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20080207238 | Transmission Over a Multiple Input Multiple Output Broadcast Channel (Mimo-Bc) - A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) communication system | 08-28-2008 |
20080274759 | System and Method for Controlling Base Stations for Multimedia Broadcast Communications - A method, apparatus and system are provided for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a reporting subsystem configured to compile an activity status report based on a counting report and a channel quality indicator report received from user equipment and to send the activity status report to an entity of the communication system. The apparatus also includes a dynamic single-frequency network subsystem configured to control a multimedia broadcast and multimedia multicast service provided by the apparatus as a function of a static contribution table associated therewith and the activity status report. | 11-06-2008 |
20080305817 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION PERFORMED BETWEEN MASTER STATION AND SLAVE STATION BELONGING TO SUCH MASTER STATION EVEN WHEN INTERFERENCE SIGNAL IS DETECTED - A radio communication system includes one master station which performs transmission without being controlled by another radio station and which is configured to independently set a channel for use in a radio communication, and at least one slave station which belongs to the one master station and whose radio communication channel used and transmission/reception operations are controlled by the master station. When detecting an interference signal which disturbs the radio communication during operation, the one master station or the at least one slave station sets a first modulation scheme applied to the radio communication to the same second modulation scheme as a modulation scheme used in broadcast in order to convey information necessary for an evasive action to move to another radio communication channel. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311939 | Acknowledgment aided space domain user scheduling for multi-user mimo - An apparatus includes a modulator configured to modulate a plurality of data sequences, where individual ones of the plurality of data sequences correspond to individual ones of a plurality of user equipment; a transmitter configured for operation with a plurality of antennas and further configured to simultaneously transmit the modulated data sequences to the plurality of user equipment; and a receiver configured to receive one of an acknowledgment or a non-acknowledgment indication from individual ones of the plurality of user equipment indicating success or failure, respectively, of an individual one of the user equipment correctly receiving a corresponding transmitted data sequence. The apparatus additionally includes a controller that is configured to respond to a predetermined number of non-acknowledgment indications being received from a particular one of the user equipment, for a particular one of the transmitted data sequences, to retransmit the corresponding data sequence only to the particular user equipment. Corresponding methods and computer programs are also disclosed. | 12-18-2008 |
20090029728 | Base station initiated proximity service discovery and connection establishment - The normal roles of wireless stations and wireless access points in initiating the establishment of wireless connections may be reversed without the need for changes in the network interfaces for either the station or access point device. This capability may be used to allow wireless devices acting as access points, but on which service clients operate, to initiate the establishment of a connection with a station, on which a wireless service provider operates. Discovery of services between wireless devices can be provided prior to establishing a connection between the devices. A service client device providing access point functionality may broadcast an invitation for service advertisements and then receive service advertisements from relevant service providers acting as wireless stations. An information element may be included as part of periodically broadcast administrative messages to wirelessly convey an invitation for service advertisements. In response to a service advertisement, the access point may send to the wireless station an invitation to connect, prompting the wireless station to begin to establish a connection according to a wireless communication protocol. | 01-29-2009 |
20090088195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING OF SCHEDULING INFORMATION - An approach is provided for signaling of scheduling information. A determination of one or more parameters for inclusion as scheduling information is made. A message containing the scheduling information in a header field is generated, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of buffer status information, power headroom information, or a combination thereof. | 04-02-2009 |
20090098897 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RIGHT TO SPEAK - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a system, apparatuses and methods for determining the right to speak. In the embodiments, each Secondary Protective Device (SPD) selects a Request to Send (RTS) sequence from a preconfigured RTS sequence set and sends the selected RTS sequence to a Primary Protective Device (PPD). The PPD chooses one RTS sequence from the RTS sequence sent by the SPDs and sends the chosen RTS sequence to all the SPDs and then each SPD determines whether the right to speak is obtained according to the RTS sequence from the PPD. The system, apparatuses and methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure ensure that the RTS sequences sent to the PPD by the SPDs are almost always different. Therefore the efficiency of determining the right to speak is greatly improved and the satisfaction of users is improved effectively. | 04-16-2009 |
20090186645 | MULTICARRIER RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, RADIO RELAY STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND MULTICARRIER RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A multicarrier radio communication system includes a first mobile station located at a position where it is possible to directly communicate with the base station and to communicate with a radio relay station, and a second mobile station located at a position where it is impossible to directly communicate with the base station and it is possible to communicate with the radio relay station. For allocating subcarriers to signals, the base station determines an order of priority for signals destined for mobile stations on the basis of whether each mobile station is the first mobile station or not. The radio relay station allocates subcarriers to the signals, independently of subcarrier allocation made at the base station. For allocating subcarriers, the radio relay station determines an order of priority for signals on the basis of whether each mobile station is the first mobile station or not. | 07-23-2009 |
20090215481 | GROUP RESPONSE DETECTING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INPUT DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE - A plurality of nodes | 08-27-2009 |
20090221314 | Beam-hopping in a radio communications system - A radio communications system has at least one base station and subscriber station. To transmit messages to a subscriber stations, the base station uses successive emission directions that differ from one another. The base station transmits information concerning the sequence of the use of said emission directions to subscriber stations. | 09-03-2009 |
20090239561 | Mobile Communication System - A base station accommodation method and mobile communication system which allows the installation of many micro-miniature BTS devices are provided. The mobile communication system includes a plurality of base stations which accommodate a plurality of mobile terminals respectively; a plurality of first base station control devices, each of which accommodates a predetermined number of base stations out of the plurality of base stations; and a second base station control device which accommodates the plurality of first base station control devices, wherein each of the plurality of first base station control devices comprises, for supporting information identifying a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal data base to store identification information which identifies a base station to which the mobile terminal is subordinate, and a station data base to store an address of the base station. | 09-24-2009 |
20090239562 | Method and Apparatus for Fast Link Setup in a Wireless Communication System - A method and apparatus for a communication system provide for fast link setup for a mobile station by transmitting a request message, transmitting an assignment message from the base station to the mobile station, and transmitting a notification message from the base station to a base station controller. The mobile station transmits an indication message to the base station controller indicating a successful completion of acquiring the data packet channel. The base station controller processes the indication message for message integrity and security feature. A portion of the available communication resources at the base station is allocated for an immediate response to the request message for acquiring a data packet channel. | 09-24-2009 |
20090247200 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for processing signals in a distributed antenna system. The method includes receiving, by a Base Station (BS), Channel State Information (CSI) from Mobile Stations (MSs) located within a coverage area of the BS or a coverage of Relay Stations (RSs) connected to the BS; multiplying signals for transmission to the MSs by beamforming vectors by using the CSI; and transmitting the multiplied signals to the MSs. | 10-01-2009 |
20100035642 | MOBILE STATION, BASE STATION, AND PROPAGATION CONDITION COLLECTING METHOD - A disclosed mobile station is used in a system where a newly-installed base station sends a broadcast channel including information indicating a pre-operation state. The mobile station includes a broadcast channel receiving unit configured to receive a broadcast channel; a new base station determining unit configured to determine whether the received broadcast channel includes the information indicating the pre-operation state; and a reporting unit configured to report an identifier of the newly-installed base station (new cell) and/or reception quality of a pilot channel sent from the newly-installed base station if the new base station determining unit determines that the received broadcast channel includes the information indicating the pre-operation state. | 02-11-2010 |
20100113078 | SCOPE OF CHANNEL QUALITY REPORTING REGION IN A MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - Systems and methodologies are described that effectuate or facilitate multichannel feedback in multichannel wireless communication environments. In accordance with various aspects set forth herein, systems and/or methods are provided that construct a carrier set, classifies a carrier as belonging to the carrier set, utilizes the carrier as representative of all carriers included in the carrier set to measure a channel quality of the carrier, and transmits a CQI based at least in part of the channel quality of the carrier, wherein the broadcast CQI is representative of all carriers included in the carrier set. | 05-06-2010 |
20100151893 | Device-identifying system, device-identifying method, controlling device, and controlled device - There is provided an device-identifying system including: a controlling device capable of communicating with external devices via a network and using a wireless communication method to transmit an device-identifying signal, for identifying one of the external devices capable of communicating by the wireless communication method, to the one of the external devices without relying on the network; and a controlled device capable of communicating with the controlling device via the network, when the controlled device receives the device-identifying signal from the controlling device, the controlled device transmitting, to the network via multicast or broadcast, a response indicating that the controlled device has received the device-identifying signal, wherein when the controlling device receives the response, the controlling device determines that the controlled device having transmitted the response is the device having received the device-identifying signal transmitted from the controlling device. | 06-17-2010 |
20100173661 | COMMUNICATION SERVER, RADIO BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication server communicates with a radio base station that is capable of being connected to a fixed line by a user. A receiving unit receives station identification information identifying the radio base station and line identification information identifying a fixed line to which the radio base station is connected. An acquiring unit acquires authentication information indicating preliminarily set correlations between the station identification information and the line identification information. A determining unit determines whether a correlation between the station identification information and the line identification information received by the receiving unit coincides with a correlation indicated in the authentication information acquired by the acquiring unit. A determination result output unit outputs a determination result of the determining unit. | 07-08-2010 |
20100197330 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A receiving unit or a transmitting unit of a wireless network, for facilitating noise and interference measurements on an air interface. The receiving unit includes: a network interface which obtains information relating to a time-varying layout of a silent resource element (RE) grid; an electronic memory having code in communication with the network interface which stores the information; and a processing unit in communication with the electronic memory that takes a presence of a silent RE grid into account in the reception of a control or a data channel. | 08-05-2010 |
20100216498 | FLEET COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A communication network for a fleet of vehicles is disclosed. The communication network has a first group of the fleet of vehicles having a first level of priority on the network and a second group of the fleet of vehicles having a second level of priority on the network. A first vehicle in the first group is assigned as a supervisor of a second vehicle in the second group. | 08-26-2010 |
20100291954 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE - When an instruction operation given by a user to start communication parameter setting is detected, an operation mode of a communication device is determined. According to the determined operation mode, it is determined whether to provide a communication parameter through another communication device operating in a base station mode, or provide a communication parameter directly by the communication device. | 11-18-2010 |
20100291955 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTONOMOUS PORT ROLE ASSIGNMENTS IN MASTER-SLAVE NETWORKS - The application relates to a method for configuring ports of radio equipments connected to an internal network of a base station of a mobile communications network. The application also relates to the corresponding radio equipment and the corresponding radio equipment controller The method comprises: activating at least one port of the radio equipment to become an activated port, changing the activated at least one port to a non-connected slave state in which the activated at least one port listens to a communication on a link of the internal network for a time period, upon detection of the communication on the link changing the activated at least one port to a connected slave state, or upon expiry of the time period changing the activated at least one port to a non-connected master state in which the activated at least one port actively sends data into the link of the internal network. | 11-18-2010 |
20100298017 | Closed Subscriber Group Measurement Reporting - An adjacent cell is determined to be a private cell, and then a measurement report of it that includes an identifier for the private cell is sent from a UE to the UE's serving network node. Methods, apparatus and computer readable media storing a program are detailed. In exemplary non-limiting embodiments: the identifier is at least a TA ID for the private cell's CSG network, where the UE receives the TA ID over a broadcast channel/system information of the serving network node; the TA ID may be a short TA ID received over a primary broadcast channel of the serving network node; the identifier comprises the TA ID and either a LI cell ID or a CSG cell ID; and if the UE is not a member of the CSG network it the measurement report only in response to a command received from the serving network node. | 11-25-2010 |
20100304769 | POWER CONTROL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An inter-radio-access-technology device comprising: an interface for communicating over a wireless cellular network, and a processor arranged to execute code for performing operations handling communications via the interface according to a plurality of different radio access technologies. The processor is operable to execute code using any selected one of a plurality of different instruction sets, each set being configured for performing operations according to a respective one of the radio access technologies. The device is operable to dynamically switch between the radio access technologies, by selecting corresponding code for execution by the processor and selecting the corresponding instruction set for use in execution of the selected code. | 12-02-2010 |
20100311451 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data processing system includes a satellite storage device communicating with a central storage device via a network. The satellite storage device is capable of accessing the data of the central storage device and includes a storage unit capable of storing data duplicated from the central storage device. The satellite storage device is capable of selecting a synchronization policy which determines how to synchronize data between the storage unit and of the central storage device. | 12-09-2010 |
20100317386 | CELLULAR BASESTATION - A cellular basestation, for example a femtocell basestation, is able to configure its cel reselection parameters, in order to define a desired transition zone, in which cell reselections may take place. Specifically, the basestation detects broadcast cell reselection parameters of at least one neighbouring basestation, and adapts its own broadcast cell reselection parameters in response to the detected broadcast parameters of the neighbouring basestation. | 12-16-2010 |
20100317387 | Providing Flexible RF Channel to Port Mappings - Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to flexibly allocate RF channels to output ports on edge termination systems. Flexible edge termination systems can include multiplexing modules operable to combine signals together inside of the flexible edge termination system to provide a flexible mapping of RF channels to output ports. | 12-16-2010 |
20110009138 | METHOD FOR GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING CELL - The present invention relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes generating a first sequence and a second sequence for identifying cell groups; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence that are one-to-two mapped to the sequence number of the primary synchronization signal; scrambling the first sequence with the first scrambling sequence and scrambling the second sequence with the second scrambling sequence; and generating a secondary synchronization signal including the scrambled first sequence and second sequence and mapping the secondary synchronization signal to a frequency domain. | 01-13-2011 |
20110021223 | Method for Determining a Subsequent Time Interval Relationship, for Service Request Messages, from a User Equipment - The invention relates to a method in a base station for handling a request from a user equipment for accessing a service in a radio communications network, the method comprising the steps of receiving a first wide time interval ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110021224 | SIMPLE DISTRIBUTED COODINATION AMONG CELLS TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENT DYNAMIC SINGLE-FREQUENCY NETWORK (SFN) OPERATION - A system and method for controlling base stations for multimedia broadcast communications. In one embodiment, a base station | 01-27-2011 |
20110021225 | System and method utilizing transmit diversity - In a telecommunications network including a mobile terminal and a base station associated with a plurality of antennas, with each antenna configured to transmit the signal with a time offset relative to the other antenna or antennas, an engine for controlling a signal to be transmitted wirelessly from the base station towards the mobile terminal, the engine being configured to receive one or more parameter measurements relevant to the mobile terminal; and use the one or more parameter measurements to adjust the time offset of at least one of the antennas in order to adapt the signal transmission dependent upon the mobile terminal's instantaneous circumstances. Ideally the engine is configured to receive the one or more parameter measurements relating to a plurality of different mobile terminals, and independently adjust the time offset for each of the plurality of different mobile terminals, depending upon the one or more applicable parameter measurements. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021226 | RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio communication method in a radio communication system which performs radio communication between a terminal apparatus and a base station apparatus, the radio communication method including: selecting one of a first transmission method or a second transmission method on the basis of transmission power of transmission signal transmitted from the terminal apparatus, in the base station apparatus; and transmitting the transmission signal to the base station apparatus by the selected first or second transmission method, in the terminal apparatus. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021227 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INDICATING AN UPLINK RESOURCE - A method for indicating an uplink resource is provided, including that: when a base station side transmits an uplink resource indication signaling in a downlink subframe, an uplink subframe indication signaling corresponding to the uplink resource indication signaling being transmitted together; and the uplink subframe indication signaling is used for indicating an uplink subframe used by a user side to transmit data according to the uplink resource indication signaling. A system for implementing the method is also provided, which can distinguish a resource indication signaling corresponding to different uplink subframes in the same downlink subframe, and avoid that all the users of different uplink subframes transmit the data in the same resource of the same uplink frame, thereby avoiding mutual interference between the users of the uplink subframes, ensuring system performance and resulting in less signaling overhead. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021228 | MONITORING CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. A starting location of a search space in a control region of a subframe k is acquired. The search space is defined by a set of PDCCHs at each aggregation level. The set of PDCCHs from the starting location in the search space at the each aggregation level is monitored. The starting location is defined by the multiple of the aggregation level in the control region. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021229 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN MOBILE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for communicating from a primary station to a plurality of secondary station, comprising the step of at the primary station allocating a resource to the secondary stations over the time on the basis of a hash function, wherein the hash function is such that the probability that two secondary stations are allocated common resources in two sub frames substantially equals the product of the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the first subframe and the probability that the two secondary stations are allocated a common resource in the second subframe. | 01-27-2011 |
20110021230 | Method of Transmitting CQI Reports - In a cellular radio system a UE transmits CQI reports on a periodic basis and also transmits CQI reports upon a request from the radio base station. The UE is further adapted to cancel transmission of a periodic CQI report upon reception of a request for a requested CQI report. | 01-27-2011 |
20110028172 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND LOCATION MANAGEMENT SERVER - A communication system according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention is a communication system including a location management server for managing the location of a mobile station, a base station for deciding an exchange which accommodates the mobile station via the base station in response to a location registration request from the mobile station and making the location registration request to the exchange decided, and an exchange for making the location registration request to the location management server in response to the location registration request from the base station, wherein the location management server designates an exchange for accommodating the mobile station in response to the location registration request. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028173 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal enters a service stop mode, a signal indicating that the service stop mode is set in is transmitted to service providing devices other than that service providing device. Upon reception of the signal, the service providing device which has transmitted the signal releases the resource of the mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided. | 02-03-2011 |
20110028174 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND PROGRAM - When a service providing device which provides a service to a mobile communication terminal has entered a service stop state, a managing device connected to the service providing device instructs service providing devices other than the service providing device which has entered the service stop state, to release a resource of a mobile communication terminal to which a service has been provided by the service providing device which has entered the service stop state. | 02-03-2011 |
20110045857 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BETWEEN A CONTROL UNIT AND A PLURALITY OF REMOTE I/O UNITS OF AN AUTOMATED INSTALLATION - A control unit sends a plurality of request messages to the I/O units. The I/O units send a plurality of response messages to the control unit. The request messages and response messages are sent using radio-frequency signals. The I/O units expect to receive a request message within defined first time intervals, and the control unit expects to receive at least one response message within defined second time intervals. The control unit and the I/O units maintain a selected transmission frequency for as long as the request messages and response messages are received within the defined time intervals. The control unit and the I/O units change the transmission frequencies according to a defined pattern if no expected message is received within the defined time intervals. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045858 | Systems and Methods for Network Entry Management - Systems and methods for network entry management are provided. The system includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station broadcasts synchronization channels (SCH) on multiple carriers, where the SCH may be hierarchical synchronization channel composed of primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) and secondary synchronization channel (S-SCH) which are used for timing, frequency synchronization, cell identification, etc. The carriers include at least a first carrier including at least one P-SCH and do not include a S-SCH. The mobile station scans the first carrier, and checks whether a P-SCH is broadcasted on the first carrier. If a P-SCH is broadcasted on the first carrier, the mobile station checks whether an S-SCH is broadcasted on the first carrier. If no S-SCH is broadcasted on the first carrier, the mobile station scans for a second carrier broadcasted by the base station. | 02-24-2011 |
20110045859 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADIO STATION IN A MOBILE NETWORK - The present invention relates to a secondary station comprising means for communicating with at least one primary station, the secondary station comprising means for receiving from the primary station a subset of reference symbols selected out a set of possible reference symbols, the reference symbols of the subset being associated with a spatial channel, wherein a transmission characteristic of the subset of reference symbols depends on the spatial channel. | 02-24-2011 |
20110053623 | HFC BANDING FOR A VIRTUAL SERVICE GROUP - Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of creating and using virtual service groups on HFC networks. One such embodiment is a system comprising: a headend in communication with a plurality of consumer premises devices; contiguous or non-contiguous bands of QAM carriers; the plurality of consumer premises devices organized into virtual service groups and tuned to designated bands of data corresponding to the virtual service group to which each consumer premises device is assigned. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053624 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIA FOR WIRELESS PROCESS CONTROL OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT - A system for wireless process control comprises at least a first wireless network, which is used to communicate real-time instructions and data between one or more pieces of mobile equipment to at least one other piece of mobile equipment. In one variant, a second wireless network is provided, using a different radio frequency band, to concurrently communicate the same or substantially the same real-time instructions and data as are communicated over the first wireless network. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053625 | MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile station ( | 03-03-2011 |
20110059760 | COMMUNICATION WITH EXACTLY ONE RADIO CONTROL RECEIVER - A method for a radio control transmit controller communicating with exactly one radio control receiver is provided. Two or more identifiers are stored in a radio control transmit controller. Each identifier is an identifier of a radio control transmit controller. The transmit controller receives a link request from a first radio control receiver. The link request includes an identifier of the first receiver. The transmit controller determines if the identifier of the first receiver is in the two or more identifiers. If the identifier of the first receiver is in the two or more identifiers, the transmit controller transmits a link response to the first receiver. | 03-10-2011 |
20110065466 | MOBILE STATION DEVICE, BASE STATION DEVICE, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a mobile station including a reception section which receives a radio signal from a base station, a communication information acquisition section which acquires, based on the radio signal received by the reception section, communication information which is information related to communication with the base station, a position information acquisition section which acquires position information indicating a position of the mobile station, and a transmission section which transmits the position information acquired by the position information acquisition section and the communication information acquired by the communication information acquisition section to the base station using a radio signal. | 03-17-2011 |
20110065467 | METHOD OF PAGING - The present invention relates to a wireless access system, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting/receiving a paging message by minimizing power consumption of a mobile station. A method of performing paging for a mobile station in idle mode comprises receiving a deregistration command message including a paging cycle, a paging offset and a paging group identifier and if moving away into a different cell area, performing a location update with a target base station of the different cell area. Preferably, the location update is performed only if moving away into an initially different cell area but is not performed if moving into another different cell area. | 03-17-2011 |
20110070905 | METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION OF MBMS CONTROL INFORMATION IN A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to multimedia broadcast and multicast services, MBMS, in a cell wherein variable transmission bandwidth is employed. In particular the invention relates to transmission of MBMS control information relating to broadcast and multicast services. According to the method and arrangement of the invention the manner in which the transmission of MBMS control information is performed and/or the content of the MBMS control information is determined based on the amount and the portion of the cell bandwidth that is used for MBMS transmission. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070906 | Telecommunication networks - A mobile telecommunications network includes a core and a radio access network having a wireless device for wireless communication with mobile terminals registered with the network, wherein the radio access network includes a controller operable to control the use of network resources by the mobile terminals. The controller may include an application programming interface (API) which provides a consistent interface to a multiplicity of applications hosted on the controller. The controller may be provided at an access node site and/or a gateway site. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070907 | COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION WITHIN HETEROGENEOUS STATIONS - A method for transmitting data in a wireless network comprises categorizing the data into at least two categories, each category being associated with a respective priority, directing the categorized data to a first base station and a second base station according to the respective priorities and respective access characteristics of each base station and transmitting the categorized data from the first base station and the second base station to a mobile station via associated bands. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070908 | SETTING THE RADIATION PATTERN OF AN ANTENNA - The invention refers to a method for dynamically setting the radiation pattern of an antenna of a base station connected to User Equipments in a cellular telecommunications network, comprising:
| 03-24-2011 |
20110070909 | Method of communication and base station - There are provided a method of communication which can reliably transmit information from a base station to a wireless terminal in a system which can reduce power consumption by intermittent operation in which the wireless terminal repeats operating state and suspended state by power on and off and the base station used for the method. The method includes the steps of storing base station information such as a command or data supplied to the wireless terminal in the base station, transferring the wireless terminal from the suspended state to the operating state to transmit information from the sensor to the base station, coupling the base station information stored in the base station to a response signal to transmit it to the wireless terminal in the operating state for transmitting the sensor information, and returning the wireless terminal to the suspended state after completing the transmission of the base station information and sensor information. | 03-24-2011 |
20110070910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHIFTING THE POSITION OF A SYMBOL TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION OVERHEAD - A method for shifting the position of a symbol to reduce transmission overhead is described. A frame with a plurality of symbols is provided. A determination is made whether the frame includes an indication of an event. At least one symbol of the plurality of symbols is shifted based on the determination. A counter is set to an initial value. The frame with the at least one shifted symbol is transmitted. | 03-24-2011 |
20110077035 | COMMUNICATION UNIT AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY SYNCHRONISING IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A communication unit is capable of communicating in a wireless communication network. The communication unit comprises a receiver for receiving downlink timing signals from a plurality of serving wireless communication units; a frequency synchronizing circuit operably coupled to the receiver for synchronizing an operating frequency of the communication unit to a serving wireless communication unit of the plurality of serving wireless communication units. Control logic is capable of controlling the frequency synchronizing circuit to adjust the operating frequency of the communication unit. The control logic is arranged to distinguish between macro cell transmissions and femto cell transmissions and in response thereto selectively use or reject timing signals from the plurality of serving wireless communication units in adjusting the operating frequency of the wireless communication unit. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077036 | VAULT ANTENNA FOR WLAN OR CELLULAR APPLICATION - A fringe-effect vault antenna includes a communications vault having a non-conductive cover disposed substantially at ground level. An antenna element is positioned in the communications vault. A metallic reflector has an edge, positioned substantially parallel to the ground, where the metallic reflector and the edge are configured to cause an edge diffraction, or “fringe-effect” upon the RF fields of the antenna to cause those RF fields to diffract in a direction toward the ground. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077037 | METHODOLOGY AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATING NETWORK COVERAGE - Disclosed are apparatus and methodology for validating network coverage (i.e., desired functionality) of newly installed network devices. Per use of presently disclosed technology, equipment installers may confirm both one and two way communications abilities of newly installed network devices as well as receive network diagnostic related data to assist them in the equipment installation process. Validation of communications operation may be initiated by any of the newly installed equipment, a handheld device, or via mobile device communications. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077038 | SCRAMBLING SEQUENCE INITIALIZATION FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSIONS - Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for generating a shared initialization code for physical channel data scrambling in an LTE Advanced coordinated multipoint transmission network. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077039 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION THROUGH PDCCH - A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving control information through a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) is provided. When a User Equipment (UE) receives control information through a PDCCH, the received control information is set to be decoded in units of search spaces, each having a specific start position in the specific subframe. Here, a modulo operation according to a predetermined first constant value (D) is performed on an input value to calculate a first result value, and a modulo operation according to a predetermined first variable value (C) corresponding to the number of candidate start positions that can be used as the specific start position is performed on the calculated first result value to calculate a second result value and an index position corresponding to the second result value is used as the specific start position. Transmitting control information in this manner enables a plurality of UEs to efficiently receive PDCCHs without collisions. | 03-31-2011 |
20110077040 | INCLUDING FEEDBACK INFORMATION REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL SUBBAND OF A WIRELESS CHANNEL - To report feedback information regarding a wireless channel, a mobile station determines whether a predefined condition is satisfied. In response to determining that the predefined condition is satisfied, feedback information regarding an individual one of plural subbands of the wireless channel is included in a first report to be sent to a base station. In response to determining that the predefined condition is not satisfied, aggregate feedback information regarding the plural subbands is included in a second report to be sent to the base station. | 03-31-2011 |
20110081928 | Method, Device, and System for Indicating Discontinuous Data Scheduling - A method for indicating discontinuous data scheduling includes receiving discontinuous reception (DRX) indication information on an Iur interface; and sending discontinuous scheduling indication information to a base station according to the DRX indication information. A communication system and a radio network control device for implementing the method are also provided. | 04-07-2011 |
20110081929 | BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a radio communication device which can prevent interference between SRS and PUCCH when the PUCCH transmission bandwidth fluctuates and suppress degradation of CQI estimation accuracy by the band where no SRS is transmitted. The device includes: an SRS code generation unit ( | 04-07-2011 |
20110081930 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication device includes antennas, transmitting units, and receiving units. A baseband processing unit of the mobile communication device transmits data signals to a base station device through a receiving unit and an antenna that are selected based on an instruction received from the base station device. The baseband processing unit transmits reference signals to the base station device through the transmitting units and the antennas while preventing transmission frequencies of the reference signals from overlapping one another. A baseband processing unit of the base station device transmits, to the mobile communication device based on qualities of the received reference signals, a signal indicating information concerning which of the antennas and the transmitting units of the mobile communication device are used for transmitting the data signals, the signal also indicating information concerning whether or not to make the transmitting units and the antennas share transmission of the reference signals. Thus, interferences due to degradation of communication quality and to an increase in the number of reference signals can be prevented. | 04-07-2011 |
20110086655 | TUNNELING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - A tunneling control method and apparatus for a coordinated multi-point transmission, and a method of transmitting data, are provided. The tunneling control method and the data transmission method may minimize a time delay that occurs because of the coordinated multi-point transmission between base stations. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086656 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - A data transmission method in an enhanced CELL_FACH state, a network system, and a corresponding device are provided. The method includes the following steps. A radio transceiver receives information indicating a capability category of a UE. The radio transceiver acquires the capability category of the UE according to the information indicating the capability category of the UE. The radio transceiver performs data transmission to or from the UE according to the capability category of the UE. Since the information indicating the capability category of the UE is sent to the radio transceiver during the enhanced CELL_FACH data transmission, the radio transceiver performs the data transmission based on the capability category of a target UE, instead of the lowest capability category of the UE, thereby increasing the data transmission rate in the enhanced CELL_FACH state. | 04-14-2011 |
20110086657 | CELL SEARCH FOR FLEXIBLE SPECTRUM USE - Structure of a multi-carrier flexible spectrum wireless cell is determined from received synchronization or broadcast channels of detected individual carriers. The determined structure is used to select an intended carrier for initial access or cell reselection to the flexible spectrum wireless cell. The structure may have carriers compatible with an earlier version (LTE/Release | 04-14-2011 |
20110086658 | Random Access Mode Control Method and Entity - A method of controlling a random access mode in a cell of a cellular communication system, said cell being operable in a first random access mode associated with a first set of random access identification sequences or in a second random access mode associated with a second set of random access identification sequences/said random access identification sequences to be used by terminals (UEI . . . UEn) performing a random access operation in said cell, where said second set of random access identification sequences is arranged for avoiding misidentifications due to sequence alterations occurring in transmissions from said terminals (UEI . . . -UEn), the method comprising: performing a sequence alteration analysis based on the an output of a random access identification sequence detector in a network entity, and if a mode switching condition is determined on the basis of the sequence alteration analysis, automatically switching operation of said cell from one of said random access modes to the other of said random access modes. | 04-14-2011 |
20110092234 | SMALL BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION THEREOF - A small base station and a method for controlling an operation of the small base station provides that a first control unit of the small base station may control the small base station to be switched to an idle mode if a terminal is not located in a coverage of the small cell. If the small base station is switched to the idle mode, a communication unit of the small base station may transmit a signal about a base station cognitive channel so that the terminal may recognize the small cell. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092235 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING RADIO ENVIRONMENT OF BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for measuring a radio environment of a base station is provided. The method includes respectively selecting one or more frames for measuring a radio environment in a first mode in which an Over-The-Air Receiver (OTAR) of the base station is initialized and a second mode in which the OTAR is active, continuously measuring the radio environment based on the selected one or more frames in the first mode and intermittently measuring the radio environment based on the selected one or more frames in the second mode. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092236 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION AND RADIO BASE STATION - The mobile communication method has a step wherein a mobile station (UE) generates first verification information using a fast key, a first parameter, and an algorithm for ‘Integrity Protection,’ a step wherein the mobile station (UE) generates second verification information by excising a specific bit in the first verification information, and a step wherein, when a wireless link obstruction is detected in an RRC connection, the mobile station (UE) performs cell selection processing and transmits an RRC-PDU for an RRC reconnection request, wherein the second verification information is set, over a shared control channel to the wireless base state that manages the selected cell. | 04-21-2011 |
20110092237 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER, MOBILE BASE STATION APPARATUS AND MOBILE BASE STATION CONTROL METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a mobile base station apparatus connecting to a terminal apparatus and being movable, and a management server performing centralized control of the mobile base station apparatus. The mobile base station apparatus measures its position and notifies the management server of position information indicating the position. The management server transmits control information according to the position information notified from the mobile base station apparatus, to the mobile base station apparatus. The mobile base station apparatus operates using the control information received from the management server. | 04-21-2011 |
20110098068 | Mobile Electronic Device, Cradle, Method for Operating a Mobile Electronic Device, and Communication System - A method for operating a mobile electronic device is disclosed. The mobile electronic device communicates through a power-line carrier communication network, if the mobile electronic device is charging at a charging cradle. The mobile electronic device communicates through a base station, if the mobile electronic device is not charging at the charging cradle. | 04-28-2011 |
20110098069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATE SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN A BASE STATION AND A MOBILE STATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for state synchronization between a base station and a mobile station in a mobile communication system. A count value indicative of a state change of the base station is received. The received current count value is compared with a previous count value previously received and stored. If the current count value is different from the previous count value, the mobile station performs a network entry procedure with the base station. | 04-28-2011 |
20110098070 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PHYSICAL LAYER ID INFORMATION - A method for transmitting IDs of cells of a specific type as physical cell ID information in addition to existing cell ID information is disclosed. For transmission of the physical cell ID information, the number of cell IDs used in transmitting the existing cell ID information on a synchronization channel is increased or a part of existing cell IDs are reserved for transmitting the additional specific-cell ID information. If the number of cell IDs is to be increased, the number of cell ID groups related to a secondary synchronization channel is increased in a manner that removes ambiguity and collision, a cell ID related to a primary synchronization channel is added, which satisfies conjugate symmetry, information is transmitted based on a transmission timing relationship between a primary synchronization code and a secondary synchronization code, or a scrambling scheme is modified. When a part of the existing cell IDs are reserved, conjugate symmetry is also considered in relation to a primary synchronization channel and ambiguity and collision are also considered in relation to a secondary synchronization channel. | 04-28-2011 |
20110105165 | Methods and Arrangements in a Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation and comprising a radio base station configured to broadcast system information in at least two cells. The method for the user equipment comprises receiving configuration information for an aggregation of the at least two cells from the radio base station, identifying a first of the at least two cells based on a configuration rule stating that the first of the at least two cells has a status that is different from the status of the remaining cells, and reading the broadcasted system information only in the identified cell. The method may also comprise obeying one or more parameters obtained from the read system information. | 05-05-2011 |
20110105166 | Method and Arrangement in a Telecommunication System - In a method of radio link handling in a radio base station (RBS) in a telecommunication system, said radio base station (RBS) supporting a plurality of mobile user equipment (UE) and comprising a plurality of antenna arrangements each associated with a respective determined cell coverage area. Performing the steps of actively determining ( | 05-05-2011 |
20110105167 | Method for Transmitting and Receiving Uplink Sounding Reference Signal, Base Station and Mobile Terminal - The field of wireless communications is related, especially the technique of transmitting uplink sounding reference signal (SRS) by a mobile terminal with multiple transmission antennas is related. A method for receiving uplink sounding reference signal includes the following steps: receiving the SRS signals, which are respectively transmitted from respective radio frequency transmission modules of the mobile terminal according to the respectively allocated Transmission Comb (TC) values and Cyclic Shift (CS) values when the transmission period arrives, wherein TC values and/or CS values allocated for any two radio frequency transmission modules are different; determining the radio frequency transmission module corresponding to every received SRS signal according to the TC values and CS values respectively allocated for respective radio frequency transmission modules. A device for receiving uplink sounding reference signal, a method and a device for transmitting uplink sounding reference signal are also provided. Because different TC values and/or different CS values are allocated for respective radio frequency transmission modules, (multiple) radio frequency transmission modules can transmit SRS signals through (multiple) transmission antennas during the same transmission period by way of Frequency Division Multiplex (FDM) or Code Division Multiplex (CDM). | 05-05-2011 |
20110111780 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING QUALITY OF SERVICE DURING REGULATORY DOMAIN CHANGE - Mechanisms for optimizing the selection of a new legal channel during regulatory domain changes and improving the user experience during changes in the underlying physical link having wide applicability to many wireless communications links are disclosed. Applications comprise cellular networks, WLANs, WPANs. Wireless USB, high speed channels for Bluetooth and other uses of WiMedia as well as a wide range of radio technologies that use a number of time and/or frequency-domain separation techniques to create multiple channels in a given portion of the RF spectrum where there is no global agreement on the use of the RF spectrum. Differences could pertain to permitted frequency ranges, permitted power levels, requirements to detect and/or avoid other radio technologies, indoor/outdoor use requirements, and many others. The disclosed embodiments provide a method for taking advantage of, or at least minimizing the impact of, a change in the channel link which impacts the channel characteristics such as the available bandwidth. | 05-12-2011 |
20110111781 | REFERENCE SIGNALING FOR A HIGH-MOBILITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A base station for enabling communication with a high-mobility wireless communication device is described. The base station includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The base station identifies a high-mobility wireless communication device and sends a reference signal configuration. The base station also allocates an additional specific reference signal and sends the additional specific reference signal to the high-mobility wireless communication device. | 05-12-2011 |
20110117942 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method and arrangement in a base station, a user equipment and a positioning node, for sending, and obtaining, respectively, a value of a propagation delay of a signal. The signal is sent to the base station from a user equipment. The base station and the user equipment are comprised within a wireless communication system. Also, the base station and the user equipment are adapted to exchange wireless signals. The method is characterised by the step of receiving a signal sent from the user equipment. The method is further characterised by the step of measuring the value of the signal propagation delay of the received signal. Still further, the method is characterised by the step of sending the measured value to the equipment and/or to a positioning node comprised within the wireless communication system. | 05-19-2011 |
20110124357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTENTION BASED UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A contention based uplink transmission method may perform an uplink transmission using a radio resource corresponding to a contention based identity, for example, a contention based cell-radio network temporary identity (CB C-RNTI) suitable for the uplink transmission of a user equipment, based on radio channel quality and a size of uplink data desired to be transmitted. | 05-26-2011 |
20110124358 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD - A mobile communication method according to the present invention communicates between a mobile station (UE) and a radio base station (eNB) by using a certain key. The method includes the step of: (A) acquiring, at a radio base station managing a re-establishment target cell for the mobile station (UE), a first key (K | 05-26-2011 |
20110124359 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FREQUENCY OFFSET ESTIMATION - A user terminal transmits a preamble signal generated using a Zadoff-Chu sequence. A correlation processing unit calculates autocorrelation of a received preamble signal. A preamble detection unit detects a side peak position of the autocorrelation of the preamble signal and calculates the main correlation value representing correlation at the main peak position and the side correlation value representing correlation at the side peak position. A frequency offset estimation unit estimates frequency offset that has occurred in the wireless transmission path according to the main correlation value and the side correlation value. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130161 | TERMINAL AND BASE STATION, AND FREQUENCY SENSING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a terminal and a base station, and a frequency sensing method thereof. The terminal or the base station may filter a frequency band needing frequency sensing in the entire frequency band where the terminal or the base station may receive an input signal. It is possible to enhance a detection performance and rate of signals by applying frequency sensing to the filtered frequency band. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130162 | METHOD FOR CLUSTER BASED DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - The present invention relates to a method for cluster based data in wireless sensor networks. The method includes: selecting any one of border nodes positioned at the edge of a cluster as a temporary cluster head as a temporary cluster head when a target is sensed in the cluster; bugging data of the temporary cluster head by border nodes in other adjacent cluster which do not sense the target to temporarily change the border node selected as the temporary cluster head to a cluster head of each of the border nodes; when the target is sensed by at least one of the border nodes, collecting data from each of the border nodes by the temporary cluster head to transferring the collected data to an actual cluster head of the temporary cluster head; and aggregating the collected data by actual cluster head of the temporary cluster head. | 06-02-2011 |
20110136524 | Energy and Time-Efficient Set-Up of a Wireless Communication System - The invention relates to a method for the wireless communication between a base station and several devices. The base station monitors the non-use of the transmission of a device telegram to the base station in a time range, or in several consecutive time ranges, between two synchronization signals (S) in the communication mode and after a duration (Tping) of non-use emits an identification telegram (GWping). | 06-09-2011 |
20110136525 | RADIO BASE STATION, RELAY APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio base station determines a communication mode for each radio communication terminal from among a direct mode for communicating without via a relay apparatus, a relay mode for communicating via the relay apparatus by using a directional beam transmitted between the radio base station and the relay apparatus, and a combined mode for communicating by combining the direct mode and the relay mode based on the reception power information acquired from each radio communication terminal, and communicates with the each radio communication terminal by using the communication mode determined for the each radio communication terminal. | 06-09-2011 |
20110143795 | WIRELESS BASE STATION AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless base station includes: a detector for detecting radio interference between the wireless base station and another wireless base station; and a transiting controller for transiting a state of the wireless terminal, the wireless terminal performing a wireless communication with the wireless base station at the state, to a change state in which a frequency used between the wireless base station and the wireless terminal is changed while a communication connection between the wireless base station and the wireless terminal is kept to be established, upon detecting the radio interference. | 06-16-2011 |
20110143796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MONITORING PDCCH IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a wireless communication system, carried in a user equipment (UE), are provided. The method includes receiving a PDCCH map, and monitoring a set of PDCCH candidates based on the PDCCH map. | 06-16-2011 |
20110151909 | TAKING CONTROL OF SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL - Taking control of a subscriber terminal is disclosed. An apparatus comprises a processor configured to cause the apparatus: to control a stand-alone base station so that an emulated cell of a cellular radio system is formed by transmitting a control channel with information of a real cell and with such transmission power that a subscriber terminal having an ongoing connection with a serving cell base station is caused to measure reception of the stand-alone base station as being better than reception of the serving cell base station; and to control the stand-alone base station to perform cell reselection with the subscriber terminal so that the ongoing radio connection with the serving cell base station is transferred to continue with the stand-alone base station. | 06-23-2011 |
20110159902 | Intertaction Analysis and Prioritization of Mobile Content - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving interaction information relating to a mobile communication facility, weighting content based at least in part on the interaction information, and ordering the content for presentation on a mobile communication facility based at least in part on the weighting. | 06-30-2011 |
20110159903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION USING MULTIPLE CARRIERS - A method and apparatus for communication using multiple carriers is provided. A mobile station receives information regarding at least one assigned carrier selected from the available carriers based on the multiple carrier capability from a base station. The mobile station activates or inactivates the at least one assigned carrier by receiving a message comprising information indicating activation or inactivation of the at least one assigned carrier from the base station. Signaling overhead for managing multiple carriers may be reduced. | 06-30-2011 |
20110165902 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING INFORMATION BETWEEN NETWORKS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TYPES - In a method for transferring information between wireless networks of different technology types, a node in the first network receives configuration information associated with a plurality of nodes of the second network, the information including identifying information for radio access controllers associated with neighboring cells of the second technology type. After it has received the configuration information, the node in the first network sends the identifying information to a plurality of access nodes in the first network via which mobile devices access the first network. The invention is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable where the first network is in accordance with LTE and the second one with UMTS, and the information includes RNC-ids for use in handover from the LTE to the UMTS network. | 07-07-2011 |
20110171983 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING ALLOWED CLOSED SUBSCRIBER GROUP (CSG) LIST - A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module performs wireless transceiving to and from a cellular station of a service network, and the cellular station is associated with a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) identification (ID) and configured to operate in a hybrid access mode. The controller module transmits a request message for Circuit Switched (CS) or Packet Switched (PS) domain to the cellular station via the wireless module, and receives a response message corresponding to the request message from the cellular station via the wireless module. Also, the controller module determines whether the response message indicates authorized membership of the CSG ID, and adds the CSG ID in an allowed CSG list in response to the CSG ID not being in the allowed CSG list and the response message indicating authorized membership of the CSG ID. | 07-14-2011 |
20110177836 | BASE STATION AND CONTROL METHOD OF BASE STATION - Provided is a scheme of a base station to avoid interference with a macrocell, wherein the base station prompts a terminal to perform handoff from the macrocell by using a pilot beacon. The base station (FAP) of a mobile communication system includes a transmission unit ( | 07-21-2011 |
20110183693 | BASE STATION DEVICE AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When receiving an inquiry about whether allocation of a mobile communication device can be made from an arbitrary base station device, a handover control unit | 07-28-2011 |
20110183694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CELL SEARCHING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of cell searching in a wireless communication is disclosed. A method of cell searching in a user equipment of a wireless communication system, which supports a multi-mode, comprises the steps of generating a list of neighbor cells by measuring a power of each of the neighbor cells of first radio access technology (RAT) when the user equipment is operating in second RAT; and a first search step of searching for a cell, which can serve the user equipment, from the cells included in the list of neighbor cells if radio link failure is occurred in the second RAT. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183695 | Apparatus and Method for Local Mobility Anchor Initiated Flow Binding for Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol Version Six (IPv6) - An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to receive a first message from a local mobility anchor (LMA), wherein the first message initiates a flow binding operation that does not require mobility management by a mobile node (MN), perform the flow binding operation, and transmit a second message from a media access gateway (MAG) to the LMA acknowledging that the flow binding operation was successfully performed, wherein the flow binding operation comprises adding the flow binding to a MAG, deleting the flow binding from the MAG, modifying the flow binding in the MAG, refreshing the flow binding in the MAG, moving the flow binding from the MAG to a second MAG, switching the flow binding from the LMA to a second LMA, or combinations thereof. | 07-28-2011 |
20110183696 | Electronic System Location Determination - A lost or stolen computing device is recovered. A trusted server is requested to locate the computing device. The trusted server requests coarse location information from the computing device, and the computing device reports its coarse location. The trusted server then requests that the computing device transmit wireless local area networks signal so that it may be recovered. | 07-28-2011 |
20110190016 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A base station determines a report execution probability of a mobile station reporting to the base station a monitor result on the radio link acquired by the mobile station in accordance with traffic on the radio link and/or the number of reports made on the monitor results. The mobile station prohibits or makes reporting to the base station in accordance with the large/small relationship between a random number generated and the report execution probability. A management server prohibits reporting from the mobile station on the cell basis or on the GPS location—cell pair basis. | 08-04-2011 |
20110201368 | DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR MIMO COMMUNICATIONS - A method of deploying a distributed antenna system (DAS) is provided. The method comprises outputting first and second signals from a multiple-input and multiple-output base station (MIMO BTS) and coupling a master unit to the MIMO BTS. The method further comprises coupling first and second remote units to the master unit, the first remote unit communicating the first signal over a first air interface located within the environment at a first location, the second remote unit communicating the second signal over a second air interface within the environment at a second location. The first and second remote units are arranged at the first and second locations within the environment and configured to provide signal coverage of both the first signal and the second signal at a third location in the environment to provide the capacity for MIMO communications through the system at the third location. | 08-18-2011 |
20110201369 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NEIGHBOR BS LIST IN DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK - An apparatus and a method manage a neighbor base station list (NBL) in a distributed wireless ad-hoc network. Information of neighbor BSs is collected at the BS using a surrounding environment detection function. Neighbor BSs that satisfy a certain condition are determined, among the neighbor BSs from which the information is collected. And the NBL is generated based on the determined neighbor BSs. | 08-18-2011 |
20110207485 | User Equipment, Radio Base Station and Methods Therein - Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment for handling a radio link failure in a radio communications network. The user equipment is served in a first cell controlled by a radio base station. The radio base station is comprised in the radio communications network, The user equipment detects a first indication of a failure of a radio link between the user equipment and the radio base station. The user equipment then transmits a second indication of radio link failure to the radio base station when the first indication is detected. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207486 | Probabilistic Location Prediction for a Mobile Station - A probabilistic prediction is made of the location of a wireless-enabled mobile station in a wireless local area network. The prediction includes calculating a vector representing movement of the mobile station through a space in which two or more access points of the network are located, and determining a region surrounding the vector in which the mobile station has at least a given probability to be located within a certain period of time. | 08-25-2011 |
20110207487 | SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY FOR COOPERATION TYPES IN MULTI-SECTOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - The current multi-base station cooperative communication technology could only provide one type of cooperative communication fixedly, and this results in that either the amount of data exchange between the base stations is huge and the latency is increased, or the optimum gain can not be obtained. To address this problem, the invention proposes a switching technology for collaboration type in multi-sector cooperative communication. The base station equipment dominating the sector determines one or more cooperating sectors of the mobile terminal, determines the type of the multi-sector cooperative communication provided cooperatively with said one or more cooperating sectors, based on information of said one or more cooperating sectors according to predefined rules, and cooperates with said one or more cooperating sectors and provides, for the mobile terminal, the multi-sector cooperative communication of the corresponding determined type. According to the invention, high speed exchange of the complete channel information and data are conducted between the same-cell sectors, and the cooperative gain is increased; none or few of data backhaul is conducted between the different-cell sectors, which results in decreased backhaul latency of the cooperating information, and increased throughput of the user at sector edge and system performance. | 08-25-2011 |
20110212742 | METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR SENDING INFORMATION - The present invention relates to mobile communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, base station and system for sending information. The method includes: obtaining discontinuous reception (DRX) parameter of a terminal; determining discontinuous transmission (DTX) parameter of the base station according to the DRX parameter; and sending pilot and broadcast information periodically according to the DTX parameter. The technical solution under the present invention saves time-frequency resources, reduces interference on neighboring cells, and saves electric power. | 09-01-2011 |
20110218003 | SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION HANDOVER METHOD, RADIO NETWORK AND NODE - A synchronization method, a communication handover method, a radio network, and a RAN node are disclosed. The interface information synchronization method includes: determining whether a condition for initiating interface information update is fulfilled; and sending information about the S1 interface between the RAN node and the core network node, and/or information about the X2 interface between the RAN node and the neighboring RAN node to the neighboring RAN node if the condition for initiating interface information update fulfilled. | 09-08-2011 |
20110223951 | RADIO COMMUNICATION BASE STATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - Provided is a base station capable of performing cell search of all mobile stations having different communicable frequency band widths in a scalable band width communication system to which a multi-carrier communication method such as the OFDM method is applied. The base station includes: a modulation unit ( | 09-15-2011 |
20110230219 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FORINTER-CELL ITNERFERENCE MITGATION THROUGH ENHANCED PREFERRED FREQUENCY REUSE MECHANISMS - In a wireless communication system, a method includes assigning an initial portion of a list of resource block group for each of a plurality of cells such that the resource block groups are spread across the plurality of cells in a non-contiguous order spaced out in frequency. In addition, the method assigns a secondary portion of the list of resource block groups for each of a plurality of cells wherein the secondary portion is assigned in a reverse order and alternating from the initial portion of the list of resource block groups of each of the other plurality of cells. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230220 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING NETWORK INITIATED CONNECTION RELEASE PROCEDURES - A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module receives a connection release message for leaving a connected mode from a wireless network. The controller module in response to the connection release message, keeps radio resources of a multimedia broadcast and multicast services (MBMS) service unreleased and releases all radio resources other than the MBMS service. Thereafter, the controller module enters an idle mode. | 09-22-2011 |
20110230221 | BASE STATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING BASE STATION DEVICE - Provided is a base station device capable of, when there is no downlink communication data to be transmitted at a given frequency while performing communication at the given frequency, preventing a neighboring base station device from starting communication that uses the given frequency. The base station device ( | 09-22-2011 |
20110230222 | Systems and Methods for Coordinating the Coverage and Capacity of a Wireless Base Station - A communications base station is installed at a selected new location and the base station, prior to going “online” monitors the wireless traffic from other base stations within interference range of the new base station's coverage area. The new base station also monitors the wireless traffic between mobile devices within its coverage area and these other base stations. Based upon these monitored conditions, as well as other known conditions, the new base station then determines the transmitting parameter configuration it should imply in order to achieve a desired optimization between capacity and coverage area. After the new base station is online, a central control can monitor the entire network to determine if any additional changes are necessary and if so the new transceiver, or any other transceiver, can be instructed to monitor itself with respect to interference and to take corrective action to improve overall network coverage and capacity. | 09-22-2011 |
20110237281 | Telecommunications Network and Method of Transferring User Data in Signalling Messages from a Communication Unit to a Data Processing Centre - The invention relates to a system and method of transferring user data from a communication module to a data processing centre over a telecommunications network. A signalling message is wirelessly received from the communication module in the telecommunications network. The signalling message contains the user data that is subsequently transferred to the data processing centre. By inserting the user data in the signalling message (s), it is possible to rapidly transmit data to the telecommunications network, while resources can be saved since it not required to establish a complete circuit-switched or packet-switched connection between the communication module and the telecommunications network. The user data may comprise application data of a program run by the communication module, e.g. alarming data, measurement data or derivatives thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING BARRED CELL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of handling a barred cell in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method of handling a barred cell in a user equipment using a plurality of frequencies includes releasing a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection between the user equipment and a network if authentication between the user equipment and the network fails, and regarding a cell having a first uplink radio link and a first downlink radio link, a cell having only a second uplink radio link and a cell having only a second downlink radio link as barred cells, if the RRC connection is released. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244903 | DELIVERY SYSTEM, DELIVERY APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A delivery system includes a delivery apparatus for delivering a common control signal to an area having one or more available communication systems and a terminal apparatus for receiving the common control signal transmitted from the delivery apparatus. The common control signal includes system information required to access the communication systems in the area, and the system information includes multiple control information items. The delivery system causes the delivery apparatus to generate a first common control signal commonly used in one or more areas, to receive a delivery request signal from the terminal apparatus requesting to deliver a certain control information item and to generate a second common control signal including the certain control information item to transmit to the terminal apparatus. Criteria to determine which of the control information items is to be included in the first common control signal are updated in accordance with a statistical tendency of the delivery request signals from the terminal apparatuses. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244904 | DELIVERY APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A delivery apparatus for delivering to multiple areas, wherein one or more radio communication systems are available in each of the areas, includes a storage unit configured to store system information for each of the areas, the system information being required to connect to the available radio communication systems, a detection unit configured to detect a second delivery apparatus for delivering to a portion of the delivery areas of the delivery station and a delivery unit configured to deliver system information for each of the areas as control information, the system information being required to connect to a radio communication system available in the area. If the detection unit detects the second delivery apparatus, the delivery unit delivers system information as the control information, the system information in the storage unit excluding a portion of the system information required to connect to a radio communication system available in an area where the second delivery apparatus is responsible for delivering the control information. | 10-06-2011 |
20110244905 | Method for Estimating Uplink Control Channel Quality - According to embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a radio base station ( | 10-06-2011 |
20110250913 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE ENHANCEMENTS FOR HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms that allow a user equipment to convey information regarding one or more attributes to a base station during a random access (RA) procedure. The attributes may include, for example a capability of the UE (e.g., to support a particular feature or version of a standard) or a condition of the UE (e.g., if it is currently experiencing an interference condition). | 10-13-2011 |
20110256894 | USER EQUIPMENT AND SERVER SYSTEM FOR UPDATING DATA RELATING TO FIXED WIRELESS NODES - A User Equipment (UE) for use in a wireless network including a first radio access network supporting a first radio access technology and a server system including a stored database of wireless nodes, the stored database identifying fixed wireless nodes that are geographically dispersed and that broadcast a signal including identification data. The UE includes a transceiver for communicating using the first radio access technology, a position determination unit for determining a geographical location, and a controller for accessing data derived from the stored database, monitoring broadcast signals received using the first radio access technology, upon receipt of an update request from the server system, deriving identification data and signal strength data of the fixed wireless nodes from the received broadcast signals, generating update data from the identification data, signal strength data, and geographical location data relating to the UE, and transmitting the update data to the server system. | 10-20-2011 |
20110263282 | Verifying Neighbor Cell - A base station, computer readable medium and method for determining whether a neighbor cell is a neighbor of a serving cell, where the serving cell and the neighbor cell belong to a same communication network that includes a user terminal served by the serving cell. The method includes receiving at a base station of the serving cell, via the user terminal, a first identity of the neighbor cell, a second identity of the neighbor cell, and a random number generated by a base station of the neighbor cell; sending, from the base station of the serving cell, a request to the base station of the neighbor cell, for establishing a neighbor relation, wherein the request includes the received random number; and obtaining at the base station of the serving cell a response from the base station of the neighbor cell in response to the request, the response indicating acceptance or denial of the neighbor relation. | 10-27-2011 |
20110269489 | ASSIGNING AND COORDINATING UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNALS FOR COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION - A method for assigning and coordinating uplink reference signals for cooperative communication is disclosed. Data about an assigned uplink reference signal sequence used by a wireless communication device is received at a non-serving base station. An uplink reference signal estimate is determined based on the data. The uplink reference signal estimate is used to coherently demodulate a signal received from the wireless communication device or is used to estimate an uplink channel between the non-serving base station and the wireless communication device. | 11-03-2011 |
20110275393 | INTERACTION ANALYSIS AND PRIORITIZATION OF MOBILE CONTENT - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving interaction information relating to a first mobile communication facility, weighting content based at least in part on the interaction information, and ordering the content for presentation on a second mobile communication facility based at least in part on the weighting. | 11-10-2011 |
20110281602 | Feature Extraction & Data Compression System & Method For Distributed Sensor Networks - A distributed sensor network has a base station and clusters of sensor nodes. In a method of locating and classifying signal sources, at each node divides a received signal into blocks, performs Fourier-based transform on the blocks, selects peaks from the transformed blocks, selects subbands with features of interest based on the frequency of occurrence of the peaks across the blocks, collaborates with other nodes in the cluster to make a final selection of the subbands, encodes the subband features of the signal, and transmits the subband features to the base station. The base station processes the received subband features to locate and classify the signal sources. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281603 | Methods and Apparatus for Overlapping MIMO Physical Sectors - MIMO systems communicate with wireless devices. MIMO systems include directional antennas that are oriented so that the physical sectors of the antennas overlap to form areas of overlap. Some physical sectors overlap substantially while others overlap partially. Radios are selectively coupled to antennas to communicate with the wireless devices. The physical sectors of the antennas that are selectively coupled to the radios overlap. The radios use the antennas to communicate with the wireless devices. The antennas operate as a MIMO antenna. | 11-17-2011 |
20110287793 | PROVIDING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR BROADCAST CONTROL OF ACCESS TERMINAL RADIO EVENT HANDLING - Radio event handling at access terminals is controlled at a granularity other than access terminal-level granularity through the use of broadcast control values. For example, a network entity such as an access point may broadcast control values to control radio event handling (e.g., radio event logging and/or reporting) at access terminals in the vicinity of the access point. | 11-24-2011 |
20110300887 | Controlling Cell Activation in a Radio Communication Network - In a radio communication network having one or more active cells, a basic idea is to request (S | 12-08-2011 |
20110306372 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY DETERMINING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE DEVICE OPERATING IN LOCAL MODE - A method and apparatus for dynamically determining the scope of services for a base station operating in local mode. The method includes: receiving ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110306373 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus capable of performing setting processing of a plurality of methods for sharing with other communication apparatuses communication parameters to be used in communication with the other communication apparatuses detects that setting processing is activating in each of a plurality of other communication apparatuses, and if at least one of methods of detected setting processing activated in the plurality of other communication apparatuses is an identification method in which a user identifies another communication apparatus sharing the communication parameters, activates the setting processing of the identification method. | 12-15-2011 |
20110306374 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system including a master station, and slave stations that execute a predetermined operation based on an operation instruction transmitted by the master station, in which the master station includes a normal frame processor that generates an operation instruction, and a Go/Stop signal processor that generates an execution instruction signal instructing to execute the operation instruction to transmit the signal when a response to the operation instruction is obtained from all the slave stations during a predetermined response waiting time, each of the slave stations include an execution-instruction-signal receiving unit that receives the execution instruction signal, and the execution-instruction-signal receiving unit executes an operation corresponding to the execution instruction signal when receiving the execution instruction signal or waits execution of the corresponding operation until the execution instruction signal corresponding to the operation instruction is received. | 12-15-2011 |
20110312358 | Channel Quality Reporting for Different Types of Subframes - A method for determining channel quality estimates of two or more types of subframes, such as clean and unclean subframes, may be applicable to both legacy and newer user equipment. A first base station affects a channel quality measurement by either transmitting dummy signals over designed tones that correspond to a second base station, or by puncturing transmissions during designated tones that correspond to the second base station. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319106 | METHOD FOR GROUPING ACCESS POINTS IN HIGH SPEED MOBILE ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE METHOD - Provided is an access point grouping method to be performed in a high speed mobile environment and a communication system using the access point grouping method. A system capacity may be improved by grouping users having different movement speeds with respect to various channel environments classified based on existence of an LOS channel, and by performing beamforming. Channel information with respect to a user moving at a high speed may not be required, and thus overhead may be reduced. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319107 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL SECTOR SWITCHING SYSTEM - A mobile communication base station (BS) radio frequency (RF) signal sector switching system is provided. The system is disposed between BS RF interfaces of a wireless communication BS and BS antennas, and includes BS end interfaces connected to the three BS RF interfaces in the wireless communication BS, antenna end interfaces connected to the three BS antennas, and a switching circuit between the BS end interfaces and the antenna end interfaces, enabling any BS end interface to be electrically connected to one, two, or three antenna end interfaces at the same time, and enabling any antenna end interface to be electrically connected to one, two, or three BS end interfaces at the same time. With original BS antenna configurations unchanged, the mobile communication BS RF signal sector switching system can increase a channel utilization rate of an idle sector, reduce cases of channel congestion of a sector of heavy traffic, and has advantages of energy conservation and environmental protection. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319108 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A wireless communication device includes an antenna unit that transmits and receives wireless signals, and one or more processors configured to conduct communication with a base station and control displacement of a service area of the base station and a service area of the wireless communication device in response to throughput characteristics of a cell formed by the base station. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319109 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Reference Signal in Multi-Node System - A method of transmitting a reference signal in a multi-node system including a plurality of nodes and a base station for controlling the plurality of nodes is provided. The method includes: transmitting node information to a user equipment; and transmitting the reference signal to the user equipment from at least one node among the plurality of nodes on the basis of the node information, wherein the node information includes information capable of identifying the reference signal transmitted from the at least one node, and wherein each of the plurality of nodes transmits a different reference signal. | 12-29-2011 |
20110319110 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND CONTROL STATION - A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio base stations and a control station connected to the radio base stations. One of the radio base stations notifies state control information including information regarding state control to the control station before or after execution of state control in the one radio base station. The control station notifies at least one of management information regarding the radio parameter updated in accordance with the state control and the state control information to the radio base stations connected to the control station, with the exclusion of the one radio base station that notified the state control information. | 12-29-2011 |
20120004000 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a body having a battery configured to be mounted on a cradle, a first connection port disposed at one surface of the body to be electrically connected to power supply terminals of the cradle if the body is mounted on the cradle, a second connection port disposed at another surface different from the one surface of the body to be covered by at least part of the cradle if the body is mounted on the cradle, and a power supply path for electrically connecting the battery to the first and the second connection port respectively to charge the battery if power is supplied to the first and the second connection port. | 01-05-2012 |
20120004001 | COVERAGE HOLE COMPENSATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A method of coverage hole compensation is provided in a wireless telecommunications network including a plurality of base station transmitters, each transmitter providing a coverage area for communication with user equipment, wherein a coverage hole is present within a coverage area provided by a transmitting transmitter; the method comprising selecting transmitters which are to be adjusted, including a first dominant transmitter within the coverage hole, and adjusting a transmission parameter of the selected transmitters, wherein the amount of adjustment of the selected first dominant transmitter in the coverage hole is greater than the amount of adjustment of any other selected transmitter. | 01-05-2012 |
20120009957 | CELL IDENTIFIER DECIDING METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A cell identifier deciding method includes: judging whether identification of cell identifiers allocated to cells covered by a plurality of radio base stations is allowed among the plurality of radio base stations; and changing the cell identifier of a radio base station which is relatively low in processing load imposed on changing of its cell identifier in the plurality of radio base stations, in a case that it is judged that identification of the cell identifiers is not allowed. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009958 | CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides a multi-iteration based channel assignment optimization method and a channel assignment optimization apparatus. The channel assignment optimization method comprises a channel assignment optimization path searching phase and a channel switching phase. During the channel assignment optimization path searching phase, the IBS negotiates with neighboring base stations so as to detect a channel assignment optimization path through multiple iterations. Merely after successfully detecting a feasible channel assignment optimization path, IBS and its neighboring base stations initiate a channel switching process, such that useless channel switching may be avoided. Besides, in order to avoid the problem of incapability of timely convergence during the iteration process, a threshold of iteration times is preset. Once the current iteration times is greater than the threshold, the channel assignment optimization path searching process on the current channel will exit and then the process switches to other channel to detect another path. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009959 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE STATION APPARATUS - A mobile communication system comprised of one or a plurality of base station apparatuses and a mobile station apparatus; characterized in that the one or plurality of base station apparatuses positions one or a plurality of logical antenna port reference signals, which are inside one or a plurality of logical antenna ports respectively, to different sub-frames; and the mobile station apparatus uses the logical antenna port reference signals of the one or plurality of logical antenna ports to perform channel status measurement. | 01-12-2012 |
20120009960 | Method And Arrangement In A Cellular Communication System - The basic idea of the present invention is to not only design a frequency-selective precoder with respect to the channel properties but also to ensure that the time-domain spread is limited. Hence the energy of the time-domain impulse response of the frequency-selective precoder is concentrated. According to a first embodiment, the time-domain spread is limited by designing a precoder such that it allows smooth transitions in the frequency domain between the values of the precoder when the precoder provides a staircase function. The smooth transitions can either be achieved by lowpass filtering the frequency-domain representation, the staircase function, of the precoder or by designing the precoder such that the sharp jumps are replaced by slopes. According to a second embodiment, the time-domain spread is controlled. The control may be achieved by employing a time-domain parameterization to precisely control the introduced additional time-domain spread. | 01-12-2012 |
20120021789 | BASE STATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In order to certainly acquire configuration information at the time of first startup, an evaluation unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120021790 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BASE STATION AND ANTENNA - A radio communication system has a base station and one or more antennas, each of the one or more antennas connects with a radio frequency port of the base station through an RF connection. Direct current and/or low frequency (DC/LF) signals are transmitted to an antenna via the RF connection corresponding to the antenna. The radio communication system further has an identification module at the antenna side, adapted to give an indication for identification of the antenna when receiving the DC/LF signals from the RF connection. Accordingly, the information exchange between the base station and a more or less intelligent “identification unit” in the antenna is performed to allow identification of the antenna from the base station side and further allow diagnosis of the cable link. | 01-26-2012 |
20120034941 | COMMUNICATION NODES FOR USE WITH A WIRELESS AD-HOC COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Communication nodes for use with a wireless ad-hoc communication network are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication node comprises a transducer, which generates a signal in response to an external signal. The ad-hoc network communication is supported in part by static communication nodes, which defined an organized infrastructure network in order to achieve the various functions of the transducers. In another embodiment, the communication node for use with a wireless ad-hoc network does not include a transducer. Such communication nodes are preferred for use with a less structured network with virtually no infrastructure and allow for being used with expanding and contracting networks. Mobile communication nodes mostly support the propagation of signals. However, pseudo-static or static communication nodes are also used in wireless communication ad-hoc networks. | 02-09-2012 |
20120071183 | RADIO BASE STATION, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD - A radio base station that forms a cell by transmitting a radio wave and that communicates with a mobile terminal existing in the cell, the radio base station includes a reception unit configured to receive information including cell information relating to a state of a peripheral cell of the radio base station, the information being transmitted from the mobile terminal, and a calculation processing device configured to detect an abnormality relating to another radio base station corresponding to the peripheral cell based on the cell information. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071184 | BASE STATION HAVING A PLURALITY OF LOGICAL BASE STATIONS - The present disclosure relates to a base station for communicating in a communication system using different communication technologies. The base station includes a first logical base station being configured to communicate according to a first communication technology, and a second logical base station being configured to communicate according to a second communication technology, the second communication technology being different from the first communication technology. | 03-22-2012 |
20120077531 | JOINT USER EQUIPMENT SCHEDULING AND CLUSTER FORMATION FOR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - A distributed antenna system comprises users; remote radio heads which are to be divided into clusters; and a central base station (CBS) including a CBS processor, a CBS memory, a user ordering module, and a user scheduling and cluster formation module. The user ordering module is configured to order the users in decreasing values of proportional fair scheduling metrics to provide a set of ordered users. The user scheduling and cluster formation module is configured to schedule the users according to the order of the users in decreasing values of proportional fair scheduling metrics; and for each user being scheduled according to the order of the users, pick up first N number of remote radio heads, in decreasing order of signal strength to the user being scheduled, which have not been picked up previously, to form a cluster of size N for the user being scheduled. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077532 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUPPORT FOR MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE - A coexistence manager may manage potential resource conflicts between radios, in particular between a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio and between a Bluetooth radio. Coexistence manager decision units may be designed synchronously to occur at preset times, or asynchronously as needed by the respective radios. The decision units may be structured to reduce latency. The decision units may be configured specifically for the Long Term Evolution radio and Bluetooth radios. | 03-29-2012 |
20120083304 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED FREQUENCY ADJUSTING METHOD - An electronic apparatus includes a processing unit. The processing unit, when detecting a frequency offset between an radio frequency (RF) module and a corresponding base station (BS), controls an oscillator to change a frequency of a first reference clock signal outputted therefrom by a first frequency variation, and controls a compensation unit to change a frequency of a second reference clock signal outputted therefrom by a second frequency variation. Wherein the compensation unit receives and adjusts the first reference clock signal from the oscillator to output the second reference clock signal, and the frequency offset substantially equals the first frequency variation plus the second frequency variation. | 04-05-2012 |
20120083305 | CENTRALIZED WIRELESS NETWORK FOR MULTI-ROOM LARGE PROPERTIES - Method and devices for use in a centralized wireless network are provided. The centralized wireless network employs a wireless communication protocol to communicate with various devices throughout the network. In addition to communication, the protocol may be used to control and monitor various aspects of the devices throughout the network. | 04-05-2012 |
20120094703 | RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND INTERFERENCE NOTIFYING METHOD IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio communication system is provided in which, based on a measurement condition and neighbor information specified by a base station to which a mobile terminal is connected, the mobile terminal measures the reception quality of the neighboring base stations included in the neighbor information and, when a transmission request is received from the connected base station, transmits the measurement result to the connected base station. In this radio communication system, the base station transmits neighbor information, which specifies the base stations for which interference measurement is to be performed, and a measurement result transmission request to the mobile terminal at a predetermined time for measuring the interference of neighboring base stations and, in response to it, the mobile terminal transmits the measurement result of the base stations, specified by the base station for measuring the interference, to the base station. | 04-19-2012 |
20120100878 | Base Stations, Cellular Communication Systems, Methods For Controlling A Base Station, And Methods For Controlling A Cellular Communication System - In various embodiments, a base station may be provided. The base station may include a first determiner configured to determine whether user data has been received from a radio communication terminal by the base station; a second determiner configured to determine whether information from which it may be determined that the user data has been received from the radio communication terminal by another base station has been received from the other base station; and a transmitter configured to transmit to the radio communication terminal information indicating whether at least one of the base station and the other base station has received the user data based on at least one of the result of the determination of the first determiner and the result of the determination of the second determiner. | 04-26-2012 |
20120108279 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A REFERENCE SIGNAL SEQUENCE USING GROUPING - A method for a base station to receive a reference signal sequence from one or more devices within a cell of the base station in a multiple cell environment includes providing the one or more devices with information about the reference signal sequence, wherein the reference signal sequence is defined by a cyclic shift of a sequence within a sequence group identified by a group index (u), wherein the group index (u) is defined according to the cell in the multiple cell environment, wherein the sequence is given by a cyclic extension of a Zadoff Chu (ZC) sequence having an index (q) and a length (N | 05-03-2012 |
20120108280 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication system includes a mobile station, which has a selector that from among prepared signal sequences, selects one or more arbitrary signal sequences and from among intervals included in a given period, selects one or more arbitrary intervals, and further has a transmitter that transmits the signal sequence corresponding to the interval selected by the selector. The wireless communication system further includes a base station, which has a receiver that receives a signal transmitted from the mobile station, and an identifier that identifies the mobile station, based on a correspondence value in each interval of the received signal. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108281 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR BEAM REFINEMENT IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A beamforming method is disclosed that includes performing sequential beam transmissions in multiple directions and receiving replies to the transmissions (i.e. a sector search). The received transmissions can include information or channel parameters such as direction of arrival, signal to noise ratio, signal strength, etc., for each sector. Utilizing the parameters transmitted or fed back by the receiver, the transmitter can store control vectors that dictate a beam that can be utilized to commence a beam refinement procedure. In addition, the parameters can be utilized to select and implement a custom sequence to refine the communication channel between the device and the controller. The custom sequence can significantly reduce the time required to create a channel with acceptable qualities such that efficient high speed network communications can be conducted. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120115523 | MIMO SEARCH OVER MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS - A method for communication includes arranging multiple access points in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to communicate over the air with a station in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configuration. Transmission quality is measured, in alternation, between two or more of the access points and the station in a plurality of different MIMO states. Each MIMO state is characterized at least by a respective number of spatial streams to be transmitted in the state. Responsively to the measured transmission quality, one of the access points and one of the MIMO states are selected to transmit data to the station. | 05-10-2012 |
20120115524 | INQUIRING OF A PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES DATABASE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS OVER BLIND BASE STATION OPERATION IN CONFLICT WITH PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES - A database stores updated information concerning protected communications services. A base station for a coexisting, and potentially co-channel, non-protected communications service makes an inquiry of the database requesting an identification of geographically relevant protected services along with the database stored information pertinent to each of those identified protected services. The returned information is processed by the base station to determine what channels are available for use by the non-protected service. An available channel is identified by the base station as the working channel for the non-protected service and the base station initiates a process to establish a communications network using the non-protected service and the selected working channel. | 05-10-2012 |
20120129559 | AUTOMATIC ACCESS POINT LOCATION, PLANNING, AND COVERAGE OPTIMIZATION - A device receives distances between an access point, located on a floor of a building, and other access points located on the same floor, and determines, based on the distances, relative location information associated with the access point, where the relative location information provides a location of the access point relative to the other access points. The device also determines, using a triangulation method, an actual location of the access point based on the relative location information. The device further maps the actual location of the access point to a floor plan of the floor, and displays the floor plan with the mapped actual location of the access point. | 05-24-2012 |
20120142383 | BROADCASTING CONTENT - A system is configured to: receive information identifying a geographic location of a user device of the user; identify a first recording device based on the geographic location and preferences of the user; instruct the first recording device to record content associated with the user; receive the content from the first recording device in response to instructing the first recording device to record the content; identify a first list of followers of the user based on the preferences of the user; and broadcast the content to follower devices corresponding to the first list of followers. | 06-07-2012 |
20120142384 | System and Method for Detecting Wireless Communications Activity Within a Predetermined Area and for Generating Messages to Selected Communication Devices - A system and method is disclosed for detecting the presence and level of wireless communications activity within a predetermined area, without disclosing the identity of the wireless users, and for generating a message to certain information and communications devices in response to the detection of a predetermined level of wireless communications activity within the predetermined area. The information detected also may Include information relating to the general direction and rate of movement of detected wireless devices. The message generated in response to the detection of wireless communications activity may include wireless messages, including Short Message Service (SMS) messages, to persons desiring or needing to receive such information; messages to public officials and other interested persons; and automatic signals to devices such as computers, computer networks (including the internet and wireless networks), facsimile machines, signs, lights, loudspeakers, and other devices providing Information through other communication and Information media. | 06-07-2012 |
20120149414 | INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT BETWEEN MULTIPLE NETWORKS - Methods and apparatuses for interference management between multiple wireless networks are disclosed. The apparatuses, and methods for doing the same, communicate with one or more wireless devices in each of first and second wireless networks, the first and second wireless networks having a common spectrum and different air interface protocols, and generate a message for transmission into the first wireless network to suppress transmission in the first network and to reserve a medium for wireless transmissions in the second wireless network. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149415 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ANONYMOUS LOCALIZATION - The present invention provides a system, method and computer program for anonymous localization. The location of a mobile device can be determined based on received signal strength (RSS) from one or more access points (APs) and a radio map. A radio map can be generated by measuring RSS at a set of fingerprints, which are a finite set of reference points within the area to be mapped. | 06-14-2012 |
20120149416 | USER LOCATION BASED SWITCHING BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND MULTIPLEXING - Multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver increase the capacity in a wireless communication system. Received signal quality can be enhanced through diversity by transmitting the same symbol on multiple antennas. Data rate can be increased through multiplexing by transmitting different symbols on the transmitting antennas. Operating in one particular mode only is generally not suitable. Choosing diversity or multiplexing by taking into account the location of a user can enhance both throughput and reliability. | 06-14-2012 |
20120165055 | CLOUD COMMUNICATION CENTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A CLOUD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Cloud communication center system and method for processing data in a cloud communication system. An apparatus for supporting a cloud communication system may include at least one remote unit and a centralized unit. The at least one remote unit may be configured to process one of radio signals received from a user equipment or radio signals to be transmitted to a user equipment according to at least one sub-layer of an open system interconnection reference model. The centralized unit may be configured to receive the processed signal from the remote unit and to process the received signal based on the remaining sub-layers of the open system interconnection reference model. | 06-28-2012 |
20120208579 | Radio Network Controller and Radio Network Controller Assembly - It is presented a radio network controller assembly for controlling base stations. The radio network controller assembly comprises: a plurality of unit radio network controllers, wherein each unit radio network controller comprises: a set of external interfaces configured for interaction with a core network, base stations and other radio network controllers; and a set of internal interfaces, distinct from the set of external interfaces, configured at least for interaction with peer unit radio network controllers belonging to the radio network controller assembly. The radio network assembly further comprises a database arranged to store configuration data comprising mappings of each base station to one of the plurality of unit radio network controllers. The radio network controller assembly is arranged to use the set of external interfaces for communication with the plurality of base stations, the core network and other radio network controllers external to the radio network controller assembly. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214526 | Trusted Paired-Device Initial Connection Assistance - The present invention relates to a solution for wireless communication and in particular for facilitating connection to a radio access network. This is provided in a number of aspects such as method, devices, and system. The solution comprises using a local short range communication connection between two user equipments, UEs, ( | 08-23-2012 |
20120225681 | Method of Providing a Vehicle with Communication Service and Micro Base Station Applied to Vehicle - A method of providing services to a vehicle and a micro base station applicable to a vehicle. The micro base station is disposed on the vehicle and is connected to the core network and the mobile communication device, either with different or the same wireless communication techniques. The mobile communication device is then enabled to communicate with the core network according to a connection relation between the first wireless communication technique and the core network. With the micro base station and the method of providing services to the vehicle, chances of performing a handshaking process between the communication device installed on the vehicle and the core network base station are greatly reduced, and the stability of signals received by the mobile communication device is highly improved. Therefore, the communication quality between the mobile communication device and the core network is enhanced. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225682 | BASE STATION DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station device characterized by including: a transmission portion that broadcast-transmits identification information indicating a first cell to a mobile terminal in an idle mode under control of the base station device; and a reception portion that receives information indicating a destination cell that the mobile terminal in the idle mode transmits when moving between cells; wherein when the base station device is a base station device forming a second cell adjacent to the first cell, the reception unit receives information indicating the second cell from the mobile terminal in the idle mode which has received the identification information indicating the first cell transmitted from another base station device forming the first cell, and receives information indicating the first cell from the mobile terminal in the idle mode which has received the identification information indicating the first cell transmitted from the base station device. | 09-06-2012 |
20120231824 | LOAD BALANCING IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for controlling a Network Load Balancing (NLB) algorithm that balances a traffic load between multiple downlink (DL) sectors in a cellular telecommunication network. A Connection Integrity Preservation (CIP) algorithm, which runs on top of the NLB algorithm in the Radio Network Controller/Base Station Controller (RNC/BSC), minimizes the risk of degrading network performance due to NLB offload decisions. The CIP algorithm may override an NLB offload decision, for example, if there have been too many offload failures, there are no target DL sectors available to acquire an offloaded Access Terminal (AT), or the offloaded AT is not acquired within a threshold time period. The CIP algorithm ensures required metrics are collected, and minimizes the impact on RNC/BSC processing due to Routing Update messages needed to make offload decisions. The invention enables the NLB algorithm to realize its potential without negative side-effects. | 09-13-2012 |
20120244898 | DYNAMIC, DISTRIBUTED COORDINATION OF PARAMETERS IN A CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - An apparatus, system, and method for dynamic, distributed coordination of parameters between a plurality of base stations in a cellular telecommunication network. An inter-cell communication interface connecting each given base station with the given base station's neighboring base stations is extended to communicate parameter settings between the given base station and the neighboring base stations. An apparatus in each given base station receives from the given base station's neighboring base stations, parameter settings being utilized by the neighboring base stations for transmitting and/or receiving in associated neighboring cells. The apparatus utilizes the parameter settings received from the neighboring base stations as factors to determine local parameter settings for the given base station. The given base station then sends the local parameter settings and supplemental information to the neighboring base stations so that optimal network-wide parameter settings can be selected. | 09-27-2012 |
20120244899 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA RADIATION CROSS POLAR SUPPRESSION - Cross-polar discrimination (XPD) of a dual orthogonal cross-polarised antenna is maximized via a cross-coupling network between base station MIMO branches prior to connection to the base station antenna. In one embodiment, a cross coupling network combines each MIMO branch signal with an attenuated phase reversed (phase shifted) copy of the other MIMO branch signal. The amount of attenuation for each branch is equivalent to the cross polar suppression required for each antenna array. The cross-coupling can be applied at different stages of signal processing within a base station. | 09-27-2012 |
20120270583 | TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Methods and systems of controlling transmit power in a multi-user wireless communication system is provided. A transmit power level for a transmitter is determined according to an algorithm based in communication theory, such as an iterative water-filling procedure, which takes into account an assumption of transmit behaviours of transmitters in the communication system. Actual transmit behaviours of transmitters in the communication system are monitored using a learning algorithm to determine whether any transmitters exhibit transmit behaviours which are not consistent with the assumption. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270584 | Method and Device for Utilizing Cell Edge Frequency Band Resource and Base Station - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, a device and a base station for utilizing cell edge frequency band resources, and are related to the field of mobile communications. The method includes: receiving a message transmitted from another cell, wherein the message is used for indicating information of an edge frequency band resource block used by the another cell; acquiring information of a remaining available resource block; and according to the acquired information of the remaining available resource block, utilizing the remaining available resource block according to a set probability that a current cell utilizes each remaining available resource block. | 10-25-2012 |
20120270585 | Data Transmission Method, Base Station and Terminal - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method, a base station, and a terminal. The method includes: configuring a band of standard bandwidth within transmission bandwidth of a base station as terminal-specific standard bandwidth when the transmission bandwidth of the base station is nonstandard bandwidth; notifying a terminal of configuration information of the terminal-specific standard bandwidth; and performing data transmission with the terminal within the terminal-specific standard bandwidth. The preceding technical solution is applicable to data transmission between a base station and a terminal in a communication system. | 10-25-2012 |
20120282961 | MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES, MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK DEVICES, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK DEVICE - In an embodiment, a mobile radio communication device may be provided. The mobile radio communication device may include a first communication interface configured to communicate with another mobile radio communication device, a second communication interface configured to communicate with a mobile radio base station, and a relay quality determiner configured to determine a quality of relaying data between the other mobile radio communication device and the mobile radio base station via the first communication interface and the second communication interface. | 11-08-2012 |
20120289268 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING A PATH LOSS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and a device for acquiring a path loss. The method includes: determining a current location of a terminal according to traffic channel signal strength of a current cell accessed by the terminal and broadcast control channel signal strength of at least one neighboring cell actually received by the terminal; or, determining the current location of the terminal according to broadcast control channel signal strength of at least two neighboring cells of the current cell accessed by the terminal; and acquiring a path loss of a corresponding designated neighboring cell from a correspondence according to the determined current location of the terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, as long as the network-side device can determine the current location of the terminal, the network-side device is capable of acquiring the path loss from the current location to any designated neighboring cell. | 11-15-2012 |
20120289269 | POWER-SAVE OPERATION SUPPORTING APPARATUS, POWER-SAVE OPERATION SUPPORTING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND BASE STATION - [Technical problem] To provide a power-save operation supporting apparatus, a power-save operation supporting method, a storage medium and a base station which can reduce power consumption of a wireless access network with restraining emergence of an area whose service quality is degraded. | 11-15-2012 |
20120295650 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO TERMINAL, RADIO NETWORK, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A wireless communication system comprises: a setting notifying means for notifying, to a radio terminal, setting information related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information to a radio network; a status notifying means for notifying, to the radio network, a status related to at least one of the radio terminal's collection of the measurement information and the radio terminal's reporting of the measurement information; and a re-establishing means for receiving the status and determining whether to re-establish the setting information. | 11-22-2012 |
20120302271 | FAULT LOCATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION LINES - A location and control system automatically locates, identifies, and corrects faults on a distribution system. The fault location and control system includes a central computer connected at one end of the distribution network and one casing installed at various locations along the distribution network. Each casing encloses a radio transceiver, plus an amplitude modulation detector connected to the radio transceiver. Each casing is installed at a predetermined distance from each other. When a fault is produced in the distribution line, each of the amplitude modulation detectors adjacent to a place where the fault is produced emits a signal that is detected by the central computer. The central computer detects and compares the location of the place where the fault is produced by comparing the time of arrival of the signals. The central computer may then automatically or manually disconnect any part of the distribution network in order to extinguish the fault arc. | 11-29-2012 |
20120315938 | COMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR MULTIPLE GROUP COMMUNICATIONS - A base station for communicating with multiple groups of wireless communication devices is described. The base station includes a processor and executable instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The base station determines a number of wireless communication devices. The base station also splits the number of wireless communication devices into groups. The base station further determines a precoding matrix for each group. The base station additionally transmits a beamformed signal to each group using the precoding matrix for each group. | 12-13-2012 |
20120322479 | COMMUNICATION LINK MONITORING AND FAILURE HANDLING IN A NETWORK CONTROLLED DEVICE-TO-DEVICE CONNECTION - A method and apparatus are provided to facilitate the selection of a monitoring device for a communication link in device-to-device communications, such as non-cellular communications or cellular communications in a licensed exempt band. A method and apparatus determine the reception resources available for use by a first telecommunications device, and ascertain the reception resources available for use by a second telecommunications device. The method and apparatus then select either the first telecommunications device or the second telecommunications device as a monitoring device to monitor the communications link. The method and apparatus may also change the monitoring device to the other telecommunications device based upon a change in the balance of reception resources of the first telecommunications device or the second telecommunications device. | 12-20-2012 |
20120322480 | CELLULAR NETWORK TRAFFIC OFFLOAD VIA LOCAL WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY - A network device receives, from a first mobile communication device via a cellular network, a message to attempt initiate the set-up of data transfer via a local wireless connectivity method. The network device determines a proximity within the cellular network of the first mobile communication device with respect to a second mobile communication device that is the target of the data transfer, and determines a geographic proximity of the first mobile communication device with respect to the second mobile communication device. The network device remotely enables, from the network device, the first mobile communication device and the second mobile communication device to transfer data between them via the local wireless connectivity method instead of via the cellular network based on the determined network proximity or geographic proximity. | 12-20-2012 |
20120329499 | Read-Ahead Techniques for Data Logging - Radio messages may be transmitted by endpoints delivering utility consumption data. A portable unit may traverse a route among the endpoints and obtain the consumption data. If the endpoints are sufficiently grouped, communication between the portable unit and a plurality of endpoints may be possible in a same power cycle to a radio of the portable unit while the portable unit is at a single location. In a two-way communication environment, the portable unit may send commands to a plurality of endpoints during a single power cycle, which may result in responses from the plurality of endpoints during the same power cycle. Such communications may be performed with endpoints that are ahead of a current endpoint on the route being traversed, and may constitute read-ahead data. Read-ahead data reduces power cycles to the radio, because when the portable unit reaches an endpoint on the route whose data has previously been read, a power cycle is not required. | 12-27-2012 |
20130005373 | COMMUNICATION TEST DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TEST METHOD - A communication test device can assist in identifying a cause of a change in throughput of a mobile communication terminal. The communication test device accumulates (a) trace data on a specific unit of data complying with a designated communication standard, and (b) throughput data on throughput of the specific unit of data transmitted to and received from a mobile communication terminal. Trace data and throughput data are extracted from the accumulation, and trace data is displayed. A graph of the variation of throughput with time is displayed on the display unit. Trace data corresponding to a time designated by an operating unit can also be displayed. | 01-03-2013 |
20130012250 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING A BACKUP RADIO OPERATING PARAMETER LIST IN A SECONDARY USE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A radio communication system ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130029707 | Cellular Radio Path Measurement and Reporting - There are provided measures for cellular radio path measurement and reporting. Such measures may exemplarily include, by a terminal, initiating transmission of a beacon signal of the terminal towards base stations in a coverage area of which the terminal resides, and, by a base station, monitoring transmission of the beacon signal from the terminal, measuring characteristics of a radio path towards the terminal based on a received beacon signal from the terminal, determining a timing value of the received beacon signal from the terminal, and initiating storage of the measured characteristics and the determined timing value as data with respect to the terminal in a network-based database being common for base stations in a coverage area of which the terminal resides. | 01-31-2013 |
20130059617 | SIGNAL POLARIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a signal polarization method, apparatus and system, and relates to the field of cellular network technologies. At the time of adjusting a polarization manner of a signal, an antenna does not need to be replaced, and a physical installation posture of the antenna does not need to be adjusted manually either. Therefore, a manual requirement and an operation cost are reduced, a workload, work risk and time are reduced, and a normal operation of a service of a cell is ensured. The signal polarization method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving physical channel signals sent by a base transceiver station; determining a polarization manner of each physical channel signal; and polarizing, by adjusting at least one of an amplitude and a phase of each physical channel signal, the physical channel signals according to the polarization manner. | 03-07-2013 |
20130102342 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A TRANSMISSION MODE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for operating a communication system, said communication system comprising a primary and at least one secondary station, wherein the primary station selects a transmission mode from a set of at least two transmission modes for communicating with the secondary station and wherein the secondary station infers the selected transmission mode based on at least one control channel characteristic. | 04-25-2013 |
20130109421 | Adaptation of Parameters in a Communication Network | 05-02-2013 |
20130115989 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION, AND BASE STATION PARAMETER-ADJUSTMENT METHOD - A radio base station (eNB | 05-09-2013 |
20130130732 | SIGNAL SOURCE DEPLOYMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A signal source deployment system, method, and non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium thereof are provided. The signal source deployment system comprises an electronic computing apparatus, wherein the electronic computing apparatus comprises a storage unit and a processor. The storage unit is electrically connected to the processor. The storage unit is configured to store a piece of plan information of a space and a piece of signal strength information of the space. The space is defined as a plurality of sub-spaces. The piece of signal strength information comprises a plurality of signal strength values. Each of the signal strength values corresponds to one of the sub-spaces. The processor determines a deployment position for a signal source according to the piece of plan information and the piece of signal strength information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130143612 | Methods and Communication Devices in a Radio Telecommunications Network - Methods for enabling provision of data to be used in a performance analysis are provided. The communication device obtains an input to set up at least one rule within the communication device to be fulfilled in order to create at least one performance management counter to count occurrences of a performance management parameter related to the communication device. The communication device sets up the at least one rule and detects an impulse. The communication device determines if the at least one rule has been fulfilled. The communication device monitors data associated to the communication device if the at least one rule has been fulfilled, and creates the at least one performance management counter to count occurrences of the at least one performance management parameter based on the monitored data. A message including a result of the at least one performance management counter is transmitted to another device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130150107 | METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED DISASTER RECOVERY CAPABILITY - A recovery scheme where a base station monitors state of interoperation with a primary exchange. When the primary exchange becomes unavailable, active services may be lost, but the base station sends an activation request message to a secondary exchange that has access to base station configuration information of the base station. The secondary exchange uses the base station configuration information to activate the base station, and user terminals in the base station cell may begin to registrate to the system. Recovery capability of communications can be achieved with optimised use of network resources. | 06-13-2013 |
20130165168 | POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS DERIVED FROM CONTROL SIGNALS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for deriving population counts and device flow characteristics on wireless communication networks. In a particular embodiment, a method provides receiving a first control signal transmitted by a first base station serving a first wireless sector and receiving a second control signal transmitted by a second base station serving a second wireless sector. The method further provides deriving a population count of a geographic area using device identifiers enumerated within the first and second control signals. | 06-27-2013 |
20130184021 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM ACCESS - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a system access method for a user equipment performing machine-to-machine (M2M) communication with a system may include: awaiting, when the user equipment detects a need for system access, reception of access delay information from a base station for a preset delay information wait time; obtaining, when access delay information is received from the base station within the delay information wait time, an access delay time from the access delay information; and awaiting expiration of the access delay time while not attempting system access. Hence, system access attempts made by many M2M user equipments can be efficiently handled in the present invention. | 07-18-2013 |
20130190026 | ENHANCED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR A NETWORK SYSTEM - According to exemplary embodiments, a method for resource management of network systems includes sampling channel states of a first set of channels from at least one base station associated with a radio network controller providing an application and estimating channel states of a second set of channels from the at least one base station, wherein the estimated channel states are based on previously sampled channel states and currently sampled channel states. The method further includes adapting at least one runtime parameter of the application based on the sampled channel states of the first set of channels and the estimated channel states of the second set of channels. | 07-25-2013 |
20130217427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A WIFI NETWORK INFORMATION SERVICE - An approach is provided for providing a WiFi network information service. A configuration client processes and/or facilitates a processing, by at least one module of at least one access point, of configuration data stored at the at least one access point to determine network information. The configuration client then causes a transmission of the network information by the at least one module to at least one server. A location client also determines at least one request, from at least one client, for network information associated with at least one access point, at least one location, or a combination thereof. The location client then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one request to cause a generation of at least one query for the network information from at least one server, wherein the network information is determined from at least one module of the at least one access point. | 08-22-2013 |
20130244711 | CACHE HITS VIA A USERS SPEED, DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT, LOCATION, AND BAND WITHIN A CELLULAR NETWORK - A method, system, and computer program product for caching data in a cellular network is provided. Information from a cellular network regarding location, speed, direction of travel, and bandwidth for a user can be used to determine how much data should be cached for the user. More specifically, the time period for how long a user will be in a cell of a cellular network can be calculated using information received from the cellular network. The calculated time period can be used to calculate how much data will be used by a user for the calculated time period with only the amount of data needed for the time period being cached. | 09-19-2013 |
20130252652 | RADIO BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION NODE, CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIO BASE STATION AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION NODE - A radio base station is provided including a controller that generates a message including identification information of the radio base station and information indicating parameters based on a detected environment. The radio base station also includes a transmitter that transmits the generated message to a communication node. | 09-26-2013 |
20130295977 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A SYSTEM COMPRISING MOVABLE RF DEVICES - A radiofrequency communication system ( | 11-07-2013 |
20130303218 | Balloon Clumping to Provide Bandwidth Requested in Advance - Methods and systems disclosed herein relate to determining a projected change in bandwidth demand in a specified area during a specified future time period, repositioning one or more balloons in a high-altitude balloon network based on the projected change in bandwidth demand, and providing, using the one or more balloons, at least a portion of the bandwidth demanded in the specified area during the specified future time period. | 11-14-2013 |
20130310095 | Method of Determining an Optimal Configuration for Rehoming Base Stations - A method of iteratively determining an optimal configuration for rehoming a plurality of base stations among a plurality of RNCs is disclosed. In a first iteration, a proposed rehoming configuration and an associated performance metric indicative are determined. The performance metric is indicative of a load imbalance of the proposed rehoming configuration, a quantity of inter-RNC handovers that would be exhibited by the proposed rehoming configuration, or both. A plurality of additional rehoming configurations are iteratively determined by: selecting one of a simulated annealing algorithm, an intensification algorithm, or a diversification algorithm responsive to a type of algorithm used in the preceding iteration, the performance metric of one or more preceding iterations, or both; and performing the selected algorithm to identify an additional rehoming configuration. Responsive to a completion event, a determined rehoming solution having a performance metric exhibiting a greatest improvement is outputted. | 11-21-2013 |
20140066115 | Distributed Antenna System Signal Measurement - Disclosed is a method for discriminating among transmitted signals broadcast in a distributed antenna system comprising: verifying that the base transceiver station is operating; determining the number of remote radio units in communication with a head end unit; imposing a plurality of different time delays for a corresponding number of binary data stream transmissions from the head end unit to a pre-determined number of remote radio units; and discriminating among the binary data stream transmissions using an evaluation receiver. | 03-06-2014 |
20140094206 | Radio Network Controller and Radio Network Controller Assembly - It is presented a radio network controller assembly for controlling base stations. The radio network controller assembly comprises: a plurality of unit radio network controllers, wherein each unit radio network controller comprises: a set of external interfaces configured for interaction with a core network, base stations and other radio network controllers; and a set of internal interfaces, distinct from the set of external interfaces, configured at least for interaction with peer unit radio network controllers belonging to the radio network controller assembly. The radio network assembly further comprises a database arranged to store configuration data comprising mappings of each base station to one of the plurality of unit radio network controllers. The radio network controller assembly is arranged to use the set of external interfaces for communication with the plurality of base stations, the core network and other radio network controllers external to the radio network controller assembly. | 04-03-2014 |
20140148207 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL CONNECTION METHOD - A communication system in which plural portable communication terminals present in a relatively narrow area are safely and securely matched and connected to each other by a simple operation, to exchange various types of information therebetween. When front sides of smartphone terminals are bought close to each other, either one of proximity sensors reacts or detects first. The reacted smartphone terminal allows a bottom speaker to generate ultrasound (e.g., 20 Khz), allows a back LED to light up, and stores the time at which the ultrasound has been detected. When the smartphone terminals are distanced from each other, both of the smartphone terminals stop detecting ultrasound by bottom microphones, and transmit a first reception time information and a second non-reception time information to a web server. The web server groups together and connects the two smartphone terminals, based on the received first time and second time. | 05-29-2014 |
20140274178 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system includes transmission apparatuses and a reception apparatus. Each transmission apparatus includes a data input processing unit to which data is input, a first controller that performs a control process for transmitting the data, and a first wireless communication processing unit that transmits the data to the reception apparatus according to the control process performed by the first controller. The first controller performs a control process for causing another transmission apparatus to transmit data input to the other transmission apparatus to the reception apparatus. The reception apparatus includes a second wireless communication processing unit that receives data from one of the transmission apparatuses, a second controller that performs a control process for outputting the received data, and a data output processing unit that outputs the received data according to the control process performed by the second controller. | 09-18-2014 |
20140295901 | LOCAL WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY FOR RADIO EQUIPMENT OF A BASE STATION IN A CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to local wireless connectivity for a radio equipment of a base station in a cellular communications network. In one embodiment, the radio equipment includes a radio subsystem that transmits and receives radio signals for the cellular communications network, a local wireless interface, and a controller associated with the local wireless interface that is configured to provide access to a maintenance subsystem of the radio equipment via the local wireless interface. Remote access to the maintenance subsystem of the radio equipment via the local wireless interface allows maintenance operations to be performed without the need to physically connect to the radio equipment via a wired connection, which is difficult in many installations. | 10-02-2014 |
20140342765 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS NETWORK AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - A wireless communication apparatus may operate selectively as a master station or as a remote station in a wireless network. When the apparatus operates as the master station, the apparatus may manage one or more remote devices that operate as remote stations. The apparatus continues operating as the master station until a continuation period elapses when the number of remote devices to be managed is zero. The continuation period begins when the number of remote devices becomes zero. If the number of remote devices becomes one or more before the continuation period elapses, the apparatus continues operating as the master station, even after a lapse of the continuation period. If the number of remote devices remains zero until the continuation period elapses, the apparatus stops operating as the master station after the lapse of the continuation period. | 11-20-2014 |
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