45th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 66 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150319591 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONCURRENT NARROWBAND AND WIDEBAND COMMUNICATION - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for concurrent narrowband and broadband communication. An embodiment takes the form of a method that involves generating a narrowband public-safety-radio (PSR) signal for transmission on a downlink of a PSR network. The method further involves generating a multicarrier wideband signal for transmission on a downlink of a wireless wide area network (WWAN), where the multicarrier wideband signal includes a null DC subcarrier. The method also involves producing a combined signal that includes the superposition of (i) the narrowband PSR signal centered on a characteristic frequency of the null DC subcarrier and (ii) the multicarrier wideband signal. Additionally, the method involves transmitting the combined signal for receipt of the narrowband PSR signal at the characteristic frequency by at least one public-safety radio and receipt of the multicarrier wideband signal by at least one WWAN access terminal. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319592 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS - The provision of emergency response services to a user can be based on transitioning a communications device associated with a user to a listening mode, setting a first timer, recording user actions with the communications device, ascertaining, based on a status of the first timer and the user actions, whether a criteria with respect to at least user interaction is met, and, if the criteria is met, transitioning the communications device to an emergency communications mode, else resetting the timer and repeating the recording and the ascertaining until the criteria is met. The emergency communication mode consists of forwarding user and live location information to a remote server and receiving emergency contact information, selected based on the user and live location information, for establishing a communication with emergency response personnel. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319593 | SURVIVABLE MOBILE NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of establishing communication links during a failure within a mobile communications network includes detecting disruptions in communications between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile terminals. Survivability components are activated within the base station and the mobile terminal to operate in a survivability mode. The survivability mode enables communications and services to be provided by the surviving base stations to mobile terminals through activated survivability components. The alternate communication links may operate for as long as a disruption exists. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319594 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ROAMING TRAFFIC CHARGING FOR A UE - An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for performing roaming traffic charging for a user equipment; receiving a roaming traffic charging request about the user equipment, wherein the user equipment roams to a visited network, the roaming traffic charging request includes roaming traffic-related information of the user equipment; if the roaming traffic-related information satisfies a first charging condition, forwarding the roaming traffic charging request to an OCS of an alternative roaming provider corresponding to the user equipment so as to perform the roaming traffic charging for the user equipment, wherein the alternative roaming provider corresponds to a home network of the user equipment. Compared with the prior art, the present invention provides an innovative online charging solution to support an alternative roaming provider, which is based on the new EU roaming regulations and independent from H-MNO, for roaming tariff; enables operators to support new EU roaming regulations and fulfill most of EU Commission's expectations without causing a great impact to the core network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319595 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION SETUP USING PROXIMITY SERVICES - A communications method for facilitating peer discovery, and thereby facilitating peer-to-peer communications in a mobile communications network, comprises: acquiring, by a user equipment capable of performing peer-to-peer, P2P, proximity services, a link-local interface identifier from a node of a network. The link-local interface identifier is unique within the network, and the method further comprises establishing a link-local domain with at least one other user equipment in the network at least partly on the basis of the acquired link-local interface identifier. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319596 | BLUETOOTH ASSISTED REMOTE DISCOVERY AND WAKEUP - Disclosed herein are techniques to enable remote discovery of connectivity capabilities and remote connection of devices in a power efficient manner. In particular, discovery and connection requests for connectivity capabilities utilizing a first radio may be communicated using a second radio, the second radio utilizing a lower amount of power relative to the first radio. For example, connectivity capabilities such as Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, WiGig, Zigbee can be discovered and connection request communicated using a Bluetooth radio. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319597 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE (D2D) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a discovery signal by a first UE for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system according to the present invention includes a step of a first UE transmitting a discovery signal for identifying a second UE for D2D communication, wherein the discovery signal includes information related to the presence or absence of D2D data for the D2D communication. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319598 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING VIRTUAL DOCKING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and device to implement virtual docking host functionality in a wireless network is disclosed. The method manages at least one docking environment device within a wireless network. Further, the method discovers at least one docking environment and docks a dockee device to at least one docking environment device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319599 | IMPROVED SCANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to an improved scanning method and apparatus in a wireless LAN system. A method by which an access point (AP) supports the scanning of a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, includes the steps of: receiving, by the AP which supports first and second channel widths, a probe request frame in the first channel width or second channel width from the STA; and transmitting a probe response frame, which responds to the probe request frame, to the STA. When the probe request frame is received in the first channel width, the probe response frame can be transmitted in said first channel width. When the probe request frame is received in the second channel width, the probe response frame can be transmitted in said second channel width. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319600 | Method And Technical Equipment For Short Range Data Transmission - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus and a computer program product. The apparatus is capable of transmitting a first advertisement packet indicating that an advertising device is scannable; receiving a scan request from at least one scanning device; determining, based on the received one or more scan requests, whether a corresponding one or more scanning device is an allowed for connection; transmitting a second advertisement packet indicating that said advertising device is connectable; and receiving connection requests from the allowed at least one scanning device. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319601 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Even if the roles of apparatuses are not decided in advance when automatically setting communication parameters, communication parameter setting processing and network joining processing are appropriately executed without requiring the user to select the roles of apparatuses. The invention is characterized by a communication method for a communication apparatus, including a first search step of searching for a communication partner apparatus on a predetermined communication channel, a second search step of searching for a communication partner apparatus on all communication channels available for communication, and a search control step of searching for a communication partner apparatus using the first and second search steps. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319602 | Subscriber Identification Management Broker for Fixed/Mobile Networks - The present invention relates to a method for managing the automatic provision of a subscriber network identifier from a central network server to a subscribed communication device, the method comprising receiving notification at the central server relating to a change in the current location for the subscribed device, and determining from the notification whether a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned from the central server. The method further comprises selecting a subscriber network identifier on the basis of the current location, if the determining step has determined that a new subscriber network identifier is to be provisioned, and outputting the selected subscriber network identifier for transmission to the subscribed device. The present invention also relates to managing the automatic connection of a subscribed communication device to a network, where a preferred network and preferred subscriber network identifier may be used. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319603 | METHOD FOR SERVING VISITOR SUBSCRIBERS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for serving visitor subscribers in a mobile communication system has been disclosed. The method, which is performed by a virtual visitor subsystem, VSS, included in the mobile communication system, comprises the following steps: detecting a roaming event on an MSISDN of a mobile station, MS, operating in the mobile communication system; determining a mobile network operator in the mobile communication system, having an HPLMN which covers a geographic area of the MS, to be a visitor mobile network operator of the MS; receiving a visitor IMSI from the visitor mobile network operator; assigning the visitor IMSI to the MSISDN of the MS; transmitting the visitor IMSI to the MS; intercepting an authentication initiation towards the visitor mobile network operator; authenticating the MS towards a home mobile network operator of the MS; and activating a visitor subscription identified by the visitor IMSI based on an authentication response received from the home mobile network operator. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319604 | Processing of Access Point Crowdsourcing Data - Method and apparatus for processing access point (AP) crowdsourcing data are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions, where the WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions include information observed about at least one access point device, consolidating the WiFi scan lists and their corresponding location descriptions based at least in part on a set of selection criteria to generate a WiFi AP record, where the set of selection criteria comprises a maximum number of scan lists to be uploaded in a predetermined period of time and the maximum number of scan lists to be uploaded in a single upload, and uploading the WiFi AP record to a crowdsourcing server. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319605 | DETECTING CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY ISSUES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Various embodiments manage service issues in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a plurality of call detail records associated with a wireless communication network is received. The plurality of call detail records is analyzed. At least one pattern from the plurality of call detail records is identified based on analyzing the plurality of call detail records. The at least one pattern indicates at least one service issue occurred during a set of calls associated with each of the plurality of call detail records. A location associated with the at least one service issue that has occurred is identified based on identifying the at least one pattern. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319606 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING SERVICES OF MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting, by a first device including a least one processor and a first Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC), a second device having a second UICC, detecting, by the first device, that the second UICC is unprovisioned, selecting, by the first device, one of a plurality of selectable options, where the selection identifies a first network operator selected from a plurality of network operators, receiving, by the first device, first credential information of the first network operator, and transmitting, by the first device, to the second device the first credential information for enabling the second device to facilitate establishment of communication services with network equipment of the first network operator according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319607 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA - A method for transmitting and receiving data between a plurality of nodes, each performing a periodical standby operation at a specific interval, includes: a step of detecting another communicable node performed by one node; a step of consecutively transmitting notice information representing data transmission timing to another node for a plurality of number of times at a predetermined interval by using the one node; a step of performing a standby operation for data according to the data transmission timing represented in the notice information performed by the another node receiving the notice information within the periodical standby operation; a step of transmitting the notice information to the another node according to the data transmission timing performed by the one node; and a step of receiving the transmission data transmitted from the one node according to the notified data transmission timing performed by the another node. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319608 | Method For Detecting Smart Device Use While Operating A Motor Vehicle - A method for detecting possession of a smart device by a driver of a vehicle. The method includes the following: detecting with the smart device at least one of a landmark or signal accessible from an interior of the vehicle; analyzing the landmark or signal and the location of the smart device relative thereto to determine whether the smart device is at a driving location of the vehicle; and configuring the smart device in a driving mode if the smart device is at the driving location of the vehicle. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319609 | EDCA PARAMETER SET DIFFERENTIATION FOR DIFFERENT DEVICE TYPES - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for signaling enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter sets, with support for different device types. The apparatus typically includes a processing system configured to generate a frame with an indication of a type of device that is to use a particular enhanced distribution channel access (EDCA) parameter set and an interface for outputting a frame containing the TIM IE for transmission | 2015-11-05 |
20150319610 | SYSTEM TO PROTECT A MOBILE NETWORK - A system is described for controlling a mobile telecommunications device, in which the mobile device includes an enforcer which can be controlled by the telecommunications network. The telecommunications network signals the enforcer in order to gain control of the mobile device. The enforcer may be a hardware component within the mobile telecommunications device and in particular is coupled between the baseband and applications processors. The system allows a telecommunications network to gain control of a device in the event that the device is corrupted by rogue or malicious software and behaves in a way deleterious to the network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319611 | Allocation of Physical Cell Identification - A method includes generating, by a network element, a radio map of a single-frequency network having multiple cells. The radio map represents power levels of radio signals at several locations in the network. A first function is selected to be applied, wherein the first function is based on the radio map and includes physical cell identity, PCI, modulo 3 values for the multiple cells as input. Different combinations of the PCI modulo 3 values are applied in the first function. Each candidate PCI modulo 3 value is selected from a group of three available options. An output of the first function is determined with respect to each combination. It is determined which combination provides the output fulfilling a predefined criterion. Those PCI modulo 3 values, which correspond to the output fulfilling the predefined criterion, are allocated to the multiple cells in order to reduce interference between primary synchronization sequences. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319612 | System and Method for Authenticating Called Parties of Individuals Within a Controlled Environment - A method and system are described for enhancing the security of calls made by a member of a controlled environment to an outside party, particularly when the outside party communicates via a cellular phone. An application is provided for the cellular device, which must communicate and register with a calling platform of the controlled environment. Certain elements of personal verification data are obtained by the user of the cellular device and stored at the calling platform for later reference. Calls from the inmate to the cellular device cause the calling platform to issue a notification to the user via the application. The user verifies his/her identity using the application, after which the call can be connected. As a further security measure, certain conditions can be required and periodically checked during the call to ensure the user remains verified. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319613 | Co-Activation For Authenticating A User's Registration - A method of authenticating a user's right to a mobile communication device, comprising: providing a service server comprising a database having registered service users entries, each the entries comprising an identification of the service user's mobile communication device, and an identification of the network operator used by the service user's mobile communication device; and requesting by the service server from a client application running on a first mobile communication device to send a SMS message to a client application miming on a second mobile communication device, the first and second mobile communication devices sharing the same network operator. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319614 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE INFORMATION - A method of providing service information using an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a service information packet, determining whether a service IDentification (ID) included in the received service information packet is a registered service ID, determining whether a service condition corresponding to the service ID and a registered condition are matched, and in response to determining that the service condition corresponding to the service ID and the registered condition are matched, displaying information corresponding to the matched condition. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319615 | Control Method and Apparatus for Network Admission - A control method and an apparatus for network admission, which can control network admission of a wireless termination point (WTP) in a condition that a live network is not upgraded. In the method, an access controller (AC) that has a network admission control function receives a join request packet from a WTP and establishes a Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) connection with the WTP. If the CAPWAP connection between the AC and the WTP is successfully established, the AC enables permission of the WTP. In another control method for network admission disclosed in the present application, an AC receives a join request packet from a WTP and establishes a CAPWAP connection with the WTP. A network admission end enables permission of the WTP according to a result from the AC that the connection between the AC and the WTP is successfully established. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319616 | MOBILE DEVICE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND AUTHENTICATION METHODS - Embodiments of the present invention provide various approaches for mobile device intercommunication (e.g., digital) as well as various authentication methods. In one embodiment, the present invention provides direct line-of-sight visual digital communication between mobile devices for controlled security. In another embodiment, the present invention provides direct contact motion-based digital communication between mobile devices for controlled security. Embodiments of the present invention also provide various authentication methods. One such example relates to secure authentication code exchange with subsequent digital communications in one or more channels. In another example, human-readable information is used along machine-readable digital codes (e.g., quick response (QR) codes to verify visual codes. Still yet, embodiments of the present invention provide non-obtrusive visual codes that maintain a user's access to a mobile device screen. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319617 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN VOICE SERVICE - A method and a device for providing information for a voice service are provided. The method includes: detecting whether user personal information is required to acquire a service in an automatic voice service system; if the user personal information is required, acquiring the user personal information from a pre-stored user personal information database; and sending the acquired user personal information for the automatic voice service system to provide the service according to the user personal information. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319618 | COMMUNICATION SECURITY PROCESSING METHOD, AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a communication security processing method and an apparatus. The communication security processing method includes: determining, by a base station, that user equipment UE needs to access an access point AP; acquiring, by the base station, a security parameter that is required for the UE to interact with the AP; after an air interface is securely activated, sending, by the base station, the security parameter to the UE, so that the UE performs, by using the security parameter, security processing on data exchanged between the UE and the AP. According to the communication security processing method and the apparatus that are provided in the present invention, a security air interface between UE and a base station is used to transfer a security-related parameter, which improves data communication security, and enhances network control performed by an operator. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319619 | Location of Unprotected Access Points Through Protected Access Points - A solution for locating unprotected access points is provided. Particularly, a wireless network access point providing an access to a network over a wireless connection maintains a location structure comprising an indication of a geographical position of each one of a set of unprotected access points in proximity of the access point, each unprotected access point providing the access to the network at least partially unconditionally. A mobile station submits a request to access the network to the access point when the mobile station is within a transmission range thereof, receives the indication of the geographical position of at least part of the unprotected access points in response to a denial of the access from the access point, and outputs directions towards one of the unprotected access points according to the corresponding geographical position. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319620 | BASE STATION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a communication system including a first base station device, at least one second base station device that has smaller transmit power than that of the first base station device, and a terminal device that is connected with the first base station device or the second base station device, a transmission unit of the second base station device maps per one resource block a smaller number of reference signals than a number of reference signals mapped per one resource block by the first base station device and transmits the mapped reference signals. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319621 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Allocation of a Shared Resource - A method including receiving information at a first network node operating with a shared resource; wherein said first network node is enabled to receive said information from one or at least two network nodes; wherein said information includes information enabling said first network node to determine that use of at least a part of said shared resource is one of permitted at said first network node; to be continued at said first network node; to be discontinued at said first network node. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319622 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system that identifies a number of secondary systems located in a first geographical area; identifies a primary resource available to be assigned to the secondary systems, the primary resource being a resource to which a primary system has a priority usage right; determines whether the number of secondary systems located in the first geographical area exceeds a predetermined threshold value; and limits a number of secondary systems to which the primary resource is assigned when it is determined that the number of secondary systems located in the first geographical area exceeds the predetermined threshold value. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319623 | MULTI-STANDARD COVERAGE MAP GENERATION - A satellite reception assembly may receive signals on a block of frequencies that encompasses channels of one or more wireless networks. The satellite reception assembly may convey information about signals received on the block of frequencies to a centralized location which may utilize the information to determine characteristics, such as coverage area and/or usage, of the wireless network(s). Additionally or alternatively, such information from a plurality of satellite reception assemblies may be aggregated and made available to third parties which may use the aggregate information, in combination with knowledge about the wireless network(s), to determine characteristics of the wireless network(s). | 2015-11-05 |
20150319624 | Algorithm for Physical Cell Identifier Allocation - Methods, apparatus, and computer programs automatically allocating physical layer cell identifiers. A modulo 3 grouping and a modulo 30 grouping are provided for physical layer cell identifiers in a cellular communication system. The modulo 3 grouping is associated with first synchronization signal assignments and the modulo 30 grouping is associated with second synchronization signal assignments. A combination of first and second synchronization signals determines a physical layer cell identifier of a cell. A modulo 3 group is allocated to each of multiple cells of the system. After the allocation of the modulo 3 groups, a modulo 30 group is allocated to each of the multiple cells. The allocation of the modulo 30 groups incorporates the allocated modulo 3 group as a precondition for the modulo 30 grouping. To each cell, first and second synchronization signals are allocated on the basis of said allocation of the modulo 30 group. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING PERFORMANCE OF A COMMUNICATION LINK OF A COMMUNICATION NODE - A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, monitoring performance parameters in a communications network, identifying a degradation in performance of one or more nodes of the communications network according the monitored performance parameters, and initiating corrective action to mitigate the degradation in performance of the one or more nodes of the communications network. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319626 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY PERFORMING NETWORK OPTIMIZATION PROCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for performing a network optimization process in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving UpLink Radio Frequency (UL RF) information about a UL signal which a at least one eNB receives from a device in which a drive test is performed, receiving DownLink (DL) RF information about a DL signal which the device receives from the at least one eNB, predicting an RF environment and performance for the at least one eNB based on the received UL RF information and DL RF information, and determining at least one parameter for network optimization which is applied to the network optimization process based on the predicted RF environment and performance for the at least one eNB. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319627 | PRIORITY HANDING-BASED OPERATION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - An operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: applying de-prioritization to one or more frequencies in a de-prioritization frequency list; receiving a de-prioritization cancellation command from a network; and handling the applied de-prioritization on the basis of the de-prioritization cancellation command. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319628 | NETWORK ACCESS RESTORATION - Access between a data terminal | 2015-11-05 |
20150319629 | WIRELESS MESH ACCESS NODE NEIGHBORING CHANNEL QUALITY ESTIMATION - A controller of a wireless access node is operative to estimate an adjacent one of a plurality of wireless channels while the access node is communicating over a present one of the plurality of wireless channels, comprising the controller, determining a difference between a measured signal quality of a signal communicated over the present wireless channel and a measured signal quality of a signal communicated over the adjacent channel, estimate a difference between a packet success rate of the present channel and a packet success rate of the adjacent channel based on the determined difference, and estimating a packet success rate of the adjacent channel based on a packet success rate of the present channel and the estimated difference between the packet success rate of the present channel and the packet success rate of the adjacent channel. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319630 | A METHOD FOR PROVIDING RELIABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A method for communication between a wireless device node in a wireless sensor network (WSN) and control apparatus or control processes of an industrial control system is used to determine a method of radio transmission which provides a greater or a lesser measure of transmission quality between nodes. Thus a transmitter node measures a transmission quality metric of at least one packet received from two or more different switching branches, identifies which of the two or more switching branches has the greater transmission quality metric, distributes data packets with a first priority to the switching branch with the greater transmission quality metric, and transmits data packets with the first priority such as real-time data on the switching branch with the greater transmission quality metric. A wireless node, a sensor network system and a computer program for carrying out the method are described. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED ROUND TRIP TIME (RTT) EXCHANGE - Disclosed are methods and systems for obtaining measurements of a range between devices based on a Round Trip Time (RTT) for an exchange messages. In particular, described are techniques for transmitting messages between or among devices to share computed parameters indicative of ranges between devices. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure is used to determine a number of sub-carriers or symbols to be used to estimate N channels for N user equipment (UE)s on a basis of resource allocation information on N reference signals associated with the N UEs, estimate channel values for the N channels by receiving the N reference signals through the sub-carriers or the symbols according to the determined number, and correlate the estimated channel values to use the correlated channel values to estimate each of the N channels. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319633 | SELECTIVE CHANNEL FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems, base stations, terminals, and methods for group-selective channel feedback in a wireless communication system are described. In one signal measurement method for a base station supporting Multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO), the base station allocates a group identifier to a terminal group for performing and reporting signal measurements simultaneously. When the base station transmits control information including the group identifier, each one of terminals belonging to the terminal group performs signal measurement, generates signal measurement feedback, and simultaneously transmits the signal measurement feedback to the base station. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319634 | ACQUIRING INFORMATION REGARDING A VOLUME USING WIRELESS NETWORKS - There is provided a method for acquiring information regarding terrain and/or objects within a volume, said method comprising: transmitting signals over time (“node signals”) from one or more nodes of a wireless network (“subject network”); receiving the node signals after their traversing a medium (“node resultant signals”) using one or more receiving units (“node signal receivers”); measuring one or more physical attributes (“signal attributes”) for one or more of the node resultant signals, wherein at least one of the signal attributes is of at least one of the following types: (a) time difference between node signal transmission by the applicable transmitting subject network node and node resultant signal reception by the applicable node signal receiver; (b) phase difference between the transmitted node signal and the received node resultant signal; (c) power ratio between the transmitted node signal and the received node resultant signal; (d) frequency difference between the received node resultant signal and the transmitted node signal (Doppler shift); and/or (e) direction from which the node resultant signal has arrived, and/or its projection on one or more predefined axes; estimating the spatial location as a function of time for one or more of the transmitting subject network nodes and/or one or more of the node signal receivers; and analyzing one or more of the node resultant signals and/or one or more of the signal attributes to extract information regarding objects along the signal's paths (“mapping information”). | 2015-11-05 |
20150319635 | Method and Poll Control Entity for Controlling a Polling Procedure - A method and poll control entity ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150319636 | METHOD FOR MEASURING INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for measuring, by a user device, interference in a wireless communication system includes the steps of: receiving setting information for a target resource of an interference measurement from a base station; and reporting channel state information (CSI) based on the measured interference, wherein the setting information includes indication information for the interference measurement with respect to subbands or resource blocks of specific sub-frame sets divided according to interference environments, and a CSI process can be set for each of the specific sub-frame sets. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319637 | SIGNALING MECHANISMS FOR NETWORK-RELAY INTERFACE WITH REDUCED OVERHEAD - Relay reporting in a wireless network is implemented by efficiently allocating radio resources based on the nature or criticality of the type of relay report. According to an embodiment, a method of communicating with a relay located in a wireless network includes instructing the relay when to transmit reports based on a mapping of different categories of relay reports to one or more different reporting schemes. Reports are received from the relay based on the relay report category and the corresponding reporting scheme. According to another embodiment, a method of reporting information from a relay to a network node of a wireless network includes generating different categories of reports at the relay for transmission to the network node. A reporting scheme associated with each report category is identified and each report is transmitted to the network node in accordance with the reporting scheme identified for the corresponding report category. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319638 | Overload Control in a Communication Network - Disclosed are methods as well radio network nodes and user equipments (UE) that are suitable for overload control in a communication network. A radio network node may, upon receiving a random access preamble from an UE, determine whether there exists an overload condition. In response to a determination that an overload condition exists, the radio network node may configure a MAC PDU | 2015-11-05 |
20150319639 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK INTERWORKING - A method, a controller, and a network provide Visible Light Communications Personal Area Network (VPAN) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interworking and mobility management systems and methods. The method includes receiving data traffic from both a Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) domain and a Visible Light Communications (VLC) domain, uniquely identifying, in a controller, a device in both the WLAN domain and the VLC domain as a same device using an addressing scheme associated with both the WLAN domain and the VLC domain, wherein the device is configured to operate in both the WLAN domain and the VLC domain, and providing data traffic to the device via one of the WLAN domain and the VLC domain based on a plurality of factors. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319640 | Method of Handling Signaling and Data Transmission for Machine-Type Communication - A method of handling signaling and data transmission for machine-type communication (MTC) for a core network in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The core network includes at least one of a network control node, a data base and a network gateway node. The method includes the network gateway node selectively performing trigger suppression operation on at least a trigger request from a MTC server according to whether the core network is congested or overloaded, wherein each of the at least a trigger request is used to trigger at least an MTC application on a MTC device, wherein the trigger suppression operation is performed according to a trigger suppression setting received from the network control node. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319641 | TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD FOR BUFFER STATUS REPORT, USER EQUIPMENT, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A transmission control method for buffer status reporting includes the steps of, by a network, configuring inter-site uplink carrier aggregation based upon at least one of a data size accumulated in a buffer of user equipment in communication with a first radio base station of a serving cell or a quality of a cell under a second radio base station, sending information of the configuration of the inter-site uplink carrier aggregation from the first radio base station to the user equipment, and transmitting a buffer status report from the user equipment to the second radio base station upon configuration of the inter-site uplink carrier aggregation. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE APPLICATION OF SELECTED IP TRAFFIC OFFLOAD AND LOCAL IP ACCESS - A method and apparatus are described for controlling the application of Selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload (SIPTO) or Local IP Access (LIPA) services for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The SIPTO and LIPA services may be performed over packet data network (PDN) connections. A user of the WTRU may be prompted to accept or reject the usage of the SIPTO or LIPA services. The user of the WTRU may request switching from SIPTO or LIPA services to non-SIPTO or non-LIPA services. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319643 | UE TRANSMITTER SHARING - Aspects of the present disclosure relate techniques for transmitter sharing by a user equipment (UE) for simultaneous communications between multiple radio access technology (RAT) networks. Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a UE. The method generally includes sharing a single transmit chain via time divisional multiplexing (TDM) for concurrent communication by at least first and second RAT, optionally negotiating an autonomous denial rate for the UE to deny uplink transmissions in the second RAT, detecting or predicting conflicts between scheduled uplink transmissions in the first RAT and a scheduled transmission in the second RAT, and denying uplink transmissions in the second RAT, subject to the negotiated autonomous denial rate if available, in response to detected or predicted. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319644 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR SHARING WIRELESS BROADBAND CONNECTION BETWEEN DEVICES - The method comprising allowing a wireless broadband connection between at least one wireless device including a tethering function with at least one wired broadband device, and using said tethering function for sharing said wireless broadband connection through aggregating a bandwidth of said wired broadband device to said at least one wireless device, wherein a segmentation of application packets of information, at the layer of the application protocol enabling said connection, namely the application layer, is performed into sub packets that will be transmitted to said at least one wireless device, using a proxy including a set of application handler modules handling packets of information for said connection. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319645 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM THAT CALCULATE TRANSMISSION TIME BASED ON DATA RATE - A radio communication method stores a plurality MAC frames for each of a plurality of destinations. The method decides the longest transmission time of transmission times needed to transmit the plurality of MAC frames to each of the plurality of destinations within a fixed period. The method generates a plurality of physical frames for the plurality of destinations to transmit them at the same time by connecting the plurality of MAC frames and adding additional information to each connected MAC frame so as to be a frame length equivalent to a transmission time equal to the longest transmission time. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319646 | Traffic forwarding method and system based on virtual switch cluster - A traffic forwarding method based on a virtual switch cluster is described. The method includes setting an aggregation group member list to store information about all the members of an aggregation group; setting an aggregation group traffic forwarding member list to store information of aggregation group members for forwarding traffic, wherein the list in an initial state only containing information about local members of the aggregation group; and when it is determined that traffic of a physical device exceeds the total bandwidth of the members in the aggregation group traffic forwarding member list or a threshold value related to the total bandwidth, selecting a nonlocal member from the aggregation group member list and adding the same into the aggregation group traffic forwarding member list, and forwarding traffic according to the changed aggregation group traffic forwarding member list. A traffic forwarding system based on a virtual switch cluster is also described. The disclosure can implement traffic forwarding in a virtual switch cluster scene on the premise of occupying limited bandwidth of a stack link as small as possible, thereby ensuring the traffic forwarding performance in the virtual switch cluster scene. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA FLOW MANAGEMENT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a memory configured to store a flow management policy, at least one processing core configured to evaluate the flow management policy, while the apparatus is attached to a first radio access technology, to determine a priority order between at least a second and a third radio access technology with respect to at least one first flow active between the apparatus and the first radio access technology, the at least one processing core being further configured to cause at least one of the at least one first flow to be transferred to the third radio access technology responsive to a determination that for the at least one first flow, the third radio access technology is preferable to the second radio access technology, wherein at least one second flow active between the apparatus and the first radio access technology is not caused to be transferred. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319648 | USING NON-IMS CONNECTIONS IN IMS SESSIONS - Systems and methods can be implemented for IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) resource reservation. A first electronic device can transmit, through an IP network, a non-Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message to an application server in an IMS network, where the non-IMS SIP message includes a request to initiate an IMS communication session through the IMS network with a second electronic device. A SIP message can also be transmitted through the IMS network to the application server that initiates a SIP INVITE session between the first electronic device and the application server, where the SIP INVITE session is routed through the IMS network. The first electronic device can then, receive a SIP response message that identifies a resource reservation for the IMS communication session from the application server. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319649 | Beamforming Handover Messaging in a Wireless Network - A first base station transmits a message to a second base station after a handover decision for a wireless device supporting beamforming and multiple carrier configurations. The message includes a plurality of measurement configuration parameters for the wireless device. The first base station receives a response from the second base stations. The first base station transmits a handover command to the wireless device subsequent to receiving the response message. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319650 | HANDOVER METHOD BASED ON UPLINK SIGNAL, METHOD FOR CONFIGURING UPLINK SIGNAL, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION - A handover method based on an uplink signal, a method for configuring an uplink signal, UE and a base station. The handover method includes: transmitting, by a source base station, a triggering message to the UE, to trigger the UE to transmit an uplink signal for handover; receiving notification message(s) transmitted by one or more other base station(s) according to detection of the UL signal; and determining a target base station from the one or more other base station(s) according to the notification message(s), and performing handover of the UE. It is possible to accelerate judging of handover based on measurement of an UL signal, to satisfy handover demand in different scenarios. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319651 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, LOW-POWER BASE STATION, HIGH-POWER BASE STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio communication system is provided with a high-power base station, a radio terminal which is located within a macro cell formed by the high-power base station, and a low-power base station which has a lower transmission output power than the high-power base station. The low-power base station sends, to the high-power base station, control information needed for the radio communication between the radio terminal and the low-power base station; the high-power base station sends, to the radio terminal, the control information received from the low-power base station; and the radio terminal performs radio communication with the low-power base station by using the control information received from the high-power base station. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319652 | Methods and Apparatus for Differencitating Security Configurations in a Radio Local Area Network - Methods and apparatus are provided for differentiating security configurations in a radio local area network. A method can comprises: at a base station, sending a handover request to a local access point for initiating a handover of a user equipment from the base station to the local access point, the handover request comprising an indication of a scheme of security configuration to be used for protecting a communication between the base station and the user equipment. The method can further comprise, at the base station, forwarding to the user equipment a handover command received from the local access point, wherein the indication is comprised in the handover command by the local access point. The method can further comprise communicating with the user equipment according to the scheme of security configuration after the user equipment is handover to the local access point. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319653 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and system for performing handover in a third generation (3G) long term evolution (LTE) system are disclosed. A source evolved Node-B (eNode-B) makes a handover decision based on measurements and sends a handover request to a target eNode-B. The target eNode-B sends a handover response to the source eNode-B indicating that a handover should commence. The source eNode-B then sends a handover command to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The handover command includes at least one of reconfiguration information, information regarding timing adjustment, relative timing difference between the source eNode-B and the target eNode-B, information regarding an initial scheduling procedure at the target eNode-B, and measurement information for the target eNode-B. The WTRU then accesses the target eNode-B and exchanges layer 1/2 signaling to perform downlink synchronization, timing adjustment, and uplink and downlink resource assignment based on information included in the handover command. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319654 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication system which can transfer information on the number of packets counted up until then by a base station of a mobile source, to a base station of a mobile target, even when a terminal performs a handover. UE moves to a Target eNode B, but a Source eNode B decides to perform a handover, and the Source eNode B includes information on the number of packets counted up until then in a Handover Request message to the Target eNode B, so as to notify the Target eNode B. After receiving a Handover Confirm message from the UE, the Target eNode B includes information on the number of packets received from the Source eNode B in a Handover Complete message transmitted to a CN Node, so as to notify the CN Node. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319655 | HANDLING OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF THRESHOLDS IN MEASUREMENT REPORTING - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for handling different types of triggering quantities for a measurement reporting event such that user equipment behavior is predictable. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319656 | WIRELESS DEVICE HANDOFF BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Examples are disclosed for a wireless device handoff between a first wireless network and a second wireless network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319657 | Distributed Method for Client Optimization - The present disclosure discloses a distributed method and network device for providing client optimization in WLANs. Specifically, a first access point detects a plurality of client devices. The first access point also receives information identifying a first set of client devices associated with the second access point. Then first access point then identifies a subset of the detected plurality of client devices that are also identified in the first set of client devices associated with the second access point. Finally, the first access point transmits to the second access point characteristics corresponding to the subset of the plurality of client devices. The characteristics are determined based on wireless signals received by the first access point from the subset of the plurality of client devices. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319658 | CAPACITY SHARING BETWEEN WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Systems and methods presented herein provide for capacity sharing between wireless systems. In one embodiment, a scheduler is operable with a plurality of wireless base stations. Each base station is operable to digitize a frequency spectrum of radio communications from a plurality of user equipment (UEs). The scheduler communicatively couples to first and second Mobile Central Offices (MCOs). The scheduler processes the digitized frequency spectrums of the base stations, extracts radio communications of a first of the UEs from the digitized frequency spectrums of one or more of the base stations coupled to the first MCO, determines that a capacity of the first MCO has been exceeded, determines that a capacity of the second MCO is available, acquires at least a portion of the capacity of the second MCO, and handles a call of the first UE through the capacity acquired from the second MCO. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319659 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORK AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for communicating carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple access network. The method comprises receiving from a first access network second access network service information, determining whether traffic processing through the second access network is allowed based on the second access network service information, and processing all or a portion of the traffic on the first access network through the second access network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319660 | METHOD FOR WIFI CONNECTIVITY LOSS ANTICIPATION - A method for anticipating the loss of connectivity between a mobile device and a wireless short-range access point among a plurality of such wireless access points, this method comprising the following steps: —collecting a plurality of paths corresponding to the mobile device movements within the coverage areas of the access points to which the mobile device was successively associated without loss of connectivity, each path comprising a root access point at which a connectivity is originated and a dead-end access point at which the connectivity is lost; —detecting the current access point to which the mobile device is currently associated; identifying the paths comprising the current access point; —computing the risks of losing the connectivity when following each of the identified paths from the current access point to the root access point or to the dead-end access point of each of the identified paths. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319661 | METHOD FOR MOVING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a load-based method for moving carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises obtaining a load level of a serving network and/or a neighboring network, scaling a mobility parameter by applying a scaling factor according to the load level of the serving network and/or a scaling factor according to the load level of the neighboring network, and performing a mobility evaluation of the serving network and the neighboring network based on the scaled mobility parameter. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319662 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND UE - A policy management device transmits an update of a mobile operator policy that requests to switch an access system for each flow that UE is going to perform communication. In addition, the policy management device requests to enable a network interface that is to be used for performing communication by making a connection to the switched access system. The UE compares the received update of the mobile operator policy with a UE policy that is held in advance and determines which is to be preferentially used. In a case where the UE determines to preferentially use the mobile operator policy, the UE switches the access system to offload communication. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319663 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS EXECUTABLE BY INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus and a communication terminal can carry out first wireless communication and second wireless communication. The first wireless communication is established when a distance between the information processing apparatus and the communication terminal is equal to or less than a first distance. The information processing apparatus determines whether data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication or the second wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the first wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out the data communication over the first wireless communication. When the data communication is to be carried out over the second wireless communication, the information processing apparatus carries out data communication of first setting information with the communication terminal over the first wireless communication to establish the second wireless communication and carries out data communication over the second wireless communication. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319664 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR ANCHOR NODE SELECTION IN NETWORKS USING DISTRIBUTED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT (DMM) - Systems and/or methods may be used to select an anchor node. For example, a device may detect or more anchor nodes that may be available for the device to connect to. The device may determine whether to handover to one of the detected anchor nodes based on capability information including load information of the anchor nodes. The device may connect to a detected anchor node based on the the capability information including the load information. The detected anchor nodes may be grouped and the device may select and connect to an anchor node based on the groupings. The device may also store a history including a route of the device and anchor nodes on the route and may use such information to determine whether to connect to detected anchor node. The device may further use proximity to content to determine whether to connect to a detected anchor node. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319665 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER OF A MOBILE TERMINAL, AND MOBILE TERMINAL INTENDED TO BE USED IN A WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for performing a handover of a mobile terminal from a source base station to a target base station, the source and target base stations being adapted to directly communicate with each other via first respective communication interfaces, the source and target base stations being adapted to communicate via second respective communication interfaces with a core network entity, the core network entity managing subscriptions to services of at least the target base station and authorizing access to said services via handover to only subscribers to said services. The method comprises: obtaining an authorization ticket provided by the mobile terminal; performing directly the handover via the first communication interfaces, when the obtained authorization ticket is validated on the basis of a decrypting key associated with the services of the target base station. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST HANDOVER EVALUATION - Methods and apparatus for wireless communication for improving handover between a network and a user equipment (UE) when a measurement report is received. Aspects of the methods and apparatus relate to determining the quality of a serving cell associated with a fast handover performance threshold. When the fast handover performance threshold is breached, the UE may transmit a measurement report requesting a handover to a target cell. Upon requesting a handover to a target cell when the fast handover performance threshold is breached, the UE receives a handover trigger allowing handover to a target cell. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319667 | EFFICIENT MEASUREMENT REPORTING BY A USER EQUIPMENT (UE) - A method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for efficient measurement reporting by UEs to provide, for example, lower UE power consumption, efficient use of network resources, small cell ottloading, etc., in wireless networks such as LTE/LTE-A systems that can be also applied in inter-system cases such as a mix of UTRAN and E-UTRAN as one non-limiting example is presented. The UE performs measurements and event evaluation as in conventional LTE/LTE-A systems, but for certain cells/carriers an event triggered measurement report, which conventionally would be transmitted when time-to-trigger (TTT) expires (see details e.g. in 3GPP TS 36.331), is not transmitted but regarded as buffered (e.g., in a memory or buffered memory of the UE) as a candidate measurement report, when a predefined criterion is not met. This predefined criterion is e.g. a need at the UE to request network resources for uplink transmission by the UE. Thus, a UE being in connected mode but not actively transmitting data, will not report measurements resulting in likely handovers. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319668 | MOBILE HANDOVER MANAGEMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A mobile management handover system includes circuitry that determines available resources of candidate target handover cells of a user device. The circuitry then select a target handover cell from the candidate target handover cells based on at least one of the available resources of each of the candidate target handover cells and a residency duration of the user device within the candidate target handover cells, and requests reservation of the available resources by the target handover cell. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319669 | FORWARDING OF SERVICE REQUESTS BY A WIRELESS CONTROLLER - A wireless controller receives a service request having a header with a broadcast destination address. The wireless controller determines a port on which a reply to a similar service request was previously received and forwards the service request as a packet with a header having a broadcast destination address, out of said port on which a reply to a similar service request was previously received. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319670 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY PROCESSING TRAFFIC IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORK, AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Provided is a method for processing traffic by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple access network. The method comprises receiving from a first access network traffic routing information, and processing traffic on the first access network based on the traffic routing information. The traffic routing information indicates whether at least one unit of traffic on the first access network can be processed through a second access network. Processing the traffic based on the traffic routing information involves determining whether the traffic can be processed through the second access network, and processing the traffic through the second access network when the traffic can be processed through the second access network. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319671 | CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A control apparatus including: a network interface configured to communicate with a plurality of networks including a first network and coupling each other via a plurality of relaying apparatus, the first network including a communication apparatus that receives a packet addressed to a first address provided for a specific terminal from the first network and transmits the received packet to a second address provided for the specific terminal from a second network in the plurality of networks when the specific terminal couples to the second network, and a processor configured to: identify at least one relaying apparatus lying between the communication apparatus and the specific terminal that couples to the second network from among the plurality of relaying apparatus, and transmit at least one control packet controlling the at least one relaying apparatus so that a packet addressed to the first address is relayed to the second address. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ASSOCIATION OF A STATION WITH A WLAN - The present invention controls the association of a station to a wireless local area network, WLAN. In particular it enables an entity in a WLAN to control when a station requests association with the WLAN to reduce the number of requests that the entity has to process. The method involves an entity of the WLAN transmitting a message including a condition which has to be fulfilled before the station can transmit a request to associate with the WLAN. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319673 | Terminal Discovery Method, Terminal, Server, Base Station, Management Entity, and System - A terminal discovery method, a terminal, a server, a base station, a management entity, and a system are provided that pertain to the field of wireless communications. The method includes acquiring a discovery resource; monitoring, according to the discovery resource, a second message sent by at least one second terminal; acquiring a service identity of the second terminal according to the second message; and acquiring description information of the second terminal from a server according to the service identity of the second terminal. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLUETOOTH-BASED GENERAL SERVICE DISCOVERY - The disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for extending Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology to conserve energy in multi-mode wireless devices. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a device comprising a first module configured for radio communication at a non-BLE communication mode; a second module to communicate at a BLE communication mode; and a controller for controlling the first and the second communication modules, the controller configured to direct the BLE communication mode to at least one of advertise or scan for information relating to the non-BLE communication mode. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319675 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT WIFI NEIGHBOR AWARENESS NETWORK OPERATION - Various embodiments are generally directed to an apparatus, method and other techniques for performing neighbor awareness network (NAN) discovery operations to discover a NAN cluster comprising one or more devices synchronized to a discovery window. In some embodiments, the NAN discovery operation may include communicating a cluster discovery message to join the NAN cluster, waiting a first time period for a response to the cluster discovery message, and joining the NAN cluster based on information in the response to synchronize to the discovery window when the response is received within the first time period. Various embodiments may also include disabling, by the processing circuitry, one or more operations to perform the NAN discovery operations if the response is not received within the first time period. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319676 | NARROW BANDWIDTH SIGNAL REJECTION - Methods and apparatus are described for performing a cell search procedure. For example, the methods and apparatus may include making multiple signal power measurements over multiple bandwidths on a wideband frequency channel, where the signal power measurements may correspond to a signal received on the wideband frequency channel. Further, the methods and apparatus may further include performing a narrowband rejection procedure based on the signal power measurements, where the narrowband rejection procedure may determine whether the signal power measurements correspond to a narrowband signal or a wideband signal. Moreover, the methods and apparatus may also include continuing a wideband cell search procedure on the wideband frequency channel based on the narrowband rejection procedure determining that the signal power measurements correspond to the wideband signal. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319677 | NETWORK SELECTION RECOMMENDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method, wireless device and computer program product determine a recommended access point (AP) for the wireless device to access a wireless network. AP feature values associated with each one of a plurality of APs within an access range of the wireless device and user feature values associated with identified user features of a user of the wireless device are obtained via a wireless interface. A predicted score for each AP is determined based on the feature values and a recommended AP is determined based on the predicted scores. The wireless device connects to the wireless network based at least in part on the recommended AP. AP feature values include AP characteristic, scheduling and payment values. User features include wireless device location and velocity, services-in-use, time of day and day of week. Optionally, circumstantial feature values may be obtained and used to determine the predicted scores. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319678 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTI-BLOCKING HETNET DEPLOYMENT - A new approach to anti-blocking cellularcommunication for HetNet deployment is proposed. First, a block detector sends a block indicator from an LPN to a scheduler in a macro base station. The scheduler then collects the block indicator statistics of each LPN on a sub-frame basis and updates the statistics in each sub-frame. If the statistics of received block indicators for one sub-frame during an observation period of a specific LPN exceeds a first predefined threshold, then the scheduler will not schedule any more uplink transmission to the LPN during the sub-frame for those UEs which are connected to the LPN. When the statistics of received block indicators becomes less than a second predefined threshold, which is less than the first threshold, the scheduler removes the limitation on uplink transmission to the LPN and allocates the sub-frame of the LPN as usual. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319679 | Femtocell Fingerprinting - User equipment (UE) includes an architecture for handling femtocell fingerprints. The architecture may, as examples, maintain the validity and reliability of fingerprints and coordinate enhancement to existing fingerprints. The architecture also supports fingerprint creation, updating, and deletion. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319680 | Motion-Based Kinetic Fingerprint Radio Selection - Motion adaptive wireless user equipment (UE) in a wireless network are provided. Kinetic information is leveraged to select a preferred radio (or radio technology) or adapt a reselection scanning interval. This can serve to improve the performance of a UE by reducing the amount of power expended in maintaining an adequate level of connectedness to the wireless network components in the face of UE movement. In a further aspect, kinetic power generators can be employed as a source of UE transit data. Kinetic fingerprints can be compared to UE transit data, e.g., that acquired from a kinetic generator of the UE, to facilitate selection of preferred radios and reselection intervals. In this aspect, radio selection schema and reselection scanning schema can effectively be selected with little to no drain on a UE power source. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319681 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS VIA WIRELESS ACCESS VEHICULAR ENVIRONMENT - Vehicle Communications using IEEE 802.11p WAVE functionality includes structure and method whereby a smart phone (SP) linked to an On Board Unit (OBU) having WAVE functionality, and incorporating Automotive Telemetry Protocol (ATP), has at least one processor to configure the SP as a GUI for the OBU, and to enable WAVE authentication of the SP through a networked Road Side Unit. Preferably, the OBU opens, after a command from an ATP Client, a virtual connection for streaming data between the vehicle data bus and a remote server providing an automotive scan tool. Also preferably, the SP may use either cellular or IEEE 802.11 control signals to trialaterate its geographic position with greater accuracy than GPS, and to hand off the geo-position fixes to the OBU. Accumulated geo-location information may be reported to a remote server, providing a centralized geographic trend analysis of plural SPs operating with OBUs. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319682 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND NETWORK CONNECTION CONTROL METHOD - When a mobile station that is capable of wirelessly connecting directly to a mobile network connects to another mobile network via another mobile station, security is enhanced, so that the legitimate uses of networks are fostered. A first mobile station ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150319683 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CONNECTION SELECTION CONTROL METHOD - Efficient connection selection is made possible when a mobile station capable of wirelessly connecting directly to a mobile network is also capable of connecting to another mobile network via another mobile station. A first mobile station ( | 2015-11-05 |
20150319684 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THAT FACILITATE OPERATION AS CONTROL TERMINAL - A communication device for performing near-field wireless communication with an electronic device includes: a display circuit; a near-field wireless communication circuit that performs the near-field wireless communication; and a control circuit. The control circuit receives information related to a state of the electronic device using the near-field wireless communication when the communication device comes close to the electronic device; and displays the received information related to the state on the display circuit and causes the communication device to transition to a mode corresponding to the information related to the state. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319685 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING A DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK DRIVER MODEL - Systems, methods, apparatus, and devices for wireless communication are described. A first method includes establishing a first wireless local area network (WLAN) interface between a WLAN chipset and an application processor (AP) subsystem, and establishing a second WLAN interface between the WLAN chipset and a modem subsystem. The second WLAN interface may include a data path between the WLAN chipset and the modem subsystem. The data path may bypass the AP subsystem. A second method includes establishing a WLAN interface between a WLAN chipset and AP subsystem, and dynamically managing WLAN connectivity through the WLAN interface using a modem subsystem. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319686 | RAN CONTROLLED WI-FI SELECTION - Methods and apparatus are provided for operating a network entity in a communications network. The communications network includes a radio access network including a base station serving a user equipment, and a wireless network including wireless access points. A set of available wireless access points are selected from the wireless access points based on network information associated with radio access network resources, core network part resources, and/or wireless network resources. Wireless access point information associated with the characteristics of the set of available wireless access points is generated for use by the user equipment to access the available wireless access points. The network entity transmits the wireless access point information via base station to the user equipment. The wireless access point information may include rules or conditions for use by the user equipment in determining an available wireless access point to access. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319687 | TRACKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A collaborative method for a node includes forming a local network with at least one other node using a lower power subsystem; selecting a master node from among the local network based on a first set of criteria; and communicating with a back end server over a wireless wide area network (WWAN) using a higher power subsystem. An apparatus may include a first subsystem for communicating with a local network; and a second subsystem having an active mode and an inactive mode, the second subsystem for communicating with a wireless wide area network (WWAN) when in the active mode, the apparatus selecting the active mode or inactive mode based on a set of criteria. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319688 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY SAVING AND MINIMIZING INTERFERENCE LEVEL IN A RADIO ACCESS NODE NETWORK DEPLOYMENT - The method comprises arranging a radio access node network deployment in a master/slave configuration, and automatically performing a switching on and/or switching off of RF transceivers of the slave radio access nodes of said radio access node network deployment.
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20150319689 | ENERGY SAVING OPERATIONS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A network controlling entity in a heterogeneous or local area network (such as a macro eNB) selects a set of network access nodes that share a common wake-up area code WUAC. The network controlling entity selects a transmission entity such as a motile terminal/UE and directs it to wirelessly transmit a signal on a given radio resource. The network controlling entity also informs each network access node within the set of the given radio resource on which they should listen for the signal. In various embodiments the network access nodes within the set can choose whether or not to listen for the signal and thus choose whether they will wakeup, or they can reply to the signal with a request for wakeup confirmation. In this manner WUAC-specific sets of small cells can be awakened only when needed for traffic offloading and thereby saving energy. | 2015-11-05 |
20150319690 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD, MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system are provided in the present invention. The discontinuous reception method in the wireless communication system includes the following steps: in case of a continuous carrier aggregation, setting a common On Duration timer and/or a common Discontinuous Reception inactivity timer for a primary cell and each secondary cell; and in case of a discontinuous carrier aggregation, setting an independent On Duration timers and/or an independent Discontinuous Reception inactivity timers for the primary cell and each secondary cells. The present invention realizes discontinuous reception of the carrier aggregation, thus saving power consumption of the mobile station. | 2015-11-05 |