26th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130163377 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DENOISING OCEAN BOTTOM DATA - Computing device, computer instructions and method for denoising marine seismic data recorded with first and second seismic sensors. The method includes receiving first seismic data recorded with the first sensor in a time-space domain; receiving second seismic data recorded with the second sensor in the time-space domain, calculating with a processor models of the first and second seismic data in a transform domain that is different from the time-space domain; calculating in the transform domain an energy related to a down-going energy based on the models of the first and second seismic data; determining a noise in the transform domain corresponding to the second seismic data based on the calculated energy; reverse transforming the noise from the transform domain into the time-space domain; and denoising the second seismic data by subtracting the noise in the time-space domain from the second seismic data. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163378 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DENOISING OCEAN BOTTOM DATA - Computing device, computer instructions and method for denoising marine seismic data recorded with first and second seismic sensors. The method includes receiving first seismic data recorded with the first sensor in a time-space domain; receiving second seismic data recorded with the second sensor in the time-space domain, wherein the first and second seismic data are recorded at the same locations underwater; calculating with a processor models of the first and second seismic data in a transform domain that is different from the time-space domain; performing a wavefield separation using the first and second datasets in the transform domain; determining a noise in the transform domain corresponding to the second seismic data based on the wavefield separation; reverse transforming the noise from the transform domain into the time-space domain; and denoising the second seismic data by subtracting the noise in the time-space domain from the second seismic data. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163379 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VARIABLE DEPTH STREAMER DATA - Computing device, computer instructions and method for deghosting seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes receiving seismic data recorded by seismic receivers that are towed by a vessel, wherein the seismic data is recorded in a time-space domain; modeling the seismic data in a shot or common midpoint domain as a function of operators to derive a model; using the derived model to remove the receiver ghost from the seismic data to obtain deghosted seismic data; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the deghosted seismic data. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163380 | LOW-FREQUENCY CONTENT BOOST FOR VIBRATORY SEISMIC SOURCE AND METHOD - Computer software, computer and method for generating with a computing device a desired pilot signal for driving a vibratory source to generate seismic waves. The method includes steps for compressing a pilot signal in a force domain and also compressing a mass displacement in a displacement domain. The resulting desired pilot signal boosts the low-frequency end of the vibratory source. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163381 | METHOD AND SEISMIC SOURCES WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY - A method for seismic prospecting that includes a step of deploying plural vibratory sources on the ground; a step of receiving at each vibratory source a corresponding pilot signal for driving the vibratory source; a step of asynchronously actuating the vibratory sources to generate seismic waves into the ground; and a step of continuously recording seismic signals produced by the seismic waves. Pilot signals for the plural vibratory sources are obtained by spectrally shaping starting sequences into continuous pseudorandom sequences that are weakly correlated over a predetermined time interval. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163382 | SONAR SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING LOCATION OF DEVICES - Systems and methods are described for determining device positions in a video surveillance system. A method described herein includes generating a reference sound; emitting, at a first device, the reference sound; detecting, at the first device, a responsive reference sound from one or more second devices in response to the emitted reference sound; identifying a position of each of the one or more second devices; obtaining information relating to latency of the one or more second devices; computing a round trip time associated with each of the one or more second devices based on at least a timing of detecting the one or more responsive reference sounds and the latency of each of the one or more second devices; and estimating the position of the first device according to the round trip time and the position associated with each of the one or more second devices. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163383 | ULTRASONIC PROBE DEVICE AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An ultrasonic probe device includes capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers, a band control unit and a bias voltage change unit. Each of the transducers belongs to one of groups, each of the groups includes at least one of the transducers. The band control unit determines the bias voltage value which varies for each of the groups, and a timing to apply the direct-current bias voltage having the bias voltage value so that all frequencies included in an operating frequency are transmitted and/or received by the ultrasonic probe device during an operation period. The bias voltage change unit changes the direct-current bias voltage to be applied to the capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers in accordance with the bias voltage value and the timing. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163384 | Stress-Relief Device for Geophysical Equipment or Node - A stress-relief device is provided, which is configured for being mounted on a geophysical equipment or node connected to at least two cables. The device includes a case configured for surrounding the geophysical equipment or node and for making at least an opening for enabling a connection between each of the at least two cables and the geophysical equipment or node. The device also includes a housing for housing a portion of each of the two cables, the housing being configured for substantially preventing any movement of said portions of the two cables. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163385 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CONTENT BOOST FOR VIBRATORY SEISMIC SOURCE AND METHOD - Computer software, controller and method for generating a desired pilot signal for driving a vibratory source. The method includes steps for selecting a pilot target amplitude spectrum for the vibratory source; determining an initial pilot signal that matches the pilot target amplitude spectrum; associating the initial pilot signal with first and second frequency bands, the second frequency band including a high-frequency end of a range of the vibratory source; band-passing a first part of the initial pilot signal associated with the first frequency band with a first band-pass configuration; band-passing a second part of the initial pilot signal associated with the second frequency band with a second band-pass configuration; level compressing the first and second parts of the initial pilot signal; recombining the first and second parts of the initial pilot signal to form a recombined pilot signal; and processing the recombined pilot signal to obtain the desired pilot signal. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163386 | BURIED PRESSURIZED VOLUMETRIC SOURCE AND METHOD - A seismic source configured to generate seismic waves underground. The source includes a tank configured to be buried underground, the tank having a cavity; an actuation mechanism provided inside the cavity, wherein the actuation mechanism is configured to have at least one movable part that moves back and forth to generate a seismic wave having a desired frequency; and a first fluid provided inside the cavity and around the actuation mechanism and configured to transform the back and forth movement of the at least one movable part into a varying pressure that directly acts on walls of the tank. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163387 | Method of Controlled Pulse Driving of a Stacked PZT Bender Bar for Dipole Acoustic Radiation - A bender bar is presented. The bender bar includes at least two pairs of piezoelectric elements arranged on an inert element to adjust the response frequency of the bender bar. In some embodiments, the piezoelectric elements can be stacked on the inert element. In some embodiments, the piezoelectric elements are symmetrically arranged with respect to the bender bar such that a gap is formed between piezoelectric elements arranged on the inert element. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163388 | REMOTE COMMUNICATION AND CONTROL OF ACOUSTIC DETECTORS - A method of controlling a function of an acoustic detector includes storing a reference power spectrum of a reference acoustic signal, the reference power spectrum being associated with a mode of operation of the acoustic detector; receiving an acoustic sound signal, the acoustic sound signal including a tone and harmonic tones; generating a real-time acoustic power spectrum of the acoustic sound signal responsive to the receiving of the acoustic sound signal; and performing the mode of operation when a comparison of the real-time acoustic power spectrum with the reference acoustic power spectrum indicates that the acoustic sound signal is a control signal. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163389 | ISLAMIC PRAYER AND PEDOMETER WATCH - A system and method is proposed that provides a scheduling device and system for notifying a user of Islamic prayer times, aiding the user in preparing to pray, and presents the user with data related to fitness. The system and method may comprise a portable electronic device and a notification system. The system may include a database storing information comprising a list of prayer times and Rakha numbers, the prayer times and the Rakha numbers being associated with a location and date. The portable electronic device may include a display, an electronic compass, a memory, an alarm, a pedometer, a location module, and a processor. The processor may be programmed to execute a program comprising the notification system, wherein the notification system comprises a scheduling function and an exercise function. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163390 | SMART-WATCH INCLUDING FLIP UP DISPLAY - A smart-watch can include a wristband, a base, and a flip up portion. The base can be coupled to the wristband and include a housing, a processor, a wireless transceiver, and a tactile user interface. The wireless transceiver can be configured to connect to a wireless network. The tactile user interface can be configured to provide interaction between a user and the smart-watch. The flip up portion can be displaceable between an open position exposing the base and a closed position concealing the base. Further, the flip up portion can include: a top display exposed when the flip up portion is in the closed position, and an inside display opposite the top display. The inside display can be concealed when the flip up portion is in the closed position and be exposed when the flip up portion is in the open position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163391 | TIMEPIECE HAND - A special hand for abrupt acceleration. The hand is mounted to pivot around a staff so as to be able to indicate an item of information. The hand is made from an at least partially amorphous metal alloy. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163392 | TIMING SYSTEM AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A timing device comprises an electrochemical timing structure and a mechanism that enables the timing device to be manually programmed to expire at a plurality of different time periods. In some embodiments, the mechanism is used to adjust the timing device to add a duration of time to an expiration time of the timing device. Alternatively the mechanism is used in order to subtract a duration of time from an expiration time of the timing device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163393 | ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE AND OPERATION DETECTION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE - Disclosed is an electronic timepiece including a rotary switch, a rotation detection unit which detects a rotation of the rotary switch every time the rotary switch rotates for a predetermined rotation angle, a determination unit which determines as a continuous detection when a number of times the rotation detection unit detects the rotation is a predetermined number of times or greater before a preset unit time have elapsed from a detection timing, the predetermined number of times being 2 or more and a control unit which executes a predetermined function when the determination unit determines as the continuous detection. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163394 | Easy Wake System and Method - Disclosed embodiments are directed towards a system and method for awakening a user from a period of sleep by applying a stimulus of light for a period determined from a comparative analysis of the user's sleep stage and a desired wake time. One exemplary method includes setting an alarm time and then monitoring motion sensors to detect movements of the user that indicate the user is in a stage of light sleep. When it is determined that the user has entered a stage of light sleep, the alarm time may be compared with the timing of the light stage of sleep. If the alarm time coincides with the sleep stage timing, an alarm comprised of a gradually intensifying stimulus of light can be triggered to awaken the user. In some embodiments, the gradually intensifying stimulus of light can be made to simulate a dawn event of the sun rising. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163395 | WATERPROOF WATCH PUSHBUTTON - Sealed pushbutton for a wristwatch comprising a pushbutton head that is movable between a resting position and an active position, a first fixed conductive element and a second movable conductive element. It comprises an elastically deformable capsule that hermetically covers the first fixed conductor, wherein an upper surface of the capsule is in physical contact with a lower surface of the pushbutton head. The capsule can be located in a non-deformed position when the pushbutton head is in its resting position and in a deformed position when the pushbutton head is in its active position, and the first and second conductive elements form a capacitive or resistive switch device, wherein the switch is in open state when the pushbutton head is in its resting position and in closed state when the pushbutton head is in its active position. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163396 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA TO AN OPTICAL DISC - Provided are a method of optical writing on a disc and a device adopting the method. The method of optical writing includes initially driving a laser diode (LD) at a preset reference value corresponding to a target output, detecting an actual output power by monitoring light output by the LD, and comparing the actual output power to the target output power. The method further includes compensating the reference value and writing data to the optical disc using the compensated reference value. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163397 | OVERWRITE CONTROL FOR DATA IN TAPE RECORDING APPARATUS - A tape recording apparatus in communication with a tape medium, and includes a head and a controlling unit to control the head to read and write data to the tape medium, wherein the controlling unit performs operations, comprising: determining an overwrite starting position by skipping data units whose beginning position cannot be determined until a data unit is reached having a beginning position that can be determined; and performing an overwrite operation at the overwrite starting position at the data unit whose beginning position can be determined. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163398 | MEDICAL-DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A medical-data management device includes: a medical data determination unit | 2013-06-27 |
20130163399 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, OPTICAL ELEMENT USING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM, AND OPTICAL INFORMATION WRITING/READING DEVICE - To provide a liquid crystal alignment film having a sufficient alignment-regulating power and high resistance against blue laser beam and having, at the same time, excellent adhesion, and an optical element using it. A liquid crystal alignment film obtainable by bonding, by chemisorption to a substrate, an alignment-regulating precursor which undergoes anisotropic decomposition by irradiation with polarized ultraviolet light, and irradiating the alignment-regulating precursor bonded to the substrate, with polarized ultraviolet light, to let it undergo anisotropic decomposition and exhibit an alignment-regulating power. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163400 | Optical Pickup Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The invention provides an optical pickup device that ensures complete curing of adhesive when a tilt adjusting holder is glued to an objective lens holder. The optical pickup device comprises: a light source; an objective lens for focusing light emitted from the light source onto an optical storage medium; a tilt adjusting holder to which to secure the objective lens; and an objective lens holder to which to glue the tilt adjusting holder. The objective lens holder includes: adhesive joint sections for securing the tilt adjusting holder to the objective lens holder using an adhesive; a seat section on which the tilt adjusting holder abuts; and adhesive anti-overflow pockets, located between the adhesive joint sections and the seat section, for receiving the adhesive when the adhesive flows from the adhesive joint sections. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163401 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS AND OPTICAL POWER CONTROL METHOD - An optical disc apparatus includes: a light source; a power detection portion that detects optical power of light emitted from the light source; a temperature detection portion that detects an ambient temperature of the power detection portion; a storage portion in which information relating to a temperature drift characteristic of the power detection portion is stored; and a control portion that controls the optical power while performing a temperature correction relating to the power detection portion by using the information stored in the storage portion. In the optical disc apparatus, the information stored in the storage portion is updated. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163402 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus (a) generates a transmission symbol; (b) assigns, to the transmission symbol, a given number of units each formed of a symbol and a subcarrier in a frame which is formed of M (M is a positive integer) symbols and N (N is a positive integer) subcarriers and includes M×N units, and the given number being not more than M×N, to obtain the given number of identical transmission symbols; (c) multiplies the identical transmission symbols by a code sequence including a plurality of different elements; and (d) transmits the identical transmission symbols multiplied by the code sequence. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163403 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE OF MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A data processing method of a multi-carrier receiving device, according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes determining a data processing order for user data provided from a plurality of different users according to a unit data length detected from user information, processing in parallel the user data according to the determined data processing order by using a plurality of inverse discrete Fourier transform (IDFT) engines, and recombining the in-parallel-processed data on a per-user basis with reference to the data processing order and timing information. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163404 | VOIP GATEWAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND VOIP - Provided are a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway device, a control method thereof, and a VoIP gateway system. The VoIP gateway device includes: a connector which is connected to a first terminal; a communication unit which communicates with a proxy server that relays a VoIP communication; a storage unit which stores a ringtone corresponding to a call received by a call back function; and a controller which transmits an invite message to the proxy server for connecting a call from a first terminal to a second terminal corresponding to the call back function upon request from the first terminal for the call back function, and transmits the stored ringtone to the first terminal upon receiving a ringing message from the proxy server in response to the invite message. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163405 | METHOD FOR SELECTING PMI FOR NON-ADAPTIVE HARQ OPERATION IN A MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting an uplink signal at a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), an uplink scheduling grant for multi-antenna transmission; transmitting the uplink signal precoded using precoding information included in the received uplink scheduling grant to the BS; and retransmitting the uplink signal to the BS according to Acknowledgment/Negative Acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) corresponding to the transmitted uplink signal. The retransmitted uplink signal is precoded using precoding information included in a most recent uplink scheduling grant or a predetermined precoding matrix if an uplink scheduling grant for the retransmission is not received from the BS. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163406 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND RETRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a terminal device that is capable of improving the characteristics of a response signal having poor transmission characteristics when ARQ is utilized in communication using an uplink unit band and a plurality of downlink unit bands associated with the uplink unit band. At the time of channel selection, a control unit ( | 2013-06-27 |
20130163407 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NETWORK ELEMENT CRITICALITY - A method includes obtaining routing tables, and link quality to neighbor nodes for each node in a wireless multi-hop network, iteratively removing a network element and determining alternative routes for each such removed network element, and identifying critical network elements where inadequate alternative routes exist after network elements are removed. The method may be implemented by code stored on a computer readable storage device for execution by a computer in some embodiments. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163408 | REALLOCATING SECONDARY DESTINATIONS ON A NETWORK SWITCH - A method, system and program product that in response to a segmented server going offline reallocates only those primary and secondary destinations that need to be reallocated on an evenhanded basis, so there is at most a difference of one in the number of buckets allocated to each segmented server before and after re-allocation. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163409 | DISASTER RECOVERY WITH A CENTRAL CONFERENCING ROUTING SERVER - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing routing server is configured to respond to a failure in a conference bridge to allow for repair to the network and/or account for split conferences that may occur due to the bridge failure. In one embodiment, the CCRS may account for moving a conference bridge into an offline state by removing the conference bridge from consideration for hosting a collaboration conference. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163410 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DYNAMICALLY DETECT AND FORM A MASTER SLAVE NETWORK - This invention describes a system and method for dynamically establish and maintain a MASTER SLAVE Network among the devices with wireless and wired connectivity. It also provides system and method for maintaining a MASTER SLAVE network in the event where the SLAVE or the MASTER or the server is dead. More importantly, it supports automatic network discovery, establishment and maintenance to provide end to end connectivity by using minimum resources of an enterprise network. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163411 | DEVICE FOR USE IN A DIGITAL CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A device for use in a digital conference system has a first and a second port in connection with each other and has a configuration device for configuring, on receipt of a trigger signal, either the first or the second port as input port of the device and the other port as output port. The trigger signal is a synchronisation signal. The device is preferably a delegate unit or an extension unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163412 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SETTING A PATH TO AN ACCESS POINT ACROSS A WIRELESS MESH NETWORK - A node within a wireless mesh network performs a path analysis on an advertised path to an access point that has a cost value less than the cost value of the current primary path to the access point. Depending on the cost value difference between the respective cost values of the advertised path and the current primary path, the node may perform a different type of path analysis. Based on the result of that path analysis, the node may change paths to the access point and use the advertised path as the primary path. Further, the node maintains a secondary path so that, in the event that the primary path fails, the node can default to using the secondary path. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163413 | LAYERED CONTROL OF SERVICE INTERFACE FOR A BREAKOUT COMPONENT IN A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - Mobile network services are performed in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. A breakout component in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The breakout component includes a service interface that performs primary control by one system, and backup control by a different system. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163414 | DISTRIBUTION ROUTE CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE - A distribution route construction method includes: transmitting, in a data distribution system, at least one check packet to a plurality of terminals within a network from a check packet transmission terminal; checking a reply packet from the plurality of terminals; grouping the plurality of terminals into a first terminal group including a first terminal whose reply packet reaches the check packet transmission terminal and a second terminal group including a second terminal whose reply packet does not reach the check packet transmission terminal; changing a designation terminal for data communication to reduce communication data traffic between the first terminal group and the second terminal group; and reconstructing distribution routes based on the checking and the changing. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163415 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A LOAD AMONG A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An apparatus distributes a load among a plurality of communication devices. The apparatus stores a session information management table that stores session information for a request packet in association with one of the plurality of communication devices via which the request packet has been transmitted to the apparatus. The apparatus receives a first response packet in response to a first request packet that has been transmitted via a first communication device included in the plurality of communication devices where the first response packet sharing first session information with the first request packet. The apparatus selects, from among the plurality of communication devices, the first communication device associated with the first session information, by referring to the session information management table, and transmits the first response packet to the selected first communication device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163416 | PROCESSING DIGITAL SIGNAL - Described embodiments provide a digital unit for controlling a plurality of radio units to transmit a signal to user equipment. The digital unit may determine whether user equipment is located at an overlapping service area of a first radio unit and a second radio unit and control the first radio unit to transmit a signal to the user equipment using the first antenna and control the second radio unit to transmit the same signal to the user equipment using the second antenna when the user equipment is located in the overlapping service area. A transmission pattern of the first antenna of the first radio unit may be different from a transmission pattern of the second antenna of the second radio unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163417 | Application level admission overload control - Generally described, the present disclosure relates to communications. More specifically, this disclosure relates to application level admission overload control. In one illustrative embodiment, intelligence can be embedded into a communication system so that it can detect and prevent network attacks without the need of costly network and firewall appliances. The communication system can control the in-flow of network packets to help prevent system overload situations through a packet oriented admission policy, connected oriented admission policy or both. By doing so, it not only makes the communication system more robust, secure and cost effective, but also can prevent service interruptions. This can reduce support calls and prove cost-effective to the customer as well as a solution provider. The communication system can protect network applications from internal network traffic and/or attacks. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163418 | PACKET TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A method of managing traffic of packet transport system according to some embodiments of the inventive concept may include calculating an average queue size of input traffic with reference to a link capacity; and differently applying allowable length and probability of disuse with respect to the calculated average queue size according to marking information with respect to packets of the input traffic. The input traffic includes a CCM packet for OAM. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163419 | FLEXIBLE AND SCALABLE DATA LINK LAYER FLOW CONTROL FOR NETWORK FABRICS - A network fabric may divide a physical connection into a plurality of VLANs as defined by IEEE 802.1Q. Moreover, many network fabrics use Priority Flow Control to identify and segregate network traffic based on different traffic classes or priorities. Current routing protocols define only eight traffic classes. In contrast, a network fabric may contain thousands of unique VLANs. When network congestion occurs, network devices (e.g., switches, bridges, routers, servers, etc.) can negotiate to pause the network traffic associated with one of the different traffic classes. Pausing the data packets associated with a single traffic class may also stop the data packets associated with thousands of VLANs. The embodiments disclosed herein permit a network fabric to individually pause VLANs rather than entire traffic classes. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING COMMUNICATION TRAFFIC IN ATCA-BASED EQUIPMENT - A method for scheduling communication traffic in an Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture based equipment and a corresponding apparatus are provided. In the method, communication traffic information of traffic processing means in the equipment is collected; based on the collected communication traffic information, a traffic distribution rule for the traffic processing means in next time period is generated; and based on the generated traffic distribution rule, incoming communication traffic of the equipment is scheduled. The method of the invention considers the quality of service and contracted capacity of the whole equipment and the dynamic processing capability and running environment of the traffic processing means, and can balance the loads of the respective traffic processing means in the equipment with asymmetric multi-application configuration well by adaptively adjusting the distribution of the communication traffic, to guarantee the quality of service of the whole equipment. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163421 | Systems and Methods for Dynamically Adjusting QoS Parameters - A method for dynamically adjusting QoS parameters associated with a virtual circuit is disclosed. The virtual circuit includes a first end connected to a first router and a second end connected to a second router. The method includes receiving an offer message at the second router, and sending a request message to the first router. The offer message includes a first set of QoS parameters and the request message includes a second set of QoS parameters. The method further includes receiving a request confirmation message at the second router, receiving a new offer message at the second router, and sending information compliant with the second set of QoS parameters to the first router. The new offer message includes the second set of QoS parameters. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163422 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A device in a line part from a LAN to a WAN includes a plurality of cards which includes a TCP converter relaying two TCP communications. The TCP converter exchanges the number of connections in which data transmission is in progress and the number of connections in which data reception is in progress between TCP converters, receives the total number of connections in which data reception is in progress in an opposite device and an access line bandwidth to a WAN from the opposite device for each TCP connection. A control bandwidth is determined on the basis of the retransmission ratio of data, the total number of connections in which data transmission is in progress and an access line bandwidth to the WAN, and the total number of connections in which data reception is in progress and an access line bandwidth to the WAN of which the opposite device notifies. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163423 | ESTABLISHING THE PACKET FLOW POSSESSING A SYMMETRICAL QUALITY OF SERVICE BY NEGOTIATING THE QUALITY INDICATOR - A method for establishing a packet flow with another device over a communication network includes determining a first value of a priority indicator based on the type of data flow and exchanging signaling messages with that other device in order to enable the establishment of the data flow. The first value is inserted into the first of those signaling messages. Upon receiving a signaling message having a received value of that priority indicator, a sent value is determined based on that received value, and inserted into the packets of the packet flow. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163424 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD BASED OPTIMIZATION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Systems and methods for providing load based optimizations in communication networks are provided. A network device that provides network management and exchanges control messages with other network devices in the communication network can be modified to masquerade as a radio access transceiver to obtain radio access transceiver load information. The network device can be modified to include a radio-related interface and can communicate messages with the radio access transceivers to setup a radio access transceiver connection for exchange of load information. The radio access transceiver load information can then be used in the core network to provide optimizations for the loaded radio access transceivers. The optimizations can include modifying packet flows to decrease the bandwidth needed and switching one or more packet flows to another radio access transceiver. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163425 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BEACON TRAFFIC WITHIN A NETWORK SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth an improved way for a node to manage beacon traffic. Specifically, the node determines that a new message is to be transmitted to one or more neighboring nodes. The node assigns a value to the message based on certain message characteristics. The node utilizes this message value to determine whether to unicast the message to each one of the subscribing nodes or to add the message to the node's beacon. If adding the message to the node's beacon results in a beacon length that is above a desired limit, then the node may add a second beacon to carry the new message. One advantage of this approach is that beacon transmission times are kept low in order to reduce the likelihood that the beacon encounters interference from artificial or natural sources, including interference from beacons transmitted by other nodes. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163426 | FORWARDING ELEMENT FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXTENSIBLE FLOW PROCESSING IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS - A network device acting as a forwarding element within a software-defined network receives a representation of configurable flow table definitions and configurable logic for selecting between flow tables. The network device creates a flow table based on each of the configurable flow table definitions and installs the configurable logic for selecting between flow tables. The network device receives data to populate configurable key columns and action columns of the flow tables and populates the flow tables using that data. The network device then selects from forwarding decisions for packets according to the configurable logic for selecting between flow tables, the flow tables, and each packet's values in relevant header fields required by the configurable logic. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163427 | SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXTENSIBLE FLOW PROCESSING IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS - A system for flexible and extensible flow processing includes a first network device to act as a controller within a software-defined network. The first network device receives a processing definition, translates the processing definition to create a parser configuration package and transmit the parser configuration package to a plurality of forwarding elements, and transmit data to populate flow tables within the plurality of forwarding elements. The system also includes a second and third network device, each acting as a flow switching enabled forwarding element and able to receive a parser configuration package from the first network device. The second network device compiles the parser configuration package into machine code, which is executed on a processor to perform packet processing. The third network device includes a co-processor to execute the parser configuration package to perform packet processing. The parser configuration package includes representations of header, table definition, and stack instructions. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED TCP PERFORMANCE OVER MOBILE DATA NETWORKS - Performance of transport protocols over a mobile data network is improved by a mobile accelerator, which performs protocol optimizations on-the-fly without requiring any modification to server or client protocol implementations in the operating systems of the server or client. The proposed mobile accelerator is compatible with existing TCP protocol implementations at the server and the client device, without server/client OS modification. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT - A system and method for adaptive congestion management uses measurements of usage of each edge network segment both per-customer and for each edge network segment as a whole. The technique then processes these measurements to determine what changes to make to allowed transfer rates to alleviate congestion. Adaptive congestion management also uses these measurements to determine when to remove any restrictions on transfer rates in the case that the edge network segment is no longer congested. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163430 | CONGESTION INDUCED VIDEO SCALING - Access nodes and methods adjust a bit rate of a data stream in a communication network. The access nodes and methods have a packet inspection unit configured to inspect one or more of the data packets to determine that the data stream includes video data. A congestion unit is coupled to the packet inspection unit and is configured to determine a level of congestion in the communication network, the level of congestion associated with a capacity of the wireless channel, the level of congestion capable of varying over time, and the capacity of the wireless channel capable of varying with the level of congestion. A video scaling unit is configured to adjust the bit rate of the data stream responsive to the packet inspection unit and the congestion unit. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163431 | RADIO-AWARENESS OF MOBILE DEVICE FOR SENDING SERVER-SIDE CONTROL SIGNALS USING A WIRELESS NETWORK OPTIMIZED TRANSPORT PROTOCOL - System and method of radio-awareness of mobile device for sending server-side control signals using a wireless network optimized transport protocol are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method of sending a message over an alternate channel to a mobile device in the presence of an open TCP connection with a mobile device, including sending the message over the alternate channel to the mobile device, without utilizing the open TCP connection, responsive to determining that a timing criteria has been met. The alternate channel utilized need not cause a radio of the mobile device to switch on. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163432 | Technique for Determining Transport Capacity Required to Achieve Controllable Worst Case Throughput - A link in a communications network is provisioned with a particular bandwidth capacity determined as a function of a “sub-par customer data fraction. ” The sub-par data fraction is given by a) the amount of data transferred under sub-par condition divided by b) the total data transferred, where “sub-par condition” means that data is transferred below a given target bit rate. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163433 | ALTERNATE ROUTING OF VOICE CALLS IN A HEAVILY LOADED SIP NETWORK - Methods and systems for supporting the alternate routing of calls between endpoints, such as session initiation protocol (SIP) endpoints, are provided. An inner gateway alternate route (IGAR) application is invoked when the primary, Internet protocol, communication network is overloaded or otherwise unable to handle a call. The IGAR application assigns incoming and outgoing trunks, and serves as a contact point for session managers in routing the trunk call. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163434 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GATEWAY RELOCATION - Network operators have deployed multiple network devices to provide stable data services amid a rapid increase in data traffic. One way to balance data load among the multiple network devices is by distributing the user equipments across the multiple network devices using an explicit detach with reattach required procedure. However, the explicit detach with reattach required procedure can disrupt on-going data services of user equipments. This disclosure provides systems and methods of an enhanced explicit detach with reattach required procedure that reduces disruption of on-going data services due to the explicit detach with reattach required procedure. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163435 | LOAD BALANCING IN A CENTRAL CONFERENCING ROUTING SERVER - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. In one embodiment, the conferencing routing service may maintain a database of information or preferences associated with the conference requester and attempt to select a conference bridge based on the requester's information. Further, the conferencing routing service may receive performance information from a plurality of conference bridges that are able to conduct the collaboration conference and select a conference bridge in response to the performance information. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163436 | AUTOMATIC UPDATES TO FABRIC ALERT DEFINITIONS - For automatic updates to fabric alert definitions, a method monitors fabric alert definitions defined for a storage area network having a plurality of switches and a plurality of fabrics. The fabric alert definitions define alert conditions within the storage area network relevant to events occurring within one or more of the plurality of fabrics. The method further detects one or more changes to the plurality of fabrics by discovering relationships between each fabric and each switch within the storage area network and comparing current relationships against previous relationships. In addition, the method automatically modifies fabric alert definitions having a reference to changed fabrics responsive to detection of the one or more changes to the plurality of fabrics. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163437 | NETWORK CARD DETECTING CIRCUIT - A detecting circuit includes a network interface, a switch, a baseboard management controller (BMC) having first and second signal pins, and a detecting unit. The first and second signal pins receive low level signals when the network line is disconnected from the network interface. The first signal pin receives a high level signal and the second signal pin receives a low level signal when the network line is connected to the network interface but the network card is malfunctioning. The first and second signal pins receive high level signals when the network line is connected to the network interface and the network card works normally. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163438 | Data Integrity Scoring and Visualization for Network and Customer Experience Monitoring - Systems and methods for data integrity scoring and visualization for network and customer experience monitoring are described. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving a first set of vectors, each vector representing a network event generated by a network testing system, each vector including a plurality of dimensions and a first plurality of values, each value associated with a corresponding one of the dimensions. The method may also include identifying a second set of vectors representing at least a portion of the network events as observed by a network monitoring system, each vector in the second set of vectors including the plurality of dimensions and a second plurality of values. The method may further include calculating a presence score as a ratio between a number of vectors in the second and first sets of vectors, and/or an accuracy score as a measure of a discrepancy between corresponding values. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163439 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEMFOR SENDING AND RECEIVING INTERFACE CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION - The invention discloses a method and device for sending and receiving interface connectivity information. eNB sends the message carrying interface connectivity information between eNB and neighbor eNB through X2 interface to enable relay node to acquire the interface connectivity information between eNB and neighbor eNB to further accomplish handover, automatic neighbor relation setup, interference coordination and load equilibrium. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163440 | Location of Mobile Devices Served by a Relay Node - A network-based wireless location system (WLS) is configured to locate mobile devices, or user equipment (UE), wirelessly communicating with a relay node (RN). The RN is wirelessly backhauled to a serving donor enhanced NodeB (donor eNB), and the RN has eNB functionality to communicate with the UE and has UE functionality to communicate data from the UE with the donor eNB. The WLS carries out a method including receiving uplink transmissions from the RN, using the uplink transmissions from the RN to compute a location estimate for the RN, and determining a location estimate for the UE based on the location estimate for the RN. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163441 | DECOUPLED DOWNLINK AND UPLINK - The present disclosure provides systems and methods for decoupling downlinks and uplinks between user equipment (UE) and base stations. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system comprises UE (e.g., cellular telephones, mobile devices, etc.) for independently establishing an uplink (UL) and a downlink (DL). One embodiment of the method comprises the steps of establishing a DL to an optimal DL base station (BS), and establishing an UL to an optimal UL BS. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163442 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZING A NETWORK CONNECTION FOR AN OUTPUT DEVICE - In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a processor configured to send an identifier to an output device such that the output device presents the identifier. The apparatus also includes a cellular communication module and a Wi-Fi communication module operatively coupled to the processor. The cellular communication module can be configured to establish a connection with a cellular network. The cellular communication module can be configured to receive, from a server via the cellular network, Wi-Fi configuration instructions in response to the server receiving the identifier and the Wi-Fi configuration instructions from a communication device. The Wi-Fi communication module can be configured to establish a connection with a Wi-Fi network based on the Wi-Fi configuration instructions. The Wi-Fi communication module can be configured to receive, from the communication device, a command configured to control content presented by the output device after the connection with the Wi-Fi network has been established. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163443 | Blind Detection of VAMOS Capable Mobile Stations - A network performs blind detection of the VAMOS capability, at or above a predetermined SCPIR level, of mobile stations. The network transmits an AQPSK modulated message having a predetermined SCPIR level on a control channel or non-traffic portion of a traffic channel, and monitors the mobile station for an anticipated action taken in response. In some embodiments, the AQPSK modulated message is repeated to increase the probability of its reception. In some embodiments, AQPSK modulated messages are transmitted at varying SCPIR levels, to determine a minimum SCPIR level at which the mobile terminal is operative in VAMOS mode. The VAMOS capability and SCPIR level of mobile stations may be recorded, so that they may later be paired for VAMOS operation. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163444 | MULTICAST RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION - Content may be transmitted to mobile devices, in a network, using a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) multicast technique over wireless interfaces in the network. In one implementation, network elements in the network may receive feedback about the MBMS multicast transmission, where the feedback relates to a quality of the content, as received by the one or more mobile devices, or to the quality of the radio channel. The devices may determine whether to modify transmission parameters relating to the MBMS multicast transmission and may determine whether to retransmit lost data, corresponding to the content, to the mobile devices. The lost data may be retransmitted as a unicast transmission or a multicast transmission. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163445 | Testing TCP Connection Rate - Methods and apparatus to test connection rate of a network device. T connections between a test system and the network device may be defined and C connections of the T connections may be initiated in each of a plurality of sequential time intervals, where T and C are positive integers and T>C. Connection identifiers associated with active connections and inactive connections may be stored in first-in first-out active and idle queues, respectively. Connection identifiers associated with the initiated connections may be moved from the head of the idle queue to the tail of the active queue. When a number NI of connection identifiers in the idle queue at the start of a time interval is less than C, C−NI connections associated with connection identifiers at the head of the active queue may be aborted and re-initiated. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163446 | Correlation of Media Plane and Signaling Plane of Media Services in a Packet-Switched Network - This invention relates to methods for correlating at least one media path and a signaling session of a packet-switched network and to an implementation of these methods in hardware and software. To overcoming one or more of the limitations and challenges on the correlation of signaling plane and media plane of services, the invention defines a key, which can be used for correlation of media streams and signaling sessions. The invention is based on a signaling probe identifying new services and associated media paths of the media plane by detecting their corresponding signaling sessions and determining for each service a signaling session identifier. The signaling probe registers the signaling sessions and their media paths at a correlation unit using the signaling session identifiers as a key, which allows a media probe to query the correlation unit for respective signaling session identifiers that correspond to media paths detected in the media plane traffic. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163447 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS IN RELATION TO SENSING OPERATION IN A CARRIER AGGREGATION SCENARIO - The present invention proposes an apparatus which comprises a communication module configured for communication in a carrier aggregation mode aggregating a primary and at least one secondary carrier, a measurement module, and a control module, configured to retrieve measurement information pertaining to a measurement to be conducted of at least one secondary carrier associated to the primary carrier in the carrier aggregation mode, and instruct the measurement module to conduct a measurement of the at least one secondary carrier based on the measurement information, determine, based on a measurement result, an extent to which the measured secondary carrier is usable for transmission. Also, a corresponding method and computer program product is proposed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163448 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROBABLISTIC WLAN POSITIONING - This disclosure is directed to a wireless network node having position determination capabilities. The position of a node is determined using range measurements to other network nodes having known locations. Probability density functions modeling uncertainty factors are incorporated in the estimation algorithms to account for the dynamic nature of wireless network, including the relative motion of a node in the network. These probabilistic estimation techniques provide a solution in the form of an expectation value for the position of the network node and a variance that can be assessed to determine the validity of the position determination. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMAL LISTEN BEFORE TRANSMIT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for transmitting data in a listen before talk (LBT) wireless transmission regime. A digital radio receiver is configured to simultaneously receive and decode digital data transmissions from multiple radio channels. A digital radio transmitter is configured to listen to the multiple radio channels prior to transmitting digital data on a selected one of the multiple channels, based on locally determined channel occupancy. Optimal LBT efficiency is achieved within the set of multiple channels, thereby improving overall transmission efficiency between the transmitter and the receiver. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163450 | OPTIMIZATION OF DATA HANDOVER TO WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORKS - A method, system, and computer program product for managing a radio resource control state of a user equipment. A triggering module may be configured to determine whether a number of triggering conditions are satisfied. Also, responsive to satisfying the number of triggering conditions, a sustain module may be configured to initiate a sustain message. The sustain message may prevent the radio resource control state of the user equipment from changing states | 2013-06-27 |
20130163451 | Terminal-Assisted Improvement of Timing-Based Positioning Accuracy - There are provided measures for enabling a terminal-assisted improvement of timing-based positioning accuracy. Such measures may exemplarily include measuring a cell-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation on the basis of a cell-originated positioning-related signal and measuring a terminal-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation at an apparatus to be positioned, and utilizing the measured cell-related timing value and the measured terminal-related timing value for timing-based positioning calculation relating to the apparatus to be positioned at a network side. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING CARRIER QUALITY METRICS FOR INTRINSIC IMPARIMENTS - An Internet protocol (IP) telephony system terminates calls to certain groups of telephone numbers via multiple different telephony carriers. The IP telephony system will discontinue using a telephony carrier to terminate calls if the quality provided by the carrier falls below a threshold level. The IP telephony system includes a quality monitoring unit that determines when a particular group of telephone numbers are intrinsically impaired, such that no carrier could provide high quality when terminating calls to those numbers. In these circumstances, the IP telephony system adjusts the quality threshold to which a carrier's quality is compared when completing calls to the impaired numbers to account for the intrinsic impairment of the telephone numbers. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163453 | PRESENCE SENSOR WITH ULTRASOUND AND RADIO - An ultrasound and radio frequency technology is used to implement presence sensor capability for wireless devices such as, a laptap device. For example, the laptap device connects to a station device through a WiFi signal. In this example, the WiFi signal may include a data packet that synchronizes internal clocks of the laptap device with the station device. Further, the data packet may include transmitting time information for an ultrasound audio signal generated by the station device. The ultrasound audio signal is received by the laptap device that calculates time of flight (TOF) of the ultrasound audio signal. The TOF may be used to determine actual distance of the wireless device (e.g., laptap device) to the station device. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163454 | MEASUREMENT CONFIGURATION AND REPORTING METHOD FOR MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a measurement configuration and reporting method for multi-carrier system and device thereof, and the method comprises the following steps: eNB sends RRC signaling carrying multi-carrier measurement configuration information to the terminal; said terminal measures according to said multi-carrier measurement configuration information and carries multi-carrier measurement results in measurement report message. In the embodiments of the present invention, the terminal carries multi-carrier measurement results in measurement report message according to RRC signaling sent by eNB to quickly provide measurement results required during eNB handover, thus facilitating source eNB to perform multi-carrier handover for UE under CA. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163455 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device including: a processor configured to perform a wireless communication protocol including an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein the processor is configured to estimate, based on a round trip time measured at the upper layer in case of carrying out a retransmission control at the lower layer and a time taking for retransmissions at the lower layer, a first estimated round trip time, to estimate, based on the number of times of packet loss at the upper layer in case of carrying out the retransmission control at the lower layer, and the number of times of successful transmission at the upper layer being recovered by the retransmission control, a first estimated packet loss rate, and to obtain, based on the first estimated round trip time and the first estimated packet loss rate, a first estimated throughput in case of not carrying out the retransmission control. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163456 | Method and Device for the Validation of Networks - A method is provided for the validation of a network by a checking module, the network comprising a plurality of routers, each of the routers comprising a plurality of output ports, each of the output ports of the routers being associated with a bandwidth budget, a priority latency budget and a plurality of network budget grains. The method comprises, for each of the ports of each of the routers, steps of: calculation of a latency consumed on the output port of the router on the basis of the network budget grains and the bandwidth budget; checking of the compatibility of the latency consumed on the output port with the priority latency budget grains of the output port of the router; and, transmission by the checking module of a signal indicating the result of the check. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163457 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATING IN FDD MODE - A Channel State Information (CSI) feedback method and apparatus is provided for transmitting, at a base station, the CSIs for plural transmit antennas with a limited amount resource and receiving, at a mobile station, the CSIs efficiently in a massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system operating in the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163458 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION LOCATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for position location in a wireless network. In an aspect, a method is provided that includes determining whether a symbol to be transmitted is an active symbol, wherein the symbol comprises a plurality of subcarriers, and encoding identification information on a first portion of subcarriers if it is determined that the symbol is the active symbol. The method also includes encoding idle information on a second portion of subcarriers if it is determined that the symbol in not the active symbol. In an aspect, an apparatus includes detector logic configured to decode a plurality of symbols to determine identification information that identifies a plurality of transmitters, and to determine a plurality of channel estimate associated with the plurality of transmitters. The apparatus also includes position determination logic configured to calculate a device position based on the plurality of transmitters and the plurality of channel estimates. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163459 | Adjusting Link Layer Control Frame to Facilitate Data Thoughput - A base station subsystem includes logic to change the modulation and coding scheme for radio communications, and logic to communicate with a switching GSM to cause a change in link layer control frame size to reflect the change in modulation and coding scheme. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163460 | COOPERATIVE TRANSCEIVING BETWEEN WIRELESS INTERFACE DEVICES OF A HOST DEVICE - A circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that transceives packetized data with a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol. A second wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data with a second external device in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol and wherein the operation of the second wireless interface circuit interferes with the operation of the first wireless interface circuit. A processing module selectively preempts use of the second frequency spectrum by the second external device using a plurality of preemption modes including a first preemption mode and a second preemption mode. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163461 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for transmitting/receiving channel state information (CSI). A method for a terminal for transmitting CSI according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a first step of receiving a reference signal for channel measurement from a base station; a second step of generating sub-band (SB) CSI for each of a plurality of SBs using the received reference signal in the terminal and sequentially transmitting the generated SB CSI to a base station; and a third step of sequentially transmitting each SB CSI to a base station according to an order different from that of the sequential transmission. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163462 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal includes an interference rejection combining processor for obtaining a received signal vector with regard to each of multiple resource elements and for calculating receiving weights so as to suppress influence to a desired beam of electric wave sent from the desired base station by other beams, on the basis of the received signal vectors; a non-interference-rejection receiving weight calculator for calculating receiving weights so as not to suppress influence to the desired beam by other beams; a signal separator for separating a signal destined for the mobile communication terminal from signals destined for other mobile communication terminals; and an interference rejection combining determiner for determining whether the receiving weights to suppress influence by other beams or the receiving weights calculated by the non-interference-rejection receiving weight calculator should be used for signal separation by the signal separator, on the basis of an index representing a relationship between reception quality of a desired downlink transmission signal and reception quality of an interfering signal. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD BALANCING IN CELLULAR NETWORKS AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - Network operators are striving to find ways to provide stable video services amid a rapid increase in video data traffic. In order to provide stable video services with constrained network resources, network operators attempted to deploy multiple communication networks in parallel. However, network operators failed to effectively balance data traffic across parallel communication networks. This disclosure provides systems and methods for effectively balancing data traffic across parallel communication networks. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163464 | HANDING OVER A USER DEVICE FROM ONE TECHNOLOGY TO ANOTHER - A server device may identify that a user device is connected to a first radio access network (“RAN”), via a first technology. The server device may identify that the user device is capable of accessing a second RAN, via a second technology, where the second RAN is different from the first RAN, and where the second technology is different from the first technology. The server device may also receive an indication that the first RAN is congested. The server device may further determine, based on the indication that first RAN is congested, and further based on identifying that the user device is capable of accessing the second RAN via the second technology, that the user device should be handed over to the second RAN. Additionally, the server device may instruct the user device to connect to the second RAN via the second technology. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163465 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING DIVERSE PHYSICAL LAYER PATHS IN NETWORKS - An approach for finding cost effective network connections while maintaining physical layer diversity is described. A logical segment within a path between a start node and an end node of a network is determined. A plurality of physical connections of the logical segment is then determined, wherein each of the physical connections is associated with a cost value, selecting one of the physical connections of the logical segment based on the cost values. A determination is made of another logical segment between the start node and the end node to include another physical connection, wherein the another logical segment is diverse physically with respect to the logical segment. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTE LEARNING AND AUTO-CONFIGURATION - In an embodiment of a wireless network, when a node joins the network and receives a routing advertisement, such a node transmits the routing advertisement to all its neighbors. The node then receives transmission from the neighboring nodes indicating interest in joining the advertised network. If more than a threshold number of neighboring nodes are interested in the advertised route, the newly joining node inserts the route advertisement in a beacon transmission. If there is not a threshold level of interest, the node unicasts only to the neighbors who indicated interest in the advertised network. In an embodiment, the node repeats the above steps on a predetermined time basis (e.g., one per day) in order to determine interest in the advertised route that may have newly arisen. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163467 | SHORTEST PATH DETERMINATION FOR LARGE GRAPHS - A computer-implemented method and system are provided for determining the shortest path between two nodes in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. A non-transitory computer-readable medium is also provided that includes a plurality of instructions that, when executed by at least one electronic device, at least cause the at least one electronic device to determine the shortest path between two nodes in a network comprising a plurality of nodes. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163468 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD DEVICE - Provided is a wireless device and method for searching for a neighboring device in which the wireless device may spread a probe request message for searching for neighboring wireless devices using a predetermined spreading code, and broadcast the spread probe request message, and may receive and thereby de-spread a wireless signal and verify whether a neighboring wireless device is present using a probe response message when the probe response message is included in the de-spread wireless signal. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163469 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF NETWORK-CAPABLE APPLIANCES - A controlling device is used to configure a target device for wireless network communications through use of a setup wizard. The setup wizard is used to obtain information required to perform communications on a wireless network via a wireless network router and a digital representation of the information obtained through use of the setup wizard is provided to the target device via use of the controlling device. The target device will use the digital representation of the information to configure itself for wireless network communications. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163470 | TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION OVER NETWORK LINK - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) packet at a service device configured to optimize traffic over a network link, inserting a discovery identifier in the TCP packet, encapsulating the TCP packet in a UDP (User Datagram Protocol) packet, and transmitting the UDP packet over the network link. An apparatus is also disclosed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163471 | METHODS FOR DISCOVERING AND ANALYZING NETWORK TOPOLOGIES AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for discovering and analyzing a network topology includes obtaining information regarding a network including a relationship of a plurality of nodes of the network. At least one value for each of a plurality of centrality parameters is determined for each of the plurality of nodes. At least one topology score for each of the plurality of nodes is generated based on one or more of the centrality parameter values. One or more relatively significant nodes are identified based on one or more of the topology scores and output. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163472 | AUTO-CONFIGURING MULTI-LAYER NETWORK - An auto-configuring multi-layer network including different communication protocols, namely both wired and wireless protocols, interchangeably and indifferently to interconnect various devices such as, for example, controllers, actuators, alarms, sensors, interfaces, etc. The auto-configuring multi-layer network uses a virtualization functionality that mirrors devices from one layer having a given communication protocol unto another layer having a different communication protocol. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163473 | IP ROUTER AND METHOD OF ALLOCATING IP ADDRESS - An Internet Protocol (IP) router and a method of allocating an IP address are provided. The IP router includes: an IP management unit which, if the IP router is connected to a second router connected to a second WAN, is allocated a preset number of IP addresses from the second router; and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server unit which allocates the allocated IP addresses to at least one communication device connected to the IP router to form a sub network between the at least one communication device connected to the IP router and a communication device connected to the second router. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163474 | MULTI-PROTOCOL I/O INTERCONNECT ARCHITECTURE - Described are embodiments of methods, apparatuses, and systems for multi-protocol tunneling across a multi-protocol I/O interconnect of computer apparatus. A method for configuring a multi-protocol I/O interconnect may include identifying a plurality of switches of a switching fabric of a multi-protocol I/O interconnect, and configuring a path from a port of a first switch of the plurality of switches to a port of a second switch of the plurality of switches. Packets of a first protocol and packets of a second protocol, different from the first protocol, may be simultaneously routed over the path. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163475 | CONTROLLER FOR FLEXIBLE AND EXTENSIBLE FLOW PROCESSING IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKS - A network device acts as a controller within a software-defined network. The network device receives a processing definition, which includes a representation of configurable definitions of protocols, configurable flow table definitions, and configurable logic for selecting between flow tables defined by the configurable flow table definitions. The network device translates the processing definition to create a parser configuration package, which is distributed to a plurality of forwarding elements. This distribution causes each forwarding element to create a flow table based on each of the configurable flow table definitions. The flow tables include one or more configurable key columns and a set of one or more action columns to store forwarding decisions. The network device transmits data to populate the configurable key columns and action columns of the flow tables created within each of the plurality of forwarding elements. | 2013-06-27 |
20130163476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION SETUP VIA RECONCILIATION OF INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESSES - Systems and methods for forwarding data packets to facilitate an IP telephony communication make use of a media relay to accomplish the forwarding actions. The media relay is configured receive setup signaling indicating a first acceptable originating IP address for received data packets. The media relay also allows the acceptable originating IP address to change once after the initial call setup has occurred. Also, if a REINVITE action occurs during a call, the media relay will allow the acceptable originating IP address to change once after the REINVITE signaling has been completed. | 2013-06-27 |