50th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140362719 | METHODS FOR MONITORING DATA TRAFFIC IN A GATEWAY DEVICE - A method of monitoring data traffic across a gateway device connecting a first and a second networks includes comparing values obtained from data counters in the gateway device with defined amounts of data sent from the first to the second network or received from the second network in the first network. The method allows for detecting unauthorized or unwanted traffic as well as locating data loss in the first or second networks. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MEASUREMENT REPORT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method for transmitting a measurement report at a UE in the wireless communication system includes measuring received strengths and reception frequencies of first and second signals, and transmitting a measurement report including a frequency offset between the first and second signals, if the received strength of the second signal is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold. The frequency offset is used to support cooperative transmission of transmission points transmitting the first and second signals. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362721 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING COMMUNICATION AVAILABILITY AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A determination apparatus for determining communication availability in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme communication system, the determination apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a wireless signal including an OFDM symbol in which a pilot signal is inserted at a constant interval in a frequency axis direction, an obtaining unit configured to obtain a discrete sample signal by sampling the wireless signal, a correlation value calculation unit configured to calculate a correlation value of the discrete sample signal for a time shift amount that is defined in advance according to the constant interval, and a determination unit configured to determine the communication availability in the communication system based on at least a result of determination whether the correlation value for the time shift amount has a peak or not. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362722 | COMPONENT CARRIER ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION USING RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS - This invention relates to a proposal of an uplink resource assignment format and a downlink resource assignment format. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the new uplink/downlink resource assignments in methods for (de)activation of downlink component carrier(s) configured for a mobile terminal, a base station and a mobile terminal. To enable efficient and robust (de)activation of component carriers, while minimizing the signaling overhead, the invention proposes a new uplink/downlink resource assignment format that allow the activation/deactivation of individual downlink component carriers configured for a mobile. The new uplink or downlink resource assignment comprises an indication of the activation state of the configured downlink component carriers, i.e. indicate which downlink component carrier(s) is/are to be activated or deactivated. This indication is for example implemented by means of a bit-mask that indicates which of the configured uplink component carriers are to be activated respectively deactivated. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362723 | TRANSMISSION POWER ADAPTATION FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods are provided for dynamically/during operation, adapting transmission power in a wireless communication device. The adapting of transmit power in a wireless communication device can be performed on a per-packet, as well as a per-link basis. Before determining to adapt transmit power, various conditions, configurations, and or operational information can be analyzed. That is, the quality of service associated with a link, the stability of the link, as well as, e.g., the stability of a current transmit rate being utilized can be considered, such that the user experience, e.g., throughput, need not be negatively affected in order to implement power savings by lowering transmit power. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362724 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SELECTIVE ACCESS TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication system provides selective access to target wireless communication devices. A naming server system receives naming system registration messages from target wireless communication devices and address requests from user devices. The naming server system determines if the current time is within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device. If the current time is within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device, then the naming server system returns the IP address for the target wireless communication device. If the current time is not within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device, then the naming server system will respond with a timeframe when the target wireless communication device will be available for access. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362725 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION VIA PEER EXCHANGE - In an ad hoc wireless network, nodes determine contextual locations based at least in part on measured ranges to a plurality of fixed nodes having predetermined locations. When the contextual locations contains at least one error, the contextual locations are updated based at least in part on measured ranges between pairs of nodes in the ad hoc wireless network. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362726 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE CHANNEL SWITCHING - An apparatus and methods are provided for opportunistically conducting data communications on multiple wireless channels. In these methods, a device is engaged in data communications with a second device and receives a conflicting communication demand requiring action on one or more channels other than the data-communication channel (e.g., to conduct a channel scan, to issue or receive a beacon). The device arranges a schedule of channel switches to satisfy the communication demand and advises the second device of the schedule, and may explicitly invite the second device to implement the schedule. To the extent the second device does so, the data communications continue on the other channels. The devices may be participating in a synchronized peer-to-peer communication environment that requires their attendance on the data-communication channel and that is not associated with the other channels. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362727 | PEER-TO-PEER AD HOC NETWORK SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PRESENCE OF MEMBERS OF A GROUP - Embodiments include peer-to-peer ad hoc network having a group having a plurality of members, each of the plurality of members comprising a locating device, wherein the plurality of members are configured to detect an absence of one of the plurality of members from the group. The system also includes a location server configured to communicate with the locating device of at least one of the plurality of members and a supervisor device configured to receive an alert from the location server, wherein the alert is generated by the location server in response to a detection of the absence of one of the plurality of members from the group. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362728 | DISCOVERY OF NEARBY DEVICES FOR FILE TRANSFER AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses for wireless communication devices to discover each other and share information are described. Wireless communication devices transmit and receive messages to identify compatible wireless communication devices. The messages include indicators for a communication service and one or more user identification values. A scanning wireless communication device identifies a message from a broadcasting wireless communication device that satisfies a set of matching filter criteria and extracts user identification values from the message. The scanning wireless communication device compares the extracted user identification values to a local set of user identification values. When an extracted user identification value from the message matches a user identification value in the local set of user identification values, the scanning wireless communication device establishes a connection to the broadcasting wireless communication device according to the communication service indicated in the message. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362729 | Mine WiFi and Method - A telecommunications system for a mine with tunnels having a plurality of nodes disposed in the tunnels in the mine which provides communication through WiFi with devices in the mine. Each node having a housing defining an enclosure, a first radio with a first antenna disposed at least partially in the enclosure within the housing directed for communication in a first direction relative to the node, a second radio with a second antenna disposed at least partially in the enclosure within the housing directed for communication in a second direction essentially opposite the first direction, and a power supply in electrical communication with the first and second radios to power the first and second radios. A method of a telecommunications system for a mine. A method of a Wifi node for a mine. A Wifi node for a mine. An apparatus for holding an object in a mine. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362730 | System and Method for Mapping a Service-Level Topology to a Service-Specific Data Plane Logical Topology - An embodiment method includes receiving service parameters for a service and locating logical network nodes for a service-specific data plane logical topology at respective physical network nodes among a plurality of physical network nodes according to the service parameters, a service-level topology, and a physical infrastructure of the plurality of physical network nodes. The method also includes defining connections among the logical network nodes according to the service parameters, the service-level topology, and the physical infrastructure, and defining respective connections for a plurality of UEs to at least one of the logical network nodes according to the service parameters, the service-level topology, and the physical infrastructure. The method further includes defining respective functionalities for the logical network nodes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362731 | DETECTION OF REPAIR NODES IN NETWORKS - An apparatus and method for detection of repair nodes in a network. In one embodiment of the method, a first node generates a first message and a second message, wherein each of the first and second messages includes a first node identification (ID) that uniquely identifies the first node within a network. The first message includes a first path ID, wherein the first path ID corresponds to a first path through which the first node receives data packets of a stream. The second message includes a second path ID, wherein the second path ID corresponds to a second path through which the first node receives copies of the data packets. The first and second path IDs are distinct from each other. The first node transmits the first message upstream towards a root node for the stream via a first interface of the first node, and the first node transmits the second message upstream towards the root node via a second interface of the first node. The first and second interfaces are distinct from each other. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362732 | METHOD AND RADIO BASE STATION FOR ANTENNA/NETWORK RECONFIGURATION - A radio base station and a method therein are provided for probing of alternative network configurations, the radio base station employing a first network configuration comprising a pilot when serving at least one UE. The method comprises determining a second network configuration comprising at least one associated probing pilot and transmitting, to the at least one UE, both the at least one probing pilot of the second network configuration and the pilot of the first working network configuration, from at least one reconfigurable antenna system. The method further comprises receiving, from the at least one UE, reports regarding measurements performed by the UE on both the at least one probing pilot of the second configuration and the pilot of the first working network configuration. Further, the method comprises determining which network configuration to employ based on the received reports, and employing the determined network configuration. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362733 | System and Method Establishing an Adhoc Network for Enabling Broadcasting - A system and method for dynamically establishing an adhoc network amongst plurality of communication devices in a beyond audible frequency range is disclosed. The system comprises a first communication device to transmit a quantity of data to a second communication device. The first communication device comprises of an input capturing module to receive the quantity of data from a broadcaster in a format and converts the quantity of data received into a quantity of modulated data, an identity generating module to generate a temporary identity for a broadcasting user. The second communication device then receives the data broadcasted from the first communication device and determines a probabilistic confidence level of the quantity of modulated data. A transreceiver implemented in the first communication device and second communication device transmits and receives the quantity of data in conjugation with the temporary identity within a predefined proximity of each device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362734 | METHOD FOR SETTING UP A STAR-SHAPED COMMUNICATION NETWORK CONSISTING OF A CENTRAL NODE AND PERIPHERAL NODES VIA A WEB APPLICATION PROVIDED BY THE CENTRAL NODE ON THE BASIS OF HARDWARE IDENTIFIERS - As an alternative to known communication systems which are available on the Internet and set up voice-over-IP links between users, the invention provides for the setup of a star-shaped communication network. To this end, a software generator first of all generates a native application which acts as a central node and, when required, for its part generates Internet applications that allow communication with the native application. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362735 | Pre-Association Discovery - The present disclosure describes techniques for pre-association discovery. In some aspects a frame having information useful to identify a service provided by a wireless device is received, the service provided by the wireless device is identified based on the information of the frame and known service identification information, and the identified service is associated with the wireless device effective to enable use of the identified service. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362736 | SCALABLE METHOD TO SUPPORT MULTI-DEVICE LINK AGGREGATION - A network device determines whether the network device has a local link for a link aggregation group (LAG), and identifies, when the network device has a local link for the LAG, the network device as a designated forwarder for the LAG. The network device also identifies, when the network device does not have a local link for the LAG, a closest network device to the network device, with a local link for the LAG, as the designated forwarder for the LAG. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362737 | STATE INFORMATION AND ROUTING TABLE UPDATES IN LARGE SCALE DATA NETWORKS - In a communication network comprising nodes and links between the nodes, a controller node disseminates link state information. A nodal routing table exists at each node comprising routes between pairs of nodes. The nodal routing table is either populated by the given node based on network information received from the controlling node or populated at the controlling node and received by the given node. Each node receives heartbeat signals from its neighbouring nodes. An unexpected delay between heartbeat signals may be perceived as a failure of a link. The perceived failure of that link is reported by the perceiving node to the controlling node. Upon receiving link failure information from a node, the controlling node may determine a subset of nodes in the network influenced by the link failure and indicate the link failure to the determined subset of influenced nodes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362738 | VOICE CONVERSATION ANALYSIS UTILISING KEYWORDS - A system and a method for analyzing the content of a voice conversation. In particular a system for analyzing the content of a voice conversation, comprising a communication block which establishes and manages the communication session between the parties of said conversation; a keyword module in communication with a plurality of information sources for obtaining and storing keywords relevant to the parties; and an extraction block which extracts at least part of said conversation based at least in part on keywords stored in the keyword module and related to the parties. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362739 | Method and Apparatus for Calling Terminal to Join Conference - A method and an apparatus for calling a terminal to join a conference, related to the field of communications technologies, resolving a problem that a process in which a calling terminal calls a called terminal to join the conference or a called terminal requests joining the conference is complicated. The method includes the following steps: receiving first call request information, where the first call request information carries identification information of the called terminal; and calling the called terminal according to the identification information of the called terminal, so that the called terminal receives a message which is published by another terminal in a current conference and that the called terminal publishes a message to another terminal in the current conference. The method may be applied to calling a terminal to join a conference. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATION OF INFORMATION TO CHANNELS OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are described for improving the transmission of information over wireless communication channels. These techniques include determining available communication channels for transmitting information and determining possible physical layer packet sizes of the available channels. An information unit is partitioned into portions wherein the size of the portions are selected so as to match one of the physical layer packet sizes of the available communication channels. Another aspect is partitioning the information into a number of slices that correspond to the number of transmissions that occur during the information unit interval and assigning each partition to a corresponding transmission. The techniques can be used for various types of information, such as multimedia data, variable bit rate data streams, video data, or audio data. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362741 | TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, PROGRAM PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - A transmission management system receives, from a request source terminal which is an addition request source requesting to add a certain transmission terminal as a destination candidate, an addition request for the destination candidate, identification information of the request source terminal and identification information of a request target terminal which is an addition request target of the destination candidate; and informs the request target terminal of an approval request for requesting the request target terminal to approve the addition request, and the identification of the request source terminal. The system receives an addition request response from the request target terminal in response to the addition request. When the addition request response indicates to approve the addition request, the system additionally associates the identification information of the request target terminal with the identification information of the request source terminal as the identification information of the destination terminal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362742 | CONFERENCE CALL SET-UP - Method and apparatus for facilitating the set-up of a conference call over a telecommunication network, the call being between a first user and a one (or more) second user(s) of said network. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362743 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR BACKHAUL LINK AND ACCESS LINK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING RELAY - A resource allocation method of a relay station in a wireless communication system employing the relay station is provided. The method includes: receiving information on a resource allocation pattern for an access link and a backhaul link of a first frequency band; and determining a resource allocation pattern for an access link and a backhaul link of a second frequency band on the basis of the resource allocation pattern of the first frequency band, wherein the first frequency band is any one of an uplink frequency band and a downlink frequency band, and the second frequency band is a remaining one of the uplink frequency band and the downlink frequency band. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION BY TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING (TDD) DEVICES USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - TDD devices may transmit using multiple antennas. First and second antennas having first and second receive conditions may receive a communication. In an aspect, first and second transmit conditions for the first and second antennas may be determined based on the first and second receive conditions. In an aspect, the first and second transmit conditions may be compared to select the first or second antenna for transmissions. In an aspect, the first and second receive conditions may be compared to select the first or second antenna for transmissions. In an aspect, first and second transmission conditioning values, which may determine transmission powers, may be determined based on the first and second receive conditions. A first transmission chain, associated with an active RAT or carrier, and a second transmission chain, associated with an inactive RAT or carrier, may be activated to send transmissions from the first and second antennas. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362745 | CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING COORDINATED MULTIPOINT TRANSMISSION IN AN LTE NETWORK - Embodiments of a central processing unit and methods for supporting coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmissions in a 3GPP LTE network with non-ideal backhaul links are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the CPU may be arranged for scheduling and assigning resources for subordinate enhanced node Bs (eNBs) over the backhaul links for CoMP transmissions. The scheduling may include an additional number of HARQ processes to compensate, at least in part, for backhaul link latency. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362746 | Method And Device for Sending Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledge Information - Disclosed are a method and device for sending hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledge information. The method includes: in a TDD system, configuring a terminal to employ a PUCCH format 1b with channel selection method to send HARQ-ACK information; bundling the HARQ-ACK information of downlink subframes of serving cells in a bundling window corresponding to a specified uplink subframe to obtain HARQ-ACK information to be sent by the serving cells; and sending the HARQ-ACK information over an uplink subframe via the PUCCH or PUSCH. By way of bundling the HARQ-ACK information of downlink subframes of serving cells in a bundling window corresponding to a specified uplink subframe, the disclosure can realize sending the HARQ-ACK information when serving cells with different uplink and downlink configurations are aggregated. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting control information by means of a terminal in a CA-based wireless communication system, including the steps of: forming first and second cells that include different subframe configurations, wherein the second cell includes TDD UL-DL configuration #0; receiving a UL grant by means of the first cell; and transmitting data corresponding to the UL grant by means of the second cell. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362748 | LOGICAL OPERATING BANDS FOR SCALABLE UMTS - Apparatus and methods are described for selecting or identifying a first band number from one or more additional band numbers mapped to a frequency division duplexing (FDD) band used in universal mobile telecommunications (UMTS). The one or more additional band numbers may be different from a second band number assigned to the FDD band. Each of the one or more additional band numbers may correspond to a different factor N (e.g., N=2, N=4) for use in UMTS scaling. A signal indicative of the first band number may be transmitted to, for example, a network entity, where the signal indicates support of UMTS scaling operations in the FDD band using the factor N corresponding to the first band number. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362749 | WIRELESS DEVICES AND CONTROL METHOD - Using wireless communications, one or more action devices, or a host device and one or more action devices are wirelessly connected and define a networked system. The devices have the ability to discover other devices wirelessly as those other devices come online within the same network, automatically adjust for the additional devices, and initiate intelligent interaction between one or more connected devices, A host device and action device are capable to effectively manage data to ensure no data is lost. The host device controls the timing and distribution of data to one or more multiple devices simultaneously in an asynchronous or synchronous manner that results in a coordinated and choreographed implementation of the system, The networked system and method utilize existing equipment without the need to obtain specialized equipment or modify the current operational aspects of existing technology by simultaneous use of multiple layers of the TCP/IP network stack. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362750 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY SAVING IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A system and method for entering and exiting energy savings power mode in a wireless network is provided. According to an aspect, a request message for requesting entry of a node into energy serving is generated at an anchor node. The request message is sent and the node that receives it enters an energy saving mode. The request can be implemented as an X2-application protocol message and can include indicators for timing of entry into energy saving mode, resources to be reserved and the state of energy saving mode to be entered into. The nodes can take the form of anchor nodes and non-anchor nodes as well as macro nodes and small nodes. Modified versions of X2-application protocol messages eNB configuration update, cell activation request and cell activation response can also be used to assist a node in entering and exiting energy savings power mode. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362751 | PORTABLE VOICE ROUTING APPARATUS, A SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING TELEPHONY VOICE COMMUNICATION - Disclosure herein is related to a portable voice routing apparatus, a system, and a method for processing a telephony voice call. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the portable voice routing apparatus provides a local network protocol service for the local-end terminal devices, and renders a connection bridging a mobile communication network. When the terminal device initiates a telephony voice communication procedure, the portable voice routing apparatus transmits the voice packets carried with subscriber identity information. Therefore the terminal device may establish a voice communication with a recipient over PSTN or network. At the recipient, a message with an incoming call is shown due to the received subscriber identity information. The recipient may therefore call back for bi-directional voice communication according to this message. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362752 | ENHANCED NODE B AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYSTEM INFORMATION UPDATES TO USER EQUIPMENT WITH EXTENDED PAGING CYCLES - Embodiments of an enhanced Node B (eNB) and method to provide system information (SI) updates to user equipment (UE) in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a paging message configured to include an optional field to indicate whether there has been a system information (SI) update since a last paging occasion for a UE in sleep or idle mode with an extending paging cycle. System information updates are transmitted by the eNB during a system information modification period that is shorter than a period the extending paging cycle. The optional field may indicate whether or not the UE is to acquire the latest SI update during the current paging occasion. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362753 | POWER CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS OF USER EQUIPMENT USING MULTIFREQUENCY - A power control method and an apparatus for controlling power mode of a User Equipment (UE) operating on multiple frequencies are provided. The terminal includes a primary module for primary cell communication and a secondary module for secondary cell communication. The method includes receiving a secondary cell adding message for adding a secondary cell from a base station, checking data-related information on data communicated through at least one of the primary module and a secondary module, and determining a power mode of the secondary module based on the checking. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362754 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR DRX OPERATION - Embodiments of a context-retention controller and method for retaining context in a wireless access network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the context-retention controller may assign a context identifier to a mobile device at network entry for context retention. A disconnection and context-retention request may be received from a base station to trigger entry of the mobile station into a context-retention mode. The base station may generate the disconnection and context-retention request upon an indication of a disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. The context-retention controller may maintain context for the mobile device in a context-retention database after disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362755 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Functionality in a Relay Node - Devices and methods related to relay nodes are provided. The relay node includes a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) entity providing a first HARQ functionality. The relay node further includes a second HARQ entity providing a second HARQ functionality. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362756 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system has three types of cells including, in addition to an MBMS dedicated cell, a unicast cell to and from which a mobile terminal can transmit and receive individual communication data, and a unicast/MBMS-mixed cell which can provide both a service provided by the unicast cell and a service provided by the MBMS dedicated cell. While receiving the broadcast type data transmitted from the MBMS dedicated cell, the mobile terminal makes a notification of an MBMS receiving state via the unicast cell or the unicast/MBMS-mixed cell to transmit information for identifying the MBMS dedicated cell, and the communication system transmits a paging signal to the mobile terminal currently receiving the broadcast type data transmitted from the MBMS dedicated cell on the basis of a tracking area (Tracking Area) in which the mobile terminal is tracked, the tracking area being determined on the basis of the information transmitted. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362757 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, BASE STATION, AND USER TERMINAL - A user terminal employed in a mobile communication system including a general cell supporting PTM distribution of MBMS data and a specific cell not supporting PTM distribution of the MBMS data, the user terminal receives a connection establishment message for establishing a connection between the user terminal and the general cell from the general cell when the user terminal is in an idle mode with the general cell selected as a serving cell. The user terminal sends an establishment completion message indicating completion of establishment of the connection in response to the connection establishment message received from the general cell. The user terminal sends the general cell a proximity notification that the specific cell exists near the user terminal if the specific cell exists, together with the establishment completion message. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362758 | METHOD FOR SETTING SEARCH REGION TO DETECT DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - In the present application, disclosed a method for a terminal setting a search region for a downlink channel in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of receiving from a base station information related to a starting symbol of the search region by way of upper layer signaling; setting the search region by using the information related to the starting symbol; and receiving the downlink control channel by performing blind coding on the search region, wherein the starting symbol of the search region changes according to the characteristic of a subframe which receives the downlink control channel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362759 | MULTI-CELL COORDINATION FOR MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention is related to a method and system for multi-cell coordination for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) in a wireless communication system. An MBMS multi-cell coordination unit is provided to coordinate a plurality of evolved Node-Bs (eNodeBs) for transmission of MBMS data synchronously in multiple cells of the same single frequency network (SFN). The MBMS multi-cell coordination unit may be located in an access gateway or in an eNodeB. An MBMS multi-cell scheduling scheme may be preconfigured for the eNodeBs for synchronization. Alternatively, the eNodeBs may be synchronized dynamically. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362760 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI-RATE BROADCAST SERVICES - A method and apparatus for providing multi-rate broadcast services in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The present invention takes advantage of the higher capacity of better channels by providing a certain data rate common to all users, while sending additional information to users with better channel conditions. A base station transmits a broadcast message including common information at a basic rate and additional information at a rate higher than the basic rate. The basic rate guarantees successful receipt by all WTRUs in a coverage area and the rate for the additional information is set such that only certain WTRUs with a channel condition above a threshold may decode the additional information successfully. The WTRU decodes the common information and subtracts the common information from received signals to decode the additional information. The additional information may be information supplementing the common information, such as video information. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362761 | OPPORTUNISTIC DELIVERY OF CACHEABLE CONTENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Systems and methods are described for using opportunistically delayed delivery of content to address sub-optimal bandwidth resource usage in network infrastructures that allow subscribers to share forward link resources. According to some embodiments, content is identified as delayable and assigned to a delaycast queue and/or service flow. For example, a server system of a satellite communications system identifies content that can be delayed to exploit future excess link capacity through multicasting and to exploit subscriber-side storage resources. Some implementations attempt to exploit any excess link resources at any time, while others exploit unused bandwidth only during certain times or when a certain threshold of resources is available. Various embodiments also provide content scoring and/or other prioritization techniques for optimizing exploitation of the delaycast queue. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for sending a service by a first gateway (GW) among multiple GWs includes, upon reception of a request for a service from a terminal, determining whether the first GW is able to provide the service, detecting a second GW that is able to provide the service requested by the terminal among the multiple GWs based on GW management information that includes respective service information regarding services that the multiple GWs are able to provide, if the first GW is not able to provide the service, requesting the second GW to provide the service requested by the terminal, and upon reception of the service from the second GW, forwarding the service to the terminal. The other embodiments, including a gateway and a terminal are also disclosed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362763 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD AND EXPANSION UNIT OF FLAT NETWORK ARCHITECTURE - Disclosed are a wireless communication system and method and an expansion unit of a flat network architecture. The wireless communication system comprises at least one baseband signal source, an expansion unit (EU) and at least one remote radio unit (RU) connected to the EU. By overlapping the baseband signals output by each baseband signal source, remote transmission and wireless coverage of multimode digital signals are achieved, thereby solving the problem of system performance degradation caused by the interaction of radio-frequency analogue signal transmission and optical transmission in the prior art. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362764 | SELECTING A PARTICULAR CODEC LIST FOR CODEC NEGOTIATION - A first user device may receive a call instruction associated with a second user device; select a particular codec list from multiple codec lists stored by the first user device based on selection rule and based on receiving the call instruction; provide the particular codec list as part of a call negotiation process; and provide, using a particular codec from the particular codec list, a data flow towards the second user device via a session between the first user device and the second user device. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362765 | Multipath TCP Subflow Establishment and Control - Techniques for electronic devices to control a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) connection. An MPTCP connection between two endpoints may be established. The MPTCP connection may include at least one MPTCP subflow. At least one of the endpoints may be configured to act as a master with respect to the MPTCP connection. The master may perform one or more control operations on the MPTCP connection, while if one of the endpoints is not a master, that endpoint may not perform control operations on the MPTCP connection. The control operations may include initiating or establishing new MPTCP subflows or modifying a priority level of one or more MPTCP subflows of the MPTCP connection. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362766 | Interference Cancellation In Wireless OFDMA With MIMO Spatial Multiplexing - Various embodiments of techniques related to interference cancellation in wireless OFDMA with MIMO spatial multiplexing are provided. In one aspect, a method receives wireless communication downlink signals from a first base station and a second base station. The method cancels interference of wireless downlink communications between the first base station and the communication device by the second base station by calculating an equalizer solution that orthogonalizes the downlink signals from the first and the second base stations. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362767 | PASSIVE RADIO LINK CONTROL ENTITY WITH UNIFIED INTERFACE - The techniques introduced here provide a single, passive radio link control entity with a unified interface. The unified interface is configured to receive a request for a RLC service of a plurality of RLC services from upper and lower protocol layers. The unified interface is coupled with a processing module to process the request. The radio link control entity further includes a plurality of data transfer modules configured to provide data transfer between upper and lower protocol layers, the interface modules are coupled with the processing module and the unified interface. The single, passive radio link control entity provides bi-directional data transfer services for TM, UM, and AM data transmissions. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362768 | Non-Waking Push Notifications - In some implementations, a mobile device can be configured to monitor environmental, system and user events. The occurrence of one or more events can trigger adjustments to system settings. In some implementations, the mobile device can be configured to keep frequently invoked applications up to date based on a forecast of predicted invocations by the user. In some implementations, the mobile device can receive push notifications associated with applications that indicate that new content is available for the applications to download. The mobile device can launch the applications associated with the push notifications in the background and download the new content. In some implementations, before running an application or accessing a network interface, the mobile device can be configured to check energy and data budgets and environmental conditions of the mobile device to preserve a high quality user experience. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362769 | Network Signaling for Network-Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a cellular communication network that can determine whether communications between one base station-UE pair may interfere with another UE that is in the same cell or a different cell. The network identifies interference parameters associated with interference signals that may be received by a UE. The interference signals may be generated by the base station itself, such as communications with other UEs, or by a neighboring base station. The base station transmits the interference parameters to the UE. The UE receives the one or more parameters comprising information about signals expected to cause intra-cell or inter-cell interference. The UE then processes received signals using the one or more parameters to suppress the intra-cell or inter-cell interference. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362770 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF RADIO NETWORK FUNCTIONALITY - A method implemented in a first peer entity communicating with a second peer entity using a predetermined protocol includes receiving a first packet from the second peer entity. The method further includes identifying an instruction field included within the first packet, the instruction field indicating a predetermined function to be performed by the first peer entity. The method further includes determining whether the predetermined function can be performed by the first entity. The method also includes transmitting a second packet to the second peer entity indicating whether the first entity performs the predetermined function. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362771 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LOCAL AREA COMMUNICATION CONNECTION BY MEANS OF WIRELESS TERMINAL DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for controlling a connection to a local area wireless communication network on the basis of a communication environment by means of a wireless terminal device are provided. To this end, the wireless terminal device collects information regarding a neighboring base station that constitutes a public communication network by means of a cell search, and determines whether it is possible to connect to a local area communication network on the basis of the collected information regarding the neighboring base station. If it is determined to be possible to connect to a local area communication network, the wireless terminal device makes an attempt to connect to a pre-registered wireless connection device on the basis of the collected information regarding the neighboring base station. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362772 | Local Forwarding Method and System for User Plane Data, and Local Gateway - A local switching method for user plane data includes: after being triggered, a level 1 data node judging whether a direct tunnel can be established for a source user equipment and a target user equipment, and if so, establishing a direct tunnel between a source level 2 data node and a target level 2 data node for the source user equipment and the target user equipment; after receiving an IP data packet transmitted by the source user equipment to the target user equipment, the source level 2 data node forwarding the IP data packet to the target level 2 data node through the direct tunnel between the source level 2 data node and the target level 2 data node, so that the target level 2 data node forwards the IP data packet to the target user equipment. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362773 | LOCAL IP ACCESS SCHEME - Local IP access is provided in a wireless network to facilitate access to one or more local services. In some implementations, different IP interfaces are used for accessing different services (e.g., local services and operator network services). A list that maps packet destinations to IP interfaces may be employed to determine which IP interface is to be used for sending a given packet. In some implementations an access point provides a proxy function (e.g., a proxy ARP function) for an access terminal. In some implementations an access point provides an agent function (e.g., a DHCP function) for an access terminal. NAT operations may be performed at an access point to enable the access terminal to access local services. In some aspects, an access point may determine whether to send a packet from an access terminal via a protocol tunnel based on the destination of the packet. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362774 | CIRCUITS AND METHOD TO ENABLE EFFICIENT GENERATION OF DIRECT DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER BASED WAVEFORMS OF ARBITRARY BANDWIDTH - Embodiments of a system and method for providing efficient wideband inverse channelization for direct digital synthesizer based jamming techniques are generally described herein. In some embodiments, metadata associated with a technique for generating a waveform, such as frequency, phase and amplitude parameters, is received. Data select signals and data input are generated based on the received metadata. In-phase and quadrature signals are produced at an output of a first de-multiplexer and a second de-multiplexer, respectively, based on the data select signals and the data input. Frequency modulated signals generated by direct digital synthesizers may be combined in a channel using a separate, distinct channel combiner. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362775 | VIRTUALIZATION OF CONTROL PLANE FUNCTIONS OF A WIRELESS CORE PACKET NETWORK - A capability is provided for virtualizing control plane functions of a wireless core packet network (WCPN). A forwarding element (FE) is configured to provide a set of data plane functions of the WCPN. A virtual control element (VCE) is configured to provide a set of control plane functions of the WCPN. The VCE includes a set of virtual machines (VMs) where at least one of the VMs is configured to detect a condition associated with a tunnel, for a wireless terminal (WT), between the FE and a wireless access device (WAD) configured to serve the WT, and propagate, toward the FE, a message comprising a tunnel command configured to instruct the FE to at least one of install, remove, or modify a tunnel rule associated with the tunnel between the FE and the WAD. The tunnel enables the WT to access a packet data network (PDN). | 2014-12-11 |
20140362776 | APPLICATION AWARE ASSOCIATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - An application may be associated with an application endpoint that is accessed via a wireless local area network. In this disclosure, a wireless station may select and associated with one of a plurality of access points that provides better application throughput to the application endpoint. The application throughput may be based upon a combination of the wireless link rate (between the wireless station and the access point) as well as a measured application data rate (from the access point to the application endpoint). An access point may measure and advertise application data rates for a plurality of application endpoints, including one or more servers coupled to the local area network, a gateway to a wide area network, and/or a server coupled to the wide area network. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362777 | COMMUNICATING VIA MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION LAYERS PROVIDED BY MULTIPLE WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES - One or more devices may receive, from a user device via a first communication layer associated with a first network device, a request to add a second communication layer associated with a second network device; generate an instruction, based on receiving the request, to aggregate first data flow and the second data flow, to be provided via the first and second communication layers; and provide, to the second network device and based on generating the instruction, a response to indicate that the one or more devices are prepared to aggregate the first and second data flows. The response may include an instruction to direct the second network device to establish a simultaneous connection with the user device while the user device is connected to the first network device and to establish the connection with the user device via the second communication layer. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362778 | Method and Apparatus for Voice Over LTE and Data Handling in a Roaming Environment - An approach for reducing online charging for voice over LTE users when accessing a roaming network. Users can receive and make voice over LTE calls without allowing background applications to use the resulting bearer for data traffic such as firmware updates, social network applications and other periodic and aperiodic data traffic. This approach has a beneficial impact on charging costs when accessing roaming networks. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362779 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING UPLINK ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Apparatuses and methods include determining a first initial random access channel (RACH) preamble power based on one or more of a history of RACH preamble powers, a history of common pilot channel (CPICH) chip energy to total power density ratio (EcIo) measurements, and a history of CPICH received signal code power (RSCP) measurements, wherein each of the history of RACH preamble powers, the history of CPICH EcIo measurements, and the history of CPICH RSCP measurements corresponds to previous RACH procedures when the RACH procedure succeeded, and initiating subsequent RACH procedures with preambles that are based on the first initial RACH preamble power. Some present aspects may reduce the push to talk (PTT) call setup latency. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362780 | LTE/LTE-A UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION USING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. In one method, an uplink grant may be received over a licensed spectrum. A clear channel assessment (CCA) may be performed in response to the uplink grant to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum. The CCA may be performed prior to a transmission associated with the uplink grant. In another method, scheduling information may be received over a licensed spectrum. An uplink grant may be transmitted over the licensed spectrum. The uplink grant may be based at least in part on the scheduling information. The uplink grant may be configured to trigger a CCA to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum prior to a transmission associated with the uplink grant. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362781 | BROADCASTING SIGNAL TRANSMITTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A broadcasting signal transmitting apparatus that transmits a plurality of signals through a plurality of antennas to increase a data transmission rate. The broadcasting signal transmitting apparatus includes a signal generator configured to generate the plurality of signals each of which includes at least one preamble symbol and data symbols, a frequency allocator configured to allocate a first subcarrier position of a whole frequency to a first preamble symbol included in a first signal among the plurality of signals and to allocate, by shifting a frequency position of the first subcarrier position by a preset interval, a second subcarrier position to a second preamble symbol included in a second signal among the plurality of signals, and a transmitter configured to transmit the plurality of signals through the plurality of antennas. The antennas respectively correspond to subcarrier positions allocated to the plurality of signals. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362782 | CONFIGURING FREQUENCY BANDS TO BE SCANNED IN A MULTIPLE-FREQUENCY-BAND WIRELESS LAN - Provided is a communication method implemented by a mobile device in a wireless network in which a plurality of frequency bands is available, wherein a first wireless device and a second wireless device in the wireless network are configured to use a first one and a second one of the plurality of frequency bands, respectively, to provide wireless connections. The method includes: while the mobile device is connected to the second wireless device, receiving a frame which includes information indicating that the first wireless device is configured to use the first frequency band to provide a wireless connection, the frame being transmitted from the first wireless device in the second frequency band and received through a scanning operation performed by the mobile device only on the second frequency band; and allowing a subsequent scanning operation of the mobile device to be performed only on the first frequency band. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362783 | Channel State Information (CSI) Feedback and Subsampling - A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a user equipment, rank indication (RI), a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a second PMI, the RI and the first PMI being jointly encoded, wherein 5 bits are used for transmission of the jointly encoded RI and first PMI, and wherein first 8 values of values expressed by the 5 bits are used for RI=1, second 8 values of the values expressed by the 5 bits are used for RI=2, a third value of the values expressed by the 5 bits is used for RI=3, a fourth value of the values expressed by the 5 bits is used for RI=4, and remaining 14 values of the values expressed by the 5 bits are reserved. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems also are disclosed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362784 | Channel State Information (CSI) Feedback and Subsampling - A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from a user equipment, rank indication (RI), a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a second PMI (codebook index i | 2014-12-11 |
20140362785 | Mapping Via Back To Back Ethernet Switches - A base station in a fixed wireless point to multi-point communication system includes a MAC processor and inner and outer Ethernet switches. The inner Ethernet switch communicates with the outer Ethernet switch on a plurality of ports, with packets to or from each connected remote station always traveling over a single inter-switch port pair dedicated to that remote station. Mapping the base station-remote links' downstream packets from the MAC processor is achieved with tags added in the inner Ethernet switch (downstream packets, based upon which inter-switch port pair carried the packet) and in the MAC processor (upstream packets). | 2014-12-11 |
20140362786 | Fixed Wireless Communication With Capacity Enhanced Dynamic Power Control - At least one remote station communicates with a base station in a fixed wireless communication network. Data is transmitted in a series of short duration data frames, at any of at least four discrete transmission power levels selected for that data frame, and using any of at least four modulation-coding levels selected for that data frame. When the amount of data being transmitted in that data frame requires the highest adequate modulation-coding level as determined by received signal quality information including signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio, data is transmitted at the highest optimal power level. When the amount of data being transmitted in that data frame requires less than the highest adequate modulation-coding level, data is transmitted at a lower modulation-coding level sufficient to transmit the amount of data for that frame and at a correspondingly reduced power level. In the preferred embodiment, both the remote station(s) and the base station(s) utilize the inventive method, and the correspondingly reduced power level is based on the decibel difference in signal quality permitted by the lower modulation-coding level. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362787 | Reducing Precoder Signaling Overhead for MIMO Communication System - Where receiver performance at a User Equipment (UE) is similar using a coarse precoder codebook as using a fine resolution precoder codebook, the signaling of a two-component precoder codebook is modified such that a precoder codeword is signaled to the UE in only a portion of the physical resources allocated for precoder codeword signaling to the UE. The remaining portion of the allocated physical resources is used to signal control information to improve the UE's performance. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362788 | Receiver Configuration - Measures, including methods, apparatus and computer software for use in a cellular telecommunications network. A network entity causes transmittal, to a user equipment comprising a receiver currently configured in a relatively low performance reception modulation state, of signaling information associated with configuration of the receiver in a relatively high performance reception modulation state and, in response to transmittal of the signaling information, the network entity receives from the user equipment an indication that downlink reception by the receiver configured in the relatively high performance reception modulation state is currently viable. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362789 | TIME-SHARED AND CONCURRENT MULTI-PROTOCOL BEACON TRANSMISSION DESIGN - A base station in a cellular wireless communications system uses one or more control algorithms to control a transmission pattern of a 1xRTT or DO discovery beacon. The transmission pattern enables access terminals using any one of multiple wake-up periods and wake-up offsets to discover all macrocell frequencies in a finite amount of time. In addition, for base stations allocating a single transmit chain to both 1xRTT and DO beacons, the transmission pattern enables a definite maximum discovery time for both 1xRTT and DO beacons for all access terminals entering the base station coverage. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362790 | System and Method for Coordinated Remote Control of Network Radio Nodes and Core Network Elements - An embodiment method of routing network traffic includes configuring flow tables of a virtual switch using an OpenFlow protocol. The virtual switch is disposed at a network radio node. The method includes receiving network traffic destined for a user equipment (UE) at the virtual switch and establishing, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a data radio bearer (DRB) for the network traffic between a virtual port on the virtual switch and the UE. The method also includes routing the network traffic over the DRB from the virtual port, through the PDCP layer, and toward the UE according to the flow tables. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362791 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FACILITATING HIGH THROUGHPUT CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments include systems and methods for frame tunneling in a wireless communications system comprising digital beam forming. Embodiments comprise a first and second frame control field with the second frame control field comprising a High Throughput Control (HTC) enabling field. If the HTC enabling field is enabled, then an HTC field is sent. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362792 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION - The present application discloses a method for transmitting uplink control information, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: receiving a physical downlink control channel sent by a base station, where the physical downlink control channel includes indication information, where the indication information is used to indicate a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit uplink control information; obtaining, according to the indication information and whether the uplink control information includes periodic channel state information, a physical uplink control channel resource used to transmit the uplink control information from a semi-statically configured first resource group and/or second resource group; and sending the uplink control information to the base station over a physical uplink control channel corresponding to the physical uplink control channel resource. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362793 | MEASUREMENT METHOD, CSI-RS RESOURCE SHARING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a measurement method based on channel state information-reference signal CSI-RS resources, a base station, a user equipment UE, and a method for inter-cell CSI-RS resource sharing. The measurement method includes: sending, by a first base station, information of at least one CSI-RS configuration set to a user equipment UE; receiving, by the first base station, a result of measurement performed by the UE on a subset or a full set of measurement resources corresponding to the CSI-RS configuration set, wherein the CSI-RS configuration set includes at least two CSI-RS configurations. The technical solution for measurement provided in the embodiments of the present invention implements CSI-RS measurement over multiple CSI-RS configurations, thereby overcoming the problem that REs of a CSI-RS are sparse, and improving the measurement precision of a UE. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362794 | Contention-Free Random Access Procedure in Wireless Networks - In order to provide a more robust contention-free random access procedure for use in a cellular wireless network and specifically, a contention-free random access procedure that is able to recover more quickly in case of failure a method for a radio access node ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362795 | METHOD OF RETRANSMITTING DATA IN A WIRELESS CONNECTION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION, AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME - The present invention relates to a wireless connection system, and in particular, relates to methods of retransmitting data in a machine-to-machine communication system, methods of managing the data, and devices for supporting machine-to-machine communication. As one aspect of the present invention, the method of retransmitting data in the wireless connection system supporting the machine-to-machine communication may include: allocating a data slot for retransmitting data from a first machine, from among two or more peer machines, by transmitting a transmit request message to a second machine; receiving a transmit response message transmitted form the second machine in response to the transmit request message; and retransmitting data to the second machine through the allocated data slot. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING CHANNELS RELATED TO UPLINK BUNDLING - A new PHICH channel and a new PDCCH channel are allocated when the location of a subframe to be used in transmission changes by the change in the configuration of the subframe caused by a dynamic uplink/downlink configuration in a subframe bundling transmission mode. In the event that a subframe is successfully transmitted in a subframe bundling mode, the location of the subframe that has been successfully transmitted is determined as a reference in determining the point of time of the response to the bundling transmission. In addition, the bundling transmission following the subframe that has been successfully transmitted can be omitted. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362797 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A mobile communication system, a base station device, a mobile station device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit that each can efficiently transmit HARQ-ACK and/or channel state information are provided. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362798 | SHIFTING HARQ FEEDBACK FOR COGNITIVE-RADIO-BASED TD-LTE SYSTEMS - A method includes, in response to a determination one or more quiet periods conflict with specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing, sending one or more indicators to one or more user equipment to indicate to the user equipment to shift the specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing. The method includes communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request feed-back timing. Another method includes receiving at a user equipment one or more indicators indicating to the user equipment to shift specified hybrid automatic repeat request feedback timing to a shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing, and communicating hybrid automatic repeat request feedback based on the shifted hybrid automatic repeat request timing. Apparatus, computer program product, and computer programs are also disclosed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL - Provided are a method and a wireless device for transmitting a sounding reference signal in a wireless communication system. The wireless device receives an SRS (sounding reference signal) configuration for a periodic transmission, and transmits the SRS in a randomly determined subframe from among a plurality of SRS subframes determined on the basis of the SRS configuration. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362800 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH CONTROL OF ACCESS TO A SHARED COMMUNICATIONS MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a communications system ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362801 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - In a mobile communication system in which a plurality of base stations included in a CoMP cooperating set allocate a same communication resource to a user terminal to perform a communication, each of the plurality of base stations comprises a notification unit that notifies another base station included in the CoMP cooperating set of a communication resource of allocation candidate for the user terminal in the base station itself; a receiver that receives a notification of a communication resource of allocation candidate for the user terminal in another base station included in the CoMP cooperating set from the other base station; and a selector that selects a communication resource to be allocated to the user terminal from communication resources of allocation candidates in the plurality of base stations, based on the notification received by the receiver. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362802 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system including: a first wireless base station configured to perform joint transmission with at least a second wireless base station, the joint transmission being transmission for transmitting identical data to a wireless terminal using at least one frequency domain in synchronization with the at least a second wireless base station, and the wireless terminal configured to transmit feedback information to the first wireless base station, the feedback information relating to a reception quality for each of the at least one frequency domain of the performed joint transmission. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362803 | METHOD FOR A USER TERMINAL TO RANDOM ACCESS A CARRIER AGGREGATION MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for random access to a base station by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation in which communication is conducted over a plurality of component carriers, and a terminal for the method are disclosed. When the UE performs a contention-based random access procedure in the mobile communication system to which CA technology is applied, the UE considers an uplink grant signal as a contention resolution message when receiving the uplink grant signal from a eNB only when the uplink grant signal is received through a downlink CC corresponding to an uplink CC used to transmit a random access preamble or a third message, to thereby prevent contention resolution from being erroneously ended. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362804 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF A CONTROL SIGNAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for the transmission of control signal in a radio communication system. The method includes the steps of processing first control information on the basis of a first resource index to create a first control signal, processing second control information on the basis of a second resource index to create a second control signal, and transmitting the first control signal and the second control signal. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362805 | Method And Apparatus For Allocating A Pilot Signal Adapted To The Channel Characteristics - A set of different pilot structures are designed for use in different environments and/or different user behaviours that are expected to occur in a cell. The radio conditions for a user are estimated. Each user is then assigned an area ( | 2014-12-11 |
20140362806 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for processing random access. The method includes: detecting a random access preamble sequence which is sent by a user equipment (UE) according to configuration information; determining a control channel corresponding to the detected random access preamble sequence, and scheduling random access response information corresponding to the random access preamble sequence by using the control channel. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362807 | Wireless Services Gateway - A system for integrating wireless service providers' core networks with Wi-Fi radios using a Wireless Services Gateway (WSG). The WSG can allow wireless device users to seamlessly connect to a network such as the internet using both cellular phone antennae as well as Wi-Fi radio antennae while still utilizing their preferred wireless service provider's core network system of billing, authenticating and policy decision making. This system can allow for data transmission of wireless devices through Wi-Fi instead of through cellular antennae, thus increasing bandwidth and data transmission rates. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362808 | Wireless Routing Device, Mobile Terminal, and Management System and Method - A method for managing configuration of a routing device, including: a first wireless communication unit configured to receive a request message comprising a management command, wherein the request message is sent by a mobile terminal and corresponds to the application programming interface; an application programming interface unit configured to set an application programming interface, and decapsulate, based on the application programming interface set by the application programming interface unit, the request message received by the first wireless communication unit, to obtain the management command; and an execution unit configured to execute a corresponding operation according to the management command obtained by the application programming interface unit. Correspondingly, a mobile terminal, and a management system and method are also disclosed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BAND TRANSFER IN MULTIBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transferring to a second communication band and returning to an original communication band according to a channel state in a multiband communication system are provided. The method includes communicating with a peer device in a first band, determining a channel state of a second band, and transferring to the second band based on a result of the determination, thereby efficiently using a plurality of bands and thus improving a data transmission speed. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362810 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE JOINT DESIGN AND OPERATION OF ARQ PROTOCOLS WITH USER SCHEDULING FOR USE WITH MULTIUSER MIMO IN THE DOWNLINK OF WIRELESS SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for performing wireless communication. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a processing unit to run a scheduling selection algorithm to update user terminal scheduling weights in response to scheduling feedback transmitted by a plurality of user terminals by an end of an immediately preceding scheduling event; a scheduler and precoder, responsive to the updated user terminal scheduling weights generated by the scheduling algorithm and channel estimates of user terminals, to choose a set of user terminals for scheduling and to choose precoder beams and their power for such user terminal in the set of user terminals; a plurality of precoding blocks to receive one coded ARQ block for at least one packet for each user terminal in the set and, responsive to the precoder beams, to generate precoded data, where the one coded ARQ block is one of a plurality of ARQ blocks generated for a single packet and being generated using a single ARQ scheme for such each user terminal; and a transmitter to transmit the precoded data using MIMO transmission. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362811 | Sounding Mechanism under Carrier Aggregation - Sounding mechanism for LTE-A systems under carrier aggregation is provided. A UE receives an uplink or downlink grant transmitted from an eNB over a primary carrier in a multi-carrier LTE-A system. The UE determines indicated carrier(s) and detects a triggering condition for aperiodic sounding transmission in the grant. The UE then selects UE-specific sounding reference signal (SRS) parameters. Finally, the UE transmits an aperiodic SRS (ap-SRS) over the indicated carrier(s) using the selected UE-specific SRS parameters. In one embodiment, the uplink or downlink grant is transmitted via a PDCCH carrying various DCI formats. Each DCI format contains a carrier indicator field (CIF) that indicates which carrier is used for ap-SRS transmission if cross-carrier scheduling is enabled. In another embodiment, DCI format 3/3A is transmitted via a PDCCH carrying a plurality of information fields, each field indicates if the UE should enable ap-SRS in a particular carrier. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENTLY TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT UPLINK MULTIPLE ANTENNA TRANSMISSION - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting control information regarding uplink multiple antenna transmission may comprise the steps of: transmitting DCI for scheduling the uplink transmission of a plurality of data blocks through a PDCCH; receiving the plurality of data blocks scheduled by the DCI; transmitting information which indicates positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement to each of the plurality of received data blocks through the PHICH; and receiving retransmission for the negative acknowledged data blocks. When the number of the negative-acknowledged data blocks is not equal to the number data blocks indicated in the PDCCH, a pre-coding matrix, which is for the number of transmission layers equivalent to that of layers corresponding to the negative-acknowledged data blocks, may be used for retransmission. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362813 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOURCE CONFIGURATION - The present invention discloses a method and a device for resource configuration, the method includes: at first a base station broadcasts public resource configuration to a user equipment on a broadcast channel, and then the base station obtains an available public resource after receiving public resource requesting information sent by a target user equipment in a desynchronization state, the target user equipment is a user equipment of the user equipments which is in a desynchronization state; finally the base station sends an index number of the available public resource to the target user equipment, so that the target user equipment performs data transmission through the available public resource corresponding to the index number of the available public resource. The present invention can be applied to the field of communication system. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362814 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMIT POWER OF TRANSMISSIONS ON MORE THAN ONE COMPONENT CARRIER - A method and apparatus for controlling or determining transmit power of transmissions on more than one component carrier (CC) is disclosed. A WTRU may set a transmit power for each of a plurality of channels mapped to multiple CCs. The channels may include at least one physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and may also include at least one physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). | 2014-12-11 |
20140362815 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ACK/NACK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM APPLIED CARRIER AGGREGATION AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting Acknowledgement/Negative-Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) state information in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving, by a user equipment (UE), multiple transmission blocks through multiple downlink component carriers from a base station (BS); transmitting, by the UE, multiple transmission block ACK/NACK state information through a single uplink component carrier to the BS. The multiple transmission block ACK/NACK state information indicates at least two different numbers of ACK responses among ACK/NACK responses corresponding to each of the multiple transmission blocks. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362816 | System and Method for Message Acknowledgment Feedback for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and signal a length of a sliding window to the group of UEs. In an embodiment, ACK/NACK feedback for communications over the DMC link is aggregated according to the length of the sliding window, and the ACK/NACK feedback for the communications over the DMC link is determined independently from ACK/NACK feedback for cellular transmission between the communication controller and the group of UEs. In an embodiment, the length of the sliding window is a number of subframes. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362817 | PROTOCOLS FOR ENABLING MODE 1 AND MODE 2 DEVICES IN TV WHITE SPACE NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for operating in a television white space (TVWS) network. One example method generally includes receiving, at an apparatus, a message with a field indicating a current version of an unused frequency spectrum map (e.g., a white space map (WSM)), the unused frequency spectrum map indicating channels usable for wireless communications; determining whether the current version of the unused frequency spectrum map is different than a previous version of the unused frequency spectrum map; and using a channel for wireless communications based on the determination. Another example method generally includes accessing a database of available channels for a current location of an apparatus via a neighboring portable or fixed enabling apparatus and enabling one or more portable dependent apparatuses for the wireless communications via one or more of the available channels. | 2014-12-11 |
20140362818 | BACKWARD COMPATIBLE BANDWIDTH EXTENSION - A transmitter includes a bandwidth configuration unit configured to provide an increased system bandwidth corresponding to a bandwidth extension over multiple component carriers Additionally, the transmitter also includes a transmit unit configured to employ the bandwidth extension. | 2014-12-11 |