35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140241297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM-ACCESSING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access, more specially, to a method for a terminal performing a random access in a wireless communication system, and comprises a step of transmitting to a base station a random access preamble selected from either a first random access preamble group or a second random access preamble group, wherein the first and second random access preamble groups are discriminated depending one packet type to be transmitted by the terminal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN RADIO ACCESS SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving uplink control information (UCI) in a radio access system supporting an enhanced physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) is disclosed. The method includes transmitting downlink control information (DCI) including offset information for determining resources for transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) via the e-PDCCH, and receiving the UCI using uplink resources according to a resource index value for transmitting the PUCCH. The resource index value is calculated using an index value of a control channel element (CCE) comprising the e-PDCCH and the offset information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241299 | TERMINAL INTER-APPLICATION NETWORK RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A terminal inter-application network resource allocation method comprises the following steps: a terminal determining, according to a set ratio, an allocation ratio of network bandwidth resources for network applications running at the foreground, and according to a statistical result, obtained by the terminal, of operational behavior performed by a user on each network application, determining an allocation ratio of unallocated network bandwidth resources for each network application; the terminal allocating network bandwidth resources to each network application according to the allocation ratio of the network bandwidth resources for each network application. According to the application, bandwidth allocation can be dynamically adjusted in real time according to user operations, so as to solve the problem that, when multiple applications are enabled, the data communication time of a current application increases because the network resources are occupied by other background applications. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241300 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OBTAINING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for obtaining control information on terminals in a wireless communication system. The method includes performing blind decoding on at least one of a first and a second area of a sub-frame. The first area includes a plurality of sets of one or more resource blocks that are not adjacent to the sub-frame and are continuous. The second area includes one or more continuous resource blocks on the sub-frame. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241301 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - In a communication system including multiple mobile station apparatuses and at least one base station apparatus, the base station apparatus efficiently controls transmission of an uplink signal to the mobile station apparatuses. A path loss calculator calculates path loss on the basis of a reference signal received by a reception processing unit. A transmit power setter sets desired transmit power of an uplink signal using the path loss calculated by the path loss calculator. Additionally, a power head room controller generates power head room that is information concerning a margin of the transmit power using the desired transmit power set in the transmit power setter to control transmission of the power head room. The power head room controller determines to transmit the power head room upon switching of a kind of the reference signal used in the calculation in the path loss calculator. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241302 | SELECTION BETWEEN RANDOM ACCESS AND DEDICATED SCHEDULING REQUEST RESOURCES - In response to determining that a time to a periodic transmission opportunity exceeds a threshold, a UE selects between using a random access procedure and the periodic transmission opportunity to transmit an uplink message. In non-limiting examples given the periodic transmission opportunity is a scheduling request opportunity which is periodic according to an interval configured by a wireless network and the uplink message comprises a scheduling request. In an embodiment the user equipment's determination and selection is conditional on it pre-determining that intended uplink data or control signaling to which the scheduling request relates is delay sensitive. If that pre-determination is that the data/signaling is not delay sensitive then it uses the scheduling request opportunity to send its scheduling request without selecting between the random access procedure and the scheduling request opportunity. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241303 | TRANSCEIVING POINT, METHOD FOR SETTING A REFERENCE SIGNAL OF A TRANSCEIVING POINT, TERMINAL, AND METHOD IN WHICH A TERMINAL TRANSMITS A REFERENCE SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system in which a terminal transmits an uplink reference signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241304 | Power Controller, Method, Computer Program and Computer Program Product for Controlling Transmission Power - It is presented a power controller arranged to control transmission power of at least one mobile communication terminal of a cell of a mobile communication network. The power controller comprises: a candidate maximum signal to interference ratio, SIR, calculator, arranged to calculate a candidate maximum SIR based on a current headroom value, the headroom value being an indicator of how much the transmission power of the at least one mobile communication terminal is allowed to increase in the cell; and a SIR determiner arranged to determine a maximum SIR for the at least one mobile communication terminal based on the candidate maximum SIR. Corresponding radio base station, radio network controller, method, computer program and computer | 2014-08-28 |
20140241305 | Transmission of Data to or From a Node of a Mobile Network - For transmitting data between a node ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241306 | DIGITAL RADIO-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR CHANGING A NARROW-BAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TERMINALS INTO A WIDE-BAND INFRASTRUCTURE AND TERMINALS - The invention relates to a radio-communication system for Push-to-Talk applications, comprising: a narrow-band PMR-technology terminal capable of connecting, via a radio-electric interface, to a narrow-band network infrastructure for accessing, via a PTT server, a set of narrow-band PTT resources or applications; and a wide-band-technology terminal capable of connecting, via a radio-electric interface, to an IP-WAN network for accessing, via a server, a set of wide-band PTT resources or applications, wherein said terminal comprises a client PTT application on the IP-WAN network configured to establish an IP connection between the terminal and a PTT server over the IP-WAN via an interface, such that said terminal can access the narrow-band PTT resources or applications and establish a communication channel with the terminal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241307 | Method for Allocating a Transmission Mode to a User Equipment and Apparatus Thereof - It is described a method for allocating a transmission mode to a user equipment for a radio transmission within a cellular network between the user equipment and a base station, wherein the user equipment is adapted to communicate with the base station in the allocated transmission mode via a communication channel. The method includes determining, by the base station, an information being indicative for a quality of the communication channel, receiving, by the base station, a feedback information from the user equipment being indicative for the quality of the communication channel, determining a compensation value based on the information and the feedback information, wherein the compensation value is adapted for compensating a difference between the information and the feedback information, determining an adapted transmission mode for the user equipment based on the compensation value, and allocating the adapted transmission mode to the user equipment. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241308 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and systems for allocating resources in a wireless network are described. In one implementation, a wireless network is utilized by at least a first radio and a second radio. The wireless network includes at least a first channel and a second channel. The first channel is partitioned into control slots and data slots and the second channel is partitioned into at least data slots. The method includes transmitting, using the first radio, in a first control slot of the first channel, a first control signal comprising information for data slot negotiation. The method additionally includes concurrently transmitting or receiving, using the first radio, at least one of a first data signal or a second control signal on the second channel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241309 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND BIT-LOADING METHOD USED IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A communications system comprises a transmitter, receiver and channel. The transmitter transmits multiple copies of each data bit in a multi-dimension modulation scheme matrix, the dimensions being selected from frequency, time and code. Each dimension is divided into sub-groups. A bit-loading method is used such that copies of each data bit (b | 2014-08-28 |
20140241310 | METHOD FOR RECEIVING AND SENDING CONTROL CHANNEL, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION - The present invention discloses methods for receiving and sending a control channel, a user equipment, and a base station. The method for receiving a control channel includes: obtaining time-frequency resource information and first information of the control channel; determining a search space of the control channel according to the time-frequency resource information and the first information; and receiving the control channel in the search space. By using the methods, the user equipment and the base station according to embodiments of the present invention, the search space of the control channel can be determined according to the time-frequency resource information and the first information of the control channel, so that receiving and sending of the control channel can be implemented and a capacity of the control channel can be expanded, thereby improving system scheduling efficiency and flexibility and further improving user experience. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241311 | METHOD FOR TRANSMIT DIVERSITY OF HARQ-ACK INFORMATION FEEDBACK - The present invention relates to a method for transmit diversity of HARQ-ACK information feedback in a wireless communication system, said system being adapted to employ transmit diversity and non-transmit diversity transmissions of HARQ-ACK information feedback, said method comprising: assigning uplink control channel resources and modulation symbols to HARQ-ACK states for at least two antenna ports such that said HARQ-ACK states are abled to be transmitted when associated uplink control channel resources are implicitly reserved, wherein at least one of said uplink control channel resources is assigned to more than one of said at least two antenna ports, and wherein uplink control channel resources and modulation symbols assigned to HARQ-ACK states for one of said at least two antenna ports is the same as when non-transmit diversity of HARQ-ACK information feedback is employed; and transmitting HARQ-ACK states assigned according to said assignment step on said at least two antenna ports. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241312 | SCHEDULING AND COORDINATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Scheduling and adjustment of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) streams sent by a network component based on channel quality and assistance data received from another network component is disclosed. Sending multiple MIMO OFDM streams to a user equipment (UE) from at least two network components is also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241313 | TRANSMITTING CONSTELLATION SYMBOLS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method is provided for transmitting constellation symbols in a communication system. A set of orthogonal time-frequency mapping patterns (TFPs) is generated from a TFP. And a TFP from the set of orthogonal TFPs is selected for transmitting a block of constellation symbols. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241314 | Spatio-Temporal Processing for Communication - A space-time signal processing system with advantageously reduced complexity. The system may take advantage of multiple transmitter antenna elements and/or multiple receiver antenna elements, or multiple polarizations of a single transmitter antenna element and/or single receiver antenna element. The system is not restricted to wireless contexts and may exploit any channel having multiple inputs or multiple outputs and certain other characteristics. Multi-path effects in a transmission medium cause a multiplicative increase in capacity. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241315 | RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) FOR PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) COMMUNICATION - A serving gateway (S-GW) in a radio access network (RAN) server system for peer-to-peer (P2P) communication can include a P2P content manager. The P2P content manager can be configured for receiving P2P data content from other nodes in a P2P network, forwarding the P2P data content to other nodes in the P2P network, and transmitting the P2P data content to a mobile device associated with the S-GW in a downlink (DL) transmission. The serving gateway can be a node in the P2P network and coupled to a transmission station in the RAN. The P2P data content includes at least one P2P data packet. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241316 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HAND-IN DISAMBIGUATION USING USER EQUIPMENT WIFI LOCATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a handover request from a first radio network to handover a user equipment (UE) to a second radio network, wherein the handover request includes an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) for a user associated with the UE and a pseudo cell identifier (ID); determining a target channel configuration for the UE using the pseudo cell ID; querying a third radio network using the user IMSI to determine a location of the UE, wherein at least one access point in the third radio network is in communication with the UE; and selecting a particular target access point in the second radio network for handover of the UE based, at least in part, on the location of the UE, the target channel configuration for the UE and a location of the particular target access point. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SIMULTANEOUS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN MULTIPLE E-NODEBS AND USER EQUIPMENT - A method and a system for providing simultaneous transmission and reception across multiple evolved NodeBs (eNBs) from a User Equipment (UE) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network are provided. The method includes establishing a first connection between the UE and a core network through a Serving-eNB (S-eNB), considering at least one Target-eNB (T-eNB) for at least one connection between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN), determining availability of the T-eNB, wherein the determining of the availability of the at least one T-eNB is triggered based on available resource in the S-eNB and the T-eNB, and establishing at least one connection between the UE and the PDN through one or more T-eNBs, at least one Serving-GateWay (S-GW), and at least one PDN gateway. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241318 | Method, Apparatus, and System for Facilitating Random Access - A PRACH preamble sequence being sent by the UE is received. An RAR in response to the PRACH preamble sequence is generated. The RAR includes a TA command. The TA command includes an integer value that is greater than 1282. The integer value alone is capable of determining a TA supporting the UE to perform an uplink time alignment. The RAR is then sent to the UE. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting periodic channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system. User equipment activates an uplink (UP) semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) session allocated to a secondary cell (SCell), periodically transmits the periodic CSI through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station on the basis of the UL SPS session allocated to the SCell, and releases the UL SPS session allocated to the SCell. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241320 | Method and Apparatus - A method is provided. The method includes performing a media access control reset. The media access control reset is provided without performing at least one of a radio link control reset and a packet data convergence protocol reset. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING VOICE BEARER IN REVERSE SINGLE RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY - An apparatus and method capable of creating and controlling voice bearer in reverse single radio voice call continuity comprise performing a handover request action S | 2014-08-28 |
20140241322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONNECTION SWITCHING ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT OF DATA NOT TRANSFERED - A mobile communication terminal according to the present invention comprises a processing unit for carrying out an operation intended for a data object such as content or a program, a channel builder for establishing a data channel for providing a data object to, for example, a player or a browser; and a data transceiver, while being connected to one of communication networks among a plurality of heterogeneous networks, for receiving a data object from an external server through the communication network, providing the received data to the processing unit through the data channel, checking the amount of remaining data to receive from the data object. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241323 | COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION METHOD IN OVERLAID CELL ENVIRONMENT - According to the present invention, a method of performing coordinated multi-point transmission and reception in an overlaid cellular system in which a first base station and a second base station overlay each other, the method comprising performing a handover using a coordinated multi-point transmission and reception scheme based on CRS-RS (Channel State Indicator-Reference Signal) information of user equipment by the first and second base stations. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESELECTING A CELL IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a method for cell reselection in a wireless communication system in which various radio access technologies (RATs) coexist with each other. In a wireless communication system in which heterogeneous networks coexist with each other, the method of cell reselection between heterogeneous networks for a user equipment may include: receiving a system information block (SIB) containing cell reselection parameters from a corresponding base station; checking whether cell reselection parameters based on a cell selection quality value (Squal) are configured in the received SIB; and performing, when cell reselection parameter based on Squal are not configured, cell reselection based on a cell selection receive level value (Srxlev). The present disclosure may prevent the user equipment from performing unnecessary cell reselection. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYBRID FDM-CDM STRUCTURE FOR SINGLE CARRIER BASED CONTROL CHANNELS - A system and method for hybrid FDM (frequency division multiplexing)-CDM (code division multiplexing) structure for single carrier control channels is provided. The hybrid FDM-CDM structure maximizes frequency diversity over the entire available bandwidth such that orthogonality between signals from users in a given cell is maintained. Thus, users in the given cell can transmit over a non-contiguous set of tones. Furthermore, the hybrid FDM-CDM structure maintains orthogonality of a pilot of users in different cells based on a despreading operation in the time domain. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241326 | UPLINK CONTROL SIGNAL DESIGN FOR WIRELESS SYSTEM - Transmission of uplink control message for a wireless system. The uplink control message may be encoded according to one of multiple possible schemes. The choice of encoding scheme may be made based on the control message size and/or based on the available transmission resources and/or based on the detection scheme used on the receiving end. A modulation scheme may also be selected based on such factors. CDM may be used for certain control messages. Block code encoding, such as Reed-Muller encoding may be used for certain control messages. Different transmission resources may be allocated for different control message uses. The encoding specifics may be selected to obtain a certain hamming distance and/or size of the encoded message or based on other factors. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241327 | ADJUSTING INITIAL TRANSMIT POWER FOR HIGH SPEED DATA TRANSMISSION - A method of wireless communication adjusts the transmit power for high speed data communications. A UE determines whether a random access channel is configured on an uplink traffic time slot. When the random access channel is configured on the uplink traffic time slot, the UE transmits a high speed data channel with adjusted transmit (TX) power based at least in part on transmit power used for a scheduling request. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241328 | WIRELESS TERMINAL, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND SPECIFYING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information distribution system including radio devices installed in carriages; wireless terminals; and an information distribution apparatus. Each wireless terminal includes: a first communication unit receiving radio signals transmitted by the radio devices; a determination unit specifying, based on a reception time period and signal strength of the radio signals received by the first communication unit, a radio device installed in the carriage and a second communication unit transmitting data indicative of the radio device specified by the determination unit to an information distribution apparatus. The information distribution apparatus includes: a receiving unit receiving data including identification information indicative of a radio device from which a wireless terminal has received a radio signal and a carriage in which a user of the wireless terminal is aboard; a generation unit generating a content including information corresponding to the carriage based on the data received and a distribution unit distributing the content. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241329 | Method For Activating Multiple Streams Transmission UE To Transmit HS-DPCCH And UE Thereof - The present document provides a method for a User Equipment (UE) which activates multi-stream transmission to transmit a High Speed Dedicated Physical Control Channel (HS-DPCCH) and a UE thereof, wherein the method is applied in a multi-stream transmission system, and includes: after receiving High-Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (HS-PDSCH) subframes transmitted from primary and secondary serving cells, the UE which activates the multi-stream transmission transmitting a HS-DPCCH carrying jointly encoded Acknowledge/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) after a predetermined duration by taking a later received HS-PDSCH subframe of the pair of paired HS-PDSCH subframes as a reference, wherein the predetermined duration is determined according to a timing correlation by which the UE transmits the HS-DPCCH subframe and correspondingly receives the HS-PDSCH subframe, which is specified in the 3 | 2014-08-28 |
20140241330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE RELEVANT LOCAL SERVICE OVER WI-FI - This invention provides method and system for a person to get accurate information about service providers in vicinity to serve real time needs. A user can get information services needed in day-to-day life, which includes but is not limited to house hold, emergency, entertainment etc. The Service Providers are within few km/miles so that User's needs are served when needed. This invention uses Wi-Fi (or future advanced technologies which enhance the wireless reach) technology for implementing this invention without any mobile operators involvement. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241331 | WI-FI DIRECT-BASED MESSAGE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is a message communication method of transmitting and receiving a certain message, independently of any network, without privacy invasion issues. The method includes generating vendor specific data on the basis of input information, adding the generated vendor specific data to a P2P information element of a probe request frame, and transmitting the probe request frame to another message communication apparatus. Thus, an apparatus conforming to a Wi-Fi Direct standard may transmit/receive a certain message to/from another terminal independently of a use region, a use environment, and a network of a large telecommunication vendor, without privacy invasion issues. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241332 | System and Method for Indicating and Acquiring Information of an Access Point - A method for operating a transmitting device includes generating a configuration index (CI) information element (IE), the CI IE including a CI value and an indicator of a completeness of a configuration information included with the CI IE, wherein the completeness of the configuration information included with the CI IE is one of complete information and simplified information, and placing the CI IE in a frame. The method also includes transmitting the frame. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241333 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ACCESS NETWORK SELECTION IN VISITED NETWORK IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system is disclosed. More particularly, access network selection scheme in visited network in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A method for selecting a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access network by a user equipment (UE) in a visited network may comprise: determining, by the UE, if a selected WLAN access network in the visited network is available; updating, by the UE, a WLAN selection policy with a list of excluded WLAN access network, if the selected WLAN access network in the visited network is not available; and re-determining, by the UE, if there is an available WLAN access network in the visited network based on the updated WLAN selection policy. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241334 | Systems, Methods, Devices and Arrangements for Emergency Call Services - A variety of methods, systems, devices and arrangements are implemented for emergency call centers. According to one such method, a location database is populated from a plurality of endpoint devices. The location database determines locations for nodes in a data transmission route from information received from the endpoint devices. Emergency calls using these nodes are located using the populated database. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241335 | PHASE-LOCKED LOOP USING DUAL LOOP MODE TO ACHIEVE FAST RESETTLING - A PLL operates in a first low bandwidth mode using a first control loop and in a second high bandwidth mode using a second control loop. The PLL includes a VCO that generates an output signal at a desired frequency used by a transmitter. When the transmitter switches from a High Power mode (HP TX) to a Low Power mode (LP TX), the PLL is perturbed (VCO no longer generates the desired frequency) and must resettle within an allocated time. In one example, the VCO frequency is 3.96 GHz and the settling time requirement is 25 microseconds. Upon switching from HP TX to LP TX, the PLL is switched to the second high bandwidth mode 15 microseconds and is then switched back to the first low bandwidth mode. The PLL resettles to within 1 ppm of the initial VCO frequency of 3.96 GHz within the allocated 25 microseconds. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241336 | DUAL CARRIER SEPARATION - Disclosed are various embodiments providing carrier separation to effectuate a dual carrier operation of a wireless communication device. Processing circuitry may acquire a single carrier signal based on a determined time slot boundary, the single carrier signal comprising primary carrier data. The processing circuitry may receive a dual carrier radio frequency signal based on the determined time slot boundary, the dual carrier radio frequency signal comprising the primary carrier data and secondary carrier data. The processing circuitry may then generate a baseband dual carrier signal by demodulating the dual carrier radio frequency signal. The processing circuitry may separate the primary carrier data from the baseband dual carrier signal by filtering the baseband dual carrier signal. The processing circuitry may also separate the secondary carrier data from the baseband dual carrier signal by filtering the baseband dual carrier signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241337 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF BALANCED WEIGHT PREAMBLE SEQUENCES - Various aspects of an approach for generating a large number of balanced weight sequences such as balanced Hamming weight preamble sequences are described herein. The approach provides for the generation of balanced weigh sequences that need to satisfy requirements such as minimal cross-correlation with delayed versions of itself and other sequences in the allowed set. The approach includes creating a set of symbol groups that include balanced properties from which a sequence may be generated by selecting therefrom. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241338 | BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM HAVING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE TO WHICH TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD IS APPLIED - The present disclosure relates to a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module, and more particularly, to a time synchronization method between a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module synchronized with a cellular network such as a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network and the cellular network. The present invention provides a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme including: a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network transmitting network identity and time zone (NITZ) information; and a blood sugar meter metering user's blood sugar data, wherein the blood sugar meter synchronizes a network time according to the NITZ information with an internal time of the metered data and transmits the metered blood sugar data to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241339 | TRAVERSAL METHOD FOR ICMP-SENSITIVE NAT - In SIP network environment, a general NAT traversal method will become invalid when an NAT with ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is met. The present invention provides four sessions for SIP, i.e. Login Session, Port Prediction Session, Synchronization Session and Media Session, and the SIP network environment includes a first Internet telephone, a second Internet telephone, a first symmetric NAT, a second symmetric NAT and an SIP proxy server. The first symmetric NAT and the second symmetric NAT are ICMP-sensitive. In the Synchronization Session, the first Internet telephone and the second Internet telephone are designed to transmit packets synchronously to avoid port locking. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241340 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOFTWARE TURRET PHONE CAPABILITIES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for software turret phone functionalities. A system can display, via a graphical user interface, graphical elements grouped according to a common attribute. Each of the graphical elements can represent an open communication line connecting a first device associated with a first user with a second respective device associated with a second respective user. The system can receive a selection of a graphical element of the graphical elements from the first user, the selection indicating a selected user associated with a respective device. Based on the selection, the system can manipulate a corresponding open communication line connecting the first device associated with the first user with the respective device associated with the selected user. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241341 | REGISTRATION OF SIP-BASED COMMUNICATIONS IN A HOSTED VOIP NETWORK - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for implementing a registrar component or functionality in a telecommunications network. In one implementation, the registrar functionality is handled at a Session Border Controller (SBC) or Network Address Translation (NAT) Traversal Manager (NTM) device of the network to alleviate an application server of the network from performing the registration function. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241342 | EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR PACKET NETWORKS - The present invention provides a technique for facilitating emergency services via packet networks. Emergency service providers will implement emergency proxies to ensure that proper call setup requests for emergency services are forwarded to the appropriate entities, even if those entities are in overload conditions. The emergency proxies may authenticate and filter call setup requests to ensure that only proper call setup requests are forwarded to help prevent such overload conditions. The emergency proxies may operate solely in a packet network, as well as at the interface between a packet network and a circuit-switched network to assist in call setup requests originating from either the packet network or the circuit-switched network. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241343 | Method and Device for Starting Limited-Time Licenses for Telecommunication Systems in a Controlled Manner - The invention relates to a method and a device for starting limited-time licenses for a telecommunication system (OSO MX′) in a controlled manner, said system comprising a number of IP terminals connected thereto, preferably IP telephone devices. The licenses acquired by the respective customer for the telecommunication system (OSO MX′) are downloaded from a central license server (CLS′) on the internet. A date and a time, and thus an activation time period, are configured via a browser dialog using the web-based management component (WBM′) which is connected to the internet for the purpose of an activation the first time the telecommunication system (OSO MX′) is started, whereby the maximally allowed use time for using the licenses at no charge is set. After the maximally allowed use time expires, the use of those licenses for which no right of use has been acquired is prohibited. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241344 | DIRECT UPDATING OF NETWORK DELAY IN SYNCHRONIZATION PACKETS - A method includes receiving in a network element a packet, which includes a delay field that indicates an overall time delay accumulated by the packet until arriving at the network element. Upon receiving the packet, an interim value is substituted in the delay field. The interim value is indicative of a difference between the overall time delay and an arrival time of the packet at the network element. Before sending the packet from the network element, the overall time delay is updated in the delay field based on the interim value and on a departure time at which the packet is to exit the network element. The packet, including the updated overall time delay, is transmitted from the network element. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241345 | SOURCE ROUTING WITH FABRIC SWITCHES IN AN ETHERNET FABRIC NETWORK - In one embodiment, a system includes a network fabric having a plurality of fabric switches interconnected in the network fabric and a switch controller having logic adapted to configure the network fabric, determine one or more paths through the network fabric between any two hosts connected thereto, and create a source-routing table to store the one or more paths through the network fabric between any two hosts connected thereto. In another embodiment, a method includes receiving or creating a packet using a NIC of a host connected to a network fabric having a plurality of fabric switches interconnected therein, determining a path through the network fabric by consulting a source-routing table stored to the host, storing source-routing information to a packet header for the packet, the source-routing information including the path, and sending the packet to a first device or hop indicated by the path in the source-routing information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241346 | TRANSLATING NETWORK FORWARDING PLANE MODELS INTO TARGET IMPLEMENTATION USING NETWORK PRIMITIVES - A routing controller in a communication network may be responsible for generating a device model that defines intended forwarding behavior of the network. The device model may be generated using a target-independent universal language of network primitives. Network primitives are building blocks of the device model. The network primitives can be grouped to form submodels to create modularity within the device model. The network primitives and the submodels can be stored in libraries. The controller may send the device model to a target device. Upon receiving the device model from the controller, the target device may translate the device model to implementation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241347 | STATIC TRANSLATION OF NETWORK FORWARDING PLANE MODELS INTO TARGET IMPLEMENTATION IN THE HARDWARE ABSTRACTION LAYER - A routing controller in a communication network may be responsible for generating a device model that defines intended forwarding behavior of the network. The device model may be generated using a target-independent universal language of network primitives. The controller may send the device model to a target device. The device controller may include one or more known identifiers associated with one or more portions of the model. The target device may know the mapping between the known identifiers and the capabilities of the target device. Upon receiving the device model from the controller, the target device may retrieve the known mapping to statically translate the device model to implementation. The static translation of the device model provides reusability of the previously determined mappings. The target device is not required to have a translator for dynamically translating the device model each time that the device model is received from the controller. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241348 | TRANSLATING NETWORK FORWARDING PLANE MODELS INTO TARGET IMPLEMENTATION USING SUB MODELS AND HINTS - A routing controller in a communication network may be responsible for issuing routing rules to forwarding devices in the network. Exemplary embodiments allow forwarding functionality to be implemented by the forwarding devices in a device-specific manner. The routing controller may specify a routing rule to be implemented by the forwarding device, and may provide a default or suggested implementation of the function in the specification of the rule. If the forwarding device does not have a predetermined implementation of the function that is specific to the routing device, the forwarding device may use the default implementation provided by the routing controller. However, if the forwarding device does have a predetermined implementation of the function, the forwarding device may override the implementation described in the specification and use the predetermined implementation instead. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241349 | OPENFLOW SWITCH AND PACKET PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An OpenFlow switch which processes a packet received from the outside is provided. The OpenFlow switch includes: a first table used to process a received packet; a second table used to create the first table; and a packet processor that manages the first table and the second table and controls the processing of the packet. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing system in which a plurality of modules are connected to a ring bus, data transfer efficiency is enhanced by deleting an unnecessary packet from the ring bus. This invention relates to an information processing system in which a plurality of modules that execute data processing are connected to a ring bus. More particularly, this invention relates to a ring bus operation technique that allows efficient data transfer by monitoring a flag of a packet, and removing an unnecessary packet from the ring bus. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241351 | DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF THE ROOT NODE OF AN MLDP TUNNEL - A capability is provided for dynamically determining the root node of a Multicast Label Distribution Protocol (MLDP) tunnel. A request to join a multicast group is received, where the multicast group is supported by a multicast source. A route to the multicast source is determined. A next-hop node associated with the route and a routing protocol used to advertise the route to the next-hop node are determined based on the route. An advertising node that used the routing protocol to advertise the route to the next-hop node is determined based on the routing protocol and the next-hop node. The advertising router is the root of the MLDP tunnel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241352 | DYNAMIC ADJUSTMENT OF MLDP TUNNEL AND PIM BINDING - A capability is provided for modifying association of a Multicast Label Distribution Protocol (MLDP) tunnel with Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM). Information associated with a multicast source and multicast group (multicast SG) is received. The multicast SG is associated with an MLDP tunnel. Association of the MLDP tunnel with an outgoing interface list of the multicast SG is modified by faking an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) local membership operation for the multicast SG on the MLDP tunnel. Modifying association of the MLDP tunnel with the outgoing interface list of the multicast SG includes adding the MLDP tunnel to the outgoing interface list of the multicast SG by faking an IGMP local membership join for the multicast SG on the MLDP tunnel or removing the MLDP tunnel from the outgoing interface list of the multicast SG by faking an IGMP local membership prune for the multicast SG on the MLDP tunnel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241353 | SWITCH CONTROLLER - According to an example, a switch controller is connected to a computer hosting a virtual machine (VM) and a virtual switch to provide packet forwarding for the VM. The switch controller restricts packet forwarding actions on the ports according to the assigned primary VLAN, the assigned secondary VLAN, and the assigned VDS to the ports and the stored rules. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241354 | ESTABLISHING GROUPS OF INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICES AND ENABLING COMMUNICATION AMONG THE GROUPS OF IOT DEVICES - The disclosure generally relates to enabling communication among one or more Internet of Things (IoT) device groups. In particular, various heterogeneous IoT devices that may need to interact with one another in different ways may be organized into IoT device groups to support efficient interaction among the IoT devices. For example, pre-defined IoT device groups may be formed organize certain IoT devices that perform similar activities and certain IoT devices may be dynamically allocated to ad-hoc IoT device groups for certain contexts (e.g., the ad-hoc IoT device groups may include IoT devices that can implement a desired function and therefore be dynamically formed to implement the desired function). Furthermore, the IoT groups may communicate hierarchically, wherein messages may be exchanged among IoT group owners or ranking members to support efficient communication between different IoT groups. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241355 | Systems and Methods for Paravirtualized IP Over Infiniband Bridging - Systems and methods for paravirtualized Internet Protocol over Infiniband (IPoIB) bridging for virtual machines. An example method may comprise associating, by a hypervisor executing on a host computer system, an Infiniband (IB) interface of the host computer system with a paravirtualized IPoIB interface of a virtual machine executing on the host computer system; receiving, via the paravirtualized IPoIB interface, a paravirtualized IPoIB packet originated by the virtual machine, the paravirtualized IPoIB packet comprising an IP packet and a first header including an IPoIB hardware address; translating the paravirtualized IPoIB packet into an IPoIB frame comprising the IP packet and a second header including the IPoIB hardware address; and forwarding the IPoIB frame via the IB interface to one of: an IB switch, an external IB node. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLOW TABLE LOOKUP PARALLELIZATION IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) SYSTEM - A method implemented in a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network for flow table lookup parallelization is disclosed. The SDN network contains at least a SDN controller and at least a forwarding element and the SDN network utilizes a plurality of flow tables to perform lookup for forwarding traffic. The method starts with determining dependency of flow tables within the forwarding element using a set of dependency determination rules. A dependency graph is then constructed based on determined dependency of flow tables. A dependency degree count for each flow table within the forwarding element is determined based on the dependency graph. Based on the dependency degree count determination for each flow table, a plurality of parallel lookup groups (PLGs) for the forwarding element is formed, where each parallel lookup group contains one or more flow tables having a same dependency degree count. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241357 | TECHNIQUES FOR CUSTOMIZING FORWARDING DECISIONS VIA A HARDWARE LOOKUP RESULT - Techniques for customizing forwarding decisions in a network device via a hardware lookup table result are provided. In one embodiment, a network processor of the network device can perform a lookup into a lookup table based on one or more sections of a received packet. The network processor can then determine, based on the lookup, an entry in the lookup table and retrieve, using a pointer included in the lookup table entry, a mode value from a results table. The mode value can identify an operational flow (e.g., a series of forwarding decisions) to be carried out by the network processor for forwarding the received packet. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241358 | PACKET PROCESSING MATCH AND ACTION UNIT WITH A VLIW ACTION ENGINE - An embodiment of the invention includes receiving packet header vectors where a header vector includes a number of packet header words. Match operations are performed on the packet header words. At least one packet header word is modified based on the match operations. At least one processor is used for each packet header word to perform the packet match operations and modify at least one packet header word. Instructions are received from an instruction word where a VLIW instruction word includes all of the instruction words. Each processor performs an operation in response to the instruction word. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241359 | PACKET PROCESSING VLIW ACTION UNIT WITH OR-MULTI-PORTED INSTRUCTION MEMORY - An embodiment of the invention includes a memory and apparatus for packet processing in a switching network. The memory includes a plurality of words where each word includes a plurality of bits. Each word in the plurality of words is addressed by separate and distinct read address. A logic circuit performs a logical “OR” function on all the bit in all the words addressed by the separate and distinct read addresses and outputs a result. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241360 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-LEVEL QUALITY OF SERVICE CLASSIFICATION IN AN INTERMEDIARY DEVICE - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing multi-level classification of a network packet. In some embodiments, network performance may be enhanced and optimized by providing QoS and acceleration engines with packet- or data-specific information. In addition to source and destination IP addresses and port numbers, packet- or data-specific information can include direction of traffic (client to host or server; server or host to client; or both), Virtual LAN (VLAN) ID, source or destination application or associated application, service class, ICA priority, type of service, differentiated service code point (DSCP), or other information. Some or all of this information may be used to classify the network packet at a plurality of layers of a network stack, allowing for deep inspection of the packet and multiple levels of granularity of classification. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241361 | PACKET PROCESSING MATCH AND ACTION UNIT WITH CONFIGURABLE MEMORY ALLOCATION - A packet processing block. The block comprises an input for receiving data in a packet header vector, the vector comprising data values representing information for a packet. The block also comprises circuitry for performing packet match operations in response to at least a portion of the packet header vector and data stored in a match table, and circuitry for performing one or more actions in response to a match detected by the circuitry for performing packet match operations and according to information stored in an action table. Each of said match table and said action table comprise one or more memories selected from a pool of unit memories, wherein each memory in the pool of unit memories is configurable to operate as either a match memory or an action memory. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241362 | PACKET PROCESSING MATCH AND ACTION UNIT WITH CONFIGURABLE BIT ALLOCATION - A packet processing block. The block has an input for receiving data in a packet header vector, the vector comprising data representing information for a packet and a match unit for performing match operations between packet header vector data and at least one match table. Various embodiments provide advantages in connection with storing certain action or next table bits outside of the match table, or constants in the table, or by forming the match table from multiple unit match table memories. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241363 | FRAME RELAY SWITCHED DATA SERVICE - A new type of data transport service which uses a frame relay layer 2 data link connection identifier (DLCI) to select among various service types, feature sets, and/or closed user groups (CUGs). A layer 3 address may be extracted from a layer 2 frame, and the layer 3 address information may be used to route a data packet over a packet-switched network according to the service classes, feature sets, and/or CUGs selected. At the destination, the layer 3 data packet may again be enclosed in a layer 2 frame with a DLCI indicating the service classes, features sets, and/or CUGs. Because the use of conventional permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) is not required in aspects of the invention, new methods of measuring and managing network traffic are presented. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241364 | EFFICIENT TRILL FORWARDING - One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a storage and a lookup mechanism. The storage stores a first table that contains an entry corresponding to a media access control (MAC) address of a device and an identifier of a remote switch associated with the device. The storage also stores a second table that contains an entry indicating a local outgoing interface corresponding to the remote switch. The lookup mechanism identifies the local outgoing interface corresponding to the device based on the first table and the second table. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241365 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 2014-08-28 |
20140241366 | Comprehensive Multipath Routing for Congestion and Quality-of-Service in Communication Networks - A packet routing method includes computing, for each source node in the data network and each destination node in the data network, a set of multiple routes providing a full range of performance from the source node to the destination node. The multiple routes are preferably precomputed and stored. The full range of performance is defined by a set of dominant routes, defined in terms of a partial order on a multi-dimensional space whose dimensions correspond to performance metrics such as bandwidth, latency metric, and jitter. The method selects, for a packet originating from a source node and addressed to a destination node, a route from the computed set of multiple routes and forwards the packet in accordance with the selected route. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241367 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a centrally controlled communication system where a packet loss may occur in a switch on a forwarding path, transmission of a packet of a high-priority protocol is enabled. The communication system includes a group of switches which process a received packet(s) by referring to a flow entry that defines processing content to be applied to the packet(s) and a controller that controls the group of switches. The controller comprises a topology detection unit that detects a network topology composed of a link(s) satisfying predetermined transmission quality from among links connecting respective ones of the switches, based on information obtained from the group of switches. When communication using a predetermined communication protocol that requires the predetermined communication quality occurs between arbitrary nodes, the controller creates a flow entry to be applied to a packet(s) of the predetermined communication protocol, and then set the created flow entry in each switch on a path set between the arbitrary nodes. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241368 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FORWARDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR FORWARDING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A control apparatus for forwarding apparatuses is connected to forwarding apparatuses which forward a packet according to a forwarding rule and includes: an address storage unit that stores correspondence relationships between upper layer addresses and lower layer addresses; an address management unit that refers to the address storage unit to search for a corresponding lower layer address from an upper layer destination address of a packet to be forwarded through one or more of the forwarding apparatuses; and a forwarding rule setting unit that sets a forwarding rule for causing the one or more forwarding apparatuses on a forwarding path of the packet to be forwarded to perform a process of writing the searched lower layer address in a lower layer destination address field of the packet to be forwarded. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241369 | System and Method for Data Flow Identification and Alignment in a 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet Gearbox - A system and method for data flow identification and alignment in a 40/100 gigabit Ethernet gearbox. Virtual lane (VL) identifiers can be identified to create an effective wiring diagram for data flows. This wiring diagram enables a multiplexer or de-multiplexer to align the VL identifiers to match physical lane identifiers. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241370 | DATA RELAY APPARATUS - A first receiver receives an activation signal from a first network and gives the activation signal to an input side of a second transmitter via a first connection line; thereby, the activation signal is sent out via the second transmitter to a second network. Thus, the activation signal is not directly transmitted from the first network to the second network; instead, the activation signal is transmitted by using conversion functions of the first receiver and the second transmitter. This configuration can prevent occurrence of distortion or attenuation in the activation signal. The activation signal from the first network thus enables ECUs belonging to the second network to be activated certainly without delay. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241371 | PACKET DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A packet distribution system includes: a first transfer device that is placed on a boundary of a core network and near first and second terminal devices; a second transfer device that is placed on the boundary of the core network and near a content distribution device; and a control device that, when a first content packet is distributed to the first terminal device, a distribution request packet is transmitted from the second terminal device, and a second content packet newly distributed from a content distribution device to the second terminal device is detected by the second transfer device, causes the second transfer device to abandon the second content packet based on control information included in the second content packet, and causes the first transfer device to copy the first content packet distributed to the first terminal device, to the second terminal device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241372 | Constructing A Topology-Transparent Zone - A network node used to construct a topology-transparent zone (TTZ). The network node may obtain a TTZ identifier (ID) that is uniquely associated with a TTZ. Additionally, the network node may obtain a first link that couples the network node to a second network node that is also assigned the TTZ ID and a second link that couples the network node to a third network node that is not assigned the TTZ ID. The network node may generate a router information (RI) link-state advertisement (LSA) that indicates whether the network node is a TTZ edge node or a TTZ internal node and that indicates the TTZ associated with the TTZ. The network node may distribute the RI LSA to the second network node that is also assigned the TTZ ID using the first link. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241373 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION IN A DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Disclosed herein are devices, systems, methods, and computer-program products for multiplexing data from multiple transport protocols in computing. Dynamic, reliable, secure and scalable systems and methods are disclosed for onboarding multiple device types onto a network. Novel systems and methods are provided for resolving communication for durable and transient data transfer from multiple device types on a network without requiring software agents, and for mitigating security vulnerability by restricting the operation ports on networks when communicating with multiple heterogeneous device types. Systems and methods described herein provide solutions for dynamically onboarding heterogeneous device types on the network used in pervasive and ubiquitous computing, without requiring software agents on the devices or subscribers. Some solutions encompass systems and methods for multiplexing data from multiple transport protocols using a dynamic dispatcher software assembly that identifies incoming patterns of data for routing to its dynamic reconfigurable corresponding processing logic in the processing module. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INGRESS PORT IDENTIFICATION IN AGGREGATE SWITCHES - A system and method for ingress port identification in aggregate switches includes a network switching device including a controller, a first port coupling the network switching device to another network device, and one or more forwarding information tables being maintained by the controller. The network switching device is configured to receive a first packet at the first port, replicate the first packet, insert a first reserved ingress ID associated with the first port into the replicated first packet, and forward the replicated first packet to a first peer switch. The network switching device is part of an aggregate switch. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241375 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONTROL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A control communication method and apparatus couples electrical outputs of devices directly to a network I/O module without connecting the devices to an electrical control system. The network I/O module includes outputs for sending control data received over an Ethernet network directly to a production device without intervening electrical control. The network I/O module transmits data identifying the device generating an output signal along with the network I/O module ID, over the Ethernet network in TCP/IP protocol. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241376 | Apparatus and Method for Controlling Transaction Flow in Integrated Circuits - Various embodiments of a method and apparatus for controlling transaction flow in a communications fabric is disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a communications fabric connecting multiple agents to one another. Each agent may include an interface coupling itself to at least one other agent. Each interface may include multiple queues for storing information corresponding to pending transactions. Also included in each interface is an arbitration unit and control logic. The control logic may determine which transactions are presented to the arbitration unit for arbitration. In one embodiment, the control logic may inhibit certain transactions from being presented to the arbitration unit so that other higher priority transactions may advance. In another embodiment, the control logic may reduce the priority level of some transactions for arbitration purposes to prevent the blocking of other higher priority transactions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241377 | Half-frame request opportunities and operation within wired and/or wireless communication systems - A communication device is configured to receive a message that indicates request opportunity parameter(s). Based on the request opportunity parameter(s), the communication device is configured to generate and transmit a transmission request within one of two or more request opportunities (e.g., 2, 3, 4, etc. or generally N request opportunities such that N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2) indicated by the request opportunity parameter(s). The two or more request opportunities are included within mini-slot(s) that span OFDM sub-carrier(s) of OFDM or OFDMA framing. A given mini-slot spans an OFDM or OFDMA frame, and a mini-slot is divided into any desired number of portions (e.g., 2, 3, 4, etc. or generally N portions) such that each of the request opportunities within that mini-slot occupies a common fraction of the mini-slot (e.g., each occupies ½, ⅓, ¼, etc. or generally 1/N of the mini-slot). | 2014-08-28 |
20140241378 | HIERARCHICAL AND ADAPTIVE MULTI-CARRIER DIGITAL MODULATION AND DEMODULATION - In an embodiment the method includes, at a transmit side, grouping carriers into carrier groups, and selecting a group constellation diagram for modulation of the carriers of a given carrier group. The selected group constellation diagram is built as a hierarchical sum of I super-imposed constellations vectors having predefined decreasing powers with the P strongest and the Q weakest constellation vectors being omitted. The carriers of the carrier group are modulated by means of the selected group constellation diagram, and P and/or Q parameters per carrier group and per multi-carrier data symbol are adjusted. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241379 | FIBRE CHANNEL OVER ETHERNET - The use of Ethernet as an underlying transport for Fibre Channel (FC) frames is disclosed in the Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCOE) protocol. In FCOE, the FC physical layer and part of the FC-2 link layer are replaced with the Ethernet physical and link layers. Each FC frame is encapsulated within an Ethernet Frame. The payload of the FCOE frame contains type information from the FC Start Of Frame (SOF) indicator, the FC header, an optional FC payload, and type information from the FC End Of Frame (EOF) indicator. In one embodiment, an Ethernet network carrying FCOE replaces a standard FC network. In another embodiment, devices implementing FCOE may be implemented in a blade server. The entire backplane is Ethernet, over which both storage and networking traffic can be run. The Ethernet links are connected to an Ethernet switch, a FCOE/FC converter, and a FC switch. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241380 | MEDIA STREAM OVER PASS THROUGH MECHANISM - A data packet or payload defined by a first format, is generated and is wrapped with headers as defined by a second format, and is processed through a pass through mechanism for transmission based on the second format. The processing includes adding or encapsulating the payload in the transmission data packet. When receiving the transmitted data packet, the headers may be parsed, and the payload processed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241381 | TIME CONTROL DEVICE, TIME CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to a time control device, a time control method, and a program that can synchronize time information with a master device in a network with high precision. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241382 | System and Method for Advanced Adaptive Pseudowire - A system and method for separating clock recovery for a pseudowire communication. An incoming signal is received for a pseudowire communication. The incoming signal is separated into a first signal and a second signal. Packets within the first signal are ordered in a first register. A clock signal is extracted from the second signal in a second register to generate a modified clock signal. A delay is incurred during generating of the modified clock signal. The first signal is communicated utilizing the modified clock signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241383 | ARRANGEMENT FOR SYNCHRONIZING ACCESS POINTS IN WLAN USING DIRECT-SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM SIGNALING - An arrangement for providing synchronization between a number of overlapping area access points within a wireless LAN utilizes an Ethernet cable connection to transmit synchronization signals from a centralized hub/switch to each of the access points connected to the cable. The synchronization signal takes the form of a direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241384 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of synchronizing a time division duplex (TDD) multi-line, multi-carrier data communication system is provided. Synchronization is established using unique pseudo-random bit sequences (PRBS) from a common generator polynomial having different seed values. Due to low correlation of PRBS generated with different seed values, a remote unit can only synchronize to its intended signal effectively mitigating far-end and near-end crosstalk impact of large bandwidth very high speed digital subscriber lines (VDSL). | 2014-08-28 |
20140241385 | LOW-MODE HIGH POWER FIBER COMBINER - A high power fiber laser system is configured with a combiner end fiber spliced to a combiner output fiber. The system further includes a light stripper extending along the combiner end and output fibers and configured with sequentially located zones which are provided with respective refractive indices. In a forward propagating direction of light signal, the upstream zone includes polymeric material with the refractive index higher than that of the cladding of the combiner end fiber. This zone is configured to remove the backreflected core guided light bled into the cladding of the combiner through a splice between combiner end and output fibers. The intermediate zone includes polymeric material configured with a refractive index lower than that of the cladding of the combiner output fiber so it can prevent clad guided signal light from decoupling the cladding under the material. The downstream zone is configured with polymeric material having a refractive index lower than that of the cladding of the combiner output fiber. The polymeric material of the downstream zone is impregnated with a plurality of light diffusers scattering high numerical aperture rays of the clad-guided signal light. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241386 | SHORT-PULSED COMPACT MOPA - A master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system includes an oscillator having a neodymium-doped gadolinium vanadate gain-medium and delivering seed-pulses. A length of single mode fiber is used to broaden the spectrum of the seed pulse. An amplifier having a neodymium-doped yttrium vanadate gain-medium amplifies the spectrally broadened seed-pulses. The gain-spectrum of the amplifier partially overlaps the broadened pulse-spectrum, providing spectral selection of the seed-pulses in addition to amplification. This provides amplified output-pulses having a duration about one-third that of the corresponding seed-pulses. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241387 | MULTIPLE-CURRENT-SOURCE LASER DIODE DRIVER SYSTEM - A laser diode driving system includes a first high-side-drive current source for driving a first set of diodes, the first set of diodes including one or more laser diodes. A second high-side-drive current source drives a second set of diodes, the second set of diodes including one or more laser diodes. The system also includes an energy storage capacitor and an energy storage capacitor charger for charging the energy storage capacitor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241388 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEM - A nitride semiconductor light-emitting system includes a nitride semiconductor light-emitting device, a base mount holding the nitride semiconductor light-emitting device, having an opening, and containing first metal as a main component, a cap adhered to the base mount, and a lead pin penetrating the opening. The lead pin is fixed to an inner wall of the opening with an insulating member and a buffer member interposed therebetween, the buffer member and the insulating member being stacked on the inner wall in this order. The insulating member contains silicon oxide as a component. The buffer member is made of second metal having a smaller standard oxidation-reduction potential than the first metal, or an alloy containing the second metal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241389 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device is configured to emit light by energy relaxation of an electron between subbands of a plurality of quantum wells. The device includes an active layer and at least a pair of cladding layers. The active layer is provided in a stripe shape extending in a direction parallel to an emission direction of the light, and includes the plurality of quantum wells; and the active layer emits the light with a wavelength of 10 μm or more. Each of the cladding layers is provided both on and under the active layer respectively and have a lower refractive index than the active layer. At least one portion of the cladding layers contains a material having a different lattice constant from the active layer and has a lower optical absorption at a wavelength of the light than the other portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241390 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device is configured to emit light by energy relaxation of an electron between subbands of a plurality of quantum wells. The device includes an active layer and at least a pair of cladding layers. The active layer is provided in a stripe shape extending in a direction parallel to an emission direction of the light, and includes the plurality of quantum wells; and the active layer emits the light with a wavelength of 10 μm or more. Each of the cladding layers is provided both on and under the active layer respectively and have a lower refractive index than the active layer. At least one portion of the cladding layers contains a material having a different lattice constant from the active layer and has a lower optical absorption at a wavelength of the light than the other portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241391 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A semiconductor light-emitting element includes a substrate, a recess in the substrate, and a ridge portion disposed in the recess, the ridge portion having a constant width, in which the recess has a width that varies in the longitudinal direction of the ridge portion, the ridge portion is formed of a compound semiconductor multilayer structure including an active layer, and the active layer has a thickness that varies in the longitudinal direction of the ridge portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241392 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER - A quantum cascade laser | 2014-08-28 |
20140241393 | DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING TEMPERATURE, AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING THE TEMPERATURE OF AND POSITIONING A FIBER-OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR - The invention relates to a device ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241394 | ANALYSIS OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - A rechargeable battery is externally heated to induce thermal runaway, and material expelled from the battery is analyzed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241395 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TAKING MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE HVAC READINGS - In a device and method for taking temperature readings on an HVAC system, a first probe is connectable in thermal communication with the HVAC system for taking a first temperature reading thereof. A second probe is connectable in thermal communication with the HVAC system for taking a second temperature reading thereof that is independent of the first temperature reading. A digital display is connectable to the first and second probes for displaying the first and second temperature readings. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241396 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION - An optical fiber temperature distribution measurement device configured to receive Raman back scattering lights obtained by inputting a pulsed light into an optical fiber and to measure a temperature distribution along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is provided. The device includes a first filter device. The first filter device includes: a threshold value setting circuit configured to set a threshold value in accordance with a change in an amount of noise overlapped with a measured signal, the measured signal indicating one of an intensity distribution and a temperature distribution of the Raman back scattering lights along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber; a filter configured to eliminate a frequency component of the measured signal, the frequency component being larger than a predetermined first frequency; a determination circuit configured to determine if the measured signal is over the threshold value; a synthesizing circuit configured to select and synthesize one of the measured signal processed by the filter and the measured signal unprocessed by the filter in accordance with a determination result from the determination circuit. | 2014-08-28 |