| INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
|---|
| 20120134328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Described herein are methods, apparatus and architecture for dynamic spectrum management (DSM) including protocol stacks, logical entities and functionalities that support DSM operation in opportunistic spectrum such as television white space (TVWS). The architecture supports aggregating bandwidth at the internet protocol (IP) layer over licensed and opportunistic bands as well as noncontiguous spectrum aggregation at the medium access control (MAC) layer. The control plane protocol stack includes a multi network transport protocol (MNTP), a channel management (CM) protocol, a policy protocol, a medium access control (MAC) entity, a physical entity and an air interface, all of which are configured to allocate, monitor, and update aggregated spectrum resources with respect to a DSM client. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120131134 | UE Initiated IUT Transfer Based on Policy - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT). A first user equipment (UE) may control an inter user equipment transfer (IUT) associated with a communication flow currently terminated at the first UE. The first UE may receive an indication of an environment change. An evaluation of an IUT policy may be performed in response to the environment change. It may be determined that a second UE is preferred to receive the communication flow. An IUT operation may be performed in relation to the communication flow. For example, the communication flow may be transferred from the first UE to a second UE. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120120892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS DIRECT LINK OPERATION - A dynamic spectrum management (DSM) system includes a plurality of stations and a central entity. A plurality of different radio access technologies are deployed in the DSM system and the central entity coordinates and manages wireless communications in the network. A direct link station receives a beacon periodically from an access point (AP). The direct link station may receive a direct link synchronization message from the AP indicating that a following target beacon transmission time (TBTT) is a synchronization TBTT (STBTT). The direct link station may silence the direct link channels during the STBTT. The direct link station may perform carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) on a primary channel of the direct link to get an access to all direct link channels. A connectivity map procedure may be performed to establish a map for connectivity, services, or capabilities of the devices in the network. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120845 | PEER DISCOVERY, TARGET SELECTION, AND FLOW REPLICATION FOR INTER USER EQUIPMENT TRANSFERS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are described herein for enabling the transfer of media flow to user equipment (UE) in a network using a mobile IP (MIP) protocol. The media flow may be transferred among UEs that are members of the same group of UEs. UEs, Home Agents (HAs), and/or Session Controllers (SCs) may be implemented in the network to maintain each group and/or transfer media flow between members of the group of UEs. The media flow may be replicated before being sent to the members of the group of UEs. UEs, HAs, SCs, REPLICATORs, and/or Authorization Entities (AEs) may be implemented in replicating media flows as described herein. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120115518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for establishing peer-to-peer communication and performing forwarding under the control of a cellular network are described. A seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a timing signal from at least one discoverable WTRU controlled by a base station. The seeking WTRU may estimate the quality of a radio link (i.e., path loss) between the seeking WTRU and the discoverable WTRU, and determine, (e.g., based on a threshold established by the base station), whether or not to report the estimated radio link quality to a base station that controls the discoverable WTRU. The power of the timing signal may be ramped up in predetermined steps such that the transmission power at any given time is known and may be used by the seeking WTRU for estimating the radio link quality. The timing signal may include at least one of a primary preamble or a secondary preamble. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115503 | Addressing Wireless Nodes - A user may point a control device at a controllable device for which control is desired, and the control device may detect the targeted controllable device. Additionally, the control device may detect a plurality of wireless nodes and list the available wireless nodes. For example, the control device may identify wireless nodes associated with a particular room in the house, or the control device may detect the wireless nodes within a certain range. The list may be a selectable list and a user may select the desired device to control from the list. Upon detection or user selection, the control device may establish control of the wireless node and initiate actions associated with the selected device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113918 | SILENT PERIOD METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Described herein is a silent period method and apparatus for dynamic spectrum management. The methods include configuration and coordination of silent periods across an aggregated channel in a wireless communication system. A silent period management entity (SPME) dynamically determines silent period schedules for channels based on system and device information and assigns a silent period duration and periodicity for each silent period. The SPME may reconfigure the silent period schedule based on system delay, system throughput, channel quality or channel management events. A silent period interpretation entity (SPIE) receives and implements the silent period schedule. The silent periods for the channels may be synchronized, independent, or set-synchronized. Interfaces for communicating between the SPME, SPIE, a channel management function, a medium access control (MAC) quality of service (QoS) entity, a sensing/capabilities database, a MAC layer management entity (MLME) and a wireless receive/transmit unit (WTRU) MLME are described herein. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113843 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLYING ALMOST BLANK SUBFRAME (ABS) PATTERNS - Methods, apparatus, and systems using almost blank subframes patterns are disclosed. Different ABS patterns and triggers are described for enabling a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to obtain ABS patterns. One representative method of scheduling operations by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include the WTRU receiving information indicating the ABS pattern with a plurality of ABS intervals of an interfering cell; determining timing associated with the ABS intervals of the interfering cell in accordance with the indicated ABS pattern; and scheduling a measurement opportunity, a transmission opportunity or a reception opportunity during the ABS intervals of the interfering cell. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113831 | Determination of Carriers and Multiplexing for Uplink Control Information Transmission - Embodiments contemplate methods and devices that may select uplink (UL) transmission resources for transmitting uplink control information (UCI). A determination may be made that UCI should be transmitted. A physical channel resource for transmission of the UCI may be selected and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WRTU) may transmit the UCI over a physical uplink channel capable of supporting multiple component carriers using the selected physical channel resource. The selection of the physical channel resource may include at least one of: selecting a pre-determined UL component carrier (CC) for uplink transmission on a physical uplink control shared channel (PUSCH) upon a PUSCH resource being available in a subframe, or, selecting a pre-determined UL CC for uplink transmission on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) capable of UCI transmission in the subframe upon a PUSCH resource not being available in the subframe. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110145 | ALLOCATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESSES AND USAGE DURING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE (SMS) TRANSMISSION - Disclosed herein are method embodiments and apparatus embodiments for allocating IP addresses for MTC devices, transmitting and receiving SMS using the allocated IP addresses. In an embodiment, the MTC device may be allocated with an IP address without activating a packet data protocol (PDP) context. In addition, after the IP address has been allocated, SMS messages may be transmitted from and to MTC devices using the IP address. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120108199 | USING PERSONAL WIRELESS DEVICES FOR NETWORK TESTING - A personal wireless device is utilized to carry out measurements of one or more network-performance related metrics in response to a triggering event. The triggering event can be a message that is transmitted by a network element to the personal wireless device. The personal wireless device may be exemplified by a variety of personal devices such as, for example, a cellular phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). The measurements may be used to derive network-performance related information such as cellular signal coverage areas, signal hole areas, and signal interference areas. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106465 | DOWNLINK CONTROL IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Embodiments contemplate a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that may operate in a heterogeneous wireless communication network (HetNet). The WTRU may detect the presence of an extended physical downlink control channel (E-PDCCH) and may decode a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) upon detecting the E-PDCCH. The WTRU may obtain scheduling information of the E-PDCCH on a physical downlink shared control channel (PDSCH) from the decoded PDCCH. The WTRU may also determine control information for the WTRU from the E-PDCCH using the scheduling information of the E-PDCCH. The HetNet may further include a first eNB and a second eNB and the WTRU may receive the E-PDCCH from the first eNB and another E-PDCCH from the second eNB. The other E-PDCCH may be coordinated with the E-PDCCH such that the interference between the other E-PDCCH and the E-PDCCH from the perspective of the WTRU may be reduced relative to no coordination. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106349 | HOME NODE IDENTIFICATION, INTERFERENCE REDUCTION, AND ENERGY SAVINGS - Systems and methods for reducing interference and saving power for home Node Bs are disclosed. Home Node Bs can be configured to remain in sleep mode until needed based on various criteria, periodically operating transmit and receive components in order to detect mobile devices that may need the services of the home Node B. Mobile devices can indicate one or several target home Node Bs using one or more node identifiers within a proximity indication message. Closed subscriber group identifiers and membership data may also be included in a proximity indication message. Node or cell identities, along with membership data, may be stored in a fingerprint database or white-list on a mobile device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120094681 | SERVICE-BASED APPROACH TO CHANNEL SELECTION AND NETWORK CONFIGURATION FOR TELEVISION WHITE SPACE NETWORKS - A method for managing channel selection in a dynamic spectrum management network includes receiving a spectrum allocation request; based on the source of the spectrum allocation request, checking for available channels; based on the source of the spectrum allocation request, collecting sensing and usage data for the available channels; providing the channel usage data to an entity that transmitted the spectrum allocation request. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093110 | RADIO LINK CONTROL RESET USING RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL SIGNALING - A method and apparatus are described for implementing a reset procedure for radio link control (RLC) using radio resource control (RRC) signaling. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a request for RLC reset. A processor at the WTRU comprises a RRC entity and a RLC entity. The RRC entity receives the request for a RLC reset in a radio resource control message. The RLC entity reassembles RLC service data units (SDUs) from any protocol data units (PDUs) that are received out of sequence at a receiving side of the RLC entity. The reassembled SDUs are delivered in sequence to a packet data convergence protocol entity (PDCP). At the receiving side of the RLC entity, any remaining PDUs that are not able to be reassembled are discarded. At a transmitting side of the RLC entity, all SDUs and PDUs stored in transmit buffers are discarded. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093062 | Inter-Unit Transfer Support Using Mobile Internet Protocol - A WTRU may receive a first a data flow from a source device such as a correspondence node and perform a seamless IUT such that the correspondent node is unaware that the flow has been transferred to a different WTRU. The WTRU may register with a first home agent, wherein the first home agent receives a plurality of messages addressed for a home address. The home agent may forward the messages to the WTRU at a first care-of-address. The WTRU may send a binding update to the first home agent. The binding update may comprise a second traffic selector and a second action. The second action may specify that a second message of the plurality of messages is to be forwarded to a different WTRU when the second message matches the second traffic selector. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120084361 | INTER-USER EQUIPMENT (UE) TRANSFER (IUT) FOR COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS THAT INCLUDE MEDIA SESSION INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for inter-user equipment (UE) transfer (IUT) of collaborative session control and session information between WTRUs. A collaborative session control transfer request including ongoing session information is transmitted prior to transfer of session control from one WTRU to another WTRU. Ongoing session information may include information regarding media flows and devices involved in the session. A media control transfer response is transmitted in response to the transfer request. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084356 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA SESSION SHARING AND GROUP SYNCHRONIZATION OF MULTI MEDIA STREAMS - A method and apparatus for synchronizing, transforming, modifying, duplicating and retrieving media streams between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) that may not be IMS-capable in real-time, via Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT) across any internet protocol (IP) based network. This framework allows for both collaborative and non-collaborative media sessions, media session transport and shared media session control under the same subscription or multiple subscriptions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083245 | INHIBITION OF ALLOWED CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP LIST - Disclosed herein are techniques for inhibition of allowed closed subscriber group list. According to an aspect, a method may be implemented at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The method may include identifying a public land mobile network (PLMN) in which the WTRU is operating. Further, the method may include controlling closed group subscriber (CSG) selection based on the identified PLMN. For example, on a per PLMN basis, the WTRU may display to the user all CSGs or only CSGs in an operator CSG list. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083240 | Enhancements to IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) Emergency Services Architecture - Embodiments contemplate methods and systems that may route an emergency call from an enterprise user and/or a user in a private number plan, or an emergency call that may be initiated by a service on behalf of the user. Architectural extensions to the IMS emergency services architecture may allow an emergency call to be handled in a home network or a local network in which the user may be visiting (e.g., roaming) such that appropriate public safety systems may be apprised of the emergency communication. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082192 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PILOT ON MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - Method and apparatus for transmitting pilot on multiple antennas are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a primary dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) and at least one secondary DPCCH via multiple antennas using different channelization codes. The first eight pilot symbols of the secondary DPCCH may be same as pilot symbols of length eight of the primary DPCCH. The secondary DPCCH may include a same number of pilot bits as the primary DPCCH in a normal mode and in a compressed mode, respectively. The transmit power of the secondary DPCCH may be adjusted based on a ratio of a number of pilot symbols in the primary DPCCH and the secondary DPCCH. When a required transmit power exceeds a maximum allowed transmit power of the WTRU, power scaling may be applied equally to the primary DPCCJ and the secondary DPCCH. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082096 | MAC AND RLC ARCHITECTURE AND PROCEDURES TO ENABLE RECEPTION FROM MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION POINTS - A method for use in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) for two-stage reordering of received protocol data units (PDUs). The method comprising receiving PDUs from Node-Bs, wherein each of the received PDUs has a transmission sequence number (TSN), reordering the received PDUs from Node-Bs using the TSN in a MAC layer in different reordering queues, delivering the received PDUs from reordering queues to one logical channel in the RLC layer, reordering the received PDUs in the RLC layer based on a sequence number (SN), starting a timer when at least a RLC PDU is missing based on SN of the RLC PDU, and transmitting a status report indicating a missing RLC PDU based on SN of the RLC PDU if the timer expires, wherein transmission of the status report is delayed if a RLC PDU is missing based on SN of the RLC PDU and the timer is running. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079559 | METHODS FOR POLICY MANAGEMENT - Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for coordinating enforcement of policies on a network and/or a wireless transmit/receive unit. The policies may include stakeholder-specific policies of one or more stakeholders that provide services on a user equipment. Enforcement of the stakeholder-specific policies may be securely coordinated using a policy coordination function. Systems, methods, and apparatus are also disclosed that include a network policy coordination function (NPCF) that coordinates service control policies and access control policies. The NPCF may coordinate enforcement of the service control policies for one or more service control entities and the access control policies for one or more access control entities. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076182 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REPORTING A RANK AND A PRECODING MATRIX FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for measuring and reporting a rank and/or a precoding matrix for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication are disclosed. A metric indicating a channel condition is measured and a rank is selected based on the metric. The metric may be a signal-to-interference and noise ratio (SINR), throughput, a block error rate (BLER), system capacity, a sum rate, or the like. An SINR for each radio block group (RBG) for each rank is calculated. A data rate is calculated for each RBG based on the SINR for each rank. An overall rate for all RBGs is calculated for each rank. At least one rank is selected based on the overall rate. At least one precoding matrix may be selected jointly with or separately from the at least one rank. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120072979 | Method And Apparatus For Trusted Federated Identity - A trusted computing environment, such as a smartcard, UICC, Java card, global platform, or the like may be used as a local host trust center and a proxy for a single-sign on (SSO) provider. This may be referred to as a local SSO provider (OP). This may be done, for example, to keep authentication traffic local and to prevent over the air communications, which may burden an operator network. To establish the OP proxy in the trusted environment, the trusted environment may bind to the SSO provider in a number of ways. For example, the SSO provider may interoperate with UICC-based UE authentication or GBA. In this way, user equipment may leverage the trusted environment in order to provide increased security and reduce over the air communications and authentication burden on the OP or operator network. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120071168 | Bandwidth Management For A Converged Gateway In A Hybrid Network - Systems and methods for integrating bandwidth management (BWM) equipment into a network in order to manage the use of bandwidth over multiple radio access technologies (RATs) relating to communications between a wireless transmit receive unit and a mobile core network (MCN). When integrating itself into the network, a BWM server may be placed between a MCN and an femto access point. In order for WTRUs to communicate with the MCN through the femto access point and a BWM server, a BWM server may need deep packet inspection capabilities. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069731 | MANAGING RACE CONDITIONS BETWEEN CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK REQUESTS - Circuit switched fallback (CSFB) requests may be managed. A mobile management entity (MME) can detect one or more pending CSFB requests. In response to detecting the pending CSFB request(s), the MME can generate a message that indicates the one or more pending CSFB requests, and can communicate the message to one of a mobile switching center (MSC) and a virtual location register (VLR). | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120064903 | Home Nodeb (HNB) Mobility In A Cell Forward Access Channel (Cell_Fach)State - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for managing home nodeB (HNB) mobility in forward access channel (Cell_FACH) states. According to an aspect, a method may be implemented at a Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU). The method may include determining whether to communicate an indication to a network node for extended measurement occasion. Further, the method may include communicating the indication to the network node in response to determining to communicate the indication. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH PROVISIONING IN FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus are described that provides flexible spectrum usage by using a paired frequency division duplex (FDD) spectrum to enable dynamic access in television white space (TVWS), sub-leased spectrum or unlicensed spectrum, (e.g., industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) bands), in a femto cell environment or the like. Elastic FDD (E-FDD) enables femto cell operation in TVWS, sub-leased spectrum and/or unlicensed spectrum, either simultaneously with licensed spectrum or as an alternate channel to licensed spectrum. E-FDD enables dynamic asymmetric bandwidth allocation for uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) in FDD, and enables variable duplex spacing, (i.e., using FDD with minimum duplex spacing between DL and UL spectrum, or, using hybrid-FDD, (FDD in a time duplexed fashion), when a spectrum gap between the UL and DL spectrum is below a certain minimum threshold. Additionally, the signaling enhancements to implement E-FDD are also provided. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120057872 | BLIND TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION AND LOW COMPLEXITY CHANNEL ESTIMATION IN ACO-OFDM SYSTEMS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) that may receive an asymmetrically clipped optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (ACO-OFDM) signal is disclosed. The ACO-OFDM signal may include an ACO-OFDM symbol and the ACO-OFDM signal may be generated with or without a pilot or training data. Where the ACO-OFDM signal may not include a pilot or training data, the WTRU may determine a correlation minimum between a first part of N samples of the ACO-OFDM symbol and a second part of N samples of the ACO-OFDM symbol. The correlation minimum may indicate an estimated boundary of the ACO-OFDM symbol which may provide the WTRU with timing synchronization information. Where the ACO-OFDM signal may include one or more ACO-OFDM pilot symbols on one or more pilot subcarriers, the WTRU may interpret an amount of training data included in the one or more ACO-OFDM pilot symbols that may provide information for channel estimation. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047551 | Machine-To-Machine Gateway Architecture - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that provide for a gateway outside of a network domain to provide services to a plurality of devices. For example, the gateway may act as a management entity or as a proxy for the network domain. As a management entity, the gateway may perform a security function relating to each of the plurality of devices. The gateway may perform the security function without the network domain participating or having knowledge of the particular devices. As a proxy for the network, the gateway may receive a command from the network domain to perform a security function relating to each of a plurality of devices. The network may know the identity of each of the plurality of devices. The gateway may perform the security function for each of the plurality of devices and aggregate related information before sending the information to the network domain. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120040700 | GROUP PAGING FOR MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are provided for performing group-based machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. Machine-type communication (MTC) wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) may operate in M2M groups. A group of MTC WTRUs may be paged collectively as a group. An MTC WTRU may store an individual international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) associated with the MTC WTRU, and a group-based IMSI associated with the MTC group that the MTC WTRU belongs to. The MTC WTRU may use one or both IMSIs to receive paging messages. When the MTC WTRU receives a paging message, the MTC WTRU may compare a recipient IMSI contained in the paging message to the individual IMSI and the group-based IMSI. If the recipient IMSI matches the individual IMSI and the group-based IMSI, the MTC WTRU may proceed to process the paging message. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120030331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING AND PROCESSING POLICY PROFILE RESTRICTIONS - Techniques for configuring policy restriction are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may generate a user-defined policy profile, which is information provided by a user of the WTRU for configuration of parameters for a policy and/or charging control. The WTRU may send the user-defined policy profile to a network. The user-defined policy profile may be used along with network operator-provided policy rules by a policy decision function to set up policy rules for policy and/or charging control for the WTRU. The user-defined policy profile may configure a quality of service limit, a data usage limit, a time usage limit, or an access control. The user-defined policy profile may contain a policy profile identity (ID), a policy profile type information element, and a restricted subscriber ID. The WTRU may send the user-defined policy profile in an initial attach request message or subsequent messages or include it in an SIP REGISTER message. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026954 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION SIGNALING OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method and apparatus addresses resource allocation granularity issues for encoding efficiency of resource allocation signaling in assignment information elements (IEs). | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026941 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING AN AGGREGATED BEACON - Techniques for sending an aggregated beacon in a cognitive wireless network are disclosed. A beacon device may segment beacon information and send beacon segments via a plurality of channels simultaneously. A certain information elements of the beacon information may be included in each beacon segment. Each beacon segment may include channel information for other beacon segments that are transmitted simultaneously. Alternatively, a discovery beacon may be transmitted in addition to a regular beacon. The discovery beacon may include information indicating an operating channel on which the regular beacon is transmitted. The discovery beacon may be transmitted using a predetermined channel bandwidth, with a smaller beacon interval than the regular beacon, or in a frequency hopping fashion. The discovery beacon may be sent on a channel selected based on a regulatory class and corresponding channel information. The discovery beacon may be transmitted on a side channel. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026929 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICES (MBMS) SERVICE FEEDBACK - A method and apparatus are described for providing multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) service feedback. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive an MBMS service query message over an MBMS control channel and transmit an MBMS service response. The MBMS service query message and MBMS service response message may be radio resource controller messages. The MBMS service query message may include MBMS service identifiers which identify MBMS services that the WTRU is receiving or intending to receive. The WTRU may generate a report with MBMS service identifier index values, where each MBMS service identifier index value indicates a position of a service identifier corresponding to an MBMS service in the original query list that the WTRU is currently receiving or intending to receive. The MBMS service status query message may be received alone or along with a MBSFNAreaConfiguration message. The WTRU may respond within a predetermined or configured time limit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING FEEDBACK FOR A DOWNLINK SHARED SERVICE AND ESTIMATING A NUMBER OF WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS - A method and an apparatus for sending a signal on a contentious feedback channel for a downlink shared service and for estimating a number of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) are disclosed. When a transmission criterion associated with a physical random access feedback channel (P-RAFCH) is satisfied, a physical resource is randomly selected among a plurality of physical resources assigned for the P-RAFCH and a pre-configured signal is sent using the selected physical resource. A Node-B receives the pre-configured signal from a plurality of WTRUs and calculates a number of the WTRUs based on a number of used physical resources. The transmission criterion is at least one of successful reception of a data packet on a downlink physical channel, successful reception of a data block on a data service, reception of a signaling command, occurrence of a measurement event, and failure to receive a transmission after a specified number of times. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120023568 | Method and Apparatus for Trusted Federated Identity Management and Data Access Authorization - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide for integration of trusted OpenID (TOpenID) with OpenID. The authentication may be accomplished, in part, via communications between a trusted ticket server on a UE and a network application function. The UE may retrieve platform validation data (e.g., from a trusted platform module on the UE). The UE may receive a platform verification in response to the platform validation data. The platform verification may indicate that the network application function has verified the platform validation data and the user. The platform verification may indicate that the platform validation data matches a previously generated reference value. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120015657 | MANAGING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BASE STATIONS AND REMOTE ACCESS POINTS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a wireless network that may include a base station (or base node) and a cell that may be in a dormant mode is contemplated. The WTRU may determine that the WTRU may be within a vicinity of the cell and may generate a report that includes one or more measurements related to a location of the WTRU. The WTRU may transmit the report to the network and may receive an indication to perform one or more measurements related to the cell. The one or more measurements related to the cell may be based on a Common Pilot Channel (CPICH), a Synchronization Channel (SCH), and/or a Broadcast Channel (Primary Common Control Physical Channel) (BCH P-CCPCH) that may be transmitted by the cell upon a command from a base node. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014267 | Evaluating and Reporting Measurements for H(E)NB Outbound Mobility and Inter-H(E)NB Mobility in Connected Mode - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide for a WTRU to perform measurements in order to avoid radio link failure that may occur because the WTRU's neighboring cells are, or include, CSG cells. For example, thresholds may be implemented to compensate for the presence of CSG cells, a WTRU may make adjustments when performing measurements, etc. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120009932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE AND SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES MESSAGES - Methods and apparatus for enabling short message service (SMS) and supplementary services (SS) in a long term evolution (LTE) network via evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM) over the LTE control plane are described. In one embodiment, the radio resource control (RRC) connection signaling radio bearer (SRB) is used for SMS and SS transport over the LTE control plane between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a mobility management entity (MME). EMM interfaces and primitives are defined for actions towards SMS and SS entities for enabling SMS and SS services in LTE via the LTE control plane media. Message formats for SMS and SS message transport are also disclosed for sending SMS and SS messages within EMM uplink (UL) non-access stratum (NAS) transport and downlink (DL) NAS transport messages. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008600 | MAINTAINING TIME ALIGNMENT WITH MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - Maintaining time alignment with multiple carriers is contemplated. A group of uplink carriers (UL CC sets) that operate with a single Timing Advance (TA) may be determined, and a TA value may be applied to a specific UL CC set. A wireless transmit/receive unit's (WTRU) capability of using multiple TAs may define a group index of a few bits for each UL CC set. A TA Command received in a Random Access Response message may be used to apply the TA value to each UL carrier of the UL CC set. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on which DL carrier the command was transmitted from. The WTRU may determine which UL CC set the TA value applies to based on the Group Index being explicitly provided in the command. The WTRU may release multi-CC configurations upon Time Alignment Timer (TAT) expiry. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008510 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Uplink Antenna Transmit Diversity - Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed to provide antenna transmit diversity. A wireless transmit/receiver unit (WTRU) may comprise multiple antennas. A channel condition for each of the antennas may be determined. A probing phase may be used in order to determine the channel conditions. During a period of the probing phase, a probing signal from each antenna may be transmitted during a respective time interval. The WTRU transmit power may or may not be held constant. A Node B may receive each probing signal and determine channel quality information. The Node B may adjust the determined channel quality information if there is a power offset between the signals. The Node B may send the channel quality information to the WTRU. The WTRU may switch an antenna to use for uplink transmission based on the received channel quality information. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120003943 | PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - Methods and systems to configure and/or reconfigure measurement configuration in wireless communications with one or more cells are disclosed. Measurement configuration reporting may be reconfigured based on events associated with the one or more serving cells and/or one or more serving component carriers, among others. Measurement configuration and measurement configuration reporting may also be reconfigured based on events associated with one or more serving component carriers. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING HOME NODE-B MOBILITY - Techniques for supporting home NodeB (HNB) mobility and virtual active set management in support of soft handover are disclosed. A source HNB may decide to initiate a relocation of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) from the source HNB to a target HNB, and may initiate an access control for the WTRU to determine whether the WTRU is allowed to receive a service provided via the target HNB. The source HNB may send an access control query to either a core network (CN) or an HNB gateway (HNB-GW) for verifying that the WTRU is allowed to receive a service provided via the target HNB. The access control query response may include access control information for all or a subset of subscriber groups that the WTRU is a member of. The WTRU may maintain a virtual active set (VAS) including at least one macro cell and at least one femto cell. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002621 | AIR LINK UP/DOWN PROTOCOL (ALUDP) - An air link up/down protocol (ALUDP) may be Synchronized ALUDP (S-ALUPD) or Non-Synchronized ALUDP (NS-ALUDP). A method for wireless communications includes monitoring and managing the air link status between a Subscriber Station (SS) and a Base Station (BS). | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SERVICE REQUEST MESSAGES IN A CONGESTED NETWORK - A method and apparatus are described for transmitting service request messages in a congested network. In one embodiment, a message including a timer value may be received by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having a timer that is set based on the timer value. Once the timer is activated, the WTRU may not attempt to transmit a service request message to a network for mobile originated (MO) services, except for MO emergency calls, until the timer expires. In another embodiment, the timer may be deactivated in response to receiving a page for a mobile terminated (MT) call. The congested network may include a mobility management entity (MME) and a mobile switching center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR). The MME may apply a congestion control criteria to the WTRU based on whether a timer in the MME is activated or expired. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110317748 | DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL BASED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN OFDM-MIMO SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for using demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) based channel state information (CSI) feedback in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing—multiple-input multiple-output (OFDM-MIMO) systems is disclosed. The wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives one or more resource blocks from a base station, wherein the resource blocks (RBs) include demodulating reference signals (DM-RS) and precoder information. The precoder information is sent unicast or broadcasted over a common control channel. The WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, derives an unprecoded channel based on the effective channel and the precoder information, generates CSI feedback based on the unprecoded channel, and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. Alternatively, the WTRU estimates an effective channel estimate based on the DM-RS, quantizes the effective channel estimate and transmits the CSI feedback to the base station. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110310824 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-USER DEVICE TRANSFER (IUT) IN A NETWORK BASED MOBILITY DOMAIN - A method and apparatus for performing Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT) across any internet protocol (IP) based network. This framework allows for preparation, execution and completion of data transfer at a target device through registration with a Local Mobility Anchor (LMA) and receipt of an IUT request. The target device receives and stores an IP address or a source device. The IP address is used to transmit session information. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110302638 | Staged Control Release In Boot Process - Integrity validation of a network device may be performed. A network device comprising a secure hardware module, may receive a root key. The secure hardware module may also receive a first code measurement. The secure hardware module may provide a first key based on the root key and the first code measurement. The secure hardware module may receive a second code measurement and provide a second key based on the first key and the second code measurement. The release of keys based on code measurements may provide authentication in stages. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110292854 | RETUNING GAPS AND SCHEDULING GAPS IN DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - A method for scheduling a time when a retuning gap occurs by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes detecting a retuning triggering event; determining a period of time when a retuning gap occurs, on a condition that the triggering event is detected; and performing radio frequency front end retuning during the retuning gap. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110287802 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC WHITESPACE SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for dynamic white space management are described. First, local handling of channel queries, in which a channel query by a white space device (WSD) is handled by a local dynamic spectrum management (DSM) server, if the DSM server has all the information necessary for providing a response to the channel query. Second, a search extension, in which a WSDB passes part of a search for available channels to a local DSM server. Third, assisting of an available channel calculation, in which a DSM server provides spectrum sensing information to WSDBs to improve the available channel calculation within the WSDBs. And fourth, dynamic bandwidth management to meet the coexistence requirements. In addition, the content of the messages and procedures that enable the above value-adding functions and interactions with the WSDB systems are described. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus for dynamic spectrum management are disclosed. A node receives a request for sensing related information. In response to receiving the request, the node transmits the sensing related information. The sensing related information may include at least one of information about data fusion methods supported by the node, information about relaying methods supported by the node and information about at least one other node that is reachable from the node. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110274041 | DYNAMIC PEER DISCOVERY AND INTER-UNIT TRANSFER (IUT) USING MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL (MIP) - Methods and systems for a mobile node of a communication network to use mobile internet protocol (MIP) to query a node, such as a home agent (HA) of the communication network to obtain information regarding other nodes that may be registered with the same node of the network, such as the HA, or nodes that may be registered with the same HoA. Also, a node of a communication network, such as a HA, may send to registered nodes of the communication network via MIP un-requested information regarding nodes that may be registered with the HA, or nodes that may be registered with the same HoA. A node of the communication network may initiate an inter-unit transfer (IUT) to one or more other nodes of the communication network using the information regarding nodes that may be registered with the HA or registered with the same HoA. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274040 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING UPLINK RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL TRANSMISSION - Method and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions from wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) for multiple transmissions. A WTRU may initiate uplink transmission for a random access procedure using a configured time resource such that the uplink resources may be time shared by a plurality of WTRUs. The transmission time may be calculated on an absolute or relative basis. A backoff time may be applied before starting the uplink transmission. The backoff time may be WTRU-specific, WTRU group-specific, specified per access class and may be determined based on a priority basis. A scaling factor may be applied to the backoff time. A contention free allocation method may be used to determine the appropriate resource. The data may be transmitted with and without a preamble. The WTRUs may include machine type communication devices and may be grouped in accordance with a number of factors or characteristics. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110268028 | UPLINK SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS CONFIGURATION AND TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signals (SRS) configuration and transmission. The methods include receiving configuration of wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)-specific SRS subframes for transmitting SRS and upon receipt of a trigger, transmitting the SRS for a number of antennas. The SRS transmissions may occur in each subframe of a duration of WTRU-specific SRS subframes that start a number of WTRU-specific SRS subframes after a triggering subframe. For multiple SRS transmissions from multiple antennas, cyclic shift multiplexing and different transmission combs may be used. The cyclic shift for an antenna may be determined from a cyclic shift reference value. The cyclic shift determined for each antenna providing a maximum distance between cyclic shifts for the antennas transmitting SRS in a same WTRU-specific subframe. SRS transmissions from multiple antennas in the WTRU-specific subframe may be done in parallel. Methods for handling collisions between SRS and physical channels are presented. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265153 | Protection Against Unsolicited Communication - Methods and apparatus are disclosed to provide protection against Unsolicited Communication (UC) in a network, such as, without limitation, an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). A communication may originate from a sending device and may be intended for delivery to a receiving device. A network may determine authentication information associated with the sending device. The network may send the authentication information to a receiving entity to evaluate if the communication is unsolicited using the authentication information. If the communication is determined to be acceptable, a connection associated with the communication may be allowed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110263281 | POWER CONTROL FOR CLOSED LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY AND MIMO IN UPLINK - A method for dynamically controlling the transmit power of transmission streams transmitted via multiple antennas is disclosed. A transmit power level for multiple streams is determined based on a first reference channel. The difference of signal to interface ratios (SIRs) between two reference channels may represent a power offset. The power offset may be used to determine gain factors used to transmit data channels on the secondary stream with reference to the gain factor of the first reference channel. The power offset may be used to determine other parameters, such a serving grant or transport block sizes of channels carried on the secondary stream. The power offset may allow transmission parameters of channels on the secondary stream to be determined based on the transmit power level of the primary stream and a gain factor for a reference channel transmitted via the primary stream. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261747 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION VIA A RELAY NODE - A method and apparatus for supporting communication via a relay node are disclosed. A relay node may receive wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) buffer status reports (BSRs) from a plurality of WTRUs that are served by the relay node. The WTRU BSRs indicate uplink buffer status at the WTRUs. The relay node then may forward the WTRU BSRs to a donor evolved Node B (DeNB). The relay node may send a relay node BSR to the DeNB. The relay node BSR indicates a relay node uplink buffer status and/or a relay node downlink buffer status at the relay node. The relay node may send a radio resource control (RRC) message to the DeNB for requesting radio resource reconfiguration. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261708 | GROUP TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method for channel sounding by an access point includes transmitting a sounding frame to a plurality of mobile stations (STAs). The sounding frame includes training symbols to be measured by each of the plurality of STAs. A sounding response frame is received from each of the plurality of STAs. The sounding response frame received from a first STA of the plurality of STAs is received at a short interframe spacing interval delay after completion of the sounding request frame transmission. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110252151 | MOBILITY IN PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS - A method for mobility in peer to peer communication for a first peer, comprising registering a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and IP mobility method of the first peer with a P2P tracker, establishing a peer to peer (P2P) connection with a second peer, changing locations and obtaining a second IP address, registering the second IP address of the first peer with the P2P tracker via IP mobility method, and transmitting information to the second peer in the P2P communication. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA PARCEL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A device and method for registering devices on advanced networks as well as providing operative communications between a legacy device and a advanced network. The legacy device may contain data, such as sensor data, which is being collected on a network outside the communication range/abilities of the legacy device. An intermediary device may receive the data via a first communication scheme and send the device to a server collecting the data via a second communication scheme. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110249656 | Sending Feedback for Multiple Downlink Carriers - Feedback information for multiple serving cells are transmitted on high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH). A slot format for transmitting feedback information is determined based on the number of configured secondary serving cells and whether multiple input multiple-output (MIMO) is configured in the serving cells. Spreading factor is reduced to 128 when two secondary serving cells are configured and MIMO is configured in at least one of the two configured secondary serving cells, or when three secondary serving cells are configured. The serving cells are grouped into feedback groups, each feedback group having one or more serving cells. Channel coding may be applied to feedback information for the feedback groups. The resulting encoded feedback information for the feedback groups is concatenated to form composite feedback information. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110244806 | DYNAMIC CONTROL CHANNEL MONITORING SET FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATIONS - Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for dynamically controlling channel monitoring in a multi-carrier environment. A UE may monitor one or more channels associated with active carriers. The monitoring by the UE may be established via a network pre-configuring the HS-SCCHs and/or specifying which HS-SCCHs the UE should monitor depending on which carriers are activate. Further, the network may pre-configure a list of HS-SCCHs for each carrier, and the UE may autonomously, following pre-determined rules, increase or decrease the number of HS-SCCHs it monitors on each carrier. In addition, the network may indicate in an HS-SCCH order which HS-SCCHs the UE should stop or start monitoring. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110243066 | Uplink Control Data Transmission - Methods and systems for transmitting uplink control information and feedback are disclosed for carrier aggregation systems. A user equipment device may be configured to transmit uplink control information and other feedback for several downlink component carriers using one or more uplink component carriers. The user equipment device may be configured to transmit such data using a physical uplink control channel rather than a physical uplink shared channel. The user equipment device may be configured to determine the uplink control information and feedback data that is to be transmitted, the physical uplink control channel resources to be used to transmit the uplink control information and feedback data, and how the uplink control information and feedback data may be transmitted over the physical uplink control channel. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110231553 | AUTHORIZING IUT REPLICATION AND DISTINGUISHING REQUESTS FOR REPLICATION FROM TRANSFERS - A method of replicating a media session in a Service Centralized and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS), the method comprising receiving a collaborative replication session invite request from a second wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), performing authorization of the collaborative replication session invite request, allocating a media resource for a replicated media flow, transmitting a response for the replicated media flow in a media resource function (MRF) to second WTRU, updating an access leg on a first WTRU for the replicated media flow with the MRF, and updating a remote leg for the replicated media flow in the MRF. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228750 | Extended Local IP Access For A Converged Gateway In A Hybrid Network - The implementation of Local IP Access (LIPA), “Extended” LIPA (ELIPA), and Selected IP Traffic Offload (SIPTO) for the design of a “Converged Gateway” (CGW) are disclosed. The gateway system may provide various features such as femtocell access to local networks, public Internet, and private service provider networks. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110216727 | VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATION SERVICES USING ORTHOGONAL SUB-CHANNELS - A method for using orthogonal sub-channels (OSCs) in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A capability report is received from the WTRU, including an indication whether the WTRU supports OSCs. A determination is made whether to use OSCs for the WTRU and the result of the determination is signaled to the WTRU. If OSCs are used with the WTRU, the signaling includes an OSC assignment for the WTRU. In one embodiment, two resources are assigned to the WTRU and each resource is assigned to a different OSC. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSFER IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS - A method and apparatus are described for performing Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) operation. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) registers an IMS service priority with an IMS network. The IMS service priority indicates the WTRU's priority in receiving IMS services. The WTRU may receive an IMS service from the IMS network based on the WTRU's IMS service priority. The IMS service priority may be indicated using a priority value and the WTRU may use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) messaging to signal with the IMS network. The WTRU may register the service priority value using a q-value parameter in an SIP Contact field header. The WTRU may also register a public user identity with the IMS network and the public user identity may be shared with other IMS-capable WTRUs. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110213871 | MACHINE-TO-MACHINE GATEWAY ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY - A machine-to-machine (M2M) gateway (GW) includes reachability, addressing, and repository (RAR) capability. The GW maintains a local mapping table and local device application repository, performs data aggregation, address/name translation, provides event reporting and establishes GW reachability and wake-up time. The GW supports requests from M2M applications or other capabilities within the GW, and from a network and application (N&A) domain RAR. The GW may include an M2M device and M2M gateway management (MDGM) capability that receives management requests for an M2M device and functions as a network proxy. The MDGM accepts and processes requests from the N&A domain on behalf of the M2M device and performs management functions of the M2M device on behalf of the N&A domain. The MDGM may request the N&A domain for permission to interact with the M2M device, initiate an interaction for device management tasks with the M2M device, and report to the N&A domain. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211447 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HYBRID PER STATION AND PER FLOW UPLINK ALLOCATIONS - Method and apparatus for performing hybrid per station and per flow/connection uplink allocations are described. The apparatus may implement a hybrid per flow/connection and per station uplink (UL) resource allocation to improve UL control efficiency and UL resource utilization. The apparatus may be configured to transmit or receive a resource allocation in a signal that contains an indicator that indicates intended flow information. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110205969 | COMMUNICATION USING DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS - Method and apparatus having a beamforming antenna generates a plurality of directional antenna beams. A discovery beacon is generated for use in associating with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The discovery beacon is transmitted to a plurality of sectors using coarsely focused directional antenna beams. A WTRU may receive one of the coarsely focused directional antenna beams, and may then transmit a response message. Finely focused directional antenna beams are establishing for packet data transmission. A periodic beacon may then be transmitted to the WTRU using one of the coarsely focused directional antenna beams. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205937 | PULL BASED INTER-OPERATOR INTER-DEVICE TRANSFER - Methods and apparatus for pull based inter-operator inter-device transfer are described. Methods include anchoring the inter-device transfer signaling solely at a source operator, solely at a target operator and jointly at the source and target operators. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110201343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MACHINE-TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for supporting machine-type communications (MTC) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may configure itself to operate in a mobile-originated-only mode. The WTRU may perform no, or a subset of, radio resource control (RRC) idle and/or non-access stratum (NAS) idle/standby state procedures in the mobile-originated-only mode. For example, the WTRU may perform cell reselection but not paging monitoring in the mobile-originated-only mode. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform paging monitoring but not cell reselection and location update. The operation in the mobile-originated-only mode may be triggered explicitly or implicitly. For example, the WTRU may operate in the mobile-originated-only mode if an inactivity timer expires. The WTRU may switch the mode in accordance with a pre-configured schedule. After transition of the operation mode, the WTRU may send a message to the network indicating such mode switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199905 | ACCESS CONTROL AND CONGESTION CONTROL IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION - A method for performing load balancing by a wireless transmit/receive unit includes evaluating a current cell load value and on a condition that the current cell load value is greater than a predetermined threshold, performing load balancing by barring the current cell. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110196973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-DEVICE SESSION CONTINUITY (IDSC) OF MULTI MEDIA STREAMS - A method and apparatus for Inter-Device Session Continuity (IDSC). IDSC may include session transfer, session duplication, peer discovery, media transport control, session retrieval, and peer device detection of media streams between wireless transmit receive units (WTRUs) in real-time via Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT) across any internet protocol (IP) based network. This framework allows for both collaborative and non-collaborative media sessions, media session transport and shared media session control under the same subscription or multiple subscriptions. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194428 | MCCH NOTIFICATION SCHEDULING AND CONTENTS - A multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) may be transmitted from a wireless network and may be received by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). From the perspective of the WTRU, an MBMS control channel (MCCH) notification may be received over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The PDCCH may include an MBMS radio network temporary identifier (M-RNTI) and the PDCCH may be on a multimedia broadcast on a single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe for MBMS. The MCCH notification may be monitored on the MBSFN subframe. The MCCH notification may be received periodically within a scheduling period for the MBSFN subframe. The MCCH notification may also be received in an MCCH message modification period that may occur prior to an MCCH message modification period that may include a new MCCH message. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110188484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING A BLANKET WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK CONTROL PLANE - A method and apparatus for maintaining a connection between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a blanket wireless local area network (BWLAN) are described. An inter-working function (IWF) entity in a given network access point (NAP) of the BWLAN maintains lists of WTRUs in respective states. Furthermore, the given NAP maintains a list of neighbor NAPs, and operates in accordance with a selected WTRU mobility protocol. The states may include a “not aware” (NA) state in which the given NAP is actually not aware of a particular WTRU, an “active transmit” (AT) state in which the given NAP is actively transmitting to a particular WTRU, and a “neighbor range” (NR) state for WTRUs indicated in an update report from neighbor (URN) message that the given NAP was not aware of. The WTRU mobility protocol may be a push mobility protocol or a poll mobility protocol. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188470 | HANDLING MOBILE TERMINATED CIRCUIT-SWITCHED CALLS USING AN 802.21 MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER (MIH) FRAMEWORK - A Media Independent Handover (MIH) server communicates with nodes in a cellular network to perform handover of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in the event of an incoming circuit-switched (CS) call. A Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) and/or Home Location Register (HLR) receive an indication of an incoming call, and may communicate with the MIH server. A determination is made regarding whether the WTRU is active in the cellular network. When required, the MIH server initiates an MIH handover of the WTRU to the cellular network. The WTRU hands over to the cellular network and receives the call. Additionally, an MIH server and a HLR communicate location information associated with a WTRU. The location information may be used by the MIH server and HLR to perform their respective MIH and HLR functionality, and/or to handover the WTRU to a cellular network in the event of an incoming CS call. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188449 | INTER-DEVICE SESSION DUPLICATION - A method and apparatus for performing session duplication are provided. A communication session between a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a remote device may be duplicated to add a second WTRU to the communication session without disruption of the communication session on the first WTRU or the remote device. The communication session may be duplicated by a network unit in response to a policy or a communication session duplication request. The first WTRU or the second WTRU may initiate session duplication by transmitting a communication session duplication request. Session duplication may include duplication of one or more media flows associated with the communication session. Session duplication may include transferring or sharing control of the communication session. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110182235 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER USER-EQUIPMENT TRANSFER (IUT), ACCESS TRANSFER AND FALLBACK INITIATED BY A SERVICE CENTRALIZATION AND CONTINUITY APPLICATION SERVER (SCC AS) - Methods and apparatuses for Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT), access transfer (AT) and fallback of an IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem (IMS) session initiated by a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS). The SCC AS receiving information, wherein the information includes availability information, capability information or preference information and processing the information to determine IUT or AT capabilities of one or more IMS-capable wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) and initiating AT or IUT. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110173292 | PUSH BASED INTER-OPERATOR INTER-DEVICE TRANSFER - Methods and apparatus for push based inter-operator inter-device transfer are described. Methods include anchoring the inter-device transfer signaling at a source operator, and at a target operator. Methods also include subsequent push and pull based inter-device transfers within a target operator. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110171915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDING CSG IDENTITIES TO A WHITE LIST IN CONNECTED MODE - A method and apparatus are provided that allow a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to search and add one or more closed subscriber group (CSG) identities (IDs) in the WTRU white list while in connected mode. Such method and apparatus include but are not limited to WTRU autonomous search or a manual search, WTRU initiated procedures, or network initiated procedures. Additionally, methods that allow the network and/or the non-access stratum (NAS) to add CSG IDs are also described. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL RESOURCE MAPPING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods and apparatus for preventing physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) ambiguities or collisions, for example, in a multi-carrier system or when transmitting multiple streams over multiple antennas, are described. Methods may include dividing resources or groups among multiple component carriers (CCs), using and assigning unused or vacant resources to CCs, forcing usage of adaptive HARQ processes in specified scenarios, setting a value for the cyclic shift of the corresponding uplink demodulation reference signals (DMRS) to a previous value for semi-persistent scheduling, and assigning a different first resource block for semi-persistent scheduling uplink resources and random access response grants for multiple CCs. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CSG PRIORITIES IN IDLE AND CONNECTED MODES - A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTED INTERNET PROTOCOL TRAFFIC OFFLOAD - A method and apparatus of performing selective internet protocol (IP) selective offload (SIPTO) or local IP access (LIPA) is disclosed. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receives a broadcast message from a Node-B. Then the WTRU receives a message from the Node-B that SIPTO service, or LIPA service is available for that WTRU. The WTRU then communicates using the SIPTO or LIPA service. A method an apparatus for receiving a paging message for SIPTO or LIPA services is also disclosed. The paging message includes an indicator that indicates that the message is for SIPTO or LIPA communications. The indicator may be a temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) assigned by the network specifically for SITPO or LIPA communications. The indicator may also be a single bit designated to indicate that a paging message is a for SIPTO or LIPA traffic. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110170420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION AND/OR DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMISSION FOR A MULTI-CARRIER/MULTI-CELL OPERATION - Method and apparatus for multi-carrier/multi-cell discontinuous reception (DRX)/discontinuous transmission (DTX) operations, autonomous deactivation of the secondary carrier(s)/cell(s), and explicit activation/deactivation of DRX/DTX and secondary carriers/cells are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may configure at least one state variable for controlling DRX and/or DTX on a plurality of cells and perform an DRX and/or DTX operation on a subset of cells based on a state variable associated with the subset of cells on a cell group basis. The UE may activate or deactivate DRX and/or DTX based on an order from a network for all cells, a group of cells, or an individual cell. The UE may deactivate the secondary cells autonomously based on activity on the cell(s). | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110145419 | INTER-DEVICE MOBILITY SESSION RELEASE - A method and apparatus for performing session release are provided. For a transferred communication session between a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) and a remote device, wherein at least one of the WTRUs performs the transferred communication session in association with a first Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and at least one other of the WTRUs performs the transferred communication session in association with a second IMS, session release may include releasing the transferred communication session, a portion thereof, one or more of the WTRUs, or a collaborative session associated with the transferred communication session while maintaining service continuity. Any one of the plurality of WTRUs or the remote device may initiate the session release by transmitting a release request. Any one of the plurality of WTRUs may control the transferred communication session and may modify or reject a release request. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110138060 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SESSION DUPLICATION AND SESSION SHARING - A method and apparatus for session duplication within the advanced multimedia system (AMS) framework are disclosed. The method includes duplicating a session running on a first application or device on a second application or device. A method and apparatus for sharing media is disclosed. The method includes sharing media running on a first application or device with a second application or device. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134841 | MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION PREREGISTRATION - A method and apparatus for machine type communication (MTC) preregistration are provided. The methods provide single or periodic preregistrations and may be machine to machine (M2M) application function (AF) or device (MTC user equipment based). The devices in the system may be divided into groups and accessed by on a group Internet Protocol (IP) address. Two wake up cycles may be provided, one for control and one for uploading information (a reporting cycle). During the control cycle, the devices may wake up and listen to the control channel for any paging messages. Depending on the paging information, individual devices or the entire group may access the system. In the reporting cycle, all the devices may wake up and access the system to connect to the M2M system to upload data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134774 | COMPONENT CARRIER ACTIVATION/DEACTIVATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatus for addressing wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) behavior in response to configuration, configuration parameters and access issues related to the activation/deactivation process when the WTRU may be configured with multiple serving cells or carrier aggregation. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110128911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION REGISTRATION - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for Machine to Machine (M2M) communication registration. The methods provide single and periodic registration and may be device or network based. The devices in the system may be divided into groups. A single device member may perform the basic access steps for the group. Other devices may receive related access information on a control channel and use the information to access the system. The devices may send data, get updates, and then go to sleep. Internet addresses may be released or maintained. During a control cycle, the devices may wake up and listen to the control channel for any paging messages. Individual devices or the entire group may access the system. During a reporting cycle, all the devices may wake up and access the system to connect to the M2M system to upload data. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110116495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-DEVICE SESSION TRANSFER BETWEEN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) AND H.323 BASED CLIENTS - Methods and apparatus for inter-device session transfer between devices operating according to different protocols are disclosed. The session may be a multimedia session supported by. Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the H.323 standard. The devices may include a SIP Client or an H.323 Client. The SIP Client may be an IMS-based SIP Client. An InterWorking Function (IWF) may support a session transfer from a SIP Client to an H.323 Client or from an H.323 Client to a SIP Client. A Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) may support a session transfer from an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based SIP Client to an H.323 Client or from an H.323 Client to an IMS-based SIP Client. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VHT FREQUENCY REUSE FOR WLANS - An apparatus and method provides very high throughput (VHT) wireless local area network (WLAN) frequency reuse information reports and adjusts operation parameters based on the frequency reuse information reports. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR VERY HIGH THROUGHPUT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A methods and apparatus may be used in Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) management actions. Management action frames such as VHT Action frames may be used to implement VHT features in WLANs. Extensions to 802.11 Action frames may be used to support VHT features and provide backward compatibility. VHT Management Actions may be supported with VHT Action frames and VHT extensions to 802.11 Action frames in various categories such as Direct Link Setup (DLS), Public, Spectrum Management and high throughput (HT). An access point (AP) or a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may indicate VHT capability by way of signaling. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116487 | CONTROL SIGNALING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus, and systems related to control and management signaling. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may exchange control and/or management signaling with a second WTRU via a wireless network. The wireless network may be based on, for example, a technology such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11ac or IEEE 802.11ad. The control and/or management signaling may relate to features such as power control, time and/or frequency synchronization, resource allocation, Channel State Information (CSI) feedback, beamforming, link adaptation, multi-channel transmission, Multi-User Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MU-MIMO), WTRU group assignments, or other features. The control and/or management signaling may be performed using Medium Access Control (MAC) frames, and/or other messages. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER-DEVICE HANDOVER (HO) BETWEEN INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) AND CIRCUIT SWITCHED (CS) WIRELESS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE UNITS (WTRUs) - A method and apparatus for Inter-User Equipment Transfer (IUT) of an IP Multimedia (IM) Subsystem (IMS) session between a circuit switched (CS) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and an IMS-capable WTRU. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116447 | MEDIA PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for performing media performance management are provided. A media performance controller (MPC) may control a media performance unit (MPU) to perform media flows. The MPC may detect events associated with the MPU, may evaluate the events, and may control the MPU in response to the events. The MPC may prioritize the events based on priority information associated with the media flows, the MPU, control units, media sources, users, communication links, relationships, policies, or other events associated with the events. The MPU may control the MPC to concurrently perform the media flows such that a first media flow my be performed using a first portion of a media performance capability of the MPU and a second media flow may be performed using a second portion of the media performance capability of the MPU. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110110349 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VERY HIGH THROUGHPUT OPERATION AND CAPABILITY SIGNALING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus provide signaling for very high throughput (VHT) operation in VHT wireless local area networks (WLANs). An access point (AP) may control the operation of VHT wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) in a basic service set (BSS) by sending VHT operation or capabilities information. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110110286 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICAST MOBILITY - A method and an apparatus for a proxy mobile Internet protocol (PMIP) supporting a dedicated multicast local mobility anchor (LMA) and mobile access gateway (MAG) is provided. The LMA assigns an Internet Protocol (IP) address to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) that processes the IP address and sends a router solicitation message to a serving MAG. A WTRU is disclosed to receive a first IP address that is for unicast service and a second IP address that is for multicast services. Generally, the method and apparatus proposes architecture, interfaces, and procedures to enable multicast mobility using Proxy Mobile IP. More specifically operations of aggregated PMIP tunnels for multicast services are described. Multicast mobility is enabled when mobile nodes move from one MAG to another MAG, intra-LMA, and inter-LMA. And, Multicast mobility is enabled between bidirectional network and downlink only multicast network in a hybrid network. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110110275 | COLLABORATIVE SESSION CONTROL TRANSFER AND INTER-DEVICE TRANSFER IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to request collaborative session control transfer for transferring control of an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) collaborative session from a controller WTRU to another WTRU, such as a controllee WTRU. The collaborative session control transfer request is sent to an IMS Service Centralization and Continuity Application Server (SCC AS). Methods and apparatus are also disclosed for a WTRU to request inter device transfer (IDT) for transferring an IMS collaborative session media session flow from one WTRU to another WTRU. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110105174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE ANTENNA TRANSMISSIONS IN THE UPLINK - Techniques for transmit power control for multiple antenna transmissions in an uplink are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) generates at least one input stream for transmission and applies a gain factor to each channel. The gain factor is determined based on a reference channel power estimate. The WTRU generates at least two data streams from the input stream for transmission via a plurality of antennas and applies weights to the data streams. The gain factor and/or the weights are controlled such that a transmit power on each antenna is within a maximum allowed value. The WTRU may perform power scaling on a condition that a transmit power on any antenna exceeds the maximum allowed value. The WTRU may scale down an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) dedicated physical data channel (E-DPDCH) first before other channels. For multiple E-DCH streams, the WTRU may calculate an E-DPDCH power offset based on an additional power offset factor due to multiple stream transmission. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105173 | POWER CONTROL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for power control are described. Methods are included for calculating and signaling power control related data to support multiple component carriers (CCs) for which transmission may be accomplished with one or more WTRU power amplifiers (PAs). Methods are included for calculating and signaling one or more of CC-specific power control related data and PA-specific power control related data. The power control related data may include one or more of maximum power, power headroom, and transmit power. Methods for selecting which power control related data to exchange are included. Methods are included for calculating and signaling power control related data for physical UL shared channel (PUSCH), physical UL control channel (PUCCH), and simultaneous PUSCH and PUCCH transmission. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL CALL ROUTING FOR HOME EVOLVED NODE-B - The method and apparatus are provided for local call routing for a home Node-B (HNB) and a home evolved Node-B (H(e)NB) using a local authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) server and a local private branch exchange (PBX) server without assistance from the core network. A H(e)NB including a receiver for receiving a call setup request that includes an identity (ID) of a target wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and a processor for determining whether the call setup request can be routed locally by comparing the ID of the target WTRU with a list of current members of the closed subscriber group (CSG), and on a condition that the determination is positive, forwarding the call set up request to a local private branch exchange (PBX) server, is described. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110105112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTER-FREQUENCY AND/OR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MEASUREMENTS - Techniques for performing inter-frequency and/or inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurements are disclosed. A multi-receiver wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive downlink transmissions via a plurality of downlink carriers simultaneously. The WTRU may perform inter-frequency and/or inter-RAT measurements using an inactive receiver without measurement gaps if at least one receiver is inactive. If the WTRU receives a measurement order on a disabled carrier, the WTRU may perform measurements on the disabled carrier without measurement gaps using an inactive receiver while maintaining a status of the disabled carrier as disabled. The WTRU may perform the measurements autonomously if a trigger condition is met and at least one receiver is inactive. If all receivers are active, the WTRU may perform the measurements using measurement gaps, that may be configured on a downlink carrier, or alternatively, on an unpaired downlink carrier, or alternatively, on a subset of associated downlink uplink carrier pairs. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING FEEDBACK INFORMATION FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION - Method and apparatus for reporting feedback information for multi-carrier operation are disclosed. For more effective support for the asymmetric traffic loads in the downlink, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured with multiple carriers with an unpaired downlink carrier(s). The unpaired downlink carrier is an active downlink carrier that does not have a corresponding active uplink carrier. The WTRU reports feedback information for multi-carrier operation including feedback for the unpaired downlink carrier. For transmission of the feedback information for the unpaired downlink carrier, a feedback channel may be allocated on a distinct non-overlapping resource region on the uplink carrier so that the network may determine which downlink carrier the received feedback information is for based on the resource region. Alternatively, a different feedback channel may be allocated for the unpaired downlink carrier. Alternatively, the feedback information may be transmitted via medium access control (MAC) encoded feedback. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCURRENTLY PROCESSING MULTIPLE RADIO CARRIERS - A concurrent multi-carrier (MC) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of concurrently processing multiple radio carriers may simultaneously connect to multiple base stations for receiving multiple service flows via multiple air links. The concurrent-MC WTRU may be serviced by multiple base stations through multiple concurrent radio carriers simultaneously during normal operation for downlink and/or uplink communications. Each base station may provide special services optimized for each base station. The WTRU may use a lower quality air link for low priority services or low resolution data services while use a higher quality air link for high bandwidth or low latency services. A diversity gain may be achieved by combining signals from multiple base stations. The support and use of the multiple air links at the WTRU may be transparent to the base stations. Alternatively, base stations' support may be provided for setting up and operations of the multiple air links. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103277 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SIGNALING AND USAGE OF RESOURCES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORTING CIRCUIT SWITCHED AND PACKET SWITCHED SESSIONS - Method and apparatus efficiently signal and use resources for wireless communications supporting circuit switched (CS) and packet switched sessions (PS). Signaling and interaction between the wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), and various network entities, such as the Mobility Management Entity (MME), the Visitor Location Register (VLR), and Base Stations (BS), are used to implement circuit switched fall back (CSFB) in a PS system. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099605 | SYSTEM OF MULTIPLE DOMAINS AND DOMAIN OWNERSHIP - Methods and instrumentalities are disclosed that enable one or more domains on one or more devices to be owned or controlled by one or more different local or remote owners, while providing a level of system-wide management of those domains. Each domain may have a different owner, and each owner may specify policies for operation of its domain and for operation of its domain in relation to the platform on which the domain resides, and other domains. A system-wide domain manager may be resident on one of the domains. The system-wide domain manager may enforce the policies of the domain on which it is resident, and it may coordinate the enforcement of the other domains by their respective policies in relation to the domain in which the system-wide domain manager resides. Additionally, the system-wide domain manager may coordinate interaction among the other domains in accordance with their respective policies. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099361 | Validation And/Or Authentication Of A Device For Communication With Network - A device may include a trusted component. The trusted component may be verified by a trusted third party and may have a certificate of verification stored therein based on the verification by the trusted third party. The trusted component may include a root of trust that may provide secure code and data storage and secure application execution. The root of trust may also be configured to verify an integrity of the trusted component via a secure boot and to prevent access to the certain information in the device if the integrity of the trusted component may not be verified. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096815 | POWER CONTROL FOR DEVICES HAVING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - Power control for devices having multiple transmit antennas are disclosed, including power control methods for Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmissions for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The PUCCH and SRS power control methods include selecting a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode and changing the power of the PUCCH or SRS transmission based on the selected MIMO mode. Another power control method estimates an antenna gain imbalance (AGI) for a WTRU having at least two transmit antennas. The AGI is based on measuring a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) on each transmit antenna. Each transmit antenna is then scaled by an AGI scaling factor based on the estimated AGI. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110081936 | 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). | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080972 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-ANTENNA TRANSMISSION IN UPLINK - Method and apparatus for uplink transmission using multiple antennas are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) performs space time transmit diversity (STTD) encoding on an input stream of a physical channel configured for STTD. Each physical channel may be mapped to either an in-phase (I) branch or a quadrature-phase (Q) branch. The WTRU may perform the STTD encoding either in a binary domain or in a complex domain. Additionally, the WTRU may perform pre-coding on at least one physical channel including the E-DPDCH with the pre-coding weights, and transmitting the pre-coded output streams via a plurality of antennas. The pre-coding may be performed either after or before spreading operation. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110069962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIMMING WITH RATE CONTROL FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC) - A method and apparatus for dimming a luminary for lighting and data transmission in visible light communications (VLC). | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION WITH NETWORK CONNECTION - A method and apparatus may be used for peer-to-peer communication. The method and apparatus may allow for network connectivity during the peer-to-peer communication session. The network connectivity may be provided via Scheduled and/or Unscheduled AP Connection times/periods. A station (STA) may be configured to negotiate access point (AP) Connection times/periods with a peer STA for a direct link which may be on a basic service set (BSS) channel or on a non-BSS channel. The STAs may communicate with the AP during the agreed AP Connection times/periods and return to the direct link for peer-to-peer communication. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069676 | INFORMATION SERVICE AND EVENT SERVICE MECHANISMS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A WTRU includes a transceiver and a media independent handover (MIH) function (MIHF), which transmits via the transceiver a request to set information in an external device. The MIHF receives a response to the request to store the information in the network node indicating that the request to store the information in the network node was successful. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110067095 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRUSTED AUTHENTICATION AND LOGON - A method and apparatus for trusted authentication and logon is disclosed. A trusted platform module (TPM) based logon method is presented for authentication and access. A user registers an identity with an identity provider that is tightly bound to the user's specific platform, e.g., the TPM. If the user decides to login, for example to a service provider using this identity, the identity provider challenges the user to provide the correct credentials. The credentials consist of a TPM generated ticket, that is, a credential chain. This allows the user to login without the need for a password at the identity provider. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064050 | BROADCAST SERVICE HANDOVER - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a broadcast service via a broadcast system. The broadcast service may be handed over from the broadcast system to a second broadcast system, and the WTRU may receive the broadcast service via the second broadcast system. The WTRU and/or the broadcast system may change broadcast service configuration parameters (such as video encapsulation format, video codec, frame rate, audio codec) to receive and/or display broadcast service data received via the second broadcast system. Additionally, a WTRU may receive a broadcast service via a broadcast system that includes more than one broadcast transmission network. The broadcast service may be handed over from a first broadcast transmission network in the broadcast system to a second broadcast transmission network in the broadcast system. The WTRU may change broadcast service configuration parameters to receive and/or display broadcast service data received via the second broadcast transmission network. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110059718 | EMERGENCY INFORMATION IN SYSTEM INFORMATION BROADCAST - A method and apparatus for providing an emergency signal to a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU is configured to receive a system information message including an emergency message notification and emergency system information messages, wherein the system information messages are segmented and overlap non-emergency system information messages. The WTRU is further configured to process he emergency information messages. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110053619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOLVING LIMITED ADDRESSING SPACE IN MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) ENVIRONMENTS - A method and apparatus for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications between a controller and a group of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), each WTRU within the group having a same international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI). | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051669 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL IN-ORDER DELIVERY - Method and apparatus for MAC in-order delivery are disclosed. The MAC in-order delivery may be activated per-connection and may be negotiated at connection setup. The MAC in-order delivery either for non-ARQ connections or ARQ connections may be performed by using HARQ packet ordering information. Alternatively, the MAC in-order delivery may be performed using a sequence number (SN) field at the MAC PDU level or using an SN field at the MAC SDU level. For a connection that has MAC in-order delivery disabled, the MAC PDU may not include an SN field, and an SN field may be included in a MAC extended header or a MAC sub-header when needed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110044218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY LAYER FOR SPLITTING DOWNLINK-UPLINK OVER DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A multi radio access technology layer (MRL) is a convergence layer solution, located between the protocol layers and the technology-dependent MAC layers. The MRL layer is technology independent and uses the information received from the underlying technologies to select the most appropriate uplink and downlink technologies to match the respective service requirements. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110041003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR H(e)NB INTEGRITY VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION - An apparatus and method for providing home evolved node-B (H(e)NB) integrity verification and validation using autonomous validation and semi-autonomous validation is disclosed herein. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039577 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS - A method and apparatus for supporting positioning measurements. The methods include designating a reference cell, choosing a positioning signal, and, for inter-frequency measurements, determining which inter-frequency cell to measure and how to make such an inter-frequency positioning measurement. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110039568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENTION-BASED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) to use a contention-based uplink communications channel, applies a rule-based restriction of access to the contention-based uplink channel that attempts to use at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation for uplink transmissions on a condition that at least one contention-free uplink channel allocation has been granted. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110038271 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR A WIRELESS TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER UNIT UTILIZING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for determining uplink power in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU operates in a carrier aggregated system. The WTRU is configured to receive a plurality of uplink power parameters indexed to one of a plurality of uplink carriers and receive a transmit power control command indexed to the one of the plurality of uplink carriers. The WTRU is configured to determine a pathloss of the one of the plurality of uplink carriers and determine a transmit power for the one of the plurality of uplink carriers based on the plurality of power parameters, the transmit power control command, and the pathloss. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110035592 | AUTHENTICATION METHOD SELECTION USING A HOME ENHANCED NODE B PROFILE - An authentication method selection using a home enhanced Node B (H(e)NB) profile is disclosed. A method for selecting an H(e)NB authentication method includes authenticating at least one of the device or the hosting party module by a security gateway (SeGW). The SeGW receives a request from the H(e)NB to start the authentication process. Based on information received from the H(e)NB and an authentication information server, the SeGW determines how to authenticate the H(e)NB. The possible authentication methods include device authentication only, device authentication and hosting party module authentication, requesting the H(e)NB to perform authentication using Extensible Authentication Protocol-Authentication and Key Agreement, or authentication of both the H(e)NB and one or more WTRUs connected to or attempting to connect to the H(e)NB. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035584 | SECURE REMOTE SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing secure remote subscription management. Secure remote subscription management may include providing the Wireless Transmit/Receive Unit (WTRU) with a connectivity identifier, such as a Provisional Connectivity Identifier (PCID), which may be used to establish an initial network connection to an Initial Connectivity Operator (ICO) for initial secure remote registration, provisioning, and activation. A connection to the ICO may be used to remotely provision the WTRU with credentials associated with the Selected Home Operator (SHO). A credential, such as a cryptographic keyset, which may be included in the Trusted Physical Unit (TPU), may be allocated to the SHO and may be activated. The WTRU may establish a network connection to the SHO and may receive services using the remotely managed credentials. Secure remote subscription management may be repeated to associate the WTRU with another SHO. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110026474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING DIRECT WIRELESS LINKS AND A CENTRAL CONTROLLER FOR DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus for short range multi-device communications in personal area networks (PANs) using ultraviolet bands. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110021154 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING FOR A RADIO LINK FAILURE - Methods and apparatus are described for monitoring for a radio link failure in a long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) system operated with carrier aggregation. The methods include criteria for determining radio link failure, recovery events, and the actions that a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may take upon the occurrence of such events. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING PORT INDEX INFORMATION - A method and apparatus are described for obtaining port index information. In one scenario, downlink (DL) control information (DCI) is received that includes new data indicator (NDI). The NDI has a value indicating an antenna port for single-port transmission. In response to receiving the DCI, a single-port transmission associated with the indicated antenna port is received. The NDI may be associated with a disabled codeword and the DCI may include a second NDI. The DCI may be received over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The DCI may include a resource block (RB) assignment information field (IF), a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identity (ID) IF, a transmit power control (TPC) IF and, for each of a plurality of transport blocks, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), an NDI and a redundancy version (RV). | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110019104 | TELEVISION BAND (TVBD) CHANNEL QUIETING ACROSS DIVERSE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for the communication of wireless data using diverse radio access technologies (RATs) in Television Band (TVBD) frequencies. An architecture for communicating wireless data in TVBD frequencies may include one or more network nodes that perform functions related to the coordination of channel quieting across multiple diverse RATs. Channel quieting may be performed across multiple diverse RATs by using temporary channel reassignments, by aggregating wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) that use a particular RAT onto the same channel, and/or via other techniques. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110010543 | PLATFORM VALIDATION AND MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Methods, components and apparatus for implementing platform validation and management (PVM) are disclosed. PVM provides the functionality and operations of a platform validation entity with remote management of devices by device management components and systems such as a home node-B management system or component. Example PVM operations bring devices into a secure target state before allowing connectivity and access to a core network. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110002281 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Discontinuous reception (DRX) operations for wireless communications implementing carrier aggregation are disclosed. Physical downlink control channel implementation for carrier aggregation is also disclosed. DRX methods are disclosed including a common DRX protocol that may be applied across all component carriers, an individual/independent DRX protocol that is applied on each component carrier, and hybrid approaches that are applied across affected component carriers. Methods for addressing the effects of loss of synchronization on DRX, impact of scheduling request on DRX, uplink power control during DRX, and DRX operation in measurement gaps are disclosed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002262 | MAC RESET AND RECONFIGURATION - A method and apparatus for reconfiguring a medium access control (MAC) entity in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU). The method and apparatus includes the WTRU transmitting a MAC reconfiguration request, the WTRU receiving a MAC reconfiguration command including new MAC parameter values and the WTRU reconfiguring a MAC entity based on the new MAC parameter values in the MAC reconfiguration command. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING BATTERY CONSUMPTION IN A WTRU UPON ETWS NOTIFICATION - A method and apparatus for broadcasting and receiving an emergency indication during an emergency information broadcast. An eNB is configured to broadcast, and a wireless transmit receive unit is configured to receive, a paging signal including a first emergency indication, a set of system information blocks including emergency information and the paging signal without the first emergency indication while broadcasting the system information blocks including the emergency information. The eNB determines a time period for including the first emergency indication in the paging signal has expired. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100323633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND MEASURING FOR HOME NODE-BS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to detect and perform measurements with respect to Home Node-Bs (HNB) and Home evolved Node-Bs (H(e)NB) (collectively “HNB”). The methods may include generating and transmitting a request for a measurement configuration that may include gap allocations to detect and measure a primary scrambling code or a physical cell identity of a target HNB for at least one frequency or radio access technology (RAT). The request may be in response to the WTRU entering a HNB cell for which the WTRU has stored fingerprint information and whose closed subscriber group ID is in the WTRU's whitelist. The network may configure the WTRU to measure the requested frequency or RAT in response to the proximity report/request. Methods are described for releasing the measurement configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100322197 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER WITH A RELAY NODE - Techniques for performing a handover in a network with a relay node (RN) are disclosed. The RN is a node deployed between an eNodeB (eNB) and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The RN receives data from one of the eNB and the WTRU and forwards it to the other. The RN receives a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) protocol data unit (PDU) from a serving donor evolved Node-B (DeNB) and transmits it to the WTRU. The RN makes a handover decision based on the measurement report received from the WTRU. After making a handover decision, the RN sends a handover request or a control message to the serving DeNB including a first unsuccessfully transmitted PDCP sequence number (SN). The serving DeNB then discards a PDCP PDU with an SN older than the first unsuccessfully transmitted PDCP SN. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100322173 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING IN A DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION MODE EMPLOYING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus are described for operating a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode employing carrier aggregation. In one scenario, a physical downlink (DL) shared channel (PDSCH) is received on a DL component carrier (CC) of a particular serving cell during a cell-specific active time, whereby the DL CC is associated with an uplink (UL) CC. Then, a physical DL control channel (PDCCH) is monitored for DL assignments for the particular serving cell, and UL grants for the UL CC, during the cell-specific active time. In another scenario, a first subset of CCs is configured for PDCCH reception, and a second subset of the CCs is not configured for PDCCH reception. DRX is applied to at least one CC in the second subset based on a PDCCH active time of at least one of the CCs in the first subset. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100316096 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONOUS HARQ OPERATION AND INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE - A method and apparatus for avoiding a collision. A collision may be avoided by allocating a first set of subframes to a backhaul link transmission, and allocating a second set of subframes to an access link transmission. In one example, the second set of subframes may be a non-overlapping set of subframes with respect to the first set of subframes. In a second embodiment, a collision may be avoided by receiving a data transmission from an evolved Node-B (eNB) and transmitting an uplink (UL) grant to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a first acknowledgement (ACK) to the eNB. The transmission may be in response to the received data transmission. The RN may avoid a collision by further transmitting an automatic ACK to the WTRU and transmitting a second UL grant to the WTRU. In a third embodiment, a collision between an access link transmission and a backhaul link transmission may be avoided by detecting a collision and determining an interface priority based on a collision occurrence type. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315989 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COOPERATIVE RELAYING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus for cooperative relaying in wireless communications is provided. An efficient and simplified relay scheme is disclosed that transitions between different modes on a per packet basis using scheduling information or switching information included in the packet, without requiring link reconfiguration. The cooperative relay scheme benefits further from the use of cooperative relaying protocols that emphasize centralized scheduling. One protocol emphasizes physical layer cooperation via synchronized transmissions and distributed space-time coding and the other protocol emphasizes medium access control (MAC) layer cooperation using different MAC flows or messages. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100303039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COMPONENT CARRIER-SPECIFIC RECONFIGURATION - Techniques for component carrier-specific reconfiguration are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is capable of transmitting or receiving via multiple component carriers. The WTRU may perform component carrier reconfiguration on a component carrier basis to add, remove or replace a component carrier. Discontinuous reception (DRX) and/or discontinuous transmission (DTX) may be performed on at least one component carrier, wherein DRX and/or DTX patterns on the component carriers may not overlap each other. A random access procedure may be performed at the target cell on one component carrier while other component carriers are inactive. The component carrier-specific reconfiguration or handover of a component carrier or a channel may be implemented in coordinated multiple point transmission (CoMP), wherein a handover of a control channel, not a traffic channel, may be performed. Alternatively, a handover of a traffic channel may be performed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100303011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT CARRIER AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives a downlink subframe having multiple component carriers, each component carrier having control information encoded in a physical data control channel (PDCCH). The WTRU performs a blind decoding of control information in a first PDCCH located within a first component carrier to obtain a location of a second PDCCH located within a second component carrier, where the location of the second PDCCH is relative to a location of the first PDCCH as control channel element offset. The WTRU decodes the second PDCCH at the obtained location. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302968 | COMMUNICATION ACCESS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus are disclosed for communication access technology management. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may evaluate end-to-end connection performance by sending a connection ECHO message and receiving a connection ECHO response. The connection performance may be evaluated for a connection including multiple transmission paths, and for multiple connections. The WTRU may establish or modify a multihoming communication session with a mobility server using a plurality of connections. Each connection may be established using a different interface. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100297979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING EMERGENCY CALLS - A method and apparatus are described for processing emergency calls by simplifying call setup procedures and minimizing call setup delay. In one scenario, a system information (SI) broadcast may include emergency services support information that conveys various emergency call network support levels and setup procedures. The SI broadcast is decoded to retrieve system parameters used to process an emergency call. The SI broadcast may include a bitmap or at least one information element (IE), that indicates the various emergency call network support levels. In another scenario, an extended service request message indicating circuit switched fallback (CSFB) for an emergency call is transmitted to a packet switched (PS) radio access technology (RAT) network during a PS session. An inter-system change is performed from the PS RAT network to a circuit switched (CS) RAT without a PS handover, and a CS emergency call is initiated via the CS RAT network. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100297955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RESOLVING PCI CONFUSION FOR PROVIDING INBOUND MOBILITY TO CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP - Method and apparatus for providing inbound mobility to closed subscriber group (CSG) and hybrid cells are described. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) reads the cell global identity (CGI) of a neighbor cell and reports it to a network of CSG cells. The network maps the CSG cell's physical cell identity (PCI) to the CSG CGI and, if required, requests the WTRU to read the CGI at handover. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for random access in multicarrier wireless communications are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided for physical random access channel (PRACH) resource signaling, PRACH resource handling, preamble and PRACH resource selection, random access response (RAR) reception, preamble retransmission, and transmission and reception of subsequent messages. A method for maintaining an allowed multicarrier uplink (UL) random access channel (RACH) configuration set by adding an UL carrier to the allowed RACH configuration set provided that a triggering event occurs and performing a random access (RA) procedure using the allowed RACH configuration set. A method for sending data in multicarrier wireless communications by determining a set of available UL carriers and selecting an UL carrier from the set of available UL carriers. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296431 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A RELAY TO PROVIDE PHYSICAL AND HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FUNCTIONALITIES - Methods and apparatus are described for performing automatic repeat request (ARQ) and hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) assisted ARQ procedures in a relay-based wireless communication system. Triggers for radio link control (RLC)/ARQ retransmissions and RLC/ARQ status reporting are also described. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296421 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING NON-PACKET SWITCHED SERVICE IN A TARGET RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY NETWORK - A method and apparatus are described for providing non-packet switched service to a target radio access technology (RAT) network. A circuit switched (CS) service notification message is received by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). If the WTRU has been allocated a valid temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI), a paging response message including the valid TMSI is transmitted after an inter-system change is performed from a source RAT network to a target RAT network. The CS service notification message is for terminating a CS call request. The source RAT network may be a long term evolution (LTE) network, and the target RAT network may be a third generation partnership project ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100284291 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT WITH DOWNLINK-ONLY WIRELESS NETWORKS - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include a media application that receives data from a media server via a link on a downlink (DL) -only radio access network. The link on the DL-only radio access network may be handed over to a second DL-only radio access network. A mobility management server, such as a Media Independent Handover (MIH) server, may communicate with the WTRU via a second radio access network that is a bidirectional radio access network to facilitate the handover. MIH messages may include fields that relate to DL-only radio access technologies may be used to facilitate handover of a DL-only link. Further, MIH broadcast or multicast messages may be used to facilitate the handover of a DL-only link. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100273520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SCALING FOR MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS TERMINALS - Methods and apparatus for power scaling for multi-carrier wireless terminals are disclosed. Methods and mechanisms are provided for power scaling when a multi-carrier WTRU reaches its maximum output power. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100273517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPONENT TEMPERATURE CONTROL BASED ON REDUCTION OF DATA RATE AND WTRU TRANSMIT POWER - A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling component temperature in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) and thereby preventing the component from reaching an undesirable temperature. A method and an apparatus are provided for reducing a value of a maximum allowed transmit power to adjust a data rate. The WTRU adjusts the value of the maximum allowed transmit power resulting in an adjustment to the temperature of the component. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100273506 | REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR POSITIONING MEASUREMENTS - Methods and apparatus for supporting reference signals for positioning measurements are disclosed. Methods include subframe configuration, subframe structures, measurement opportunities using a set of downlink subframes which are not all consecutive, handling of subframes containing reference signals and system signals such as synchronization signals, paging occasions and Multicast Broadcast Multimedia Service (MBMS), and related control signaling between a long term evolution (LTE) network and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Moreover, methods to resolve allocation conflicts arising between positioning reference signals and other reference signals are disclosed. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272078 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A RADIO LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT FOR MULTI-CARRIER OPERATION - Techniques and apparatus for efficiently determining the radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) size and flexible RLC PDU creation for multi carrier operation are disclosed. An example wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) calculates a maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted for a current transmission time interval (TTI) for each of a plurality of carriers, and selects an RLC PDU data field size such that each RLC PDU to be multiplexed to a medium access control (MAC) PDU matches a minimum of the maximum amount of data calculated for the carriers. The maximum amount of data may, for example, be calculated based on an applicable current grant for each carrier for the current TTI. The RLC PDU may be generated for the later TTI on a condition that an amount of data in outstanding pre-generated RLC PDUs for a particular logical channel is less than or equal to 4N times the minimum of the maximum amount of data allowed to be transmitted by the applicable current grant for the carriers for the current TTI, where N is a number of activated carriers. The maximum amount of data may be calculated based on a remaining power on each carrier. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272066 | BASE STATION ASSISTANCE FOR RANDOM ACCESS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT - A base station (BS) may be configured to assist in the detection of a random access (RA) request failure and in clued an antenna configured to receive a RA request; a processor configured to decode the RA request; and a transmitter configured to transmit an aggregate RA response message comprising one or more RA responses that respond to one or more received and decoded RA requests. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDING HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST FEEDBACK FOR COMPONENT CARRIER AGGREGATION - Techniques for sending hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for transmissions received via a plurality of aggregated component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receive a plurality of codewords via a plurality of component carriers and decodes the codewords. The component carriers are grouped into a plurality of groups, and the WTRU may generate a bundled positive/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for each group of component carriers. The WTRU may be assigned a plurality of uplink control channel resources and may implement a channel selection scheme for indicating the ACK/NACKs. The WTRU selects one of the uplink control channel resources, and sets the HARQ feedback based the ACK/NACKs or bundled ACK/NACKs in a way that a different uplink control channel resource is selected and HARQ feedback bits are set differently based on the ACK/NACKs or bundled ACK/NACKs. Each physical uplink control channel (PUCCHs) may be mapped to a particular antenna. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272017 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ADVANCED LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for processing advanced long term evolution (LTE-A) system information (SI) are described. When a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is in an idle mode/state, an LTE-A SI broadcast may be received on at least one downlink (DL) anchor carrier, including a physical DL shared channel (PDSCH) having paging message content. At least one SI-change parameter included in the paging message content may be decoded and processed. The SI-change parameter may include a flag used to indicate an SI change on a logical partition, (a primary or a secondary SI broadcast group information change). When the WTRU is in a connected mode/state, an LTE-A SI-CHANGE-radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) transmission may be received during a modification period (MP), and an SI change may be performed during a subsequent MP. At least one SI-change parameter included in the SI-CHANGE-RNTI transmission may be decoded and processed. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATED SPECTRUMS - Methods and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in carrier aggregated spectrums are disclosed. UCI may include, but is not limited to, Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI), Rank Indication (RI), Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), Acknowledge/Not Acknowledge (ACK/NACK) and Scheduling Request (SR). For symmetric carrier aggregation, uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) component carriers may be paired and use physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in each UL component carrier to send UCI for the corresponding DL component carrier. For asymmetric carrier aggregation, methods are provided for UCI transmission and resource allocation depending on component carrier configuration or assignment. Methods are provided for multiple and single component carrier configurations that may further provide backward compatibility. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100265918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVOIDING INTERFERENCE FROM CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELLS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for avoiding interference from transmissions coming from a home Node B, a home evolved Node B (HeNB) or closed subscriber group (CSG) cells when a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is moving through a dense deployment of CSG cells. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100254351 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER IN AN EVOLVED UNIVERSAL TERRESTRIAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for performing a handover in an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report to a source evolved Node B (eNB), and receives a handover command from the source eNB. The WTRU initiates reception and processing of a primary broadcast channel (P-BCH) at the target cell after receiving the handover command. The WTRU then sends a random access preamble to the target eNB, receives a random access response from the target eNB, and sends a handover complete message to the target eNB. The reception and processing of the P-BCH may be initiated immediately after receiving the handover command or after sending the handover complete message. The WTRU may apply default configuration or source cell configuration in the target cell until a target cell SFN and/or P-BCH information are acquired. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100254329 | UPLINK GRANT, DOWNLINK ASSIGNMENT AND SEARCH SPACE METHOD AND APPARATUS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100246705 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT - A method and apparatus for uplink power control in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) includes setting a transmit power level for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER CONTROL OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL (SRS) TRANSMISSION - Methods and apparatus for sounding reference signal (SRS) power control for a wireless transmitter/receiver unit (WTRU) are disclosed. These methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for carrier-specific and carrier-common SRS power control in WTRUs that utilize carrier aggregation techniques. These methods and apparatus also include methods and apparatus for SRS power control in WTRUs utilizing both carrier aggregation and time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques. Additionally, these methods and apparatus include methods and apparatus for SRS power control for WTRUs utilizing multiple input multiple output MIMO operation. Methods and apparatus for SRS overhead reduction and power management in a WTRU are also disclosed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100246516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100239040 | DATA AND CONTROL MULTIPLEXING FOR UPLINK MIMO WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION AND CLUSTERED-DFT - A method and apparatus for signal processing in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), including generating a plurality of data bits and a plurality of control bits, mapping the data bits and control bits to one or more codewords, multiplexing the data bits and control bits, dividing the bits into layers, allocating control bits to each layer based on a channel quality of each codeword and a channel quality of each layer, and channel interleaving each layer for output to one or more antennas. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100234037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CARRIER ASSIGNMENT, CONFIGURATION AND SWITCHING FOR MULTICARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - As part of carrier assignment and configuration for multicarrier wireless communications, a single uplink (UL) primary carrier may provide control information for multiple concurrent downlink (DL) carriers. Optionally, control information for each DL carrier may be transmitted over paired UL carriers. Carrier switching of UL and/or DL carriers, including primary and anchor carriers, may occur during normal operation or during handover, and may occur in only the UL or only the DL direction. A unidirectional handover is performed when only an UL carrier or only a DL carrier is switched as part of a handover. Switching of UL and/or DL carriers may be from one component carrier or a subset of carriers to another component carrier, another subset of carriers, or all carriers in the same direction. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING AND RESELECTING AN UPLINK PRIMARY CARRIER - A method and apparatus are described for using an uplink (UL) primary carrier for long term evolution-advanced (LTE-A) to support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback, a channel quality indicator (CQI), a scheduling request (SR), power headroom, and at least one buffer status report in the context of asymmetrical deployment and symmetrical deployment. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100227569 | CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING AND ACQUISITION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for handling a control channel for carrier aggregation in wireless communications. The method includes determining which component carrier to listen to, detecting the downlink control channel, processing mapping information related to downlink and uplink transmissions and operating discontinuous reception with respect to carrier aggregation. The method also includes detecting a component carrier, determining the component carrier type and locating the anchor component carrier, if necessary, where the anchor component carrier carries the carrier aggregation information. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100226330 | METHOD FOR A RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) SAMPLING APPARATUS WITH ARRAYS OF TIME INTERLEAVED SAMPLERS AND SCENARIO BASED DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus for dynamic resource allocation of an RF sampling system based on a signal quality measurement determined by generating a plurality of time-interleaved samples from a received radio frequency (RF) signal and combining the plurality of time-interleaved samples to generate the signal quality. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100222060 | ANCHOR CARRIER RESELECTION AND CELL RESELECTION IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION-ADVANCED - A method and apparatus for performing anchor carrier reselection measurements and ranking in Long Term Evolution-Advanced are disclosed. The measurements are first determined by whether a non-serving anchor carrier has a higher reselection priority than a serving anchor carrier. Other non-serving anchor carrier measurements are started by checking the serving anchor measured results against non-serving anchor carrier measurement thresholds, including the parameter S-IntraCellSearch for measuring and ranking the intra-cell anchor carriers ahead of other non-serving anchor carriers. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100222059 | OPTIMIZED SERVING DUAL CELL CHANGE - A method and apparatus for implementing serving cell change in a multi-cell wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) are disclosed. Serving cell information is received and stored by the WTRU to preconfigure a primary and secondary serving cell of an added cell to an active set. At least one of the preconfigured primary and secondary serving cells are monitored for a handover indication. Serving cell change is to the primary and secondary serving cells us performed using the preconfigured serving cell information upon receipt of a handover indication. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220687 | SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ACROSS DIVERSE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - A network management node may manage a network of base stations and wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) that operate using diverse radio access technologies. The network management node may communicate with other network management nodes to manage spectrum usage across their respective managed networks. The network management node may acts as a proxy for cellular-capable WTRUs that operate within the managed networks. The network management node may perform handovers of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) groups that operate within the managed networks. The WTRUs may include WTRUs that operate at Very High Frequency (VHF) or Ultra High Frequency (UHF) spectrum (“white space”) frequencies. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220644 | NETWORK CODING RELAY OPERATIONS - A method for network coding of packets between End Nodes (ENs) and a Relay Node (RN) in wireless communications can be performed at the RN. This method may include: receiving a new packet at the RN from one of the ENs; determining the source node of the new packet at the RN; providing a buffer for each EN; determining whether the buffer associated with the EN that is not the source of the new packet (non-source buffer) has the new packet buffered and based upon such determination, either: (1) storing the new packet in the EN buffer that is the source of the new packet on a condition that the non-source buffer is empty; or (2) network coding the new packet with an existing packet in the non-source buffer. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220623 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING COVERAGE FOR UL TRANSMISSION OVER E-DCH IN IDLE MODE AND CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink (UL) transmission over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) includes determining whether to activate transmission time interval (TTI) bundling based upon a condition. An indication of the use of TTI bundling based upon the determination is transmitted. The UL transmission is transmitted. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100215011 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING A RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT MODE FOR A PLURALITY OF COMPONENT CARRIERS - Techniques for configuring and switching a resource assignment mode for a plurality of component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) has a capability of supporting multiple resource assignment modes such that a resource assignment mode is configured for a plurality of component carriers that are allocated for the WTRU, and the WTRU attempts to decode a control channel based on the configured resource assignment mode. The resource assignment mode may be configured for the WTRU via higher layer signaling. The resource assignment mode may be specific to the WTRU, or specific to a component carrier or a group of component carriers. The resource assignment mode may be configured separately for a downlink component carrier and an uplink component carrier. The resource assignment mode includes a separate assignment mode with component carrier indication, a separate assignment mode without component carrier indication, or a joint assignment mode. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100208698 | DATA FLOW MOBILITY - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may communicate using a data flow that is defined according to flow identification information (FII). The WTRU may participate in the transfer of the data flow between access networks of diverse radio access technologies. The WTRU may communicate with a mobility function to obtain access network and mobility policy information. The mobility function may be, for example, an Access Network Discovery Function (ANDSF). The mobility policy information may describe the conditions by which the transfer of data flows between access networks may be permitted. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100195507 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PHYSICAL DEDICATED CHANNEL ESTABLISHMENT AND MONITORING PROCEDURES - A method and apparatus are described for performing a dual-carrier operation. A first timer is initiated for an anchor carrier and a second timer is initiated for a supplementary carrier. A physical channel failure may be declared on a condition that either of the timers expire before a predefined number of in-synch indication received from a layer 1 (L1) entity is counted. Uplink transmission and enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) operations may be stopped on a supplementary carrier associated with the physical channel failure, but may be continued on an anchor carrier that has a physical channel established. If the physical channel failure is associated with the anchor carrier, uplink transmission and E-DCH transmission operations are stopped on all carriers. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100189039 | DERIVATION OF LTE SYSTEM INFORMATION RETRANSMISSION REDUNDANCY VERSIONS - A method and apparatus for transmitting system information in an e Node B includes a processor configured to map system information to a plurality of subframes, determine that at least one of the plurality of subframes includes non-SI information, and assign a redundancy version to all of the plurality of subframes except the at least one subframe including non-SI information such that the redundancy versions are assigned in a particular pattern and the at least one subframe including non-SI information does not effect the particular pattern. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100173659 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CODING IN A LONG TERM EVOLUTION ADVANCED SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for applying network coding in multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) control signaling are disclosed. After a pair of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) transmit channel state information (CSI) to an evolved Node-B (eNodeB), each of the WTRUs receive network coded information from the eNodeB, including the CSI transmitted by both of the WTRUs, and decode the network coded information. The WTRUs transmit CSI on a scheduled basis, and store CSI that was previously transmitted. Each of the WTRUs measure the amount of time that pass since they transmitted CSI, and use the transmitted CSI to decode the network coded information on the condition that the measured time does not exceed a predetermined threshold. If the measured time exceeds the predetermined threshold, the stored CSI is used to decode the network coded information. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172428 | FAST CONTROL CHANNEL FEEDBACK FOR MULTIPLE DOWNLINK CARRIER OPERATIONS - A method and apparatus for fast control channel feedback for multiple downlink carrier operations are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) receives signals over a plurality of downlink carriers, generates feedback for each of the plurality of downlink carriers based on the received signals, and transmits via a plurality of antennas, the feedback for at least one of the plurality of downlink carriers over a first physical channel and feedback for another of the plurality of downlink carriers over a second physical channel. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CANCELING A CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK - A method and apparatus may be used to cancel a communication session. The apparatus may transmit a first message to initiate a communication session and then transmit a second message that indicates a request to cancel the communication session. If the apparatus determines that there is an ongoing Packet Switched (PS) session, the apparatus may continue the ongoing PS session on a current Radio Access Technology (RAT) without performing an intersystem change. If the apparatus receives a handover (HO) command, the apparatus may transmit a message to reject the HO command, or it may ignore the HO command. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100165965 | DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES - A method of data transfer between wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) is performed by a sending communication device soliciting environment information relating to active communication devices operating within the local area of the WTRU. The local area of the WTRU may be determined by an environment variable that may be configured to indicate a search radius. Within the local area, information relating to active candidate WTRUs is received through a communication peripheral. User actions on the user interface are converted to electromechanical signals which act as an input along with the environment information to select a target WTRU from the candidate WTRUs to receive the data transfer. The environment information and user input are used to uniquely discriminate the target WTRU as the intended recipient of the data transfer. Transmission instructions are generated based on the solicited information and the user input. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165940 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AREA UPDATE PROCEDURE AND EPS BEARER CONTEXTS REPRESENTATION - A method and an apparatus for a new use of the active flag bit in tracking area update (TAU) and a new optional or conditional information element (IE) included in the TAU request message is disclosed. A method and apparatus for only maintaining non-access stratum (NAS) signaling in addition to not establishing S | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100162379 | UNSOLICITED COMMUNICATION MITIGATION - A method and apparatus for mitigating unwanted communication are disclosed. A request to establish communications is received at a first Protection Against Unsolicited Communications in Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (PUC) server. The PUC server determines whether to block the communication. If the communication is blocked, the sender is informed and a record of the blocked communication may be stored. Alternatively, the communication may be delivered to a subsequent PUC server (along with appended information about the sender), the receiver or sent to storage. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100158147 | UPLINK POWER HEADROOM REPORTING FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100157895 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS USING MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - A method and an apparatus for uplink transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) selects a dedicated channel medium access control (MAC-d) flow with highest priority data to be transmitted and performs uplink carrier selection and enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transport format combination (E-TFC) restriction and selection to select a carrier among a plurality of carriers and select an E-TFC based on a maximum supported payload, a remaining scheduled grant payload of the selected carrier and a remaining non-scheduled grant payload. The WTRU then generates a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) for E-DCH transmission via the selected carrier based on the selected E-TFC. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100153727 | ENHANCED SECURITY FOR DIRECT LINK COMMUNICATIONS - A method for secure direct link communications between multiple wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The WTRUs exchange nonces that are used for generating a common nonce. A group identification information element (GIIE) is generated from at least the common nonce and is forwarded to an authentication server. The authentication server generates a group direct link master key (GDLMK) from the GIIE to match WTRUs as part of a key agreement group. Group key encryption key (GKEK) and a group key confirmation key (GKCK) are also generated based on the common nonce and are used to encrypt and sign the GDLMK so that base stations do not have access to the GDLMK. Also disclosed is a method for selecting a key management suite (KMS) to generate temporal keys. A KMS index (KMSI) may be set according to a selected KMS, transmitted to another WTRU and used to establish a direct link. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100137017 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL FOR DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for power control for distributed wireless communication is disclosed including one or more power control loops associated with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). Each power control loop may include open loop power control or closed loop power control. A multi-phase power control method is also disclosed with each phase representing a different time interval and a WTRU sends transmissions at different power levels to different set of node-Bs or relay stations during different phases to optimize communications. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100131751 | SUPPORT OF PHYSICAL LAYER SECURITY IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method and an apparatus for performing physical layer security operation are disclosed. A physical layer performs measurements continuously, and reports the measurements to a medium access control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer processes the measurements, and sends a security alert to a security manager upon detection of an abnormal condition based on the measurements. The security manager implements a counter-measure upon receipt of the security alert. The measurements include channel impulse response (CIR), physical medium power measurement, automatic gain control (AGC) value and status, automatic frequency control (AFC) gain and status, analog-to-digital converter (ADC) gain, Doppler spread estimate, and/or short preamble matched filter output. The security manager may switch a channel, switch a channel hopping policy, change a back-off protocol, or change a beamforming vector upon reception of the security alert. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100130219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING A PLURALITY OF UPLINK CARRIERS AND A PLURALITY OF DOWNLINK CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for utilizing a plurality of uplink carriers and downlink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) activates a primary uplink carrier and a primary downlink carrier and activates or deactivates a secondary uplink carrier based on a signal from a network or upon detection of a pre-configured condition. The WTRU may deactivate the secondary uplink carrier based on inactivity of the E-DCH transmission, a buffer status, a channel condition, or power constraints. When the secondary uplink carrier is activated, dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) transmission may be initiated predetermined time periods prior to initiating E-DCH transmissions. The initial DPCCH transmission power may be set based on a DPCCH transmission power on the primary uplink carrier or to a value signaled by a network. A default grant value may be used for initial E-DCH transmission upon activation of the secondary uplink carrier. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100130218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AGGREGATION OF MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for supporting aggregation of multiple component carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in an idle state performs a cell search to detect a downlink anchor carrier and camps on the downlink anchor carrier. The downlink anchor carrier is a component carrier and may be assigned for synchronization and idle mode operations for the WTRU. The WTRU via the downlink anchor carrier receives a broadcast channel for a broadcast message, a paging channel for a paging message, and a control channel for control information necessary while in the idle state. The WTRU receives data via an aggregated carrier having at least two component carriers including a data carrier. The data carrier being a component carrier assigned for data transfer to the WTRU in a connected state. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100130137 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE CARRIER UTILIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for multiple carrier utilization in wireless communications are disclosed. These methods include multiple carrier activation/deactivation, multiple carrier discontinuous transmission (DTX) and discontinuous reception (DRX) activation/deactivation and operations, and multiple carrier acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement feedback. The methods include provisions for joint multiple carrier activation and deactivation and joint DTX and DRX activation and deactivation of multiple carriers. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100125732 | HOME NODE-B APPARATUS AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS - A Home Node B or Home evolved Node B (HN(e)B) apparatus and methods are disclosed. The HN(e)B includes a Trusted Environment (TrE) and interfaces including unprotected interfaces, cryptographically protected interfaces, and hardware protected interfaces. The H(e)NB includes security/authentication protocols for communication between the H(e)NB and external network elements, including a Security Gateway (SGW). | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100120455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE AND SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES MESSAGES - Methods and apparatus for enabling short message service (SMS) and supplementary services (SS) in a long term evolution (LTE) network via evolved packet system (EPS) mobility management (EMM) over the LTE control plane are described. In one embodiment, the radio resource control (RRC) connection signaling radio bearer (SRB) is used for SMS and SS transport over the LTE control plane between a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a mobility management entity (MME). EMM interfaces and primitives are defined for actions towards SMS and SS entities for enabling SMS and SS services in LTE via the LTE control plane media. Message formats for SMS and SS message transport are also disclosed for sending SMS and SS messages within EMM uplink (UL) non-access stratum (NAS) transport and downlink (DL) NAS transport messages. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100120452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SYSTEM INFORMATION CHANGE - A method and apparatus for handling system information change. When the system information changes, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may be running a procedure. Depending on the nature of the system information, the WTRU may not need to interrupt the procedure to update the system information. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100120432 | ENHANCEMENTS FOR OPERATION OF A TIMER - A method and an apparatus for operating a timer in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU receiving a circuit switch (CS) call request, transmitting an enhanced packet switch mobility management service request (ESR) in response to the CS call request, starting the timer in response to the transmittal of the ESR, receiving a handover command in response to the transmittal of the ESR and stopping the timer upon reception of the handover command. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118723 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING AND DISABLING A SUPPLEMENTARY DOWNLINK CARRIER - A method and apparatus are disclosed for multi cell wireless communication, wherein a status of a secondary serving cell is determined. On the condition that the secondary serving cell is disabled, a Hybrid Repeat Request (HARQ) process associated with the secondary serving cell is released. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100118720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING AND PROCESSING COMPONENT CARRIERS - A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100113008 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LTE RADIO LINK FAILURE DETERMINATION IN DRX MODE - A method and apparatus for detecting radio link failure (RLF) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU performing a series of radio link measurements during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration, comparing each of the series of radio link measurements to a threshold, and determining that the series of radio link measurements indicates an out-of-synch condition. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100113004 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS USING MULTIPLE UPLINK CARRIERS - A method and an apparatus for wireless transmission using multiple uplink carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot and control channels for uplink transmissions on both uplink carriers, and transmit a data channel and a pilot channel via a secondary uplink carrier. Alternatively, the WTRU may transmit via a primary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmission on the primary uplink carrier, and transmit via a secondary uplink carrier data, pilot, and control channels for uplink transmissions on the secondary uplink carrier. Each uplink carrier may be associated with at least one specific downlink carrier such that the WTRU applies control information received on a downlink carrier to uplink transmissions on an uplink carrier associated with the downlink carrier on which the WTRU receives the control information. | 05-06-2010 |
