Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100203916 | QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED MULTI-ANTENNA MODE SWITCHING - A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. A first wireless device associated with a first profile is communicated with using a first multi-antenna mode. A second wireless device associated with a second profile is communicated with using the first multi-antenna mode. A network resource utilization is determined. It is determined that the network resource utilization satisfies a criteria. Based on the network resource utilization satisfying the criteria, at least one control message is sent that instructs the second wireless device to use a second multi-antenna mode. | 08-12-2010 |
20100208665 | SETTING TOKEN BUCKET PARAMETERS FOR SCHEDULING OF AIR-INTERFACE RESOURCES - A method of scheduling air-interface resources is disclosed. A throughput indicator associated with a wireless device is received. A modulation and coding scheme indicator is received. The modulation and coding scheme indicator being associated with a modulation and coding scheme recently used by the wireless device. Based on the modulation and coding scheme indicator, a token bucket size for a token bucket is selected. Based on the throughput indicator, a token rate for the token bucket is received. An air-interface resource is allocated to the wireless device based on the token bucket. | 08-19-2010 |
20100210213 | MULTI-CARRIER SELECTION - A method of operating a communication system is disclosed. A location associated with a first wireless device is received. For a first frequency band, a first stored signal quality indicator associated with the location is received. For a second frequency band, a second stored signal quality indicator associated with the location is received. Based on the first stored signal quality indicator and the second stored signal quality indicator, the first frequency band is selected. | 08-19-2010 |
20100210214 | METHOD FOR REDUCING TIME OF FLIGHT INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for identifying time of flight interference in a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes detecting interference during a first uplink sub-frame at an interference destination base station, and transmitting a time of flight interference source detection request to a gateway, where the time of flight interference source detection request comprises a time of flight interference period. The method also includes determining one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station, where the one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station operate at a same frequency as the interference destination base station. The method further includes instructing the one or more base stations in the vicinity of the interference destination base station to re-transmit a preamble at least once in a downlink sub-frame, decoding a first preamble of a first interference source base station at the interference destination base station during a second uplink sub-frame, and identifying the first interference source base station based on the first preamble. | 08-19-2010 |
20100210277 | CARRIER SELECTION - First and second indicators of a first available amount of an air-interface resources associated with a first and second channel, respectively, is received. A request for an allocation of an amount of the air-interface resource is received. Based on the request for the allocation, first and second ranking values associated with the first and second channels, respectively are determined. The first and second ranking values are selected such that the efficient allocations receive higher ranks. Based on the first ranking value and the second ranking value, the first frequency band is selected to provide the allocation of the amount of the air-interface resource. | 08-19-2010 |
20100214923 | PREDICTIVE THROUGHPUT MANAGEMENT - A wireless device is communicated with using a first throughput. A predicted location for the wireless device is determined. Based on the predicted location, a predicted maximum throughput at the predicted location is determined. Based on the predicted maximum throughput, a second throughput is determined. The wireless device is communicated with using the second throughput. | 08-26-2010 |
20100223523 | COMMUNICATION RETRANSMISSION BASED ON TRANSMISSION PERFORMANCE RELATIVE TO EXPECTED QUALITY OF SERVICE - A method of communication retransmission based on performance relative to an expected quality of service is presented. In the method, data packets associated with the expected quality of service are transmitted. The transmission performance associated with the transmission of the data packets is determined in relation to the expected quality of service. A maximum number of retransmissions for one of the data packets to be transmitted is selected based on the transmission performance. The one of the data packets is transmitted using the communication retransmission scheme limited by the selected maximum number of retransmissions. | 09-02-2010 |
20100227567 | COMMUNICATION OPERATING MODE SELECTION BASED ON MULTI-PATH SIGNAL POWER MEASUREMENT - A method for communication operating mode selection is presented. In the method, each of a plurality of communication signals is transmitted by way of a separate one of a first plurality of antennas according to a first operating mode. The transmitted communication signals are received by way of a second plurality of antennas. A multi-path power metric of the received communication signals is generated. Based on the multi-path power metric, each of the plurality of communication signals is transmitted by way of the first plurality of antennas according to a second operating mode instead of the first operating mode. | 09-09-2010 |
20100323704 | OPTIMIZING HANDOVERS IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Systems, methods, and software are provided to manage a handover of a mobile communication device from a source base station to a target base station. In an embodiment, a method comprises exchanging wireless communications between a plurality of mobile communication devices and a first base station system, processing the communications to determine a plurality of mobility profiles associated with the plurality of mobile communication devices served by the first base station system. A handover request to handover a mobile communication device from a second base station system to the first base station system is received. The plurality of mobility profiles are processed to select a candidate mobile communication device from the plurality of mobile communication devices. A handover of the candidate mobile communication device is initiated from the first base station system to a target base station system. | 12-23-2010 |
20110021236 | QUALITY OF SERVICE BASED DOWNLINK POWER ALLOCATION - A first wireless device associated with a first profile is communicated with using a first transmitted power. A second wireless device associated with a second profile is communicated with using a second transmitted power. A third transmitted power is determined. The third transmitted power is associated with the first wireless device receiving data using a target modulation and coding scheme. A maximum transmitted power is determined to be exceeded if the third transmitted power is used to communicate with the first wireless device. The second wireless device is communicated with using a fourth transmitted power. The fourth transmitted power allows the third transmitted power to be used to communicate with the first wireless device without exceeding the maximum transmitted power. | 01-27-2011 |
20110205916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An inspection node receives an event to begin monitoring a traffic flow where the event comprises a flow identifier associated with the traffic flow. The inspection node receives the traffic flow where the traffic flow comprises a plurality of packets and begins inspecting the plurality of the packets to obtain an application identifier. Based upon the flow identifier and the application identifier, the inspection node performs a sampling process on the traffic flow. After determining the end of the traffic flow, the inspection node terminates the sampling process. | 08-25-2011 |