24th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140162576 | Envelope Detector and Method for Detecting an Envelope of a Signal to be Amplified by a Power Amplifier - An envelope detector includes an input receiving a digital input signal indicative of a magnitude of a signal to be amplified by a power amplifier. A circuit is provided for generating an analog envelope signal based on the digital input signal. The envelope detector includes an output for outputting the analog envelope signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162577 | MULTIPLIER CIRCUIT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multiplier circuit and wireless communication apparatus that adjust an output level of a desired multiple wave to a desired range is provided. The multiplier circuit includes a multiple wave output unit configured to receive an input signal of a predetermined frequency, to output a multiple wave that is a predetermined multiple of the input signal, and control harmonic distortion associated with the output of the multiple wave based on a gate-source voltage; and a controller configured to adjust the gate-source voltage. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162578 | PA BIAS OPTIMIZATION FOR MODULATION SCHEMES WITH VARIABLE BANDWIDTH - The disclosure relates to a method for improving the power consumption of a transmission chain by varying the operating point of a power amplifier to optimize (e.g., reduce) the current that is consumed by the amplifier. The operating point is varied by changing the bias voltage(s) (e.g., supply voltage, quiescent voltage) of the amplifier to a predetermined value that is chosen based upon the effect that a given transmitted signal modulation scheme characteristic (e.g., channel bandwidth and/or number of subcarriers) has on the operating point of a power amplifier. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162579 | FRONT END MODULE - There is provided a front end module, including an amplification circuit unit amplifying signal, a multistage matching circuit unit connected to an output terminal of the amplification circuit unit, and a switch circuit unit connected to the multistage matching circuit unit, wherein the switch circuit unit includes a series switch circuit and a parallel switch circuit, the parallel switch circuit being connected to a node between a plurality of matching circuits included in the multistage matching circuit unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162580 | RECONFIGURABLE RECEIVER CIRCUITS FOR TEST SIGNAL GENERATION - Receiver circuits that can be reconfigured to generate test signals in a wireless device are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a mixer and an amplifier. The mixer downconverts an input radio frequency (RF) signal based on a local oscillator (LO) signal in a first mode. The amplifier, which is formed by at least a portion of the mixer, amplifies the LO signal and provides an amplified LO signal in a second mode. In another exemplary design, an apparatus includes an amplifier and an attenuator. The amplifier receives and amplifies an input RF signal in a first mode. The attenuator, which is formed by at least a portion of the amplifier, receives and passes an LO signal in a second mode. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162581 | AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL WITH OUT OF BAND BLOCKING SIGNAL COMPENSATION - One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a method of receiving an input signal. The method, in various embodiments, includes detecting a peak of the input signal and detecting an envelope of the input signal. In various embodiments, the peak and envelope are used to identify out-of-band blocking signals and to adjust gain control. The method also includes comparing the peak to a first threshold Tp and comparing the envelope to a second threshold Te. In the method, if the peak is above the first threshold and the envelope is below the second threshold, then ignoring the input signal. If the envelope is above the second threshold, the method includes applying automatic gain control to decode information encoded in the input signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162582 | NETWORK CONGESTION PREVENTION AND/OR MITIGATION - Cell site congestion may result in dropped calls, time-outs on data sessions, web access problems, or the like. A network congestion status may be used to minimize network congestion. In an example embodiment, messages which are distributed via a network may be formatted based on the network's congestions status and a device's connection mechanism. Further, a network access may be based on the network's congestion status and on a device's connection mechanism. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162583 | PROVIDING EMERGENCY INFORMATION VIA EMERGENCY ALERT MESSAGES - An emergency alert message may be distributed to notify the public of an emergency condition. Recipients of the emergency alert message be determined, for example, based on a geographic region. A recipient may receive an emergency alert message and may be informed that an emergency condition has been reported to emergency response personnel. The distribution of an emergency alert message may be broadcast or tailored to specific recipients according to various embodiments. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162584 | SAFETY GUN HOLSTER - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some implementations a wired switch or sensor with a mounting system is mounted on a holster and is interfaced either electrically or through a radio transmitter to the radio in order to trip a panic button. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162585 | DYNAMIC SPECTRUM TRADING USING INTERFERENCE PROFILING - A system and related methods for allowing for an increase in the use of spectrum resources through market based mechanisms for spectrum management. Spectrum trading mechanisms are implemented that allow for assignment and allocation decisions to be made by market forces. The system helps moderate an environment where buyers and sellers dynamically determine the assignment of spectrum and its uses. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK PAIRING USING ELECTRIC FIELD COUPLING - A system to electronically connect an electronic device to a network includes a sensing electrode that provides a signal. The signal has a particular frequency and power, and the electrode is configured to transmit the signal through a person occupying a proscribed location. The electronic device is configured to detect the signal when the electronic device is coupled to a person occupying the proscribed location. The electronic device is configured to electronically couple to the network upon detecting the signal. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162587 | EMERGENCY CALL HANDLING IN ACCORDANCE WITH AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURE IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques are provided for handling of a first type call as it affects an authentication procedure in a communication network. For example, it is assumed that, in a communication network, a first computing device comprises user equipment and a second computing device comprises an authentication function for authenticating the user equipment. Thus, a method comprises receiving at the second computing device from the first computing device an authentication rejection message, receiving at the second computing device from the first computing device a first type call indicator message, and making a decision regarding proceeding with or dropping an authentication procedure for the first computing device at the second computing device based on the receipt of the authentication rejection message and the first type call indicator message. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFELY OPERATING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Systems and methods control operation of a mobile communication device in a vehicle by determining if the vehicle is moving; if the vehicle is stationary, allowing calls to reach a cell tower; if the vehicle is moving and the mobile communication device is used, disabling a transmission from the mobile communication device to the cell tower; and if the vehicle is moving and an emergency phone sequence is dialed, allowing the transmission from the mobile communication device to the cell tower. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162589 | SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD OF LOCATING A PORTABLE SERVICE ACCESS TRANSCEIVER - Described are devices, methods, techniques and systems for locating a portable services access transceiver (PSAT) for use in aiding emergency “911” services. In one implementation, one or more conditions indicative of movement of a PSAT may initiate a process for obtaining a new estimated location of the PSAT. In another implementation, a location of a PSAT may be determined or updated using indoor navigation techniques. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162590 | EMERGENCY PERSONAL PROTECTION SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITH MOBILE DEVICES - A mobile device includes a camera unit, a location unit, a transmitting unit, a self-defense mechanism, and a panic button. The camera unit location unit obtains at least one of image data and audio data, and the location unit obtains location data. The transmitting unit transmits at least one of the image data, the audio data, the location data, and specific information including owner identification information. The panic button is adapted to activate the camera, the location unit, the transmitting unit, and the self-defense mechanism. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162591 | Donut Alert Messaging - Different emergency alert messages may be provided to different mobile devices within a common geographic region subdivided into a plurality of inner regions. Each inner region may have different emergency alert messages and may be geographically located inside another region. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162592 | DYNAMIC POWER CLASS RE-REGISTRATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - Dynamic power class re-registration of wireless devices is provided. A wireless device can exchange data with a communications network. While exchanging data, the device can monitor its usage and based on the usage, generate a power change request. The device can then send the power change request to the communications network, prior to or in conjunction with powering down the device. In this regard, the communications network can receive the power change request, generate instructions for the wireless device, and adjust network resources based on the power change request. The instructions can then be sent to the wireless device. Since the device re-registers its power class with the communications network, handoffs, internetwork thresholds, network resources and other network parameters can be adjusted to compensate for the changed power class resulting into improved service for a user of the wireless device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162593 | METHOD OF PROVIDING RATE TIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - The present invention provides a method of providing rate tiers in a wireless communication system. Embodiments of the method include forming, at a network element in the wireless communication system, a statistical representation of resource usage for a user in the wireless communication system as a function of location and/or time using measurements of the user's resource usage at a plurality of locations. Embodiments of the method also include defining, at the network element, a plurality of rate tiers based on the statistical representation. Each rate tier indicates a rate for a different level of resource usage offered to the user. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162594 | Method and Apparatus for Measurement of Active User Devices Per Quality-of-Service Class Indicator - Methods, apparatus, and systems for measuring, on a per-QoS-class basis, the average number of user devices active on the uplink of a wireless communication system are disclosed. In an exemplary method, a number of mobile terminals with buffered data for transmission to a base station is estimated based on received buffer status reports. An estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is calculated, based on the received buffer status reports and a number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. In some embodiments, the estimated quantity of active mobile terminals is estimated on a per-traffic-class basis, in which case the technique includes calculating first and second estimated quantities, corresponding to mobile terminals having active data bearers for first and second traffic classes, respectively, based on the received buffer status reports and the number of mobile terminals for which a semi-persistent scheduling grant has been granted. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162595 | ENHANCED CURFEW AND PROTECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVICE GROUP - A method comprising obtaining, from a master user, a device usage allocation applicable to two or more devices, the two or more devices being associated with another user, the another user being different from the master user, obtaining an aggregate measure of device usage associated with the two or more devices, if the aggregate measure of device usage associated with the two or more devices satisfies a condition relative to the device usage allocation, managing an activity of the two or more devices, and sending a notification to at least one of the two or more devices, the notification for presentation to the another user through a user interface of the at least one of the two or more devices. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162596 | DIGITAL CONTENT CARD - A Digital Content Card (DCC) is disclosed wherein the card contains a digital content for mobile phone users, which is marketed for public using various types of card and has a specific code as an identification of the type of offered content. Such cards contain various types of content with a content delivery system/method to mobile phone with different manners, which is in accordance with the type of content. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162597 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING TEMPORARY TELEPHONE NUMBERS - Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162598 | Customer-controlled instant-response anti-fraud/anti-identity theft devices (with true- personal identity verification), method and systems for secured global applications in personal/business e-banking, e-commerce, e-medical/health insurance checker, e-education/research/invention, e-disaster advisor, e-immigration, e-airport/aircraft security, e-military/e-law enforcement, with or without NFC component and system, with cellular/satellite phone/internet/multi-media functions - All-in-one wireless mobile telecommunication devices, methods and systems providing greater customer-control, instant-response anti-fraud/anti-identity theft protections with instant alarm, messaging and secured true-personal identity verifications for numerous registered customers/users, with biometrics and PIN security, operating with manual, touch-screen and/or voice-controlled commands, achieving secured rapid personal/business e-banking, e-commerce, accurate transactional monetary control and management, having interactive audio-visual alarm/reminder preventing fraudulent usage of legitimate physical and/or virtual credit/debit cards, with cheques anti-forgery means, curtailing medical/health/insurance frauds/identity thefts, having integrated cellular and/or satellite telephonic/internet and multi-media means, equipped with language translations, GPS navigation with transactions tagging, currency converters, with or without NFC components, minimizing potential airport risks/mishaps, providing instant aid against school bullying, kidnapping, car-napping and other crimes, applicable for secured military/immigration/law enforcements, providing guided warning/rescue during emergencies and disasters. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162599 | PROVIDING A MASKED SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for providing a masked short message service in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method receives a message from a first endpoint device directed to a second endpoint device, wherein the message indicates that the message is a masked short message service message, and forwards the masked short message service message with a code towards the second endpoint device. In one example, the second endpoint device parses the message and executes instructions contained therein, e.g., for sending a regular SMS with content derived from masked SMS, making a call, playing music, finding location by invoking an API, sending a file or a picture and any other functions that the second endpoint device may be capable of doing. The masked short message service provides a method for remotely controlling a 2G/3G mobile device through a computer or another mobile device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162600 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES AND WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS - Under one aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for facilitating communication between a mobile device and a wireless access point (WAP). The mobile device includes a processor and a non-volatile computer readable medium. The system may include an identifier disposed on the WAP; and a communication application stored in the non-volatile computer readable medium of the mobile device and configured to cause the processor of the mobile device to perform the steps of: (a) obtaining a digital representation of the identifier of the WAP; (b) connecting to the WAP; (c) transmitting the digital representation of the identifier to the WAP; (d) receiving from the WAP an ESSID and a credential responsive to the transmitted digital representation; and (e) connecting to the selected wireless access point based on the ESSID and credential. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162601 | EPHEMERAL IDENTITY FOR DEVICE AND SERVICE DISCOVERY - Embodiments of a system and method for secure discovery and identification of devices via a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments a wireless device may transmit an anonymous ephemeral identifier that may be utilized by a second device to determine, by accessing a provider or social network, whether the private identity masked by the ephemeral identifier is known to the user of the second device. In some embodiments a provider may receive user or device registrations; maintain a record of private identifiers, ephemeral identifiers, and known user data for a plurality of users; and access one or more social networks to acquire known user data. The ephemeral identifiers may be periodically updated by the provider. In some embodiments a discovery module in a plurality of devices may automatically establish a communication connection between devices in response to a previously established relationship between users of the respective devices. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162602 | OPTIMIZING HANDLING OF FOUND ITEMS THROUGH A MOBILE LOST AND FOUND APPLICATION - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided a mobile lost and found application. The method may include tracking, by the user equipment, a plurality of locations of the user equipment, the plurality of locations mapped to a plurality of time values representative of when the user equipment traversed the plurality of locations; determining, by the user equipment, a first location of the user equipment, wherein the determining is based on a first time value received from an interface; authenticating, by the user equipment, at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value; and providing the authenticated at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value to a database searchable based on at least the authenticated at least one of the determined first location and the received first time value. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162603 | METHOD OF MANAGING SERVICE MODE OF FEMTO BASE-STATION AND ACCESS ALLOWANCE FOR TERMINAL - A method of managing a service mode of a femto cell base-station and access allowance for a terminal is disclosed. The method of managing access allowance includes receiving a first access allowance change request for a terminal, and transmitting a second access allowance change request for the terminal to a mobility management entity (MME) in response to the first access allowance change request. With the method of the example embodiments of the present invention, the service mode of the femto base-station and the access allowed terminal can be changed in real time according to a situation of the user. Accordingly, quality of service can be improved and efficient management of the femto base-station can be achieved through interference control between the macro base-station and the femto base-station. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162604 | MOBILE TERMINAL TEST DEVICE AND METHOD - At the beginning of the operation of a mobile terminal | 2014-06-12 |
20140162605 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND LOGIN CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A login control method and apparatus is provided for facilitating usage right authentication of a mobile terminal, when the user unlocks the mobile terminal. The login control method includes determining, when a lock image is displayed on a screen, a posture of a mobile terminal, detecting unlock information, comparing the unlock information with a pre-registered unlock information, selecting, when the unlock information and the pre-registered unlock information are identical, an operation mode corresponding to the matched unlock information, from a plurality of operation modes, as the current operation mode, and displaying an image representing the current operation mode. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162606 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING LINK SETUP AND AUTHENTICATION - Systems and methods of performing link setup and authentication are disclosed. A method includes, at an access point, receiving an unprotected authentication request from a mobile device. The method also includes extracting an initiate message from the unprotected authentication request and sending the initiate message to an authentication server. The method further includes receiving an answer message from the authentication server, where the answer message includes a re-authentication master session key (rMSK). The method includes generating an access point nonce (ANonce) and sending an authentication response to the mobile device, where the authentication response includes the ANonce. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162607 | System and Method for Answering a Communication Notification - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for answering a communication notification. The method for answering a communication notification comprises receiving a notification of communication from a user, converting information related to the notification to speech, outputting the information as speech to the user, and receiving from the user an instruction to accept or ignore the incoming communication associated with the notification. In one embodiment, information related to the notification comprises one or more of a telephone number, an area code, a geographic origin of the request, caller id, a voice message, address book information, a text message, an email, a subject line, an importance level, a photograph, a video clip, metadata, an IP address, or a domain name. Another embodiment involves notification assigned an importance level and repeat attempts at notification if it is of high importance. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162608 | COLLABORATIVE SHARING OF CONTEXTUALLY SIMILAR CACHE DATA TO REDUCE NETWORK USAGE - A computer program product for controlling a wireless user device comprises computer usable program code for caching data downloaded from websites over a cellular communications network in response to user-entered requests for data; establishing near field communication directly between the wireless user device and other user devices within range of the near field communication; searching metadata stored by the other user devices, wherein the metadata is stored in association with cached data and describes one or more characteristic of the cached data; receiving a user request for data; for determining if the user request can be satisfied with cached data stored by a selected one of the other user devices; receiving cached data directly from the selected user device when the cached data satisfies the user request; and receiving data over the communications network when the cached data stored on the other user devices does not satisfy the user request. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162609 | PRE-PROCESSING FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES - A method for providing a communication service includes detecting an initiated communication initiated by a communications device with a processor and a memory. Environmental data for an environment of the communications device is identified based on detecting the initiated communication. The environmental data is used to supplement a communication service requested by the initiated communication. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162610 | Identifying recycled telephone numbers - An automated method begins by receiving a list of numbers that have been de-activated by a carrier. Periodically, and for each number, a request is made to identify a current carrier for the number. If the current carrier matches the carrier that provided the de-activation information, the mobile number is considered to be in a first state, i.e., shut off and returned to a pool of numbers that are available to this same carrier. Upon a determination that the number is in the first state, the provider issues a request to any opt-in database to delete any express consent or other similar data associated with the number. If, however, the number does not match the carrier of deactivation, the number is considered to be in a second state, i.e., likely to have been ported by the same user to a new carrier. This state is logged in an audit trail. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS NUMBER DISTRIBUTION IN A CONTACT CENTER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for processing interaction requests from a customer. A computer system receives over a data channel from an end user device accessible to the customer, a request for an interaction. The request includes data from an application running on the mobile device. An access number is identified from a pool of access numbers based on the data, and the identified access number is reserved. The identified access number is transmitted to the end user device over the data channel. In response to the transmitting of the identified access number, a call is received from a telephony device to the access number. A voice media session is established with the telephony device in response to the call. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162612 | METHOD OF RECORDING CALL LOGS AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of recording a call comprises the following: when a terminal device is in a call status, performing an emotional recognition on the call to determine an emotion or a set of emotions related to the call; the terminal device giving emotional expression information to a corresponding image based on the emotion or the set of emotions related to the call; and the terminal device recording the call with the emotional expression information. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a terminal device of recording call logs. The solutions provided by the present disclosure may record call log by using an image, image series, or an animation, and thus it may not only ensure the privacy of communication information but also may increase the interest of use. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162613 | Audio Sample - In the present disclosure, methods and apparatuses are disclosed that enable a device to determine whether a contact is in a shared environment based on an audio sample of a voice call. More specifically, an audio sample of a voice call is generated. A controller then determines whether a contact is in an environment of the mobile device based on the audio sample. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162614 | MANAGEMENT OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS - In particular implementations, a mobile device management system allows network administrators to control the distribution and publication of applications to mobile device users in an enterprise network. A user profile is accessed to determine a user attribute. A catalog of applications is filtered based at least in part on the user attribute and an enterprise application availability policy to determine a set of applications to be returned and provided via an enterprise mobile device application management interface. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162615 | Systems and Methods for Providing Anonymous Messaging - An exemplary messaging anonymity system (MAS) for providing anonymous messaging between a mobile device and a third-party service provider via a communications network can include a processor, a network interface, and a memory. The memory can be configured to store instructions that, when executed, perform the steps of an exemplary method. The exemplary method can include receiving a mobile-originated (MO) message from a mobile device, the MO message being destined for a third-party service provider, determining to provision an anonymous subscriber identification (ASI) to be used in lieu of a subscriber address associated with the mobile device, provisioning the ASI, and sending the MO message to the third-party service provider, wherein the ASI is presented to the third-party service provider as an originating subscriber address. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162616 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INHIBITING PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - This accessory is apparatus capable of implementing a method that can affect one or more features of a portable electronic device when brought into a vehicle having a radio with a right and a left speaker. The accessory has a sender for initiating transmission of an RF test signal at the portable electronic device. The RF test signal is arranged to cause the radio to produce a distinct pair of audio responses from the right and the left speaker. The accessory has a discriminator for determining for the right and the left speaker the corresponding return delay between transmission of the RF test signal and arrival of the distinct pair of audio responses at the portable electronic device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162617 | METHOD FOR DEVICE CONFIGURATION, DATABASE, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND NETWORK ENTITY - A method for device configuration is described comprising storing information about whether a mobile communication system comprising a mobile communication device operates correctly when a configuration is applied in a context of a configuration history to the mobile communication device; receiving a request for a configuration to be applied to mobile communication devices; and determining a configuration to be applied to the mobile communication devices based on the stored information. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162618 | DISABLING OF WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES USING MESSAGES - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to facilitating disabling of wireless transmission of wireless communication devices using messages. In one embodiment, logic is configured to generate a disabling message that indicates disabling of wireless transmission, and wirelessly transmit the disabling message to cause disabling of a transmitter portion of a wireless transceiver of a wireless communication device that receives the disabling message. In another embodiment, logic is configured to generate a disabling message that indicates disabling of wireless transmission, and wirelessly transmit the disabling message to cause disabling of a transmitter portion of a wireless transceiver of a wireless communication device that receives the disabling message. In some embodiments, the disabling message may cause the transmitter portion of the wireless transceiver to be disabled while a receiver portion of the wireless transmitter remains enabled. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162619 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SECURING COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus for securing communications includes a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving a request to activate a service transferring communications of a cellular network to a wireless local network. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to provide an activation key to a device responsive to an indication that the device is authorized to utilize the service based on determining an identifier(s) of the request is valid. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to provide a private key to the device, to enable the device to utilize the private key to subsequently register to transfer communications of the cellular network to a wireless local network(s), responsive to receiving a message for the private key from the device and a message from the cellular network. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162620 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A DEVICE CONFIGURATION - Methods and apparatus are provided for device configuration (e.g., feature segment loading and system selection). Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to operating a user equipment (UE) in a first radio access network (RAN) with a first set of modem features that supports the first RAN, detecting a second RAN not supported by the first set of modem features, and rebooting the modem software to load a second set of modem features that supports the detected RAN. For certain aspects, the first RAN may be a Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) network and the second RAN may be a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) network or Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. This allows features to be loaded into memory (e.g., only) when they are required to support a detected RAN, rather than loading an entire image, thereby conserving DRAM and increasing efficiency. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162621 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING APPARATUS - A device system is configured to determine an access address for acquiring a control unit that controls the device according to property information of a mobile communication terminal, in response to a request from the mobile communication terminal connected to a network. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162622 | Subscription Module Assignment Managing Server and Subscription Module Assignment Managing Method - There is provided an apparatus ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140162623 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE CONTROL BY VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - In this system is provided with a mobile telephone, a server and a vehicle-mounted device with different input/output methods, when an application unit of the mobile telephone is started, control programs and settings suitable for the combination of the vehicle-mounted device, the mobile telephone and the application unit are acquired from the server for an input switching unit, output switching unit, vehicle-internal communication control unit, input control unit and display control unit of the vehicle-mounted device and for an input switching unit, output switching unit, vehicle-internal communication control unit, input control unit, display control unit, input conversion unit and output conversion unit of the mobile telephone, and, after setup and installation, mobile telephone application programs can be remotely controlled by the vehicle-mounted device by running this application unit. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162624 | Proximity-Enabled Remote Control - The invention relates to systems and methods that enable a mobile device to be approximated with an object in order to enable control of the object. In one possible embodiment of a method of the invention, a mobile device is brought in physical proximity with an object, the identity of the object is determined wirelessly, based on such determination, a remote control user interface is presented by the mobile device, the mobile device receives input relating to a desired control action for the object, and the mobile device wirelessly communicates with a remote computer to facilitate control of the object. Various embodiments of the invention are possible to address a wide range of practical applications. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162625 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA PROPERTY OF CHARACTERISTIC CONTROL IN A MEDIA SYSTEM - A method and system for controlling multimedia presentation characteristics among a plurality of devices are disclosed. An electronic device ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140162626 | Traffic Steering Across Radio Access Technologies And Radio Frequencies Utilizing Cell Broadcast Messages - Concepts and technologies are described herein for traffic steering across radio access technologies and radio frequencies utilizing cell broadcast messages. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a base station can collect load information of the base station. The base station can also generate a cell broadcast message that includes the load information. The base station can also send the cell broadcast message to a target mobile device. The target mobile device can be configured to determine, based at least in part upon the load information, which radio access network of a plurality of radio access networks to connect to. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162627 | System and Method for Channel Estimation in a Wireless Communications System - A method for estimating communications channels includes determining, by a first device, channel significance information from a transmitting device, the channel significance information including information about communications channels carrying signals that are potentially significant interferers to the first device operating within range of the transmitting device, and estimating, by the first device, channel parameters of the communications channels identified as potentially significant interferers in accordance with the channel significance information. The method also includes transmitting, by the first device, the estimated channel parameters to one of the transmitting device and a controlling device. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162628 | Methods for Validating Radio-Frequency Test Systems Using Statistical Weights - A test system may include test stations for testing the radio-frequency performance of wireless electronic devices. A reference test station may perform test measurements on a group of wireless electronic devices under test (DUTs) to select a reference DUT. The reference test station may gather radio-frequency measurements at a number of test frequencies from the group of DUTs. The reference test station may compute statistical data associated with the gathered measurements. The reference test station may compute weight values associated with each test frequency based on the statistical parameters. The reference test station may compute a weighted mean square error value for each DUT based on the weight values and the statistical data. The reference test station may select a DUT having a minimum weighted mean square error value to serve as the reference DUT, which may be used to calibrate test stations in the test system. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162629 | DYNAMIC STEERING OF TRAFFIC ACROSS RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS - Intelligent radio access technology sensing and selection are applied in a dynamic traffic steering network. Network characteristics and network policies are determined. A server sends network characteristics and network policies to user equipment devices. User equipment devices can determine a radio access technology to connect to based on network policies and network characteristics. Further, it can be determined how to select user equipment devices for connection to a radio access network via a radio access technology. In one aspect, user equipment devices dynamically select a radio access network for connection based on real-time or near real-time radio access network conditions. In another aspect, a self-organizing network can monitor and determine radio access network conditions and the radio access network conditions can be sent to user equipment devices in given cellular broadcast area. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162630 | MOBILE TERMINAL TEST DEVICE AND METHOD - At the beginning of the operation of a mobile terminal | 2014-06-12 |
20140162631 | LOAD SHARING METHOD, BASE STATION, USER EQUIPMENT, LOAD SHARING NODE, AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a load sharing method in radio communication, including: determining, by a base station, whether load migration needs to be performed; and in the case of determining that the load migration needs to be performed, performing, by the base station, the load migration between a load sharing node and the base station. Moreover, the embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding load sharing apparatus, a base station, a user equipment, a load sharing node, and a communication system including the base station, the user equipment, and the load sharing node. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162632 | Methods and Apparatus for Selecting an Inter-Radio Access Technology for an Electronic Device - Methods and apparatus for selecting an inter-radio access technology for an electronic device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a wireless electronic device determines if a first radio signal strength (e.g., LTE) is weak enough that the device should start scanning for another radio access technology (e.g., CDMA). If the first radio signal strength (e.g., LTE) is very weak (e.g., even weaker than the level that caused the device to start scanning), and a second radio signal strength (e.g., CDMA) is above a second threshold, then the device selects the second radio access technology (e.g., switches from LTE to CDMA). If (a) the first radio signal strength (e.g., LTE) is not weak enough to warrant a move to another radio access technology, (b) the second radio signal strength (e.g., CDMA) is not above the second threshold (e.g., not strong enough to warrant a move), and/or (c) a motion sensor determines that the device is relatively stationary (e.g., signal strengths are unlikely to change), then the device sets a back-off timer (e.g., set to expire in one second before trying again, and then two seconds before trying again, then three seconds etc). | 2014-06-12 |
20140162633 | METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICE CONTINUITY BETWEEN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION AND DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A method of providing service continuity between cellular communication and device-to-device communication is disclosed. A procedure for switching between cellular communication and device-to-device communication according to an example embodiment of the present invention may include transferring, by a gateway, a D2D bearer creation request message to an MME, transferring, by the MME, the D2D bearer creation request message to a base station, mapping, by the base station, D2D bearer QoS to D2D radio bearer QoS and transmitting an RRC connection reconfiguration message to terminals, receiving, by the base station, an RRC connection reconfiguration completion message indicating creation of a D2D radio bearer from the terminals, transmitting, by the base station, a D2D bearer creation response message indicating creation of a D2D bearer to the MME, and transferring, by the MME, the D2D bearer creation response message to the gateway. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEEDING CALL ORIGINATIONS TO A VARIETY OF DEVICES USING INTELLIGENT PREDICTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR HALF-CALL ROUTING - A mobile application gateway configured to interconnect mobile communication devices on a cellular network with an enterprise network is provided. The mobile application gateway includes a voice and data signaling gateway configured to provide routing functionalities, service functionalities and admission control. A gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) is configured to establish a secure data session between one or more of the mobile communication devices and the enterprise network by establishing a GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP) tunnel between a carrier-hosted serving GPRS support node (SGSN) and the GGSN. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162635 | Traffic Steering Across Cell-Types - Concepts and technologies are described herein for traffic steering across cell-types. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device enables radio access network (“RAN”) selection across multiple cell-types, including, but not limited to, macro cells, metro cells, femto cells, pico cells, and the like, based upon network conditions, local device information, and/or other information such as policies and user profiles. The local device information can include, but is not limited to, mobility state information, performance measurement information, battery utilization information, channel quality information, and user overrides. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162636 | Device-Based Idle Mode Load Balancing - Concepts and technologies are described herein for device-based idle mode load balancing. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device can receive a cell information message that includes load information of a current camping cell on which the mobile device is currently camping and load information of at least one neighbor cell of a plurality of neighbor cells to the current camping cell. The mobile device can also obtain cell-type information of the current camping cell and cell-type information of the at least one neighbor cell. The mobile device can also determine a mobility state of the mobile device, and, based upon the load information of the current camping cell, the load information of the at least one neighbor cell, the cell-type information of the current camping cell, the cell-type information of the at least one neighbor cell, and the mobility state information, select a target camping cell. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE DISCOVERY USING CUSTOMER CATEGORY IN DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A method and an apparatus for selective discovery using a customer category in a device-to-device (D2D) communication service is disclosed. A method of selectively discovering service providing devices that provide services via D2D communication using a mobile communication network includes receiving, by a server for managing information about the service providing devices, information about a user equipment from the user equipment, verifying whether the user equipment corresponds to a preset customer category using the received information about the user equipment based on a service customer category table including information about a customer category that is the information about the user equipment provided with the services of the service providing devices, and selectively transmitting information about the services provided by the service providing devices to the user equipment based on a verification result. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162638 | SERVICE-ASSISTED NETWORK ACCESS POINT SELECTION - Embodiments enable prioritization and selection of network access points (NAP) by a computing device using NAP attribute values. The computing device obtains the attribute values based on a location of the computing device and/or proximate NAPs detected by the computing device. The obtained attribute values are compared to a state of the computing device (e.g., sensor values), user preferences, or other criteria to select at least one of the NAPs for connection with the computing device. In some embodiments, a user of the computing device is presented with a list of Wi-Fi access points ranked according to relevance to the computing device and/or user. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162639 | Cellular Device Identifier Provisioning Verification - Systems and methods are described for confirming the accuracy and consistency of cellular device provisioning parameters such as telematics station identifiers (TSTIDs) stored at multiple locations. One implementation consists of a method for ensuring accuracy and consistency of parameters stored at multiple locations. The method involves storing parameters on a computer readable medium, connecting to a mobile station corresponding to a first stored parameter, and requesting the mobile station with which a connection has been established report parameters stored at the mobile station. The method further involves establishing an API call with a carrier network operator who provides services to the mobile station, transmitting a second stored parameter to the carrier network operator and requesting the carrier network operator report parameters corresponding to the second stored parameter. The method then compares the parameters received from the mobile station with the parameters received from the carrier network operator. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBSCRIPTION DATA OPTIMIZATION - Devices and methods are provided for subscription data optimization in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method may involve receiving an update location request from a mobile entity and forwarding the update location request to a subscriber data repository. The method may involve receiving a profile identifier from the subscriber data repository, the profile identifier corresponding to profile parameters for a subscription service for the mobile entity. The method may also involve accessing a lookup table to determine the profile parameters associated with the profile identifier, and determining whether to authorize the subscription service based at least in part on the profile parameters. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162641 | SYSTEM, A FEMTOCELL HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENT TO CONNECT TO WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - A method for allowing and managing user equipment to connect to wireless local network from cellular network via a femtocell is provided. The method includes the steps of: broadcasting an RF signal within a predetermined area to allow the user equipment within the predetermined area to register with the femtocell; broadcasting a paging signal to search for at least one hotspot within a wireless cellular network coverage area when the user equipment has registered with the femtocell; establishing a connection between the femtocell and a found hotspot; sending a request to the found hotspot for obtaining connection information; sending the connection information to the user equipment registered with the femtocell, allowing the user equipment to access the wireless local area network via the found hotspot. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162642 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING USER EQUIPMENT CAPABILITY INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIER SYSTEM - A method of transmitting user equipment (UE) capability information in a multiple component carrier system by the UE is provided. The method includes receiving, from a base station (BS), a UE capability request message, and transmitting, to the BS, a UE capability response message including a supportedbandcombination field indicating one or more band combinations supported by the UE. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE MULTICAST COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR MOBILE SYSTEMS - Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) multicast communication in a cellular mobile communication system. The method for D2D communication may include transmitting a server designation request message requesting registration as a server terminal to a base station, and transmitting service information using a D2D multicast or broadcast communication scheme based on a radio resource allocated by the base station. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMITY SERVICE ENHANCEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed to provide proximity service discovery in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting, from a first user equipment (UE), a message indicating a presence of the first UE to a serving cell or evolved Node B (eNB) when the first UE wants to be discovered. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162645 | Network-Assisted Device-Based Intelligent Radio Access Control - Concepts and technologies are described herein for a network-assisted device-based radio access control. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a mobile device selects one or more radio access networks (“RANs”) to connect to, based upon network conditions, policies, user profiles, local device information, and/or other information. The mobile device can receive network load information from multiple RANs. The mobile device can also receive one or more policies from a radio access technology (“RAT”) selection system. The mobile device can also obtain local device information such as, but not limited to, mobility state information, performance measurement information, battery utilization information, channel quality information, applications, and/or a user override selection. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162646 | CELL RESELECTION METHOD FOR INCREASING RANDOM ACCESS SUCCESS RATE IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless access system, and more specifically to a method for efficiently performing a cell reselection and an apparatus for performing the same when a terminal fails in a random access. The method for enabling user equipment to reselect cells in the wireless access system according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: starting a random access procedure for a first cell selected according to a first condition; and performing a cell reselection procedure according to a second condition if the random access procedure is not successfully completed before a timer set from the starting step expires. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162647 | CONGESTION CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONGESTION CONTROL METHOD - In order to properly and equally impose a communication restriction in the case where congestion may occur due to a disaster or the like, a congestion control apparatus ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140162648 | Hybrid Network-Based And Device-Based Intelligent Radio Access Control - Concepts and technologies are described herein for a hybrid network-based and device-based intelligent radio access control. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a radio access technology (“RAT”) selection system and a mobile device cooperate to enable an intelligent multi-radio access control that can select a RAT that is best-suited for the mobile device. The RAT selection system can select networks based upon network conditions, policies, user profiles, applications, and/or other information, and provide a list of the networks to the mobile device. The mobile device can utilize local device information to select a network from the list. In this manner, the RAT selection system and the mobile device can cooperate to steer traffic to various networks operating in accordance with different RATs to improve user experience, especially in network traffic congested areas, and to efficiently leverage network resources for mobile telecommunications and WI-FI networks. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162649 | Network-Based Intelligent Radio Access Control - Concepts and technologies are described herein for a network-based radio access control. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a radio access technology selection system enables an intelligent multi-radio access control that can select one or more radio access technologies that is best-suited for one or more target mobile devices based upon network conditions, policies, user profiles, and/or other information. The radio access technology selection system also informs the target mobile device(s) of one or more networks that utilize the selected radio access technology. In this manner, the radio access technology selection system can steer traffic to various networks operating in accordance with different radio access technologies to improve user experience, especially in network traffic congested areas, and to efficiently leverage network resources for mobile telecommunications and WI-FI networks. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162650 | Measurements in a Communication Network - Methods, device and apparatus for use in a cellular network are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises: receiving, via the cellular network, a bias parameter of a neighbour cell; and determining based on the bias parameter whether or not to perform at least one mobility measurement. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162651 | Mobile terminated call establishment during inter radio access technology (IRAT) re-direction - Mobile terminated call establishment during inter radio access technology (IRAT) re-direction. Handovers between different respective radio access technologies (RATs) may be performed (e.g., IRAT redirection procedure) such that a given wireless communication device may be in communication with a given RAT cell, and then switch from that RAT cell to another RAT cell (e.g., a target RAT cell). This transition may be from a 3G cell to a target 4G cell. During such a redirection procedure, there may be some instances in which the target RAT cell may not be available immediately, and a device can check back with the first/original RAT cell during the search for the target RAT cell. That is to say, there may be some duration of time during the search for the target RAT cell in which that particular cell may not be available, and the device checks for pages in the first/original RAT cell. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER AND POWER CONTROL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF HIGH-SPEED MOBILE - Provided is a method for handover for wireless communication of a high-speed mobile. The method may include receiving, from a candidate communication base station able to communicate with the high-speed mobile, location information of the candidate communication base station and location information of a neighboring communication base station near the candidate communication base station, obtaining current location information and speed information of the high-speed mobile based on global positioning system (GPS) satellite information of the high-speed mobile and topographic information around the high-speed mobile, determining an optimal communication base station among the candidate communication base station and the neighboring communication base station, based on the location information of the candidate communication base station, the location information of the neighboring communication base station, the current location information of the high-speed mobile, and the speed information of the high-speed mobile, and executing handover to the optimal communication base station. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162653 | INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed is an inter-cell interference control method and apparatus. The inter-cell interference control method includes providing handover request information including interference information to a source base station, receiving handover completion information in accordance with the handover request information from at least one of the source base station and a target base station, and receiving interference control information in accordance with the interference information from the target base station. According to the present invention, inter-cell interference may be efficiently controlled, and overall performance of a network may be improved. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162654 | Method and Arrangement in a Communication Network - Method and arrangement in a network control node, for performing access control of a mobile node in a handover from a source cell to a target subscriber group cell. The method comprises obtaining a network based allowed subscriber group list, receiving a target subscriber group identification, checking if the target subscriber group identification is comprised in the obtained network based allowed subscriber group list. If it is, information from a target network control node is obtained, verifying that the received subscriber group identification corresponds to the target subscriber group cell. Still further, the method comprises granting the mobile node access to the target subscriber group cell. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162655 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDOVER USING THE SAME - There are provided an antenna apparatus and a method of handover using the antenna apparatus. The antenna apparatus may comprise a plurality of antenna elements forming a plurality of beams in a predetermined service area. The plurality of antenna elements are arranged in a plurality of rows, and a number of antenna elements included in an uppermost row of the plurality of rows is smaller than a number of antenna elements included in a downmost row of the plurality of rows, and differences between center angles of beams formed by the antenna elements included in the downmost row are larger than differences between center angles of beams formed by the antenna elements included in the uppermost row. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162656 | CELL MEASUREMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a cell measurement method. The method includes: detecting, by a terminal accessing a first cell, signaling of a third cell; and performing measurement on a second cell after the signaling of the third cell is detected, where the first cell has the same frequency as the third cell; the first cell and the second cell are inter-frequency cells; and the second cell is associated with the third cell. According to the solution, the embodiments of the present invention provide a cell measurement solution which is different from that in the prior art. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162657 | METHOD FOR REPORTING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - A method for a terminal reporting system information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a system information report request of a neighboring cell from a serving cell; and transmitting a system information report to the serving cell as a response to the system information report request. If the terminal has system information that is obtained in advance of the neighboring cell that is obtained before receiving the system information report request, the system information report comprises the system information that is obtained in advance and validity information on the system information that is obtained in advance. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162658 | METHOD FOR REPORTING SYSTEM INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING SAME - A method for a terminal reporting system information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a system information report request of a neighboring cell from a serving cell; deciding whether to report the system information on the neighboring cell, which is obtained in advance, to the serving cell; and reporting the system information that is obtained in advance to the serving cell when a decision is made to report the system information, wherein the system information that is obtained in advance is system information of the neighboring cell that is obtained before receiving the system information report request. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162659 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A base station ( | 2014-06-12 |
20140162660 | Neighbour Relations Management - A radio base station and a method therein for management of neighbour relations with respect to neighbouring radio base stations are provided. The radio base station is connected to an Operation and Maintenance, O&M system requesting performance measurement data relating to the neighbour relations from the radio base station. The radio base station | 2014-06-12 |
20140162661 | Long Term Evolution Integrated Radio Access Network System Leverage Proactive Load Balancing Policy Enforcement - A method may comprise receiving, at a server configured in a long term evolution network, information indicative of a condition of utilization of a first radio access technology resource accessible by a user device. If the condition of utilization indicates an adverse network condition, then the server may transmit a change command instructing the user device to migrate to a second radio access technology resource. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162662 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A communication control device includes a parameter acquisition unit which acquires a first parameter determined on the basis of the number of mobile stations connected to the first cell or the number of mobile stations connected to the second cell, a parameter determination unit which changes the number of mobile stations connectable to the first cell or the number of mobile stations connectable to the second cell on the basis of the first parameter, and a parameter notification unit which notifies at least any one of the first base station and the second base station of the determined second parameter. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162663 | LONG TERM EVOLUTION MOBILITY NETWORK TIMER AND RETRY MANAGEMENT - Management of a network may be accomplished by adjusting timer settings and/or retry criteria. For example, communications and management from an end-to-end perspective of entities in a network may be conducted; timers and/or retry criteria may be adjusted dynamically based on network traffic load; timers and/or retry criteria may be adjusted dynamically based on overload conditions; feedback mechanisms may be implemented to allow downstream network elements to inform upstream network elements about the health status and/or load condition of the network; and/or differentiated timer and retry criteria/mechanisms may be implemented. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162664 | OPTIMIZATION OF TRAFFIC LOAD IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A system for dynamically routing signals in a Distributed Antenna System includes a plurality of Digital Access Units (DAUs). The plurality of DAUs are coupled and operable to route signals between the plurality of DAUs. The system also includes a plurality of Digital Remote Units (DRUs) coupled to the plurality of DAUs and operable to transport signals between DRUs and DAUs and a plurality of Base Transceiver Stations (BTS). The system further includes a plurality of traffic monitoring modules and a network optimization goal and optimization algorithm. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162665 | CALL MANAGEMENT FOR LOCATION-AWARE MOBILE DEVICES - A positioning system (e.g., GPS) integrated in, or coupled to, a mobile device determines the position of the mobile device. An availability status manager (ASM) in a vPBX acquires the position of the mobile device. The ASM can contain rules on how to route or otherwise control incoming phone calls based on availability status of one or more mobile devices in the vPBX network. When a call is received by the vPBX, the ASM determines the availability status of the receiving mobile device based on the geographic location of the receiving mobile device. The ASM then routes the call to the receiving mobile device, to another mobile device, or to a landline based on the availability status of the receiving mobile device and the availability status based rules. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162666 | Coordinated Evacuation Of Spectrum - A method for coordinating spectrum evacuation is described which is useful for spectrum sharing, authorized/licensed shared access, secondary access, dynamic spectrum access, cognitive radio, general authorized access, etc. whereby access to a spectrum can be increased via buying usage right from a higher priority, primary or incumbent user, and/or via opportunistic access to unoccupied/unused spectrum. Enabling efficient spectrum evacuation guarantees limited impact to system performance while ensuring that the other user gets the spectrum back when needed. The method includes selecting a first subset of UEs for transitioning from a first bandwidth to a second bandwidth. During a first time period, the method includes, for each UE in the first subset, instructing the UE to transition using dedicated signaling. Later, during a second time period, the method includes instructing a second subset of UEs to transition using broadcast signaling. Apparatus and computer readable media are also disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162667 | RADIO RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION DEVICE - A radio resource distribution device may be provided. The radio resource distribution device may include: a communication condition determination circuit configured to determine a condition under which a radio communication device is to perform communication with a radio communication network; an availability determination circuit configured to determine at least one available radio resource out of a plurality of radio resources, that is available for the communication; and a radio resource determination circuit configured to determine a radio resource for the communication out of the at least one available radio resource based on the determined condition; wherein the plurality of radio resources includes: at least one first radio resource assigned to an operator of the radio communication network; and at least one second radio resource assigned to a holder of the second radio resource, and assigned by the holder of the second radio resource to the operator of the radio communication network. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING IN CELLULAR BASED DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for scheduling in a cellular-based device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method of scheduling a cellular resource used in a base station for a D2D communication between terminals may include grouping, by a proximity coordinator, a cellular resource of an adjacent base station based on cell information of a base station, managing a resource to be allocated to the terminal and a resource allocated previously to the terminal based on the grouped resource, and allocating the grouped resource to the terminal based on information associated with the resource to be allocated and the previously allocated resource when a request for D2D communication between terminals located in different cells is received. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162669 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR SELECTING A FREQUENCY BAND IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method and apparatus. In the method, an apparatus, for example, a base station, receives radio interface capabilities from a mobile node. The apparatus receives a subscriber frequency band priority profile identifier from a mobility management entity node. The apparatus finds an entry from a frequency band priority data structure using the subscriber frequency band priority profile identifier and the at least one radio interface capability and obtaining at least one frequency band priority from the entry. The apparatus applies the at least one frequency band priority to control the mobility of the mobile node. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162670 | CODEBOOK FOR EIGHT TRANSMIT ANTENNAS AND MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING THE CODEBOOK - A transmitter and a receiver of a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication system may use two codebooks to share channel information. When the transmitter uses eight transmit antennas, two codebooks may be defined. When the receiver generates two precoding matrix indicators from two codebooks, a combination of the two precoding matrix indicators may indicate a single precoding matrix. Precoding matrix candidates may also be defined. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162671 | DISCOVERY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVICE TO DEVICE COMMUNICATION IN CELLULAR MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a discovery method and apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication in a cellular mobile communication system. The discovery method performed by the discovery apparatus may include obtaining, from a server managing information associated with terminals providing a service using a D2D communication scheme over a mobile communication network, information associated with a service provided by the terminals, selecting a service of interest based on the information associated with the service, receiving, from a base station, information associated with a discovery radio resource allocated to the terminals providing the service of interest, and discovering the terminals providing the service of interest based on the information associated with the discovery radio resource. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADAPTIVE FILTER ARCHITECTURE - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for identifying a spectral region in a radio frequency spectrum, determining a signal strength of the spectral region, determining a correlation factor by correlating the signal strength of the spectral region, detecting according to the correlation factor interference in the spectral region, generating coefficient data to substantially suppress the interference in the spectral region, configuring a filter according to the coefficient data to substantially suppress the interference in the spectral region and produce a digital filtered signal, and transmitting the digital filtered signal to a base station. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162673 | Rank Indicator Transmission During Discontinuous Reception - A user equipment (UE) is disclosed. The UE includes a processor configured to transmit a rank indicator (RI) using one of an assigned periodic RI reporting resource that precisely aligns with the start on an on-duration of a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation mode of the UE and a fast assigned periodic RI reporting resource after the start of the on-duration. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162674 | POWER CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a power control method and apparatus. The power control method of the present invention includes: when a service runs in a first-standard communication system, determining a transmit power P1 of the first-standard communication system; determining that the transmit power P1 is higher than or equal to a threshold value P2 of power interference of the first-standard communication system to a second-standard communication system; use a power lower than P1 to send data on an interference frequency of the first-standard communication system. According to the power control method in the present invention, a signal transmit power of the interfering frequency of the first-standard communication system can be reduced when it is determined that the first-standard communication system will cause interference to the second-standard communication system, thereby reducing the interference of the first-standard communication system to the second-standard communication system. | 2014-06-12 |
20140162675 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED NETWORK - A method for data communication in a hierarchically structured network including at least two lower level entities on a lower level, at least one higher level entity on a higher level, wherein each higher level entity provides lowlink connections to each of the lower level entities and highlink connections to at least one further high level entity wherein a lower level entity the higher level entity connected to the low level entity and the high level entity connected to the higher level entity defines a connection branch, includes: determining communication capabilities of the lowlink and highlink connections in each branch; providing communication capability information according to the determined communication capabilities to the lower level entities; determining the connections in each branch having the lower one of the data communication capability; and adapting the data communication capabilities of the connections in each branch according to the determined lower data communication capability. | 2014-06-12 |