30th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130189939 | LAYERED BEACON TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - In one embodiment, a method comprising adjusting a power amplifier to provide a primary beacon at a first power level; adjusting the power amplifier to provide a secondary beacon at a second power level, the second power level less than the first power level; receiving a response signal from a receiving device responsive to the secondary beacon; and determining that the receiving device is within an intended coverage area responsive to receiving the response signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189940 | Detection of False Signals in Wireless Communications - There is provided a method for use in a wireless communication to avoid detection of a false modulated signal in a paged device. In one embodiment, a modulated signal is received by the paged device. Then, the modulated signal is identified by the paged device as a preliminary false modulated signal. Thereafter, the gain of at least one paged device amplifier and/or a matching threshold of the paged device is reduced by the paged device to decrease a sensitivity of the paged device to avoid detection of a future false modulated signal. In one embodiment, the wireless communication is a Bluetooth wireless communication and the paged device is a Bluetooth enabled device. An exemplary system for implementing one embodiment of the disclosed method is described. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189941 | Local Management And Control Of Remotely Subscribed Wireless Communication Devices - A mobility gateway may authenticate a first wireless communication device (WCD) with a first wireless operator. The first WCD may subscribe to the first wireless operator, and may be served by a first wireless coverage area that is defined by a first carrier frequency. The first carrier frequency may be associated with the first wireless operator. The mobility gateway may also authenticate a second WCD with a second wireless operator. The second WCD may subscribe to the second wireless operator, may be served by a second wireless coverage area that is defined by a second carrier frequency. The second carrier frequency may be associated with the second wireless operator. The mobility gateway may route network traffic between a local network point of presence and at least one of the first and second WCD. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189942 | Call Management Interfaces - Systems, methods and computer program products for generating and displaying various user interfaces for configuring one or more call handling rules associated with managing virtual PBX services rendered at an extension are described. The user interfaces can be used to configure virtual PBX services for a single- or multi-extension environment. The virtual PBX services can provide, for example, a main number, and calls made to the main number can be managed according to one or more sets of call handling rules associated with the virtual PBX services and which can be configured through the user interfaces. The user interfaces can be web-based interfaces accessible through a browser, and can be accessed only after a user or administrator has setup and activated the virtual PBX services. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189943 | IN-BAND VOICE WITH SECURITY SIGNALING - The present invention includes an aspect directed to in-band voice capabilities with security signaling. For sessions that do not involve voice, the signaling data can be sent to the alarm communication center using a data channel, without using a voice channel. In other aspects, the protocol used to transmit alarm events from the alarm device to the alarm communication center resembles industry-standard alarm format, but differs in specific ways that recognize both advantages and disadvantages of the cellular medium. In yet other aspects, the invention may use a timeout in order to ensure orderly resource management in the case of a communication failure. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189944 | TRACKING AND REPORTING INFORMATION CHARACTERIZING ATTACKS CAUSED BY A DISEASE - Methods and apparatus for tracking and monitoring information related to an attack caused by a disease. A portable electronic device such as a smartphone or portable computer is used to collect personal information about one or more attack episodes. The personal information is associated with temporal information for the attack and the personal information and temporal information is stored in at least one storage device associated with the portable electronic device. The stored personal and temporal information may be used to generate one or more reports displaying trends for one or more report metrics. Emergency information related to the disease and stored on the portable electronic device may be output from the portable electronic device in an emergency situation. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189945 | EMERGENCY SERVICE WARNING SYSTEM - An emergency service warning system, arranged to warn a user of approach of emergency services, provided with:
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20130189946 | Security System Alarming and Processing Based on User Location Information - A system and method for monitoring an alarm system at a premises is described. The alarm system includes sensors to detect one or more alarm conditions at the premises. In response to an alarm condition, an alarm signal is sent to a gateway. In response to the alarm, the gateway retrieves location of associated users of the alarm system and location of the premises and sends the alarm condition and the location information to a monitoring center which receives the locations of the associated users of the alarm system and the location of the premises from the gateway and determines a response to the alarm based on the locations of the associated users. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189947 | Subscriber Portfolio Management System - A subscriber portfolio model is created by forming mutually exclusive and completely exhaustive groups of subscribers in a way that maximizes the intra-group similarity and inter-group dissimilarity of the value of a target attribute among subscribers in the groups. The subscriber groups thus generated are self-descriptive, as the groups are defined by the attributes used to form them. A segmenting algorithm groups subscribers along permutations of attributes. Relevant data about subscribers is collected from various sources, correlated, and subscriber identities removed to ensure privacy. After analyzing the aggregated data, a subscriber portfolio model is built. The subscriber portfolio model is created in an iterative process, where in each step, a selected subscriber group is subdivided into smaller subscriber groups along different value ranges of a statistically decisive attribute that is selected and evaluated based on specific methods. The subdivision is performed by computing filtering conditions based on an in-depth statistical analysis. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189948 | PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC DATA - A payment method and system are provided for electronic data that is purchased by a recipient ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130189949 | VEHICULAR INFORMATION RECEIVER AND VEHICULAR INFORMATION RECEPTION SYSTEM - A vehicular information receiver is coupled to a portable device that receives information by paying a communication fee based on a unit packet fee. The receiver sets reception factors that affect the amount of data received by the portable device. An expected fee calculation unit calculates an expected communication fee based on the unit packet fee and an expected amount of data, which is based on the reception factors. A display unit displays the reception factors and the expected communication fee, which can be viewed by a user. Accordingly, the user is able to view the reception factors that determine the amount of data to be received and the expected communication fee associated with the data to be received, before such data is received from the portable device, thereby avoiding unexpected increases in communication fees. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189950 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROLLING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - An information processing device includes: a communication module that performs wireless communication with another device using unique information included in an electronic card; an acquiring unit that acquires the unique information included in the electronic card; a registering unit that registers the unique information acquired by the acquiring unit in a first memory unit and a second memory unit that is provided in the communication module; a deciding unit that decides whether or not the unique information registered in the first memory unit matches the unique information registered in the second memory unit and the unique information included in the electronic card, respectively; and an activation controlling unit that allows activation of the information processing device when the deciding unit decides that the unique information registered in the first memory unit matches the unique information registered in the second memory unit and the unique information included in the electronic card. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189951 | OPTIMIZING USER DEVICE CONTEXT FOR MOBILITY MANAGEMENT ENTITY (MME) RESILIENCY - A first mobility management entity (MME) device receives an attachment request that includes information associated with a user device. The first MME device creates a context for the user device based on the information, stores the context, and creates an optimized context based on the context, where a size of the optimized context is smaller than a size of the context. The first MME device also identifies a second MME device that is a backup for the first MME device, and transmits the optimized context to the second MME device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189952 | METHOD OF UNLOCKING IN STAGES IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR THE SAME - Methods and apparatus are provided for unlocking in stages in a mobile terminal. An amount of time since setting a locking mode is counted. An unlocking command is received from a user. A locking stage is determined based on the amount of time from among a plurality of locking stages. An unlocking command of the determined locking stage and the received unlocking command are compared. The locking mode is released when the unlocking command in the determined locking stage is identical to the received unlocking command. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189953 | AUTOMATICATION OF A USER TRANSACTION BASED UPON SCANNED WIRELESS SIGNALS - A method for authenticating a user transaction based upon scanned wireless signals is disclosed and includes receiving a wireless fingerprint from a mobile unit associated with a transaction by a user at a location, determining if the received wireless fingerprint matches a stored wireless fingerprint associated with the location, and authorizing the transaction if the received wireless fingerprint matches the stored wireless fingerprint associated with the location. If the location is not known or known as a “bad” location, additional information to authenticate the user or transaction can be requested from the user via a phone call, push notification within an application or a text message. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189954 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT MESSAGE ANALYSIS - A system that facilitates detecting, analyzing, and selectively enabling mobility management messages in connection with providing dual mode services comprises a receiver component that receives a mobility management message from an enterprise network. An analysis component communicatively coupled to the receiver component determines a type of the mobility management message and further determines whether or not to allow a mobility management transaction corresponding to the mobility management message based at least in part upon the determined type. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189955 | METHOD FOR CONTEXT ESTABLISHMENT IN TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method is provided comprising receiving a group registration request from a master device, sending a request relating to the master device to a subscriber database, and receiving subscriber specific information relating to a member device from said subscriber database. The member device is controlled by the master device and the subscriber specific information relating to the member device is associated with the master device or with subscriber specific information relating to said master device in the subscriber database. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189956 | USER VERIFICATION DEVICE AND USER VERIFICATION METHOD - A user verification device and a user verification method that perform appropriate user verification in accordance with a network environment. The user verification device includes a storage module for storing a verification method and user information utilized for user verification, a reception module for receiving a request for user verification, a network type determination module for determining a network type that the user verification device uses for communication, a location information acquisition module for acquiring location information of the user verification device, a verification method extraction module for extracting the stored verification method based on the determined network type, a user information extraction module for extracting the stored user information based on the determined network type and the acquired location information, and a processing module for processing user verification based on the extracted verification method and the extracted user information. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189957 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR MONITORING USAGE OF TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHOD OF USE - A computerized system for controlling the behavior of a telecommunications device includes a server computer in communication with the telecommunications device, the server computer configured to download a software application to the telecommunications device, the software application configured to capture messages and transactional data, and transmit the messages and transactional data to the server computer, the software application including a plurality of controller modules in communication with a plurality of subsystems on the telecommunications device, wherein each of the plurality of subsystems manage and execute at least one function of the telecommunications device; a configuration script in communication with the controller modules, the configuration script being configured to control the functionality of the software application and the telecommunication device; and a communications block configured to enable communication between the telecommunications device and the server computer. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189958 | System and Method for Message Recall in a Unified Messaging System - A method and system for managing messages in a unified messaging (UM) platform to enable message recall is disclosed. The UM platform deposits a message from a sender into a UM mailbox of a recipient. It is then determined whether the sender of the message is a UM subscriber. If the sender is a UM subscriber, a copy of the message or a link to the message is deposited into a UM mailbox of the sender. The UM platform then provides a message recall option with the copy of the message or the link to the message in the UM mailbox of the sender. If the sender is not a UM subscriber, a recall message including a randomly generated message recall URL is sent to the sender. This allows the sender to select the randomly generated message recall URL to send a message recall request to the UM platform. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189959 | INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - An information notification method is disclosed in this application. The method includes: receiving notification information sent by a sending end that indicates that unprocessed information exists, and the notification information is information carrying a vibration instruction (S | 2013-07-25 |
20130189960 | Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System - A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information sources using the record retrieval program; using the record retrieval program to enter first information into search fields provided in the record retrieval program; entering the execute command using the input device after the step of entering the first information; searching, using the record retrieval program, the local and remote information sources for second information associated with the first information; and displaying the second information in the record retrieval program, when one of the local and remote information sources includes second information associated with the first information. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189961 | LINKING A NAME TO A PHONE NUMBER IN A TEXT MESSAGE BASED ON A CONTACT LIST IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method to initiate a phone call to a contact. The method includes analyzing a text message to identify a first attribute of the contact, and selecting one or more entries from a contact list stored in the mobile device by matching the first attribute of the contact to a portion of each of the one or more entries. The method also includes identifying a second attribute of the contact from the one or more entries based on a first pre-determined criterion, and modifying the text message to generate a displayed text message comprising a modified attribute that is modified from the first attribute based on the second attribute. The method also includes receiving a user selection as a first input indicating a user selected the modified attribute in response to viewing the displayed text message, and initiating the phone call to the contact based on the phone number. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189962 | EVENT RESPONSE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A specially programmed computer and method supported by the use of individual mobile communication devices manages, organizes and automates responses to events. The responses are taken by third parties that address activities related to the events. The computer: receives ownership data concerning a new mobile phone account; receives a request from the user to participate in the automated system with respect to any event response automated by the computer; enables the user to activate the system by sending an action relating to any such event; creates a template for the user of the mobile phone account; creates an activity block that holds a matrix of information associated with each such event; and automatically implements responding action as dictated by the event responder. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189963 | System and Method for Automatically Answering a Call on a Communication Device - A system and method for answering a call on a communication device is provided and includes: detecting an incoming call on the communication device, automatically answering the incoming call, and detecting whether an audio signal is received through the microphone of the communication device. Upon not detecting an audio signal, the call is disconnected. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189964 | TEXTING SAFETY SYSTEM - A method for providing safety when attempting to text messages using a device capable or receiving and sending messages from a short message service (“SMS”), comprising upon the device receiving an SMS: (a) determining if the device is active; (b) determining if the device is moving at a speed above a predetermined level; and (c) if both (a) and (b) are positive, then displaying a message warning against texting while driving. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189965 | DISPLAY CALLER ID ON IPTV SCREEN - A system that automatically delivers telephony network services from a dual mode service technology platform to an external entity. The system includes a sensing component that detects the presence of a mobile handset registered on a cellular network, and registers the mobile handset with a wireless access network. Further, a provisioning component identifies calls to subscribers that are provisioned for the requested telephony network service. Once the calls are identified, the provisioning component extracts the requested data from the incoming calls and routes the data to an external entity for display. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189966 | Enhanced Call Return in a Communications Network - Methods for enabling enhanced call return in a communications network is disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving an incoming telephone call from a caller, wherein the incoming telephone call identifies a subscriber as a callee thereof; capturing caller-specific information for the caller, wherein the caller-specific information includes at least one of the name of the caller and the telephone number of the caller; and storing the caller-specific information into an intelligent peripheral (IP) within the network. Some embodiments of the methods include allowing the subscriber to access the caller-specific information stored in the IP. In some embodiments, the subscriber subscribes to an enhanced call return (ECR) feature as part of a service plan. The ECR feature allows the subscriber to access caller-specific information for a predetermined number of past callers and also to return calls from those past callers. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189967 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR RECONNECTING DROPPED CALL - An apparatus, and an associated method, reconnects a communication party, such as a wireless device, into a call connection responsive to detection of a call connection drop of an ongoing communication session. A detector detects a call connection drop of an ongoing communication session. And, responsive to the detection, the connection is automatically reinitiated. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189968 | SMART PHONE SYSTEM FOR DIALING THROUGH LOCAL CALL AND METHODS THEREOF - A smart phone system includes a smart phone with wireless local area communication function, a home phone, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Internet, a radio base station, a smart wireless phone gateway and an outside phone, the system utilizing the wireless local area communication system for the smart phone to register in the smart wireless phone gateway, and utilizing the smart wireless phone gateway for dialing out through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Internet. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189969 | MANAGEMENT OF MULTI-MODE WIRELESS DEVICES - Devices and methods are disclosed for concurrently managing multimode communications devices. In various embodiments, a wireless communication device comprises a first radio configured to use a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second radio configured to use a second RAT. Processing logic in the wireless device is configured to monitor and manage the state machines of said first and second radios. The processing logic is further configured to place the first radio in an active operational mode and to place the second radio in a reduced functionality operational mode. Control messages for the second radio are then received and processed via the first radio while the second radio is in the reduced functionality operative mode. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189970 | RADIO MEASUREMENT COLLECTION METHOD AND RADIO TERMINAL - A radio measurement collection method in one embodiment is provided with: a step (S | 2013-07-25 |
20130189971 | Modified Measurement Procedures for User Equipments - A network sends to a user equipment UE downlink signaling indicating at least one frequency which is subject to special handling. In response the UE measures and reports neighbour cells operating on any of that/those frequencies without regard to a threshold signal strength of a serving cell which is configured for reporting neighbour cells. In more specific examples, if the neighbour cells operating on any of that/those frequencies is considered a first set of neighbour cells, then the network also sends a second set of neighbour cells in other downlink signaling. Measuring and reporting on the first set of neighbour cells is less frequent than for the second set of neighbour cells, when measurements of the second set is required. Measuring and reporting on the second set is dependent on measured signal strength of a serving cell being greater than the configured threshold signal strength of the serving cell. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189972 | Method and Apparatus for Evaluating an Inter-Frequency Measurement Event Utilizing a Detected Cell - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to determine if a measurement event is satisfied by one or more detected cells and to correspondingly advise the network to facilitate consideration of whether a handover or cell reselection procedure is desired. The network may, in turn, determine whether the detected cell(s) that satisfied the measurement event are appropriate to be considered in conjunction with a handover or cell reselection procedure, such as by being in the same public land mobile network (PLMN) as opposed to being in a different PLMN and/or cells that are barred or reserved for operator use. Thus, the network may take advantage of opportunities for handover or cell reselection offered by a detected cell, while still insuring that handover or cell reselection procedures remain limited to cells that are appropriate. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189973 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO TERMINAL, AND BASE STATION - A mobile communication method in which a radio terminal connects to a network so as to perform a communication, comprises: a step in which the radio terminal detects an occurrence of a connection failure with the network in a connected state; and a step of sending a radio link failure (RLF) report regarding the detected connection failure, from the radio terminal to the network. In the step of sending the RLF report, the radio terminal sends time information, which is contained in the RLF report, for identifying a time of occurrence of the connection failure, to the network. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189974 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING AND A DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A M2ME FAIL OVER MECHANISM - An alternative access point for M2ME's is provided by introducing an extended M2ME, a M2ME/Femto, which is able to operate as a Femto cell in addition to operating as an M2ME is provided. The M2ME/Femto is configured to recognize a connectivity disruption in a conventional wireless connection to a home operator and to respond to such a disruption by providing for an alternative, fixed connection between the M2ME/Femto and the home operator. A M2ME configured to access the M2ME/Femto when required due to a connectivity disruption and a node of a home operator configured to set up an alternative fixed connection between the M2ME/Femto and the node when required due to a connectivity disruption at the wireless connection is also provided. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189975 | System and Method for Multiple Mode Communication - A system and method of communication disclosed which may include establishing a telephone call for a cell phone at a first end of the call to a second end of the call, the cell phone receiving communication service from a cellular phone network; substantially continuously detecting a signal level of the cellular phone network available to the cell phone; and transferring the telephone call from the cellular phone service to a second network having a link back to a core network of said cellular phone network only if the detected signal level of the cellular phone service falls below a specified threshold. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189976 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL RESOURCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for managing Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) resources in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of a base station for managing SRS resources includes receiving an allocation of SRS resources from a system controller, allocating SRS resources to connected terminals that are connected to the BS, determining a number of residual SRS resources varying according to the number of connected terminals, and transmitting one of an additional SRS resource allocation request and an allocated SRS resource return request to the system controller according to the number of residual SRS resources. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189977 | INDOOR COMPETITIVE SURVEY OF WIRELESS NETWORKS - Network operation data within a confined indoor wireless environment can be determined and utilized for generation of competitive intelligence and strategic network planning. Scanner component(s) survey and compare signals transported in a set of electromagnetic frequency bands, and in accordance with a set of radio technologies associated with competing networks. Collected data can be aggregated and delivered to femto gateway node(s), which can supply the data to an analysis component that generates network operations NetOp intelligence. A report component can manage received and aggregated network operation data and convey a portion thereof to planning tool(s) that can produce competitive intelligence and develop strategic network planning. Planning tool(s) can request specific network operation data or NetOp intelligence. Aggregated network operation data can be employed to identify service provider indoor coverage strengths or weaknesses relative to competitors to focus sales activities related to network services, and network improvement efforts. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189978 | METHOD OF RECEIVING PLMN INFORMATION AT A TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - Disclosed is a method of receiving PLMN (Public Land Mobile Network) information at a terminal in a wireless communication. In particular, the method of the present invention comprises the steps of receiving system information including a PLMN list and a prohibition indicator for limiting access to at least one PLMN of the PLMN list and performing access limitation to the specific network during a specific time. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189979 | ENHANCEMENT FOR POWER-DOWN SEQUENCE - When a cellular telephone is powered down, it sends a power-down message to a network it was registered with. If the cellular telephone does not receive an acknowledgement of the power-down message from the network, a flag is set in the cellular telephone. The power-down sequence is concluded by the cellular telephone, and the cellular telephone is shut off or put into a reduced power consumption state. When the telephone is turned back on the flag is evaluated to see if it was set during the course of powering down. The status of the flag when the phone is powered up is then used by the cellular telephone to determine whether it should make a network access request to a network the telephone was registered to, during the power-up operation in order to cause that cellular network to update its database regarding the whereabouts of the powered-up cellular telephone. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189980 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE CALL SETUP FROM A PCH OR FACH STATE - A method at a user equipment for establishing a circuit switched call, the user equipment being in a Cell Forward Access CHannel (CELL_FACH) state, a Cell Paging CHannel (CELL_PCH) state or a UTRAN Registration Area Paging CHannel (URA_PCH) state, the method receiving an indication that a circuit switched call is pending, sending to a network element a message to facilitate the user equipment to transition to a Cell Dedicated CHannel (CELL_DCH) state, the message being a Traffic Volume Measurement Report indicating uplink data traffic exceeds a predetermined threshold; and establish the circuit switched call. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189981 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A location-registration control unit transmits, when handover from a first communication network for performing voice communication and packet communication to a second communication network for performing packet communication is determined to be executed, a location registration request to the second communication network and receives a response to the location registration request from the second communication network. A voice-communication-request acquiring unit puts a voice communication request on hold when acquiring the voice communication request requesting the first communication network for performing voice communication. A voice-communication determining unit determines whether the voice communication request is being put on hold. When it has been determined that the voice communication request is being put on hold, the voice-communication control unit cancels the sending of a reply of completion notification notifying of completion of receipt of the acceptance and transfers the voice communication request being put on hold to the first communication network. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189982 | FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device include submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more of telecommunication carriers a bid to carry the telecommunications session, and automatically selecting one of the telecommunications carriers from the carriers submitting a bid, and initiating the telecommunication session through the selected telecommunication carrier. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189983 | Method and System for Integrated Assistance Service - A method and an apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a controller to process a travel assistance request for communication through a satellite and terrestrial mobile communication network. Data related to multiple assistance providers can be received in response to the request. At least one criterion can be processed for the assistance providers based on, for example, historical trip data. The assistance providers can be graphically represented for user selection based on the criterion. Data related to a selected assistance provider can be displayed, including navigation data to and/or from the assistance provider. In another embodiment, the travel assistance request can be communicated to a service center through the network. The service center can communicate data related to an assistance provider, including navigation data to and/or from the assistance provider. A rating of the assistance provider can be communicated to a specified community-of-interest through the network. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189984 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND ACCESS DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS OF TERMINAL - The present invention discloses a method for access control of a terminal, which is applied to the access control of the terminal in a terminal handover process. The method comprises: a source access network element notifying a target access network element of closed subscriber group configuration information of a source cell via a direct interface, and the target access network element determining whether to allow the terminal to access to a target cell based on closed subscriber group configuration information of the target cell and the closed subscriber group configuration information of the source cell. The present invention further discloses a method for access control of a terminal and an access equipment. The present invention provides a feasible scheme for the access control process when the terminal performs handover via a direct interface. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189985 | MOBILITY DETECTION AND SYSTEM ACQUISITION IN DUAL STANDBY DUAL SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY MODULES (DSDS) - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and techniques for determining a power save duration for an out of service subscription based, at least in part, on a detected mobility status change of a mobile device. Aspects generally include a mobile device, that shares a single radio resource for establishing connections with a first and second subscription, using a detected mobility status change to determine a power saving duration for an out of service subscription. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189986 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING NEIGHBOR CELL INFORMATION - A method and system for managing neighbor cell information are disclosed in the present invention. A user equipment is reselected into a current Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) cell from a former resident cell belonging to other system, and finds out that the former resident cell is not in a neighbor cell list of the current UTRA cell and the user equipment itself supports a neighbor cell relation maintenance function, and/or after receiving an indication notified by a network side that the user equipment can report neighbor cell relation, the user equipment reports an air interface signaling message carrying cell information of the former resident cell to a Radio Network Controller (RNC); the RNC receives and decodes the air interface signaling message, acquires the cell information of the former resident cell, and updates inter-system neighbor cell information according to the cell information of the former resident cell. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189987 | USER EQUIPMENT CENTRIC MECHANISM FOR ENABLING 2G/3G PREFERRED CAMPING - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives, at a user equipment, broadcast system information including one or more reselection priorities defined by a network operator for UE operation, each of the reselection priorities identifies a priority for one or more of a RAT and a RAN. The apparatus determines the availability of a first radio access network (RAN) operated using a first radio access technology (RAT) while camped in idle mode on a second RAN using a second RAT. The apparatus initiates a reselection procedure targeting the first RAN regardless of the reselection priorities. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189988 | DETECTION OF EARLY INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (IRAT) HANDOVER TRIGGERING - A device detects poor coverage associated with a source radio access technology (RAT) with which the device is connected, and connects to a target RAT. The device also measures the source RAT for a time period after connecting to the target RAT, and sends, based on the measurements, one or more measurement reports to the target RAT, where the target RAT forwards the one or more measurement reports to the source RAT. Alternatively, or additionally, the target RAT may detect that the handover was triggered too early and may inform the source RAT or command the UE to return to the source RAT. The device further stops the measuring and the sending when the time period expires. In this way, IRAT handover parameters may be automatically or manually tuned to minimize the number of handovers triggered too early, which may result in a more efficient cell configuration. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189989 | REDIRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TERMINAL - In a redirection method for a terminal according to the present invention, an LTE base station sends a redirection message to the dual-mode terminal, where the redirection message contains a redirection target carrier configured by the LTE base station; the dual-mode terminal performs session negotiation with a CDMA access network, and knows a camping carrier specified by the CDMA access network, where both the redirection target carrier and the camping carrier are the preset carrier on which the dual-mode terminal fixedly camps in the CDMA network; when the dual-mode terminal is redirected from an LTE network to the CDMA network, the dual-mode terminal initiates an access process on the redirection target carrier in the CDMA network. The technical solution provided by the present invention reduces service interruption time when the dual-mode terminal is redirected from the LTE network to the CDMA network, thereby improving user experience. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189990 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WHICH A TERMINAL TRANSMITS A CHANNEL ESTIMATION RESULT IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method in which a terminal transmits a channel estimation result in a mobile communication system, comprising: a step in which a receiving unit receives information required for channel estimation from a serving base station; a step in which a control unit estimates a channel on the basis of the information and generates information relating to channel estimation; and a step in which a transmitting unit transmits the information relating to channel estimation to the serving base station and at least one of a plurality of neighbor base stations. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189991 | Method for Self-Optimized Interworking Between Radio Access Networks - Method for self-optimized interworking between a first radio access network of a first type of radio access technology and a second radio access network of a second type of radio access technology. The first radio access network includes a first base station. The second radio access network includes a second base station. Measuring signals indicative for availability characteristics of the second base station, transmitting the signals indicative for the availability characteristics of the second base station from the user equipment to the first base station, generating a map of the coverage of the first and second radio access networks based on the signals indicative for the availability characteristics of the first and second base stations, wherein the map includes the information about the availability characteristics of the first and second base stations for interworking, and self-optimized interworking between the first and second base stations based on the map of coverage. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VOICE CALL SETUP FROM A PCH OR FACH STATE - A method at a user equipment for establishing a circuit switched call, the user equipment being in a Cell Forward Access CHannel (CELL_FACH) state, a Cell Paging CHannel (CELL_PCH) state or a UTRAN Registration Area Paging CHannel (URA_PCH) state, the method receiving an indication that a circuit switched call is pending; sending to a network element a message to facilitate the user equipment to transition to a Cell Dedicated CHannel (CELL_DCH) state, the message being one of a cell update message having a traffic volume indicator information element indicating that pending uplink data exceeds a threshold or an RRCConnectionRequest message; and establishing the circuit switched call. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189993 | CELL RESELECTION METHOD AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a cell reselection method and a user equipment, and the method includes: receiving, by a user equipment UE, a system message sent by a base station, where the system message includes a domain identifier of a neighboring cell of a source cell accesses by the UE, where the domain identifier is a routing area RA or location area LA or tracking area TA of the neighboring cell, the source cell is controlled by the base station, and there is at least one neighboring cell; judging, whether the domain identifier of the neighboring cell belongs to an RA or LA or TA in a camping forbidden list in the UE; and keeping the UE camping on the source cell if the domain identifier of the neighboring cell belongs to the RA or LA or TA in the camping forbidden list in the UE. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189994 | NETWORK SYSTEM, OFFLOAD DEVICE, AND USER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD FOR OFFLOAD DEVICE - A network system includes: a plurality of base stations, each with which a mobile station communicates; a core network to include one or more gateways, each with which the plurality of base stations communicates; a plurality of offload devices, each arranged between the base station and the gateway, each to serve as the gateway of an anchor point at which traffic to be offloaded is transmitted to or received from an offload network, and each to serve as the gateway of a relay point at which the traffic to be offloaded is relayed between the anchor point and one of the plurality of base stations with which the mobile station is communicating; a control station to control the traffic between the mobile station and the gateway; and one or more interception devices, each to intercept the traffic between the control station and the gateway. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189995 | PREDICTING USER AVAILABILITY FROM AGGREGATED SIGNAL STRENGTH DATA - A system and method is provided for determining the availability of a mobile communications device on a network based on a prediction that the device will cross a pre-defined service boundary between two different coverage areas serviced by two different service providers. Specifically, when the device is predicted to cross the service boundary, or has crossed the boundary, a notification of a change in service is issued to at least one of the user of the device, a presence service, or another network operator. The notification may include a change in the presence status of the mobile communications device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING CELL RESELECTION AND/OR HANDOVER PARAMETERS - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide embodiments of a method and apparatus for dynamically modifying cell reselection parameters and/or handover parameters. One embodiment of the method includes providing a request for a cell reselection parameter or handover parameter in response to a small cell determining that a number of cell reselections or a number of handovers between the small cell and at least one macrocell exceeds at least one threshold. In this embodiment, the cell reselection parameter or handover parameter is stored in the small cell. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING HANDOVER OF A MOBILE STATION FROM A MACRO CELL TO A FEMTO CELL - A method for managing handover of a mobile station from a macro cell to a femto cell comprises selecting a candidate set of target femto cells from a plurality of femto cells by applying a plurality of different filters, each filter filtering by at least one femto cell attribute. The filters may be applied successively and arranged to remove all but the most likely candidate target femto cells from further consideration. | 2013-07-25 |
20130189998 | SIM DEVICE - There is provided a SIM device ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130189999 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM EMBODYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE TO IMPLEMENT A CONTROL METHOD - When one base station forms a plurality of cells that use different frequency bands, a handover caused by movement between cells can be successfully performed with a high probability. A radio base station adapted to communicate with a radio communication terminal, comprising: a communication unit which performs a first communication with the radio communication terminal by using a first frequency, wherein the communication unit performs a second communication with the communication terminal by using a second frequency that is different from the first frequency; and a controller which performs a control, of at least one of a first power of the first communication and a second power of the second communication, based on a first power-related quality of the first communication and a second power-related quality of the second communication. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190000 | Fractional Frequency Re-Use and Beamforming in Relay Nodes of a Heterogeneous Network - Methods of operating a base station serving a cell in a heterogeneous network and at least one relay node serving a subcell of the cell, in which a user equipment unit connects to the network via the base station or the relay node, are provided. The methods include receiving uplink access (Uu) signals at the relay node from the user equipment unit in a first frequency range, and transmitting uplink backhaul (Un) signals from the relay node to the base station in a second frequency range that is different from the first frequency range. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190001 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing location information in a wireless communication network. The method includes initiating a transmission of the UE's location information to the network when a positioning status of the UE becomes available or when the UE needs to provide the positioning status to the network. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190002 | OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH USAGE IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus is provided for improving bandwidth usage in a cellular communication network serving at least one mobile terminal, the network being arranged to use a predefined bandwidth range. The apparatus includes a base band unit for capable of supporting at least a first radio access technology and a second radio access technology, a counting means for determining the number of mobile terminals within a cell of the first radio access technology supporting the second radio access technology and a measuring means for determining the level of traffic carried by the first radio access technology cell. Bandwidth assignment means are also provided so that the bandwidth assigned to GSM and LTE can be configured to take account of changes in the traffic levels and device capabilities in either RAT. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190003 | Methods and Systems for MutiRAN Dynamic Spectrum Arbitrage - Methods and system are provided for managing and monitoring allocation of RF spectrum resources based on time, space and frequency. A network may be enabled to allocate excess spectrum resources for use by other network providers on a real-time basis. Allocated resources may be transferred from one provider with excess resources to another in need of additional resources based on contractual terms or on a real-time purchase negotiations and settlements. A network may be enabled to monitor the use of allocated resources on real-time basis and off-load or allow additional users depending on the spectrum resources availability. Public safety networks may be enabled to make spectrum resources available to general public by allocating spectrum resources and monitoring the use of those resources. During an emergency, when traffic increases on a public safety network, the public safety networks may off-load bandwidth traffic to make available necessary resources for public safety users. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190004 | Statistics for Continuous Location Tracking - In one embodiment, one or more computing devices receive, from one or more mobile devices respectively associated with one or more users, one or more sets of data, wherein each set of data comprises: a user identifier indicating to which user the set of data corresponds; a location where the corresponding user was at; and a time when the corresponding user was at the location. The computing devices store the one or more sets of data; and extract one or more statistics from the one or more sets of data that represent behavioral pattern of at least one of the one or more users. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190005 | DIRECTIONAL PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING - Interaction between wireless devices, one of which may be equipped with a directional radio (a radio with a directional antenna for directional sensing capabilities) can be used in directional peer-to-peer networking. A method can include obtaining, at a first device from a serving device, proximity information regarding a second device. The method can also include obtaining, at the first device from the serving device, direction information regarding the second device. The method can further include calculating a position of the second device with respect to the first device based on the proximity information and based on the direction information. The method can additionally include communicating with the second device based on the position. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190006 | Methods and Systems for Enabling User Activity-Aware Positioning - Techniques for using user equipment, UE, activity information, e.g., by a network node in a communications network are described. The network node can obtain the UE activity information, i.e., information associated with at least one of transmission activity and reception activity for a UE, and then use the UE activity information to configure a positioning function. Some examples of the positioning function are positioning method selection, measurement configuration and assistance data provisioning, reserving positioning resources, stopping the positioning session, delaying handover of the UE, deciding on a position session organization such as number of parallel measurements to be performed, and estimating an impact on battery lifetime. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190007 | TRANSMITTER POSITION INTEGRITY CHECKING - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to determining whether a reported position of a wireless transmitter is sufficiently accurate in accordance with an accuracy metric based at least in part on a calculated range between an estimated position of a mobile station and the reported position and also based at least in part on one or more measurements taken from one or more signals transmitted by the wireless transmitter. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190008 | PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING AND INTERVENTION USING SMARTPHONE AND MOBILE APP - A mobile software application may issue an alert when a user is not achieving a heath objective based on track movement of a mobile computer system that is running the application and being carried by the user and physical characteristics of the user. The software application may map information about the physical characteristics of the user to a user model and determine the energy being expended by the user based on the user model and movement information provided by the mobile computer system. The software application may determine the frequency of steps taken by the user by: bandpass filtering a time domain signal that is representative of the movement, transforming the filtered time domain signal into a frequency domain signal, and equating the step frequency with the frequency of the highest peak in the frequency domain signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190009 | Location Option Control for Minimization of Drive Test in LTE Systems - A method of providing location option control for Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) in LTE systems is provided. In one embodiment, a UE or an eNB receives an MDT location request that comprises an MDT location option configuration having one or more location options. The UE or eNB determines a first location option based on the MDT location option configuration and initiates positioning for MDT measurements, reporting, and logging according to the first location option. In one novel aspect, each location option is associated with a priority. In addition to MDT measurements, reporting, and logging, a UE determines the best positioning procedure from a list of available location options. In one novel aspect, under a specific positioning objective, the UE prioritizes the list of available location options based on the signal strength and/or quality of cellular and WLAN signals. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190010 | Method for Indoor/Outdoor Call Judgment - The indoor/outdoor call judgment method comprises the following steps. Firstly, to build an algorithm and indicator function for determining indoor/outdoor call by analyzing drive test data. Secondly, to retrieve the event log data to be judged by the method, and find the position of the retrieved event log data by means of geo-location tools. Thirdly, to determine whether the retrieved event log data are referring to a moving call, if “YES”, then the event log is determined to be referring to an outdoor call. Fourthly, to determine whether or not the event log data are referring to an Indoor call by using the pre-built algorithm and the indicator function. Users' behavior, Cell antenna module and signal strength difference are considered when building the algorithm and indicator function so as to increase the accuracy of the indoor/outdoor call judgment method. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190011 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CELL INFORMATION IN TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method for managing cell informations received from neighbor cells for MDT (Minimization of Drive Text) in the 3GPP system and terminal for performing the method, the terminal including a transceiver which receives cell informations transmitted by at least one neighbor base station; a controller which checks at least one cell information for generating location prediction information to check current location of the terminal among the cell informations received by the transceiver; and a memory which stores the at least one cell information for generating the location prediction information as Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) measurement sample for reporting radio environment under the control of the controller. The terminal is capable of logging the neighbor cell measurement information efficiently depending on whether the terminal logs RF fingerprint information in the idle mode. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190012 | MOBILE STATION DIRECTED TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING HOME CELL - A mobile station connected to a wireless communication network includes a surrounding environment recording unit configured to record a surrounding environment of the mobile station; a proximity determination unit; and a proximity indication generation unit configured to generate a proximity indication. The proximity determination unit compares a past surrounding environment record that has been recorded by the surrounding environment recording unit with the current surrounding environment record. When the surrounding environment records correspond to each other, or when a degree of similarity between the surrounding environment records exceeds a predetermined degree, the proximity determination unit determines that the mobile station is in proximity to a predetermined home cell base station, and transmits the proximity indication generated by the proximity indication generating unit to a macro cell base station in response to determination that the mobile station is in proximity to the predetermined home cell base station. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190013 | LOCATION-BASED CALL CENTER FILTERING - A device may receive a request for a service call and location information associated with a user device, and may determine an address of a customer, associated with the user device, based on the location information. The device may determine customer information based on the address, and may filter a list of call centers, for the service call, based on the customer information and the address. The device may generate trouble ticket information for the service call, and may provide the customer information and the trouble ticket information to call centers provided in the filtered list of call centers. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190014 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POSITIONAL FINDING USING RF, CONTINUOUS AND/OR COMBINED MOVEMENT - A system for determining location of an object including a Master Unit having an RF transceiver and adapted to measure distance to a Tag. The Master Unit has a first input from which it can derive its current position, transmits instructions to the Tag for movement in a predetermined direction, measures distance to the Tag after the movement in the predetermined direction, and determines position of the Tag after the movement in the predetermined direction. The Tag and Master Unit can include a compass, a pedometer, an accelerometer, a solid-state gyroscope, an altimeter inputs for determining its current position by the Master Unit. The Master Unit can optionally include a GPS receiver. The Tag movement does not have to follow the Master Unit's direction, but the Master Unit will still be able to determine the Tag location(s). The roles of the Master Unit and Tag can be reversed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190015 | EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A disclosure provides mobile communication devices that receive information corresponding to users associated with target mobile communication device, via a near field communication protocol. The information is stored in a storage device either within the mobile communication device or within a separate server. If it is determined that the target mobile communication device is within a predetermined distance of the mobile communication device, data entries associated with the stored information are created and retrieved, in real time. The data entries are displayed on the mobile communication device. The data entries may include personal information or email messages from prior communication sessions, which are employed in future communications between the mobile communication devices. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MERGING OF REAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Method and system to coordinate a virtual environment with a real environment, including: coupling a transceiver to a person; determining a position of the transceiver within the real environment by use of a position-determination module; and rendering the virtual environment to a user by use of a virtual environment server that is configured to determine a position of the transceiver. The method and system may further comprises a wormhole server configured to provide communication services between the user and the person. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190017 | Melt Crush MG - The invention provides a multifunctional cellular phone specifically designed for international calling with integrated features, programs and applications, and specifically comprises an embedded international calling program. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190018 | DETERMINING VIRTUAL LOCATION BASED UPON SCANNED WIRELESS SIGNALS - A method for determining proximity of two or more mobile units within a defined locale is disclosed. Each of the mobile units is operable to scan at least a portion of the locale associated with the scanning one of the mobile units. The presence of the ones of the plurality of wireless devices is detected within the associated portion of the locale, detecting receiving the unique information from the detected ones of the plurality of wireless devices or device IDs. The received information is formed into a wireless fingerprint and transmitted to a server, which has a database of stored wireless fingerprints that are compared to the received fingerprint and a determination made as to the stored wireless fingerprints within the locale. The relative proximity position of the mobile devices associated with stored wireless fingerprints within the locale is then determined and are transmitted to the scanning one thereof. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190019 | Personalized Location Information for Mobile Devices - Providing location information on a mobile device includes receiving signals from external devices. Each signal includes information that specifies a geographic location for the external device that has provided the signal. A geographic location for the mobile device is calculated by using the information contained in each of the received signals. A representation of the geographic location of the mobile device is generated. The representation of the geographic location is included within an electronic message that provides information describing a user of the mobile device to other users of an electronic communications system. The electronic message is transmitted to another device to provide an indication of the geographic location for the user to one of the other users of the electronic communications system. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190020 | TRANSFERRING MESSAGES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for transferring a message from a wireless communication device to another communication device. A communications device generates a message using the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device determines a geographical location and an orientation of the wireless communication device. A geographical region is determined using the geographical location and orientation, and a remote server determines the presence of an entity associated with the other communication device in the selected geographical region. The message is then transferred to the other communication device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190021 | Text to Speech Conversion of Text Messages from Mobile Communication Devices - A method includes providing a user interface, at a mobile communication device, that includes a first area to receive text input and a second area to receive an identifier associated with an addressee device. The text input and the identifier are received via the user interface. A short message service (SMS) message including the text input is transmitted to a Text to Speech (TTS) server for conversion into an audio message and for transmission of the audio message to the addressee device associated with the identifier. An acknowledge message transmitted from the TTS server permits the addressee device to allow delivery of the audio message or to decline delivery of the audio message. The TTS server transmits the audio message in response to the addressee device allowing delivery of the audio message. A confirmation message is received from the TTS server that indicates that a reply voice message has been received from the addressee device in response to the audio message. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190022 | DISPATCH APPLICATION UTILIZING SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE - A dispatch communication and management system method is provided, allowing a dispatcher and remote service technicians to exchange messages over a network in a prescribed format to notify the technicians of new dispatch orders, and to update status information for dispatch orders in corresponding customer service records in a database. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190023 | DIRECT SMS MESSAGE DELIVERY OVER BROADBAND DATA NETWORKS THROUGH AN SMS-C - SMS-C's and associated methods are disclosed that attempt to deliver SMS messages over a broadband data network as opposed to a voice network. An SMS-C described herein stores session information for a mobile device that has established a data session over the broadband data network. When the SMS-C receives a Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS message destined for the mobile device, the SMS-C stores the SMS message for delivery. The SMS-C then identifies a routing address for the mobile device over the broadband data network based on the stored session information, and forwards the SMS message to the mobile device directly over the broadband data network based on the routing address. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190024 | BASE STATION, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF UPLINK INTERFERENCE COORDINATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNCIATION - A macro base station includes a communication prohibited period setting unit of setting an uplink communication prohibited period to a user equipment belonging to the base station, and prohibits an uplink communication from the user equipment to a wireless communication base station per se during the uplink communication prohibited period. The user equipments belonging to the wireless communication base station per se and the second base station are divided into plural groups, and the uplink communication prohibited period is set to different time periods for the respective groups. Thereby, a communication characteristic is prohibited from being deteriorated at the second base station by an interference affected with the second base station separately from the first base station by the user equipment communicating with the first base station in the uplink communication. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190025 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD - The invention has the object of avoiding congestion while reducing differences between parameters for communication among vehicles. The vehicle-mounted device performing communication by radio signals with predetermined vehicle-mounted devices respectively equipped in a plurality of vehicles includes: a radio unit detecting radio signals to measure congestion level; a processor receiving, from each of the predetermined vehicle-mounted devices, a value of, among parameters relating to communication of the predetermined vehicle-mounted devices, a predetermined parameter for which the degree of contribution to congestion increases with increase in the value of the predetermined parameter; and a controller decreasing, when the congestion level measured by the radio unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device if the value of the predetermined parameter of its own device is greater than the average of the values of the predetermined parameter received at the processor. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190026 | ENHANCED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - According to exemplary embodiments, a method for resource management of network systems includes sampling channel states of a first set of channels from at least one base station associated with a radio network controller providing an application and estimating channel states of a second set of channels from the at least one base station, wherein the estimated channel states are based on previously sampled channel states and currently sampled channel states. The method further includes adapting at least one runtime parameter of the application based on the sampled channel states of the first set of channels and the estimated channel states of the second set of channels. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190027 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR CONSERVING POWER CONSUMPTION OF SIGNLE-CARRIER WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS - A method and mechanism to reduce the energy consumption of a single-carrier wireless transmission system such as a base station or a subnet of multiple base stations in relation to the loading of the system. Energy savings may be achieved by withholding the transmission of the system over some time slots, decreasing the available frequencies for user traffic transmission, dynamically adjusting the system to a lower bandwidth, or a combination of these techniques in proportion to the system transmission load at a given time. The lower the system load, the more transmission resources may be withheld or reduced, and, hence, the more savings in energy consumption. Energy savings may be most prominent during periods of low traffic loading of the single carrier-based wireless transmission system. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190028 | Method, Device and System for Implementing Frequency Point Switch Based on CR - The present application relates to of the communication field and discloses a method, device and system for implementing frequency point shift based on CR. The method comprises: determining, by a cognitive base station, a candidate working frequency point for UE deployed in a cognitive frequency band; then sending to the UE broadcast information which at least carries the candidate working frequency point and instructing the UE to shift from the working frequency point currently used thereby to the candidate working frequency point by way of a frequency point shift command. In this way, the UE deployed in the cognitive frequency band can achieve frequency point shift quickly and accurately according to the instruction from the cognitive base station when an authorized user accesses the working frequency point currently used by the UE, effectively avoiding interference to the authorized user and thereby ensuring the service performance and service continuity of the system. The present application also discloses a corresponding device and system. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190029 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING METHOD AND WIRELESS TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless transmitting/receiving method for achieving both a high-speed data transfer and a power-saving operation by using wireless transmitting/receiving apparatus adaptable to a ubiquitous system, whereby a wireless transmitting/receiving method which performs wireless transmission/reception using no less than two carrier waves which belong to a different frequency band is used to transmit/receive a control signal for controlling the transmission/reception operation of the wireless transmitting/receiving apparatus by using a carrier wave which belongs to a lower frequency band (400 MHz band), and to transfer data by using a carrier wave which belongs to a higher frequency band (2.4 GHz band). | 2013-07-25 |
20130190030 | A Method of Allocating Resources in a Radio Access Network (RAN) Shared by Different Network Operators - A method of allocating resources in a communications network is provided, where the resources are allocated to mobile stations belonging to different network operators. It is determined whether capacity is available in the network for established connections between the mobile stations and the communications network. If it is determined that the capacity is not available for the established connections, the resources are split according to a pre-determined share between the network operators. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190031 | MINIMIZING DRIVE TEST LOGGED DATA REPORTING - This disclosure pertains to a method in a network node, a method in user equipment, a network node and user equipment in a wireless communications network. More particularly, there is provided methods and platforms for network based control of report messages comprising logged measurements in a wireless communications network. In accordance with some example embodiments, a UE ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130190032 | Proxy-Based Push Service - A method and apparatus to proxy notification service connections between a mobile client and a notification server. In one embodiment of the invention, a proxy receives a proxy setup request for the notification service from the mobile client. The proxy further establishes a notification connection with the notification server for the mobile client and maintains the notification connection without waking an application processor of the mobile client. The proxy receives a notification from the notification service and forwards the notification to the mobile client. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190033 | PRIORITIZATION OF GROUP COMMUNICATIONS AT A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An embodiment is directed to switching between server-arbitrated group communication sessions at an access terminal (AT) within a wireless communications system. The AT participates in a first group communication session when it receives an announce message announcing a second group communication session, acquires priority levels for the first and/or second group communication sessions and determines whether to switch between sessions based on the priority level(s). In another embodiment, the AT participates in a given processing task (e.g., a gaming session, a voice call, a group session, etc.) when it receives an alert that relates to a group communication session. If the alert is specially configured to force the given access terminal to drop the given processing task, the AT drops the given processing task irrespective of whether the AT later joins the announced group communication session. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190034 | BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station including: a transmitter configured to transmit a first radio signal to a first mobile station, a receiver configured to receive a second radio signal, a processor configured to detect a second mobile station communicates with a communication device differing from the base station, based on a third radio signal from the second mobile station which is contained in the second radio signal, the first radio signal interfering with a radio communication between the second mobile station and the communication device, and to decrease transmission power of the first radio signal, on detecting the second mobile station or failing to detect the second mobile station over a first given period or longer. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190035 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL (TPC) COMMAND - The disclosure provides a method for obtaining a Transmission Power Control (TPC) command, relating to the field of wireless communications. The method comprises the following steps: presetting a Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) value threshold, wherein the SINR value threshold comprising a highest value HSINR, a median value MSINR, and a lowest value LSINR; comparing a current SINR value with a target SINR value to obtain a difference value ΔSINR; and comparing the ΔSINR with the SINR value threshold, and obtaining a TPC command according to a result of comparison. The disclosure also provides a device for obtaining a TPC command. By the method or device in the disclosure, the accuracy and instantaneity of obtaining a TPC command are improved. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190036 | MULTI-MODE BYPASS DRIVER AMPLIFIER WITH TUNABLE LOAD MATCHING - A multi-mode driver amplifier with tunable load matching is disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a multi-mode driver amplifier and a tunable impedance matching circuit. The driver amplifier amplifies an input radio frequency (RF) signal and provides an amplified RF signal. The tunable impedance matching circuit matches an output impedance of the driver amplifier. The apparatus may include a main transmit path and a bypass transmit path. The bypass transmit path may include the driver amplifier and the tunable impedance matching circuit and no power amplifier. The main transmit path may include a second driver amplifier and a power amplifier. The main transmit path may be selected for transmit power levels higher than a threshold level, and the bypass transmit path may be selected for transmit power levels lower than the threshold level. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190037 | Music Control Signal Dependent Activation of a Voice Activity Detector - The invention relates to a method for controlling the activation of a voice activity detector for a call in which music control information inserted into the control signalling plane is used to disable and enable the voice activity detector. | 2013-07-25 |
20130190038 | Electronic Device With Dynamic Amplifier Linearity Control - An electronic device may include antenna structures. Wireless transmitter circuitry such as cellular telephone transmitter circuitry and wireless local area network circuitry may transmit signals using the antenna structures. A wireless receiver may receive signals from the antenna structures through an adjustable-linearity amplifier. The wireless receiver may operate in a receive band such as a satellite navigation system receive band. During operation of the electronic device, control circuitry in the device may analyze the frequencies and powers of the transmitted signals to determine whether there is a potential for interference for the receive band to be generated in the adjustable-linearity amplifier. In response to determining that there is a potential for interference, the control circuitry may increase the linearity of the adjustable-linearity amplifier. | 2013-07-25 |