13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160095095 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING USER DEVICES IN PERFORMING INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN OFDMA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A system and method are provided for assisting user devices in performing OFDMA downlink interference cancellation, in which an interfering base station transmits a downlink signal in a first slot and a second slot, both slots including cell reference signals (CRSs) for physical channel estimation, the CRS of the second slot is modified to indicate encoded values of parameters characterizing the physical channel according to an encoding procedure, the slots are received by a served user device that detects the physical channel parameters carried by dedicated control signalling and encodes them by the encoding procedure, an unchanged CRS is reconstructed, and the slots are received by an interfered user device obtaining the encoded values and comparing to parameter patterns indicating absence of modifications in the CRSs, wherein if the encoded values are different from the patterns, the interfered user device decodes them to perform interference cancellation of the downlink signal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095096 | System and Method for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Timing for Device-to-Device Communication Overlaid on a Cellular Network - An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a DMC link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes in one periodic group of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and transmit parameters related to a group of HARQ processes of the DMC link. In an embodiment, the communication controller uses HARQ processes for cellular UE transmission that are determined independently from HARQ processes of the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link, and the parameters are configured to enable the group of UEs to manage the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095097 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SIGNALS USING MULTI-BAND RADIO FREQUENCIES - A method for transmitting, by a base station, signals in a communication system. The base station transmits, to a mobile station via a primary carrier band of the mobile station, carrier aggregation configuration information informing the mobile station of a subsidiary carrier band for the mobile station. The base station receives, from the mobile station, control information for the subsidiary carrier band via the primary carrier band. The carrier aggregation configuration information includes a physical identification of a frequency allocation band used as the subsidiary carrier band and a logical identification assigned to the subsidiary carrier band for the mobile station. The physical identification includes one of plural absolute frequency band indexes assigned to frequency allocation bands available in the communication system. The logical identification includes a logical index assigned to the subsidiary carrier band identifying the subsidiary carrier band from among a plurality of frequency allocation bands. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095098 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A FRAME IN A WIRELESS RAN SYSTEM - A method of transmitting data in a wireless local area network; and a device therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes generating, by a transmitting station, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU), the PPDU including a signal field and a data field; and transmitting, by the transmitting station, the PPDU to the receiving station. The signal field includes a class type indicating whether a transmission type of the PPDU is an uplink transmission or a downlink transmission. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095099 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION FOR PROXIMITY-BASED SERVICES WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A technique may include transmitting, by a user device in a proximity-based services wireless network via a first time-frequency resource identified by a first logical time index within N logical time resources and a first logical frequency index in the range from 0 to M−1, a first occurrence of a signal for the user device during a transmission period; determining a time index adjustment associated with the first logical frequency index; determining, by the user device, a second logical time index of a second time-frequency resource for transmitting from the user device a second occurrence of the signal within the transmission period, the second logical time index being determined based on the first logical time index and the time index adjustment associated with the first logical frequency index; and transmitting, by the user device via the second time-frequency resource, a second occurrence of the signal during the transmission period. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATION OF DISCONTINUOUS UPLINK RESOURCE - A method for a communication apparatus to transmit an uplink signal in a wireless communication system. The communication apparatus receives a control channel signal including resource allocation information for two or more non-consecutive resource block sets. Each resource block set includes a single resource block group (RBG) or at least two consecutive RBGs. The communication apparatus transmits the uplink signal in accordance with the control channel signal for data transmission. The resource allocation information uses a combinatorial index corresponding to at least four indices to indicate the two or more non-consecutive resource block sets. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095101 | Device and Method of Handling Transmission in Unlicensed Band - A communication device for handling a transmission in an unlicensed band 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 performing a first transmission using a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process in a first subframe of an unlicensed band to a network; receiving a first DCI for the HARQ process in a first control channel in a second subframe of the unlicensed band in response to the first transmission from the network, wherein a distance between the first subframe and the second subframe greater than four subframes; and performing a second transmission using the HARQ process in a third subframe of the unlicensed band to the network according to the first DCI. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095102 | Beam Misalignment Detection for Wireless Communication System with Beamforming - A method of beam misalignment detection for wireless communication system with beamforming is proposed. To identify a misaligned beam, a relative beam quality degradation is applied by comparing a dedicated beam quality with a reference beam quality. The reference beam favors similar transmission path as the dedicated beam, and has better mobility robustness. In one embodiment, the reference beam is an associated control beam of the dedicated beam. To detect beam misalignment, a first dedicated beam SINR is compared with a second associated control beam SINR. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095103 | COUNTRY CODE SELECTION LOGIC FOR WI-FI STATIONS - A wireless station (STA) and a method are disclosed that allow the STA to determine suitable characteristics for wireless transmissions from the STA. The STA may receive frames from a number of access points (APs), each frame including a country code indicating a country in which the corresponding AP is located, determine a popularity of each country code by polling the received country codes, determine in which country the STA is currently located based, at least in part, on the determined popularities of the country codes, and select a wireless channel and a transmit power level based, at least in part, on the determined country. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095104 | ULTRA-LOW LATENCY LTE REFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A resource grant comprising an indicator of whether to transmit a demodulation reference signal (RS) for an uplink control channel or an uplink data channel can be received from a network entity. It can be determined whether to transmit the RS in at least one transmission time interval (TTI) based at least in part on the indicator. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095105 | ULTRA-LOW LATENCY LTE CONTROL DATA COMMUNICATION - Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe is determined, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe. Uplink control data can be transmitted over the uplink control channel during the TTI. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095106 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - A method for transmitting uplink control information by a user equipment in a wireless communication system operating in time division duplex (TDD), the user equipment being configured with a plurality of cells having different uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations; and a communication apparatus therefore are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving at least one downlink signal on at least one cell; and transmitting the uplink control information including at least one per-cell hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bit via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). Based on a reference UL-DL configuration, a number of the at least one per-cell HARQ-ACK bit is determined using a smallest value of W and Mc, W denoting a value indicated by 2-bit downlink assignment index (DAI) information included in downlink control information corresponding to the PUSCH, and Mc denoting a number of downlink subframes corresponding to the uplink subframe on the cell. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095107 | METHOD FOR DEPLOYING A BACKHAUL RADIO WITH ANTENNA ARRAY - A intelligent backhaul system is disclosed to manage and control multiple intelligent backhaul radios within a geographic zone. The intelligent backhaul system includes multiple intelligent backhaul radios (IBRs) that are able to function in both obstructed and unobstructed line of sight propagation conditions, one or more intelligent backhaul controllers (IBCs) connecting the IBRs with other network elements, and an intelligent backhaul management system (IBMS). The IBMS may include a private and/or public server and/or agents in one or more IBRs or IBCs. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2016-03-31 |
20160095109 | SELF-OPTIMIZING MOBILE SATELLITE SYSTEMS - Systems, methods, and apparatus for self-optimizing Mobile Satellite System (MSS) resources are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves determining, with at least one processor, a communication demand for at least one cell in a MSS network. The method further involves determining, with at least one processor, whether the communication demand for at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for at least one cell. Further, the method involves reallocating, with at least one processor, when the communication demand for at least one cell exceeds the capacity threshold for at least one cell, at least a portion of the MSS resources such that at least one cell is able to meet the communication demand. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095110 | WIFI-COORDINATED LAA-LTE - A method includes detecting, using a WiFi access point, channel use data indicating traffic on a plurality of channels of an unlicensed LTE band in a wireless network. The method further includes providing the channel use data to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) access point. The method further includes selecting, using the LTE access point, a channel for use in transmitting data by the LTE access point from among the plurality of channels based on the channel use data from the WiFi access point. The method further includes providing, from the LTE access point, an indication of an upcoming transmission configured to transmit data on the channel to the WiFi access point. The method further includes broadcasting one or more messages from the WiFi access point to one or more WiFi nodes, the one or more messages configured to prevent the WiFi nodes from transmitting on the channel. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING MESSAGE COLLISION - In one embodiment, the method includes performing symbol to resource element mapping such that mapping for a first message configured to use a first amount of transmission resource differs from mapping for a second message configured to use a second amount of transmission resource by a mapping offset of a number of resource units, and the first amount being different than the second amount. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095112 | CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSMISSION PATTERNS FOR D2D COMMUNICATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure describe apparatuses and methods for selecting or extending time resource patterns relating to device-to-device (D2D) functionality. Various embodiments may include processing circuitry to select a subset of a predefined set of D2D time resource pattern bitmaps and generate a signal having information corresponding to the selected subset of D2D time resource pattern bitmaps. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095113 | RADIO NETWORK SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - Provide is a radio network system including gateways and end terminals, which includes: a time slot distributing unit configured to distribute time slots by which each of the gateways perform a radio communication, wherein the time slot distributing unit is configured to distribute the time slots such that the closer a distance between each of the gateways, a time difference between beginning points of the time slots becomes longer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ALLOCATION AND USAGE OF RADIO RESOURCE, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA THROUGH UNLICENSED BAND CHANNEL, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACCESS OF RADIO RESOURCE - Provided is a method for transmitting, by a transmitter, a first data having periodicity through a channel of an unlicensed band: | 2016-03-31 |
20160095115 | RADIO RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT IN CONTROL CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method in a wireless communication device including receiving ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095116 | FIXED INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY SIGNAL WITH TUNED LOW FREQUENCY LOCAL OSCILLATOR REFERENCE FOR LINEAR TRANSMITTER - A linear technology radio for use in satellite communication is provided. The linear technology radio includes: a pre-amplifier to amplify a Local Oscillator (LO) reference signal; an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier to amplify an IF signal; a frequency multiplier to multiply the LO reference signal; and a mixer to mix the amplified LO reference signal and the amplified IF signal to generate a Radio Frequency (RF) signal, wherein a frequency band of the IF signal is fixed, a frequency band of the LO reference signal is variable, and a highest frequency of the LO reference signal frequency band is less than a lowest frequency of the IF signal frequency band. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095117 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHANNEL ACCESS FOR LONG TERM EVOLUTION NODES IN UNLICENSED BAND - One embodiment is directed to a method comprising sensing, by an apparatus, a shared channel; determining whether the shared channel is free; determining whether a synchronization signal has been received; and based on that the shared channel is determined free and the synchronization signal is determined received, beginning to access the shared channel. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095118 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - [Object] To utilize the extension band in the band-filling efficiently. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095119 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - [Object] To utilize the extension band in the band-filling efficiently. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095120 | TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL USAGE BEACON SIGNALS OVER AN UNLICENSED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes winning a contention for access to an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and transmitting at least a portion of a channel usage beacon signal (CUBS) over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The at least portion of the CUBS is transmitted in a number of frequency interlaces of the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. A second method includes winning a contention for access to an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band; determining whether the contention is won within a threshold time before a next symbol period boundary; and transmitting at least a portion of a CUBS over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The at least portion of the CUBS is transmitted during a preamble including a fractional period of a first symbol period. The at least portion of the CUBS may be based at least in part on the determining. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095121 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING A HYBRID BAND RADIO - A hybrid band intelligent backhaul radio (HB-IBR) is disclosed that is a combination of two radios operating in different bands. Embodiments include a dual radio configuration wherein a first radio operates in a non-line of sight (NLOS) radio link configuration and a second ancillary radio operates in a near line of sight or line of sight configuration (n)LOS. For example, the HB-IBR may have an Intelligent Backhaul Radio (IBR) operating in the non-line of sight mode of operation within the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band, and have an ancillary radio link operating in the FCC part 101 E band of operation at 60 GHz. A common medium access control (MAC) block may be utilized between the dual radios. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095122 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR CHANNEL ARRANGEMENT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION - Provided is a radio communication base station device which can prevent lowering of use efficiency of a channel communication resource for performing a frequency diversity transmission when simultaneously performing a frequency scheduling transmission and the frequency diversity transmission in a multicarrier communication. In the device, a modulation unit ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095123 | WIRELESS TERMINAL APPARATUS AND WIRELESS BASE STATION APPARATUS - Both a wireless terminal apparatus and wireless base station apparatus are provided that can, in an operation of encoding the control signals of the upstream link transmitted from the multiple terminal stations while encoding with regard to each of the terminal stations, increase a number of the terminal stations to which different codes are respectively assigned. A wireless terminal apparatus includes: an encoding information receiving portion receiving encoding information which is used at the wireless terminal apparatus from the base station; a phase-shifting unit which conducts a phase-shifting operation on a predetermined first code based on the encoding information; a code selection unit which, based on the received encoding information, selects a second code from multiple codes orthogonally crossing each other; and a control signal encoding portion which conducts an encoding operation on the control signal that is going to be transmitted to the base station by using both the first code on which the phase-shifting operation has been conducted and the second code. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095124 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN ADAPTIVELY CONFIGURED TDD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A User Equipment (UE) in communication with a base station is configured by the base station for operation with an adapted Time Division Duplex (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration. A process enables UL power control for transmissions of various channels or signals from the UE in two different sets of UL Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) and a process enabling receptions of data transport blocks by the base station in two different sets of UL TTIs. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNLICENSED COMMUNICATIONS BAND ACCESS - A wireless terminal device ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095126 | MODIFYING PARAMETERS OF A WIRELESS ACCESS NODE - A capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node is provided. The capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node may support use of parameter monitoring and computation functions to jointly improve or optimize capacity for voice and data users in wireless networks. The capability for modifying parameters of a wireless access node may include detecting a trigger event associated with the wireless access node, modifying a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) threshold of the wireless access node responsive to the trigger event, modifying a call admission control (CAC) threshold of the wireless access node based on evaluation of a parameter associated with modification of the SINR threshold of the wireless access node, and further modifying the CAC threshold of the wireless access node based on evaluation of a parameter associated with modification of the CAC threshold of the wireless access node. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095127 | METHOD OF RESOURCE BLOCK (RB) BUNDLING - A method of sizing bundled resource blocks (RBs) having at least one user equipment (UE)-specific demodulation reference signal in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method includes: receiving configuration information related to at least one UE-specific demodulation reference signal; receiving a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) from a network, wherein the plurality of resource blocks comprises the at least one UE-specific demodulation reference signal, at least one cell-specific demodulation reference signal or data, wherein a number of the plurality of RBs is dependent on a size of a system bandwidth , the size of the system bandwidth corresponding to one of four size ranges; and processing at least one of the received plurality of RBs by bundling the plurality of RBs into RB bundles, wherein the size of each RB bundle is based on the one of the four size ranges. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095128 | System and Method for Adaptive Cooperation Mode Selection Strategies for Wireless Networks - Embodiments are provided for adaptive user equipment (UE) cooperation mode selection in wireless networks. An adaptive UE cooperation strategy is implemented, which adaptively switches between a Decode-and-Forward (D&F) mode and a soft UE combining mode that involves combining, at the TUE, signals from multiple cooperating UEs (CUEs). A method by a network component includes obtaining access link qualities for links between a base station and a plurality of CUEs for a target UE (TUE). A UE cooperation mode or a hybrid UE cooperation mode is then selected from a plurality of supported UE cooperation modes according to the access link qualities of the CUEs. At least one of the CUEs is then instructed to cooperate in forwarding the signals to the TUE using the selected UE cooperation mode. The CUEs can dynamically opt out of the UE cooperation according to the channel quality of the CUEs or TUE. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095129 | Method and System for Utilizing Spectrum Data in a Cognitive Wireless Access System - The invention relates to a cognitive wireless communication system where a wireless terminal is allowed to utilize in channel selection process both licenced bands and unlicensed bands that are available. The invention relates also to a method and computer program for allocating a transmission channel for a wireless terminal either from licenced or unlicensed bands in a cognitive radio system by a resource management server. The utilized spectrum data is gathered by spectrum sensing from databases and control channels and it is saved in a database. A transmission channel to a wireless terminal is allocated by the resource management server by utilizing gathered short term and long term spectrum data.” | 2016-03-31 |
20160095130 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ANTENNAS AND APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method for controlling antennas, performed by a virtual tunneling processor of a wireless access point, is provided and contains at least the following steps. Obtaining a plurality of first signal quality indices associated with a connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of first signal quality indices by a plurality of antenna patterns, selecting a plurality of best antenna patterns as a plurality of antenna-pattern candidates according to the first signal quality indices, obtaining a plurality of second signal quality indices associated with the connecting device by respectively detecting the plurality of second signal quality indices by the antenna-pattern candidates, and storing the second signal quality indices in a database. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095131 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - One embodiment of the present invention comprises a method for a terminal performing a measurement in a wireless communication system. The method for performing a measurement comprises the steps of: a terminal performing a measurement in a particular resource area and transmitting the measurement result to a base station; and receiving information regarding a first signal from the base station, wherein if the terminal is configured to select the resource to be used for transmitting the first signal, the information regarding the first signal includes a resource pool that is determined on the basis of the measurement result. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095132 | HOME-BASED ROUTER WITH TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION - Systems and methods provide for traffic prioritization in a Wi-Fi router which may have separate private and public networks. A software prioritization engine component may inspect incoming data packets, may assign a priority value to each packet according to prioritization rules, and may distribute each packet into an output queue accordingly. A probing functionality may measure router uplink. A rate limiter may dynamically allocate bandwidth to output queues according to bandwidth allocation rules. The prioritization rules and bandwidth allocation rules may favor emergency data, voice call data, private Wi-Fi network data, and data relating to a particular cellular network. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095133 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE HARQ PROCESS MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2016-03-31 |
20160095134 | UPLINK GRANT MANAGEMENT FOR LTE IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Systems and methods for uplink transmission scheduling are disclosed. A wireless device may monitor at least two downlink sub-frames for scheduling grants. The wireless device may receive a first uplink scheduling grant in one of the at least two downlink sub-frames for at least a first uplink sub-frame and receive a second uplink scheduling grant in another of the at least two downlink sub-frames for at least the first uplink sub-frame. The wireless device may perform an uplink transmission in the first uplink sub-frame based on one or both of the first uplink scheduling grant and the second uplink scheduling grant. For the uplink transmission, the wireless device may select a most recent uplink scheduling grant or select an uplink scheduling grant received in a downlink sub-frame at least a minimum number of sub-frames before the first uplink sub-frame. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095135 | Scheduling Method and Base Station - A scheduling method includes: enabling, by a base station, first scheduling to allocate resources to first-category UE, where the base station is configured to process data on a second component carrier of the first-category UE, and a current cell of the first-category UE is a secondary cell corresponding to the secondary component carrier; and transmitting, by the base station, data of the first-category UE over an air interface according to the allocated resources, where an enabling moment of the first scheduling is a first duration ahead of an air interface transmission moment corresponding to the first scheduling, the first duration is greater than a second duration, and the second duration is a duration ahead of an air interface transmission moment corresponding to the second scheduling compared with an enabling moment of the second scheduling. A real-time requirement in a CA scenario can be met by using the method. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095136 | NETWORK ASSISTED PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN THE PRESENCE OF INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE - Embodiments provide improved interference classification and parameter estimation at a User Equipment (UE) that uses received scheduling information associated with interfering cells from a network node together with parameters associated with interfering cells generated locally to the UE to generate an interference mapping data set that may be used to adjust subsequent interference classification and parameter estimation processing in the UE. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095137 | ULTRA-LOW LATENCY LTE UPLINK FRAME STRUCTURE - Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. An uplink resource grant can be received from a network entity for communicating in the wireless network. A transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink transmission within a subframe based on the uplink resource grant can be determined, wherein the TTI comprises one or more symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe. Communications can be transmitted to the network entity over resources specified in the uplink resource grant during the TTI. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095138 | ENHANCED TRANSMISSION OF CONTROL CHANNEL SIGNALING OVER UMTS - Aspects are described for modifying transmission of control channel signaling during wireless communication. The described aspects include detecting a communication condition corresponding to signaling information transmitted on a Dedicated Channel (DCH); determining whether a Dedicated Physical Data Channel (DPDCH) is transmitted based on detecting the communication condition; and performing a Dedicated Physical Control Channel (DPCCH) gating pattern in response to the determination that the DPDCH is not transmitted, wherein performing the DPCCH gating pattern includes intermittently transmitting the DPCCH when one or more signaling radio bearers (SRBs) are not being transmitted. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095139 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE USER UPLINK MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOLS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A user terminal for multiple-user wireless communication is provided, comprising a transmit buffer configured to store uplink data for transmission. The user terminal comprises a processor configured to generate a request to transmit frame in response to uplink data being present in the transmit buffer, and initiate a transmit timer for determining when to transmit the request to transmit frame. The user terminal comprises a transmitter configured to transmit the request to transmit frame when the transmit timer expires or when the uplink data present in the transmit buffer exceeds a threshold amount. The user terminal comprises a receiver configured to receive a clear to transmit frame from an access point based on the transmitted request to transmit frame. The transmitter is further configured to transmit the uplink data present in the transmit buffer, concurrently with at least one other user terminal transmitting uplink data, to the access point at a specified time based on receiving the clear to transmit frame addressed to the user terminal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095140 | FACILITATING SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE CONNECTIONS VIA AN AD HOC PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK OF MOBILE DEVICES - A first mobile device may be configured to facilitate context-aware, graph-based interactions. For example, the first mobile device receives a first communication from a second mobile device. The first communication includes a second member identifier of a second member of the social networking service. The second member identifier may be associated with the second mobile device. In response to the receiving of the first communication, the first mobile device may determine, based on the second member identifier, that the second member is one of a plurality of members of the social networking service. The first mobile device may facilitate the establishing of the wireless peer-to-peer connection with the second mobile device based on the determining that that the second member is one of the plurality of members of the social networking service. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095141 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND LOGIC FOR IDENTIFYING DEVICES FOR A VIRTUAL MEETING SESSION - Example systems, methods, and logic are provided herein for detecting a numerical identifier of an endpoint. In one example, a connectivity manager establishes a wireless communication session with a fixed endpoint using a wireless communication protocol. The connectivity manager module then generates a Phone Book Access Profile (PBAP) request to download a phone number associated with the fixed endpoint. The connectivity manager module receives, via the wireless communication session, a PBAP response comprising a phone number identifying the fixed endpoint and inputs the phone number identifying the fixed endpoint into a field used for initiating a call to the fixed endpoint. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095142 | CONNECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A connection method, adapted for an electronic device is provided. The connection method includes the following steps: when the electronic device simultaneously performs a first wireless transmission and a second transmission through a first wireless communication protocol and a second wireless communication protocol respectively, determining a priority order of a first transmission event in the first wireless transmission and a second transmission event in the second wireless transmission; when the priority order of the first transmission event is higher than the priority order of the second transmission event, interrupting the second wireless transmission; when the first transmission event is finished, comparing the priority order of the second transmission event and a third transmission event in the first wireless transmission; when the priority order of the second transmission event is higher than the priority order of the third transmission event, interrupting the first wireless transmission and enabling the second wireless transmission. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095143 | REMOTE PROVISIONING OF WIRELESS STATIONS WITH CONFIRMATION - Aspects of the present disclosure are related to provisioning of wireless devices. In an embodiment, a wireless device (sought to be provisioned) receives values for provisioning parameters from an external user device, and attempts to join a wireless local network according to the received values for the provisioning parameters. The wireless device sends a response to the external user device indicating whether or not the joining was successful. The external user device may display the result indicating whether or not provisioning was successful. The wireless device may operate in a time division multiplexed manner as an access point (for securing the credentials) and as a station (once provisioning is complete). | 2016-03-31 |
20160095144 | METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ENABLING OUT-OF-COVERAGE DEVICE - A method is disclosed for enabling device-to-device, D2D, communication when a communicating device is out of public land mobile network, PLMN, coverage for a first radio access technology, RAT. The method comprises scanning a carrier associated with a carrier predetermined for D2D communication for any signals, and if the scanning determines that D2D communication is present on the carrier, initiating out-of-coverage D2D communication, or if the scanning cannot determine that D2D communication is present on the carrier, determining a signal strength of other signals on the carrier and if the signal strength is below a threshold initiating out-of-coverage D2D communication. Alternatively, the method comprises scanning a carrier for at least a second RAT, and if a second RAT is detected, determining a PLMN of the detected RAT and accessing data on the determined PLMN about out-of-coverage D2D permissions, and if out-of-coverage D2D communication is permitted in the determined PLMN initiating out-of-coverage D2D communication. A communication device and computer program accordingly are also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095145 | AUTOMATIC PAIRING FOR PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES - Systems and methods may provide for establishing automatic pairing between a portable computing device and a base device. A processor is configured to receive a dock event notification when the portable computing device docks with the base device. An identifier retriever is configured to retrieve the identifier of a wireless communication component in a base device. A pairing portion of the processor is configured to automatically pair a wireless communication component in a portable computing device with the wireless communication component in the base device. Automatic wireless connection may follow automatic pairing. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a communication interface; an operation device; a storage configured to store connection information and identification information relating to at least one wireless terminal to which the information processing apparatus can be connected over wireless communication; a controller. The controller is configured to: when a wireless connection to a wireless terminal is instructed, determine a first wireless terminal as a wireless terminal to which the information processing apparatus is to be connected; when first connection information and first identification information relating to the first wireless terminal are stored in the storage, determine whether the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal is being established; and when the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal is being established, maintaining the wireless connection with the first wireless terminal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095147 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHANNEL HOPPING SEQUENCE FOR DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the step of discovering, by a first device performing channel hopping and D2D communication, a second device for which a new D2D communication is to be performed, wherein: the first device discovers the second device on the basis of a first channel hopping sequence in a first time interval within a total discovery period which is a channel hopping period, and is configured to perform channel hopping on the basis of a second channel hopping sequence in a second time interval within the total discovery period; and the total discovery period of the first device is determined on the basis of the second channel hopping sequence in the second time interval and the number of repetitions of the second channel hopping sequence. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF ANALYTE VALUES - Systems and methods for a continuous monitoring of analyte values received from an analyte sensor system are provided. One method for a wireless data communication between an analyte sensor system and a mobile device involves storing identification information associated with a transceiver of the analyte sensor system, the identification information entered by a user of the mobile device via a custom application running on the mobile device; causing the custom application to enter a background mode; searching for advertisement signals; receiving an advertisement signal from the transceiver; authenticating the transceiver based on the identification information; prompting the user to bring the custom application to a foreground mode; causing the custom application to request a confirmation from the user that a data connection with the transceiver is desired; receiving the confirmation from the user; and completing the data connection with the transceiver. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095149 | MECHANISM TO ENABLE REJECTION AND CANCELLATION OF REQUEST ACTIONS FROM WIRELESS PEER-TO-PEER DEVICES - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are directed to a first peer-to-peer (P2P) enabled device configured to wirelessly transmit a first request message and a second P2P-enabled device configured to wirelessly receive the first request message. In response to receiving the first request message, the second P2P-enabled device wirelessly transmits a second request message to the first P2P-enabled device, and if the first request message is rejected by the second P2P-enabled device, the second request message includes status control information indicating that the first request message is rejected. In addition, if the first request message is to be cancelled, the first P2P-enabled device transmits another request message to the second P2P-enabled device with status control information indicating that the first request message has been cancelled. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT ON-GROUND DETERMINATION - Systems and methods for aircraft on-ground determination are provided. In one embodiment, an onboard motion controlled wireless avionics datalink gateway comprises: a wireless radio chipset module; and a velocity interlock coupled to an aircraft motion sensor and the wireless radio chipset module. The wireless radio chipset module is configured to establish one or more intra-aircraft radio communication links with one or more onboard avionics system, and wherein the wireless radio chipset module is configure to establish one or more external radio communication links with at least one ground-based wireless communication system. The aircraft motion sensor is configured to output to the velocity interlock an aircraft motion signal indicative of a velocity of an aircraft in which the gateway is installed. The velocity interlock enables and disables the one or more intra-aircraft radio communication links and the one or more external radio communication links based on the aircraft motion signal. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095151 | Systems and Methods for Improved Transitions Continuity Between Wireless Protocols - Described herein are systems and methods for improved transitions continuity between wireless protocol states. One embodiment relates to a method including, at a user equipment (“UE”), establishing a connection to a first wireless network in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, wherein the first wireless communication protocol is used for voice communications and data communications between the UE and the first wireless network, receiving a user request to disable the voice communications with the first wireless network, registering for voice communications with a second wireless network in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol, and maintaining the connection to the first wireless network to continue data communications between the UE and the first wireless network, wherein the UE simultaneously operates in the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095152 | SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF MULTIPLE TIME DIVISION DUPLEX LINKS USING A SINGLE TRANSCEIVER - Apparatus and methods for performing simultaneous time division duplex (TDD) communications are disclosed. A wireless communication device can be configured to establish both a first TDD communication link and a second TDD communication link with a network, such as a telecommunication network. Thereafter, the wireless communication device can send TDD uplink data to the network via the first TDD communication link, and receive TDD downlink data from the network via the second TDD communication link, such that a portion of the TDD uplink data is sent to the network at the same time a portion of the TDD downlink data is received from the network. In this manner, the transmissions of TDD uplink data and the TDD downlink data can occur simultaneously, via multiple communication links. Further, the TDD downlink data can be received in multiple, coordinated data transmissions using Long Term Evolution (LTE) multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna diversity. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095153 | MOBILE HOTSPOT MANAGED BY ACCESS CONTROLLER - Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed by an access controller. According to an embodiment, a WAN connection is established by a mobile hotspot through a telecommunication data network via a wireless WAN module. When in a first mode, the mobile hotspot: (i) sets up a secure tunnel through the WAN connection with an AC of the enterprise that manages APs of a wireless network of an enterprise; (ii) broadcasts an SSID that is also broadcast by the APs; (iii) establishes a WLAN connection with a WiFi-enabled device based on an AP profile containing (a) authentication information regarding users approved to access the wireless network and (b) information identifying the SSID; (iv) receives WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection; and (v) transmits the WLAN traffic to a server of the enterprise via the secure tunnel and the AC. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095154 | Methods and Apparatus for Handling Connections to Multiple Radio Access Technologies - An example method includes a mobile terminal attempting to connect ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095155 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT REDIAL - A system for intelligent redial on computing devices. More specifically, a system for identifying the ideal subsequent recipient to a prior attempt to connect with a recipient. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095156 | OUT-OF-SERVICE SCAN OPTIMIZATION USING BROADCAST NEIGHBOR LIST INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure provide an improved out-of-service (OOS) scan method that can increase the speed of acquiring service while avoiding unnecessary full scan, thus reducing scan time and/or power consumption of a user equipment. In one aspect of the disclosure, if a user equipment fails to acquire service after scanning a most recently used (MRU) list, the user equipment scans for the networks or cells stored in a neighbor list before performing a wider scan or a full scan. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095157 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A COMMUNICATION - A communication terminal is described comprising a transceiver configured to establish a layer three communication connection and to transmit data via the layer three communication connection and a controller configured to control the transceiver to pause data transmission of the layer three communication connection, transmit data via a second communication connection during the pausing of the data transmission of the layer three communication connection and resume transmission of data via the layer three communication connection after the transmission of data via the second communication connection is completed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095158 | METHOD OF CHANGING UE MOBILITY STATE IN RRC CONNECTED MODE - In a wireless communication system, a user equipment is configured to establish an RRC link with a cell when operating in a first mobility state or a second mobility state of an RRC connected mode. When all currently running application programs only cause background traffic or do not require short data latency, the user equipment is configured to maintain in or switch to the first mobility state having a lower monitoring frequency. When any of the currently running applications involves user interaction or requires short data latency, the user equipment is configured to maintain in or switch to the second mobility state having a higher monitoring frequency. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095159 | User Equipment with Improved DRX Performance - Operating a UE device having a single radio configured to communicate using a first and second RAT. The UE may begin operating in a connected discontinuous reception (CDRX) mode of the first RAT, where the CDRX mode comprises an on duration timer and an inactivity timer. The method may determine that the single radio of the UE is being used for a second RAT during the CDRX mode. The UE may operate at least one of a CDRX on duration timer or an inactivity timer of the first RAT while the single radio of the UE is being used for the second RAT. While the single radio of the UE is being used for the second RAT, the at least one of the CDRX on duration timer or the inactivity timer may operate even though no communication or monitoring is performed on the first RAT. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095160 | Proximity-Based Media System Disconnect - An example implementation involves a media playback system that includes one or more playback devices that are controllable by the mobile device while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. The mobile device may join the media playback system over one or more communication paths via a cellular network from the mobile device to the media playback system. The example implementation may involve detecting that the mobile device is outside of a threshold proximity to the media playback system while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. Based on detecting that the mobile device is outside of the threshold proximity to the media playback system, the mobile device may disconnect from the media playback system. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095161 | ENCODED INFORMATION READING TERMINAL WITH USER-CONFIGURABLE MULTI-PROTOCOL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INTERFACE - An apparatus may include a microprocessor and a wireless communication interface configured to perform at least one of receiving a first radio signal or transmitting a second radio signal. The microprocessor may be configured to execute at least one of a base-band encoder software program or a base-band decoder software program. The apparatus may be further configured to execute a wireless communication protocol selector software program that may be configured to optimize a value of a user-defined criterion in order to dynamically select at least one of a wireless communication network, a wireless communication protocol, and a parameter of a wireless communication protocol. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095162 | UNIVERSAL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENT - UNIVERSAL SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENT, consisting of a Data Collector ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SINGLE UNIT SMALL, LOW-POWER BASE STATION SUPPORTING BOTH METRO CELL OUTDOOR (MCO) AND METRO RADIO OUTDOOR (MRO) OPERATIONS - A single unit with a backhaul interface and radio card able to support both metro cell outdoor (MCO) and metro radio outdoor (MRO) operations. The single unit includes a switch used to switch between these operational modes. The single unit is versatile from the standpoint that MCO or MRO operations may be selected at the time of installation, and this selection may be changed at any time while operating. The single unit configuration provides a low power MRO mode requiring up to 80% less power than the MCO mode, as the switching function of the single unit can power down all unused internal components and allow radio signals received at a backhaul interface to be exchanged directly with a radio card. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095164 | HALOGEN HEATER - A heater of an embodiment includes a bulb, a filament, a gas, and metallic members. The filament is disposed in the inside portion of the bulb along a tube axis and includes a radiative unit and non-radiative units. The radiative unit performs radiation when applying current. The non-radiative units are disposed at either end of the radiative unit in a tube axis direction, are electrically connected to the radiative unit, and do not perform radiation relative to the radiative unit when applying current. The bulb includes a radiative region and non-radiative regions. The radiative unit is disposed in the radiative region. The non-radiative units are disposed in the non-radiative regions. The metallic members are disposed in the inside portion of the bulb, are thermally conductible, and are disposed in the non-radiative regions. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095165 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR WARMING INSTRUMENTS - The invention generally involves an apparatus and system for heating or warming instruments. The system includes an electrically heated carrying case for transporting instruments, and an electrically heated vessel for containing a fluid to be used in conjunction with the instruments. The carrying case and the vessel each include: a heating element, one or more sensors (i.e. to maintain a desired temperature) and a circuitry in communication with a user interface for controlling the device's operation. This system facilitates the warming or heating of instruments to a desirable temperature to avoid any undesirable interruptions that may be caused by the discomfort of experiencing a temperature differential upon touching the instrument against the body. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095166 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THERMALLY TREATING A SUBSTRATE - Embodiments of methods and apparatus for thermally treating a substrate are provided herein. In some embodiments, a thermal treatment apparatus includes a chamber body including an interior volume; a plurality of substrate supports disposed within the interior volume, wherein each of the plurality of substrate supports includes a heating element; a selectively sealable opening in the chamber body sized to allow substrates to be inserted into or removed from the interior volume; a robotic arm disposed in the interior volume to move substrates onto and off of the plurality of substrate supports; and a heating assembly configured to heat substrates disposed on the robotic arm. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095167 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR WARMING INSTRUMENTS - The invention generally involves an apparatus and system for heating or warming instruments. The system includes an electrically heated carrying case for transporting instruments, and an electrically heated vessel for containing a fluid to be used in conjunction with the instruments. The carrying case and the vessel each include: a heating element, one or more sensors (i.e. to maintain a desired temperature) and a circuitry in communication with a user interface for controlling the device's operation. This system facilitates the warming or heating of instruments to a desirable temperature to avoid any undesirable interruptions that may be caused by the discomfort of experiencing a temperature differential upon touching the instrument against the body. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VESSEL PRESENCE FOR AN INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS - Systems and methods for detecting vessel presence for an induction heating apparatus are disclosed. A detector circuit generates an output signal based on a feedback signal corresponding to a signal, such as current, flowing through an induction heating coil. The output signal has low frequency components that are averaged over multiple integer periods and compared to a reference value to determine the presence or absence of a vessel on the induction heating coil. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095169 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE IDENTITY OF A POT ON A COOKING POINT OF A HOB AND SYSTEM OF A HOB WITH A POT - A set of a hob with a hob plate and a cooking point at the hob plate together with a pot, wherein the hob has at least one heating element placed underneath the hob plate and wherein the cooking point is provided with a pot sensing means for detecting presence of a pot on the cooking point, wherein the hob also has a control and receiving means connected to the control, wherein the pot is provided with a temperature sensor and a transmitter attached to it, wherein the transmitter is transmitting at least two sets of data, wherein the first set of data is an individual pot identifier and the second set of data is related to the temperature state of the pot being measured by the temperature sensor. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095170 | PAPER COOKWARE - The paper cookware includes a paper pot made from a sheet to form a pot shape, a support member for structurally supporting the paper pot, and an induction interface disk placed on the bottom portion of the paper pot. The induction interface disk is made of a metal susceptible to being inductively heated with high frequency magnetic induction fields. The sheet includes a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an inner layer. The inner layer is fabricated with silicone or water impermeable plastics. The induction interface disk comprises a plurality of holes and spikes. The spikes are formed on a bottom surface of the induction interface disk resting on the bottom portion of the paper pot. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095171 | CALIBRATION OF AN RF PROCESSING SYSTEM - Apparatuses and methods are provided for processing an object in a cavity. The apparatuses include at least one radio frequency (RF) energy supply component configured to supply RF energy for application to one or more radiating elements configured to emit RF radiation in response to the applied RF energy. In some embodiments, a provided apparatus also includes a memory storing a set of coefficients associated with the RF energy supply component; and a processor configured to receive feedback in response to emission of RF radiation by the one or more radiating elements and control application of RF energy to one or more of the radiating elements based on the feedback and the set of coefficients. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095172 | FLEXIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a flexible organic light emitting display device including a pixel area and a bezel area that includes a first inorganic encapsulation layer on an organic light emitting element of the pixel area; a second inorganic encapsulation layer that is relatively flatter than the first inorganic encapsulation layer and encapsulates a plurality of foreign matter compensation layers by contacting the first inorganic encapsulation layer in the bezel area; and a foreign matter compensation layer structure in which the plurality of foreign matter compensation layers are stacked between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the second inorganic encapsulation layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095173 | CONTROL MECHANISM AND METHOD USING RGB LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A control mechanism and method using RGB (red-green-blue) light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a red-green-blue (RGB) light emitting diode (LED) having a plurality of color components, each color component being either active or inactive; and an input controller coupled to each of the plurality of color components to determine a voltage level thereon, the input controller being configured to detect a voltage change in an inactive color component when light from an active color component is reflected off of a proximate object. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095174 | LED DRIVER CIRCUIT WITH OPEN LOAD DETECTION - Various examples directed to LED driver circuits capable of detecting the removal of an LED load are disclosed. In one example, the LED driver circuit may include a bleeder and load disconnect detection circuit having a bleeder circuit and a bleeder controller coupled to control the bleeder circuit. The bleeder controller may cause the bleeder circuit to draw a bleeder current that functions to supplement a load current drawn by an LED load to cause an input current of the LED driver circuit to be greater than a minimum holding current of a dimmer circuit. The bleeder controller may be further configured to detect a disconnect of the LED load based on the input current of the LED driver circuit, the bleeder control signal, and/or the bleeder current. In response to detecting a disconnect of the LED load, the bleeder controller may disable operation of the bleeder circuit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095175 | PoE PD Automatic MPS - In a Power over Ethernet (PoE) system, a Powered Device (PD) having circuitry to measure the load current from a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) in the PD. Circuitry compares the measured load current with a first threshold. Circuitry automatically generates load pulses for signaling the PSE, that power to the PD should be maintained. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095176 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHT COLOR OF LIGHTING DEVICE - A control method for light color includes: turning on an external switch of a lighting device to send a color control signal to a light emitting unit that further emits a white light; turning off the external switch for a first interval and again turning it on; determining the first interval is shorter than a first predetermined period and sending multiple first color control signals to the light emitting unit to cause the light emitting unit to emit multiple different light colors C | 2016-03-31 |
20160095177 | POWER TOOL - A power tool includes a function device for performing the main function of the power tool, a positive connecting terminal for connecting with a positive pole of a power supply, a negative connecting terminal for connecting with a negative pole of the power supply, a main switch for controlling the connection between the output terminal and the power supply, an illumination circuit having at least one illumination member, an illumination control circuit for controlling the connection between the illumination member and the power supply, and a delay circuit for controlling the illumination control circuit so that the illumination member can still illuminate when the main function of the power tool is shut off. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095178 | LED DRIVER, THE CONTROL CIRCUIT AND THE LED DRIVING METHOD - The present invention discloses a LED driver including a power stage, an inductor, an error amplifier, a set comparator, a first timer, a logical AND circuit, a reset comparator, a second timer a logical OR circuit, a RS flip flop and a driving circuit. The LED driver provides sufficient latching current for the TRIAC dimmer with no large RC circuit, so as to optimize the dimming and reduce system size. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095179 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE - The present invention relates to an apparatus for driving a light emitting diode. The apparatus for driving the light emitting diode according to the present invention comprises a rectifier circuit for accessing an Alternating Current (AC) voltage source to rectify an AC voltage of the AC voltage source, a light emitting diode array connected to an output side of the rectifier circuit and including a plurality of light emitting diode array blocks, and a charging/discharging circuit configured to be charged by a voltage output from the rectifier circuit, wherein the apparatus for driving the light emitting diode comprises a discharging switch, a block switch circuit, and a controller. The apparatus for driving the light emitting diode according to the present invention can apply a voltage equal to or larger than a driving voltage to intervals around a phase of 180 degrees in which the light emitting diode cannot be driven since a size of the voltage applied by the AC voltage source is smaller than or equal to the driving voltage, by using the charging/discharging circuit and the switch. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095180 | LED Lighting System - An LED lighting system having at least one LED circuit and at least two circuits or drivers capable of receiving an AC voltage at a first frequency and having an output capable of driving the at least one LED circuit, wherein the output of each circuit or driver capable of driving the at least one LED circuit is provided to the at least one LED circuit through a circuit or sensor capable of permitting only a single output from the at least two circuits or drivers be provided to the at least one LED circuit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095181 | Low-Overhead Current Generator for Lighting Circuits - This application relates to a lighting system comprising a plurality of light emitting diode, LED, circuits, and a power source for providing a drive voltage to the plurality of LED circuits. For each LED circuit, the lighting system comprises a first variable resistance element connected between the respective LED circuit and ground, and a first feedback circuit configured to control a voltage at a first node between the respective LED circuit and the respective first variable resistance element to a first voltage. The lighting system further comprises a current source and a second variable resistance element connected between the current source and ground, wherein each first variable resistance element is configured to attain a resistance value depending on a resistance value attained by the second variable resistance element. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095182 | LIGHT CONTROL MONITORING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a street light comprising means for determining a traffic related activity and control means for operating the street light according to the determined traffic related activity. A corresponding method for operating a street light is also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095183 | Flexible LED Screen - A flexible LED screen includes a flexible printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of SMT-LEDs mounted on the front surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and a plurality of integrated circuits mounted on the rear surface of the flexible printed circuit board. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095184 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a base, a light-emitting element, a wavelength conversion member, and a light reflecting member. The base has a base upper surface. The light-emitting element is provided on the base and includes a semiconductor layer, a light transmissive substrate, and a recess. The semiconductor layer is provided on the base so that a semiconductor lower surface faces the base upper surface of the base. The light transmissive substrate has a substrate upper surface, a substrate lower surface opposite to the substrate upper surface, and a substrate side surface between the substrate upper surface and the substrate lower surface. The light transmissive substrate is provided on the semiconductor layer so that the substrate lower surface contacts a semiconductor upper surface of the semiconductor layer. The recess is provided on the substrate upper surface of the light transmissive substrate. The wavelength conversion member is provided in the recess. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095185 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display panel including: a panel section including a display region where a plurality of pixels are arranged, and a gap region provided in a gap between the pixels; and a barrier section including a plurality of transmissive regions in a two-dimensional arrangement, and a light-blocking region to be around each of the transmissive regions. The transmissive regions are each configured to make entirely visible any one of the pixels therethrough when a viewer views the panel section not from a front but from a first or second direction via the barrier section, the pixels are each configured by a plurality of sub-pixels varying in type, and the sub-pixels in each of the pixels are arranged not in stripes but differently. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095186 | CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF AREA LIGHTING HOURS OF ILLUMINATION - Systems, methods and articles for providing centralized control of area lighting hours of illumination. An illumination system includes a central control system operatively coupled to a plurality of luminaires through a power-line power distribution system. The central control system issues illumination commands to the plurality of luminaires through the power-line power distribution system. The central control system may generate commands directed to all luminaires in an illumination system, or to one or more subsets of luminaires in the lamination system. The central control system may sequentially turn on luminaires in the illumination system to reduce power surges that would otherwise occur. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095187 | ON LINE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF THE TIME PHASE OF THE THRESHOLD VOLTAGE OF A LIGHTING LOAD AND ITS APPLICATION IN LIGHTING MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure discloses a method based on microcontroller circuit and software codes to on line automatically detect the time phase of the threshold voltage of a lighting load in each AC half-cycle. This automatic detection capability enables a dimmer circuit of a lighting apparatus to establish a dimmer working range from the self-detected time phase of threshold voltage of the lighting load. The lighting apparatus can be operated with different types of lighting loads to perform a full dimming range from 0% to 100% of maximum lighting output. Therefore, the dimmer circuit makes possible both the lighting fixtures and the users refrained from dimming difficulties caused by different types of lighting loads with different threshold voltages. The design concept can be extended to manage illuminations in a two-level security light on a simple software basis without resorting to complex electric circuits. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - Disclosed are systems and methods for adjusting environmental conditions within a physical structure comprising a plurality of linked commissioned units. One or more occupancy sensors ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095189 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIGHTING CONTROL - Lighting units, systems, and methods are described herein for determining whether occupancy detections are legitimate or not. Methods and systems are further described herein for powering down a network of power over ethernet (PoE) components. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095190 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A first lighting device comprises an electromagnetic sensor operable to receive an electromagnetic signal from at least one other lighting device, an acoustic sensor operable to receive an acoustic signal from the other lighting device, and a signal processing module. The signal processing module is configured to determine a distance between the first lighting device and the other lighting device by comparing the acoustic and electromagnetic signals received from the other lighting device. For example, the signals may be emitted when the other device detects occupancy in a space, and the first device may control its light output in dependence on receipt of the signals and the distance from the device that detected the occupancy. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095191 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS RESTORE POINT CREATION AND RESTORATION FOR LUMINAIRE CONTROLLERS | 2016-03-31 |
20160095192 | AUTOMATIC AND DECENTRALIZED COMMISSIONING OF REPLACEMENT LIGHTING UNITS - Lighting units, lighting systems, and methods are described herein for automatic and decentralized commissioning of a replacement lighting unit ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160095193 | Device and method for controlling a lighting means - A device for controlling a lighting means is provided, which comprises at least one communication means, configured to receive first data and transmit second data via at least one wireless communication network and to at least partially forward the first data. The at least partially forwarded first data comprise third data. The device also comprises at least one security means, configured to at least partially decrypt the third data and to at least partially encrypt fourth data. The second data are at least partially based on the at least partially encrypted fourth data. The device also comprises at least one signal processing means, configured to control a lighting means connected to the device at least partially depending on the at least partially encrypted third data, to at least partially generate and/or to receive the fourth data, and to forward the received and/or generated fourth data. | 2016-03-31 |
20160095194 | LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD - A controller determines whether parallel-connected light sources include a faulty light source. When a faulty light source is included, the controller controls at least one of a current supply unit and a switching unit such that a current is continuously supplied to normal light sources being light sources of the light sources except for the faulty light source. | 2016-03-31 |