47th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 72 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150334540 | KEYBOARD WITH BUILT IN DISPLAY FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORK ESTABLISHMENT AND INTER-OPERATION - A method and wireless communication device are provided for creating a personal area network with a personal area network (PAN) device, communicating with a wireless network and forwarding text messages between the PAN device and the wireless network. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334541 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING MOBILE MESSAGE - A method and apparatus for receiving a mobile message are provided. The apparatus includes a Mobile Messaging (MM) client configured to receive the mobile message based on an Internet Protocol (IP) push manner; a Short Messaging Service (SMS) client configured to receive the mobile message based on SMS push manner; and a module configured to select one of the IP push manner and the SMS manner as a manner for receiving the mobile message. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334542 | Apparatus, System and Method for Forwarding Data Sent to a Wireless Device to Another Address - An apparatus for forwarding data sent to a wireless device having a first address to a second address. The apparatus includes a server in communication with a wireless network and an external network. The server includes a processor. The processor includes a data forwarding module for forwarding the data to the second address via the external network when the wireless device is not in communication with the wireless network. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334543 | DEPLOYING A TOLL-FREE DATA SERVICE CAMPAIGN BY MODIFYING A UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER - A device may receive campaign information for deploying a toll-free data service campaign. The campaign information may identify a uniform resource identifier for accessing a toll-free data service associated with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may determine a host name included in the uniform resource identifier. The device may determine a network address associated with the host name. The device may modify the uniform resource identifier, to generate a modified uniform resource identifier for accessing the toll-free data service, by replacing the host name, included in the uniform resource identifier, with the network address. The device may deploy the toll-free data service campaign by providing, to an enforcement device, the modified uniform resource identifier. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334544 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DISASTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of operating an electronic device when a disaster occurs and disaster information is received. The disaster information may be relayed by an external electronic device, a server, or could be detected by one or more sensors within the electronic device that detect a possible emergency such as the user has fallen, or there has been impact sensed consistent with an accident, etc. The method includes receiving disaster information, determining whether a rescue request will be made by analyzing the disaster information, and transmitting rescue request information based on the determination result. An electronic device is configured to perform the method. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN EMERGENCY LOCATION INFORMATION SERVICE (E-LIS) FROM AUTOMATED VEHICLES - A method and system for determining and verifying a location of a network device of an automated vehicle (i.e., driverless, etc.) and/or an occupant of an automated vehicle in emergency situations from automated vehicles. The method and system provide a current physical geographic location for the automated vehicle or mobile devices of an occupant and/or of occupant of an automated vehicle in an emergency situation such as an accident, health, fire, terrorist attack, military incident, weather, flood event, etc. and forwarding the current physical geographic location to a legacy 911 network, a Emergency Services IP networks (ESInet) or text-to-911 Short Message Services (SMS) networks to alert emergency responders. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334546 | SYNOPTIC EMERGENCY CELLULAR DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A wearable emergency cellular device for use in a medical emergency alert situation includes an application containing synoptic medical information and other user data, a call module for mobile communication with a call center and a display for selectively controlling information displayed on the cellular device. Only the call center is able to input the synoptic medical and selected other information to the device. The cellular device is usable for emergency situations other than medical, such as for personal security at home or for mobile use. Various access methods are described using panel displays for medical or other emergency personnel to access the stored cellular device information. Initiation of user communication with the call center can be activated manually or by the user's voice. Also described are an electronic emergency call system and methods for handling an emergency alert using the emergency cellular device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334547 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and computing system for monitoring, on a first device coupled to a wireless network, wireless communication between a second device and a third device. A wireless transmission is received on the first device. The wireless transmission is from the second device to the third device. The wireless transmission is processed to extract a device identifier from the wireless transmission, thus defining an extracted device identifier. The extracted device identifier is compared to one or more known device identifiers, wherein each of the known device identifiers is associated with a known user. If the extracted device identifier matches a specific device identifier, included within the known device identifiers, the known user that is associated with the specific device identifier is identified. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334548 | DEPLOYMENT OF PROXIMITY BEACON DEVICES - A technique for deploying proximity beacons involves coupling proximity beacon transmitters and/or hubs to an enterprise network device. The coupling can be by way of physically connecting communication interfaces of the network device and the proximity beacon transmitter or hub. In some implementations, the communication interface can be implemented as a USB interface. In some implementations, the communication interface can be embedded within the network device, such that the communication interface can provide the physical connection in the form of an embedded or internal connection. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334549 | Reflection-Based Location Detection - There is provided a system including a mobile device configured to transmit a first advertisement to a listening device and a repeater device, receive a data advertisement from the listening device in response to transmitting the first advertisement to the listening device, the data advertisement including a time difference between the listening device receiving the first advertisement and the listening device receiving a second advertisement transmitted from the repeater device in response to transmitting the first advertisement from the mobile device to the repeater device, and determine a location of the mobile device using the data advertisement including the time difference. In the system, the listening device and the repeater device may each include Bluetooth low energy devices. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334550 | DISCOVERY MESSAGE TRANSMISSION FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method for transmitting a discovery message for device to device communication from a first user equipment to a second user equipment includes: receiving or generating, by the first user equipment, a position information defining a geographical position; generating, by the first user equipment, the discovery message; and transmitting, by the first user equipment, the discovery message to the second user equipment using a common air interface of the first user equipment and the second user equipment. The discovery message comprises a position information part such that at least a part of the position information is transmitted from the first user equipment to the second user equipment | 2015-11-19 |
20150334551 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A first base station ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334552 | eUICC Subscription Change - The present disclosure relates to a method performed by a connectivity service platform ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334553 | RADIO LINK CONTROL STATUS PROTOCOL DATA UNIT HANDLING - A method of wireless communication with a multi subscriber identity module (SIM) multi standby UE includes tuning away from a data call on a first SIM to perform an activity for a second SIM. The method also includes tuning back to the data call on the first SIM and delaying, for a predetermined time period, a layer 2 message after tuning back. The layer 2 message can be a protocol data unit (PDU) status transmission in response to receiving a polling bit, a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) polling bit transmission, or
| 2015-11-19 |
20150334554 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING WIRELESS NETWORK - A method of using subscriber identification information stored in mobile user equipment (UE) to connect to a communication service over a public wireless network in the UE, establishing a communication link between the UE and a device, generating network access information (NAI) associated with the communication service in the UE, and sending the NAI from the UE to the device via the communication link. The method further comprises connecting the communication service in the device using the NAI and terminating the connection of the communication service in the UE. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334555 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING GROUP COMMUNICATION USING DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TERMINALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present application discloses a method of performing group communication using user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes: detecting a first group of discovery signals having a first tier counter value; generating a second group of discovery signals having a second tier counter value by using the first value; and transmitting the second group of discovery signals to another UE, wherein the tier counter indicates a tier value to which the UE belongs based on an initially activated UE or base station in the group communication. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334556 | SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, GATEWAY DEVICE, INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - To provide a service providing system capable of providing network information flexibly in response to a request from a server provided by a third party so as to provide services using various information, the service providing system includes an information collection unit ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334557 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS, AND DATA UPDATE METHOD - An information display apparatus configured to display database information obtained from an outside, includes a control unit configured to execute control for, when newly obtaining the database information from the outside, obtaining history information about the database information to be newly obtained from the outside, earlier than obtaining the database information to be newly obtained, and associating the history information with the database information that has already been obtained, to display the history information including the database information that has already been obtained. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334558 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOBILE DEVICE AND RELATED MOBILE DEVICES - A method for configuring a mobile device is provided. First, a voice phone call dialed by a remote terminal is received in a standby mode. Thereafter, the voice phone call is rejected. Next, the mobile device is being waked up from the standby mode to a normal mode to perform at least one predetermined operation for controlling the mobile device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334559 | TRIGGER EVENT BASED RESPONSE EXECUTION WITH MOTION DETECTION - An identification message is sent from a sensor apparatus, over a wireless communication network, in response to a trigger event sensed by a sensor device comprised in the sensor apparatus. The identification message consists of a unique identifier of the sensor apparatus. The identification message is received at a network server. A pre-configured action profile associated with the unique identifier in the received identification message is accessed by the network server. A response action is caused to be executed based on information in the accessed action profile. The sensor apparatus is configured to monitor for changes in the wireless signal strength, and the trigger event consists of at least one of a predetermined change and a predetermined pattern in the monitored wireless signal strength. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334560 | MTC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR KEY DERIVATION AT BOTH UE AND NETWORK - There is provided a new IWF SMC procedure for establishing security association between an MTC UE ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334561 | METHOD, WIRELESS DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ASSISTING ACCESS TO ACCESS PROTECTED SERVICES - It is presented a method for assisting access to access protected services in a cellular multimedia delivery system. The method is performed in a wireless device and comprises the steps of: obtaining a set of one or more service identifiers, each service identifier being associated with a service; for each service identified by one of the service identifiers, determining if the service is access protected by reading a configuration associated with the service, independent of any delivery method associated with the service; and transmitting, to a key manager server, a request for service keys for all services which have been determined to be access protected. A corresponding wireless device, compute program and computer program product are also presented. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334562 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC KEY PROVISIONING AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH MOBILE DEVICES - Novel systems and methods are disclosed for electronic key provisioning and access management in connection with mobile devices. The electronic keys can be time-denominated and event-denominated, thereby increasing the security and ease of use of access management for physical or virtual resources. The access management is granted in a protocol based on biometric features, contextual data, electronic keys, or a combination thereof. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING DIRECT WIRELESS LINKS AND A CENTRAL CONTROLLER FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus may be used for short range multi-device communications. The method and apparatus may be used in personal area networks (PANs). The apparatus may transmit a security key using a non-penetrating wavelength. The apparatus may establish a secure communication and transmit data using a penetrating wavelength. The data transmission may be encrypted. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334564 | TRANSPARENT TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION VIA MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Two-factor authentication can be provided transparently to a user by virtue of proof information available at a mobile communication device. For example, after an access request for a service is sent, an authentication code can be intercepted from a responsive incoming message. The technologies can incorporate a cost proof as part of a cost optimization. Other features such as obfuscation and separate channels can be incorporated into the technologies to provide a superior user experience while implementing superior security. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334565 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides authentication method and authentication device for communication apparatus and a communication apparatus. The communication apparatus comprises at least one of a communication terminal and a communication card, and the authentication method comprises: S | 2015-11-19 |
20150334566 | Authenticating Public Land Mobile Networks to Mobile Stations - There is provided a method of authenticating a public land mobile network (PLMN) to a mobile station (MS). The PLMN provides a circuit switched access network to the MS, and the MS and a trusted service, TS, have established a security context. The initiation of a voice call or initiation of sending or receiving of a pushed message by the MS (S10.1) is detected, and the TS generates a response authentication token using a session identifier and the security context (S10.7). The TS sends a response comprising the response authentication token to the MS such that the response is delivered to the MS over a signalling channel of the PLMN using a mobile subscriber integrated services digital network-number (MSISDN) associated with the subscriber or subscription to direct the message (S10.9). The MS authenticates the response using the response authentication token, the security context, and the session identifier (S10.12) in order to authenticate the PLMN. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334567 | SENSOR-ASSISTED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION FOR SMARTPHONES - During a technique for authenticating a user using a portable electronic device (such as a smartphone) while preventing successful 2D media attacks and virtual-camera attacks, the portable electronic device provides an instruction to a user to move the portable electronic device relative to the user's face. Then, using an imaging sensor in the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device acquires, a series of images while the portable electronic device is at different positions or orientations relative to the user's face, where the series of images include at least two images relative to a symmetry axis of the user's face (such as the midline). Moreover, the portable electronic device determines a change in a sign of a nose angle in at least the two images. Next, the portable electronic device authenticates the user based on at least one of the series of images using a facial-recognition technique. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334568 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONTACTLESS TRANSACTION - The invention relates to a method for controlling contactless transactions of contactless applications stored on a first secure element, said contactless transactions being operated with a portable device, said portable device comprising said first secure element. The method is characterised in that it comprises a step of pairing said first secure element with a second secure element, a step of requesting to the second secure element an authorization to execute a predetermined number of contactless transactions, a step of requesting to the second secure element another authorization to execute a new predetermined number of contactless transactions when a predetermined contactless transaction's threshold is reached. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334569 | Rogue Wireless Beacon Device Detection - Techniques are presented for detecting rogue wireless beacon devices. Wireless transmissions from beacon devices are received at a plurality of receiver devices. The wireless transmissions of the beacon devices comprise packets that carry information used for location-based services for mobile wireless devices. Content of one or more fields of the packets transmitted by the beacon devices and received by one or more of the receiver devices is obtained. The content of one or more fields of the packets is analyzed to detect an unauthorized beacon device. The analyzing operation may involve comparing the content of the one or more fields of the packets against a list that contains one or more identifiers for authorized beacon devices. In another form, analyzing may involve analyzing the content of the one or more fields of the packets with pattern information related to advertising content or advertising source. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334570 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND LOCK STATE CONTROL METHOD - A mobile phone | 2015-11-19 |
20150334571 | ESTABLISHING WLAN ASSOCIATION - A method of establishing network connection between a network device and a WLAN is disclosed. The method includes: determining whether there is previous security association between the network device and the WLAN at the time of requesting for network association, and establishing a new security association between the client device and the WLAN using security data generated in the course of establishing said previous security association if there is said previous security association. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334572 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A radio access network apparatus ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HYBRID NODE IN A CELLULAR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A new approach to deployment of a hybrid node in a cellular communication network is proposed, wherein the hybrid node includes a plurality of antennas that simultaneously serve a plurality of cells in the cellular communication network by transmitting or receiving signals to or from the cells at the same time. The cellular communication network further includes a partner cell among the plurality of cells served by the hybrid node, wherein the partner cell is a soft cell that maintains communication channels with antennas of more than one node at the same time. The cellular communication network further includes a hybrid cell among the plurality of cells also served by the hybrid node, wherein the hybrid cell is a hard cell that maintains communication channels with antennas of only one node at any one time. The partner cell and the hybrid cell have different cell-ids and they each connects to and serves a plurality of user equipment (UE) for uplink communication to and downlink communication from the hybrid node. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334574 | Preventing Coexistence Interference Through Smart Band Selection in MSMA Devices - Various embodiments leverage the typical manner in which a RAT selects a supported frequency band listed in its acquisition database and the standard communications with its network indicating the supported frequency bands to avoid potential coexistence events with one or more other RATs. In particular, various embodiments include methods for avoiding band interference between RATs operating on a multi-SIM communication device by identifying the frequency bands available to each of the RATs, comparing the identified frequency bands to determine whether any RAT's frequency bands will interfere with one or more other RAT's frequency bands, and in response to determining that there is a possibility of frequency band interference, removing those interfering frequency bands from that RAT's acquisition database. As a result, during standard communications, that RAT will report to its network that it supports only non-interfering frequency bands. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334575 | Avoidance of Interference During Simultaneous Multi-Active Technologies in Global Mode - Various embodiments implemented on a mobile communication device leverage the availability of multiple RATs to receive service from a combination of RATs that avoids the potential for inter-RAT coexistence interference. A mobile communication device processor may determine whether there is a likelihood of inter-RAT coexistence interference between a first RAT and a second RAT. In response to determining that there is a likelihood of interference occurring between the first RAT and the second RAT, the device processor may attempt to receive service with the first RAT and a third RAT that will not interfere with the first RAT. The device processor may monitor conditions to recognize when the likelihood of interference no longer exists between the first RAT and the second RAT, and reestablish service with the second RAT when that happens. Thus, the device processor may ensure that service is only acquired with non-interfering RATs. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334576 | Geo-location error correction for small cell placement - To effectively plan small cell placement within a current macro cell network, it is necessary to identify the traffic hotspots. Small cells can be placed in hotspot locations in order to effectively offload traffic from the corresponding macro cell. Hotspots can be identified based on information about traffic from/to mobile users, particularly, the observed User Equipment (UE) locations and amount of data transmitted from/to the UEs. Provided are systems and methods for accounting for geo-location errors in identifying hotspots and determining small cell placement. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334577 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SMALL CELL COMMUNICATIONS - The present invention presents a method for small cell communications, comprising: MME transmits a message of setting up a user plane for UE to a base station in a small cell cluster of the UE, wherein the messages of setting up a user plane include information about evolved radio access bearer as well as uplink tunnel identity and address of the transport layer assigned by SGW; the base station assigns downlink TEID and address of the transport layer to the UE, and responds to the MME; the MME transmits the downlink TEID and the address of the transport layer assigned to the UE to the SGW that serves the UE, and receives a response message from the SGW. Examples of the present invention further present an MME device, a base station device, an SGW device and a small cell communication system. The above scheme presented by the present invention provides a method of supporting the architecture and data transmission of small cells, which supports quick handover between small cells, reduces data loss during the handover, avoids multi-hop data forwarding, guarantees QoS, and improves user experience and system performance. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334578 | Using Client-Specific RGS To Improve Performance on Multi-SIM and Multi-RAT Devices - Various embodiments provide methods implemented in a mobile communication device (e.g., a multi-RAT communication device) for maintaining at least one separate RGS value for each of a plurality of RATs operating on the mobile communication device. Specifically, a device processor on the mobile communication device (e.g., a crystal oscillator manager) may maintain a separate, up-to-date RGS value for each of the plurality of RATs and may associate each of the plurality of RATs with their respective RGS values. By keeping track of the plurality of RATs' respective RGS values, the device processor may ensure that an appropriate RGS value is used to facilitate each RAT's individual operations, such as acquisition/re-acquisition operations, sleep scheduling calculations, and handover/inter-RAT measurement operations. As a result, various embodiments may improve the performance of each RAT and the overall performance of the mobile communication device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334579 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A wireless communication method comprises the following steps: a Static and Public Virtual Access Point (PS-VAP) on a Physical Access Point (PAP) receives a Probe Request from a station; the PS-VAP sends a Virtual Access Point (VAP) Setup Request to a server in response to the Probe Request; the PAP creates a Dedicated-and-Dynamic VAP (DD-VAP) having a Service Set Identifier (SSID) for the station according to a VAP Setup Response sent from the server; and the DD-VAP sends a Probe Reply including the SSID of the DD-VAP to the station. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334580 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR OBTAINING DATA - A system comprising: at least one sensor and at least one control apparatus wherein; the sensor comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code;the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform;compressing a sensor data signal using a sampling basis to obtain a compressed data signal; and in response to a first feedback signal changing a sampling basis used to obtain the compressed data signal; and wherein the control apparatus comprises: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform; receiving the data signal from the at least one sensor;determining a quality of the received data signal; and if the quality of the received data signal is within a first threshold providing a feedback signal to control the sampling basis of the sensor. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334581 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In the case of receiving a first signal from another communication apparatus after starting operation as an access point, a communication apparatus provides a communication parameter to the other communication apparatus, and in the case of receiving a communication parameter provision request from another communication apparatus from when starting the operation as the access point and until the elapse of a predetermined time, the communication apparatus provides a communication parameter to the other communication apparatus even in the case where the first signal is not received from the other communication apparatus. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334582 | PROXIMITY BEACON MANAGEMENT USING A NETWORK DEVICE - Management of a proximity beacon transmitter using a network device. Operational characteristics are generated for a proximity beacon transmitter coupled to a network device. The proximity beacon is configured through the network device. It is determined if the proximity beacon transmitter is operating according to the operational characteristics generated for the proximity beacon transmitter. The proximity beacon transmitter is reconfigured to operate according to the operational characteristics if it is determined that the proximity beacon transmitter is operating in nonconformity with the operational characteristics. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334583 | Service switching method, device and system for local communication network - A service switching method, device and system for a local communication network are described. The method includes that: a current terminal receiving a service switching starting instruction sends running service information to a selected target terminal, and sends a service switching request message to a server; the server receiving the service switching request message sends service information to the target terminal; the target terminal extracts service progress time from the service information sent by the current terminal and the service information sent by the server respectively, calculates a time difference according to the extracted service progress time, and sends the time difference to the server; and the server regulates a progress of the service information sent to the target terminal according to the time difference to make the progress consistent with a progress of the service information sent to the selected target terminal by the current terminal. By the disclosure, a service can be smoothly switched, and service discontinuity can be avoided. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334584 | Measurement of a First RAT Based on Metrics of a Second RAT - Performing measurement of a first RAT while connected to a second RAT. The UE may initially communicate with a base station of the second RAT. While maintaining a connection to the base station of the first RAT, the UE may perform base station measurement of the first RAT (e.g., using a single radio of the UE). However, the measurement of the first RAT may be influenced by various factors, such as signal quality metrics of the second RAT. For example, if signal quality metrics are high for the second RAT, measurement of the first RAT may not be desirable, e.g., for battery life reasons. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334585 | Method and Device for Handover Statistics - The provides are a method and device for handover statistics, and the method includes: a base station receives a measurement job issued by a management system, wherein, the measurement job is used for indicating to collect statistics on one or more performance measurements of an inter-base station handover of a UE, and at least one of the following performance measurements for MRN: one or more performance measurements of an inter-base station handover of the MRN and one or more performance measurements of an intra-base station handover of the MRN. The base station collects statistics on one or more performance measurements indicated in the measurement job. It is solved the problem that the statistics on the inter-base station handover or intra-base station handover of the user is inaccurate, and achieves implementing the handover statistics of the MRN and increasing the accuration for collecting statistics on the handover of the UE | 2015-11-19 |
20150334586 | WIRELESS RECEIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a wireless receiving apparatus includes a detector, a demodulator, a determination unit and a setting unit. The detector detects a wireless frame which has a received power level higher than a carrier detection threshold when the wireless frame is received. The determination unit determines a connection status in accordance with whether or not the demodulation is successful. The setting unit sets the carrier detection threshold at a first threshold if the connection status is an initial status where demodulation of a connection request frame is not successful, and which sets the carrier detection threshold at a second threshold if the connection status is other than the initial status, the second threshold being a variable value and larger than the first threshold. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334587 | METHOD OF DETECTING INDICATOR INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of detecting indicator information received by a receiver of a wireless communication system is provided, and the method includes determining a threshold value that reduces costs incurred by a false alarm rate that decides discontinuous transmission (DTX) information transmitted from a transmitter as non-DTX information and a missed detection rate that decides non-DTX information transmitted from the transmitter as DTX information; and detecting the indicator information using the threshold value. The threshold value is determined based on a reception quality level for acknowledgement (ACK) information when the transmitter transmits the ACK information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334588 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FAST RECOVERY - The invention introduces a method and an apparatus for fast recovery. The fast recovery method comprises: evaluating data download qualities of non-current RATs (Radio Access Technologies) to obtain a candidate RAT list; determining whether a PS (Packet Service) download quality of a current RAT becomes worse; and if the PS download quality of the current RAT becomes worse, selecting one RAT from the candidate RAT list and switching to the selected RAT. The method and the apparatus for fast recovery introduced by the invention realize the seamless RAT switch and maintain the continuous data transmission. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334589 | MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) MEASUREMENT SCHEDULING - A method of wireless communication includes adaptively modifying a measurement schedule order for a current discontinuous reception cycle. The method also includes receiving system information for two or more cells. The measurement schedule order is based on a priority of a cell associated with a radio access technology, a frequency, or a combination thereof. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334590 | METHODS AND APPARTUS FOR REPORTING AND/OR USING CONTROL INFORMATION - A wireless communications system supports wireless connections between base station sector attachment points and wireless terminals. Individual wireless connections correspond to one of a downlink-macrodiversity mode of operation and a downlink non-macrodiversity mode of operation. A wireless terminal has, for each of its current connections, a base station assigned dedicated control channel for communicating uplink control information reports. The uplink control information reports include downlink signal-to-noise ratio reports based on measured received pilot channel signals. If a connection corresponds to a macrodiversity mode of operation, a reporting format for the SNR report is used which reports (i) an SNR value and (ii) an indication as to whether or not the connection is considered a preferred connection by the wireless terminal. If a connection corresponds to a non-macrodiversity mode of operation, a reporting format for the SNR report is used which reports an SNR value. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334591 | M2M GATEWAY COLLOCATED WITH A BASE STATION USING A CPRI CONNECTION - A system may include a machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway. The M2M gateway may receive M2M information associated with an M2M application. The M2M gateway may mark the M2M information to create marked information. The marked information may be created to allow the marked information to be identified as M2M information. The M2M gateway may provide the marked information. The marked information may be provided via a wired common public radio interface (CPRI) connection to a base station to permit the base station to identify the marked information as M2M information and provide the marked information to a management device based on identifying the marked information as M2M information. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CHANNEL IN WLAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for accessing a channel in a WLAN system. A method for accessing the channel from a station (STA) in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting a power save-poll (PS-poll) for channel accessing from a listening interval to an access point, wherein the station operates in a non-traffic indication map (TIM) mode which is not limited by a TIM element that is transmitted from the access point, and wherein the time of transmission of the PS-poll is not limited by the TIM element. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334593 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC TRAFFIC MULTIPLEXING - A system may be configured to multiplex traffic, on a per-application basis, over multiple networks. The traffic may be multiplexed based on weights, associated with each application, and key performance indicators (“KPIs”) associated with the networks. The system may output a first proportion of traffic, associated with the application, via a first network, and may output a second proportion of traffic, associated the application, via the second network. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334594 | WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS - A network access point may control access by limiting time of access to users, and by granting additional access time in exchange for certain user behavior, such as viewing advertisements. Other rewards may be granted as well, such as changes to the user's network access quality, or access to restricted content. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING INFORMATION TO SERVICES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a packet for a subscriber at a gateway, wherein the gateway includes a local policy anchor for interfacing with one or more policy servers and one or more classifiers for interfacing with one or more service chains, each service chain including one or more services accessible by the gateway; determining a service chain to receive the subscriber's packet; appending the subscriber's packet with a header, wherein the header includes, at least in part, identification information for the subscriber and an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the local policy anchor; and injecting the packet including the header into the service chain determined for the subscriber. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334596 | NETWORK-SIDE BUFFER MANAGEMENT - Various communication systems may benefit from buffer management. For example, systems employing a packet data convergence protocol may be enhanced with network-side buffer management that is configured to manipulate transmission control protocol packet senders. A method can include receiving a plurality of packets at a buffer of a buffer manager. The method can also include manipulating, by the buffer manager, pacing of transmission control protocol senders of the packets. The method can further optionally include fair queuing the packets and/or performing flow incubation on the packets. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334597 | Method and Apparatus for Non-Access Stratum Signaling - For a targeted wireless device that is operating in a communication network that includes a first access network and an associated core network, the teachings herein advantageously provide for the conditional selection of a second access network, for exchanging NAS signaling between the communication network and a targeted wireless device, to offload such signaling from the first access network. The second access network is different from the first access network and may or may not be integrated with the core network, but the first access network and/or the associated core network are adapted to provide for the conditional routing of certain NAS signaling through the second access network, which NAS signaling would conventionally be conveyed via the first access network. In an example, the first access network is a 3GPP RAN and the core network is a 3GPP core network, while and the second access network is a non-3GPP RAN. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334598 | CENTRALIZED WIRELESS LAN LOAD BALANCING - A centralized wireless LAN load balancing mechanism is described herein. In one embodiment, in response to a request for entering a wireless network from a wireless station and forwarded from multiple access points (APs) of the wireless network, a network access device coupled to the multiple APs determines a load for each of the APs. The network access device then selects one of the APs based on the determined loads of the APs and instructs the selected AP to associate with the wireless station. The network access device further instructs the remaining APs to reject the request. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334599 | System and Method for Dynamic Resource Allocation over Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrums - Dynamically varying transmission rates of a traffic flow over respective portions of a primary band and a complementary band may allow a transmit point to satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements over a unified air interface. The QoS requirement may stipulate that an overall transmission rate of the traffic flow over the unified air interface exceeds a threshold. Transmission rates may be varied based on a contention level of the complementary band. For instance, during periods of high contention, the transmission rate on the primary band may be ramped up to compensate for a lower effective transmission rate over the complementary band. Likewise, during periods of low contention, the transmission rate on the primary band may be stepped down to compensate for a higher effective transmission rate over the complementary band. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334600 | METHOD AND RADIO NETWORK NODE FOR MANAGING A REQUEST FOR A RADIO ACCESS BEARER - A method and a radio network node for managing a request for a radio access bearer. The radio network node determines a first value relating to utilization of radio resources in a first set of subframes. The first set of subframes includes a second set of subframes, dedicated for transmission by the radio network node to multiple radio communication devices, and a third set of subframes. The radio network node determines a second value relating to utilization of radio resources in the third set of subframes. The radio network node receives the request and obtains an indication relating to a capability of a radio communication device to receive transmission in one or more of the second set of subframes. The radio network node determines a response to the request based on the first value, the second value and the indication, and sends the response to the network node. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334601 | Multi-Standard Network Convergence Method, Device, and System - The present invention discloses a multi-standard network convergence method, device, and system and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: acquiring an AC mapping parameter corresponding to an RLC packet; performing encapsulation on the AC mapping parameter and the RLC packet; and forwarding an encapsulated packet to a second network, so that the second network acquires a corresponding AC according to the AC mapping parameter in the encapsulated packet, and places the RLC packet into a transmission queue corresponding to the AC for transmission. According to the present invention, an AC mapping parameter and an RLC packet are encapsulated and then sent to a second network, so that the second network may determine a corresponding AC according to the AC mapping parameter, so as to accurately place the RLC packet into a corresponding transmission queue for transmission and further implement multi-standard network convergence. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334602 | BSS-WIDE BANDWIDTH RESTRICTION MODES FOR WLAN - A method includes, in an Access Point (AP) that communicates with one or more wireless communication stations (STAs) in accordance with a communication protocol that permits the STAs to transmit to the AP at bandwidths selected by the STAs without coordination with the AP, evaluating a condition relating to signal quality of at least one of the STAs. A maximum bandwidth is chosen based on the evaluated condition, and the STAs are instructed to transmit to the AP at no more than the chosen maximum bandwidth. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334603 | MOBILE STATION AND RADIO BASE STATION - An objective is to enable a radio base station eNB to recognize a time point when a transition of an Scell to an active state is completed. A mobile station UE according to the invention includes a transmission unit | 2015-11-19 |
20150334604 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER FOR BASE STATIONS WITH CELLULAR BACKHAUL - Control of handover management at a first base station in a cellular network is provided. A separate, provisioning base station of the cellular network may provide the first base station with a radio backhaul interface to a core network part of the cellular network. Then, handover status information may be communicated to the first base station, the information being based on a handover status for the provisioning base station. Additionally or alternatively, the first base station is configured for operation whilst mobile and a mobility parameter is determined for it, relating to a change in location for the first base station. Handover status information is communicated to the first base station based on the determined mobility parameter. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334605 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: sending “INVITE” from a UE# | 2015-11-19 |
20150334606 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING SERVICE CONTINUITY OF USER EQUIPMENT AFTER TRACKING AREA IS UPDATED - Provided are a method and an apparatus for maintaining service continuity of a user UE after a tracking area is updated. In the method, after a UE initiates a TAU request, an MME judges whether an updated target SGW is the same as a source SGW (S | 2015-11-19 |
20150334607 | HANDOVER-RELATED MEASUREMENTS AND EVENTS FOR POWER ADAPTATION - The disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for handover-related measurements and events for power adaptation. The disclosure provides for management of an eNodeB for improving reliability of incoming handovers to a cell provided by the eNodeB. At least one handover failure event for an incoming handover to a cell provided by the target eNodeB is detected. The eNodeB or central entity determines that the cell is providing an undesired coverage area based on the at least one handover failure event. In response to determining that the cell is providing an undesired coverage area, the transmit power for the cell may be adjusted to alter the undesired coverage area. A performance measurement based on the at least one handover failure event may be used to evaluate the undesired coverage area. The incoming handover failure events may include incoming too-early handovers, incoming too-late handovers, incoming wrong cell handovers, and incomplete incoming handovers. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334608 | BASE STATION - A base station includes a receiving unit, a determining unit, a control unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives a connection request signal when the base station is in a power-saving state. The determining unit, when the receiving unit receives the connection request signal, determines whether a priority of the base station is higher than a priority of a different base station that belongs to a same group as the base station. The control unit, when the determining unit determines that the priority of the base station is higher than the priority of the different base station, causes the base station to return from the power-saving state to a normal state. The transmitting unit wirelessly transmits a notification signal after the base station is returned to the normal state by the control unit. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334609 | IMPROVING HANDOVER TIME - Example implementations relate to devices, methods, and computer program products of communication networks in relation to, e.g., involved in initial access from an idle status, connection reestablishment, handover, or synchronization. A terminal apparatus may include: a control module configured to detect receipt of a group information indicative of a group of at least two network apparatuses, the group information being descriptive for a certain configuration of communication parameters enabling the terminal apparatus to communicate with anyone of the network apparatuses of the respective group, and request connecting to at least one of the network apparatuses of the group by use of the certain configuration. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334610 | REDUCED HANDOVER LATENCY FOR LICENSED SHARED ACCESS - A proposed 3GPP LTE protocol enhancement disclosed herein enables an Evolved Node B (eNB) to perform a mass handoff of User Equipment from Licensed Shared Access (LSA) band spectrum to LTE Primary band spectrum without creating an over-the-air signaling surge by preventing individual handover messaging exchanges between the eNB and UEs affected by loss of LSA frequency band. A User Equipment (UE) comprises a transceiver configured to receive a broadcast paging message in a Licensed Shared Access (LSA) frequency band instructing the UE to move to a primary Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequency band from the LSA frequency band, receive system information comprising primary LTE frequency band information, extract handover parameters from the received system information for moving to the primary LTE frequency band, stop communicating on the LSA frequency band and synchronize communications with an Evolved Node B (eNB) associated with the primary LTE frequency band. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TARGET DENB CELL - Disclosed are a system and a method for identifying a target DeNB cell for handing over to the target DeNB cell during an inband operation of 3GPP(3 | 2015-11-19 |
20150334612 | SMALL CELL CHANNEL SELECTION - Systems and methods for selecting an operating channel for a small cell are described. A determination can be made to select a different operating channel at a small cell based at least in part on at least one of a downlink quality metric or an uplink quality metric. One or more connected mode user equipments (UE) served by the small cell can be caused to handover to one or more neighboring cells, and one or more parameters configured to one or more idle mode UEs camped on the small cell can be modified to cause the one or more idle mode UEs to reselect to the one or more neighboring cells. The operating channel of the small cell can be switched to the different operating channel at least when the one or more connected mode UEs are handed over to the one or more neighboring cells. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334613 | NETWORK ELEMENTS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREFOR - An Access Point ( | 2015-11-19 |
20150334614 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER SIGNALLING - Control of handover of a User Equipment (UE) between a first base station of a first type and a second base station of a second, different type in a cellular network. At least one handover parameter is configured at one or more of: the UE; the first base station; and the second base station, on the basis of the first type and the second type. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A SUBSCRIBER IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving, by a first Home eNodeB (HeNB), a first attach request from a user equipment (UE) for attaching a subscriber associated with the UE to a small cell network; determining whether the subscriber has transitioned into the small cell network from a macro cell network; exchanging, based on the determination, a first pair of messages between the first HeNB and the UE to determine an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) of the subscriber; and exchanging, based on the determination, one or more second pairs of messages between the first HeNB and the UE to advance a sequence number for Non-Access Stratum (NAS) messages for the UE to a value corresponding to a received sequence number for the first attach request from the UE. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334616 | METHOD OF USER EQUIPMENT SELECTING CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER EQUIPMENT USING THE METHOD - Provided are a cell selection method performed by UE in a wireless communication system and UE using the method. The method includes generating data use pattern information, the data use pattern information including an amount of data used for each moving speed of the UE, receiving data providing pattern information that informs an amount of data provided by the wireless communication system for each specific moving speed of the UE, determining an access type of the UE based on the data use pattern information and the data providing pattern information, selecting a type of a cell to be accessed according to the access type and selecting a cell from cells having the cell type. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334617 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MOBILITY IN A MULTI-RADIO DEVICE - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for managing mobility in a multi-radio device are provided. One example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first radio access technology (RAT); receiving a message to redirect from a second channel to the first channel; determining the first channel is in a set of one or more blocked channels not usable for the first RAT; and in response to the determination, taking one or more actions. Another example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first RAT and providing an indication to a network that a user equipment (UE) no longer supports the first channel. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334618 | Determining Network Availability Based on Geographical Location - A mobile terminal comprising: a positioning module arranged to determine a geographical location of the mobile terminal; a local transceiver for connecting to local wireless access networks; and processing apparatus for communicating with a first, packet-based network by forming connections with the wireless local area networks using the local transceiver. The processing apparatus is configured to determine measures of connection quality experienced by the mobile terminal on ones of the connections, and to record the determined measures in a database associating measures of connection quality with geographical locations. The processing apparatus is further configured to control activation of the local transceiver to scan for subsequent availability of one or more of the wireless local area networks, in dependence on one or more of the measures of connection quality and associated geographical locations in the database relative to the geographical location of the mobile terminal as determined by the positioning module. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CELL RE-SELECTION - An approach is provided for cell re-selection. A notification message is generated to indicate initiation of a coverage area re-selection procedure to operate in a new coverage area from a current coverage area. The re-selection procedure is performed if an acknowledgement message is received in response to the notification message. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334620 | Signaling Design to Support In-Device Coexistence Interference Avoidance - A method of implicit signaling to support In-Device coexistence interference avoidance is provided. A UE sends an IDC interference indication to an eNB. The indication indicates that a serving frequency becomes unusable due to a coexistence interference problem. The indication does not explicitly indicate a frequency index or a frequency location of the unusable serving frequency. The eNB determines the serving frequency as unusable in an implicit manner. The eNB also determines an implied unusable frequency region based on the received IDC indication. The implied unusable frequency region is between the serving frequency and the ISM band. In one advantageous aspect, the eNB configures a condition for the UE, such that the UE is refrained from sending IDC interference indications unless the condition is satisfied. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334621 | PIECEWISE AGGREGATION OF OVERHEAD MESSAGING SETS - Methods and apparatuses are presented for piecewise aggregation of overhead messages. According to a method that is presented, that the method can include starting a timer having a time period during which a first radio access technology (RAT) of the UE attempts to obtain overhead messages from a cell. . The method can also include obtaining, at a radio resource of the UE and during the time period, a first portion of the overhead messages from the cell. In addition, the method may include determining that the timer has expired and handing over the radio resource to a second RAT of the UE when the timer has expired. The method also may include aggregating the first portion of the overhead messages with a second portion of the overhead messages. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334622 | Apparatus and Method to Perform LTE/WLAN Handoff by Keeping LTE Attached or in Suspended State - Systems and methods are disclosed to provide offloading procedures that reduce signaling load. Specifically, embodiments of the present disclosure provide offloading techniques that enable signaling overhead caused by attachment procedures to be avoided when user equipment (UE) reconnects to a cellular network after offloading data to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). According to an embodiment, at least one Public Data Network (PDN) is kept connected through the cellular network access when other PDN connections are offloaded to WLAN. According to another embodiment, a PDN connection through cellular network access is suspended, rather than detached, when data is offloaded to WLAN. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334623 | Cell Reselection Based on Information Collected from a Plurality of Mobile Devices - Data provided by an access point of a wireless local area network (“WLAN”) is used to assist a mobile device in cell reselection. If a serving cell of a cellular communications network is unsuitable for providing cellular service, a candidate cell co-located with the serving cell can be selected as the serving cell based on quality of service metrics associated with the serving cell and the candidate cell. The mobile device can be proactively commanded to switch to the candidate cell for receiving cellular service. In some implementations, the quality of service metrics are calculated from call logs collected from mobile devices operating in the cellular communications network. In some implementations, network information regarding serving cell performance can be used with the call logs to generate the quality of service metrics. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334624 | Network-Controlled E-UTRAN Neighbor Cell Measurements - According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is disclosed in a user equipment (UE) for performing downlink measurements on a plurality of cells according to a received measurement configuration. The UE receives measurement configuration information from a radio base station supporting a serving cell of a wireless communications network, the measurement configuration information including an indication of a variably sized measurement bandwidth over which measurements are to be performed on the serving cell and one or more neighbor cells. The UE performs measurements on each of the serving cell and the one or more neighbor cells over the measurement bandwidth, and reports the measurements to the network. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334625 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER CONTROL - Controlling handover of a User Equipment (UE) between first and second base stations in a cellular network is provided. The first base station is configured for operation whilst mobile. A mobility parameter is determined for the first base station, the mobility parameter relating to a change in location for the first base station. Then, the first base station is configured to permit or prevent handover of the UE between the first and second base stations based on the mobility parameter of the first base station. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334626 | Method of Heterogeneous Network Mobility - Methods for enhanced heterogeneous network mobility are proposed. In a first novel aspect, the cell size of a target cell is considered when determining the TTT value. In one embodiment, pico-specific Time-to-Trigger (TTT) value is configured. When the target cell to be measured is a picocell, pico-specific TTT value is applied. In a second novel aspect, precise mobility state estimation (MSE) is achieved by considering the effect of cell size. In one embodiment, when counting cell changes, a cell change to/from a small cell would be counted to lesser extent than a cell change between large cells. UE uses effective parameters for measurement evaluation, by applying better speed state estimation with speed scaling and by applying parameter differentiation that can be dependent on cell size. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334627 | CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALL BACK CELL RESELECTION - A user equipment (UE) reduces delays during cell reselection for a circuit switched call back (CSFB) voice call in a radio access technology (RAT). In one instance, the UE prevents cell reselection from a first cell of a RAT to a second cell of the same RAT during system information collection of the first cell. In some instances, the preventing is based on a signal strength of the first cell or a signal strength difference between the first cell and the second cell. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334628 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING DATA TRAFFIC - A method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a traffic detection function (TDF) of a mobile communication system, according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a policy server, a policy that includes address information of packet data network (PDN) gateways (PGWs) respectively corresponding to one or more PDNs; receiving a message that includes a data packet from one PDN among the one or more PDNs; and transmitting the received packet to the address of the corresponding PGW on the basis of the policy information. According to one embodiment of the present specification, it is possible to provide a device and a method capable of providing a charging capability of an application level by providing a method and a device for transferring classified traffic in an implicit selective manner. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334629 | REDUCING BROADCAST DUPLICATION IN HYBRID WIRELESS MESH PROTOCOL ROUTING - Methods, systems, and devices related to wireless communication via a mesh network are described. In particular, the disclosure is directed to selecting a path between two nodes in a wireless mesh network based on consideration of type of data requested and a determination whether an intermediate node, within a predetermined range of the requesting node, is actively broadcasting the requested data. Such opportunistic consideration in selecting a path between two nodes may avoid unnecessary activation of additional broadcasting nodes and reduce the risk of triggering interference between multiple nodes broadcasting duplicate data. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334630 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA OVER A PLURALITY OF NETWORKS - There is discussed a method of transmitting data from a first network device to a second network device using a plurality of network links. The method comprises the first network device sending first data to the second network device over a first network link at a first transmission time and sending second data to the second network device over a second network link at a second transmission time. The first network device receives from the second network device an indication of the time difference between reception of the first data over the first network link and reception of the second data over the second network link. The first network device then calculates a propagation time difference between the time taken for the first data to reach the second network device over the first network link and the second data to reach the second network device over the second network link using the received time difference indication and the first and second transmission times, and determines a network link configuration and data sending order using the calculated propagation time difference. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334631 | ESTABLISHING RELIABLE ROUTES WITHOUT EXPENSIVE MESH PEERING - A device may join an existing mesh network by authenticating with only one of a plurality of member devices of the existing mesh network. Once the device has successfully authenticated with the only one member device, the device may receive a common group key. The device may send a route request message encrypted with the common key to one or more of the plurality of member devices of the existing mesh network. In response, the device may receive one or more route reply messages encrypted with the common key from one or more of the plurality of member devices of the existing mesh network. The device may determine an optimal route to one or more provider member devices of the existing mesh network based on the received route reply messages. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334632 | DETECTING AND DISABLING ROGUE ACCESS POINTS IN A NETWORK - A rogue access point in a wireless local-area network can be disabled by an authorized access point wirelessly transmitting a layer-2 broadcast packet. If a rogue access point receives this broadcast packet, it will forward a copy to the switch to which it is connected. The switch then determines whether the port on which the copy of the broadcast packet is received is associated an authorized access point port. If the switch determines the port is not an authorized access point port, the switch shuts down the port. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334633 | Method, Apparatus And System For Policy Control - A method, equipment and system for policy control. The method includes: a trusted Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access gateway receiving Quality of Service (QoS) information from a 3GPP core network, and sending the QoS information to an Access Controller (AC) or a Broadband Network Gateway (BNG); the AC or the BNG or other fixed network access devices performing admission control and/or resource allocation according to the QoS information. In the technical solution, the interface configuration and policy configuration are performed for the WLAN access gateway in the fixed mobile convergence scenario, thereby the policy control is implemented in the fixed mobile convergence scenario. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334634 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING USER-DEFINED MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a system, a device, and a method for customizing a user-defined network. The system includes a gateway and a mobile network element. The gateway is configured to receive a user-defined network request, request, according to the user-defined network request, an invocation of a communications service corresponding to the mobile network element to establish or modify the user-defined network, and return an invocation result. The user-defined network request includes definition information of an MBB communications service resource required by the MBB application service. The mobile network element is configured to implement invocation of the corresponding communications service. Therefore, the MBB communications service resources required by an MBB application are customized as required, and an invocation of the MBB communications service resources is associated with a requirement of the MBB application, thereby implementing reasonable utilization of the MBB communications service resources. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334635 | HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR NETWORKS - A wireless communication network including a first transceiver station for transmitting first signals over a first area coverage and over a first transmission bandwidth, and a second transceiver station selectively activatable/de-activatable. The second transceiver station is operable to broadcast, when de-activated, a beacon signal identifying the second transceiver station, the beacon signal having a beacon frequency at edges of the first transmission bandwidth. The beacon signal is detectable by a user equipment for inferring presence of the second transceiver station. The first transceiver station is configured to receive a response signal from a user equipment based on the detected beacon signal, and to schedule activation of the second transceiver station based on the received response signal. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334636 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A closed subscriber group (CSG) cell is a cell that allows use of subscribers. In order to receive the service by the CSG cell, a CSG-ID is required to be notified to a user equipment, which cannot be obtained in a situation outside the reach of radio waves from a non-CSG cell. In a mobile communication system including base stations respectively provided to a CSG cell and a non-CSG cell in which access is made to the CSG cell with the use of a CSG-ID issued in a case where use of the CSG cell is allowed, the base station provided in the CSG cell refers to the notified identification information of a user equipment and then transmits a tracking area update request from the user equipment to a core network, and the core network determines whether the user equipment is allowed to use the CSG cell and, in the case where the use is allowed, transmits a signal for allowing assignment of radio resources to the user equipment and the CSG-ID. The user equipment accesses the CSG cell with the use of the CSG-ID. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334637 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for receiving a broadcast service from a cell supporting multiple frequency bands for a frequency by a UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether a supportable frequency band combination includes a frequency band of a frequency at which a particular broadcast service may be received, and if the supportable frequency band combination includes the frequency band, transmitting, to a base station, a control message including identification information corresponding to a frequency of the broadcast service desired to be received. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334638 | SERVICE DISCOVERY METHOD AND DEVICE IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a service discovery method and device in a wireless LAN system. A service discovery method in a wireless LAN system according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: transmitting, by a request device, a service discovery request frame to a response device; and receiving, by the request device, a service discovery response frame, which comprises service information of the response device and service information of each of one or more other devices, from the response device. The one or more other devices can comprise a device which does not belong to the same group as the response device. | 2015-11-19 |
20150334639 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, LOCAL AREA BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is designed to provide highly efficient local area radio access. A communication system, in which a mobile terminal apparatus ( | 2015-11-19 |