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| 20090154425 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING HANDOFF DECISIONS IN ACCESS TERMINALS CAPABLE OF OPERATING AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN BEST EFFORT AND QoS MODES OF TRAFFIC OPERATION - Methods and apparatus for making handoff decisions in an access terminal which can support both best effort and QoS traffic, e.g., when operating in a best effort and QoS mode of operation, respectively, are described. The access terminal receives an indicator indicating the fraction of communications resources not utilized for QoS service and information indicating a number of best effort users being supported by the attachment point. During QoS mode operation, connections to attachment points which can support the access terminal's minimal QoS requirements are identified and then from among the identified set, the attachment point which can provide a connect supporting the most best effort traffic from the access terminal is selected. In best effort mode operation the access terminal selects the attachment point connection which will provide the greatest amount of throughput to the access terminal for best effort traffic. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090156211 | Methods and Apparatus for Making a Handoff Determination as a Function of Service Level Indicating Metrics - Method and apparatus for an access terminal which makes handoff decisions between a number of potential alternative attachment points based on service level indicating metrics are described. The access terminal computes a service level indicating metric differently for a current connection than for a potential alternative connection. A service level indicating metric is a function of loading information and received signal strength. A selection may be made by selecting between attachment points by selecting the attachment point having the highest service level indicating metric from among a plurality of attachment points, one per possible carrier where the attachment point which is considered for a given carrier is the one having the best connection for the given carrier. The access terminal handoff decision approach provides handoff decisions which are nearly as optimal as those which can be achieved using a centralized control node but without the requirement for centralized handoff decisions. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20120057475 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM JAMMING BASED ON SIGNAL AND INTERFERENCE IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which a signal is received on a resource, a signal quality of the signal is determined, a signal energy of the signal is determined, and the resource is jammed based on the signal quality and the signal energy by transmitting a signal on the resource. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059935 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SELECT AND TO RESELECT A RESOURCE FOR PEER DISCOVERY IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided in which signals are received on each of a plurality of resources and an energy of each of the signals of a set of the plurality of resources is determined. In addition, a resource is determined based on a probability for each of the resources in a subset of the set. The probability for selecting a resource with a lower determined energy is less than one and greater than the probability for selecting a resource with a higher determined energy. Furthermore, a signal is transmitted on the selected resource. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120087253 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR PEER-TO-PEER DATA IN NON PEER-TO-PEER RESOURCES - A method of operating a wireless device includes communicating in one of peer-to-peer data resources or non peer-to-peer resources. The peer-to-peer data resources include a first set of peer-to-peer resources with a first bandwidth and a second set of peer-to-peer resources with a second bandwidth greater than the first bandwidth. The first set of peer-to-peer resources is parallel in time with the non peer-to-peer resources. In addition, the method includes estimating a signal quality for a data transmission on the peer-to-peer data resources. Furthermore, the method includes determining whether to send the data transmission in one of the first set of peer-to-peer resources or the second set of peer-to-peer resources based on the estimated signal quality. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120087347 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT SCHEDULING OF PEER-TO-PEER LINKS AND WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK LINKS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A wireless device, a method, and a computer program product in a wireless device are provided in which a scheduling control signal is received in peer-to-peer resources. In addition, whether to yield a data transmission is determined based on the received scheduling control signal. Furthermore, the data transmission is sent to a base station on the peer-to-peer resources upon determining not to yield the data transmission. A base station, a method, and a computer program product in a base station are also provided in which a scheduling control signal is received in peer-to-peer resources. In addition, whether to yield a data transmission is determined based on the received scheduling control signal. Furthermore, the data transmission is sent to a wireless device on the peer-to-peer resources upon determining not to yield the data transmission. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120117155 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATIONS IN CELLULAR NETWORKS - A method of operating a wireless device associated with a first cell includes receiving information on a first set of resources for intracell peer-to-peer communication and on a second set of resources for intercell peer-to-peer communication. In addition, the method includes utilizing at least one of the first set of resources to communicate with a second wireless device within the first cell or the second set of resources to communicate with the second wireless device within a second cell based on the received information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120147823 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING OF PEER-TO-PEER COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS WIDE AREA NETWORK SPECTRUM - A method of wireless communication includes determining peer-to-peer scheduling resources. The peer-to-peer scheduling resources are parallel in time to and multiplexed with non peer-to-peer resources. The peer-to-peer scheduling resources include a plurality of serial scheduling resource segments. Each of the serial scheduling resource segments provides contention resolution for a set of peer-to-peer links. In addition, the method includes communicating in one of the serial scheduling resource segments and/or the non peer-to-peer resources. | 06-14-2012 |
