52nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100329168 | Frequency Band Assignment Method for a Wireless Communication System and Device Using the Same - A frequency band assignment method for a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system includes a plurality of base stations. The plurality of base stations has overlapped radio ranges and forms a plurality of independent overlapping areas. The method includes steps of modeling the plurality of base stations as a plurality of variable nodes in a factor graph, modeling the plurality of independent overlapping areas as a plurality of constraint nodes in the factor graph, and using the factor graph to perform frequency assignment for the plurality of base stations. Each variable node is defined as a frequency band to be assigned to the modeled base station. Each constraint node is defined as that the frequency bands assigned to the base stations forming the modeled overlapping area cannot be equivalent. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329169 | Method and Arrangement for Efficient Group Communication - In a method of enabling improved group communication for a plurality of mobile terminals MT participating in a multicast session in a communication system comprising a plurality of cells and at least two base station systems with corresponding cell coverage, reducing S | 2010-12-30 |
20100329170 | Method of Managing Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Reception and Related Communication Device - A method of managing multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) reception for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the step of using a dedicated-type resource allocation to decode data of a MBMS subframe when a MBMS resource allocation and the dedicated-type resource allocation are received. The dedicated-type resource allocation is dedicated to the communication device and used for the MBMS subframe. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329171 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Subframe of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network in Wireless Communication System - A method for handling Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe in a network terminal of a wireless communication system includes configuring a plurality of MBSFN subframes in a cell, and scheduling downlink unicast transmission in an unused MBSFN subframe of the plurality of MBSFN subframes for a user equipment which is not receiving any MBMS service. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329172 | Delivery of Multicast Data - A method and apparatus are provided for delivering multicast media in a network in which at least some nodes do not support delivery of multicast packets. A RTSP SETUP request is sent to a streaming server to send multicast packets, encapsulated within unicast wrappers, to a gateway node in the network. The RTSP SETUP request includes details both of the multicast destination address, and of the unicast destination address of the gateway node, requiring an extension to the RTSP protocol as currently defined and enabling the media server to send multicast packets in a unicast tunnel dynamically. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329173 | Method of controlling an entity of a remote network from a local network - A method and apparatus are provided for controlling at least one entity of a remote source network from a local home network. The method is implemented by a relay module, termed a roaming relay module, designed so that when the module is executed by an appliance connected to the home network, the module communicates with a relay module, termed a source relay module, executed by an appliance of the source network and serves as communication relay in relation to the at least one entity. The method includes: a step of reception of a first request by the roaming relay module via a control interface, complying with a first protocol usable to control the entity from the source network; and a step of sending from the roaming relay module to the source relay module, a second request intended to be converted by the source relay module into at least one third request complying with the first protocol. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329174 | SIMULTANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN CONTROLLED MESH NETWORK - A wireless mesh network, method of operating a wireless mesh network, and a central node device are disclosed herein. Communications are interleaved to maintain a spatial differential, for example, two “hops,” between any two nodes transmitting in proximity to the collector. In one embodiment, a wireless mesh network includes a central node and a plurality of bidirectional nodes in bidirectional wireless communication with the central node. Each bidirectional node has a respective wireless communication path to the central node that is either a direct path or an indirect path through one or more intermediate bidirectional nodes. Each bidirectional node is characterized by a number of intermediate bidirectional nodes forming a respective wireless communication path to the central node. The central node isolates a first data communication from a first node from second data communications from other nodes that are within a defined threshold of hop levels of the first node. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329175 | Mobile assisted relay selection in a telecommunications system - A mobile station is operated in a telecommunications system that includes a base station and one or more relay stations. The mobile station communicates directly with the base station via a first channel. To facilitate selection of a suitable relay station, the mobile station broadcasts a burst for receipt by a plurality of relay stations. Relay stations each measure a quality of the received burst and communicate this information to the base station, which uses the information to select a most suitable one of the relay stations for use in carrying on indirect communications between the base station and the mobile station. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329176 | Rate adaptive modem - A communication system transmitting signals over a network using a transmission waveform in which a plurality of data packets are transmitted in a payload field of a transmission frame, the system includes a transmitter, which has a transmitting portion that sends information including user data in the data packets and a user data rate portion that dynamically changes the data rate of the user data to the highest rate possible for current link conditions by changing the waveform. The communication system also includes a receiver, which has a receiving portion that receives the information data packets and a reconfiguration portion that reconfigures the receiving portion based on the waveform parameters. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329177 | AP-LOCAL DYNAMIC SWITCHING - A technique for implementing AP-local dynamic switching involves Layer 2 switching. This may be accomplished by providing data associated with wireless stations to an AP sufficient to enable the AP to determine whether traffic from a particular wireless station should be locally switched. Alternatively, the wireless station may be able to determine whether to locally switch traffic based upon the traffic itself. For example, it may be desirable to AP-locally switch voice traffic to avoid latency, which is particularly detrimental to voice transmissions such as voice-over-IP. Traffic that is not to be switched locally is Layer 2 tunneled upstream. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329178 | Use of delayed clear-to-send and denial-to-send in directional wireless networks - For directional wireless communications, at least one new response to a Request-to-Send (RTS) message has been created to avoid a hidden-node problem that is particular to directional networks. In response to an RTS received during a NAV period, a Denial-to-Send (DTS) may be transmitted to indicate that the responding device cannot currently communicate further because its NAV is currently set, but it will be ready to communicate after expiration of the time period specified in the DTS. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329179 | Wireless access point with digital television capabilities - In some embodiments a wireless access point receives digital television content. The digital television content is transmitted in a wireless manner over a wireless network of the wireless access point. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329180 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SPATIAL DIVERSITY GAIN OF A SET OF NODES USED FOR COOPERATIVE SENSING - A group of nodes used for sensing in a cooperative sensing communication system ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329181 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DUAL-MODE WIMAX/CDMA OPERATION - A system, computer-readable medium, and method of operating a dual-mode WiMAX and CDMA communications device capable of operating in a CDMA mode or a WiMAX mode includes receiving a first base station (BS) location message from the BS and storing the received location as a current BS location. The BS location is compared to stored region coordinates for the different regions, and the comparison is used to determine a particular region in which the dual-mode device is currently located. Analysis determines whether a WiMAX market is located within the particular region. If no WiMAX markets are located, the dual-mode device is operated in the CDMA mode. If one or more WiMAX markets are located within the particular region, a determination is made as to whether the BS location is within a WiMAX market and, if so, the dual-mode device is placed in a WiMAX mode of operation. Battery power is conserved by avoiding WiMAX transmission when WiMAX service is not available at the current BS location. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329182 | Apparatus, Methods, Computer Program Products And Systems Providing RACH Parameters In A Broadcast Channel For A Random Access Procedure - In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving at least one parameter from a broadcast channel ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329183 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication terminal providing optimal communication services between content providers comprising a property management table with an appraised value registered for each of a predetermined set of communication media properties for various types of communication media, a first user specified priority ranking list and a second priority ranking list specified by an application program provider with rankings for the set of communication media properties, whereby the desired communication medium is selected by adding weightings for priority from the first and second priority ranking lists and adding the appraised value for each item from the property management table and using the highest total to specify the optimum communication medium for use when commencement of communication is specified by a predetermined application program, and establishing communication connections between opposing devices using the selected optimum communication medium. Also disclosed are a communication system, control device and program including the communication terminal's elements. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329184 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IP ROUTE OPTIMIZATION - The present application relates to network mobility (e.g., mobility in an IPv6 network). More specifically, the present application discloses systems and methods for enabling mobile nodes to switch to a routing optimization mode using a minimum of mobility messages. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329185 | SUBSCRIBER STATION, BASE STATION, AND SERVICE FLOW ESTABLISHING METHOD - A subscriber station in communication with a base station transmits a request (REQ) packet to the base station to request an establishment of service flow between the subscriber station and the base station, starts a first timer to time a preset period determined according to the REQ packet, receive a response (RSP) packet from the base station to determine if the base station currently permits the establishment of service flow with the subscriber station. The subscriber station further receives a RSP-DELAY packet from the base station before the first timer times out if the base station does not currently permit the establishment of service flow with the subscriber station, and establishes the service flow with the base station according to the RSP-DELAY packet. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329186 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PREAMBLE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for reducing a Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR) of a Secondary Advanced (SA) preamble in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for transmitting an SA preamble includes determining an SA preamble, constructed in a unit of subblocks, according to a frequency band to be used for transmitting information, determining a sequence for reducing a PAPR of the SA preamble in consideration of at least one of a frequency band, a segment IDentifier (ID), and the number of antennas transmitting the SA preamble, updating the SA preamble using the determined sequence, and transmitting the updated SA preamble to a receive end. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329187 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION - A method for decoding a wireless transmission in a communication system, particularly for mobile communications, comprising a plurality of receiver stations communicatively coupled to a common decoder station, wherein the receiver stations transmit digital representations of received user signals to the common decoding entity. These digital representations are initially transmitted to the common decoder station in coarse granularity, and in case the decoder station cannot decode the transmitted digital representations of one or multiple user signals, the decoder requests a refined digital representation of the received signals from at least one receiver station. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329188 | Method for Handling Transmission Status and Related Communication Device - A method for handling transmission and transmission status information for a relay capable of conveying data between a mobile device and a base station in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of autonomously handling uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) transmission, a UL/DL transmission report, a UL/DL reception report and resources of the UL/DL transmission when the relay receives the UL/DL transmission or the UL/DL transmission report or the UL/DL reception report, or receives a feedback signals corresponding to the UL/DL transmission. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329189 | BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A synchronization channel control unit halts generation of a synchronization channel signal. A signal control unit halts generation of signals other than the synchronization channel signal after the synchronization channel control unit halts generation of the synchronization channel signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329190 | Communication Unit and a Method in a Wireless Communication Network - A communication unit for use in a wireless communication system in which a transmitting unit is arranged for wireless communication with at least one receiving unit, said network further comprising at least a first and a second relay node arranged to receive a signal from the transmitting unit and forward it to the receiving unit, said node being characterized in that it comprises a processor arranged to perform the following steps: identifying at least a first and a second communication path between the transmitting unit and the receiving unit, at least one of said paths involving the first or the second relay node, calculating a first and a second capacity of at least one hop in the first and second communication path, respectively communicating information related to the first and second capacity to at least one other communication node in the wireless network. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329191 | Radio Communication Device and Radio Communication Method - A wireless communication device includes a battery voltage monitoring section, which monitors the amount of decline in output voltage when a network connection section is connected to a wireless communication network to which the wireless communication device should be connected based on a communication, request; and an operation control section, which selects fewer wireless communication networks than the wireless communication device should be connected to based on the communication request if a predicted voltage calculated by subtracting the amount of decline from the output voltage is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and connects the network connection section to the selected one or more wireless communication networks. Based on the amount of decline, the operation control section selects one or more wireless communication networks so that the predicted voltage exceeds the predetermined threshold. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329192 | Wireless Network Access using an Adaptive Antenna Array - Techniques described herein generally relate to systems, devices and methods for determining a wireless access point for a communications device in a wireless network. In some examples, the communications device may be assigned to a default wireless access unit in response to a request from the communications device for wireless access, where the default wireless access unit may provide the communications device with wireless access. A default wireless access unit may be arranged to monitor the network activity of the communications device to determine if the network activity satisfies a pre-determined condition, where the communications device may be re-assigned to an adaptive wireless access unit when the pre-determined condition is satisfied. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329193 | PERMANENT DEDICATED RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLES FOR FEMTOCELL - Methods and apparatuses for allocating permanent dedicated preambles for connection with a femtocell. Various embodiments include selecting one or more mobile communication devices to be a main device, assigning the permanent dedicated preambles to each of the one or more main devices, transmitting the assigned permanent dedicated preambles to the one or more main devices, storing a relation of the assigned permanent dedicated preambles in a memory of the one or more main devices, and explicitly releasing one or more of the assigned permanent dedicated preambles when a release condition is met. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329194 | Concurrent Transmission of Multiple Acknowledge/Not Acknowledge and Scheduling Request Indicator in Time Division Duplex Uplink Signaling - This invention is a transmission scheme for multi-ACK/NAK and SRI in TDD. The described scheme enables using DAI as pure counter. QPSK is adopted as the modulation scheme in this invention which guarantees satisfactory detection performance. Link level simulations show that the event of one DL grant pass followed by three consecutive DL grant misses is of low probability. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTI-STATION REQUEST MESSAGING - A process for wireless communications is disclosed herein that includes specifying transmission parameters for a plurality of wireless nodes in a single frame; and transmitting the single frame. An apparatus for performing the process is also disclosed herein. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329196 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting an uplink control channel at a terminal in a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA)-based mobile communication system is provided. The transmission method includes receiving a control channel index allocated from a base station; transmitting control information at every symbol through a subband and a Zadoff-Chue sequence offset resource, which are mapped to the control channel index according to a first grouping rule; and transmitting control information through a subband and a Zadoff-Chue sequence offset resource, which are mapped to the control channel index according to a second grouping rule, beginning from a symbol after a slot boundary. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329197 | MOBILE STATION AGGREGATION OF ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various example embodiments are disclosed herein. According to one example embodiment, a method may include determining, at a base station in a wireless network, an uplink channel quality for a mobile station, sending an acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NAK) aggregation indicator to the mobile station based on the determining, sending a plurality of data bursts to the mobile station, and receiving at least one aggregated ACK/NAK report from the mobile station. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329198 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURATION OF SCHEDULING POLICY TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING - Systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided. In some embodiments, a method for configuration of scheduling policy to facilitate distributed scheduling is provided. The method can include receiving configuration information for configuring the scheduling policy for traffic. The scheduling policy can be configured according to a provisioned priority function. The configuration information can be received at a plurality of base stations in a respective plurality of different cells for provisioning a priority function at the plurality of base stations. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329199 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION , RESOURCE BLOCK ALLOCATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A scheduling technique for limiting a discontinuous spectrum to reduce control information to be transmitted from a base station (BS) to each of mobile stations. The method has a ranking means for ranking the mobile stations for each resource block depending on the channel status, and an allocation means for allocating the resource blocks to the mobile stations depending on the ranking of the mobile stations so that the number of resource blocks in a resource block group for one mobile station may be not more than a set number. The resource block group including at least one or more continuous resource blocks on the frequency axis. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329200 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING UPLINK RESOURCES - An apparatus is provided for allocating uplink resources in a system in which downlink component carrier bands are aggregated and uplink component carrier bands are aggregated. The apparatus includes a processor configured to perform or cause the apparatus to perform a number of functions. The functions include receiving an assignment or an indication of an assignment of one or more resource indices to the apparatus. Additional resource indices for the apparatus may be derived as a function of an assigned resource index. The assigned resource indices and/or additional resource indices may be pre-assigned to respective pairs of downlink and uplink component carrier bands, or may be mapped to uplink component carriers. The apparatus may then be enabled to transmit or may prepare for transmission uplink control signals in an uplink component carrier band in accordance with an allocation of uplink resources specified by one of the resource indices. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PAGING CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting paging control information in a wireless communication system are provided. A method of operating a Base Station (BS) for paging in a superframe-based wireless communication system includes determining a paging listening interval, determining an interval of at least one or more subframes before the paging listening interval, as a paging control listening interval, and, during the paging control listening interval, broadcasting a paging control message. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329202 | CHANNEL UTILIZATION IMPROVEMENT IN COEXISTING WIRELESS NETWORKS - A wireless device comprises a first wireless transceiver configured for communication via a first wireless network, a second wireless transceiver configured for communication via a second wireless network; and a scheduler that controls which of the first and second transceivers is granted access to a wireless medium at a given time. When the first wireless transceiver has been granted access to the wireless medium by the scheduler and the first wireless transceiver receives a packet via the first wireless network, the scheduler temporarily grants the second wireless transceiver access to the wireless medium based on the packet indicating that first wireless transceiver is not to use the wireless medium for a period of time. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNALS USING OPTIMIZED RANK 3 CODEBOOK - A method for transmitting and receiving uplink signals using an optimized rank 3 codebook is disclosed. The optimized rank 3 codebook includes 12 precoding matrix groups, which are consisted of 6 Tx antenna power balanced precoding matrix groups and 6 layer power balanced precoding matrix groups. Preferably, the optimized 4Tx rank 3 codebook has 20 precoding matrix, two precoding matrixes are selected from each the 6 Tx antenna power balanced precoding matrix groups, considering chordal distance and the number of precoding matrix. And then 8 precoding matrices are selected from the layer balanced precoding matrix groups. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329204 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Scheduling Information Report in Wireless Communication System - A method for handling scheduling information report in a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes triggering a scheduling information report to generate a corresponding Medium Access Control Control Element (MAC CE), and keeping and not canceling all triggered scheduling information report(s) when the MAC CE is included in a MAC protocol data unit to be transmitted to a network terminal of the wireless communication system on a contention based uplink resource. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329205 | SERVICE CONTINUITY DURING OUTBOUND HANDOVER FROM A HOME NETWORK BASE STATION WITH LOCAL INTERNET PROTOCOL ACCESS - A method, a mobile system, and a home network base station are disclosed. A mobile management entity | 2010-12-30 |
20100329206 | DUAL IDLE-TRAFFIC STATE OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device maintains a dual idle-traffic state where the wireless communication device is in an idle state relative to a first transceiver node and is in a traffic state relative to a second transceiver node. First control signals are received from the first transceiver node and second control signals are received from the second transceiver node where the second control signals are different from the first control signals. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329207 | CALL ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) and utilize radio resources for a call in a WLAN are described. In an aspect, a station ensures that an access point in the WLAN is suitable for receiving service prior to performing registration to receive services via the WLAN. In another aspect, the station first requests for radio resources for traffic flows, then requests for radio resources for signaling flows, and sends signaling as best effort traffic if radio resources are not granted for the signaling flows. In yet another aspect, the station aggregates QoS for multiple applications and requests for radio resources based on the aggregated QoS. In yet another aspect, the station releases extra radio resources corresponding to the difference between the QoS granted by the WLAN and the QoS proposed by a remote terminal for the call. In yet another aspect, the station requests for the same QoS or lower from a new access point during handoff. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329208 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, GATEWAY, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The radio communication system of the present invention includes a base station ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329209 | CONNECTION HANDOVER HANDLING - A method in a server for handling a connection between a mobile communication device and a second communication device, said server being connected to a wireless local area network and a wireless wide area network, said method comprising receiving a signal indicative of a status of the connectivity between said mobile communication device and said wireless local area network; and depending on said connectivity status, controlling a sticky handover process, wherein in a case the connectivity status of the connection between the mobile communication device and the wireless local area network is bad and the mobile communication device is connected to the wireless local area network, handing over the connection from the wireless local area network to said wireless wide area network; and in a case the connectivity status of the connection between the mobile communication device and the wireless local area network is good and the mobile communication device is not connected to the wireless local area network, handing over the connection to the wireless local area network is provided. A device and computer program product thereof is also provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329210 | Resource Release At Source System During Handoff to Multi-Radio Access Technology Target System - Aspects describe coordination of resource release on a source system. An aspect relates to a network based coordination. Another aspect relates to a mobile device based coordination. Also provided is a network and mobile device coordinated approach. An un-coordinated approach is also provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329211 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Inter-RAT Handover - A method for handling inter-RAT handover in a user equipment (UE) of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of performing a handover procedure to handover the UE from other communication system to the wireless communication system; receiving an RRC Connection Reconfiguration message, and configuring radio link failure timers and constants of the UE according to whether the RRC Connection Reconfiguration message includes an UE specific configuration parameter for the radio link failure timers and constants. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329212 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to a handover method that a current coordinator transfers a coordinating function of controlling a network to a different device configuring the network. The present invention relates to a method of selecting an optimal device as a coordinator in selecting the different device using priority information decided by a prescribed evaluation reference. And, the present invention relates to a method of simplifying a procedure in a manner of transmitting relevant information together with a handover request message. In a wireless network including a coordinator, a secondary coordinator is decided in advance. If the coordinator is suddenly unable to perform a function, the present invention relates to a method of enabling the function of the coordinator to be performed by the decided secondary coordinator. Thus, a process for transferring the coordinating function without the handover process is called a recovery process. The present invention relates to the recovery method and a method of deciding a secondary coordinator to perform a recovery. In the method of deciding the secondary coordinator, a method of deciding a more proper coordinator using information on coordinator priority is provided. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329213 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOVE CONTROL NODE, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The wireless communication system of the present invention includes a base station ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329214 | DATA TRANSFER MANAGEMENT IN A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A mobile communications system including a network with a source network node and a target network node that supports a handover procedure, and a mobile terminal that is allowed to access the source network node and access the target network node according to the handover procedure, in which information related to a reception status of user data is delivered between at least two among a group including the mobile terminal, the source network node, and the target network node such that the target network node may receive status information from the source network node and the target network node may receive a status report from the mobile terminal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329215 | Multi-Beam Cellular Communication System - A cellular communication system comprising a plurality of geographically spaced base stations ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329216 | Method of Handling Mobile Device Mobility and Related Communication Device - A method of handling mobile device mobility for a relay in a wireless communications system includes communicating with a mobile device and a first base station that serves the mobile device with a first serving cell, wherein the mobile device is under coverage of the relay, and managing performance of a mobility procedure corresponding to the mobile device according to whether the mobile device is under any coverage of the first base station or a target base station or whether the mobile device hears or receives signaling from any of the first base station or the target base station controlling a target cell, whereby the mobile device is switched to be served by at least one of the relay and the target base station or considers to be under a coverage of the target base station after completion of the mobility procedure. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329217 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION USING PRECODED REFERENCE SYMBOLS - A method for a terminal of a cellular telecommunication system, wherein the method comprises receiving a transmission signal, comprising reference symbols and synchronisation symbols, from the network node of the at least one cell; determining at least one pre-coding vector, of which one pre-coding vector being associated with transmission by an at least one transmit antenna of the network node of the at least one cell, for the transmission signal; and estimating, for each of the at least one pre-coding vector, a channel estimate for all sub-carriers of the received transmission signal from the received reference symbols and a reference symbol channel model defined for reference symbols of the transmission signal, and from the synchronisation symbols, the at least one pre-coding vector and a synchronisation symbol channel model defined for synchronisation symbols of the transmission signal. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329218 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CATCHING CONTROL METHOD - It is an object to provide a wireless communication terminal apparatus and a communication system acquisition control method that efficiently carry out the reselection among a plurality of communication systems to reduce electric power consumption and that can prevent a acquisition failure of an incoming call as much as possible. A control unit ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329219 | Method for Expression Evaluation and Network Node Implementing Such a Method - Method and network node ( | 2010-12-30 |
20100329220 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING UPLINK DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving an uplink grant and transmitting uplink data through a resource block which is indicated by the resource block index in a control region of a slot indicated by the slot indicator in the subframe. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329221 | Transmission Mode Control Method And Communication Terminal Device - A transmission scheme controlling method performed by a radio communication device capable of performing radio communication with a different radio communication device in a transmission scheme in which a collision with another transmitting signal may occur is characterized by comprising the steps of: in response to communication requests collected from other radio communication devices, judging whether communication based on time slots is performed; when it is judged that the communication based on the time slots is performed, performing processing for assigning the time slots according to the collected communication requests; and when it is judged that the communication based on the time slots is not performed, performing the ratio communication with the different radio communication device in the transmission scheme. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329222 | MIMO BASED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHOD AND SYSTEM - A wireless telecommunications system having a plurality of radio base stations, the base stations in the system are arranged for communication with at least one user terminal in accordance with a first principle of wireless telecommunication. The system has at least a first sub-set of the plurality of radio base stations arranged for communication with at least one user terminal in the system in accordance with said first principle but also as MIMO-stations in cooperation with each other. Preferably, said first principle of wireless telecommunication is a principle within cellular telephony. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329223 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a communication device connected wirelessly to a source-side communication device includes a wired communication module, first and second wireless communication modules, and a communication controller. The wired communication module transmits a video signal and exchanges a data signal with a sink device via wired communication. The first wireless communication module receives a video signal through a first wireless communication system. The second wireless communication module transmits and receives a data signal through a second wireless communication system. The communication controller performs processing related to a physical address used in the communication system of the wired communication module. The communication controller relays information as to data communication capability exchanged between the sink device and the source device, and exchanges information as to data communication capability with the source-side communication device. When the devices are capable of data communication, the communication controller sets data communication as possible. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329224 | CALL ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) and utilize radio resources for a call in a WLAN are described. In an aspect, a station ensures that an access point in the WLAN is suitable for receiving service prior to performing registration to receive services via the WLAN. In another aspect, the station first requests for radio resources for traffic flows, then requests for radio resources for signaling flows, and sends signaling as best effort traffic if radio resources are not granted for the signaling flows. In yet another aspect, the station aggregates QoS for multiple applications and requests for radio resources based on the aggregated QoS. In yet another aspect, the station releases extra radio resources corresponding to the difference between the QoS granted by the WLAN and the QoS proposed by a remote terminal for the call. In yet another aspect, the station requests for the same QoS or lower from a new access point during handoff. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329225 | CALL ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques to configure quality of service (QoS) and utilize radio resources for a call in a WLAN are described. In an aspect, a station ensures that an access point in the WLAN is suitable for receiving service prior to performing registration to receive services via the WLAN. In another aspect, the station first requests for radio resources for traffic flows, then requests for radio resources for signaling flows, and sends signaling as best effort traffic if radio resources are not granted for the signaling flows. In yet another aspect, the station aggregates QoS for multiple applications and requests for radio resources based on the aggregated QoS. In yet another aspect, the station releases extra radio resources corresponding to the difference between the QoS granted by the WLAN and the QoS proposed by a remote terminal for the call. In yet another aspect, the station requests for the same QoS or lower from a new access point during handoff. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329226 | SIP Server Discovery in an Interworking WLAN/IMS System - The present invention relates to a node and a method for transmitting initiation information related to a SIP-proxy server between an IMS-client stored in a user equipment (UE) and a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) via a Access Network (AN) and a Tunnelling Termination Gateway (TTG) node in IP core network. The present invention offers smooth transfer between different protocols and Interworking between different networks. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329227 | ROBUST CODING IN MULTI-HOP NETWORKS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus which make use of a multiple receiver (MR) frame aggregation for creating data units so that they require acknowledgment of a single packet data unit by a group of several intended receivers. A multi-hop topology information regarding the neighborhood of a destination node can be used to derive the intended receivers which acknowledge a packet transmission besides the primary destination node of the packet. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329228 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RETRANSMISSION SYSTEM, DIGITAL BROADCAST RETRANSMISSION METHOD, PACKET CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND FREQUENCY CONVERTING APPARATUS - A digital broadcast retransmission system of the present invention includes: a packet converting apparatus that receives a radio frequency signal broadcasted from a digital broadcasting apparatus, demodulates the radio frequency signal to extract transmission-path-encoded transmission path encoding information from the radio frequency signal, converts the transmission path encoding information into a packet, and transmits the packet to a network; and a frequency converting apparatus that receives the packet from the packet converting apparatus through the network, extracts the transmission path encoding information from the packet, modulates the transmission path encoding information to generate a radio frequency signal, and transmits the radio frequency signal to a digital broadcast receiving apparatus. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329229 | SINGLE CARRIER FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUE - A technique for generating a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) signal is described, in which from a set of M input symbols a set of N output symbols (M2010-12-30 | |
20100329230 | Avoiding beacon conflicts in multi-radio platforms - In a multi-radio platform that operates in two networks, both the announced beacon intervals and the actual beacon intervals in one network may be periodically increased and decreased in defined amounts so that the beacons will not overlap scheduled communications with the other network. The determination of how much and how often to adjust these beacon intervals may be based, at least partially, on the minimum increments in which the beacons intervals are permitted to be adjusted, and on the scheduled communications intervals of the other network. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329231 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS WITH PHYSICAL LAYER PROCESSING MODULE AND MAC LAYER PROCESSING MODULE AND ITS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication apparatus includes a first module, a second module, an inhibit module, a calculation module, and a control module. The first module constitutes a first system. The first system transmits and receives first data to and from a first device. The second module constitutes a second system. The second system transmits and receives second data to and from a second device in each interval time-divided with determined transmission timing. The inhibit module generates inhibit periods for preventing the first module from communicating by use of the first data. The calculation module calculates an occupation time required for the transmission and reception of the first data. The control module compares the period between the inhibit periods adjacent to one another with the occupation time and, according to the comparison result, instructs the first device to stop or delay the transmission of the first data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329232 | Methods and Systems for Communication Protocol for Distributed Asset Management - A sending device generates a MAC frame to be transmitted over a wireless network. The MAC frame indicates a frame transmission type. A payload portion of the MAC frame is defined in accordance with a payload specification of a distributed asset management protocol corresponding to the indicated frame transmission type. The MAC frame is transmitted over the wireless network and received by a receiving device that is defined to recognize the MAC frame as the indicated frame transmission type. The receiving device is defined to process the payload portion of the MAC frame in accordance with the payload specification of the distributed asset management protocol corresponding to the indicated frame transmission type. Network discovery includes successively transmitting the MAC frame at a defined interval during a first period of time. Then, the MAC frame transmission is ceased for a second period of time. Then, transmission of the MAC frame resumes. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329233 | POLLING METHOD AND VEHICLE SEARCH METHOD IN DIGITAL RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a polling method in a radio digital communication system making it possible to shorten time required for polling without causing increase in an error rate and to efficiently manage and administrate communications. In a digital radio communication system for collecting information from a plurality of terminal stations by polling, a polling response signal to be transmitted from each terminal station to a base station has a frame format constructed of a one-frame in which a cyclic bit pattern is placed at a leading end of the frame format. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329234 | FRONT END FOR RF TRANSMITTING-RECEIVING SYSTEMS WITH IMPLICIT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND TIME-MULTIPLEXING METHOD IN SUBMICRON TECHNOLOGY - 2.1. A new design configuration of an RF-transceiver front end is proposed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329235 | Wireless Audio Communicating Method and Component - A method of reducing interference by a first wireless audio communication system with a second wireless communication system that is different from the first wireless system is provided. The first wireless system is caused to transmit data packets with a time gap between packets during which the first wireless system is not transmitting. Periodically a long time gap between two packets of the first system is set to be at least as long as a longest time it can take the second wireless system to transmit a data packet even when packet transmission errors are occurring in the first wireless system such that if packets were retransmitted by the first wireless system the long time gap would be reduced to be less than the longest time it can take the second wireless system to transmit a data packet. As such, the second wireless system can transmit one or more data packets during each long time gap during which the first wireless system is not transmitting. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329236 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE USER UPLINK REQUIRING MINIMAL STATION TIMING AND FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION - An apparatus is disclosed having a receiver configured to receive correction information; and a transmitter configured to transmit data based on the correction information through one or more antennas to one or more nodes. A method for wireless communications is also disclosed. The method includes sending correction information to a plurality of wireless nodes; receiving corrected data generated by at least one station of the plurality of wireless nodes based on the correction information; and spatially processing the corrected data. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329237 | SIGNAL RECEIVER, CONTROL METHOD OF SIGNAL RECEIVER, AND GPS DEVICE UTILIZING THE SIGNAL RECEIVER AND METHOD - A signal receiver including an input that receives a plurality of signals from a respective plurality of channels; a multiplexer unit that receives the plurality of signals from the input and that selects, in a time-division manner, one of the plurality of signals; and at least one phase difference detector that receives the selected signal from the multiplexer unit, a number of the at least one phase difference detectors being less than a number of the plurality of channels. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPOSING THIRD PARTY CALL FUNCTIONS OF THE INTELLIGENT NETWORK APPLICATION PART (INAP) AS A WEB SERVICE INTERFACE - Systems and methods are described for exposing the third party call control functionality of a telecom signaling network as a web services interface. An intelligent network application part (INAP) plug-in is used to provide the translation logic of simple web service interface calls received from a client application, into the lower-level signaling protocol invocations needed to provide the third party call functionality at the network level. The INAP plug-in is deployed in a service access gateway positioned between the telecommunications signaling-based network and a multitude of service provider applications that seek to access various functions in the network. By implementing the INAP plug-in, applications are provided with access to third party call control (3PCC) within the network, without the necessity of invoking low-level signaling needed to establish calls, terminate or cancel calls, as well as obtain various call information. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329239 | SIP SERVLET APPLICATIONS CO-HOSTING - Methods, devices, and systems are provided for allowing a single machine, such as a server, to co-host multi-SIP Archive (SAR) applications offering SIP servlet based products. The concept of a Root Application Router is introduced that is adapted to coordinate other Sub-Application Routers rather than individual SARs. These other Sub-Application Routers are fully fledged Application Routers in their own right, but are unaware of the controlling Root Application Router. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329240 | Method for dialing between internet extensions - A method for dialing between Internet extensions is disclosed. When dialing between Internet extensions, just dial the switchboard phone number of SIP proxy server plus “-” and then dial the extension phone number of the opposite Internet extension directly. It is not necessary to use a voice guidance for asking dialing of the extension phone number of the opposite Internet extension. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SPAMS IN VOIP SYSTEM - A system for preventing a spam-call for a VoIP system includes a communication network, a plurality of terminals connected via the network, and a server. The server includes a server black list DB, a connection control module, a membership information management module, and a server-side management module. Each of the terminals includes a terminal-side management module. With the system, VoIP spam can be prevented in a cost-effective way and users' convenience can be increased. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329242 | SERVER APPARATUS AND SPEECH CONNECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a server apparatus includes a memory, a determination module and a controller. The memory stores a management table associating terminal IDs specifying the terminals with media processing abilities owned by the terminals. The determination module refers the management table and determines whether information showing a media processing ability corresponding to the first terminal and information showing a media processing ability corresponding to the second terminal coincide with each other based on the reference result. The controller executes first processing for making speech connection between the first terminal and the second terminal by a peer-to-peer when the media processing abilities coincide with each other, and executes second processing for leading in a speech path between the first terminal and the second terminal to convert into the same media processing ability when the media processing abilities non-coincide with each other. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329243 | System And Method For Voice Service In An Evolved Packet System - A system and method for accessing voice services using a user equipment (UE) in a communication system is provided. The UE is configured to receive a first message which may include an audio session indication. The method includes the step of sending a second message in response to the first message, with the second message being based on one or more voice service indicators comprising at least one value. The second message may be a response indicating not to select an alternative domain. The second message may also be a not acceptable response. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329244 | System And Method For Voice Service In An Evolved Packet System - A system and method for enabling voice services using a network component in a communication system including a user equipment (UE) is provided. The UE is configured to receive a first message which may be a SIP request. The network component is configured to create a second message, or SIP request, based upon the first message. The network component further configured to subsequently receive a SIP response and select a subsequent action upon receiving the SIP response. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329245 | Transparent Mapping of Cell Streams to Packet Services - Data traffic of at least one cell stream of a circuit-switched network is processed for transmission over a packet service of a packet-switched network. At least one processor of a communication system node receives data traffic associated with a plurality of virtual circuits of the cell stream, maps the plurality of virtual circuits as a single unit to an identifier of a particular packet service of the packet-switched network, and transmits the data traffic associated with the virtual circuits over the particular packet service. The mapping of the plurality of virtual circuits as a single unit is implemented without requiring any processing of virtual channel indicators of the respective virtual circuits. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329246 | Fast TV Channel Changing In IPTV Network - A router and method are described herein that provide a “fast leave behavior” by instantly aging out group and source records that are associated with the IGMPv3/MLDv2 protocols. In one embodiment, the router and method are part of a triple play service network including a bandwidth-limited Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network in which the instantly aging out of group and source records is desirable to implement a fast TV channel changing feature (or fast leave behavior). | 2010-12-30 |
20100329247 | HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A method for data transmission includes representing data using at least one impulse based on a ultra wideband impulse, sending the at least one impulse over an electrically conductive guided media, receiving the at least one impulse over the electrically conductive guided media, recovering the data encoded in the at least one impulse after receiving the at least one impulse over the electrically conductive guided media, storing individual bytes of the data recovered from said ultra wideband impulse signals in selectable memory locations of a plurality of buffer memories, each buffer memory for storing a plurality of said bytes, adding header data to outputs of said buffer memories and forming a plurality of variable length packets, and transmitting said plurality of packets in ultra wideband impulse output signals. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329248 | Multi-path transport - A method including operating in an apparatus a multi-point multi-path transport protocol providing a multi-point multi-path transport connection, and using said apparatus in said multi-point multi-path transport connection as a part of an end system formed by said apparatus and other apparatuses that are physically distinct from said apparatus. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329249 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC DETECTION OF TRANSIT TIMES BETWEEN STAGES IN DISTRIBUTED MULTI-STAGE SWITCH FABRICS - In some embodiments, a method includes sending a signal to a first module associated with a stage of a switch fabric and receiving a signal from the first module a first amount of time after sending the signal to the first module. A signal is sent to a second module associated with the stage of the switch fabric and a signal is received from the second module a second amount of time after sending the signal to the second module. The second amount of time is less than the first amount of time. A cell of a first data packet is sent to the first module and a cell of a second data packet is sent to the second module a third amount of time after sending the cell of the first data packet. The third amount of time is associated with the difference between the first amount of time and the second amount of time. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329250 | SIMPLE FAIRNESS PROTOCOLS FOR DAISY CHAIN INTERCONNECTS - A method for transmitting packets, including forwarding a first set of upstream packets and a first set of local packets by inserting at least one of the first set of local packets between subsets of the first set of upstream packets according to a first insertion rate; calculating a second insertion rate after forwarding a predetermined number of upstream packets generated by a single upstream source, by dividing a cardinality of the first set of upstream packets by a greatest common divisor of the predetermined number and the cardinality of the first set of upstream packets; and forwarding a second set of upstream packets and a second set of local packets from the local switch to the downstream switch by inserting at least one of the second set of local packets between subsets of the second set of upstream packets according to the second insertion rate. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329251 | PROCESSING DATA PACKETS USING NAVIGATIONAL HARDWARE ASSIST - Herein described is a system and method for improving the performance in which data packets are processed in a set-top-box. The system determines and stores one or more values into a memory. The one or more values in memory are subsequently utilized when a firmware is executed. These values are used to efficiently index locations within one or more data packets, such that processing performance is improved. Based on the types of packets received by the set-top-box, the hardware assistance provided by the system may be gradually increased or attenuated to optimize the performance in which the data packets are processed. The method involves determining the one or more values, storing the one or more values in a memory, and using said one or more values to effectively index one or more data fields in the one or more data packets. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329252 | Method and Apparatus for Enabling Multicast Route Leaking Between VRFs in Different VPNs - Multicast route leaking between VRFs in different VPNs enables receivers in different VPNs to subscribe to the same IP multicast so that an efficient IP multicast distribution tree can be built to include subscribers in multiple VPNs. VRFs are administratively configured to implement multicast route leaking and each such configured VRF brings up an internal connectionless IP interface. The VRFs then enable the multicast routing protocol (e.g. PIM) on the internal IP interface to establish PIM neighborships with each other. When a VRF receives an IGMP join from a receiver, it uses PIM to join the receiver to the multicast over the internal IP interface. This enables receivers outside of a VPN but associated with VRFs that are co-located on the same PE to join multicasts established within the VPN so that separate multicast distribution trees are not required for each VPN. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329253 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PACKET CLASSIFICATION AND SPREADING IN A VIRTUALIZED SYSTEM - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system for packet classification and spreading in a virtualized system. The system can use information in a packet's header to determine a destination system-image in the virtualized system, and a packet-spreading policy for the destination system-image. The system can determine a key using the information in a packet's header. Alternatively, the system can hash the information in the packet's header to obtain an index value. Next, the system can use the key or the index value to perform a lookup in a table which associates keys or index values with system images and/or packet-spreading policies. Once the destination system-image and the packet-spreading policy are determined, the system can deliver the packet to a thread on the destination system-image according to the packet-spreading policy. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329254 | MULTICAST SUPPORT ON A SWITCH FOR PCIe ENDPOINT DEVICES - Devices and method with hardware configured to support phantom register programming. Where phantom register programming allows a device driver for an endpoint device to program multicast registers in the device without support of the operating system. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329255 | Multiple Compression Techniques For Packetized Information - In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for comparing a packet header to a stored packet header, generating a comparison vector based on the comparison, and transmitting the packet from the transmitter without the packet header if the packet header and the stored packet header match. A data portion of the packet may be compressed and transmitted using a different compression technique. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329256 | ARCHITECTURE AND SYSTEM FOR COORDINATED NETWORK-WIDE REDUNDANCY ELIMINATION - A network employing redundancy-aware hardware may actively allocate decompression tasks among different devices along a single path to improve data throughput. The allocation can be performed by a hash or similar process operating on a header of the packets to distribute caching according to predefined ranges of hash values without significant additional communication overhead. Decompression of packets may be similarly distributed by marking shim values to match the earlier caching of antecedent packets. Nodes may use coordinated cache sizes and organizations to eliminate the need for separate cache protocol communications. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS - A method of selective direct memory access (DMA) in a computer system having a network interface card (NIC), a processor subsystem, and a memory accessible to the subsystem, including the steps of the NIC receiving a plurality of packets from an external source; the NIC decoding a portion of each packet and determining whether the packet should be accepted by the computer system based on a predefined rule; and if the packet is accepted, selectively truncating the packet based on the predefined rule, and storing the truncated packet in the memory. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329258 | DYNAMICALLY ENABLING MPLS STATIONS AND PORTS USING AN ARP DATABASE - A method of dynamically enabling MPLS stations and ports using an ARP database is disclosed. The method of dynamically enabling MPLS stations and ports using an ARP database includes augmenting an ARP database with labels distributed via Label Distribution Protocol. The augmented ARP database includes for each ARP entry a list of labels that were advertised to an immediate neighbour. Subsequent use of the ARP database allows for automatic enabling/disabling of MPLS stations and allows labels to be used only on the appropriate ports as advertised to immediate neighbours. The method of dynamically enabling MPLS stations and ports using an ARP database is particularly useful for restricting ports and labels for security purposes, and to automatically provide configuration updates in a timely manner. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329259 | UPPER LAYER BASED DYNAMIC HARDWARE TRANSMIT DESCRIPTOR RECLAIMING - In general, the invention relates to reclaiming transmit descriptors by configuring a media access control (MAC) to execute a first MAC layer thread to reclaim a first number of transmit descriptors (TDs) from a first hardware transmit ring (HTR) using a first reclaim algorithm, where the first reclaim algorithm is associated with a first transmission pattern and a first TDR status. The invention further includes receiving, by a virtual NIC (VNIC) executing within the MAC layer, a first number of packets, forwarding the first number of packets to a device driver on the host associated with the physical NIC, and forwarding the first number of packets from the device driver to the physical NIC using the first number of TDs, where the first plurality of TDs are reclaimed by the first MAC layer thread according to the first reclaim algorithm. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329260 | GENERIC PACKET BLOCK APPLICABLE TO MULTIPLE ROUTING SCHEMES IN LOW-POWER SENSOR NETWORKS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a generic packet block applicable to multiple routing schemes in low-power sensor networks and a method of providing the same which reduces operations and information required for a routing scheme in the low-power sensor network and provides flexible extension applicable to various multi-hop routing schemes. The generic packet block includes a generic routing header and routing block, and the method of providing the same is widely applicable to a multi-hop routing. The generic routing header includes a routing packet type, routing address information, and the like, commonly required for the multi-hop routing. The routing block is located in a routing packet body and includes routing cost information changeable depending on a routing scheme, and information changeable depending on a routing operation scheme. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329261 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An apparatus, in which a plurality of modules is connected with each other and processes a packet having information, includes a storage unit for storing first information indicating an order of processing performed by its own module and second information indicating an order of modules which perform processing, a reception unit for receiving a first packet and transmitting the first packet including information corresponding to the first information, a processing unit for processing data included in the first packet, a generation unit for generating a second packet including the processed data and the second information, and a transmission unit for comparing the information included in the first packet with the second information included in the second packet, and transmitting the packet having a latter processing order. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329262 | System and Method for Parsing Frames - A system for parsing frames including a first cell extraction circuit (CEC) configured to identify a first cell from a first frame, a first parser engine operatively connected to the first CEC, where the first parser engine is configured to generate a result based on the first cell, and a first forwarding circuit operatively connected to the first parser engine and configured to forward the result, where the first CEC, the first parser engine, and the first forwarding circuit are associated with a first frame parser unit. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329263 | Apparatus and Method for Prioritizing Communications Between Devices - An apparatus and method for prioritizing communications between devices are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing communications between at least one source device and at least one destination device comprises an input, logic, and an output. The input of the interface device receives data in a first format from the source device. The logic identifies the destination device for receiving the data. The logic then identifies a second format compatible with the destination device and translates the data from the first format to the second format. Transmission of the translated data is then prioritized by the logic based on characteristics of the translated data, which may include the format of the translated data or a service plan associated with the destination device or source device. The translated data is then transmitted to the identified destination device via the output. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329264 | SCALING EGRESS NETWORK TRAFFIC - In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method of this embodiment provides generating one or more packets of data, the one or more packets of data being associated with a connection; and associating the one or more packets with one of a plurality of transmit queues based, at least in part, on the connection associated with the one or more packets. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329265 | Method and Apparatus for implementing L2 VPNs on an IP Network - MP-BGP VPN infrastructure based on IETF RFC 4364/2547 is used to configure a layer 2 VPN on an IP network. VRFs for the VPN are configured on Ethernet switches and service IP addresses are associated with each configured VRF. The service IP addresses are exchanged to enable VPN traffic to be encapsulated for transport over the IP network. To enable a L2 VPN to be established on the network, a VPN-VLAN ID will be configured for the L2 VPN and import/export route targets for the VPN-VLAN will be set in each VRF and UNI-VLAN that is part of the VPN. The VPN-VLAN will be announced to all PEs using MP-iBGP with export route targets set for this VPN-VLAN. The PE's control plane learns the VPN-VLAN on a logical port if the import RT matches the export RT received by the MP-iBGP control plane. Once the VPN-VLAN is learned on a logical port, the PE will perform MAC learning on that logical port and treat the logical port as if it were part of the L2 VLAN. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329266 | System and a Method for Resource Access Control - The present invention discloses a system and a method for resource access control. In the system, a resource access control function entity comprises path selection function means, which is configured to set a QoS policy and select a path meeting the QoS requirement for a service flow based on set QoS policy. In the present invention, by adding the path selection function means and selecting the path using the path selection function means, the x-RACF has the QoS policy based function of path selection and resource control for the service flow accessing to an access network, and thus the QoS guarantee capability of the NGN service is strengthened. | 2010-12-30 |
20100329267 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes an input unit to input data and processing modules. The processing modules may be connected as part of a ring-shaped data transfer path to transfer data in one direction. Each processing module includes a communication unit configured to implement a first data processing path and a setting path and a processing unit configured to process data received by the communication unit. When using switching data to switch the processing modules performing on the first data processing path to the processing modules performing on the setting path, the switching data is processed on the first data processing path. | 2010-12-30 |