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20110051660 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUISITION OF NEIGHBOUR CELL INFORMATION - A system and method for acquisition of neighbour cell information are provided. A serving cell receives a request for neighbour cell system information, and in response to the request, the serving cell transmits neighbour cell system information. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053586 | RADIO LINK TIMEOUT PROCEDURE FOR CALL RE-ESTABLISHMENT - A radio link timeout procedure for call re-establishment is provided. A mobile station receives signals over a wireless link, determines whether there is a potential call re-establishment as defined by at least one condition, and decides whether radio link failure has occurred on the basis of the signals received over the wireless link such that while there is a potential for call re-establishment as defined by the at least one condition, a decision that a radio link failure has occurred is made earlier than if there is no potential for call re-establishment. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053595 | ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR CALL RE-ESTABLISHMENT - An access procedure for call re-establishment is provided. In a first method, a mobile station, in at least some instances of detecting radio link failure, attempts call re-establishment on multiple cells concurrently. In a second method, a mobile station performs a first random access channel procedure when the mobile station is not aware of at least two cells with enabled call re-establishment, and performs a second random access channel procedure when the mobile station is aware of at least two cells with enabled call re-establishment. | 03-03-2011 |
20110105120 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR A CHANNEL TO DETERMINE NEIGHBOR CELL INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus to monitor a channel to determine neighbor cell information are disclosed. An example method for a first mobile station to determine cell information for a first cell disclosed herein comprises monitoring a channel for messages containing cell information, receiving a first message via the monitored channel and addressed to a second mobile station, the first message including first cell information, and storing the first cell information for a time period after receiving the first message. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105158 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AVOID TRANSMISSION OF REDUNDANT NEIGHBOR CELL INFORMATION TO MOBILE STATIONS - Methods and apparatus to avoid transmission of redundant neighbor cell information to mobile stations. An example method to avoid transmission of at least some neighbor cell system information from a network to a mobile station disclosed herein comprises receiving neighbor cell system information, setting a validity indication representing whether the mobile station has valid neighbor cell system information associated with a neighbor cell, and sending the validity indication to the network. | 05-05-2011 |
20110116470 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICE IN PACKET TRANSFER MODE - A system and method allows a network, in response to a cell reselection notice, to serve a wireless, wireless device sufficient data to complete a pending data transfer instead of performing the immediate cell change. Appropriate allocation of radio resources to the wireless device in the current serving cell and before cell change allows reduced packet data transfer latencies for small data sessions, better load balancing and traffic resourcing between cells, appropriate allocation of uplink resources in the new target cell, and enhanced control over network congestion. | 05-19-2011 |
20110116474 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICE IN PACKET TRANSFER MODE - A method and system for a wireless device configured to communicate with a network is presented. The network is communicated with at a radio link control layer. An indication is communicated to the network that a higher layer protocol is operating in an acknowledged mode. The higher level protocol is above the radio link control layer. In some implementations, the higher level protocol terminates at a device located outside the network. A resource allocation is received from the network. The resource allocation is at the RLC layer. | 05-19-2011 |
20110134908 | SINGLE SLOT DTM FOR SPEECH/DATA TRANSMISSION - The present document relates to radio transmission. In particular, the present document relates to the single-slot dual transfer mode (DTM) available e.g. in GSM/GPRS/GERAN networks. A transmitter is described. The transmitter is configured to send circuit switched data over a traffic channel to a corresponding receiver, wherein the traffic channel is segmented into a plurality of frames. The transmitter if further configured to determine a vacant frame of the plurality of frames, wherein no circuit switched data is sent in the vacant frame due to discontinuous transmission; and to send packet switched data over the traffic channel using the vacant frame. | 06-09-2011 |
20110201279 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to perform measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a user equipment (UE) to perform measurements in a mobile communication network comprises receiving configuration information comprising at least one of a validity state, a measurement activation criterion, a measurement deactivation criterion, a reporting criterion or a location request criterion to configure a measurement, and performing the measurement based on the configuration information. | 08-18-2011 |
20120027006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION - A method for multiplexing voice and data communication using a communications network is presented. In the method, at least one voice bit from a voice bit stream is retrieved, and at least one data bit from at least one data bit stream is retrieved. When the voice bit stream is not in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) period, the at least one voice bit and the at least one data bit are used to generate a modulated symbol. The method includes transmitting the modulated symbol using the communications network. | 02-02-2012 |
20120309404 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to perform measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a user equipment (UE) to perform measurements comprises receiving configuration information from a network, the configuration information to configure the UE to perform logging of measurements in an idle mode, logging measurements in the idle mode, and sending an indication that logged measurements are available. | 12-06-2012 |
20120315890 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to perform measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a user equipment (UE) comprises receiving configuration information from a network, the configuration information to configure the UE to perform logging of measurements in an idle mode, wherein the configuration information includes a duration, and storing the configuration information at the UE. | 12-13-2012 |
20130100839 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR WIRELESS DEVICE IN PACKET TRANSFER MODE - A system and method allows a network, in response to a cell reselection notice, to serve a wireless, wireless device sufficient data to complete a pending data transfer instead of performing the immediate cell change. Appropriate allocation of radio resources to the wireless device in the current serving cell and before cell change allows reduced packet data transfer latencies for small data sessions, better load balancing and traffic resourcing between cells, appropriate allocation of uplink resources in the new target cell, and enhanced control over network congestion. | 04-25-2013 |
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20110038348 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - Methods and apparatus for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX) in mobile devices are disclosed. An example method for controlling discontinuous reception includes entering a packet transfer mode, receiving a network message that indicates that the mobile station is to utilize an optimized DRX mode, and entering DRX mode immediately upon leaving packet transfer mode. | 02-17-2011 |
20120020304 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT UPLINK ALLOCATION INDICATORS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to transmit uplink allocation indicators in wireless communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves sending a first assignment message indicative of first radio block periods assigned to the mobile station for downlink communications. At least one of the first assigned radio block periods is separated from a next occurring one of the first assigned radio block periods by at least a first non-assigned radio block period. In addition, the example method involves sending a second assignment message indicative of second radio block periods assigned to the mobile station for uplink communications. At least one of the second assigned radio block periods is separated from a next occurring one of the second assigned radio block periods by at least a second non-assigned radio block period. The example method also involves sending an uplink allocation indicator to the mobile station during one of the first radio block periods assigned for downlink communications with the mobile station. The uplink allocation indicator allocates an uplink radio block to the mobile station in at least one of the second radio block periods. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020305 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO COMMUNICATE DATA BETWEEN A WIRELESS NETWORK AND A MOBILE STATION - Example methods and apparatus to communicate data between a wireless network and a mobile station are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves identifying a first quantity of resources for use in communicating first data to a mobile station in a first radio block period and a second quantity of resources for use in communicating second data to the mobile station in a second radio block period. The total quantity of the first and second quantities of resources comply with a maximum allowable quantity of resources specified for a plurality of radio block periods including the first and second radio block periods. The example method also involves sending, to the mobile station, the first data in the first quantity of resources during the first radio block period and the second data in the second quantity of resources during the second radio block period. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020306 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO POLL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON ASSIGNMENTS - Example methods and apparatus to poll in wireless communications based on assignments are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a poll from a network during a first radio block period and identifying a resource for use in sending requested information to the network in response to the poll. The resource occurs during a subsequent radio block period, and the subsequent radio block period is separated from the first radio block period by at least one radio block period not assigned to the mobile station for transmission by the mobile station. The example method also involves transmitting a response to the poll. | 01-26-2012 |
20120020338 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES AND DETECT ALLOCATED RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to allocate resources and detect allocated resources in wireless communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a first radio block in a first radio block period and detecting an uplink allocation indicator contained in the first radio block. The uplink allocation indicator does not allocate any uplink radio block in a second radio block period following immediately after the first radio block period. The example method also involves transmitting a second radio block based on the uplink allocation indicator during a third radio block period separated from the first radio block period by at least one radio block period. | 01-26-2012 |
20120021752 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM ASSIGNMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to perform assignments in wireless communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method to receive resource assignments at a mobile station involves receiving an assignment message from a network and identifying radio block periods assigned to the mobile station. At least one of the assigned radio block periods is separated from a next occurring one of the assigned radio block periods by at least one non-assigned radio block period. The example method also involves processing downlink transmissions from the network based on the assigned radio block periods. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023235 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO POLL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Example methods and apparatus to poll in wireless communications are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves receiving a poll from a network during a first radio block period and identifying a resource for use in sending requested information to the network in response to the poll. The resource occurs during a subsequent radio block period, and the identifying of the resource is based on receipt of an uplink allocation indicator. The example method also involves transmitting a response to the poll. | 01-26-2012 |
20120039189 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT REPORTING OF NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus to limit reporting of neighbor cell measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a wireless device to perform measurements in a mobile communication network comprises receiving configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be performed by the wireless device, the configuration information including an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and performing the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information. | 02-16-2012 |
20130143548 | Apparatus and method in mobile telecommunications system user equipment - A method and apparatus in a user equipment is described, the method comprising, at the user equipment: receiving data from a cell in a wireless network; if reading of the data is unsuccessful, determining a signal quality metric for a signal received from the cell; and when reading of the data is unsuccessful and when the signal quality metric meets a criterion, initiating a procedure associated with cells for which reading of the data is unsuccessful. | 06-06-2013 |
20140004847 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO LIMIT REPORTING OF NEIGHBOR CELL MEASUREMENTS | 01-02-2014 |
20140087715 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING FREQUENCY FOR REPORTING A GERAN CGI - The present disclosure provides for methods and systems for indicating a frequency for reporting a GERAN CGI. These include the relaxation of the single measurement object per frequency principle; an indication of ARFCN for CGI reading; measurement interruption avoidance; implicit indications of ARFCN for CGI reading; the use of a different object than a measurement object to report the cell for which to report the CGI; the use of a measurement configuration report to indicate the CGI cell or the selection of an ARFCN using to find rules at the UE. | 03-27-2014 |
20140198640 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCEMENTS FOR DE-PRIORITIZATION BY RRC CONNECTION REJECT IN LTE - A method and apparatus for enhancements for de-prioritization by RRC connection reject, where the enhancements relate, in one aspect, to faster cell reselection to prevent possible service outages. In a further aspect the enhancements relate to release, suspension or resumption of de-prioritization upon PLMN selection. In a further aspect, the enhancements relate to conflict handling with a CSG cell priority. In a further aspect, the enhancements relate to connected mode UE handling. In a further aspect, the enhancements relate to cancellation of a de-prioritization request. | 07-17-2014 |
20140334389 | STOPPING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - A wireless access network node receives, from a user equipment (UE), information relating to a random access procedure. The wireless access network node sends, to the UE, an indication to stop the random access procedure, based on the received information. | 11-13-2014 |
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20120223938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER CONTROL OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DEPTH WITHIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SPACE - A system and method for providing user control of the projection of two-dimensional (2D) image information within the three-dimensional (3D) display space of a 3D-capable display device. Advantageously, the system and method disclosed herein allow a user to view 3D video even when the source video includes 2D content, by allowing the user to adjust the z-axis position of the 2D content, thereby causing the 2D content to be projected at a user-specified image depth within 3D space. The user can adjust the z-axis position of the 2D content in real time while contemporaneously viewing the imagery, e.g., via a remote control, and such adjustment can be stored for later use when similar or other 2D content is being viewed. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224642 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SINGLE VIEW VIDEO SIGNAL BASED ON A MULTIVIEW VIDEO CODING (MVC) SIGNAL STREAM - A method and system for producing a single view video signal based on a multiview video coding (MVC) signal stream. A MVC signal stream representing multiple spatially related views of a scene, including a base view and at least one dependent view, is decoded to provide multiple decoded video signals representing the spatially related views, with respective portions of the MVC signal stream representing one of multiple temporally adjacent video frames, and the MVC signal stream representing multiple sequences of spatially adjacent video frames. The decoded video signals are processed to provide a processed video signal representing one of the spatially related views using image information from more than one of the decoded video signals. As a result, more image data is used during processing, thereby improving the spatial and temporal image quality. | 09-06-2012 |
20140071159 | Method and Apparatus For Providing a User Interface For a File System - A method and apparatus provides for controlling presentation of multimedia content. In one example, the method and apparatus changes a display perspective of a multimedia presenting system that presents the multimedia content by determining an amount of display perspective adjustment based on a relative position between a user and the multimedia presenting system. According to the determined amount of display perspective adjustment, the method and apparatus issues one or more control commands that instruct the multimedia presenting system to change the display perspective. The display perspective may be changed for example by moving a display or portion thereof and/or by changing the perspective of the displayed image on the display while leaving the position of the display alone. | 03-13-2014 |
20140098296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING A PERSPECTIVE OF A VIDEO - A method and apparatus provides for changing a perspective of a video such as a display perspective of an object displayed in the video. In one example, the method and apparatus changes the display perspective of an object displayed in the video based on information indicating an orientation and/or position of the recording device that captures the object on the video. To do so, the method and apparatus may determine a current display perspective for an object displayed in the video based on information indicating an orientation and/or position of the recording device. By comparing the current display perspective to a desired display perspective for the object, the method and apparatus determines an amount of display perspective adjustment for the object and selects appropriate perspective adjustment methods to carry out the adjustment. Accordingly, the display perspective adjustment is made to the video automatically for the object displayed in the video without user intervention. | 04-10-2014 |
20140130079 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO STREAM FOR AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - A method and device for ranking video feeds provide a user with the best feed depending on what the user wishes to see. The method includes obtaining one or more video feeds and ranking the video feeds. The ranking is based, at least in part, upon input from a viewer indicating an object of interest. The ranking can consider things such as video stream resolution and signal strength. | 05-08-2014 |
20140176580 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIEWER PREFERENCES ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - A system and method for providing viewer preferences on a display device are presented. An embodiment includes a storage medium for storing preset viewer preferences, each preference being categorized based on one of a plurality of viewers, a processor that accesses the storage medium and acquires the stored preset viewer preference for a given one of the plurality of viewers, and a display device that provides content to the viewer in accordance with the viewer's preferences using at least one optical element. | 06-26-2014 |
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20110087957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFORM PRESENTATION OF DOCUMENTS ON A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device, comprising a display, a persistent store, at least one input device, and a processor for executing (i) an invoking application for generating a request for document data responsive to an input via the input device, (ii) an attachment viewer for receiving the request and generating a command for chunks of document data, and (iii) a listener interface for receiving a response to the command and passing the chunks to the attachment viewer for displaying respective chunks of said document data via the display. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087958 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DOCUMENT DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR DISPLAY ON A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method operable on a mobile communication device, comprising opening a browser session and issuing an HTTP request for document data, wherein the request includes an XML descriptor added to headers of the HTTP request for identifying the request and the document data being requested, and receiving an HTTP response including the XML descriptor along with document binary data representing respective chunks of the document data for display on the mobile communication device | 04-14-2011 |
20110093844 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PUSH CONTENT - A method, system and apparatus for management of push content is provided. An intermediation infrastructure mediates traffic from a push content server that is addressed to a computing device. The intermediation infrastructure enforces various policies such that, for example, unwanted communications are not pushed to the computing device. | 04-21-2011 |
20110153857 | METHOD FOR PARTIAL LOADING AND VIEWING A DOCUMENT ATTACHMENT ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for downloading an attachment to an attachment viewer of a portable electronic device includes: sending an initial data request from said attachment viewer to a server in response to receipt of an email message including said attachment by said portable electronic device; accessing a graph structure representing a map of said attachment from said server, said graph structure having been previously built on said server; reconstructing said graph structure in response to said initial request and encapsulating said graph structure in data having an attachment viewer readable format, said data being stored on said server; and i) downloading successive chunks of said data from said server to said attachment viewer responsive to successive user requests; ii) storing each of said successive chunks of said data on said portable electronic device prior to display thereof; iii) displaying said successive chunks of said data on said portable electronic device and automatically downloading respective next chunks of said data from said server; and iv) while said data chunks of said data remain to be downloaded from said server performing steps i) to iii). | 06-23-2011 |
20110164043 | METHOD OF REMOTELY CONTROLLING A PRESENTATION TO FREEZE AN IMAGE USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method are set forth for remotely controlling a presentation from a portable electronic device so as to freeze a slide on a remote projector to permit searching for a desired slide on the portable electronic device and then continuing the presentation when searching is complete. In one embodiment, a switch is provided in a communication layer of a presentation application such that when the switch is turned off, communication is suspended between the portable electronic device and the projector, thereby permitting browsing on the portable electronic device without interrupting the presentation. When the switch is turned on the current slide information is transmitted from the portable electronic device to the projector. | 07-07-2011 |
20110167351 | METHOD OF REMOTELY CONTROLLING A PRESENTATION IN LOOP MODE USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method are set forth for remotely controlling a presentation in a loop mode to allow the presentation to continue in the absence of a communication channel between the portable electronic device and remote presentation device. In particular, the portable electronic device can issue a command to the remote presentation device to present the presentation in loop mode so that a user of the portable electronic device can leave the vicinity of the remote presentation device (e.g. out of communication range) while the presentation plays in loop mode. | 07-07-2011 |
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20110265005 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MESSAGE ATTACHMENTS - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing attachments are provided. The method comprises: receiving a request for a slideshow attachment, the slideshow attachment maintained in a memory; distilling at least one content layer from the slideshow attachment; generating a slide list from the slideshow attachment; converting the slide list and at least a portion of the at least one content layer into a transmission format; and, transmitting a response to the request, the response comprising the converted slide list and the converted portion of the at least one layer. | 10-27-2011 |
20120239782 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Pushing Content Via A Push Proxy Gateway - A network element accepts push registrations from each of a plurality of communication devices. These push registrations can include a pushed-content address and identification of a push proxy gateway type to use when pushing the content to the communication device. Upon receiving content from a push application to push to a given communication device along with the device's address, the network element can use that address to identify the push proxy gateway type to use when forwarding the content via a push proxy gateway to the intended recipient device. | 09-20-2012 |
20140019637 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGEMENT OF PUSH CONTENT - A method, system and apparatus for management of push content is provided. An intermediation infrastructure mediates traffic from a push content server that is addressed to a computing device. The intermediation infrastructure enforces various policies such that, for example, unwanted communications are not pushed to the computing device. | 01-16-2014 |