41st week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110250826 | PAD CONDITIONER HAVING REDUCED FRICTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - This invention relates to a conditioner for a chemical mechanical planarization pad, which is necessary for global planarization of a wafer in order to increase the degree of integration of a semiconductor device, and more particularly to a pad conditioner having a structure able to reduce friction with a pad so as to solve the problems caused by a lot of friction being generated upon conditioning, and to a method of manufacturing the same. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250827 | Power Tool Blade Mount with Radial Fluid Flow Channels - A mount is disclosed for mounting a blade on a rotary spindle of a power tool. The spindle has an axial bore through which a cooling fluid may flow. The mount includes a disk configured for directing cooling fluid outward in a generally radial direction with respect to the axis of spindle when the blade is mounted face-to-face with an outer face of the disk. An adapter is also disclosed that can be used with a conventional blade mount for achieving the same result. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250828 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE DUST COLLECTION STRUCTURE FOR POWER TOOLS - A negative pressure dust collection structure aims to be used on a power tool which is coupled with an application tool operable in a working space surrounded by a dust collection hood. The dust collection hood includes at least one flow conduction vent communicating with an airflow duct through a negative pressure enhancing duct. The negative pressure enhancing duct has a negative pressure enhancing chamber communicating with the flow conduction vent. The negative pressure enhancing chamber is formed at a cross section shrunk gradually from the flow conduction vent towards the airflow duct to increase suction of the negative pressure enhancing duct to collect dust in the dust collection hood. Moreover, the negative pressure enhancing chamber has an opening edge mating the shape of the inner side of the wall of the dust collection hood to increase covering range of the airflow. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250829 | Auto-arranged coin stacker and dispenser - Auto-Arranged Coin Stacker and Dispenser device that is capable of stacking and dispensing coins automatically in a row and columnar configuration inside chambers formed between a back panel and a front panel between which a space is created to accept coins to drop freely and sequentially from an opening at the top of the device. A spacer having substantially the thickness of the coins is configured to have guide posts wherein the dropping coins are directed automatically to advance downward and arrange themselves first horizontally then vertically in the space provided between the front and back panels. The subsequently falling coins form additional rows vertically above the previous rows in a well-ordered manner by gravity assist and judiciously spaced guides on the sides. The device presents the stacked coins through a translucent frontage to show an immediate accounting of what has been deposited with an aesthetic appearance to the viewer. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250830 | AIR VENT - An air vent comprising a housing and an air guiding device which is pivotally and rotatably mounted in the housing and has an outer surface having the general shape of a spherical segment, the air vent having a sliding bearing which includes a first sliding surface provided on the housing and facing the air guiding device, and a second sliding surface provided on the air guiding device, the air vent having a support arranged between the housing and the air guiding device, by means of which the air guiding device is mounted to the housing for pivotal movement about at least one swiveling axis, and the support being arranged opposite the sliding bearing in the radial direction, and a prestressing device being provided on the support, which can act on the air guiding device with a force directed against the sliding bearing. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250831 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND AIR CONDITIONER THEREOF - An air-conditioning system is used in a data center. The air-conditioning system includes plural electronic apparatuses, plural air conditioners and plural airflow blocking structures. The plural airflow blocking structures are arranged in airflow paths of respective air conditioners. If one of the plural air conditioners is disabled, the airflow blocking structure of the disabled air conditioner is automatically closed to block a low flow-resistance path and adjust the airflow paths. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250832 | Tractor Cab Heating and Ventilating Systems - A tractor cab HVAC system has a blower ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250833 | AIR DUCT BLOCKING DEVICE FOR OBSTRUCTING AIRFLOW THROUGH PORTIONS OF AN AIR DUCT SYSTEM - The present invention discloses an air duct blocking device for obstructing airflow through portions of an air duct system. The blocking device may include a support plate having an interior side and an exterior side and an adjustable fastener configured on the exterior side. The air duct blocking device may include a flexible connector having a hook at one end that is capable of attaching to a register boot. The flexible connector passes through the support plate and the adjustable fastener, and the adjustable fastener is capable of securing the support plate in a fixed position relative to the flexible connector. The air duct blocking device may include a substantially planar gasket configured on the interior side of the support plate that is capable of blocking airflow through the register boot when the gasket is held against the register boot by the adjustable fastener secured to the flexible connector. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250834 | AIR REGISTER ASSEMBLY - An air register assembly is adapted to be inserted into a forced air duct, and configured to streamline and mix airflow in the duct. The assembly includes a face-plate having a vent, a frame attached to the face-plate and arranged to extend into the duct. The assembly additionally includes a plurality of mounts arranged on the frame, and a first and second mesh panels configured to be selectively inserted into, and removed from the frame. When the first and second mesh panels are inserted into the frame, the panels are supported by the mounts, the first panel is disposed between the face-plate and the second panel, and each of the first and second mesh panels is positioned substantially perpendicular to the airflow. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250835 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD WHICH DISTRIBUTE A COMMON CONTROL SIGNAL - A distribution apparatus distributes a common control signal to one or more regions with one or more communications system which can be used. The common control signal includes system information required for accessing the communications system of each of the regions. The distribution apparatus has a unit which generates the common control signal of each of the regions, a unit which receives a distribution request signal from a terminal apparatus which requests for distribution of the common control signal, and a unit which transmits the common control signal according to a distribution rule. The distribution rule is updated according to a statistical trend of the distribution request signals received. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250836 | INTERFERENCE-ADAPTIVE UWB RADIO-BASED VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE-SAFETY - A system and method for increasing transmission concurrency amongst communicating vehicles using UWB radio-based communication is presented. The method comprises dividing an area around a sending vehicle into transmission areas, and, for each transmission area, broadcasting a message from the sending vehicle, waiting for a time, and when a not clear to send response is not received, sending information to the transmission area, and the information being sent using a time-hopping sequence based on a location and seed in the message. The message can also have a frame length and a target region. The method can also comprise determining, when a no-send is received, whether the no-send was in response to the message from the sending vehicle, and when the no-send is not in response to the message from the sending vehicle, sending the information to the transmission area. The system and method can be used for active-safety vehicle communication. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250837 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A PART OF HUMAN BODY AS AN ANTENNA IN A BODY AREA NETWORK - There is provided a communications system and method using a part of human body as an antenna in a body area network, and more particularly, to a communications system and method enabling wireless communications using a low frequency band without the use of a bulky antenna in such a manner that a transmitting-side communications device applies electrical signals to a human body via a transmitting-side coupler to allow a part of human body to act as an antenna, and electrical signals, occurring in another part of human body due to radio frequency (RF) signals, are transferred to a receiving-side communications device via a receiving-side coupler. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250838 | RF AND NFC PAMM ENHANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALING - A communication device includes a processing module, a transmitter section, a receiver section, a wireless communication structure, a projected artificial magnetic mirror (PAMM) array, and a metal backing. The transmitter section and the receiver section are on a first layer. The wireless communication structure is on a second layer, the PAMM array is on a third layer, and the metal backing is on a fourth layer. The PAMM array includes a non-conductive area to support coupling of the wireless communication structure to at least one of the transmitter section and the receiver section. In addition, the PAMM array provides electromagnetic shielding of the at least one of the transmitter section and the receiver section from the wireless communication structure. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250839 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE BELL SOUND, THE CAMERA, AND THE COMMUNICATION FUNCTION OF A MOBILE PHONE VIA AN NFC CHIP MODULE AND AN EXTERNAL RF READER - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for controlling the ringtone, camera, and communication functions of a mobile terminal using a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip module and an external Radio Frequency (RF) reader. The apparatus includes an NFC chip module, a base band chip, and a USIM card. The NFC chip module is electrically connected to the base band chip of a mobile terminal, allows a command data signal, received from an external RF reader via an RF antenna, to be transmitted to the base band chip or a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) card of the mobile terminal, and receives the result of terminal processing of the base band chip which operates in compliance with an external command, and transmits the result of the terminal processing to the external RF reader via the RF antenna. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250840 | AUTOMATIC POWER-OFF OF BLUETOOTH DEVICE FROM LINKED DEVICE - Methods and systems for powering-off a Bluetooth device from a linked device are provided. A device can transmit a Bluetooth signal to a linked device to instruct the linked device to power-off. In this manner, the user need only turn off one device manually which results in all linked devices being powered off. This process can be initiated by a user through a device directly linked with the device to be powered-off or through a device that is indirectly connected, through one or more Bluetooth networks, with the device to be powered-off. This process can also be automatically initiated by a device when a set of predetermined conditions exist. Once instructed to do so, a device can initiate a predetermined power-off process which can involve terminating any ongoing functions and turning off various subsystems. In accordance with the present invention, a user can initiate a power-off of all the devices on a Bluetooth network through a single device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250841 | System and Method for Using a Single Antenna for Active and Passive Radio Functions - A system and method for using a single antenna for active and passive radio functions. A wireless communication device includes a passive component that can be read using an antenna when the wireless communication device is in a low power sleep mode. When it is determined that a higher capacity is needed, the wireless communication device activates an active component. Activation of the active component includes a switching of a connection of the antenna from the passive component to the active component. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250842 | BLUETOOTH RADIO DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATION FOR INTEGRATION WITH A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method includes determining when a device is in a range of a first aggregator and, if the device is determined to be in the range of the first aggregator, causing the first aggregator to support the device. The method also includes determining when the device is in a range of a second aggregator and not in the range of the first aggregator. When the device is determined to be in the range of the second aggregator, the second aggregator is caused to support the device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250843 | BLUETOOTH UNIT OF MOUNTING TYPE - A mounting type Bluetooth unit is provided, which can lengthen the life span of a battery. The mounting type Bluetooth unit is fixedly installed in the interior of a vehicle and is provided with a casing body that packages a circuit board having a controller with control logic for performing Bluetooth communication with a Bluetooth device of a portable phone. The controller further includes a human body sensor as a control switch of operation logic. Also, the controller further includes a logic for sensing a driver's getting into/out of the vehicle in accordance with existence/nonexistence of a sensing signal of the human body sensor and controlling the operation of the Bluetooth unit in a sleep/awake or power-on/off state to cancel pairing with the Bluetooth device in a non-use state. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250844 | ASYMMETRIC RTT RANGING WITH MULTIPATH CORRECTION - A method, system, and device provide asymmetric round-trip-time (RTT) ranging with multipath correction. A RTT ranging determination using the resulting composite received signal contains multipath error, and compensation or correction of this error in a manner compatible with low-power, low-complexity devices, such as tag devices, is provided. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250845 | Communication System And Method - A communication system and method in which the communication system comprises a first communication module ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250846 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - In one or more embodiments described herein, there is provided an apparatus configured to generate a prioritised radio channel selection list, in accordance with at least one predetermined selection criterion, for one or more adjacent perimeter areas of respective adjacent radio channel cells. The at least one predetermined selection criterion is configured to prioritise radio channels selection in the respective adjacent perimeter areas such that they are ranked to reduce the probability of the same channel being selected for use by radio devices located in the respective adjacent perimeter areas. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250847 | METHOD FOR TESTING APPLIANCES FOR A MOBILE-RADIO SYSTEM, SIGNAL GENERATOR, APPLIANCE FOR A MOBILE-RADIO SYSTEM, AND A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A method, a signal generator, an appliance for a mobile radio system, and a measurement system are provided. First of all, a signal generator generates signal data. The signal data are used to generate a signal which is sent to the appliance which is to be tested. The appliance which is to be tested receives the signal and evaluates it. The evaluation of the received signal is taken as a basis for generating a response signal, wherein the response signal has an envelope which is characteristic of the information which is to be returned. This characteristic envelope is measured and a measurement signal which is representative thereof is generated. The measurement signal is supplied to a correlator in the signal generator and is compared with a comparison signal stored in the signal generator. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250848 | Method and Apparatus for Channel Quality Reporting in a Wireless Communication System - According to one aspect, the present invention advantageously provides a method and apparatus that increase communications throughput by manipulating the order or manner in which CQI values are reported in a multi-rank CQI report that constrains one or more such values according to reporting order. As a non-limiting example, the present invention provides that the reporting order used for reporting multiple CQI values is chosen to eliminate or at least reduce under-reporting and over-reporting errors arising from the use of differential reporting formats for one or more of the reported CQI values. Additionally, the present invention provides for selection between single-rank or multi-rank CQI reporting, based on determining which one corresponds to the highest channel capacity, in view of the differential reporting constraints. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250849 | Radiative focal area antenna transmission coupling arrangement - The present invention comprises a docking system for connecting a portable communication device to a further signal transmission line. The docking system may be arranged within a workstation such as a desk or a tray. The system may also envelope a room in a building or be located in a vehicle, to control and restrict the radiative emission from the communication device and to direct such radiation to a further remote antenna and or signal distribution system connected to the transmission line. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250850 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AIR INTERFACE INFORMATION FOR RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A method for determining values for use by radio resource management functions is disclosed. Air interface actual values and predictive values are obtained and stored. A timestamp indicating a time when each actual value or predictive value is obtained is generated and stored. The actual values and the predictive values are processed to provide an output value. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250851 | SIMULATED DEGRADATION OF SNR IN DECODED DIGITAL AUDIO CORRELATED TO WIRELESS LINK BIT-ERROR RATE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, apparatus and method for an audible indicator of a quality of a received digital radio transmission. After receiving a digital radio transmission in a digital radio receiver, the quality of the received digital radio transmission is detected. Then an audible communication from the received digital radio transmission is decoded. Then an audible indicator is superimposed onto the audible communication, to form a composite audible signal. Finally, an amplitude of the audible indicator is dynamically adjusted relative to an amplitude of the audible communication, responsive to a quality of the received digital radio transmission. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250852 | Tuning Matching Circuits for Transmitter and Receiver Bands as a Function of Transmitter Metrics - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes computer instructions to determine a translation function based on a transmit frequency of a transmit mode and a receive frequency of a receive mode of a transceiver for a communication device, and adjust a variable reactance component of an impedance matching circuit for the receive mode based on the translation function, where the impedance matching circuit is operably coupled with an antenna of the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250853 | Operating point setting of an amplifier - Embodiments related to the setting of an operating point of an amplifier are described and depicted. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250854 | RECONFIGURABLE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A wireless transmission system supporting at least first and second high-isolation transmission modes. In the first TX mode, first and second incoming data streams are processed independently within first and second TX paths to generate first and second analog outgoing signals for separate transmission via first and second antennas. In the second TX mode, the two incoming data streams are combined to form a combined data stream. First and second versions of the combined data stream are processed by the first and second TX paths to generate two analog signals that are combined for transmission via a single antenna. In the second TX mode, a feedback signal, based on differences between the two analog signals, is used to adjust the relative phase and/or delay of the two versions of the combined signal in the digital domain to reduce phase differences between the two analog signals, thereby increasing signal transmission power. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250855 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTER - A wireless transmitter that includes a phase rotating unit which adds phase rotation to signals which are respectively input to antennas and adds first phase rotation for controlling the maximum delay time between the antennas and a second phase rotation for controlling the phases of arbitrary antennas among the antennas, wherein scheduling of users is performed on a per-chunk basis where a region defined in a frequency domain and in a time domain is divided into chunks in the frequency domain and in the time domain, and in the case in which the frequency bandwidth of the chunk is Fc, the phase rotating unit adds the first phase rotation so that the maximum delay time between the antennas is set to either a predetermined first value which is smaller than 1/Fc or a predetermined second value which is larger than 1/Fc. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250856 | Direct FM/PM Modulation - Representative implementations of direct FM/PM modulation and systems are disclosed describing frequency modulation or phase modulation of information onto a carrier signal using a divider that is remote from the carrier signal generation path. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250857 | Interference Avoidance in White Space Communication Systems - Mobile communication system equipment avoids interfering with another transmitter's operation. Sensing information indicating whether the other transmitter's signal has been detected is received from remote sensors, wherein each of the remote sensors is situated at a respective one of two or more sensor locations. The sensing information and information about the sensor locations is used to ascertain one or more exclusion boundaries needed to avoid interfering with the other transmitter's use of the spectral resource. Beamforming parameters are ascertained that will enable the main node to transmit within one or more predefined geographical areas except for any portion of a predefined area located on a far side of the one or more exclusion boundaries. Two or more adjusted signals are produced as a function of the beamforming parameters and one or more signals to be transmitted. The adjusted signals are transmitted from respective ones of two or more antennas. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250858 | FREQUENCY SELECTION AND TRANSITION OVER WHITE SPACE - A method of wireless communication includes determining at least one neighboring apparatus from which to obtain information, obtaining information related to a plurality of channels from the at least one neighboring apparatus, selecting a channel from the plurality of channels based on the obtained information, and transmitting on the selected channel. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250859 | Pilot Based Adaptation for FM Radio Receiver - Performing a decoding mode of a frequency modulation (FM) signal for an adaptive FM radio receiver includes passing the FM signal through a FM demodulator to obtain a composite signal that includes a pilot signal and noise around the pilot signal, passing the composite signal through a band bass filter, filtering the pilot signal from the noise using a pilot and noise separator that includes a notch filter that filters the pilot signal from the noise, obtaining average amplitudes of the pilot signal and the noise, comparing a ratio between the average amplitudes of the pilot signal and the noise with a programmable threshold, and selecting a decoding mode and an audio low pass filter. The decoding mode is selected based on a quality of the pilot signal being decoded and the audio LPF is selected based on the comparison ratio. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250860 | RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING SENSITIVITY OF RECEIVER - A receiver and a method for dynamically adjusting sensitivity of the receiver are provided. The receiver includes a detection unit and a receiving unit. The detection unit detects an input signal group, and outputs a detection result. The receiving unit receives the input signal group according to a sensitivity. Wherein, the receiving unit dynamically adjusts the sensitivity used for receiving the input signal group according to the detection result of the detection unit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250861 | HIGHLY INTEGRATED, HIGH FREQUENCY, HIGH POWER OPERATION MMIC - A system and method for high frequency, high power operation communication systems is provided. More particularly, a system and method for a single system-on-chip system monolithic microwave integrated circuit that provides both high-frequency performance at a low cost is provided. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250862 | HANDLING OF SEGMENTATION OF ETWS MESSAGES - The transmission of a warning message to a mobile terminal in a mobile communication network is triggered by an emergency event. The mobile terminal is first made aware of the need to receive a warning message by reception of an emergency event notification. The warning message is divided into a plurality of message segments. Each segment is transmitted in a separate paging message over a paging channel to mobile terminals in an idle mode. Information is added to each message segment to enable the mobile terminal to discriminate between segments belonging to different warning messages. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EXPLICIT INDICATION OF CALL FROM EMERGENCY CALL CENTRE - A method in a mobile device includes receiving an incoming call. An emergency signal, associated with an incoming call, is detected. The emergency signal indicates the incoming call is from an emergency call center. Responsive to detecting the emergency signal, the emergency call is automatically answered, and information identifying the incoming call as an emergency call is displayed on the mobile device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250864 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF AN INDOOR MOBILE TELEPHONE USER - A method is provided for activating a transmission means comprised in a mobile device to operate in a manner compatible with at least one wireless communication protocol such as a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi standard. The activation of this transmission means is carried out in response to receiving a pre-defined indication at that mobile device denoting that an emergency communication is to be forwarded to an emergency center. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250865 | RESOURCE AND UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES - Methods and systems for resource and utilization management of telecommunications devices within an enterprise, where the enterprise contracts for telecommunications service from one or more service providers, comprising components configured to receive quantity data corresponding to the amount of telecommunications service used by the enterprise per period into a resource management system including a microprocessor executing programmed instructions, group telecommunications devices into pools of shared use for the telecommunications service, the pools of shared use including one or more telecommunication devices, analyze for each telecommunications device telecommunications services plans available from the service providers to determine the total quantity of telecommunications service provided by the service providers and the cost per unit of telecommunications service, select selected telecommunications service plans for each telecommunications device that accommodate a target quantity of projected telecommunications service use per period, and subscribe the telecommunications devices to the selected service plans. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250866 | CONDUCTING A MOBILE FINANCIAL TRANSCATION USING A SECURE ELEMENT AND SMS - A method for conducting a mobile financial transaction using an NFC secure element and transmitting data associated with the transaction between a wireless communication and a remote server. The method includes running a mobile application on the wireless communication device, in which the mobile application is a rich client application. The method further includes transmitting data associated with the mobile application between the wireless communication device and the remote server using short message service (SMS). The mobile application links corresponding data transmitted through the short message service (SMS) for use by the mobile application. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250867 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTRICTING NETWORK ACCESS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for restricting network access in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method for restricting the network access in the mobile communication terminal includes when network access is attempted, receiving a password for a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card inserted into the terminal, transmitting the password to a SIM management server, receiving a password authentication result from the SIM management server, and determining whether to allow the network access according to the password authentication result. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250868 | METHOD, SERVER, AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING PAGING GROUP AND NEIGHBOR CELL LIST OF FEMTO ACCESS POINT - A method, a server, and a system for configuring a paging group (PG) and a neighbor cell list of a femto access point (FAP) are provided. The method includes: receiving a configuration request from a security gateway or an FAP; acquiring location information of the FAP; determining an access service network gateway (ASN-GW) accessed by the FAP, and notifying the location information of the FAP to the ASN-GW, so that the ASN-GW allocates a PG to the FAP according to the location information of the FAP, and delivers an identifier (ID) of the allocated PG; and receiving the ID of the PG from the ASN-GW, and delivering the ID of the PG to the FAP. Therefore, the FAP can dynamically join into a PG and the neighbor cell list can be dynamically updated. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250869 | SELECTIVELY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN PHYSICAL-LAYER NETWORKS DURING A STREAMING COMMUNICATION SESSION WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Embodiments are directed to a network-connection report is received at a server (e.g., a presence server) from a first user equipment (UE) that identifies a type of physical-layer network to which the first UE is connected. In response to a determination that the first UE is engaged in a communication session with a second UE, the server sends a notification message to the second UE that indicates the type of physical-layer network to which the first UE is connected. The second UE receives the notification message and determines a target physical-layer network for supporting the second UE's participation in the communication session based at least in part on the type of physical-layer network to which the first UE is connected. The second UE selectively transitions to the target network based on the determination. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250870 | METHOD FOR RECORDING MOBILE PHONE CALLS - The present invention generally relates to a system and method for recording mobile phone calls for record keeping. The present invention utilizes a software call-recording application installed on the mobile phone to make a direct connection to a centralized recording server utilizing a conference or three-way calling feature on the mobile phone. The centralized recording server can answer the incoming call from the mobile phone. The incoming call can be tagged with an identification. The recording server can then capture the audio and any data and store the audio and data for future use. In one embodiment, a recording can be made at the mobile phone and forwarded to the recording server. The recording can be initiated remotely. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250871 | TASK MANAGEMENT BASED ON TRAVEL DISTANCE - Methods, program products, and systems for task management based on travel distance are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a method executed on a mobile device can include receiving a request to perform a task in a first subsystem (e.g., an application subsystem) of the mobile device. The request can indicate that the task is to be performed when the mobile device travels at least a threshold distance. The mobile device can determine a duration of silence. The mobile device can configure a second subsystem (e.g., a baseband operating system) of the mobile device to send a notification to the first subsystem notifying that the mobile device has traveled after at least the duration of silence. The first subsystem can receive the notification and determine that the threshold distance has been satisfied based on the received notification. The first subsystem can perform the task upon the determining. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250872 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING APPLICATION STORE SERVICE - A method of providing an Application Store (AppStore) service is provided. The method includes executing searching application, transmitting first request message to a directory service server, the first request message including a request for an AppStore list, receiving a first response message including the AppStore list from the directory service server, transmitting a second request message to at least one AppStore server that is selected from the AppStore list, the second request message including a request for a browser application, receiving a second response message including the browser application from at least one AppStore server, and creating items corresponding to the browser application and displaying the items as a list. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250873 | Handheld Electronic Device Having Improved Phone Call Log, And Associated Method - An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide an improved call log that presents information relating to logged phone calls in a collapsed manner, meaning that for each phone number having a call stored in the memory of the device, only the most recent in time call is listed on the call log. An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method also provide a call history for any phone call from the improved call log that is selected by the user. The call history includes a listing of all of the calls stored by the device that are associated with the selected call log call. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250874 | ENHANCED TELEPHONY SERVICES - Techniques for providing a smart dial controller for enhancing a telephone voice call using a data connection. In an exemplary embodiment, a dial controller may be provided in a calling device for calling another user, and/or a called device for receiving a call from another user. Techniques are provided for both the calling device and the called device to access a content server storing profiles of the calling user and/or the called user, subject to user-determined privacy settings. Such profiles may include, e.g., multi-media information on the status, location, or preferences of the users. In an exemplary embodiment, the dial controller may delay the establishment of a voice connection pending user review and approval of the other user's profile. According to an advantage of the present disclosure, no modifications are required on the network side to implement the techniques described herein. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250875 | LOCATION-BASED APPLICATION PROGRAM MANAGEMENT - Methods, program products, and systems for location-based application program management are described. A mobile device can receive a first application program to be executed in an application subsystem. The first application program can be configured to be invoked or notified when the mobile device is located at a defined location. The mobile device can register the first application program to a second application program that executes in a baseband subsystem. The mobile device can set the application subsystem to a power-saving operating mode. The second application program can monitor a current location of the mobile device. When the mobile device is currently located at the defined location, the second application program can set the application subsystem to an active operating mode, and invoke the first application program. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250876 | METHOD FOR RESETTING A NON-RESPONSIVE MOBILE UNIT THEN-CURRENTLY OCCUPYING A CELLULAR TRAFFIC CHANNEL OF A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for resetting a non-responsive mobile unit then-currently occupying a cellular traffic channel of a wireless network is disclosed herein. The method involves recognizing, at an external entity, that the mobile unit is in a non-responsive state that is occupying a voice channel of the cellular traffic channel, and establishing a wireless data connection between the mobile unit and an external entity over the cellular traffic channel. A data message is transmitted to the mobile unit from the external entity, where the data message includes at least a command to reset the mobile unit. In response to receiving the data message, the method further involves resetting the mobile unit via a protocol initiated by a processor associated with the mobile unit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250877 | METHOD FOR REACTIVATING A THEN-CURRENTLY DEACTIVATED MOBILE UNIT - A method for reactivating a then-currently deactivated mobile unit involves submitting a request to a call center to reactivate the mobile unit and, upon receiving the request, submitting another request to a cellular service provider from the call center, where such other request includes a request to broadcast a message having a mobile unit identifier and a reactivation protocol contained therein. The method further involves broadcasting the message from the cellular service provider to a plurality of mobile units each having an identical inactive dialing number stored therein. A processor operatively associated with the then-currently deactivated mobile unit recognizes the mobile unit identifier contained in the broadcasted message. Upon recognizing the mobile unit identifier, the processor applies the reactivation protocol contained in the broadcasted message to initiate reactivation of the then-currently deactivated mobile unit. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250878 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF - Communication devices and methods thereof. The communication device comprises a communication module, a memory module, and a control module. The communication module receives a data object exceeding a predetermined data size from a device management server. The memory module, coupled to the communication module, comprises a management object tree having a management object leaf node, storing a first portion of the received data object in the management object leaf node, and holds the first portion in the management object leaf node when termination of the reception of the data object is being determined. The control module, coupled to the communication module and the memory module, determines termination of the reception of the data object prior to the data object being completely received, wherein the first portion comprises at least one unit data, and each unit data has a data size less than or equal to the predetermined data size. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250879 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR A LEVEL - [Problems to be Solved] In view of the problem of known wireless communication systems for a level, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless system that can operate both for individual communications and simultaneous communications. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250880 | UE-BASED MDT MEASURING AND REPORTING IN A CELLULAR RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - In one embodiment, if a UE is performing minimizing drive test (MDT) measurements and a radio link failure (RLF) occurs, the UE may add MDT measurement information to an RLF message to the network. In effect, the UE “piggy-backs” MDT information in the RLF report, and in so doing, provides greater flexibility to UEs reporting MDT information and more robust reporting. In another embodiment, the UE detects that no allowed reporting channel to report MDT measurement information exists, stores the MDT information, and after detecting that allowed reporting channel exists, initiates establishment of a radio link with the radio communications network during which the UE informs the network using an availability indicator that the UE has stored unreported MDT measurement information to be reported to the radio communications network. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250881 | Apparatus, Method, System and Program for Power Control or Power Setting - Embodiments provide an apparatus, method, product and storage medium for controlling or setting a transmit power of a femto cell depending on a received power of at least one neighbouring macro cell. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250882 | Resource Measurement and Reporting Method in Long Term Evolution System - A method for measuring and reporting resource in a long term evolution system comprises: a source base station encapsulating a resource status request message and sending the message to a target base station; after receiving the resource status request message, the target base station processing the message, and sending a resource status success response to the source base station if the processing is successful, or else sending a resource status failure response if the processing is failed; the source base station encapsulating at least a message type ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250883 | Monitoring of Network Call Activity in a Satellite-Based Communication System - A network monitoring system includes data source routers, data servers, and user interface modules for depicting visual data presentations that show call activity within a satellite-based communication network. The data source routers capture signaling data from a terrestrial portion of the network and supply the signaling data to the data servers. The user interface modules request selected data from the data servers based on selected display filtering settings and generate the visual data presentations, including a geo view, a satellite activity grid, and a message view. The geo view shows a time progression of live or recorded call activity data on a map. The satellite activity grid organizes a time-progression of live or recorded call activity on a two-dimensional grid representing each satellite spot beam in the system. The message view shows a detailed listing of individual messages that have occurred within selected call flows in the network. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250884 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR ENABLING A MOBILE TERMINAL TO ACCESS TO A WIRELESS CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - The present invention concerns a method for enabling a mobile terminal to access to a wireless cellular telecommunication network. The method comprises the steps of: —detecting the reception of a message transferred by the mobile terminal to a base station ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250885 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP (CSG) CELL FOR OPEN NETWORK ACCESS - Method for operating one or more cells ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250886 | Method and System of Determining Whether a Mobile Station is Located Inside a Coverage Area of a Narrowband Repeater and Using the Determination in a Handover Procedure - A method and system of determining whether a mobile station is located inside (or moving into) a repeater's coverage area and using the determination in a handover procedure. An access network may receive from a mobile station communicating on a first wireless link an indication of channel quality for the first wireless link and a second wireless link that serve the same coverage area. The access network may then use the channel quality indicators to determine whether the mobile station is located inside (or moving into) a repeater's coverage area, such as by comparing the channel quality indicators. If the access network determines that the mobile station is located inside (or moving into) the repeater's coverage area, it may also initiate a handover of the communication with the mobile station to the repeated wireless link (e.g., which may include suspending application of a load threshold to the repeated wireless link). | 2011-10-13 |
20110250887 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUITY OF POSITIONING DETERMINATION AT HANDOVER - Methods and devices are provided for observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) continuity at handover. In one embodiment, the method may involve, in response to being served by a first serving cell, receiving a first set of timing offsets provided in assistance data from the network. The method may involve, in response to being handed over to a second serving cell, deriving a second set of timing offsets from the first set of timing offsets. The method may involve adjusting measured time difference of arrival (TDOA) values of detected first signals according to the first set of timing offsets, and/or adjusting measured TDOA values of detected second signals according to the second set of timing offsets. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CELL RESELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method of performing cell reselection in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobile station determines whether first priority information for the first RAT is provided by the serving cell, and receives second priority information of a second RAT from the serving cell. The mobile station performs inter-RAT cell reselection based on the first and second priority information if the first priority information for the first RAT is provided. The mobile station performs cell reselection toward the second RAT based on measured values of cells of the second RAT without considering the second priority information if the first priority information for the first RAT is not provided. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250889 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - The present invention relates to a mobile communication method in which a mobile station performs a handover from a handover source radio base station to a handover target radio base station. The mobile communication method includes the steps of: (A) acquiring, at the handover target radio base station, from the handover source radio base station or a switching center, a key for calculating a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between the handover target radio base station and the mobile station; and (B) acquiring, at the handover target radio base station, from the switching center, a second key for calculating a first key for generating a certain key used in a communication between a next handover target radio base station and the mobile station. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEIGHBOR CELL CONFIGURATION AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEMTOCELL BASE STATION CONFIGURATION - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for neighbor cell configuration and a method and an apparatus for femtocell base station configuration. The neighbor cell configuration method includes: obtaining information of at least one macro cell; obtaining neighbor cell information of the at least one macro cell; and performing neighbor cell configuration according to the information of the at least one macro cell and the neighbor cell information. With the method and apparatus for neighbor cell configuration and the method and apparatus for femtocell base station configuration, complete femtocell base station neighbor cell information is obtained so that a femtocell base station can be configured automatically. This avoids call drops during handovers and increases the success rate of handovers, and the implementation is easy. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIRECTING TRAFFIC BETWEEN OVERLYING MACROCELLS AND MICROCELLS - The present invention provides embodiments of methods for directing traffic between cells of different sizes. One embodiment of the method includes determining, at a mobile unit, whether to hand off from a source cell to a target cell based on information indicating sizes of coverage areas of the source cell and the target cell. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250892 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING ROBUST FORWARD HANDOVER IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Method and apparatus for facilitating inter-cell connections, such as during a forward handover or radio link failure (RLF), are disclosed. A user terminal such as a UE may store identity information associated with a source cell, and use this information in accessing target or other cells subsequent to radio link failure so as to facilitate access to context information of the user terminal. A base station may be configured to improve handover performance by associating context information with a newly assigned terminal identity. Handover performance may be enhanced by facilitating connection processing in the event of inability to retrieve user terminal context from a source cell. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250893 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS LOGGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of performing measurements logging in a mobile communications system is provided. A user equipment receives a first measurement request message from a first cell and receives a handover command message. Upon receiving the handover command message, the user equipment stops a transmission of a response to the first measurement request message. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250894 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system, includes: a first base station; a second base station; a first terminal which transmits call connection data to the first base station; a second terminal which receives a call connection request; and a management device which manages location and movement of the first terminal, wherein the first base station employs a handover procedure to notify the management device, when receiving the call connection data from the first terminal, that a call connection destination of the second terminal which has received the call connection request is changed, and notifies the first terminal about a frequency of the second base station, and the first terminal transmits call connection data to the second base station based on the notified frequency. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250895 | COMMUNICATION ROUTING BASED ON PRESENCE IN A CONFINED WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT - System(s), method(s) and user interfaces are provided to route an incoming communication (e.g., a voice call, a data call) to a wireless devices or a wireline device, based in part on at least one routing preference and a presence condition of a mobile device in a confined wireless environment served by a confined-coverage access point (AP). The at least one routing preference is subscriber-specific and configurable by the subscriber linked to the mobile device, whereas the presence condition reveals if the mobile device is attached to the confined-coverage AP and is automatically detected. A routing server acquires the at least one routing preference and the presence condition for the mobile device. Based on routing logic applied to the at least one routing preference and the presence information, the routing server directs the incoming communication to a set of wireline devices, a set of wireless devices, or a combination thereof. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250896 | WIRELESS TERMINAL, BASE STATION AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a wireless terminal includes a determination module, a request generator and a transmitter. The determination module is configured to determine whether wireless communication with a second base station is possible, when the wireless terminal is connected to a first base station. The second base station is capable of communicate with the first base station via an inter-base-station network and supports a first operating mode in which wireless communication is valid and a second operating mode in which wireless communication is invalid. The request generator is configured to generate a control signal which comprises address data designating the second base station and which requests for setting the second base station to the first operating mode, if the wireless communication with the second base station is possible. The transmitter is configured to transmit the control signal to the first base station. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting a signal of a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first signal to the relay station through the transmission period in a subframe including a transmission period and a guard time for transmission/reception switching of a relay station, and transmitting a second signal to a macro user equipment through the guard time. Accordingly, a signal can be effectively transmitted in the wireless communication system employing the relay station. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250898 | Resource allocation - A method of communicating control information performed by a communication device in a mobile telecommunication system in which each of a plurality of communication devices are allocated plural orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) resource allocations, the method including receiving, in a control channel, from a base station and over an E-UTRA air interface, control information identifying a frequency resource allocation in a shared data channel, and receiving, in the identified frequency resource allocation in the shared data channel, from a base station and over an E-UTRA air interface, control information identifying a further frequency resource allocation. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250899 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION NETWORKS - A method for power control in a long term evolution (LTE) network is disclosed and includes configuring a user equipment (UE) with a plurality of transmit power levels where each transmit power level corresponds to a subframe type. A first power level is used in subframes protected by cooperative coordination between base stations. A second power level corresponds to unprotected subframes. The method also includes scheduling the UE to transmit in accordance with the configured transmit power levels. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTABLE RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN CELLULAR AND BROADBAND NETWORKS - A method includes receiving information flows between users into a basestation of a cellular network, applying a usage accountability framework responsive to predetermined user fairness metrics, bandwidth resources on the network and a history of channel bandwidth variations by the users, and executing bandwidth allocation for the flows between the users responsive to the applying an accountability framework for improving user experience on the network by the users. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250901 | MULTI-TIER GEOFENCE DETECTION - Methods, program products, and systems for multi-tier geofence detection are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a mobile device can be configured to perform a task when the mobile device enters a geographic region. The mobile device can monitor a current location using a multi-tier approach. A baseband subsystem can monitor a coarse location of the mobile device using various course location parameters, such as a mobile country code (MCC), a location area code (LAC), or a cell identifier (cell ID), as the mobile device moves closer to the geographic region. Upon determining that the mobile device is in a cell that intersects the geographic region, the baseband subsystem can transfer the monitoring to the application subsystem. The task can be performed when the application subsystem determines that the mobile device is currently located in the geographic region. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250902 | DETERMINING TIME ZONE BASED ON LOCATION - Methods, program products, and systems of determining a time zone based on location is disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a mobile device can store one or more geometric shapes using latitude and longitude coordinates. The geometric shapes can be associated with time zones. The mobile device can determine a current location. The mobile device can identify a geometric shape in which the mobile device is currently is located. The mobile device can determine the time zone associated with the identified geometric shape. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250903 | Selective Location Determination - Methods, program products, and systems for selective location determination are described. A mobile device can determine a location of the mobile device using various techniques. When there is a conflict between the locations determined using different techniques, the mobile device can select a most trustworthy location from the locations, and designate the most trustworthy location as a current location of the mobile device. The mobile device can determine a first location of the mobile device (e.g., a coarse location) using a cell identifier (cell ID) of a cellular network. The mobile device can determine a second location of the mobile device (e.g., a fine location) using one or more media access control (MAC) addresses of a WLAN. The first location and second location can be associated with confidence values that can indicate trustworthiness of the first location and second location. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250904 | Enhanced Indoor Localization - An indoor localization system for locating an electronic mobile device within an indoor environment is provided. The indoor localization system includes a plurality of transmitting nodes arranged in different positions within the indoor environment and configured to transmit RF signals. An electronic mobile device is configured to receive the RF signals from the transmitting nodes. The indoor localization system is configured to operate in a training mode, wherein reference quantities are computed based on powers of the RF signals received from the transmitting nodes in different reference positions within the indoor environment. The indoor localization system is further configured to operate in a locating mode, wherein current quantities are computed based on powers of the RF signals received by the electronic mobile device in its current location within the indoor environment from the transmitting nodes, and wherein the current location of the electronic mobile device is determined based on the current and the reference quantities. The indoor localization system is configured to operate based on RF signals over at least two different radio channels. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250905 | Methods and Arrangements for Fingerprinting Positioning - A method for providing position determination assisting data comprises repetitions of establishing ( | 2011-10-13 |
20110250906 | POSITIONING AND LOCATION SERVICES USING CIVIC ADDRESS INFORMATION - Positioning and location services are provided in a wireless communication network using civic address information. The civic address information may comprise a data structure including textual Information Elements such as apartment or office number, street number, street name, city, state, postal code, and the like. A positioning method is defined comprising performing a civic address lookup to obtain a location in civic address format for an identified node, based upon information about the identified node's serving (or associated) node and neighbor nodes. Signaling is defined to request the civic address positioning method, to exchange capabilities, to communicate location information using a civic address format, report a positioning failure and optionally the failure cause, and the like. Location information may be translated between a civic address format and a 3GPP or 3GPP2 positioning format. The positioning method and associated signaling are particularly advantageous in indoor environments, where conventional positioning methods fare poorly or fail altogether. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POSITION-RELATED INFORMATION TO MOBILE RECIPIENTS - A system for providing position-related information to a mobile user includes a mobile unit and a central site server. The mobile unit includes circuitry for determining present position information from position signals which may emanate from, for example, GPS satellites. The mobile unit further includes circuitry for establishing a wireless bidirectional communications link with the central site server via a terrestrial network, which may be accessed via a cellular telephone network. The central site server includes circuitry for receiving the present position information from the mobile unit. A table stored at the central site server includes different response information in correspondence with possible positions of the mobile unit. The response information may further be in correspondence with user preferences. The central site server uses the received present position information to retrieve corresponding response information from the table, and sends the retrieved response information to the mobile unit via the bidirectional communications link. The mobile unit further includes circuitry, such as a loudspeaker, for supplying the response information to the mobile user. In another aspect of the invention, communications between the mobile unit and the central site server are encrypted. Furthermore, the mobile unit may include components for preventing position information from being supplied to the loudspeaker, thereby eliminating distracting noise from being presented to the user. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250908 | Locating a Source of Wireless Transmissions from a Licensed User of a Licensed Spectral Resource - Own communication equipment locates a source of wireless transmissions, the own equipment including a serving base station (BS). The serving BS receives, from remote sensors including at least one user equipment (UE), sensing information from which transmitter location information (“location information”) can be determined. The location information is oriented in a serving BS coordinate system. The location information can comprise white space sensing information from which a direction of a transmitter relative to a position of the UE can be determined, and pilot signal sensing information from which respective directions of one or more BSs relative to the position of the UE can be determined. The BS transforms the white space and pilot signal sensing information into the location information. Geographical safety margins are determined from the location information, and BS transmissions are adjusted to limit transmitting signals beyond the geographical safety margin area. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250909 | REGISTERING CLIENT COMPUTING DEVICES FOR ONLINE COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - Registering a client computing device for online communication sessions. A registration server receives a message that has a push token that is unique to the client computing device and a phone number of the client computing device from an SMS (Short Message Service) transit device, which received an SMS message having the push token from the client computing device and determined the phone number of the client computing device from that SMS message. The registration server associates the push token and the phone number and stores it in a registration data store, which is used for inviting users for online communication sessions. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250910 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS LOGGING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for performing measurements logging in a mobile communications system is provided. An user equipment receives a first measurement configuration message including a first measurement configuration and receives a second measurement configuration message. The user equipment discards the first measurement configuration upon receiving the second measurement configuration message. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250911 | NOISE PADDING TECHNIQUES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A method of wireless communication includes detecting uplink interference in a received uplink transmission of a user equipment. The received uplink transmission is padded with noise based on the detected interference and also based on a frequency domain partition, whether a subframe is protected, and/or a user equipment type. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250912 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING UPLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for setting uplink transmission power at a mobile station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving information on the number of total streams received at a base station; and setting the uplink transmission power using the received number of total streams. In this case, the uplink transmission power is preferably a transmission power per stream (P | 2011-10-13 |
20110250913 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE ENHANCEMENTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms that allow a user equipment to convey information regarding one or more attributes to a base station during a random access (RA) procedure. The attributes may include, for example a capability of the UE (e.g., to support a particular feature or version of a standard) or a condition of the UE (e.g., if it is currently experiencing an interference condition). | 2011-10-13 |
20110250914 | RF distribution system, remote control unit and method of using same - A system for configuring communication paths in a radio communications system including a plurality of radios, a plurality of antennas and radio frequency distribution communications equipment in communication with the plurality of radios and antennas. The configuring system includes at least one of (1) a graphical user interface display window including a list of radios and a list of paths by which the radios communicates with the antennas via the radio frequency distribution communications equipment, and (2) a block diagram including a plurality of radios, a plurality of antennas and paths by which the plurality of radios communicates with the plurality of antennas via the radio frequency distribution communications equipment. The system further includes means for changing at least one path displayed in at least one of the display window and the block diagram. Also disclosed are methods for implementing the system. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250915 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RADIO ACCESS TO SPECTRUM AND TO A SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A communication system where radios without a normally available communication pathway to a spectrum management system (referred to as spoke radio devices) communicate with the spectrum management system by joining a network established by a hub radio device that has a prior registration with the spectrum management system. Once joined, the spoke may seek registration with the spectrum management system and, if appropriate, obtain a spectrum allocation from the spectrum management system. Also, once registered, spoke radio devices may form a network of their own. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250916 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND ASSIGNING SPECTRUM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatus for determining band availability and/or allocating one or more frequency bands to a communications device for wireless communications are described. In different locations and/or at different times different frequency bands, e.g., band corresponding to unused TV channels, may be available for allocation. Various described methods and apparatus are well suited for supporting local peer to peer networks in an environment in which a plurality of different technologies are supported. A centralized control device determines and allocates a frequency band to a wireless terminal for use at a given location and at a given time, e.g., for peer to peer communications using a particular technology supported by the wireless terminal. The centralized control device uses database information and information received from a plurality of wireless terminals in making frequency band allocation decisions, performing load balancing, and/or performing interference management. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250917 | Method and Apparatus for Centralized Allocation of Bandwidth in a Wireless Network - A method for allocating bandwidth in a wireless network includes communicating wirelessly with at least one endpoint using a first frequency bandwidth. The method may also include receiving a measurement of a signal quality from the at least one endpoint and communicating an indication of the signal quality to a server. The method may further include receiving from the server a second frequency bandwidth based on the signal quality and a cost per unit of frequency bandwidth. The second frequency bandwidth may indicate an amount of frequency bandwidth to use in communicating wirelessly with the at least one endpoint. The method may additionally include communicating wirelessly with the at least one endpoint using the second frequency bandwidth. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250918 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Methods for a communication device. The method comprises being configured with at least one uplink carrier and at least one downlink carrier according to a carrier aggregation configuration, receiving at least one control signal at least one downlink control channel on the at least one downlink carrier, determining at least one control format of the at least one control signal for at least one uplink or at least one downlink transmission or for at least one control signaling carried on the same or different at least one uplink carrier or the at least one downlink carrier, and performing at least one of the at least one uplink and the at least one downlink transmission or at least one control signaling on the same or different at least one uplink carrier or the at least one downlink carrier according to the at least one control format of the at least one control signal, wherein the at least one of at least one uplink and the at least one downlink transmission or the at least one control signaling use a same or different transmission modes on the same or different at least one uplink carrier or the at least one downlink carrier. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250919 | CQI ESTIMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques for estimating and reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) are disclosed. Neighboring base stations may cause strong interference to one another and may be allocated different resources, e.g., different subframes. A UE may observe different levels of interference on different resources. In an aspect, the UE may determine a CQI for resources allocated to a base station and having reduced or no interference from at least one interfering base station. In another aspect, the UE may determine multiple CQI for resources of different types and associated with different interference levels. For example, the UE may determine a first CQI based on at least one first subframe allocated to the base station and having reduced or no interference from the interfering base station(s). The UE may determine a second CQI based on at least one second subframe allocated to the interfering base station(s). | 2011-10-13 |
20110250920 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal retains a communication device allocation priority table in which the allocation priorities of communication devices to respective applications are recorded for each of the communication devices mounted to the mobile terminal. The allocation priorities are determined from the combination of the types of an application and the operation state of the application. The mobile terminal allocates the communication devices to the applications in accordance with the priority orders recorded in the allocation priority table. The allocation priorities recorded in the communication device allocation priority table are varied in accordance with the operation states of the applications and the presence/absence of an alternate device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250921 | Omni-Directional Sensing of Radio Spectra - Multiple antennas used for data transmission and/or reception are also used to achieve omni-directional antenna functionality. Signals from the antennas are converted to baseband and stored. Phase shifts are applied to the stored signals to steer the effective reception beam in one of a number of directions. A process of interest (e.g., white space sensing) is applied to the beam to produce a result for the given beam direction. By scanning the beam over a number of representative directions, a spatial receiver range equivalent to that of an omni-directional antenna is achieved. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250922 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN INTER-RADIO FREQUENCY SUBSYSTEM INTERFACE (ISSI) GROUP CALL - A hosted inter-radio frequency subsystem interface (HIF) maintains a list of affiliated radio frequency subsystems (RFSSs), the list identifies at least one serving RFSS. An affiliation request is transmitted from the HIF to the home RFSS, which is a home RFSS of the group. The HIF receives from the serving RFSS a request to initiate an inter-RFSS group call to the group using HIF addressing. The HIF transmits a request to the home RFSS to initiate the inter-RFSS group call using serving RFSS addressing. A data packet from the home RFSS or the serving RFSS is received at the HIF. Upon receipt, the HIF transmits a copy of the data packet to the serving RFSS if the data packet was received from the home RFSS; otherwise, the HIF transmits a copy of the data packet to the home RFSS if the data packet was received from the serving RFSS. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250923 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN INTER-RADIO FREQUENCY SUBSYSTEM INTERFACE (ISSI) UNIT-TO-UNIT CALL - A method and device enable establishing an inter-radio frequency subsystem interface (ISSI) unit-to-unit call between a calling unit of a calling home radio frequency subsystem (RFSS), and a called unit of a called home RFSS, through a hosted ISSI function (HIF). The method includes processing, at the HIF, a first invite message received from the calling home RFSS, wherein the first invite message includes a first request uniform resource identifier (URI) that designates an alias system unit identification (SU-ID). In response to the first invite message, transmitting, from the HIF to the called home RFSS, a second invite message, including a second request URI that designates a real SU-ID, wherein the HIF acts as the calling home RFSS. The unit-to-unit call is thus established between the calling unit and the called unit through the calling home RFSS, the HIF, and the called home RFSS. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250924 | Energy-efficient operation of a communication network - A method for wireless communication between a base station and a number of devices is provided, with the devices in each case having a limited energy supply. To establish a connection, the base station sends a sequence of synchronization signals on at least one of its communication channels. The devices in each case listen on their parameterized or unparameterized communication channel within a listening period, which is repeated with a repetition frequency that can be set. Outside the listening period, the device in question is set to an energy-saving mode. The length of the listening period, the repetition frequency and the energy consumption in the energy saving mode are synchronized with each other in such a way that the energy consumption up to the connection setup averaged over time does not exceed the energy consumption during normal operation of the device. | 2011-10-13 |
20110250925 | Method and device for notifying handover failure indication information - The invention discloses a method for notifying handover failure indication information, comprising: a first base station determines, according to radio link failure (RLF) information in a received radio resource control (RRC) re-establishment request message, the information about a cell in which an RLF happens before a UE initiates an RRC re-establishment, and sends the RLF information to a second base station to which the cell where the RLF happens belongs; and the second base station notifies, according to a notification condition set for the indication information of a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, the base station initiating a handover of the indication information of a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, both of which meet the notification condition; or upon determining the handover of the UE to a cell in which an RLF happens is a too early handover or a handover selecting a wrong target handover cell, the second base station notifies the base station initiating the handover of the indication information of the too early handover or the handover selecting a wrong target handover cell. The present invention also discloses a device for realizing the method. The invention increases the success rate of a cell handover. | 2011-10-13 |