16th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 65 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180110003 | TLD WIRELESS TERMINAL AND TLD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND TLD MANAGEMENT METHOD - Disclosed is a TLD wireless terminal, a TLD management system, and a method for managing the TLD. A TLD wireless terminal adhered to a TLD and communicating with a plurality of repeaters including a first repeater and a second repeater located in a radiation controlled area may include a repeater determining unit configured to selectively determine the first repeater or the second repeater as a repeater for performing communication, and a first communication unit configured to transmit a packet including unique identification information of the wireless terminal to the first repeater. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110004 | Method and Apparatus for Discontinuous Reception - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an efficient discontinuous reception solution applicable in a Licensed-Assisted Access scenario. Particularly, there is provided a method for discontinuous reception at a tenninal device that is operable in both a licensed spectrum and an unlicensed spectrum. The method comprises receiving a subframe on an unlicensed carrier of the unlicensed spectrum during running of a first predetermined timer for which the terminal device is active and then determining whether the subframe is received from a base station that is operable in both the licensed spectrum and the unlicensed spectrum. Further, the method may also comprise extending the first predetermined timer in response to determining that the subframe is not received from the base station and during running of the extended first predetermined timer, keeping receiving a subframe on the unlicensed carrier of the unlicensed spectrum and determining whether the subframe is received from the base station. The extended first predetermined timer may be stopped in response that a subframe is received from the base station. Correspondingly, there is also provided an apparatus for discontinuous reception of a terminal device operable in both a licensed spectrum and an unlicensed spectrum. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110005 | DOWNLINK SCHEDULING DATA MONITORING METHOD, DOWNLINK SCHEDULING DATA SENDING METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A downlink scheduling data monitoring method, a downlink scheduling data sending method, and an apparatus are provided. The method includes: starting a timer; and after it is determined that the timer expires, monitoring, by using a first discontinuous reception DRX monitoring cycle, downlink scheduling data sent by a base station, where duration of the first DRX monitoring cycle is in a unit of minute or hour. After it is determined that the timer expires, the downlink scheduling data is monitored by using the first DRX monitoring cycle whose duration is in a unit of minute or hour. In this way, not only power consumption is reduced, but also the downlink scheduling data can be monitored. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110006 | Relaying Communications in a Wireless Sensor System - Various embodiments of wireless ambient sensor unit are presented. The sensor unit may include a wireless transceiver configured to transmit sensor data and to receive instructions. The sensor unit may include a sensor configured to measure an ambient condition. The sensor unit may include a controller in communication with the wireless transceiver and the sensor. The controller may be configured to compare data measured about the ambient condition to a stored threshold while the wireless ambient sensor unit is functioning in a low-power mode. The controller may be configured to exit the low-power mode in response to the comparison of the data with the stored threshold. The controller may be configured to cause the data measured about the ambient condition to be transmitted by the wireless transceiver as one or more messages in response to the comparison to the stored threshold. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110007 | Selection of an ADC for each RF Chain of a Remote Radio Head Unit - Apparatuses, methods, and systems for selecting an ADC for each RF chain of an RRU are disclosed. One embodiment of the RRU includes a plurality of antennas and a plurality of RF chains configured to receive a plurality of wireless signals, A plurality of outputs of the RRU connected to a front-haul, wherein the front-haul electrically connects the plurality of outputs of the RRU to a baseband unit (BBU), wherein each of the outputs is connected to an output of one of a plurality of ADCs. Further, the RRU selects a one of the plurality of ADCs having the plurality of ADC resolutions for each of the RF chains based on the capacity of the front-haul, a channel gain of each of the RF chains, and a performance parameter of the RRU. A switch connects each of the RF chains to a corresponding one of the plurality of ADCs. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110008 | Radio-Frequency Module and Wireless Device - A wireless device includes a radio-frequency module, a modem module, and a control unit. The radio-frequency module and the modem module operate either in a first operation mode or in a second operation mode. The control unit, coupled to the RF and the modem module, generates a control signal to indicate to the RF and the modem module to operate in the first operation mode or to operate in the second operation mode. A first set of signal formats corresponding to the first operation mode is a superset of a second set of signal formats corresponding to the second operation mode, and a first power consumption corresponding to the first operation mode is higher than a second power consumption corresponding to the second operation mode. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110009 | POWER SOURCE HOT SWAP MODE - A method for power management of a mobile device includes detecting whether a removable power source has been removed from the mobile device. In response to detecting that the power source has been removed, entering a hot swap mode for a first time period by deactivating a first component of the mobile device and maintaining, via a backup power source in the mobile device, a powered state of a second component of the mobile device and an application state of the mobile device. The method further includes, after the first time period, entering a suspend mode for a second time period by deactivating the second component and continuing to maintain the application state of the mobile device for the second time period. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110010 | EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE IN LOW SIGNAL CONDITIONS - Power usage on a computing device is managed. Data indicative of signal or network conditions for a network for which the system is communicatively coupled via a communications link is accessed. The link quality for the communications link is determined. Based on the determined link quality, applications are allowed or delayed for a period of time to access the network for communication. The applications are selected so as to reduce power consumed by the system based on the determined link quality. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110011 | BATTERY CHARGE AWARE COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for conducting battery charge aware communications is disclosed. A system receives a content request from a client device, wherein the content request indicates one or more content items. The system retrieves the one or more requested content items from a content database at the system. The system determines whether the content request includes current remaining battery power data for the client device. In response to determining that the content request includes the current remaining battery power data for the client device, the system determines whether a current remaining battery power is below a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the current remaining battery power is below the predetermined threshold, the system analyzes the one or more requested content items to determine core content sections. The system transmits the determined core content sections to the client device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110012 | Printed Tracking Device and System and Method for Use in a Low Power Network - The present invention is a tracking device for use in an LPWAN network, a system for using the tracking device, and a method of using the tracking device. The invention has the advantages of having a small form factor, low power consumption requirements, and long data transmission capabilities. In an embodiment, we describe a tracking device wherein the majority of the electronics are printed on a single substrate. In one variant of this embodiment, only a sensor could be located off-substrate. Embodiments disclosed herein provide a low-cost, versatile tracking device that can provide accurate analytics about a movable article to individuals or machines seeking information related to at least one of a panoply of metrics that could be reported about the moveable article. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110013 | User Equipment and a Method for Power Control of Uplink Transmissions - A UE and a method performed by the UE for power control of uplink transmissions, when the UE is connected in dual connectivity mode to at least a first network node and a second network node are provided. The method comprises determining ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180110014 | POWER CONTROL FOR ACK/NACK FORMATS WITH CARRIER AGGREGATION - A system and method for determining a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) power control parameter h(n | 2018-04-19 |
20180110015 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING IRC RECEIVER SELECTIVELY BY A USER EQUIPMENT - Provided are a method of selectively using an interference rejection combining (IRC) receiver by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The UE may calculate a dominant interferer proportion (DIP) estimation parameter based on a covariance matrix, may estimate a DIP based on the DIP estimation parameter, and may determine whether to use the IRC receiver based on the estimated DIP and a DIP threshold. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110016 | SYSTEM FOR BOOSTING A NETWORK SIGNAL, AND THE METHOD THEREOF - A system of boosting a network signal and a method thereof are provided. The method includes: a mobile terminal obtaining a signal intensity of a base station and comparing the signal intensity to a predetermined first threshold of signal intensity; the mobile terminal sending a request to boost network signals and location information of the mobile terminal to the server, when the signal intensity is less than the first threshold; the base station controller receiving, from the server, the request; the base station controller locating to the base station based on the location information of the mobile terminal; the base station controller determining the number of requests to boost network signals received by the base station; the base station controller comparing the number to a predetermined number threshold; and the base station controller enabling the base station to increase power, when the number is larger than the number threshold. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110017 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FACILITATE POWER DOMAIN INTERFERENCE COORDINATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include negotiating power domain interference coordination (PDIC) parameters between a macro cell radio and at least one small cell radio; determining successive interference cancellation (SIC) parameters for each of one or more user equipment (UE) that are to perform SIC for one or more transmissions; and sending the SIC parameters to each of the one or more user equipment. Negotiating PDIC parameters can include determining, by the macro cell radio and at least one small cell radio, one or more physical resource blocks (PRBs) for which transmission power levels can be coordinated for a plurality of frequencies in a frequency domain and a plurality of subframes in a time domain and exchanging PDIC parameters between the cell radios in order to perform PDIC transmissions for UE served by the cell radios. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110018 | ACTIVE LOAD MODULATION TECHNIQUE IN NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - A near field communication (NFC) device configured to use in preparing a carrier signal for active load modulation supporting both synchronous and asynchronous transmissions. The NFC device comprises a local clock generator for generating a reference clock signal (REF_CLK), a clock extractor for recovering a clock signal (EXT_CLK) generated by an NFC initiator device, a frequency tracking module (FTM) for performing a frequency tracking operation based on an input clock signal (REF_CLK or EXT_CLK) to produce a FTM output with its frequency aligned with the input clock signal, and a phase tracking module (PTM) for performing a phase tracking operation on the FTM output based on EXT_CLK to produce a PTM output with its phase aligned with EXT_CLK. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110019 | SYNCHRONIZATION AND DATA CHANNEL NUMEROLOGY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A base station may configure at least a first downlink transmission in a regular downlink burst with the first numerology for transmitting at least a portion of a data channel to a UE according to a numerology of a service used for data channel transmission. The base station also may configure at least a portion of a second downlink transmission in a regular downlink burst with a second numerology for transmitting a synchronization signal to the UE. A UE that receives the downlink regular burst may demodulate and decode the symbols in the received transmissions according to the numerology associated with each symbol. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110020 | SYNCHRONIZATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS - There is provided mechanisms for synchronization in a wireless communications network. A method is performed by a transmitting device. The method comprises transmitting a first synchronization signal on a first time/frequency resource in a time/frequency grid. The method comprises receiving a response to the first synchronization signal from a receiving device. The method comprises transmitting a second synchronization signal on a second time/frequency resource in the time/frequency grid to the receiving device, wherein the second time/frequency resource spans a larger portion of the time/frequency grid than the first time/frequency resource. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110021 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING AMOUNT OF USER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY - An electronic device and a method of measuring an amount of user physical activity by an electronic device are provided. The method includes establishing short range communication among a plurality of electronic devices, determining one of the plurality of electronic devices as a primary device, communicating state information of remaining electronic devices to the primary device, activating a sensor on a device having a highest priority among the plurality of electronic devices according to the state information, recording physical activity information according to physical activity sensed by the sensor, communicating the physical activity information to the primary device, calculating an amount of physical activity according to the communicated physical activity information, and synchronizing the amount of physical activity among the plurality of electronic devices. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110022 | COORDINATED RESOURCE DISCOVERY - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for discovery of resources in a wireless communications system. The wireless communications system supports operations for multiple network operating entities that share a radio frequency spectrum. To discover and perform synchronization with the wireless communications system, a common preamble may be transmitted by nodes associated with multiple network operating entities. The common preamble may include information common to each of the multiple network operating entities which may be used by a device to identify neighboring wireless nodes, available network operating entities, or sub-intervals designated for prioritized or opportunistic use by one or more network operating entities. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110023 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC TIMEPIECE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Peripherals and send timing information presenting a timing of acquiring time information to a central. The central changes the timing in the received timing information so that the timing presented by the timing information received from the peripheral does not overlap with the timing presented by the already received timing information of the other peripheral. The central makes the peripheral change a setting of the timing information based on the changed timing information. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110024 | Method and Apparatus for Maintaining Uplink Synchronization and Reducing Battery Power Consumption - A Node-B sends a polling message to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The WTRU sends an uplink synchronization burst in response to the polling message without contention. The Node-B estimates an uplink timing shift based on the synchronization burst and sends an uplink timing adjustment command to the WTRU. The WTRU then adjusts uplink timing based on the uplink timing adjustment command. Alternatively, the Node-B may send a scheduling message for uplink synchronization to the WTRU. The WTRU may send a synchronization burst based on the scheduling message. Alternatively, the WTRU may perform contention-based uplink synchronization after receiving a synchronization request from the Node-B. The WTRU may enter an idle state instead of performing a handover to a new cell when the WTRU moves to the new cell. A discontinuous reception (DRX) interval for the WTRU may be set based on activity of the WTRU. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110025 | AGILE MEASUREMENT STRATEGY FOR TERRESTRIAL POSITIONING - Techniques provided herein enable a mobile device to maintain a terrestrial transceiver history indicating the success of previous measurements attempts with terrestrial transceivers for location determination. This history can be used to prioritize terrestrial transceivers with which future measurement attempts are to be made. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110026 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITIONING INFORMATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for providing positioning information of a first user equipment in a mobile communication network includes: receiving, by a location server, a request for positioning information of the first user equipment from a requesting service; receiving, by the location server, first measurement data from the first user equipment; receiving, by the location server, second measurement data from a first base station to the location server, wherein the first base station is serving the first user equipment; selecting, by the location server, dependent on a use case requirement of the requesting service, one or more of the first measurement data and the second measurement data as selected measurement data; determining, by the location server, based on the selected measurement data, positioning information for the first user equipment; and transmitting, by the location server, the determined positioning information to the requesting service. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110027 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER AND BASE STATION - The present invention has an object to provide a communication system capable of avoiding congestion in downlink communication or uplink communication and a shortage of radio resources arising therefrom. In the present invention, in a communication system including a normal user equipment (normal UE) that performs human to human communication and a machine type communication device (MTCD) that performs machine to machine communication, a base station device transmits a paging message to the normal UE and the MTCD for calling the normal UE and the MTCD. The paging message contains, for example, an equipment identity (UE-ID). A maximum number of equipment identities (UE-IDs) that can be accommodated within this paging message is set individually for the normal UE and the MTCD. Alternatively, the paging message contains a calling indicator in place of the equipment identity of the MTCD (UE-ID of MTCD). | 2018-04-19 |
20180110028 | PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS - User equipment provides, to a network device, reference paging information generated according to a moving speed of the user equipment. The reference paging information is used by the network device to determine a paging area for sending a paging message. The network device receives the reference paging information generated by the user equipment according to the moving speed of the user equipment. The network device determines, according to the reference paging information, a paging area for sending a paging message to the user equipment. The network device sends, in the paging area, the paging message to the user equipment. The network device can determine the paging area according to the reference paging information, so that a paging resource waste in a paging process is reduced, relatively accurate paging is implemented, overheads of inter-network interfaces and air interfaces are greatly reduced, and system efficiency and stability are improved. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110029 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON ACCESS NETWORK PAGING AND CORE NETWORK PAGING - Provided is a communication method and apparatus based on access network paging and core network paging. A communication method performed by an anchor radio access network (RAN) receives a signaling message or a data packet for a user equipment (UE) from a core network, triggers paging for the UE, and transmits a paging request to the core network in response to a failure of the paging. The core network is configured to transmit a core network (CN) assisted paging request message to a new RAN within a determined target paging area in response to the paging request, and the new RAN is configured to perform the paging for the UE based on the CN assisted paging request message. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110030 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND USING AN OPTIMUM SHARED SPECTRUM SEGMENT AS A DELAY TOLERANT, LOW DUTY-CYCLE, COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR TERRAIN INDEPENDENT CONNECTION - Establishment of a Terrain Independent Communication using—The HF band (3-30 MHz) and VHF (30 to 300 MHz) frequency spectrums that is provided for use as shared spectrum by the FCC. Different segments within the spectrum are in use today by emergency and utility companies in an intermittent fashion. The utilization of the shared spectrum as of date is very low (typically below 20%). The invention seeks to identify optimum, and less frequented frequency ranges within the spectrum to establish terrain independent connectivity between base stations and end points up to 1200-mile radius. This connection is used to provide terrain independent communication for data communication for point to point and point to multi-point applications. Typically, this connection is used for short bust automatic data acquisition applications, such as sensor monitoring, and other communication applications. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110031 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To enable low latency uplink to be used in a more preferable mode can be provided. A device includes: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information is transmitted from the communication unit to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110032 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST CONTROL MESSAGING FOR MULTIPLE NUMEROLOGY ACCESS ZONES - A method is provided for detecting an access zone configuration of a downlink wireless transmission received from a wireless network by a receiver. The method includes steps of activating the receiver, synchronizing the receiver with the wireless network, detecting, by the receiver after the step of synchronizing, a received access zone of the downlink wireless transmission, determining a base symbol of the detected access zone, ascertaining a first gap and a second gap from repetitive information contained within the determined base symbol, concluding, from the ascertained first and second gaps, that the detected access zone is part of a multiple access zone configuration, and registering, after the step of concluding, the receiver with the wireless network. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110033 | MULTI-BAND CHANNEL AGGREGATION - Multiple channels are aggregated. In an example embodiment, first data is transmitted on a first channel to a wireless device, and second data is simultaneously transmitted on a second channel to the wireless device. The first data and the second data are transmitted in a coordinated manner by aggregating the first channel and the second channel. Various example channel characteristics and combinations thereof are described. Different data allocation options for aggregated channels are described. Other alternative implementations are also presented herein. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110034 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING ENHANCED PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, AND USER EQUIPMENT - The present invention provides a method for processing an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), a network-side device, and a user equipment. The method includes: notifying a user equipment (UE) of M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for EPDCCH transmission and N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and notifying the UE of correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and performing the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110035 | GSM EVOLUTION PACKET DATA TRAFFIC CHANNEL RESOURCE TRANSMISSION MANAGEMENT - FLEXIBLE DOWNLINK ALLOCATION TECHNIQUE - A radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem), a wireless device (e.g., a mobile station), and various methods are described herein for improving the allocation of radio resources in wireless communications. In one embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a fixed uplink allocation technique. In another embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a flexible downlink allocation technique. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110036 | Compressed System Information for Link Budget Limited UEs in a Radio Access Network - Techniques are disclosed relating to broadcasting and receiving system information in a radio access network (RAN). In one embodiment, a base station includes at least one antenna, at least one radio, configured to perform cellular communication using a radio access technology (RAT), and one or more processors coupled to the radio. In this embodiment, the base station is configured to broadcast first system information blocks (SIBs) encoded using a first coding rate and a first identifier. In this embodiment, the base station is also configured to broadcast second SIBs encoded using a second coding rate that is lower than the first coding rate and a second identifier. In this embodiment, the second SIBs include only a portion of the information included in the first SIBs and the second SIBs are usable by user equipment devices (UEs) having a limited link budget to determine access parameters for the base station. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110037 | USER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION - A user apparatus used in a mobile communication system supporting D2D communication includes a broadcast channel information transmitter configured to transmit configuration information of a resource for another user apparatus to receive D2D control information, and information representing that the D2D control information is to be transmitted by using a broadcast channel for D2D; and a control information transmitter configured to transmit the D2D control information by using the resource. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110038 | Wireless Device and Radio Frequency Channel Calibration Method - A wireless device and a radio frequency channel calibration method, where the wireless device includes a first radio frequency circuit and a second radio frequency circuit that operate on a same frequency band, and a processor. The first radio frequency circuit is configured to send a calibration signal using a calibration antenna. The second radio frequency circuit is configured to receive the calibration signal using each of at least two to-be-calibrated antennas. The second radio frequency circuit corresponds to at least two radio frequency channels, the at least two radio frequency channels respectively correspond to the at least two to-be-calibrated antennas. The processor is configured to determine a device phase difference of each of the at least two radio frequency channels, and calibrate a corresponding radio frequency channel using the device phase difference of each of the at least two radio frequency channels. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110039 | SWARM COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A swarm communication system. Each of a plurality of transceivers determines a transmission cycle duration, and transmits one packet per transmission cycle, each packet being transmitted at a random point in time within the transmission cycle. The duration of the transmission cycle of a first transceiver may be adjusted according to the number of other transceivers within range of the first transceiver, or according to the number of other transmitters within range of each of the other transmitters that are within range of the first transceiver. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110040 | MULTIPLE APPLICATION DEVICES FOR PROVIDING SERVICES IN WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (WDS), INCLUDING DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS (DAS), AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Multiple application devices (such as multiple application modules (MAMs) and multiple application units (MAUs)) for providing services in wireless distribution systems (WDSs) are disclosed. The multiple application devices are wireless telecommunication circuitry associated with wireless distribution components in a WDS. By associating multiple application devices into components of a WDS, network services, and applications within the WDS can be provided. The WDS may comprise a central unit, a plurality of remote units, and a plurality of multiple application devices associated with at least one of the central unit and at least one of the remote units. Each of the plurality of multiple application devices comprises at least one multiple applications processor, is connected to at least one other of the plurality of multiple application devices, and is configured to coordinate with one other multiple application device of the plurality of multiple application devices to provide a user requested service. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110041 | OFDMA-BASED MULTIPLEXING OF UPLINK CONTROL INFORMATION - Methods and apparatus are described for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) over an OFDMA-based uplink. In some embodiments, UCI symbols are mapped to resource elements (REs) in the time/frequency resource grid to maximize frequency diversity. In some embodiments, UCI is mapped in a manner that takes into account channel estimation performance by mapping UCI symbols to those REs that are closest (in terms of OFDM subcarriers/symbols) to REs that carry reference signals. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110042 | CONCURRENT TRANSMISSION OF LOW LATENCY AND NON-LOW LATENCY UPLINK CONTROL CHANNELS - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may be scheduled for overlapping or concurrent uplink control information (UCI) transmissions on a non-low latency channel (e.g., physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)) and a low latency channel (shortened PUCCH (sPUCCH)). The UE may transmit on PUCCH or on sPUCCH, or both, according to the UE's configuration or capability. The UE may transmit low latency UCI on PUCCH and refrain from transmitting on sPUCCH, or the UE may transmit on sPUCCH and refrain from transmitting on PUCCH. In other examples, the UE may transmit on PUCCH and sPUCCH concurrently. The UE may split power between the PUCCH and sPUCCH so that the combined power of the two transmissions remains within a transmission power budget. In other examples, the UE may switch between concurrent transmissions and transmitting on one channel while refraining from transmitting on another channel. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110043 | BASE STATION AND METHOD FOR REALIZING CHANNEL TRANSMISSION - A method and device for realizing channel transmission are provided. In the method, a base station determines a subframe set used by a downlink control channel and/or a subframe set used by a downlink traffic channel; and the base station performs across subframe scheduling for the downlink traffic channel through the downlink control channel. According to the solution, a subframe set used by a downlink control channel and/or a subframe set used by a downlink traffic channel are/is determined by a base station, and the downlink traffic channel is scheduled across subframes through the downlink control channel. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110044 | USER EQUIPMENT AND D2D COMMUNICATION METHOD - User equipment to be used in a communication system supporting D2D communication includes a setting unit that receives D2D gap configuration information from a base station, and sets a D2D gap based on the D2D gap configuration information; and a communication unit that monitors a D2D signal in a different frequency using the D2D gap, wherein the D2D gap that is set based on the D2D gap configuration information is a time interval with a predetermined time length in a time domain, the time interval being allocated based on a time hopping pattern. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110045 | METHOD AND LC APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL - The disclosure of the present specification provides a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a low-capability (LC) or low-cost (LC) apparatus. The method may comprise a step of determining a search space for monitoring the downlink control channel, wherein the search space can be defined by a candidate of the downlink control channel according to a set level and a repetition level. Each candidate can be repeated on a plurality of consecutive subframes which start from a start subframe. The location of the start subframe can be determined by a value obtained from an RRC signal. The method may comprise a step of decoding each candidate of the downlink control channel repeated on the consecutive subframes. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110046 | PROCEDURE FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF A BASIC SERVICE SET (BSS) - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for dynamically changing one or more operating parameters of a wireless network. In some aspects, an AP may detect the presence of an overlapping BSS having the same color as its own BSS. Upon detecting a color collision, the AP may temporarily disable color-related features (such as intra-PPDU power save, multi-NAV operation, spatial reuse, and the like) of its associated STAs. If the color collision persists beyond a threshold duration, the AP may dynamically change the color of its own BSS to a different BSS color. In some other aspects, the AP may detect the presence of an overlapping BSS having the same TBTT as its own. Upon detecting a beacon collision, the AP may expedite or delay the timing of its own TBTT so that it does not interfere or overlap with the TBTT of another BSS. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110047 | DUAL CONNECTIVITY POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS NETWORK AND WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device may receive message(s) comprising configuration parameters of cells grouped into a first cell group and a second cell group. One or more first grants for transmission in a first subframe on one or more first cells of the first cell group are received. The one or more first cells may comprise an LAA cell. One or more second grants for transmission in a second subframe on one or more second cells of the second cell group may be received. The first subframe may overlap the second subframe. The first subframe may lead the second subframe by a timing difference. In response to the timing difference being larger than a timing value, a power scaling rule may be applied to transmissions corresponding to the one or more second grants based on whether a listen before talk procedure indicates a clear channel for the LAA cell. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110048 | CARRIER AGGREGATION WITH SELF-CONTAINED SUBFRAME FOR EFFICIENT MODEM PROCESSING - The present disclosure provides for enhanced pipeline processing using different timing characteristics for aggregated carriers. A receiving device may receive a first component carrier and a second component carrier from a transmitting device during a subframe including a first set of symbols on the first component carrier and a second set of symbols on the second component carrier. The first component carrier may be a priority component carrier having a different timing characteristic than the second component carrier. The receiving device may process, using a hardware processing pipeline, the first set of symbols interleaved with the second set of symbols. The receiving device may transmit an acknowledgment, within the subframe, based on the processing of at least all of the first set of symbols. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110049 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CHANNEL ESTIMATION AND BEAMFORMING IN FDD SYSTEM BY EXPLOITING UPLINK-DOWNLINK CORRESPONDENCE - A method for selecting at least one parameter for downlink data transmission with a mobile user equipment. The method is executable by a wireless communication base station having multiple antennas configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile user equipment. The method receives an uplink probing signal from the mobile user equipment. The method determines a plurality of angles of arrival for a corresponding plurality of paths between the mobile user equipment and the multiple antennas. The method transmits a plurality of downlink probing signals directionally toward corresponding angles of arrival in the plurality of angles of arrival. Each downlink probing signal is a virtual antenna port with respect to the mobile user equipment. The method receives channel state information. The method composes at least one of a rank indicator (RI), precoding matrix indicator (PMI), or modulating and coding scheme (MCS) for downlink data transmission to the mobile user equipment. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110050 | RADIO FRAME TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Implementation manners of the present disclosure disclose a radio frame transmission method, including: generating a radio frame, where the radio frame includes at least one first subframe, the at least one first subframe includes a downlink transmission field and an uplink transmission field, the downlink transmission field is used to carry a downlink signal, the uplink transmission field is used to carry an uplink signal, the downlink transmission field includes N | 2018-04-19 |
20180110051 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING FREQUENCY RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a method and an apparatus for allocating, by a first OFDM system and a second OFDM system, frequency resources, which are multiplexed in a frequency region, in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the sizes of the frequency resources of the first OFDM system, which corresponds to an existing OFDM, and the second OFDM system, which corresponds to a UF-OFDM, are determined. Adjacent subcarriers are instructed to allocate any one of a guard carrier and a subcarrier to which null data is allocated, while performing frequency resource allocation between the first and second OFDM systems in accordance with the determined sizes of the frequency resources. The information regarding the frequency resource allocation, which comprises information indicative of either the guard carrier or the subcarrier, is transmitted. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110052 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS USING SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM BAND - Techniques for wireless communications over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, may include techniques for transmitting uplink data transmissions using allocated uplink resources. Allocated uplink resources may include an uplink channel comprising a number of allocated interlaces of resource blocks (RBs) for use by a user equipment (UE). An incoming data stream may be processed and data separated into each of the allocated interlaces of RBs for the UE. Such separation may be through demultiplexing the data stream to obtain data for the allocated interlaces of RBs. The demultiplexed data may be mapped onto associated resource elements associated with the allocated interlaces of RBs, and transmitted. Different types of uplink channels, such as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and/or a physical random access channel (PRACH) may be allocated to interlaces of RBs in one or more subframes of a transmitted radio frame. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110053 | FORWARDING CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR MOBILE TERMINAL, AND APPARATUSES THEREOF - A forwarding control method, an information transmission method for a mobile terminal, and apparatuses thereof, are provided. A method comprises determining uplink transmit power of at least one mobile terminal, and determining, at least according to the uplink transmit power, a forwarding policy of measured data of the mobile terminal corresponding to the uplink transmit power. According to uplink transmit power of a mobile terminal, a forwarding policy of respective information can be determined and forwarding of the information can be selectively triggered, so as to facilitate reducing signaling overhead and delay caused by unnecessary forwarding while improving forwarding efficiency. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110054 | METHOD, CARRIED OUT BY USER EQUIPMENT, FOR TRANSMITTING PRIORITY INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER EQUIPMENT UTILIZING THE METHOD - Provided are a method, carried out by a user equipment (UE), for transmitting priority information in a wireless communication system and a UE utilizing the method. The method is characterized by selecting a priority for data to be transmitted by means of a device-to-device (D2D) action, associating the value for the selected priority with the data, and transmitting the data and value for the selected priority. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110055 | METHOD FOR DATA SCHEDULING AND POWER CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating a first terminal. A motion of the first terminal is determined by using sensor data from at least one sensor of the first terminal. A prediction for a channel quality between the first terminal and a second terminal is performed based on the determined motion of the first terminal. At least one first time duration in which the predicted channel quality is greater than or equal to a threshold value and at least one second time duration in which the predicted channel quality is less than the threshold value are determined. Data is transmitted to the second terminal via a first transmission power, where the first transmission power is set for the at least one first time duration. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110056 | TECHNIQUES FOR NEW RADIO FRAME STRUCTURES FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A method and apparatus for wireless communications are described. The method and apparatus may include transmitting at least one frame that includes a first acquisition interval associated with a first operator and one or more first transmission opportunities having a guarantee interval for the first operator, and a second acquisition interval associated with a second operator different from the first operator and one or more second transmission opportunities having a guarantee interval for the second operator, the first acquisition interval and the one or more first transmission opportunities nonoverlapping with the second acquisition interval and the one or more second transmission opportunities. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110057 | UPLINK DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE THEREFOR - Disclosed are an uplink data transmission method in a wireless communication system and a device therefor. Particularly, a method for transmitting uplink data in an unlicensed band by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, uplink scheduling information within a cell operating in an unlicensed band; sensing a channel of the cell; transmitting a reservation signal when the channel is sensed to be in an idle state; and transmitting, to the base station, uplink data in a wireless resource allocated on the basis of the uplink scheduling information, wherein the channel is sensed to be in the idle state when energy detected, except for the reservation signal transmitted from another UE that is co-scheduled along with the UE for uplink multi-user multiple input multiple output (UL MU-MIMO) transmission, is smaller than a predetermined threshold value. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110058 | IMPROVED SCHEDULING FOR MULTIPLE RECEPTION POINT RADIO NETWORKS - A method, performed in a network control entity, for scheduling communication of node signals from at least one network node to one or more reception points. The method comprising the steps of estimating (S | 2018-04-19 |
20180110059 | RADIO RESOURCE SCHEDULING METHOD, RADIO BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio resource scheduling method, wherein the method includes generating format information, wherein the format information specifies a format of resource allocation information, the format corresponding to a number of a plurality of mobile stations that simultaneously perform communication with the radio base station; generating the resource allocation information provided with the format specified by the format information corresponding to radio resources allocated to the plurality of mobile stations; and transmitting, to the plurality of mobile stations, the resource allocation information. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110060 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION AND D2D COMMUNICATION COEXISTENCE METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are a cellular communication and device-to-device (D2D) communication coexistence method, system and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: receiving resource control information ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180110061 | Method for UE Pattern Indication and Measurement for Interference Coordination - A method of inter-cell interference coordination is provided for UE measurements and network access procedure. In a first embodiment, a UE in idle mode performs measurements on received radio signals applying a simplified radio resource restriction for interference coordination. The UE determines the restricted radio resource without receiving explicit measurement configuration. In a second embodiment, during various phases of a network access procedure, the UE indicates its interference status and/or additional interference information to its serving base station to enhance interference coordination. In a third embodiment, the UE in connected mode performs measurements on both interference-protected transmission resources and non-interference-protected transmission resources. The UE measurement results are used for scheduling, radio link monitoring, and/or mobility management to increase radio spectrum efficiency and to improve user experience. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110062 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATING RESOURCES TO FREQUENCY BAND OF SHORT TTI AND DEVICE USING SAME - A method and device for dynamically allocating resources to a frequency band of a short transmission time interval (TTI) in a wireless communication system is provided. Specifically, a plurality of first downlink channels and a second downlink channel included in a subframe corresponding to one TTI are received, wherein the plurality of first downlink channels are received during sTTIs and the second downlink channel is received during the TTI. The plurality of first downlink channels are sequentially received. The plurality of first downlink channels are demodulated using control information included in a downlink control information (DCI) used for the second downlink channel and an RRC message. The control information and RRC message indicate frequency resources for the plurality of first downlink channels. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110063 | MISSION CRITICAL AND AUTONOMOUS UPLINK TRANSMISSION SUPPORT - A connection may be established between a base station and a user equipment (UE) using a radio frequency shared by multiple network operating entities. Resources (e.g., a frame) may be divided into exclusive, prioritized, and opportunistic sub-intervals for a given network operating entity coexisting within the shared radio frequency spectrum. Additionally, a set of low latency sub-intervals (e.g., reserved resources) may be designated for use by the network operating entity for mission critical (MiCr) and/or autonomous uplink transmissions. The network operating entity may indicate timing information for low latency sub-intervals during a sub-interval for exclusive use by the network operating entity. The UE may then transmit MiCr and/or autonomous uplink messages using the low latency intervals without performing a medium sensing procedure. In some cases, the sub-intervals for MiCr and autonomous uplink transmissions may be for exclusive use by the network operating entity. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT TRAFFIC OFFLOAD WITHOUT SERVICE DISRUPTION - Methods, systems, and devices for offloading traffic flows without service disruption are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) is configured to receive an indication that a current packet data network (PDN) connection can be optimized. The current PDN connection is established over a first PDN gateway (PGW). The UE requests connection over a new PDN connection to a same type of service as the current PDN connection without releasing the connection over the first PGW. The UE routes new traffic flows over a second PGW corresponding to the new PDN connection and routes old traffic flows over the first PGW. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110065 | Method of Handling Uplink Scheduling for Wireless Communication System - A method of handling uplink (UL) scheduling for an access point of a wireless communication system includes obtaining UL performance metrics of a UL queue comprising a plurality of UL transmissions; determining at least one back-off parameter of the UL queue according to the UL performance metrics; and transmitting a trigger frame of triggering the UL transmissions according to the at least one back-off parameter. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110066 | SCHEDULING REQUEST TRANSMISSION FOR DIRECTIONAL BEAM ACCESS - A user equipment (UE) may transmit a UE-generated uplink message to a base station to request resources for an uplink transmission. The UE may be configured to send the message (e.g., a scheduling request (SR)) using different transmission modes. For example, the UE may transmit the SR using a scheduled mode where the UE conveys the SR along with another uplink message (e.g., a control message). In some examples, the UE may transmit the SR using an autonomous mode where the UE transmits the SR in resources reserved for SR transmissions. The UE may determine which transmission mode to use based on certain characteristics of the SR or the data associated with the SR. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110067 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC ALLOCATION USING A GRANT FRAME - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of dynamically scheduling a transmit opportunity. For example, a first wireless station may be configured to generate a grant frame including a duration field and a dynamic allocation information field, the dynamic allocation information field including an allocation duration subfield, the allocation duration subfield being set to a value within a predefined range of values, when the grant frame is to grant to a second wireless station a period after a Transmit Opportunity (TxOP), the allocation duration subfield being set to a predefined value which is not within the predefined range of values, when the grant frame is to grant to the second wireless station a period within the TxOP; and transmit the grant frame during the TxOP. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110068 | Methods and Arrangements for Managing Information about Signal Quality and/or Signal Strength Received by a Wireless Device in a Downlink - Methods, wireless device ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180110069 | SINGLE USER SWITCHING TIMER PER ACCESS CATEGORY (AC) - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to timers used to control switching from SU to MU transmission modes. In some examples, a frame is generated having an indication of multiple timer values for one or more wireless devices to be used for switching from a multiple user (MU) mode to a single user (SU) mode. In other examples, when to switch from a MU mode to a SU mode is determined based on multiple timer values obtained from a frame, and one or more second frames are generated for transmission via the SU mode or the MU mode based on the determination. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110070 | TERMINAL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including first uplink multiple access information, and a transmission unit that transmits a frame including second uplink multiple access information based on the frame including the first uplink multiple access information, and further, after standby of a predetermined period, initiates the uplink multiple access communication. The reception unit determines whether or not there has been reception of a frame including the second uplink multiple access information that another terminal device has transmitted during the predetermined period, and the transmission unit decides whether or not to initiate the uplink multiple access communication, based on whether or not there has been reception of a frame including the second uplink multiple access information that another terminal device has transmitted during the predetermined period. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110071 | First Communication Device, Second Communication Device and Methods Therein, for Determining One or More Parameters for Transmitting on an Uplink Control Channel - A first communication device determines one or more parameters for transmitting on an uplink control channel in an unlicensed band to a second communication device operating in a wireless communications network. The one or more parameters comprise an indication of a duration of a channel sensing period. The first communication device then transmits on the uplink control channel to the second communication device, by applying the determined one or more parameters. According to a method performed by the second communication device operating in the wireless communications network, the second communication device determines the one or more parameters. The second communication device then initiates transmitting the determined one or more parameters to the first communication device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110072 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECODING DATA CARRIED ON COLLIDING CHANNELS - An apparatus may communicate with at least two networks. The apparatus may be configured to opportunistically decode a channel from a first network and a channel from a second network in order to receive data from both networks. The apparatus may determine whether first data carried on a paging channel (PCH) is decodable from a subset of slots that carry the PCH. The subset of slots may be included in a set of slots that carry the PCH. When the PCH collides with a physical multicast channel (PMCH), the apparatus may decode second data carried on the PMCH instead of the first data when the first data is determined to be decodable from the subset of slots that carry the PCH, and decode the first data instead of the second data when the first data is not determined to be decodable from the subset of slots that carry the PCH. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110073 | Wireless Device, an Access Point and Methods using Different Clear Channel Assessment (CCA) Thresholds - An Access Point, AP, and a wireless device as well as a method performed by the AP and a method performed by the wireless device for communication with the other are provided. The method performed by the AP comprises using ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180110074 | ENHANCED RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE - The present disclosure describes a method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for a random access channel (RACH) procedure at a user equipment. For example, the method may select a two-step RACH procedure or a four-step RACH procedure at the UE based at least on RACH configuration information received from a base station or the RACH configuration information at the UE. The example method may further include transmitting, from the UE, one or more messages associated with the two-step RACH procedure or the four-step RACH procedure based on the selection. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110075 | RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL (RACH) PROCEDURE DESIGN - Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to design of random access channel (RACH) procedures. For example, certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE). The method generally includes receiving an indication of a RACH procedure capability of a network entity, and selecting a first RACH procedure or a second RACH procedure, based on the indication. The UE may then communicate one or more messages with the network entity based on the selected first RACH procedure or the selected second RACH procedure. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110076 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL FOR RECEIVING DATA FROM PLURALITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - A wireless communication terminal communicating wirelessly with a base wireless communication terminal and unassociated with the base wireless communication terminal is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver; and a processor configured to receive, by using the transceiver, a multi-station Block ACK frame which indicates whether at least one of MAC frames transmitted from at least one of wireless communication terminals is received by using a first field of the multi-station Block ACK frame for indicating an association identifier corresponding to an association of each of the at least one of wireless communication terminals and the base wireless communication terminal, from the base wireless communication terminal, and determine whether a MAC frame transmitted from the wireless communication terminal is received by the base wireless communication terminal based on whether a second field of the multi-station Block ACK frame includes a MAC address of the wireless communication terminal. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION OF ANALYTE DATA - Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110078 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION OF ANALYTE DATA - Systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for wireless communication of analyte data. In this regard, in embodiments, a mobile includes a transceiver configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The mobile device includes circuitry operatively coupled to the transceiver. The mobile device also includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the circuitry and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the mobile device to perform a number of operations. One such operation is to obtain a derivative of a first signal received via a first link. Another such operation is to obtain a derivative of a second signal received via a second link; and. Yet another such operation is to generate a selection for connection to an analyte sensor system, based on a comparison of the derivative of the first signal and the derivative of the second signal. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110079 | System and Method for Proximity Based Networked Mobile Communication - Communication between users of mobile devices is provided based on proximities between the users. Users are given unique identifiers, which are stored on a server, and mobile devices with the unique identifiers broadcast transmissions with their unique identifiers. The mobile devices listen for incoming identifiers from other mobile devices, and devices are detected directly or through an external radio communication device or hotspot. Additionally, indirect detection through another mobile device or hotspot is used to linking the first mobile device and the second mobile device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110080 | MOBILE PHONE WIFI ACCELERATOR AND METHOD - Disclosed is a mobile phone wifi accelerator and method. The mobile phone wifi accelerator includes a smart mobile phone terminal including a WIFI module and a 4G module. The WIFI module is configured to establish a communication connection with a WIFI network. The 4G module is configured to establish a communication connection with a 4G network. An online game server is respectively connected to the WIFI network and the 4G network. The method avoids the problem that the WIFI network acceleration technology in the prior art cannot fundamentally solve the defect of instable WIFI networks. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110081 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO ACCESS THROUGH A SECOND MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TO SERVICES OFFERED BY A FIRST MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and a system for accessing through a second mobile telecommunication network to services offered by a first mobile telecommunication network comprising the steps of establishing a first communication channel with the second network, based on a secondary SIM card; establishing a second communication channel with the first network using the first communication channel, wherein a user of the mobile communication device is authenticated using a primary SIM card; registering, through the second communication channel, the user of the mobile communication device into the first network using the information stored in the primary SIM card; and accessing from the mobile communication device to services offered by the first network through the second communication channel. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110082 | Fast Activation Of Multi-Connectivity Utilizing Uplink Signals - Embodiments herein provide a method for fast activation of multi-connectivity utilizing uplink signals. According to an example embodiment, a method includes: transmitting, by a user equipment, at least one uplink signal to a plurality of network nodes of a wireless network based at least on the user equipment being in a first radio resource control state such that the user equipment maintains connectivity with one of the network nodes; receiving at least one connection message including a command to connect to at least two of the network nodes for communication, wherein the command is based at least on measurements extracted from the at least one uplink signal; in response to the at least one connection message, changing from the first radio resource control state to a second radio resource control state; and transmitting data utilizing multiple communication links via the at least two network nodes. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110083 | COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communications apparatus is provided that determines a timing of starting a period when a communications group, to which other communications apparatuses belong, can perform communications, based on a beacon signal that was received in a predetermined period; transmits a signal that requests obtaining of information to the other communications apparatuses, according to the determined timing; and obtains information from each of the other communications apparatuses. The communications apparatus transmits the signal according to the timing determined based on a beacon from an apparatus belonging to a first communications group to other communications apparatuses that belong to the first communications group, and the signal according to the timing determined based on a beacon from an apparatus belonging to a second communications group to other communications apparatuses that belong to the second communications group. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110084 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN A WIRELESS DEVICE AND WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless device receives a first downlink control information (DCI). The first DCI comprises: a first trigger field indicating that the first DCI is triggered in response to a second DCI indicating a second trigger; and a field indicating a validation duration for receiving the second DCI via a cell. A discontinuous reception (DRX) process determines that a medium access control (MAC) entity is not in an Active Time. The MAC entity, during at least a portion of the validation duration, monitors a control channel for the second trigger on the cell even if the MAC entity is not in the Active Time. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING DRX (DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION) OPERATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE. In one embodiment, the method includes monitoring a control channel for detection of an UL grant. The method further includes receiving the UL grant associated with a HARQ process on the control channel at a first timing. The method also includes sending an UL data associated with the UL grant on a data channel at a second timing. In additional, the method also includes starting a retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process after detection of the UL grant at a third timing. Furthermore, the method includes receiving a signaling indicating stop the retransmission timer at a fourth timing. In addition, the method includes stopping the retransmission timer and stopping monitoring the control channel, wherein the UE monitors the control channel when the retransmission timer is running. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110086 | Method, Device, and System for Indicating Discontinuous Data Scheduling - A method for indicating discontinuous data scheduling includes receiving discontinuous reception (DRX) indication information on an Iur interface; and sending discontinuous scheduling indication information to a base station according to the DRX indication information. A communication system and a radio network control device for implementing the method are also provided. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110087 | Timer Adjustment For Mobile Device - Dynamic control of the length of time that an RRC connection exists is implemented based on the known and anticipated data needs of the UE. More specifically, the lifetime of the RRC connection may be a) initially set, b) extended, or c) shortened, even to the point of substantially immediately releasing it, based on the expected data transmission needs of the UE. This dynamic control is implemented by elements of the core network which are aware of the known and anticipated data needs of the UE. The UE needs are a function of the applications running on the UE. In one LTE-based embodiment, the RRC release timer is responsive to the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), which can access information about the applications that are running at the UE. In another embodiment, the RRC release timer is responsive to the Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF). | 2018-04-19 |
20180110088 | DUAL ACTIVE CONNECTIONS OVER SINGLE RADIO USER EQUIPMENT - A technique is disclosed to facilitate dual active connections by a UE device using a transmitter. A first connection is established with a first access node for wireless communication services. A first coexistence indicator provided/sent by the UE device to the first access node indicating that the UE device supports multiple concurrent connections. In response to providing the first coexistence indicator, the UE device receives a first transmit pattern and a first receive pattern. The transmitter may be configure to transmit according to the first transmit pattern for the first connection while sharing transmission resources with at least one other connection. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also described and claimed herein. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110089 | ENHANCEMENTS TO TERMINATING ACCESS DOMAIN SELECTION - A method of determining in an IP multimedia subsystem, IMS, network which radio access type, RAT, should be used to route a terminating session directed towards a user equipment, UE. The HSS receives a terminating access domain selection, T-ADS, query from an application server, AS, of the IMS network, the T-ADS query relating to the terminating session and identifying the UE; and determines whether a packet data network gateway, PDN-GW, is registered for the UE. In the case where a PDN-GW is registered, the HSS sends a RAT request towards the PDN-GW, the RAT request identifying the UE and requesting a RAT used by the UE to connect to the IMS network. The PDN-GW determines the RAT and sends the result towards the HSS, which sends a T-ADS response to the AS indicating the RAT. In the case where a PDN-GW is not registered, the HSS sends a T-ADS response to the AS indicating that the RAT is a circuit switched RAT. Apparatus for implementing the method are also provided. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110090 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING COEXISTENCE RESOURCE IN UNLICENSED BAND - The present invention relates to a device and method for allocating a coexistence resource in an unlicensed band. The device according to the present invention comprises: a frame configuration unit for configuring a subframe in which data and a reference signal for a channel in an unlicensed band are allocated, and allocating a part of the symbols of the subframe as a coexistence resource; a signal detection unit for detecting a signal of another LTE system or Wi-Fi system during a transmission idle period where the coexistence resource is allocated; and a transmission processing unit which, when the signal of another system is detected during the transmission idle period, does not occupy a resource for the next subframe, and when the occupation of the coexistence resource by the another system has ended, occupies the resource for the next subframe. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110091 | Data Transmission Method and Apparatus for Data Service - A data transmission method and apparatus for a data service includes detecting transmission states of all established packet data protocol (PDP) links, and when it is found that a first PDP is abnormal, establishing a new PDP link based on a candidate access point name (APN), to perform data transmission for a data service corresponding to the first PDP link. When data transmission is abnormal, a new PDP link is automatically established without disrupting a previous PDP link thereby implementing PDP link switching which a user is unaware of. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110092 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RESUMING USER EQUIPMENT CONTEXT - Described are a method, a device and a system for resuming a User Equipment (UE) context. The method includes: receiving, by a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a UE context resume request message sent by a base station; resuming, by the MME, the UE context corresponding to the UE context resume request message; under a condition that a UE context resuming fails, informing, by the MME, the base station of a failure of the UE context resuming. According to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the problem that the base station cannot know the failure of the UE context resuming can be solved, and an effect that the base station can know the failure of the UE context resuming can be achieved. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110093 | Systems and Methods For Conserving Guest Room Resources and Utilities Using Internet Of Things Devices - An IOT module includes a thermostat controller operable by the user to remotely (e.g., wirelessly) control the state of the relay which, in turn, operates the PTAC/HVAC unit in much the same way (typically a wired connection) as the wall mounted thermostat previously did so before being replaced (or augmented) by the relay. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110094 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - In a communication control method according to a present embodiment, at least one radio terminal of a first radio terminal and a second radio terminal discoveries the other radio terminal by executing a discovery for discovering a proximal terminal. The at least one radio terminal reports, to a network apparatus that the other radio terminal is discovered. The network apparatus requests, while the first radio terminal is located within a coverage of a cell, at least one of the first radio terminal and the second radio terminal to make a preparation for executing a relay by the second radio terminal by utilizing a proximal service. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110095 | HEAT COMPRESS DEVICE WITH WIRELESS CHARGING FUNCTION AND HEAT COMPRESS SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS CHARGING FUNCTION - A heat compress system with a wireless charging function includes a heat compress device with a wireless charging function and a wireless charging station. The heat compress device with a wireless charging function includes a first processing module, a receiving resonator electrically connected to the first processing module through adjustable matching circuit, rectifying module, power managing module, and heating module, and at least one heating module electrically connected to the first processing module and the receiving resonator through power managing module, rectifying module, and adjustable matching circuit. The wireless charging station includes a transmitting resonator for providing a wireless power to the heat compress device with a wireless charging function. The receiving resonator receives the wireless power transmitted by the transmitting resonator, and transfers the wireless power to the heating module for heat generation. The first processing module adjusts a temperature of the heating module. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110096 | HEATER - A heater includes a ceramic body having a pillar or cylindrical shape; a heat generating resistor disposed in an interior of the ceramic body; a metallic layer which is disposed on an outer peripheral surface of the ceramic body and extends along a circumferential direction thereof; a flange bonded to the metallic layer via a bonding material, the bonding material including a meniscus part extending from the metallic layer to the flange; and a metallic wire which is disposed in an interior of the meniscus part on the outer peripheral surface of the ceramic body and extends along the circumferential direction. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110097 | WATER HEATING ELEMENTS - Water heating elements are provided that include carbon nanotubes. A water heating element may be a wrap-around configuration or an immersion device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110098 | HIGH-FREQUENCY DIELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE - Provided is a high-frequency dielectric heating device in which fine impedance adjustment can be achieved easily and with high precision while reducing a device cost and simplifying a device structure. A high-frequency dielectric heating device ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180110099 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AC LINE POWER TO LIGHTING DEVICES - An apparatus, method and system are disclosed for providing AC line power to lighting devices such as light emitting diodes (“LEDs”). A representative apparatus comprises: a plurality of LEDs coupled in series to form a plurality of segments of LEDs; first and second current regulators; a current sensor; and a controller to monitor a current level through a series LED current path, and to provide for first or second segments of LEDs to be in or out of the series LED current path at different current levels. A voltage regulator is also utilized to provide a voltage during a zero-crossing interval of the AC voltage. In a representative embodiment, first and second segments of LEDs are both in the series LED current path regulated at a lower current level compared to when only the first segment of LEDs is in the series LED current path. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110100 | POWER SUPPLY TRANSIENT REDUCTION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE LED CHANNEL SYSTEMS - An LED controller for a multiple LED channel system using PWM method for LED dimming function incorporates a digital dimming control circuit to generate the PWM signals for driving the LED channels to spread out or cancel out the power supply transients generated by the LED transient current during PWM modulation for dimming operation. The digital dimming control circuit implements a power supply transient reduction method whereby the active period of the PWM signals for some of the LED channels are shifted within the switching cycle to align at least some of the rising signal edges with some of the falling signal edges so as to cancel out the voltage transients on the LED power rails generated at the signal transitions. Furthermore, the rising and falling signal edges that are not lined up are spread out through the PWM switching cycle so that the power supply transients are spread out. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110101 | LOW FLICKER AC DRIVEN LED LIGHTING SYSTEM, DRIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS - An LED lighting device having a first LED circuit having at least one LED and at least a first switch connected in series with the first LED circuit and a second LED circuit having at least one LED and at least a second switch connected in series with the second LED circuit. The device includes a third switch configured to connect the first LED circuit in series with the second LED circuit and a controller for dynamically controlling the first switch, the second switch and the third switch to connect the first LED circuit and the second LED circuit in series or parallel configurations in response to an input to the controller. | 2018-04-19 |
20180110102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HORTICULTURAL LIGHTING WITH ENHANCED DIMMING AND OPTIMIZED EFFICIENCY - A method and apparatus for a horticultural light for use in a horticultural facility that uses both continuous current control and discontinuous current control to select an intensity for each LED string in the horticultural light. Continuous current control eciis selected when the horticultural light is operating above a threshold intensity and discontinuous current control is selected when the horticultural light is operating below the threshold intensity for enhanced dimming fidelity. A CPU detects the number of LED strings present in the horticultural light and determines the optimal operating voltage for each detected LED string based upon the detected forward voltage of each detected LED string. Based upon the optimal operating voltage determined for each LED string, the CPU may additionally select an optimized current stabilization network for each detected LED string. | 2018-04-19 |