Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120164954 | TRIGGERING DEVICES THAT ARE NOT ATTACHED TO A WIRELESS NETWORK - Wireless transmit receive units (WTRUs) and methods implemented in WTRUs are described. A method includes monitoring a broadcast channel of a cell of a wireless network for a trigger event while the WTRU is not attached to the wireless network. The WTRU initiates attachment of the WTRU to the wireless network on a condition that the trigger event is detected while the broadcast channel is being monitored. Another method includes monitoring a paging channel of a cell of a wireless network for a trigger event at intervals having a length that is provided to the wireless network while the WTRU is not attached to the wireless network. The WTRU initiates attachment of the WTRU to the wireless network on a condition that the trigger event is detected while the paging channel is being monitored. | 06-28-2012 |
20120230178 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BURSTY NETWORK ENTRY AND RE-ENTRY IN MACHINE TO MACHINE NETWORKS - A method and apparatus may be used for handling bursty network entry and re-entry in M2M networks. For example, a base station (BS) may receive a trigger from at least one device associated with the BS. The at least one device may be a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), or it may be a network device. The BS may determine whether a widespread exception is imminent based on the trigger. If a widespread exception is imminent, the BS may transmit an indication to the at least one device. The indication may indicate to the at least one device that the BS has received a widespread exception report. The WTRU may receive the indication, and terminate a network entry procedure in response to the indication. The WTRU may enter a power saving mode in response to the indication. | 09-13-2012 |
20130188515 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATIONS - Method and apparatus for supporting machine-to-machine (M2M) communications in a hierarchical network architecture including an M2M gateway are disclosed. An M2M entity, (such as M2M device, M2M gateway, or M2M network entity), may perform a service capability discovery procedure to discover an M2M service capability entity that may provide an M2M service capability, and register with the discovered M2M service capability entity. The address or identity of the service capability entity may be pre-configured or obtained from the dispatcher server. The M2M entity may indicate a support M2M service identifier and receive an identity or address of the M2M service capability entity mapping the service identifier. The gateway may advertise M2M service identifiers supported by the gateway so that the M2M device may access the gateway if there is a match. The address of M2M service capability entities may be obtained from the core network. | 07-25-2013 |
20130244696 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITIONING INFORMATION - According to an aspect of this disclosure, a mobile communication device is provided comprising a positioning circuit configured to determine the geographical position of the mobile communication device; a requester configured to generate a request for information about the geographical position of the mobile communication device; a location management circuit configured to receive an indication of the determined geographical position of the mobile communication device from the positioning circuit; receive the request from the requester, process the request and provide information about the geographical position of the mobile communication device based on the result of the processing of the request and based on the indication of the geographical position of the mobile communication device to the requester. | 09-19-2013 |
20130265937 | MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION (MTC) VIA NON-ACCESS STRATUM LAYER - Technology for providing a machine type communication (MTC) service via a non-access stratum (NAS) layer is disclosed. In an example, a wireless device can include a NAS layer module, an application processor, and a MTC dispatcher. The NAS layer module can provide mobility management (MM) and session management (SM) for different radio access technology (RAT) signaling via the NAS layer. The application processor can process a MTC application running on the wireless device. The MTC dispatcher within the NAS layer module or the application processor can be used identify a MTC type of service in a message and perform an action based on the MTC type of service. | 10-10-2013 |
20140153482 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR REQUESTING INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION - A communication device is described comprising a message generator configured to generate a message indicating that a mobile terminal is to determine whether a transmitter of the mobile terminal has been active at a predetermined time and provide information which depends on the activity of the transmitter of the mobile terminal at the predetermined time and a transmitter configured to transmit the message. | 06-05-2014 |
20140321272 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONGESTION CONTROL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Embodiments of wireless communication devices and method for congestion control in a wireless network are generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe a method, performed by an evolved NodeB (eNodeB), that includes operations of determining that a congestion condition exists on the network. An example method can also include transmitting a suspension notification to a user equipment (UE), the UE being in an RRC_CONNECTED state with the eNodeB, to notify the UE that a radio bearer (RB) operating in the network will be suspended. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 10-30-2014 |
20140334380 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONNECTIONLESS SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION - Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for connectionless small data transmission. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a configuration component for execution by the processor circuit to establish a connectionless small data transmission (CSDT) mode, and a communication component for execution by the processor circuit to send a small data preamble, receive a resource allocation message identifying an assigned resource, and send a small data item in the CSDT mode using the assigned resource. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 11-13-2014 |
20140362829 | EPS BEARER SPLITTING FOR DUAL CONNECTIVITY DEVICES - A User Equipment (UE) may be connected to multiple Enhanced Node Bs (eNBs). The multiple connection allows a UE to have an EPS bearer with multiple bearer paths, one routed through each of the eNBs. One eNB may implement a decision module to switch the bearer path to route incoming packets along a selected bearer path in order to achieve objectives such as maintaining Quality of Service (QoS) for the EPS bearer and/or maximizing overall network throughput. The eNB may gather information and metrics influencing these objectives from the other eNB and UE in order to make better bearer path decisions. The split bearer allows the UE to implement reduced protocol layers and reconfigure the protocol layers to match the bearer path selected by the eNB. | 12-11-2014 |
20150029955 | SIGNALING MESSAGE SYNCHRONIZATION - Technology for supporting dual connectivity is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a macro evolved node B (MeNB). The RRC reconfiguration message may indicate that a secondary cell associated with a secondary eNB (SeNB) is to be added for connection to the UE. The UE may complete an RRC reconfiguration procedure to add the secondary cell. The UE may send a preamble to the SeNB indicating that the UE has completed the RRC reconfiguration procedure. The UE may communicate data with the SeNB after sending the preamble to the SeNB, wherein the UE supports dual connectivity to the MeNB and the SeNB. | 01-29-2015 |
20150031308 | NETWORK COVERAGE HOLE DETECTION - A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to connect to a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) cell in a cellular network. Logged minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements can be recorded at the UE at a selected rate when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode in a first LTE cell in a cellular network. A change in a UE state of the RRC idle mode can be identified. The Logged MDT measurements can stop being recorded at the UE when the UE state changes from a camped normally UE state to another UE state of the RRC idle mode. The Logged MDT measurements can resume being recorded when the UE state changes to the camped normally UE state of the RRC idle mode. | 01-29-2015 |