14th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160100287 | DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TARGET WIRELESS DEVICE - Various techniques and systems are provided for determining a location of a target wireless device. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for determining a location of a wireless device using timestamps assigned to communications transmitted between the wireless device and one or more other wireless devices on a same WiFi channel as the wireless device. Implementations describe devices, computer-program products, and methods including transmitting a beacon frame by a network device on a channel of a radio frequency band, receiving a first frame that corresponds to the client device, assigning a first timestamp to the first frame, transmitting a second frame in response to the client device communication, assigning a second timestamp to the second frame, determining a time difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp, receiving an alternative time difference corresponding to an alternative network device on the channel, and determining a location of the client device using the time difference and the alternative time difference. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100288 | TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING HTTP IMPLEMENTATION AS A TRANSPORT PROTOCOL FOR EPC-LEVEL PROXIMITY SERVICES (PROSE) DISCOVERY - Example methods and apparatuses for managing polling in devices implementing proximity services are presented. For instance, an example method of polling management in a ProSe system is presented, which includes receiving, at a network entity, a polling message from a first UE. In addition, the example method may also include receiving, at the network entity and after receiving the polling message, one or both of a first location report associated with the first UE and a second location report associated with a second UE. Furthermore, the example method may include determining whether to generate a polling response message upon receiving one or both of the first location report and the second location report, wherein the polling response message includes a next polling time for the first UE that is based on a location reporting schedule associated with one or both of the first UE and the second UE. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100289 | Location System - A location system includes a mobile wireless device and a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver is configured to receive wireless transmissions from the mobile wireless device and to transmit bursts of device reports concerning the wireless transmissions to a report processor. The report processor is configured to receive the bursts of device reports from the wireless receiver, each burst being received by the report processor during a respective burst reception time window. The report processor may vary the duration of the burst reception time window during use, in dependence at least upon: (i) a determination of a type of burst of device reports; and/or (ii) a measured duration of a previous burst of device reports. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100290 | Method and System for Providing Enhanced Location Based Information for Wireless Handsets - Methods, devices and systems for generating enhanced location information on or about a mobile device may include configuring a mobile device to receive first location information from a plurality of other devices, and use the received first location information to determine an approximate location of the mobile device to a first level of accuracy. The mobile device may then group itself with one or more wireless transceivers in proximity to the mobile device, and send the approximate location to the wireless transceivers in the communication group. In response, the mobile device may receive second location information from the one or more wireless transceivers in the communication group in response to sending the determined approximate location, and use the received second location information to determine a more precise location of the mobile device to a second level of accuracy. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100291 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING LOCATION CHANGES AND MONITORING ASSISTANCE DATA VIA SCANNING - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for detecting location changes and monitoring assistance data via scanning for use in or with a mobile device. Briefly, in accordance with at least one implementation, a method may include obtaining, at a mobile device, a rough estimate of a location of the mobile device; identifying a plurality of transmitters within a signal acquisition range of the roughly estimated location; transmitting probe requests addressed to at least some of the transmitters; and selectively initiating a passive scan at a receiver of the mobile device if a number of responses to the probe requests received from the transmitters is less than a threshold number. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100292 | LOCATION-BASED ALERTING - A method may use location information to transmit alert information to a communications device. Such a method may include receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device; responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone. Other methods and systems are also provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100293 | BIO-POWERED LOCATOR DEVICE - A locator assembly is provided. The locator assembly includes an article of wear and a location sending device embedded in the article of wear. A bio-related electric generator is connected to the location sending device for providing power for the location sending device. A system for locating a person and a locating method are also provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100294 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT MODE COMMUNICATION WITHIN A TALKGROUP - A method and system for direct mode operation (DMO) of a talkgroup enables device to device (D2D) DMO operation leveraged from a Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system. The method includes scanning at a radio receiver a defined radio frequency spectrum; receiving at the radio receiver in the defined radio frequency spectrum a wake-up signal; identifying a talkgroup identifier in the wake-up signal, wherein the talkgroup identifier corresponds to a talkgroup being monitored by the radio receiver; in response to identifying the talkgroup identifier, decoding code sequences included in the wake-up signal; identifying in at least one of the code sequences both a center frequency and a transmission bandwidth of the DMO transmission; and tuning the radio receiver to receive the DMO transmission at the center frequency and transmission bandwidth. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100295 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WALKIE-TALKIE COMMUNICATIONS - Walkie-talkies are a common means of coordinating activities at events but must be handed out, transferred as shifts and personnel in roles change, and collected. Further, walkie-talkies have a set range and the bigger the range the more expensive the walkie-talkie. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide individuals, enterprises, organizers, etc. with the ability to establish communications to individuals or group of individuals rapidly, with low complexity and management overhead, exploiting walkie-talkie style communications upon mobile devices connected to wireless networks over varying geographical areas without requiring distribution of walkie-talkies etc. as the mobile device is the user's own smartphone or cellphone. Further, it would be beneficial for such communications to be managed through a software application such that the user's virtual walkie-talkie automatically assigns channels etc. based upon the user's role, the event, their location etc. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100296 | Server-Side Rate-Limiting Algorithms for Piggybacking Social Updates for Mobile Devices - In one embodiment, device status information is received from a mobile device of a first user. The device status information may include: information related to power for the device, information related to network connectivity of the device, or a notification mode of the device. Outgoing messages may be identified to be sent to the first user. A value may be computed for each of the outgoing messages. The computed value may be based on an affinity score determined with respect to an originator of the message and the first user. Based on the computed value, at least one of the outgoing messages may be selected for placement into an outgoing message queue. Upon the detection of a triggering condition, the selected messages may be sent to the mobile device. The triggering condition may be based on the device status information and the respective values of the outgoing messages. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100297 | AVOIDING REDUNDANT TRANSMISSIONS OF DATA DURING MULTIMEDIA MOBILE PHONE COMMUNICATIONS - A method, apparatus, and computer product for avoiding redundant data transmissions during communication via multimedia mobile phones. In operation, a sending party inquires whether intended for transmission data already resides in a mobile phone of a receiving party Depending on a content of the response from the receiving party, the sending party transmits the data or a request for displaying the already available data. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100298 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS - A method for using a mobile software application for deleting or recalling unwanted messages on a mobile device before it is delivered to the intended recipient is provided. The software application operates by running on top of the resident messaging application on the mobile device. For example, the application caches the message for specified amount of time and thereby sets a length of delay. The user has the application on the mobile device and the message is composed on the OST application and the application software keeps the message in a buffer for a predetermined amount of time after the user selects to send the message such that if the user regrets sending the message, it can be deleted or recalled before the message leaves the mobile device. Other advantages that are understood from the present disclosure will further be apparent. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100299 | Communication Method And System To Process And Control The Legality Of Products - A method and system of communication with an information exchange architecture within a DTA registry, which registry is designed to handle and control the legality of any commercial products. The system uses software and applications for smartphones and allows the identification of a product and information about its origin and legality. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100300 | Ping Compensation Factor for Location Updates - In one embodiment, a computing device receives a location update corresponding to a user. The user corresponds to one or more demographic categories, and the location update is provided by one or more location methods which are implemented by a mobile device of the user. The computing device determines that the location update is associated with a visit to a particular place. The computing device determines a total number of visits to the particular place within a period of time for a particular demographic category of users. The computing device calculates a ping compensation factor based at least in part on a subset of the visits determined by a first location method, and the total number of visits. The computing device stores the ping compensation factor on a data store of a social-networking system. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100301 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION OF ALERT NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO A CROWD GATHERING - A method for transmitting alert messages relating to a crowd gathering to one or more user devices in a communication network comprising the steps of receiving data from one or more data sources at a central alert system, wherein said data comprises the geo-location of the crowd gathering; classifying the crowd gathering based on processing the received data on one or more pre-determined criteria stored in the central alert system; identifying the geo-location of one or more user devices in proximity to the identified geo-location of the crowd gathering; generating an alert message based on the classification of the crowd gathering; and transmitting the generated alert messages to the one or more user devices. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100302 | Community-Based Response System - A computer-implemented method for communicating information to medical responders includes registering a plurality of individuals as potential responders for medical problems, receiving at a central service an indication that a person is having a medical problem and receiving information that identifies a current location of the person, and identifying, from among the registered plurality of individuals, one or more registered individuals who are currently in close proximity to the person having a medical problem. The method also includes transmitting, to the one or more registered individuals, information that identifies the location of the person having a medical problem. The one or more individuals comprise lay responders who are not assigned responsibility to provide lifesaving services in an area around the current location of the person. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100303 | SCHEME FOR COMMUNICATION AND TRANSMITTING DISCOVERY SIGNAL IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing communication by a first communication device in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether the first communication device is proximate to a nearby second communication device through a short-range communication link, enabling one of a first long-range communication link with a network or the short-range communication link with the second communication device based on the determination as to whether the first communication device is proximate to the second communication device, and receiving data from the network through the enabled one of the first long-range communication link with the network or the short-range communication link. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100304 | Peer to Peer Mobile User Equipment Communication with On-Demand Discovery Signal Transmission - In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements a method for discovering the presence of neighboring UEs using an on-demand discovery signal transmission technique. This discovery process may be performed to enable the UEs to perform peer-to-peer communications with each other, wherein peer-to-peer communications is defined as direct communication between the UEs without involving a base station. The UE may be configured to transmit a discovery request signal when it has moved greater than a threshold amount since transmission of a prior discovery request signal. The discovery request signal causes one or more neighboring UEs to each transmit a discovery signal in response, and also causes the UE which generated the discovery request signal to transmit its own discovery signal. The received discovery signal from each of the neighboring UEs is useable to discover, or detect the presence of, these neighboring UEs. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100305 | METHODS FOR RESTRICTED DIRECT DISCOVERY - Techniques may be used for restricted direct discovery in proximity services (ProSe). A ProSe function may receive from a discovery wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) a restricted ProSe Application identity (ID) of an application located at the discoverer WTRU requesting ProSe discovery. The ProSe function may derive a first and second ProSe codes for the discoveree WTRU and discoverer WTRU, and provide the ProSe codes to the discoverer and/or discoveree WTRUs. A ProSe application server may receive a revocation message from an announcing WTRU indicating a revoked WTRU. The ProSe application server may provide a ProSe discovery WTRU ID for the revoked WTRU to a ProSe Function. The ProSe function may instruct the announcing WTRU to stop announcing a ProSe code known by the revoked WTRU, and may provide a new ProSe code to at least one WTRU authorized to discover the announcing WTRU. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100306 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES SETTING SYNCHRONIZATION - A synch server comprises a first interface configured to transmit and receive MAP messages, and communicate with a Home Location Register (HLR) in a Circuit-Switched (CS) network, a second interface configured to communicate with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) in an IP-Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, and a third interface configured to transmit and receive Extensible Markup Language (XML) Configuration Access Protocol (XCAP) messages. A synch function module is configured to receive a message containing a change to a supplementary service setting associated with a User Equipment (UE) connected to a Circuit-Switched (CS) network or an IMS network, and communicate the change to the supplementary service setting to both the HLR and the HSS so that the supplementary service settings in both the HLR and the HSS are updated to reflect the change to the supplementary service setting. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100307 | Roaming Cellular Transmission System - The present invention is a system and method for providing access to a home cellular network when a cellular transmission device is not physically located near said home network having a cellular transmission device having a sim card configured for access to a home cellular network; | 2016-04-07 |
20160100308 | CONTENT-DELIVERY FOOTPRINT AND CAPABILITIES DATA TRANSFER FROM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES - A wireless communication device generates content-delivery data indicating stored media content, content-delivery interface capability, tethered media devices, and Internet Protocol (IP) address data for the wireless communication device and for the tethered media devices. The wireless communication device wirelessly transfers the content-delivery data to a wireless communication network for delivery to a content distribution network. The wireless communication device transfers at least a portion of the stored media content to the wireless communication network for subsequent content delivery. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100309 | Secure Remote User Device Unlock - A device unlock application on a user device may interact with a server to automatically carrier unlock the user device. The server may receive a carrier unlock request for a user device. The server may determine one or more verifications to be performed based at least on a unlock scenario requested by the carrier unlock request. The server may perform the one or more verifications to determine whether the user device is eligible for a carrier unlock. The server may send a unlock command to the user device in response to determining that the user device is eligible for the carrier unlock. The unlock command may disable a comparison of a device carrier code of the user device to a subscriber identity module (SIM) carrier code stored in a SIM card of the user device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PAIRING PROCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for interne of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing a pairing process in a wireless device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a signal including an encryption key to a terminal, receiving an authentication success message which is encrypted based on the encryption key from the terminal, and performing the pairing process with a coordinator based on the encryption key. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100311 | SECURE BROADCAST BEACON COMMUNICATIONS - Using various embodiments, methods and systems for secure Bluetooth Low Energy communications, in an unconnected state, are described herein. In one embodiment, conventional BLE transmitting device data can be supplemented with authentication information, including a message authentication field which enables receivers to determine if the received beacon/transmitted BLE peripheral data is genuine. In another embodiment, the authentication data can also include a time varying value field in order to prevent unintentional acceptance of transmitting device data from unauthorized replicated BLE peripherals. In one embodiment, the transmitting device computes an authentication tag using at least a secret key known to the receiving device and transmits the authentication tag to the receiving device. The receiving device can compute an authentication value using the secret key and other transmitting device information and determine if the transmitting device data is genuine by comparing the computed authentication value and the received the authentication tag. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SMART REGISTRATION OF WIRELESS POWER RECEIVERS IN A WIRELESS POWER NETWORK - The embodiments described herein include a transmitter that transmits a power transmission signal (e.g., radio frequency (RF) signal waves) to create a three-dimensional pocket of energy. At least one receiver can be connected to or integrated into electronic devices and receive power from the pocket of energy. A wireless power network may include a plurality of wireless power transmitters each with an embedded wireless power transmitter manager, including a wireless power manager application. The wireless power network may include a plurality of client devices with wireless power receivers. Wireless power receivers may include a power receiver application configured to communicate with the wireless power manager application. The wireless power manager application may include a device database where information about the wireless power network may be stored. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100313 | Data Communications Management - Methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or computer-readable media for providing device management via application modification may be provided. In some embodiments, upon identifying an available wireless network, a determination may be made as to whether the available wireless network comprises an authorized wireless network. In response to determining that the available wireless network comprises the authorized wireless network, a connection may be established with the available wireless network and at least one data communication may be performed via the available wireless network instead of a second network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100314 | MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION USING BIOMETRIC ENCRYPTION - A mobile App using biometric encryption and decryption for privacy and security having both authentication and recognition functions. It utilizes the built-in camera of the mobile device to provide facial images for authentication purposes. It further includes a secured data communication system for conveniently sending and receiving data on the mobile devices. The secured data communication system also utilizes biometric encryption and decryption technology for granting permissions to access the data communication system. The biometric encryption is implemented by using a selective biometric feature and optimized biometric feature detection and tracking methods. Different biometric feature authentication methods are optimized for use on various mobile platforms, such as, Android, iOS, Windows and others. Data encryption and decryption are achieved by using selected biometric feature vectors as cryptographic keys. The biometric data encryption system further includes liveness detection module with anti-spoofing features to ensure the encryption and decryption processes only accept biometric features from a live person conveniently without the user's intervention. Alternative authentication method is provided if the biometric feature authentication module fails to recognize the valid user, or fails in the liveness detection module in order to maintain privacy and security of the data in the mobile device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100315 | DETECTING AND DISABLING ROGUE ACCESS POINTS IN A NETWORK - A rogue access point in a wireless local-area network can be disabled by an authorized access point wirelessly transmitting a layer-2 broadcast packet. If a rogue access point receives this broadcast packet, it will forward a copy to the switch to which it is connected. The switch then shuts down the port on which it received the forwarded copy of the broadcast packet. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100316 | MOBILE APPLICATION SPECIFIC NETWORKS - One embodiment provides a system that facilitates a large-scale mobile ad hoc network to adapt to specific needs of wireless nodes in a mobile wireless network. During operation, a controller node collects state information associated with one or more wireless nodes. The controller node allocates one or more network elements based on the collected state information and a predetermined utility-based technique. Responsive to the allocation of the one or more network elements, the controller node reconfigures a logical topology of the mobile wireless network by using software-defined mobile ad hoc network nodes, thereby facilitating a large-scale mobile ad hoc network to adapt to specific application needs of wireless nodes. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - A method for a wireless local area network performed by an access point (AP) configured to communicate over a primary subchannel and a secondary subchannel. The AP transmits a frame including a quiet channel element to a receiving station. The quiet channel element indicates that the secondary subchannel is to be quieted during a quiet interval in which the AP tests the secondary subchannel for a presence of radar transmissions and the receiving station does not send any frame to the AP. The quiet channel element includes an AP quiet mode field indicating whether a communication to the AP is allowed within the primary subchannel during the quiet interval. The primary subchannel and the secondary subchannel are quieted during the quiet interval if the AP quiet mode field indicates the communication to the AP is not allowed with the primary subchannel during the quiet interval. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100318 | SIGNALING METHOD FOR SHARING UNLICENSED SPECTRUM BETWEEN DIFFERENT RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES AND RELATED APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The disclosure is directed to a signaling method for sharing an unlicensed spectrum between different radio access technologies used by a base station and a multi-mode wireless device, a multi-mode wireless device using the same method, and a base station using the same method. According to one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a signaling method for sharing an unlicensed spectrum between different radio access technologies used by a base station. The method may include not limited to receiving a first transmission via a receiver of a first radio access technology over an unlicensed spectrum, calculating a channel information of the first transmission in response to receiving the first transmission, configuring a second transmission based on the first channel information of the first transmission, and transmitting the second transmission via a transmitter of a second radio access technology over the unlicensed spectrum. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSCEIVING A CONTACT VERIFICATION SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present document related to a method and apparatus for transceiving a signal capable of verifying the validity of an available channel in a wireless communication system. According to the present invention, a scheme for transceiving available channel information, a scheme for requesting/responding to a channel validity inquiry, and a scheme for transceiving a contact verification signal are provided, and accordingly, a scheme for supporting the accurate and efficient operation of an unlicensed device while protecting a licensed device in a whitespace band is provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100320 | METHODS AND TOOLS FOR PERSISTENT SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF AN OPERATING RADIO FREQUENCY BAND - Generation and use of geographic databases of frequency spectral information within an operating frequency band. Described herein are methods of making databases of geospectral information and using these databases to optimize performance of wireless networks. For example, a network of wireless radio devices that monitor the frequency spectrum of the operating frequency band may provide this geographically marked information to a central database to create a database of geospectral frequency information. This geospectral frequency information may be used to characterize, optimize or modify a network of wireless radio device, or to modify an individual wireless radio device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE MANAGEMENT - A use management apparatus includes a calculation unit that calculates an input level to an amplifier that amplifies a first signal transmitted from a transmitter station of a primary system, the input level being calculated by adding second field intensity of a second signal to first field intensity of the first signal, the second signal being transmitted from a transmitter station of a secondary system with use of a white space of the primary system, and a use propriety determination unit that authorizes the secondary system to use the white space when the input level is less than a saturation input level of the amplifier. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100322 | SAMPLING OF DEVICE STATES FOR MOBILE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - A method for monitoring software application performance and one or more device states affecting a software application on a periodic basis on a mobile device. The method includes one or more computer processors identifying a software application on a mobile device. The method further includes the one or more computer processors identifying a plurality of sampling plans and one or more respective triggers within the plurality of sampling plans that are respectively associated with the software application and are stored on the mobile device. The method further includes the one or more computer processors determining a first value associated with the one or more respective triggers. The method further includes the one or more computer processors selecting a first sampling plan from the plurality of sampling plans for the software application based, at least in part, on the value associated with the one or more respective triggers. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100323 | FACILITATION OF DELAY ERROR CORRECTION IN TIMING-BASED LOCATION SYSTEMS - Computation of delay error offset information is facilitated. A method can include receiving measurement information indicative of a location of a mobile device, calibrating the measurement information resulting in calibrated measurement information, comparing the calibrated measurement information and historical calibrated measurement information, and computing a measurement error based, at least, on the comparing, wherein the measurement error includes delay error offset information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100324 | METHOD AND APPARATUS THAT PROVIDES FAULT TOLERANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for detecting a fault in a first wire of a power grid that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport data and that propagate along a surface of the first wire, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting the data to the backup communication medium to circumvent the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100325 | WIRELESS NETWORK MONITORING DEVICE - A wireless network monitoring and reporting unit is described herein. The unit runs tests in a given order to detect whether certain networking low-level requirements are met (e.g., whether a DHCP lease has been obtained and whether DNS is functional). Certain base tests are may be included for different connections, regardless of the connection's configuration. In the event of a base test failure, higher level tests may be skipped. The wireless network monitoring and reporting unit may provide improvements in the ability to accurately detect and report wireless connectivity problems, and to monitor and report wireless network performance at a given location. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100326 | CORRELATION IDENTIFIER FOR USER PLANE CONGESTION AND OTHER USE CASES - Various communication systems may benefit from an identifier that can correlate a user equipment or a packet data network connection with a particular cell. For example, a correlation identifier may be useful to address management of user plane congestion and other use cases. A method can include generating a correlation identifier for a user equipment and/or a packet data network connection. The method also includes the ability to identify the user context information with the same correlation ID in the core network and in the radio access network. The method can also include sending the correlation identifier to a network element. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100327 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process for measuring by a system having a processor, within a wide frequency band, signal power levels received in specified narrow frequency bands, determining an average composite wideband power level that excludes a portion of the power levels of the received signals, detecting interference according to an adaptive threshold based on the average composite wideband power level, and generating an interference report based on the detecting of the interference. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF LINK ADAPTATION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - A method of transmitting information on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) in a wireless local area network system is provided. A responding station receives a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from a requesting station, configures a MCS feedback (MFB) based on the PPDU, and transmits feedback information to the requesting station. If the MFB is configured as a response to a MFB request (MRQ) of the requesting station, the feedback information includes the configured MFB and a MFB type field indicating that the MFB is configured as a response to the MRQ of the requesting station. If the MFB is not configured as a response to the MRQ of the requesting station, the feedback information includes the configured MFB, a MFB type field indicating that the MFB is not configured as a response to the MRQ of the requesting station, and coding information indicating a PPDU coding type. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100329 | TECHNIQUES FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING THE STREAMING OF MEDIA CONTENT FROM A WIRELESS DEVICE - Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes determining, by a wireless device, channel conditions associated with an uplink of a wireless network. The method also includes determining a loading parameter of a cell of the wireless network and dynamically adjusting a format of media content streamed from the wireless device over the wireless network based on the determined channel conditions and the loading parameter of the cell of the wireless network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100330 | SCALABLE NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION - A scalable virtualized network core is provided to allow for incrementally adjusting network resources in response to changing demand, and for improved flexibility in network management and control. The scalable virtualized network core provides a cloud evolved packet core that has virtual machines performing the functions of the individual server elements. As demand for network resources changes, additional virtual machines can be brought online or virtual machines can be terminated to efficiently address the demand. An abstraction agent can be provided to facilitate the physical to logical connections so that to the perspective of elements in a radio access network, no changes have been made. The abstraction agent also facilitates network control and management of the virtual machines. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100331 | OFFLOAD SERVICES VIA A NEUTRAL HOST NETWORK - Techniques for providing offload services via a neutral host network (NHN) are described here. An example method may include establishing an authorization relationship, at the NHN, with a mobile network. In addition, the example method may include sending a notification indicating the authorization relationship of the NHN with the mobile network to one or more user equipments (UEs) within radio coverage of the NHN, wherein the authorization relationship specifies that the NHN is authorized by the mobile network to provide offload services for at least one UE of the one or more UEs that is associated with the mobile network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100332 | SERVER-PUSH SERVICE IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - The disclosure is related identifying a push content frame at a transport layer and dynamically and selectively controlling a transmission path of a server push service by a server in a heterogeneous multipath transmission environment. The method may include determining whether frames are associated with the server push service when the frames are provided from an application layer to be transmitted to a user equipment, selecting at least one transmission path based on predetermined selection conditions from multiple transmission paths between the server and the user equipment, and transmitting, through the selected at least one transmission path, packetized frames associated with the server push service to the user equipment. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100333 | MULTIPLEXING CHANNELS BY A MEDIUM ACCES CONTROLLER - A code division multiple access (CDMA) communication device comprises a medium access controller (MAC) configured to receive data from a plurality of channels. Each channel is associated with a priority and an identifier. The MAC is further configured to multiplex the data of the plurality of channels for transmission over a CDMA channel based on the priority. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-ACCESS STRATUM MESSAGE PROCESSING DURING HANDOVER IN EVOLVED NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for non-access stratum (NAS) message processing during handover in an evolved network are provided. The method includes the following steps. An evolved packet core (EPC) receives a message which indicates that a UE is being handed over sent by a source evolved NodeB (S-eNB), and stops sending an NAS message to the UE temporarily. The EPC receives a message which indicates that the UE returns to an S-eNB service area sent by the S-eNB. The EPC sends the NAS message to the UE through the S-eNB, if needed. With the method and the apparatus, the EPC can acquire a location of the UE in time in the case of a handover failure of the UE, a time limit of a retransmission timer is set precisely, and a specific implementation for forwarding an NAS message through an X2 interface is provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100335 | CONTROLLING VOCODER SELECTION AT A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method of controlling a vocoder selection of a wireless device that uses cellular protocols includes wirelessly receiving an instruction at the wireless device from a wireless carrier system, wherein the instruction includes a vocoder identity that is associated with a particular cellular protocol; identifying a vocoder currently in use at the wireless device; and changing the vocoder currently in use at the wireless device if the identified vocoder is different than the vocoder identity included in the instruction. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100336 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK CALLS - Techniques described herein may enable a wireless cellular network to transfer a call from a packet-switched (PS) portion of the wireless cellular network to a circuit-switched (CS) portion of the wireless cellular network, in a manner that ensures that the CS network receiving the call can actually support the call. For instance, before the wireless cellular network selects RAT for the CS network for transferring a call, the wireless cellular network may identify a call type for the call (e.g., simple voice call, video call, etc.), identify a RAT for the CS network that can support the call type, and proceed to transfer the call to the CS portion of the wireless cellular network that can support the call type, thus ensuring that the call is not dropped as a result of the transfer. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100337 | CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK METHOD AND DEVICE - The embodiments of the present application discloses a circuit switched fallback method, a UE, an MSC, and an MME. The method includes: sending, by a UE to an MME, a request message for requesting to perform CSFB; receiving, by the UE, a switch command sent by an eNodeB; releasing or holding a default CS call of the UE after the UE switches to the CS domain according to the switch command, where the default CS call is generated by the UE according to the switch command; and by using an MSC, initiating, by the UE, a CS call or receiving a CS call. According to the circuit switched fallback method, the UE, the MSC, and the MME in the embodiments of the present application, circuit switched fallback can be implement in a manner of switching by a UE from a PS domain to a CS domain, and reduce a delay. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100338 | NETWORK HANDOVER METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a network handover method, where after UE in an LTE network requests circuit switched fallback CSFB, an MME instructs an eNB to move the UE from the LTE network to a 2G or 3G network, and requests an MSC to hand over the UE from the LTE network to a CS domain of the 2G or 3G network for the CSFB, so that the 2G or 3G network allocates a CS domain resource to the UE. After handing over to the CS domain, the UE may perform a CS domain call. By using embodiments of the present invention, an access delay is reduced when the UE accesses the CS domain of the 2G or 3G network, duration of an entire voice call is shortened, and user experience is improved. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100339 | PROVIDING CIRCUIT SWITCHED OPERATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - In an evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN), paging may be performed using an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) or S-temporary mobile subscriber identity (S-TMSI). With the paging, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may send an extended service request message to the E-UTRAN and perform circuit switched (CS) fallback. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100340 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING MOBILITY OF MOBILE TERMINAL IN DISTRIBUTED MOBILE NETWORK BASED ON A SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK - A method and a system for supporting mobility of a mobile terminal in a distributed mobile network based on a SDN are disclosed. A method of supporting a fast handover of a mobile terminal in a node-B (eNB) includes the steps of: receiving a handover initiation message from the mobile terminal, the handover initiation message including identification information and signal strength of a target eNB; determining whether or not for a fast handover trigger using the signal strength of the target eNB and movement history of the mobile terminal previously stored; and when it is determined as the fast handover trigger, transmitting a handover request message and a rule for the handover to the target eNB by using the identification information of the target eNB. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100341 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD, PARAMETER OPTIMIZING METHOD AND APPARATUSES THEREOF AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an information acquiring method, parameter optimizing method and apparatuses thereof and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a first base station, information transmitted by user equipment, or a second base station, or a third base station; wherein, the information comprises relevant information used by a network side to determine cell types of the first base station and the second base station when handover initiation or link failure occurs, or comprises an absolute time when handover initiation or link failure occurs in the user equipment. With this method, cell types corresponding to coverage ranges of cells may be configured according to dynamically adjusted parameter ranges, thereby further configuring triggering conditions corresponding to the cell types, and satisfying traffic demands when the cell ranges change dynamically. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100342 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS USING OVERLAY NETWORK DEVICES WITHIN COVERAGE AREAS OF UNDERLAY NETWORK DEVICES - A wireless communication technique provides mobility for a mobile station to communicate with an overlay network device, which is within a coverage area of an underlay network device, when the mobile station is within a coverage area of both devices. The overlay network device broadcasts at least two downlink channels. A cell code (e.g., a scrambling code or pseudo noise offset) of a first one of the downlink channels identifies an overlay network device exclusively. The mobile station can detect the first downlink channel responsive to an indication of the exclusive cell code from the underlay network device. A second one of the downlink channels allows for subsequent, ongoing communications between the mobile station and the overlay network device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100343 | CELL DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell discovery method and apparatus, where the method includes: determining, by a second network node, modified timing of the second network node according to acquired timing modification information; receiving, by the second network node, uplink resource information of user equipment sent by a first network node; performing, by the second network node, detection on an uplink signal of the user equipment by using the modified timing and according to the uplink resource information; and when detecting proximity of the user equipment, sending, by the second network node, proximity information to the first network node. The cell discovery method and apparatus provided in the embodiments of the present invention prevent from triggering UE to perform unnecessary cell measurement or handover, thereby reducing network signaling load and lowering power consumption of the UE. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100344 | PAGING FOR CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK (CSFB) IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) CONNECTED MODE - Methods, apparatuses and computer readable media are described that analyze and communicate signaling messages between a mobile wireless device and a wireless access network to realize a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) procedure when the mobile wireless device is initially in a radio resource control connected mode with the wireless network. A set of information elements of a paging message is analyzed, and based on contents of the set of information elements and an internal state of the mobile wireless device, connections between the mobile wireless device and first and second wireless access networks are changed to realize the CSFB procedure. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100345 | Activation and Deactivation of a Secondary Cell for Device-to-Device User Equipment - According to some embodiments, a wireless communication device ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160100346 | FACILITATION OF GEOGRAPHICALLY ADDRESSED DATA STREAMING - A more efficient network is facilitated by data routing. A node device within a network can broadcast a first set of data to a network of other node devices. Based on node device characteristics, some nodes will hear the broadcast first and can be labeled as a relay node. The relay nodes can then transmit other data based on the determination of other relay nodes. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100347 | RELAY LINK COMMUNICATION - A link based on one radio access technology (RAT) is used to supplement the operation of another RAT. For example, in a user equipment (UE) device that can access both long term evolution (LTE) and millimeter wave (mmW) networks, the UE may use an LTE network to relay information between the UE and the mmW network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100348 | SERVER-BASED NOTIFICATION OF ALARM EVENT SUBSEQUENT TO COMMUNICATION FAILURE WITH ARMED SECURITY SYSTEM - A server-based environment for reporting a status of a security, monitoring and automation controller is provided. Detecting cessation of an always-on persistent network connection between the SMA controller and the server is also provided. Reporting the cessation of the network connection to an end user and defined others is further provided. A further aspect provides for automatically reporting an alarm event to a central station, the end user, and others, in the event the cessation of the network connection occurs while the SMA controller is armed and after a zone fault event, and not receiving a disarm notification prior to expiration of a preset entry delay. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100349 | WIRELESS ACCESS POINT SEARCH DEVICE AND METHOD IMPROVED IN MANNER OF STORING SEARCH RESULTS, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless access point search device improved in a manner of storing search results. A wireless LAN interface searches for a wireless access point. A result receiving section stores an access point information item on the wireless access point found by the wireless LAN interface. When the sum of the number of access point information items stored in the result receiving section and the number of new wireless access point items on respective new wireless access points found by the wireless LAN interface is larger than a predetermined value, a panel controller determines, whether or not to store a new access point information item on each new wireless access point in the result receiving section, based on radio field intensity of the new wireless access point. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100350 | A NODE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORKING BASED COMMUNICATIONS - A base station and wireless device, as well as corresponding methods, for Information Centric Networking (ICN) based communications with radio bearers, to provide a means for using ICN bearers in parallel with standard Packet Data Network (PDN) bearers. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100351 | PERFORMING NEIGHBOR MEASUREMENTS BASED ON SIGNAL QUALITY - A method and apparatus for wireless communication adjusts thresholds for performing IRAT neighbor measurements and inter-frequency neighbor measurements. A serving cell search threshold for determining when to perform IRAT neighbor measurements is scaled and a serving cell search threshold for determining when to perform inter-frequency neighbor cell measurements is maintained. Inter-frequency neighbor measurements are performed when a serving cell signal quality is below the maintained, non-scaled, serving cell search threshold and IRAT neighbor measurements are performed when the serving cell signal quality is below the scaled serving cell search threshold. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100352 | SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD WHERE WIRELESS TERMINAL DISCOVERS ACCESS POINT - A system, a program and a method allow a wireless terminal to discover an objective access point with a comparatively small amount of consumption energy and in a comparatively short waiting time. The access point (AP) includes: an AP WLAN communicator communicating using a predetermined available channel of a first frequency band; a pointer signal generator generating a pointer signal including available-channel information in the first frequency band and a network identifier; and an AP pointer signal communicator using a specific channel of a second frequency band to send the pointer signal to the wireless terminal. While, the wireless terminal receives the pointer signal through the specific channel and controls, in response to the available channel information and network identifier included in the pointer signal, for waiting for receiving a beacon or a probe response transmitted in the first frequency band from the objective access point. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100353 | METHOD OF DYNAMIC ADMISSION CONTROL APPLICABLE TO PROSE SERVER AND USER EQUIPMENT AND RELATED APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - The disclosure is directed to a method of dynamic admission control applicable to a ProSe server and a Prose UE and related apparatuses using the same method. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method which includes not limited to receiving an ARP setting table which indicates a plurality of ARP settings for each wireless device; receiving, from the wireless device, a wireless signal which indicates that the wireless device has enabled a D2D relay functionality; and modifying the first ARP setting of the wireless device to be a second ARP setting of the wireless device according to the ARP settings table in response to that the wireless device has enabled the relay functionality, wherein the second ARP setting has a higher priority level than the first ARP setting. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100354 | TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD IMPLEMENTED BY THE TERMINAL DEVICE - A terminal device that is carried by a user and is connected to a network by wireless communication, the terminal device comprises: a communication unit that communicates information with some other device via the network in a communication form selected from multiple communication forms; an acquiring unit that acquires a communication-enabled place where the terminal device can communicate information in any of the communication forms in a peripheral area of a current location of the terminal device and a data transfer rate when the terminal device performs wireless communication in the communication-enabled place; a generating unit that generates available information indicating whether the communication forms are available on the basis of a corresponding data transfer rate with respect to each communication-enabled place in the peripheral area; and a presenting unit that presents the available information in each communication-enabled place in the peripheral area to the user. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100355 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING D2D MEASUREMENT - Provided are a method and device for processing a D2D measurement. The method includes: D2D measurement configuration information transmitted by a network node is received, wherein the D2D measurement configuration information is UE-based D2D measurement configuration information; UE-based D2D measurement is performed according to the D2D measurement configuration information; and a D2D measurement result obtained by measurement is reported according to the D2D measurement configuration information. By the disclosure, the problem of incapability in effectively controlling D2D discovery and D2D communication in the related art is solved, and effects of effectively controlling D2D discovery and D2D communication, increasing a resource utilization rate and improving quality of user service are further achieved. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100356 | METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS NETWORK CLOUD - A method is provided that enables a user to access a specific local area network in a WiFi system with a specific account name through any terminal in a WiFi network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100357 | Access Network Discovery and Selection Function Enhancement With Cell-Type Management Object - Concepts and technologies described herein relate to an enhancement to an access network discovery and selection function (“ANDSF”) with a cell-type management object (“MO”) within an ANDSF MO tree. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a system including an ANDSF can generate a policy for network selection. The policy can include network selection criteria based upon a cell-type. The cell-type may be a small cell cell-type, a macro cell cell-type, or a multi-standard metro cell (“MSMC”) cell-type. The network selection criteria can be further based upon WI-FI availability. The system can send the policy to a mobile device. The mobile device can utilize the policy to select a network. In some embodiments, the network selection criteria includes network load information, local device information, user profile information, or some combination thereof. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100358 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE, MOVE CON-TROL NODE, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The wireless communication system of the present invention includes a base station ( | 2016-04-07 |
20160100359 | POWER SAVING WI-FI TETHERING - The techniques discussed herein reduce the power consumption of a Wi-Fi tethering device by switching the Wi-Fi functionality of the Wi-Fi tethering device from a normal operational mode to a sleep mode during idle intervals. The techniques implement a sleep protocol where a Wi-Fi tethering device and the Wi-Fi client device coordinate and establish a sleep schedule. Moreover, the techniques describe a sleep interval adaptation algorithm to establish sleep duration intervals based on data packet exchange patterns associated with different applications executing on the Wi-Fi client device and/or different operations being performed by the Wi-Fi client device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100360 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING ENHANCEMENTS FOR DIVERSE DATA APPLICATIONS (EDDA)/POWER PREFERENCE INDICATION (PPI) - Aspects of the present disclosure provide apparatus and techniques for determining one or more operating conditions related to a UE and transmitting a power preference indication (PPI) to an cNB based, at least in part, on the determination. The one or more operating conditions may be related to at least one of a throughput, battery configuration, application data history, or temperature of the UE. In response to the determination, the UE may transmit one of a PPI that is set to or indicates normal power mode or a PPI that is set to low power mode, for example. Additionally, the UE may decide whether or not to delay sending a scheduling request (SR) to the eNB based, at least in part, on the determination. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100361 | COMMUNICATION METHODS AND COMMUNICATION DEVICES - According to various embodiments, a communication method may be provided. The communication method may include at least one of sending a data unit or receiving a data unit. The data unit may include or may be a poll type field indicating one of a plurality of requests from a mobile radio communication device to an access point with respect to at least one of transmission of buffered data from the access point to the mobile radio communication device or a timing of communication between the access point and the mobile radio communication device. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100362 | SERVICE CAPABILITY SERVER / EPC COORDINATION FOR POWER SAVINGS MODE AND PAGING - The present application is directed to computer-implemented apparatus for controlling a power savings mode characteristic of a device on a network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory with instructions for controlling power saving mode characteristic of the device and a processor operably coupled thereto. The processor performs the step of receiving a request to update the characteristics of the device. The processor also performs the step of updating the characteristics of the device based upon the request. The processor further performs the step of sending an acknowledgment that the characteristic has been updated. The application is also directed to a computer-implemented apparatus on a network for supporting buffering and data handling for a power savings mode of a device on the network. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100363 | WGA STA POWER SAVING - This invention relates to switching power saving modes and rescheduling communication frames for various periods of a beacon interval (BI) defined under WGA Draft Specification 0.8 for the personal basic service set (PBSS) and infrastructure BSS to achieve further power savings and other advantages. Stations can be awake during a contention-based period (CBP) if it is in active state and can schedule frames during a service period (SP) to allow the assigned receiver to transmit to the assigned initiator. Stations in a group can schedule a group address frame to be sent during the CBP and group SP of a specific periodic BI. Stations in peer-to-peer connection may directly notify its peer stations of its power saving mode and wakeup schedule. Stations of an infrastructure basic service set (BSS) can also use the same power saving mechanism as stations of a PBSS noting a difference where each BI will be an access point's (AP's) awake BI. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100364 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ON LOCATION REFERENCE DEVICES - A device may request location information for a location reference device (LRD); receive, based on the request, the location information for the LRD via a cellular network connection; transmit, via the cellular network, an instruction to direct the LRD to activate a non-cellular radio on the LRD; receive wireless signals outputted via the non-cellular radio; determine a distance between the user device and the LRD based on a strength of the wireless signals received by the user device; and audibly or visually indicate, by the user device, the determined distance between the user device and the LRD. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100365 | METHODS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FREQUENCY SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION - Logic may comprise hardware and/or code to select a narrow band from a wider channel bandwidth. Logic of communications between devices may select, e.g., a 1 or 2 MHz sub-channel from a wider channel bandwidth such as 4, 8, and 16 MHz and transmit packets on the selected 1 or 2 MHz channel. For instance, a first device may comprise an access point and a second device may comprise a station such as a low power sensor or a meter that may, e.g., operate on battery power. Logic of the devices may facilitate a frequency selective transmission scheme. Logic of the access point may transmit sounding packets or control frames across the sub-channels of the wide bandwidth channel, facilitating selection by the stations of a sub-channel and subsequent communications on the sub-channel between the access point and the station. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100366 | Methods and Apparatus for Adaptive Receiver Mode Selection During Discontinuous Reception - Methods and apparatus for adaptively adjusting receiver operation during non-continuous (e.g., discontinuous) reception. In one exemplary embodiment, a user device such as a User Equipment (UE) adaptively adjusts its reception mode based on a determined actual error. The reception mode is selected so as to improve reception performance, while still minimizing overall power consumption. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100367 | POWER MANAGEMENT MODULE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A power management module comprising a client monitoring component arranged to monitor idle periods for a client component, and derive at least one idle period characteristic value for the client component based at least partly on the monitoring of the idle periods therefore. The power management module further comprises a power mode control component arranged to receive an indication of the client component entering an idle state, cause the client component to be put into a reduced power mode upon expiry of a first period of time, and cause the client component to be brought out of the reduced power mode upon expiry of a second period of time. At least one of the first and second periods of time is configured based at least partly on the idle period characteristic value(s) derived by the client monitoring component for the client component. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANAR, MULTI-FUNCTION, MULTI-POWER SOURCED, LONG BATTERY LIFE RADIO COMMUNICATION APPLIANCE - Some embodiments provide multifunctional device that provides two or more of the following functions: a) EKey; b) Ecall capability; c) Body Electric Field measurement; d) Body proximity measurement; e) External Electric Field measurement; f) One or two way voice announcement; g) Motion sensor. Some embodiments provide an Ekey that operates from battery energy and energy harvested by one or more of the following transducers: a) Photo voltaic cell; b) Radio Frequency antenna; c) Mechanical vibration, flexing; c) thermo-electric transducer. Some embodiments provide a planar Ekey encapsulated in an insulator matrix and comprising: a) antenna realized on a flat substrate; b) Electronic circuits realized on a flat substrate that provided interconnection to electronic components and is parallel to antenna plane; b) A conformal shaped ES device that conforms above the electronic components. Other features are also provided. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100369 | DELEGATING WIFI NETWORK DISCOVERY AND TRAFFIC MONITORING - A wireless device configured to delegate it communications and traffic monitoring tasks to a paired device when a wireless transceiver of the wireless device is found to be in an idle state is provided. The wireless device includes two wireless transceivers, the first wireless transceiver for communicating with a wireless access point and second low power wireless transceiver for communicating with a paired device. When the wireless device determines that the first wireless transceiver is in an idle state, it can place the first wireless transceiver into a sleep mode and delegate to the paired device via the second wireless transceiver communication and traffic monitoring tasks that would have been performed by the first wireless transceiver if it were not in a sleep mode. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100370 | System and Method for Power Control - A method of communicating in a wireless system includes receiving resource scheduling information indicating a location of a resource for transmitting a packet, an indication of a target power level, and an indication of a first bandwidth, receiving an indication of a first transmission power level, determining a second transmission power level in accordance with the target power level, and at least one of the first bandwidth and the first transmission power level, and transmitting the packet at the location of the resource with the second transmission power level. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100371 | SPECIAL PURPOSE MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A special purpose mobile communication terminal is provided. The special purpose mobile communication terminal includes: a receiver unit, configured to receive a first mobile communication signal and a second mobile communication signal respectively transmitted from base stations in a restricted area and an unrestricted area; and a control unit, configured to judge the mobile communication signals received by the receiver unit, the control unit being configured to reduce a transmitting power or not transmit an electromagnetic signal if the first mobile communication signal is received and a signal strength of the first communication signal is greater than a predetermined threshold value, and the control unit being configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal if the signal strength of the first mobile communication signal is less than the predetermined threshold value and the second mobile communication signal is received. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100372 | Signal Power Management in a Multicarrier Wireless Device - A first signal is transmitted starting in a first subframe of a cell of a first cell group. A second signal is configured for transmission in a second subframe of a second cell group. Transmission of the second signal is dropped if a power value is more than an allowable transmission power. A calculation of the power value considers transmission power of the first signal and the second signal if the first subframe and the second subframe overlap in time with more than a first duration. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100373 | Signal Format for Cell Search and Synchronization in Wireless Networks - A synchronization signal format for a cell search method is proposed to reduce cell search complexity and cell search time. A synchronization signal is embedded with a unique sequence that is consecutively repeated multiple times in time domain. Different unique sequences represent different control information to be broadcasted from a base station to user equipments via synchronization signal transmissions. A two-stage cell search method is then applied in accordance with the synchronization signal format. In a first acquisition stage, a coarse location of the synchronization signal is acquired. In a second fine searching stage, the unique sequence is detected within a searching range of the coarse location. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100374 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF USER EQUIPMENT BY BASE STATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting information for synchronization of a user equipment by a base station in a wireless communication system and apparatus for the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a source base station transmits a request message requesting uplink synchronization information according to a predetermined reference to a target base station, receives a response message including the synchronization information from the target base station in response to the requested message, and transmits the received synchronization information to one or more user equipments which are to move to a cell serviced by the target base station. The synchronization information is used when the user equipments move to the cell serviced by the target base station without a process of acquiring the synchronization information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100375 | SIP USER RELEASE - A system that releases a Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) user from a serving function on an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (“IMS”) network receives a REGISTER refresh from a registered user equipment (“UE”). In response to the REGISTER refresh, the system sends a server assignment request to a home subscriber server (“HSS”) that clears the name of the Serving Call Session Control Function (“S-CSCF”) assigned for the registered user. The system then sends a gateway timeout or server timeout that would trigger the UE to send an initial REGISTER request | 2016-04-07 |
20160100376 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING A USER WITH A REGISTRATION REVIEW IN IMS SYSTEM - Disclosed are a network-based device, method and computer-readable medium for operating an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to provide registration review. The method embodiment includes tracking and storing all current registrations for each user in an IMS system, receiving a request from a user for a status of the user's current registrations and presenting, in response to the request, the current status of current registrations for the user. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100377 | INDEPENDENTLY VERIFYING A TRANSIT POINT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example method for independently verifying a transit point in a network environment is provided and includes receiving, at a transit point in a packet network, at least two radio signals from corresponding different radio sources, receiving, at the transit point, a sampling request in an packet message, and transmitting in another packet message a sample of the at least two radio signals such that by comparing the sample with an expected sample, a location of the transit point is determined. The expected sample can comprise another sample of the at least two radio signals that would have been received by the transit point at an expected location at a time of receipt of the sampling request, and if the expected sample matches the sample, the transit point is determined to be at the expected location. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100378 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND USER TERMINAL - A communication control method according to a first aspect includes: a step A of acquiring, by a user terminal that supports a cellular communication and a WLAN communication, access point location information on a geographical location of a WLAN access point; a step B of transmitting, from the user terminal to a cellular network, the access point location information; and a step C of acquiring, by a cellular base station included in the cellular network, the access point location information. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100379 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SILENCING DEVICES - A user's set top box detects the ringing of a telephone, mobile device or other type of audible notification of an incoming contact and, in response, sends a command causing a current audio level of the television programming or other media currently being played to decrease such that the audible notification can be heard by the user. A device silencing manager on the set top box may detect the audible notification occurring by the sound waves of the audible notification from the mobile device picked up by a microphone of the receiving device. Additionally or alternatively, a device silencing manager on the set top box may wirelessly receive, either directly or indirectly from the mobile device, an electronic notification of the audible notification. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100380 | COVERAGE CONSTRAINED DEVICES AND PAGING METHOD - Devices and methods of paging user equipment (UE) are generally described. An evolved Node-B (eNB) may transmit legacy and extended coverage paging messages having different Paging Radio Network Temporary Identifiers (P-RNTIs) to UEs. Each extended coverage paging message may contain the same information, which coverage constrained UEs may combine to achieve a predetermined link budget and subsequently decode. The coverage constrained UEs may ignore legacy paging messages prior to decoding the legacy paging messages. The extended coverage paging messages may be transmitted in non-legacy paging occasions that may span multiple paging cycles. Each paging cycle may contain 0, 1 or multiple extended coverage paging occasions. The UE may be provided the physical resource blocks (PRBs) used for the extended coverage paging message through a system information message. The PRBs may be assigned as a fixed or semi-statically assigned set of PRBs or a dynamically assigned set of PRBs. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100381 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR EFFICIENT INDICATION OF BANDWIDTH AND STREAM ALLOCATION - Example systems, methods, and devices for efficient indication of bandwidth and stream allocation are discussed. In one embodiment, a method for indication of bandwidth allocation in a wireless network can include partitioning, by a network device, a bandwidth of a wireless signal into a plurality of subband units, assigning one or more switch bits between adjacent subband units, and allocating one or more modified subband units to one or more users of the network. In another embodiment, a method for stream allocation can include partitioning, by a network device, a spatial stream of a wireless signal into a plurality of spatial streams, assigning one or more switch bits between adjacent spatial streams, and allocating one or more modified spatial streams to one or more users of the network. Certain methods, apparatus, and systems described herein can be applied to 802.11ax or any other wireless standard. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100382 | DOWNLINK CONTROL INFORMATION (DCI) DESIGN FOR LTE DEVICES - Compact Downlink Control Information (DCI) format designs reduced the overhead of Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) are provided. The compact DCI format designs may include using the extended RBGs size reduces the Resource Block Assignment (RBA) field of DCI; using modified format of extended Carrier Indicator Field (CIF) field supports numerous Component Carriers (CCs); making several CC-specific information field within DCI formats be common achieves a fast CCs activation/deactivation; and one or multiple DCI contents which need to be applied for different CCs are concatenated in a DCI. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100383 | METHOD AND NETWORK NODE FOR LINK ADAPTATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in network node for selecting a downlink modulation and coding scheme is provided. The network node obtains information comprising a first uplink signal strength of a transmission from the terminal in the first cell. The network node further obtains information comprising a second uplink signal strength of a transmission from the terminal in the second cell. The network node also obtains scheduled downlink transmission information for the respective first cell and second cell. The network node then selects a downlink modulation and coding scheme for transmission from one or more of the access point serving the first cell and the access point serving the second cell to the terminal. The selection is based on the obtained information comprising the first uplink signal strength, the obtained information comprising the second uplink signal strength, and the obtained scheduled downlink transmission information for the respective first cell and second cell. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100384 | REFERENCE SIGNAL CONFIGURATION FOR COORDINATED MULTIPOINT - Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) involves multiple transmission points or cells coordinating their individual transmissions so that a target user equipment (UE) experiences enhanced signal reception and/or reduced interference. In order to optimally implement downlink CoMP, a serving cell needs to obtain channel state information (CSI) for the downlink channels from the multiple transmission points to the UE. This disclosure deals with radio resource control (RRC) signaling for configuring the UE to obtain and report CSI for those downlink channels. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100385 | METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK SIGNAL AND METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL - A base station of the present invention configures resources in which a downlink signal is to be transmitted with zero power using resource sets defined for a specific number of antenna ports, regardless of the number of antenna ports actually configured in the base station, and transmits resource information indicating the configured resources to a user equipment. The user equipment of the present invention receives a downlink transmission from the base station, assuming that transmission power of resources corresponding to a resource set indicated by the resource information is zero. | 2016-04-07 |
20160100386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - A method is provided for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a wireless communication system. First, second, and third DMRS sequences associated with first, second, and third layers respectively are generated. First, second, and third cyclic shifts are allocated to the first, second, and third DMRS sequences respectively, The first, second, and third DMRS sequences are transmitted to a base station. The first, second, and third cyclic shifts are respectively determined based on first, second and third cyclic shift values, which are indicated by a cyclic shift field in downlink control information (DCI) received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The first and second cyclic shift values are separated by a maximum separation value corresponding to a total number of cyclic shifts and being determined for transmission of DMRS signal in the system using four layers. | 2016-04-07 |