09th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 89 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180063773 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANQP QUERYING USING A COMMON ANQP GROUP VERSION - A system and method of ANQP querying using a common ANQP group version. One embodiment of the method includes associating an original common ANQP group version with a common ANQP group, transmitting a message containing the original common ANQP group version to at least one station, associating a new common ANQP group version with the common ANQP group when an element therein is changed, and transmitting another message containing the new common ANQP group version to the at least one station. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063774 | Utilizing Network Coverage Information to Perform Public Land Mobile Network Searches - Various methods for performing public land mobile network (PLMN) searches on a mobile communication device may include obtaining information about one or more radio access technologies (RATs) for which network coverage is allowed by a network operator of a home PLMN (HPLMN) of the mobile communication device, selecting one of the one or more allowed RATs, conducting a PLMN search on the selected RAT, and determining whether there are available PLMNs on the selected RAT based on the PLMN search. In some examples, the information about one or more RATs for which network coverage is allowed by the network operator may be stored in a universal subscriber identity module (USIM) on the mobile communication device. In such example, the information may be stored in one or more PLMN selector lists on the USIM. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063775 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a communication device and communication method that are capable of both efficiently utilizing wireless communication resources and reducing electric power consumption in a frame exchange period with a communication device different from an own device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063776 | TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION SUPPORT - Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support are described. In one embodiment, for example, an evolved packet core (EPC) node may comprise a processor circuit to implement an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) according to a management object that includes a branch comprising one or more policies to select a wireless local area network (WLAN), the processing circuitry to receive capabilities information and location information for a user equipment (UE) and determine access network information for the UE based on the capabilities information and the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063777 | Network Access of a Wireless Device - There is provided mechanisms for network access of a wireless device to a communications network. A method is performed by the wireless device. The method comprises initiating network access using a first radio access technology to the communications network. The method comprises preparing for receiving at least a response to the network access from a network node in the communications network using at least a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063778 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - Provided are a communication control method in which selection by a communication terminal of an access network is controlled using a policy for selecting an access network that is transmitted by a server of a home operator and a policy for selecting the access network, which is transmitted by a base station apparatus, and the like. By notifying the communication terminal of a policy for selection of the access network by a server and a policy for selection of the access network by the base station apparatus, a home operator can control selection of the access network by the communication terminal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063779 | Signal Transmission Method and Network Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a signal transmission method and a network device. The signal transmission method includes: sending, by a first network device, a first signal before performing cell selection; and sending, by the first network device, a second signal after performing cell selection, where resources used by the first network device to send the first signal and the second signal are different, and the second signal is a random access signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063780 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - The present invention has been made in view of the aforementioned problem and aims to provide a technique for reducing consumption of transmission power of an MTC device. The present invention relates to a communication terminal including measurement means for measuring a measurement target, reception means for receiving a certain condition regarding transmission from an application server, and determination means for determining, when the resulting measurement value satisfies the condition, that the measurement value should not be transmitted to the application server. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063781 | Data Packet Processing Method and Related Device - A data packet processing method and a related device are provided. The data packet processing method includes receiving, by a modem of a mobile terminal, an Internet Protocol IP data packet from a network; determining an online status of a data service of the mobile terminal; and processing, by the modem, the IP data packet according to a transfer protocol type of the IP data packet if it is determined that the data service of the mobile terminal is not in an online state, where the modem does not forward the IP data packet to an application processor of the mobile terminal if it is determined that the data service of the mobile terminal is not in the online state. Technical solutions provided in embodiments of the present disclosure help reduce standby power consumption of a mobile terminal, thereby improving product experience of users. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063782 | CONTEXT-BASED COORDINATED DATA RETRIEVAL FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Context-based coordinated data retrieval for mobile devices is provided. An interface between application code of a mobile device and an operating system of the mobile device receives a declarative language based data-retrieval request made by the application code for data from an I/O device of the mobile device. Based on operating context of the mobile device, opportunistic coordination rule(s) are selected from a local rules cache, the rule(s) representative of at least one power-saving option for retrieving data for responding to the request. The rule(s) are evaluated to determine how to retrieve data for responding to the request, and action(s) are performed based on the evaluating, the action(s) including responding to the request. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063783 | SMART POWER SAVING SCHEME FOR LTE ADVANCED - Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for smart power saving at a user equipment (UE), comprising a first and second transmit chain. According to aspects, the UE may identify one or more subframes in which the second transmit chain is not scheduled for uplink (UL) transmissions, determine the first transmit chain is scheduled for UL transmissions during at least a portion of the identified subframes, and perform envelope tracking (ET) for a scheduled uplink transmission using, at least portions of the first and second transmit chains during the determined at least a portion of the identified subframes. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063784 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AN EFFICIENT WAKEUP PROTOCOL - Aspects of the subject matter described in this disclosure can be implemented in an efficient wakeup protocol for discovery between two devices. A first device configured to transmit discovery signals can wake up at a predetermined drift time, and a second device configured to receive the discovery signals can wake up at a predetermined wakeup time shortly after the predetermined drift time. The second device can remain awake for a very short duration, where the duration can be based on the packet length of the discovery signal or the interval between each transmitted discovery signal. Upon receiving a discovery signal, the second device can pair with the first device so that further communications can occur between the two devices. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063785 | Device-Driven Power Scaling In Advanced Wireless Modem Architectures - Methods and apparatuses pertaining to device-driven power scaling in advanced wireless modem architectures are described. A processor of a communication apparatus with time-varying peak processing capability during active operations negotiates with a wireless network, to which the communication apparatus is communicatively connected, to select one of a plurality of temporary capability states ranging between zero and peak performance of the communication apparatus. The processor initiates a capability state change such that the communication apparatus enters the selected temporary capability state from a current temporary capability state of the plurality of temporary capability states. The lifetime of the selected temporary capability state exceeds a control information period used by the wireless network to dynamically schedule data transmissions with the communication apparatus. The data transmissions between the communication apparatus and the wireless network are constrained according to the selected temporary capability state. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063786 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FACILITATING PAGING A USER EQUIPMENT - Disclosed are systems and methods that include embodiments to determine a system frame number (SFN) of a radio frame using a first identifier related to the UE, a discontinuous reception (DRX) period length of the UE, and a parameter indicating a quantity of paging occasions within the DRX period length. A second identifier can be sent in a downlink control channel within a radio sub-frame of the radio frame, and a paging message is associated with the second identifier. This systems and methods may also include embodiments to determine a position of the radio sub-frame within the radio frame associated with the SFN with reference to a quantity of radio sub-frames suitable for the paging in the radio frame, the identifier related to the UE, and a parameter derived from the DRX period length of the UE. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063787 | RELIABILITY DETECTION OF CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATOR (CQI) AND APPLICATION TO OUTER LOOP POWER CONTROL - A method for performing outer loop power control in wireless communications includes initializing a time interval clock to count down a predetermined time interval; receiving and decoding a channel quality indicator (CQI) message; computing a decision metric value for each symbol in the decoded CQI message; determining whether the CQI message is erroneous; counting a number of erroneous CQI messages; and signaling a wireless/transmit receive unit to adjust an uplink transmission power on a condition that the time interval clock has expired and the number of erroneous CQI messages exceeds a threshold. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063788 | System and Method for Secure and Quick Wake Up of a Station - A method for waking up a radio communications module (RCM) of a station with a wake-up receiver includes receiving a wake-up signal with the wake-up receiver, waking up the RCM from a sleeping mode, transmitting a second frame if a first frame is received within a specified time after waking up the RCM and if an integrity of the first frame is verified successfully, and placing the RCM into the sleeping mode and the wake-up receiver into an active mode if the first frame is not received within the specified time after waking up the RCM or if the first frame is received within the specified time after waking up the RCM but the integrity of the first frame is not verified successfully. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063789 | REMOTE WAKEUP METHOD, CONNECTION SERVER, AND NETWORKING APPARATUS HAVING SLEEP MODE - A remote wakeup method includes: receiving a wakeup request packet from a first apparatus, obtaining a wakeup information according to the wakeup request packet, generating an apparatus wakeup packet according to the wakeup request packet and the wakeup information, obtaining a connection information corresponding to a second apparatus according to the wakeup request packet, and sending the apparatus wakeup packet to the second apparatus based on the connection information. The wakeup request packet includes a device identifier (UID) of the second apparatus, and the apparatus wakeup packet includes the device identifier of the second apparatus and wakeup information. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063790 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - If a wireless connection with an external device is disconnected, it is determined whether or not the disconnection is based on a request from the external device. Different methods for displaying a screen indicating the disconnection are used in the case where it is determined that the disconnection is based on a request from the external device and the case where it is not. Accordingly, it is possible to realize an electronic device that performs suitable indication to a user and a method for controlling the same. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063791 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FREQUENCY SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION - Logic may comprise hardware and/or code to select a narrow band from a wider channel bandwidth. Logic of communications between devices may select, e.g., a 1 or 2 MHz sub-channel from a wider channel bandwidth such as 4, 8, and 16 MHz and transmit packets on the selected 1 or 2 MHz channel. For instance, a first device may comprise an access point and a second device may comprise a station such as a low power sensor or a meter that may, e.g., operate on battery power. Logic of the devices may facilitate a frequency selective transmission scheme. Logic of the access point may transmit sounding packets or control frames across the sub-channels of the wide bandwidth channel, facilitating selection by the stations of a sub-channel and subsequent communications on the sub-channel between the access point and the station. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063792 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS OF TIME-DIVISION-DUPLEX (TDD) UPLINK-DOWNLINK (UL-DL) CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of Time-Division Duplexing (TDD) Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration management. For example, a node may communicate a message including a cell identifier identifying a first cell controlled by the node, and a TDD configuration update to update at least one other node, which controls at least one second cell, with a TDD UL-DL configuration allocated by the node for communication within the first cell. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063793 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PLURAL PROCESS EXECUTING APPARATUSES - A control apparatus to control a plurality of process executing apparatuses, the control apparatus including: a communication unit; and a processor. The processor transmits a request to execute predetermined processing common to the process executing apparatuses, a request to change to an energy saving mode, and a request to change to a normal mode, to each of the process executing apparatuses via the communication unit, and performs control of transmission of the request to execute the predetermined processing, the request to change to the energy saving mode, and the request to change to the normal mode, such that one of the process executing apparatuses executes the predetermined processing while a rest of the process executing apparatuses is in the energy saving mode, and such that all the process executing apparatuses execute the predetermined processing in sequence. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE FROM NEIGHBORING WIRELESS DEVICES - A technique is disclosed for reducing interference in a communication system including a plurality of wireless devices. A first device transmits a frame (e.g., an RTS frame or a CTS frame) to a second device, the frame including information from which a non-target third device may use to estimate potential interference at the first device based on a proposed transmission to a fourth device. The information includes at least one of an interference and sensitivity factor (ISF), transmit power, and reciprocity factor (a difference between an antenna receive gain and an antenna transmit gain). Using the information in the frame to estimate the potential interference at the first device, the third device may choose to proceed with the proposed transmission if the estimated potential interference is less than a threshold; or withdraw or modify the proposed transmission if the estimated potential interference is greater than or equal to a threshold. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063795 | OFFSETTING UNWANTED DOWNLINK INTERFERENCE SIGNALS IN AN UPLINK PATH IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) - Offsetting unwanted downlink interference signals in an uplink path in a distributed antenna system (DAS) is disclosed. In this regard, in one example, an interference signal offset circuit is provided in an RAU to offset interference products leaked from a downlink path to an uplink path. An offset signal generation circuit is configured to generate at least one uplink interference offset signal based on the interference products leaked from the downlink path. A signal summing circuit is configured to combine the at least one uplink interference offset signal with an uplink signal received on the uplink path, thus offsetting the interference products in the uplink signal. By providing the interference signal offset circuit in the RAU to offset the interference products on the uplink path, it is possible to provide more implementation flexibility for the RAU without degrading the uplink signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063796 | CLEAR CHANNEL ASSESSMENT (CCA) THRESHOLD ADAPTATION METHOD - Methods and apparatuses are described herein for determining a transmit power based on clear channel assessment (CCA) thresholds. A station (STA) associated with a first Basic Service Set (BSS) may receive, from an access point (AP) associated with the first BSS, a clear channel assessment (CCA) value for a group of STAs associated with a second BSS. The CCA value may indicate a minimum CCA threshold for a packet received from the second BSS. The STA may then determine, based on the CCA value, a STA specific CCA parameter and a target CCA parameter. The target CCA parameter may be greater than or equal to the STA specific CCA parameter. Based on the STA specific CCA parameter and the target CCA parameter, the STA may determine a target transmit power control (TPC) parameter of the STA, wherein the sum of target TPC parameter and target CCA parameter is constant. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063797 | POWER OVER WIRELESS ENERGY RECHARGE (POWER) - In one embodiment, a device in a wireless network receives a request from a node in the network requesting electrical power. The device determines one or more power transmission parameters for the node. The device determines a power transmission schedule for the node. The device sends wireless network communications to the node in response to the request and based on the determined one or more power transmission parameters and transmission schedule for the node. The node converts the wireless network communications into stored electrical power. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER HEADROOM REPORT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits a first PHR for a first carrier group, which is configured by a first eNodeB (eNB), to a second eNB; and transmits ing a second PHR for a second carrier group, which is configured by the second eNB, to the first eNB. Te first PHR and the second PHR include a PHR for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) regardless of whether simultaneous transmission of the PUCCH and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is configured or not. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063799 | LISTEN BEFORE TALK DESIGN FOR SPECTRUM SHARING IN NEW RADIO (NR) - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless node may receive stress beacons on a channel. Each stress beacon may include an indication of an allowable interference level for a corresponding wireless node that transmitted the stress beacon on the channel. The wireless node may update a backoff window for the channel based on the allowable interference levels indicated in the stress beacons. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063800 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRANSMIT POWER IN COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT SCENARIO AND DEVICE - A method for determining a transmit power in a coverage enhancement scenario and a device resolve a problem that the prior art lacks a solution to determining a transmit power of a preamble sequence in a random access process in the coverage enhancement scenario. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal, configuration information that is used to determine a transmit power used for transmitting a signal at each coverage enhancement level; and determining, by the terminal according to the obtained configuration information, a transmit power used for transmitting the signal at a coverage enhancement level currently used by the terminal, so as to determine the transmit power used for transmitting the signal in the coverage enhancement scenario. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063801 | A WIRELESS DEVICE, A FIRST ACCESS NODE AND METHODS THEREIN - A wireless device and a method therein for enabling a single Random Access (RA) preamble to be received by a first Access Node (AN) and by a second AN, which first and second ANs are asynchronous ANs. The wireless device, and the first and second ANs are operating in a wireless communications network. The wireless device receives a first signal from the first AN and a second signal from the second AN. Based on the received first and second signals, the wireless device determines an overlapping time window during which a transmission from the wireless device is receivable by the first and second ANs, and transmits a single RA preamble to the first and second ANs during the determined overlapping time window. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063802 | Dynamic Direct Multinode (DDM) Wireless Network - There are disclosed herein implementations of a system providing a direct dynamic multinode (DDM) wireless network, and a method for use by the system. Such a system includes multiple nodes configured for wireless communication, at least one of the nodes being configured to receive external data from an external source. Each of the nodes is configured to discover other nodes of the DDM wireless network. Each of the nodes is also configured to run a time and phase tracking function to provide synchronization between the nodes, and to route control and data information directly to other nodes so as to synchronously output the external data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063803 | System and method for production and synchronization of group experiences using mobile devices - A Utility for enabling an arbitrary number of mobile devices to be used to create a choreographed multimedia event exhibition while distributed over an arbitrary space. Each participating mobile device can present images, video, audio, and camera flash elements according to a pattern described by event attributes. As such each mobile device becomes a building block of the choregraphed multimedia event to form a specific exhibition. Event attributes can be distributed to participating mobile devices several ways including; messaging, local interfaces, position, location, motion, or programmatic defaults without the need for central orchestration or to communicate with one another or any external communication service during the exhibition. Participating mobile devices can join and leave an event exhibition at any time and will become synchronized with the event exhibition in progress. Example events are explained in detail and the usage of the event attributes is highlighted. The utility further enables the commercialization of individual choreographed multimedia event exhibitions. The commercialization is established by licensing terms dependent on the exhibition attributes such as placement, product and services placement, size of audience and rebroadcast capabilities. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063804 | TIMING ADVANCE ENHANCEMENTS FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS - A disclosed example method involves, when a device is operating in a stationary mode and before a need of the device to communicate data, determining whether a stored timing advance is valid. When the stored timing advance is not valid, a valid timing advance is determined before the need of the device to communicate the data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063805 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - A time synchronization system includes: a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire installation position information related to an installation position of a time synchronization target whose time is synchronized; a time synchronization signal acquisition unit configured to receive a positioning signal transmitted from a positioning satellite as a time synchronization signal and acquire, from the time synchronization signal, transmission position information related a position of the positioning satellite and transmission time information at timing when the time synchronization signal is transmitted; and a signal processing unit configured to calculate synchronized time information for the time synchronization target based on the installation position information of the time synchronization target and the transmission position information and transmission time information from the time synchronization signal, and transmit the synchronized time information to the time synchronization target. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063806 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION - A base station for wireless communication with a mobile station using a plurality of cells configured to be grouped so as to comprise a plurality of groups of cells. The base station includes: circuitry configured to transmit a first control signal having a first field and a second field, the first field including information indicating an amount of adjustment for the mobile station to use to adjust a transmission timing of the mobile station with one or more cells, and the second field being configured to store second information identifying the one or more cells among the plurality of groups of cells, and transmit a second control signal having a third field configured to include a unique identifier of one or more of the plurality of cells, according to which the second information set in the second field of the first control signal is applied to the mobile station. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063807 | MOBILE DEVICE LOCATION BASED ON DETECTION OF RADIATION SOURCES - The location of a mobile device may be determined based on information that includes the signal strength of nearby radiation sources. The system may disregard information associated with radiation sources that are determined to be mobile. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063808 | SYSTEM FOR TRACKING ASSETS - A system for tracking assets. The system includes a visible light source that includes a wireless signal generator configured to produce wireless signals and a tag that includes a detector that detects the presence of the wireless signals produced by the visible light source. The tag includes a transmitter that is configured to send additional wireless signals. The system further includes a tag monitor that includes a receiver that is configured to receive the additional wireless signals. The tag monitor determines a location of the tag based on the additional wireless signals received from the tag. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063809 | PASSIVE POSITIONING PROCEDURE AND USE OF SINGLE BURST ASAP FTM SESSIONS - Techniques for estimating a position of an observing station are disclosed based on capturing, at the observing station, a first and a second FTM message exchanged between a first messaging station and a second messaging station. At the observing station, a first time of arrival of the first FTM message and a second time of arrival of the second FTM message may be determined. Based on contents of one or more FTM messages, a first transmission-related time associated with the first FTM message and a second transmission-related time associated with the second FTM message may be obtained. The position of the observing station may be estimated based on (1) a position of the first messaging station, (2) a position of the second messaging station, (3) the first time of arrival, (4) the second time of arrival, (5) the first transmission-related time, and (6) the second transmission-related time. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063810 | POSITIONING PARAMETER EXCHANGE METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a positioning parameter exchange method and system, and an apparatus. An SPC receives a UE positioning information query message sent by an SRC, where the UE positioning information query message includes an identifier of UE and a positioning parameter; the SPC obtains positioning information of the UE; and the SPC sends a UE positioning information query response message to the SRC. Therefore, the SPC and the SRC exchanges a parameter required for positioning, so as to avoid triggering interactions between multiple nodes on a core network side, and reduce a positioning delay. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063811 | Receiver Processor For Adaptive Windowing And High-Resolution TOA Determination In A Multiple Receiver Target Location System - A disclosed example apparatus receives a tag transmission signal from a tag at a receiver, wherein the tag transmission signal comprises a series of pulses; determines a coarse estimate of a time-of-arrival (TOA) of the tag transmission signal based on a detection of a pulse of the series of pulses in an adjustable coarse timing window, wherein the coarse estimate is based on a plurality of coarse timing windows; determines a fine estimate of the TOA based on a detection of the pulse in at least one of a parallel set of fine timing windows; and determines a sub-window resolution of the TOA based on at least one detection transition between consecutive fine receiver windows of at least one of a plurality of pulses and a weighted average of the TOA for each pulse of the series of pulses. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063812 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION CUSTOMIZATION - A device and method for automatic notification customization is provided. The device includes: a controller; a notification device; and a memory storing: notification data; and identification data, the identification data comprising one or more of: an identifier of the device; and an account identifier identifying an account associated with the device. The controller: alters the notification data using the identification data to generate altered notification data; determines that a notification of an event is to occur at the device; and controls the notification device to provide the altered notification. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063813 | Multi-Radio Access Technology Paging - Systems and methods for improved paging are described. In one embodiment, a method is described, comprising: providing a combined database in a heterogeneous radio access network at a coordinating gateway between a plurality of radio access network nodes and a plurality of core network nodes; at the coordinating gateway, storing a first location of a user device in the combined database in association with a user device identifier and based on receiving a first user device registration request at a first radio access network; at the coordinating gateway, storing a second location of the user device in the combined database in association with the user device identifier and based on receiving a second user device registration request at a second radio access network; and querying the combined database for a last known location of the user device across both the first and the second radio access network. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063814 | SELECTIVE CALL ROUTING AND NOTIFICATION FOR MULTI-ENDPOINT TERMINALS - A device may obtain information. The information may represent a distance between a first user device and a second user device. The first user device and the second user device may share a destination address. The device may receive a first message associated with a call. The first message may be received based on the call having been made to the destination address. The device may determine, based on the information, whether to provide a second message associated with the call or a notification associated with the call. The device may selectively provide the second message or the notification based on determining whether to provide the second message or the notification. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063815 | WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND APPARATUS USING SYSTEM INFORMATION VALUE TAG - A geographical area identifier which specifies a geographical area for which a value tag is valid is used for assessing second type system information available from an access node. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063816 | AUTONOMOUS RESOURCE SELECTION FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - A user equipment (UE) may communicate with one or more other UEs using multiple transmissions in a device-to-device (D2D) communications deployment. A number of UEs may be configured with D2D resources, and a transmitting UE may identify available D2D resources from the configured resources. The transmitting UE may identify a resource for a first transmission of a D2D transmission from the available D2D resources, and may identify a second resource for a second transmission of the D2D transmission. The second transmission may be a blind HARQ transmission that may be transmitted to enhance the likelihood that one or more receiving UEs successfully receive the transmission. In some examples, the second resource may be identified based on other available resources within an predetermined time window around the first transmission. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063817 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A communication device and a method to suspend monitoring of a first radio access network (RAN) on a frequency band shared with a second RAN, comprising receiving a signal from the second RAN on the frequency band; decoding the received signal; identifying a duration during which the second RAN occupies the frequency band based on the decoded signal; and suspending monitoring of the control channel of the first RAN on the frequency band for at least the identified duration. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063818 | CONTROL CHANNEL BANDWIDTH DETERMINATION - Aspects of the disclosure relate to determination of bandwidth, frequencies, or a set one or more of subbands that carries a downlink control channel. In some examples, a set of one or more subbands that carries a downlink control channel may be determined based on a function of a predetermined reference resource location. The predetermined reference resource location may be a set of one or more subbands that carries one or more synchronization signals and a broadcast channel. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063819 | RADIO BASE STATION, USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - To suppress deterioration of reception characteristics even in the case where a radio base station performs power multiplexing on downlink signals to transmit, a radio base station according to one aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that performs power multiplexing on downlink signals to a plurality of user terminals each having a MIMO configuration to transmit, and a control section that controls a phase rotation applied to the downlink signal to each user terminal, where the control section controls so as to apply different phase rotations to the downlink signals. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063820 | TRANSMISSION DESIGNS FOR RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - Technology described herein addresses symmetric uplink (UL)/downlink (DL) designs that can be applied to both uplink and downlink transmissions. A symmetric UL/DL design can define a Transmission Time Interval (TTI) format with control channels and data channels multiplexed using Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) or Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) to partition the control channels and the data channels within a Transmission Time Interval (TTI). A unified waveform can be applied to both UL and DL transmissions. Several Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) designs are also described. A hybrid mode for UL transmissions is also described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063821 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION - A transmission apparatus comprises an assignment information generator which, in operation, assigns resources on a resource unit (RU) basis to one or more terminal stations (STAs) and generates assignment information that specifies RUs allocated to the one or more STAs; a transmission signal generator which, in operation, generates a transmission signal that includes a legacy preamble, a non-legacy preamble and a data field, wherein the non-legacy preamble comprises a first signal field and a second signal field that carry a set ID and the assignment information, and wherein the set ID identifies one assignment set comprising the one or more STAs and a plurality of assignment indices, and wherein the assignment information comprises a resource assignment indication for each of a plurality of assignment which are referenced by the plurality of assignment indices; and a transmitter which, in operation, transmits the generated transmission signal. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063822 | Semi-Orthogonal Transmission-Based Communication Method and Device - A semi-orthogonal transmission-based communication method and a device, with the method including receiving, by first user equipment, downlink control information sent by a base station, where the downlink control information includes at least one of downlink control parameter of the first user equipment, pairing layer information of the first user equipment, modulation scheme information of second user equipment, power allocation information, an identifier of the first user equipment, or pairing information, and receiving, by the first user equipment, a data signal of an associated user equipment group that is sent by the base station, by the first user equipment, the data signal of the first user equipment according to the downlink control information and the data signal of the associated user equipment group. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLINK FREQUENCY DOMAIN MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSIONS - Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063824 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING FRAME IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting a frame by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system supporting a high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit (HE PPDU) comprises the steps of: configuring a first duration field included in an HE-SIG A field; and transmitting a frame including the HE-SIG A field and an MAC header, wherein the first duration field may be configured to indicate a transmission opportunity (TXOP) value using a number of bits smaller than that of a second duration field included in the MAC header, and a granularity of a time unit used in the first duration field in order to indicate the TXOP value may be configured to be different from a granularity of a time unit used in the second duration field. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063825 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN V2V COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - There is provided a method comprising receiving a request from a user equipment for resource allocation for at least one service coverage zone in a coverage area of a first network, the first network comprising a plurality of nodes forming a synchronised sub-network, said nodes configured to provide a user equipment with at least one of instant radio access and cellular access, wherein the sub-network is associated with at least one cellular network which provides cellular access over the first network area and wherein said request comprises first information, allocating instant radio access resources for the user equipment for use within the at least one service coverage zone and providing an indication of said instant radio access resources to said user equipment. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063826 | CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD IN MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for feeding back channel state information in a wireless communication system supporting a three-dimensional multiple input multiple output (3D-MIMO) antenna. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving information on N beams, (where N is a natural number), precoded for specific antennas among a plurality of antennas constituting a 3D-MIMO antenna; selecting, from among the N beams, at least one specific beam for which to generate channel state information, and determining interference on the basis of M beams, (where M is a natural number, M≦N−1), among the remaining beams; and generating channel state information for the specific beam on the basis of the interference according to the M beams. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063827 | ROUTING AND INTERFERENCE COORDINATION IN SELF-BACKHAULING WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS - IP packets are routed across mesh and relay nodes in a wireless network via an IP tunnel that is established between a pair of mesh nodes terminating on the disclosed system, also referred to as Mesh App. The Mesh App has several key functions beyond terminating IP tunnels, such as: (1) collecting local wireless user equipment IP addresses from the local Core Network, (2) remote IP addresses and routing information from its neighbor Mesh Apps, and (3) routing user's data packets according to its routing table across the IP tunnel. This tunnel is simultaneously used as a control channel to allocate frequency sub-bands to backhaul and radio access user equipment across neighbor mesh nodes to minimize self-backhaul interference. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063828 | BEAM IDENTIFIER OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a beam identifier obtaining method and apparatus, a device, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a signal corresponding to a beam identifier; sending, by the base station, the signal by using a beam corresponding to the beam identifier, so that user equipment detecting the signal obtains the beam identifier according to the signal; and when receiving the beam identifier fed back by the user equipment, communicating, by the base station, with the user equipment by using the beam corresponding to the beam identifier. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063829 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING NETWORK CONFIGURABLE ACCESS AND DATA TRANSFER PROCEDURES - Mobile originated and terminated data transmissions are discussed. Communication devices such as user equipment (UE) can be dynamically configured by a network to send and receive data. When a UE connects to a new network, the network can determine mobility of the UE and/or the network resource allocation granularity. Based at least on the network's determinations, the UE can be configured such that access data having a comparatively long life span is used and reused for multiple data transmissions. In some scenarios, access data can be refreshed after expiration of a period of time. Refresh time can be equal to expected life span of reusable access data. After UE configuration, the UE performs mobile originated and terminated data transmissions according to the configuration. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063830 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A PUCCH TRANSMISSION ON A DEACTIVATED PUCCH SCELL IN A CARRIER AGGREGATION SYSTEM AND A DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing PUCCH transmission in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: receiving an indicator for configuring on a first Secondary Cell (SCell) with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; deactivating the first SCell; and transmitting PUCCH signal on the first SCell configured with the PUCCH resource while the first SCell is in a deactivated status. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063831 | TERMINAL STATION DEVICE AND BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION METHOD - Information on allocation of a bandwidth of uplink communication of each user device is extracted from information notified by an upper-level device on the uplink communication of the user devices. Identification information of a lower-level device connected to a terminal device and identification information of the user devices are stored in correlation with each other. A bandwidth demanded for uplink communication of the terminal device is determined on the basis of the information on the allocation of the bandwidth of the uplink communication of each of the user devices and the identification information of the user devices. A start time point of the uplink communication of the terminal device and the amount of information of signals for which transmission of the uplink communication of the terminal device is allowed are allocated to the terminal device on the basis of the bandwidth demanded for the uplink communication of the terminal device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063832 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL ON A SECONDARY CELL - A method by a user equipment (UE) is described. The method includes receiving a RRC message including a first parameter related to a maximum number of scheduling request transmission for a secondary cell, performing a scheduling request procedure based on the first parameter, and transmitting a scheduling request on a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) on the secondary cell. The RRC message further includes a second parameter related to a maximum number of scheduling request transmission for a primary cell and the scheduling request procedure is performed further based on the second parameter. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063833 | DATA TRANSMISSION VIA FRAME RECONFIGURATION - Transmitting data via frame reconfiguration comprises encoding, at a source node, the data into a plurality of frame configurations, each of the plurality of frame configurations comprising a sequence of uplink and downlink subframes, and communicating, via an antenna of the source node, using the plurality of frame configurations, wherein a target node is configured to identify the plurality of frame configurations and decode the data. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063834 | SUPPORTING DIFFERENT NUMEROLOGY CONFIGURATIONS - In wireless communication systems that support 5G or NR protocols, subframes used for communication may have different numerology options. Numerology options may refer to the characteristics of the subframe such as a tone spacing within each symbol of the subframe, a symbol duration for each symbol of the subframe, a number of symbols in the subframe, etc. A subframe may include a control channel (e.g., the PDCCH) and a data channel (e.g., the PDSCH). In an aspect, the control channel and the data channel within the subframe may have different numerologies. As such, a need exists to signal the numerology of the subframe to users and to determine whether and how to multiplex the control channel and the data channel into the subframe. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063835 | SUPPORTING DIFFERENT NUMEROLOGY CONFIGURATIONS - In wireless communication systems that support 5G or NR protocols, subframes used for communication may have different numerology options. Numerology options may refer to the characteristics of the subframe such as a tone spacing within each symbol of the subframe, a symbol duration for each symbol of the subframe, a number of symbols in the subframe, etc. A subframe may include a control channel (e.g., the PDCCH) and a data channel (e.g., the PDSCH). In an aspect, the control channel and the data channel within the subframe may have different numerologies. As such, a need exists to signal the numerology of the subframe to users and to determine whether and how to multiplex the control channel and the data channel into the subframe. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063836 | CLASSIFICATION OF BASIC SERVICE SETS BASED ON TRANSMISSION OPPORTUNITY HOLDER ADDRESSES - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for classification of basic service sets (BSS) based on transmission opportunity holder addresses are disclosed. An apparatus of a high-efficiency (HE) station is disclosed comprising processing circuitry. The processing circuitry may be configured to if the frame is not classified as an intra basic service set (BSS) or inter BSS, and the frame comprises a transmission holder (TXOP) address: classify the frame as the inter-BSS frame, if the TXOP address matches a first stored TXOP address associated with a basic network allocation vector (NAV) and the first stored TXOP address is classified as an inter basic service set (BSS) frame, or classify the frame as an intra-BSS frame if the TXOP address matches a second stored TXOP address associated with a non-zero intra-BSS NAV. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063837 | SHARING OF A PUCH RESOURCE AMONG COMMUNICATION DEVICES USING DIFFERENT PERIODICITY PATTERNS - The present disclosure generally relates to radio communication. More particularly, this disclosure relates to a method performed by a network node supporting the use of a single Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resource to a plurality of communication devices such that the plurality of communication devices can share the single PUCCH resource. Different transmission masks are assigned to different communication devices. When a burst of Scheduling Resources, SRs, is received from a communication device, the communication device can be identified by recognition of the SR periodicity pattern of the received burst of SRs. Also, an uplink grant may be transmitted to the thus identified communication device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063838 | METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR LTE CARRIER BANDWIDTH EXTENSION USING INCREASED SUBCARRIER SPACING - There is provided a method comprising providing, in dependence on a first subcarrier spacing of a first subframe structure, a second subcarrier spacing of a second subframe structure, wherein the first subframe structure has a first subframe length and at least one first cyclic prefix length and providing a second subframe length of the second subframe structure, the second subframe length comprising m symbols, wherein each symbol contains a second cyclic prefix, the second cyclic prefix length modified by a length variant. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063839 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A TRANSMISSION ON A SIDELINK SUBFRAME AND WIRELESS DEVICE THEREOF - The disclosure of the present invention proposes a method for performing a transmission on a sidelink subframe. The method may comprise: performing the transmission on the sidelink subframe. The sidelink subframe may include a plurality of symbols in a time domain, each of which includes a plurality of resource elements (REs) in a frequency domain. The transmission may include transmitting at least one of a first data signal and a first reference signal (RS), which is repeated in one or more REs in a last symbol with a periodicity of N | 2018-03-01 |
20180063840 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a resource allocation method, a base station, and a communications system. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: when a physical uplink control channel PUCCH format 2x resource needs to be allocated to user equipment UE, obtaining a multiplexing degree of a format 2x resource block RB in a current cell to which the UE belongs, determining a format 2x RB with a lowest multiplexing degree in the current cell, and when multiple format 2x RBs in the current cell have the lowest multiplexing degree, selecting one of the format 2x RBs; and allocating, to the UE, a PUCCH format 2x resource on the selected format 2x RB with the lowest multiplexing degree. The embodiments of the present invention ensure even UE multiplexing degrees of different format 2x RBs, reduce intersymbol interference on a PUCCH format 2x resource, and improve PUCCH demodulation performance. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063841 | FLEXIBLE MULTICARRIER NB-IOT OPERATION IN A NETWORK - A base station device may include a processor configured to select one or more anchor Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) channels in a frequency band based on frequencies consistent with a user equipment (UE) device raster scan and assign a plurality of supplementary NB-IoT channels in the frequency band based on frequencies aligned with Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) of the frequency band. The base station may further include a transceiver configured to broadcast information identifying the one or more NB-IoT channels and the plurality of supplementary NB-IoT channels in a system information block (SIB). | 2018-03-01 |
20180063842 | SUB-FREQUENCY BAND SHARING METHOD AND BASE STATION, AND USER TERMINAL - The present disclosure discloses a sub-frequency band sharing method, a base station and a user terminal. The method includes: assigning a unique terminal sequence code to a user terminal, and sending the terminal sequence code to the user terminal; receiving a user data packet sent by a core network; parsing the user data packet to acquire a destination user terminal to which the user data packet is to be sent; acquiring a terminal sequence code corresponding to the destination user terminal; acquiring an idle sub-frequency band in a frequency band; and modulating the user data packet and the acquired terminal sequence code to the idle sub-frequency band according to a predetermined sequence to form modulated data, wherein upon completion of the transmission of the modulated data, the sub-frequency band occupied by the modulated data is released. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063843 | DATA CHANNEL RESOURCE ALLOCATION - Wireless communications systems and methods related to allocating resource blocks and resource block groups in a system band in order to reduce overhead associated with resource allocation. To reduce overhead, the wireless communication device communicates a signal in a control channel that indicates a general area and a resource block in the general area that stores data. The wireless communication device then communicates multiple resource blocks that include the resource block and communicates the data in the resource block using the signal. To reduce overhead, the wireless communication device also communicates multiple mappings for each resource block group into a set of resource blocks and a signal in a control channel that selects one of the multiple mappings. The communication device then determines resource blocks that are included in the resource block group according to the mapping, and communicates data in these resource blocks. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063844 | INCUMBENT PROTECTION CONSIDERATION FOR INTRA-GAA CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for allocating (or assigning) channels to different groups of wireless nodes in the case of co-channel coexistence between the different groups and interference to one or more other wireless nodes. One example method generally includes evaluating, for different assignments of channels to different groups of wireless devices that share bandwidth, an amount of transmission limitation imposed due to higher-tier protection, and assigning one or more of the channels to each of the groups, based on the evaluation. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063845 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - To prevent occurring of cut of communication. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063846 | ACCESS LINE BONDING AND SPLITTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus for aggregating communication channels. In one exemplary embodiment an aggregation device is required only on one side of the set of communication channels being aggregated. Advantageously, no modifications to the source and/or destination of data transfers are required for operation of the invention. In one embodiment utilized for data transfers in the downstream direction, object download requests can be fulfilled by sending a sequence of partial download requests through the set of communication channels being aggregated, and forwarding the resulting partial data objects received to the original requestor in the proper order. In another embodiment utilized for upstream data transfers, traffic is bifurcated to travel along a set of communication channels, and the bifurcated traffic is reassembled either at the network layer or the transport layer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063847 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MECHANISM THEREOF - An electronic equipment of a wireless communication system is provided. The electronic equipment includes an orchestrator respectively coupled to an FH network, an RRH pool, and a BBU pool. The orchestrator is configured to establish a data path in response to RRH allocation information, FH allocation information and BBU allocation information. The data path includes at least one RRH in the RRH pool, the FH network and at least one BBU in the BBU pool. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063848 | USING LTE CONTROL CHANNEL TO SEND OPENFLOW MESSAGE DIRECTLY TO SMALL CELLS TO REDUCE LATENCY IN AN SDN-BASED MULTI-HOP WIRELESS BACKHAUL NETWORK - A system for providing small cell backhaul communication includes a small cell backhaul network including a plurality of small cell network nodes. A software defined network (SDN) controller controls link configuration between the plurality of small cell network nodes of the small cell backhaul network. The SDN controller communicates control channel information with the plurality of small cell network backhaul nodes over a control channel using a communications protocol that enables software defined networking. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063849 | TRANSMISSION AND DETECTION METHODS FOR RANGE EXTENSION - Systems and methods are disclosed for decoding wireless signals. For example, a wireless device may receive a wireless signal, de-interleave the received wireless signal to produce a first encoded signal and a second encoded signal, generate a first set of a priori log likelihood ratios (LLRs) by decoding and de-interleaving the first encoded signal, and recover a set of information bits from the received wireless signal based at least in part on the second encoded signal and the first set of a priori LLRs. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063850 | Packet forwarding device, and packet-forwarding priority setting circuit and method - The present disclosure discloses a packet-forwarding priority setting circuit comprising: a decision circuit configured to detect whether an application type of a packet stream is included in a table; a processing circuit configured to examine at least one preceding packet among the packets of the stream if no application type of the stream is found in the table, so as to determine the application type of the stream and store it in the table, and the processing circuit configured to determine the application type of the stream according to the table if the application type of the stream is found in the table; and a mapping circuit configured to distribute some or all of the packets of the stream to one of a plurality of queues according to the application type of the stream, in which the queues are associated with different priorities respectively. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063851 | CHANNEL ALLOCATION AMONG MULTIPLE RADIO FREQUENCY NETWORKS - Methods, systems, and storage media for dynamic allocation of communication channels among multiple wireless networks are disclosed. The example embodiments may provide interference mitigation and control among a plurality of wireless protocols operating in an environment. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063852 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCE FOR VEHICLE SERVICE - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2018-03-01 |
20180063853 | Resource Reallocation - There is provided a network resource reallocation controller ( | 2018-03-01 |
20180063854 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MESSAGE PRIORITIZATION - Various aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for communicating in a wireless communication network. The method includes transmitting a message. The method further includes receiving a control protocol data unit (PDU) including a payload, the payload including an acknowledgement service data unit (SDU) of the transmitted message, in response to transmitting the message. The method further includes processing the control PDU at a lower layer based on a priority of the control PDU, wherein the priority of the control PDU is above a priority of data PDUs. The method further includes determining, based on the processing of the control PDU at the lower layer, that the payload of the control PDU includes an acknowledgement SDU. The method further includes forwarding the acknowledgement SDU to a higher layer, bypassing the lower layer. The method further includes processing the acknowledgment SDU at the higher layer. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, BASE STATION, AND APPARATUS AT USER EQUIPMENT SIDE - An apparatus and method for wireless communications, a base station, and a user equipment side apparatus in a communication system. The wireless communications apparatus includes: one or more scheduling units configured to, responsive to transmission demands of plural user equipments managed by the apparatus, judge, based on user equipment clusters to which the plural user equipments belongs, whether the plural user equipments can reuse same physical transmission resources or not, and schedule, based on a judgment result, corresponding physical transmission resources for the plural user equipments; and a signaling generating unit configured to generate, based on resource scheduling of one or more scheduling units, downlink control information containing resource scheduling information to apply same to the plural user equipments, the user equipments including D2D user equipment pairs and honeycomb user equipments, the plural user equipments being divided into at least one user equipment cluster in advance based on geographic positions. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063856 | Method for Multi-User Scheduling in MIMO System, and Apparatus - An apparatus and a method for multi-user scheduling in a MIMO system are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes, receiving, by a base station, PMIs and CQIs of first codewords and second codewords, where the PMIs and the CQIs are fed back by N UEs; grouping UEs whose PMIs are the same into one pairing group to divide the N UEs into M pairing groups; and determining a user pairing combination of each pairing group according to a CQI of a first codeword of each UE in the pairing group and a CQI of a second codeword of each UE in the pairing group. The method further includes determining an optimal user pairing combination from M user pairing combinations. The base station schedules two UEs in the optimal user pairing combination simultaneously. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063857 | ENHANCED PARENTAL CONTROLS FOR GATEWAY - A gateway device or component of a gateway device operates to control one or more user devices communicatively coupled to the gateway device via a home wireless network. A control component generates a user interface with a master profile comprising one or more user device controls configured to control media content streaming to the plurality of user devices based on an award process and a set time range. An award component generates the award process by determining whether a merit or a demerit corresponding to at least one user device of the plurality of user devices is received, adding time to the set time range corresponding to the plurality of user devices in response to the merit being received, and removing the time from the set time range corresponding to the plurality of user devices in response to the demerit being received. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063858 | System and Method for Co-existence of Low-Latency and Latency-Tolerant Communication Resources - A system and method for wireless communications using resources allocated for different types of traffic that co-exist in the same transmission interval. In one embodiment, first data of a first type of traffic is scheduled in resources that are pre-reserved for a second type of traffic. Control signaling may be used to indicate whether the first type of traffic is scheduled in the resources pre-reserved for the second type of traffic. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a wireless communication system and method for its use. In certain embodiments, Wi-Fi packets and Bluetooth packets are transmitted between multiple devices including pods, smartphones, computing devices, and appliances. Data transmitted over the system may include notifications and commands generated by users. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063860 | INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) DELAY TOLERANT WIRELESS NETWORK SERVICE - A network device receives signaling associated with a wireless device of a subscriber to a delay-tolerant wireless network service, and downloads a service profile of the subscriber from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) associated with a wireless network. The network device retrieves, from the downloaded service profile, a signaling priority value associated with the subscriber or with the wireless device, and identifies whether the signaling priority value indicates a low priority value. The network device prioritizes the processing of signaling associated with a plurality of wireless devices based on whether the signaling priority value indicates the low priority value, wherein the plurality of wireless devices includes the wireless device. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063861 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BEARERS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for managing bearers in a wireless communication system. In some embodiments, an apparatus, to be employed by a user equipment (UE), may comprise a communication module to: communicate with a core network on a first bearer through a master evolved Node B (MeNB); receive, from the MeNB, a first message of reconfiguring a radio resource control (RRC) connection to establish a second bearer between the UE and the core network and through a secondary eNB (SeNB); synchronize, in response to the message, with the SeNB in order to establish the second bearer; and communicate with the core network on the second bearer through the SeNB, and continue communicating with the core network on the first bearer through the MeNB. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063862 | SCHEDULING TRANSMISSIONS ON CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Allocation of resources in a wireless network are described where resources are allocated for each channel having a second parameter above zero prior to another channel for transmission having a third parameter less than or equal to zero. The second parameter may be derived from a first channel's first parameter and the third parameter is derived from a second channel's first parameter. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063863 | Neighbor Awareness Networking - Schedule Update - In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to NAN datapath scheduling and NAN pre-datapath operation setup and scheduling. The NAN datapath embodiments described herein provide a mechanism through which devices can communicate and provide services. In particular, embodiments described herein relate to techniques for devices (e.g., NAN devices) to propose and confirm schedule updates. The datapath model, and in particular the techniques described herein, may be implemented for unicast and multicast communication between wireless stations. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063864 | STATION, AN ACCESS POINT AND METHODS THEREIN FOR HANDLING TRANSMISSIONS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Embodiments herein relate to a first station (STA | 2018-03-01 |
20180063865 | System and Method for Multiplexing Traffic - A system and method for multiplexing traffic. A wireless device such as a base station may schedule a first transmission of first data (e.g., latency tolerant data) to a first UE on first resources, and transmit second data (e.g., low latency data) to a second UE on a portion of the first resources. The base station may signal a first indicator e.g. via Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling to the first UE indicating that the first UE is to monitor for a second indicator that itself indicates the presence of second data on the first resources. The base station may then signal a second indicator to the first UE to indicate the presence of the second data on the first resources. By using the first indicator to initiate the monitoring of the second indicator, the first UE can reduce the amount of monitoring it needs to perform if there is no second data traffic in a certain period of time or in a certain frequency band. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063866 | SIGNALING OF RANDOM ACCESS PREAMBLE PARAMETERS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - User equipment (UE)-initiated accesses within a cellular network are optimized to account for cell size and to reduce signaling overhead. A fixed set of preamble parameter configurations for use across a complete range of cell sizes within the cellular network is established and stored within each UE. A UE located in a given cell receives a configuration number transmitted from a nodeB serving the cell, the configuration number being indicative of a size of the cell. The UE selects a preamble parameter configuration from the fixed set of preamble parameter configurations in response to the received configuration number and then transmits a preamble from the UE to the nodeB using the preamble parameter configuration indicated by the configuration number. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063867 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - [Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063868 | INITIAL ACCESS PROCEDURE USING PRECONFIGURED RESOURCES - In aspects, a user equipment may be configured to determine a preconfigured frequency band that is less than an available system bandwidth. The UE may be further configured to perform an initial access procedure with a base station using the preconfigured frequency band. The initial access procedure may include a random access channel (RACH) procedure. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063869 | LOW LATENCY CONTENTION BASED SCHEDULING REQUEST - Technology for decreasing latency for contention based scheduling request (SR) is disclosed. A user equipment (UE) can randomly select a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble index for a PRACH transmission. The UE can multiplex the PRACH preamble index together with a SR message containing a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) and a buffer status report (BSR) for the PRACH transmission. The UE can process, for transmission, to an enhanced node B (eNB), the PRACH preamble index multiplexed with the SR message in a subframe #(n) of the PRACH transmission, wherein n is a subframe number. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063870 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, BASE STATION, AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, a base station, and user equipment, where the method includes: receiving bundling capability information sent by user equipment, where the Bundling capability information includes: information used to indicate that the user equipment has a capability of transmitting first data for M times, where M is a maximum quantity of transmission times that is supported by the user equipment for the first data, and M≧2; and performing transmission of the first data with the user equipment for N times according to the Bundling capability information, where N≦M. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063871 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A METHOD THEREIN FOR DETERMINING A CONTENTION WINDOW SIZE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - The disclosed embodiments relate to a method performed by an apparatus and also relate to an apparatus. The method includes transmitting to a communication device a burst including a subframe; receiving from the communication device a HARQ values associated with the subframe; and determining a random backoff contention window size based on the received HARQ values and also based on previously unused HARQ feedbacks. The apparatus is configured to perform the method steps described above. | 2018-03-01 |
20180063872 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLAYING A MISSING VOICE STREAM PORTION AT A LATE ENTRY SUBSCRIBER DEVICE - Missed voice stream portions are replayed at a late entry subscriber device (SD) in a wireless radio network. The SD joins a voice call on a radio channel via a base station and detects that it is late to the call. The SD continues to receive a remaining portion of the call and plays back the portion of the call. The SD detects an end of the voice call, and (i) transmits a request message including an indication of a first duration of the portion of the call received or (ii) detects a similar message from another SD. The SD then receives an indication of a total duration of the voice call and calculates a third duration as a function of the total duration and the first duration. The SD receives and plays back the missed portion of the call for the third duration. | 2018-03-01 |