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| 20080227456 | Techniques for reporting and simultaneous transmission mechanism to improve reliability of signaling - Methods, apparatus and computer program products perform signal quality measurements for signals from a plurality of cells served by an apparatus, and transmit indications of the signal quality measurements to the apparatus. The signal quality measurements may include CQI measurements. Transmitting may include transmitting indications of the signal quality measurements to a source cell of the apparatus. Other methods, apparatus and computer program products perform signal quality measurements for signals from a plurality of cells served by an apparatus, determine, using at least the signal quality measurements, a frequency band to be used by each of the plurality of cells to transmit a command, and transmit an indication of the frequency band to the apparatus. Variants may include receiving over the frequency band the command from each of the plurality of cells. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080233963 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing auxiliary handover command - An auxiliary handover message is sent from a target eNB to a UE being handed over from a source eNB. The auxiliary handover message includes a context identifier that is established between the source eNB and the UE, which the source eNB provides to the target eNB during context data exchange when preparing for the handover. The UE uses the context identifier to verify that the auxiliary handover message is valid. Various approaches are detailed for minimizing signaling overhead and minimizing the time the UE must monitor the separate channel for the auxiliary handover message in the event the UE does not properly receive the original handover message from the source eNB. The context identifier may be a random number, a C-RNTI, an eNB-ID, or a token. The auxiliary handover command sent from the target eNB may be the context identifier with or without a copy of the handover command. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080261531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COVERAGE AND SERVICE CONTINUATION IN BORDER CELLS OF A LOCALIZED NETWORK - A system and method for providing continuous multimedia broadcast multicast services over different localized areas, while also avoiding frequency interference. In various embodiments, a service provides reduced-quality data at the border of each localized area. In one approach, border cells of a single frequency network (SFN) broadcast reduced quality data, while more centralized cells in a SFN broadcast full quality data. In other embodiments, source data is coded by two layers—a baseline layer and at least one enhancement layer. Centralized cells in a SFN transmit both baseline and enhancement layers. Border cells broadcast only the baseline layer. Centralized cells and border cells use the same sub-band to broadcast baseline layer data in a bit-identical way. Non-overlapping sub-bands are used by border cells of neighboring SFNs to transmit the baseline layer. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080268833 | System and Method for Self-Optimization of Interference Coordination in Communication Systems - In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a method, apparatus and system are provided for self-optimization of interference coordination in communication systems. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a measurement and reporting subsystem configured to perform measurements regarding a status of the apparatus and to provide a reliability report to a base station as a function thereof. The apparatus is configured to notify a strongest interferer about the status via the reliability report. In another embodiment, the apparatus includes a measurement report handler configured to process a reliability report received from a user equipment and an interference coordination subsystem configured to adjust interference coordination parameters based on the reliability report received from the user equipment. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090100167 | Messaging - A device for transmitting a message for reception by another device, comprising: a processor for adding location information to the message, before transmission, wherein the location information identifies an area within which the message is to be hosted for reception by the other device; and a transmitter for transmitting the message, with the location information. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20100113023 | Method and Apparatus For Setting Discontinuous Communication Interval - An approach is provided for assigning a discontinuous communication interval to a user equipment that is served by a cell associated with a wireless network. The discontinuous communication interval is modified based on speed of the user equipment and size of the cell. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100263012 | Layered Coded Streaming Control For Unicast/MBMS Interaction - A higher network sends a base stream of a data stream to a first network node, and sends an enhancement stream of the data stream to a second network node. The first network node transmits the base stream over a multicast channel and the second network node transmits the enhanced stream in synchronism with the transmitted base stream over a unicast channel. Various options are detailed for how this synchronism is achieved, and the second network node need only transmit the higher bit-rate enhancement stream on user request or if network conditions permit. A user equipment receives the base and enhancement streams, combines them, and displays the combined stream to a user at a graphical display interface. Various apparatus, methods, and computer programs are detailed for various nodes and the user equipment. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100278161 | SELF OPTIMIZATION OF FORBIDDEN NEIGHBOR CELL LIST - An apparatus, a system, and a method to self-optimize a forbidden neighbor cell list (FNCL). A FNCL includes a list of cells sent to a user equipment (UE). The UE would not report those cells in the list to a network but may be considered by the UE for measurement purposes only. The self-optimization of the FNCL includes building a list of neighbor cells in an autonomous and/or automatic manner, with or without human intervention. | 11-04-2010 |
