41st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130265953 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRIGGERING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES TO ATTACH TO A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for triggering a group of one or more detached wireless communication devices ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265954 | NETWORK SELECTION IN A SHARED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method for performing a selection of a public land mobile network identity in a shared network environment, in which environment at least two public land mobile network identities are available for providing circuit switched based service to user equipment. The method includes at least a step of determining a capability of the user equipment ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING CHANNELS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MASSIVE MIMO - A channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channels between a base station and a mobile terminal efficiently in a mobile communication supporting massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission are provided. The method includes determining a resource to which a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) addressed to a terminal is mapped within a resource block, the DMRS resource being positioned in at least one of a first resource set capable of being allocated for DMRS and a second resource set symmetric with the first resource set on a time axis, and transmitting the DMRS and DMRS allocation information to the terminal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265956 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DATA STREAMS IN DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS - A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises mapping service data onto a first set of multiple Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs), mapping the first set of multiple PLPs onto a first set of logical frames, wherein each of the first set of logical frames is of the same size, forming a first logical channel comprising the first set of logical frames, and transmitting the mapped service data over a target delivery system. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION OF DATA STREAMS IN DIGITAL VIDEO BROADCASTING SYSTEMS - A method for mapping of one or more logical channels onto a radio frequency channel in a communication system is provided. The method includes determining a logical channel type from a plurality of logical channel types, and mapping at least one logical frame of the determined logical channel type to at least one physical frame on at least one Radio Frequency (RF) channel based on the determined logical channel type. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265958 | SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY CONTINUITY AND QUALITY - Configurations are described for maintaining a continuity and quality of wireless signal connection between a mobile device and systems accessible through the internet. In particular, configurations are disclosed to address the challenge of a mobile device that moves through a physical environment wherein the best wireless connectivity performance is achieved by switching between available connection sources and constantly evaluating a primary connection with other available connections that may be switched in to become a new primary connection. The mobile device may be self-propelled or carried by some other mobilizing means. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265959 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A FEEDBACK SIGNAL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a feedback signal in a mobile communication system are provided, in which a User Equipment (UE) receives information about at least one Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) and information about at least one Interference Measurement Resource (IMR), determines at least one feedback signal to be transmitted from among a plurality of feedback signals available according to the information about the at least one CSI-RS and the information about the at least one IMR, generates the determined at least one feedback signal, and transmits the generated at least one feedback signal. The at least one feedback signal to be transmitted is determined based on bitmap information received from a central control device, and the bitmap information includes information indicating that at least one feedback signal desired to receive by the central control device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATION - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for modifying a channel quality indication (CQI). This method may comprise: calculating a scaling factor for the channel quality indication based on uplink channel information and an antenna virtualization pre-coding scheme; and modifying the channel quality indication reported by user equipment by using the scaling factor. According to the technical solutions of the present invention, the antenna virtualization factor is considered in performing CQI modification and. Thus, this solution can overcome the problem of CQI mismatch, enhance the completeness and accuracy of CQI feedback, and improve the cell throughput performance and frequency utilization. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265961 | Network Control - The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer program and computer-readable medium. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265962 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To provide a mobile station apparatus, a base station apparatus, a method and an integrated circuit which are capable of dissolving complexity of setting by the base station apparatus and performing efficient scheduling by improving the orthogonality of resources of a reference signal for every antenna. A mobile station apparatus which transmits a sounding reference signal to a base station apparatus using a plurality of antenna ports, wherein based on one value set specifically to a mobile station apparatus by a parameter notified of by a higher layer from the base station apparatus, a cyclic shift applied to a sounding reference signal corresponding to the plurality of antenna ports is determined. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265963 | MOBILE STATION DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A mobile station device executes processing on uplink control information by effectively using uplink resources when transmitting the uplink control information. The mobile station device generates a plurality of ACK/NACK sequences by interleaving and dividing ACKs/NACKs for a plurality of cells in a plurality of subframes, and separately encodes the plurality of ACK/NACK sequences. Also, the mobile station device interleaves a plurality of ACKs/NACKs and a scheduling request together. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265964 | WIRELESS CONTROL APPARATUS, WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM OF WIRELESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - When a mobile station apparatus uses a multi-antenna, spectrum efficiency is improved with clipping performed on a transmission signal from the mobile station apparatus. There is provided a wireless control apparatus applied to a wireless communication system that performs clipping processing not to transmit a spectrum of part of a frequency domain so as to transmit and receive data, the wireless control apparatus, based on channel state information with a wireless terminal apparatus which is a destination, generates clipping information indicating a frequency domain where the clipping processing is performed and determines frequency allocation for the wireless terminal apparatus to generate frequency allocation information, and notifies the wireless terminal apparatus of the clipping information and the frequency allocation information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265965 | Medium accessing mechanisms within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications - A multi-user super-frame (MU-SF), as controlled by a MU-SF owner, is used to govern the manner by which various wireless communication devices have access to the communication medium. When various wireless communication devices operate within a wireless communication system, communication medium access can be handled differently for wireless communication devices having different capabilities. Per the MU-SF, those having a first capability may get medium access in accordance with a first operational mode (e.g., carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA)), while those having a second capability may get medium access in accordance with a second operational mode (e.g., scheduled access). The respective durations for each of the first operational mode and the second operational mode within various MU-SFs need not be the same; the respective durations thereof may be adaptively modified based on any number considerations. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265966 | Supplemental Node Transmission Assistance in a Wireless Network - Supplemental node transmission assistance in a wireless network provides for transmissions between a wireless network and wireless user equipment in a first direction using a serving node of the wireless network while providing for transmissions between the wireless network and wireless user equipment in a second direction using a supplemental node of the wireless network. The supplemental node is selected based on providing better channel conditions between the network and the user equipment in the second direction than the serving node. The supplemental node thus provides transmission assistance for the serving node in order to provide the best available downlink and uplink communications between the user equipment and the network. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265967 | METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND DEVICE - A method for resource allocation and a device are disclosed by the present disclosure, relating to the field of communications technologies, and used for increasing the utilization rate of air interface resources. The method for resource allocation according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: calculating a mean value of lengths of at least two compressed packets, where the compressed packets are obtained by performing header compression on original packets; and allocating resources according to the mean value of the lengths of the at least two compressed packets. The solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to the allocation of air interface resources during resource allocation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265968 | INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR CONTROL CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques for mitigating interference on control channels in a wireless communication network are described. In an aspect, high interference on radio resources used for a control channel may be mitigated by sending a request to reduce interference to one or more interfering stations. Each interfering station may reduce its transmit power on the radio resources, which may then allow the control channel to observe less interference. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may detect high interference on radio resources used for a control channel by a desired base station. The UE may send a request to reduce interference on the radio resources to an interfering base station, which may reduce its transmit power on the radio resources. The UE may receive the control channel on the radio resources from the desired base station and may observe less interference from the interfering base station. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265969 | SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND METHOD OF SIGNAL PROCESSING - A system includes a base station (BS) and a user equipment (UE). The BS is capable of communicating with the UE via a serving cell and a coordinated cell. The BS includes a frequency exchange module coupled with a first baseband processing unit and a second baseband processing unit. The first baseband processing unit is designated for supporting baseband processing related to the coordinated cell, and the second baseband processing unit is designated for supporting baseband processing related to the serving cell. The frequency exchange module is configured to forward a first frequency domain signal to the second baseband processing unit according to a first predetermined coordination configuration relating to the serving cell of the UE and the coordinated cell of the UE. The second baseband processing unit is configured to perform a joint processing of the first frequency domain signal and a second frequency domain signal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265970 | REPEATING TRANSMISSIONS OF SIGNALS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and apparatuses are provided for a User Equipment (UE) to transmit an acknowledgement signal over multiple Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). The method includes transmitting the acknowledgement signal in {(n+Q) | 2013-10-10 |
20130265971 | LAYER-2 IP NETWORKING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE HOSTS - A method and apparatus to enable IP networking for mobile hosts without requiring changes to be made to the TCP/IP stack in the operating system installed on the mobile hosts. The apparatus is an “intelligent device” that can be installed on or connected to a mobile host, and may comprise a software-only logical module, physical hardware, or a combination of both. To a mobile host, the intelligent device emulates a network interface such as an Ethernet card or a telephone modem. The intelligent device appears to an access network just like any regular IP host connected to the access network through a physical network interface device. The intelligent device handles all mobile networking functions for the mobile host, and may control multiple different physical network interface devices to enable a connection to an access network available to the mobile user at his location. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265972 | Updating Channel State Information in a Wireless Network - A system for updating channel state information may include a base station wirelessly sending a reference signal to a user device. The bases station may receive channel state information based on the reference signal. Then, the bases station may determine a number of transport blocks to enable, a number of layers to use, and an order of modulation for each transport block based on the channel state information. The bases station may then receive subsequent channel state information from the user device using the determined parameters. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265973 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND PROCESSOR - An encoding unit encodes an information bit sequence. An IDFT unit generates a spectrum from the signals of the information bit sequence. A clipping unit generates, when re-transmitting the information bit sequence, a transmission spectrum that differs from that of the previous transmission. An OFDM signal generation unit transmits the transmission spectrum. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265974 | MODE SWITCHING - The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer programs and computer-readable media for controlling mode change from a normal cellular communication mode to a machine-to-machine or device-to-device communication mode and to ensure sequence number synchronization between a sender and receiver ends when said mode change is performed. The mode change control is performed by controlling the duration of the transition period for switching from the cellular communication mode to the machine-to-machine or device-to-device mode and by using a temporary server for transmission of a desired data flow or by sending at least one dummy packet. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265975 | Transmitting Uplink Control Information - In accordance with some embodiments, uplink control information, including a channel quality index, may be transmitted using at least two layers. As a result, more information can be provided for use in situations, such as those involving carrier aggregation, where information for a large number of component carriers must all be provided on one primary component carrier. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265976 | Wireless Network Re-Entry Systems and Processes - Embodiments of the invention include a fast network re-entry system that optimizes the network re-entry and bandwidth request process for wireless communications between a base station and a mobile or fixed station. In one embodiment a mobile station, in idle mode, transmits a single communication, including both control information and bandwidth request information, to a base station. The communication may proceed via an uncontested communication slot. Other embodiments are described herein. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives from a base station a triggering signal for triggering the transmission of the aperiodic SRS and the number of transmissions of the aperiodic SRS, and transmits the aperiodic SRS to the base station the number of times equal to the number of transmissions, using a plurality of subframes, on the basis of the triggering signal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING APERIODIC SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method for transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives an SRS parameter, which indicates the number of antennas for transmitting the aperiodic SRS, by means of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and transmits the aperiodic SRS to the base station using at least one antenna which belongs to the number of antennas for transmitting the apeirodic SRS. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265979 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND DATA VOLUME REPORTING METHOD - A communication terminal device of the present invention can prevent assignment of unnecessary wireless resources and can efficiently assign the wireless resources in a situation in which there is data that cannot be transmitted immediately. In the device, a MAC control element generation unit ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265980 | HIGHER ORDER MU-MIMO FOR LTE-A - An access node of a 3GPP LTE-based wireless communication network comprises a transmitter portion that transmits downlink control information (DCI) to at least one wireless station of a plurality of wireless stations wirelessly accessing the node as a Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) wireless communication network. The DCI comprises at least one code word indicating a rank of a channel matrix between the transmitter portion of the node and the wireless station greater than 4 and a spatial-related configuration for the wireless station. In one exemplary embodiment, the transmitter portion transmits the DCI from one substantially localized geographical transmission point forming a single-cell access point for the plurality of wireless stations. In another exemplary embodiment, the transmitter portion transmits the DCI from multiple geographically substantially isolated transmission points forming a single-cell access point. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265981 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL SCHEME FOR DISTRIBUTED RRH SYSTEMS WITH SAME CELL ID - Uplink power control in a macro cell in a wireless network comprises transmitting a reference signal from a base station device to at least one wireless device within the macro cell. The macro cell comprises the base station device and at least one radio transmitter device that is communicatively coupled to and remote from the base station device. The base station device and one or more radio transmitter devices could be selected to be a transmission point, a reception point or a combination thereof, for each wireless device. Information relating to a transmission power of the base station device is also transmitted to the at least one wireless device. An uplink signal is received from the at least one wireless device containing information relating to an uplink power determination that is based on the reference signal and the information relating to the transmission power of the base station device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265982 | CARRIER SEGMENT SUPPORT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a base transceiver station such as an Enhanced Node B allocates a first bandwidth for operation with a first set of remote devices which may comprise user equipment (UE), and allocates at least one or more bandwidth segments outside of the first bandwidth for operation with a second set of remote devices which mug comprise user equipment (UE). Remote devices of the first set are capable of operating within the first bandwidth, and remote devices of the second set are capable of operating within the first bandwidth and within the bandwidth segments outside of the first bandwidth. The devices of the first set comprise legacy devices, and devices of the second set comprise advanced devices. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265983 | METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MOTOR VEHICLE AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER COMMUNICATION PARTNER AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method performs wireless communication between a motor vehicle and at least one other communication partner, especially a further motor vehicle and/or a stationary communication partner. A predetermined transmission frequency is used via which the motor vehicle and/or the communication partner transmit a communication-partner-specific identification signal cyclically between transmission breaks. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265984 | GROUPED MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for organizing wireless devices such as user equipment (“UE”) into groups and allocating wireless network resources to those groups. In an example method, a radio access network (“RAN”) node may organize a first machine-to-machine (“M2M”) wireless device and a second M2M wireless device into a group of M2M wireless devices. The RAN Node may then allocate a wireless network resource to the group of M2M wireless devices. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265985 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING DATA CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN A WIRELESS COMMUNICAITON DEVICE AND A FIRST ACCESS NETWORK - A device, method and system for establishing data connectivity between the device ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265986 | METHOD FOR RE-SELECTING A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to a method for re-selecting a communication network. The method comprises receiving a network access request indicating a request to access to a communication network by a communication device, determining upon the basis of the network access request as to whether communication resources of the communication network are available for the communication device, and re-selecting another communication network for the communication device if the communication resources are not available for the communication device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265987 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING DEVICE HANDOVER DURING A CALL - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for improving the performance of a user equipment handover during a data call. In one aspect, a source base station determines to handover user equipment (UE) to a target base station. The source base station first determines whether the UE is in a data call prior to the handover. The source base station then modifies one or more of connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) and semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) parameters with the UE based on determining to handover the UE and determining that the UE is in the data call. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265988 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILITY MANAGEMENT NODE, SERVING GATEWAY APPARATUS, PACKET DATA NETWORK GATEWAY APPARATUS, POLICY CONTROLLER, AND PACKET SWITCH - A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes the steps of: causing an UE to switch a radio access network in a connection destination from E-UTRAN to UTRAN/GERAN; causing an MME to receive “Delete Bearer Request” to a voice communication packet bearer from an S-GW; and causing the MME to transmit to the S-GW a “Delete Bearer Response” to the “Delete Bearer Request”, without giving an instruction to the UE#1 or the E-UTRAN to release the voice communication packet bearer, if a core bearer disconnection flag is set in the received “Delete Bearer Request”. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265989 | System and Method for Providing Intelligent Cell Reselection for Delay Sensitive Data Applications - A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data application. The cell reselection controller selectively inhibits cell reselection in order to meet requirements of the delay-sensitive data application. By intelligently controlling cell reselection, delay sensitive data may be received in a more reliable fashion, thereby increasing performance of the data application. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265990 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES, SERVICE NETWORKS, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OPERATION OF A REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M) COMMUNICATIONS - A mobile communication device configured for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network, and a controller module receives a message with an extension registration period only for the M2M communications from the service network via the wireless module and periodically performs a registration procedure according to the extension registration period only for the M2M communications. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265991 | Primary and Secondary Cell Group Configuration - A base station transmits control message(s) to a wireless device configuring secondary cell(s). Each of the secondary cells is assigned to a cell group in a plurality of cell groups comprising a primary cell group and at least one secondary cell group. The control message(s) comprise dedicated parameters. If dedicated parameters comprise a cell group index for the secondary cell, the wireless device assigns the secondary cell to one of the at least one secondary cell group identified by the cell group index. Otherwise, the wireless device assigns the secondary cell to the primary cell group. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN BASE STATIONS - The present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for synchronization between base stations. The method for synchronization between base stations includes: A first base station receives synchronization information sent by a user equipment, where the first base station is a serving base station of the user equipment; and the first base station adjusts a downlink sending time point and an uplink receiving time point of the first base station according to the synchronization information, so as to keep consistency between the downlink sending time point of the first base station and a downlink sending time point of a second base station that serves as a synchronization time reference and keep consistency between the uplink receiving time point of the first base station and an uplink receiving time point of the second base station. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265993 | Quasi-Orthogonal Functional Walsh Code Allocation Devices and Methods - Methods and devices for allocating codes to user devices to enable extracting an intended signal among a plurality of signals multiplexed over the same physical channel are provided. The methods include determining a threshold number of orthogonal codes to be reserved for allocation to first user devices, based on (i) a number of orthogonal codes usable for allocating, (ii) a usage of the orthogonal codes, and (iii) an average penetration of first user devices, the first user devices being less capable than the second user devices to cancel undesirable interference from a signal extracted using the allocated code. The methods further include allocating an orthogonal code if a number of available orthogonal codes is larger than the threshold number, otherwise allocating an orthogonal code if a first user device requests a connection, and a quasi-orthogonal code if a second user device requests a connection. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265994 | Information feedback method and device for uplink closed loop transmission diversity - The present disclosure discloses an information feedback method for uplink closed loop transmission diversity, which includes: a base station allocates each Fractional Dedicated Physical Channel (F-DPCH) to at least one user; and the base station takes at least one F-DPCH as a feedback channel and arranges information of different users in each said F-DPCH by time division multiplexing, wherein information of at least one user in the F-DPCH includes feedback information of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity and an uplink Transmission Power Control (TPC) command. The present disclosure further discloses an information feedback device for uplink closed loop transmission diversity. Through the solution of the present disclosure, information feedback of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity can be implemented, when the information is a weight, the problem of weight feedback of the uplink closed loop transmission diversity is solved, and a user side of a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) system is facilitated to complete an operation of transmission diversity. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265995 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING TO A MOBILE DEVICE WITH SET OF TRAINING SEQUENCE CODES TO USE FOR A COMMUNICATION LINK - The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for signaling training sequence set information to a remote station, comprising receiving signaling from a remote station indicating if a new set of training sequences is supported, and using a channel description to signal the training sequence set to be used by the remote station for a communication channel being established. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265996 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING TO A MOBILE DEVICE WITH SET OF TRAINING SEQUENCE CODES TO USE FOR A COMMUNICATION LINK - The present patent application improves DARP by allowing multiple users on one time slot (MUROS). It comprises means and instructions for signaling training sequence set information to a remote station, comprising receiving signaling from a remote station indicating if a new set of training sequences is supported, and using a channel description to signal the training sequence set to be used by the remote station for a communication channel being established. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265997 | MOBILE GATEWAY FOR FIXED MOBILE CONVERGENCE OF DATA SERVICE OVER AN ENTERPRISE WLAN - A system and a method for providing a mobile data service to a mobile device over a fixed wireless data network wherein the system comprises an enterprise Mobile Signaling Gateway coupled to a Public Land Mobile Network, an enterprise Mobile Access Controller resident within the fixed wireless data network. The system further comprises an enterprise Mobile User-plane Aggregator coupled to 1) the Public Land Mobile Network, 2) the fixed wireless data network and the enterprise Mobile Signaling Gateway. The enterprise Mobile Signaling Gateway at least establishes an IP tunnel to the enterprise Mobile Access Controller, determines whether a mobile device coupled to the Public Land Mobile Network is registered, directs the establishment of multiple IP tunnels between the mobile device and the network elements of the system, and directs pathways for communicating user-plane and control-plane data between trusted or untrusted transport networks. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265998 | AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT FOR HUB AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A network ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265999 | AUTOMATIC ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT FOR HUB AND PERIPHERAL DEVICES - A network ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130266000 | REPORTING POWER DISRUPTIONS OF MACHINE-TO-MACHINE DEVICES - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe device, methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for communication of notifications of unexpected power disruptions of machine-to-machine (“M2M”) devices among network entities. In various embodiments, an M2M device may be configured to detect an unexpected power disruption and notify a wireless network access node of the detected unexpected power disruption. In various embodiments a wireless network access node may be configured to receive a notification of an unexpected power disruption of an M2M device and communicate, to a plurality of M2M devices, a notification of the unexpected power disruption. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266001 | PROTOCOL SYNCHRONIZATION FOR HARQ BACKGROUND - A method and apparatus according to the present invention addresses and/or prevents lost protocol synchronization in HARQ systems caused by ACK/NACK errors. One embodiment detects lost synchronization errors for NDI-based retransmission protocols and restores synchronization by sending an explicit RESET message. In response to the RESET message, the transmitter aborts the transmission of a current PDU and transmits a new PDU and corresponding NDI. Another embodiment prevents protocol synchronization errors by sending scheduling grants on a packet by packet basis. The receiver sends a subsequent explicit scheduling grant to the transmitter based on an error evaluation of a received PDU. The transmitter will not send the next PDU unless it receives the subsequent explicit scheduling grant. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266002 | COMBOPHONE WITH QoS ON CABLE ACCESS - A method of providing QoS to a session from a client to a first network includes providing data packets from the client to be conveyed in a session from the client to a first network, inserting each of the data packets into an encapsulating packet, and transmitting the encapsulating packets through the second network to the first network, forming a tunnel through the second network. The method includes receiving the encapsulating packets at a terminating device in the first network. The terminating device removes the encapsulating headers to recover the data packets. The method includes determining an association between the packet headers of the data packets and the encapsulating headers, identifying data packets requiring QoS, and using the association to identify encapsulating packets corresponding data packets requiring Quality of Service. The method includes applying QoS to the encapsulating packets, corresponding to the session of data packets requiring the QoS, being conveyed through the tunnel. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266003 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN GATEWAY FOR TRANSFERRING SWITCHED DIALED DIGITS TO SWITCHED PARTY GATEWAY - In one embodiment, the method in a gateway for transferring switched dialed digits to a switched party gateway includes A. judging whether switched dialed digits from a user match against a table of overlap dialed numbers; B. if the switched dialed digits match against the table of overlap dialed numbers, then transmitting the switched dialed digits in match to the switched party gateway; and C. if a subsequent switched dialed digit from the user is received, then transmitting the subsequent switched dialed digit to the switched party gateway. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266004 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN INTERNET AND NGN/IMS SUBSYSTEMS - The system comprises:
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20130266005 | HITLESS SWITCHOVER BANDWIDTH SHARING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Described is a node comprising a switch fabric and first and second ingress modules. The first ingress module receives a first stream of packets from a first physical path through the network; forwards a copy of the first stream of packets to an intermodule communication channel; selects packets from the first stream of packets and a copy of a second stream of packets for forwarding to the switch fabric. The second ingress module receives the second stream of packets from a second physical path through the network; forwards the copy of the second stream of packets to the intermodule communication channel; and selects packets from the copy of the first stream of packets and the second stream of packets for forwarding to the switch fabric based on sequence numbers in the packets. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PLANE FATE SEPARATION OF LABEL DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL (LDP) LABEL SWITCHED PATHS (LSPs) - A system, method and apparatus for controlling traffic forwarding at a label switched router (LSR) to implement thereby a constrained traffic forwarding application, such as a data plane fate separation between different FEC types. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266007 | SWITCH ROUTING TABLE UTILIZING SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK (SDN) CONTROLLER PROGRAMMED ROUTE SEGREGATION AND PRIORITIZATION - In one embodiment, a system includes a network having a plurality of switches and one or more devices connected to one or more of the plurality of switches, a software defined network (SDN) controller connected to one or more of the plurality of switches in the network, the SDN controller having logic integrated with and/or executable by a processor, the logic being adapted to determine SDN routes through the network between the one or more devices and each of the plurality of switches and send one or more SDN routes to each switch in the network capable of communicating with the SDN controller. In other embodiments, methods and computer program products are also described for providing SDN routes through a network. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266008 | PACKET FORWARDING METHOD AND NETWORK DEVICE - Embodiments provide a packet forwarding method and a network device, which are applicable to a system that includes a source node, a destination node, a first device, and a second device, where L1, L2, L3 and L4 are established, and the packet forwarding method includes: receiving, by the second device through a universal tunnel, a packet to be sent to a destination node, where the packet carries service data and one of identifiers of the L1, the L2, the L3, and the L4; according to the identifier carried in the packet, querying a preconfigured logical channel mapping in the second device, determining that a forwarding channel is the L4, and sending the service data in the packet to the destination node through the L4. By using the technical solutions, the number of ICB PWs can be reduced. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266009 | Method and System for Reliable Multicast - Method and system for transmitting a multicast message with one or more packets to a plurality of destinations is provided. The system includes an adapter including an entry port to receive the multicast message from a source for transmission to the plurality of destinations; one or more egress ports of the adapter that transmit one or more packets of the multicast message to the plurality of destinations and receives acknowledgement for the one or more packets from the one or more destinations; and a message manager that monitors the delivery status for one or more packets to the plurality of destinations without using a plurality of dedicated individual connections between each of the plurality of destinations and the source. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266010 | EFFICIENT TRANSMISSION OF DATA TO MULTIPLE NETWORK NODES - An improved method, system, and computer program product for efficient transmission of data to multiple network nodes is disclosed. A method for transmitting a data block over a network from a first sending node to a first set of recipient nodes, comprises, in the first sending node, a) dividing the first set of recipient nodes into a subset of selected nodes, selected according to scoring criteria associated with each recipient node, and a subset of unselected nodes, b) assigning at least one of the unselected nodes to at least one selected node according to scoring criteria associated with the respective selected nodes, c) transmitting to each selected node a packet including the data block and a list of the nodes assigned to the selected node. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266011 | TRANSPARENT RBRIDGE - A transparent edge Routing Bridge (RBridge) including a first communication unit configured to receive a data packet from an access segment of a network, the data packet including an egress device nickname and at least one Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag, a TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) header constructing unit configured to construct a TRILL header based on the VLAN tag, and a second communication unit that transmits the data packet, including the TRILL header, to an egress device corresponding to the egress device nickname via a TRILL compliant interconnection layer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266012 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE LABEL DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL (LDP) INSTANCES IN A NETWORK NODE - A method and apparatus for implementing multiple Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Label Switch Router (LSR) instances sharing a common data plane at a network element or node. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266013 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING LABEL DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL (LDP) IN IPv6 NETWORKS - A method and apparatus for generating an IPv6 compliant label distribution protocol (LDP) control plane packet at a Label Switched Router (LSR). | 2013-10-10 |
20130266014 | HASHING OF NETWORK PACKET FLOWS FOR EFFICIENT SEARCHING - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficient storing and retrieval of captured data packets. The packets are parsed to extract flow defining parameters such as source and destination addresses, the extracted addresses are hashed and the address hash numbers are reversibly combined, for example concatenated in a pre-defined order of their values to obtain a single hash index for a flow. The packets are then saved in a packet store in accordance and/or association with their hash index. The packets may be efficiently retrieved based on the two addresses or on a single network address. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266015 | L3 Gateway for VXLAN - In an embodiment, the disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a host component which comprises a virtual switch associated with a virtual machine (VM). The host component is in communication with a routing component which is connected to a network and comprises a network address. The VM sends a communication packet to the virtual switch. The communications packet comprises address information comprising a virtual destination address. The virtual switch replaces the virtual destination address of the communications packet with the network address of the routing component. The disclosure also includes a network comprising a plurality of host components each comprising a virtual switch. The host components are connected to a common routing component. A first virtual switch is designated to respond to address requests and all non-designated virtual switches are configured not to respond to address requests. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266016 | GRID ROUTER - A grid router includes a plurality of external interface units to receive packets of services from one point and to provide packets of services to another point and a second plurality of mailbox units to store and forward the packets associated with mailboxes, one per service. Each mailbox unit is connected to each external interface unit. The units are implemented on PCs (personal computers) having memory controllers and move the packets through the router close to or at the I/O (input/output) rate of the memory controllers. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266017 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A communication system includes a forwarding node processing a received packet in accordance with a process rule in which a matching rule for identifying a flow and a process content applied to a packet coinciding with the matching rule are associated to each other; and a control apparatus including a path calculation unit calculating a packet forwarding path for each flow; and a forwarding control policy management unit managing a packet forwarding control policy applied to the forwarding node; wherein the control apparatus sets a process rule reflecting contents of the forwarding control policy in accordance with the calculated path. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266018 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes a first switch that refers to a first processing rule included in a packet and processes the packet in accordance with the first processing rule; a second switch that includes a table associating and storing an identifier and a second processing rule for a packet, refers to an identifier included in a packet, and processes the packet in accordance with a second processing rule associated with the identifier; and a control apparatus that stores the first processing rule and the identifier in a packet, associates and stores, in the table of the second switch, the identifier and the second processing rule. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266019 | L3 Gateway for VXLAN - In an embodiment, the disclosure includes an apparatus comprising a host component which comprises a virtual switch associated with a virtual machine (VM). The host component is in communication with a routing component which is connected to a network and comprises a network address. The VM sends a communication packet to the virtual switch. The communications packet comprises address information comprising a virtual destination address. The virtual switch replaces the virtual destination address of the communications packet with the network address of the routing component. The disclosure also includes a network comprising a plurality of host components each comprising a virtual switch. The host components are connected to a common routing component. A first virtual switch is designated to respond to address requests and all non-designated virtual switches are configured not to respond to address requests. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266020 | Establishing Tunnels Between Selective Endpoint Devices Along Communication Paths - In one embodiment, an intermediary device situated along a communication path between two endpoint devices may receive communication packets sent along the communication path. If the intermediary device receives a connection-initiating packet having a customization indicator and a connection-acknowledgement packet having a customization indicator, then the intermediary device may install a bypass rule. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266021 | BUFFER MANAGEMENT SCHEME FOR A NETWORK PROCESSOR - The invention provides a method for adding specific hardware on both receive and transmit sides that will hide to the software most of the effort related to buffer and pointers management. At initialization, a set of pointers and buffers is provided by software, in quantity large enough to support expected traffic. A Send Queue Replenisher (SQR) and Receive Queue Replenisher (RQR) hide RQ and SQ management to software. RQR and SQR fully monitor pointers queues and perform recirculation of pointers from transmit side to receive side. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266022 | DISCOVERY TECHNIQUE FOR PHYSICAL MEDIA INTERFACE AGGREGATION - Various discovery techniques are described for physical media interface aggregation. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266023 | Method and System for Computing Multicast Traffic Matrices - A system and method for receiving, from one or more ingress routers, a first set of records including data corresponding to network traffic, receiving, from one or more egress routers, a second set of records including data corresponding to network traffic and creating a multicast traffic matrix using at least a portion of the data included in the first and second sets of records. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266024 | Methods for Controlling a Power State of a Network Entity - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a network system having a first device, a second device, and a third device. The first device is coupled to a far end of a first network. The second device coupled to a far end of a second network. The third device is coupled to a near end of the second network. The third device provides a state transition request via the second network to the second device and the second device causes a transition of state in the first device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266025 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA DEMULTIPLEXING - A method and system for demultiplexing packets of a message is provided. The demultiplexing system receives packets of a message, identifies a sequence of message handlers for processing the message, identifies state information associated with the message for each message handler, and invokes the message handlers passing the message and the associated state information. The system identifies the message handlers based on the initial data type of the message and a target data type. The identified message handlers effect the conversion of the data to the target data type through various intermediate data types. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266026 | CONTACTLESS REPLACEMENT FOR CABLED STANDARDS-BASED INTERFACES - A contactless, electromagnetic (EM) replacement (substitute, alternative) for cabled (electric) Standards-based interfaces (such as, but not limited to USB) which effectively handles the data transfer requirements (such as bandwidth, speed, latency) associated with the Standard, and which is also capable of measuring and replicating relevant physical conditions (such as voltage levels) on data lines so as to function compatibly and transparently with the Standard. A contactless link may be provided between devices having transceivers. A non-conducting housing may enclose the devices. Some applications for the contactless (EM) interface are disclosed. A dielectric coupler facilitating communication between communications chips which are several meters apart. Conductive paths may provide power and ground for bus-powered devices. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266027 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A burst signal generator generates a burst signal that is a variable length portion whose length changes in accordance with fluctuations in data input at a predetermined period. An OFDM modulator generates an OFDM signal (including a guard interval portion and an effective symbol portion) that is a fixed length portion containing data corresponding to n (n is a positive integer) times or 1/n of the predetermined period. A frame includes the variable length portion and the fixed length portion. This makes a transmission signal actually have a frame period almost equal to the period of a signal synchronized with the clock of a player, including the fluctuations. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266028 | METHODS FOR SPECIALIZED DATA TRANSFER IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system and method is provided for the transfer and processing of data in accordance with specialized data transfer protocols while utilizing conventional base station equipment. For example, the wireless communication system may include a subscriber station that provides for the modification of data packets in accordance with a proprietary protocol and the addressing of the modified data packets to a server. The server is adapted to reconstruct the data packets for transmission to other local subscriber stations or to a packet-switched network. In additional embodiments, the base station itself rather than a server operates to reconstruct the data packets. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266029 | NETWORK NODE FOR AN OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK - A network node for an optical transport network is disclosed, which has a signal input for receiving a multiplexed transport signal carrying a number of n timeslots of a fixed size data capacity, a demultiplexer for demultiplexing the received signal into a number of m>1 sub-signals, each sub-signal carrying a fraction of n/m of said timeslots, one or more space switch modules for configurably switching said sub-signals, and a multiplexer receiving sub-signals from said one or more space switch modules; for multiplexing timeslots from said sub-signals into an outgoing multiplexed transport signal carrying n of said timeslots. The multiplexer is connected to the one or more switch modules over a number of l>m interconnections and receives from said one or more switch modules up to l sub-signals. Moreover, the multiplexer can be configured to select the n timeslots for the outgoing multiplexed transport signal from the up to l sub-signals. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266030 | Device and Method for Transmitting and Receiving Data - A data transmission device includes a data division unit for receiving an original transmission data and dividing the original transmission data into a plurality of division data; a data generation unit for generating a plurality of packet data according to the plurality of division data and a plurality of clock data, wherein each of the clock data is a multi-bit data; and a data output unit for outputting the plurality of packet data to a data reception device; where each of the packet data includes a division data and a clock data, each of the packet data corresponds to a packet data period, and the division data corresponds to a division data period of the packet data period and the clock data corresponds to a clock period of the packet data period. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266031 | SYSTEMS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSFERRING HIGH POWER LASER ENERGY THROUGH A ROTATING JUNCTION - There are provided high power laser devices and systems for transmitting a high power laser beam across a rotating assembly, including optical slip rings and optical rotational coupling assemblies. These devices can transmit the laser beam through the rotation zone in free space or within a fiber. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266032 | Laser architectures - Disclosed herein are architectures for an external cavity laser. In some embodiments, the external cavity laser includes vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) elements, a Brewster plate, frequency doubling chips, and a microlens array. The Brewster plate is arranged at an angle relative to the light path, and is configured to polarize at least the light received from the VCSELs and propagating on the light path in a first direction, and extract, from the external cavity, frequency-doubled light propagating on the light path in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The doubling chips are operable to receive the light and double the frequency of a portion of the received light. The microlens array is aligned with the VCSEL elements. A mount may be employed to mount the side stack of doubling chips by either side mounting or end mounting. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266033 | MODAL FILTERS FOR MODULATABLE SOURCES - A system includes a modulatable source and matched modal filter. The modulatable source is associated with a plurality of source modes to provide a generated signal. The matched modal filter is coupled to the modulatable source to receive the generated signal. Filter modes are to match the source modes. The matched modal filter is coupleable to a link fiber to provide a signal to the link fiber. The filter modes are to match a subset of link fiber modes to couple the plurality of filter modes to the link fiber. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266034 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - laser devices described may emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a large wavelength (e.g., mid-infrared, far-infrared) and exhibiting a low angle of divergence. In some embodiments, the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation is between | 2013-10-10 |
20130266035 | Housing and Method for Producing a Housing - A housing for an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes a housing body having a mounting plane and a leadframe with a first connection conductor and a second connection conductor. The housing body deforms the leadframe in some regions. The leadframe has a main extension plane which extends obliquely or perpendicularly with respect to the mounting plane. A semiconductor component having such a housing and a semiconductor chip and a method for producing a housing are also disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266036 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER STRUCTURE - A quantum cascade laser structure having a plurality of cascades each of which comprises a number of alternately arranged quantum wells and barriers of different thicknesses and heights, wherein at least one of the quantum wells and at least one of the barriers is under mechanical strain and the quantum wells and the barriers are coordinated such that the existing mechanical strains are largely compensated within one cascade, wherein each of the barriers comprise one or more barrier layers, wherein each cascade comprises a thinnest quantum well, a lowest barrier, a thickest quantum well, a highest barrier, and the highest barrier is followed by alternately arranged quantum wells and barriers. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266037 | INDUCTION MELTING FURNACE HAVING ASYMMETRICAL SLOPING BOTTOM - An induction melting furnace having an asymmetrical sloping bottom. The melting furnace includes: an induction coil member provided on the melting furnace so as to melt waste contained in the furnace by vitrification; a bottom unit provided in a lower part of the melting furnace, the bottom unit asymmetrically sloping downward in a direction toward a glass discharge port that is formed through the bottom unit; and a cooling member integrated with the bottom unit. Due to the asymmetrical sloping bottom of the furnace, waste in the furnace can be completely melted and can be easily discharged to the outside and, accordingly, the time and cost required to treat the waste are reduced and this improves work efficiency when treating the waste. Further, due to the insulation material, the melting furnace can be protected from electric damage that may be caused by electric arc. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266038 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY - An apparatus for measuring thermal diffusivity includes a Raman spectroscope, a heating device, and a signal analyzing unit. The Raman spectroscope is utilized to measure a Raman scattering intensity of different sites of a film to be measured. The heating device is utilized to provide a controllable thermal driving wave. The signal analyzing unit is utilized to analyze the Raman scattering intensity from the Raman spectroscope and the thermal driving wave so as to evaluate the thermal diffusivity of the film to be measured. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELLBORE MONITORING - A system for monitoring a borehole in an earth formation includes: a borehole string configured to direct a fluid into the earth formation; at least one optical fiber sensor disposed on the borehole string at a fixed location relative to the borehole string, the optical fiber sensor including a plurality of measurement units configured to generate measurements of at least one of strain and deformation of the borehole string; at least one temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at a plurality of locations along the length of the optical fiber sensor; and a processor configured to receive the measurements from the at least one optical fiber sensor, receive temperature measurements from the at least one temperature sensor, and identify a fluid leak in at least one of the borehole string and the formation based on a correlation of the optical fiber sensor measurements and the temperature measurements. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266040 | TEMPERATURE DETECTION AND REPORTING SYSTEM AND METHOD IN POWER DRIVING AND/OR CONSUMING SYSTEM - An apparatus, in one embodiment, can include a configuration including a plurality of heat generation devices. The apparatus also includes a plurality of thermal sensors respectively, operably connected to each of the plurality of heat generation devices, wherein each thermal sensor of the plurality of thermal sensors includes a respective output terminal configured to provide a voltage representative of the temperature of the respective heat generation device. The apparatus further includes an output circuit configured to output the highest temperature information among the heat generation devices. The output terminals of the plurality of thermal sensors are tied together. A corresponding method is also discussed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266041 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION OUTPUT DIGITAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR DEVICE - In one example, a pulse width modulation output temperature sensor device includes a linearization module, an analog-to-digital converter module operatively connected to the linearization module, and a digital magnitude comparator module operatively connected to the analog-to-digital converter module. A binary counter module is also operatively connected to the digital magnitude comparator module. The pulse width modulation output temperature sensor device thereby generates a digital pulse width modulation output based on a temperature sensor reading. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266042 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A temperature sensor includes a constant current source and a transistor stack connected to the constant current source. The transistor stack includes a first transistor having a base connected to the constant current source and a collector coupled to a supply voltage. The collector of the first transistor is electrically isolated from the base of the first transistor. The transistor stack includes a second transistor connected to the first transistor. The second transistor has a collector connected to an emitter of the first transistor and has a base connected to the collector of the second transistor. The transistor stack includes an output node disposed between the constant current source and the base of the first transistor. A voltage of the output node is indicative of a temperature. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266043 | SIGNAL DETECTION IN NOISE - A method of detecting a transmission. The method comprises: measuring, from a first portion of a received spread-spectrum signal, a first code-phase of a spreading-code; measuring, from a second portion of the signal, a second code-phase of the spreading-code; comparing the first and second code-phases; and detecting whether the transmission is present according to the result of the comparison. Also disclosed are corresponding methods and apparatus for transmission and reception of signals. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266044 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TEST APPARATUS - To lower the cost of an apparatus. A test apparatus including a first communication device and a second communication device is provided. The first communication device includes a first transmitting unit that transmits, to the second communication device, a signal including a control code of a code value corresponding to a transmission rate to be used in communication between the first communication device and the second communication device when the communication is not established therebetween, and the second communication device includes: a first receiving unit that receives a signal from the first communication device; and a specifying unit that specifies the transmission rate corresponding to the control code included in the signal transmitted from the first communication device when the communication is not established between the first communication device and the second communication device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266045 | Method and Apparatus of Transceiver Calibration Using Substrate Coupling - Transceiver calibration is a critical issue for proper transceiver operation. The transceiver comprises at least one RF transmit chain and one RF receive chain. A closed loop path is formed from the digital block, the RF transmit chain, the substrate coupling, the RF receive chain back to the digital block and is used to estimate and calibrate the transceiver parameters over the operating range of frequencies. The substrate coupling eliminates the need for the additional circuitry saving area, power, and performance. In place of the additional circuitry, the digital block which performs baseband operations can be reconfigured into a software or/and hardware mode to calibrate the transceiver. The digital block comprises a processor and memory and is coupled to the front end of the RF transmit chain and the tail end of the RF receive chain. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266046 | 8B/9B Encoding For Reducing Crosstalk on a High Speed Parallel Bus - Systems and methods for encoding/decoding a data word using an 8b/9b encoding scheme that eliminates two-aggressor crosstalk are disclosed. The 8b/9b encoding scheme enables a data word to be encoded using code words. Each of the valid code words does not include any three consecutive bits having a logic level of logic-high (i.e., ‘1’), and represent transition vectors for consecutive symbols transmitted over the high speed parallel bus. An encoder and corresponding decoder are disclosed for implementing the 8b/9b encoding scheme. In one embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a modified Fibonacci sequence algorithm. In another embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a look-up table. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266047 | 8B/9B DECODING FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK ON A HIGH SPEED PARALLEL BUS - Systems and methods for encoding a data word using an 8b/9b encoding scheme that eliminates two-aggressor crosstalk are disclosed. The 8b/9b encoding scheme enables a data word that can be subdivided into portions of eight bits or less to be encoded using code words having one extra bit than the corresponding portion of the data word. Each of the valid code words does not include any three consecutive bits having a logic level of logic-high (i.e., ‘1’), and represent transition vectors for consecutive symbols transmitted over the high speed parallel bus. An encoder and corresponding decoder are disclosed for implementing the 8b/9b encoding scheme. In one embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a modified Fibonacci sequence algorithm. In another embodiment, the encoder/decoder implements a look-up table. In some embodiments, data words may be less than eight bits wide. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266048 | PERIODIC NEAR FIELD DIRECTORS (PNFD) FOR SHORT-RANGE MILLI-METER-WAVE-WIRELESS-INTERCONNECT (M2W2-INTERCONNECT) - Periodic near field directors (PNFD) are coupled to a transmitter and a receiver for a short-range millimeter wave wireless (M2W2) interconnect for transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals at millimeter-wave frequencies for short-range communication with high data rate capability between the transmitter and receiver. Each of the periodic near field directors is comprised of one or more periodic coupling structures (PSCs), wherein the periodic coupling structures are comprised of metallic strips positioned such that their lengthwise dimension is substantially perpendicular to a propagation direction of the radio frequency signals between the transmitter and receiver. Each of the periodic coupling structures is positioned parallel to adjacent periodic coupling structures with a separation distance between each periodic coupling structure being within one wavelength of the radio frequency signal. The periodic near field directors may include first and second periodic near field directors that are coupled to each other for transmitting and receiving the radio frequency signals between the first and second periodic near field directors, wherein there is an air gap between the first and second periodic near field directors. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266049 | INTELLIGENT NODE FOR IMPROVING SIGNAL QUALITY IN A CABLE MODEM NETWORK - Systems and methods are provided for improving the signal quality and performance in a cable operator's Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) plant by adding DOCSIS intelligence to components within the HFC plant. These intelligent DOCSIS devices, referred to here as DOCSIS Intelligent Nodes (DINs), intercept the upstream signal from cable modems and set top boxes, and perform various types of signal processing on the signals based upon knowledge of the signal characteristics obtained from CMTS control structures such as MAPs and Upstream Channel Descriptors (UCDs). The DIN functionality can be integrated into any type of device found in HFC networks such as RF amplifiers and fiber nodes. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266050 | INTELLIGENT DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL SIGNALS ON A WIDEBAND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A plurality of intelligent device systems for use with a wideband signal distribution network, and methods for transmitting digital information and receiving digital and non-digital information onto and off of an RF carrier through a wideband signal distribution network, are disclosed. The intelligent device systems provide networks of intelligent devices that modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband signal distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, using existing EIA/TIA 568 standard wiring infrastructure. The methods modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, and separate IP portions from non-IP portions. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PARALLEL RF TESTING OF MULTIPLE DEVICES - A system for parallel radio frequency (RF) testing. The system includes a plurality of signal generators, a plurality of signal analyzers, a data bus connected to the plurality of signal generators, and a controller. The controller has a connection to the data bus so as to be in electronic communication with the plurality of signal generators, and has a plurality of point to point links to respective ones of the signal analyzers so as to be in electronic communication with the plurality of signal analyzers. | 2013-10-10 |
20130266052 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUS RF TESTING OF MULTIPLE DEVICES IN SPECIFIC FREQUENCY BANDS - A system employing vector signal generator (VSG) and vector signal analyzer (VSA) modules or cards that are configured to test multiple devices under test simultaneously. Each VSG is configured to generate multiple RF test signals and send them to multiple devices under test simultaneously. Similarly, each VSA is configured with multiple signal receiving modules connected to a single controller or memory. Each signal receiving module receives an RF signal from a device under test, converts it to a baseband digital signal, and transmits this digital signal to the VSA's memory. A single RF testing system can employ multiple such VSGs and VSAs, each capable of evaluating multiple devices under test. Each VSG/VSA can further be tuned for operation in discrete or defined frequency bands, which are narrower than those for conventional RF testers, and which can correspond to various wireless standards. | 2013-10-10 |