| 28th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
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| 20110170430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTANCE ESTIMATION BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A distance estimation system is disclosed for estimating a distance between two electronic devices. The system includes a power adjustable transmitter that is capable of having its power level adjusted between successive transmissions of packets of data, a remote device that is remote from the power adjustable transmitter for receiving the packets of data, and a distance estimation unit. The distance estimation unit is for generating a distance estimation signal responsive to the packets of data received at the remote device such that the distance estimation signal is associated with a power level at which the power level adjustable transmitter is not able to sufficiently transmit the packets of data to the remote device. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170431 | MITIGATION OF INTERFERENCE DUE TO PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION - Techniques for mitigating interference due to peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are described. In an aspect, a P2P UE may measure the signal strength of downlink signals from base stations and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to WWAN UEs communicating with base stations. In another aspect, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of uplink signals from WWAN UEs and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., inversely proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to the WWAN UEs. In one design, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of an uplink signal from a WWAN UE, estimate the pathloss between the two UEs based on the measured signal strength, and determine its transmit power based on the estimated pathloss. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170432 | ACCESS POINT TRANSMIT POWER SCHEMES - In a multi-level power transmission scheme, an access point transmits at one power level, while repeatedly transmitting at a burst power level for short periods of time. For example, a femto cell may transmit a beacon with periodic high power bursts of short duration, while the femto cell transmit power also undergoes high power bursts aligned with the beacon bursts. In a network listen-based power control scheme, an access point listens for one or more parameters sent over-the-air by the network and then defines transmit power based on the received parameter(s). In some aspects, beacon transmit power may be set based on a defined outage radius parameter and the total received signal power on a channel. In some aspects, access point transmit power may be set based on a defined coverage parameter and the received energy associated with signals from access points of a certain type. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170433 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING NETWORK LINK QUALITY - Properties of data transmission are measured in a telecommunications network ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170434 | Method, electronic component and system for the diagnosis of communication connections - The invention relates to a method and system for diagnosing communication connections in a communication system. The invention enables the provision of a plurality of first diagnosis units and at least one second diagnosis unit, wherein the first and second diagnosis units each are assigned to a communication connection of the communication system and are configured for determining a value of a diagnosis variable of the respectively assigned communication connections, and provides for determining a value of at least one diagnosis variable by each of the first diagnosis units, determining a value of at least one diagnosis variable by the at least one second diagnosis unit, transferring the values determined by the first diagnosis units to an evaluation unit, statistically evaluating the transferred values by the evaluation unit, and diagnosing the values determined by the at least one second diagnosis unit depending on the statistical evaluation by the evaluation unit. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170435 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING CSI-RS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for processing a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system based on a multiple access scheme is provided. The CSI-RS transmission method defines a plurality of CSI-RS patterns, assigns the CSI-RS patterns to individual cells, uses the CSI-RSs alternately per Physical Resource Block (PRB) so as to utilize the transmission powers of all antenna ports for transmitting CSI-RSs, transmits Coordinated Multi Point (CoMP) CSI-RSs and non-CoMP CSI-RSs separately, and mutes specific resources in association with the CSI-RS pattern of adjacent cells. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170436 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RELAY TRANSITION TIME - An apparatus and method for establishing a relay transition time in a network node in a wireless communication system comprising comparing a network node transmit/receive (TX/RX) switch time to a switch threshold; and using a fraction of the cyclic prefix (CP) as a guard period if the network node TX/RX switch time is less than or equal to the switch threshold, or using a sounding reference signal (SRS) configured channel to blank out a last symbol if the network node TX/RX switch time is greater than the switch threshold. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170437 | METHOD OF SUBCARRIER ALLOCATION IN AN OFDMA-BASED COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND NETWORK - A method of subcarrier allocation in an OFDMA-based communication network, wherein the network includes a network controller and a number of base stations, wherein the network is divided into different cells and/or sectors, and wherein subchannels are generated by forming subsets of active orthogonal subcarriers of the OFDMA frame structure, is characterized in that the base stations measure the traffic load and/or the interference from neighboring and/or other cells and/or sectors, wherein an allocation of the subchannels to the cells and/or sectors is performed on the basis of the results of the measurements. Furthermore, a network applying OFDMA technology is disclosed. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170438 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE STATION, USER APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A mobile communications system having a first base station and one or more second base stations is disclosed, wherein the first base station includes a first generator which generates a first known signal for use in common between the first base station and the second base station and a second known signal use specific to each of the first base station and the second base station, and a radio transmitter which wirelessly transmits, to a subordinate terminal apparatus, the first known signal and the second known signal which are generated by the first generator. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170439 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL - To provide a radio base station apparatus and mobile terminal supporting each of a plurality of mobile communication systems when the plurality of mobile communication systems coexists, the radio base station apparatus assigns a modulated signal of a control signal to at least one frequency band with the system band of the LTE system as a unit on a predetermined data block basis (CCE basis) according to a predetermined rule, and when data blocks are assigned according to the rule as shown in FIG. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170440 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TRANSMISSION SIGNALS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatus, and computer-program products for the detection of potentially interfering user equipment (UE) in the proximity of a detecting entity. The detecting entity may be a base station or a UE. The detecting entity may take one or more actions in response to the detection in an effort to mitigate interference. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170441 | ANALYTICAL COMPUTATION OF CUBIC METRIC - A method includes determining attributes of multiple Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signals, which are to be superimposed to form a composite CDMA signal for transmission by a wireless transmitter. A predefined analytical formula, which computes a Cubic Metric of the composite CDMA signal as a function of the attributes, is evaluated. Transmission of the composite CDMA signal by the wireless transmitter is controlled based on the computed Cubic Metric. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170442 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CARRIER-TO-NOISE RATIO AND BASE STATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME IN A WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for estimating a Carrier-to-Noise Ratio (CNR) at a Base Station (BS) in a wireless access system are provided. In the method, a preamble signal received from at least one neighbor BS is converted to a frequency response of a preamble sequence and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT)-processing the preamble signal, an estimation period of the IFFT-processed preamble signal, corresponding to a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) size, is divided into a predetermined number of blocks, carrier power values of the blocks are accumulated for a predetermined number of frames, an average of timing offsets of the frames corresponding to a position of a block having a maximum average of accumulated carrier values is determined to be a timing offset of the preamble signal, a carrier power value of the preamble signal is calculated using the timing offset, and a CNR of the preamble signal is estimated using the carrier power value. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170443 | LINK SENSITIVE AODV FOR WIRELESS DATA TRANSFER - A method of improving signal quality in an ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) mesh network, comprising detecting at a node the signal quality of a received AODV protocol message, comparing the signal quality of the received AODV protocol message to a threshold; and on detecting that the signal quality of the received AODV message is not above the threshold, dropping the received AODV message. Further, a method of improving AODV mesh operation by detecting at a node the signal quality of the RREQ messages received at that node; and dropping any RREQ messages for which the signal quality is not above a threshold. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE RANGE ESTIMATION LOCATION - A system and method of determining the location of a mobile station by determining the time of transmission of a signal by a mobile station and determining range rings at a plurality of reference stations receiving the transmitted signal, where the range rings represent the distance of the mobile station from the plurality of reference stations. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170445 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING TRANSMISSION DELAY DIFFERENCES - The invention relates to determining mutual differences of transmission delays experienced by protocol data units transmitted in a communications network. This invention is based on a surprising discovery that the time difference between the receiving moments of protocol data units the temporal receiving order of which deviates from their temporal transmitting order represents the smallest possible difference between the transmission delays experienced by these protocol data units. In a method according to the invention it is determined, based on an order indicator associated with a protocol data unit received at an earlier point of time and an order indicator associated with a protocol data unit received at a later point of time, whether the mutual order of the protocol data units changed during transmission. If the mutual order has changed, the time difference between the receiving moments of the protocol data units is calculated, which time difference represents the smallest possible difference between the transmission delays experienced by these protocol data units. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170446 | Multi-Carrier Communications With Group-Based Subcarrier Allocation - A method and apparatus for subcarrier selection for systems is described. In one embodiment, the system employs orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA). In one embodiment, a method for subcarrier selection comprises a subscriber measuring channel and interference information for subcarriers based on pilot symbols received from a base station, the subscriber selecting a set of candidate subcarriers, providing feedback information on the set of candidate subcarriers to the base station, and receiving an indication of subcarriers of the set of subcarriers selected by the base station for use by the subscriber. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170447 | Thinning of Packet-Switched Video Data - This invention relates to a method and to a system for thinning a stream of packet-switched video data in which a stream of packet-switched video data is detected and the size of the packets in the video stream is determined, wherein packets of the video stream data are dropped depending on the size of the packets. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170448 | MANAGEMENT OF ROUTING TOPOLOGY IN A NETWORK - In a packet communication network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by respective links according to a routing topology, ordered metrics are respectively associated with links each connecting two nodes together directly. On detection of a modification of the routing topology, at the level of a first node connected by a link to at least one second node, a timer value associated with the second node is determined. Next, the timer is set. Finally, on expiring of this timer, a topology update message is emitted destined for the second node. The timer value is provided by an increasing function taking as parameter the metric associated with said link connecting the first node to the second node, so that the larger the metric, the larger the timer value. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170449 | Frequency Selective SINR Regeneration - A method is performed by a device in a wireless network. The method includes receiving a transmission that includes a wideband channel quality indicator, determining a received signal power estimate for each frequency band of a frequency domain, and determining an average interference-plus-noise based on the wideband channel quality indicator and the received signal power estimate. The method further includes determining a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio estimate for each frequency band based on the average interference-plus-noise and the received signal power estimate, and performing a communicative operation based on the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio estimate. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170450 | COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and computer program for cooperative transmission are provided. A re-transmitter for a data packet determined as not having been received at a re-ceiver correctly is selected amongst the potentialre-transmitters in a cooperative transmission mode. In more detail, the re-transmitter is selected amongst an original transmitter of the data packet and assisting transmitters configured to assist transmission of the original transmit-ter. The assisting transmitters receive the data packet in the original transmission, unless errors occur in the reception at a given assisting transmitter, and are candidates for the retransmission in case the original transmission results in erroneous reception at the receiver. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170451 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CHANNEL CAPACITY OF END-TO-END TERMINAL - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for estimating a channel capacity of an end-to-end terminal. The channel capacity estimating method of the end-to-end terminal includes calculating an average value of channel capacities for each size of data packets, the data packets varying in size, measuring an actual channel capacity with respect to the data packets, and deriving a linear model of a channel capacity based on the size of the data packets using the average value of the channel capacities and the actual channel capacity. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170452 | 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. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170453 | OPTIMIZED RESOURCE USAGE WITH NETWORK INITIATED QoS - A Quality of Service (QoS) interface maps virtual-to-real QoS instances and vice versa in order to make transparent to a network and to user equipment when network-initiated QoS is not supported by both. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170454 | TERMINALS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTINUAL SERVICE MULTIPLEX CONFIGURATION INFORMATION - A method for sending, a method for receiving, a system for sending, and a terminal for receiving continual service multiplex configuration information. Wherein, a multiplex service server configures service information for each service according to multimedia broadcasting data of a mobile multimedia broadcasting service, encapsulates a service identifier of each service and the corresponding service information into the continual service multiplex configuration information, and sends the continual service multiplex configuration information to a terminal via a broadcasting network; wherein, the service information includes at least demodulation information and program information, and the program information is used to distinguish a type of each service. The methods, system and terminal can speed up processing for the mobile multimedia broadcasting service and improve the user experience, and even in the case of having not received ESG, the terminal can also acquire the necessary information for processing and playing the service data. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170455 | ONLINE CHARGING FOR SESSIONS THAT ARE TRANSFERRED BETWEEN NETWORK DOMAINS - Communication networks and methods are disclosed for providing online charging for a session of a dual mode device that is transferred (seamless handover) from a first network domain to a second network domain. For the session involving the dual mode device, a handover application server or another network element generates a handover charging identifier that may be used in the first network domain and the second network domain. The handover application server then distributes the handover charging identifier to network elements in the second network domain and the first network domain. The network elements in the first network domain and the second network domain insert the handover charging identifier and other context information in online charging requests that are transmitted to an online charging system. The online charging system is then able to correlate online charging requests from both the first network domain and the second network domain. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXTENDING SMART CARD CAPABILITY VIA A COUPLING WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention is a portable host machine comprising a smart card and a connector. The connector has a set of pads able to communicate through a first protocol. The smart card has at least a first pad able to communicate using a second protocol. The connector has at least an additional pad able to communicate using the second protocol. The first and additional pads are privately linked into said portable host machine. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170457 | Transmission for Half-Duplex Relay in Fading Channel and Rateless Code Configuration - In one aspect of the invention, a method for transmission in a wireless communication system includes selecting by a signal destination one of a source-destination direct transmission, a decode-forward relay transmission, and a compress-forward transmission, responsive to channel gains between a signal source and a relay, between the signal source and the signal destination, and between the relay and the signal destination; informing a selected transmission mode from the selecting step to the signal source and the relay; and operating in the selected transmission mode by the relay. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170458 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PHYSICAL CONTROL FORMAT INDICATOR CHANNEL (PCFICH) INFORMATION SHARING OVER RELAY BACKHAUL LINK - An apparatus and method for communicating information in a relay downlink backhaul between a base station and at least one relay node comprising: determining a first starting symbol index of at least one control channel in the relay downlink backhaul; determining a second starting symbol index of at least one data channel in the relay downlink backhaul; and communicating information using the at least one control channel based on the first starting symbol index and the at least one data channel based on the second starting symbol index in the relay downlink backhaul. In one example, the apparatus and method comprise receiving information using a control channel based on a first starting symbol index and a data channel based on a second starting symbol index in the relay downlink backhaul. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170459 | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DATA PACKETS SENT OVER THE SAME SET OF CHANNELS - Embodiments of the present invention distinguish a first type of data packet transmitted over a random access communication channel of a wireless cellular communications system from a second type of data packet transmitted over the same random access communication channel, allowing the first and second data packet data packet types to share a common set of random access channels through the use of different types of channel coding. This reduces data packet collision probability by eliminating the need to segregate the set of random access channels according to data packet type. Backward compatibility with legacy base stations that handle only the first data packet type is maintained in that no changes to the first data packet type are needed. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170460 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR USING RELAY STATION IN A TDD WIRELESS NETWORK - A Relay Station (RS) is provided. The RS is adapted to operate in a TDD type of wireless communication network which comprises at least one base station (BS) operative to communicate with the RS and with an IP network, and a plurality of Mobile Subscribers (MSs). The RS comprises: a subscriber terminal operative in conformity with IEEE 802.16e Standard; and a BS operative in conformity with said IEEE 802.16e Standard, and wherein that subscriber terminal and that BS that belong to the RS are connected to each other, and wherein all communications transmitted from the at least one BS to the RS are in conformity with the IEEE 802.16e Standard. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170461 | RADIO RELAY DEVICE AND RADIO RELAY METHOD - A radio relay device ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170462 | Method for Determining Random Access Channel Number and Sending Sounding Reference Signal - The present invention provides a method for determining the number of random access channels which is applied to a time division duplex system. The method comprises: a terminal determining configuration parameters related to the number of the random access channels in an UpPTS based on system configuration, said configuration parameters including the number of downlink-to-uplink switch-points in one radio frame N | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME CALIBRATION AND REPORTING OF PROCESSING DELAY - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for estimating transmit chain and receive chain processing delays by a first wireless device. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170464 | Methods to reduce power for asynchronous internet message protocols - A method for reducing power consumption in a mobile station is provided. The method includes holding data associated with a first polling message until a first scheduled RF wake-up of the mobile station. The method also includes sending the data associated with the first polling message at substantially the same time as the first scheduled RF wake-up of the mobile station. The method further includes holding a second polling message until a second scheduled RF wake-up of the mobile station. The scheduled RF wake-ups of the mobile station are determined according to a schedule established by a service provider of the wireless communication network. In certain embodiments, the polling messages are associated with an ActiveSync® Ping command. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170465 | TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - Various methods and apparatus are directed to achieving timing synchronization and propagating timing information pertaining to an external, e.g., non Wi-Fi, timing signal source. In some embodiments, a mobile communications device receives and processes a timing signal, e.g., a first Wi-Fi beacon, which is propagating timing information about an external timing signal from a device which directly received the external timing signal. Thus, a mobile wireless communications device achieves timing synchronization with respect to an external timing signal which it is unable to receive directly. In various embodiments, the mobile communications device may, and sometimes does, further propagate the timing information about the external timing signal, e.g., via a second Wi-Fi beacon signal which it generates and transmits. Synchronization with respect to an external signal source facilitates longer sleep states and decreased power consumption. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170466 | METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION OF BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for reducing power consumption by a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a cell activation request, by an upper base station including a base station that has cell coverage including cell coverage of lower base stations, instructing to perform a turn-on operation to lower base stations in an energy saving mode, receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) measurement report from a User Equipment (UE), and transmitting a cell deactivation request instructing to perform a turn-off operation for entry into the energy saving mode to at least one turn-off target base station, determined according to the RRC measurement report. The at least one turn-off target base station includes at least one of base stations performing the turn-on operation according to the cell activation request, and the lower base stations includes base stations included in the cell coverage of the upper base station. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOWING SOFT HANDOFF OF A CDMA REVERSE LINK UTILIZING AN ORTHOGONAL CHANNEL STRUCTURE - Method and apparatus for base stations and subscriber units allows soft handoff of a CDMA reverse link utilizing an orthogonal channel structure. Subscriber units transmit an orthogonally coded signal over a reverse link to the base stations. A given base station provides timing control of the timing offset of the reverse link signal. Based on at least one criterion, an alignment controller determines that the given base station should hand off timing control to another base station, and a soft handoff process ensues. In response to a command or message for soft handoff of the subscriber unit from the given base station to another base station, the subscriber unit makes a coarse timing adjustment to the timing of the coded signal. The subscriber unit may make fine timing adjustments based on feedback from the base station controlling timing. Multiple base stations may provide power control feedback to the subscriber unit. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170468 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING DISTRIBUTED BEACON TRANSMISSIONS - A method to support distributed beacon transmission in a directional communication network is provided. The method may comprise receiving, by a second apparatus, a first reference signal from a first apparatus, wherein the first reference signal comprises network shared information associated with a first network and specific information associated with the first apparatus, generating a second reference signal by updating the network shared information in the first reference signal to include specific information associated with second apparatus, and transmitting the second reference signal at a defined time, wherein the defined time is selected to minimize any interference associated with a subsequent transmission of the first reference signal by the first apparatus. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTED INTERNET PROTOCOL TRAFFIC OFFLOAD - A method and apparatus of performing selective internet protocol (IP) selective offload (SIPTO) or local IP access (LIPA) is disclosed. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receives a broadcast message from a Node-B. Then the WTRU receives a message from the Node-B that SIPTO service, or LIPA service is available for that WTRU. The WTRU then communicates using the SIPTO or LIPA service. A method an apparatus for receiving a paging message for SIPTO or LIPA services is also disclosed. The paging message includes an indicator that indicates that the message is for SIPTO or LIPA communications. The indicator may be a temporary mobile subscriber identity (TMSI) assigned by the network specifically for SITPO or LIPA communications. The indicator may also be a single bit designated to indicate that a paging message is a for SIPTO or LIPA traffic. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SIGNALING IN BROADCAST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a system for providing signaling in cellular telephone system providing broadcast services to fully integrate broadcast services with the services provided by the cellular telephone systems. The signaling method coordinate interaction between an access network and the subscriber station to allowing the subscriber station to decode the broadcast service, to receive paging messages while receiving the broadcast service, to properly transition between operation states, and other functions known to one of ordinary skill in the art. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170471 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and apparatus for avoiding or reducing interference between transmissions from a donor eNB to a relay node and down link transmissions from the relay node to at least one mobile terminal, where the transmissions take place in overlapping frequency bands. In the method, at least one interruption is created in a transmission from the relay node to the mobile terminal(s), and during the created interruption, a transmission from the donor eNB is received. This may result in an improved reception of the transmission from the eNB in the relay node. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170472 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING PHYSICAL LAYER CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MBMS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING PHYSICAL LAYER CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MBMS THEREFOR - Provided are a method for allocating physical layer control information for multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) and a method for receiving physical layer control information in a wireless communication system for MBMS. The method for allocating physical layer control information for MBMS includes generating physical layer control information for MBMS, and allocating the physical layer control information to a common search space and a specific search space. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170473 | USE OF RF REFERENCE IN A DIGITAL BASEBAND INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION REPEATER - A wireless repeater includes an echo canceller to cancel an estimated feedback amount from an input signal and a reference receiver to sample a portion of the transmit signal prior to over-the-air transmission for use as the reference signal for channel estimation. More accurate channel estimation is obtained by using the reference signal from the reference receiver as the reference signal accounts for distortions in the transmitter circuit of the repeater. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPARENT RELAY HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed for a relay station for use in a communication system with a base station and user equipment (UE). The relay station may decode and forward a data packet between the base station and the UE that the relay station services in which the relay station does not establish a direct link with the UE. Further, the relay station indicates successful decoding of the data packet to the base station such that if the base station receives information indicating successful decoding of the data packet from the relay station, the base station terminates a HARQ transmission on a direct link between the base station and the UE such that HARQ retransmission time is extended compared to direct communications between the base station and the UE. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170475 | Network Element and Method of Operating a Network Element - A network element is provided wherein the network element is adapted to switch between a first state and a second state different to the first state during a subframe of a communication in the communication network. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170476 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CABLES CARRYING ETHERNET SIGNALS - It is provided a method for transmitting a wireless signal on Ethernet wiring The wireless signal is received in a hub unit for delivery to a remote unit In the hub unit the wireless signal is down converted to a down-converted frequency band for propagation on the Ethernet wiring A reference signal associated with a local oscillator used for the down conversion is embedded on a synchronous Ethernet stream that may include Ethernet data received at hub unit The synchronous Ethernet stream and the down converted wireless signal are submitted through the Ethernet wiring to the remote unit. The synchronous Ethernet stream may include data for management of electronic circuits installed in the remote unit, as well as a synchronization signal used thereof A converted replica of the first signal may be included in digital form in frames of the synchronous Ethernet stream | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170477 | MOBILE BROADBAND PACKET SWITCHED TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION - A method in an electronic device and a system for use in a communication network including a core network and at least one access network are described. Intermediate service platforms in an access network process data bound from a base station towards a core network, and vice versa. A first data channel or stream is processed by the intermediate service platform. Exemplary embodiments bypass the intermediate service platform by intercepting a second data channel or stream bound for the intermediate service platform. The data in the second data channel or stream is processed and inserted into a data channel or stream downstream of the intermediate service platform. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170478 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING DATA BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES - A device for transferring data. The device includes a processor operable to process a header portion of data without processing a payload. Processing the header portion generates a processed header. The processor may signal a direct memory access (DMA) unit to access the payload of the data. As a result, the DMA accesses and passes the payload to a wireless interface for transmission to a destination electronic device based on the processed header. The processor used to process the header portion may be a processor of an electronic device, e.g., a cellular phone, a PDA, etc. Alternatively, the processor may be a processor of a removable memory component. In one embodiment, the processor may be a processor of a module adapted to receive a removable memory and further adapted to couple to an electronic device, e.g., a cellular phone, a PDA, etc., where the removable memory includes its own processor. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170479 | Mobility Management System and Method - A method and system for optimizing mobility routing are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a first system of networks that comprise a home local mobility anchor and two or more distributed local mobility anchors, and a second system of networks separate from the first system of networks. Packets of data may be transmitted from a correspondent node anchored in the second system of networks to a mobile node anchored in the second system. Additionally, packets of data may be transmitted from the mobile node to the correspondent node. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT STATION IDENTIFICATION - A base station is provided. The base station includes a transmit path circuitry that generates a masking sequence to mask a cyclic redundancy check of a control channel information element. The masking sequence includes a 4-bit prefix. The three least significant bits of the 4-bit prefix indicate a message type of the control channel information element. A subscriber station is also provided. The subscriber station includes a receive path circuitry that determines a message type of a control channel information element using a three least significant bits of a 4-bit prefix of a masking sequence used to mask a cyclic redundancy check of the control channel information element. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CSG PRIORITIES IN IDLE AND CONNECTED MODES - A method comprising detecting closed subscriber group (CSG) proximity based on an autonomous search function; signaling a proximity indication to a network, wherein the proximity indication includes at least one priority of at least one allowed neighbor CSG cell. A method comprising, performing measurements on neighboring CSG cells; and generating a measurement report including measurements of at least one neighboring CSG cell; and transmitting a message including a measurement report and a CSG priority for at least one CSG cell. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING TO A MOBILE DEVICE WHICH SET OF TRAINING SEQUENCE CODES TO USE FOR A COMMUNICATION LINK - The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for signaling training sequence set information to a remote station, comprising receiving signaling from a remote station indicating if a new set of training sequences is supported, and using a channel description to signal the training sequence set to be used by the remote station for a communication channel being established. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170483 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A base station apparatus includes a measurement gap assignment unit configured to assign a user equipment a measurement gap for measuring received quality for a frequency different from a frequency assigned to the user equipment and a DRX duration assignment unit configured to assign a DRX controlled user equipment a DRX duration. The measurement gap assignment unit sets the measurement gap to except the DRX duration and a duration for retransmitting a downlink signal. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170484 | RADIO APPARATUS WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH OTHER RADIO APPARATUSES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A data processing unit selects either one of a base station mode and a terminal mode so as to perform communications using packet signals. The base station mode is a mode in which a packet signal, containing data indicating that an initial source and a final destination are not its own radio apparatus, is to be communicated; the terminal mode is a mode in which a packet signal, containing data indicating that the initial source or the final destination is its own radio apparatus, is to be communicated. A control unit starts the radio apparatus by setting the data processing unit in the terminal mode. When a packet signal, which has been transmitted from another radio apparatus and which contains broadcast information, has not been received before a certain period of time elapses after the start, the control unit switches the mode of the data processing unit to the base station mode. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170485 | RADIO APPARATUS - A control unit, in cooperation with an interface (IF) unit, a modulation unit and a baseband processing unit, produces a packet signal composed of a plurality of streams. While using as a reference a first known signal assigned to one of the plurality of streams and performing a cyclic timing shift within the first known signal on a first known signal assigned to another stream, the control unit performs a timing shift also on an extensional known signal assigned to a stream where no data is assigned. The amounts of timing shift are given degrees of priority beforehand and for the stream where data signals are assigned the control unit uses the amounts of timing shift in descending degree of priority. For the stream where no data signal is assigned, the control unit uses the amounts of timing shift also in descending degree of priority. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170486 | RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS AND BASE STATION CONTROLLER - The invention provides a radio base station apparatus forming a wireless zone in a mobile communication system and to a base station controller performing channel control over a terminal visiting a wireless zone. The radio base station apparatus has an identifying section identifying a particular radio base station that is to maintain a radio channel between the radio base station apparatus and a terminal during a process of diversity handover, a network interface section delivering a signal to a network if a local station is not the particular radio base station, and an inter-office interface section delivering to the network a composite wave of the signal and a signal having arrived and forwarded from the terminal via the radio channel at a radio base station forming a wireless zone adjacent to a wireless zone formed by the local station if the local station is the particular radio base station. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170487 | Method and Apparatus for Data Communication Between a Base Station and a Transponder - A method and system for data communication between a base station and at least one transponder via a high-frequency electromagnetic carrier signal onto which information packets are modulated. Each information packet has a header section, a middle section, and a trailer section. The header section can be provided in a forward link of a data communication between the base station and the transponders for controlling data communication. The header section is used in a return link of a data communication in order to transmit information from the transponder to the base station. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170488 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PIGGYBACKED POSITIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FIELD INDICATOR AND A POLLING INDICATOR - A method and apparatus of providing a piggybacked positive acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) (PAN) field indicator (PANI) and a polling indicator are disclosed. A combined field of a PANI bit, a relative reserved block period (RRBP) bit and an EGPRS supplementary polling (ES/P) field may indicate a polling scheme and a presence of a PAN field. Alternatively, the presence of the PAN field in the data block may be indicated by using a specific training sequence. Alternatively, a forward error correction (FEC) coding may be performed on the data block including the header, and the presence of the PAN field may be indicated by scrambling the encoded bits corresponding the header with a specific scrambling sequence. Alternatively, a header check sequence (HCS) may be generated and the presence of the PAN field is indicated by mixing a predetermined sequence with the HCS. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170489 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus of transmitting information in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting information based on a first resource index through a first antenna and transmitting the information based on a second resource index through a second antenna. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170490 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR ENABLING A MOBILE TERMINAL TO ACCESS TO A WIRELESS CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for enabling a mobile terminal to access to a wireless cellular telecommunication network including plural base stations, the mobile terminal having right to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through a first base station, the mobile terminal having no right to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through a second base station. The method includes: detecting reception of a message transferred by the mobile terminal to the second base station, determining if the first base station is operational, giving right to the mobile terminal to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through the second base station if the first base station is not operational, and rejecting right to the mobile terminal to access to the wireless cellular telecommunication network through the second base station if the first base station is operational. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170491 | Communication device and communication method - A communication device with a communication protocol including at least two layers includes a data reception unit that receives data transmitted from another communication device; a buffer control unit that rearranges a storage order of data in a buffer based on a number of retransmission times and a retransmission interval of retransmission data, stores the retransmission data in the buffer when the data reception unit has successfully received the retransmitted retransmission data; and a data transfer unit that transfers the data stored in the buffer to an upper layer. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170492 | WIRELESS DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A BASE STATION USING A COMMON PILOT CHANNEL AND AN INDIVIDUAL PILOT CHANNEL - A wireless data-communication arrangements including a wireless terminal, located in a direction, receiving the pilot signal and determining a data rate according to reception quality of the pilot signal; the wireless terminal transmitting to a base station a signal for requesting the determined data rate; the base station receiving the signal and, based on the requested data rate, transmitting data to the wireless terminal with the radiation pattern, which includes the beam pattern in a same direction as the direction in which the pilot signal was transmitted, using a data channel of a second slot which is a predetermined number of slots after the first slot. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170493 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING PILOT SIGNALS TO SYNCHRONIZE A CDMA RECEIVER WITH AN ASSOCIATED TRANSMITTER - A method for synchronizing a CDMA receiver to a transmitter when an adaptive antenna is utilized to receive transmitted data, wherein a receiving antenna system is adapted between a 360° reception angle pattern (i.e., an omni-directional pattern) and a fixed reception angle (i.e., a directional pattern) by permitting the receiver to identify a pilot signal having the largest magnitude. The receiver minimizes interference from other pilot signals by steering antenna pattern nulls toward other transmitters. As a result, the time required for the receiver to acquire a valid pilot signal is significantly reduced. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170494 | SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD OF FEMTOCELL BASE STATION AND FEMTOCELL BASE STATION USING THE SAME - The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of synchronizing a femtocell base station securing time synchronization of a femtocell base station by allowing the femtocell base station to transmit a symbol to a terminal belonging to the femtocell by performing the time synchronization with a preamble signal when the femtocell base station receives the preamble signal from the macrocell base station in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) communication system in which a femtocell is present in a macrocell. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOGICAL CHANNEL PRIORITIZATION FOR UPLINK CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method and apparatus for logical channel prioritization at a user equipment in a multiple uplink carrier system, the method receiving a set of logical channel priorities at the user equipment, the logical channel priorities being assigned on a per carrier basis; and applying the set of logical channel priorities to each logical channel for carrier selection. Further a method and apparatus for constructing an uplink medium access control protocol data unit at a user equipment in a multiple uplink carrier system, the method sorting possible logical channel and carrier pairings based on logical channel priorities; utilizing a prioritized bit rate process to allocate logical channel traffic in an order determined by the sorting; and performing a remaining resources process to allocate logical channel traffic based on a priority order. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170496 | Control Channel Interference Management and Extended PDCCH for Heterogeneous Network - A method for managing control channel interference is provided. The method includes a first access node performing at least one of blanking and transmitting at lower than nominal transmit power on at least a portion of a control channel. The method further includes the first access node applying at least one of blanking and transmitting at lower than nominal transmit power only on the control region of chosen subframes, wherein a second access node transmits the control region of the chosen subframes at nominal transmit power. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170497 | Resource allocation and signaling method for multi-antenna LTE sounding - A method of multi-antenna resource allocation for uplink channel sounding in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (eNB) first selects a number of sounding reference signal (SRS) parameters. The eNB then determines each selected SRS parameter for a first antenna of a user equipment (UE) having multiple antennas. The determined parameters are jointly encoded to a first set of parameter combination using a number of signaling bits. The eNB transmits the signaling bits for the first antenna to the UE without transmits additional signaling bits for other antennas. The UE receives the signaling bits for SRS resource allocation for the first antenna and derives a second set of parameter combination for a second antenna based on a predetermined rule. By implicitly signaling SRS resource allocation for multiple antennas, it is easy for the eNB to allocate SRS resource for different antennas of different UEs with reduced overhead. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING RESOURCE BLOCK BUNDLING IN LTE-A SYSTEMS - A base station is provided. The base station includes a transmit path circuitry to transmit an indication of whether a subscriber station is configured with precoding matrix indicator/rank indicator (PMI/RI) reporting. The transmit path circuitry sets a pre-coding granularity to multiple physical resource blocks in the frequency domain to perform a same pre-coding over a bundled resource block if the subscriber station is configured with PMI/RI reporting. The bundled resource block includes multiple consecutive physical resource blocks in the frequency domain. The base station also includes a receive path circuitry to receive feedback from the subscriber station. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170499 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL RESOURCE MAPPING IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Methods and apparatus for preventing physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) ambiguities or collisions, for example, in a multi-carrier system or when transmitting multiple streams over multiple antennas, are described. Methods may include dividing resources or groups among multiple component carriers (CCs), using and assigning unused or vacant resources to CCs, forcing usage of adaptive HARQ processes in specified scenarios, setting a value for the cyclic shift of the corresponding uplink demodulation reference signals (DMRS) to a previous value for semi-persistent scheduling, and assigning a different first resource block for semi-persistent scheduling uplink resources and random access response grants for multiple CCs. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170500 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SEMI-PERSISTENT TRANSMISSION RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for handling semi-persistent transmission resources in a network terminal of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system supports carrier aggregation and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS). Carrier aggregation enables a user equipment (UE) of the wireless communication system to perform transmission and/or reception using multiple carriers. The method includes steps of establishing an RRC connection via a cell containing an uplink carrier and a downlink carrier, configuring at least one downlink carrier to the UE via a first RRC message, and transmitting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signaling addressed to an SPS cell radio network temporary identifier of the UE, to configure or reconfigure a semi-persistent transmission resource to the UE or to trigger an SPS retransmission. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170501 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO ADJUST GRANULARITY IN CELLULAR MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method for adjusting a granularity of resource allocation in a wireless mobile communication system supporting a compact scheduling is discussed. A resource indication value (RIV) corresponds to a start index (S) of one set of consecutive virtual resource blocks (VRBs) and a length of the VRBs. The start index (S) is selected from among ‘s’ values (where s−P+mT| 2011-07-14 | |
| 20110170502 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD - In DFT-s-OFDM, disclosed are a wireless transmission apparatus and wireless transmission method whereby freedom of allocation of frequencies is secured, while increases of CM are avoided. An SD number determination unit ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170503 | PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURES USING EXTENDED RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE - A random access procedure is performed by receiving information related to a random access preamble, the information indicating a first random access preamble related to a first format and a second random access preamble related to a second format; selecting a random access preamble according to the received information; transmitting the selected random access preamble; receiving a random access response; and decoding the received random access response according to the format associated with the selected random access preamble. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170504 | CONTINUOUS CDM/FDM STRUCTURE FOR LTE UPLINK DATA - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which information regarding use of a CDM and FDM structure for multiplexing data on a data channel for uplink for at least one subframe is determined. In addition, the data is multiplexed using the CDM/FDM structure for the at least one subframe based on the determined information. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPOSING DIFFERENT SERVICE FACADES OF AN UNDERLYING NETWORK - A plurality of service facades are used to expose the capabilities of an underlying telecommunications network in different ways. Each service façade provides a different interface to access a set of functions of the telecom network. The service facades can be accessed by client applications residing externally with respect to the telecom network. The client applications can invoke a particular service façade to send a message to the network and the invocations can be translated to the native protocols used by the resources in the telecom network to carry out the request. The service facades can be deployed on a service access gateway to the telecom network and can include a simple object access protocol (SOAP) façade, a representational state transfer (REST) façade, a service oriented architecture (SOA) façade and a native façade. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170506 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIGNALING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of signaling in a wireless communication system ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170507 | Methods of Allocating Packets in a Wireless Communication System - In a wireless communication system, a multi-source data multiplexing system (e.g., a media access control (MAC)) accepts information packets from a plurality of signal sources, evaluates the relative efficiencies of data transmission, and transmits the information packets in provided grant regions for maximum efficiency. The multi-source data multiplexing system may accept any form of information packet from any form of signal source. The system receives a grant region, typically including a transmission time on a data channel, and inserts an information packet into the grant region. The actual information packet placed in the grant region may be one other than the packet for which the grant region was intended. Further, the multi-source data multiplexing system may fragment an information packet and transmit only a portion of the information packet in the grant region. Alternately, the multi-source data multiplexing system may concatenate multiple information packets, or information packet fragments, from any combination of signal sources and transmit the concatenated result in the grant region. As long as any signal source is active, the composite flow of information packets remains active, and the composite flow then serves as the primary mechanism for requesting and transmitting additional bandwidth in the wireless communication system. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING DOWNLINK PRIMARY CARRIER FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A method, an apparatus and a system for selecting a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: A terminal obtains primary carrier selection information configured by a network; and the terminal determines a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data according to the primary carrier selection information. In the embodiments of the present invention, the network selects a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data. The terminal needs to detect only the downlink primary carrier, and the downlink carrier needs to be switched or detected only if the primary carrier receives a signaling message for detecting or receiving other carriers, so it is not necessary to switch or detect the downlink carrier frequently, which reduces battery consumption of the terminal. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170509 | BASE STATION DEVICE, AND MOBILE STATION DEVICE - Provided are a base station device and a mobile station device, which can lighten a cell-search processing. The base station device ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170510 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING ACCESS POINT TO CELL - A method for mapping Access Points (APs) to cells includes: allocating multiple carriers to one AP if the AP serves different User Equipments (UEs) located in a same cell or different cells; and setting up a mapping relation between the AP, the multiple carriers, and the cells for the AP, so as to map the AP to the same cell or different cells through the multiple carriers. In the embodiments of the present invention, the APs in different cells serve the same UE based on the same carrier, which is equivalent to converting inter-cell coordination into intra-cell coordination, thus reducing signaling overheads and simplifying the Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) transmitting and CoMP receiving. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170511 | DIRECTIONAL DISCOVERY PROTOCOL WITH COORDINATED CHANNEL SELECTION - A method and system for communication device discovery and coordination of data channel selection between a first device and a second device in a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN). The method includes transmitting a set of discovery beacon blocks ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170512 | COGNITIVE RADIO DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL OCCUPANCY - A detector module ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170513 | SCHEDULING METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING RELAY STATION - A scheduling method in a wireless communication system using a relay station is provided. The method includes receiving scheduling information from the relay station, and performing scheduling by using the scheduling information, wherein a scheduling metric is determined for each mobile station or each connection when the scheduling is performed. Accordingly, scheduling can be effectively performed since a base station can recognize a state of a relay station. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170514 | Methods and Arrangements in a Telecommunication System for Sending Feedback Data and User Data on a Combined Feedback and Data Channel - A method and an arrangement ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170515 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION APPARATUS IN IP UPLINK - Provided is a method that may allocate uplink radio resources to a terminal, and may receive data from the terminal using the radio resources. The uplink radio resources may be allocated as contention-based radio resources in a radio network, such as a cellular system, a radio local access network (LAN), and the like, and thus, a plurality of terminals may effectively transmit data using minimum radio resources. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170516 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT NETWORK OPERATION TO REDUCE RADIO LINK FAILURE - A system and method for implementing call handover (HO) is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with a wireless communication network. The UE is configured to transmit a measurement report to at least one of a serving cell and at least one cell of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) cell set. The UE is also configured to listen for control channel transmissions from at least one of the serving cell and a first cell in the CoMP cell set, receive a resource allocation from at least one of the serving cell and the first cell in the CoMP cell set, and receive an HO command jointly from the serving cell and the first cell in the CoMP cell set. The HO command identifies a target cell. The UE is also configured to perform handover to the target cell identified in the HO command. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170517 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING SESSION CONTEXT CONTINUITY OF LOCAL SERVICE AVAILABILITY IN LOCAL CELLULAR COVERAGE - Local IP Access (LIPA) allows an IP-capable user equipment (UE) connected via a femto cell direct access to other IP-capable devices in the local IP network. Selected IP Traffic Offload (SIPTO) is used to offload selected types of IP traffic towards a defined IP network close to the UE's point of attachment to the access network. LIPA PDN Connectivity indicates a PDP Context or a PDN Connection that gives access to services located in the local IP network of the femto cell subsystem. SIPTO PDN Connectivity indicates a PDP Context or PDN Connection that allows offload of selected types of IP traffic towards a defined IP network close to the UE's point of attachment to the access network. Systems, devices and methods are described herein that enable the identification of the type of connectivity available to a UE and enable session continuity for local cellular coverage. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170518 | MULTI-MODE TRAFFIC ENGINEERED HANDOVER MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - A handover management device (D | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170519 | Method and System for Intra Base Station Carrier Handover - A method and a system for intra-BS carrier handover are provided. The method comprises: a mobile station scanning predetermined carriers within the base station based on predetermined rules; obtaining a scanning report comprising channel quality information of part of or all of the predetermined carriers; and sending the scanning report to the base station; the base station obtaining the channel quality information in the scanning report; selecting a target carrier from the predetermined carriers; and informing the mobile station of the selected target carrier via a message; and the mobile station handing over to the target carrier in a predetermined manner in response to the message. By using the method, seamless handover of intra-BS carriers can be performed in a multi-carrier system for ensuring the service continuity of the mobile station to eliminate carrier handover time delay. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170520 | Adaptive Beamforming Configuration Methods And Apparatus For Wireless Access Points Serving As Handoff Indication Mechanisms In Wireless Local Area Networks - In one illustrative example, a technique for use in operating a wireless access point (AP) for serving as a handoff indication mechanism in a first wireless network is described. The handoff indication mechanism is configured to communicate handoff indications in response to mobile devices leaving coverage of the first wireless network, via an RF coverage region of the AP, for mobile device handoff to a second wireless network. The AP is provided in an ingress or egress region of the first wireless network, where it receives RF signals from one or more communication devices and determines and sets wireless transceiver parameters for adjusting boundaries of its RF coverage region. The AP also operates with the adjusted RF coverage region to serve as part of the handoff indication mechanism in the first wireless network, so that the handoff indications are communicated in response to the mobile devices leaving coverage of the first wireless network, via the adjusted RF coverage region, for mobile device handoff to the second wireless network. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170521 | Dynamic Downlink Beamforming Weight Estimation for Beamforming-Space Time Code Transmissions - Techniques are provided to improve wireless beamformed communication between first and second wireless communication devices. At a plurality of antennas of the first wireless communication device (e.g., a base station) uplink transmissions sent from the second wireless communication device (e.g., a client or mobile device or station) are received. The first wireless communication device generates a downlink beamforming weight vector from received uplink transmissions, and computes a covariance matrix for received uplink transmissions. The first wireless communication device stores history information based on the covariance matrices for received uplink transmissions. The first wireless communication device computes first and second beamforming-space time code weight vectors based on the covariance matrix for an uplink transmission received in a current frame and the history information. The first wireless communication device uses the first and second beamforming-space time code weight vectors for a beamforming-space time code transmission technique to send a downlink transmission to the second wireless communication device. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170522 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEM - A wireless transmission method comprises the steps of: determining transmission time slots and start antenna indexes of a plurality of stations in a spatial division multiple access system according to the number of antennas of the plurality of stations; broadcasting a control frame signal to the plurality of stations and waiting for requests to transmit signals from the plurality of stations, wherein the control frame signal includes the transmission time slots and start antenna indexes of the plurality of stations; receiving the requests to transmit signals from the plurality of stations; and broadcasting a clear to transmit signal to the plurality of stations based on the received request to transmit signals. The requests to transmit signals of the plurality of stations, which are transmitted based on the transmission time slots and start antenna indexes of the plurality of stations, conform to a multi-input multi-output transmission standard of the access point. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170523 | DIRECTED BEACONING USING POLLING FOR DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES - A method and system for directed beaconing in a superframe structure ( | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170524 | LOCATING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNAL SOURCES - There is disclosed a method of estimating the location of a plurality of electromagnetic signal sources, comprising: scanning at a first plurality of locations to generate signal source position data, the signal source position data representing estimates of the position of at least one of said signal sources; scanning at a second plurality of locations using a signal detection system to generate signal detection data, the signal detection data relating to signals received at the second plurality of locations from the signal sources; processing the signal source position data in dependence on the signal detection data to correct estimation errors in the signal source position data; and outputting the processed signal source position data. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170525 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSMIT DATA FRAME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM - A method for guaranteeing a data frame transmit opportunity in a wireless LAN system having three different transmission modes includes: setting a first transmission protection interval based on a lowest transmission mode, when a node of a mode having a lowest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exists in the wireless LAN system, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame; and setting a second transmission protection interval based on a mode having a highest transmission rate, when only nodes of a mode having a highest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exist, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170526 | Base stations backhaul network with redundant paths - A high bandwidth, low latency middle-mile, last mile core communications network providing low-cost and high-speed communications among the users of the network. Embodiments of the invention include a number of network access points located at a number of spaced apart sites. At least some of these network access points in the network are in communication with each other via wireless radio links. The network provides backhaul communication between at least one communication switching center and a number of base stations. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170527 | BASE STATION DEVICE - While a clock generated by a built-in clock generator is used as a reference signal for determining a carrier frequency of a transmit signal, carrier frequency synchronization is achieved between base stations. A base station device is configured to perform wireless communication with a terminal device. In the base station device, accuracy of a carrier frequency of an OFDM signal is affected by accuracy of a clock frequency generated by a built-in clock generator | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170528 | System and Method for Advertising the Same Service Set Identifier for Different Basic Service Sets - According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises advertising services by a first wireless device. The services are provided by different basic service sets, each basic service set having the same service set identifier (SSID). Thereafter, one of the basic service sets is selected. | 2011-07-14 |
| 20110170529 | WIRELESS LAN SETTING SYSTEM IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A WIRELESS LAN SETTING METHOD - A wireless LAN setting system mounted on an image forming apparatus that performs network connection through a wireless LAN and used for performing wireless communication with plural terminals, the wireless LAN setting system including a mode for checking, before setting is performed, existing setting contents (setting items and setting states) presently set. Guide indications are attached to respective setting screens. With the wireless LAN setting system, proper determination is performed and setting operation is correctly performed even if a user (an administrator) does not have professional knowledge. | 2011-07-14 |
