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| 20120131142 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA STRUCTURE FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF SERVICE PROVISION-RELATED INFORMATION - A method and related apparatus determine, at a serving entity, whether a memory resource of the serving entity is insufficient for storing service provision-related information required for service provision from the serving entity to a served entity. Then the serving entity transmits, after the determination, the service provision-related information to the served entity based on a result of the determination; and a method (and related apparatus) provides for receiving, at a served entity, the service provision-related information, holding the received service provision-related information, and transmitting, from the served entity to the serving entity, the held service provision-related information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129540 | Signaling mixed resource allocations for D2D communications - In an embodiment, for a case in which there is an active connection established between a cellular network and a user equipment UE and the UE has simultaneously an active connection within a local network distinct from the cellular network, there is an indication within a resource allocation message communicated between the cellular network and the UE which is used to identify whether a radio resource allocated by the resource allocation message is for the cellular network or for the local network. In various embodiments, the local network is a D2D network and the message is directed to a C-RNTI associated with the D2D network; and/or a value of the indication identifies the allocated radio resource as an allocation for the D2D network or for the cellular network and also whether the allocation is to the UE or to a paired D2D device or to both. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129505 | GENERATING RELATIONAL INDICATORS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS EVENTS - A system for generating a relational indicator based on analysis of at least one telecommunications event between a first party and a second party, comprises: a relation management engine which is configured to process first content characteristics extracted from a plurality of telecommunications events to produce a first relation parameter and to process second content characteristics extracted from the plurality of telecommunications events to produce a second relation parameter; a terminal device configured to use the first and second relation parameters to generate the relational indicator. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127855 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING TRAFFIC - A method and a device for conveying traffic are provided, wherein a master node is connected to a first slave node and to a second slave node; wherein the first slave node and the second slave node comprise a connection; wherein traffic is conveyed between the master node and the first slave node; and wherein in case of a fault condition the traffic is conveyed between the master node and the first slave node via the second slave node and the direct connection between the first slave node and the second slave node. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124188 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and a device for data processing in a communication network. The method includes the following steps: (i) at least one filter applicable for a first type of connection is provided in front of at least one filter that is applicable for a second type of connection; and (ii) the order of the at least on filter applicable for the first type of connection and the at least one filter applicable for the second type of connection is inverted in case that the number of filters required for the second type of connection increases. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122482 | ACTIVATING LOCATION BASED SERVICE APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to providing methods and apparatus for identifying a location area of a mobile device, determining whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device based on the location area and activating the LBS application on the mobile device. A Mobile Network Operator server may identify the location area of a mobile device and activate an application on the mobile device while a third party LBS application provider server may make the determination as to whether an LBS application should be activated on the mobile device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122436 | HANDS FREE NOTIFICATION - The present invention provides a mechanism that enables a called party mobile device | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121029 | NEAR END CROSS TALK REDUCTION FOR A MIMO SYSTEM - A method and a device perform data processing in a network element of a MIMO system, wherein near end cross talk is reduced at a collaborative network element of the MIMO system. A frequency band is at least partially used for upstream and downstream traffic. Furthermore, an interference canceller and a communication system are suggested. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120939 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING TRAFFIC IN A PROXY MOBILE IP SYSTEM - A method and a device for conveying traffic by a network element comprising a first router instance and a second router instance are provided, wherein the traffic is conveyed between the first router instance and a network via a mobility anchor; and wherein the traffic is directly conveyed between the second router instance and the network. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120872 | IPV6 ANYCAST-BASED LOAD BALANCING AND REDIRECTION FUNCTIONALITY FOR PMIPV6 - A method, apparatus, computer program, and system is provided to redirect an internet protocol mobility session establishment request. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the request message is redirected from an original local mobility anchor (“LMA”) to an alternative LMA. According to certain embodiments of the invention, this redirection provides load balancing between the LMAs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117109 | NETWORK ELEMENT INTEGRATION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for integrating a new Network Element Type | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113860 | POWER SAVING MECHANISM IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to providing methods and apparatus for determining whether a cell in a radio access network could have been powered down during at least one time slot in a predetermined period of time. Measurement data relating to the cell is used to determine whether the neighbouring cells had sufficient spare capacity to handle the network traffic originating from cell during the time slots in the predetermined period of time. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113835 | INTER-NETWORK CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICE PROTECTION - An interconnection assembly for connecting a first communication network to a second communication network includes a first network device of the first communication network for selectively transmitting data packets to a second network device of the second communication network and a third network device of the first communication network for alternatively transmitting the data packets to the second network device of the second communication network depending on a status information made available to the third network device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110677 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA - A method of providing data in response to a search request comprises the steps of a social networking website receiving the search request to provide a pseudonym associated with the real name; the social networking website determining that the search request is for a pseudonym which, within its database, is not associated with the real name; the social networking website referring the search request to a identity management server which contains an association between the pseudonym and the real name; the identity management server determining the pseudonym which is associated with the real name; and the identity management server providing an information item which is related to the pseudonym. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106967 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device provide signal processing. The method contains the steps of separating a pilot signal from an analog signal, reducing or compensating a noise based on a local oscillator laser by demodulating the pilot signal, processing the demodulated pilot signal, and combining the processed demodulated pilot signal with the analog signal. Furthermore, a method for signal processing at a transmitter, according devices and a communication system are described. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106472 | Methods, Apparatuses, System, Related Computer Program Product and Data Structure for Uplink Scheduling - It is disclosed a method (and related apparatus) including allocating a first bandwidth portion of a first transmission channel of a first communication network cell based on a restriction imposed by a second bandwidth portion, at least partially overlapping the first bandwidth portion, of a second transmission channel of at least one second communication network cell neighboring the first communication network cell; and a method (and related apparatus) including transmitting signals relating to at least one of control and data in an allocated first bandwidth portion of the first transmission channel of the first communication network cell allocated based on the restriction imposed by the second bandwidth portion, at least partially overlapping the first bandwidth portion, of the second transmission channel of the at least one second communication network cell neighboring the first communication network cell. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106452 | WIRELESS STATION CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION - According to an example embodiment, a method may include receiving, by a broker station in a wireless network, a broker activation request message from a first client station, the broker activation request message comprising wireless networking capabilities of the first client station. The method may also include sending a networking capability message to at least one other client station, the network capability message comprising identifier and wireless network capabilities of the first client station, the networking capability message being based at least partly on the broker activation request message. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106416 | SYNCHRONIZATION RECOVERY AFTER LOSS OF SIGNALS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a technique may include determining, by a mobile station, if either a traffic indication or data has been received at the mobile station from a base station during a listening window of a current sleep cycle; and increasing the size of a next sleep cycle, up to a maximum sleep cycle size, if neither the traffic indication nor the data are received during the listening window of the current sleep cycle. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106399 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A local identity management module is described that is able to identify each of a plurality of user devices. The user devices communicate with the outside world via a network address translation device that converts an internal address of the user devices to a single internet protocol address, typically the internet protocol address of the network address translation device. An external identity management system can communicate with the local identity management module in order to identify which of said plurality of user devices made a particular request and, in some embodiments, to identify a user of said user device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106321 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING TRAFFIC IN A NETWORK - A method and a device convey traffic in a network. The network contains at least one intermediate network element. A master node is connected via the at least one intermediate network element to a first slave node. A deputy node is connected via the at least one intermediate network element to the first slave node. Traffic is conveyed between the master node and the first slave node. In the case of a fault condition the traffic is conveyed between the deputy node and the first slave node. Furthermore, a communication system ideally contains such a device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120100861 | Network Element and Method of Communication Management in a Network - A network element for a communication network including a plurality of network elements is provided, wherein the network element includes an input interface adapted to receive an activity signal indicating that a status of a specific network element has changed, a determination unit adapted to determine a neighbour signal of the specific network element indicative for the neighbourhood relationship of the specific network element, and an output interface adapted to send a neighbour signal to the specific network element. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099544 | Enhanced Inter-Network Access Node Scheduling Coordination And Signaling Support For Advanced Receiver Algorithms - A method includes operating a network access node to determine, in cooperation with at least one other network access node, a coordinated scheduling granularity having a plurality of physical resource blocks; and signaling an indication of the determined coordinated scheduling granularity to at least one mobile device served by the network access node for use in enhancing estimation at a receiver of the mobile device, such as when estimating an interference covariance matrix. Apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed, as are mobile device methods and apparatus for receiving and using the signaling. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096450 | MECHANISM FOR UPDATING SOFTWARE - Arrangements for updating software, such as initial trusted code and data, are described, including providing proof of execution of the update. The mechanism for updating the software is logically or physically separated from the general purpose CPU of the system. Thus, the update mechanism can be trusted even if the system to be updated may be compromised. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096177 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR NETWORK ELEMENT RECOVERY - It is disclosed a method (and related apparatus) comprising establishing a control session by transmitting and receiving control session-related messages, transmitting restart information indicating a restart of a network element, receiving at least one protocol-related message of a first control session including session-related detail information, transmitting a restoration request message based on the session-related detail information, receiving at least one session parameter necessary for restoring the at least one first session, and restoring the at least one first session based on the received session-related detail information and the at least one session parameter. It is further disclosed a method (and related apparatus) comprising receiving restart information indicating a restart of a network element, processing at least one protocol-related message of a first control session to include session-related detail information, and transmitting at least one session parameter necessary for restoring the at least one first session, and the at least one protocol related message. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093502 | MODE-HOP PREVENTION IN A TUNABLE LASER OF AN OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT - A method for data processing in an optical network element is provided. An event of a forthcoming mode-hop of a tunable laser is detected. Furthermore, a corresponding optical network element and an optical communication system with at least one such optical network element are described. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089730 | MODIFYING COMMAND SEQUENCES - A method of modifying a command sequence comprising a plurality of commands, the commands having a schedule by which they are to be executed, comprising the steps of transforming the commands into in-time sub-commands which have to be executed according to the schedule and preparation sub-commands which are not constrained to be executed according to the schedule; and adjusting the order of the sub-commands so that estimated periods during which the sub-command components of the second type are executed do not overlap with the periods during which the sub-command components of the first type are executed. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087660 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING - A method and a device for data processing in an optical network element are suggested, wherein the optical network element changes between a low-speed mode and a high-speed mode of data transmission. In this manner, the optical network element has efficient power savings because it can effectively operate in the low-speed mode which requires less power consumption. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087338 | INDICATING ACTION TIMES AND FAST RANGING CAPABILITIES OF TARGET BASE STATIONS - According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining whether each of a plurality of target base stations is capable of providing a fast ranging opportunity to a mobile station served by the serving base station, and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, determining an action time after which the target base station can send an uplink map to the mobile station, the uplink map indicating when the mobile station should send a fast ranging request. The method may also include sending a handover message to the mobile station, the handover message indicating whether each of the plurality of target base stations is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station and, for each of the plurality of target base stations which is capable of providing the fast ranging opportunity to the mobile station, indicating the action time after which the target base station can send the uplink map to the mobile station. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120084668 | MESSAGING - A mechanism enabling a user whose user device has received a notification on messages waiting delivery, messages being deferred or waiting for another reason, to convey message-specific, possibly different handling instructions in one go to a network entity responsible for handling of the waiting messages. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120083283 | Feedback mapping for D2D control signals - A position of a device within a cluster of multiple devices is determined and stored in a memory. An uplink radio resource is mapped from a downlink radio resource in dependence on the determined position of the device within the cluster of multiple devices. In an embodiment the respective uplink and downlink radio resource is a PUCCH and PDCCH of a cellular network, and the cluster is a D2D network. In one embodiment the device position is an index j which is used to offset from a predetermined mapping pattern. In another embodiment the position of the device corresponds to an individual field of a transmission on the PDCCH and the mapping is in dependence on a bit value in the individual field. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120079084 | LOCATION DEPENDENT CNNECTIVITY SETTINGS FOR TERMINAL DEVICES - A method of providing connectivity settings to a terminal device includes the steps of: | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120064935 | Dynamic Autonomous Resource Allocation and Channel Access in Cellular System Uplink - Methods, apparatuses, and software can be provided for dynamic autonomous resource allocation and channel access in a cellular system uplink. A method can include measuring interference levels on uplink resources of a victim cell and calculating a probability of accessing channels of the uplink resources of the victim cell using the measured interference levels, including defining a suitable transmission power, and a highest value and a lowest value. The method can further include accessing a channel for which the probability of accessing has been calculated, when the probability meets a predetermined condition. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120058784 | PRIVACY OF LOCATION INFORMATION - An arrangement for providing privacy settings for determining whether location information for a subscriber can be provided to a requesting party is described. The privacy settings are at least partially based on presence information for the subscriber. A gateway mobile location centre (GMLC) selectively provides the location information regarding subscribers on request, in accordance with the privacy settings. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057883 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT AND OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT - A method for data processing in an optical network component includes filtering and optically equalizing an incoming optical signal and modulating the optically equalized signal. A corresponding optical network component is also provided. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057463 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE LOCAL BREAKOUT SERVICES WITH A SINGLE APN - A method, apparatus, computer program, and system is provided that includes handling traffic management in a communication network system. One example may include activating a communication link, obtaining traffic management rules to handle the traffic flow on the communication link, and transferring the traffic management rules to at least one network element configured to implement the traffic management rules. The traffic management rules are configured to perform traffic management by transferring at least a portion of the network traffic to a different communication network. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047278 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Service Decomposition in IP-Broadcast Networks - In a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for service decomposition in IP-broadcast networks, a full service bundle is detected within a first transport stream protocol having a plurality of broadcast packets corresponding to respective broadcast services. The respective service identifiers of the plurality of broadcast packets are evaluated, and the full service bundle is decomposed to create a plurality of decomposed broadcast packets on the basis of the service identifiers. For at least one same service identifier the corresponding plurality of decomposed broadcast packets is sent with the first transport stream protocol as a main service bundle, and for at least one remaining same service identifier the corresponding plurality of decomposed broadcast packets is sent with a second transport stream protocol as a sub service bundle. The second transport stream protocol contains synchronization information of the first transport stream protocol. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120046058 | LOCAL BREAKOUT WITH PARAMETER ACCESS SERVICE - The present invention relates to a method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing access via a cellular access network to a packet data net-work, wherein control plane functions of a gateway device of a core net-work are emulated to the core network, and the emulated control plane functions are used to provide to the core network a set of parameters for local breakout. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120039616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATION OF DISPERSION COMPENSATION MODULES - An optical network contains dispersion compensation modules with Fiber Bragg Gratings. A photo detector behind the Fiber Bragg Grating detects the not reflected rest of the gratings input signal and therefore the dispersion compensation modules input signal. This information is used to reduce the expenditure and to avoid errors of configuration or administration of the dispersion compensating subsystem of the optical network. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120039407 | CHANNEL SELECTION FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION - Channel selection for LTE-Advanced, or other, carrier aggregation can be performed by a method, apparatus, or computer-readable medium. According to certain embodiments, a method can include determining that channel selection and constellation selection are in use or to be used. The method can also include determining that a single mapping table design for channel selection for up to four bits is in use or to be used. The method can further include selecting a communication resource from resource entries corresponding to acknowledgment and negative acknowledgment states based on the determining that channel selection and constellation selection are in use or to be used and the determining that the single mapping table design for channel selection for up to four bits is in use or to be used. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120036560 | TOPOLOGY BASED FAST SECURED ACCESS - The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for providing secure access for a user or terminal to a network, wherein an intermediate authentication node is authorized to listen to and store authentication related information. When an authentication request is received, the stored authentication related information is checked and the user or terminal is authenticated if a match between authentication related information of the authentication request and the stored authentication related information is determined, and an authentication server responsible for the authentication request is notified about the authentication result. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034881 | Radio Access Technology Multiplexing - A method of operating a network element of a wireless communication network is provided, wherein the network element is capable of communicating with a user equipment via at least two different communication technologies. The method includes communicating data between the user equipment and the network element by using a first communication technology and communicating the data between the network element and a further network element by using a second communication technology different from the first communication technology. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120026961 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An arrangement for enabling network operators (typically mobile network operators) to dynamically trade capacity on their systems is described, thereby enabling such operators to fill their network capacity with traffic from other providers and also enabling service providers that have either insufficient or no network infrastructure to lease capacity from network operators. Network capacity is allocated between operators on the basis of both desired capacity and predetermined resources allocation rules. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120014690 | METHOD TO DEFINE SHARED RISK LINK GROUPS IN OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEMS - A method defines shared risk link groups in optical transport systems, in which two optical links sharing at least one single point of failure are considered to be non-disjoint. For each optical link there is measured and recorded a polarization state characteristic and two links having the same characteristic are judged to be non-disjoint and to be in the same shared risk link group. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120005523 | INTRA-REALM AAA FALLBACK MECHANISM - There is provided an intra-realm AAA (authentication, authorization and accounting) fallback mechanism, wherein the single global realm may be divided in one or more sub-realms. The thus presented mechanism exemplarily comprises detecting a failure of an authentication server serving at least one authentication client within a first sub-realm of a single-realm authentication system, and routing authentication messages of the at least one authentication client to a fallback authentication server within a second sub-realm of the single-realm authentication system, wherein routing may exemplarily comprise sub-realm based source routing. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005357 | DELEGATE PROCEDURE FOR AN AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING PROTOCOL - According to several embodiments of the present invention, an information element for a first server controlling a first session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol related to a bearer is generated, wherein the information element indicates that there is at least one second session according to the authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with at least one second server related to the same bearer, and that delegation of the first and the at least one second sessions is allowed. Alternatively an information element to be sent from a first server to at least one second server which are connected to a client is generated, wherein there is a first session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol with the client related to a bearer, and the information element includes information for at least one second session according to the authentication, authorization and accounting protocol related to the same bearer, and wherein delegation of the first and the at least one second sessions is allowed. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005356 | OPTIMIZED INTERFACE BETWEEN TWO NETWORK ELEMENTS OPERATING UNDER AN AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING PROTOCOL - According to several embodiments of the present invention, a single session according to an authentication, authorization and accounting protocol, with a network element carrying out a policy and charging rule function is created, wherein the specific session may be used to manage and/or report policy and/or charging control rules. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120002608 | LOCAL BREAKOUT WITH OPTIMIZED INTERFACE - The present invention relates to methods, apparatuses, and computer program products at interrelated entities of a network system for providing access via a cellular access network to a packet data network, wherein a simple local IP access or local breakout (LBO) feature is provided, which uses a bridging function between a packet data network interface and a radio interface in an access device (e.g. base station device or HNB) that can be controlled by a single control plane interface. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20110320589 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK - A method and a device for processing data in a network are provided. The method includes using a gateway for modifying a communication from a first network component to a second network component by indicating a reason for a service change and/or by indicating a change of the service. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested containing this device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTION OF TOPOLOGY INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A computer implemented method, computer readable medium and computing apparatus for distribution of network topology information in telecommunication networks comprising of a distribution of an information to a neighboring gateway node (ASN-GW | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317549 | Method to be Run in and Device of a Network as well as Communication System Comprising Such Device - A method and a device are provided to be run in a network (or in particular on a network component of such network). The network has several network elements that are connected via a ring. One network element is a ring master with a primary port and a secondary port. The novel process includes the steps of (i) a failure along one direction of the ring is detected by the ring master; and (ii) the ring master sends a first message via its port that indicates the direction of the failure. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314289 | REMOTE VERIFICATION OF ATTRIBUTES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - It is provided an apparatus, comprising property checking means configured to check whether a claimant property information received from a claimant device corresponds to a predefined claimant attribute; obtaining means configured to obtain a result, which is positive only if the claimant property information corresponds to the predefined claimant attribute as checked by the property checking means; key generation means configured to generate a first claimant intermediate key from a predefined claimant permanent key stored in the apparatus; supplying means configured to supply, to the claimant device, the first claimant intermediate key using a secured protocol, wherein at least one of the key generation means and the supplying means is configured to generate and to supply, respectively, the first claimant intermediate key only if the result is positive. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310911 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for data processing in a network having a first network element and a second network element performs the following steps: (a) the second network element provides a control information to the first network element; (b) a portion of data sent from the first network element to the second network element is identified by the control information; and (c) upon identification of the portion of data a retransmission from the first network element to the second network element can be initiated. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310842 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and a device for data processing in a mobile communication network are provided, wherein a control information is conveyed between a mobile terminal and an anchor node within said mobile communication network, and wherein based on said control information, a handover synchronization between a source network and a target access network is conducted utilizing an intermediate state of a mobility management. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310760 | CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH POWER HEADROOM REPORT - Methods, apparatuses, and software can be used for providing power headroom reporting in a telecommunication system. A method can include configuring a user equipment to send a power headroom report control element in uplink, wherein the power headroom report control element includes a bitmap indicating which power headroom reports are being reported. The method can further include receiving the power headroom report control element from the user equipment. The method additionally can include processing the received power headroom report control element based on the configuration of the user equipment. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110305138 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING TRAFFIC FLOWS IN A PACKET-BASED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for classifying traffic flows in a packet-based wireless communication system, said packet-based wireless communication system comprising at least one radio access network and a packet-domain core network, said method including the step of analyzing at least one data packet of at least one traffic flow through deep packet inspection at the level of the core network in order to classify the traffic flow. In order to save resources by enabling selective deep packet inspection, it is proposed that the method further comprises the steps of determining whether or not a data packet relates to at least one context out of a set of predetermined critical contexts, wherein the context is a function relating data packets to selected users, selected areas, and/or selected services, and selecting the at least one data packet for deep packet inspection if the data packet relates to one of said predetermined critical contexts. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110302643 | MECHANISM FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION FOR NETWORK AND SERVICE ACCESS - There is proposed a network access authentication and authorization mechanism in which an authentication session in an authentication, authorization and accounting procedure for a user equipment for providing an initial network access is executed. A first identification element related to the user equipment is obtained. Then, a user credential validation procedure is performed wherein a second identification element related to the user equipment or related to a user of the user equipment is obtained. The obtained first and second identification elements are processed for determining whether a match between the first and second identification elements exists. In addition, the authentication session executed for the user equipment is identified on the basis of the result of the processing of the first and second identification elements. Then, a change of an authorization of the user equipment is executed for providing a modified network access. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving information indicative of channel conditions associated with primary communication involving at least one primary mobile communication device and a network communication node, and determining, at a secondary mobile communication device, primary communication resources to be utilized for secondary communication by the secondary mobile communication device based on the information indicative of the channel conditions. A corresponding method is also provided. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110292783 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING - A method and a device for data processing. The data processing method utilizes at least two probing coefficients in a canceller and/or precompensator in combination with SNR feedback to process data in the canceller and/or in the precompensator. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110289573 | AUTHENTICATION TO AN IDENTITY PROVIDER - An arrangement for authenticating a user at a service provider is described. The arrangement makes use of the fact that a user of a mobile communication device can be readily and securely identified by a telecommunications provider and re-uses that authentication to identify the same user when accessing the service provider from a different client. The client instructs the mobile communication device to contact an identity provider at the telecommunications provider and shared secrets are exchanged between the identity provider, mobile communication device and client to confirm that the same user is at the client and the mobile communication device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289567 | SERVICE ACCESS CONTROL - A USB memory stick, or similar device, is provided having software installed thereon to enable a user to access restricted applications without a user device needing to handle user credential data. In use, the stick receives a request from the user device for access to an application, obtains first user identification information from the user device, uses the first user identification information and the application information to obtain user credentials from an identity management system, which user credentials are required by the application in order to grant the user access to the application, and provides the user credentials to the application without the user credentials needing to be provided to the user device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110287794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION OFFLOADING TO UNLICENSED BANDS - An apparatus for providing network assisted local communication offloading to unlicensed bands may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving, via signaling associated with licensed band resources, information indicative of unlicensed band resources available in a particular area, and providing resource availability data, via signaling associated with the licensed band resources, to one or more devices within the particular area. The resource availability data may enable unlicensed band resource usage by at least one of the one or more devices. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110281581 | Network Apparatus and Method for Performing a Handover in a Network - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention a network apparatus may be provided, which network apparatus may include a detecting device, a selecting device, a receiving device, a determining device and a sending device. The detecting device may be adapted to detect a condition for a handover. The selecting device may be adapted to select a first group, wherein the first group includes at least one first target apparatus member. The receiving device may be adapted to receive a second group, wherein the second group may include at least one second target apparatus member. The determining device may be adapted to determine a difference group of the first target apparatus members and the second target apparatus members. The selecting device may be adapted to select at least one target apparatus member of the difference group. The sending device may be adapted to send a preparation information to the at least one selected target apparatus member of the difference group. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110280383 | DELIVERY OF SHORT MESSAGES - Methods, apparatuses, system and a computer program product provide improved delivery of short messages. The method includes the steps of receiving a message to be delivered to user equipment, negotiating a timer value with a short message service routing element, forwarding the short message to the short message service routing element together with the negotiated timer value and starting a timer according to the negotiated timer value. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110276952 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATION GENERATOR - An arrangement for generating a telecommunications application (such as a voicemail application) is described. The arrangement provides a graphical user interface that enables a user to select telecommunications application building blocks and to position and connect those blocks on the display in order to define an algorithm. The algorithm can be implemented using pre-defined modules for said building blocks. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276769 | DATA PROCESSOR - A system is described that generates reports from very large data sets. The reports are generated in real-time (or close to real time). Data from the large data set is replicated to a buffer as it arrives in the system. Once sufficient data is obtained (e.g. when the buffer is filled), the data is processed to generate a report. The report may summarize the data obtained and may be stored for later use. By storing summary data instead of the full data, the data storage requirements are reduced. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276719 | TRADING MECHANISM - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for buying connectivity. A routing engine | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276670 | AUTOMATED DEVICE INTEGRATION - A method and system is provided in which new types of devices (such as sensors) can be integrated into a network in an automated manner. The system includes a repository for device information. When a new device is detected in a network, a management system for the network obtains device information from the repository and uses that information to integrate the device into the network. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276651 | ROUTING LOGIC - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for controlling communication. An apparatus | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276617 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TRIGGERING INFORMATION TO SEVERAL CLIENTS USING AN ELECTRONIC GUIDE - A method and a device for data processing. The method includes the following steps: (i) a triggering information is provided to several clients via an electronic guide; and (ii) based on the triggering information, each of the several clients determines, in particular via filtering parameters, whether or not to react to the triggering information. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276431 | SELLING MECHANISM - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a selling mechanism, in particular for connectivity. A trading engine 102 may receive a seller request for a connectivity leg from a seller wherein the seller request includes a seller criteria. A routing engine 103 may identify if the connectivity leg falls within a connectivity path for a buyer. The routing engine 103 may determine if relevant criteria of the seller criteria for the connectivity leg are fulfilled and a reservation component 107 may reserve the connectivity leg for said buyer based if the relevant criteria of the seller criteria are fulfilled. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275387 | COMMUNICATION GATEWAY - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for enabling location data for a user | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275360 | PRIVACY GATEWAY - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for maintaining the privacy of a user | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110275351 | MOBILE VOICEMAIL APPLICATION - An arrangement is provided for detecting that a called party is not (or is not able) to accept an incoming call, such that a voicemail application should be initiated. In response to this detection, a premium voicemail service is initiated, for example by a SIP server that does not typically form part of the mobile operator of the called party. The premium voicemail service selects one of a number of available voicemail services, typically dependent on the identity of the called party and/or the calling party and provides that voicemail service. The voicemail service(s) offered by the premium voicemail service are user-definable. For example, the user may be able to purchase a particular voicemail service, modify and existing voicemail service and/or design a voicemail service. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274263 | VOICEMAIL APPLICATION - An application is described, which application detects that a communication device of a called party is not accepting a call from a calling party and initiates a voicemail application in response to the detecting step. The voicemail application includes a plurality of voicemail modules, each of which is a complete and functional voicemail application. The initiation of the voicemail application includes selecting one of said plurality of possible voicemail modules for use, for example on the basis of the identity (or some other characteristic) of the calling party and/or the identity (or some other characteristic) of the called party. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110274256 | VOICEMAIL MODULE - A voicemail module is described, which module is intended to be incorporated into a voicemail system of one or more end users. The voicemail module includes a plurality of settings, some of which may be provided by the developer and some of which may be provided by the end user. For at least some of the settings that are provided by the developer, a flag or some other mechanism is provided for indicating whether the developer allows the end user to modify the setting. Thus, a flexible voicemail module is provided that enables the developer of the module to retain control of the aspects of the module that can be configured by the end user. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273452 | DATA DISPLAY - Methods and systems for displaying data are described. The display system extracts first data from a first data set, such as management system data. The first data includes one or more variables between a start time and an end time that may be user-defined. The display system uses the extracted data to populate a temporary database and process the data in the temporary database, such that there is no need to unduly interfere with the functionality of the management system. The data in the temporary database is processed to generate a plot value for each variable for each of a plurality of time slices. Finally, the plot values are presented as a series of images using a video processor to generate an intuitive visual representation of the data. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110269482 | MME Name in MAP Insert Subscriber Data Operation - Embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus, and computer readable medium related to mobility management. The method, apparatus, and computer readable medium may include, at least, receiving, at a network node, a terminating request from a user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may further include, in response to receiving the terminating request, performing a restore data procedure, receiving a mobility management entity (MME) name from another network element in response to the restore data procedure, and registering the MME name to the subscriber data associated with the user equipment. The method, apparatus and computer readable medium may then include sending a paging request to the MME indicated by the MME name received from the other network element. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265169 | USER-DEPENDENT CONTENT DELIVERY - A gateway is provided between an application and a server. The gateway is used to modify content sent from the server to the application via the gateway. The modification may include adding, removing or modifying content. The modification process is user-dependent and an identity management system is used for identifying the user. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110265155 | SERVICE PROVIDER ACCESS - A method and apparatus for enabling a user to access a service provider is described. The user sends a request from a browser to a proxy server. The proxy server modifies the request by adding data (such as a URL) relating to a location of an identity provider able to provide user credentials for the user and forwards the modified request to the service provider. The modification of the access request may occur before the request is sent to the service provider or in response to an authentication request from the service provider. The data relating to the location of the identity provider may be provided as a header (e.g. an http header). | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264747 | INTERWORKING BETWEEN MESSAGING SERVICES - In a service level interworking unit, a service center (SC) address or a set of SC addresses dedicated for the service level interworking is used whenever an instant message (IM) is interworked to a short message (SM). In other words, if a message is initially sent as an instant message (IM) by user equipment (UE) and is interworked to a short message (SM) by the interworking function, the interworked short message (SM) is sent to a dedicated service center (SC) address. For originating messages that are not interworked, different service center address or addresses are used. A terminating short message (SM) received at the interworking unit is interworked to an instant message (IM) and the interworked instant message (IM) is delivered to the user equipment (UE), if a service center address in the terminating short message (SM) is one of the dedicated service center addresses. If the a service center address in the terminating short message (SM) is not one of the dedicated service center addresses, the terminating short message (SM) is delivered to the user equipment (UE) without a service level interworking. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110262131 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS IN A POINT TO MULTIPOINT NETWORK - Bidirectional data signals are exchanged between a central unit and a plurality of network terminals. The optical carrier frequencies of the downstream and upstream signals are chosen so that reflections do not interfere with the selected signal at the optical network unit and not with the received upstream signals at the central unit. The optical network units select their associated downstream signal and generate an associated upstream signal. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261806 | SOUNDING CHANNEL APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to an example embodiment, a method may include allocating, within a single physical resource unit (PRU), a plurality of channel sounding groups. Wherein each channel sounding group includes a frequency-time domain code division multiplexing (CDM) allocation. The method may also include broadcasting, in a downlink direction to one or more mobile stations in a wireless network, a signal that causes the receiving mobile stations to transmit a channel sounding signal. The method may further include receiving at least one channel sounding signal from at least one of the one or more mobile stations, the channel sounding signal being received in an uplink direction via one or more channel sounding groups. And, the method may include estimating the channel quality, of the channel used by the physical resource unit, based upon the received at least one channel sounding signal. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110249644 | ALLOCATING RESOURCE UNITS TO A MOBILE STATION - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to one example, a method may include permuting, by a superordinate station in a wireless network, physical resource units to logical resource units, the physical resource units of sequential logical resource units being noncontiguous. The method may also include sending at least one allocation message allocating a block of sequential logical resource units to each of a plurality of mobile stations, each of the allocated blocks being contiguous with at least one other allocated block. The method may also include de-allocating at least a first block of sequential logical resource units from a first mobile station selected from the plurality of mobile stations and a second block of sequential logical resource units from a second mobile station selected from the plurality of mobile stations, the first block of sequential logical resource units being noncontiguous with the second block of logical resource units. The method may also include sending at least one re-allocation message allocating the first block of sequential logical resource units and at least a portion of the second block of logical resource units to a new mobile station. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110243096 | NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE TO A TARGET NETWORK APPARATUS IN THE WIMAX SYSTEM - A network apparatus for transmitting a message to a target network apparatus is described, which may comprise a trigger device, a target profile determining device, a message preparation device and a message transmitting device. The trigger device may be adapted for determining and/or detecting a trigger for transmitting a message. The target profile determining device may be adapted for determining a profile of the target network apparatus. The message preparation device may be adapted for preparing a message for transmitting the message to the target network apparatus in accordance with the determined profile of the target network apparatus. The transmitting device may be adapted for transmitting the prepared message to the target apparatus. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242982 | PERIODIC CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION SIGNALING WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer readable medium can be provided for periodic channel state information signaling that employs carrier aggregation. The method can include determining, in an apparatus, channel state information. The channel state information includes channel state information of a plurality of component carriers. The method can also include reporting, by the apparatus, the channel state information including a plurality of reports in an aggregated form. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110238712 | ACTIVE SESSION SEARCH - A method and apparatus is described in which a server providing group communication maintains document of active group sessions. The group communication server may provide a search capability to identify active group sessions. Alternatively, the group communication server uses a caching entity to provide the search capability to identify active group sessions corresponding to a search request from a user. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238547 | Charging Control Providing Correction of Charging Control Information - There is proposed a charging control in which a policy and charging control function provides first (preliminary) charging control information, such as PCC rules, when the communication connection is set up or modified. Then, service information can be retrieved leading to an updated set of charging control information. The policy and charging control function provides then the updated charging control information for enforcement, wherein the charging system is informed about both the preliminary nature of the first charging control information and the validity of the second charging control information for a time before the update, i.e. before the transmission of the second charging control information. The charging system can use this updated charging control information and knows that it has to replace the former charging control information, so that the charging procedure can be corrected accordingly. Thus, charging of a service miming on the communication connection on the basis of correct charging control information is possible over the complete time the service is running. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110229135 | OPTICAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING - An optical component contains a tunable laser. The tunable laser provides an optical local oscillator signal, and the tunable laser is directly modulated to provide a modulated optical data signal. In this manner we have optimization of the channel wavelength and obtain an optimized electrical and optical bandwidth utilization. Furthermore, a method for data processing is suggested. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228744 | Application Identification in Mobile Networks - An apparatus includes a unit configured to perform an application identification on a traffic flow, and a unit configured to generate identification information as a result of the application identification. A unit is configured to store identification information, and a unit is configured to provide identification information during a connection handover procedure. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110225632 | TRUSTWORTHINESS DECISION MAKING FOR ACCESS AUTHENTICATION - There are provided measures for trustworthiness decision making for access authentication, for example relating to the trustworthiness of non-3GPP access networks within a 3GPP-compliant packet data system, exemplary comprising receiving an indication about a provisional trustworthiness of an access network, which provides packet data access for a roaming user, with respect to a visited network of said user from a network element of said visited network, determining the applicability of local breakout or home routing for each subscribed access point name of said user, and deciding about a final trustworthiness of said access network based upon the received provisional trustworthiness indication and the determined routing applicability for each subscribed access point name of said user. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223882 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CHARGING OF ALWAYS-ON CONNECTIONS - The generation of charging data and charging traffic is reduced during idle periods of an always-on connection. During the detection of idle periods on the always-on connection special data like ICMP messages, keep alive messages and polling messages is ignored and not counted as active traffic. When an idle period is detected the charging session related to the always-on connection is suspended for the duration of the idle period in order to reduce the generation of charging data related to the idle always-on connection without terminating the charging session. Further on the user is not billed for the detected periods where the always-on connection was idle. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION OF TWO MODULATED SIGNALS VIA AN OPTICAL CHANNEL - The arrangement includes a transmitter ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110222430 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSIGNING TRAFFIC TO A DIRECT TUNNEL, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method and a device assign traffic to a direct tunnel. The traffic is assigned to the direct tunnel based on a prioritization provided by a serving node and/or by a gateway node. In addition, a computer program product and computer-readable medium are provided. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110213959 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRIVACY-ENHANCED IDENTITY MANAGEMENT - A method and related apparatus include the steps of registering, from a client at a service providing network entity, first client-related identity information and, from the client at an identity providing network entity, second client-related identity information being different from the first client-related identity information and being generated based on the first client-related identity information. Key information is a secret of the client and identity information is related to the service providing network entity. A second method and related apparatus include the step of determining, at a service providing network entity, the first client-related identity information based on the second client-related identity information being received from the identity providing entity. Finally, a third method and related apparatus include the step of authenticating, towards the service providing network entity, the second client-related identity information being received from the client. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110212719 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RELAYING CAMEL RELATED MESSAGES IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The present invention refers to a method, an apparatus and a computer program product for relaying CAMEL related messages in a telecommunication network, wherein received CAMEL related messages and corresponding subscriber data are analyzed (S | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110211829 | SAFETY AND POWER CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Safety and power control arrangement and method for optical communication apparatus, where a first circuit pack emitting an optical signal (OS | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110208830 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COPYING CONTENT BETWEEN SERVERS - Arrangements for forwarding content from a message storage server to a content sharing server of a Converged IP Messaging (CPM) system are described. An HTTP PUT request is issued by a user/client to the content sharing server, with the request identifying the location of the content on the message storage server. In response to the HTTP PUT request, the content sharing server issues a request, such as an IMAP download request, to the message storage server (either directly or via an intermediary). In response, the message storage server provides the content, without that content being sent to the user device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110206376 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK, OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for data processing in an optical network includes providing at least one main wavelength and processing a subcarrier modulation for the at least one main wavelength, wherein a portion of the subcarrier modulated signal is suppressed. An optical network component and a communication system having such an optical network component are also provided. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110204759 | NETWORK ELEMENT, HOLDING ELEMENT, PROFILE RAIL AND SET - Described is a network element ( | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110202987 | SERVICE ACCESS CONTROL - An arrangement for providing users with access to services is described. Access requests received from users are monitored by a gateway and, where appropriate, user credentials for a service that is being accessed are inserted by the gateway. The gateway monitors packets of data in order to check user credentials. The gateway is also able to modify packets of data to insert user credentials, if necessary. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202986 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system comprising an IMS network ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202601 | METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for data communication between a management system and a network element is provided as well as a device and a communication system. The method includes the steps of (i) Setting up a connection between the management system and the network element; (ii) The management system sends a message to the network element utilizing the connection; and (iii) Upon said message of the management system, the network element provides static information to the management system. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110201342 | MINIMIZING LOCATION UPDATE IN CIRCUIT-SWITCHED FALLBACK - A method can include allocating a temporary mobile subscriber identity for a user equipment during a location update procedure. The method can also include allocating, during the allocating of the temporary mobile subscriber identity, a unique network resource identifier value for the whole network element, wherein temporary mobile subscriber identity allocation avoids being location area based. The method can further include providing, to the user equipment, a location area identifier, temporary mobile subscriber identity with the unique network resource identifier value, and an indication to skip location area identifier checking when performing circuit-switched fallback. Certain embodiments of the present invention can thus minimize the LAU by the UE and allow the network not to require perfect alignment of TA and LA. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110194854 | UPSTREAM EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT METHOD FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method of data transmission in a network sharing a medium using a time division multiple access scheme in which a network unit receives data packets from a subnetwork, stores the data packets in a buffer until the arrival of a time-slot and sends the data packets over the shared medium in the upstream direction during the time-slot. Each of the data packets includes a payload and a header that includes a source address and a destination address. Storing the data packets in the buffer includes: determining the paired source and the destination addresses of a received packet; determining whether a composite frame having a composite frame header including the paired source and destination addresses already exists; if negative, creating the composite frame for the paired source and destination addresses; and aggregating the payload of the packet to a composite frame payload of the composite frame. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194538 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION DURING SILENCE PERIOD FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to an example embodiment, a technique may include allocating periodic resources to a mobile station in a wireless network for transmission of voice data, receiving from the mobile station an indication of a start of a silence period, and adjusting, based on the receiving of the indication of a start of silence period, the allocating of the periodic resources from a size and period of resource for the voice data to a size and period of resource for a silence indication (SID) frame. Alternatively, in response to receiving an indication of a start of silence period, the allocating of periodic resources for the VoIP voice data may be temporarily stopped during the silence period. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110188853 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX TERMINAL WITH AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION AND SUPERVISION OF SWITCH CONNECTIONS - A wavelength division multiplexer terminal with a multiplexer arrangement with a first switching matrix, and a demultiplexer arrangement with a second switching matrix allows flexibility for connection transceivers to ports of the wavelength division multiplexer and wavelength division demultiplexer respectively. Optical monitoring receivers are connected upstream the wavelength division multiplexer and downstream the wavelength division demultiplexer for managing and supervising connections. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110188554 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE TRANSMISSION POWER ON A DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE - A method and a device for data processing are provided, said method comprising the steps of (a) at least one bit of the data is manipulated ( | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110183647 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Closed Subscriber Group Access Control - An apparatus for providing closed subscriber group access control may include a processor. The processor may be configured to maintain a non-access register including an identifier of a communication cell associated with a closed subscriber group to which a communication device associated with the non-access register does not have access rights, and enable subsequent communication with another communication cell based on the other communication cell not being identified in the non-access register. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110182584 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK, OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for data processing in an optical network includes providing several main wavelengths and processing a subcarrier modulation for the several main wavelengths. An optical network component and a communication system including such an optical network component are also provided. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110182036 | CASING FOR SHELTERING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND NETWORK ELEMENT AND AIR PASSAGE - A casing for sheltering electronic components ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110179475 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A SERVICE - A system is described comprising a service provider and an identity provider. A user requests access to the service provider and the service provider seeks user credentials from the identity provider. In use, the service provider issues an authentication request, which request specifies details of a plurality of acceptable authentication formats. The identity provider responds to the request either by providing authentication details for said user in one of the formats specified in the request, or by returning an error message indicating that it cannot support any of the specified authentication formats. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110177793 | CONFIGURATION OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for enabling a communication device to be automatically and autonomously configured by a Network Operator ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176588 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for data processing are provided, wherein a first network element conveys data towards a second network element at least one frequency at, e.g., a precalculated reduced transmission power to feign signal-to-noise ratio. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110173291 | MESSAGING MECHANISM - Exchange of small pieces of data among end user terminals and/or between end user terminals and a network has increased. Examples of such small pieces of data include presence information updates. A messaging mechanism piggybacking the data in a push session initiation request enables sending of small pieces of data with minimum delay and without an activated packet data connection, and without user interaction. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167161 | METHOD OF LOCATING NAS CONTEXT - A method of locating NAS context relating to a network access server session in a communication network is provided, the method comprising receiving an Accounting Stop Request for a PDP context associated to a network access server session, comparing an Accounting Session ID implemented in the Accounting Stop Request with Accounting Session IDs associated with active network access server sessions, in case that no matching Accounting Session ID is found, determining whether a value of an identification parameter implemented in the received Accounting Stop Request matches a value of a corresponding identification parameter associated with an active network access server session, and locating a NAS context based on the result of matching identification parameters. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110165891 | ENHANCED FINDING OF SUBSCRIBERS IN COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - In the present solution, a gateway node (GMLC-I, PDC) of a communications system (S) receives a find-subscribers-in-area request from an application node (LAP), and a prioritization act is performed according to predetermined prioritization criteria. The prioritization act is performed on the basis of passive location data received in the gateway node (PDC), and one or more user terminals are selected as polling priority user terminals (UE, UE | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164504 | GATEWAY NETWORK ELEMENT, A METHOD, AND A GROUP OF LOAD BALANCED ACCESS POINTS CONFIGURED FOR LOAD BALANCING IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The present invention refers to providing of a load balancing, by use of a gateway network element comprising a group of load balanced access points. In particular, the load balancing is performed by selecting of an access point from said group of load balanced access points by use of an access point name, which is derived from a packet data protocol context activation request, said packet data protocol context activation request being transmitted by a mobile subscriber or node, respectively, and received by the gateway network element. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164305 | OPTICAL I-Q-MODULATOR - The invention describes a modulator for the quadrature modulation of an optical carrier signal with an I- and a Q-portion, where a first optical multimode interferometer (MMI) splits the optical carrier signal into four branches and that in pairs of branches the I-portion and the Q-portion respectively is modulated with a Mach-Zehnder-Structure and a second optical multimode interferometer (MMI) combines the modulated I-portion and Q-portion again to one quadrature modulated optical output signal (OS). | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110161648 | SOFTWARE LOADING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and an apparatus that enable loading of computer programs to a trusted computing platform. The computer program loading is enabled by executing a first program loader ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161441 | INTERWORKING BETWEEN MESSAGING SERVICE DOMAINS - An interworking function is provided between first and second messaging domains or technologies, when original address/identities of users in the first domain and the second domain are incompatible. Upon receiving from a sender in the first messaging domain a message addressed to a recipient in the second messaging domain, the interworking function provides, for an original sender address or identity received in the message, a new sender address which is valid in the second messaging domain, and inserts the new address in a header field of the message to be forwarded to the recipient in the second messaging domain. Moreover, the interworking function adds the original sender address into the specific header field of the message either as a part of the new sender address or as an attribute. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161234 | ORDERING SCHEME - An ordering scheme is described, for example an ordering and payment scheme for mobile communication devices. The ordering scheme enables an Internet shop or another service provider to issue binding offers to a mobile communication device or the like and to receive an acceptance of the offer from the mobile device. The acceptance is encrypted using a private key of mobile device and the offer may be encrypted using a private key of the service provider. The service provider liaises with a payment broker and a charging system for controlling the transfer of funds from the user to the service provider. An identity management system may be provided to control access to the modules of the ordering scheme. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110145895 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication network ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110142444 | TWO AND THREE-STROKE DISCOVERY PROCESS FOR 10G-EPONS - The invention relates to a method to discover Optical Network Units (ONU) with different speed capabilities in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) by an Optical Line Termination (OLT), where logical links in the network are identified by Logical Link IDs, and the OLT can transmit and receive data with 1 Gbit/s-speed (1 G) and 10 Gbit/s-speed (10 G), and the discovery process is handled in the OLT by a Multi Point Control Process (MPCP), which exchanges messages as Data Units (MPCPDU) with the ONUs. This is achieved by extending the standard MPCPDUs in a way, that backward compatability is assured. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141554 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE RAPID ADJUSTMENT OF THE TILT OF OPTICAL WDM SIGNALS - A tilt correction pump laser is injected into an optical fiber in an opposite direction of the transmission direction of a wavelength multiplex signal and an optical isolator or filter is provided to block the tilt correction signal in order to restrict the effective fiber length for the tilt correction pump signal to enable a faster adjustment of the tilt. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110136517 | OPTIMIZED PAGING OF A USER EQUIPMENT - It is described a method for paging a user equipment ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134975 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for data processing are provided, wherein at least one subcarrier is reserved by a network component for a modem to get connected to the network component. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134790 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR BIT RATE ALLOCATION FOR POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A method is provided for controlling point-to-multipoint communications. Channel condition information for multiple receivers of a point-to-multipoint group is received. Signal-to-noise ratio distortion is estimated for a point-to-multipoint group on the basis of the received channel condition information and available encoding bit rates. A bit rate allocation providing an optimal overall signal-to-noise ratio for transmission to the point-to-multipoint group is selected. Encoding of content to the point-to-multipoint group is controlled in accordance with the selected bit rate allocation. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110131627 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for data processing are provided comprising a first instance comprising at least one local trusted unit (LTU) and a local trust manager (LTM), the method comprising the step: The local trust manager provides a policy related information to the at least one local trusted unit and/or to a second instance. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110130150 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SERVICE-AWARE ENERGY SAVING AND LOAD BALANCING OPERATIONS - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises establishing a plurality of mode priorities one for each of a plurality of technology modes supported by a user equipment (UE) and selecting a target technology mode that meets at least one current user service requirement of the user equipment and maximizes a power saving based at least in part on a mode priority associated with the target technology mode. The method also includes causing the user equipment to camp on the selected target technology mode and balancing a resource allocation based in part on the selected target technology mode. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128967 | SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM ELEMENT AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR FORWARDING MEDIA CONTROL MESSAGES - A Media Gateway Control Apparatus/Arrangement ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125620 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING CONTINUITY OF 'DIAMETER' PROTOCOL-BASED ONLINE CHARGING - The present invention relates to a method for maintaining continuity of Diameter online charging. The method comprises the following steps: a) initializing, when a user is moving, the relocation of a prepayment client terminal from an old prepayment client terminal to a new prepayment client terminal, and implementing the re-authentication of a mobile station at the new prepayment client terminal; b) transmitting the context information of an old Diameter online charging session from the old prepayment client terminal to the new prepayment client terminal after the re-authentication has been successfully completed; c) transmitting an initial credit control request (CCR) message comprising the identification of the old Diameter online charging session from the new prepayment client terminal to a prepayment server for continuing the old Diameter online charging session, and request for a quota by a prepayment proxy to the prepayment server via the new prepayment client terminal; and d) disconnecting the old connection between the old prepayment client terminal and the prepayment server. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122937 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SNR MEASUREMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device enable signal-to-noise (SNR) measurement. The system includes the following steps: (i) at least one first network component transmits bursts to at least one second network component, wherein each burst comprises several sub-carriers or tones; and (ii) a third network component performs an SNR measurement for the bursts. In addition, a communication system with such a device is described. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122920 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for processing first data, wherein said first data are distributed, in particular temporally spread over and/or on top of second data. In addition, a communication system comprising such device is suggested. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110117946 | LOAD RE-DISTRIBUTION WITH COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK CONTROL - Certain embodiments include methods, an apparatus, a system, and computer programs for load re-distribution of subscribers for a CN node in a pool-area. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110116471 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING A NETWORK CONNECTION - Method for temporarily suspending a network connection is provided, which connection uses a Media Independent Handover Function ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110110376 | ADAPTIVE SCHEDULER FOR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus, system, and method may include adaptively scheduling packet processing modules by ordering the packet processing modules based on at least one of traffic composition and computational complexity of the packet processing modules. The apparatus, system and method may analyze at least one of traffic composition information derived from at least one packet data stream and computational complexity information pertaining to packet processing modules, determine an ordering of the packet processing modules based on the analyzing, wherein packets are passed through the packet processing modules until the packet meets criteria associated with a packet processing module or the packet has been passed through all of the packet processing modules, and dynamically rearrange the packet processing modules into the determined ordering. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110110295 | ENABLING LOCAL SWITCHING IN MOBILE RADIO NETWORKS - When a new connection needs to be established in a mobile radio network between the core network and the radio access network to terminate a local circuit switched (CS) call, i.e. a CS call for which another connection has already been established between the core network and the same radio access network, the core network includes an optional information element containing “Other party information” in the messages that establish the new connection, allowing the radio access network to correlate the two connections, put them in direct communication and exclude the core network from the user plane data flow. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110106678 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR RELOCATING THE CLIENT PORT IN THE PROCESS OF ONLINE PREPAYING - This invention is concerned with a system and some methods to maintain the continuity of online billing through a proxy server as an anchor in which it forwards the information between the prepaying client port and the prepaying server through the proxy server. The method includes the following steps:
| 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103794 | SUBCARRIER MULTIPLEX SYSTEM - A subcarrier system generates a phase comparison signal in a transmitter and transmits the phase comparison signal together with an optical subcarrier multiplex signal in the same transmission channel of an optical network. A receiver measures a phase distortion between a phase reference signal and the received phase comparison signal for each modulation section of the received subcarrier symbols, calculating at least one correction value and correcting time jitters or phase impairments of all parallel received or regained subcarrier symbols as a function of the phase distortion of the received phase comparison signal. Time jitter/phase jitter can be compensated without high hardware expenses. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110103313 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A MOBILE NETWORK - Please add an abstract of the disclosure on a separate page. A method for managing a mobile network having local mobile nodes and a mobile router for routing packets amongst said local mobile nodes and to and from another packet routing network comprises the steps of, in response to a recognized indication condition indicating that a local mobile node left the mobile network, notifying one or more components in the mobile accordingly, and in one or more of the components of the mobile network, adapting one or more settings in accordance with said notification. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110099414 | Method and Device for Operating a Network and Communication System Comprising Such Device - A method and a device are provided for operating a network, wherein the network comprises several network elements that are connected via a ring, wherein a first segment is of a first type of connection and wherein a second segment is of a second type of connection, wherein the ring comprises at least one first segment and at least one second segment and wherein one network element of the network elements is a ring master comprising a primary port and a secondary port, comprising the steps (i) a failure of at least one of the at least one first segment is detected by the ring master; (ii) the ring master unblocks its secondary port; and (iii) the ring master sends a first message via its primary port and via its secondary port. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110098066 | CHARGING FOR SHORT MESSAGE DELIVERY - A short message service (SMS) node detects that at least one request to deliver a plurality of short messages (SM) originates from a single user. Information (MSISDN, ISMI) related to recipients of the plurality of short messages is combined in a signaling message, and the signaling message is transmitted to a charging function (OFCS, OCS). | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110098043 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CONNECTION ESTABLISHMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and systems are provided for facilitating device-to-device connection establishment. A method may include directing broadcast of an indication of a device-to-device registration area identification in each of one or more cells forming a device-to-device registration area identified by the device-to-device registration area identification. The method may further include directing receipt of a device-to-device registration request originated by a first terminal apparatus in response to the broadcast indication. The first terminal apparatus may be located within the registration area. The method may additionally include registering the first terminal apparatus based at least in part upon the device-to-device registration request. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110090839 | Network Comprising a Privately Owned Base Station Coupled with a Publicly Available Network Element - It is described a telecommunication network ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090782 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - In a method and a device for data processing at a network component the following steps are carried out: a multiple-input-multiple-output processing is conducted and based on such processing a crosstalk and/or interference is at least partially reduced or cancelled. The device may be incorporated into a communication system. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110085230 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIER (EDFA) AND AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT - The invention refers to a method for operating an amplifier with a first amplifier stage (A | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110076033 | COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A TUNABLE LOCAL OSCILLATOR - A method and an optical network component for data processing in an optical network. A first signal and a second signal are influenced by a tunable element. The first signal is an incoming optical signal, and the second signal is a local oscillator signal generated by a laser. The laser has an optical gain element that is tuned by the tunable element. A communication system is provided with the optical network component. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110072101 | NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION - Network discovery comprises discovering networks being available for a device and automatically providing communication settings for at least one of discovered networks to the device. The network discovery may be device initiated or network-initiated. The communication settings provision may be effected by network discovery functionality or another functionality such as device management functionality. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072099 | MESSAGE DELIVERY MECHANISM - When a messaging service network entity, such as an IP server, fails to deliver the message via a primary messaging service, such as an Internet Protocol based messaging service, the user device sends the message directly to the recipient user via a backup messaging service, such as a short message service, SMS. Thus message is delivered and the originating user bear the cost of the use of the backup messaging service. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069955 | FAILSAFE OPTICAL SPLITTER AND METHOD TO ISOLATE FAULTS IN A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - An optical splitter for a passive optical network for telecommunication signal transmission with an optical line terminal includes a wavelength selective optical electrical converter, an AC/DC splitter, an energy reservoir and optical switches, where the splitter comprises also a data transmission processing module by which the optical switches can be controlled according to data signals transmitted from the optical line terminal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110063995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises transceiver circuitry configured to receive information from a fixed network node, initiate sending information toward the fixed network node and initiate communication with at least one peer node, the peer node being a mobile node. The apparatus further comprises a memory configured to store information received from the fixed network node, and logic circuitry operably connected to the memory, configured to derive internet protocol address information from the information received from the fixed node and to initiate sending the internet protocol address information to the at least one peer node. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110053601 | Cell Configuration for Self-Organized Networks with Flexible Spectrum Usage - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling cell configuration in a cellular network, wherein a cell identity and a local cell spectrum resource entity or profile are assigned to an access device in response to a result of sensing a local radio environment at said access device to detect possible neighbor cells. The assigned local cell spectrum resource entity or profile is used to allocate cell spectrum resource from a shared multi-operator spectrum to said access device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110051228 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AND/OR CONTROLLING AN OPTICAL SIGNAL - A method provides and/or controls an optical signal, wherein a control signal and at least one data signal are optically processed into a combined signal of substantially constant optical power. The level of the at least one data signal is substantially maintained within the combined signal. In addition, an according device is provided. Suitable for compensation of Raman tilt in WDM communication systems. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110044687 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a device process data in an optical network. At least one dedicated time slot is used for transmitting time critical information from an optical network unit towards an optical line terminal. Due to the dedicated time slot, previous long delays in channel switching are decreased or substantially avoided. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110038431 | Transmitting Node B Load Status Information in a Self Organising Network - The application relates to wireless transmission of load status information for load balancing among Home Node Bs (HNB) or Local Area Node Bs (LNB) for which an X2 interface is not available. In particular, an LNB may pretend to be a user equipment with a specific predefined user equipment ID value. A neighbouring LNB which receives a data packet with this user equipment ID value knows that the data packet contains load information monitored, by a neighbouring LNB. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110033191 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PHASE RECOVERY AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for phase recovery of at least two channels comprising the steps of (i) a phase is estimated for each channel; (ii) the phase estimated of each channel is superimposed by a coupling factor with at least one other phase estimated. Further, a communication system is suggested comprising such a device. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110029806 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO AVOID LOOPS IN AN ETHERNET RING SYSTEM WITH AN UNDERLAYING 802.3ad NETWORK - A method is provided to be run in a network, the network comprising several network elements that are connected via a ring, wherein one of the network element is a ring master comprising a primary port and a secondary port. The method comprises the steps of (i) a failure is detected by the ring master; and (ii) the ring master checks for a second message and based on the content of the second message unblocks the secondary port. Also an associated device as well as a communication system comprising such device are provided. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110013597 | METHOD AND ENTITIES FOR INTER-DOMAIN HANDOVER - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and entities involved in enabling and improving inter-domain handover. A PS based RAN such as eUTRAN can identify which potential handover to prepare and which handover to initiate, PS-PS or SR-VCC based on: (1) the UE's SR-VCC capabilities, (2) “SR-VCC indication” from the MME, (3) active VoIP bearer, and (4) target cell capabilities. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110010416 | TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method of managing a subscriber presence of a telecommunication network comprises the step of registering with the telecommunication network by the subscriber. The telecommunication network produces a feed of the subscriber presence whilst a feed reader reads the feed. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110008040 | Method to Diagnose an Optical Communication Network - A method for diagnosing an optical communication network having a control system, an optical hub, and multiple optical network terminators. The hub communicates with all the network terminators via an inband management channel. In case one network terminator disturbs the communication from the network terminators to the hub and the communication from the hub to the network terminators is functional, the control system sends a shut-off command to one network terminator, checks if the disturbance is gone, if the disturbance is not gone, sends a pulse mode activation command to this network terminator, checks if there is a superposition signal of the disturbance signal with a pulse mode signal and marks the network terminator as bad, if the pulse signal is not superimposed. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110004762 | SECURITY FOR A NON-3GPP ACCESS TO AN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM - A home subscriber server ( | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004659 | AAA BASED LOCATION RETRIEVAL - A computer network is provided. The computer network comprises an AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) client with an extension for requesting location information of a user. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110002423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for data processing. The data contains symbols and a control parameter is determined based on a correlation property of the symbols of the data. In this manner signal recovery is achieved that is robust against any kind of distortion and is fast enough to track time varying clocking disturbances. Further, a communication system is provided containing such a device. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100332934 | METHOD OF AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A DATA BLOCK - A method of transmits a data block of a type from a transmitting device (for example a transmitting network node) to a receiving device (for example a receiving network node), in particular during a temporary block flow. A transmitting device is capable of receiving at least two different types of positive/negative acknowledgements for data blocks of said type from said receiving device and the reaction of the transmitting device to the positive/negative acknowledgements depends on the type of the said received positive/negative acknowledgement. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332628 | DYNAMIC DISCOVERY OF QUALITY OF SERVICE NODES - A method of using a computer network for Dynamic Discovery of Quality of Service Nodes is provided. The method comprises requesting for a level of Quality of Service (QoS) of communication for a service of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) by a Application Service Provider (ASP). The request is based on a Quality of Service by Reference (QoSbyR) information that is received by the ASP from a user. The QoSbyR information comprises a ISP location information and a level of Quality of Service information. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332361 | MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING IN CASE OF CHARGING CLIENT RELOCATION - There is proposed a mechanism for charging control and a charging client relocation. When it is determined that a relocation of a charging related functionality for a communication connection from a previous charging client node to a new charging client node is executed, the new charging client node requests quota information used in a charging procedure for the communication connection from a charging server node. A charging agent is informed by the new charging client node about the relocation to the new charging client node after predetermined information is received from the previous charging client node and the quota information is received from the charging server. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100329197 | MOBILE STATION AGGREGATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining, at a base station in a wireless network, an uplink channel quality for a mobile station, sending an acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) aggregation indicator to the mobile station based on the determining, sending a plurality of data bursts to the mobile station, and receiving at least one aggregated ACK/NAK report from the mobile station. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100325289 | RE-ACTIVATED GROUP COMMUNICATION - An improved method for re-activating a terminated group session. A server responsible for controlling the connection stores associated participant information identifying clients that participated or were intended to participate the connection. This associated participant information is provided to the client when a negative response to the request for re-joining the connection needs to be given. The client can then re-activate the communication by re-initing the connection. The roles and responsibilities of the continued connection are more consistent and still, the task of storing the information for the continued connection takes place in the element where it is most appropriately done. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100323695 | MOBILE MANAGEMENT ENTITY OPERATING IN COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND SELECTION METHOD THEREFOR - A selection method implemented as an algorithm in a mobile management entity (MME) operating in a communications network. The method includes receiving a unique identifier of a subscriber operating within the network and determining, based on the unique identifier, whether the subscriber has full circuit switching fallback (CSFB) capability or has only packet switching (PS) capability. When it is determined that the subscriber has full CSFB capability, a mobile switching center server (MSS) is selected based on original tracking area matrices and/or tracking area identity-location area identity mapping defined in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). When it is determined that the subscriber has only PS capability, an MSS is selected from a group of MSSs having CSFB support only for short message service (SMS) delivery. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100322212 | Optimization in heterogeneous networks - A heterogeneous wireless communication network includes a home access network with a home network characteristic and a home network policy, and a visiting access network with a visiting network characteristic and a visiting network policy. A packet data node gateway is adapted to communicate with the home access network and the visiting access network over a first communication path. An out-of-band communication path substantially separate from the first communication path is adapted to carry the visiting network policy from the visiting access network to the packet data node gateway. When the terminal is handed off from the home network to the visiting network, the packet data node gateway retrieves the visiting network policy, and the terminal accesses the visiting network over the first communication path using the visiting network policy. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100317356 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BAND MODES - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises signaling by a user equipment (UE) to indicate a support for at least a second frequency band mode in addition to a first frequency band mode, wherein the first frequency band mode and the second frequency band mode have at least one overlapping frequency channel; and receiving from a base station at least one resource allocation message to allocate at least one of a downlink channel and an uplink channel that complies to at least one of a plurality of radio frequency (RF) restrictions of the second frequency band mode. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100316029 | ROAMING BROKER AND NETWORK INTERWORKING CONTROL GATEWAY - An apparatus provides roaming broker functionality. The apparatus comprises a negotiation controller for negotiating a roaming agreement between an originating network and a destination network. The apparatus further comprises a rule generator generating rules according to a negotiated roaming agreement, and a configuration unit configured to implement configuration settings according to respective rules generated by the rule generator. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100311409 | ENHANCED PRESENCE SERVER SYSTEM - Presence information of users of the communication system comprises a presence data element that is associated with a condition such that availability of information in the presence data element of the user to another user of the communication system depends on the condition, and the condition is based on information in the presence data element of the other user. Accuracy of the provided information in terms of dynamic validity of the provided information is improved. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100303473 | Receiver and Method for Operating Said Receiver - A receiver contains a phase demodulator and an electronic dispersion compensator that is electrically connected to the phase demodulator. The phase demodulator contains a delay that is equal to or less than 1 bit. Ideally the delay is an adjustable delay. Further, a method for operating the receiver described above is discussed. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302929 | Method and Device for Data Processing and Communication System Comprising Such Device - Method and device for data processing and communication system with such a device. The method and the device allow data processing via at least one channel. The method includes the following step of transmitting an idle pattern across the at least one channel when no information is conveyed. The idle pattern is created such that interference and/or crosstalk resulting from the idle pattern can be reduced at the receiving side. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100299423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA INTERCEPTION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device for data interception in a network are provided. The network includes a mechanism and/or a functionality according to an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). The method includes a first network element provides session information to a third network element; a second network element provides identity information to the third network element; and the third network element processes and/or forwards at least a portion of the session information and/or identity information provided. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100298014 | PROVISION OF VALUE ADDED SHORT MESSAGE SERVICES - A network node of a communications system that routes short messages in a home network of a mobile station provides a service where one or more functions are invoked in response to receiving a request to forward a short message addressed to the mobile station. When the network node receives a request to forward a short message it determines a type of transmission of the received short message, where the type of transmission indicates whether or not a request for forwarding the same short message has been previously received in the network node. The network node then invokes functions of the service according to the determined type of transmission. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296465 | METHOD, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Respective demodulation reference signals (DM RS) of a user bandwidth can be cyclically shifted with respect to each other. An uplink scheduling grant may include an index for a DM RS resource having a cyclic shift and an orthogonal cover code or interleaved frequency division multiple comb. A usage orthogonal cover or interleaved frequency division multiple comb may be configured using radio resource control message and may optionally be tied statically into DM RS resources. At least some of respective demodulation reference signals of the at least two user bandwidths may be mutually orthogonal. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296464 | OMITTING UE ID ON AN ENHANCED RACH PROCESS - A method of an uplink transfer at the UE side in a wireless communications system over a wireless interface between a radio network and a user equipment node uses a first mode of transfer and a second mode of transfer. The first mode of transfer involves sending a first message by the UE to a Node B of the wireless communication system. The second mode of transfer involves receiving a resource by the UE from the Node B, and sending at least one subsequent message by the UE to the Node B, the at least one subsequent message omits an UE id. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296453 | APPARATUS AND METHOD COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE RESOURCE RECORD - Embodiments provide a method and apparatus configured to store at least one record which comprises information on an address of an access point and on the type of the access point. The method or apparatus may return the information on the address and on the type of the access point in response to a query request requesting the address of the access point. The apparatus may be a domain name server. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296448 | Scalable Deployment of Network Nodes - A method for communicating between nodes in a communication system. Communicating in a first node in a radio access network and a second node in a core network using messages associated with a first set of operations connecting the first node to the core network. Communicating in the first node with other nodes of the radio access network using messages associated with a second set of operations connecting the radio access network nodes. Communicating in the first node with a third node using messages associated with a third set of operations, the third set of operations providing at least part of the operations provided by the first and second set of operations. The scalability of the core network nodes is enhanced when the number of the radio access network nodes connecting to the core network nodes increases. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100293583 | LOAD CONTROL FOR A TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A method for distribution of media content | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100290392 | Session and Media Binding to Common Control - There are provided a method and structural means for session and media binding to a common control, in particular to a common policy control. The method may basically comprise extracting a user identification parameter from a private user identity during session registration, retrieving the user identification parameter in accordance with a public user identity during session handling, obtaining a corresponding user identification parameter during bearer handling, and establishing a binding for policy-controlled sessions of the user to a policy control entity on the basis of the user identification parameter. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100285791 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION STATION, COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication terminal adapted to be communicatively coupled to a communication station of a communication network, the mobile communication terminal including a station communication unit adapted for exchanging communication messages with the communication station, and a communication message generation unit adapted for generating a Common Control Channel information message for transmission to the communication station by the station communication unit, wherein the communication message generation unit is adapted for rearranging the Common Control Channel information message in accordance with a property of the Common Control Channel information message before transmission to the communication station. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100279730 | FILTER SYSTEM FOR USE IN CO-SITE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A co-site including at least two antenna/base transceiver station pairs operating on different frequency bands has a filter system that includes a first filter including a low band control port, a high band control port, a low band diversity port, and a high band diversity port and a second filter including a low band control port, a high band control port, a low band diversity port, and a high band diversity port. The second filter adjusts an adjustable load on each of the low band control port, the high band control port, the low band diversity port, and the high band diversity port of the second filter to simulate a current consumption of the low band control port, the high band control port, the low band diversity port, and the high band diversity port of the first filter, respectively. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100278330 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA AND TO A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device process data transmitted via a channel. The channel is at least partially represented by a symmetrical transfer matrix, wherein at least one off-diagonal matrix element of the transfer matrix is determined by its symmetric and/or transposed off-diagonal matrix element and its corresponding diagonal matrix elements of the transfer matrix. In addition, a communication system is provided containing such a device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100275247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORIZATION-DEPENDENT ACCESS TO MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS, AND A SYSTEM HAVING THE APPARATUS - A method, an apparatus and a system for authorization-dependent access to multimedia contents. A first terminal produces a first request for a multimedia content for an output of the multimedia content via the first terminal. A first authorization information item is used to check that the output of the multimedia content is authorized. The first terminal produces a second request for an output of the multimedia content via a second terminal. A check is carried out to determine whether to output a first security note via the first terminal. The output of the multimedia content takes place via the second terminal if the first security note is not to be output, or an input of a confirming acknowledgement for the first security note is identified by the first terminal. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100272038 | Method for spectrum sharing in a multi-mode system and relative apparatus - A measurement apparatus comprising means for checking for available radio spectrum resource in a first system in a radio coverage area; means for sending information to a second system indicating the availability of radio spectrum resource of the first system which is usable by said second system in at least part of said radio coverage area, wherein said first system has priority over said radio spectrum resource. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100265903 | ADAPTIVE ARQ BLOCK SIZE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, a technique may include participating in an automatic repeat request (ARQ)-enabled service flow between first and second wireless stations, wherein each transmitted MAC (media access control) protocol data unit (PDU) is partitioned into one or more ARQ-blocks, with each ARQ-block, except a last ARQ block of a MAC PDU, having a fixed size equal to an ARQ-block-size, negotiating a change to the ARQ-block-size for the service flow via a request and response message exchange. In another embodiment, a technique may include transmitting an ARQ block size change request for a service flow from a first wireless station to a second wireless station, the ARQ block size change request including one or more parameters relating to a new ARQ-block-size for the service flow; receiving, at the first wireless station from the second wireless station, an ARQ block size change response for the service flow in response to the transmitting the ARQ block size change request; and implementing the new ARQ-block size for the service flow based on the received ARQ block size change response. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100260068 | Method for Neighbor Set Selection for Handover in a Home Access Environment - A macro wireless communication system includes a base station and a femto access point for communicating with user equipment (UE), such as handset, whereby the UE receives information regarding the network relationships between the base station and the femto access point. A home profile setting may be stored in the UE. When the UE communicates with a femto access point that is identified in the home profile, the UE adapts a neighbor listing provided by the home femto access point. Alternatively, the base station stores a list of the UE and its corresponding home femto access point, along with the neighbor list of the femto access point. When a UE is connected to the base station and that base station is in neighbor list of the UE's home femto access point, a message is sent to the UE to forward an appropriate neighbor list to simplify handovers. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100254467 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NOISE PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for noise processing. In the method, data is transmitted from at least one transmitter to at least one receiver; and the at least one receiver conveys SNR-data, e.g., link state information and/or link quality information to a precoder and/or to a noise canceller. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100254464 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA PROCESSING IN XDSL SYSTEM - A method and a device for data processing between a first network element connected via several lines to several second network elements. The method includes the following steps: (i) if a line is trained, at least one other line is switched to a first mode; and (ii) if the line has been trained, the at least one other line is free to switch to a second mode. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100229232 | SUBSCRIPTION AND DEVICE OF CHARGE CONTROL - A method of providing service authorization by sending a message from a redirect server to a user terminal including an authorization token. The method includes detecting and removing the authorization token by a network gateway node from the message before forwarding the message to the user terminal. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100223328 | CONTROL OF PUSH SERVICES - A method for operating push services. At least two separate activation states that correspond to a predefined functionality set presently applicable to the user of a switched-on user terminal are defined. Messages of at least one push service are transmitted from a server to a user terminal. The current activation state of the user terminal is detected, and an indication on it is provided to the server. The server adjusts sending of messages of the push service according to the current activation state of the user terminal. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100208843 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING A CLOCK SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for transmitting or receiving a clock signal. The method includes the step of transmitting or receiving at least two wave bands via a digital subscriber line, wherein a clock signal is conveyed via one of the at least two wave bands. The clock signal may be used for mobile clock synchronization. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208659 | LOCAL BREAK OUT IN CASE OF WIMAX ROAMING - Architecture, in particular a home agent being placed in a visited connectivity service network in order to separate a data traffic path to a home connectivity service network and a data traffic path to the internet in order to minimise a number of hops and delay times. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100208608 | TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL FOR SOUNDING SIGNAL FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - In an example embodiment, an apparatus may include at least one processor and at least one memory including computer code. The at least one memory and the computer program code may be configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to at least perform: receiving at a mobile station from a base station in a wireless network, a channel quality threshold and a power adjustment value; measuring a downlink channel quality associated with each of a plurality of resource blocks in a downlink direction from the base station; selecting one or more of the resource blocks that have a channel quality that is greater than or equal to the channel quality threshold; and performing the following for each of the selected one or more resource blocks: determining a transmission power for transmitting a sounding signal via the resource block based upon the measured downlink channel quality for the resource block and power adjustment value; and transmitting, via a wireless transceiver, the sounding signal in an uplink direction to the base station via the resource block using the determined transmission power for the resource block. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100202403 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR LOCATION UPDATE IN NETWORKS - A method, system and devices are provided for location update in an e.g. WiMAX based network. An authenticator function is informed on the location of a data path function after a handover has taken place. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100202311 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHANNEL STATE REPORTING - An approach is provided for optimizing the timing scheme for channel state reporting. A platform determines an offset value for each of a plurality of user equipment. The offset value relates to timing between a channel state measurement point and a corresponding point for reporting of the channel state measurement. The platform further initiates signaling of the offset values to the respective user equipment. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100195816 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A DATA PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE - A method and a device are provided for data processing, including the steps of transmitting a first signal from a first instance to a second instance and sending a second signal from a third instance to the first instance, wherein the second signal corresponds at least partially to the first signal as received at the third instance. | 08-05-2010 |
