12th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100074168 | METHOD OF GENERATING A BUFFER STATUS FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND RELATED DEVICE - A method of generating a buffer state of a packet data convergence protocol, hereinafter called PDCP, layer for a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes including volume information of packets, which have been submitted to a layer lower than the PDCP layer and have not been confirmed by the layer or by a PDCP status report, in a buffer state report of the PDCP layer, where the packets have not been confirmed by the layer due to buffer clearing of the layer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074169 | PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, PACKET TRANSMISSION METHOD, PACKET UPDATE METHOD, HOST APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF FOR THE PACKET TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - A packet transmission system, a packet transmission method, a packet update method, a host apparatus, and a computer program product thereof for the packet transmission system are provided. The packet transmission method comprises the following steps: transmitting a first positioning packet that has a first message serial number; receiving the first positioning packet; generating a temporary packet that has a second message serial number; determining that the first message serial number is smaller than the second message serial number; transmitting the temporary packet; receiving the temporary packet and updating the first message serial as the second message serial number; and transmitting a second positioning packet that has the second message serial number. Thereby, the system not only prevents repeat transmission, but also enhances positioning reliability by using two-way transmission. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074170 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING BARRED ACCESS IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment for alleviating barred access while reselecting from a first cell to a second cell in a mobile communication system is provided. A wireless module detects receives system information broadcasted in the first cell. A storage unit stores the system information. A controller reselects from the first cell to the second cell, determines whether a first barred access timer is running, and stops the first barred access timer and informs the upper layer of an RRC protocol that the access of the first service is allowed in response of that the first barred access timer is running. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074171 | PACKET COMMUNICATION METHOD AND MOBILE STATION - A packet communication method of the present invention includes a step of: receiving, at a mobile station (UE), restriction information for accepting an incoming call and restricting an outgoing call; establishing, at the mobile station (UE), a control path with a packet exchange (SGSN) in response to incoming of paging for the mobile station (UE); sending, the packet exchange (SGSN), a message instructing to establish the data path via the control path; and establishing, at the mobile station (UE), the data path by calling to the packet exchange (SGSN), when the mobile station (UE) receives the message after the mobile station (UE) has received the restriction information. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074172 | METHOD FOR RECEPTION OF DATA PACKETS AND CORRESPPONDING TRANSMISSION METHOD - the method is implemented in a first station, data packets being transmitted by at least two second stations intended for the first station, said second stations belonging to a set comprising more than one second stations, the method comprising a transmission of at least one acknowledgement of each data packet received at least once correctly, said acknowledgement(s) being transmitted to each second station of said set. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074173 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING SCRIPT IMAGES IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for updating script images in wireless sensor networks. In one exemplary embodiment, a system has logic that is configured to display a list of nodes of a wireless sensor network. The logic is further configured to display a script source of a first script image stored at one of the nodes in response to a selection of the one node from the displayed list of nodes. The logic is also configured to modify the script source based on user input and to convert the modified script source to a second script image. The logic is configured to transmit at least one remote procedure call through the wireless sensor network to the one node. The one node is configured to write the second script image in memory of the one node in response to the at least one remote procedure call. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWITCHING DATA AT NODES OF WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for switching data at nodes of a wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, a node comprises memory, a first port, a second port, a virtual machine, and logic. The memory is configured to store port settings, and the virtual machine is configured to execute a remote procedure call wirelessly transmitted to the node through the wireless network. In executing the remote procedure call, the virtual machine is configured to set the port settings. The logic is configured to receive data from the first port and to transmit the data to the second port based on the port settings without processing of the data by the virtual machine such that the data streams unchanged through the node from the first port to the second port. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074175 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESSLY COMMUNICATING MULTIDROP PACKETS VIA WIRELESS NETWORKS - The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for wirelessly communicating multidrop packets via wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, communication devices of a multidrop system are respectively coupled to nodes of a wireless network. At least one of the nodes stores data for mapping multidrop addresses to network addresses. Upon receiving a multidrop packet, such node maps the multidrop address of the received packet to a network address identifying the packet's destination communication device within the multidrop system. The receiving node then inserts the multidrop packet into a unicast message and wirelessly transmits the unicast message through the wireless network to the remote node. The remote node depacketizes the unicast message to recover the multidrop packet and provides the multidrop packet to its destination. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074176 | MESHED NETWORKING OF ACCESS POINTS IN A UTILITY NETWORK - A meshed networking of access points in a utility network provides a more efficient and cost effective arrangement for communicating data between meters and the utility by linking the access points of multiple subnetworks for purposes of communicating with the utility. As a result, each individual subnetwork is not required to directly communicate with the utility. For those access points that are relieved of the need to directly communicate with the utility, the communication mechanism, e.g., cellular modem, can be eliminated, or deactivated, to thereby reduce capital expenditures and/or operational costs. Additionally, links to a WAN can be selectively activated or disabled to provision bandwidth, for example, on demand, to react to changing conditions in the subnetworks. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074177 | Exchange of Information in a Communication Network - A portable node capable of forming ad hoc networks with other nodes is disclosed, as well as a method of transferring at least a first and a second information entity (e.g. files) from a first node to other nodes in an ad hoc network. At least the first and the second information entities are jointly encoded, in the first node, into a composite information entity) in a manner so that the composite information entity can be decoded by use of at least the first information entity or the second information entity. The composite information entity is subsequently transmitted. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074178 | Method for Indication of Consecutive Data Units in a RAN - An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for improving the performance of a radio access network. The object is achieved by a data packet ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100074179 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HOME AGENT, MOBILE TERMINAL MANAGEMENT METHOD USED FOR THEM, AND ITS PROGRAM - A mobility management system manages mobility of any one mobile terminal with a different mobility protocol depending on an access method. The system comprises an anchor node haying a function of managing a CMIP (Client Mobile Internet Protocol) SA (Security Association) and a PMIP (Proxy MIP) SA used to authenticate a location registration message of said mobile terminal. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074180 | SYNCHRONIZING A BASE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for synchronizing a wireless communication system is disclosed. A silence duration for a base station is determined based on the time required for a neighbor base station to obtain or maintain synchronization. All transmissions from the base station are ceased for the silence duration. Multiple base stations level may cease transmissions at the same time, thus mitigating interference. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074181 | APPARATUS AND MESSAGES FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN UNLICENSED ACCESS NETWORK AND GPRS NETWORK FOR DATA SERVICES - Methods for performing various operations via unlicensed mobile access (UMA) radio link control (URLC) messages in an unlicensed mobile access network (UMAN). The UMAN comprises a first radio access network that may be employed for accessing data services provided by a core network comprising a second radio access network. URLC messages are exchanged between mobile stations (MSs) and UMA network controllers (UNCs) to perform various operations associated with the UMAN. An MS may access the UMAN via a wireless access point (AP) that is communicatively coupled to a UNC via an IP network. The URLC messages are sent between MSs and UNCs using an Up interface comprising a set of layered protocols over an underlying IP transport. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074182 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING DATA - The present invention relates to telecommunication technologies, and provides a method and a device for suspending data to perform effective data suspension in an Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (EUTRAN) system. In the method, the lower layer performs re-establishment; the upper layer sends data to the lower layer after completion of the re-establishment; and the upper layer suspends the data of the data link or instructs the lower layer to suspend the data of the data link after a data suspension is triggered. The technical solution under the present invention is widely applicable to the EUTRAN system, in which data suspension can be performed according to characters of different protocol layers, and sending of data control can be effectively. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074183 | MODE SWITCHING FOR A DOWNLINK COORDINATED MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION - A mode-switching network transmitter is for use with a network MIMO super cell and includes a super cell control unit configured to orchestrate a transmission from the network MIMO super cell, wherein the transmission is supplied from a portion of super cell transmission points. The mode-switching network transmitter also includes a transmission unit configured to provide the transmission. Additionally, a transmission mode-switching receiver is for use with user equipment in a network MIMO super cell and includes a reception unit configured to receive a transmission for the user equipment within the network MIMO super cell. The transmission mode-switching receiver also includes a processing unit configured to process the transmission, wherein the transmission is supplied from a portion of super cell transmission points. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074184 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method of communication between a mobile station and a base station in a mobile communication system of IMT-2000 communication network basis, which is suitable for effective transmission of various multimedia information within a given channel capacity, the method including the steps of (1) when a mobile station receives a data transmission request, providing one portion of a period of a data frame with regular number and arrangement of down link slots and up link slots and the other portion of the data frame with irregular number and arrangement of down link slots or/and up link slots depending on characteristics and amount of subscriber data to be transmitted, (2) determining a transmission type according to which a communication is executed using a competition period for determining priorities of the subscriber data, a reservation period for making a reservation for time slots for use in transmission of the subscriber data, and an assignment period for assigning a memory period according to an amount of the subscriber data, which periods are selectively and respectively included in the one portion of the data frame and in the other portion of the data frame, and (3) providing the data frame according to the transmission type and transmitting to the base station. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074185 | MOBILE NETWORK DEVICE MULTI-LINK OPTIMIZATIONS - Methods and apparatus for performing optimizations for a mobile network device such as a Mobile Node or Mobile Router supporting multiple links to a Home Agent (or Correspondent Node in a Mobile IPv6 environment) are disclosed. During the registration process, link characteristics are transmitted in the registration request. From the link characteristics, it is possible to determine whether the mobile network device has roamed from a high to a low bandwidth link, or vice versa. A first set of optimizations may be performed when the mobile network device has roamed from a high to a low bandwidth link, while a second set of optimizations may be performed when the mobile network device has roamed from a low to a high bandwidth link. Some optimizations may be performed during the establishment of a TCP session, while others may be performed during or upon completion of the Mobile IP registration process. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074186 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR FACILITATING ROUTING OF DATA IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING A MOBILE NODE CAPABLE OF ROAMING MOVEMENT - Apparatus, and an associated method, for providing routing information to a mobile node operable in a radio communication system. The routing information is used by the mobile node to address data messages that are to be communicated to a relay host, or other, device. The routing information that is provided to the mobile node includes a plurality of separate routing sequences. Different ones of the routing sequences are used by the mobile node, depending upon at what location that the mobile node is positioned when the data message is sent. A registration server is used by which to create the routing information, responsive to indications of a home network associated with the mobile node and a current location of the mobile node. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074187 | DYNAMIC QUALITY OF SERVICE CONTROL TO FACILITATE FEMTO BASE STATION COMMUNICATIONS - An exemplary method of facilitating communications involving a Femto base station (F-BS) includes establishing an association between the F-BS and a wireline backhaul resource used by the F-BS for initiating at least one traffic flow of the F-BS for a wireless communication session. Quality of service information for the wireless communication session is determined. The determined quality of service information allows for determining a corresponding quality of service requirement of the backhaul resource in the packet transport network. The established association is used for identifying the corresponding quality of service to the F-BS on the wireline backhaul resource of the established association during the wireless communication session. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074188 | Method and Apparatus for Uplink and Downlink Channel Alignments for 3GPP Continuous Packet Data Connection (CPC) Channels - An apparatus and method for implementing uplink and downlink channel fine time alignments for 3GPP continuous packet data connection (CPC) channels comprising determining if a HS-SCCH radio frame boundary is detected before a UL DPCCH radio frame boundary; aligning a transition of a UE_DTX_DRX_Enabled control signal from FALSE to TRUE to the HS-SCCH radio frame boundary or the UL DPCCH radio frame boundary, tagging a first DRX subframe to be 0, and tagging a first DTX subframe to be 0 depending on the determination; and monitoring configuration signals to determine alignments. In one aspect, the order of the tagging depends on the determination. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074189 | Scheduling metric for delay sensitive traffic - Disclosed is a method, a computer-readable memory medium and apparatus to create a combined priority list that comprises both uplink users and downlink users ordered by priority for use in scheduling user transmissions based on their respective priority locations in the combined priority list. In an exemplary embodiment a first set of users are retransmission users, a second set of users are delay sensitive users, and a third set of users are other users that are neither retransmission users or delay sensitive users. The set of retransmission users has a higher priority than the set of delay sensitive users, which in turn has a higher priority than the set of other users. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074190 | Methods for multi-band wireless communication and bandwidth management - Embodiments of methods for multi-band wireless communication and bandwidth management are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074191 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD USING DIFFERENT FREQUENCY HOPPING PATTERNS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING CELLS AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided are a random access method of a mobile station and a mobile communication device performing the same. The mobile station can obtain a diversity gain without a Random Access Channel (RACH) burst collision by hopping according to a cell group in a frequency domain and transmitting a random access when random access resources are used between neighboring cells and detect an RACH even with low transmission power by applying switching diversity together with the frequency hopping. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074192 | METHOD FOR MAPPING LOGICAL CHANNEL ON SHARED CHANNEL - According to the invention data in a number of logical downlink intended for one or more mobile terminals are received in a first mapping unit, where at least a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity is allocated to these logical downlink channels addressing a group of mobile terminals for allowing transmission of channel data for reception by mobile terminals. A mobile terminal then reads, from a Broadcast Control Channel, necessary information including a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to at least one logical downlink channel, where at least said first identity exists among possible identities. It then listens to a high speed shared control channel for the read identity. In case it detects the identity, the terminal follows a scheduling command, receives data on a high-speed downlink shared channel and processes said data. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074193 | Reliable uplink resource request - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate reliably requesting uplink resources in a wireless communications environment. In particular, mechanisms are provided for reliable uplink resource requests at instants when uplink resources are not retained. A mobile device transmits an uplink resource request on a feedback information channel conventionally utilized for channel quality indicators. The mobile device utilizes specific codewords reserved for uplink requests. In addition, a power spectral density of the feedback information channel is boosted to lower an error rate of the channel when reserved codewords are transmitted. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074194 | RADIO AND BANDWIDTH AWARE ROUTING METRIC FOR MULTI-RADIO MULTI-CHANNEL MUTLI-HOP WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method and system are described for establishing an end-to-end route for data to traverse a wireless network, including calculating a link cost function, calculating a quantized link cost function using the calculated link cost, function, calculating a quantized cost of each of a plurality, of end-to-end routes for data to traverse the wireless network, wherein the plurality of end-to-end routes include routes between a same set of nodes in the wireless network, wherein, the quantized cost of each of the plurality of end-to-end routes for data to traverse the wireless network is performed using the quantized link cost function and selecting one of the plurality of end-to-end routes, for data to traverse the wireless network based on the quantized cost of each of the plurality of end-to-end routes. Also described is a node in a wireless network configured to participate in the establishment of a bi-directional end-to-end route for data to traverse the wireless network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MODULATION AND CODING SCHEME ADJUSTMENT FOR A LTE SHARED DATA CHANNEL - A system, method and node for modulation and coding scheme adjustment for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) shared Data Channel. The method determines an actual number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, N | 2010-03-25 |
20100074196 | Connection Addressing for Wireless Communications - Systems, apparatuses, and techniques can include using a mobile station identifier to identify a mobile station associated with a base station in wireless communications between the mobile station and the base station, using a connection identifier and the mobile station identifier to identify a connection between the mobile station and the base station; and transacting information with a radio station. The information can include the connection identifier, the mobile station identifier, and data associated with the connection. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074197 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, TERMINAL, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A multiservice is implemented by connecting one base station and one terminal via one wireless link. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074198 | SETTING OF NETWORK ALLOCATION VECTORS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a wireless communication system where packet transmission begins after a preparation process is performed between a source and a destination, the source stores, in a header of a preparation packet, first duration information corresponding to an end of a first response packet sent from the destination and second duration information corresponding to an end of a second response packet sent from the destination. A neighboring station having received the preparation packet sets a first NAV relating to a scheduled reception completion time of the first response packet based on the first duration information and a second NAV relating to a scheduled reception completion time of the second response packet based on the second duration information and ignores the second NAV when no packet transmission is detected within the first NAV period or within a predetermined time after the scheduled reception completion time of the first response packet. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074199 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISCOVERING NEIGHBOR CELL - A method of discovering a neighbor cell, the method including: determining whether a first Primary Synchronization Channel (PSCH) of a first cell in which a terminal is included is identical to a second PSCH of a second cell, and whether timings of the first cell and the second cell are synchronous; estimating third channel information of the second cell based on second channel information of the first cell from first channel information, when the first PSCH is identical to the second PSCH and the timings of the first cell and the second cell are synchronous, the second channel information being estimated using a first Secondary Synchronization Channel (SSCH) of the first cell, and the first channel information being estimated using the first PSCH and the second PSCH; and detecting a second SSCH of the second cell, and detecting a cell identifier (ID) of the second cell using the second SSCH. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074200 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for scheduling resource, a base station and a communication system. The method for scheduling resource includes: determining, when there is a real time service to be transmitted, reserved processes for an uplink semi-persistent scheduling if it is judged that processes need to be reserved for the real time service; transmitting to a user equipment a notification message including information on the reserved processes; instructing the user equipment to transmit data packets on uplink subframes corresponding to the reserved processes. With the resource scheduling method provided in embodiments of the present invention, signaling transmission is decreased and signaling overhead is reduced, and by reserving multiple processes for the uplink semi-persistent scheduling for service transmission, the collision problem with the uplink semi-persistent scheduling in the prior art may be well solved, system performance is dramatically improved and users' service experience is improved. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074201 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING UPLINK SIGNALING TRANSMISSION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of improving uplink signaling transmission for a user equipment of a wireless communication system includes performing a random access procedure, and applying resources of a physical uplink control channel and an uplink symbol used for channel quality determination when a message of the random access procedure received from a network of the wireless communication system is performed successfully. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074202 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS IN CONSIDERATION OF TIME ALIGNMENT TIMER AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAME - A method for transmitting and receiving signals in consideration of a time alignment timer and user equipment (UE) for the same are provided. In this method, a UE performs initial transmission or retransmission of an uplink signal using wireless resources corresponding to an uplink grant signal received from a base station only when a time alignment timer of the UE is running. The UE does not transmit a HARQ feedback signal for a downlink signal received from the base station to the base station when the time alignment timer of the UE is not running. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF COMMON CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMISSION OVER COMMON ENHANCED DEDICATED CHANNEL RESOURCES IN CELL_FACH STATE - A method and apparatus provide for the control of wireless communication signals over an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource while operating in the CELL_FACH state with an allocated E-DCH radio network temporary identifier (E-RNTI). A determination is made that a periodic cell update timer is expired. In response to the periodic cell update timer expiring, a determination is made whether the WTRU has an allocated E-DCH resource. If the WTRU has an allocated E-DCH resource, the periodic cell update timer is re-started without performing a periodic cell update. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074204 | UPLINK HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST OPERATION DURING RANDOM ACCESS - Systems and methodologies are described that effectuate or facilitate avoidance of deadlock conditions during random access procedures. In accordance with various aspects set forth herein, systems and/or methods are provided that receive an uplink grant that specifies a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process identifier. The HARQ process identifier is analyzes to identify whether the identifier is associated with an ongoing random access procedure. The uplink grant is utilized for a data transmission when the identifier is not associated with the ongoing random access procedure. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074205 | TRANSMISSION OF SOUNDING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN TDD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) to a network in a communication system. A bandwidth allocated by the network to transmissions of one or more random access channels is determined. An SRS bandwidth configuration is reconfigured by setting a maximum bandwidth value of the SRS bandwidth configuration to a value that avoids overlapping the bandwidth allocated to transmissions of the one or more random access channels. The SRS is transmitted in accordance with a bandwidth from the reconfigured SRS bandwidth configuration. Information regarding the SRS bandwidth configuration is provided to a User Equipment (UE) by the network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074206 | Detection Time of Semi-Persistent Scheduling Activation/Reconfiguration Signaling - A method is provided for improving reliability in detection of an identifier for a user agent is provided. The method includes the user agent attempting to decode semi-persistent scheduling activation/reconfiguration signaling over a physical downlink control channel only during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on-duration. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074207 | METHOD FOR SIGNALING MU-MIMO PARAMETERS - Methods for signaling multi-user multiple-input multiple output (MU-MIMO) parameters for Evolved-UTRA (E-UTRA) are disclosed. Example signaling format methods are presented that allow use of distributed virtual resource blocks (DVRB) or support of four wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) but maintaining a predetermined signal format size. A signaling format is also presented that signals transmission precoding matrix indexes used by all co-scheduled WTRUs. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074208 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING OVERHEAD FOR COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus reducing overhead usage associated with communications is provided. The method may comprise generating an acknowledgment (ACK) for a successfully received codeword from a group of codewords or a negative acknowledgement (NACK) for a codeword unsuccessfully received from the group of codewords, and populating a response information matrix with a plurality of response information elements, wherein the response information elements are determined as a function of the generated acknowledgement or negative acknowledgements. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074209 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING UE EMISSION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for controlling the operation of user equipments (UEs) to mitigate emissions out of band are described. A base station may identify a UE potentially causing excessive emissions out of band due to transmission of control information and may schedule the UE to reduce the emissions out of band. In one design, the base station may schedule the UE to send control information on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) instead of a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH). In another design, the base station may assign the UE with resources for the PUCCH to send control information. The assigned resources may be selected to mitigate the emissions out of band and may be (i) located within a target frequency range, (ii) located away from a frequency band to be mitigated with the emissions out of band, or (iii) obtained with a reuse scheme and have less inter-cell interference from other UEs. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074210 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING TRANSMIT DIVERSITY FOR COMMUNICATIONS - A method and apparatus facilitating transmit diversity for control information communications is provided. The method may comprise processing received content, generating control information in response to the processed content, allocating two or more resources associated with two or more transmit antennas for transmitting the control information using a transmit diversity scheme, and determining cyclic shifts by applying a predetermined cyclic shift delta parameter. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074211 | METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING DATA IN THE MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM - A method for modifying a synchronous non- adaptive retransmission scheme to solve the limitation of the synchronous non-adaptive retransmission scheme is disclosed. A method for indicating not only the new data transmission but also the retransmission using a data scheduling message is disclosed. A method for determining whether there is an error in the ACK signal transmitted from a data reception end using another message to -be received later is disclosed. The retransmission method for a multi-carrier system includes: receiving a grant message including scheduling information for transmitting uplink data wherein a retransmission scheme for the uplink data is predetermined by a first retransmission scheduling, transmitting the uplink data according to the scheduling information and retransmitting the uplink data according to second retransmission scheduling by receiving the second retransmission scheduling information associated with the uplink data with retransmission request. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074212 | Packet transmission scheduling technique - A packet data transmission method of the HSDPA system includes collecting information on the quality of physical channels, a status of the MAC buffer, the priority level of data, the delay of data, and the like, determining the transmission order of data and the size of a data block to be transmitted based on the collected information, and transmitting the data block through the physical layer according to the order of transmissions. Since the HSDPA scheduler takes into account the delay of data, the quality of real-time services can be improved. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074213 | Packet transmission scheduling technique - A packet data transmission method of the HSDPA system includes collecting information on the quality of physical channels, a status of the MAC buffer, the priority level of data, the delay of data, and the like, determining the transmission order of data and the size of a data block to be transmitted based on the collected information, and transmitting the data block through the physical layer according to the order of transmissions. Since the HSDPA scheduler takes into account the delay of data, the quality of real-time services can be improved. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074214 | Packet transmission scheduling technique - A packet data transmission method of the HSDPA system includes collecting information on the quality of physical channels, a status of the MAC buffer, the priority level of data, the delay of data, and the like, determining the transmission order of data and the size of a data block to be transmitted based on the collected information, and transmitting the data block through the physical layer according to the order of transmissions. Since the HSDPA scheduler takes into account the delay of data, the quality of real-time services can be improved. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074215 | Method of data communication in a wireless communication system - A method of data communication in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A method of receiving data in a user equipment of a wireless communication system comprises receiving scheduling information from a network, the scheduling information including downlink (DL) resource assignment information and an indicator; if the scheduling information includes a first UE identity and the first indicator has a first value, utilizing the scheduling information as configuration information of a persistent scheduling to receive a downlink data packet from the network; and if the scheduling information includes the first UE identity and the first indicator has a second value, utilizing the scheduling information to receive a retransmission data packet from the network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074216 | METHOD OF MANAGING RADIO RESOURCES AND NODE B APPARATUS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method of managing radio resources and a Node B implementing the same are provided. If the total radio resources used in a cell exceed target radio resources signaled by an RNC, uplink rates are equally allocated to primary UEs and non-primary UEs by controlling the signal strengths of the primary and non-primary UEs. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074217 | Method and Apparatus for Managing Sector of Base Station in Mobile Telecommunication Systems - Disclosed is a method for operating sectors of a base station in a mobile telecommunication system. For this, the method includes the steps of: outputting, at a prescribed time period equal to T1, data, including alpha sector data, beta sector data, and gamma sector data, which is to be transmitted to a mobile station, in sequence and by sectors; dividing a frequency in a scheme of time division at a time period which equals either tα, tβ or tγ and which corresponds to the data length by the sector of data which is output in the outputting data, and carrying out a frequency assignment in sequence and by the sector. Accordingly, only relevant data is transmitted to a sector assigned the frequency, and a traffic variation of each sector can be met. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074218 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PILOT CAPTURE FOR WIRELESS INTERSYSTEM HANDOVER - The present invention provides a method and apparatus applied to pilot capture for handover between wireless communication networks. In the method, when a mobile station needs to hand over from a GSM system serving as current service network to another wireless communication network, the GSM system and the mobile station will update the logic location of the first idle frame to be met subsequently, which will be inserted after the TDMA frame where the corresponding starting point of pilot capture resides, then the mobile station utilizes idle timeslots after the starting point to form a pilot capture time window with a predefined length, eventually the mobile station captures the pilot signal of the another wireless communication network in the pilot capture time window. Comparing to conventional pilot capture method, with the method provided by the present invention, the mobile station not only capture the complete pilot signal of target handover network, but also achieve the whole pilot-capture process with relatively short time. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074219 | Methods and Apparatus for Reverse Link Timing Correction - Methods and apparatus for reverse link timing correction in a wireless communication device. In particular, when a handoff of the device from a first sector currently serving the device to a second sector not currently serving the device is detected, a first function linking timing correction of a reverse link of the device to forward link timing corrections is changed to a second function for timing correction. In particular, the second function is configured to correct reverse link timing during a time period of either during or for a predetermined period after a handoff of the device from the first sector to the second sector, where the second function is based on a criterion different from criteria of the first function. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074220 | HANDOVER METHOD BETWEEN SYSTEMS OF MULTI-MODE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a handover method between systems of a multi-mode terminal. A multi-cast based protocol is added to an Internet protocol (IP) based wireless network to cooperate with the wireless access protocol of the terminal. In addition, minimized processes are added to use the wireless access protocol having wide area coverage. Accordingly, the handover between the systems may be performed while packet loss or service delay caused by a movement of a user may be minimized, and terminal complexity may not be increased. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074221 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS, METHOD OF PERFORMING HANDOVER BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS, AND MOBILE ROUTER - Provided are an apparatus for controlling handover between heterogeneous networks, a method of performing handover between heterogeneous networks in a mobile router, and a mobile router. The method includes determining whether a handover to a network employing a different method from a network to which the mobile router belongs is required based on information prestored in the mobile router, the network to which the mobile router belongs determined by current location information of the mobile router and performing the handover according to the result of the determination. Mobility detection time can be reduced by applying the handover technique between wireless/satellite networks based on link trigger and location to a mobile router moving at high speed. Thus, service interruption can be prevented regardless of movement speed, even in a satellite shadow region such as a station. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074222 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING BUFFER STATUS TRIGGERING MECHANISM IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for improving a buffer status triggering mechanism for a mobile device of a wireless communication system comprises triggering a buffer status report when uplink data becomes data available for transmission and a logical channel corresponding to data of the uplink data has higher priority than logical channels corresponding to data available for transmission already existed in a transmission buffer if there is already data available for transmission other than the uplink data included in the UE transmission buffer. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074223 | CS to IMS Hand-Back and Hand-in for IMS Systems for Legacy CS UE with Home Node B Access - A system and method for allowing legacy circuit switch user equipment (CS UE) to operate via a packet switch system, such as an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) system, is provided. The mobility and session control aspects of communications with the legacy CS UE is separated. A user agent is placed in the receiving node (e.g., a home node B) that acts as the SIP agent for the CS UE for session control. An interworking function is provided to allow mobility between the macro CS network and the PS (e.g., IMS) network. Hand-back and hand-in procedures with service continuity are also provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074224 | IMS to CS Handover for IMS Systems for Legacy CS UE with Home Node B Access - A system and method for allowing legacy circuit switch user equipment (CS UE) to operate via a packet switch system, such as an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) system, is provided. The mobility and session control aspects of communications with the legacy CS UE is separated. A user agent is placed in the receiving node (e.g., a home node B) that acts as the SIP agent for the CS UE for session control. An interworking function is provided to allow mobility between the macro CS network and the PS (e.g., IMS) network. Hand-back and hand-in procedures with service continuity are also provided. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074225 | SYSTEM AND METHODS OF INTEGRATING AN OVERLAY WIRELESS DATA NETWORK CANOPY INTO A HIGH BANDWIDTH FTTX (FIBER-TO-THE PREMISES / CURB / NEIGHBORHOOD) NETWORK - An approach to integrate a wireless data network canopy into the high-capacity fixed FttX (Fiber-to-the-Premises/Curb/Neighborhood) network at intersection points throughout the overlay rather than interconnecting them as two disparate networks in order to provide a plurality of data containing video, audio, voice communications, broadcast radio programming, and data both fixed and mobile. This approach is applicable to active networks. Considerations must still be made for security. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074227 | METHOD AND A NETWORK NODE FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT UPLINK AND DOWNLINK POWER LEVELS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The present inventions relates to a method and a network node for controlling an output uplink power level of a mobile station and for controlling an output downlink power level of a target base station in a target cell of a mobile communications system. The method comprises receiving at the network node a message indicating that a handover of the mobile station from an originating cell to the target cell is completed; and commanding the target base station to use an initial output downlink power level and the mobile station to use an initial output uplink power level, wherein the initial output downlink power level and the initial output uplink power level are based on at least previous power control levels used a time after previous handovers were completed between the originating cell and the target cell. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074228 | COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT SWITCHOVER - Communication environment switchover may be provided. A received signal strength level may be determined corresponding to a signal sent from a first device and received at a second device. The received signal strength level may be measured at the second device. In addition, the first device may be re-provisioned. For example, the first device may be re-provisioned to communicate in a second environment if the first device is provisioned to communicate in a first environment and if the received signal strength level is greater than a first threshold value. Furthermore, the first device to be re-provisioned to communicate in the first environment if the first device is provisioned to communicate in the second environment and if the received signal strength level is less than a second threshold value. The second threshold value may be less than the first threshold value. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074229 | CONTROL CHANNEL TRANSMITTING METHOD, BASE STATION AND TERMINAL - A control channel transmitting method includes selecting one control channel format from among a plurality of control channel formats having different numbers of control points, according to whether to carry out multiple input multiple output transmission; and transmitting a control channel with the use of the selected control channel format. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074232 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE STATION AND BASE STATION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Method of communication between a mobile station and a base station in a mobile communication system of IMT-2000 communication network basis, which is suitable for effective transmission of various multimedia information within a given channel capacity, the method including the steps of (1) when a mobile station receives a data transmission request, providing one portion of a period of a data frame with regular number and arrangement of down link slots and up link slots and the other portion of the data frame with irregular number and arrangement of down link slots or/and up link slots depending on characteristics and amount of subscriber data to be transmitted, (2) determining a transmission type according to which a communication is executed using a competition period for determining priorities of the subscriber data, a reservation period for making a reservation for time slots for use in transmission of the subscriber data, and an assignment period for assigning a memory period according to an amount of the subscriber data, which periods are selectively and respectively included in the one portion of the data frame and in the other portion of the data frame, and (3) providing the data frame according to the transmission type and transmitting to the base station. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074233 | Packet transmission scheduling technique - A packet data transmission method of the HSDPA system includes collecting information on the quality of physical channels, a status of the MAC buffer, the priority level of data, the delay of data, and the like, determining the transmission order of data and the size of a data block to be transmitted based on the collected information, and transmitting the data block through the physical layer according to the order of transmissions. Since the HSDPA scheduler takes into account the delay of data, the quality of real-time services can be improved. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074234 | WIRELESS NETWORKS AND METHODS USING MULTIPLE VALID NETWORK IDENTIFIERS - A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of nodes is configured to communicate messages through the wireless sensor network based on a first network identifier identifying the wireless sensor network. Each of the nodes is further configured to communicate messages through the wireless sensor network based on a default network identifier identifying the wireless sensor network, and the first network identifier and the default network identifier are concurrently valid for communicating messages through the wireless sensor network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074235 | GROUPING OF CELLS FOR EFFICIENT NEIGHBOR CELL INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION - In accordance with the exemplary embodiments of the invention there is described a method and apparatus to group at least one cell of a network according to at least one characteristic of a physical layer cell identification of the at least one cell, and to signal a representation comprising the at least one characteristic of the grouped at least one cell to a mobile station. In addition, according to another exemplary aspect of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to receive signaling comprising a representation of a grouped at least one cell of a network, where the representation is according to at least one characteristic of a physical layer cell identification of the at least one cell, and to determine, based on the signaling, whether the grouped at least one cell are to be considered for an operation including at least one of reselection and measurement reporting. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074236 | Wireless communication system, access point, controller, network management device, and method of setting network identifier of access point - There is provided a wireless communication system including: a wireless terminal that communicates information; an access point that performs wireless communication with the wireless terminal; a main server that communicates with the access point through a network and manages line connection of the wireless terminal; and a survival server that communicates with the access point through the network and manages the line connection of the wireless terminal in place of the main server, wherein the access point detects a communication state between the main server and the access point and between the survival server and the access point, and sets a network identifier of the access point according to the communication state, and wherein the wireless terminal performs wireless communication with the access point using the network identifier, and communicates information with the main server or the survival server according to the network identifier. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074237 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND IDENTIFYING TRANSMIT POWER VALUE IN MULTI-USER MIMO - A method for transmitting and identifying a transmit power value in a multi-user MIMO scheme is disclosed. The transmit power value transmission method includes calculating available transmit power ratios for respective layers, reducing a number of bits used to represent entire transmit power ratio values by allocating same bit value to a plurality of same transmit power ratio values among the calculated transmit power ratio values for the respective layers; quantizing a transmit power ratio values of symbols to be transmitted to the UE using the entire transmit power ratio values of the reduced number of bits; and transmitting the quantized transmit power ratio values to the UE. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074238 | VIRTUAL NETWORK IMAGE SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SERVICES - A virtual network image system (VNIS) maintaining virtual counterparts for each of the entities in a real-world, physical wireless local area network (WLAN) to which the VNIS corresponds. The virtual counterparts operate in accordance with a communication protocol that corresponds to that of the WLAN and under the control of a VNIS manager component. The VNIS manager component predicts and optimizes operating configurations associated with the virtual counterparts, based on “what-if” analyses, to provide automation of various services relating to the operation of the physical WLAN. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074239 | Wireless Detector and Adapter - The handheld wireless network detector and adaptor includes a housing at least partially enclosing a processor, a self-contained power source, an interface, a wireless transceiver, a wireless network detector and a wireless network adapter. The interface is configured to communicate with an external computing device. The wireless transceiver is configured for transmitting and receiving radio signals. The wireless network detector is configured to use the wireless transceiver to detect a presence of a detected wireless network. The wireless network adapter is configured for facilitating real time communication between the external computing device and the detected wireless network via the interface and said wireless transceiver. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074240 | Duplexer/Multiplexer Having Filters that Include at Least One Band Reject Filter - A wireless communications device includes an antenna, a multi-port path selection structure having an antenna port connected to the antenna, and plural ports connected to respective one or more receive and transmit paths of the wireless communications device. The multi-port path selection structure has a transmit band reject filter connected to the transmit path and a second filter connected to the receive path. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074241 | Apparatus and method for receiving imperfectly phase compensated electromagnetic signals - A signal receiver is configured for receiving signals from multiple antennas, wherein the signal from one of the antennas is phase compensated relative to the signal from another of the antennas. The receiver comprises (i) an equalizer configured to equalize signals received from the antennas in accordance with a determined equalization vector and (ii) a processor for determining the equalization vector. The processor is configured to determine the equalization vector in dependence on (i) a first channel estimate for a first channel from one of the antennas to the receiver and (ii) a phase-adjusted version of a second channel estimate for a second channel from another of the antennas to the receiver. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074242 | SIMPLE BLOCK SPACE TIME TRANSMIT DIVERSITY USING MULTIPLE SPREADING CODES - A base station and user equipment (UE) for use in a CDMA communication system are disclosed. The base station includes a first and second antenna for transmitting first and second communication bursts. The first channelization device spreads data using a first channelization code and the second channelization device spreads the data using a second channelization code. The UE has a data detection device for receiving a signal including the first and second communication bursts. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074243 | MANAGING COEXISTENCE AMONG SIGNALING PROTOCOLS ON A SHARED MEDIUM - A method is described for communicating among multiple devices over a shared communication medium. The method includes, in a schedule among multiple subsets of the devices that includes at least one respective time slot for each subset, transmitting from at least one of the devices in a given subset a presence signal associated with the given subset within a time slot for the given subset. A presence signal associated with a given subset is configured to indicate the presence of at least one device in the given subset. The method also includes communicating among devices in a given subset based on presence signals detected from one or more devices in at least one different subset. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074244 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING DATA AND REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Certain aspects of the present disclosure allow reference and data-conveying modulations symbols to be multiplexed in the time domain to form an SC-FDM waveform. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074245 | MOBILE BODY-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ADDRESS MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - A mobile body-mounted communication device mounted in a mobile body such as a vehicle and making difficult the long-time tracking of the moving path of the mobile body. The mobile body-mounted communication device mounted in a mobile body and used for transmitting/receiving packet information is characterized by comprising a borrowing address acquiring section for acquiring lending addresses as borrowed addresses from an address management device managing lending addresses, a borrowing time information acquiring section for acquiring information representing predetermined times during which the borrowing addresses can be used from the address management device, and a transmitting section for transmitting packet information including information on a borrowing address out of the borrowing addresses and the mobile body during the predetermined borrowing times determined for the borrowing addresses. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074246 | TRANSMISSION RESTARTING METHOD, MOBILE STATION AND RADIO BASE STATION - A mobile station (UE) is configured to notify, to a radio base station (eNB), a preamble for RACH included in an uplink synchronization request transmitted by the radio base station by using an asynchronous RACH; notify, to the radio base station (eNB), the preamble, when failing to receive a TA command transmitted by the radio base station (eNB); and release the preamble, when a validity period of the preamble is passed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074247 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR INTELLIGENTLY HANDLING A REQUEST FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSION - According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method, system and apparatus for handling a request for a communication session. The method comprises receiving, at a processing time, a request for a communication session, the request comprising a destination network identifier, the destination network identifier having been registered in association with a plurality of communication clients; the request having been originated by an originating party associated with an originating identifier. The method further comprises identifying, based on at least one of the originating network identifier and the processing time, a subset of the plurality of communication clients. The method further comprises delivering the request to the subset of the plurality of communication clients. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074248 | VOICE OVER THE INTERNET METHOD AND SYSTEM - A voice over internet method and system is disclosed to enable radio devices to initiate or terminate a session initiation protocol for transmission of audio data over the internet. A gateway ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100074249 | SERVICE CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT IN A NETWORK - A service is provided to a user of a terminal in a network, comprising a service platform and network equipment including session border controllers. Each of the controllers is capable of communicating with the service platform. At least one given session border controller is capable of routing messages received from the terminal, intended for the service platform. This controller decides that the service platform is not accessible on the basis of an accessibility check ( | 2010-03-25 |
20100074250 | METHOD AND BROADBAND ACCESS SYSTEM FOR REMOTE-CONTROLLING A VOICE INTERFACE OF AN ACCESS NODE - A method for controlling an access node interface connected to a VoIP server via an IP-based network, wherein subscriber lines connect a plurality of subscriber terminals to the access node, includes storing subscriber-specific data in a memory device associated with the VoIP server, where the data contains information to configure an access node voice interface. The access node determines whether at least one of the plurality of subscriber terminals is connected to the interface. If at least one of the subscribers is connected to the interface, then interface-associated identification data is transmitted from the access node to the VoIP server using an IP-based protocol. In response to the interface identification data received, subscriber-specific data filed for the connected interface is transmitted from the VoIP server to the access node using the IP-based protocol. The access node is configured, using the subscriber-specific data, so that the interface is operated as a voice interface. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074251 | AUTOMATIC TERMINATION PATH CONFIGURATION - There is provided herein a system and method for automatic configuration of data routings for use with electronic data such as phone calls, faxes, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, when more than one carrier might potentially terminate the transmission, the carriers are ordered based on some screening criterion (e.g., transmission price). Data transmissions are then assigned to the carriers based on the sorting order, with the second place and lower carriers (e.g., the higher priced carriers) not being selected unless the first carrier cannot complete the transaction. The switch instructions necessary to implement this scheme may be generated automatically. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074252 | INTERNET TELEPHONY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED CALL ANSWERING - A system and method for automatically answering a call from a calling party to a called party that originates via the Internet, includes and involves a data storage system and processor that is coupled to the data storage system. The processor is operative to initiate an automated call answering service in response to an Internet telephony call from the calling party which is intended to be received by the called party, to receive a message from the calling party via the Internet in accordance with the automated call answering service, and to store the message in the data storage system for processing by the processor in accordance with the automated call answering service. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074253 | ENHANCED DATA LINK COMMUNICATION OVER IRIDIUM - A method to reduce latency in a data link communication is provided. The method includes compressing a data packet to be uplinked from a ground station to an aircraft communications addressing and reporting system (ACARS) in an aircraft and determining a packet size of the data packet. The aircraft communications addressing and reporting system is configured to receive packets having a packet size less than or equal to a first threshold packet size. An Iridium router based unrestricted digital inter-working connectivity solution data service is implemented to uplink the compressed data packet if the packet size exceeds a second threshold packet size. A short burst data service is implemented to uplink the compressed data packet if the packet size is less than or equal to the second threshold packet size. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074254 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORD MEDIUM - An exemplary object of the present invention lies in a point of providing a time stamp packet transmitting apparatus capable of transferring time information in a packet network without being effected by a periodic dispersion time of a delay. The time stamp packet transmitting apparatus of the present invention is for changing a sending time period of a time stamp packet for filing time information, and transmitting the time stamp packet at its changed sending time period to a time stamp packet receiving apparatus via a packet network. In the present invention, sending the time stamp packet at an arbitrary sending packet time period responding to a sending trigger, which is output from an arbitrary sending cycle generator, makes it possible to detect a periodic delay jitter frequency that occurs in appliances within the packet network, and to remove the corresponding frequency. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074255 | Efficient Light-Weight Multicasting Communication Protocol - Efficient Light-Weight Multicasting Communication Protocol A method for communication in a computing environment is provided. The method comprises transmitting a first data packet to one or more receiving units in a first set; receiving one or more acknowledgement messages (ACKs) from one or more receiving units in a second set, wherein the second set is a subset of the first set; removing the first data packet from a queue, in response to receiving at least one ACK from N receiving units within a time threshold; and re-transmitting the first data packet to the first set, in response to failing to receive at least one ACK from N receiving units within the time threshold. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074266 | IP-USN WITH MULTIPLE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A router connects an Internet protocol (IP)-ubiquitous sensor network (USN) with an external network. The IP-USN is disclosed when the IP-USN includes one or more routers. An IP-USN with multiple routers includes one or more routers, and sensor nodes in the IP-USN may reliably communicate with the external network. The sensor nodes in the IP-USN may communicate with one another using the router if necessary. When one router does not operate, communication with the external network is performed by using other routers. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074267 | NETWORK ROUTER APPARATUS AND METHOD - An improved network router apparatus and associated network architecture is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the router apparatus is adapted to interface between an external network (such as an HFC/DOCSIS digital network) and a local network created using existing HFC cabling within a premises. The router device provides address translation between the single IP address assigned to the router by the external network and the addresses of the individual nodes or access points on the local network through creation of logical ports assigned to various portions of the available bandwidth of the cable system. The router further distinguishes network protocols from the media content streamed over the HFC network, allowing for the foregoing functionality and replacing any existing cable modem. Methods of initiating the router and assigning addresses are also disclosed, as well as business models for leasing the router equipment and access points. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074268 | MULTI-HOMING USING CONTROLLED ROUTE LEAKAGE AT A BACKUP SERVICE PROVIDER - In one embodiment, a network node of a secondary network receives a message from a multi-homed network. The message includes a block of network addresses allocated to the multi-homed network. It is determined that a primary network has advertised an aggregated route including the multi-homed network's allocated block of network addresses. Advertisements of the multi-homed network's allocated block of network addresses are suppressed, after a determination that the primary network has advertised an aggregated route including the multi-homed network's allocated block of network addresses. It may be later be determined that the multi-homed network has lost network connectivity via the primary network. Advertisements of the multi-homed network's allocated block of network addresses are unsuppressed, after a determination that the multi-homed network has lost network connectivity via the primary network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074269 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESERVING RESOURCES - The present disclosure relates to the communication field, and discloses a method and device for reserving resources to improve the efficiency in reserving the same type of resources. According to the disclosure, a bearer control device sends a message that instructs to reserve resources to a bearer device, wherein the message carries the description and quantity of the resources to be reserved in a specified context. The bearer device reserves the resources in the specified context according to the description and quantity of the resources in the message. After the bearer device reserves the resources in the specified context, the bearer device may return a reply to the bearer control device, so that the bearer control device can know the resource reservation result. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074270 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCALABLE VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK MULTICASTING - In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for scalable virtual private network multicasting. In one embodiment a service network builds a new data multicast distribution tree for each high-bandwidth multicast data flow (e.g., multicast data flows that require an amount bandwidth meeting or exceeding a predefined threshold). However, if the multicast data flow is a low-bandwidth flow (e.g., if the required amount of bandwidth falls below the predefined threshold), the multicast data flow is routed over an existing multicast distribution tree in order to minimize an amount of state information that must be maintained by service provider core routers in the backbone network. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074271 | Bandwidth Management In A Network - A data stream is transmitted at a current transmission rate utilizing a first bandwidth allocation, the current transmission rate being less than an original transmission rate. A transmission rate recovery request is received from a master device on the network. The transmission rate recovery request instructs the network device to adjust the current transmission rate. An additional bandwidth allocation is obtained from the master device on the network and the current transmission rate is responsively increased to provide substantially the original transmission rate utilizing a total bandwidth allocation. The total bandwidth allocation includes the additional bandwidth allocation and the first bandwidth allocation. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074272 | COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communication protocol detection system includes an active detection terminal and a passive detection terminal. The active detection terminal includes a first communication interface, a command sending module, and a response receiving module. The passive detection terminal includes a second communication interface, a command receiving module, and a response sending module. The command sending module is for sending a plurality of detection commands in sequence to the passive detection terminal via the first communication interface. The command receiving module is for receiving detection commands in sequence via the second communication interface, and sending detection commands to the response sending module. The response sending module is for determining whether a currently received detection command can be identified. If the currently received detection command can be identified, the response sending module sends a response to the active detection terminal to make the command sending module stop sending detection commands. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074273 | Method for QoS delivery in contention-based multi hop network - An arrangement and a method that, for a given pair of nodes that wish to intercommunicate with a high QoS measure, converts a portion of the contention-based network into a contention-less subnetwork by sending a reservation message and a confirmation message between the given pair of nodes. All nodes that are on the paths used for communicating between the pair of nodes are protected from interference by causing all nodes that potentially can interfere to enter a non-transmitting state. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074274 | SYSTEM FOR RESERVING A PASS BAND FOR DIFFERENT CLASSES OF TRAFFIC - The present invention relates to a bandwidth reservation system in a communication network comprising a centralized bandwidth manager that implements a bandwidth reservation protocol and that is linked to at least one host, wherein an external entity supplies the centralized bandwidth manager with an updated view of the network logical topology, | 2010-03-25 |
20100074275 | SCHEDULING VIRTUAL BANDWIDTH REQUESTS - Disclosed is a method of scheduling bandwidth, comprising, receiving a first bandwidth request associated with the first communication device. Receiving, from a policy agent, a second bandwidth request associated with a second communication device. The second bandwidth request does not originate from the second communication device. Bandwidth is granted to the first communication device based on the first bandwidth request. Bandwidth is granted to the second communication device based on the second bandwidth request. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074286 | LASER POWER CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS IN ELECTRO-OPTICAL READERS - Laser power control arrangements interrupt power to a laser used in electro-optical readers upon detection of an over-power condition not conforming to preestablished regulatory standards. In one embodiment, during an operational mode, a difference between laser drive currents at two operating points is compared to a difference between laser drive currents at the same two operating points during a calibration mode. The over-power condition is recognized when the difference during the operational mode exceeds the difference during the calibration mode by a predetermined amount. In another embodiment, the laser is only energized to emit the beam at a reduced power level well below regulatory standards for staring at even if a motor drive failed. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074287 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - The present invention includes a semiconductor laser element, a lead, a first packaging member and a second packaging member. The lead includes a mount surface for supporting the semiconductor laser element. The first packaging member includes a first wall and a second wall. The first and the second walls are spaced from each other in a direction that is along the mount surface and crosses a laser beam emission direction of the semiconductor laser element, with the semiconductor laser element arranged between the first and the second walls. The second packaging member is pressed in between the first and the second walls and faces the mount surface and the semiconductor laser element. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074288 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device of the present invention includes a plurality of semiconductor laser elements for emitting a laser beam, a stem and a plurality of leads. The stem includes a base portion and a block portion for supporting the semiconductor laser elements. The base portion includes at least one opening. Each of the leads extends through the opening of the base portion and is electrically connected to a respective one of the semiconductor laser elements. Two or more of the leads extend through one opening while being spaced from each other. The opening is filled with an insulating material. | 2010-03-25 |
20100074289 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - A two-wavelength semiconductor laser | 2010-03-25 |
20100074290 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE - A semiconductor laser device has a stacked structure formed on a main surface of a substrate ( | 2010-03-25 |