11th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100067406 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD TO OUTPUT IDENTIFIER, AND COMPUTER USABLE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A wireless communication device capable of outputting an identifier of an existing wireless network to an output unit is provided. The wireless communication device includes an identifier obtaining unit to obtain identifiers from a plurality of access points, a judging unit to judge whether each of the access points operates in a specific operation mode based on each of the obtained identifiers, a determining unit to determine an identifier is a first identifier if the access point which provided the identifier does not operate in the specific operation mode, and determine the identifier is a second identifier if the access point which provided the identifier operates in the specific operation mode, and an output control unit to output the first identifier to the output unit, such that the first identifier is shown by the output unit in a manner that the first identifier is distinguished from the second identifier. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067407 | Methods and Systems for Provisioning Network Services - Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: automatically detecting at an agent an installation of a communications device to a local network coupled to the agent; automatically offering via the communications device a plurality of user-selectable service options relating to a service provider's network and relating to at least one capability of the communications device, the at least one capability detected by the agent; in response to a selection of at least one service option from the plurality of service options, providing via the agent a user connection address. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067408 | DOUBLE RING NETWORK SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND TRANSMISSION STATION, AND PROGRAM FOR TRANSMISSION STATIONS - A double ring network system configured with two or more transmission stations each including a pair of bi-directionally communicative communication ports, including any adjacent two transmission stations as terminal stations, and any transmission station as a base, as mutually connected in a ring form by communication ports through a transmission line, for intercommunications between transmission stations, in which the transmission stations are each adapted to determine whether or not frame signals are received from adjacent transmission stations, transmit route identifying frame signals for identification of routes to adjacent transmission stations, when having failed in reception, and set own station as a terminal station substituting for a current terminal station, when having received no responses to the route identifying frames from adjacent transmission stations, so they are kept from arriving at ring-like connected subsequent transmission stations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067409 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, A COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND A COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication system for carrying out data communication among a plurality of communication stations is disclosed in which a first communication station for transmitting to other communication stations a Request To Send (RTS) signal for requesting a transmission upon the start of the data transmission; and a plurality of second communication stations transmitting to other communication stations a Clear To Send (CTS) signal for notifying the completion of preparing the reception, wherein the first communication station transmits the RTS signal describing at least each of addresses the second communication stations that are desired to receive the data, and receives a plurality of CTS signals transmitted from each of the second communication stations in order to increase communication capacity. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067410 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL FOR LTE SYSTEM - A method for transmitting an uplink sounding reference signal includes indexing Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbols within a single radio frame for transmitting a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) as a number k, and calculating a value of n | 2010-03-18 |
20100067411 | Wireless Access Method And Apparatus - A wireless access method includes connecting a wireless base station and a plurality of wireless terminals using a first communication carrier and a second communication carrier in a hybrid-duplex manner; allocating uplink data of a real-time service to the first communication carrier; allocating uplink data of a non-real-time service to the second communication carrier; allocating downlink data of the real-time service to one of the first communication carrier and the second communication carrier; and allocating downlink data of the non-real-time service to the first and second communication carriers. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067412 | TTI BUNDLING IN A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate effectuating a random access procedure in a wireless communication environment. A random access preamble can be sent from an access terminal to a base station, and a random access response can be sent from the base station to the access terminal in response. The random access response can allocate resources to be utilized by the access terminal for a scheduled transmission (e.g., message | 2010-03-18 |
20100067413 | ROUTING AND QUALITY DECISION IN MOBILE IP NETWORKS - The invention relates to a method for routing streams of traffic in IP networks, particularly in mobile IP networks. The invention involves a plurality of streams of traffic to be transmitted being routed such that they are transmitted in a carrier/context ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067414 | Communication Control Apparatus, Wireless Communication Apparatus, Communication Control Method, and Wireless Communication Method - In order to send a sender side a transmission band control Msg indicating that a band has become narrow consistently with the minimum arrival time when performing communication while compensating for insufficient band of one wireless communication path with another wireless communication path, a communication control apparatus | 2010-03-18 |
20100067415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING USING AN IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM - A method to be used with first and second devices where the first device communicates with the second device via numbered data packets where the second device needs to know the number of each received packet upon reception, the method comprising the acts of at the first device, forming a plurality of separate initial data packets, for each initial data packet, associating a unique number with the initial data packet, combining the initial data packet with its associated unique number to form a numbered packet, calculating a checksum for the numbered packet, combining the checksum with the initial data packet to form a transmission packet that fails to include the associated unique number and transmitting the transmission packet to the second device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067416 | RE-PROGRAMMING MEDIA FLOW PHONE USING SPEED CHANNEL SWITCH TIME THROUGH SLEEP TIME LINE - A multicasts wireless telecommunication system to reprogram preset sleep time line to earlier point to wake up ASIC at right moment to obtain new channel OIS to prevent screen in the device display from going black, and save power by saving extra wakeup time and extra going to sleep cycles. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067417 | Timing Adjustment in Multi-Hop Communication System - A timing adjustment method for use in a multi-hop communication system, the system comprising a source apparatus, a destination apparatus and one or more intermediate apparatuses, said source apparatus being operable to transmit information along a series of links forming a communication path extending from the source apparatus to the destination apparatus via the or each intermediate apparatus, and the or each intermediate apparatus being operable to receive information from a previous apparatus along the path and to transmit the received information to a subsequent apparatus along the path, the system being configured to transmit information in a plurality of consecutive labelled intervals, the method comprising: transmitting information in a first labelled interval from a first said apparatus along a plurality of consecutive links of said path via one or more said intermediate apparatuses to a second said apparatus, said information including a reference to a particular one of said labelled intervals and the transmission of that information incurring a delay such that the transmitted information, or information derived therefrom, is received by said second apparatus in a second labelled interval a number of such intervals after the first labelled interval; and adjusting said reference to form an adjusted reference referring to a further labelled interval the or another number of such intervals before or after the particular labelled interval. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067418 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN USER EQUIPMENTS IN MULTI-CARRIER RADIO SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing power consumption in the user equipments in power saving mode in a communication network, comprising a communication network node transmitting information on shared control channels (SCCH) to one or more user equipments. The information is transmitted over either a narrow or a wide bandwidth depending on which mode said one or more user equipments are, either a power saving mode or an active mode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067419 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR EFFICIENTLY UTILIZING RADIO RESOURCES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement of efficiently utilizing radio resources in a communication network, comprising a communication network node communicating with one or more user equipments over a radio interface, wherein at least two communication services are provided on said radio interface, each having a certain amount of power allocated in an interactively way. The interaction between said at least two communication services is minimized in order to obtain an enhanced power utilization. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067420 | LPRF DEVICE WAKE UP USING WIRELESS TAG - A wireless transceiver includes: (a) a low power radio frequency (LPRF) communications component capable of powering down to conserve energy and capable of powering up in response to an electronic signal, the LPRF communications component including a transmitter and a first receiver; and (b) a second receiver that is configured to screen a radio frequency broadcast and provide, on the basis of specific data identified therein, the electronic signal to the LPRF communications component in order to power up the LPRF communications component. The second receiver is adapted to draw less current than the LPRF communications component while awaiting receipt of and listening for a radio frequency broadcast. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067421 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN IDLE MODE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for control of an idle mode in a wireless device. In particular, the idle mode duty cycle of a preamble transmission by an access point (AP), as an example, is variably or adaptively set in response to determined conditions of the wireless neighborhood. The conditions determined include the whether or not other wireless devices are present in the vicinity of sensing wireless device, as well as the state of those devices present, such as whether they are in an idle mode or an active mode. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067422 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SLEEP MODE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - Apparatus and methods for controlling sleep mode in a wireless device are disclosed. The sleep mode is controlled using low power detection of RF beacon signals of known frequencies to reduce power consumption of the wireless device during sleep modes. Detection is achieved by using passive or low power elements in a receive chain that filters received signals allowing beacon signals of particular frequencies to pass, which are accumulated with passive or low power circuit elements requiring no external power source. The accumulated energy is compared to a threshold to determine the presence of the beacon with sleep circuitry. When the beacon is detected, the full RF receiver is triggered to wake up. Use of low power elements and passive elements, affords a beneficial increase in power savings for the wireless device, which is particularly helpful in wireless access points or relay stations that have an alternative power sourcing such as battery or solar power. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067423 | POWER-SAVE (PS)-POLL SUBSTITUTION - In accordance with at least some embodiments, a system comprises an access point and a station in communication with the access point. The station has at least two network technology subsystems subject to coexistence interference. The station selectively implements Power Save (PS)-Poll substitution (PSPS) logic to handle communications between the station and the access point. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067424 | BOUNDED POWER-SAVE-POLLING (BPS) - In accordance with at least some embodiments, a system comprises an access point and a station in communication with the access point. The station has at least two network technology subsystems subject to coexistence interference. The station selectively implements bounded Power Save (PS)-Polling (BPS) logic to handle communications between the station and the access point. The BPS logic operates to confine PS-Poll transmissions starts to one of two separate windows during a medium grant duration of the station. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067425 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR WIRELESS BROADCASTING SERVICE COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT - A method for subblock generation in a wireless communication system includes receiving, by a subblock generator, one or more data blocks, and selecting, based on one or more criteria, one or more functional blocks and an operational order of the one or more functional blocks. The method also includes processing the received one or more data blocks using the selected one or more functional blocks in the selected operational order to generate a plurality of data subblocks, and transmitting the plurality of data subblocks to the plurality of receiving devices. The method further includes transmitting, to the plurality of receiving devices, location information for each of the plurality of data subblocks. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067426 | METHODS CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING CELLULAR BASE STATION FUNCTIONALITY AT ONE OR MORE NODES OF A DATA NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, circuits and systems for providing cellular base station functionality at one or more nodes of a data network. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of radio unit signaling may be transmitted over a data network from a base station (controller) to a radio equipped network appliance. The network appliance may emulate a native radio unit of the base station controller and may provide cellular base station services to one or more cellular devices. Baseband traffic and at least a portion of the radio unit signaling received from the one or more cellular device may be transmitted from the network appliance to the base station controller over the data network. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTER RELAY INTERFERENCE COORDINATION - A method for inter relay interference coordination (IRIC) by a first relay node in a wireless communications system is described. A second relay node is communicated with over a relay interface. A first set of user equipment (UE) communication settings is received over the relay interface that correspond to the second relay node. A second set of UE communication settings is determined that correspond to the first relay node. The second set of UE communication settings are based on the first set of UE communication settings. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF BEACON TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - A system includes a first primary wireless system ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067429 | EXTENSION SUBORDINATE MACHINE SYSTEM AND SIGNAL RELAYING METHOD - An extension subordinate machine system enabling high-accuracy correction of the cable loss by adjusting the gain by using the pilot signal and further enabling high-accuracy correction of the loss caused by distribution by a distributor even when a relay device adaptor is connected to the extension subordinate machine through the distributor. With this system, a main machine control section ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067430 | RELAY APPARATUS AND RELAY METHOD - A relay apparatus for relaying data transmitted and received between a transmitting station and a receiving station, including a discarding decision unit which measures a transmission delay amount in the receiving station on the basis of the feedback information from the receiving station, decides a discarding amount of the data based on the transmission delay amount for a session the transmission delay amount of which exceeds a threshold value, and discards data in the discarding amount among the data stored in a buffer. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067431 | Apparatus and method for re-synthesizing signals - The disclosed embodiments relate to an apparatus and a method for re-synthesizing signals. The apparatus includes a receiver for receiving a plurality of digitally multiplexed signals, each digitally multiplexed signal associated with a different physical transmission channel, and for simultaneously recovering from at least two of the digital multiplexes a plurality of bit streams. The apparatus also includes a transmitter for inserting the plurality of bit streams into different digital multiplexes and for modulating the different digital multiplexes for transmission on different transmission channels. The method involves receiving a first signal having a plurality of different program streams in different frequency channels, selecting a set of program streams from the plurality of different frequency channels, combining the set of program streams to form a second signal, and transmitting the second signal. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067432 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOCATING BANDWIDTH - For VoIP calls over a communication system in which a remote terminal is requesting to a hub-gateway, bandwidth may be allocated according to a dynamic technique based on the packet rate between an access device and the remote terminal by sending a bandwidth request message from the access device to the hub-gateway or to the remote terminal containing information on bandwidth allocation requirements for a given set of VoIP calls. The hub-gateway or the remote terminal identifies the received messaged information and analyzes the information on bandwidth allocation requirements contained in the messaged information. In addition, the hub-gateway, or the remote terminal, upon necessity, sends a request to the hub-gateway for bandwidth to be allocated in accordance with the analyzed information on bandwidth allocation requirements. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067433 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-MODE SIGNAL QUALITY REPORTING - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communications by a multi-mode mobile station that supports communications with a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs). The RATs may include at least one short range RAT and at least one long range RAT. The method generally includes establishing a first connection with a first network via a short range RAT supported by the mobile station, taking signal quality measurements for one or more long range RAT supported by the mobile station, and transmitting the signal quality measurements via the first connection. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067434 | QUICK SYSTEM SELECTION AND ACQUISITION FOR MULTI-MODE MOBILE DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for using network topology and coverage information from one radio access technology (RAT) network to assist acquisition of another different RAT network for a multi-mode mobile station (MS), such as acquiring a WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) network based on topology and coverage information about a 3G (Third Generation) network and vice versa, are provided. Base station (BS) acquisition assisted in this manner may provide for quick restoration of a previously interrupted or deactivated network service, while decreasing the power consumption of the multi-mode MS during a power savings state because periodic scanning and registration need not occur. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067435 | ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT NETWORK-WIDE MULTIPLE-IN-MULTIPLE-OUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER AN UPLINK - The present invention provides a method of coordinating the uplink transmissions from at least one mobile unit to a plurality of base stations. The method is implemented in a control and data plane entity and includes scheduling, at the control plane function, uplink signals for transmission from the mobile unit(s) to the plurality of base stations. The method also includes receiving, at the data plane function from the plurality of base stations, signals including scheduled uplink signals transmitted from the mobile unit(s) to the plurality of base stations. The method further includes estimating, at the data plane function, information bits transmitted in the scheduled uplink signals using the received signals and channel state information indicative of a plurality of wireless communication links between the mobile unit(s) and the plurality of base stations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067436 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF, AND TRANSMITTING NODE - A mobile communication system includes a base station control apparatus, and first and second type base stations having a receiving unit that receives a predetermined signal transmitted from the base station control apparatus. The base station control apparatus includes a type determining unit that determines whether a type of the base station is the second type base station, a transmission period setting unit that sets a transmission period of the predetermined signal for the base station determined to be the second type base stations by the type determining unit, to be longer than a transmission period of the predetermined signal for the base station not determined to be the second type base station, and a transmitting unit that periodically transmits the predetermined signal to the base stations, based on a transmission period set for each of the base stations by the transmission period setting unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067437 | Telecommunication System for Controlling Media Gateways - A telecommunication system and method for controlling the establishment of payload connections through media gateways. The system receives and aggregates control orders from a plurality of telecommunication nodes such as media gateway controllers. The system uses knowledge of resources in the network to optimize the path of the payload connection. The system also sends control orders to a given media gateway in order to establish the payload connection. The system may be connected to a plurality of other instances of the same type of system in a hierarchical manner. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067438 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND BASE STATION APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - When a control unit receives an authentication request from a terminal apparatus, the control unit transmits an authentication response to the terminal apparatus. When it receives a connection request from the terminal apparatus to which the authentication response has been transmitted, the control unit transmits a connection response to the terminal apparatus. The control unit carries out data communication with the terminal apparatus to which the connection response has been transmitted. When it receives a notification indicating that a connection has already been granted by another base station apparatus, in substitution for the authentication request, the control unit carries out data communication with the terminal apparatus. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING USING AN IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM - A system and method for communicating wirelessly from a mobile device to a remote receiver station is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to monitor a status of the mobile device and, upon an initiation event, initiate a data transfer process to wirelessly communicate data to the remote receiver station. The system also includes a voice-band modem that, upon initiation of the data transfer process. The voice-band modem is configured to receive data for transfer to the remote receiver station, encode the data to form a series of encoded packets, and transmit the encoded packets to the remote receiver station using a first modulation scheme. Thereafter, unless an indication that the series of packets has been received by at the receiving station is provided, the voice-band modem automatically retransmit the encoded packets to the remote receiver station using a second modulation scheme. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067440 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL CHANNEL OPERATION IN GERAN - A method and apparatus to improve the quality of control signaling based on signaling messages controlling speech or data transmission over an air interface between at least two Multi-User-Reusing-One-Slot/Voice Services Over Adaptive Multiuser Channels On One Slot (MUROS/VAMOS) capable wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The WTRUs communicate with each other at the physical layer via signaling messages transmitted in control channels such as Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) and Fast Associated Control Channel (FACCH). Speech services are provided simultaneously over the same physical channel, and the Timing Advance (TA) and Power Command (PC) parameters of a WTRU are multiplexed in several occurrences of the SACCH or FACCH to increase the number of channel bits available for channel coding. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067441 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING FRAME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method of transmitting and receiving frame in a wireless communication system. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067442 | Communication System and Method For Wirelessly Exchanging User Data With a User Terminal - The invention relates to a communication system including a first wireless access station with a first data connection for transferring user data and a second wireless access station with a second data connection for transferring user data. The first wireless access station and second wireless access station are located at distant positions from each other. The first wireless access station has one or more antennas for wirelessly transmitting user data that are received over the first data connection to a user terminal. The second wireless access station is configured to receive user data over the second data connection and to transmit the user data directly to the first wireless access station for transmission to the user terminal. The communication system further includes a controller configured for controlling at least a part of the user data for the user terminal to flow over the second data connection. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067443 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH FEMTO NODES - Systems and methods for performing a handoff of an access terminal from a macro node to a femto node are disclosed. In one embodiment, the femto node is configured to transmit a predetermined signal for determining signal quality and an identifier that uniquely identifies the femto node to the access terminal. The access terminal is configured to transmit the identifier to the macro node. The femto node is identified as a hand in target based on the transmitted identifier and the macro node is configured to hand in the access terminal to the femto node. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067444 | TELEPHONY SERVICES IN MOBILE IP NETWORKS - An emergency telephone call is supported and routed to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) in an IP based packet switched wireless communications network. An activate PDP context request is sent from a user equipment to the network. A parameter in said activate PDP context request indicates that the PDP context will be used to transfer an emergency call. An activate PDP context accept message is returned from said support node to said user equipment. Said activate PDP context accept message acknowledges said activate PDP context request message and provides the address of a call state control function. A call setup request transferred to the call state control function includes the Service Area Identity (SAI). The call state control function selects a PSAP based, at least in part, on the SAI included in the call setup request and forwards the emergency call to the selected PSAP. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067445 | Apparatus, Methods and Computer Program Products Providing a Common Signaling Entry for a Modular Control Channel Structure - The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide information (e.g., a common control signaling entry) for a control channel. The information may include signaling information about the overall control channel structure in a given sub-frame and/or other common information to assist UEs in decoding the channel (e.g., definitions related to the overall arrangement and parameterization of the channel structure). The information may provide non-UE-specific, common signaling information for the UEs served in the cell. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes: providing at least one control channel allocated over at least one set of subcarrier resources, wherein the at least one control channel extends over a number n of multicarrier symbols; and transmitting information via a portion of the sub-carrier resources, wherein the transmitted information is indicative of at least one property of the at least one control channel. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067446 | EFFICIENT ROUTING BETWEEN A MOBILE NODE AND A CORRESPONDENT NODE IN A PROXY MOBILE IP NETWORK - Methods and nodes are provided for efficiently establishing a route between a mobile node and a correspondent node in a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol network. A return routability procedure is used between a local mobility anchor and a media access gateway on one hand, and the correspondent node on the other hand. The procedure is made without involvement from the mobile node. The procedure is such that the correspondent node handles return routability as per standard mobile IP mechanisms. Following this return routability procedure, a binding of an address of the mobile node with an address of the media access gateway is stored in the correspondent node. This binding allows data traffic to flow between the mobile node and the correspondent node without passing through the local mobility anchor. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067447 | Dynamic and Fair Resource Allocation Algorithm for OFDM Systems - A resource allocation with dynamic bit control to achieve the greatest fairness for all users and minimize transmission power over orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is presented. This technique can be also applied in WiMAX system. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067448 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PARALLEL ACQUISITION OF SYSTEM INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE BASE STATIONS - A method for parallel acquisition of system information from multiple base stations may be implemented by a mobile station. The method may include determining scheduled times for transmission of the system information from the multiple base stations based on parameters included in messages from the multiple base stations. The method may also include creating a schedule list that comprises the scheduled times. The method may further include tuning to the base stations at the scheduled times that are specified in the schedule list in order to receive the system information from the base stations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067449 | Telecommunications System and Method - A telecommunications system is operable to provide a facility for mobile communications to a mobile node. The telecommunications system includes a packet radio network comprising a core network and a radio network. The core network and the radio network are arranged to communicate the internet packets in accordance with a current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network, established in accordance with the location of the mobile node. The mobile node is operable in accordance with a packet connection procedure for establishing a communications bearer for communicating the internet packets across the mobile radio network, to generate a packet data connection activation request. The packet data connection activation request is adapted to include a service level identifier representing a priority to be afforded to communicating internet packets to or from the mobile node with respect to the internet packets received from other mobile nodes, and to communicate the packet data connection request to the core network of the packet radio network. The core network is operable to establish a communications bearer to and from the mobile node via the core network and the radio network in accordance with the packet data connection request and to adapt the current configuration of routing and communications resources of at least one of the core network and the radio network following a change of location of the mobile node with a relative priority determined in accordance with the service level identifier. Through the inclusion of the service level identifier in the packet data connection request, the telecommunications system can give a relative priority to mobile nodes requiring a higher priority data transmission thereby reducing delays or interruptions in the transmission of data. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067450 | ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT NETWORK-WIDE MULTIPLE-IN-MULTIPLE-OUT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OVER A DOWNLINK - The present invention provides a method of coordinating the downlink transmissions from a plurality of base stations to at least one mobile unit. The method is implemented in a control plane entity and includes receiving, at the control plane entity and from each of the plurality of base stations, channel state information for a plurality of wireless communication channels between the plurality of base stations and one or more mobile units. The method also includes determining, at the control plane entity and based on the channel state information, transmission formats for downlink transmissions from the plurality of base stations to the mobile unit(s). The method further includes providing the transmission formats to the plurality of base stations. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067451 | Quality of service scheme for collision-based wireless networks - A method for enabling different priority messages in a contention-based wireless network where units use a common channel. Relative to high priority messages, if the channel is not busy when a message is ready for transmission, then the message is transmitted immediately. When the channel is busy, the message is not transmitted until the channel becomes available and a selected back-off period (while the channel is available) expires. Back off periods are illustratively randomly selected by the units. Low priority messages are similarly not transmitted when the channel is busy, and additionally are not transmitted for a preselected pre-emption interval when the channel is available to high priority messages but not to low priority messages. Like with high priority messages, low priority messages that not transmitted when ready are held back a back-off period before they are transmitted. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067452 | METHOD FOR PAYLOAD PART TRANSMISSION ON CONTENTION CHANNELS - A method for generating an uplink transmission burst includes using one or more symbols to define the uplink transmission burst, and forming a preamble portion and a payload portion for the uplink transmission burst. The preamble portion is formed using at least a portion of one or more of the symbols, such that the preamble portion includes a signature that is defined in a predetermined signature set. The payload portion is formed using at least a portion of one or more of the symbols. Typically, at least a portion of the preamble portion and at least a portion of the payload portion are formed using the same symbol. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067453 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING PILOTS - There is provided a method for allocating pilots to a sub-frame. The sub-frame includes a plurality of blocks in time domain. The method includes allocating a data demodulation (DM) pilot used for demodulating data to two blocks spaced not contiguous with each other, and allocating a channel quality (CQ) pilot. System capacity can be increased, and degradation of performance incurred by a channel estimation error can be minimized. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067454 | MEHTOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DOWNLINK DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting data through a downlink common transport channel in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving measurement information transmitted from a user equipment at an upper network node, forwarding control information of the common transport channel, which is acquired from the measurement information, from the upper network node to a base station, and transmitting downlink data from the base station to the user equipment through the common transport channel in accordance with the control information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067455 | METHOD FOR FRACTIONAL FRQUENCY REUSE WITH ORDERING SCHEME TO INCREASE CAPACITY OF OFDM SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein is a method for fractional frequency reuse with ordering scheme (FFRO) to increase capacity of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems while reducing interference due to the use of a common sub-channel set. Each cell includes a common sub-channel set assigned in common to all cells provided in a cluster and a dedicated sub-channel set assigned differently to all of the cells. The method includes classifying the cells into at least one type according to cluster sizes, and allocating the dedicated sub-channel set by frequency partitioning scheme based on the cell type. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067456 | Method for Establishing a Circuit Switched Call at a Dual Mode Access Terminal - A method for establishing a circuit switched call at an access terminal that is processing an established packet switched call, enables a user to be informed that a voice call has been requested. The method comprises transmitting, from a visited network to the access terminal, a packet switched message indicating that the voice call has been requested (step | 2010-03-18 |
20100067457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING THE RELEASE OF A PERSISTENT RESOURCE - A method and apparatus for signaling the release of a persistent resource in long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. An indication of the release of a downlink (DL) persistent resource is received by a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) from an evolved Node-B (eNB) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A positive acknowledgement (ACK) is transmitted by the WTRU which denotes that the indication has been received. The PDCCH or a medium access control (MAC) CE may be used by the eNB to signal the indication. At least one bit may be added to contents of the PDCCH to signal whether the PDCCH is for DL persistent or dynamic resource allocation. The DL persistent resource is then released and an indication that the DL persistent resource has been released is transmitted. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067458 | OFDMA Communication System and Communication Method - There is provided an OFDMA communication system capable of suppressing the communication resource reduction and reducing the processing load on a base station. The system includes a downlink frame generation unit ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067459 | HARQ in Spatial Multiplexing MIMO System - Methods and apparatus for signaling scheduling information in a spatial multiplexing wireless communications system ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067460 | METHOD FOR REDUCING DELAY IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING HARQ - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for reducing transmission delay on a radio interface in a communication network, comprising a communication network node ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067461 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING CONTROL SIGNALS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting control signals in a wireless communication system includes multiplexing a first control signal with a second control signal in a slot, the slot comprising a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in time domain, the plurality of OFDM symbols being divided into a plurality of data OFDM symbols and a plurality of reference signal (RS) OFDM symbols, wherein the first control signal is mapped to the plurality of data OFDM symbols after the first control signal is spread by a base sequence in the frequency domain, the RS is mapped to the plurality of RS OFDM symbols, the second control signal is mapped to at least one of the plurality of RS OFDM symbols, and transmitting the first control signal and the second control signal in the slot. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067462 | Systems and Methods for Data Path Control in a Wireless Network - In various embodiments, the data plane may be abstracted from a control plane in a wireless network such as WiMax, WiFi, LTE or the like. In some embodiments, a method comprises a receiving control data at a control server from a source device, generating routing instructions at the control server regarding routing network data based on the control data, providing the routing instructions to a routing device, configuring the routing device based on the routing instructions, receiving network data from the source device, and routing the network data from the source device to a target device using the configured routing device. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067463 | ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND BASE STATION APPARATUS USING THE ASSIGNMENT METHOD - A base station apparatus assigns a time slot, where multiple sub-channels have been frequency multiplexed, to a terminal apparatus. The correspondence between the range of signal strength and time slots is defined such that the time slot differs whenever the range of signal strength differs; a control unit assigns any one of a plurality of sub-channels in the time slot corresponding to the range of low signal strengths, to the terminal apparatus as a ranging channel. An RF unit, a modem unit and so forth perform a ranging operation on the terminal apparatus over the ranging channel assigned. The control unit assigns a sub-channel to the terminal apparatus that has performed the ranging operation, as a communication channel. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067464 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - One of sequence groups each specifying reference signal sequences for respective radio resource bandwidths is assigned to a base station and a different one of the sequence groups is assigned to a neighboring cell. The base station includes a scheduler configured to allocate radio resources; a reporting unit configured to report the allocated radio resources and a cyclic shift amount to a mobile station; and a demodulating unit configured to demodulate a signal received from the mobile station based on one of the reference signal sequences corresponding to one of the radio resource bandwidths and the cyclic shift amount. Cell reuse is applied to the reference signal sequences to be transmitted using one resource unit, and sequence hopping where different ones of the reference signal sequences are assigned to consecutive subframes is applied to the reference signal sequences to be transmitted using a bandwidth greater than one resource unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067465 | BASE STATION, USER DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - A base station includes a scheduler determining allocation of radio resources for each subframe; a control channel generating unit generating a control channel including common control information mapped across a system frequency band and specific control information mapped to one or more resource blocks allocated to a selected user device; and a transmission signal generating unit generating a transmission signal by time-division-multiplexing the common control information and the specific control information. The common control information is transmitted every subframe and includes information units with a predetermined data size, a format indicator representing one of preset options indicating the number of symbols occupied by the common control information, and information indicating the maximum number of the information units. The information indicating the maximum number of the information units is transmitted as a part of the common control information at a predetermined interval longer than or equal to one subframe. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067466 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, WIRELESS BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system having a plurality of wireless base stations (BSs), and a second BS included under at least one of a first BS among the plurality of BSs and usable by a specified mobile station, the wireless communication system includes registering first identifiers as identifiers of the first BS and a second identifier as an identifier of the second BS in the specified mobile station in advance. The wireless communication system includes transmitting first information to the second BS when an identifier of a present cell is other than the first and second identifiers, and transmitting second information to the second BS when the identifier of the present cell is the first or second identifier, and controlling an operation of the second BS based on the received first or second information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067467 | METHOD OF RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - A random access method in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes transmitting a bandwidth request indicator and a quick access message from a mobile station to a base station and starting a timer having a timer value determined according to an acknowledgement from the base station. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING A NEW DATA INDICATOR IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate techniques for managing respective original transmissions and re-transmissions of information within a wireless communication system. Various mechanisms are described herein for processing a new data indicator (NDI) associated with respective transmissions conducted for one or more Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes. For example, for a HARQ process shared between distinct scheduling schemes, an NDI associated with a latter transmission can be regarded as toggled irrespective of the value of the NDI upon recognizing that a utilized scheduling scheme (e.g., as indicated via a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) or the like) has changed between successive transmissions (e.g., from semi-persistent scheduling to dynamic scheduling), thereby allowing processing of the latter transmission as a transmission of new data. As additionally described herein, various techniques are described herein for NDI processing in the case of uplink grant and downlink assignment transmission. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067469 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT FOR DIFFERENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate avoiding interference with disparate communication technologies when allocating and/or utilizing wireless communication resources. Access points can generate resource assignments for mobile devices based at least in part on resources utilized by the disparate communication technology devices, such as to avoid such resources, allocate narrow bands over such resources, avoid or limit allocations in a measurement gap during which disparate communication technology devices communicate, and/or the like to mitigate interference over the resources. Mobile devices can provide such information to the access point, such as a communication technology to avoid interfering, resources utilized by devices of the communication technology, etc. This information can be acquired by receiving signals from the devices, detecting presence of the devices, and/or the like. In addition, mobile device can reduce transmission power over resources used by the disparate communication technology. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067470 | PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (PRACH) TRANSMISSION IN MULTICARRIER OPERATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate selecting an uplink carrier for random access within a wireless environment having multiple carriers. Selection of an uplink carrier for random access can be randomly selected from a set of available uplink carriers. Additionally, the uplink carrier for random access can be selected based upon which uplink carrier is paired with an anchor carrier. Further, the uplink carrier for random access can be identified based upon a bandwidth related to the user equipment (UE). Reference signals can also be employed in order to identify an uplink carrier to perform random access. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067471 | Base Station And Method Used In Mobile Communications System - A base station belongs to one of plural cells using a same portion of a system bandwidth including a part that determines which of user apparatuses existing in a service area should be assigned one or more resource block units, the resource block unit having predetermined bandwidth and time period and being identified by a shared resource number shared by the cells; a part that grades the user apparatuses based on their wireless transmission statuses and determines ranking numbers corresponding to the user apparatuses; a part that generates assignment information indicating which of the user apparatuses should be assigned to which of the resource block units according to a predetermined corresponding relationship between the shared resource number and the ranking number; and a part that reports the assignment information to the user apparatuses. The predetermined corresponding relationship is determined to be different among the cells using the same frequency bandwidth. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067472 | Backward compatible physical uplink control channel resource mapping - A method for uplink signaling is described. The method includes determining one or more macro-configuration parameters. The one or more macro-configuration parameters define a resource allocation mapping for a control channel. A set of parameters including one or more micro-configuration parameters and the one or more macro-configuration parameters are generated. A transmission of the set of parameters to one or more user equipment is caused to be sent. Apparatus and computer readable media are also described. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus are directed toward optimizing clear channel assessment (CCA) parameters in wireless communications. A CCA parameter request is received from an optimizing station. A current CCA parameter is read and transmitted to the optimizing station. A notification is received from the optimizing station of an optimized CCA parameter to be used by the optimizing station. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067474 | PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-CARRIER MODULATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Techniques for managing peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) for multi-carrier modulation in wireless communication systems. Different terminals in a multiple-access system may have different required transmit powers. The number of carriers to allocate to each terminal is made dependent on its required transmit power. Terminals with higher required transmit powers may be allocated fewer carriers (associated with smaller PAPR) to allow the power amplifier to operate at higher power levels. Terminals with lower required transmit powers may be allocated more carriers (associated with higher PAPR) since the power amplifier is operated at lower power levels. The specific carriers to assign to the terminals may also be determined by their transmit power levels to reduce out-of-band emissions. Terminals with higher required transmit powers may be assigned with carriers near the middle of the operating band, and terminals with lower required transmit powers may be assigned with carriers near the band edges. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067475 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING FEEDBACK INFORMATION IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM)/OFDM ACCESS (OFDMA) MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting feedback information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method comprises a mobile station (MS) which determines whether to transmit feedback information to a base station (BS) without solicitation from the BS. After determining to do so, the MS transmits a request message to request the BS to allocate an uplink resource for transmitting at least one unsolicited header and thereafter receives the uplink resource allocation from the BS. Lastly, the MS transmits the at least one unsolicited header via the allocated uplink resource. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067476 | MULTI-HOP WIRELESS BACKHAUL NETWORK AND METHOD - Some embodiments of the invention provide an implementation for a multi-hop wireless backhaul network. These embodiments can advantageously be deployed in dense urban areas and/or co-located with wireless access nodes, such as base-stations of a cellular wireless communication system. Preferably wireless links between constituent network nodes are set-up hierarchically. A basic result of this is that peer-to-peer (child-to-child) communication is generally prohibited and circuits are forced to conform to a topology. The multi-hop wireless backhaul network may be used to carry delay sensitive, high-density last mile circuit traffic over Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) broadband radio links. Moreover, some embodiments of the invention provide a method of path-healing for re-routing of circuit traffic from circuits that have experienced catastrophic failures. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067477 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION OF DATA CHANNEL FOR ENHANCED UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION - A method of transmitting/receiving control information of a data channel for enhanced uplink data transmission is disclosed, by which efficient radio resource allocation is enabled. The present invention includes the acquiring control information of data channel for enhanced uplink data transmission; composing a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including the control information; and transmitting the MAC PDU via a first physical channel for user data transmission. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067478 | Method of selecting suitable frequency bands for data transmission between a network node and a user equipment within a mobile communications network - A method of selecting suitable frequency bands for data transmission between a network node and a user equipment within a mobile communications network. A method selects suitable frequency bands for data transmission between a network node and user equipment within a mobile communications network. A scheduler on the network node side selects data transmission mode depending on the user equipment capability of receiving data from at least two frequency bands simultaneously. The scheduler preferably selects the data transmission mode in the following way: simultaneous data transmission over at least two frequency with or without splitting traffic data or data transmission over only one available frequency band. For data transmission, a radio frame structure (Big MAC element) is dynamically established in the so-called medium access control layer, shortened so-called MAC-layer, by using concurrent radio resources from other frequency bands or other radio access technologies. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067479 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RESOURCE ALLOCATION INFORMATION - A resource allocation method and a resource allocation information transmission method are provided. Smallest units of resource allocation are set as basic resource blocks and groups of a specific number of basic resource blocks are set as group resource blocks. Resources can be allocated in units of basic resource blocks or in units of group resource blocks depending on the amount of resources required for data transmission of each UE. Resource allocation information for allocation in units of basic resource blocks is set to be different from resource allocation information for allocation in units of group resource blocks, thereby achieving efficient allocation of communication resources. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067480 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) TECHNIQUES - A system has multiple antennas, a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) module creating TDM slots, and demultiplexing circuitry inserting within the TDM slots Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols and associating the TDM slots with data sub-streams. The system also includes precoding circuitry associating the data sub-streams with multiple tones. Each of the respective tones corresponds to a respective one of the antennas. The antennas transmit the data sub-streams using the multiple tones. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067481 | DATA RETRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK CONTROLLER, MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION - An RNC creates a packet of a desired size from a data packet and transmits the packet to a BTS that controls a UE as a destination of the packet. The BTS transmits the received packet to the UE and notifies the RNC of a packet reception result received from the UE. The RNC determine whether a data packet corresponding to a packet transmitted to the BTS has correctly reached the UE based on the received reception result. When the UE performs handover from the BTS to a handover-destination BTS, the RNC retransmits a data packet that has not correctly reached the UE via the handover-destination BTS. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067482 | Method And Apparatus For Estimating A Position Of An Access Point In A Wireless Communications Network - The present invention describes a method for estimating a position of an Access Point in a wireless communications network. The Access Point, used for connecting wireless networks to a core network, is being equipped with a User Equipment module, UE module. The UE module is used for scanning, for example upon a triggering event, a surrounding environment of the Access Point to identify neighbour Radio Base Stations. The Access Point then creates a neighbour list including information relating to neighbour Radio Base Stations. The Access Point forwards the neighbour list to the Network Control Node, wherein the Network Control Node uses the information in the neighbour list to estimate a position of the Access Point. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067483 | HANDOVER HANDLING - A system is proposed to provide handover in a mobile telecommunications environment, particularly applicable to 3GPP networks, which does not increase signalling overhead but minimises user data loss during handover. In the modified system, PDCP SDUs with Sequence numbers are buffered and retransmitted as necessary. At the time of handover, SDUs not received by the user device are forwarded to the target base station for forward transmission to the UE. The handover procedure is designed to minimise packet loss whilst keeping to a minimum the duplication of packet transmission over the air interface. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067484 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND INTER-STATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus includes a determining unit that determines whether a direct link has been established between the base station apparatus and another base station apparatus, when a mobile device makes a request to switch a communication recipient from the base station apparatus to the other base station apparatus; a link information acquiring unit that acquires, indirectly from the other base station apparatus, link information necessary for establishing the direct link to the other base station apparatus, when the determining unit determines that no direct link to the other base station apparatus has been established; and a link requesting unit that requests the other base station apparatus to establish the direct link to the base station apparatus, based on the link information of the other base station apparatus acquired by the link information acquiring unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067485 | Cache With Variable Lifetime For Storing Overhead Messages For Femto Deployments - Aspects describe separate caches that can be utilized to retain overhead information while device is in idle mode. A first cache can be associated with a first timer and can be utilized when a device is performing idle handoff. A second cache, associated with a second timer can be utilized when a device is not performing idle handoff. Second timer can have a longer period of validity than first timer. The separate caches can be utilized in networks that include femto cell topography, wherein re-use of pilot PN codes are at a greater frequency than the re-use frequency in macro cell topography. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067486 | HANDOVER METHOD IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS USED IN HANDOVER METHOD - When a mobile station moves from a communication area of a first access point to a communication area of a second access point, an information processing device provided for the second access point functions as an extraction device, a request device, and a communication device. The extraction device extracts first access point identification information identifying the first access point from a connection request message received from the mobile station. The request device requests the first access point to transmit the control information relating to the communication of the mobile station using the first access point identification information. The communication device establishes a link to the mobile station using the control information acquired from the first access point. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067487 | Wireless Communication Terminal, Hand-Off Method in Wireless Communication Terminal, and Wireless Communication System - It is possible to provide a wireless communication terminal, a handoff method in the wireless communication terminal, and a wireless communication system which can suppress the affect of an instantaneous disconnection in a hard handoff. The wireless communication terminal ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067488 | WIRELESS TERMINAL AND HANDOVER METHOD OF WIRELESS TERMINAL - A wireless terminal includes a data transmitting/receiving function and a handover control section. The handover control section scans channels to detect the existence or non-existence of the handover destination candidate on all available wireless channels. The handover control section acquires the handover destination candidate, by scanning the existence or non-existence of the handover destination in advance before handover execution. The verification scan is carried out to check whether or not the candidate is in a communicable area with the terminal. Then, based on the execution result of the verification scan, it performs a handover. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067489 | Selective Packet Forwarding for LTE Mobility - Methods and devices are disclosed for forwarding data packets during handover in a packet-switched wireless communications system, such as a 3GPP Long-Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution system. In an exemplary method, a source base station node ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE CONTINUITY OF MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a method of handing over a provided service from a serving base station to a target base station, the service including streaming content sent to a mobile station. The method includes receiving, at the target base station, a handover request from the serving base station, the handover request identifying the streaming content being provided to the mobile station by the serving base station, and an interrupt data packet, of the streaming content, last transmitted to the mobile station. The method includes sending a handover response to the serving base station and receiving a notification from the serving base station indicating that the target base station is selected for handover. The method includes receiving, from the serving base station, subsequent data packets of the streaming content that are later in time than the interrupt data packet and sending the received subsequent data packets to the mobile station. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELL RESELECTION - A method for base station reselection in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method may determine a first indication of signal strength for a first signal sent from a first base station and received by a user equipment (UE). The method may also determine a second indication of signal strength for a second signal sent from a second base station and received by the UE. The method may further determine a relative signal strength based on the first indication of signal strength and the second indication of signal strength. The method may also determine a Q factor based on the relative signal strength. The Q factor may be an indication of when base station reselection should be performed. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067492 | Wireless Communication Terminal, Communication Control Method of Wireless Communication Terminal, and Wireless Communication System - A wireless communication terminal, a wireless communication terminal communication control method, and wireless communication system for efficiently acquiring a communication system when a call occurs even when the terminal is judged out of service area. When a communication system selecting section ( | 2010-03-18 |
20100067493 | System and Method for Provision of IMS Based Services for Legacy CS UE with Home Node B Access - A system and method for providing user equipment (UE) mobility between a packet-switched system and a circuit-switched system is provided. In an embodiment, handover from a circuit-switched connection via a 3G Home Node B (3G HNB) to a circuit-switched connection via a Base Station System (BSS) is provided. In another embodiment, handover from a packet-switched connection via the 3G HNB to a circuit-switched connection via a BSS is provided. In yet another embodiment, handover from a packet-switched connection via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) access point to a circuit-switched connection via a 3G HNB is provided. Once handover is completed, an Interworking Function (IWF) is provided that acts as a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for translating circuit-switched signaling messages to SIP messages for packet-switched signaling. The bearer path comprises a circuit-switched bearer path to a Media Gateway (MGW), which provides a packet-switched bearer path toward the remote end. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067494 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING CDMA-BASED DEDICATED CONTROL CHANNELS IN AN OFDMA-BASED NETWORK - A method for efficiently transmitting control information may include allocating a portion of orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frames for transmission of a code division multiple access (CDMA) based signal. The CDMA-based signal may include data from one or more dedicated control channels. The method may also include converting the CDMA-based signal into a format that is suitable for transmission via OFDMA techniques. The method may also include transmitting the converted CDMA-based signal using a subset of available OFDMA subcarriers. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067495 | METHOD OF PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNCATION SYSTEM - A method of performing random access in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method of performing random access in a user equipment of a wireless communication system which uses multiple carriers includes transmitting a preamble for random access to a network, receiving a random access response message from the network in response to the preamble, transmitting a connection setup request message to the network, the connection setup request message requesting connection establishment with the network, and receiving a first message from the network, the first message including connection setup information and contention resolution information in a random access procedure. If a user equipment identifier of the user equipment is included in the message, the user equipment determines that it has successfully performed random access and performs a next procedure in accordance with the connection setup information. If the user equipment identifier of the user equipment is not included in the message, the user equipment determines that it has failed in random access and transmits a random access preamble to the network again after the lapse of a predetermined time period. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067496 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN UPLINK SIGNAL TRANSMISSION POWER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES - In an embodiment, a method for controlling an uplink signal transmission power in a communication device is provided. The method may include receiving a first message in a control channel modification time period, the first message including scheduling information about the timing of the transmission of a second message, the second message including an uplink signal transmission power related information, which will be transmitted by another communication device in the same control channel modification time period, controlling the communication device to receive the second message in accordance with the scheduling information, and controlling the uplink signal transmission power, which is used by the communication device for transmitting signals, depending on the uplink signal transmission power related information. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067497 | METHOD FOR MAINTAINING SYNCHRONISATION IN A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method for maintaining synchronization of a user terminal (UE) in a radio communication system is proposed, wherein resources reserved for transmissions of random access signals are divided into at least one first portion for contention-based communication, and at least one second portion of said resources for contention-free communication, and wherein a user terminal (UE) is assigned at least one resource of the portion assigned to the contention-free communication, for transmitting signals for maintaining synchronization. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067498 | METHOD FOR RE-DIRECTION OF UPLINK ACCESS - A method for prompt re-direction of uplink access of a specific user equipment is disclosed. For initial random access to a network, if a user equipment transmits a preamble, which includes information related to random access, to a network node, the network node sends grant/rejection information of the preamble and re-direction information as a response message to the preamble. In comparison with the related art which controls a rush of an access request of the user equipment through a second response message from the network node, since the rush of an access request is controlled by a first response message in the present invention, it is possible to promptly deal with abnormal communication status, thereby improving communication efficiency. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067499 | RADIO COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - Radio communication equipment performs radio communication with a first radio terminal group in a first period by using a frequency commonly for use by an adjacent base station, and with a second radio terminal group in a second period by using a frequency not commonly for use by the adjacent base station. The radio communication equipment includes a control unit to adjust time allocation of the first period and the second period; and a radio communication unit to perform radio communication with the first radio terminal group and the second radio terminal group according to the time allocation adjusted by the control unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING COMMON PHYSICAL CHANNEL - The present invention relates to a common channel generating method and device in a downlink. Receiving performance by the mobile station is improved by efficiently allocating the resource and generating the common channel in the downlink. Also, transmission diversity applied to the number of transmit antennas of the base station and the common channel can be easily detected, thereby acquiring the mobile station's initial process. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067501 | Faint Connectivity Session Setup - A method for communicating is provided. The method comprises communicating regarding transmission time interval (TTI) bundling related to one or more random access (RA) messages. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DERIVING TRANSMISSION TIMING OF A DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN SUPPORT OF ENHANCED UPLINK OPERATION - A remote station for wireless communication is disclosed. The remote station includes a transmitter configured to transmit packet data on an uplink channel and a receiver. The receiver is configured to receive a first frame having a downlink dedicated physical channel, the first frame being defined by a first propagation delay and a first time offset relative to a reference timing based on a common control physical channel and receive a second frame having a downlink dedicated control channel responsive to the packet data received by a base station, a beginning of the second frame being defined by a second propagation delay and a second time offset from the reference timing, the second time offset being a function of the first time offset. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067503 | Method for the Transmission of Ethernet Transmission Protocol-Based Data Packets Between at Least One Mobile Communication Unit and a Communication System - In order to transmit Ethernet transmission protocol-based data packets between at least one mobile communication unit and a communication system via generic route encapsulation tunneling established between a home agent unit and a foreign agent unit, at least one GRE key provided for establishing generic route encapsulation tunneling is linked to the media access control address assigned to the mobile communication unit. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067504 | System and method for exposing malicious clients in wireless access networks - Malicious clients within a wireless access network are identified using bait traffic transmitted between a collaborating wireless access point and a collaborating client. The bait traffic entices a malicious client to transmit malicious traffic towards the collaborating wireless access point. Upon receiving the malicious traffic, the collaborating wireless access point is able to identify the malicious client and report the presence of the malicious client within the wireless access network. | 2010-03-18 |
20100067505 | Performance of a Wireless Communication System - The invention relates to a device to be used in a wireless communication system with CSMA-based MAC, comprising means for transmitting at least a first and a second RTS message and at least a first and a second data packet on a transmission medium, and a spatially selective antenna. It is further proposed that said device uses a distributed antenna that combines the antenna elements of several devices and that said device observers the transmissions of other devices, analyzes the observed transmissions for transmission patterns and adapts its own transmissions to said detected transmission patterns. The invention further relates to a system, a method and a computer program to be used in a wireless communication system. | 2010-03-18 |