information handling system includes a wireless network interface device that establishes communication with a network destination through a mesh network having plural network paths of one or more ad hoc network interfaces. A mesh network manager running on the portable information handling system retrieves network context information from nodes of the plural network paths and applies the network context information to determine energy consumption of the plural network paths. The mesh network manager selects a network path to communicate with the network destination based at least in part on the energy consumption associated with the plural network paths. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280436 | CONTROLLING RESOURCE USAGE FOR VEHICLE (V2X) COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless terminal configured for use in a mobile vehicle comprises a transmitter ( | 2017-09-28 |
20170280437 | Mobile Terminal and Resource Management Method of Mobile Terminal - A mobile terminal, includes a virtual resource sharing control system, a modem, and multiple operating systems, where multiple subscriber identity module (SIM) cards are deployed in the modem, a first operating system is configured to receive a card operation for a first SIM card in the multiple SIM cards, and notify a second operating system and the virtual resource sharing control system of the card operation request. The virtual resource sharing control system is configured to perform a card operation on the first SIM card using the modem, and send a first feedback result of the card operation to the first operating system and the second operating system, and the second operating system is configured to manage and monitor the current status of the first SIM card in the second operating system according to the card operation request or the first feedback result. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280438 | AUTONOMOUS WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS - The present disclosure generally discloses an autonomous wireless transmission mechanism. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism may be configured to support autonomous transmissions by wireless end devices to wireless access nodes in a connectionless manner. In general, an autonomous wireless transmission by a wireless end device may include transmission of a preamble in a preamble transmission zone and autonomous transmission of a payload over one or more resource units of one or more payload transmission zones without requiring establishment of a connection between the wireless end device and the wireless access node. The autonomous wireless transmission mechanism, by obviating the need for a wireless end device to establish a connection with a wireless access node in order to transmit data to the wireless access node, also obviates a need for the wireless end device to operate in a scheduled transmission mode. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280439 | FTM PROTOCOL ENHANCEMENTS FOR CHANNEL DELAY SPREAD - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for selecting a guard interval for transmission of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on an uplink (UL) channel and on a downlink (DL) channel. In some implementations, a transmitting device and a receiving device can estimate channel delay spread (CDS) information for each other's transmit channels, exchange the estimated CDS information with each other, and select a guard interval based on the estimated CDS information exchanged with each other. The transmitting device can transmit a number of OFDM symbols separated by the selected guard interval to the receiving device on the UL channel, and the receiving device can transmit a number of OFDM symbols separated by the selected guard interval to the transmitting device on the DL channel. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280440 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication technique for combining a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after 4G system with IoT technology includes transmitting configuration information of one or more serving cells that operate in an unlicensed band to a terminal, transmitting information indicating that an uplink control channel and an uplink data channel can be simultaneously transmitted to the terminal, determining whether the terminal is configured to transmit at least one of data and the uplink control information through the uplink data channel in at least one of a licensed band and the unlicensed band, and receiving the uplink control information in at least one of the licensed band and the unlicensed band on the basis of the determination, wherein the configuration information includes unlicensed-band uplink control channel configuration information for configuring the uplink control channel in one of the serving cells that operate in the unlicensed band. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280441 | TERMINAL DEVICE, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATIONS METHOD - Provided is a terminal device that communicates with a base station apparatus using a first cell group and a second cell group. The terminal device includes a higher-layer processing unit that sets guarantee power in the first cell group and guarantee power in the second cell group. In a case where a radio link failure occurs in a serving cell belonging to the second cell group, the guarantee power in the first cell group and/or the guarantee power in the second cell group are changed. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280442 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile station apparatus transmits capability information including at least indicator selected from a plurality of indicators that each define at least a combination of first information associated with an aggregated frequency bandwidth of one or more component carriers and second information associated with the quantity of component carriers included in the one or more component carriers. A base station apparatus includes a controller that allocates to a mobile station apparatus one or a plurality of component carriers to be used for communication based on a radio resource control (RRC) message received from the mobile station apparatus. The RRC message includes mobile station apparatus capability information including at least one indicator selected from the plurality of indicators. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280443 | Method and Device for Implementing Multi-Cell Service on Base Station Device - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for implementing multi-cell service on a base station device, and relates to the communications field. The base station device includes at least two base station function entities, a base station function entity provides service to one or more cells and the base station function entity corresponds to a global identifier. The method further includes creating, by the base station device, a communication interface with a network node by using the global identifier. Data from the network node is received at the base station device by using the communication interface. The data is sent by the network node according to the global identifier of the base station function entity. The data is forwarded to the base station function entity corresponding to the global identifier of the base station function entity. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280444 | ACCESS POINT (AP), STATION (STA) AND METHOD FOR USAGE OF A FRAME FORMAT BASED ON A PHASE NOISE MEASUREMENT - Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method for communication in accordance with frame formats of varying sizes of pilot portions are generally described herein. The AP may transmit, to the STA, a first downlink frame in accordance with a first downlink frame format. The AP may receive, from the STA, a phase noise measurement of the STA. The AP may select, based at least partly on the received phase noise measurement, a downlink frame format to enable a phase noise compensation at the STA. The AP may generate a downlink frame in accordance with the second downlink frame format, and may transmit the second downlink frame to the STA. In some cases, the first and second downlink frame formats may be based on different ratios of pilot portions to data portions. | 2017-09-28 |
20170280445 | ON CO-CHANNEL SIDELINK LTE V2V AND DSRC COMMUNICATION - Improvement in co-existence of the LTE device-to-device communication with another device-to-device communication method is desired. The apparatus selects a countdown number within a size of a contention window including a plurality of slots before a target subframe. The apparatus determines whether each slot of the plurality of slots is idle or utilized while waiting for the target subframe. The apparatus counts down the countdown number during each of the determined idle slots. The apparatus determines whether the countdown number has reached a threshold number before the target subframe. The apparatus performs, when the countdown number is determined to have reached the threshold number, one of: deferring from transmitting until the target subframe, or transmitting a CUBS until a next subframe or the target subframe. | 2017-09-28 |