23rd week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 73 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180160311 | METHOD AND SYSTEM PROVIDING LOCAL DATA BREAKOUT WITHIN MOBILITY NETWORKS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a mobile device in communication with a small-cell via managed spectrum, wherein the small-cell is located at a subscriber premises, and wherein the small-cell is in further communication with a mobile network core. Each of a first Internet protocol (IP) address and a second IP address are associated with the mobile device, which accesses network traffic using one of the first IP address, the second IP address or both. Offload traffic associated with the mobile device is identified, wherein the offload traffic is exchanged between the mobile device and the small-cell at the subscriber premises using the managed spectrum. The offload traffic is associated with the first IP address, wherein user data are exchanged between the mobile device and other equipment at the subscriber premises without the user data being exchanged with the network core. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160312 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL CHANNEL DETERMINATION AND DETECTION IN AN OPPORTUNISTIC WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An example apparatus for control channel determination and detection in an opportunistic wireless network environment is provided and includes a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor. The processor configured is to send, by a first device, a request for a whitespace map, the whitespace map including a list of whitespace frequency channels available for use within a particular geographical area. The processor is further configured to receive the whitespace map by the first device, and determine, by the first device, a control channel map from the whitespace map using a probability algorithm. The control channel map is a subset of the white space map and includes a list of control channel frequencies. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160313 | OPPORTUNISTIC RECLAIMING OF RESOURCES IN NEW RADIO-SPECTRUM SHARING (NR-SS) - Wireless communications systems and methods related to reclaiming of resources in a shared frequency spectrum shared by multiple operators are provided. A first wireless communication device associated with a first operator of a plurality of operators identifies a transmission opportunity in a shared frequency spectrum shared by the plurality of operators, wherein the first operator has priority among the plurality of operators for accessing the shared frequency spectrum in the transmission opportunity. The first wireless communication device communicates with a second wireless communication device associated with the first operator, in the transmission opportunity without a prior reservation of the transmission opportunity. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160314 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR WCDMA NETWORK CELL SOFT SWITCHING BAND AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an identification method for a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network cell soft switching band. The method includes that: a data collection server performs positioning calculation of a mobile station according to Round Trip Time (RTT) data, collected by a Radio Network Controller (RNC), of each of cells in an active set, performs grid statistics according to a positioning calculation result, and stores a statistical result; and a client calculates and displays a soft switching band of a cell in an active set to be queried according to the statistical result corresponding to the cell. Also disclosed are a system corresponding to the method, a data collection server and a storage medium. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BASED ON COMMUNICATION PATHS AND NETWORK DEVICE POSITIONS - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, different groups of network devices mounted on utility poles. The different groups of network devices can be arranged along different paths. A communication path for transmitting wireless signals can alternate between the different groups of network devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160316 | TACTICAL RESCUE WIRELESS BASE STATION - Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to a tactical wireless base station, and applications thereof. A tactical wireless base station may include a plurality of hardware or software radios configured to facilitate communication over any wireless protocol. The tactical wireless base station may be deployed on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to search for a wireless signal of a target user equipment (UE) corresponding to a lost hiker, for example, in an area out of range of traditional base stations, and/or to locate the target UE to convey the location to rescuers. In some instances, a tactical wireless base station can be deployed in a handheld device and may coordinate with other tactical wireless base stations in order to triangulate a location of user equipment. Further, the tactical wireless base stations may be deployed during network outages to provide indications of events, such as during emergencies. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160317 | AUTOCONFIGURED BACKHAUL TRANSCEIVER - A microwave transceiver comprises a plurality of antenna arrays, each of which is oriented in a different direction, and circuitry operable to automatically select which of the antenna arrays to use for establishing a microwave backhaul link with a link partner. The circuitry may comprise a plurality of front-ends, each of which may be operable to perform beamforming of signals transmitted and received via a respective one of the antenna arrays. The circuitry may comprise a modem circuit. For transmit operations, the modem may generate a modulated signal for output to one of the plurality of front-end circuits. For receive operations, the modem may demodulate a signal received from one of the plurality of front-end circuits. Each of the antenna arrays may be mounted to a different one of a plurality of surfaces of a housing of the microwave transceiver. The housing of the microwave transceiver may form a polyhedron. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160318 | WEDGE SHAPED CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the first base station array along the first direction by a first distance. The network also includes a similar second base station array where the second base station array extends substantially parallel to the first base station array and is spaced apart from the first base station array by a second distance to form continuous and at least partially overlapping cell coverage areas between respective base stations of the first and second base station arrays. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160319 | CONCENTRIC CELLS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Aspects described herein relate to a base station for providing air-to-ground wireless communication over various altitudes. The base station includes a first antenna array comprising one or more antennas configured to form a first cell coverage area extending substantially from a horizon up to a first elevation angle away from the first antenna array to a predetermined distance from the first antenna array. The base station further includes a second antenna array configured at an uptilt elevation angle to form a second cell coverage area extending at least from the first elevation angle to a second elevation away from the second antenna array, wherein the first cell coverage area and the second cell coverage area are concentric to define the ATG cell at least to the predetermined distance and up to a predetermined elevation. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160320 | Digital Full Duplex Over Single Channel Solution for Small Cell Backhaul Applications - To provide for higher data rates, a wireless back haul network for connecting small cell base stations to a core network can be implemented using full-duplex over single channel communications. The difficulty with full-duplex over single channel communications, and the reason why it has not become common place in wireless and mobile communication standards to date, is the significant interference that the receiver of a full-duplex communication device will generally experience from the full-duplex communication device's own transmitter transmitting over the same channel that the receiver is to receive signals. This interference is referred to as self-interference because the interference experienced by the receiver originates from its own paired transmitter. The present disclosure describes embodiments of an apparatus and method that provide sufficient self-interference cancellation in a compact and power efficient manner for a small cell wireless backhaul network. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160321 | MONITORING OF CHANNEL STABILITY AND INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - The stability of a channel in a wireless network is evaluated at a node. Upon transmitting a packet from the node on a network channel, a first counter associated with the channel is incremented. Upon receiving an acknowledgment packet responsive to the transmitted packet, a second counter associated with the channel is incremented. A stability metric for the channel is computed based on values stored in the first and second counters. Additionally, interference on a channel of the network is measured at a node. Upon determining that no packet is received during a predetermined time-period on the channel, a received signal strength (RSS) is measured on the channel at an end of the predetermined time-period. Alternatively, upon determining that a packet is received during the predetermined time-period on the channel, the RSS is measured on the channel following completion of the transmission of the packet on the channel. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160322 | Parameterized Radio Waveform Techniques for Operating in Multiple Wireless Environments - Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the apparatus is reconfigured to receive wireless broadcast transmissions from a second broadcast transmitter using a second parameter value set that is appropriate for a second target radio operating environment. The first and second broadcast transmitters may be the same or different. The parameter value sets may include a first parameter based upon which the apparatus is configured to determine subcarrier spacing and a second parameter that indicates a cyclic prefix size. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160323 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Neighbor Relation - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for optimizing a neighbor relation. The method for optimizing a neighbor relation in the present invention includes: determining, by a centralized device, to-be-processed neighboring cells according to a preset rule, generating an optimization suggestion according to the determined to-be-processed neighboring cells, and delivering the optimization suggestion to a radio network controller RNC, so that the RNC optimizes the to-be-processed neighboring cells according to the optimization suggestion. According to the embodiments of the present invention, automatic optimization of the neighbor relation is implemented. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160324 | MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING SYSTEM AND MEASURING METHOD FOR OVER THE AIR POWER MEASUREMENT AND INDICATION - A measuring device for over the air power measurements is provided. It comprises a power sensor unit, which is configured for measuring a power of a signal emitted by a device under test over the air and an indication unit which is configured for indicating the measured power optically. Moreover, the measuring device comprises a common housing, which encompasses the power sensor unit and the indication unit. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160325 | METHOD OF MEASURING RADIO LINK QUALITY IN A D2D USER EQUIPMENT - A method of measuring radio link quality in a D2D user equipment in a wireless communication system including an eNB and at least two D2D user equipments, UEs: a first D2D UE receives a discovery packet from a second D2D UE; and the first D2D UE measures the radio link quality based on the reception of the discovery packet and generates a wireless link quality indication, which indicates sidelink quality between the first D2DUE and the second D2D UE; wherein the at least two D2D user equipments include an alternative UE-to-network relay D2D UE and a remote D2D UE; and the first D2D UE is the remote D2D UE, and the second D2D UE is the alternative UE-to-network relay D2D UE; or the first D2D UE is the alternative UE-to-network relay D2D UE, and the second D2D UE is the remote D2D UE. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160326 | COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONTROLLING SYSTEM, BASE STATION AND SERVER - A communication controlling method, a communication controlling system, a base station and a server are provided. A communication controlling method includes obtaining frequency-domain channel information by a first communication device, transforming the frequency-domain channel information into a compressed data according to a sensing matrix by the first communication device, transmitting the compressed data to a second communication device by the first communication device, restoring the compressed data to time-domain channel information by the second communication device, and transforming the time-domain channel information into the frequency-domain channel information by the second communication device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160327 | First Network Node, Method Therein, Computer Program and Computer-Readable Medium Comprising the Computer Program for Determining Whether a Performance of a Cell is Degraded or Not - A method performed by a first network node ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180160328 | ACCESS TERMINAL RADIO LINK MONITORING (RLM) ON A SHARED COMMUNICATION MEDIUM - Techniques for access terminal radio link monitoring on a shared communication medium are disclosed. In an aspect, an access terminal detects a missed reference signal event associated with a radio link established on the shared communication medium, wherein detecting the missed reference signal event comprises determining that the access terminal did not detect a reference signal for measuring a quality of the radio link transmitted during a reference signal configuration window, assigns an error metric to the missed reference signal event based on reference signal monitoring capabilities of the access terminal, and triggers a radio link failure based on the assigned error metric. In an aspect, the missed reference signal event may be a missed Discovery Reference Signaling (DRS) event, the error metric may be a Block Error Rate (BLER) weight, and the reference signal for measuring the quality of the radio link comprises a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS). | 2018-06-07 |
20180160329 | COMMUNICATION SCHEME FOR CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION - A transmitter reports channel quality information by partitioning channel quality values, based on a channel quality information reporting parameter, into at least two partitions corresponding to different frequency bands in a bandwidth associated with the communications system. A channel quality value of the channel quality values of at least one of the at least two partitions is encoded to obtain signaling information on channel quality, including at least one of first channel quality information and second channel quality information, based on the channel quality information reporting parameter, wherein the second channel quality information is different from the first channel quality information. The transmitter transmits the signaling information on the channel quality by reporting the first channel quality information or the second channel quality information at different reporting frequencies depending on the channel quality information reporting parameter. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160330 | Methods, Circuits, Devices, Systems and Associated Computer Executable Code for Operating a Wireless Communication Network - Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for operating a wireless communication network. According to embodiments of the present invention, one or more network appliances functioning within a Radio Access Network (RAN), at or near an access point, of an exemplary network may identify within a multiplexed downstream communication line leading towards a wireless access point a packet stream addressed to a destination mobile communication device communicatively coupled to the access point and located within a sector or portion of a coverage area of the access point. The same or another appliance may correlate an identifier of the packet stream destination device with an estimated device location within the coverage area along with an associated coverage area sector. By measuring one or more packet stream parameters of the identified packet stream, an estimate of a data service capacity level providable within the specific sector may be estimated and used to adjust network communication resource allocation. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160331 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR TRANSMITTING DATA TRAFFIC IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for transmitting data traffic, the method comprising: receiving control information for indicating that the transmission of data traffic of a specific application is suppressed; determining whether uplink data traffic is for the specific application suppressed by the control information, if the uplink data traffic is received from an application layer, deleting the uplink data traffic if it is indicated that the uplink data traffic is to be suppressed; and transmitting the uplink data traffic to a network entity if it is not indicated that the uplink data traffic is to be suppressed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160332 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING THE DOWNLOAD OF DATA FROM A WIRELESS NETWORK TO A USER EQUIPMENT - Various communication systems may benefit from an improved wireless communications. For example, communication systems may benefit from regulating or controlling the download of data from a wireless network to a user equipment. A method includes analyzing at a network entity conditions affecting a user equipment receiving data from a data communication network. The method also includes determining whether the user equipment should perform an action relating to data delivery based on the conditions. In addition, the method may include sending information from the network entity to the user equipment indicating when the user equipment should perform the action. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160333 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE (V2V) SENSOR SHARING - Wireless communications systems and methods related to sharing of sensor data among vehicles are provided. A first vehicle receives, from a second vehicle, first sensing information associated with a first object. The first vehicle detects sensor data associated with a second object. The first vehicle transmits second sensing information associated with the second object based on at least the sensor data, the first sensing information, and a transmission latency budget for the second sensing information. The first sensing information includes geographical location information of the first object. The second sensing information includes geographical location information of the second object. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160334 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING WLAN AP-CLIENT MAPPING IN A MULTI-RADIO SYSTEMS - Techniques are provided for offloading a wireless local area network (WLAN) scanning process, from the WLAN radio of the device to a Bluetooth radio, to identify information regarding the WLAN mobile environment. By offloading the WLAN scanning process to the Bluetooth radio (e.g., to a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio), traffic disruptions for active WLAN links is reduced. The techniques further provide for the creation of an ad-hoc network using the Bluetooth interface between multiple STAs and one or more access points (APs), each exchanging information regarding the WLAN environment over the respective Bluetooth radios. The ad-hoc Bluetooth network allows each device on the network to be more aware of the mobile environment. The increased aware may allow the leader AP to optimize AP-Client mapping table that maps the one or more STAs in the ad-hoc network to the one or more APs for improved load balancing. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160335 | FACILITATING MOBILITY DIMENSIONING VIA DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION OF A SWITCH - Dynamic grouping of cell site devices to network devices that include a group of baseband processing devices is facilitated. One method includes determining, by a device including a processor, respective load information for cell site devices of respective cell sites associated with a network; and determining, by the device, interference information associated with the cell site devices. The method also includes determining, by the device, configuration information of a switch device communicatively coupled between the cell site devices and network devices that include a group of baseband processing devices. The determining the configuration information is based on the respective load information of the cell site devices and the interference information associated with the cell site devices. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160336 | METHOD FOR HANDOVER BETWEEN SECONDARY BASE STATIONS, NETWORK DEVICE, AND USER EQUIPMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for handover between secondary base stations, a network device, and user equipment. A network device instructs each of at least one candidate secondary base station to make a prior path handover preparation, so that each of the at least one candidate secondary base station waits to be selected by user equipment as a target secondary base station. The path handover preparation includes at least one of the following: preconfiguring an access resource for the user equipment or establishing a data transmission channel with the network device. The user equipment is handed over to the target secondary base station in the at least one candidate secondary base station according to configuration information of each of the at least one candidate secondary base station when the user equipment needs path handover. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160337 | UE Mobility Across Super-Cells - Systems and methods are disclosed for a 3G gateway. In a first embodiment, a method is disclosed for a network, comprising: receiving a relocation request message at a home nodeB gateway (HNBGW), the HNBGW coupled to an operator core network, the relocation request message including a target super cell identifier and a user equipment (UE) identifier; sending a second relocation request message from the HNBGW to a coordinating node, the coordinating node having as its identifier the target super cell identifier; querying a lookup table at the coordinating node using the UE identifier to determine a target cell identifier; replacing, in the second relocation request message, the target super cell identifier with the target cell identifier to create a third relocation request message; and sending the third relocation request message to a target cell identified by the target cell identifier. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160338 | Relay Node Switching Method and System - A method and system for switching a relay node are provided. The method comprises: a source base station of a D2D relay node or a MME sends the relevant information about the D2D relay node to a target base station, and the target base station perform a corresponding process according to the relevant information about the D2D relay node. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160339 | Device and Method of Handling Communication - A first BS of handling communication comprises instruction of connecting to a communication device; transmitting an addition request to a second BS; receiving an addition request acknowledgement comprising a SCG configuration configuring a SCG from the second BS; transmitting a RRC message comprising the SCG configuration to the communication device; receiving a RRC complete message from the communication device; performing a determination of a release of the second BS for the communication device; generating a release request, wherein the first BS requests a data forwarding in the release request if the release is caused by at least one measurement result of the SCG, a handover, a SCG failure or a MCG failure, and the first BS does not request the data forwarding in the release request if the release is caused by a RRC connection release or a user inactivity; and transmitting the release request to the second BS. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160340 | Method for Neighbor Cell Measurement, Base Station and Terminal Device - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to neighbor cell measurement in a communication network. A method implemented by a first base station of a first operator, the first base station having a first cell identity, comprises: sending, to a first neighbor base station of the first operator, a request for a neighbor cell identity of the first neighbor base station, the first neighbor base station being adjacent to the first base station; receiving, from the first neighbor base station, a second cell identity of a second base station of a second operator, the second operator being different from the first operator, and the second base station being adjacent to the first neighbor base station; and determining the first cell identity at least in part based on the received second cell identity. In this way, an effective and efficient way is provided for a BS of an operator to obtain a cell identity of a further BS of a different operator. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160341 | FACILITATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK SESSION CONTINUITY - Internet protocol session continuity can be achieved via an access point registration process. Mobile devices near an access point device that has registered with a base station device can offload wireless communication from the base station device to the access point device. The access point device can be a known access point device that can be secured and subject to session continuity policies of a service provider. The session continuity policies can be stored at a content handover processor, which can oversee the handover processes between the base station device and the mobile device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160342 | Handover Procedure for a UE with V2X Services - A first base station receives at least one RRC message from a wireless device. The RRC message(s) comprise TMGI(s) of (MBMS) service(s) that the wireless device is receiving or interested to receive. The first base station sends a handover request message for the wireless device to a second base station. The handover request message comprises the TMGI(s). The first base station receives a handover request acknowledge message from the second base station. The handover request acknowledge message comprises MBMS configuration parameter(s) of the MBMS service(s) for the wireless device. The MBMS configuration parameter(s) are based on the TMGI(s) and comprise at least one of: a G-RNTI parameter; or MBMS radio resource configuration parameters. The first base station transmits a handover command message to the wireless device. The handover command message comprises the MBMS configuration parameter(s). | 2018-06-07 |
20180160343 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING WAITING TIME FOR DETERMINATION OF RADIO LINK FAILURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for controlling a waiting time related to determination of a radio link failure in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a network, if a first timer for determination of the radio link failure is running and the message includes timer information related to the waiting time, starting a second timer related to the waiting time based on the timer information, and if the second timer expires before expiration of the first timer, determining a channel situation of a serving cell as a situation of the radio link failure. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160344 | Method and Apparatus for Facilitating Mobility in a Communications Network - Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a method and an apparatus for facilitating mobility in an ultra-dense network, e.g. mmW network. Particularly, there is provided a method at a network node for facilitating mobility in a communications network. The method comprises transmitting duplicates of data received from an upper level network node and directed to a terminal device served by a first lower level network node to the first lower level network node and a second lower level network node for buffering. The method also comprises receiving a status report from the first lower level network node indicating that the data is successfully received at the terminal device. The method further comprises generating a data discarding command according to the status report and signaling the data discarding command to the second lower level network node so that the duplicate of the data buffered at the second lower level network node is discarded according to the data discarding command. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160345 | OVERSHOOTING CELL DETECTION - In one embodiment, a system includes: an input/output (I/O) module operative to receive operational data for features associated with at least inter-cell performance in a mobile network, processing circuitry, a model generator application to be executed by the processing circuitry and operative to: use at least one prediction model to analyze training sets comprising examples of values for the features for at least overshooting cells, and to generate a scoring model for detection of the overshooting cells from among cells in the mobile network, and a boomer detection application to be executed by the processing circuitry and operative to: use the scoring model with the operational data to detect the overshooting cells from among cells in a mobile network, and reduce interference by the overshooting cells. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160346 | METHOD FOR CHANGING COVERAGE ENHANCED MODE WITH MULTIPLE THRESHOLD VALUES FOR CELL RESELECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method for processing a signal at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of receiving information on multiple first threshold values for a neighbor cell measurement from a serving cell; measuring the signal from the signal of the serving cell; comparing the measured signal with the multiple first threshold values and multiple second threshold values of a cell enhancement (CE) mode; and performing the neighbor cell measurement for a cell reselection or a change of the CE mode according to a result of comparing. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160347 | RESOURCE SWITCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource switching method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a first device, a first resource switching message sent by a second device, where the first device and the second device belong to a same service group, the first resource switching message includes first resource information, and the first resource information is used to indicate a first resource satisfying a resource switching requirement of the second device; determining, by the first device, a second resource in the first resource, where the second resource is a resource satisfying a resource switching requirement of the first device; and sending, by the first device, a second resource switching message, where the second resource switching message includes second resource information, and the second resource information is used to indicate the second resource. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160348 | Device and Method of Handling Data Transmissions After a Handover - A communication device for handling data transmissions after a handover comprises a storage device for storing instructions comprising receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message configuring a first data radio bearer (DRB) and configuring a mapping that a first flow is mapped to the first DRB, from a first base station (BS); receiving a first PDU of the first flow or a second flow over a second DRB from the first BS; transmitting a second plurality of PDUs of the first flow over the second DRB in response to the first PDU; receiving a handover command from the first BS; performing a handover to a second BS in response to the handover command; and transmitting a third plurality of PDUs of the first flow over the first DRB to the second BS in response to the handover command, after performing the handover to the second BS. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160349 | WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION - The subject matter described herein relates to data communication in wireless communication systems. The device determines availability of scheduled serving cell before data communication and informs a device the determined availability of the scheduled serving cell. Depending upon the determined availability, the device is controlled to perform the data communication on the scheduled serving cell or another available serving cell. In this way, the unfinished data communication, for example, retransmission of a data block in an uplink or downlink HARQ process can be continued on an available serving cell, whereby avoiding large transmission delay and throughput loss in the wireless communication system. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160350 | BACKHAUL FABRIC FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - A surface-based network fabric comprises a plurality of surface nodes interconnected with each other through physical links, and an intermediary network fabric comprises a plurality of intermediary notes configured to communicate with the surface nodes, wherein the intermediary nodes include aircraft. A network fabric manager establishes a network topology among the surface nodes and the intermediary nodes to communicatively connect a first wireless device to a second wireless device, and migrates from a first surface node to a second surface node while retaining connectivity between the first wireless device and the second wireless device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160351 | NODE HANDOVER METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a node handover method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: receiving a protocol configuration request message sent by a target access node, where the protocol configuration request message includes a quality of service parameter of UE; determining, according to the quality of service parameter, a function module corresponding to a service of the UE; configuring, according to the function module corresponding to a service of the UE and a network topology, a function module for a target node; determining, according to the function module configured for the target node and the network topology, a first forwarding entry group required for data stream transmission between a source node and any node of the target node; and determining a second forwarding entry group required for data stream transmission between a gateway and any node of the target node. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160352 | SEAMLESS RELOCATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method for performing seamless relocation of a mobile terminal in a wireless network includes selecting a first serving gateway (SGW) among a plurality of SGWs and a first packet data network gateway (PGW) among a plurality of PGWs, wherein the first SGW connects to the first PGW to setup the first S5 session, establishing a first communication channel between the terminal and the first PGW and assigning an internet protocol (IP) address to the terminal, selecting a second SGW among the plurality of SGWs when the terminal is about to move out of an area being served by the first SGW, connecting the second SGW to the second PGW to setup a new S5 session when a second PGW among the plurality of PGWs is closer to the second SGW than the first PGW or connecting the second SGW to the first PGW to modify the first S5 session when no PGW is closer to the second SGW than the first PGW, establishing a second communication channel between the terminal and the second SGW using the IP address allocated to the terminal, reconfiguring routing for terminal IP destination, and terminating the first communication channel between the terminal and the first PGW. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160353 | Systems and Methods for Directing Mobile Device Connectivity - Methods and systems are provided herein for selecting networks for a mobile communications device. Methods for selecting a network connection for a mobile communications device may include receiving signals that comprise location information of the mobile communications device and selecting a first network type or a second network type for the mobile communications device based upon a magnitude of movement of the mobile communications device determined from the location information, the first network type comprising a network that is capable of handing off active sessions for the mobile communications device, the second network type comprising a network that having a reduced capacity or no capacity to hand off active sessions for the mobile communications device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160354 | Session Continuity Between SDN-Controlled and Non-SDN-Controlled Wireless Networks - Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to session continuity between software-defined network (“SDN”) controlled and non-SDN controlled wireless networks. In one embodiment, an SDN controller can determine that a handover of a user equipment (“UE”) over from a base station operating under control of the SDN-controlled network to a further base station operating under control of a non-SDN-controlled network has occurred. The SDN controller can establish over an interface between the SDN controller and a packet gateway (“P-GW”), a tunnel through which to exchange handover data associated with the handover and a session IP address for a session in which the UE is involved. The SDN controller can provide, over the interface and through the tunnel, the handover data and the session IP address to the P-GW. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160355 | INTER-DOMAIN HANDOVER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER EQUIPMENT AND RELAY GATEWAY DEVICE - A relay gateway device includes a processor and a storage, in which when a packet transmission is performed between a first mobile device and a second mobile device and the second mobile device switches from the relay gateway device to another, the IP address of the second mobile device changes from a former IP address to a current IP address. When the first mobile device transmits a first packet to the second mobile device in which the destination address of the first packet is the former IP address, the processor of the relay gateway device modifies the destination address of the first packet into the current IP address according to the former IP address and the current IP address of the second mobile device in a list of the storage and then transmits the first packet to the second mobile device, thereby achieving a seamless transmission during handover. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160356 | EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS FOR GEOGRAPHIC LOAD BALANCING USING A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - Methods and apparatuses are presented for balancing non-uniformly distributed network traffic in a wireless communications system having a plurality of digital remote units (DRUs). In some embodiments, a method comprises partitioning the plurality of DRUs into a plurality of DRU sectors, and dynamically repartitioning the plurality of DRU sectors depending on traffic conditions in at least one of the DRU sectors, such that the repartitioning satisfies at least one of a soft capacity constraint or a hard capacity constraint. The dynamic repartitioning may be based on at least one optimization algorithm. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160357 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HANDOVER IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 | 2018-06-07 |
20180160358 | TRANSMITTING SMALL AND INFREQUENT COMMUNICATION DATA BETWEEN, ON THE ONE HAND, A PLURALITY OF INTERNET-OF-THINGS COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for transmitting small and infrequent communication data between, on the one hand, a plurality of internet-of-things communication devices, and, on the other hand, a mobile communication network includes: transmitting, by a base station entity, the small and infrequent communication data, at least partly, as part of a payload portion of an IP packet towards a network node of a core network. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160359 | BEACON PROTECTION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless station implements a technique to reduce the occurrence of collisions between messages in a wireless network by dynamically modify a message interval during a communication session, based on received information indicative of beacon timing. The technique can be implemented by an access point on a wireless local area network to reduce collisions of beacon transmissions. The received information can include information indicative of beacon timing of other wireless stations, difficulty of a wireless station in receiving beacon transmissions, device capabilities, and/or other information. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160360 | Equipment identifier checking method, system, equipment and storage medium - Disclosed in embodiments of the disclosure are a method, system, equipment for checking an equipment identifier and a storage medium. According to the method, when a Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) access network is a Trusted WLAN Access Network (TWAN), the TWAN transmits identifier information of a user equipment (UE) to an Equipment Identifier Register (EIR). The identifier information of the UE is configured to enable the EIR to check the identifier information of the UE. The TWAN receives a check result transmitted by the EIR and performs an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) access procedure on the UE according to the check result. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160361 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SYSTEM INFORMATION FOR CELLULAR INTERNET-OF-THINGS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for transmitting system information in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) configures a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) in a subband including a set of consecutive subcarriers in a frequency domain, and transmits master information via the PBCH. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160362 | Methods for Performing Cell Global Identity (CGI) Measurements on Wireless Communication Devices - Various embodiments include methods performed on a wireless communication device for facilitating cell global identity (CGI) measurements when a call is underway using a first wireless communication technology (e.g., LTE) and the CGI measurement is to be conducted on a cell supporting a second wireless communication technology. A processor of the wireless communication device may perform power scans of a plurality of neighboring cells supporting the second communication technology, and select one of the plurality of neighboring cells based on the power scans. The processor may conduct a CGI measurement of the selected neighboring cell, and report measurement results to the wireless network. The processor of the wireless communication device may store a history of CGI measurement and/or camping on cells of the second communication technology, and use the stored information when power scans of neighboring cells yield similar results. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160363 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRANSCEIVERS OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for a transceiver of a mobile communication system includes an interface configured to obtain receive signal information. The apparatus further includes a control module configured to determine a first cell identifying information of the mobile communication system based on the receive signal information, and configured to estimate an interfering signal information transmitted by a second cell of the mobile communication system based on the receive signal information. The interfering signal comprises control or payload data information of a second transceiver. The control module is further configured to detect a synchronization signal information transmitted for the cell based on the receive signal information and the interfering signal information. The control module is further configured to identify the first cell identifying information based on the synchronization signal information. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160364 | ACCESS POINT AVAILABILITY PREDICTION - In an example, a set of training fingerprints may be accessed, in which each of the training fingerprints specifies an access point of a plurality of access points to which a mobile device made a successful connection, a relative signal strength of the connection to the access point, and a cellular signal strength of a cellular tower near the mobile device when the successful connection to the access point was made. Level counts of the relative signal strengths of the connections to the access points corresponding to the cellular signal strengths of the cellular tower may be cumulated from the set of training fingerprints. The cumulated level counts of the relative signal strengths of the access points may be ranked. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160365 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING ACCESS POINT ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION OF WIRELESS ACCESS POINT - A method and device for generating access point attribute information about a wireless access point is provided. The method includes obtaining an attribute operation by a user on a wireless access point, and determining access point attribute information about the wireless access point according to the attribute operation. Based on an attribute operation submitted by UGC of a large number of users on a wireless access point, and then by determining access point attribute information about the wireless access point according to the attribute operation, such as an acceptation/correction/complaint operation on an attribute of an access point, lots of accurate and reliable access point attribute information can be automatically accumulated, without the work of collecting the access point attribute information offline in a labor-consuming and time-consuming manner, constructing, without any costs, an accurate, comprehensive and valuable vast-hotpot-information library for big data mining, and enhancing the user experience. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160366 | GENERATING DOWNLINK FRAME AND SEARCHING FOR CELL - The present application relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence and a fourth scrambling sequence determined by the second short sequence; scrambling the short sequences with the respective scrambling sequences; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the first short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence and the first short sequence scrambled by the second scrambling sequence and the fourth scrambling sequence to a frequency domain. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160367 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN FACILITATING ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATION SERVICE VIA A WLAN HOTSPOT - A mobile communication device identifies and selects a wireless local area network (WLAN) available for communications in its coverage area. Automatically, without detecting any requests made by a user via a browser application.. The mobile device initiates a request (e.g. an HTTP GET request) to a predetermined server site of a communication network which is outside of the WLAN. In response to initiating the request, the mobile device receives a response message via the WLAN and identifies, from the response message, whether the request to the predetermined server site has been redirected to a redirect server site. The WLAN may be a WLAN “hotspot,” where the redirect server site is a login server. The identifying may be performed by comparing content from the response message to predetermined content of the predetermined server site. In response to identifying that the request has been redirected, the mobile device causes an indication to be produced at its user interface. Access to a communication service (such as a “push”-data service) may be subsequently expediently obtained. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160368 | NETWORK DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF DRIVING NETWORK DEVICE - A method of driving a network device for outputting signals to a physical network transmission medium. The network device includes a DAC circuit that comprises a plurality of digital-to-analog conversion units. Each digital-to-analog conversion unit includes a first auxiliary current source and a second auxiliary current source. The method includes the steps of: detecting a length of the physical network transmission medium; generating a control signal according to the length; generating a bias signal according to the control signal; applying the bias signal to the first auxiliary current source and the second auxiliary current source to control the currents of the first auxiliary current source and the second auxiliary current source. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160369 | SEARCHING FOR CONTROL CHANNELS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A user equipment (UE) may receive an OFDM signal having control channel elements (CCEs). The CCEs may be arranged in levels where a first level aggregates less CCEs than a second level. A processor may search for a control channel from control channel candidates that is comprised of the CCEs. A limited number of CCEs may be searched on the first level. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160370 | MULTIBAND POWER SAVE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS NETWORKING - A wireless station (STA) for operation in a wireless network communicates over a first band and a second band, where operation of the first band includes operation of a first set of band-specific medium access control processing and physical-layer circuitry of the STA, and wherein operation of the second band includes operation of a second set of band-specific medium access control processing and physical-layer circuitry of the STA. The STA implements a power-save policy for the STA to coordinate power-save operations between the first band and the second band, where the power-save policy calls for a change in operational parameters of at least the second band. The STA generates a power-save request message for transmission to a remote device over the first band wherein a power-save request message indicates the change in operational parameters for the second band according to the power-save policy. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160371 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHODS - A communications device establishes a communications context for communicating data packets using a packet communications bearer from the communications device via the mobile communications network. A controller of the communications device is configured to identify that the communications device can enter a stasis state because no data packets are available for transmission for a predetermined time via the packet communications bearer or there are no data packets to receive via the packet communications bearer, to transmit a stasis state message to the mobile communications network, and to store information relating to the communications context associated with the packet communications bearer in a data store. The stored information can be used by the controller to re-establish the packet communications bearer to transmit and/or receive data packets using the packet communications bearer, the communications device thereby entering the stasis state. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160372 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - To suppress decrease in throughput even in the case where downlink transmit power is controlled, a user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a reception section that receives information on a candidate for downlink transmit power, a generating section that selects a plurality of candidates for downlink transmit power to generate CSI (Channel State Information) on the plurality of candidates for downlink transmit power, and a transmission section that transmits the CSI on the plurality of candidates for downlink transmit power. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160373 | METHODS FOR UPLINK POWER CONTROL TO COMBAT RAIN FADE IN WIDEBAND SATELLITE SYSTEMS - A system and method for controlling uplink power to combat rain fade in satellite communication systems. First communication signals transmitted from a satellite to a satellite operations center are monitored at a gateway. A downlink attenuation level is determined for the first communication signals, and compared to an ideal attenuation level. if the downlink attenuation level exceeds the ideal attenuation level, then a corresponding uplink attenuation level is determined for a second frequency used to transmit second communication signals to the satellite, and converted to a power control command for adjusting an amplifier gain. The second communication signals are transmitted to the satellite at either a compensated power level or a normal power level, depending on whether the downlink attenuation level exceeds the ideal attenuation level | 2018-06-07 |
20180160374 | INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - An information transmission method and apparatus for a mobile terminal is provided. A method comprises: determining an uplink transmit power of the mobile terminal; and sending, in response to that the uplink transmit power falls within a preset range, to at least one forwarding node, indication information for instructing to forward measured data of the mobile terminal. According to the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present application, forwarding of measured data is triggered according to an uplink transmit power of a mobile terminal, so as to facilitate reducing signaling overheads and delay caused by unnecessary forwarding, thereby improving the forwarding efficiency. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160375 | USER TERMINAL, RADIO BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user terminal is disclosed that connects with a plurality of radio base stations and the decrease of uplink throughput is reduced. A user terminal connects with a plurality of radio base stations including a first radio base station and a second radio base station, and this user terminal has a transmission section that transmits uplink signals to each radio base station, a receiving section that receives terminal-specific information with respect to the first radio base station, related to the maximum transmission power of the uplink signals, and a maximum transmission power setting section that sets the maximum transmission power for the first radio base station based on the terminal-specific information with respect to the first radio base station. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160376 | UPLINK POWER CONTROL IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY TO FIRST OR SECOND CELL GROUP BASED ON FIRST OR SECOND CONFIGURATION - A method for performing a power scaling is discussed. The method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes determining, by the UE configured with dual connectivity to a first cell group and a second cell group, a first power for transmitting a first uplink channel on a first subframe toward the first cell group; determining a second power for transmitting a second uplink channel on a second subframe toward the second cell group; and scaling down the second power for transmitting the second uplink channel if a maximum power is exceeded, wherein the first uplink channel includes a first physical random access channel (PRACH), wherein the second uplink channel includes a second PRACH, and wherein the scaling down is performed if the first subframe is overlapped with the second subframe. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160377 | TECHNIQUES FOR MITIGATING RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE OF OBJECTS PROXIMATE TO A WIRELESS DEVICE - Techniques are described for wireless communication at a wireless device, such as a base station, a user equipment, a customer premises equipment (CPE), etc. Some such wireless devices may communicate using beamformed transmissions, which may focus transmission energy in a particular direction. In accordance with the described techniques, a wireless device (e.g., which may or may not use beamforming) may detect an object within an energy mitigation area proximate to the wireless device. The wireless device may determine an allowable energy density at the object based at least in part on the object detection. The wireless device may adjust at least one radio frequency (RF) transmission parameter based at least in part on the allowable energy density at the object. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160378 | SCHEDULING, POWER CONTROL AND LINK ADAPTATION BASED ON COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT AND NETWORK - A wireless communication device transmits a control message indicating a request for initial device and application-specific configuration parameters for a connection with a radio access node, receives acknowledgement of the control message from the radio access node responsive to the control message, and applies the initial device and application-specific configuration parameters for the connection in response to receiving the acknowledgement. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160379 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - There is provided a terminal apparatus configured to: receive information indicating subframes of first and second subframe sets by using a higher layer signaling. The terminal apparatus is configured to, in a case that a power headroom for a predetermined subframe is calculated: calculate the power headroom by using a third parameter related to transmission power control for transmission in a physical uplink control channel and a first parameter related to transmission power control for transmission in a physical uplink shared channel in the predetermined subframe in a case that the predetermined subframe belongs to the first subframe set; and calculate the power headroom by using the third parameter and a second parameter related to transmission power control in a physical uplink shared channel in the predetermined subframe in a case that the predetermined subframe belongs to the second subframe set. Thus, it is possible to efficiently perform a process related to a transmission power. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160380 | UPLINK PATH INTEGRITY DETECTION IN DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Aspects and features are directed to an uplink integrity detection sub-system. In one aspect, a distributed antenna system is provided that includes at least one master unit; a plurality of remote antenna units each in communication with the at least one master unit; and a system controller configured to: determine a noise figure for an uplink path from at least one of the plurality of remote antenna units; and modify a gain of the uplink path when the noise figure exceeds a desired threshold, wherein the noise figure is determined as a function of a measured signal power of an undesirable signal component in the uplink path from the remote antenna unit. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160381 | BACKGROUND CRYSTAL OSCILLATOR CALIBRATION - System and method for temperature-calibration of a crystal oscillator (XO) in a mobile device. A temperature-calibration status of the XO is determined and a trigger condition related to temperature-calibration of the XO is detected. If the temperature-calibration status of the XO is not fully temperature-calibrated or if the XO has not been previously temperature-calibrated, a temperature-calibration session is initiated by an XO manager based on the condition, wherein a receiver is configured to receive signals and temperature-calibration of the XO is performed in a background mode based on the received signals. The condition based triggering ensures that the XO is temperature-calibrated prior to launch of any position based or global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) based applications on the mobile device. The trigger condition can include first use or power-on, charging, presence in an outdoor environment, variation in operating temperature, pre-specified time, and/or user input pertaining to the mobile device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160382 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless communication equipment and a wireless communication method. The wireless communication equipment used for a user equipment side includes one or more processors. The processors are configured to determine indication information about a type of another user equipment carried in a synchronizing signal from the user equipment, the type including a first type and a second type. The processors are also configured to determine, based on the indication information, corresponding device-to-device communication operation of a user equipment aiming at another user equipment. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160383 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device of the disclosure includes a phase synchronizer, a first modulator, and a detector. The phase synchronizer generates a second signal on a basis of a first signal received from a communication partner. The first modulator is able to modulate the first signal on a basis of the second signal. The detector detects that synchronization between the first signal and the second signal is lost. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160384 | Method of Frame Exchange in Multi-radio System - A method of frame exchange for a first communication device in a multi-radio system is disclosed. The method comprises configuring a time division duplex (TDD) operation in a first radio system and a second radio system, receiving a first frame for requesting a frame exchange, from a second communication device of the first radio system, and transmitting a second frame corresponding to the first frame, to the second communication device, wherein the second frame includes a field for indicating a reserve time for the frame exchange, and the reserve time is set to be aligned with a TDD operation time of the first radio system. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION IN A DEVICE TO PROVIDE SERVICES FOR A LIMITED TIME PERIOD - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that receives a first notification indicating a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is being registered. A communication device sends a first registration request that includes the first IMSI to a registration function. Further, an identity proxy function intercepts the first registration request and sends the first notification to the device. In addition, the system receives from a billing server a request for services for the communication device. Further, the system provides a first Over-the-Air (OTA) message to the communication device that includes a second IMSI that is provisioned onto the communication device. Also, the system sends a first registration message to the registration function. The registration function includes a registry. The first registration message includes first instructions to indicate to the registration function to add the second IMSI to the registry. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160386 | EFFECTIVE SCANNING SOLUTION DURING MULTI-SIM ROAMING - A method for home public land mobile network (HPLMN) search during roaming for a multi-subscriber identity module (SIM) mobile communication device, may include: determining that a first subscription and a second subscription are roaming; determining whether an HPLMN search timer has expired for the first subscription; in response to determining that the HPLMN search timer has expired for the first subscription, determining whether a mode capability of the first subscription is greater than a mode capability of the second subscription; and in response to determining that the mode capability of the first subscription is greater than the mode capability of the second subscription, performing an HPLMN search for the first subscription. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160387 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR REGISTERING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE UTILIZING A VIRTUAL NETWORK - Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that registers a communication device with a temporary IMSI shared among multiple communication devices with a virtual registration function. Further, the system provisions an active IMSI using a virtual Over-the-Air (OTA) function onto the communication device and indicates to the communication device to register with a registration function using the active IMSI. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160388 | METHOD FOR DETACHMENT OF MS MOVING BETWEEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a method for detachment of a mobile set including receiving, by a service node of a communication system, a detachment request from the mobile set, transmitting, by the service node of the communication system, a delete context request message for the mobile set to a first service node of another communication system, and transmitting, by the service node, a detachment indicator to a second service node of the another communication system, wherein the service node of the communication system is different from the service node of the another communication, wherein both the service node of the communication system and the first service node of the another communication system store context information related to the mobile set, and wherein the mobile set moves between the service node of the communication system and the first service node of the another communication system without an area updating. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160389 | POSITIONING TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES USING SHARED RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM - Positioning techniques for wireless communications devices using shared radio frequency spectrum are provided that may enhance positioning determination for devices operating using shared radio frequency spectrum. Various disclosed techniques provide for identifying determining one or more parameters for a positioning procedure for a UE based on characteristics of shared radio frequency spectrum transmissions. Such parameters may include, for example, frequency information for positioning transmissions or frequency hopping patterns. In some cases, a base station may transmit multiple positioning transmissions that have different coverage levels. In some cases, a UE may transmit an uplink positioning signal that may be received by multiple base stations and used for UE position determination. In some cases, a UE may be configured to monitor for a positioning transmissions on a dedicated frequency, and report measurements associated with the positioning transmissions using a shared frequency. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160390 | DOUBLE SIDED ROUND TRIP TIME CALIBRATION - Techniques for determining a Round Trip Time (RTT) calibration value are disclosed. An example of a method according to the disclosure includes receiving a fine timing measurement (FTM) exchange between an initiating station and a responding station, calculating a plurality of differential round trip time (RTT) measurements based on the FTM exchange, calculating a responding station calibration value based on the plurality of differential RTT measurements, and transmitting the responding station calibration value to the responding station. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160391 | NETWORK INTERFACE FEATURE TO APPROPRIATELY CONFIGURE FOR REGULATIONS AT NEW LOCATION - A method for determining configuration of a communication device includes: storing, in a memory of the communication device, a plurality of configuration schemes, wherein each configuration scheme is associated with a geographic location; receiving, at the communication device, a data message from a first communicating device, wherein the data message indicates a first geographic location; identifying, in the memory of the communication device, a first configuration scheme associated with the first geographic location; and transmitting, by the communication device, a data transmission using the first configuration scheme. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160392 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR DISTINGUISHING HOMONYMIC WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - The purpose of the present application is to provide a method and equipment for distinguishing homonymic wireless access points through comparing the access point assistant information of the first wireless access point and the second wireless access point which are homonymic, including using the position information, the adjacent base station information, or the adjacent access point information, etc. of the wireless access point. The homonymic wireless access points are further distinguished. Thus, the information of wireless access point is accurately described. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160393 | POSITIONING BASED ON PHASE AND TIME DIFFERENCES OF SIGNALS - A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to generate a first signal that includes a perfect polyphase-encoding of an identifier of the wireless station; transmit the first signal; receive from an end device, a second signal that is responsive to the first signal and includes a perfect polyphase-encoding of the identifier of the wireless station and an identifier of the end device; autocorrelate the first signal and the second signal; calculate in response to the autocorrelation, a time difference between the first signal and the second signal; calculate in response to the calculation, a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal; and calculate in response to the calculation of the phase difference, a distance between the wireless station and the end device based on the time difference, the phase difference, the identifier of the wireless station, and the identifier of the end device. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160394 | DATA PACKET PREPARATION - Disclosed in this specification is a method comprising inserting an anti-whitened data portion into a data packet that is to be whitened by whitening to yield a whitened data packet for transmission ( | 2018-06-07 |
20180160395 | SLICE-BASED TRACKING AREAS - In one embodiment, a mobile base station includes: an antenna; a transceiver operative to communicate with a user equipment (UE) via said antenna; a processor; and a mobility control application to be executed by said processor and operative: to provide to said UE when in communication with said mobile base station at least a relevant tracking area list from among at least two tracking area lists associated with said mobile base station. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160396 | MESSAGE PUSHING METHOD, CLIENT, SERVER AND PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a message pushing method, client, server, and programmable device. The method comprises: sending a message list request to a server, and acquiring a target message list correspondingly returned by the server; when the local status is monitored as meeting a pushing trigger condition for a target message, generating, according to the target message, a message display interface that fits the local application environment for pushing the target message. According to the present invention, the timing to push messages is more accurate and the message display efficiency is improved. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160397 | Data transmission method and apparatus - The present invention provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: receiving information about a user equipment by means of an air interface connection established on a radio access technology (RAT) supported by the user equipment, wherein the information is used for determining a multi-RAT capability supported by the user equipment (S | 2018-06-07 |
20180160398 | MBMS Configuration between eNBs for V2X Services - A first base station receives from a second base station, an eNB configuration update message comprising MBMS configuration parameter(s) employed by a first cell of the second base station. The MBMS configuration parameter(s) comprise: TMGI(s) of MBMS service(s); a first discontinuous reception inactivity timer; and a first scheduling period start offset. The first base station determines a second discontinuous reception inactivity timer and a second scheduling period start offset for the MBMS service(s) of the TMGI(s). The determination is based on the first discontinuous reception inactivity timer and the first scheduling period start offset. The first base station transmits to wireless device(s), the second discontinuous reception inactivity timer and the second scheduling period start offset. The first base station transmits to the wireless device(s), MBMS transport blocks for the MBMS service(s) based on the second discontinuous reception inactivity timer and the second scheduling period start offset. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for performing a device-to-device cooperative transmission (D2D CT) using a multi-carrier in a wireless access system, including the steps of: enabling a source device to perform a network entry process with a base station using a primary carrier; enabling the source device to receive control information related to a dedicated carrier used for D2D CT from the base station through the primary carrier; and enabling the source device to transmit an uplink signal to a collaborative device using the dedicated carrier. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160400 | IMPROVED PDCCH LINK ADAPTATION IN CARRIER AGGREGATION - Systems and methods for improved Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) Link Adaptation (LA) in carrier aggregation are disclosed. A method of operation of a radio access node includes transmitting multiple control messages to the wireless device via PDCCHs associated with corresponding serving cells of the wireless device, informing the wireless device of data transmissions to be transmitted to the wireless device via Physical Downlink Shared Channels of the corresponding serving cells and concurrently operating multiple Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) receivers on one serving cell during a Transmit Time Interval during which feedback from the wireless device indicative of reception of the data transmissions is expected, where each PUCCH receiver is capable of receiving a different format PUCCH message if necessary. The method also includes updating an outer loop LA parameter for each of the PDCCHs based on the determined PDCCH transmission status. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160401 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND BASE STATION DEVICE - In a base station device for transmitting data signals to a plurality of terminal devices, the base station device includes a signal multiplexing unit that multiplexes data signals for at least a first terminal device and a second terminal device, a control information generation unit that generates, for the first terminal device, control information containing information related to the data signal destined for the second terminal device, and a radio receiving unit that receives information of a reception processing capability of each terminal device. The information of the reception processing capability is information indicating whether the terminal device executes error correction decoding of an interference signal when the terminal device detects the multiplexed data signals, and the information related to the data signal destined for the second terminal device and contained in the control information is generated by the control information generation unit to be different depending on the received information of the reception processing capability. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160402 | CONTROL INFORMATION SENDING METHOD AND RECEIVING METHOD, SENDER AND RECEIVER - Embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications, and in particular, to a control information sending method and receiving method, a sender and a receiver, which are used for sending DCIs corresponding to DCI types to the receiver, thereby improving simplicity of interference suppression performed by the receiver. In the embodiments of the present application, a sender flexibly and optionally sends a first class of DCIs and/or a second class of DCIs. On one hand, when a receiver performs interference suppression on received interference signals, parameters of interference signals comprised in DCIs corresponding to a type of a received second class of DCIs can be used for interference suppression, thereby improving simplicity of interference suppression performed by the receiver; and on the other hand, when the receiver does not perform interference suppression on the received interference signals, a sender can send DCIs corresponding to a type of a first class of DCIs, and the first class of DCIs does not comprise the parameters of an interference signals, thereby reducing load capacity of data transmission and further reducing data processing complexity of the receiver. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160403 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A device, method, and program that can improve decoding precision of a desired signal in a case in which multiplexing/multiple access is performed using power allocation. The device includes a transmission processor configured to set each of transmission signal sequences of a plurality of power layers that are to be multiplexed using power allocation as a target and apply at least one of a scrambler using a scramble pattern and an interleaver using an interleave pattern corresponding to information regarding the power allocation. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160404 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided are methods of operating a wireless communication system. The methods include determining first resource mapping patterns of a first physical channel used to generate virtual pilot signals so as to perform downlink channel estimation, based on state information of user equipment (UE) in every first period. The first physical channel is mapped onto resource elements adjacent to resource elements onto which pilot signals are mapped, in a time-frequency resource area (TFRA) of a downlink signal based on the determined first resource mapping patterns. A downlink signal of which resource mapping is completed is then transmitted to the UE. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160405 | RATE MATCHING AND SIGNALING - The present disclosure describes a method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communications at a user equipment. For example, the method may receive a numerology of a signal received from a base station, wherein the numerology indicates one or more parameters of a waveform associated with the signal. The example method may further perform a rate matching based at least on the numerology, wherein the rate matching is performed for decoding the signal received from the base station. Additionally, in another example, a method for wireless communications at a base station is provided. The method includes performing a rate matching at the base station based at least on a numerology which is known at the base station. The rate matching is performed for decoding the signal received from a user equipment. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160406 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL - Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and device for transmitting a signal. The method comprises: sending and/or receiving, by a transmission point, a signal and/or data in a time unit; the time unit comprises: one or more regions of a first type used to send or receive a signal, and one or more regions of a second type used to send or receive data, and one or more regions of a third type in which no signals or data are sent or received. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160407 | BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A base station, a user equipment and a wireless communication method are disclosed. The base station sends a first resource configuration to the user equipment so that the base station and the user equipment perform a wireless communication procedure according to the first resource configuration. The base station sends a second resource configuration to the user equipment within a modification period which is used to notify the user equipment that system information will be updated so that the base station and the user equipment perform the wireless communication procedure according to the second resource configuration. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160408 | SEARCH SPACE FOR EPDCCH CONTROL INFORMATION IN AN OFDM-BASED MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information within a subframe of a multi-carrier communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising the following steps performed at a receiving node: performing a blind detection for the control information within a search space by means of a first search pattern, wherein the first search pattern is one of a plurality of search patterns, each of the plurality of search patterns comprising a plurality of candidates distributed on any of a plurality of aggregation levels, and wherein the plurality of search patterns further comprises a second search pattern whose candidates are non-overlapping the candidates of the first search pattern on the same aggregation levels. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSRECEIVING DOWNLINK SIGNAL BY CONSIDERING ANTENNA PORT RELATIONSHIP IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting or receiving a downlink signal by considering an antenna port relationship. A method for user equipment receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal in the wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: determining a start symbol index of the PDSCH from a downlink subframe; and receiving the PDSCH signal based on the start symbol index, wherein the PDSCH can be scheduled by means of downlink control information (DCI) which is received through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH). When the DCI is comprised according to DCI format 1A, which is transmitted through the EPDDCH, and the downlink subframe is a non-multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe, the start symbol index can be determined depending on an EPDCCH start symbol value which is established by an upper layer. | 2018-06-07 |
20180160410 | Physical Downlink Control Channel Transmission Method and Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention provide a physical downlink control channel transmission method and apparatus. The transmission method includes: obtaining, by UE, a parameter set for transmitting a first physical downlink control channel, where the first physical downlink control channel is used for sending same downlink control information DCI in at least R subframes; determining, by the UE according to the parameter set, N candidate locations for transmitting the first physical downlink control channel by a base station, where the candidate location includes the R subframes; monitoring, by the UE at the N candidate locations, whether the base station sends the first physical downlink control channel; and receiving, by the UE at a first candidate location, the first physical downlink control channel sent by the base station, where the N candidate locations include the first candidate location. | 2018-06-07 |