10th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 69 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160073308 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, SGW, TERMINAL COMMUNICATION METHOD AND CONTROL METHOD - A bearer management device that performs control to reliably receive an incoming packet call that is made while a mobile terminal device is moving is provided. A bearer management device ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160073309 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND ROAMING METHOD FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A wireless communication terminal includes: a scanning section configured to, in a case where a roaming is performed to switch a connection to an access point in the course of the movement, perform a scan for an access point from a high-priority scan-band in descending order; and a roaming executing section configured to, in a case where a scanning result of the scanning section indicates that an access point of a roaming destination is present, make a connection. In a case where a scanning result of scanning a scan-band of a priority order indicates that an access point of a roaming destination is not present, the scanning section scans a scan-band of a lower priority order than the priority order. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073310 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method to appropriately perform a connection reestablishment procedure in a network adapted to an MFBI function is disclosed. In a mobile communication system, a radio base station (eNB#A) is configured, when the radio base station (eNB#A) determines that a mobile station (UE) is adapted to the MFBI function, to select a band out of bands which are supported by a cell under a radio base station (eNB#B), the band having the highest priority to be selected by the mobile station (UE) in an “RRC_IDLE state”, and to send the radio base station (eNB#B) “HO Preparation” including KeNB* created by using “DL EARFCN” of the selected band. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073311 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A mobile communication system hybridly allows, in a case where an access group consisting of one or more user equipments and one or more base stations is registered, the base station included in the access group to have access in a closed mode from the user equipment included in the same access group and access in an open mode from a user equipment that is not included in the same access group, wherein a communication area of the base station in the open mode is identical to a communication area of the base station in the closed mode. This eliminates a communication area in which the base station serving as an access destination differs between the user equipment in the closed mode and the user equipment in the open mode. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073312 | INTEGRATED IDLE MODE AND ACTIVE MODE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - A base station modifies one or more cell reselection parameters for idle user equipment camped on a carrier of the base station in response to changes in a measured load of active user equipment on the carrier. The base station may then transmit the one or more cell reselection parameters. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073313 | EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOAD BALANCING USING A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are presented for balancing non-uniformly distributed network traffic in a wireless communications system having a plurality of digital remote units (DRUs). In some embodiments, a method comprises partitioning the plurality of DRUs into a plurality of DRU sectors, and dynamically repartitioning the plurality of DRU sectors depending on traffic conditions in at least one of the DRU sectors, such that the repartitioning satisfies at least one of a soft capacity constraint or a hard capacity constraint. The dynamic repartitioning may be based on at least one optimization algorithm. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073314 | REDIRECTION HISTORY BASED CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALL BACK - A user equipment (UE) receives a connection release message from a serving base station of a first radio access technology (RAT), without redirection information. The connection release message is received during a circuit switched fall back procedure from the first RAT to a second RAT. The UE redirects to the second RAT based on redirection history. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073315 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a memory configured to store path switching information indicating whether or not to perform switching between multiple paths which are provided between the information processing apparatus and a storage control apparatus coupled to one or more storages, and a timer value corresponding to an error type, in association with each other; and a processor configured to: transmit an input/output request for processing on one of the one or more storages to the storage control apparatus, extract path switching information which is associated with a timer value corresponding to a response time which is a time from the transmission of the input/output request up to the reception of the error response, by referring to the memory, when an error response to the input/output request is received, and determine whether or not to perform switching between the multiple paths based on the extracted path switching information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073316 | System and Method for Inter-Radio Access Technology Handoff - A method includes receiving, by a (STA) from an access point (AP), a message using a first radio access technology (RAT), where the STA is configured to operate in the first RAT and a second RAT determining whether to transition the first RAT to the second RAT in accordance with the message. The method also includes, upon determining to transition from the first RAT to the second RAT, transmitting, by the STA to the AP, a disassociation request, and transmitting, by the STA to a communications controller, an association request. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073317 | TRANSITIONING A VIDEO CALL BETWEEN NETWORKS - A method for transitioning a video call is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device participating in a video call with a remote communication device via a first video call session established over a connection between the wireless communication device and a first cellular network. The video call can include a packet switched video stream carried over a first bearer and an audio stream carried over a second bearer. The method can further include the wireless communication device determining a degradation in a connection quality for the first cellular network; transitioning to a legacy cellular network having a circuit switched domain in response to the degradation in connection quality for the first cellular network; establishing a second video call session on the legacy cellular network; and using the second video call session to continue the video call on the legacy cellular network. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073318 | SELECTIVE HAND OVER OF A SESSION BASED ON A SPEED AT WHICH A MOBILE DEVICE IS TRAVELING - A device is configured to establish a session with a mobile device. The session may allow the mobile device to communicate with or via an operator network via the device. The device may determine a speed at which the mobile device is traveling. The device may determine a cell type for a neighbor base station. The cell type may indicate a type of cell that the neighbor base station services. The device may selectively hand over the session to the neighbor base station based on the speed at which the mobile device is traveling and the cell type for the neighbor base station. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION - Systems and methods for a multi-tenant communication platform. At a multi-tenant communication platform, and responsive to authentication of a communication request provided by an external system, a routing address record of the communication platform is determined that matches a communication destination of the communication request. The matching routing address record associates the communication destination with a plurality of external communication providers. At least one communication provider associated with the matching routing address record is selected, and a request to establish communication with the communication destination is provided to each selected communication provider. The communication request specifies the communication destination and account information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073320 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a mobile communication system is provided comprising a base station, a relay station, and a mobile station, a determiner configured to determine the distance between the mobile station and the base station or between the mobile station and the relay station, a decider configured to decide whether data transmission between the base station and the mobile station is carried out in a first relaying mode or a second relaying mode based on the determined distance and a controller configured to control the mobile communication system based on the result of the decision by the decider. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073321 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO DETERMINE CONNECTIVITY - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to determine connectivity are disclosed. An example method includes identifying a radio network controller serving a NodeB, identifying a first connection between the NodeB and an integrated access device, identifying a virtual circuit communicatively coupling the integrated access device and a mobile service node, identifying a second connection between the integrated access device and network termination equipment, identifying a third connection between the network termination equipment and an Ethernet aggregation node, identifying, with the processor, that a pathway between the radio network controller and the NodeB includes the first, second, and third connections, and storing the pathway between the radio network controller and the NodeB. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073322 | Proximity Service Authorization Method, Apparatus, and System - A proximity service authorization method, an apparatus, and a system. A first network-side entity receives a first request message sent by first user equipment, where the first request message includes identity information of the first user equipment and an application identifier; and it is determined, at least according to acquired proximity service configuration data of the first user equipment, that the first user equipment can perform a proximity service corresponding to the application identifier. In this way, a first proximity service server authorizes and authenticates two user equipment that require a proximity service. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073323 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a connecting unit configured to execute connection processing with another communication apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive a request signal for causing said another communication apparatus to acquire service information provided by the communication apparatus before the connection processing with said another communication apparatus is executed by the connecting unit, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit a response signal including the service information in a case where the request signal is received by the receiving unit. In the communication apparatus, the transmitting unit restricts transmission of the response signal according to a predetermined condition. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073324 | Preventing Access to Functions on a Mobile Device in Response to an External OS-Level Command - Systems, methods, and devices for preventing access to a prohibited function on a mobile device when the mobile device is in a vehicle, the mobile device having an operating system (OS) installed thereon. The system includes a control device installed within the vehicle and a software application installed and running in memory resident on the mobile device. If a prohibited function is active or attempts to become active on the mobile device, the software application causes the mobile device to transmit a notification signal to the control device. In response, the control device transmits an OS-level command, such as a home or power key press, back to the mobile device. Upon receipt of the OS-level command, the operating system of the mobile device prevents access to the prohibited function without any direct interference or interruption of the prohibited function by the software application installed on the mobile device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073325 | Systems and Methods For Selecting a Network Access System - A system according to some embodiments of the invention includes (1) a component (e.g. ANDSF) that provides a cell selection rule to a UE and (2) a component (e.g. an access node) that provides the UE with information about the load in the cell currently utilized by the UE. This enables the UE to determine whether to leave the cell, which may be a 3GPP cell, and use a different cell, which may be a non-3GPP cell, by applying the cell selection rule in conjunction with its knowledge about the load of the cell. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073326 | GENERATING, BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCKS - Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a wireless network include receiving full and differential System Information Blocks (SIBs) and updating a parameter that has changed based on the differential SIB. Further apparatuses include control circuitry to generate a first SIB and second SIB, the second SIB indicating information that has changed. Further, a method includes generating a full SIB and generating a differential SIB based on updated parameters. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073327 | COLLABORATIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN) BASED VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) - A collaborative software-defined networking (SDN) based virtual private network (VPN) communication method includes: establishing, at a wireless access point, a private wireless local area network (WLAN) slice within a first wireless network in response to a request from a first user, wireless resources for the first wireless network being provided by the wireless access point; creating a VPN connection between the private WLAN slice and a second network; granting users access to the private WLAN slice and the VPN connection between the private WLAN slice and the second network; and routing traffic between the users granted access to the private WLAN slice and the VPN connection without transmission of the traffic to the second network through the VPN connection. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PCRF - First, correspondence relationships between subscribers and PCRFs are preset in HSS, and a same PCRF is configured to subscribers belonging to the same subscriber group. Then, the MME or AF or 3GPP AAA server sends a query message to HSS, obtains the PCRF corresponding to a certain subscriber, and then sends the PCRF information to S-GW or P-GW or ePDG. In this way, S-GW or P-GW or ePDG may send messages related to the same subscriber or the same subscriber group to the same PCRF. A network element may send to the same PCRF messages related to the same subscriber or the same subscriber group as required to be sent to the PCRFs, such that the same PCRF performs a uniform control to all related sessions of the same subscriber or the same subscriber group. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073329 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK CURATION - Systems and methods for network curation are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises scanning, by a mobile device, an area to identify a network device for accessing a network, receiving, by the mobile device, a network identifier associated with the network device, providing a curation indicator request to a curation server, the curation indicator request comprising the network identifier, receiving a curation indicator from the curation server, the curation indicator being retrieved, based on the network identifier, from a database of a plurality of curation indicators, the curation indicator associated with a likelihood of intent to publicly share the network by the network device, comparing the curation indicator to an access setting, the access setting indicating acceptability of network access based on the likelihood of intent to publicly share the network by the network device, and accessing the network via the network device based on the comparison. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073330 | INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS VIA NEIGHBOR AWARENESS NETWORKING DATA PATH - A first neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device may access data network infrastructure and may advertise a service associated with the data network infrastructure to a second NAN device. For example, the first NAN device may announce the service via a service announcement. The second NAN device may subscribe to the service through the first NAN device, and the second NAN device may proxy the service announcement to another NAN device. The other NAN device may also subscribe to the service in response to receiving the service announcement. For example, the second NAN device may operate as a “relay point” to provide the service to the other NAN device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073331 | Circuit Switched Fallback Optimization In Wireless Devices - Instead of barring an LTE network for the Long Bar Time duration (LBT) if the LTE cell doesn't support CSFB, a wireless communication device may perform a scan for LTE networks before expiration of the LBT if the UE has changed its location. When the UE is in LTE acquisition mode, or the necessary information about a CS network for CSFB is unavailable, the UE may maintain its state on both the LTE and CS network, and check CS paging messages to see if the UE can decode any status. Unlike for CSFB, checking for overhead messages may be performed over the LTE system, and the UE may wake up on CS pages to determine if a suitable network is available. By maintaining its state on both types of networks, the UE may use LTE for data services which would otherwise be provided by different systems for the CS networks when messages transmitted over LTE do not include CS registration information. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073332 | Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products for Managing Access to Femtocell Coverage - Systems, methods, and computer program products are for managing access to a femtocell coverage area. An exemplary method includes storing in a memory component a first identifier corresponding to a subscribed service of a communication device and a second identifier corresponding to a user of the communication device, and granting access to the femtocell coverage area using the second identifier. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073333 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS ALLOWING COMMUNICATION VIA MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS - In terms of enhancements in relation to, scenarios allowing communication via multiple access systems an example aspect of the present invention encompasses an apparatus, comprising a controller, configured to cause control of a transceiver which is configured to communicate via at least two access systems, receive at least two access control commands from distinct sources, each access control command commanding access to at least one of the at least two access systems, detect a conflict between at least part of the at least two commands, and in case of a detected conflict, resolve the conflict by causing to withdraw at least part of one of the at least two access control commands based on a priority relation between the at least two conflicting access control commands. Further, an apparatus is encompassed which comprises a controller, configured to cause control of a transceiver which is configured to communicate via an access system with a terminal, cause to transmit an access control command to said terminal, said access control command commanding access to at least one of at least two access systems available for said terminal, cause to receive a report from the terminal regarding a detected conflict relating to said access control command. Likewise, corresponding methods and computer program products are addressed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073334 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to improvement of convenience in displaying service search results when service search is performed in different communication layers. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073335 | Device of Handling Selection of Public Land Mobile Network for Device-to-Device Communication - A communication device for handling a selection of a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) for a device-to-device (D2D) communication comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing means coupled to the storage unit. The processing means is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise detecting a first PLMN and a second PLMN when performing at least one PLMN search, wherein the first PLMN does not provide a proximity service (ProSe) and the second PLMN provides the ProSe; and selecting the second PLMN to camp on the second PLMN. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073336 | WIRELESS ACCESS POINT RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, NOTIFICATION, AND NETWORK MANAGEMENT - A connection management resource receives performance information indicating bandwidth availability associated with multiple wireless access points in a wireless network. The connection management resource analyzes the performance information to identify an ability of each of the multiple wireless access points in the wireless network to provide a prospective new user access to a remote network. Based on the analysis of the performance information, the connection management resource produces a notification indicating the ability of each of the multiple access points to provide wireless bandwidth to the prospective new user to access the remote network. Via the notification, the prospective new user of a wireless access point is able to determine what to expect for bandwidth after establishing a respective link with the wireless access point. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073337 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program - A method including determining whether a transmitter of an apparatus has information to transmit; and causing a power amplifier of said apparatus to enter a first power state in response to said determining; wherein said determining is carried out within a radio portion of said apparatus. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073338 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING POWER SAVING MODE AND RADIO DEVICE THEREFOR - A disclosure of the present invention provides a method for supporting a power saving mode (PSM) in a radio device. According to the method, the radio device may transmit a first message including a first activation time value to a network entity when the radio device requires the PSM. Then, the radio device may receive a second message including a second activation time value from the network entity. The radio device may enter a PSM state on the basis of the second activation time value. When it is necessary to stop the PSM or change the second activation time, the radio device may transmit a third message at the very time point. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073339 | Enhanced DCI Formats for Link Budget Improvement in LTE - In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) may be configured to transmit an indication to a base station that the UE is link budget limited and receive control information encoded in a downlink control information (DCI) format. The DCI format may be determined based on the indication. The UE may decode the control information according to the DCI format. The DCI format may specify the number of bits for various parameters and may combine these parameters. Parameters may include format flag, hopping flag, modulation and coding scheme (MCS), redundancy version (RV), uplink index, downlink assignment index (DAI), carrier indicator, channel state information (CSI) request, sounding reference symbol (SRS) request, resource allocation type, localized/distributed indication, code-word swap, and so forth. Additionally, the DCI format may specify a bit length when using a particular number of resource blocks. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073340 | ENHANCEMENTS FOR WIFI MULTIMEDIA EXTENSIONS - A method of operating a station (STA) in a communications network is disclosed. A set of access categories of the STA that are enabled for unscheduled automatic power save delivery (U-APSD) are identified. Specifically, each access category in the set of access categories is associated with one or more user priority values. A lowest-priority access category is determined among the set of access categories. Specifically, the lowest-priority access category is associated with the lowest user priority value among the set of access categories. A trigger frame associated with the lowest-priority access category is then transmitted to an access point (AP) to initiate a first unscheduled service period with the AP. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING POWER CONSUMPTION EFFICIENCY OF USER EQUIPMENT - An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption efficiency of user equipment. Specifically, the user equipment sends power saving related information corresponding to the user equipment to a corresponding network device; the network device determines to activate or deactivate the active timer of the user equipment in a NAS idle state; when it is determined to activate the active timer, the network determines an activation value in setting information of the active timer based on the power saving related information or ancillary reference information of the active timer; the network device sends the setting information of the active timer to the user equipment. In this way, the network may perform power saving setting processing according to the actual application need of the user equipment, which not only further optimizes the power consumption efficiency of the user equipment but also enhances the management efficiency for user equipment power saving control. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073342 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAKING UP DEVICES OF A FABRIC NETWORK - Systems and methods for waking a fabric network of devices and communicating messages among the devices are described herein. An electronic device can communicate with other electronic devices of a fabric network broadcasting a wake message to the fabric network in response to an awakening event. The wake message can include a reason for triggering a wakeup of each device in the fabric network and a wake time signaling period. After the wake time signaling period lapses, a fabric message can be broadcasted to the fabric network, and the fabric message can be selectively rebroadcasted. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073343 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISSEMINATING MESSAGES AMONG A FABRIC NETWORK - Systems and methods for waking a fabric network of devices and communicating messages among the devices are described herein. An electronic device can communicate with other electronic devices of a fabric network broadcasting a wake message to the fabric network in response to an awakening event. The wake message can include a reason for triggering a wakeup of each device in the fabric network and a wake time signaling period. After the wake time signaling period lapses, a fabric message can be broadcasted to the fabric network, and the fabric message can be selectively rebroadcasted. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073344 | Medium Access Control in LTE-U - In some implementations, a Medium Access Control (MAC) method for LTE in Unlicensed (LTE-U) includes transmitting at least one of a Clear to Send (CTS) message or a Request to Send (RTS) message on an LTE-U Secondary Cell (SCell) carrier. The at least one of the CTS message or the RTS message may include a duration field. The duration field may indicate a transmission time of a transmission on a packet data shared channel on the LTE-U SCell carrier. An evolved NodeB (eNB) transmits a scheduling grant for the transmission on the packet data shared channel on the LTE-U SCell carrier. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073345 | DRX Method with TDM Limitation and User Equipment Using the Same - The disclosure relates to a DRX method with TRM limitation. In one embodiment, the DRX method comprises steps of detecting a DRX wake sub-frame to be set for a first BS at least partially overlaps with a sub-frame allocated to a second BS, and removing a collision of the DRX wake sub-frame to the sub-frame allocated to the second BS without change to the sub-frame allocated to the second BS. There is also provided a user equipment using the DRX method. By removing the collision without change to the sub-frames allocated in accordance with TDM, the user equipment may work in the DRX mode well. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073346 | DATA ACQUISITION NODE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A data acquisition node for coupling to a system of a vehicle includes a processor coupled to a communication interface. The processor is configured to transition from a sleep mode to a start-up detect mode after an imminent-event message is received at the communication interface. The communication interface is substantially deactivated while in the start-up detect mode. The processor also is configured to monitor sensor data from at least one sensor while in the start-up detect mode. The at least one sensor is operable to generate a signal that is representative of a physical characteristic of the system. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073347 | Device Proximity Detection Implemented In Hardware - In embodiments of device proximity detection implemented in hardware, a computing device, such as a mobile phone, appliance device, or other electronic device can be implemented with wireless radio systems for wireless communications, and a wireless radio system receives a wireless signal. A computing device includes a radio controller of the wireless radio system, and the radio controller is implemented to detect an indication associated with the wireless signal, such as a byte pattern in the wireless signal and/or a signal strength of the signal. The radio controller can then determine that the indication of the wireless signal identifies the wireless signal as pertinent to an application executing on the computing device, and communicate an event notice to a signal manager that the wireless signal has been identified. The radio controller communicates event notices via a hardware interface that is implemented to interface the radio controller with the signal manager. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073348 | Function Performing Apparatus - A function performing apparatus may comprise a first wireless interface and a controller. The controller may comprise a setting information memory configured to store setting information indicating a selected result selected by a user among a first setting and a second setting, the first setting indicating that target data is to be sent to an external apparatus via the first wireless interface, and the second setting indicating that the target data is not sent to the external apparatus. The controller is configured to perform: maintaining an operation state of the function performing apparatus in a power saving state, in a case where a predetermined notice is obtained from the first wireless interface under a situation where the operation state of the function performing apparatus is the power saving state and the setting information memory stores the setting information indicating the second setting. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073349 | Enhanced Device Selection Algorithm for Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication - Methods, systems and devices are provided for selecting one or more target devices for device-to-device (D2D) communication with a device. A device processor may determine whether a battery power level of the device is below a threshold battery power level. The device processor may establish a received power level threshold in response to determining that the battery power level of the device is below a threshold power battery level. The device processor may determine whether a received power level of a signal from target devices for D2D communication is above the received power level threshold. In response to determining that the received power level from a target device is above the received power level threshold, the device processor may permit D2D communication with that target device. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073350 | USER SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW POWER VOICE COMMAND ACTIVATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method of activating voice control on a wireless device includes sampling signals from a plurality of sensors on the device, determining if the device is in a hands-on state by a user on the basis of the signal sampling, and enabling a voice activated detection (VAD) application on the device on the basis of the determination. A voice controlled apparatus in a wireless device includes a plurality of sensors arranged on the device, a microphone, a controller to sample signals from one or more of the plurality of sensors, a processor coupled to the controller, and a voice activated detection (VAD) application running on the processor coupled to the controller and the microphone. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073351 | METHOD OF PROVIDING USER WITH BATTERY POWER NOTIFICATION IN MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE THEREFOR - A method of providing a user with a battery power notification in a mobile device and the mobile device therefor are provided. The method includes determining a future application to be run on the mobile device, determining whether a remaining battery life of the mobile device is enough to run the future application, based on a power consumption of a preceding application running before the future application, and outputting a notification indicating a battery insufficiency of the mobile device in response to the determining that the remaining battery life is not enough. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073352 | Wireless Radios Managed Based On Proximity - In embodiments of wireless radios managed based on proximity, a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, or other portable device can be implemented for multiple, different wireless communications. A mobile device can include a first radio system for a first wireless communications technology, and a second radio system for a second wireless communications technology. A connection manager determines, based on the first wireless communications technology, whether the mobile device is in an area that is proximate an endpoint implemented for the second wireless communications technology. The connection manager can turn-on the second radio system to enable wireless communication with the endpoint when the mobile device is in the area proximate the endpoint. Alternatively, the connection manager can turn-off the second radio system and conserve power that would otherwise be utilized to scan for the endpoint when the mobile device is not in the area proximate the endpoint. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073353 | Methods and Nodes for Controlling Uplink Power in a Radio Network - A method and network node ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160073354 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting an uplink signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving allocated resources for transmitting an uplink signal from a serving cell; and transmitting the uplink signal through the allocated resources wherein, when a subframe corresponding to a first subframe comprising the allocated resources is used for transmitting a downlink in a neighbor cell of the serving cell, a first set comprising a parameter value associated with the transmission power for transmitting the uplink signal is different from a second set comprising a parameter value associated with the transmission power for transmitting an uplink signal in a second subframe corresponding to a subframe used for an uplink in the neighbor cell. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073355 | COMMUNICATIONS NODE, SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A communications node includes a first transmitting circuit configured to transmit to plural communications nodes, a confirmation signal for confirming whether response is possible; a receiving circuit configured to receive from first communications nodes capable of responding among the plural communications nodes, a response signal for the transmitted confirmation signal; a selecting circuit configured to select from among the first communications nodes and based on reception strength of the received response signal, a second communications node to which execution of data processing is requested by the communications node; a strength calculating circuit configured to calculate based on the reception strength of the response signal from the selected second communications node, a transmission strength to the second communications node; and a second transmitting circuit configured to transmit to the second communications node and based on the calculated transmission strength, a request signal requesting execution of the data processing. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073356 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION POWER CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a communication device including: a communication unit that receives a beacon for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service; and a control unit that controls a transmission power to be used for transmission of a radio signal of the second communication service from the communication unit based on location data included in the beacon and indicating a location of a transmission source node of the beacon and a location of an interfered node interfered by the second communication service. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073357 | FORMAT ADAPTATION OF A CONTROL CHANNEL FOR DISCONTINUOUS DATA TRANSMISSION - In a radio communication system using a channel divided into a plurality of timeslots, a data signal and a first control signal are transmitted during one or more first time slots of the plurality of time slots. The first control signal comprising pilot bits and power control commands. A second control signal is transmitted during one or more second time slots of the plurality of time slots. The second control signal comprises pilot bits and power control commands such that a ratio of pilot bits to power control commands in the second control signal is lower than that of the first control signal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method and apparatus of controlling a transmit power in a wireless local area network is provided. A wireless device operated in a TV White Space transmits a white space map indicating a list of available channels, and transmits an extended power constraint indicating a plurality of transmission channels and a plurality of maximum transmit powers, wherein the plurality of transmission channels are selected among the list of available channels and each of the plurality of maximum transmit powers corresponds to a maximum transmit power for each of the plurality of transmission channels. Interference can be mitigated between wireless devices operated in the TV White Space. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073359 | Method and System for Controlling a Communications Carrier's Power Spectral Density (PSD) Using Spread Spectrum for Matched Spectral Allocation - A method of reducing adjacent satellite interference, the method comprising monitoring, by a processor, a power spectral density (PSD) of a signal transmitted by a remote transmitter, determining, by the processor, that the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter is above a predetermined level, and reducing the PSD of the signal transmitted by the remote transmitter by adjusting at least one of a spread spectrum spreading factor, a power level, a modulation factor, and a forward error correction (FEC) rate using a modulator while maintaining a constant spectral allocation and center frequency of the signal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073360 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A radio communication system includes a radio base station and a mobile terminal device communicating with the radio base station using carrier aggregation, wherein upon occurrence of a triggering event of sending a power headroom report to the radio base station, the mobile terminal device is configured to determine whether there is a secondary cell that is in the process of activation, and wherein the mobile terminal device is configured to suspend transmission of the power headroom report to the base station for a predetermined time period if there is a secondary cell that is in the process of activation. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073361 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURED MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER REPORTING AND USER EQUIPMENT - A user equipment, includes: processing circuitry configured to: judge whether for the current subframe the user equipment has non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data on an activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier; obtaining, from a physical layer, a configured maximum output power corresponding to the activated serving cell having non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data; and a transmitter to report the configured maximum output power from the physical layer to a base station when, for a current subframe, the user equipment has uplink resources allocated for new transmission for the activated serving cell and the allocated uplink resources may accommodate the power headroom report. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073362 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURED MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER REPORTING AND USER EQUIPMENT - A base station configured for carrier aggregation, includes: a receiver; and processing circuitry coupled to the receiver and configured to: allocate to a user equipment uplink resources for at least one activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier, the uplink resources for new transmission and the allocated uplink resources may accommodate a power headroom report, and obtain, responsive to the allocated uplink resources, a configured maximum output power for an activated serving cell configured with an uplink carrier, where the activated serving cell has non-adaptive retransmission of uplink data, or the activated serving cell where the base station schedules channel state information but no allocated uplink grant for transmitting data of an uplink shared channel. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073363 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION VIA ANTENNA AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A communication apparatus comprises a close proximity wireless communication unit which is able to perform close proximity wireless communication with an external apparatus; a power control unit which starts control of power supply of the communication apparatus when the close proximity wireless communication unit receives electromagnetic waves from the external apparatus; and a control unit which executes shutdown processing for reducing power to each block controlled by the power control unit, wherein when the shutdown processing is executed, the control unit disables the close proximity wireless communication unit before start of the shutdown processing. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073364 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION APPARATUS, MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system including a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. The base station apparatus performs communication with the mobile station apparatus that transmits data using two or more access schemes that are different respectively. In addition, the base station apparatus generates control information including information specifying said access scheme and TPC (Transmit Power Control) control data. Furthermore, the base station apparatus notifies the mobile station apparatus of said control information at least at a timing when said transmission apparatus performs instruction that said mobile station apparatus changes said access scheme. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073365 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK NODES AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREIN - Determining a time synchronisation inaccuracy value between a first node and a second node. A PTP packet is received including Node IDs representing respective transport nodes along a first path, and from the second node Node IDs are obtained representing respective transport nodes along a second path. Furthermore, a first common node of the first path and the second path is determined. The time synchronisation inaccuracy value between the first node and the second node is calculated. By including Node IDs in received PTP packets before forwarding them to a node, the node is enabled to determine a first common node. Thereby, the node may calculate relative time inaccuracy values with respect to the other access network nodes, which may be used to decrease inaccuracy time synchronisation for co-ordination functions. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073366 | CELL DETECTION, SYNCHRONIZATION AND MEASUREMENT ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses for cell detection, synchronization and measurement on unlicensed spectrum. A method for receiving a discovery reference signal (DRS) includes identifying, based on a DRS measurement timing configuration (DMTC), a DRS detection/measurement gap duration and a periodicity; and listening for the DRS on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum during the identified gap duration at the identified periodicity. An apparatus for an eNodeB associated with a cell includes a controller and a transceiver. The controller is configured to configure a DMTC including a DRS detection/measurement gap duration and periodicity. The transceiver is configured to transmit the DRS on a carrier in an unlicensed spectrum during the gap duration at the periodicity. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073367 | NODE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a node synchronization method and apparatus, and relate to the field of communications technologies, where the method includes: selecting, by a first node, at least one user equipment UE, where the UE is used to assist a second node to synchronize with the first node; and sending, by the first node, a notification message to the at least one UE, so that the at least one UE assists the second node to implement synchronization with the first node. The present invention is applicable to time synchronization between communications nodes. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073368 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method, device, and system, are applied to the field of communications, and can improve data transmission efficiency and reduce a time delay. The method includes: acquiring, by a sending device, a time-frequency resource and interleaver information that are to be used by to-be-sent data, where the interleaver information includes a correspondence between an interleaver and a time synchronization code, and there is a one-to-one correspondence between a time synchronization code and an interleaver; selecting a time synchronization code and an interleaver for the to-be-sent data according to the interleaver information; and performing interleaving processing on the to-be-sent data by using the selected interleaver, and sending, to a receiving device on the time-frequency resource, the interleaved to-be-sent data that carries the selected time synchronization code. The embodiments of the present invention are applied to data transmission. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073369 | SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING LOW POWER BATTERY OPERATION OF A VEHICLE LOCATING UNIT IN A STOLEN VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEM WHICH RECEIVES PERIODIC TRANSMISSIONS - Synchronization for achieving low power battery operation of a vehicle locating unit in a stolen vehicle recovery system whose radio receiver receives periodic transmissions, includes receiving periodic transmissions; turning on a radio receiver for a limited time to detect an expected message; if an expected message is not found, turning off the receiver and turning it on again after a time asynchronous with the transmission period; and after finding an expected message, waiting for the period of the transmissions less the length of an expected message and then looking for a synchronization symbol in the expected message and synchronizing subsequent actuation of the receiver using that synchronization symbol. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073370 | Secondary Cell Synchronization for Carrier Aggregation - A carrier aggregation application method is provided of attaining time synchronization to a secondary cell for a wireless communication device usable in a cellular communication network. The method comprises, if a time reference of the secondary cell is unknown to the wireless communication device: setting a preliminary time reference of the secondary cell to equal a time reference of a primary cell of the carrier aggregation application; performing a synchronization signal based detection of the time reference of the secondary cell based on the preliminary time reference and one or more synchronization signals transmitted in the secondary cell; performing preliminary time reference based channel state measurements of the secondary cell based on the preliminary time reference and one or more reference signals transmitted in the secondary cell; setting, based on the synchronization signal based detection, a value of a channel quality indicator to either a nominal value or a value based on the preliminary time reference based channel state measurements; and transmitting a channel state information report comprising the channel quality indicator to the cellular communication network. An arrangement for a wireless communication device usable in a cellular communication network, adapted to attain time synchronization to a secondary cell of a carrier aggregation application is also disclosed. A modem comprising the arrangement and wireless communication device comprising the arrangement are also disclosed. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073371 | Managing Network Load Using Device Application Programs - Concepts and technologies are described herein for managing network load using device application programs. An illustrative method includes receiving, at a mobile device, a list of preferred combinations of location area codes (“LACs”), cell identifiers (“CIDs”), and times that data access by the mobile device is to be incentivized, determining a current LAC associated with a location area within which the mobile device is currently located, determining a current CID associated with a base transceiver station to which the mobile device is currently connected, determining a current time, and determining if the current LAC, the current cell ID, and the current time are included as a preferred combination in the list. The method also includes providing an indication that data access by the mobile device is incentivized if the current LAC, the current cell ID, and the current time are included in the list as a preferred combination. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073372 | DETERMINING AN ANGLE OF DIRECT PATH OF A SIGNAL - A signal transmitted from a mobile device is received at a device. A change in angle-of-arrival (AoA) of the signal is computed as the mobile device moves from a first location to a second location. A first distance and a second distance of the mobile from the device corresponding to the first and second locations, respectively are computed. A displacement of the mobile device from the first location to the second location is computed based on mobility information provided by a sensor of the mobile device. A change in an angle of direct path (ANDP) of the signal is computed based on the first distance, the second distance, and the displacement. The ANDP is determined based on a comparison of the change in AoA to the change in ANDP. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073373 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING PHYSICAL ASSETS - A stolen asset locating system includes a first locating device ‘LD’ associated with a first asset and having a first wireless communication unit for communicating over a public mobile radio network PMRN with any of: an operations control centre; a second LD associated with a second asset; or a mobile location tracking system. A second wireless communication unit uses a different wireless technology or protocol to that of the first wireless communication unit. When the second communication unit is a private radio frequency network ‘PRFN’ operated by an asset location system service provider, the first LD may use the second communication unit to communicate directly with the second LD to convey information. When the second communication unit communicates on a public radio network PRN, the first LD may communicate on a PRN, when it is determined that communication cannot be transmitted by the first LD using the PMRN. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073374 | METHOD AND DEVICE USING OBSERVED TIME DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL FOR POSITIONING MOBILE STATION - A method using OTDOA for positioning a mobile station includes: transmitting to the mobile station an OTDOA capability request message to inquire about a communication system format supported by the mobile station and signal reception quality information of each base station of a communication system supported, where the OTDOA capability request message includes a plurality of communication formats existent in a current service area of the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality information, provided for the mobile station to select based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station; receiving an OTDOA support capability message returned by the mobile station, where the OTDOA support capability message includes the communication system format supported by the mobile station and corresponding signal reception quality; sending to the mobile station auxiliary positioning information based on the communication system format supported by the mobile station and the corresponding signal reception quality. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073375 | SIMPLIFIED NOTIFICATION OF NETWORK TRIGGERED REPORTING - SECOND CORE NETWORK NODE (E.G., SGSN) AND METHOD - A first Core Network (CN) node (e.g., Gateway GPRS Support Node), a second CN node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node) and a wireless access node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem) are described herein that are configured to efficiently deliver a network triggered report notification to a wireless device (e.g., Internet of Things device). | 2016-03-10 |
20160073376 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE, BASE STATION, METHOD FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION, PROGRAM AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a radio communication device including a radio communication section that communicates by radio with a base station that changes a cycle for sending a paging channel to a second cycle in a case where no response is made from the radio communication device responsive to the paging channel sent in accordance with a first cycle, a detecting section that detects a state change of the radio communication device, and a receipt control section that switches a receiving cycle for receiving the paging channel from the first cycle to the second cycle according to a detection result obtained by the detecting section. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073377 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - [Object] To provide a novel and improved information processing device, wireless communication system, and information processing method that can establish stable wireless communication with a terminal without a complicated procedure. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073378 | ADAPTIVE COMMUNICATION MODE SWITCHING - Systems, method, and devices are provided for transmitting data. In one aspect, a method includes providing a plurality of communication modules, each of the plurality of communication modules configured to transmit data using a different communication method; establishing, with the plurality of communication modules, a plurality of simultaneous respective communication links to a remote terminal; selecting, based on a switching criterion, at least one of the plurality of simultaneous respective communication links to be used to transmit data; and transmitting data via said at least one of the plurality of simultaneous respective communication links selected based on the switching criterion. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073379 | TONE PLAN FOR LTF COMPRESSION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, an apparatus is configured to transmit user data in a first symbol of a first symbol type. The first symbol type has a first symbol duration, a first frequency bandwidth, and a first tone plan. The first tone plan includes a first valid start tone index, a first valid end tone index, and a first set of DC tones. The apparatus is further configured to transmit an LTF in a second symbol of a second symbol type. The second symbol type has a second symbol duration, a second frequency bandwidth, and a second tone plan. The second tone plan includes a second valid start tone index, a second valid end tone index, and a second set of DC tones. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING IN DIGITAL RADIO SYSTEMS - A method of transmitting at least one data stream by a transmitter in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a preamble section including signaling information and a data section including at least one data stream; generating a frame including the preamble section and the data section; and transmitting the generated frame, wherein the signaling information includes first information including information related to the at least one data stream. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073381 | COMPACT DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION FOR MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS - A method for coverage enhancement is described. The method includes determining a DCI assignment for a communications device experiencing limited coverage. A DCI assignment includes a plurality of configuration fields. Selecting an indication of the DCI assignment is included in the method. The indication of the DCI assignment uses fewer resources than the DCI assignment. The method also includes sending the indication of the DCI assignment to the communications device. The communications device receives the indication of a DCI assignment. The method also includes determining, by the communications device, the DCI assignment for the communications device based at least in part on the indication of the DCI assignment. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed for improving downlink control information in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a first control signaling indicating a first transmission to a first UE, wherein the first control signaling is identified by a first identification used by the first UE. The method also includes receiving a second control signaling indicating a second transmission to a second UE, wherein the second control signaling is identified by a second identification used by the second UE. The method further includes decoding the first transmission based on information provided by at least the first control signaling and the second control signaling, wherein radio resource used by the first transmission is indicated by the second control signaling but is not indicated by the first control signaling. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073383 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNELS TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - An antenna port for an extended Physical Downlink Control CHannel (ePDCCH) transmission is determined based on at least an identifier for a leading extended Control Channel Element (eCCE) within the ePDCCH and an identifier for a user equipment (UE) to receive the ePDCCH transmission, and based on whether the ePDCCH transmission is localized or distributed. The determined antenna port is a DeModulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port to which the UE is assigned. Symbols are mapped in sequence to resource elements (REs) and transmitted via the determined antenna port to the UE. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073384 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECEPTION METHOD - Disclosed is a base station apparatus in which a configuration section ( | 2016-03-10 |
20160073385 | RECEPTION AND CONFIGURATION OF DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL - The disclosure is related to reception and configuration of a downlink control channel. Particularly, the present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus (e.g., user equipment) for receiving a downlink control channel located in a data region, and a method and an apparatus (e.g., a transmission/reception point) for configuring and transmitting the downlink control channel. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control signal in a TDD-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor. The method comprises receiving a downlink signal via a downlink interval in a specific frame including the downlink interval, a guard interval and an uplink interval. A combination of the downlink interval, the guard interval and the uplink interval is given using configuration information on the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is larger than a specific value, detecting a first type of PDCCH is performed in the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is equal to or smaller than the specific value, detecting the first type of PDCCH is skipped in the specific subframe. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073387 | EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION - In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a wireless device. The wireless device determines a first subset of resource units (RUs) of a set of RUs that extends across a bandwidth of a channel in a transmission time period, the first subset of RUs including less RUs than the set of RUs, each RU of the set of RUs including at least 26 tones. The wireless device communicates at least one of data or control information in the first subset of the RUs. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073388 | SIMPLIFIED NOTIFICATION OF NETWORK TRIGGERED REPORTING - WIRELESS ACCESS NODE (E.G., BSS) AND METHOD - A first Core Network (CN) node (e.g., Gateway GPRS Support Node), a second CN node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node) and a wireless access node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem) are described herein that are configured to efficiently deliver a network triggered report notification to a wireless device (e.g., Internet of Things device). | 2016-03-10 |
20160073389 | RADIO BASE STATION, USER TERMINAL AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention is provided to randomize interference between small cells in a radio communication system in which the small cells are located to overlap a macro cell. The radio communication method of the present invention includes the steps of generating, in a small base station forming the small cell, a downlink signal by using a terminal-specific identity that is formed based on a first terminal-specific identity and a second terminal-specific identity, transmitting, in the small base station, the downlink signal to a user terminal, generating, in the user terminal, an uplink signal by using the terminal-specific identity, and transmitting, in the user terminal, the uplink signal to the small base station. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073390 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TRUNKING OPERATONS IN AN AD-HOC NETWORK - A control unit is selected from a plurality of narrowband mobile stations also forming an ad-hoc network. The control unit is configured to control and manage a narrowband trunking operation via the ad-hoc network. The control unit receives a call request over a narrowband control channel from a first mobile station, assigns a pair of narrowband traffic channels for a call associated with the call request, chooses two mobile stations from the plurality of mobile stations to act as a narrowband repeater for the call, the pair including a respective receiver mobile station and a respective transmitter mobile station, informs the repeater mobile stations of the assignment and of the assigned traffic channels for the call, and grants the call request over the narrowband control channel. The grant includes an indication of the assigned traffic channels on which the repeater mobile stations can be located for the call. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073391 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is provided in which a communication node can allocate resources, for another communication node, within a number of consecutive subframes using a single control message. The other communication node receives codewords transmitted over using the allocated resources, aggregates ACK/NACK feedback for the received codewords and transmits the aggregated ACK/NACK feedback to the communication node for use in controlling subsequent transmission of new codewords or retransmission of previous codewords. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073392 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus and a method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention includes the feature of alternately allocating resources for D2D communication and resources for cellular communication, or allocating resources of a D2D link to not be adjacent to each other. In addition, the present invention prevents interference with the cellular communication and interference with other D2D links by allocating a partial area of the resources allocated for the D2D communication to an area for transmitting a D2D uplink symbol to an eNB, or by adding a GP symbol to a partial area of the resources for the D2D communication. Furthermore, in the case of applying a TDD scheme, the present invention prevents interference with symbols for performing the cellular communication by defining a partial section of a special subframe as a section for transmitting the D2D uplink symbol, or by reflecting a time delay of N OFDM symbol durations. Accordingly, the present invention prevents the D2D communication from causing interference. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073393 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING BEST BEAM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for selecting the best beam in a wireless communication system are provided. An operation of a Base Station (BS) includes repeatedly transmitting reference signals beamformed with a first width, receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the first width from at least one terminal, determining a direction range within which reference signals beamformed with a second width are to be transmitted and a transmission pattern, based on the at least one preferred-beam having the first width, repeatedly transmitting the reference signals beamformed with the second width within the determined direction range according to the transmission pattern, and receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the second width from the at least one terminal. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073394 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING REQUEST IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention provides methods for transmitting an RS in a wireless access system supporting a multiple connection mode, in which user equipment is connected to two or more small cells, and devices supporting same. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for user equipment transmitting a scheduling request (SR) in the wireless access system supporting the multiple connection mode, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a first small cell in the multiple connection mode, an upper layer signal comprising SR parameters for transmitting the SR; generating the SR based on the SR parameters; and transmitting the SR by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal, wherein the SR parameters are pre-established through negotiation with the first small cell and a second small cell in the multiple connection mode, the user equipment in the multiple connection mode maintains connection with the two or more small cells including the first small cell and the second small cell, and wherein the first small cell and the second small cell can be mutually connected through a non-ideal backhaul link. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073395 | SIMPLIFIED NOTIFICATION OF NETWORK TRIGGERED REPORTING - WIRELESS DEVICE (E.G., IoT DEVICE) AND METHOD - A first Core Network (CN) node (e.g., Gateway GPRS Support Node), a second CN node (e.g., Serving GPRS Support Node) and a wireless access node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem) are described herein that are configured to efficiently deliver a network triggered report notification to a wireless device (e.g., Internet of Things device). | 2016-03-10 |
20160073396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM (As Amended) - Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073397 | CLIENTLESS METHOD FOR CONTEXT DRIVEN WIRELESS INTERACTIONS - Described herein are methods and apparatuses for the provision and management of value added services without a requirement for specific client software on a wireless receive/transmit unit (WRTU). The methods and apparatuses described may be applied to wireless networks supporting HTTP transfers without disrupting the wireless network configuration. In the embodiments described herein, a web request may be received by a Service Management Entity (SME) that may be located in an access point (AP) from a WRTU. The SME may transmit a proxy auto-configuration (PAC) file to the WRTU. This PAC file may include a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a Service Delivery Entity (SDE), and the URL chosen may be based on rules associated with a location of the WRTU. The SDE may then receive a second web request from the WRTU and respond by transmitting a message to the WRTU such as a transaction trigger. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073398 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PAGING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT USING TIMING INFORMATION UPDATE IN MULTI-SIM-MULTI-STANDBY USER EQUIPMENT - Methods and apparatus for of tracking network system timing are provided. In one aspect, a method for updating system timing information comprises determining a first periodicity of a plurality of first windows for a first radio access technology of a user equipment to access a radio frequency chain of the user equipment. The method further includes identifying a time between the plurality of first windows for a second radio access technology of the user equipment to access the radio frequency chain. The method further includes allocating a portion of the time between the first windows for the second radio access technology to update timing information of the second radio access technology. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073399 | TIME BUDGET MANAGEMENT FOR WLAN AND WWAN PROCESSING FOR INTER-FREQUENCY/INTER-RAT MEASUREMENTS FOR LTE - A time period associated with each of a plurality of tasks included in a current instance of WWAN data capture/processing by a WLAN processor and a WWAN processor is determined. A total time period comprising the respective time periods of each task is compared to an overall time budget criterion to obtain a comparison outcome. A change in at least one of the tasks based on the comparison outcome is implemented. The change results in an adjustment of the total time period associated with a next instance of WWAN data capture/processing by the WLAN processor and the WWAN processor. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073400 | MOBILE STATION, NETWORK NODE, AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING RESOURCE BLOCKS TO THE MOBILE STATION - A method in a network node for assigning resource blocks to a Mobile Station, MS, served by the network node. The MS is capable of downlink multicarrier operation. The network node receives from the MS an indication of a maximum number of consecutive downlink timeslots that the MS is capable of receiving on a given carrier during a TTI. The network node receives, from the MS, an indication of a maximum number of resource blocks that the MS is capable of processing during a TTI. The network node receives, from the MS, an indication of a maximum number of carriers supported by the MS. The network node assigns resource blocks to the MS, based on the received indication of a maximum number of consecutive downlink TS, the received indication of a maximum number of resource blocks and the received indication of a maximum number of carriers. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073401 | Component Carrier Configuration - A method of configuring a component carrier comprises determining how timings of receiving and/or sending data for at least two aggregated component carriers in at least one time period are related; and setting the timing of receiving and/or sending data for the at least two aggregated component carriers based on the determining. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073402 | Method and Apparatus for Dynamic control of TTI Bundling Sizes - In an example of the teachings disclosed herein, there are multiple signaling options available for triggering a bundled transmission by a wireless device, and a known association between the different signaling options and different TTI bundling sizes. A network node thus indicates to the wireless device which TTI bundling size is desired, based on choosing which signaling option it uses to trigger the bundled transmission. Such signaling allows for the use of variable TTI bundle sizes, i.e., dynamic control of the TTI bundle size used by the wireless device for transmission and yet does not impose signaling overhead or necessarily require new signaling messages or types. Higher layer signaling may be used to activate TTI bundling with implicit signaling then used to dynamically control the actual TTI bundle size used. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073403 | Concurrent On-Channel Servicing of Wireless Client Traffic and Off-Channel Pre-Scanning for Radar in a Wireless Access Point - An access point (AP) includes a transceiver to service wireless client traffic on wireless channels within a channel bandwidth. The AP services wireless client traffic in a first channel bandwidth and sets a receiver bandwidth to include the first channel bandwidth and a second channel bandwidth initially not available for servicing wireless client traffic. Concurrent with servicing the wireless client traffic in the first channel bandwidth, the AP searches the second channel bandwidth for any interference signal. If no interference signal is found in the second channel bandwidth, the AP declares the second channel bandwidth free of interference. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073404 | Method and Apparatus for Simultaneous Use of Both Licensed and Unlicensed Wireless Spectrum - A control circuit determines that a wireless portable electronic device currently being serviced via licensed wireless spectrum should also be served via unlicensed wireless spectrum and then transmits a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message to cause the wireless portable electronic device to connect to a network node operating in the unlicensed wireless spectrum. By one approach this control circuit comprises an Evolved Node-B base station in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) Radio Access Network (RAN) and the network node operating in the unlicensed wireless spectrum comprises an 802.11-compatible wireless local area network node. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LTE AND WIFI CO-EXISTENCE ON THE SAME SMALL CELL IN UNLICENSED BAND - A method of operating a first network element in a wireless communications network to perform WIFI and long term evolution (LTE) communications with a second network element on an unlicensed portion of a radio spectrum, the unlicensed portion being divided into first and second frequency regions, includes performing, at the first network element, WIFI protocol communications over the unlicensed portion, including at least one of transmission to, and reception from, a second network element, of WIFI protocol data using one or more first frequencies of the first frequency region, and performing, at the first network element, LTE protocol communications over the unlicensed portion including at least one of transmission to, and reception from, the second network element, of LTE protocol data using one or more second frequencies of the second frequency region, the WIFI protocol communications and LTE protocol communications being performed by the first network element simultaneously. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073406 | A METHOD FOR ALLOCATION OF FREQUENCY RESOURCES OF DIFFERENT OPERATORS TO USER TERMINALS, AND A BASE STATION AND A USER TERMINAL THEREFOR - The invention concerns a method for allocation of frequency resources (FA, FB) of different operators (OPA, OPB) to user terminals, wherein on a frequency resource (FA, FB) of each operator (OPA, OPB) of said different operators, an indication of said operator allowing user terminals registered at said operator (OPA, OPB) to get access to a signaled cell (CSA, CSB) is transmitted on a broadcast channel (PBCHA, PBCHB), user terminals receive control information only on frequency resources (FA, FB) of an operator (OPA, OPB) at which the user terminals are registered, and said control information comprises an indicator (CIFA, CIFB) allocating to the user terminals a frequency resource (FA, FB) of said frequency resources of an operator (OPA, OPB) at which the user terminals are not registered, and a base station and a user terminal therefor. | 2016-03-10 |
20160073407 | USER EQUIPMENT AND RADIO BASE STATION - User equipment used in a mobile communication system that includes a first radio base station, a second radio base station and the user equipment is provided. The user equipment has a first communication device configured to conduct frequency division duplexing (FDD) communication with the first radio base station, and a second communication device configured to conduct time division duplexing (TDD) communication with the second radio base station, wherein the TDD communication between the user equipment and the second radio base station is conducted using an uplink frequency spectrum of the FDD communication, the first communication device is configured to receive a control signal used for communication with the second radio base station from the first radio base station, and the second communication device is configured to establish, reconfigure, or release a radio resource between the user equipment and the second radio base station based upon the control signal. | 2016-03-10 |