11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140073231 | SUSPENSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUSPENDING SAUSAGES, IN PARTICULAR SAUSAGE CHAINS - A suspension apparatus and a method for suspending sausages, in particular sausage chains, including a plurality of circulating suspension hooks, where the suspension apparatus is configured such that it is able to accommodate a plurality of groups of sausages, the respective sausages being suspended from n suspension hooks. The apparatus includes at least one variable indicator capable of indicating a group end and/or a group beginning. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073232 | Laterally Assembled Vehicle Duct Joint - A duct assembly including a first duct and a second duct that are connected by a receptacle and a fitting that are moved in a transverse direction to assemble the first duct to the second duct. The receptacle defines a slot that includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner and outer wall define a fitting insertion opening on one lateral side and a fitting seat on the opposite lateral side. A seal is provided on a face wall of the fitting. Triangular side walls extend between the inner and outer walls. A locking tab on a triangular side wall is received within a tab receiver on the outer wall of the fitting. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073233 | VENT FLAP ARRANGEMENT HAVING AN ECCENTRIC FLAP MOUNTING - Vent flap arrangement for a motor vehicle including a support structure with an air passage opening, at least one vent flap provided on the support structure such that it can pivot about a flap axis. The flap axis is arranged relative to the vent flap such that the product of the area of a first vent flap surface located between the first flap longitudinal edge and the flap axis on the upstream side of the vent flap and the distance of a centre of gravity of the first flap surface is approximately 1.4 to 4.2 times as great as the product of the area of a second flap surface located between the second flap longitudinal edge and the flap axis on the upstream side of the vent flap and the distance of a centre of gravity of the second vent flap surface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073234 | CHASSIS WITH AN AIRFLOW ADJUSTMENT - An apparatus and method is provided for conveying heat away from an electronic component. In one embodiment, an adjustable vane is positioned so that air in a channel is diverted from a first cooling zone to a second cooling zone by the adjustable vane to another part of the chassis using a control mechanism. The apparatus can be controlled in a way that regulates temperature of an electronic component by adjusting airflow within the chassis. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073235 | Free Cooling System Apparatus and Communication Equipment - A free cooling system apparatus applied to communication equipment includes: an air intake apparatus that is disposed at an air intake of the communication equipment, where the air intake apparatus includes an air intake duct, where the air intake duct has an opening below the air intake of the communication equipment to allow an airflow to enter the air intake duct through the opening, and a filtering module is disposed inside the air intake duct; and the filtering module includes a substrate and grass-like fibers, where the substrate is attached to a sidewall of the air intake duct, roots of the grass-like fibers are fixed onto the substrate, and tips of the grass-like fibers are suspended inside the air intake duct of the air intake apparatus and are transversely placed in the air intake duct along a direction of a cross section of the air intake duct. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073236 | RADIO AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT - Disclosed here are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for determining a reach of an audio program broadcast on a radio station. The method includes gathering one or more data logs associated with each of a subset of audio listeners, where a given data log includes a first indicia of the given audio program listened to by the given audio listener within a given time period. The method further includes identifying one or more audio program listeners from the subset of audio listeners who listened to the audio program broadcast on the radio station, the identification of a given audio program listener based on a match between a second indicia associated with the audio program and the first indicia of given audio program listened to by the given audio program listener. The method further includes determining the reach of the audio program broadcast on the radio station as a function of a number of the one or more audio program listeners from the subset of audio listeners who listened to the audio program broadcast on the radio station. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073237 | MAGNETIC INDUCTION SIGNAL REPEATER - A magnetic induction (MI) repeater includes first and second coils configured to have the same resonance frequency and to be substantially isolated from one another, and an amplifier connected to the first and second coils and configured to receive a signal induced in the first coil by a first magnetic field and output, via the second coil, a second magnetic field based on the signal, wherein the second magnetic field is amplified relative to the first magnetic field. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073238 | PIPE INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION - An inspection system is provided, in particular, a pipe inspection system for inspection and/or cleaning of pipes, in particular, sewage pipes, whereby the inspection system comprises an inspection unit and a control unit, whereby the inspection system comprises a transmission-/reception means for wireless transmission of control and/or measurement data between the inspection unit and the control unit. Further, an inspection unit and a transmission-/reception unit suitable for this are provided. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073239 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A TRANSMITTING ANTENNA OF A SATELLITE IN ORBIT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A method for characterizing a transmitting antenna of a satellite in orbit comprising a payload comprising signal amplification means, includes: configuring the said amplification means to generate thermal noise at the input of the transmitting antenna; acquiring, by means of a ground station, the signal transmitted by the transmitting antenna on the downlink of the satellite over a predetermined time period; during the said predetermined time period, controlling the said satellite in orbit in order to impart on it an angular bias of predetermined variation and recording this variation; correlating the measurement of the signal transmitted on the downlink and the variation of angular bias of the satellite in order to derive therefrom the gain variations of the transmitting antenna as a function of the angular bias of the satellite. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073240 | HYBRID RF POLLING LOOP FOR NFC DEVICE AND RETRY MECHANISM - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling a near field communications (NFC) system, including: reading a number of low power iterations N from a memory; performing N low power polls; performing a normal power poll. Further, various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of controlling a near field communications (NFC) system, including: performing a low power poll of a tag; detecting a tag; initiating a first activation of the detected tag; receiving an indication that the first activation fails; reading a number of retries N from a memory; performing a second activation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073241 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ACQUISITION FOR NFC LOAD MODULATION - Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving acquisition for NFC load modulation. In one example, a communications device is equipped to monitor at least a complex component of load modulation of a carrier signal, detect, using a NFC technology type specific peak detection scheme, a peak associated with at least the complex component, and determine a presence of a packet beginning pattern based on the detected peak. In an aspect, the packet beginning pattern may be associated with a reception of a packet from a target NFC device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073242 | OPERATION MODE SWITCHING MODULE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An operation mode switching module for a switching a near-field communication device between a sleep mode and a communication mode is provided. The operation mode switching module includes a driver, a detector, and a state machine. The driver drives a resonant circuit to generate an oscillation signal. The detector detects a level of effect of the environment upon the oscillation signal. The state machine determines whether to switch the near-field communication device from the sleep mode to the communication mode according to the level of effect of the environment upon the oscillation signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073243 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A first communication device includes a first coupling element and a second communication device includes a second coupling element. The first and second communication devices are configured to wirelessly transmit, between the first and second communication devices, a differential-mode signal and a common-mode signal simultaneously through non-contact coupling between the first and second coupling elements. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073244 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION - A method for executing an application based on a connection between devices by automatically connecting devices, and a device, are disclosed. The method includes: detecting an occurrence of first short distance communication between at least one external device and the device; receiving connection information which relates to a second short distance communication mode and application information which relates to the at least one external device from the at least one external device via the first short distance communication; establishing a connection based on the second short distance communication mode between the at least one external device and the device based on the received connection information which relates to the second short distance communication mode; and controlling the at least one external device via the second short distance communication mode by using an application which is executable based on the received application information. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073245 | PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION INITIATED BY SHARED PHYSICAL EXPERIENCE - Apparatus and methods for pairing communication devices are disclosed. An exemplary apparatus includes at least one sensor to produce a data signal responsive to sensing physical characteristics of an environment of the communication device, and a capture component to capture portions of the data signal to generate local data indicative of the physical characteristics. A peer interface component receives, via the wireless transceiver, remote data from at least one other communication device that is indicative of physical characteristics of an environment of the other communication device. A data correlation component compares the local data with the remote data and initiates, when the comparison indicates the communication device and the other communication device are sensing the same physical characteristics, a pairing of the communication device with the other communication devices. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073246 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTION THEREOF - A portable communication apparatus and a method for establishing a wireless connection thereof are provided. The method is adapted to the portable communication apparatus establishing the wireless connection with at least one peripheral apparatus by using a first wireless communication module and a second wireless communication module, in which a signal range of the first wireless communication module is larger than that of the second wireless communication module. In the present method, at least one peripheral apparatus located within the signal range of the first wireless communication module is searched by using the first wireless communication module, and a first wireless connection with the searched peripheral apparatus is established. Next, state information of a corresponding second wireless communication on each peripheral apparatus is obtained through the first wireless connection. Then, a second wireless connection with the at least one apparatus is established by using the second wireless communication module. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073247 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile wireless device has a first communication unit configured to perform proximity wireless communication with a communication device, a certification unit configured to perform a certification process between the mobile wireless device and the communication device via the proximity wireless communication using the first communication unit, a second communication unit configured to perform proximity wireless communication with an extra mobile wireless device, and an operation controller configured to control the extra mobile wireless device via the proximity wireless communication using the second communication unit, after the certification process is normally completed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073248 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile wireless device has a power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power, a first communication unit configured to sequentially perform information transmission, waiting operation, information reception, and internal processing for a certification process, by using the received power, a second communication unit configured to perform wireless communication for data communication during the certification process, by using the received power, and a communication controller configured to control performing the data communication by the second communication unit within a period after the first communication unit starts information transmission for the certification process until the first communication unit completes information reception for the certification process. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HARDWARE COMMUNITY - The invention relates to a method for permitting communication between a first Bluetooth-enabled device and one or more additional Bluetooth enabled devices, the method comprises performing of a coupling procedure that causes storage at said first device of the Bluetooth Device Address (BD Addr) of each of the one or more devices with which said first device needs to be permitted to communicate. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073250 | HAND-HELD, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH RETAINER PORT FOR RECEIVING RETAINABLE ACCESSORY FOR USE WIRELESSLY THEREWITH - In one embodiment of the present invention, a hand-held, portable electronic device is provided for use with a retainable accessory including a conductive male member which extends longitudinally from an end of the retainable accessory. The hand-held, portable electronic device may comprise a cavity in an exterior periphery of the hand-held, portable electronic device. The cavity may be configured to receive the conductive male member of the retainable accessory for storing the retainable accessory by inserting the conductive male member of the retainable accessory within the cavity. The retainable accessory may be adapted to communicate with the hand-held, portable electronic device wirelessly via an electronic signal such that the conductive male member of the retainable accessory to enable flow of charge such that the retainable accessory can function by electronically communicating with the hand-held, portable electronic device when physically not connected thereto. The retainable accessory is stored for reuse within the cavity by physically connecting to the hand-held, portable electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073251 | Short-Range Wireless Communication - The present specification describes techniques and apparatus that enable wireless devices to communicate effectively at short ranges. In one implementation, the transmit power of a transmitting device is reduced to permit a receiving device to demodulate a signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073252 | INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREFOR - An information providing method using a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes placing the mobile terminal within a communication range of a sensor based Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) device previously registered in the mobile terminal, receiving identification information and sensing information detected by the sensor based BLE device from the sensor based BLE device, extracting notification information corresponding to the received identification information of the sensor based BLE device, comparing a previously set reference sensing information included in the extracted notification information and the received sensing information, and outputting a notification message included in the notification information based on the comparison of the previously set reference sensing information and the received sensing information. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073253 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING, SHARING AND DISPLAYING ELECTRONIC CONTENT - The present disclosure provides a device, system and method to present electronic content on a first mobile electronic device in communication and configured to receive electronic content from a second electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073254 | VEHICLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An information transfer ECU provided to a vehicle acquires and accumulates vehicle information output from a plurality of vehicle ECUs connected to a CAN communication line. Then, the information transfer ECU transfers the accumulated vehicle information to a portable information terminal to/from which short-range radio communications have been established by a short-range communication control unit. The portable information terminal transmits the transferred vehicle information to a vehicle information center through an external communication line network in order. When acquiring information for identifying the vehicle information whose transmission has been completed from the vehicle information center, the portable information terminal supplies the information to the information transfer ECU. The information transfer ECU erases the vehicle information whose transmission has been completed based on the acquired information. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH CONTENT OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for interacting with content of an electronic device are provided. A second electronic device is detected to be within proximity of a first electronic device. Communication with the second electronic device is established in response to the detected proximity. Data is received from the second electronic device. The received data is provided for display on a display screen of the first electronic device in response to receiving the data from the second electronic device. One or more input devices communicatively connected to the first electronic device are used to modify the data. The modified data is provided to the second electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073256 | METHOD OF PROVIDING CALL CONTROL INFORMATION FROM A MOBILE PHONE TO A PERIPHERAL DEVICE - The systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide call control information from a mobile phone to another device by moving the functionality enabling the separation of call control commands from audio data off the mobile phone. The various embodiments handle the separation of call control commands from audio data at an ear piece or other peripheral device, such as a personal hub, which is part of a multiple subscriber device system. The various embodiments enable the standard Bluetooth® Hands-Free Profile to be used by a multiple subscriber device system to interact with a mobile phone. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073257 | Interference Cancellation in Multi-Mode Radio Access Technology Devices - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a novel multi-mode platform architecture with means for reducing the interference due to both out-of-band (OOB) emissions and inter-modulation distortion (IMD) products caused by a first radio access technology (RAT) transmitter on a co-located second RAT receiver. The multi-mode platform architecture may be used in a variety of wireless devices and with a variety of co-located RATs, including, without limitation, WiFi, LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA, Bluetooth, and Zigbee, for example. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073258 | System and Method of Adaptive Out-of-Band Interference Cancellation for Coexistence - Adaptive cancellation of out-of-band interference between coexisting wireless communication devices. A signal including out-of-band noise may be received by a victim communication device and by an adaptive cancellation device. The adaptive cancellation device may use an adaptive filter to isolate a representation of the out-of-band noise. The adaptive cancellation device may then subtract the noise from the receive path of the victim communication device. The victim device and the adaptive cancellation device need not be located on the same chip as an aggressor device generating the out-of-band noise. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND MANAGING OVERLAPPING SPECTRUM USE - A spectrum use assessment server receives spectrum use data from each of plural electronic devices. The spectrum use data from each electronic device includes at least location of the electronic device and operating channel of the electronic device. The server determines a spectrum use coverage area of each electronic device and identifies an overlap in the coverage areas in which two or more of the electronic devices engage in competing spectrum use. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073260 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AN LF FIELD AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING AN ANTENNA - A method and a device for measuring an LF field of an LF transmitter. An LF signal is transmitted with the LF signal intensity by way of the LF transmitter. The LF signal is received by way of an LF receiver installed in a tire of a vehicle, wherein the LF receiver is located in an LF receiver position. An RF signal is transmitted in response to the reception of the LF signal. The RF signal is received by way of an RF receiver. Data representing the LF signal intensity and the LF receiver position are stored. Furthermore, there is provided a method for arranging an LF transmitter for transmitting an LF signal to an LF receiver installed in a tire of a vehicle and/or for arranging an RF receiver. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073261 | WHITE SPACE UTILIZATION - The concepts relate to radio white space utilization. One example can measure a potential radio white space frequency. The example can also communicate results of the measuring for other devices and receive other results from the other devices relating to the potential radio white space frequency. The method can further determine whether the potential radio white space frequency is actually an available radio white space frequency based upon the results and the other results. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073262 | PROXIMITY TAG FOR OBJECT TRACKING - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a systems and methods of loss prevention, discovery, and tracking of personal belongings through the use of wireless hardware and mobile electronic devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, and portable computers. One embodiment of the present invention may be directed to a mobile communication device comprising a processor, an antenna, a transceiver device electrically coupled to the antenna and the processor, and a computer readable medium coupled to the processor and comprising code executable by the processor to implement a method. The method may include receiving a wireless communication from a wireless apparatus attached to an object, determining a signal strength reading from the communication, determining if the signal strength reading is below an adaptable alert threshold, and if the signal strength reading is below the alert threshold, alerting a user. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073263 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PROTECTIVE GARMENTS - An apparatus for personal protection is described. The apparatus has a secondary control unit which is connected to at least one firing controller and to at least one first secondary transceiver for transmitting and receiving on a first radio channel control signals and/or activation signals, wherein the secondary control unit is connected to a smart-card reader for reading an identification code stored in a smart-card and transmitting this identification code from the secondary transceiver in a control signal. A protective garment and a system which includes the apparatus, a main apparatus and vehicles which can communicate with the apparatus, as well as a process which can be carried out by this system are also described. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073264 | Method And System For Sharing Antennas For High Frequency And Low Frequency Applications - Aspects of a method and system for sharing antennas for high frequency and low frequency applications may include configuring a multi-frequency antenna system by coupling a plurality of antennas together communicatively via one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements. Radio signals may be received and/or transmitted on one or more radio frequencies via said configured multi-frequency antenna system. The one or more frequency-dependent coupling elements may be frequency-tunable, and may comprise microstrips, transmission lines, and/or RLC circuits. The multi-frequency antenna system may be configured for concurrent operation or time-division duplex operation during the transmitting and/or the receiving. The one or more radio frequencies may operate concurrently or in time-division duplex. The radio signals for transmission may be generated in one or more radio frequency front-ends, and the received radio signals may be demodulated in one or more radio frequency front-ends. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073265 | Radio Circuits and Components Thereof Including Temperature Responsive Liquid MEMS - A radio circuit includes an adjustable RF front-end module on an IC die, a liquid MEMS component on a board, and a processing module on the IC die. The adjustable RF front-end module adjusts processing of an inbound or an outbound RF signal based on a compensation control signal. The liquid MEMS component changes an operational characteristic as temperature of the radio circuit varies. The processing module generates the compensation signal based on the changing of the operational characteristic of the liquid MEMS component. The liquid MEMS component includes a channel within the board, a liquid droplet contained within the channel, and one or more conductive elements proximal to the channel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073266 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR WIDEBAND FREQUENCY AND BANDWIDTH TUNABLE FILTERING - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for wideband frequency and bandwidth tunable filtering are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a wideband frequency and bandwidth tunable filter that splits a filter input signal into first and second input signals, modifies the first input signal to produce a first output signal, modifies the second input signal to produce a second output signal having an intermediate frequency response, and combines the first and second output signals while adjusting their relative phases and/or amplitudes to produce a filter output signal with the target frequency response. Adjustment includes splitting the second input signal into third and fourth input signals, which are modified and then combined to produce the second output signal having the intermediate frequency response. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073267 | FILTERS FOR MULTI-BAND WIRELESS DEVICE - Techniques to implement a filter for a selected signal path by reusing a circuit component in an unselected signal path are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes first, second, and third circuits. The first circuit passes a first radio frequency (RF) signal to an antenna when a first signal path is selected. The second circuit passes a second RF signal to the antenna when a second signal path is selected. The third circuit is selectively coupled to the first circuit, e.g., via a switch. The first and third circuits form a filter for the second RF signal (e.g., to attenuate a harmonic of the second RF signal) when the second signal path is selected and the first signal path is unselected. The first circuit may include a series inductor, and the third circuit may include a shunt capacitor. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073268 | RF FRONT END MODULE AND MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless communication module comprising including a first transmission bandpass filter that takes a first transmit frequency band as a passband; a second transmission bandpass filter that takes a second transmit frequency band as a passband; a first reception bandpass filter that takes a first receive frequency band as a passband; a second reception bandpass filter that takes a second receive frequency band as a passband; and a plurality of switches, each switch connected to a single one of the bandpass filters | 2014-03-13 |
20140073269 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER APPARATUS HAVING CIRCUIT UNIT FORMING FREQUENCY RESONANCE MODE WHEN OPERATED UNDER RECEPTION MODE - A wireless transceiver apparatus is provided. The wireless transceiver apparatus includes a signal transmitting circuit comprising an output port for outputting a transmission signal in a transmission mode, the signal transmitting circuit further comprising an inductive component. The wireless transceiver apparatus also includes a circuit unit coupled to the output port of the signal transmitting circuit, the circuit unit comprising a capacitive component and a signal receiving circuit comprising a receiving port for receiving a wireless communication signal in a reception mode. The output port is coupled to the receiving port, and the capacitive component in the circuit unit and the inductive component in the signal transmitting circuit form a resonator structure configured to operate in a frequency resonance mode during the reception mode. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073270 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING INTEGRATED ANTENNA - A touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing circuit, a circuit board module and a wireless circuit. The sensing circuit is disposed in a first area on a surface of the substrate and configured to receive a touch signal on the touch panel. The wireless circuit is disposed in a second area on the surface or disposed on a connection part of the circuit board module, and configured to receive/transmit a wireless signal. An electronic apparatus is also provided. A wireless circuit of the electronic apparatus includes a first antenna and a second antenna, which are disposed adjacent to a front side and a back side of the electronic apparatus, respectively. The wireless circuit is configured to receive/transmit a wireless signal selectively in the direction of the front side through the first antenna or in the direction of the back side through the second antenna. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073271 | System and Method for Transmitting a Radio Frequency Signal Through a Speaker Coil - In accordance with an embodiment, a system has an audio amplifier configured to be coupled to a speaker coil port via a parallel resonant circuit, and a radio frequency (RF) amplifier configured to transmit a RF signal at a first RF transmission frequency. The speaker coil port is configured to be coupled to a speaker coil, and the parallel resonant circuit has a resonance frequency of about the first RF transmission frequency. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073272 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A method of calibrating an envelope tracking system for a supply voltage for a power amplifier module within a radio frequency (RF) transmitter module of a wireless communication unit. The method includes, within at least one signal processing module of the wireless communication unit, applying a training signal having an envelope that varies with time to an input of the RF transmitter module, receiving at least an indication of instantaneous output signal values for the power amplifier module in response to the training signal, calculating instantaneous gain values based at least partly on the received output power values, and adjusting a mapping function between an instantaneous envelope of a waveform signal to be amplified by the power amplifier module and the power amplifier module supply voltage to achieve a constant power amplifier module gain. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING AN ENVELOPE TRACKING SYSTEM - A method of calibrating an envelope tracking system for a supply voltage for a power amplifier module within a radio frequency (RF) transmitter module of a wireless communication unit. The method includes, within at least one signal processing module of the wireless communication unit: applying training signal having time-variant envelope to input of the RF transmitter module; receiving indication of instantaneous output signal value(s) for the power amplifier module in response to the training signal; and adjusting timing alignment between envelope tracking path of the envelope tracking system and transmit path of the RF transmitter module to align envelope tracking power amplifier module supply voltage to instantaneous envelope(s) of a waveform signal to be amplified by the power amplifier module, based at least partly on the received indication of the instantaneous output signal value(s) for the power amplifier module in response to the training signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073274 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ODD ORDER PREDISTORTIONS FOR A POWER AMPLIFIER RECEIVING CONCURRENT DUAL BAND INPUTS - A method and system for pre-distorting a dual band signal to compensate for distortion of a non-linear power amplifier in a radio transmitter are disclosed. In one embodiment, a first and second signal of the dual band signal are up-sampled at a sampling rate that is based at least in part on the bandwidth of at least one of the first and second signals and based at least in part on an intermediate frequency by which the first and second signal are tuned before pre-distortion of the tuned signals. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073275 | Method for Determining Optimum Power Amplifier Configurations Using List Mode Testing - A calibration system for calibrating wireless circuitry in an electronic device is provided. The test system may include test equipment, a computer, and a device under test (DUT). The test equipment may measure the output power of the DUT. The DUT may include power amplifier circuitry that is provided with a power supply voltage supplied by power supply circuitry. A list mode sequence of commands may be provided to the DUT and the test equipment to calibrate the power amplifier circuitry. The list of commands may be processed by the DUT to produce radio-frequency signals. The list of commands may be simultaneously processed by the test equipment to perform measurements on the radio-frequency signals. The computer may retrieve measurement data from the test equipment after testing is complete. The computer may subsequently determine calibrated control settings for the DUT that reduce power consumption while ensuring satisfactory adjacent channel leakage performance. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073276 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed here is an audio system and a method of operating the same. The audio system comprises a receiver module for receiving radio frequency (RF) input signal associated with a plurality of radio stations, an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) coupled to the receiver for digitizing the received RF input signal and a stored set of computer-executable instructions. The instructions include those for selecting a particular radio station from the plurality of radio stations, shifting the frequency of the particular radio station to an intermediate frequency (IF), demodulating the frequency shifted portion of the RF input signal to retrieve an output signal and generating a time division multiplexed signal based on the output signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073277 | INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM - Disclosed here is an interactive audio system and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the interactive audio system comprises a processor and a receiving module for receiving a radio frequency (RF) carrier signal associated with a broadcast station. The audio system further comprises a memory storing computer-executable instructions, where the processing module is configured to access and execute the computer-executable instructions to perform a set of acts. The acts include shifting a frequency associated with the received RF carrier signal to an intermediate frequency (IF). The acts include demodulating the frequency shifted portion of the RF carrier signal associated with the broadcast station, the demodulation resulting in an output signal. The acts further include extracting an embedded data from the demodulated output signal, where the embedded data can be utilized to interact with a party associated the embedded data. The acts further include serving the embedded data in conjunction with the demodulated audio signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073278 | RSSI estimation based on VGA control and threshold detection - A circuit for RSSI estimation includes a cascaded chain of variable gain amplifier stages, a threshold detector configured to output an indication signal according to a comparison of output of the cascaded chain of variable gain amplifier stages with a predetermined threshold, and an automatic gain controller configured to adjust gain of at least one variable gain amplifier of the cascaded chain of variable gain amplifier stages according to the indication signal. Each stage may include a switch module configured to electrically connect or disconnect an input of the variable gain amplifier of the at least one variable gain amplifier stage to/from an output of a previous variable gain amplifier stage according to a switch control signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073279 | Minimizing Bandwidth in Down-Conversion of Multiple RF Channels - A method and system is disclosed for simultaneously down-converting multiple selected signals, such as RF signals, into adjacent ranges in an intermediate frequency band so that the total resulting bandwidth, and thus the sampling rate required to digitize the signal, is minimized. A first signal is down-converted into a range starting at a lowest selected frequency in the IF band. The next signal is down-converted, into a range higher than, but near or adjacent to, the down-converted range of the first signal, and so on. A guard band may be left between the signals if desired. In this way, the selected signals occupy the minimum bandwidth required. When the selection of signals to be down-converted is changed, the frequency ranges are dynamically adjusted so that the signals being down-converted always occupy the lowest ranges of the IF band. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073280 | RECIPROCAL MIXING NOISE CANCELLATION SYSTEM - A system for cancellation of a reciprocal-mixing noise may comprise a down-converter mixer that may be configured to down convert a radio-frequency (RF) signal and to generate a baseband signal. The RF signal may include a desired signal and a blocker signal. A first signal path may be configured to receive the baseband signal and to generate a first signal. A second signal path may be configured to receive the baseband signal and to generate a second signal. A subtraction module may be configured to subtract the second signal from the first signal and to generate an output signal. The second signal may comprise the reciprocal-mixing noise, and the output signal may comprise the desired signal substantially free from the reciprocal-mixing noise. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073281 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE RECEIVER FRONT-END WITH Q-ENHANCEMENT - A preselect circuit maintains the dynamic range of a received RF input signal during bandpass filtering of the received RF input signal. The preselect circuit includes a Q-deficient passive bandpass filter for coupling to an antenna to receive a received RF input signal. The preselect circuit further includes a Q-enhancement circuit coupled to the Q-deficient passive bandpass filter, wherein the Q-enhancement circuit increases a Q-value of the Q-deficient passive bandpass filter by compensating for resistive inductive losses in the bandpass filter. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073282 | Method of displaying fitness data and related fitness system - A method of displaying fitness data on a portable electronic device in communication with a mobile phone includes storing a database in a memory of the mobile phone, the database including geographic data, receiving, with the mobile phone, position signals indicating a current position of the mobile phone, and generating fitness data on the mobile phone according to position signals received by the mobile phone over time. The method also includes transmitting a request from the portable electronic device to the mobile phone for requesting fitness data to be sent from the mobile phone to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device being separate from the mobile phone, transmitting requested fitness data from the mobile phone to the portable electronic device in response to the request received by the mobile phone, and displaying the requested fitness data on a display of the portable electronic device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073283 | METHODS FOR LOCATING INDIVIDUALS IN AN EMERGENCY CONDITION USING AN AD-HOC NETWORK AND DEVICES THEREOF - An emergency locator apparatus includes a transceiver configured to periodically send and receive communications with a plurality of other emergency locator apparatus including a target emergency locator apparatus using an ad-hoc wireless local area network. A processor is operably coupled to the transceiver and configured to determine location information of the target emergency locator apparatus utilizing at least context information associated with the communications received from at least a subset of the plurality of other emergency locator apparatus over the ad-hoc wireless local area network. A display is configured to display the location information determined by the processor. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED CHARGING OVER IN AND IMS NETWORKS FOR SCIM / SERVICE BROKER - In accordance with various embodiments, systems and methods that provide unified charging across different network interfaces are provided. A system can include an online charging system, executing on one or more microprocessors, a SCIM, which is operable to manage communication between a plurality of subscribers over a plurality of different network interfaces, and a set of interworking charging modules that use a unified charging structure to provide mappings between network protocol parameters and capabilities. The interworking charging modules can be configured to provide a same charging behavior to a plurality of different network protocols. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073285 | System and Method for Performing Multi-Enforcement Point Charging - Systems and methods for accomplishing charging operations in telecommunications networks that include multiple charging and enforcement components may include configuring a first charging and enforcement component to receive user traffic, determine usage information associated with the received user traffic, send the associated usage information to a charging system component, and send the user traffic and the associated usage information to a second charging and enforcement component. The second charging and enforcement component may be configured to receive the user traffic and usage information, compute updated usage information, and send the updated usage information to the charging system component. The charging system may use this updated usage information to ensure that the subscriber accounts were billed correctly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073286 | MOBILE ACCESS IN A DIVERSE ACCESS POINT NETWORK - Facilitating user terminal (UT) access to wireless networks having base stations (BSs) of disparate access types is described herein. In some aspects, BS parameterization is provided to facilitate search and/or access to distinct types of network BSs. For instance, parameters can modify a likelihood of identifying or remaining coupled to restricted access (RA) BSs in a home Node B (HNB) deployment. In other aspects of the subject disclosure, a PLMN ID reserved for HNBs is provided comprising multiple region IDs. Where a UT identifies a home region, HNBs can be given preference over macro BSs. Additionally, the UT can keep track of HNBs and HNB regions that reject access to the UT, and implement a delay time to mitigate rapid signaling to foreign HNBs in a dense HNB deployment. Accordingly, the subject disclosure provides for more efficient UT access in heterogeneous access type networks. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073287 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT CENTRIC UNIFIED SYSTEM ACCESS IN VIRTUAL RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - A network for facilitating wireless radio communication. The network includes a first access area, wherein the access area includes one or more transmission/receive points. At least one transmission/receive point includes a base station that supports wireless communication between a network and user equipment (UE), such as, a mobile device. The network includes a dedicated connection signature (DCS) that is assigned to a UE. The DCS provides for and is used by the UE to maintain active, unified access to the wireless network. More particularly, the DCS provides for active, contention free, and fast access for the UE to the network through transmission/receive points within the first access area, which is of significance to present and future UE centric virtual radio access networks having high densities of mobile and non-mobile users and with high populations of different types of traffic patterns and applications. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073288 | MOBILE DEVICE AUTHORIZATION, AUTHENTICATION AND DATA USAGE ACCOUNTING FOR MOBILE DATA OFFLOAD IN A NETWORK OF SHARED PROTECTED/LOCKED WIFI ACCESS POINTS - In some implementations, a Wi-Fi access point that is secured using WEP, WPA or WPA2 or other protection method(s) is further mapped, located and seamlessly accessed through a key that is preshared (PSK) by the Wi-Fi access point through a cloud based application over the Internet, thus a mobile device can access the Internet via the Wi-Fi access point using the PSK without the operator of the mobile device entering the PSK. The PSK is transmitted in encrypted form to the mobile device via a 3G/4G network. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073289 | 3G/4G MOBILE DATA OFFLOAD VIA ROAMING IN A NETWORK OF SHARED PROTECTED/LOCKED WI-FI ACCESS POINTS - In some implementations, a Wi-Fi access point that is secured using WEP, WPA or WPA2 or other protection method(s) is further mapped, located and seamlessly accessed through a key that is preshared (PSK) by the Wi-Fi access point through a cloud based application over the Internet, thus a mobile device can access the Internet via the Wi-Fi access point using the PSK without the operator of the mobile device entering the PSK. The PSK is transmitted in encrypted form to the mobile device via a 3G/4G network. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073290 | Methods And Apparatus For Privacy Protection In Ad Hoc Networks - Systems and techniques for wireless communication. A user device belonging to a group of user devices that may operate as wireless nodes configures a locale parameter based on its sensing of a radio channel. The locale parameter is included in a message readable by members of the group. A group member receiving a message determines a locale parameter based on its own sensing of a radio channel and responds to a received message only if the locale parameter in the message matches the locale parameter based on the sensing of the radio channel by the receiving member within specified bounds. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073291 | MOBILE DEVICE MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for surreptitiously installing, monitoring, and operating software on a remote computer controlled wireless communication device are described. One aspect includes a control system for communicating programming instructions and exchanging data with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device. The control system is configured to provide at least one element selected from the group consisting of: a computer implemented device controller; a module repository in electronic communication with the device controller; a control service in electronic communication with the device controller; an exfiltration data service in electronic communication with the device controller configured to receive, store, and manage data obtained surreptitiously from the remote computer controlled wireless communication device; a listen-only recording service in electronic communication with the device controller; and a WAP gateway in electronic communication with the remote computer controlled wireless communication device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERING PROFILES OF AUTHENTICATION MODULE - A system for transferring a profile that is stored at an authentication module includes: a first terminal that includes a first authentication module and that operates based on a user profile that is stored at the first authentication module; a second terminal that includes a second authentication module and that requests the user profile by transmitting a first message including user identification information; and a management server that receives the first terminal and that acquires a profile that is stored at the first terminal based on user identification information and that transmits the acquired profile to the second terminal, wherein the first terminal exports the stored profile, and the second terminal installs a profile, having received from the management server at the second authentication module. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073293 | RECORDING MEDIUM, MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - A processor of a mobile terminal refers to an app table that stores a reference flag on a per-app basis, the flag indicating whether the operation-unlock app screen is to be displayed in the foreground window of a display. Furthermore, the processor acquires from the app table the flag that corresponds to the current app in response to a lighting-off command. Moreover, the processor determines whether the operation-unlock app screen is to be displayed in the foreground window instead of the current app screen on the basis of the acquired flag. On the basis of the result of the determination, the processor controls the changing of a screen in the foreground window. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073294 | AUTHENTICATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT IN A MOBILE NETWORK - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method to authenticate a user equipment in a wireless network using a smart card ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140073295 | INTERCEPTION OF DATABASES - The present invention relates to problems how to generate information related to access and use of a directory object in a database. The problems are solved by methods and arrangements in a communication system to generate information related to use of the monitored directory object in a database. An interception Access Point (IAP) provides information to an Intercept Configuration Unit (ICU), The information is associated to the monitored directory object. The method comprises receiving to the IAP a request to monitor the directory object in the database; detection of use of the monitored directory object in the IAP; and, delivering information related to said use from the IAP to the Intercept Configuration Unit ICU. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTANCE IDENTIFIER BASED ON A UNIQUE DEVICE IDENTIFIER - A method and apparatus for use in a communications network whereby an Instance Identifier (ID) is created to uniquely identify a device such as a mobile device or User Equipment (UE) in the communications network. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073297 | Method and System for Active Chip In a Battery - Methods and systems provide an active chip configured for connection to the battery or other component of a host mobile communication device, such as a cellular phone, to thereby add functionality to the host mobile communication device. The system may be installed and used for covert operations (i.e. military and/or law enforcement), adding features such as location tracking and voice recognition and recording to monitor the movement and use of the host mobile device covertly. The system may be used to communicate with other locally enabled systems on a local network instead of communicating through the cellular network, or operate as a radio transceiver or “push-to-talk” device such as a “walkie-talkie.” It may be used as a “kid tracker” location tracking device, to find a lost host mobile device, lost person carrying the host mobile device, or track locations where a host mobile device has been. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073298 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCREENCASTING SMARTPHONE VIDEO GAME SOFTWARE TO ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - A software implemented method and system for screencasting display screen video and sound from third party applications, such as video game software, running on Smartphones, annotating the captured video, compressing it, and uploading it to various online social networks. The method provides a providing a display screen capture and recording application capable of recording Smartphone display screen video output at a rate of at least 10 frames per second, along with recording game sounds and game player audio commentary. The method further compresses the recordings and uploads them to various online social network internet servers, either directly or via a video distribution server. The method further provides a simple user interface to facilitate this process. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073299 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a linked application can be activated if an output of an alarm is ended. The present invention includes a display unit, a memory configured to store a set alarm time, and a controller configured to control an alarm to be outputted if a current hour becomes the set alarm time and automatically activate a first linked application by ending an output of the alarm when a first user input is applied during outputting the alarm. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073300 | Managing Telecommunication Services using Proximity-based Technologies - Systems and methods for managing telecommunication services using proximity-based technologies are described. In some embodiments, a method may include detecting, by a first communication device (e.g., a laptop computer, a netbook computer, a tablet computer, a cellular phone, a smartphone, etc.), a proximity device (e.g., a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag, a Near Field Communications (NFC) tag, etc.) coupled to or integrated within a second communication device. The method may also include triggering an operation configured to manage a telecommunication service based, at least in part, upon the detection of the proximity device. In some implementations, the operation may be configured to reduce a number of manual operations that would otherwise be involved in managing the telecommunication service. For instance, in a non-limiting example, the operation may cause a routing of a communication directed at the first communication device to the second communication device. Numerous other telecommunication services are described herein. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFERENCING OF TEXT MESSAGES - A system and method are provided which provide a text messaging conference among at least three users who communicate on different first communication channels. A message initiated by a first user is received on one of the first communication channels. The message seeks to initiate a text message conference and includes identities of a plurality of additional users to participate in the messaging conference. Conference participants are identified by a two part identifier, which allows a single participant to participate in multiple ongoing simultaneous conferences. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073302 | Sensor and Context Based Adjustment of the Operation of a Network Controller - A method to adjust operation of a network controller of a device is disclosed. The method may include receiving contextual data from a sensor communicatively coupled to the device. The method may also include analyzing the contextual data to determine the context of the device. The method may also include modifying the network controller operation based on the analyzed contextual data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073303 | HISTORIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS FOR MODIFICATION OF NEIGHBOR RELATIONS - Adjusting RAN performance by adapting cell coverage area can help optimize a wireless communications network. RAN topology can be adapted based on analysis of historical performance of base stations. Analysis of the historical performance of base stations can be performed in the core-network of a wireless carrier rather than distributing the analysis to RAN elements. Analysis can be based on receiving historical information relating to key performance indicators such as call failure rate, call success rate, handover attempt count, handover attempt failure count, etc. Further, analysis can include the application of predetermined rules relating to preferential performance of the base stations. This can facilitate ranking neighboring base stations, adding new base stations, deleting base stations, black/white listing base stations, etc., in neighbor relations data structures, such as automatic neighbor relations structures for self-organizing networks, e.g., eNodeBs in LTE networks. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073304 | DISTANCE-BASED MODIFICATION OF NEIGHBOR RELATIONS - Adjusting RAN performance by adapting cell coverage area can help optimize a wireless network. Base station coverage areas can be determined by distance analysis of detected neighbor base stations. This can be in response to determination of a physical cell identifier (PCI) conflict condition. When a PCI conflict is determined, a unique identifier for each base station can be employed to facilitate determining location information for the base stations. Location information can be employed to determine distance-based characteristics that can facilitate adaptation of wireless network neighbor relations to adapt the RAN coverage area topology. Distance-based characteristics can include nearest neighbor, proximity to a predetermined distance, etc. Additionally, PCI information can be updated to correct the PCI conflict condition. Moreover, radio parameters can be adapted, including elevation, azimuth, and transmit power, to correct the PCI conflict condition by reducing overlap of coverage areas with matching PCI information. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073305 | PREEMPTIVE HARDWARE ACTIVATION - Implementations are disclosed for activating hardware on a device preemptively based on whether a service associated with the hardware will be required or likely be used by an application, or if the application's access to the service is granted by a user of the application. The disclosed implementations provide a perceived improvement of performance by applications supported by slow starting hardware. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073306 | FORCED DRX DURING AUTOMATIC NEIGHBOR RELATION (ANR) IN LTE - A method and mechanism to use a serving evolved Node B, eNB, to force a User Equipment, UE, (being served by that eNB) into Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode despite pending data transactions at the UE. This results in timely reading of Extended Cell Global Identity, ECGI, of neighboring cell(s), thereby facilitating entry of a target cell into the serving cell's neighbor list via Automatic Neighbor Relation, ANR, and subsequent handover (if needed) to that target cell. The serving eNB may instruct its scheduler to not allocate any Resource Blocks, RBs, to the UE (especially when the UE has high volume of pending data transactions and/or when the UE is in motion and its retransmission rate is beyond a specific threshold) such that the UE automatically goes into the DRX mode. The duration of the DRX cycle also may be optionally extended until ECGI measurements from the UE are received. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073307 | DEVICE WITH REDUCED COMMUNICATION-PROTOCOL TRANSITION TIME - In order to reduce the time delay when transitioning between different communication protocols used to communicate information via a cellular-telephone network, an electronic device (such as a cellular telephone) may only partially disable a software stack associated with a current communication protocol. In particular, after receiving an indicator that there is a message to be communicated using a second communication protocol while the electronic device is currently configured to communicate using a first communication protocol, the electronic device may disable a portion of a software stack associated with the first communication protocol and may enable a software stack associated with the second communication protocol. Then, the electronic device communicates the message using the second communication protocol. Next, the electronic device: may disable the software stack associated with the second communication protocol and may enable the portion of the software stack associated with the first communication protocol. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RUNNING CAR APPLICATION CONNECTED TO MOBILE DEVICE - A method of running a car application connected to a mobile device is provided. The method includes determining, by the mobile device, whether a wireless charging event occurs; determining, by the mobile device, whether the mobile device is located in a car, if the wireless charging event occurs; and running the car application if the mobile device is determined to be located in the car. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING A MOBILE HIGH-DEFINITION LINK SIGNAL - A method and an apparatus perform Mobile High-definition Link (MHL) signal filtering. The method of performing the Mobile High-definition Link (MHL) signal filtering in a terminal includes determining whether a transmission device for MHL signal transmission is connected; determining whether a call continues when the transmission device is connected; and determining whether to perform the MHL signal filtering in the terminal based on whether the call continues. Accordingly, there is an advantage of improving picture quality of an image output from a multimedia device by effectively removing a common mode noise even when an RF weak electric field is formed due to call generation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073310 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES ON WIRELESS NETWORKS FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATIONS - A mobile station connected to a wireless network can comprise a subscriber identity module. The subscriber identity module can maintain a list of networks. The list can comprise forbidden public land mobile network data. Software can manage the forbidden public land mobile network data. For example, an applet transmitted to the subscriber identity module can periodically delete entries from the list and/or reset the subscriber identity module on predefined time intervals or when specified events occur. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073311 | ENERGY SAVING METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR BASE STATION - An energy saving method, system and device for a base station are applicable to the field of communications technologies. The energy saving method for a base station includes: sending, by a coverage station or an OAM equipment, a second activation request to a capacity station in a second energy saving state under the coverage of the coverage station if it is detected that the load of the coverage station is higher than a preset value, so as to activate the capacity station to enter a first energy saving state. The energy saving system for a base station includes: a coverage station and at least one capacity station under the coverage of the coverage station. Another energy saving system for a base station includes: a coverage station, at least one capacity station under the coverage of the coverage station and an operations, administration and maintenance OAM equipment. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073312 | Enhanced Discontinuous Mode Operation with Shared Radio Frequency Resources - A scheduling technique is described for discontinuous transmission and reception. The scheduling technique may be implemented in a mobile communication device with multiple SIMs. The scheduling technique facilitates enhanced communication capability for the mobile communication device. In one implementation, the scheduling technique helps avoid substantial overlap between discontinuous receive cycles of the SIMs, for example by renegotiating a discontinuous transmit/receive offset if too much overlap exists. The renegotiation process may be incorporated into a future industry standard communication protocol (e.g., 3GPP release 11 or later), or may be implemented as an extension to an existing communication protocol. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073313 | Artificial Interference Injection for Channel State Information Reporting - A system and method for improving the link adaptation in a wireless communication system is disclosed. User Equipment (UE) forms an interference hypothesis by amending a measured interference and noise by artificially injecting, to the measured interference and noise, interference corresponding to at least one emulated interfering isotropic signal that is virtually transmitted over an associated estimated effective channel. The UE further determines at least one channel state information (CSI) report based on the interference hypothesis, and transmits the CSI report to the network. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073314 | NETWORK TRIGGERED MEASUREMENTS AND MEASUREMENT REPORTS BY USER EQUIPMENT - A method of operating a network node ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140073315 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE - A method for estimating a frequency difference between a transmission terminal and a reception terminal according to a reception signal is provided. The method includes steps of: in a first period, receiving and storing a first part of the reception signal; in a second period, frequency shifting the first part of the reception signal according to an L number of sweep frequencies, and correspondingly obtaining multiple first part correlation results, where L is a positive integer; in the second period, receiving and storing a second part of the reception signal; in a third period, frequency shifting the second part of the reception signal according to the L number of sweep frequencies, and correspondingly obtaining multiple second part correlation results; and estimating the frequency difference according to the first and second part correlation results. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073316 | METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE & CONGESTION DETECTION WITH MULTIPLE RADIO TECHNOLOGIES - A method for distinguishing between interference and congestion in a wireless communication channel between a base station and a terminal comprising measuring, for each one of a plurality of time intervals, a set of parameters of network traffic between the base station and terminal, and determining an extent to which the respective sets are correlated with one another. The method further includes determining whether the communication channel is experiencing interference or congestion based on the extent of correlation between the sets of parameters. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073317 | UE-ASSISTED NETWORK OPTIMIZATION METHODS - A UE or mobile entity in a wireless communication may assist network optimization by determining a location uncovered by a wireless network, generate a coverage hole detected message if one or more conditions associated with the uncovered location are satisfied, and determining a time to transmit the coverage hole detected message to a covered wireless network. The covered network may act on the message to add covered in a second network so that the second network covers the UE. In other aspects, a UE or mobile entity may detect cell congestion in a first cell and assist the network in offloading congestion from the congested cell. In other aspects, a UE or mobile entity may detect backhaul congestion on a first cell, and assist in offloading backhaul communication for the first cell via a second cell. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073318 | ASSISTED SYSTEM SCANNING WITH PAIRED DEVICES - A method in a first wireless device, the method performing wireless network scanning to discover available wireless networks; and communicating results of the scanning to a second wireless device, the results containing information to enable the second wireless device to connect to at least one of the available wireless networks without the second wireless device having to perform the same wireless network scanning or reduce the amount of scanning required to connect to at least one of the available wireless network. Also a method in a first wireless device, the method receiving results of wireless network scanning performed on a second wireless device, the results containing information enabling the first wireless device to connect to at least one available wireless network discovered during the scanning without the first wireless device having to perform the same wireless network scanning. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROAMING BAND PREFERENCE - A system and method determines a roaming access point (AP) using a band preference. The method includes generating a list including APs communicating in a communication network. A mobile unit is configured to connect to the communication network. The method includes determining an initial AP rating value for each of the APs as a function of a predetermined network parameter. The method includes generating a further AP rating value as a function of the initial AP rating value and a predetermined preference list of operating bands. The predetermined preference list is indicative of at least one operating bandwidth in which the MU prefers to connect. The method includes selecting one of the APs as a function of the further AP rating values. The method includes connecting the MU to the selected AP. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073320 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LIMITING SEARCHES FOR A HOME PLMN ACCORDING TO ITS PROXIMITY - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for reducing or eliminating searches by a UE for its home PLMN when the mobile station is roaming in a network not in the vicinity of the home PLMN. That is, the UE may be provisioned with information about its home PLMN. For example, some embodiments can comprise a neighbor database indicating neighbor relationships between PLMNs and the home PLMN. This can enable a UE to determine whether the home PLMN is likely to be nearby when it is visiting a different PLMN. Forgoing a PLMN home search reduces processing and can aid in conserving power resources. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CACHING LOCAL MASHUP SERVICE PARAMETERS - An approach is provided for caching parameters of local mashup services. One or more devices and/or service providers determine one or more mashup services, one or more trigger conditions associated with the one or more mashup services, and/or one or more actions associated with the one or more mashup services. Further, the one or more devices cache the one or more mashup services, the one or more trigger conditions, and/or the one or more actions at one or more local caches. Furthermore, the one or more devices and/or service providers determine one or more results of one or more queries for the one or more mashup services, the one or more trigger conditions, and/or the one or more actions from the one or more local caches. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073322 | REAL-TIME LOAD ANALYSIS FOR MODIFICATION OF NEIGHBOR RELATIONS - Adjusting RAN performance by adapting cell coverage area can help optimize a wireless communications network. RAN topology can be adapted based on analysis of real-time load conditions of RAN base stations. Analysis of the load conditions of RAN base stations can be performed in a core-network of a wireless carrier rather than distributing the analysis to RAN-side elements. Analysis can be based on receiving real-time load information relating to key performance indicators such as X2 load, S1 load, instant outbound handover count, instant inbound handover count, etc. Further, analysis can include the application of predetermined rules relating to preferential performance of the base stations. This can facilitate ranking neighboring base stations, adding new base stations, deleting base stations, black/white listing base stations, etc., in neighbor relations data structures, such as automatic neighbor relations structures for self-organizing networks, e.g., eNodeBs in LTE networks. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073323 | SIMULTANEOUS DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD BASED ON MULTIPLE NETWORKS, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed is a relay for a simultaneous data transmission using multiple networks including: a connection control unit configured to control a terminal equipment to connect to multiple networks, when sensing entrance of the terminal equipment currently connected with a macro base station of the mobile communication network into simultaneous transmission service coverage serviced by the multiple networks, at least one of the multiple networks including at least one micro base station; and a relay processing unit configured to partition data transmitted or received to/from the terminal equipment into partial data corresponding to each of the multiple networks, and transmit and/or receive the partitioned partial data through each of the multiple networks. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073324 | MULTISERVICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH LOGICAL CONTROL CHANNEL - A multiservice communication device includes a plurality of transceivers that wirelessly transceive network data with a corresponding plurality of networks in accordance with a corresponding plurality of network protocols, wherein at least one of the plurality of transceivers further transceives control channel data with a remote management unit contemporaneously with the network data via a logical control channel carried using the corresponding one of the plurality of network protocols, wherein the control channel data includes local control data sent to the management unit and remote control data received from the management unit. A processing module processes the remote control data and generates a least one control signal in response thereto, the at least one control signal for adapting at least one of the plurality of transceivers based on the remote control data. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073325 | Anticipatory Hand-Off Setup Between Networks - A system and method for performing anticipatory hand-off setup between communication networks. Various aspects of the present invention may, for example and without limitation, provide a system and method for performing anticipatory hand-off setup between communication networks. For example and without limitation, prior to a determination to perform a hand-off of a mobile communication device from a first communication network to a second communication network, a determination may be made that hand-off setup information should be communicated with the second communication network. For example, such a determination may be made in anticipation of a hand-off that may or may not happen. Such hand-off setup information may then be communicated with the second communication network. Such communicated setup information may then, for example, be utilized to at least partially prepare for performing the anticipated hand-off. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A CELLULAR ASSISTED INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to provide a cellular based ITS environment. The cellular based ITS environment may be configured based on LTE based interfaces. In this regard, a method includes receiving configuration information from a first access point, wherein the configuration information defines an ITS target area comprising at least the first access point and a first RSU. A method also includes receiving an ITS paging message from the first access point. A method also includes causing a reselection of the first RSU while in the communications range of the first access point in the ITS target area and in response to the received ITS paging message. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073327 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A REQUEST TO HAND OVER A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO ACCESS NETWORKS - Methods and devices for processing a request for connecting a first access network to a core network are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods comprise receiving a request to hand over to the first network a communication that is set up on a second network, the request including an identifier of the communication, information about a media session associated with the communication on the first network, and information representative of treatment to be applied on the second network to a media session associated with the communication; identifying a second connection entity for connecting the second network to the core network and through which the communication on the second network is passing; transmitting the identifier and the information to the second entity; and transferring to the core network the request together with the information relating to the media session and an identifier of the communication in the core network. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073328 | RADIO MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD IN RADIO MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio mobile communication system including: a radio base station apparatus; and a mobile terminal apparatus, wherein radio communication is performed between the radio base station apparatus and the mobile terminal apparatus, the radio base station apparatus includes: a first transmission unit which transmits a first notification signal to notify a shift to a first mode; and a first mode switching control unit which transmits the first notification signal and switches to the first mode in which the first transmission unit is shifted to a condition of a suspension state, and the mobile terminal apparatus includes: a second mode switching control unit which switches to a second mode in which power of the mobile terminal apparatus is in an ON state and power consumption is smaller than in an outside coverage area mode, on receiving the first communication signal. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073329 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for handover in a wireless communication system includes: when a received signal strength difference between a serving beam from a serving base station used for communication by a terminal and a target beam of a neighboring base station is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, and a received signal strength difference between an active beam and the target beam is equal to or greater than a second threshold value, determining a handover to the target beam; and transmitting a message to initiate the handover. | 2014-03-13 |
20140073330 | METHOD OF ENHANCING HANDOVER BY USING A GROUP HANDOVER OVER A WIRELESS CONNECTION AND DEVICES THEREFOR - A method of enhancing handover by using chain handover over a wireless connection, for use in a plurality of moving devices, is introduced. In the method, a control message is received by one of a plurality of moving devices. A report message is transmitted by the one of the plurality of moving devices, in which the one of the plurality of moving devices sets in a state for group handover and represents all others of the plurality of moving devices for a handover decision. It is determined that a part or all of the plurality of moving devices are allowed to perform the group handover according to the report message. The part or all of the plurality of moving devices allowed to perform the group handoversequentially perform a handover procedure after receiving a reconfiguration message. | 2014-03-13 |