40th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 100 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150281892 | Beacon-Based Geofencing - A mobile device can monitor a current location using a multi-tier approach. A baseband subsystem can monitor a coarse location of the mobile device using various course location parameters, such as a mobile country code (MCC), a location area code (LAC), or a cell identifier (cell ID), as the mobile device moves closer to the geographic region. Upon determining that the mobile device is in a cell that intersects the geographic region, the baseband subsystem can transfer the monitoring to the application subsystem. The task can be performed when the application subsystem determines that the mobile device is currently located in the geographic region. A beacon network can provide more accurate estimates of mobile device location and advertise location based services available to the mobile device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281893 | Multi-Tiered Detection of a Geofence - Methods, program products, and systems for multi-tier detection of a geofence are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a mobile device can be configured to perform a task when the mobile device enters a geographic region. The mobile device can monitor a current location using a multi-tiered approach. A baseband subsystem can monitor a coarse location of the mobile device using a CDMA system identifier, a CDMA network identifier, a CDMA zone identifier, or a CDMA base station identifier, in that order, as the mobile device moves closer to the geographic region. The baseband subsystem can notify an application subsystem when the mobile device is in a cell that intersects the geographic region. The application subsystem can perform the task upon notification. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281894 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING MESSAGE NOTIFICATION TIMING BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Systems and methods are provided for timing message notifications to be provided to mobile device users based on their respective geographic locations with respect to a targeted content area. The timing of message notifications may be controlled in order to optimize the chances of delivering targeted content to a mobile device user based on the current geographic location of the user's device relative to a targeted content area. As the particular client application may not be actively executing at a time when the user's device happen to be located within a targeted content area, a general message notification sent to the user's device, which may be displayed at any time, may increase the likelihood that the user will launch the client application when it is not already executing at the device and thereby, allow targeted content to be delivered to the user's mobile device at the appropriate time and location. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281895 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MOBILE STATION PRESENCE IN A SPECIAL AREA - Method for monitoring the presence of a mobile station in at least one special area, wherein a radio communication defining device transmits one radio distinctive defining signal that define the special area by its coverage, the mobile station processes a signal received in order to determine whether or not it is defining signal and more precisly a distinctive one that defines the special area, the mobile station sends an updating signal to a mobile telephone network, the network routes the updating signal to special operating means that adapt the value of an operating parameter. According to the invention, the special area is associated to the mobile station by transmitting to the mobile station a checking data used by the mobile station for determining whether or not the defining signal received is distinctive defining signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281896 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MOBILE STATION PRESENCE IN A SPECIAL AREA - Method for monitoring the presence of a mobile station in at least one special area, wherein a radio communication defining device transmits one radio distinctive defining signal that define the special area by its coverage, the mobile station processes a signal received in order to determine whether or not it is defining signal and more precisely a distinctive one that defines the special area, the mobile station sends an updating signal to a mobile telephone network, the network routes the updating signal to special operating means that adapt the value of an operating parameter. According to the invention, the special area is associated to the mobile station by transmitting to the mobile station a checking data used by the mobile station for determining whether or not the defining signal received is distinctive defining signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281897 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MOBILE STATION PRESENCE IN A SPECIAL AREA - Method for monitoring the presence of a mobile station in at least one special area, wherein a radio communication defining device transmits one radio distinctive defining signal that define the special area by its coverage, the mobile station processes a signal received in order to determine whether or not it is defining signal and more precisely a distinctive one that defines the special area, the mobile station sends an updating signal to a mobile telephone network, the network routes the updating signal to special operating means that adapt the value of an operating parameter. According to the invention, the special area is associated to the mobile station by transmitting to the mobile station a checking data used by the mobile station for determining whether or not the defining signal received is distinctive defining signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281898 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A MOBILE STATION PRESENCE IN A SPECIAL AREA - Method for monitoring the presence of a mobile station in at least one special area, wherein a radio communication defining device transmits one radio distinctive defining signal that define the special area by its coverage, the mobile station processes a signal received in order to determine whether or not it is defining signal and more precisely a distinctive one that defines the special area, the mobile station sends an updating signal to a mobile telephone network, the network routes the updating signal to special operating means that adapt the value of an operating parameter. According to the invention, the special area is associated to the mobile station by transmitting to the mobile station a checking data used by the mobile station for determining whether or not the defining signal received is distinctive defining signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY TO COMBAT MULTIPATH EFFECTS IN POSITION ESTIMATION - Described are systems and methods for estimating a position of receiver using sets of two or more transmitters that share one or more common characteristics with each other. Features may relate to estimating the position of the receiver using signals that were each concurrently transmitted from a different transmitter in a set of co-located transmitters. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281900 | METHOD FOR SENDING STATUS INFORMATION FROM A SENDER TO A RECEIVER - Method of sending the value of a status variable between a sending device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING PEOPLE - A computer-implemented method for locating a person is disclosed. The method comprises: (a) from a mobile phone of an initiator I, generating a request for a rendezvous; (b) sending said request to a mobile phone of at least one respondent R; (c) for each respondent R that accepts the request:(1) calculating a distance D of the respondent R relative to the initiator I; and (2) calculating the bearing B of the respondent R relative to the initiator I; and (d) transmitting to the mobile phone of the initiator I, the distance D and bearing B calculated for respondent R; wherein said transmitting is vis a network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281902 | PERFORMANCE OF A LOCATION RESPONSE ACTION - A method comprising receiving information indicative of an incoming communication, determining a notification that signifies the incoming communication, causing rendering of the notification, receiving information indicative of a point of interest selection input that identifies a selected point of interest, and causing performance of a location response action associated with the incoming communication, based at least in part, on the selected point of interest is disclosed. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281903 | Method, Server Device And Mobile Terminal For Processing Information - A search request transmitted by a first mobile terminal may be received. The search request may carry location information of the first mobile terminal, when the first mobile terminal transmits the search request. A corresponding grid number may be obtained, based on the location information. The grid number is configured to identify a preset longitude and latitude range of the earth sphere. Information searching for may be obtained based on the grid number. Information searched out may be transmitted to the first mobile terminal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281904 | GLOBAL-POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) UPDATE INTERVAL BASED ON SENSOR - In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting at a pre-determined polling frequency an activation signal waking from a sleep mode an application on a mobile computing device and causing the application to activate a location service of the mobile computing device for a pre-determined sampling duration. The pre-determined polling frequency and the pre-determined sampling duration are determined at least in part by detecting a movement of the mobile computing device. The method also includes receiving location data from the mobile computing device after the pre-determined sampling duration. The location data is responsive to a transmission signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281905 | AUGMENTING LIGHT-BASED COMMUNICATION RECEIVER POSITIONING - Techniques are disclosed for augmenting light-based communication (LCom) receiver positioning using, for example, an inertial navigation system (INS). An LCom receiver INS may utilize one or more on-board accelerometers and gyroscopic sensors to calculate, via dead reckoning, the position, orientation, and velocity of the receiver. In this manner, the receiver can calculate its relative position using the INS based on a reference point or location. In some cases, the receiver may also or alternatively determine its location or position using a global positioning system (GPS), Wi-Fi-based positioning system (WPS), or some other suitable positioning system. When no LCom signals are in the FOV of the receiver and/or the link is lost to other positioning systems, the receiver INS may be used to augment the receiver positioning. In some cases, the INS mode may run parallel to other positioning techniques to continuously calculate the relative position of the receiver. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281906 | CROWD ENHANCED CONNECTIVITY MAP FOR DATA TRANSFER INTERMITTENCY MITIGATION - A vehicle includes a communication interface, a memory device, and a processing device. The communication interface is configured to communicate over a communication network. The memory device is configured to store a connectivity map associated with a geographic area. The connectivity map defines a communication quality at a plurality of locations in the geographic area. The processing device is configured to initiate a remote data transfer over the communication network in accordance with the connectivity map. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281907 | LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK - Traffic and signaling are routed between a set of networked femto access points (APs) and location-based services are enabled. A femto AP in the set of femto APs is functionally linked to a routing platform that manages traffic and signaling, and is functionally connected to a controller component that relays at least part of data and control to a femto network platform. The femto network platform allows access to one or more external networks. Routing platform can exchange signaling with one or more femto APs to enable, at least in part, location-based services based at least in part on identifier(s) for a femto AP, access privileges, or time-of-flight measurements that assess propagation timing between a mobile device and a femto AP. Routing platform can supply timing configuration to enable predetermined spatial resolution of location estimates. Location estimates can be recorded and conveyed to a consumer layer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281908 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR POSITIONING MOBILE DEVICES USING MEASURED RECEIVER GAIN - Methods, apparatuses, and devices are disclosed that may be used to estimate a location of a mobile device using, for example, one more receiver gains that may bring about adjustment of received signal strength indications of a radio heatmap. Such adjustment may allow a mobile device to accurately estimate a present location of a mobile device using, for example, a radio heatmap. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281909 | MANAGING LOCATION PROFILES FOR PERSONAL AREA MAPS - The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for managing location profiles for personal area maps. The method may include receiving, from a user, instructions to designate the device as a personal area map (PAM) controller. The method may also include determining a PAM profile associated with the user and identifying one or more objects associated with the PAM profile. Additionally, the method may include determining respective location information associated with the one or more objects. The method may also include generating, based at least in part on the respective location information, a PAM associated with the PAM profile | 2015-10-01 |
20150281910 | UNSUPERVISED INDOOR LOCALIZATION AND HEADING DIRECTIONS ESTIMATION - Systems and methods for unsupervised indoor localization are provided. Sensor data obtained from a device carried by a user can be used to simultaneously estimate the indoor location of a user and identify landmarks within the indoor environment based on their signatures. The landmarks can be used to reset the location estimate of the user, and the location estimate of the user can be used to improve the learned location of the landmarks. This recursive process leads to excellent accuracy in indoor localization. Systems and methods for estimating the heading direction of a user are also provided. Sensor data obtained from the user can be used to analyze the forces acting on the user in order to give an accurate heading direction estimate. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281911 | METHOD FOR MEASURING POSITION, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POSITION MEASUREMENT PROGRAM, AND RADIO APPARATUS - A radio apparatus transmits a radio signal including identification information for identifying the radio apparatus. A reception terminal receives the radio signal transmitted form the radio apparatus. A positional information management server obtains radio information in which the identification information included in the radio signal and radio field intensity of the radio signal are associated with each other and determines a position of the reception terminal using the obtained radio information. The radio apparatus includes an antenna that transmits the radio signal having directivity toward a floor. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281912 | ENHANCING GROUP COMMUNICATION SERVICES - In some implementations, a method in a user equipment (UE) for supporting group communication service includes receiving, from a base station, a group communication on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The UE determines a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) information that corresponds to the group communication on the PDSCH. The UE transmits the first HARQ information. In some implementations, the UE determines a group Channel State Information (CSI) for a group communication that is transmitted by a base station on a PDSCH. The UE determines a unicast CSI for a unicast communication that is transmitted by the base station on the PDSCH. The UE transmits the group CSI. The UE transmits the unicast CSI. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281913 | CLIENT ID AND MULTI-APPLICATION SUPPORT FOR RECEPTION REPORTING - A first UE receives a request for a service from an application running on a second UE or an application running on the first UE. The second UE is different than the first UE. The request for the service is a request for a set of files/streams through an MBMS service. The first UE attempts to receive the set of files/streams through the MBMS service from one of a base station or a third UE. The first UE sends a reception report including at least one of a reception acknowledgement or a statistical report associated with the set of files/streams. The at least one of the reception acknowledgement or the statistical report associated with the set of files/streams includes an identifier associated with at least one of the second UE, the third UE, the application running on the second UE, or the application running on the first UE. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING CALL SHARING BETWEEN USER DEVICES - A method and apparatus for enabling call sharing between devices are provided. The method includes installing a call sharing application in a user device and a first mobile device; establishing, by the user device, a connection with the first mobile device through the call sharing application for data transfer; receiving, by the first mobile device, a call request from the user device for establishing a voice call with a second mobile device; and performing, by the call sharing application in the first mobile device, at least one action in response to the call request from the user device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING WI-FI P2P GROUP USING WI-FI DIRECT - Provided is a method for forming a Wi-Fi Peer-to-Peer (P2P) group using Wi-Fi Direct. The method includes acquiring device information of other P2P device corresponding to a connection target by P2P devices that will form a Wi-Fi P2P group; checking a type of the other P2P devices based on the acquired device information; adjusting an intent value of a P2P device depending on the checked type of the other P2P devices; and forming a Wi-Fi P2P group based on the adjusted intent values of the P2P devices. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIA STORED IN A PoC BOX IN A PoC SYSTEM - A method is provided for managing media in a Push-To-Talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) box in an aggregation proxy server for sending media to a PoC User Equipment (UE) in a PoC system. The aggregation proxy server receives a PoC session control data request message which is associated with media information stored in the PoC box from the PoC UE. The PoC session control data request message for requesting the media information stored in the PoC box, is sent to the PoC box. The media information is received from the PoC box in response to the PoC session control data request message, and the media information received from the PoC box is sent to the PoC UE. The media information includes a parameter related to media stored in the PoC box. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281917 | DEVICE MESSAGING ATTACK DETECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A messaging control system and method are provided. The method includes detecting incoming messages to a mobile device and outgoing messages from the mobile device. One or more processors determine a number of and a time proximity of the incoming messages or the outgoing messages, and message transmission or message receipt by the mobile device is limited based at least on the number of and time proximity of the incoming messages or the outgoing messages. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281918 | MOBILE COMMUNITY DRIVEN HELP FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - Providing help information includes receiving a message, wherein contents of the message comprise a request for help information related to a user application executing on a separate computer; and forwarding a query to a help repository, the query based on the contents of the message. In response, receipt from the repository of an identification of a resource within the repository occurs that is relevant to the query. Ultimately a notification message is sent to a mobile device associated with a user that is utilizing the user application, wherein contents of the notification message comprise data related to the identification of the resource. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281919 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a search unit that searches for an apparatus, which is suitable for providing event notification, when event generation is detected; and a supply unit that supplies notification content to the apparatus which is found by the search unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281920 | Processing SMSs to Provide Information to a User - Processing SMSs to provide useful, contextual and consolidated (where meaningful) information to a user. The method and user device relate to wireless communication using a user device, and more particularly to the user device processing information present in a SMS (Short Messaging Service) received by a user to present consolidated information to the user. Context of similar messages is derived where user has not specified using text processing techniques. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281921 | Message Backup Facilities - Facilities are provided herein for backing up messages and related activities. An active telephone call is initiated to a voicemail server and recording of the audio stream of the active telephone call is initiated to record a voicemail message being played back during the telephone call. The recorded voicemail message may then be edited, tagged, enhanced, organized with other messages, and shared, as examples. In another aspect, backup of messages is facilitated by an intermediary system that establishes an active telephone call between a voicemail server and a client. The intermediary system passes a request from the client to the voicemail server to commence playback of a voicemail message, and the intermediary system records a portion of the audio stream of the active telephone call. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281922 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes: processing circuitry configured to execute a short-range radio communication with another device; control the short-range radio communication; fragment a message so as to have a predetermined size; sequentially transmit a plurality of message fragments obtained from the fragmented message, the plurality of message fragments including a sequence of one or more first message fragments and a final message fragment; and transmit a termination message, which replaces at least the final message fragment and is used to terminate the message fragments being transmitted due to a disconnection of the short-range radio communication, before another message when the another message is transmitted during the transmission of the plurality of message fragments. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281923 | Handling of Messages in a Partially Deployed IMS Network - A device associated with a subscriber database of a telecommunication network described herein is configured to receive a Send Routing Information for Short Message (SRI-SM) message from a messaging center. The device then determines whether a user device specified by the SRI-SM message is associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) registration. In response to determining that the user device is associated with an IMS registration, the device sends the SRI-SM message to an IP Short Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW). In response to determining that the user device is not associated with an IMS registration, the device processes the SRI-SM message and responds to the messaging center based on the processing. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281924 | CIRCUIT-SWITCHED SERVICES OVER SAE/LTE NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for providing both Mobile Terminated, MT, and Mobile Originated, MO, circuit switched (CS) services such as Short Message Service, SMS, services in networks utilizing CS Fallback and CSoLTE-I architectures. An extended SGs interface referred to as SGs+ is implemented between a Mobility Management Entity, MME, in an SAE core network and a Mobile Switching Center Server, MSC-S. The SGs+ interface supports transmission of upper layer CS packet data units while utilizing either connectionless or connection-oriented Signaling Connection Control Part, SCCP, operation. The non access stratum, NAS, signaling support between the User Equipment, UE, and the MME is extended to provide support for both MT SMS and MO SMS service. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281925 | SMARTPHONE CONFERENCING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - This invention relates to a smartphone conferencing system ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281926 | CALL REQUEST PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Provided are a call request processing method and device. The method includes: obtaining state information of a second communication identification card located in a same terminal with a first communication identification card; processing a call request according to the state information, wherein the call request is used for calling the first communication identification card. According to the solution, the technical problem that because only one radio frequency transceiving chip is set in a dual-mode dual-card phone, if one card is in a communication state, a call to another card is easily lost is solved, thereby reducing call loss. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281927 | EMERGENCY SERVICES DISPATCH SYSTEM WITH USER-DEFINED RESOURCE RESTRICTIONS - A computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system that enables dispatch of emergency services resources based on user-defined resource restrictions. The CAD system includes a server system that enables users to create resource restrictions (e.g., a geographic restriction, a time restriction, and/or a qualification restriction) on the fly such that each created resource restriction is available in real time to the users, and then apply the created resource restrictions to the appropriate resources stored in a database. The server system also enables users to create transfer orders each of which defines required criteria for a transfer event, and then assign resources to the transfer event that are not associated with any resource restriction that conflicts with the required criteria defined in the transfer order. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLY SENDING COMMERCIAL MOBILE ALERT SYSTEM MESSAGES (CMAS) AND EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM (EWTS) ALERT MESSAGES - A system and method for sending Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System (ETWS) alert messages to recipients who are not located within the designated alert area. Recipients specify filter criteria to define geographic areas of interest and the types of alerts of interest by matching Extensible Markup Language (XML) tags and data contained in the alert message. Alert messages may be sent to the recipient via SMS, e-mail, phone or push notification service. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281929 | METHOD OF SELECTING AN ACTIVE SIM FOR AN EMERGENCY SERVICE AND MULTI-SIM DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A method of selecting an active SIM for an emergency service and a multi-SIM device utilizing the same are disclosed. The method, adopted by the multi-SIM device, includes: receiving a request for an emergency call on a first SIM camping on an LTE network; determining whether a second SIM camps on a second communications network which supports an emergency service; and when the second communications network supports the emergency service, performing the emergency call from the second SIM. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281930 | MOBILE PERSONAL SECURITY SYSTEM - A mobile personal security device, system and method are disclosed. The personal security device and system may include a portable communication or computing device having a positioning device, and adapted to communicate with a server to provide location based information and alerts to an Emergency Call Center (ECC), operate an imaging system of the portable device to obtain images and send them to the server via a network, set an alarm and play a recorded notice when an indication of an emergency is received from a user. A method according to one embodiment comprises initiating a personal security application on the portable device, providing a fixed location of a user or locating a user and tracking the user's location via a positioning device, translating the received position or positions to an address or a route of the user, and upon indication of emergency, automatically call an ECC, initiate an alarm, play a recorded notice and/or obtain images, via a front and/or rear imagers of the portable computing or communication device and send the images to a remote server via a communication network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281931 | ADDRESS-BASED SOCIAL SAFETY NETWORK SYSTEM OF SMART GRID INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAME - The present invention provides an address-based social safety network system of a smart grid infrastructure device, the address-based social safety network system comprising: a potable location information terminal for transmitting an emergency signal through a RF modem when an emergency signal generation command is inputted; a digital energy meter which calculates an average value of wireless reception strength of the emergency signal received from the portable location information terminal and then transmits the calculated average value to an upper end; a collection device which collects the emergency signal received from the digital energy meter, and which transmits the collected emergency signal to the upper end; and a positioning server which collects the emergency signal received from the collection device, and which tracks location information of the portable location information terminal by using the wireless receiving sensitivity and an intrinsic identification address of the digital emergency meter. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281932 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY SERVICE USING TELEMATICS - A method for emergency service using telematics includes: attempting to transmit an emergency service request message to a telematics center through mobile communication when a telematics terminal receives an emergency signal; confirming, by the telematics terminal, whether the telematics terminal processes the emergency service in attempting to transmit the emergency service request message; informing a vehicle terminal of the fact that the emergency service is not processed if it is confirmed that the telematics terminal does not process the emergency service; and receiving, by the vehicle terminal, the emergency service request message from the telematics terminal to process the emergency service through TV white space (TVWS) communication, thereby extending an emergency service coverage using the telematics. A system for emergency service using telematics involves communication between the telematics terminal, the telematics center, and the vehicle terminal, in order to process the emergency service request message through TVWS communication. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281933 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A wireless communication device in a wireless communication network system that includes a plurality of wireless communication devices, the inside of the system being divided into zones each having a predetermined geographic area, includes a processing unit that, upon receiving a disaster warning message including predicted position information on an occurrence source of a disaster and disaster-influencing information indicating an area to be influenced by the disaster, calculates a disaster-stricken zone including the occurrence source based on the predicted position information, and an affected zone to be influenced by the disaster based on the disaster-influencing information, and performs any one of a process to transfer data that the own device has and a process to change a transfer route from the own device to a destination device, according to the relationship between a zone in which the own device is positioned, and the disaster-stricken zone and the affected zone. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281934 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A server control device stores, in a storage device, the correspondence relation between a terminal connected to a base station and an access point that can connect to the terminal instead of the base station, and executes a process for transmitting to the access point a terminal acceptance instruction including information used in determination of the possibility of connection to a terminal at the access point based on the correspondence relation according to sending of an emergency call. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281935 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING EMERGENCY CALL USING NON-ACCESS STRATUM PROTOCOL IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing an emergency call between a terminal and a network by using a non-access stratum protocol in a mobile communication network. A method for providing an emergency call service by a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: enabling the terminal to transmit an access request message including an emergency call identifier to a mobility management entity; enabling the terminal to attempt to authenticate the mobility management entity after the step of transmitting the access request message; enabling the terminal to receive an access grant message including the emergency call identifier from the mobility management entity; and enabling the terminal which receives the access grant message, to provide an emergency call service through the mobility management entity. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the emergency call is enabled. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281936 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING EMERGENCY CALL USING NON-ACCESS STRATUM PROTOCOL IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and a system for managing an emergency call between a terminal and a network by using a non-access stratum protocol in a mobile communication network. A method for providing an emergency call service by a terminal in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: enabling the terminal to transmit an access request message including an emergency call identifier to a mobility management entity; enabling the terminal to attempt to authenticate the mobility management entity after the step of transmitting the access request message; enabling the terminal to receive an access grant message including the emergency call identifier from the mobility management entity; and enabling the terminal which receives the access grant message, to provide an emergency call service through the mobility management entity. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the emergency call is enabled. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281937 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK-CONTROLLED PROXIMITY DEVICE TO DEVICE DISCOVERY AND COMMUNICATION - A method, apparatus and computer program in which an apparatus exchanges wirelessly information with a public land mobile network. The apparatus detects a wireless device to device discovery initiation instruction from the public land mobile network and responsively: sends one or more wireless discovery signal transmissions for a peer device or to monitor wireless discovery signal transmissions sent by a peer device; and directly communicates wirelessly with a peer device that indicates having received the wireless discovery signal transmission or from which the apparatus has detected a wireless discovery signal transmission in result of the monitoring of wireless discovery signal transmissions. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281938 | UNIFIED HEADER DESIGN FOR DISCOVERY MESSAGES - Embodiments are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhancing proximity service (ProSe) device to device (D2D) discovery. Embodiments build a discovery message configured for communication over the MAC sub-layer; wherein the discovery message comprises a unified header comprising at least one of a priority level indicator for indicating a priority level of the discovery message; a security existence indicator for indicating whether the discovery message is at least partially encrypted; a type indicator for indicating a discovery message type; and/or an SDU presence indicator (S_ind) for indicating whether the discovery message includes an SDU. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281939 | UE COMMUNICATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A user equipment (UE) communication method, a device, and a communications system are provided. A first UE sends a notification message to a cellular network access device, wherein the notification message indicates that the first UE requests to be a beacon device. The first UE receives, from the cellular network access device, a message indicating that the first UE is the beacon device. The first UE sends detection signal, wherein the detection signal is for a second UE to detect the detection signal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281940 | LOCATION REGISTRATION FOR A DEVICE-TO-DEVICE D2D COMMUNICATION USER EQUIPMENT BEING IN IDLE MODE MOBILITY MANAGEMENT - The invention relates to device-to-device (D2D) communications an in particular to location registration of a D2D User Equipment (UE) being in idle mode. A D2D capable UE (D2D cluster head) is [1] configured to communicate with a communication network, is [2] able to establish D2D communication with another D2D capable UE, receives [3] from the communication system a configuration so as to send location update related messaging on behalf of UEs with which D2D communications has been established, obtains [4] information of a change of status of a UE regarding a D2D communication or a change of cell of a UE and in response to the information, causes [5] the sending of a message to the communication network, the message comprising a location update request regarding the UE. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281941 | Terminal device and charge prompting method thereof - Provided is a charge prompting method for a terminal device, which includes that after a terminal device is registered with a network, the terminal device transmits network registration information to an SIM card through an instruction, charging information which is corresponding to the network registration information, found in a network charging list and transmitted by the SIM card is received, and the charging information is displayed on an interface of the terminal device. Further provided is a terminal device. The technical solution makes it possible to enable roaming subscribers to learn detailed roaming charge conditions without an increase in network burdens of an operator and expenses. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281942 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUBSCRIBING TO NETWORK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal device and a method of operating the terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The terminal device includes a controller configured to search for an accessible network and acquire information for providing identification information of an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) to a network provider of a network selected by a user; and a communication unit configured to transmit the acquired information to the network provider. The method includes searching for an accessible network and acquiring information for providing identification information of an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) to a network provider of a network selected by a user; and transmitting the acquired information to the network provider. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281943 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND PROGRAM - A communication terminal comprises: a base station master communication unit that communicates with the base station; a master terminal communication unit that communicates with a slave communication terminal; a communication terminal determination unit that determines whether a communication between the slave communication terminal and the base station is allowed or not, according to notification information that the base station master communication unit receives from the base station; and a communication instruction unit that instructs to the slave communication terminal to perform a communication between the slave communication terminal and the base station, when the communication terminal determination unit determines that the slave communication terminal and the base station communicate. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281944 | RECEIVER DEVICE - A receiver device ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281945 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various kinds of convenient functions can be provided in manner of interworking with a watch type mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a wireless communication unit configured to exchange signals with a watch type mobile terminal and a controller, if a first signal is received from a watch type mobile terminal while executing a first function by the mobile terminal, transmitting information related to the first function to the watch type mobile terminal in order for the information related to the first function to be output from the watch type mobile terminal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281946 | Communication Agent Method - A communication agent method, involving a server, a first mobile device and a second mobile device communicated with the server in wireless, the method comprising steps of: via the first mobile device, logging in the server with a MSISDN and requesting a specific number according to the MSISDN; via the server, returning the specific number binding with the MSISDN; sending an authorization message to the first mobile device for confirming, if the second mobile device request to the server for logging in the server with specific number of the first mobile device; and via the second mobile device, logging in the server with the specific number of the first mobile device, if the first mobile device confirming the authorization message. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST IP ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT - A particular method includes receiving, at an access point, a set up message from a station. The set up message requests allocation of an internet protocol (IP) address. The method further includes selecting an available IP address from a pool of available IP addresses to assign to the station based on the set up message. The method further includes assigning the available IP address to the station as an assigned IP address. The method also includes transmitting a set up response to the station. The set up response identifies the assigned IP address. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281948 | System and Method for Provision of a Second Line Service on Mobile Telephone - A method for routing calls between a third party telecommunications device (“TD”) and a subscriber TD associated with a primary service and a second line service (“SLS”) involves associating the SLS number of the subscriber, the primary number of the subscriber and the primary number of a third party via a common relationship number. Calls directed from a third party to the SLS number of a subscriber are routed to an SLS platform and redirected to the subscriber TD. Calls directed from the subscriber TD to the third party use the relationship number to route the call to the SLS platform. The combination of the primary service number and the relationship number identifies the third party number for call completion. Calls can be directed to and from an SLS number of a subscriber TD using a combination of protocols such as ISUP, CAP and SIP. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281949 | PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION IMAGE CAPTURE, PROCESSING AND SUBMISSION FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method that permits a user to utilize a means of capturing and managing one or more images containing protected health information (PHI) on a mobile device, as disclosed herein. The user of the system and method may be required to undergo authentication and authorization to access the system and use the method. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281950 | LOCKER SERVICE FOR MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS AUTHENTICATION - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium to receive a locker setting that indicates at least one of a geographic location of a user device, a state of motion of the user device, or a state of connection of the user device relative to a network or another device; store the locker setting; monitor a current state of the user device, wherein the current state corresponds to a current at least one of geographic location, state of motion, or state of connection of the user device; compare the current state to the locker setting; determine whether to enter a locked state based on a comparison, wherein the locked state requires that a user of the user device re-enters login information; and enter the locked state in response to a determination to enter the locked state, such that the user device and/or an application enters the locked state. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281951 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTECTING PRIVACY DATA OF MOBILE TERMINAL USER - Disclosed are a method and device for protecting user privacy data of a mobile terminal in the embodiment of the present invention, related to a wireless terminal, wherein the method includes: when a subscriber identity module card is inserted into a mobile terminal, obtaining card information of the subscriber identity module card, and judging whether there are user privacy data in the mobile terminal or not; if the judgment result is yes, matching the card information with card information stored in the mobile terminal, and displaying the user privacy data for the user to use according to the matching result; and if the judgment result is no, performing security processing on the mobile terminal. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281952 | SECURE AND SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR JOINING A SOCIAL WI-FI MESH NETWORK - Methods, systems, and devices are described for communications via a mesh network. To join an existing mesh network, a wireless communication device may identify a member device from a plurality of member devices of an existing mesh network. The wireless communication device may communicate with the identified member device to participate in a single authentication procedure. Upon successfully completing the single authentication procedure, the wireless communication device may join the existing mesh network without needing any additional authentication procedures with another member device of the plurality of member devices to join the existing mesh network. This approach may be used for any mesh network, such as a social Wi-Fi mesh network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281953 | Method and Device of Generating a key for Device-to-Device Communication Between a First User Equipment and a Second User Equipment - A method of generating a key for D2D communication between a first user equipment and a second user equipment in a first radio access node is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may comprise: receiving a request for D2D key generation from the first user equipment which is served by the first radio access node; determining whether the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node; when it is determined that the second user equipment is served by the first radio access node, generating a first random number and a second random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number and a second D2D key based on the second random number; sending the first D2D key and the second random number to the second user equipment; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment; and when it is determined that the second user equipment is not served by the first radio access node, determining a second radio access node which serves the second user equipment; generating a first random number; generating a first D2D key based on the first random number; sending the first D2D key to the second radio access node; receiving a second D2D key from the second radio access node; and sending the second D2D key and the first random number to the first user equipment. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281954 | ANTI-TAKEOVER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK ATTACHED PERIPHERALS - Methods, systems, and devices are described for the prevention of network peripheral takeover activity. In some embodiments, peripheral devices may implement an anti-takeover mechanism encrypting messages and transmitting unencrypted decryption keys for a limited period of time. Anti-takeover peripheral devices may transition from a plain operational mode, to a decryption key transmission mode, to a secure mode based on pre-defined triggering events, commands, or timers. Random decryption key values may be generated by peripheral devices and transmitted to listening devices for later storage and retrieval by the listening device. Decryption keys may be stored in remote data stores for later retrieval by anti-takeover aware controller devices. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION - A wireless router, comprising a location information acquisition module configured to acquire location information of a mobile device and an identity information collection module configured to store a predetermined location model to determine a match between the location information and the predetermined location model based on a corresponding relation between the predetermined location model and identity information of the mobile device. A wireless router further comprising an authentication and authorization module configured to determine a match between the location information and the predetermined location model and to authenticate and authorize the mobile device to access a network. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281956 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECEIVING TERMINAL FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION BASED ON DUAL-TONE MULTI-FREQUENCY - A method and system for processing information based on dual-tone multifrequency, and a receiving terminal are disclosed in the present document. The method includes: a sending terminal establishing a voice call with a receiving terminal; the sending terminal receiving input key information, encoding the key information into dual-tone multifrequency information, and transmitting the dual-tone multifrequency information and voice call audio information to the receiving terminal together; and the receiving terminal decoding and restoring the dual-tone multifrequency information to the key information; determining a type of the key information according to a preset key information judgment policy, and performing corresponding operations according to the key information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281957 | Subscriber Identity Module for Authenticating a Subscriber on a Communication Network - A subscriber identity module for authenticating a subscriber on a communication network includes: a first set of subscriber identity data for authenticating the subscriber; a second set of subscriber identity data for authenticating the subscriber, with the first set of subscriber identity data differing from the second set of subscriber identity data; and a means for managing the first and second sets of subscriber identity data, with the managing being realized by management functions. The subscriber identity module can be extended to a method for managing the subscriber identity module, to a use of the subscriber identity module in a mobile end device, and to a system comprising subscriber end devices and a remote entity. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281958 | Method and Apparatus for Securing a Connection in a Communications Network - A method of securing a session between a Network Application Function, NAF, and a User Equipment, UE, connected to a network. The NAF is assigned a NAF identifier, NAF_id, using the Generic Bootstrapping Architecture, GBA, or a similar architecture and a shared secret is established between the UE and the NAF (S | 2015-10-01 |
20150281959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION CONTROL METHOD - Any one of information processing devices among a plurality of the information processing devices capable of communicating with one another, the information processing device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: if the own device is first activated among the plurality of information processing devices having been shut down at a specific time, enabling a connection mode of a wireless LAN, and waiting until a connection is established from another information processing device among the plurality of information processing devices; setting authentication information based on information obtained through wireless LAN communication from the activated information processing device; and performing authentication for enabling the own device based on the authentication information. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281960 | NETWORK AUTHENTICATION - Disclosed is a method for determining identification information on a user of a user terminal including a subscription of a second network, wherein the user terminal is requesting access to a first network. In the method an access request message is received from an entity controlling at least pertly the access to the first network and an identification request message is delivered to the user terminal. The user terminal is configured to return an indication of identification and if the indication is positive, pre-agreed piece of information is retrieved from a location accessible to the server. The pre-agreed piece of information is delivered to the entity controlling the access to the first network in order to provide an access to the first network. Also disclosed is a server, a user terminal and a computer program product. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281961 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 | 2015-10-01 |
20150281962 | Systems and Methods for Authentication - A method includes transmitting, by a station to an access point (AP), a fast initial link setup (FILS) authentication request and transmitting, by the station to the AP, an authorization request, where the authorization request includes an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) over local area network (LAN) (EAPOL) key. The method also includes receiving, by the station from the AP, an association response, where the association response includes the EAPOL key. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281963 | REMOTE WIRELESS ADAPTER - Systems and methods are described for connecting a private network to the Internet through a remote wireless adapter. According to one embodiment, a remote wireless adapter sets up a tunnel with a network security device through a local area network (LAN) adapter of the remote wireless adapter and sets up a wide area network (WAN) connection through a wireless modem which is connected to the wireless adapter. The remote wireless adapter receives an outgoing data packet sent by the network security device through the tunnel and writes the outgoing data packet to the WAN connection. The remote wireless adapter also receives an incoming data packet through the WAN connection and forwards the incoming data packet to the network security device through the tunnel. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281964 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING PROFILE OF SUBSCRIBER AUTHENTICATING MODULE EMBEDDED AND INSTALLED IN TERMINAL DEVICE, AND APPARATUS USING SAME - A method for configuring a profile of a subscriber authenticating module embedded and installed in a terminal device, and an apparatus using same, are disclosed. The subscriber authenticating module embedded and installed in the terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment includes one or more network access application related data sets and one or more profiles having unique identifiers. The present invention enables an eco-system provider such as a network service provider, a eUICC manufacturer, or a terminal manufacturer to develop an efficient and rapid eUICC and provide a eUICC service. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281965 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a management server including a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication terminal that utilizes a service, and a data processing unit. The data processing unit is configured to receive, from the communication terminal, system configuration information including a memory system configuration of the communication terminal, determine, in accordance with the system configuration information, a memory area in the communication terminal where service data for the communication terminal to utilize the service is recorded or a memory area in the communication terminal from which the service data is read, generate a command to execute a process to access the memory area or service data to be recorded in the memory area, and transmit the command or the service data to the communication terminal via the communication unit. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281966 | PROVISIONING CREDENTIALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects described herein relate to obtaining provisioned credentials for wireless network services. It can be determined that credentials have not been configured for accessing a network. In this case, a provisioning server supported by the network for obtaining credentials is selected, and a request to establish a connection with the network is transmitted. The transmitted request can indicate the provisioning server. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281967 | APPLICATION AWARE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device and method is provided of administrating an application within a bearer of a mobile communication network. An example method comprises activating by means of a mobile device an application requiring access to the mobile communication network, identifying the application by means of an application identification unit, allocating an application index to the application by means of the application identification unit based on the identification of the application, and coupling the application index to an access request related to the application by means of the application identification unit, such that managing network resources based on the coupled application index is enabled. Devices, methods, network components and communication systems are provided to couple an application index in a flexible way to an application running on a mobile device in order to enable management of access requests requiring the same quality of service (QoS). | 2015-10-01 |
20150281968 | Exploiting the Bessel Functions in Communication Systems - The present invention provides a modulation scheme based on the Bessel functions. Two general schemes are provided for multiplexing signals: in one scheme users shared a frequency band to operate on and in the other a separate frequency band was assigned to each user. The present invention also provides an encryption scheme based on these functions that is a natural consequence of the aforementioned modulation schemes. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENTITLEMENT CONTROL VIA AN ENDPOINT DEVICE - A method and non-transitory computer readable medium for providing entitlement control via an endpoint device are disclosed. For example, the method detects an attempt to access a non-network monitored service at an endpoint device, determines whether the endpoint device is authorized to access the non-network monitored service by sending a query to a service provider network, and provides an access to the non-network monitored service if the endpoint is authorized. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281970 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SECURING RECORDS IN A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DATA EXCHANGE FORMAT (NDEF) MESSAGE - A method and device for selectively securing records in a Near Field Communication Data Exchange Format (NDEF) message in a Near Field Communication (NFC) device are provided. The method includes generating a record by setting a first field to ‘0’ and setting a second field to a predefined value, wherein the record indicates a beginning of at least one record to be secured in the NDEF message; and placing the record in the NDEF message, wherein, at least one record preceding the record is unsecured and at least one record following the record is secured. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281971 | DYNAMIC SHARED ACCESS SPECTRUM SELECTION - Embodiments of a system and method for Dynamic Shared Access Spectrum Selection in a cellular network are generally described herein. A dynamic framework for fully realizing benefits of proposed dynamic frequency sharing systems, capable of operating across the full continuum of frequency sharing scenarios, such that any reasonable amount of spectrum that is available for any feasible duration may be allocated for dynamic sharing with cellular network operators is disclosed. A Dynamic Shared Access Spectrum Selection control in a cellular network comprises a processor configured to communicate spectrum needs to a Spectrum Decision Making Entity, receive, from the Spectrum Decision Making Entity, an identified most advantageous secondary spectrum opportunity, and accept the identified secondary spectrum opportunity from a Spectrum Broker communicatively coupled to the Spectrum Decision Making Entity. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281972 | Network Node and Method for Handling Spectrum Bands in a Mobile Radio Communication System - A spectrum control node ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281973 | DYNAMIC TRANSMISSION ANTENNA RECONFIGURATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A wireless communication technique includes configuring a first antenna group to transmit common system information, a common reference signal, and data according to a first format and a second format to wireless devices in a cell, configuring a second antenna group to transmit data according to the second format, but no common system information or common reference signals, to wireless devices in the cell and dynamically assigning, based on a network operational status, antennas from a plurality of antennas to either the first antenna group or the second antenna group. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281974 | Inter-Operator Time Sharing of Frequency Spectrum - Disclosed are methods as well as apparatuses for inter-operator time-sharing of a frequency spectrum. In one example embodiment, the same frequency spectrum is allocated to each of a plurality of operators during different time periods such that the same frequency spectrum is shared among all of the plurality of operators. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281975 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND PLANNING WIRELESS NETWORK DEMPLOYMENT SUFFICIENCY WHEN UTILIZING VEHICLE-BASED RELAY NODES - A method of planning communication network infrastructure includes calculating a potential capacity of a plurality of vehicular relay nodes in an area, wherein the plurality of vehicular relay nodes relay data between a plurality of portable devices and at least one base station. The method also includes calculating a potential data demand in the area for transferring data between the plurality of portable devices and the at least one base station. The method further includes determining whether the number of base stations serving the area is sufficient by utilizing the potential capacity of the plurality of vehicular relay nodes in the area and the potential data demand in the area. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281976 | System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Determining Placement of a Small Cell in a Location Within a Cellular Network - A system, method, and computer program product can determine a need to place a small cell in a particular location covered by a cellular network. Accordingly usage of a network resource by one or more user devices within the confinement of a particular location can be recorded. When the usage exceeds a predetermined threshold for that network resource, and upon determination that such an area could be better served by a small cell, a notification can be generated of the location and the one or more user devices so that such a small cell, such as, e.g., but not limited to, a femtocell, can be effectively placed in the location. In certain embodiments, an area representative of a plurality of user devices may be determined. In such embodiments, the location can be determined within the area. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281977 | OPTIMIZATION OF CELLULAR NETWORK ARCHITECTURE BASED ON DEVICE TYPE-SPECIFIC TRAFFIC DYNAMICS - A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281978 | MULTICELL BEAMFORMING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OFDMA SMALL-CELL NETWORKS - Disclosed are systems, methods and structures that provide improved spatial reuse of spectral resources in small-cell wireless networks including WiMAX, LTE, LTE-Advanced, etc. Advantageously, the systems and method disclosed while leveraging beamforming for spatial reuse across small cells also decouple it from per-frame scheduling at a small cell base station thereby allowing for beam selections to be computed with a granularity measured in seconds. In realizing these advantages, systems, methods and structures disclosed integrate beam selection with client association. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281979 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING ORIENTATION INFORMATION BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating orientation information. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to receive at a first wireless communication device an orientation feedback from a second wireless communication device, subsequent to establishment of a directional wireless communication link with the second wireless communication device, the orientation feedback including an indication of an estimated orientation of the second wireless communication device, wherein, based on the estimated orientation of the second wireless communication device, the controller is to instruct the first wireless communication device to output a recommendation to change an orientation of the second wireless communication device. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281980 | EDCA ADJUSTMENT FOR POOR PERFORMANCE NODES - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a node. The node may suffer poor QoS due to low medium usage caused by a number of contenders. The apparatus obtains node information of the node. The apparatus receives configuration information from a configuring device. The apparatus determines whether to trigger an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) adjustment based on at least one of the configuration information or the node information. A purpose of the adjustment is to improve the node's QoS by increasing the aggressiveness of node's EDCA parameters or by reducing the aggressiveness of neighboring nodes' EDCA parameters. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281981 | COMMUNICATION TERMINALS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING A COMMUNICATION, FOR DETERMINING COMMUNICATION LINKS FOR A COMMUNICATION AND FOR PERFORMING A COMMUNICATION - A communication terminal is described comprising a determiner configured to determine, for each of a plurality of communication networks, a physical link configuration that is available for the communication terminal that provides a maximum throughput to the communication terminal among a number of physical link configurations that is available for the communication terminal and a controller configured to check, for each of the plurality of communication networks, whether a throughput criterion is met when the communication terminal communicates with the communication network with a physical link configuration that provides less than the maximum throughput and to establish a communication link to one or more of the communication networks based on the result of the checking. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281982 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND CALL REGULATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station includes a monitoring unit that monitors whether a supply of electrical power to a first other base station that forms another communication area that is overlapped with a communication area formed by the own station is stopped, and a wireless communication unit that sends, when the supply of the electrical power to the first other base station is stopped, first key data by using a first channel and that sends, after sending the first key data, second key data that is the same as the first key data and a transmission regulation notification indicating that call regulation is performed on the own station by using a second channel. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281983 | Method and Apparatus for Determining the Configuration of a Cellular Transmission System - A method for operating a data processing system to determine the operational parameters of a communication system between an REC and an RE that utilizes a CPRI data link for communication. The data processing system is synchronized with the CPRI frames and determines a plurality of CPRI frame characteristics from the CPRI frames by examining a plurality of predetermined locations in the CPRI frames. The plurality of CPRI frame characteristics for one or more of the CPRI frames, and a first model of the communication system are used to generate a first broadcast frame that would be generated by the one or more CPRI frames if the first model accurately described the communication system. The first broadcast frame is tested to determine if the first broadcast frame is consistent with the first model. If the broadcast frame is inconsistent, a new model is chosen and the process repeated. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281984 | TEST APPARATUS AND TEST METHOD - According to one embodiment, a test apparatus includes a reception buffer configured to store uplink data, a transmission buffer configured to store downlink data, an arithmetic processing module configured to execute reception arithmetic processing on the uplink data read from the reception buffer, and to execute transmission arithmetic processing to generate downlink data and store the generated downlink data in the transmission buffer, and a management module configured to provide, under a first predetermined condition, the arithmetic processing module with a first instruction to execute the reception arithmetic processing, and to provide, under a second predetermined condition, the transmitting/receiving module with a second instruction to transmit the downlink data stored in the transmission buffer. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281985 | Selective User Notification for Link Termination Events in Wireless Personal Area Network - A user device includes a wireless interface to establish a wireless personal area network (WPAN) link with another user device. The user device further includes a notification controller to, in response to a link termination event ( | 2015-10-01 |
20150281986 | SERVER DEVICE CAPABLE OF ANALYZING COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A server device of the invention prevents congestion in a wireless network due to an excessive number of accesses. The behavior analysis server device includes a behavior analysis unit which analyzes data packets of each mobile terminal connected to the wireless network within a predetermined analysis time and generates information indicating communication behavior as communication behavior information; a recording unit which records the communication behavior information; and a type determination unit which determines whether the communication behavior information satisfies a predetermined behavior type determination condition, and transmits a notification for connecting, a mobile terminal that has performed a communication associated with the communication behavior information satisfying the predetermined behavior type determination condition, to a predetermined cell. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281987 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING INTERFERENCE IN A RECEIVE SIGNAL | 2015-10-01 |
20150281988 | METHOD AND RELATED MOBILE DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A REFERNCE SIGNAL RECEIVED POWER - The present disclosure relates to a method and related mobile device for estimating a channel by choosing a subset of correlated channel coefficients and estimating the reference signal received power of the subset of correlated channel coefficients based on a cross-correlation between channel coefficients of the subset of correlated channel coefficients. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281989 | DELAYING TRANSMISSION OF MEASUREMENT REPORT - A user equipment (UE) transmits measurement reports, and postpones the transmission of a measurement report when a neighbor cell signal strength is greater than the signal strength of the target cell(s). In one instance, the UE identifies a target cell having the strongest signal strength. In another instance, the UE postpones a transmission of a measurement report for a target cell when a neighbor cell signal strength is greater than the strongest target cell signal strength and the strongest target cell signal strength is below an absolute threshold value. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281990 | Measurement Configuration and Reporting with Diverse Traffic - These teachings present a new minimization of drive test MDT mode which is valid when the user equipment UE is in an idle state and in a connected state and across the state transitions. The extended logged MDT configuration according to this mode may be configured for the UE by the network, or autonomously by the UE itself. In some embodiments it is associated with the UE reporting its preference for power optimized configuration indication. Some embodiments have a minimum threshold to assure any MDT report from this mode has a sufficient volume of data or sufficient number of data points logged, and so is well suited for smart phones with always-on applications. The parameters such as logging periodicity can differ between the idle and connected state even for a given extended logged MDT configuration. | 2015-10-01 |
20150281991 | METHOD FOR REPORTING DENIED CONNECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for reporting a denied connection in a wireless communication system. The method comprises generating denied connection information, which is information on a connection establishment attempt that is denied, when an attempt to establish the connection to a network is denied, and then reporting the denied connection information to the network. The denied connection information becomes an operation base for the network. | 2015-10-01 |