| 39th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
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| 20090238021 | Semiconductor memory device and operation method therefor - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device, including: a memory array section wherein a memory array which requires a refresh operation is formed; an interface section configured to carry out an interfacing process between an external apparatus and the memory array section; and a refresh control block for controlling the refresh operation; the interface section configured to include a plurality of interface modules individually corresponding to a plurality of memory types and selectively applied to the interfacing process between the external apparatus and the memory array section; the refresh control block having a function of issuing a refresh command within a refresh cycle and another function of preventing, if, upon issuance of the refresh command, an access command and the refresh command to the memory array are estimated to collide with each other, the collision. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238022 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes: a setting circuit which sets a first setting value; a control circuit which receives a predetermined control signal and the first setting value so as to output a second setting value; and an output circuit which outputs a predetermined level in response to the first setting value or the second setting value, wherein the second setting value is changed from the first setting value based on the predetermined control signal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238023 | MEMORY SYSTEM - A memory system is provided, comprising at least one memory unit and a source power supply circuit. Each memory unit is coupled between a source voltage and a ground voltage and accesses digital data according to a word line signal and a bit line signal. The source power supply circuit provides the source voltage to the memory units. When the memory unit is in a writing status, the source voltage is the first power voltage. When the memory unit is in a reading status, the source voltage is the second power voltage. The second power voltage equals to the first power voltage subtracted by a specific voltage for avoiding rewriting error. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238024 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE REMOVING PARASITIC COUPLING CAPACITANCE BETWEEN WORD LINES - A semiconductor memory device includes a main word line shared by a plurality of mats. Each of the mats includes a plurality of sub word lines. A decoding unit is configured to decode a row address bit and output a word line driving signal. A plurality of sub word line driving units are each configured to activate one of the sub word lines according to the word line driving signal. In the semiconductor memory device each neighboring sub word line driving units is connected to a different main word line to remove parasitic coupling capacitance. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238025 | MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH STAGGERED REQUEST SIGNAL OUTPUT - A memory controller having a time-staggered request signal output. A first timing signal is generated while a second timing signal is generated having a first phase difference relative to the first timing signal. An address value is transmitted in response to the first timing signal and a control value is transmitted in response to the second timing signal, the address value and control value constituting portions of a first memory access request. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238026 | IN-CAB CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A FRONT DISCHARGE CONCRETE TRUCK - A control system for a front discharge concrete truck including a joystick positioned within a cab of the truck. In one embodiment, the joystick to connect to both a secondary shift selector and a chute controller. The secondary shift selector is connected to the truck's transmission. By actuating the secondary shift selector, the operator of the truck is capable of placing the truck's transmission in one of a forward condition, a reverse condition, and a neutral condition, without removing the driver's hand from the joystick. Similarly, the chute controller is connected to a discharge chute of the truck to direct the placement of concrete being offloaded from the truck. Thus, substantially concurrently with placing the transmission into one of a forward condition, a reverse condition and a neutral condition, the operator may actuate the joystick to correspondingly actuate the position of the discharge chute via the chute controller. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238027 | Apparatus for and Method of Kneading Rubber Material - Disclosed are: an apparatus for kneading a rubber material which continuously performs a series of processes which are kneading a rubber material with a non-vulcanization compounding agent at the beginning, kneading it with a vulcanization compounding agent, and finally obtaining final kneaded rubber; and a kneading method using this kneading apparatus. Preparatory kneaded rubber having been kneaded in one internal mixer is selectively fed, by a distribution conveyor, to a group of kneading lines where at least two kneading lines are provided to be arranged side by side. Each of the kneading line consists of a plurality of open roll mixers serially connected with each other. Intermediate kneaded rubber resulted in having a target viscosity after having been kneaded in the group of kneading lines is kneaded with a vulcanization compounding agent, whereby final kneaded rubber is obtained. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238028 | Method for producing composite materials such as thermoplastic resins with mineral and/or vegetable fillers - A method for producing composite materials, such as thermoplastic resins with mineral and/or vegetable fillers, consisting in feeding a mineral and/or vegetable filler, preheating the filler, feeding a melted thermoplastic resin onto the filler, introducing the mixture of the filler and the thermoplastic resin in an extruder, subjecting the mixture to high compression, producing a high partial vacuum, and compressing the mixture in an extrusion head, out of which the material to be subjected to subsequent treatments flows. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238029 | CONNECTION DEVICE, AND KNEADING FACILITY HAVING KNEADING DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER BY THE CONNECTION DEVICE - An input shaft of a sealed kneading apparatus and an output shaft of a drive apparatus can be coupled together in a mutually eccentric state of both shafts and the apparatus life is prolonged. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238030 | Whisk - A whisk comprising: a whisk handle comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, a whisk head end, and a cap end; a bushing fixedly attached to the whisk head end of the whisk handle; at least two generally spiral grooves located on the interior surface; a bushing fixedly attached to whisk head end of the whisk handle; an extension member in rotatable and slideable communication with the whisk handle and the bushing, the extension member having a whisk head end and a cap end; at least two engagement members extending orthogonally from the extension member, the at least two engagement members located at the cap end of the extension member, and wherein each of the at least two engagement members slideably engage with one of the generally spiral grooves; a whisk head, with a whisk head base, the whisk head based fixedly attached to the whisk head end of the extension member, and generally externally located with respect to the whisk handle; a spring rod, with a whisk head end and a cap end, located within the extension member; an integral cap located on the cap end of the spring rod, the integral cap externally located with respect to the extension member; a compression spring, with a whisk head end and a cap end, in slideable communication with the spring rod, the whisk head end of the compression head pushing against the whisk head base, the cap end of the compression spring pushing against the integral cap; and a handle cap removeably attached to the cap end of the handle, the handle cap containing the integral cap. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238031 | System and apparatus to deliver low inclusion feed ingredients into livestock ration - A system for delivering microingredient feed additives into a feed ration includes a storage hopper with a mixer element attached to an agitator shaft that is configured to agitate a high-moisture feed ingredient in the hopper when the agitator shaft is rotated. A micromachine includes storage containers for storing low-inclusion ingredients, and meters and dispenses precise amounts of selected low-inclusion ingredients without using a fluid carrier. A mixing conveyor receives and mixes the high-moisture feed ingredient and the selected low-inclusion ingredients. The mixing conveyor includes a discharge screw with a rotatable shaft and flighting attached to the shaft, wherein a portion of the flighting positioned below the storage hopper pull the high-moisture feed ingredient from the storage hopper and convey it to a mixing section that receives the selected low-inclusion ingredients dispensed from the micromachine without using a fluid carrier and mixes the low-inclusion ingredients with the feed ingredient. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238032 | SEQUENTIAL START CLUTCH FOR A MATERIAL MIXING MACHINE - A mixer system includes a mixing chamber with a drive panel, open top, discharge opening in a side of the mixing chamber, and door configured to open and close the discharge opening. A first mixing auger is disposed inside the mixing chamber, and a first auger drive is disposed on another side of the drive panel and connected to the first auger through the drive panel and connected to a driveline. A second mixing auger is disposed inside the mixing chamber on the first side of the drive panel, and another auger drive is connected to the second auger through the drive panel. A clutch is connected between the second auger drive and the driveline and configured to mechanically connect and disconnect the second auger drive from the driveline based on an input. A method of sequentially starting different augers within a mixing chamber is provided. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238033 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING - An apparatus and method for mixing a liquid having particulate includes a vessel for containing the liquid and an axial impeller rotating about a substantially vertical axis. The impeller is adapted for submerging below the liquid surface by a distance approximately one-quarter to one-half of the height of the liquid. The impeller is oriented upwardly to produce (a) an inner, upward flow region located along the vertical axis of the vessel, (b) a transition flow region above the impeller in which liquid moves radially outwardly toward the vessel sidewall, and (c) an outer, downward flow region located along the sidewall. The impeller spins at a variable speed, such that the flow is capable of entraining solid particles having a settling velocity of up to approximately 1 foot per minute in the liquid, and the speed of the impeller is chosen to enable particles having a desired settling velocity to settle to the vessel bottom. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238034 | Blender container and cover - A container ( | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238035 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING OF MARINE SEISMIC STREAMERS - A method of controlling a streamer positioning device ( | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238036 | DETERMINING DIRECTIONAL PROPAGATION ATTRIBUTES OF A SEISMIC EVENT - A technique includes obtaining seismic data acquired by at least one seismic sensor. The technique includes processing the seismic data to determine a value that is indicative of a three-dimensional directional propagation attribute of a seismic event based on the seismic data. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238037 | RADIAL PROFILING OF SLOWNESS: METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NEAR-WELLBORE ALTERATION ESTIMATION - A method facilitating radial profiling of acoustic slowness of a formation traversed by a borehole is disclosed. According to some aspects of the invention, a 3D image of near, far, and intermediate formation slowness is provided. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238038 | VIBROSEIS CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE AND SYSTEM - A technique includes operating a seismic vibrator, including driving the seismic vibrator at different frequencies and driving forces. The technique includes monitoring a parameter affected by the operation of the seismic vibrator during the frequency sweep and based at least in part on the monitored parameter, determining a maximum driving force profile for the seismic vibrator. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238039 | Method and Program for Fracture Plane Reconstruction - The invention relates to a method for fracture plane reconstruction in a three-dimensional set ( | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238040 | METHOD FOR IMAGING THE EARTH'S SUBSURFACE USING PASSIVE SEISMIC SENSING - A method of imaging the Earth's subsurface using passive seismic emissions includes detecting seismic signals originating from within the Earth's subsurface over a selected time period using an array of seismic sensors deployed proximate the Earth's surface. Hypocenters of seismic events in the subsurface are determined from the detected signals. Seismic signals detected at selected ones of the seismic sensors are cross-correlated to signals detected at other selected ones of the seismic sensors. The cross-correlated signals are processed to obtain a reflectivity series at a geodetic position of the selected one of the seismic sensors. A spatial distribution of at least one seismic property in the subsurface is determined using the determined hypocenters and the reflectivity series. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238041 | Systems and Methods For Monitoring Time-Dependent Subsurface Changes - Systems and methods for monitoring time-dependant subsurface changes from imperfectly repeated data measurements. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238042 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNDERWATER NAVIGATION - A method for navigating underwater is disclosed. The method uses a navigation system to project a first velocity measurement along one or more signal beams having a second velocity measurement, where the second velocity measurement is related to at least one of the one or more signal beams. The method determines a position and location of an object associated with the navigation system based on a prediction of at least the second velocity measurement, and the navigation system is adjusted to perform within a prescribed measurement range based on a covariance of the first and second velocity measurements. The performance adjustments made in determining the position and location of the object are operable independent of the navigation system maintaining each of the signal beams due to one or more external environmental conditions. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238043 | GEOPHONE SECUREMENT MECHANISM - A seismic sensor comprising a coil assembly suspended in a magnet field produced by a magnet assembly, and a locking mechanism for preventing the coil assembly from moving freely until a seismic event is initiated at the surface or within an earth formation to collect seismic data. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238044 | Electronic Clock - Provided is an electronic clock which makes no erroneous determination of rotation detection and suppresses unnecessary current consumption even when being provided with the second hand having a large moment of inertia. The electronic clock uses a first detection mode determination circuit | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238045 | AC'S WRISTWATCH EZ-WEAR PROTECTIVE CLIP-ON/COVER - A protective device for watchband straps. The protective device is comprised of a curved semi-rigid material with retention means for affixing the protective device to hinge portions of watchbands. The protective device eliminates wear on the watchband at the fastener. The protective device may further be utilized to protect the underside of a wristwatch. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238046 | INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information recording apparatus ( | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING RECORD AND REPRODUCTION OF OPTICAL RECORD MEDIUM - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling the record and reproduction of optical record medium in which plural nonrecord regions having different phase are arranged between recordable data regions for the distinction in the shape of the data region. The method and apparatus performs the servo using focus error signal and tracking error signal averaged by the low pass filter at the header region of the optical disc. Especially, the tracking servo is performed by holding a fixed DC off-set value at the header region existing on the L/G switching or holding the tracking error value of the previous same track region. As a result, the exact header region is detected, the track sliding phenomenon is removed, and the tracking servo is stabilized, resulting in preventing the degeneration of the record and reproduction characteristics. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING ASTIGMATISM IN AN OPTICAL STORAGE SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for compensating astigmatism in an optical storage system. Firstly, the optical storage system focuses on an optical disc and proceeds track seeking. While track seeking, the astigmatism compensator continues adjusting and an astigmatism index signal is also measured. At last, an optimal astigmatism compensated value of the astigmatism compensator is acquired based on the measured result of the astigmatism index signal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238049 | AVERAGE SERVO CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND TARGET LEVEL DETERMINATION METHOD APPLIED IN THEREOF - An average servo control method is provided. A target level of at least a servo signal is first detected, which is corresponding to a present condition of the optical disc drive. The target level is then compared with a current level of the servo signal, and a average servo loop gain is adjusted based on the comparison result. A target level calibration may be performed before the gain adjustment. The target level calibration analyzes the servo signal to determine a plurality of preset target levels each corresponding to a different condition. The preset target levels and corresponding conditions are stored as a lookup table. In this way, the target level is acquired based on the lookup table and the present condition. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238050 | Optical Disc Recording Device, Method for Recording Data Onto Optical Disc, and Optical Disc - With the method of the present invention for recording data on an optical disk, a recording pulse corresponding to a long mark includes a combination of a leading pulse and a subsequent intermediate pulse. The level of the leading pulse indicates a first recording power, and the level of the intermediate pulse indicates a second recording power. When an optical disk includes a plurality of recording layers, the ratio of the second recording power to the first recording power is determined for each recording layer. When the recording speed is variable, the ratio of the second recording power to the first recording power is determined for each recording speed. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238051 | OPTICAL DISC DRIVE - A tracking error signal is generated with stability without being easily affected by a distribution fluctuation of light reflected from an optical disc or by a lens shift. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238052 | RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING DEFECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION FOR RECORDING REAL TIME DATA, DEFECT MANAGING METHOD THEREFOR, AND REAL TIME DATA RECORDING METHOD - A recording medium for storing defect management information to record real time data, a defect managing method therefor, and a method of recording real time data. The recording medium stores information representing use or non-use of linear replacement defect management in which a defective area on the recording medium is replaced with the spare area, in order to record real time data. While maintaining compatibility between the defect managing method and a defect managing method based on a current DVD-RAM standard, i.e., while allowing a report of the fact that there are blocks which have not been linearly replaced, linear replacement is not performed when real time data is recorded. Thus, real time data can be recorded and reproduced. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238053 | DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE OPTICAL POWER CALIBRATION - A method and apparatus are presented for optimizing write operations for optical storage media. A determination is made, at least in part by iteration, of a next power range and a current score for a current power range. If it is determined that the current score is relatively equivalent to a maximum score, a plurality of final parameters is updated and provided, including an optimal power range and a final score. If it is determined that the current score is relatively greater than the final score, then the plurality of final parameters is updated. If it is determined that a maximum number of iterations has been performed, the plurality of final parameters is provided. Otherwise, the current power range is updated with the next power range. One or more of the returned plurality of final parameters are employed to optimize write operations for optical storage media. Determination of the score may also include determining validity of test data segments, selecting a score calculation criterion, and calculating the score based at least in part on the score calculation criterion and on a number and a sequence of valid test data segments. The score calculation criterion may be based on such criterion as beta criterion or modulation amplitude. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238054 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE, TRACKING ERROR SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT, TRACKING ERROR SIGNAL CORRECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In a DPP-type tracking error signal (TE signal), an offset caused by the difference between the reflectance of a main-beam irradiated part and the reflectance of side-beam irradiated parts is appropriately compensated without individual normalization of an MPP signal and an SPP signal. An analog signal processing unit | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JUDGING PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF LOADING SPACES - Disclosed herewith is a library apparatus having plural loading cells, each of which can load at least two articles and using a pushing device that pushes the articles into the loading cell from its opening. And if the moving distance of any of the articles, which is pushed into the loading cell, is smaller than a first moving distance, the library apparatus judges that the loading cell has no loading space. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238056 | OPTICAL STORAGE EFFECT USING A SEPARATE REFERENCE BEAM INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a data medium to be read out by a focused reading beam having a predetermined wavelength. The data medium implements a new concept of generating a reference beam, by comprising a reference beam interface, which, in the propagation direction of the impinging reading beam, is arranged either in front of a data layer with a pit-and-land structure, and is partially reflective while the pit and land interface sections are fully reflective for the reading beam. Or the reference layer is arranged behind the first and second reflective interface sections, and is fully reflective while the pit and land interlace sections are partially reflective for the reading beam. The data medium of the invention has a number of between 5 and 20 channel-bit cells contained in a reference area A-ef defined by the square of the ratio between the reading beam wavelength WL and the numerical aperture NA of an optical system focusing the reading beam. The ratio between the sum of the areas of all pit interface sections and the sum of the areas of all land interface sections of the pit-and-land structure is between 0.4 and 0.6. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238057 | Resin Composition, Optical Element, and Light Pickup Device - Objective lens | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238058 | MARKER SELECTION METHOD, SELECTION DEVICE, MARKER, HOLOGRAM RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD, HOLOGRAM REPRODUCING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A marker selection method includes: a marker generation step for generating a marker defining a position reference when recording data according to the modulation rule of the hologram recording/reproduction; a calculation step for calculating a correlation value indicating the correlation between a template image indicating a maker and each of a first verification image containing the marker shifted by a predetermined pixel and a second verification image containing data; and a selection step for selecting such a marker that the peak of the correlation value in the first verification image becomes greater than the peak of the correlation value in the second verification image. The selected marker is used as marker data in a marker generator in a recording processing circuit during recoding and as template data of the template matching processing circuit in the reproduction processing circuit during reproduction. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238059 | HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND ENCODING/DECODING METHOD THEREOF - A holographic recoding medium is provided, having holographic pages. Each page has reference mark (RM) placement areas at fixed locations for placing RM patterns. The reference marks are used to calibrate data images of data areas each of which is enclosed by at least three RM regions. Hidden information of the medium is stored by an specific encoded pattern based on existence, types and arrangements of the RM marks. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238060 | OPTICAL REPRODUCING DEVICE AND OPTICAL REPRODUCING METHOD - There is provided an optical reproducing device including: a reproducing component that includes a light source, a spatial light modulator, and a light guiding component, with the reproducing component irradiating, with reference light that has been generated by the spatial light modulator as reading light, a Fourier transform hologram; a splitting component disposed on a signal light exiting side of the reproducing component and that splits, into two light waves, the signal light; a first image acquiring component that detects the one split light wave to acquire a first reproduced image; a second image acquiring component that detects light where a direct current component has been removed from the other split light wave to acquire a second reproduced image; and a decoding component that uses the first reproduced image and the second reproduced image to decode data that the signal light has. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238061 | OPTICAL PICKUP APPARATUS AND OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A structure according to the present invention is an optical pickup apparatus including a first light source, a second light source, a third light source, a first objective optical system, a second objective optical system, an incidence optical system for emitting the first to third light fluxes into the first objective optical system or the second objective optical system, and an optical detector. The optical pickup apparatus converges a light flux emitted from the first light source onto an information recording surface of a first optical information recording medium or a second optical information recording medium, by using the first objective optical system. The optical pickup apparatus converges a light flux emitted from the second light source onto an information recording surface of a third optical information recording medium by using the second objective optical system, and further converges a light flux emitted from the third light source onto an information recording surface of a fourth optical information recording medium by using the second objective optical system. The first objective optical system includes an objective lens, and a liquid crystal correcting element being adopted to correct the amount of spherical aberration for a light flux passing through the liquid crystal correcting element. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238062 | OBJECTIVE LENS DRIVING APPARATUS - An objective-lens-driving apparatus comprising: a base opposed to a signal surface of an optical disc; an objective-lens holder including an objective lens, first and second focusing coils arranged across the objective lens in a tracking direction of the disc, first and second tracking coils arranged across the first-focusing coil in a tangential direction of the disc, and third and fourth tracking coils arranged across the second-focusing coil in the tangential direction, the objective-lens holder being supported on the base movably in a focusing direction of the disc and the tracking direction; and first to fourth magnets arranged on the base to be respectively opposed in the tangential direction to the first to fourth tracking coils, the first and second magnets each having two poles polarized in the tracking direction, magnetization widths of the two poles with respect to the first-focusing coil in the tracking direction being different from each other. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238063 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DIVERSITY COMBINING OF REPEATED SIGNALS IN OFDMA SYSTEMS - In accordance with a method for diversity combining in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system, repetition diversity equalization and combining may be performed with respect to received OFDMA signals. In addition, receiver antenna diversity equalization and combining may be performed with respect to the received OFDMA signals. The repetition diversity equalization and combining and the receiver antenna diversity equalization and combining may be performed in accordance with a maximum ratio combining (MRC) scheme. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238064 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL AND TRANSMITTER USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus of transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. A reference signal sequence is generated by using a pseudo-random sequence. A portion or entirety of the reference signal sequence is mapped to at least one resource block and is transmitted. The pseudo-random sequence is generated by a gold sequence generator which is initialized with initial values obtained by using cell identifier. The reference signal provides low PAPR and high cross correlation characteristic. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238065 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENTION BASED TONES IN A MULTIPOINT-TO-POINT ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING SYSTEM - Systems and methods for round-trip-delay adjustment in a multipoint-to-point orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for a remote unit to request bandwidth in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) multi-point to point system comprises: transmitting a signal from a remote unit having a request for bandwidth to a host unit on a first tone, the signal from the remote unit configured to combine with a signal from at least one other remote unit on a different tone to form a coherent OFDM waveform; determining when a collision has occurred on the first tone between the signal transmitted by the remote unit and a signal from at least one other remote unit; and when a collision occurs, re-transmitting the request for bandwidth on the first tone. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238066 | SELECTION OF RETRANSMISSION SETTINGS FOR HARQ IN WCDMA AND LTE NETWORKS - Improvements in the performance of HARQ operation are achieved by considering two channel coding parameters, the number of filler bits F and the number of dummy bits N | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238067 | DATA TRANSMISSION - In a data transmission system having a plurality of transmitters connected in a ring configuration, a band monitoring unit in each of the plurality of transmitters monitors the bandwidths of a first and a second transmission path between one of the transmitters that comprise the ring and a first and a second transmitter on both sides of said transmitter, respectively. A protection execution unit executes protection processing by setting up a bypass path for each of the first and second transmission paths. Further, when the bandwidth of the first or second transmission path acquired by the band monitoring unit decreases below a threshold, and only when any one of the transmitters comprising the ring and the other transmitters is not executing protection processing, the protection execution unit executes protection processing for the first or second transmission path which is determined to have a bandwidth smaller than the threshold. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238068 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT INVOLVING CONGESTION AND FAULT NOTIFICATION IN ETHERNET - A method for sending congestion notifications from a node in an Ethernet protocol including, determining whether the node is congested, generating a congestion message including a unique identifier of the node, responsive to determining that the node is congested, and sending the congestion message to a source transmitter. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238069 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PROGRAM STREAM FLOW - A device for controlling program stream flow is described. The device is capable of saving power during computation. The device may include a de-multiplex unit and a direct memory access controller. The de-multiplex unit, for de-multiplexing a plurality of data, may include a request module for generating a request signal. The direct memory access controller is for receiving the request signal. The direct memory access controller obtains a plurality of data from a bus and sends the plurality of data to the de-multiplex unit according to the request signal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238070 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO ADJUST CN CONTROL LOOP PARAMETERS AT A CONGESTION POINT - A method and system to adjust Congestion Notification control loop parameters at a congestion point are provided. The system comprises a monitor to sample a state of a congestion point the congestion point being to receive messages from a reaction point; a history generator to generate an updated reaction to congestion history by consolidating the state of the congestion point with a current reaction to congestion history, the current reaction to congestion history being associated with a current feedback message; a message generator to generate an updated feedback message based on the updated reaction to congestion history; a message update module to replace the current feedback message with the updated feedback message; and a communications module to communicate the updated feedback message to the reaction point. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238071 | System, method and apparatus for prioritizing network traffic using deep packet inspection (DPI) and centralized network controller - A method, system, and apparatus for prioritizing network traffic according to one embodiment includes receiving a packet addressed to a receiver device from a sender device, and identifying the packet in a network layer to determine an application and/or protocol associated with the packet. The method further includes generating traffic priority information associated with the packet based upon the identifying. The traffic priority information indicates traffic prioritization between the sender device and the receiver device. The method further includes sending the traffic priority information to a network controller. In various embodiments, the packet is identified in the network layer using deep packet inspection. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238072 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOAD BALANCING USING QUEUED PACKET INFORMATION - A computer readable medium including instructions executable by a processor to perform a method, the method including obtaining a packet by a load balancer, obtaining queued packet information for a plurality of target hosts operatively connected to the load balancer, selecting the one of the plurality of target hosts using the queued packet information, and sending the packet to the selected target host using a first communication channel between the load balancer and the selected target host. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238073 | Communication control apparatus, communication control method, and Communication control program - Disclosed herein is a communication control apparatus including: a bandwidth measuring section configured to measure a physical bandwidth of data communication via a communication channel; and a rate control section configured to set a threshold that does not exceed the physical bandwidth measured by the bandwidth measuring section, cause a rate of the data communication to increase exponentially up to the threshold, and cause the rate to decrease when the rate has reached or exceeded the threshold but not reached the physical bandwidth. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238074 | DYNAMIC REROUTE OF NETWORK TRAFFIC - In an example embodiment, a method is provided that receives a broadcast of available bandwidth from a first routing device. A congestion of traffic is detected along a downstream path to a second routing device. This second routing device is an immediate downstream neighbor. As such, an alternate path is established to the second routing device by way of the first routing device based on the available bandwidth in the network and a portion of the traffic is transmitted along the alternate path. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238075 | NETWORK ROUTING USING A RETRANSMISSION-TIME-BASED LINK METRIC - A system computes link costs for a multi-hop wireless network. During operation, the system receives topological information for the multi-hop wireless network which includes a set of nodes, a set of links, and a success probability for a respective link. The system then obtains an average media access time for the multi-hop wireless network. The system also obtains a retransmission time for a respective node in the set of nodes. Next, the system computes a link metric value for a respective link based on the corresponding link success probability, the average media access time, and the corresponding retransmission time. The system then produces a link cost for the link based on the associated link metric value. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE AN IPe DOMAIN THROUGH EIGRP - In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus for preventing excessive transmission of routing information in a communications network occurs by receiving a network routing address at a connection node in a communications network, the network routing address allowing the transmission of data packets from a source node to a destination node in the communications network; determining a longest summary route covering a path to the destination node; creating a list comprising a summary of all neighbor connection nodes of the connection node; and transmitting an update of the longest summary route of the network routing address towards all neighbor nodes advertising a destination address comprising a shorter address prefix, wherein the transmitting process occurs sequentially beginning with a first neighbor connection node entered in the list. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238077 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED PROCESSING OF A VIRTUAL CONNECTION ALARM - A method and apparatus for providing automated processing of a virtual connection alarm on a packet network, e.g., a Virtual Private Network (VPN), are disclosed. For example, the method receives an alarm related to at least one virtual connection for a virtual private network (VPN) from a provider edge (PE) router, and determines whether the VPN has reached a first threshold for a maximum number of virtual connections or a second threshold for a pre-determined percentage of the maximum number of virtual connections. The method generates a new ticket or updating an existing ticket in response to the alarm if either the first threshold or the second threshold is reached. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238078 | AUTONOMIC PROVISIONING OF HOSTED APPLICATIONS WITH LEVEL OF ISOLATION TERMS - A method and a system are described that involve autonomic provisioning of hosted applications with level of isolation terms. In one embodiment, the system includes an infrastructure registry to provide a set of heterogeneous infrastructure resources, an autonomic provisioning service unit to select a subset of the heterogeneous infrastructure resources, (the subset of resources to fulfill a service level agreement (SLA) with a corresponding level of isolation), and a monitoring unit to collect information about the subset of resources and send the collected information to the autonomic provisioning service unit. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238079 | Method and Apparatus for Discovery and Tracking of Location of Networked Devices - Techniques are disclosed for discovery and tracking of locations of devices attached to a computing system network. By way of example, an automated method for determining a location of a target element in a distributed network includes the following steps. One or more locations of one or more sample topology elements in the distributed network are learned. Location mappings are generated, the location mappings representing associations between the learned locations of the one or more sample topology elements and one or more network attributes. A location of a target element is estimated using the location mappings. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238080 | TUNNELING LOOP DETECTION CONTROL APPARATUS - Disclosed is a technique whereby a tunnel entry point, which encapsulates a packet (generates a tunnel packet), can detect the presence of a tunneling loop causing a packet to loop the same path while encapsulated. According to this technique, upon receipt of a packet from a source node (source) | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238081 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF NODES - Disclosed is a network management system, including: a data acquisition apparatus to receive data sent from each of a plurality of nodes to store at least latest receipt time of the data; and a management apparatus to check an operating condition of each of the nodes based on the latest receipt time stored in the data acquisition apparatus. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238082 | TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AN O&M (Operation and Maintenance) HIERARCHICAL LAYER STRUCTURE - A telecommunication system comprising an O&M (Operation and Maintenance) hierarchical layer structure comprising at least two O&M nodes in at least two hierarchical layers, where O&M actions may be initiated at said nodes. The system is arranged for generation of an O&M transaction identifier when an O&M action is initiated, and is transferred to all nodes in all management layers used for said O&M action, which is initiated inside an O&M session, allowing O&M actions and sessions to be tracked in the O&M hierarchical layer structure. The present invention also relates to a method for tracking O&M actions in an O&M hierarchical layer structure. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238083 | LINE MONITORING APPARATUS AND LINE MONITORING METHOD - A line monitoring apparatus includes a state change detection number counter configured to count a state change detection number that is a number of a state change in a line being detected by a first type detecting process; and a state change frequency determiner configured to determine whether or not the state change detection number counted per a predetermined unit time exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein when the state change detection number counted per the unit time exceeds the threshold value, the detecting process of detecting a state change in the line is changed from the first type detecting process to a second type detecting process. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238084 | Network monitoring using a proxy - A method and apparatus for network monitoring using a proxy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method generally comprises receiving at a proxy, path information for a label switched path (LSP) from a forwarding device located in the LSP, generating a connectivity verification message based on the path information, adding a proxy label to the connectivity verification message, and transmitting the connectivity verification message to the forwarding device. The proxy label is configured to inject the connectivity verification message into a forwarding plane at the forwarding device and the connectivity verification message is configured for transmittal from the forwarding device over the LSP to a destination node to verify a forwarding path associated with the path information received from the forwarding device. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VOICE QUALITY ON A VoIP NETWORK - In a method and apparatus for measuring voice quality of an endpoint in a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) network, a plurality of network quality parameters are determined for the endpoint. A voice quality factor for the endpoint is determined in real time based on the network quality parameters. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238086 | Rank Dependent CQI Back-Off - In a wireless communication network UE, an estimated signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR) is calculated for each potential transmission mode, and is reduced by a calculated SINR back-off value in response to errors detected in decoding data in each of a plurality of data streams. A Channel Quality Indicator CQI is then generated based on the reduced SINRs. Reducing the SINR estimates in the presence of known data errors allows a UE to more accurately track a target BLER. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238087 | Intelligent Heterogeneous, Mobile, Ad-Hoc Communication Network - The present invention relates to a Mobile Ad Hoc Network that possesses sufficient intelligence to handle a collection of devices that differ in terms of features either inherent to the device or the environment in which they operate. The different features inherent to the device may consist of different hardware and software technologies (e.g., combination of RF for transmission ability, processing ability, power supply, and interfaces). The different features of the environment may consist of any telemetry data measuring the state of the environment, as well as information regarding the MANet such as the density of devices in the vicinity of a device. Various applications are considered. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238088 | NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYZING DEVICE, NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYZING METHOD AND NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYZING SYSTEM - A network traffic analyzing device accurately analyzes traffic of a communications network. The traffic analysis device includes a real time monitoring unit configured to collect information regarding communication data between a primary network and an access network from a traffic collecting device in real time; an alert managing/notifying unit that generates an alert regarding traffic between the primary network and the access network based on the information collected in real time by the traffic collecting device; and an alert generation cause analyzing unit that analyzes a cause of the alert generated by the alert managing/notifying unit based on information regarding at least one of normal data and abnormal data transmitted and received between the primary network and the access network prior to generation of the alert by the alert managing/notifying unit. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238089 | ETHERNET TRANSMISSION METHOD, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present invention, provides an Ethernet transmission apparatus comprising a first and second MEPs provided for each of transmission lines of operational and non-operational systems and for performing the transmission/reception of a frame to be transmitted over each transmission line in a duplexed manner, and a switching processing part for switching the MEP to be used for reception by using ETH-CC which is transmitted at regular intervals, in which the above described first and second MEPs are configured to be able to confirm each other's received content and are adapted to add a continuous sequence number to the ETH-CC when transmitting the ETH-CC, and when the sequence number of the received ETH-CC is smaller than the sequence number of the ETH-CC received by the operational system side, the MEP of the non-operational system side is adapted not to transmit the frame. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238090 | COMMON DATA CHANNEL RESOURCE USAGE REPORT - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating channel resource usage information for receiving additional channel resources in a wireless network. An access point can initially receive a set of channel resources from a network controller for providing wireless network access to one or more devices. The access point can grant and/or deny requests for one or more of the channel resources from a plurality of devices and can feedback information to the network controller regarding the granting/denying. The network controller can determine a load on the access point based at least in part on the feedback information and adjust channel resource allocation based on the load. Thus, where an access point has granted close to capacity of allocated resources to one or more devices, the network controller can provide additional resources to the access point based on received feedback information related to the granted resources. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238091 | MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. A starting location of a search space in a control region of a subframe k is acquired. The search space is defined by a set of PDCCHs at each aggregation level. The set of PDCCHs from the starting location in the search space at the each aggregation level is monitored. The starting location is defined by the multiple of the aggregation level in the control region. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238092 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING NETWORK HAVING A PLURALITY OF LINKS - Provided are an apparatus for and a method of analyzing a network, for example, an asymmetric network having a plurality of links, and a wireless device for use in the network. A method of analyzing a network having a plurality of links includes performing one or more operations of sampling a packet interval between two packets transmitted consecutively, and analyzing configuration of the plurality of links included in the network based on the one or more sampled packet intervals. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238093 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AD HOC NETWORK ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - In at least one embodiment of the disclosure an electronic device includes a search unit configured to search wireless communication devices for channels provided for establishing an ad hoc network. A measuring unit is configured to measure a receiving level of wireless signals received from the devices found by the search. An allocation unit is configured to generate an allocation result for the channels by adding a predetermined weight to each of the channels based on the strength of the measured receiving level of the wireless signals. A calculating unit is configured to calculate a radio interference power for each of the channels based on the allocation result obtained by the allocation unit. An establishing unit is configured to select the channel having a smallest radio interference power as calculated by the calculating unit and establish the ad hoc network for the selected channel. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238094 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BASED ON A COMMUNICATION MODE DETERMINED EMPLOYING INFORMATION ON AN ERROR RATE - A transmission apparatus and method updates a communication mode selection table that updates a communication mode selection table correctly and selects an optimal MCS according to an actual channel condition. A buffer temporarily stores calibration data to be transmitted for updating a table. A scheduler performs scheduling of data to be transmitted based on a CIR on a downlink reported from a plurality of communication terminal apparatuses. When there is no data to be transmitted, the scheduler sends calibration data from the buffer. When calibration data is transmitted as a result of the scheduling, the scheduler notifies an address information generation section of the communication terminal apparatus to which the calibration data is transmitted. In one mode, first data is transmitted from a first communication apparatus to another communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus receives from the other communication apparatus, information on an error rate when the other communication apparatus receives the first data; and the first communication apparatus transmits second data to the other communication apparatus based on a communication mode determined using the information on the error rate. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238095 | Methods and systems for network channel capacity planning, measuring and analyzing of WLAN networks - An apparatus and method for network channel capacity planning, measuring, and analyzing of WLAN networks are presented. In one embodiment, the method includes importing network and node configuration of an existing physical wireless local area network (WLAN) deployment from WLAN surveying system that captures and analyzes WLAN traffic in order to define a configuration of the existing physical WLAN, simulating a virtual WLAN using the imported network and node configuration as parameters of the simulated WLAN and applying various other configurations not present in the imported network and node configuration as parameters of the simulated WLAN, and analyzing the simulated WLAN to produce throughput statistics of network and nodes of the simulated WLAN. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238096 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY UPDATING AND COMMUNICATING WITHIN FLEXIBLE NETWORKS - A software-based application dynamically updates user lists and enables communication between various network communication devices within a wireless network. The software-based application automatically builds and maintains a list of available users associated with the network communication devices in real-time, without reliance on a centralized server for authentication. Various types of communication, between network communication devices of the wireless network including text-based messaging, audio and video communication and file transfer are performed. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238097 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BUILDING OF A NETWORK CODING SCHEME FOR DATA TRANSMISSION, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND STORAGE MEANS - A method is proposed for building a network coding scheme adapted to the transmission of data between a plurality of source nodes and a plurality of destination nodes in a communications network comprising a plurality of nodes, the method comprising the following steps:
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| 20090238098 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE INDICATION OF LONG DRX IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for configuring a discontinuous reception ‘DRX’ period at from an evolved Node B for a user equipment, including: sending a long DRX MAC CE from the eNB if preconditions are met, and at the UE determining whether a short DRX period is configured; if no, setting a long DRX period; if yes, determining whether a long DRX command was received in a medium access control ‘MAC’ control element; if yes, setting the long DRX period; if no, starting a short DRX timer and setting a short DRX period. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238099 | DYNAMIC HOME NETWORK ASSIGNMENT - A method for wireless communications is provided. The method includes establishing a connection with a gateway device in a wireless network. This includes receiving a configuration packet from the gateway device that identifies home mobility options. The method processes at least one home network address from the home mobility options. The method also includes receiving or processing a home network prefix from the home mobility options. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAPPING AND ANALYZING VULNERABILITIES IN NETWORKS - Systems and methods for mapping and analyzing vulnerabilities in networks. In one embodiment, a network is mapped, comprising: converting network line data into point data; associating the point data with cells of a grid overlaying the network; and analyzing the network by determining the relationship of the point data to the cells of the grid. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238101 | NETWORK TOPOLOGY FORMATION - Systems and techniques are disclosed relating to wireless communications. The systems and techniques involve wireless communications wherein a module or communications device is configured to listen for a period of time for an incoming pilot signal from a remote terminal that exceeds a threshold power level for the purpose of acquiring such incoming pilot signal and operating under control of the remote terminal, and operating independently of the remote terminal if such pilot signal is not detected within the period of time, such independent operation including transmitting a pilot signal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238102 | Generating an estimated non-linear echo signal - Embodiments of a method and apparatus for generating an estimated non-linear echo signal are disclosed. One method includes receiving a plurality of data inputs. The plurality of data inputs are partitioned into subsets. A weight vector is computed for each of the subsets. A vector of addresses to memory locations is computed for each of the subsets. Values of interpolants are accessed at the memory locations (interpolation sites) based on the vector of addresses for each of the subsets. The estimated non-linear echo signal based is calculated on the values of the interpolants and the weight vector corresponding to each subset. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238103 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device capable of restraining interference and thereby improving transmission quality. A wireless controller includes a wireless communication interface, and a baseband controller includes a baseband communication interface for controlling the transfer/reception of baseband signals, a logic circuit, and a memory. The wireless communication interface and the baseband communication interface are connected to each other by a communication line, and the memory stores, with respect to individual radio frequencies of a receive radio signal, bit rates for the communication line at which interference caused by noise produced around the communication line is minimized. When notified of a receive radio frequency, the logic circuit reads, from the memory, an optimum bit rate which corresponds to the receive radio frequency and at which the interference is minimized, and sets the optimum bit rate in the wireless communication interface and the baseband communication interface. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238104 | MOBILE COMPUTATION DEVICE AND DATA PACKET RECEPTION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a mobile computation device and a data packet reception method thereof. The mobile computation device comprising a network communication module and a mobile computation unit, wherein the mobile computation device has a power supply for supplying power to the network communication module when the mobile computation device is in a power-off status, so that the network communication module receives a data packet from a network when the mobile computation device is in a power-off status. The method comprises sending an instruction of initiating downloading of communication content upon the reception of the data packet from the network, powering on relevant hardware necessary for the downloading of the communication content, initializing the relevant hardware and starting software corresponding to the downloading of the communication content, and downloading communication content needed to be downloaded from the network to a local harddisk. The present invention enables real time reception of communication service, fast power-on and automatic power-off of the device and reduction in power consumption. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238105 | Method for avoiding unnecessary excessive stay of short cycle in discontinuous reception mechanism - A method for avoiding unnecessary excessive stay of short cycle in discontinuous reception mechanism begins by using the short cycle while the short cycle timer is running. Then, it determines whether the inactivity timer expires or not and whether the short cycle timer expires or not. If the inactivity timer expires but the short cycle timer does not expire, the short cycle is used. If the short cycle timer expires but the inactivity timer does not expire, the long cycle is used. If the inactivity timer and the short cycle timer expire at the same time, either the short cycle or the long cycle is selected for use. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238106 | SIGNALING AND MANAGEMENT OF BROADCAST-MULTICAST WAVEFORM EMBEDDED IN A UNICAST WAVEFORM - Embodiments describe overlaying a broadcast multicast channel on top of a unicast network. Messages can be generated by protocols in a broadcast/multicast (BCMC) stack and tunneled through an IRTP of a serving access node. These messages can be transmitted on a BCMC channel and/or a unicast channel. Other messages can be generated by protocols in a unicast stack and tunneled to a B-IRTP of a BCMC Access node and transmitted on a BCMC channel to an access terminal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238107 | METHOD FOR BEARER CONTROL AND DELETION, DATA DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION - A method for bearer control, bearer deletion, data distribution, and multicast broadcast service MBS modification are described, which enables MBS data to be received successfully and MBS sessions to be managed effectively. According to the invention involved in a communication field, service distribution information for one MBS service is maintained within MBS upstream and downstream nodes, and the MBS service distribution information is composed of a list of downstream nodes corresponding to the respective nodes. A corresponding service bearer and data distribution relation of the MBS are established and maintained based on the service distribution information, and service data of the MBS is distributed based on the service bearer and the data distribution relation. The MBS distribution information is pre-configured and/or dynamically maintained, the establishment of the service bearer is pre-configured and/or dynamically maintained, and the data distribution relation is pre-configured, distributed by default, and/or dynamically maintained. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238108 | RELAY DEVICE - A relay device receives transfer data from a transfer-source terminal and transfers the received transfer data to a transfer-destination terminal via relaying performed by another relay device. When the transfer data is received, the relay device establishes direct communication with the other relay device if information regarding the other relay device is attached to the received transfer data. If information regarding the other relay device is not attached, the relay device attaches information regarding itself to the transfer data and transfers the resulting transfer data to a wireless control station. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238109 | METHOD FOR QUALIFIED ROUTE BUILDING IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method of establishing a qualified route in a mesh network includes transmitting a route-discovery request from a source node such that transmitting includes transmitting the route-discovery request from the source node to at least one intermediate node that is a neighbor node to the source node, receiving the route-discovery request from an intermediate node at the destination node, and updating a route-discovery table for the intermediate node such that the route between the source node and the destination node is the only qualified route. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238110 | Base Station Apparatus and Method for Controlling Base Station Apparatus - In a base station apparatus ( | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238111 | APPARATUS FOR FLOW CONTROL - Disclosed is a technique which enables a mobile node (MN) connected to a mobile router (MR) to carry out flow filtering in a mobile network. This technique allows an MN | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238112 | Apparatus and method for location information service of terminal in broadband wireless communication system - An apparatus and a method for a location information service of a terminal in a broadband wireless communication system re provided. The method includes receiving a first location information request message requesting location information of the MS from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) server; forwarding the first location information request message to a DataBase (DB) which stores the location information of the MS; receiving a first location information response message comprising the location information of the MS from the DB; and forwarding the received first location information response message to the ISP server. Hence, the location information service of various requirements based on the accuracy or the time can be provided. Further, new services or various values added can be created. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238113 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - A preamble for use in a packet based communication system is defined on the basis of a preamble for use in a legacy packet based communication system. The preamble is constructed by extracting from the legacy preamble a pilot symbol sequence in frequency of the legacy preamble, replicating the pilot symbol sequence, and concatenating the pilot symbol sequence and the replicated pilot symbol sequence. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238114 | CELL SELECTION AND RESELECTION IN DEPLOYMENTS WITH HOME NODEBS - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate cell search, selection, and reselection within a wireless communication network that includes a home node base station (home nodeB). A user equipment (UE) can detect a home nodeB and communicate such identification to a macro network that includes at least one node base station (nodeB). The detected home nodeB and nodeB can be hierarchically structured in order to prioritize connectivity with the home nodeB over the nodeB. Such prioritization can be implemented by broadcasting home nodeB parameters and macro nodeB parameters having identification information therewith. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238115 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A communication apparatus provides a first transfer unit for transferring a first packet received from a base station to a second home agent, the first packet to be sent from a first mobile station to a second mobile station as a destination, the first terminal and the second terminal being managed by a first home agent and the second home agent respectively, a second transfer unit for transferring the first packet sent back from the second home agent to the base station, and a return instruction unit for issuing to the base station an instruction for directly transferring a second packet to the second mobile station when a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL -BASED FAST CELL SWITCHING FOR HIGH-SPEED PACKET ACCESS - Methods and apparatuses for facilitating switching HSPA (high speed packet access) serving cells from each of an RNC (radio network controller), base station, and access terminal are provided. The RNC pre-configures an access terminal and each base station in an active set for HS-DSCH operation by providing identification codes identifying each of the base stations. The RNC transmits data packets tagged with sequence numbers to each base station where they are synchronously buffered. The access terminal initiates a handover by transmitting a PDU (protocol data unit) to each of the base stations. The PDU is encoded with the identification code of a target base station and a sequence number of a subsequent packet. The target receives the PDU and directly completes the handover with the access terminal. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238117 | CELL SELECTION AND RESELECTION FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP CELLS - A method for applying a priority of a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell, including receiving priority information for each of a plurality of communication frequencies over which the CSG cell can communicate; storing the priority information at a wireless transmit/receive unit; and applying the priority information to at least one of: taking measurements on a communication frequency, selecting to a CSG cell in the communication frequency, or reselecting to a CSG cell in the communication frequency. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238118 | REDUCING COST OF CELLULAR BACKHAUL - Methods and systems for reducing the cost of cellular backhaul are disclosed. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238119 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING MOBILITY-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A portable subscriber access unit includes a wireless transceiver and a processor. The processor controls the transceiver, determines a mobility state of the access unit, and determines a data packet content type. The transceiver transmits the mobility state, receives service rights based on the mobility state, and transmits the data packet on a condition that the content type is allowed by the service rights. | 2009-09-24 |
| 20090238120 | Dynamic Scheduling Overwriting of Semi-Persistent Allocation in an Uplink - A user equipment (UE) comprising a processor such that, responsive to the UE having a large packet to transmit and where the large packet is larger than a semi-persistent resource allocated to the UE, the processor is configured to promote transmission of a buffer status report in one of the allocated semi-persistent resources and receive a dynamically allocated resource for transmitting the large packet. | 2009-09-24 |
