Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080214213 | DETERMINING LOCATIONS OF MOBILE STATIONS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Wireless network methods and apparatuses that may determine and provide, in real-time, the geographical locations of mobile stations of the wireless network are described herein. In one implementation, in order to determine the location of a mobile station (MS), the MS may obtain from a navigation service a decryption key to decrypt encrypted location information of multiple base station's (BS's) in its local area. The encrypted location information of the BS may then be decrypted and based at least in part on the recovered location information of the BS, determine the location of the MS. In another implementation, in order to determine and provide the location of an MS of a wireless network, a combination of location agents, location controller, and a location server may be employed to determine and provide the current location of the MS to requesting authorized clients. | 09-04-2008 |
20080219189 | Redundant multicast service in wireless network - In a wireless network in which the base station has full duplex capability (can transmit on the downlink channel and simultaneously receive on the uplink channel), but the mobile stations have only half duplex capability (each can transmit on the uplink channel and receive on the downlink channel, but not simultaneously), the base station may transmit duplicate copies of multicast data in two or more frames. Some of the addressed mobile station may be scheduled to receive the first frame and transmit during the second frame, while the other addressed mobile stations may be scheduled to transmit during the first frame and receive the second frame. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219216 | HIERARCHICAL CELL DEPLOYMENT - A hierarchical cell structure that may be applicable to any wireless communications network utilizing cells. One or more characteristics associated with a mobile device configured to communicate with the base stations via a wireless communications protocol are determined while the mobile device is communicating with a base station. The one or more characteristics are utilized to determine a subsequent base station to be the target of a handoff procedure. | 09-11-2008 |
20080232288 | Keep-alive handling in a wireless network - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, in wireless network, keep-alive type packets may be received from a remote application for a mobile station. A determination may be made whether the mobile station is in an idle mode. If the mobile station is in an idle mode, a determination may be made whether a port in a keep-alive type packet is recognized. If the port is recognized, an application server may respond to the keep-alive type packet on behalf of the mobile station so that the mobile station is not required to exit the idle mode to respond to the keep-alive type packets. | 09-25-2008 |
20080232401 | LOGICAL AND TRANSPORT CHANNEL STRUCTURES FOR MOBILE WiMAX WIRELESS SYSTEMS - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver adapted to operate according to an Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) STD 802.16e-2005 or IEEE 802.16m standard and further adapted to use logical and transport/physical channelization. Furthermore, a virtual wideband RF channel concept (support of contiguous and non-contiguous RF bands in OFDMA and non-OFDMA wireless systems through aggregation of smaller RF bands) is also described herein, from which all wireless communication systems and standards can benefit. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233905 | SLEEP OPTIMIZATION FOR MOBILE DEVICES IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a subscriber station in sleep mode is capable of sending and/or receiving traffic during sleep mode without violating the delay requirements of best effort traffic. Moreover, a subscriber station is capable of remaining in sleep and may optionally only be awaken in the event there is data to be transmitted from the base station to the subscriber station and/or from the subscriber station to the base station. By implementing an always sleep and need based wake up arrangement, the power consumption of the subscriber station can be reduced. | 09-25-2008 |
20080259835 | Locating content in broadband wireless access networks - In some embodiments, only one multicast connection identifier is used in a WiMAX network per zone. This may result in power savings because it is not necessary for the mobile station to query a base station to obtain the correct information about how to locate desired channels in a WiMAX multicast. Instead, the mobile station may be maintained in a lower power consumption mode in which it need not transmit, but only receives information. This is because the mobile station has all the information it needs about what channels are available and can simply tune using a logical media channel identifier to the appropriate channel to receive the desired content without having to transmit a message to the base station to identify the correct channel. | 10-23-2008 |
20080279127 | TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS THAT UTILIZE A UNIVERSAL SERVICES INTERFACE - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network, the wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI); and wherein the MS includes a USI client adapted to store some or all USI context as required by said ASP and wherein when a user accesses the ASP using something other than a web-browser, the USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message. | 11-13-2008 |
20080279136 | TECHNIQUES TO INCLUDE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS IN A UNIVERSAL SERVICES INTERFACE - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate in a wireless network, the wireless network including a Universal Services Interface (USI) and wherein the MS includes a USI client adapted to monitor external IP addresses of the MS and if the MS enters a virtual private network (VPN) via a VPN tunnel, the external IP address of the VPN tunnel is cached. | 11-13-2008 |
20080310381 | GENERIC WIRELESS SERVICES DISCOVERY - Embodiments of the invention relate to wireless communications. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to generic discovery mechanisms that may be utilized in wireless communications. | 12-18-2008 |
20080310386 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF LOCATION DETERMINATION IN WIRELESS NETWORK - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless network, wherein said transceiver is configured to optimize location determination in said wireless network by preventing scheduled uplink (UL) transmissions at a reference base station (BS) from interfering with an uplink (UL) reference signal from a mobile station (MS). | 12-18-2008 |
20080311881 | EMERGENCY CALL SERVICES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK ROAMING - A method and apparatus for emergency call services for wireless network roaming. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a request for an emergency telephone call from a mobile device, the mobile device communication over the Internet, the mobile device roaming in a visited wireless network when the emergency call is made. The method further includes establishing a session for an emergency services call and connecting the mobile device to emergency services. | 12-18-2008 |
20080311891 | TECHNIQUES FOR LAWFUL INTERCEPTION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver operable in a wireless network, wherein the transceiver is configured to enable wireless interception by a predetermined third party without the knowledge of a user of said transceiver. | 12-18-2008 |
20080311909 | HANDOFF OF A MOBILE STATION FROM A FIRST TO A SECOND TYPE OF WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatus for moving or transferring a mobile station from one type of wireless network to another type of wireless network are described herein. The methods may include employing a source radio access technology (RAT) device, a target RAT device, and a cross wireless network type inter-RAT server to collaboratively communicate with each other to move the mobile station between the different types of wireless networks. | 12-18-2008 |
20080311931 | LOCATION SUPPORT IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Various embodiments of the invention determine and/or enhance the location of a wireless mobile station in a WiMAX network, and provide that location to a requesting device. Some embodiments produce more that one determination of the location, using different sources for the information, and combine the different determinations to produce an enhanced version of the location. | 12-18-2008 |
20090003285 | ADAPTIVE PAGING AREA - Techniques for determining a paging area of a paging group in a wireless communications network based on a value of one or more dynamically changing communication characteristics. In various embodiments, a paging area may be determined to reduce resource use in a wireless communication network supporting an idle mode of a mobile station. In one embodiment, the paging area may be determined based on a speed of a mobile station. | 01-01-2009 |
20090034526 | COMPRESSED MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) HEADER STRUCTURE FOR MAC OVERHEAD REDUCTION IN MOBILE WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WiMAX) SYSTEMS - A packet data structure comprising a compressed medium access control (MAC) header structure capable of significantly reducing MAC header overhead for small payload applications, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and interactive gaming and to increase the capacity of such applications. In various implementations, the packet data structure may be used in mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems designed to operate in accordance with the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards such as the 802.16e-2005 standard and/or the evolving IEEE 802.16m standard. Various embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-05-2009 |
20090040970 | MULTI-USER RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) OVERHEAD REDUCTION FOR MOBILE WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WiMAX) SYSTEMS - Various embodiments are directed to multi-user resource allocation capable of significantly reducing MAC header overhead and scheduling delay for small payload applications, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and interactive gaming and to increase the capacity of such applications. In various implementations, multi-user resource allocation may be used in mobile Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) systems designed to operate in accordance with the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards such as the 802.16e-2005 standard and/or the evolving IEEE 802.16m standard as well as Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE), and/or 3GPP2 Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) standards. | 02-12-2009 |
20090154457 | ENHANCING RELIABILITY OF MULTICASTING AND BROADCASTING SERVICES (MBS) OVER BROAD BAND WIRELESS ACCESS (BWA) NETWORKS - A broad-band wireless access (BWA) network may support high bandwidth, which may allow video multicast and broadcast services (MBS) over the BWA networks. The BWA network may comprise a base station and mobile subscriber stations provisioned in each wireless cell. The base station may select feedback leaders, which includes a sub-set of the mobile subscriber stations. The base station may send a first request to the feedback leaders and receive a response to the first request that is to indicate whether a packet transmitted prior to sending the first request is to be retransmitted. The feedback leaders may provide a feedback on the first channel, while watching a second channel. Also, the feedback leaders may provide feedback on the first channel while watching the first channel itself. Such an approach may enhance the reliability of the MBS over BWA networks. | 06-18-2009 |
20090168745 | SYNCHRONIZATION CHANNEL (PREAMBLE) STRUCTURE FOR MOBILE WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WiMAX) SYSTEMS - Various embodiments are directed to a synchronization channel or preamble structure that may be used in mobile WiMAX systems designed to operate in accordance with the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard and/or the evolving IEEE 802.16m standard. In one embodiment, the synchronization channel (preamble) structure may comprise a base station group identifier field to store a k-bit base station group identifier, a base station identifier field to store an m-bit base station identifier, and a sector identifier field to store an n-bit sector identifier. The base station group identifier may be associated with a paging group identifier in a wireless communications system such as mobile WiMAX network. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-02-2009 |
20090168907 | OFDMA based communication system - In an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access communication system, the location of one- and two-dimensional bursts may be specified by specifying the starting location of the plurality of bursts. The length of a burst may then be determined by subtracting starting locations of successive bursts. In some embodiments, the number of bits needed to specifying the location of bursts may be reduced. | 07-02-2009 |
20090274105 | OFDMA contention-based random access channel design for mobile wireless systems - Short spreading is used within a random access channel in an OFDM based network to spread data for transmission through the channel. The resource allocation of the random access channel is divided into a number of resource blocks in frequency, time, or both frequency and time. Each resource block has a dimension that is only a portion of the overall size of the resource allocation. During contention, a randomly selected short spreading code may be used to provide data spreading within a randomly selected resource block. | 11-05-2009 |
20090323770 | Techniques using a hop-by-hop approach for automatic repeat request (ARQ) in wireless relay networks - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver adapted for use in a hop by hop (HbH) relay network and configured to enable fast error correction and reduce ARQ overhead by coupling HARQ and ARQ feedback signaling in each hop of the HbH relay network. | 12-31-2009 |
20100056154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELOCATING A FOREIGN AGENT FOR AN IDLE MODE MOBILE STATION IN A PROXY MOBILE INTERNET PROTOCOL ENABLED ACCESS SERVICE NETWORK - Embodiments of a wireless access network and methods for relocating a foreign agent (FA) for an idle mode mobile station (MS) in a proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) enabled access service network (ASN) are described herein. In some embodiments, the relocation of the FA is triggered by either an anchor paging controller or a paging controller of a target ASN when the idle mode mobile stations moves across ASNs. | 03-04-2010 |
20100056182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION BASED SERVICES (LBS) TO ROAMING SUBSCRIBERS IN A WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK - Embodiments of a wireless access network and method for providing a location based service (LBS) to a visiting mobile station are disclosed. In some embodiments, a location data request forwarded by a home location server (HLS) is received at a visited location server (VLS). A subscriber profile and security query is generated for forwarding from a visitor authentication server to a home authentication server. When the home authentication server authenticates the request, location information for the visiting mobile station is obtained and a location data response message that includes the location information from the VLS is sent to the HLS for forwarding to the location client for use by the location client in performing a requested LBS. | 03-04-2010 |
20100103825 | MOBILE STATION LOCALIZATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Embodiments herein may use first and second path loss values L | 04-29-2010 |
20100128704 | Mulitcasting, location services, payment methods and performance management in broadband wireless access networks - Methods, apparatuses and systems for location discovery, electronic payment and multicast broadcast in a wireless broadband network disclosed. | 05-27-2010 |
20100172291 | Dual Base Stations for Wireless Communications Systems - A network apparatus comprises a controller to determine a first base station for transmitting data and to determine a second different base station for receiving data. In one embodiment, the network apparatus further comprises a transceiver to transmit data to the first base station while associated with the second base station. The transceiver is operable to receive data from the second base station while associated with the first base station. | 07-08-2010 |
20100173631 | Method of managing network traffic within a wireless network - A method of managing network traffic within a wireless network ( | 07-08-2010 |
20100226311 | EFFICIENT PAGING OPERATION FOR FEMTOCELL DEPLOYMENT - Efficient paging operation for femtocell deployment is generally presented. In this regard, a paging controller is introduced including a wired backbone interface to communicate with a plurality of macro base stations and a plurality of femto base stations, and control logic, the control logic to generate a page for a mobile station, and the control logic to transmit the page over the wired backbone interface to a select subset of all base stations, wherein the select subset of all base stations includes base stations that the mobile station is authorized to access. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 09-09-2010 |
20100227618 | ZONE SWITCHING IN MIXED-ZONE AIR INTERFACE - Embodiments of a system and method for wireless communication are provided. In certain embodiments, a base station provides a first zone using a first version of the communication standard and a second zone using a second version of the communication standard. In certain embodiments, the base station determines whether a mobile station communicating with the base station in the first zone can support the second version of the communication standard used in the second zone. When the mobile station can support the second version of the communication standard, the base station can send a command to switch the mobile station to the second zone. | 09-09-2010 |
20100275085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAC MESSAGE RELIABILITY - Embodiments of a system and method for wireless communication are provided. In certain embodiments, a plurality of fragments of a MAC management message is transmitted. Each fragment includes a sequence number indicating an order of the fragments, and at least one of the fragments includes a transaction ID identifying the MAC management message with respect to other messages. | 10-28-2010 |
20100279717 | SHORT USER MESSAGES IN SYSTEM CONTROL SIGNALING - Short user messages can be conveyed in system management signaling for a data or telephony network. In one example, a first control message is sent from a first radio to a second radio, the control message including a data field, the data field containing a short message directed from a user of the first radio to a user of a third radio. In response, a second control message is received in reply to the first control message from the second radio, the second control message including a data field, the data field containing a response to the short message. | 11-04-2010 |
20100316030 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of supporting multiple protocols in a wireless network operating according to an Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers IEEE) 802.16 standard, comprising adding a new convergence sub layer (CS) type in which an extra field is added to an 802.16 service data unit (SDU) to indicate which higher layer protocol is carried in a 802.16 SDU payload. | 12-16-2010 |
20100331000 | MACRO-TO-FEMTO CELL RESELECTION - The present invention discloses a method including: storing identification information or location information for a handover previously performed by a mobile system; estimating when the mobile system enters within a coverage area of a target femtocell; recognizing the coverage area based on the identification information or the location information; and scanning for the target-femtocell prior to handover. | 12-30-2010 |
20110002239 | Determining the Location of a Femtocell - A server may automatically attempt to locate a femtocell. Information may be obtained from the femtocell or neighboring femtocells to determine location. Servers associated with the femtocell may be contacted using that information to determine the femtocells location. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002297 | GATEWAY ASSOCIATION - Embodiments provide components of a communication network that may facilitate efficient optimization of the communication network. In various embodiments, network gateway selection for incoming subscriber stations may be allocated to one or more components that make intelligent allocation determinations. Additionally, in various embodiments, control of the communication network may also be allocated to various components. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002298 | Reducing Overhead in Wireless Communications - Stations in a wireless network may communicate directly using MAC management messages. As examples, servers may communicate using MAC management messages with mobile stations, base stations may communicate using MAC management messages, and relay cells may communicate using MAC management messages. | 01-06-2011 |
20110002299 | HANDOVER FOR CELLULAR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS - An improved handover process is described for a cellular wireless network. In one example, a method includes registering a mobile station to a first base station and a first gateway, handing the mobile station over to a second base station coupled to the first gateway, selecting a second gateway coupled to the mobile station, registering the mobile station to the second gateway, de-registering the mobile station from the first gateway, and handing the mobile station over to a third base station coupled to the second gateway and not coupled to the first gateway. | 01-06-2011 |
20110003591 | LOW DUTY MODE FOR FEMTOCELL BASE STATIONS - A low duty mode is provided for a femtocell base station operating as part of a cellular communications system. Methods and systems are described for reducing the service impact of the low-duty mode on mobile stations that are either already attached or are attempting to attach to a femtocell base station. | 01-06-2011 |
20110004747 | Initializing Femtocells - A femtocell may be initialized on a network by automatically contacting a network service provider. The access point then automatically downloads an initial configuration from a bootstrap server belonging to the network service provider. In some cases, a femtocell access point may automatically determine, after boot up, whether it was pre-provisioned with credentials to authenticate itself with the network service provider. If so, it may use a domain name service to obtain an address of a bootstrap server. Otherwise, it may use dynamic host configuration protocol to discover the bootstrap server's Internet Protocol address. | 01-06-2011 |
20110044213 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN EFFICIENT INFORMATION BROADCAST IN A MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS NETWORK - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for a base station. Notification from a mobile station in a network may be received. A multi-carrier advertisement with a base station multi-carrier configuration may be sent. The base station multi-carrier configuration may include at least one carrier index associated with a carrier frequency operated on by the base station. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES - A method, system, apparatus and article are described for managing enhanced multicast broadcast services. In some embodiments, for example, a first connection may be established using a first wireless communication protocol, scheduling information for one or more multicast or broadcast data services may be received using the first wireless communication protocol, one or more of the multicast or broadcast data services may be selected, and a second connection using a second wireless communication protocol may be established to receive the one or more selected multicast or broadcast data services. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110044307 | Deregistration with Context Retention for Inter-RAT Operations - A method to perform deregistration with context retention is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes storing a context associated with a mobile station in response to a deregistration request from the mobile station. The method includes determining whether or not to accept the deregistration request with context retention and sending a deregistration command message to the mobile station if the deregistration request with context retention is allowed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045763 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POWER-SAVING FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of managing power saving mechanisms of wireless communication devices. For example, a wireless communication unit may relay communications between a wireless communication device and a base station, wherein the wireless communication unit is to manage a power-saving mechanism of the wireless communication device by scheduling one or more power-save periods for the wireless communication device, and transmitting to the wireless communication device a power-save message indicating the one or more power-save periods. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047289 | Methods and Apparatuses for IP Address Allocation - A method for IP address allocation is presented. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) information by a driver module operable on a mobile station prior to the mobile station sending a DHCP discovery message. The method includes storing, by the driver module, the DHCP information and redirecting the DHCP discovery message from an operating system DHCP process to the driver module. The method also includes performing DHCP hand-shaking in response to the DHCP discovery message. | 02-24-2011 |
20110070849 | Sleep Optimization For Mobile Devices In A Wireless Network - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a subscriber station in sleep mode is capable of sending and/or receiving traffic during sleep mode without violating the delay requirements of best effort traffic. Moreover, a subscriber station is capable of remaining in sleep and may optionally only be awaken in the event there is data to be transmitted from the base station to the subscriber station and/or from the subscriber station to the base station. By implementing an always sleep and need based wake up arrangement, the power consumption of the subscriber station can be reduced. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070867 | MANAGEMENT OF IDS FOR CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP (CSG) BASE STATIONS - Embodiments of systems and methods for initiating network entry are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 03-24-2011 |
20110075623 | UPLINK CONTENTION BASED ACCESS WITH QUICK ACCESS CHANNEL - Embodiments of a wireless communication system and methods allocating bandwidth are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, an estimated requested bandwidth is included in a contention code. Additionally, a mobile station may reuse a previously used contention code that resulted in successful access to a base station. Further, a base station may determine or predict contention patterns and allocate codes based on the patterns. | 03-31-2011 |
20110096737 | COVERAGE LOSS RECOVERY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for coverage loss recovery in a wireless communication network. A method includes receiving, by a base station of a wireless communication network, a message from a mobile station that includes an indication that the mobile station is in coverage loss recovery, and a mobile station identifier to identify the mobile station. The method further includes determining whether a static context and/or a dynamic context associated with the mobile station identifier is stored at a previous-serving base station of the mobile station and transmitting a message to the mobile station to indicate which re-entry actions are to be performed to facilitate re-entry of the mobile station to the wireless communication network. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 04-28-2011 |
20110103279 | SLEEP-MODE WIRELESS CELL RESELECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Embodiments herein may receive a ranging request message with a sleep-mode indication from a mobile node at a destination base station in a wireless packet-switched network. System paging information may be accessed to determine a base station identifier associated with an originating base station that last served the mobile node. The originating base station may be contacted to retrieve a service context associated with the mobile node and any downlink packets buffered for the mobile node by the originating base station. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 05-05-2011 |
20110110289 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR RELAYS IN BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORKS - Embodiments of systems and methods for distributed control relay architecture are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 05-12-2011 |
20110110343 | ENHANCING FRAGMENTATION AND DEFRAGMENTATION PROCEDURES IN BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORKS - A preemption system enables successful transmission of multiple service data units (SDUs) across a wireless interface. The preemption system addresses out-of-order transmissions of fragments of SDUs, such that the receiver is able to process each successfully. The preemption system enables a higher-priority SDU to simultaneously be transmitted with a lower-priority SDU, so that delays in processing the lower-priority SDU does not negatively affect processing of the higher-priority SDU. The preemption system also addresses non-automatic repeat request medium access controller (non-ARQ MAC) connections that only use hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ), in which the HARQ transmission may cause out-of-order delivery of SDU fragments. | 05-12-2011 |
20110111754 | Neighbor List Broadcasting Techniques - Techniques are disclosed that involve the indication of neighbor base stations. For instance, a base station may generate and wirelessly transmit a message that indicates a plurality of neighboring base stations. This message may include an indicator having one or more wildcard values. Through the employment of such wildcard values, the indicator may provide information corresponding to the plurality of neighboring base stations. For instance, the indicator may indicate a plurality of base station identifiers (BSIDs). Alternatively, the indicator may indicate a plurality of preamble indices. As a further alternative, the indicator may indicate a plurality of carrier frequencies. Through the employment of such techniques, overhead can be saved without causing ambiguity in mobility management. | 05-12-2011 |
20110111757 | CELL RESELECTION MECHANISM FOR A BASE STATION WITH CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP - Embodiments of systems and methods for cell selection in a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 05-12-2011 |
20110113091 | TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS THAT UTILIZE A UNIVERSAL SERVICES INTERFACE - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a mobile station (MS) operable to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network, the wireless network including a USI proxy in the line of a data path from the MS to the ASP and performs stateful content inspection of all packets passing through the US proxy; and wherein when the USI proxy intercepts an ASP request message, it appends the USI context to the ASP request message if not already present in the message and in order to fetch the USI context of the MS, a USI proxy sends the USI context request to a USI server and the USI server sends a USI context response back to the USI proxy which contains the USI context for the MS. | 05-12-2011 |
20110122833 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY PAGING IDLE-MODE MOBILE STATIONS IN MULTICARRIER SYSTEMS - Embodiments of a mobile station and a method performed by a base station for transmitting a paging message to an idle-mode mobile station are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a multicarrier paging information (MC-PAG-Info) message is transmitted to indicate a time-slot and paging carrier for a subsequent transmission of a paging message to an idle-mode mobile station. The idle-mode mobile station may monitor the indicated paging carrier during the indicated time-slot of a paging listening interval for receipt of a paging message directed to the idle-mode mobile station. In some embodiments, the indicated time-slot and the paging carrier are determined by the idle-mode mobile station using a device identifier of the idle-mode mobile station and hash modulo parameters provided within the paging information message. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130115 | MECHANISMS TO UPDATE A SERVING BASE STATION WITH THE CSG MEMBERSHIPS OF A MOBILE STATION - Mechanisms to update a serving BS with the CSG memberships of a MS are generally presented. In this regard, a base station is introduced including a wired backbone interface to communicate with a plurality of macro base stations and a plurality of femto base stations, and control logic, the control logic to identify one or more femto base station(s) that a mobile station is authorized to access, and the control logic to generate a request for the mobile station to scan for a specific femto base station which the mobile station is authorized to access. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134826 | RELAY DATA PATH ARCHITECTURE FOR A WIRELESS NETWORK - A system and method for forming a relay data path architecture in a wireless network is disclosed. The method comprises forming a separate layer-three data link in a wireless network between a relay station, a base station and an access service network gateway (ASN-GW). Each separate layer-three data link is mapped from the ASN-GW to a next element in the wireless network to form a data path from the ASN-GW to the relay station. Data packets can be sent between a mobile station and the ASN-GW through each layer-three data link using a tunneling protocol such that each layer-three data link forms a separate tunnel. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134834 | Coordinating Broadcast Operations in a Mobile Wireless Network With Overlaid Cells - Advertising in connection with handing off a cell from one cell to another may be facilitated by segregating communication descriptors into a common part that does not change in different types of cells and a unique part that changes in different types of cells. The unique parts may be advertised more frequently than the common parts. | 06-09-2011 |
20110134896 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR UPGRADING AN AIRLINK IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM - Embodiments of systems and methods for upgrading an airlink in wireless system are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110149876 | FEMTOCELL ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORK - A femtocell architecture and network are described. In one example the femtocell has a wireless access point having a first communications interface for wireless communications with a subscriber unit and a second communications interface for communications with a cellular radio communications system, and a secure gateway between the access point and the cellular system to secure communications between the access point and the cellular system. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159898 | Managing interference due to Low power BSs - A system and method for managing radio frequency interference of a low power base station is disclosed. The method comprises determining that the low power base station is causing substantial interference in a data link between a mobile station and a macro base station. The low power base station is identified as having a closed subscriber group (CSG) that is in CSG-Closed mode. The CSG low power base station is converted from CSG-Closed mode to a CSG-Open mode to allow the mobile station to communicate through the CSG low power base station. | 06-30-2011 |
20110191411 | TECHNIQUES FOR TIMING OPTIMIZATION IN WIRELESS NETWORKS THAT UTILIZE A UNIVERSAL SERVICES INTERFACE - An embodiment of the present invention provides a mobile station to communicate with an application service provider (ASP) in a wireless network using a Universal Services Interface (USI) comprising, memory, one or more processors and a transceiver, to store some or all USI context as required by the ASP and wherein when a user accesses the ASP, the USI client inserts relevant USI context as part of an ASP request message and in order to fetch the USI context of the MS, a USI proxy sends the USI context request to a USI server and the USI server sends a USI context response back to the USI proxy which contains the USI context for the MS. | 08-04-2011 |
20110199967 | TECHNIQUES TO ASSIGN MULTIPLE IDENTIFIERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques are described that can be used to assign identifiers to mobile stations in a Network Access Provider (NAP) domain and a paging identifier. In some cases, the NAP identifier and paging identifier can be unique in the NAP domain and the paging group domain. The paging identifier can be derived from a NAP identifier. | 08-18-2011 |
20110199988 | TECHNIQUES TO ASSIGN IDENTIFIERS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Techniques are described that can be used to assign identifiers to carriers of a multi-carrier mobile station. In some cases, each carrier of the mobile station is assigned the same identifiers. In some cases, each carrier of the mobile station is assigned a unique identifier on each channel. | 08-18-2011 |
20110216735 | LEGACY AND ADVANCED ACCESS SERVICE NETWORK INTERNETWORKING - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for transferring wireless connections among legacy and advanced access service networks. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216740 | HANDOVER BETWEEN LEGACY AND NON-LEGACY WIMAX NETWORKS - Embodiments of a system and method for handover and zone switching between legacy and non-legacy base stations are provided. In certain embodiments, a fast ranging IE allocation is used to transfer a dedicated allocation to a mobile station for ranging with a target base station. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216741 | SEAMLESS CELL RECONFIGURATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORKS - Embodiments of a system and method for wireless communication are provided. In certain embodiments, systems and methods for providing seamless reconfiguration of a network which incorporate known features of the network. In some embodiments, the mobile station implements a hand over from one physical base station to the same physical base station, so as to allow that base station to reconfigure and update configuration parameters. | 09-08-2011 |
20110255459 | WIRELESS METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORK SERVICE OVER WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for providing wireless metropolitan area network services over wireless local area networks. | 10-20-2011 |
20110255465 | WIMAX VOIP SERVICE ARCHITECTURE - A wireless communication system to support voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service is presented. In one embodiment, the system includes a connectivity service network comprising a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) gateway to enable the VoIP service. The VoIP gateway is operable to perform transcoding function to support VoIP data plane communication. The connectivity service network also includes a home agent and an authentication, authorization, and accounting server (AAA server). In one embodiment, the connectivity service network includes a VoIP service server. | 10-20-2011 |
20110317650 | TECHNIQUES TO COUPLE HARQ-ARQ IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transceiver adapted to reduce ARQ overhead by coupling HARQ and ARQ feedback signaling and defining different HARQ burst regions that enable different regions to use different HARQ feedback configurations based on channel quality or QoS requirements. | 12-29-2011 |
20120011569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING MAC CONTROL MESSAGES - A system to protect MAC control messages is presented. In one embodiment, the system comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a communication device coupled to the processor to communicate wirelessly over multiple sub-channels in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless network. The communication device is operable to determine that a MAC control message is protected if an indicator within the MAC control message is set. The communication device validates, if the indicator is set, integrity of the MAC control message in conjunction with a CMAC (cipher-message authentication code) tuple concatenated with the MAC control message. | 01-12-2012 |
20120039226 | BASE STATION SELECTION METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS OVERLAY NETWORKS - A base station selection method is disclosed to select between two base stations for connecting a mobile device in a wireless neighborhood to a network. The wireless neighborhood may support multiple carriers and multiple radio access technologies. The base station selection method performs mobility estimation of the mobile device, where possible, to perform cell selection, but is also capable of performing cell selection without knowing the mobility of the device. Considerations such as the battery level of the mobile device, traffic demands of the network, and load balancing of network resources are used to make optimal selections for the mobile device as it travels through the wireless neighborhood. | 02-16-2012 |
20120082084 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE MOBILE RELAY AND GROUP MOBILITY - A method and system to facilitate mobile relay and group mobility in a wireless network. In one embodiment of the invention, the wireless network facilitates a mobile relay station that has logic to switch communication with a first base station to a second base station while maintaining logical communication with its associated mobile station(s). By doing so, the handover of the mobile relay station from a source base station to a target base station is transparent to the mobile station(s) that are connected with the mobile relay station in one embodiment of the invention. | 04-05-2012 |
20120093032 | AIRLINK TECHNIQUES ENABLING DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION AND CONFIGURATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK BASE STATIONS - An embodiment of the present invention provides a base station (BS), comprising a transceiver adapted for communication with at least one mobile station (MS) in a wireless network and further adapted to reconfigure RF operational parameters on a dynamic basis enabling self optimizing networks (SON), and wherein the BS is capable of maintaining session continuity with the at least one STA through SON restarts. | 04-19-2012 |
20120243452 | MPDU STRUCTURE AND RELATED METHODS FOR USE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL - An MPDU structure for use in a wireless communications protocol includes a basic header ( | 09-27-2012 |
20120243483 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING A VIRTUAL WIDEBAND CHANNEL - An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus comprising an Orthogonal | 09-27-2012 |
20120281635 | FEMTOCELL ARCHITECTURE AND NETWORK - A femtocell architecture and network are described. In one example the femtocell has a wireless access point having a first communications interface for wireless communications with a subscriber unit and a second communications interface for communications with a cellular radio communications system, and a secure gateway between the access point and the cellular system to secure communications between the access point and the cellular system. | 11-08-2012 |
20120289222 | INITIALIZING FEMTOCELLS - A femtocell may be initialized on a network by automatically contacting a network service provider. The access point then automatically downloads an initial configuration from a bootstrap server belonging to the network service provider. In some cases, a femtocell access point may automatically determine, after boot up, whether it was pre-provisioned with credentials to authenticate itself with the network service provider. If so, it may use a domain name service to obtain an address of a bootstrap server. Otherwise, it may use dynamic host configuration protocol to discover the bootstrap server's Internet Protocol address. | 11-15-2012 |
20120302246 | ZONE SWITCHING IN MIXED-ZONE AIR INTERFACE - Embodiments of a system and method for wireless communication are provided. In certain embodiments, a base station provides a first zone using a first version of the communication standard and a second zone using a second version of the communication standard. In certain embodiments, the base station determines whether a mobile station communicating with the base station in the first zone can support the second version of the communication standard used in the second zone. When the mobile station can support the second version of the communication standard, the base station can send a command to switch the mobile station to the second zone. | 11-29-2012 |
20130064177 | PAYLOAD HEADER REDUCTION CLASSIFICATION FOR MULTIPROTOCOL CONVERGENCE SUBLAYER - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for payload header reduction classification for multiprotocol convergence sublayer. | 03-14-2013 |
20130083653 | MECHANISM TO PREVENT LOAD IN 3GPP NETWORK DUE TO MTC DEVICE TRIGGERS - Embodiments of methods and apparatus to manage MTC device trigger load in a wireless network are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083726 | SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for transmitting small data payloads in a wireless communication network. An apparatus may include non-access stratum (NAS) circuitry configured to receive a trigger to send a data payload to a wireless communication network, the data payload having a size that is less than a preconfigured threshold, and generate a NAS message including the data payload and access stratum (AS) circuitry coupled with the NAS circuitry and configured to transmit the NAS message including the data payload to a node comprising a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node (SGSN). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130083792 | VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL SESSION IDENTIFIERS FOR VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL CALLS - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for voice session identifiers to facilitate voice over Internet protocol calls. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084885 | INTELLIGENT LOCATION TAGGING FOR DETERMINSTIC DEVICE BEHAVIOR - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a deterministic device behavior system detects if a device is entering a sensitive location. The sensitive location may be a movie theater, hospital, law enforcement agency, public restroom or locker room, meeting room, factory, or similar location. If the device enters the sensitive location, the device is triggered to query a location database to obtain one or more policies related to deterministic behavior. The policies are transmitted to the device to execute the deterministic behavior while the device is in the sensitive location. The deterministic behavior may include disabling one or more modules of the device such as the camera, microphone, speaker, annunciator, vibrator, and so on, where the use of such modules may be inappropriate or prohibited in the sensitive location. The policies may be implemented manually by the user or automatically by the device. | 04-04-2013 |
20130084894 | SCALABLE TRANSMISSION OR DEVICE TRIGGER REQUESTS - Systems and methods for scalable triggering of machine type communication (MTC) devices are disclosed. One method comprises receiving for a selected period of time, at an MTC inter working function (IWF) module, a plurality of device trigger messages that are sent from a plurality of MTC servers. The plurality of device trigger messages are aggregated at the MTC IWF. A mobility management entity (MME) or Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (SGSN) for each device trigger message is identified. The aggregated device trigger messages are then sent to the identified MME or SGSN associated with each device trigger message to enable the identified MME SGSN to send the device trigger messages to a radio access network for transmission to the MTC devices. | 04-04-2013 |
20130094360 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND FLOW RESTRICTION DEVICES - A communication device may be provided. The communication device may include: a packet generator configured to generate a packet including data for a second communication device and a header including an identifier identifying a communication service for the data and a transmitter configured to transmit the packet via a flow restriction device to the second communication device. | 04-18-2013 |
20130115993 | TECHNIQUES AND CONFIGURATIONS FOR TRIGGERING A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for triggering a plurality of wireless devices such as Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices in a wireless communication network. A method may include receiving, by an interworking function (IWF) of a wireless communication network, a trigger from a machine type communication (MTC) server to initiate a communication between the MTC server and a plurality of MTC devices and sending, by the IWF, a triggering indication to the plurality of MTC devices using a radio access network (RAN) over a first reference point to a first module including a cell broadcast center (CBC) or over a second reference point to a second module including a mobility management entity (MME) or a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN). Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 05-09-2013 |
20130165118 | CONTEXT-RETENTION CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT RETENTION IN WIRLESS ACCESS NETWORKS - Embodiments of a context-retention controller and method for retaining context in a wireless access network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the context-retention controller may assign a context identifier to a mobile device at network entry for context retention. A disconnection and context-retention request may be received from a base station to trigger entry of the mobile station into a context-retention mode. The base station may generate the disconnection and context-retention request upon an indication of a disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. The context-retention controller may maintain context for the mobile device in a context-retention database after disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. | 06-27-2013 |
20130196704 | IDENTIFIERS FOR MTC GROUP IN 3GPP SYSTEMS - Machine-Type-Communication-type (MTC-type) devices of an MTC Group are uniquely identified across all types of wireless networks by a system and method in which a receiver is capable of receiving a signal from at least one node of a wireless network. The signal contains MTC Group ID information that corresponds to an MTC Feature that provides at least one system optimization for the wireless device. The received MTC Group ID is then processed to determine whether the MTC received Group ID corresponds to an MTC Feature to which a wireless device is a member. The MTC Group ID information contained in the received signal comprises part of a Mobile Subscription Identification (MSIN) field of an International Mobile Subscriber Identify (IMSI), additional digits added to an IMSI, of part of a separate MTC Group message. | 08-01-2013 |
20130201824 | HANDLING USER PLANE CONGESTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for handling user plane congestion in a wireless communications network. A packet data network gateway (PGW) and/or a serving gateway (SGW) may proactively transmit a congestion notification to a mobility management entity (MME) including a level of congestion of the PGW and/or SGW. The MME may receive congestion notifications from a plurality of PGWs and/or SGWs. The MME may receive a request for a packet data network (PDN) connection from a user equipment (UE), and may take an action in response to the request based on the reported levels of congestion. The action may include selecting a PGW and/or SGW for the PDN connection, notifying the UE that the PDN connection cannot be established, and/or negotiating with the UE to terminate or modify one or more existing PDN connections in exchange for establishing the new PDN connection. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201842 | MEASUREMENTS FOR THE INTERWORKING OF WIRELESS WIDE AREA AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - Technology is discussed for capturing performance measurements from Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) transmission points and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Access Points (AP). The performance measurements can provide information about the interworking a WWAN and one or more WLANs that can be used to offload traffic from the WWAN. Also, an illustrative example of the collection of performance measurements at a WWAN is explained. Furthermore, the correlation, analysis, and general harnessing of performance measurements to optimize and/or maintain combinations between a WWAN and one or more WLANs is discussed, among other topics. | 08-08-2013 |
20130258923 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED ENERGY-SAVINGS MANAGEMENT - Techniques for improved energy-savings management are described. In various embodiments, for example, a network management node includes a processor circuit, a communication component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to receive device tracking information from a device tracking node, and a determination component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine whether an eNodeB is to enter an energy-saving mode based on the device tracking information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-03-2013 |
20130265915 | SCHEDULER SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE - A wireless communication system and method schedules a beginning of an uplink transmission from a wireless device to a network transceiver with a first predetermined period of time after an end of a downlink transmission from the network transceiver device to the wireless device is scheduled. The uplink transmission and the downlink transmission comprise the same carrier frequency. The first predetermined period of time is related to a time required for the wireless device to switch from between receive and transmit modes. A beginning a downlink transmission from the network transceiver to the wireless device is scheduled with a second predetermined period of time after an end of an uplink transmission from the wireless device to the network transceiver is scheduled. The second predetermined period of time is related to a time required for the wireless device to switch between transmit and receive modes. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268986 | Handling Large Volumes of Internet Live Unicast Content Streams - To reduce overloading of broadband networks, unicast streams containing the same live Internet content can be identified. Then unicast streams may be combined into a multicast stream. | 10-10-2013 |
20130272181 | EXCHANGING CONFIGURATION DATA - Embodiments of apparatus, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for a user equipment (“UE”) to generate, for transmission to a remote entity executing on a remote computing device in communication with the UE over an air interface of an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (“EUTRAN”), a container that includes UE or base station (e.g., Evolved Node B, or “eNB”) configuration data (e.g., an inactivity time interval), or over-the-top (“OTT”) application configuration data. In embodiments, the UE may transmit the container through a logical tunnel passing through the air interface between a local processing entity executing on the computing device and the remote entity. A base station such as an eNB may be similarly configured to generate and/or transmit, to a UE, a container with UE, base station, or OTT application configuration data, through a logical tunnel passing through the air interface. | 10-17-2013 |
20130279368 | COORDINATION OF SELF-OPTIMIZATION OPERATIONS IN A SELF ORGANIZING NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe device, methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for coordinating a plurality of self-optimization operations, such as an energy-saving management operation and a capacity and coverage optimization operation, to reduce conflicts between changes to configuration parameters of a wireless network access node caused by the self-optimization operations. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 10-24-2013 |
20130279372 | SMALL DATA TECHNIQUES AND CONFIGURATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for triggering transmission of data payloads in a wireless communication network. An apparatus may include one or more computer-readable media having instructions and one or more processors coupled with the one or more computer-readable media and configured to execute the instructions to implement an interworking function (IWF) to receive, from a Machine Type Communication (MTC) server, a trigger request to trigger sending of a data payload over a wireless communication network, the data payload being smaller than a preconfigured threshold, and send, in response to the trigger request over a reference point to a module including a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node (SGSN), a trigger notification to trigger sending of the data payload over the wireless communication network. | 10-24-2013 |
20130291075 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL - An apparatus may include a transceiver and a processor circuit coupled to the transceiver. The apparatus may also include a local packet data network access module operable on the processor circuit to schedule for transmission from the transceiver to a mobility management entity (MME) a request from a user equipment (UE) for access to a local network, to generate a request for authentication to be sent to the UE, and to receive authentication information sent in response to the request for authentication. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130303104 | Techniques for Delivering Emergency Payloads for Non-Voice Emergency Services - Examples are disclosed for delivering, at user equipment (UE) such as a wireless device, emergency payloads for non-voice emergency services (NOVES). The examples include receiving, at a UE, an emergency payload associated with a NOVES that may include an emergency indicator, a voice message, a video or a text message. An attempt may be made to deliver the emergency payload to a public service answering point (PSAP) and if the attempt is not successful, the emergency payload may be stored at the UE. A number of reattempts may be made to deliver the emergency payload to the PSAP if the attempt is not successful. Based on an acknowledgement of delivery of the emergency payload to the PSAP or aborting reattempts to deliver the emergency payload, the stored emergency payload may be removed from the UE. Other examples are described and claimed. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303160 | DETERMINING PROXIMITY OF USER EQUIPMENT FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for ascertaining, e.g., by a traffic detection function (“TDF”), that a first user equipment (“UE”) and a second UE are, potentially, sufficiently proximate to each other to wirelessly exchange data directly. In various embodiments, an evolved serving mobile location center (“E-SMLC”) may be instructed, e.g., by the TDF, to obtain location change data associated with the first and second UEs. In various embodiments, a determination may be made, e.g., by the TDF, based on the location change data, whether the first and second UEs are sufficiently proximate to exchange data directly, and whether the first and second UEs are likely to remain proximate for at least a predetermined time interval. In various embodiments, the first and second UEs may be caused to commence device-to-device (“D2D”) communication based on the determination. | 11-14-2013 |
20130336305 | PERSISTENT LOGICAL DATA TUNNELS - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, computer-readable media and system configurations for data delivery among wireless machine-to-machine (“M2M”) and/or machine-type-communication (“MTC”) devices. A method may include receiving, from a plurality of wireless devices (e.g., user equipment or subscriber unit devices), a plurality of uplink data packets, and routing uplink data packets from a subset of the plurality of wireless devices into a logical data tunnel leading to an access gateway. The logical data tunnel may be persistent across sessions of the subset of the plurality of wireless devices. Additionally or alternatively, a method may include incorporating an M2M/MTC payload into data for establishing a connection between a wireless device and a radio access network (“RAN”), so that the wireless device may thereafter enter into an idle mode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 12-19-2013 |
20140003313 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO EFFICIENTLY SEND DEVICE TRIGGER MESSAGES | 01-02-2014 |
20140023038 | DISTRIBUTED MOBILITY ANCHORING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and an information handling system configured to select a mobility anchor point for a mobile device in a distributed mobility anchor point network may comprise collecting information about movement behavior or data transfer behavior of the mobile device, or tunneling overhead of two or more base stations. A mobility anchor point associated with a first base station may be assigned to the mobile device if the mobile device is connected to the first base station for at least a predetermined amount of time, if the mobile device transfers at least a predetermined amount of data via the first base station, or device if a tunneling overhead of the first base station is less than a predetermined level. In some embodiments, a centralized mobility anchor may be assigned to the mobile device if the mobile device is highly mobile and there is no identified base station to which the mobile device is frequently connected. | 01-23-2014 |
20140023039 | STATISTICS FOR OPTIMIZING DISTRIBUTED MOBILITY ANCHORING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments a mobility anchor point may operate in a distributed mobility anchor network. The mobility anchor point comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured by instructions in the memory to receive a request from a mobile node to connect with a base station, store one or more connection statistics regarding the connect request in a cache, send the one or more connection statistics to a mobility manager, and receive a message from the mobility manager indicating an identity of an assigned mobility anchor assigned to the mobile node. | 01-23-2014 |
20140036769 | COMMUNICATION PATH SWITCHING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices for switching internet protocol (IP) flows from a first communication path to a second communication path are disclosed herein. A user equipment (UE) may include an exchange component, a session component, and a communication component. The exchange component exchanges second communication path availability information between the UE and another UE by sending and receiving session initiation protocol (SIP) messages that include second communication path availability information over the first communication path. The session component changes the communication session by re-routing traffic flows to the second communication path based on the exchanged second path availability information. The communication component sends to and receives from the other UE data corresponding to an IP flow over the second communication path. | 02-06-2014 |
20140036793 | NETWORK ASSISTANCE FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY - Embodiments of system and method configurations for device discovery and connection establishment in connection with use of device-to-device (D2D) and proximity-based services are generally described herein. In some examples, an evolved packet core (EPC) of a 3GPP Long Term Evolution or 3GPP Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE/LTE-A) network is arranged to assist D2D identification and discovery procedures at user equipment (UEs) connected to the LTE/LTE-A network. Various identification and discovery procedures may be implemented in connection with proximity detection and the establishment of communication times for the establishment of the D2D communication link, between the UEs. Accordingly, the EPC of the LTE/LTE-A network may assist the establishment of a device-to-device communication link between UEs on a wireless network employing a distinct wireless protocol (for example, a direct wireless network connection via a wireless local area network (WLAN) or wireless personal area network (WPAN)). | 02-06-2014 |
20140043993 | INTELLIGENT P-GW RELOCATION FOR SIPTO SERVICE CONTINUITY - Intelligent packet data network gateway (P-GW) relocation for selected internet protocol traffic offload (SIPTO) service continuity is described. A user equipment (UE) application monitoring module, can monitor the network session state for a UE. A transition window can be determined based on both the network session state and a session continuity impact metric. A new packet data network gateway (P-GW) can be associated to the UE during the transition window in response to a determination that a current P-GW of the UE is less optimal, in at least one performance metric, than the new P-GW. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051485 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING IDLE STATE ACTIVITY IN MOBILE DEVICES - An apparatus may comprise a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver and a message aggregation module arranged to intercept multiple messages from one or more mobile data applications during an idle mode of a device, one or more of the multiple messages operable to trigger a transition of the device from the idle mode to a connected mode by causing a radio resource control message to be sent from the device to a radio access network, the message aggregation module to store the multiple messages in a buffer associated with the one or more mobile data applications in order to maintain the device in the idle mode, and schedule for transmission by the RF transceiver the stored messages at a defined time instance based on a delay tolerance for the one or more mobile data applications when the device is in the connected mode. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 02-20-2014 |
20140086103 | Techniques for Fractional Wireless Broadband Usage - Examples are disclosed for fractional wireless broadband usage. In some examples, a portal managed by a usage manager may be accessed to enable a user of a wireless device to establish an agreement with the usage manager for the use of an application via a wireless wide area network (WWAN). The agreement may include policies associated with limits to data bandwidth utilized while the application is used via the WWAN. For these examples, access may be obtained to the WWAN through an operator of the WWAN. The access may be obtained via presentation of credentials to authenticate the wireless device to the operator of the WWAN. Also, other credentials may be presented to authenticate the wireless device or a user of the wireless device for use the application via the WWAN. The application may then be executed at the wireless device according to the agreement. Also, for these examples, the application may be provided by an application service provider having a service level agreement with the usage manager and/or the operator of the WWAN for providing the application for use via the WWAN. Other examples are described and claimed. | 03-27-2014 |
20140092808 | MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR 3GPP SYSTEMS - A 3GPP monitoring architecture framework provides monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting for machine-type and other mobile data applications using a machine type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) that communicates monitoring event configuration, detection, and reporting messages through existing interfaces, such as Tsp, T4, and T5 interfaces. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092885 | DISCOVERY AND OPERATION OF HYBRID WIRELESS WIDE AREA AND WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - Technology for setting up a Device to Device (D2D) communication channel between mobile wireless devices is disclosed. The technology includes identifying a first user equipment and a second user equipment located within a proximity; receiving network assisted proximity discovery information at one of the first UE and the second UE from an evolved packet core (EPC) operating on a third generation partnership practice (3GPP) wireless wide area network (WWAN); and setting up a device to device (D2D) communication between the first UE and the second UE based on the network assisted proximity discovery information received from the EPC. | 04-03-2014 |
20140094119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN THE ABSENCE OF NETWORK COVERAGE - A method and system for establishing a secure device-to-device connection between two mobile devices involves the use of a WiFi Direct (LTE Direct or other similar protocols) link paired with an IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) link. A device detects the presence of another device that it wishes to connect to. The devices negotiate a group owner, then authenticate each other using a variety of techniques, such as a centrally issued certificate. Thereafter, the devices derive keys to be used for communication, both over the WiFi Direct link and via the IMS link. A WiFi Direct Link may be paired with a Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC) link in order to couple together more than two devices. In such a connection, devices transmit to a group owner, which then sends multicast versions to the rest of the group devices. | 04-03-2014 |
20140141742 | MANAGING NON-VOICE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A user equipment (UE) may send a non-voice emergency services (NOVES) message to a public safety access point (PSAP). If the UE does not receive an acknowledgement that the PSAP received the NOVES message, the UE may buffer the NOVES message and periodically re-transmit the NOVES message. The NOVES message may include a counter value that is incremented with each successive transmission. The PSAP may recognize if the counter value is greater than an initial value, and determine if the PSAP or another PSAP has received the NOVES message previously. In some embodiments, the UE may change an interval between re-transmissions if the UE receives a partial acknowledgement from an operator network indicating that the operator network has received the NOVES message but that the PSAP is unavailable. Embodiments also provide an emergency module hosted at the operator network to store and forward the NOVES message to the PSAP. | 05-22-2014 |
20140177590 | WIRELESS MODULE AND METHOD FOR LOCAL IP ACCESS PACKET DATA NETWORK RELEASE - Various embodiments include systems, wireless modules, and methods for local IP access packet data network release. Handover data can be received at a target wireless module as part of a user equipment handover operation. The user equipment can include an active packet data network session associated with a source local home network. A determination that the target wireless module is not in the source local home network can be made based on the handover data. The target wireless module can trigger deactivation of the packet data network session in response to the determination that the target wireless module is not in the source local home network. | 06-26-2014 |
20140198637 | Handling User Plane Congestion - In accordance with some embodiments, when UPCON congestion is detected, service data flows (SDFs) may be adjusted to account for the problem and to avoid denial of service. In accordance with some embodiments, a priority scheme may be implemented in which certain users or certain types of data are given priority and in some cases maximum bit rates (MBRs) may be imposed for either particular users or certain types of data. Once the congestion alleviates, regular service data flows may be again permitted. | 07-17-2014 |
20140206348 | NETWORK ASSISTED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY FOR PEER-TO-PEER APPLICATIONS - The techniques introduced here provide for network assisted device-to-device communication for peer-to-peer applications. The techniques include registering a user's peer-to-peer application identifier with a peer-to-peer application server, registering a peer-to-peer application with a device-to-device server, sending a peer-to-peer service request to the peer-to-peer application server, and receiving network assistance in discovering a peer with the desired P2P content/service and establishing a device-to-device communication arrangement for exchange of peer-to-peer services. | 07-24-2014 |
20140248901 | NETWORK-LEVEL DEVICE PROXIMITY DETECTION - A technology for network-level device proximity detection is disclosed. In an example, core network (CN) device can include computer circuitry configured to: Store user equipment (UE) information; calculate proximity between two UEs; and assist the two UEs with direct device discovery based on the calculated proximity. The core network device can include a proximity services (ProSe) server, a gateway mobile location center (GMLC), an evolved serving mobile location center (E-SMLC), or a mobility management entity (MME). | 09-04-2014 |
20140254490 | SMALL DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe techniques and configurations for transmitting small data payloads such as, for example, Machine Type Communication (MTC) data in a wireless communication network. A system may include features to implement an interworking function (IWF) to receive, from a machine type communication (MTC) server, a trigger to send a data payload, which is smaller than a preconfigured threshold, to a user equipment (UE) over a wireless communication network, and send, over a first reference point to a first module including a Mobility Management Entity (MME) or a Serving GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Support Node (SGSN) or a second reference point to a second module including a Home Location Register (HLR) or a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), the data payload and a request to forward the data payload to the UE. | 09-11-2014 |
20140301289 | NETWORK-ASSISTED TO DIRECT DEVICE DISCOVERY SWITCH - Embodiments for providing network-assisted to direct device discovery switch are generally described herein. In some embodiments, location information is received at an evolved packet core (EPC) from at least a first and a second user equipment (UE). A network-assisted device-to-device (D2D) request is received from the first UE for establishing a D2D wireless connection with the second UE. Proximity of the first UE and the second UE are monitored. Before detecting the second UE being in proximity to the first UE, direct discovery is determined to be more resource efficient than continuing to provide network-assisted D2D discovery. An indication is provided to the first UE and the second UE to perform direct discovery based on information provided in the indication. | 10-09-2014 |
20140325078 | ARCHITECTURE FOR WEB-BASED REAL-TIME COMMUNICATIONS (WEBRTC) TO ACCESS INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) - Embodiments for providing an architecture for WebRTC to access Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a non-IMS user equipment (UE) is provided along with an Application Signaling Interworking Function (ASIF) co-located with the non-IMS UE. The non-IMS UE is arranged to send a register message to the ASIF for registering the non-IMS UE with an IMS core. The ASIF is arranged to translate the register message from the non-IMS UE to IMS-based signaling and to register the non-IMS UE with the IMS core using the register message translated to IMS-based signaling. | 10-30-2014 |
20140357228 | PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICES DISCOVERY PRIVACY - This application discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for providing device-to-device (D2D) discovery privacy. In an example, a method can include transmitting a first temporary identification and first discovery information from a first user equipment (UE), the discovery information authorizing discovery of the first UE; and receiving a request from a second UE to join a device-to-device network with the first UE using a second temporary identification associated with the second UE. | 12-04-2014 |
20140362754 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION (DRX) CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR DRX OPERATION - Embodiments of a context-retention controller and method for retaining context in a wireless access network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the context-retention controller may assign a context identifier to a mobile device at network entry for context retention. A disconnection and context-retention request may be received from a base station to trigger entry of the mobile station into a context-retention mode. The base station may generate the disconnection and context-retention request upon an indication of a disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. The context-retention controller may maintain context for the mobile device in a context-retention database after disconnection of the mobile device from the wireless access network. | 12-11-2014 |
20140378123 | DEVICE-TO-DEVICE DISCOVERY WITH DIRECT RADIO SIGNALS - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for establishing a direct connection between two UEs. Each UE may be provisioned with a temporary identifier by a server of a wireless network of the UE. The UEs may then be configured to broadcast the temporary IDs in radio signals over radio resources that are separate from the radio resources of the network. The temporary IDs may not contain identifying information of the broadcasting UE that is interpretable without receiving further information from the network. | 12-25-2014 |
20150029845 | MECHANISM TO PREVENT LOAD IN 3GPP NETWORK DUE TO MTC DEVICE TRIGGERS - Embodiments of methods and apparatus to manage MTC device trigger load in a wireless network are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029879 | SELECTING A RADIO NODE FOR DATA TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - A technology that is operable to select a radio node on a communications network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) is configured with circuitry configured to determine when to offload data traffic of the UE to a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP) in a multi-radio access technology (RAT) communications network based on radio access network (RAN) assistance information communicated via the operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) system. A status is identified of one or more WLAN APs in the multi-RAT communications network using the RAN assistance information. A radio node is selected in the cell of the multi-RAT communications network for communication based on selected criteria. | 01-29-2015 |
20150029956 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SELECTIVELY PROVIDING INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) SESSION CONTINUITY - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of selectively providing Internet Protocol (IP) session continuity. In one example, a mobile device may include a radio to communicate with a wireless network, the radio to transmit a session setup request to setup a communication session, and to receive a session setup response in response to the session setup request, the session setup response including a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and a second IP address assigned to the communication session, and an indication that the first IP address is configured to maintain IP session continuity; and a controller to select to use the first IP address for the communication session, if IP session continuity is to be maintained for the communication session, and to select to use the second IP address for the communication session, if IP session continuity is not to be maintained for the communication session. | 01-29-2015 |
20150036495 | DEVICE TO DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION MECHANISMS - Technology for enabling device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless network is disclosed. One method comprises receiving a traffic flow optimization message at a first transmission node in the wireless network from a detection function (DF) module. A D2D setup message can be transmitted from the first transmission node to establish a D2D link, wherein the D2D link bypasses a serving gateway for the wireless network and provides communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. | 02-05-2015 |
20150036496 | REPORTING OF USER PLANE CONGESTION (UPCON) USING A UPCON CONTAINER - Technology for reporting radio access network (RAN) user plane congestion (UPCON) is disclosed. In an example, a core network (CN) device can include computer circuitry configured to: receive an UPCON event report using an UPCON container that includes a congestion situation indicator to indicate a UPCON situation; and change an UPCON process based on the congestion situation indicator. The core network device can include a mobility management entity (MME), a serving gateway (S-GW), a packet data network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF), a policy and charging rules function (PCEF), a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN), a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN), an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF), an operation and maintenance (O&M) subsystem, an UPCON server, a proxy, or a standalone function entity. | 02-05-2015 |
20150045060 | DETERMINING PROXIMITY OF USER EQUIPMENT FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for ascertaining, e.g., by a traffic detection function (“TDF”), that a first user equipment (“UE”) and a second UE are, potentially, sufficiently proximate to each other to wirelessly exchange data directly. In various embodiments, an evolved serving mobile location center (“E-SMLC”) may be instructed, e.g., by the TDF, to obtain location change data associated with the first and second UEs. In various embodiments, a determination may be made, e.g., by the TDF, based on the location change data, whether the first and second UEs are sufficiently proximate to exchange data directly, and whether the first and second UEs are likely to remain proximate for at least a predetermined time interval. In various embodiments, the first and second UEs may be caused to commence device-to-device (“D2D”) communication based on the determination. | 02-12-2015 |
20150081851 | DELIVERY OF TARGETED MEDIA CONTENT - Technology for receiving targeted media content is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can receive a first metadata including group information for files corresponding to targeted media content and media presentation description (MPD) information associated with the files, wherein each file the group information is associated with a group identification (ID) element. A second metadata can be received in a user service description (USD) that includes MPD information for streaming media content. A user profile can be identified that includes group ID elements associated with a user. Targeted MPD information for selected targeted media content having the group ID element that is included in the user profile can be inserted into the MPD information for the streaming media content to generate a merged MPD. The selected targeted media content and the streaming media content can be received according to the merged MPD for playback at the UE. | 03-19-2015 |
20150089382 | APPLICATION CONTEXT MIGRATION FRAMEWORK AND PROTOCOL - Embodiments described herein relate generally to the migration of a static object, such as an electronic document, across separate computer systems while retaining context data associated with the static object. In one embodiment, a source computer system is adapted to package a static object and associated context information and transmit the package over a network to a target computer system. The target computer system may present the static object in an application with the associated context information to substantially approximate presentation of the same at the source computer system. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 03-26-2015 |