Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080200171 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TRANSMITTING NEIGHBORING CELL INFORMATION - A wireless communication system in which neighbouring cell information is transmitted by the network to a mobile station is disclosed, wherein the neighbouring cell information includes sets of parameters, each set of parameters being applicable to several neighbouring cells. The neighbouring cell information may also include applicability information which specifies the rules the mobile station is to apply to determine which parameter set is applicable for a particular neighbouring cell. | 08-21-2008 |
20080212566 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving VOIP packet with UDP checksum in wireless communication system - A method and apparatus for transmitting a voice packet through a radio link in a mobile communication system providing a voice service through a packet network inter-working with the Internet are provided, in which a voice packet based on an Internet protocol (e.g. a VoIP packet) is received, the voice packet comprising headers including a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) checksum; the voice packet is verified by using the UDP checksum, to determine if the voice packet has an error; the headers are compressed to construct a header-compressed packet including the UDP checksum and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code calculated for other header fields, except for the UDP checksum from among the headers, when the voice packet has no error, the UDP checksum from the header-compressed packet is deleted to construct a header-compressed packet from which the UDP checksum has been deleted, and the header-compressed packet is transmitted without the UDP checksum through a wireless channel. | 09-04-2008 |
20080279171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LAYER 2 ARQ FOR PACKETS - An Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ) method in a communication system having a protocol layer structure, in which a Layer 2 (L2) transmitter for generating an upper layer packet in a size suitable for transmission over a radio channel and transmitting the upper layer packet to a lower layer, transmits, to a receiver, polling information representative of an indicator for ordering the generation of a status report, and performs packet ARQ according to whether the status report is received within a predetermined time. The method includes determining whether there is a possibility that upper layer data contained in a packet data unit to be transmitted along with the polling information will cause an upper layer message in the opposite direction; and when there is a possibility that the upper layer data will cause an upper layer message, generating polling information ordering a receiver to wait for a predetermined time after receipt of a packet and to transmit an upper layer packet generated for the waiting time along with a status report, including the polling information in the packet data unit, and delivering the packet data unit to the lower layer. | 11-13-2008 |
20090005031 | METHOD FOR MEASURING HOME CELL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is method for measuring a home cell in a mobile telecommunications system comprising: a network including a plurality of base stations for defining communications cells; and first and second user equipment for communicating with the network, said plurality of base stations including at least one home base station defining a home cell associated with said first user equipment and not with said second user equipment, said home cell overlapping in coverage with a communications cell usable by both said first and second user equipment, the method including the steps of: acquiring, at the network, position data indicative of the position of the first user equipment; determining whether the first user equipment is close to the home cell by using the acquired position data; sending a cell measurement control message from the network to the first user equipment via a base station specifying measurements of said home cell; performing, at the first user equipment a fine position measurement; determining at the first user equipment whether the first user equipment is close to the home cell, based on said fine position measurement; and taking measurements of said home cell at the first user equipment when the first user equipment is close to the home cell. | 01-01-2009 |
20090052388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing a random access procedure by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system includes transmitting a preamble for identifying the UE, through a first message; receiving a second message from an Evolved Node B (ENB) in response to the first message, the second message including uplink (UL) transmission resource information for transmitting at least one of a transparent Radio Resource Control (RRC) message which is an RRC message that a UE having no RRC control connection transmits for the first time, and Buffer Status Report (BSR) information indicating an amount of UL data; setting a format indicator indicating if the transparent RRC message or the BSR information is included in a third message; and generating the third message according to the set format indicator, and transmitting the generated third message according to the UL transmission resource information. | 02-26-2009 |
20100197300 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF ITS OPERATION - A User Equipment (UE) apparatus for use in a cellular wireless communications network, and method for its operation, are provided. The apparatus includes a measuring unit for measuring signals received from at least one of a serving cell of the network and from neighboring cells, a memory for storing information defining a plurality of conditions for triggering the UE to send a measurement report to the network, the measurement report comprising a result of at least one measurement performed by the UE, a determining unit for determining when one of the plurality of conditions is met, and a sending unit for sending, in response to one of the plurality of conditions being met, a measurement report for reception by the network, wherein each of the plurality of conditions is defined by a respective plurality of at least one of parameters and variables. | 08-05-2010 |
20100220717 | Method and apparatus for controlling rate of voice service in a mobile communication system supporting voice service via packet network - A method for controlling a rate of a voice service in a mobile communication system supporting the voice service via a packet network. The method includes the steps of receiving a control message at a terminal from a radio network controller (RNC); if the control message indicates control of a downlink rate, determining a downlink rate according to the control message; setting a Change Mode Request (CMR) field of an uplink Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) packet according to the downlink rate, and transmitting the uplink VoIP packet from the terminal to the RNC; if the received control message indicates control of an uplink rate, determining an uplink rate according to the control message; and generating an uplink VoIP packet including uplink voice data generated according to the determined uplink rate and frame type (FT) information indicating the determined uplink rate, and transmitting the uplink VoIP packet from the terminal to the RNC. | 09-02-2010 |
20110019568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving data in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes, when a status report is not received after a predetermined time elapses since a polling Packet Data Unit (PDU) is initially transmitted, generating a Radio Link Control (RLC) PDU indicating retransmission of the initially transmitted polling PDU, and transmitting the RLC PDU indicating the retransmission of the initially transmitted polling PDU. | 01-27-2011 |
20120195240 | Method and apparatus for discontinuously receiving packet in a mobile communication system - A method for receiving a packet by a terminal in a mobile communication system including a base station providing a packet, and a terminal that discontinuously receives a packet from the base station in Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycles each having an active period and a sleep period. The packet reception method includes receiving, from the base station, configuration information for a DRX service, including a DRX cycle length; setting, as a starting point of the DRX cycle, a point at which a first packet is received from the base station; receiving a packet from the base station for an active period at the beginning of the starting point; and transitioning to a sleep period and waiting for a next active period. | 08-02-2012 |
20130010630 | Method And Apparatus For Reporting Inter-Frequency Measurement Using RACH Message In A Mobile Communication System - A user equipment (UE) is provided which reduces uplink signaling overhead in the process of reporting inter-frequency measurement results over a RACH. For measurement reporting, the UE receives an SIB including a cell information list for non-used frequency cells and a threshold from an RNC, compares signal strengths of signals received from the non-used frequency cells with the threshold, and acquires at least one inter-frequency cell ID indicating at least one non-used frequency cell having signal strength exceeding the threshold from the cell information list. The at least one inter-frequency cell ID is included in a RACH message as measurement result information for the at least one non-used frequency cell, and transmitted to the RNC. The RNC determines that the cell corresponding to the inter-frequency cell ID has signal strength exceeding the threshold. | 01-10-2013 |
20130208616 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING MDT MEASUREMENT INFORMATION TO A BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - The present invention provides a method and system of providing minimization drive test (MDT) measurement information to a base station in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, a method includes indicating availability of MDT measurement information logged by user equipment to a base station in a wireless network environment. The method further includes receiving an information request message to transfer the MDT measurement information in response to the indication. The method includes transmitting an information response message including at least a portion of the MDT measurement information to the base station, where the information response message indicates whether any portion of MDT measurement information is leftover with the user equipment. The method then includes repeating the above steps of receiving and transmitting till the entire MDT measurement information is transferred to the base station. | 08-15-2013 |
20140112255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING STATUS REPORT COMPRISING RECEIVED STATUS OF PACKET DATA IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting packet data units Packet Data Units (PDUs) at a PDU transmitter in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first PDU comprising a PDU header and a data portion, receiving Negative Acknowledgement NACK information for the first PDU, segmenting the first PDU to form one or more PDU segments if a size of a second PDU for retransmission is smaller than a size of the first PDU, wherein each of the one or more PDU segment comprises a PDU segment header and a data portion, and transmitting the one or more PDU segment to a PDU receiver. | 04-24-2014 |
20140247717 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CELL SELECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of managing cell reselection for a User Equipment (UE) in an idle mode connected to a wireless network system is provided. The method includes determining system information of available cells on a given frequency, determining the system information from a plurality of cells and frequencies to determine which of the plurality of cells support a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS), determining a MBMS Control CHannel (MCCH) of the plurality of cells that support the MBMS, generating a list of cells by prioritizing the plurality of cells that support the MBMS over other frequencies or cells in a ranking order, and reselecting a cell or a frequency supporting the MBMS before starting a MBMS session from among the generated list to be a cell where the MBMS session is provided. | 09-04-2014 |
20140287726 | HANDOVER METHOD AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a method for correcting an error caused by Hyper Frame Number (HFN) and Packet Data Convergence Protocol Sequence Number (PDCP SN) mismatch between a user equipment and base station when the user equipment fails in handover between cells in a wireless communication system. In addition, the present disclosure provides a handover procedure for a user equipment performing handover from a macro cell to a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell shared by multiple operators in a wireless communication system. The present disclosure enables a user equipment and base station to perform communication without a malfunction after handover failure. For handover from a macro cell to a CSG cell shared by multiple operators, the present disclosure enables a user equipment to perform handover to an accessible cell. | 09-25-2014 |