01st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120002501 | MIXING SYSTEM FOR MIXING A POWDERED BEVERAGE WITH A LIQUID - In a mixing system for mixing together a powdered beverage and a liquid in-situ to form a ready-to-drink beverage, a receptacle has an interior space defining a mixing chamber for receiving powdered beverage and liquid therein to be mixed. An agitator is removably disposed in the mixing chamber, the agitator being operable to mix the powdered beverage and liquid within the mixing chamber, said agitator being removable from the receptacle. A retention member is configured to inhibit the agitator against falling out of the receptacle upon substantially inverting the receptacle. A drive system is provided for operating the agitator, with the agitator and drive system being configured for operative coupling therebetween. The mixing system may include a support for supporting the receptacle in an upright orientation. The receptacle may be removable from the support. The agitator may include an anti-vortex member to inhibit formation of a vortex. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002502 | Methods for gathering marine geophysical data - In a first embodiment the invention comprises a method for gathering geophysical data, including towing geophysical data gathering equipment behind a survey vessel in a body of water, said equipment including an array of sensor streamers extending behind said vessel, and determining a geodetic location of a streamer steering reference point at a forward end of the sensor streamers and a reference direction. At least one sensor streamer included in said array of sensor streamers is laterally deflected in response to the determined geodetic location of said streamer steering reference point and the determined reference direction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002503 | Seismic Acquisition in Marine Environments Using Survey Paths Following a Series of Linked Deviated Paths and Methods of Use - Methods and systems are provided for acquiring seismic data in a marine environment using survey paths following a series of linked curved paths so as to obtain multi-azimuthal data over a sub-surface target. Marine vessels towing multiple seismic streamers may be configured to travel substantially along a series of linked deviated paths or a series of linked curved paths. Sources may be excited to introduce acoustic wave energy in the marine environment and into the subsea region. The acoustic wave energy then reflects and refracts from the subsea region to form reflected and refracted wave energy, which is detected by seismic receivers spaced along the streamers. The detected seismic data is then interpreted to reveal seismic information representative of the surveyed subsea region. Other enhancements include configuring the streamers in a flared configuration, where the lateral spacing increases rearwardly over the length of the seismic streamers. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002504 | GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS IN MARINE, LAND AND/OR SEABED SEISMIC APPLICATIONS - A technique facilitates collection and use of data on subterranean formations. The technique comprises creating a distributed sensor network having multiple sensors arranged in a desired pattern. The distributed sensor network is employed to collect seismic data from the multiple sensors. Additionally, the distributed network and sensors are designed to collect gravity data from the multiple sensors. The sensors may be arranged in a variety of environments, including land-based environments and seabed environments. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002505 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AND COMPOSING SEISMIC WAVES - An approach is provided for a multi-component seismic data processing that separates P-type and S-type seismic waves in an affine coordinate system. A method for separating and composing seismic waves comprises: determining base vectors of the seismic waves; transforming and separating the seismic wave in an affine coordinate system; and obtaining a signal with true amplitudes and eliminating a mode leakage phenomenon. Therefore, the method achieves the wave separation and recovers the amplitudes of separated waves simultaneously, which reduces noises to provide more precisely seismic data and to satisfy the requirement of seismic data analysis and processing. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002506 | DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATING METHOD, DISPLACEMENT ESTIMATING DEVICE - Disclosed is a displacement estimating method of iteratively estimating displacement using ultrasound signals, and the method includes: transmitting, to a medium, at least one of the ultrasound signals to scan the medium; receiving the ultrasound signal reflected from the scanned medium; calculating a size of a window; calculating a border of the window based on the calculated window size; estimating displacement for each depth of the ultrasound signal, using the window with the calculated border; warping the ultrasound signal based on the estimated displacement; and guiding convergence of the method using the warped ultrasound signal so that a correlation value of the ultrasound signal is larger. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002507 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIFFERENCE IN DISTANCE - The invention consists of a method which comprises a plurality of steps for determining difference in distance from a reference point to at least two sensor modules | 2012-01-05 |
20120002508 | UNDERWATER ANTENNA - A submarine antenna, in particular for assembly on the hull of a submarine, comprising a number of adjacently arranged electroacoustic converters each with a number of hydrophones arranged one below the other and a reflector arranged behind the converters in the direction of incidence of the sound. According to the invention, hull noise decoupling of the converter can be achieved at the connection to the reflector wherein the hydrophones arranged one beneath the other of each converter are moulded into a converter bar by an acoustically transparent moulded mass and the converter bars are provided with sprung retainer elements at the bar ends which are held by retainer devices made on the reflector. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002509 | INSTALLATION FOR CONTROLLING THE PLAYING TIME OF A SPORTING EVENT - A control installation of the playing time of a sporting event, in particular of the basketball game type, including a portable acquisition and detection system of a whistle signaling the stoppage of the playing time, said portable system converting the acoustic signals into digital signals, digitally processing these digital signals and delivering a digital refereeing signal in response to the detection of the whistle; and a fixed system for controlling the playing time in digital radio connection with the portable system and comprising controller for controlling the stoppage and/or restarting of a stopwatch counting down the playing time in response to the reception of the digital refereeing signal, the invention also concerning the portable system alone and the fixed system alone specially adapted for the portable system, as well as an audio-digital communication terminal by temporal multiplexing integrating such a portable system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002510 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ENSURING THE APPROPRIATE DURATION FOR HANDWASHING - A method for automatically measuring elapsed time sufficient for complete hand washing, including actuating flowing of water, actuating a timer device, initiating washing hands, measuring a predetermined length of time, sounding an alarm when the predetermined length of time has elapsed, and ceasing washing hands after the alarm has sounded. The timer device further includes a housing portion, a timer portion positioned in the housing portion, a display portion positioned in the housing portion and operationally connected to the timer portion, and an alarm portion positioned in the housing portion and operationally connected to the timer portion. The timer portion is programmed to measure a predetermined length of time recommended for complete hand washing and actuates the alarm portion once the predetermined amount of time has elapsed. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002511 | Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece that receives RF signals and displays information suppresses loss of antenna sensitivity to a sufficiently low level while using a metal case without sacrificing display functions. An electronic timepiece | 2012-01-05 |
20120002512 | Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece that receives signals and displays information can be driven using solar power while suppressing antenna sensitivity loss to a sufficiently low level. An electronic timepiece | 2012-01-05 |
20120002513 | WATCH CASE - The invention relates to a watch case including a middle ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120002514 | Information recording and reproducing apparatus, program for controlling same, computer-readable storage medium, method for controlling information recording and reproducing apparatus, and information storage medium - An invention disclosed includes a layer number obtaining section ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120002515 | MEDIA CONTENT PLAYBACK - Media content playback includes providing a plurality of media contents; providing for each of the media contents information identifying the respective media content; receiving from a user selection instructions that effect selecting or deselecting of a specific media content; providing context data based on measurements of at least one of absolute time, absolute position and of at least one physical quantity at or in the vicinity of the location where the selected media content is to be reproduced; providing or adapting a user profile that assigns for each specific media content user instructions to the context data provided at the time of receipt of the respective instruction; selecting according to the user profile one of the media contents dependent on the context data at the time of selection; and reproducing the selected media content. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002516 | OPTICAL INFORMATION REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A light beam emitted from a laser source is divided into a first light beam and a second light beam. An optical divider is further provided to separate a combined light beam of the first and second light beams into a first light bundle near the optical axis and a second light bundle in the edge portion and to diverge the first and second light bundles so that the first and second light bundles are individually detected by plural detectors. The first light beam is signal light focused on an optical information recording medium by an objective lens and reflected off the medium, and the second light beam is reference light not focused on the optical information recording medium. A focus error signal is then detected for the first light bundle for compensating focus error. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002517 | OPTICAL DISC, OPTICAL DISC MANUFACTURING METHOD, OPTICAL DISC RECORDING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DISC REPRODUCTION DEVICE - An optical disc includes a reflective film formed on concave and convex marks after the concave and convex marks are synchronized with the integral multiple of a channel bit length and formed in accordance with modulated main information. Thereafter, continuous or intermittent laser light synchronized with the integral multiple of the channel bit length is irradiated at intervals longer than the longest one of the concave and convex marks in accordance with a spiral track formed in a circumferential direction of the concave and convex marks, whereby an optical characteristic of the reflective film is changed to form a recordable mark and sub-information necessary to reproduce the main information is recorded in a superimposition manner. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002518 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a playback device including an adjustment portion that, based on a first data recording surface among a plurality of data recording surfaces of an optical recording medium, adjusts tilt with respect to the first data recording surface, an adjustment amount measurement portion that measures a first tilt adjustment amount from a result of the tilt adjustment, an acquisition portion that acquires a coma aberration of the playback device, and a calculation portion that, based on the first tilt adjustment amount and the coma aberration, calculates a second tilt adjustment amount to adjust tilt with respect to a second data recording surface that is different to the first data recording surface. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002519 | DISK-SHAPED RECORDING MEDIUM, OPTICAL SPOT POSITION CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SPOT POSITION CONTROL METHOD - In a case of performing recording/playing with an information recording layer with a first light irradiation, and controlling the recording/playing positions on the information recording layer by a second light irradiating as to a position control information recording layer provided separately from the information recording layer, corrections to shifts in recording positions and playing positions that occurs as a result of shifts in the optical axes of the first and second lights. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002520 | PLAYBACK DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, PLAYBACK METHOD AND PROGRAM - A playback device reads a BD-J application from a BD-ROM and runs the BD-J application. The BD-J application causes, by using a socket connection API, the digital copy module of the playback device to execute copying of a protected content for portable terminals to a removable recording medium and setting of a resume playback point on the copied content. The resume playback point is specified by the BD-J application according to playback time information read from the PSR set. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002521 | INFORMATION REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND INFORMATION REPRODUCTION METHOD - A process of reproducing information according to the present invention includes: reproducing record data recorded on an information-recording medium including a data area for recording the record data, and a defect control area for recording defect information of the data area; storing the defect information in a storage unit; and reducing a storage area of the storage unit which is used for storing the defect information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002522 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a control device including a recording portion that records data on a disk by shining a laser beam onto a recording surface of the disk, a reading portion that reads the data on the disk, a control parameter computation portion that computes a control parameter, a differential computation portion that computes a differential between the control parameter and a value that is set in advance for the disk, a determination portion that determines whether the differential that the differential computation portion has computed is within a range of a dead band, an output value computation portion that computes an output value for the laser beam, an output control portion that controls the laser beam, a storage portion that stores a plurality of combinations of the dead band and the gain, and a selecting portion that selects one of the combinations of the dead band and the gain. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002523 | OPTICAL RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD - Before new information is recorded on a comparatively deep recording layer in a multilayer optical recording disc, a predetermined target value of a reproduced signal parameter is read from the disc itself or from a separate storage unit, the recorded/unrecorded states of the shallower recording layers are determined, and the target value is corrected on the basis of these states. The correction is based on a predetermined difference in the value of the reproduced signal parameter caused by a difference in the recorded/unrecorded states of the shallower recording layers. The corrected target value is used in calibration of the recording power by means of a test write. This correction of the target value permits reliable recording on a multilayer optical disc without delaying the start of the recording process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002524 | Characterizing Frequency Response of a Multirate System - Frequency response is characterized for mechanical components of a multirate system operating in a closed-loop environment. A disturbance is injected at the frequency of interest and at each of the alias frequencies thereof as an input into the multirate system, and a matrix equation composed of resulting measurements of the response of the multirate system is solved to compute the frequency response at the frequency of interest and at each of the alias frequencies. The resulting frequency response can be used to synthesize the transfer function of the entire system, which allows simulation and evaluation of the relative performance of multiple controller designs without the need for further frequency response measurements. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002525 | CHARACTERIZING FREQUENCY RESPONSE OF A MULTIRATE SYSTEM - Frequency response is characterized for mechanical components of a multirate system operating in a closed-loop environment. A disturbance is injected at the frequency of interest and at each of the alias frequencies thereof as an input into the multirate system, and a matrix equation composed of resulting measurements of the response of the multirate system is solved to compute the frequency response at the frequency of interest and at each of the alias frequencies. The resulting frequency response can be used to synthesize the transfer function of the entire system, which allows simulation and evaluation of the relative performance of multiple controller designs without the need for further frequency response measurements. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002526 | METHOD OF EVALUATING REPRODUCE SIGNAL AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - A highly efficient and reliable reproduced signal evaluation method and an optical disc drive using that method in which assuming that the number of 2T's appearing successively in a predetermined evaluation bitstream is i, the evaluation bitstream is divided into a main bitstream (5+2i) long and sub bitstreams at the ends of the main bitstream. The check process to determine whether a predetermined evaluation bitstream is included in the binarized bitstreams is replaced with a main bitstream agreement check. This can prevent an increase in the circuit size. At the same time, by separately summing up for each main bitstream the calculated results of Euclidean distance between the reproduced signal and the target signal corresponding to the evaluation bitstream, the size of an evaluation summing circuit can be reduced. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002527 | Adjusting Method For Recording Condition And Optical Disc Device - An optical disc device and an adjusting method for a recording condition for use with the optical disc device that records data into an optical disc medium by using codes whose shortest run length is 2T and reproduces the recorded data by using an adaptive equalizing procedure and a PRML procedure, wherein the recording condition is so adjusted that a reproduced signal with desired quality can be obtained, by using, as the adaptive equalizing procedure, a procedure in which a tap coefficient C | 2012-01-05 |
20120002528 | VARIABLE DELAY CIRCUIT, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND DELAY AMOUNT CALIBRATION METHOD - Provided are a variable delay circuit, a recording apparatus, and a delay amount calibration method. The variable delay circuit includes a delay line in which a delay amount is variably set, a delay setting unit that performs delay setting of the delay line using a unit delay control value, in a calibration period, overlaps a test pulse with the input signal, and generates a comparison pulse, and a unit delay determining unit that sets the delay of the unit delay amount in the delay line by providing the unit delay control value to the delay setting unit in the calibration period, determines the unit delay control value equivalent to the unit delay amount based on a phase comparison result between the comparison pulse and the test pulse, and provides, to the delay setting unit, the determined unit delay control value as the unit delay control value of a calibration result. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002529 | Information Storage Medium, Reproducing Method, And Recording Method - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002530 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002531 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, REPRODUCING METHOD, AND RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information storage medium includes an organic dye material which records information with a light beam having a wavelength equal to or smaller than 620 nm. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002532 | Optical Pickup Device And Optical Disc Apparatus - An optical pickup device includes a semiconductor laser for emitting laser light, an objective lens for irradiating luminous flux emitted from the semiconductor laser to an optical disc, a branching element having a plurality of regions for branching luminous flux reflected from the optical disc to a plurality of fluxes, and a photodetector having a plurality of light receiving parts which receive luminous flux branched by said branching element. Luminous flux which enters at least two regions arrayed along a direction which is made substantially coincident with a tangential direction of the optical disc in regard to substantially a center of the branching element is arranged along a direction which is made substantially coincident with a radial direction of the optical disc on the photodetector. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002533 | OPTICAL PICKUP DEVICE - A spectral element separates first laser light in such a manner that an area including only signal light as reflected first laser light is formed on a photodetector. The photodetector is provided with a first sensor group which is disposed at an irradiation position of signal light of the separated first laser light, and a second sensor group which receives zero-th order diffraction light of a main beam and two sub beams of second laser light that has been transmitted through the spectral element. The second sensor group includes a four-divided sensor which receives the main beam. The four-divided sensor is disposed in an area surrounded by the first sensor group. Zero-th order diffraction light of the first laser light that has been transmitted through the spectral element is irradiated onto the four-divided sensor. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002534 | ROUTED SPLIT MULTILINK TRUNKING FOR IPv6 - A method, apparatus and computer program product for performing routed split multilink trunking for IPv6 is presented. A first aggregation device is interconnected with a second aggregation device using an Inter Switch Trunk (IST). The first aggregation device learns a Media Access control (MAC) address of the second aggregation device and the second aggregation device learns a MAC address of the first aggregation device. Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses are synchronized between the first aggregation device and the second aggregation device. When the first or second aggregation device receives an IPv6 packet destined to the other aggregation device, the first or second aggregation device performs an IPv6 route lookup on a destination address of the IPv6 packet and forwards the packet to a next hop for the IPv6 packet. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002535 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING NETWORK TRAFFIC AMONG MULTIPLE DIRECT HARDWARE ACCESS DATAPATHS - A system for distributing network traffic among direct hardware access datapaths, comprising: a processor; one or more activated PNICs; a host operating system; and a virtual machine (VM). Each activated PNIC sends and receives data packets over a network. Each activated PNIC is configured with a virtual function. The VM includes a VNIC and a virtual link aggregator configured to maintain a list identifying each activated PNIC. Virtual function mappings for the VM associate the VM with virtual functions for the activated PNICs. The virtual link aggregator selects the first activated PNIC for servicing a network connection and determines a virtual function for the first activated PNIC. The VNIC for the first activated PNIC uses the virtual function to directly transfer network traffic for the network connection between the VM and the first activated PNIC. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002536 | INTERFERENCE MITIGATION AND ADAPTIVE ROUTING IN WIRELESS AD-HOC PACKET-SWITCHED NETWORKS - Described are an apparatus and method for routing packets through a multiple-hop wireless communications network. Interference with packet switched communications carried by radio frequency (RF) over the multiple-hop wireless communications network is detected. In response to information related to the detected interference, a route is adaptively determined for transmitting packets through the multiple-hop wireless communications network that mitigates the effect of the interference on the packets. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002537 | BASE STATION FAILOVER USING NEIGHBORING BASE STATIONS AS RELAYS - A method performed by a base station in a network, includes detecting a malfunction associated with a backhaul link to the network; identifying one or more neighboring base stations located within a transmission range of the base station; selecting at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations based on one or more parameters, associated with the one or more neighboring base stations, in response to detecting the malfunction; receiving, by a radio frequency (RF) transceiver associated with the base station, a signal from a user equipment; and transmitting, by an RF transceiver associated with the base station, the signal to the selected at least one of the one or more neighboring base stations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002538 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Processing Radio Link Failure - A method for processing radio link failure (RLF) includes, when a user equipment (UE) communicates with a network through two or more carriers, if downlink RLF occurs on at least one of the two or more carriers, determining whether there is a carrier on which no downlink RLF occurs, among the two or more carriers, and sending a message to the network through a dedicated control channel (DCCH) of the carrier on which no downlink RLF occurs if there is the carrier on which no downlink RLF occurs, wherein the message carries information of at least one of a carrier and a cell on which RLF occurs and instructs the network to perform RLF processing for the carrier on which the downlink RLF occurs, or stopping sending information on an uplink dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) of the carrier on which the downlink RLF occurs. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002539 | HIERARCHICAL VIRTUAL PRIVATE LAN SERVICE HUB CONNECTIVITY FAILURE RECOVERY - Techniques for recovering from hierarchical virtual private LAN service (HVPLS) hub connectivity failure are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, a provider edge network element reuses an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure recovery mechanism in an MTU to protect against a failure of HVPLS hub connectivity. The PE network element monitors hub facing connectivity elements and declares a hub connectivity failure upon a certain amount of those hub facing connectivity elements failing, and fabricates a failure of its spoke facing connectivity elements causing the MTU to detect an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure and switch to a secondary HVPLS spoke connection. Other methods and apparatuses are described. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002540 | METHOD FOR QOS AUTHORIZATION - The invention is directed to providing a method and apparatus for authorizing Quality of Service (QoS) at a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) node in response to receiving a service request for a subscriber having a requested QoS, a QoS Negotiation Attribute Value Pair (AVP) and a QoS Upgrade AVP such that the QoS Negotiation AVP takes precedence over the QoS Upgrade AVP. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002541 | FLOW-BASED PROACTIVE CONNECTION ADMISSION CONTROL (CAC) IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A device receives available capacity and used capacity associated with a network, receives a connection request from a user device in the network, and receives a maximum capacity threshold associated with the network. The device calculates a minimum capacity threshold and a medium capacity threshold, associated with the network, based on the maximum capacity threshold. The device also determines whether to admit or deny the connection request based on the available capacity, the used capacity, the minimum capacity threshold, the medium capacity threshold, and the maximum capacity threshold. The device further allocates, when the connection request is to be admitted and based on resource availability associated with the network, a particular bit rate, for a particular quality of service (QoS) class, to the connection request. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002542 | Traffic Engineering and Server Selection for Content Distribution - An apparatus comprising a traffic engineering (TE) and server selection (SS) component configured to couple to an SS component and operate at a first time scale based on SS policies from the SS component, wherein the SS is configured to operate at a second timescale based on TE policies from the TE and SS component, and wherein the second timescale has a finer time granularity than the first time scale by at least one order of magnitude. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a receiver configured to receive one or more SS policies from a content provider or customer node, a logic circuit configured to compute a plurality of joint TE and SS policies for a plurality of network nodes based on the received SS policies, and a transmitter configured to send the joint TE and SS components to the content provider or customer node. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING TRAFFIC IN A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for offloading data traffic routing from one NI (network interface) to another. The NI receives data traffic, and that portion of the data traffic that must be L3 routed is passed to the CPU of the NI though a token bucket meter or equivalent metering device that selectively designates a portion of the routing traffic to another NI for routing. The portion of the traffic designated corresponds to the capacity of the CPU and offloading a portion of the data traffic helps to reduce the number of packets that are discarded when a CPU is overloaded. The threshold for determining when and in what quantity the data traffic should be offloaded is either statically or dynamically set, and in the latter case may be updated automatically when traffic levels and, in some implementations, other considerations require. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002544 | Dynamic Resource Partitioning for Long-Term Fairness to Non-Elastic Traffic on a Cellular Basestation - A method includes receiving non-elastic traffic into a cellular network serving users; varying long-term dissatisfaction of the users with dynamic resource allocations during traffic overload of the cellular network, the long term dissatisfaction being measured by at least one of a function of number of times a user from the users receives bad quality of service and a level of deterioration of quality of service to the user; and influencing number of satisfied users of the cellular network responsive to the varying of long-term dissatisfaction. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SERVICE REQUEST MESSAGES IN A CONGESTED NETWORK - A method and apparatus are described for transmitting service request messages in a congested network. In one embodiment, a message including a timer value may be received by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having a timer that is set based on the timer value. Once the timer is activated, the WTRU may not attempt to transmit a service request message to a network for mobile originated (MO) services, except for MO emergency calls, until the timer expires. In another embodiment, the timer may be deactivated in response to receiving a page for a mobile terminated (MT) call. The congested network may include a mobility management entity (MME) and a mobile switching center (MSC)/visitor location register (VLR). The MME may apply a congestion control criteria to the WTRU based on whether a timer in the MME is activated or expired. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002546 | MULTICASTING TRAFFIC MANAGER IN A NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURE - Described embodiments provide a method of processing packets of a network processor. One or more tasks are generated corresponding to received packets associated with one or more data flows. A traffic manager receives a task corresponding to a data flow, the task provided by a processing module of the network processor. The traffic manager determines whether the received task corresponds to a unicast data flow or a multicast data flow. If the received task corresponds to a multicast data flow, the traffic manager determines, based on identifiers corresponding to the task, an address of launch data stored in launch data tables in a shared memory, and reads the launch data. Based on the identifiers and the read launch data, two or more output tasks are generated corresponding to the multicast data flow, and the two or more output tasks are added at the tail end of a scheduling queue. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002547 | TRAFFIC LOAD CONTROL IN A MESH NETWORK - The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Cell isolation is provided through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network. Additional features relate to apparatus and methodology subject matters concerning Traffic Load Control in a Mesh Network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002548 | Traffic Control by IP Multimedia Subsystem - Apparatus configured to implement a Proxy Call Session Control Function for use within an IP Multimedia Subsystem core network. The apparatus comprises a receiver for receiving a session initiation request in respect of an IP Multimedia Subsystem service, and a threshold determiner for determining a threshold applicable to user traffic associated with said service. The apparatus further comprises a sender for sending a session authorisation request to a policy decision function, the request including said threshold and a service data flow identifier identifying the user plane flow for said session. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002549 | NETWORK SYSTEM - After sensor nodes are deployed, when an edge node accommodating individual sensor nodes has entered a high-load state, the load is distributed to a low-load edge node receiving the same semantic information. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002550 | GLOBAL PROVISIONING OF ZERO-BANDWIDTH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING LABEL SWITCHED PATHS - A method of load balancing zero-bandwidth Traffic Engineering Label Switching Paths (0-bw TE LSPs) in a communication network having a plurality of network nodes and a plurality of network links connecting the nodes. The method may be implemented in a centralized Path Computation Element (PCE) or in an ingress router. Each equal cost path from a source node to a destination node is identified from network topology information. A probability of selecting each equal cost shortest path is determined using an iterative Global Load balancing Algorithm (GLA) and each 0-bw TE LSP is provisioned with a specific probability such that the 0-bw TE LSPs are uniformly distributed over all network links. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002551 | Communication Method, System and Network Nodes in a Low Power Communication Network - A method for communicating in a low power communication network, a corresponding low power communication network system and a network node, where the method enables low power consumption by the data transmission node in the low power communication network while ensuring the low power communication network communicates efficiently. The network comprises a first network node and a second network node, where the first network node transmits a beacon frame that is used to indicate the time for data transmission by the first network node, and the second network node detects the beacon frame to synchronize its data transmission with the first network node. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002552 | DIRECTOR DEVICE ARRANGEMENT WITH VISUAL DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS THEREOF - An apparatus for enabling a plurality of monitoring functions to be performed on network data is provided. The apparatus includes a power module and a processor module. The apparatus also includes a set of network ports that includes a set of input network ports for receiving the data traffic and a set of output network ports for outputting the data traffic from the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a switchboard arrangement that includes at least two chips that are configured to interact with one another to perform the plurality of monitoring functions on the data traffic received by the switchboard arrangement. The apparatus yet also includes logic module for analyzing the data traffic and for displaying the statistical data pertaining to the data traffic. The apparatus yet further includes a visual display arrangement that is configured for displaying the statistical data. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002553 | Troubleshooting Link and Protocol in a Wireless Network - Methods, apparatuses, and systems directed to facilitating troubleshooting wireless connectivity issues in a wireless network. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, either a diagnostic supplicant in the wireless client or a diagnostic manager initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic supplicant and the diagnostic manager over a diagnostic link in response to one or more events. In one embodiment, after the diagnostic supplicant establishes a link to a diagnostic manager via a diagnostic link, the diagnostic supplicant generates and transmits a problem report to the diagnostic manager. The problem report initiates a troubleshooting protocol between the diagnostic manager and the diagnostic supplicant. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002554 | TEST METHOD AND TEST DEVICE - A test method according to the present invention includes: a first step of determining whether or not the mobile station detects the problem in a radio link state, when a radio quality is changed from a first state where the radio quality is equal to or more than a first threshold value to a second state where the radio quality is equal to or less than the first threshold value; and a second step of determining whether or not the mobile station does not detect the problem in a radio link state, when the radio quality is changed to a third state where the radio quality is equal to more than a second threshold value, after a lapse of a first time interval from a time point at which the radio quality is changed from the first state to the second state. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002555 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND METHOD OF DETECTING RANDOM ACCESS PROBLEMS - A method of detecting random access problems in a mobile station apparatus which uses multiple component carriers to perform random access. To achieve this, the mobile station apparatus, which is in a mobile communication system comprised of a base station apparatus and mobile station apparatuses, uses one random access channel transmission counter to detect random access problems in the plurality of component carriers. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002556 | USER EQUIPMENT TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION REPORT METHOD - A user equipment terminal for reporting channel quality information to a base station includes a channel quality information measuring unit configured to measure channel quality information; and a channel quality information generating unit configured to generate, as the channel quality information, a difference value between a first absolute value of the measured channel quality information and a second absolute value of previously measured channel quality information. The present invention also relates to a base station and a channel quality information report method. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002557 | Method for Self Organizing Network Operation - The present invention relates to wireless cellular telecommunication networks and, in particular, to control and management of self organizing wireless cellular telecommunication network. A method for network planning and frequency optimization in LTE networks by determining the optimal base station configuration parameters, comprises a base station initialization, an initial base station configuration, an iterative measurement procedure, an optimization process, a verification of operation, and a periodical maintenance procedure. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002558 | PACKET PROTOCOL PROCESSING WITH PRECISION TIMING PROTOCOL SUPPORT - Device and methods determine timing parameters and associated timing actions from timing messages in communication packets. The timing messages may be encapsulated with plurality of communication protocols. An example timing message may be an IEEE 1588 timing message encapsulated in an Internet protocol packet encapsulated in an Ethernet protocol packet. The protocols are matched in classifier blocks by comparing portions of the packet to bit values or ranges of values. Operation of other than the first classifier block depends on results of matching in the preceding block by using offset values passed between blocks that indicate starting points for the matching. The final classifier block matches values in timing messages to identify timing parameters and associated timing actions in the message. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002559 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TRANSMISSION POWER OF TERMINAL HAVING HETEROGENEROUS MODEM CHIPS - An apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention, the apparatus for detecting transmission power of a first communication scheme in a mobile communication terminal having a first modem for the first communication scheme and a second modem for a second communication scheme which is different from the first communication scheme, includes: a feedback circuit configured to detect a high frequency signal outputted from a power amplifier of the first communication scheme and convert the detected high frequency signal into an analog signal; a reception unit configured to receive the analog signal outputted from the feedback circuit and band information transmitted from the first modem for the first communication scheme; and an output unit configured to output a particular value after comparing a signal outputted from the reception unit and a predetermined signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002560 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AP IN CONSIDERATION OF NETWORK PERFORMANCE - Performance values between an access point (AP) and one or more networks to which the AP is connected are measured, and performance information is generated based on the measured performance values. When a request for the performance information is received from a terminal connected to the AP, the performance information is broadcast to the terminal at a pre-set time to allow the terminal to select an optimum AP based on the received performance information and attempt to access a wireless network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION USED IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING TIME SLOTS - An apparatus used in a communication system having a plurality of time slots includes a signal processing circuit, a signal detector, and a controlling circuit. The signal processing circuit receives an input signal. The signal detector detects the input signal to generate a detection result. The controlling circuit controls the signal processing circuit according to the detection result. When the detection result does not meet a predetermined criterion, the controlling circuit adjusts the signal processing circuit for reducing power consumption of the signal processing circuit. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002562 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - There is provided a communication apparatus capable of performing HEAC communication with another communication apparatus compliant with HEAC communication, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive an HEC signal from the other communication apparatus via a transmission path; a detecting unit configured to detect a signal level of the HEC signal received by the receiving unit; a deciding unit configured to decide an amplification factor of an HEC signal to be transmitted based upon the detected signal level in a case where the detected signal level is not within prescribed limits; an amplifying unit configured to amplify the HEC signal to be transmitted at the decided amplification factor; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit an HEAC signal, which includes an ARC signal and the HEC signal to be transmitted amplified by the amplifying unit, to the other communication apparatus via the transmission path. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002563 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The invention relates to a wireless mobile communication system ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120002564 | MOBILITY IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A device, method or system implements operations to receive compressed samples of wireless transmissions from a plurality of user equipment (UEs) traveling through different communication regions in a wireless network, and detect information in the wireless transmissions of the UEs based on the compressed samples. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002565 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - This disclosure provides a communication apparatus that can perform reliable and stable communication with one or more counterpart apparatuses in a communication network, where the network has plural communication paths in which data communication transmissions are performed according to a predetermined transmission condition. The transmission condition of a communication packet for at least one of the plural communication paths is determined to be different from the predetermined transmission condition if bandwidth measurement is not performed on that communication path while bandwidth measurement is performed on one or more of the other communication paths. Accuracy of measuring available bandwidth in the communication network can be improved because communication paths that perform bandwidth measurements are less impacted by communication paths that do not perform bandwidth measurement. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002566 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The disclosure provides a communication apparatus that can accurately measure the available bandwidth of a communication path between itself and another communication apparatus by performing measurement communication in accordance with an execution frequency. The communication apparatuses can select the optimum communication method in accordance with the identified available bandwidth, so that each of the communication apparatuses can reliably perform communication with a counterpart apparatus. The execution frequency is identified in accordance with the communication stability so that an appropriate execution frequency can be identified for each bidirectional communication path. In this way, communication apparatuses can accurately measure the available bandwidth by performing measurement communication with the optimum execution frequency. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002567 | CROSS-LAYER OPTIMIZATION FOR NEXT-GENERATION WIFI SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatus are described that that increase throughput of a WiFi network. A first method is provided wherein access points monitor and keep track of their states on each resource block (frequency channel and antenna pattern) associated therewith and dynamically select the resource blocks that increase network throughput based on the instantaneous states of the access points. A second method is provided comprising employing Q-learning to determine one or more modifications of operating parameters of a network node based on observed throughput of the network and implementing the one or more modifications at the node. A third method is also provided which combines the first and second methods so as to increase network throughput at both the physical layer and the MAC layer. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002568 | Configuring the Transmission of Periodic Feedback Information on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) - In order to facilitate sending of different kinds of channel feedback information, a periodic information transmission in a shared uplink channel is configured, PUSCH, and required resources are allocated for the transmission. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002569 | Swarm intelligence based methods to enable cooperative communication in a mesh network - A method and device are described for determining at a node in a mesh network, cooperation with other nodes in forwarding messages and packets in a mesh network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002570 | Coordinating and Establishing Communication Networks Between Communication Devices - In a multipoint mesh network, communications for establishing the network between multiple communication terminals may be coordinated such that connection request signals are not transmitted from both terminals in a pair of terminals to each other. In one example, a multipoint connection start terminal may be configured to request connections with each of the communication terminals participating in the mesh network. The multipoint connection start terminal may then receive a connection permission signal from each of the terminals to which a request signal was sent. The multipoint connection start terminal may subsequently generate terminal designation information specifying which terminals are to request connections with which other terminals so as to avoid communication overlap. This terminal designation information may then be transmitted to each of the other communication terminals participating in the mesh network. Additionally or alternatively, the terminal designation information may include authentication information for authenticating the connection request and/or permissions. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002571 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - Apparatuses and methods to establish communications between devices. In one embodiment, a method of sharing data includes, without requiring a proxy device and without requiring a server to enable communications, receiving a request transmitted by a requesting device, authenticating the requesting device, and establishing a connection between the requesting device and a requested device. The requesting device and the requested device are dissimilar communication devices having dissimilar communications standards. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002572 | CONTROL FRAME HANDLING BY A PROVIDER BACKBONE BRIDGE - A method and Bridge in a Provider Backbone Bridge Network (PBBN) for enabling frames from a Higher Layer Entity attached alternatively to a Provider Instance Port (PIP) on an I-Component of a Backbone Edge Bridge or to a Customer Backbone Port on a B-Component of the Backbone Edge Bridge, to reach an intended entity in the PBBN. A Virtual Instance Port Service Access Point (VIP SAP) is configured for every VIP and every Higher Layer Entity configured on the I-Component. An Enhanced VIP Port Connectivity function utilizes the VIP SAP to tunnel customer-initiated Layer 2 Control Protocols (L2CPs). A Special Multiplexed SAP handles the frames of the Higher Layer Entity. A Service Instance Multiplex Entity utilizes the Special Multiplexed SAP to transfer frames between the PIP or the Customer Backbone Port and the entity inside the PBBN. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002573 | DATA SIGNAL TRANSCEIVER CIRCUITRY FOR PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS BI-DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION VIA A COMMON CONDUCTOR PAIR - Interface circuitry and method for transmitting and receiving downstream and upstream data signals simultaneously via a common conductor pair. The composite signal containing the downstream and upstream data signal components being conveyed by the common conductor pair is isolated, e.g., via signal filtering or buffering, and combined with an appropriately scaled inverse replica of the outgoing upstream data signal to subtract out upstream data signal components and thereby provide the downstream data signal substantially free of any upstream data signal components. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002574 | LOW DUTY CYCLE NETWORK CONTROLLER - Operating at least one low duty cycle (LDC) controller to maintain synchronization between the LDC controller and a plurality of LDC terminals operating over a communication network using only overhead channels of the network and conforming to the protocol and timing of said network, wherein synchronization between the LDC controller and the plurality of LDC terminals is maintained separately from the protocol and timing of the communication network, and enables the LDC controller to schedule power down and wake up of the plurality of LDC terminals for durations longer than allowable under the protocol and timing of the communication network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL USING A TIME DIVISION DUPLEXING FRAME STRUCTURE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to transmission and reception of a frame for a legacy support mode of IEEE 802.16m system for supporting a legacy system. A method of transmitting an uplink signal, in which a signal is transmitted by a user equipment in a wireless mobile communication system, according to the present invention includes the step of transmitting the signal from the user equipment, wherein the signal is transmitted via an uplink frame including 15 OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) symbols and wherein the uplink frame comprises a first uplink subframe including 9 OFDMA symbols and a second uplink subframe including 6 OFDMA symbols. Preferably, the user equipment is multiplexed with a second user equipment supporting a legacy system for the wireless mobile communication system only by FDM for an uplink. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002576 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY NON-SYNCHRONIZATION IN RELAY TDD SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and a device for eliminating interference in a wireless relay TDD system. Data is sent between a relay station and a base station by occupying time slots of guard period, thereby the interference caused by non-synchronization between the base station and the relay station is eliminated. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002577 | RADIO BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A radio base station includes a power estimate unit configured to estimate a transmission power of an uplink signal in a mobile station (UE), a transmission format determination unit configured to determine a transmission bandwidth and a transmission frequency of the uplink signal as a transmission format of the uplink signal transmitted by the mobile station (UE), and a transmission instruction unit configured to instruct the mobile station (UE) to transmit the uplink signal by using the determined transmission format. The transmission format determination unit is configured to determine the transmission bandwidth of the uplink signal based on an estimation value of the transmission power, and to determine the transmission frequency of the uplink signal based on information relating to a cell with which the mobile station communicates. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002578 | LIMITED DUTY CYCLE FDD SYSTEM - Acknowledgment bundling has been defined for Long Term Evolution (LTE) Time Division Duplex (TDD) systems due to asymmetric DL/UL partitioning. In the case of Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) with a limited uplink (UL) duty cycle, there may be asymmetry associated with a downlink transmission and an associated uplink acknowledgment. For example, there may be a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) asymmetry. Interference between downlink and uplink transmissions may be a factor contributing to the limited UL duty cycle in an FDD system. For an FDD system having a limited mobile transmission duty cycle, both DL and UL performance may be significantly degraded without proper mitigation techniques. According to certain embodiments of the present disclosure, various HARQ and scheduling techniques may be utilized for minimizing loss due to the limited UL duty cycle. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002579 | NETWORK ADAPTER WITH WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS FUNCTION - A network adapter with a wireless network access function includes a wireless network access point router, a socket, a network plug, and a metallic cover. The wireless network access point router has at least one set of electrode terminals. The socket has at least one connecting port. The connecting port is provided with a plurality of insertion slots for allowing the electrode terminals to be assembled therein. The network plug is electrically connected to the wireless network access point router. The metallic cover is a hollow body. The rear side of the body has two foldable plates. The wireless network access point router, the socket and the network plug are assembled in the body of the metallic cover with the network plug being exposed to the outside of the body. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002580 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A mobile station apparatus performs communication with abase station apparatus using a multiple number of component frequency bands, each being a band having a predetermined frequency bandwidth, and includes: a controller setting up a value relating to the transmission power of each component frequency band in accordance with the number of component frequency bands to which radio resources are allocated; and a transmission processor adjusting the transmission power of each component frequency band, based on the value of transmission power set at the controller and transmitting a signal using radio resources of a multiple number of component frequency bands. With this configuration, in a radio communication system using a multiple number of component frequency bands, it is possible to adjust transmission power control in accordance with the number of uplink component frequency bands used for transmission and transmit a signal of a waveform suitable for the radio communication system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002581 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A SPECTRALLY EFFICIENT MULTICAST GROUP CALL - A method, device, and system for establishing and maintaining a multicast group call. The method includes monitoring one or more link parameters for each of a plurality of communication devices associated with the multicast group call. The method further includes selecting, for each of the plurality of communication devices, a sector from a plurality of permitted sectors, the selected sector providing an associated highest signal strength for the communication device and forming a multicast communication zone based on the selected sectors. The method further proceeds with calculating a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for each communication device based on the formed multicast communication zone, identifying a communication device with a lowest SINR, updating a spectral efficiency metric relative to the formed multicast communication zone based on the lowest SINR, and establishing the multicast group call when the updated spectral efficiency metric meets a minimum expected spectral efficiency metric. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002582 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING MBS DATA - An MBS transmitting apparatus allocates a plurality of subbands of an MBS transmission carrier to an MBS region and a non-MBS region and generates region allocation information of the MBS region and the non-MBS region. The MBS transmitting apparatus allocates the subbands, allocated to the MBS region, to at least one MBS zone and generates MBS zone allocation information of the at least one MBS zone. The MBS transmitting apparatus transmits the region allocation information and the MBS zone allocation information and transmits MBS data through the subbands allocated to the MBS region. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING GROUP SERVICE FLOW IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus generate a group service flow in a mobile communication system. An Advanced Mobile Station (AMS) in a mobile communication system transmits an AAI_REG-REQ message, which includes a group service request indicator indicating that it is required to generate the group service flow, to an ABS. The AMS receives an AAI REG-RSP message and an AAI_DSA-REQ message, which includes at least one of a group service flow parameter for the group service flow, a multicasting Station Identifier (STID), a multicasting flow ID, a group service flow ID, and information indicating a use of the group service flow, from the ABS. The AMS then generates the group service flow in cooperation with the ABS in accordance with the AAI_DSA-REQ message. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002584 | MULTICAST DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An MBMS-GW delivers multicast data from a contents management server respectively to base stations, partitions and codes the multicast data into a plurality of pieces of multiple description code data, and delivers the plurality of pieces of MD-code data respectively to the base stations. Each of the base stations arbitrarily sets a plurality of transmission carrier frequencies for respectively transmitting the plurality of pieces of MD code data, and concurrently transmits the plurality of pieces of MD code data delivered from the MBMS-GW by respectively using the plurality of transmission carrier frequencies set by the transmission frequency setting unit. An LTE terminal or an LTE-A terminal receives, from a corresponding base station, any one or more of the plurality of pieces of MD code data transmitted by using the plurality of transmission carrier frequencies, and decodes and reproduces the multicast data from the received MD-code data. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002585 | INFORMATION DOWNLOADING APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A technique for improving the efficiency of downloading transmission data is disclosed. An information downloading apparatus downloads differing sets of information to predetermined groups to which a mobile terminal may belong. This apparatus includes a channel selecting unit for selecting from plural information channels an information channel for transmitting transmission data and a transmitting unit for transmitting transmission data using the selected information channel. The channel selecting unit selects an information channel so that sets of transmission data with differing destination addresses may be transmitted through differing information channels. The transmitting unit transmits to each group, through a control channel, information pertaining to whether a set of transmission data exists, the information channel to be used if the set of transmission data exists, and the data length of the set of transmission data. The control channel includes time slots that are associated with the groups. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002586 | HYBRID RADIO ARCHITECTURE FOR REPEATERS USING RF CANCELLATION REFERENCE - A wireless repeater includes a receiver circuit implemented as an intermediate frequency (IF) subsampling receiver and a transmitter circuit implemented as a direct conversion (zero-IF) transmitter. The repeater further includes a reference receiver implemented as an IF subsampling receiver to sample a portion of the transmit signal prior to over-the-air transmission for use as the reference signal for channel estimation. Highly accurate channel estimation is obtained by using the reference signal from the reference receiver as the reference signal accounts for distortions in the transmitter circuit of the repeater. The repeater may include an echo canceller to cancel an estimated feedback amount from an input signal based on the channel estimation. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002587 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSOR AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication processor includes a connection module, an acquisition module, and a transmitter. The connection module is capable of connecting to at least one of a communication relay device that communicates data with a communication device connected to a network and the communication device via a wireless communication line. The acquisition module acquires congestion information indicating a congestion level while the connection module is connected to the communication relay device. The transmitter transmits data to the communication device through the communication relay device when the congestion level indicated by the congestion information is lower than a predetermined level, and transmits the data to the communication device without through the communication relay device when the congestion level is equal to or higher than the predetermined level. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MOBILITY MANAGEMENT AND OUT-OF-COVERAGE INDICATION IN A CONVENTIONAL LAND MOBILE RADIO SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a system and a method for providing mobility management and out-of-coverage indication in a conventional Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system. A radio provides its location and user group data to the disclosed system through its traffic channel when the channel is idle. Knowledge of the radio's current location and user group data is used to provide dynamic call routing and data management within the disclosed system. The disclosed system and method may provide operability similar to that of a trunking system by providing mobility management and out-of-coverage indication while providing low-cost benefits through operation of a conventional system. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002589 | HANDOVER OR LOCATION UPDATE FOR OPTIMIZATION FOR RELATY STATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the optimization of relay station handovers and location update in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a request to handover a plurality of mobile stations from a first base station to a second base station may be sent. An identifier associated with the second base station for each of the plurality of mobile stations may be received. In another example embodiment, each of the identifiers is forwarded to the mobile station corresponding to the connection identifier. In another example embodiment, a location update may be performed by sending a message to a network device, such as a target base station, to provide location update information for a plurality of mobile stations. In this manner, one message may be transmitted over a wireless link to facilitate a handover or location update for a plurality of mobile stations. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002590 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, RELAY METHOD AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station relays communication between a wide area communications network and a mobile terminal in a nearby wireless area, and includes a storage device storing correspondence information that correlates a first address and a second address that are assigned to the mobile terminal, the first address being for a mobile communications network coupled to the wide area communications network and the second address being for the wireless area; a first communication interface that receives from the wide area communications network, a packet addressed to the second address; a processor that based on the correspondence information, converts the destination of the received packet, from the second address to the first address; and a second communication interface that transfers to the mobile communications network, the packet of which the destination has been converted, if the mobile terminal has performed handover to a second base station in the mobile communications network. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002591 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INVOLVING RELAY - Provided are an uplink transmission method and downlink transmission method in a mobile communication network including a relay. In the uplink and downlink transmission methods, frame structures and transmission timings of a backhaul downlink and a backhaul uplink are determined in consideration of at least one of a time for the relay to switch between transmission and reception and a signal transmission time. Accordingly, in a wireless communication system including a relay, it is possible to effectively perform data transmission and reception between the relay and a base station. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002592 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND NETWORK DEVICE FOR NETWORK ACCESS OF RELAY NODE - A method, a system and a network device for network access of a relay node are disclosed in the present application. The method includes: a network access message sent from a relay node to a network side carries a relay node identifier for distinguishing the relay node from a terminal node; the network side identifies said relay node according to said relay node identifier, so as to implement the network access of the relay node. By adding the relay node identifier for distinguishing the relay node from the terminal node in the network access message which is sent to the network side from the relay node, when the relay node accesses the network, the present application can effectively identify that the accessing node is a relay node, so that the problem of the distinction between the relay node and the terminal node by the network side is solved, thus it can be implemented that both the data are processed separately in the following process. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002593 | CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN RELAY STATION - A method of transmitting a control signal of a relay station is provided. The method includes: receiving a control signal and data from a base station in a first subframe; and transmitting an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal for the data to the base station in a second subframe, wherein a radio resource for transmitting the ACK/NACK signal is determined by a radio resource to which the control signal received in the first subframe is allocated and by a logical physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) index received by using a higher layer signal. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002594 | Setup and Configuration of Relay Nodes - Systems and methods for the configuration of network nodes without a secured connection in a telecommunications system are described herein. These network nodes can be wireless network nodes which are part of the network infrastructure, such as, wireless relays, wireless repeaters and self-back-hauled eNodeBs. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002595 | RECEIVING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DOWNLINK SERVICE IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for receiving a downlink service in a long term evolution system. The method includes, after the downlink service configuration is finished, the network side notifying downlink service configuration information to a user terminal, the user terminal intercepting the data of downlink services in the bearer time slot of a base station side and in the bearer time slot of a relay station side, and combining the data of downlink services intercepted respectively. The apparatus includes a receiving unit, a bearer information obtaining unit, a judging unit, two service obtaining units, and a combining unit. The method and apparatus improve the downlink service gain of the user terminal in the cell edge jointly covered by the eNB and the RS, and ensure the communication quality of the terminal user. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002596 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL SIGNAL TO RELAY NODE AT BASE STATION IN MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for transmitting a control signal to a relay node at a base station in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises configuring relay-resource element groups (R-REGs) in a unit of four resource elements (REs) contiguous in the ascending order of subcarrier indexes, except for resource elements for a reference signal (RS); allocating transmission resources to the control signal in a unit of the relay-resource element group; and transmitting the control signal to the relay node by using the allocated transmission resources, wherein the resource elements for the reference signal include resource elements for channel state information-RS (CSI-RS), which include resource elements for a channel state information RS to which a transmission power of 0 is allocated. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING SIGNAL INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS RELAY NETWORK BASED ON SYNCHRONOUS HARQ - A method and apparatus for preventing interference in a relay device ( | 2012-01-05 |
20120002598 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA ON RELAY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data transmission method and apparatus using a multi-point cooperative transmission for a backhaul link transmission of a relay communication system. A data transmission method of a base station in a radio relay communication system include: obtaining, by a first BS, first radio resource information scheduled by a neighbor BS with respect to a first relay node (RN) located within the coverage of the first BS; when the first BS has data to be transmitted to the first RN, scheduling the data of the first BS on first radio resource allocated by the neighbor BS; and transmitting, by the first BS, the data of the first BS on the first BS, wherein the first RN is located within an overlapping cell coverage between the first BS and the neighbor BS. Thus, backhaul link transmission efficiency between the BS and the RN in the relay communication system can be improved and an inter-cell interference with respect to a backhaul link can be reduced. | 2012-01-05 |
20120002599 | Implicit Channel Sounding for Closed-Loop Transmission in MIMO-OFDM Wireless Networks - Symbols are encoded in a transmitter of a wireless network that uses multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) by partitioning the sub-carriers to be used for transmitting the symbol into a set of K groups of contiguous sub-carriers. For each group k of N | 2012-01-05 |
20120002600 | SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATIONS, ROUTER, AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSMISSION AND MOBILITY MANAGEMENT - The embodiments of the present invention disclose a system for data communications, a router, and a method for data transmission and mobility management. The method for data transmission includes: receiving, by a first AR, data; identifying the transmission route based on the results of querying the local mapping information base; and transmitting data, where the local mapping information base stores the mappings between IDs and LLs. The embodiments of the present invention completely separate the ID, LL, and GL of the terminal, and thus solve the problems with the routing table expansion and scalability faced by the Internet. In this way, the terminal data can be transmitted without changing the terminal or the routing protocol stack; in addition, the hierarchical mapping helps reduces the amount of locally and globally stored information, and thus accelerating the query. | 2012-01-05 |