Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090013367 | Methods and Apparatus for Efficient Network Information Acquisition Over a DVB Network - Methods and apparatus for efficient network information acquisition over a DVB network. In an aspect, a method includes identifying an IP/MAC platform, acquiring network information table (NIT) information in a transport stream being transmitted on a forward link frequency, acquiring IP/MAC network table (INT) information associated with the IP/MAC platform based on the NIT information, creating a network list that identifies all networks referred to by all stream location descriptors associated with the selected IP/MAC platform based on the INT information, and acquiring network information for all the networks in the network list. In an aspect, an apparatus includes means for identifying an IP/MAC platform, means for acquiring NIT information, and means for acquiring INT information, means for creating a network list that identifies networks associated with the selected IP/MAC platform, and means for acquiring network information for all the networks in the network list. | 01-08-2009 |
20090019499 | Methods and Apparatus for Improved Program Acquisition for Use with MPEG-2 Based Systems - Methods and apparatus for improved program acquisition for use with MPEG-2 based systems. In an aspect, a method includes receiving a program association table (PAT) associated with an MPEG-2 transport stream, and identifying program map tables (PMTs) included in the PAT. The method also includes caching the PMTs, receiving a request to present a program, determining if a PMT associated with the program has been cached, and acquiring the selected program using information from the cached PMT. An apparatus includes means for receiving a PAT associated with an MPEG-2 transport stream and means for identifying PMTs included in the PAT. The apparatus also includes means for caching the PMTs, means for receiving a request to present a program, means for determining if a PMT associated with the program has been cached, and means for acquiring the selected program using information from the cached PMT. | 01-15-2009 |
20090077585 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE FAST CHANNEL SWITCHING WITH LIMITED DVB RECEIVER MEMORY - An apparatus and method for channel switching comprising encapsulating a plurality of IP datagrams associated with a plurality of real time audio/visual (A/V) streams or a plurality of file objects onto a plurality of MPE sections; inserting the plurality of MPE sections into one of a plurality of elementary streams; and multiplexing the plurality of elementary streams associated with the plurality of real time A/V streams or the plurality of file objects into a plurality of non-consecutive bursts, wherein the plurality of elementary streams are adjacent in a channel line-up. In one aspect, the plurality of non-consecutive bursts is transmitted to a DVB-H receiver with a limited memory size for enabling fast channel switching. In one aspect, the channel line-up is presented in an electronic service guide (ESG). | 03-19-2009 |
20090298418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND USER EXPERIENCE OF A MOBILE BROADCAST RECEIVER - Various techniques for receiving broadcast at a mobile broadcast receiver are described. In an aspect, the broadcast receiver provides user notification and/or automatically launches an application based on user preferences. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver improves channel switching time by predicting future channel selection based on real-time monitoring of user inputs. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver supports drag-and-drop user interface. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver provides additional information associated with a selected broadcast stream. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver processes a broadcast stream and sends output data to an external device for further processing and/or display. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver simultaneously displays live content and stored content. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver simultaneously receives multiple broadcast streams for displayed on one or more display units. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver collects user statistics and sends the statistics to a network entity. | 12-03-2009 |
20100259491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of this disclosure provides a method of controlling a mobile device without a native touch screen display. The mobile device is coupled to an external touch-screen device. The method comprises receiving input via a touch screen display. The method further comprises mapping the input to one or more keypad events. The method further comprises transmitting to at least one application the one or more keypad events. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE DEVICE DISPLAY POWER SAVINGS - Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of the disclosure provides a method comprising detecting a wireless connection between a mobile device and an external display device. The method further comprises adjusting a display of the mobile device based on at least the detection of the wireless connection. | 10-14-2010 |
20100261510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING A WIRELESS CONNECTION - Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of this disclosure provides method of triggering a wireless connection. The method comprises detecting a wired connection at a mobile device. The method further comprises adjusting a power to a wireless interface based on the detection of the wired connection. | 10-14-2010 |
20110182226 | HEADER COMPRESSION ENHANCEMENT FOR BROADCAST/MULTICAST SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for compression of headers in broadcasting BCMCS services in a wireless communication system are described. Techniques used in BCMCS systems without feedback include sending static context information during BCMCS service initialization for use in a decompressor in a mobile station. Techniques used in BCMCS systems with feedback include receiving feedback from distributed mobile station decompressors and adjusting the broadcasting compressor in response to the feedback. Techniques that reduce the number of operating states in both the compressor and the decompressor are described. Techniques to classify flows so that a reduced number of contexts are used to compress/decompress session packet headers in a push-to-talk service are described. | 07-28-2011 |
20110287752 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MAKE OPEN MARKET HANDSETS (C.S0023-D OR C.S0065-B COMPLAINT) BACKWARD COMPATIBLE WITH OLD RUIM CARDS - A method and apparatus for enabling backward compatibility in open market handsets (OMH) is provided. The method may include determining a type of an identity module based on one or more internal parameters of the identity module, and obtaining one or more credentials based at least in part on the determined the type identity module. | 11-24-2011 |
20110314037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING OPERATOR SPECIFIC PROFILES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate providing one or more profiles to an application executing on a device. The application can request one or more profiles, which can relate to an application type. The application type can be specified in the profile request, determined based on a profile indicated in the profile request, etc. Where the application type corresponds to an operator-specific application type, one or more operator identifiers in the profile request can be verified with one or more other operator identifiers in an identity module of the device. Where the operator identifiers match, the requested profile can be provided to the application. Where the operator identifiers do not match, an invalid profile, error code, etc. can be provided to the application. In this regard, operators can control utilization of specific profiles that can be defined by the operator. | 12-22-2011 |
20120124229 | METHODS AND APPARATUS OF INTEGRATING DEVICE POLICY AND NETWORK POLICY FOR ARBITRATION OF PACKET DATA APPLICATIONS - An apparatus or method integrates device policy and network policy in order to arbitrate a priority between packet data applications or services for a data connection. In response to a request, a data connection to a wireless network is established for a first application of a first type of application or service if no data session is in progress or if a second application of a second type of application or service can share an existing data session. A hybrid arbitrator performs hybrid arbitration between the first application and the second application in response to determining that the first type and the second type cannot share the existing data session, either based upon a network policy that specifies a difference in priority between the first type and the second type, or based upon a device policy if the network policy does not specify a difference in priority. | 05-17-2012 |
20130064084 | TECHNOLOGY AGNOSTIC QOS SUPPORT IN A MULTI-MODE ENVIRONMENT - A generic quality of service (QoS) model that is not dependent on network technology is used to support QoS for communication networks utilizing different network technologies. The generic QoS model may include a superset of all QoS parameters for all network technologies being supported, e.g., 3GPP and 3GPP2. An application at a device may specify QoS for a traffic flow based on the generic QoS parameters in the superset. The generic QoS parameters may be converted to QoS parameters that are specific to a serving network. The converted QoS parameters are exchanged with the serving network and are used while exchanging traffic with the serving network. | 03-14-2013 |
20130149997 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS - Systems and methods for controlling access to a wireless network are provided. An access control device is configured to control access of a wireless device to the wireless network. The access control device includes a receiver configured to receive, from the wireless device, a first identifier. The first identifier has an identifier type. The access control device further includes a processor configured to select a database, from a first database and a second database, based on the identifier type. The processor is further configured to determine whether the first identifier is in the selected database. The processor is further configured to restrict access of the wireless device to the wireless network based on whether the first identifier is in the selected database. | 06-13-2013 |
20130258934 | EMBMS SERVICE ACTIVATION AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURE IN MULTI-FREQUENCY NETWORKS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a user service description (USD) message. When a frequency indicated in the USD message is not a current frequency, the apparatus determines that a system information message is received, determines that the frequency indicated in the USD message is included in the system information message, determines that the frequency is a neighboring cell frequency, sets a priority of the frequency to a highest priority, and measures a signal strength of the frequency when the frequency is included in the system information message, performs a cell reselection determination procedure based on the signal strength of the frequency, performs cell reselection to the neighboring cell based on a result of the cell reselection determination procedure, and acquires the multicast service in the neighboring cell on the frequency. | 10-03-2013 |
20130276051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE AND USER EXPERIENCE OF A MOBILE BROADCAST RECEIVER - Various techniques for receiving broadcast at a mobile broadcast receiver are described. In an aspect, the broadcast receiver provides user notification and/or automatically launches an application based on user preferences. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver improves channel switching time by predicting future channel selection based on real-time monitoring of user inputs. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver supports drag-and-drop user interface. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver provides additional information associated with a selected broadcast stream. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver processes a broadcast stream and sends output data to an external device for further processing and/or display. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver simultaneously displays live content and stored content. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver simultaneously receives multiple broadcast streams for displayed on one or more display units. In another aspect, the broadcast receiver collects user statistics and sends the statistics to a network entity. | 10-17-2013 |
20130294316 | ACHIEVING FAST EMBMS CHANNEL SWITCHING AND ADDING IN LTE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a first MTCH. The apparatus stores MBMS control information for at least a second MTCH. The apparatus subsequently determines to receive the second MTCH. The apparatus then accesses the stored MBMS control information for the second MTCH upon determining to receive the second MTCH. The apparatus receives the second MTCH based on the accessed MBMS control information without acquiring the MBMS control information for the second MTCH after the determination to receive the second MTCH. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294318 | EFFICIENT UPDATE OF TMGI LIST IN LTE EMBMS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives at least one MBMS service in at least one MBSFN area. The apparatus receives configuration information on at least one MCCH. The at least one MCCH includes an MCCH unassociated with the at least one MBSFN area. The MCCH unassociated with the at least one MBSFN area is an MCCH associated with an MBSFN area not currently being received by the apparatus. The apparatus constructs a list of TMGIs based on the configuration information. The apparatus updates the list of TMGIs based on at least one of an MCCH change notification message for each of the at least one MCCH or a user service description. | 11-07-2013 |
20140003390 | NETWORK DRIVEN CELL RESELECTION METHOD FOR UES PLAYING EMBMS CONTENT IN UNICAST IDLE MODE | 01-02-2014 |
20140010221 | CONFIGURABLE HOST INTERFACE USING MULTI-RADIO DEVICE AND ARCHITECTURE FOR WLAN OFFLOAD - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A multi-radio device controls wireless communications by identifying one or more connection points between radio(s) of the multi-radio device and an operating system executing on a host device, analyzing a policy relating to the multi-radio device, and exposing, to the operating system, a subset of the connection points based on the policy. A modem manages a connection to an applications processor (AP) by virtualizing physical communication interfaces at the modem, providing a single Internet protocol (IP) interface representing the virtualized physical communication interfaces to a high level operating system (HLOS) at the AP, detecting a physical communication interface connected to the modem, and determining whether to expose the detected physical communication interface to the HLOS as a standalone virtualized physical communication interface, or hide the detected physical communication interface as part of an existing virtualized physical communication interface. | 01-09-2014 |
20140016491 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING SIGNAL QUALITY IN OVERLAPPING MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORK (MBSFN) AREAS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for reporting signal quality in overlapping Multimedia Broadcast Single Frequency Networks (MBSFN) areas. A UE may determine a signal quality estimate for each of two or more overlapping MBSFN areas based on Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) information and Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) information for the MBSFN area. The UE may then determine a combined signal quality based on the signal quality estimates of the MBSFN areas. | 01-16-2014 |
20140036755 | MBMS SUPPORT IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK AND IN-VENUE - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication enable user equipment operating in a current cell that provides a multimedia broadcast/multicast service to distinguish between neighboring cells that have different operational characteristics. The presence of a neighboring cell is identified while the user equipment is operating in a first cell and it is determined whether the neighboring cell provides services different from the services provided in the current cell, based on information maintained by the user equipment. The user equipment may move to the neighboring cell to obtain better or different service. | 02-06-2014 |
20140098745 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSING DATA PACKETS IN LTE EVOLVED MULTICAST BROADCAST MULTIMEDIA SERVICE - Compression of broadcast data packets is described in which a compressed broadcast data packet is formed by causing at least one field in a packet header to be excluded from the transmitted data packet. The data from the compressed or removed field is data that is otherwise available to a user entity. The user entity receives the compressed broadcast data packet and determines information corresponding to at least one of the eliminated fields in order to process the received broadcast information. | 04-10-2014 |
20140119263 | PRIMARY CELL SIGNALING FOR EMBMS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In a first configuration, the apparatus is an eNB. The eNB configures a UE with aggregated carriers including a primary carrier from a primary cell and one or more secondary carriers from one or more secondary cells. In addition, the eNB sends, with the configuration, SIB13 information for at least one secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells from the primary cell. In a second configuration, the apparatus is a UE. The UE receives a configuration with aggregated carriers including a primary carrier from a primary cell and one or more secondary carriers from one or more secondary cells. In addition, the UE receives, with the configuration, SIB13 information for at least one secondary cell of the one or more secondary cells from the primary cell. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119264 | PRIMARY CELL SIGNALING FOR EMBMS IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In a first configuration, the apparatus is an eNB. The eNB constructs an MCCH change notification, and sends the MCCH change notification with a carrier frequency index for a first frequency of a first cell on a second frequency of a second cell. In a second configuration, the apparatus is a UE. The UE receives a configuration with aggregated carriers including a primary carrier from a primary cell and one or more secondary carriers from one or more corresponding secondary cells, and receives an MCCH change notification with a carrier frequency index for a first frequency of a first cell on a second frequency of a second cell. The first cell and the second cell are each one of the primary cell and the secondary cells. | 05-01-2014 |
20140119265 | MULTIBAND EMBMS ENHANCEMENT USING CARRIER AGGREGATION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE receives at least one of a unicast or a broadcast/multicast communication on a first frequency from a first cell of a serving eNB through a first receive chain. In addition, the UE receives at least one of broadcast/multicast signal, synchronization signal, or reference signal communication on a second frequency from a second cell of the serving eNB through a second receive chain without having received instruction from the serving eNB to receive the at least one of the broadcast/multicast signal, the synchronization signal, or the reference signal communication. | 05-01-2014 |
20140192693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO OPTIMIZE POWER CONSUMPTION FOR LTE eMBMS - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a methods and systems operable by a network entity for wireless communication, that includes determining that User Equipment (UE) is in idle mode and receiving eMBMS (evolved Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service); and based on the determining, activating a power optimization procedure in order to reduce power consumption of the UE. Examples of a power optimization procedures include a single or multi-level hardware shut down procedure, lowering the clock rate of hardware, and shutting down a communication bus during periods of non-use. | 07-10-2014 |
20140310402 | APPLICATION TRAFFIC PAIRING - Systems, devices, and methods for reporting information in real time about traffic generated by each application for a device are described. In one aspect, the network can configure a list of applications user equipment (UE) devices need to report traffic information for and then when one of these applications starts a communication, the UE may send traffic descriptor(s) describing the traffic generated by the application. In this way the network can accurately identify the traffic and take actions based on UE report and local policy or subscription. | 10-16-2014 |
20140355507 | ADJUSTING PRIORITY OF MBMS AND FEMTO CELLS - A UE may camp on a femto cell in an idle mode and determine whether the UE has an interest in receiving an MBMS service from an MBMS cell. When the UE has the interest in receiving the MBMS service, the UE adjusts a priority of the MBMS cell on which the MBMS service is provided or a priority of the femto cell such that the priority of the MBMS cell is higher than the priority of the femto cell. Otherwise, the UE refrains from adjusting the priority of the MBMS cell or the priority of the femto cell. | 12-04-2014 |
20150026758 | Methods To Achieve Modem-Assisted-Service-Classification Functionality in a Device with Multiple Subscriptions - Various embodiments provide methods performed by an modem-assisted-service-classification (MASC) client application operating on a multi-SIM computing device for implementing MASC functionality for two or more subscriptions. In various embodiments, the MASC client may implement MASC functionality by associating MASC policies for one or more access point names (APNs) with a specific subscription and by applying those policies to applications associated with those one or more APNs while that specific subscription is in active communication with its network. Thus, by managing a mapping of subscriptions, APNs/networks, and applications, the MASC client may enable implementation of MASC functionality for a multi-SIM computing device. | 01-22-2015 |
20150063193 | METHOD OF ENHANCING USER EXPERIENCE BY USING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN LTE EMBMS - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives a request to receive a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service associated with a service area identity (SAI) and a second frequency. The apparatus performs inter-frequency cell reselection from a first cell transmitting at a first frequency to a second cell transmitting at the second frequency, the second cell being an inter-frequency neighbor cell to the first cell. The apparatus receives system information from the second cell. The apparatus determines that the second cell transmitting at the second frequency is unassociated with the SAI based on the received system information. The apparatus blacklists the SAI on the second frequency in a blacklist for at least a period of time upon determining that the second cell is unassociated with the SAI. | 03-05-2015 |