34th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090207698 | Vertical Line Hydrophone Array - A hydrophone assembly includes at least four hydrophone units for converting an acoustic signal to an electrical signal, the hydrophone units being in a parallel, cylindrically symmetric spaced spatial relationship with each other, and at least one spacer element to maintain the hydrophone units fixed in the spatial relationship to each other, wherein the hydrophone units and spacer element are embedded in an encapsulant to form an elongated, flexible body. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207699 | TIMEPIECE, ESPECIALLY WRISTWATCH COMPRISING A MAIN DISPLAY AND A MECHANISM ACTUATING AT LEAST ONE SECONDARY DISPLAY - The mechanism is driven by the hour wheel of the timepiece and has at least one secondary display comprising a polygonal or round hand or indicator rotating around a track of the secondary display and indicating on its visible surface names of cities or countries separated according to their respective time zones, the names of cities or countries being marked around the circumference of the hand or indicator opposite the hours on the track. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207700 | MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR - The present invention concerns a mechanical oscillator, comprising an oscillating system comprising a balance ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207701 | Date band watch - A display for a watchband includes a housing member having a first shell and a second shell member, each shell having a joining means, when assembled such first and second shell members form a cavity. At least a portion of a top surface of such second shell of such housing member is transparent. A predetermined power source is located at a predetermined location within such cavity. A control unit is located at a predetermined location within such cavity operably connected to such power source and having an integrated circuit with a clock function to output day, date and other information. A display mechanism is located within such cavity operably connected to such power source and such control unit. An input mechanism on such housing member is operably connected to such control unit. A band attaching mechanism attaches such housing member to such watch band. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207702 | Electromagnetic field generating element,information recording and reproduction head, and information recording and reproduction device - An electromagnetic field generating element includes a conductor that generates near-field light when irradiated with light and generates a magnetic field when a current flows through the conductor. The electromagnetic field generating element further includes a soft magnetic body provided at a position along a dimension of the conductor, the dimension being perpendicular to (i) a direction in which the conductor faces a magnetic recording medium to which the near-field light and the magnetic field are applied and to (ii) a direction in which the current flows. The present invention thus allows for provision of an electromagnetic field generating element that allows for reduction in its power consumption in optically assisted magnetic read/write using near-field light. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207703 | Optical near-field generator and recording apparatus using the optical near-field generator - A near-field optical probe and optical near-field generator are provided. A problem of a probe having a scatterer in which optical near-field noises are generated at the parts other than for a point at which an intense optical near-field is generated, is solved. In one example of the probe, a surface of the parts except for a vertex of the scatterer at which the intense optical near-field is generated is etched so that an etching depth becomes not less than a penetration depth of the optical near-field. The probe facilitates control of noises when a sample is observed or recording marks are reproduced. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207704 | Recording apparatus, server apparatus, recording method, program, and storage medium - A data recording apparatus recording data of a CD on an HDD in a manner such that the content of record in the CD is faithfully accounted for and shortening an operation time for a synchronized ripping operation. When the data recording apparatus reads, from the CD, track data managed by track, according to TOC, and records the track data onto the HDD, the data recording apparatus recognizes data unrecorded on the HDD, from among the track data recorded on the CD. This recognition process is automatically performed based on the TOC read from the CD, and album information replayed using the TOC and held by the HDD. The recording apparatus reproduces and outputs only the unrecorded data from the CD based on the recognition result concerning the unrecorded data. In this way, the data already recorded on the HDD is not transferred from the CD to the HDD. The operation time for the synchronized ripping operation is reduced accordingly. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207705 | OPTICAL DISC VERIFICATION METHOD AND OPTICAL DISC MEDIUM - An optical disc verification method according to the present invention includes the steps of: writing data on first, second and third radial locations on an optical disc at a writing speed V | 2009-08-20 |
20090207706 | Recording medium with a Linking area including dummy data thereon and apparatusand methods for forming, recording,and reproducing the recording medium - A recording medium, such as a high-density and/or read-only recording medium including a data area including at least two data sections and a linking area to link neighboring data sections, the linking area including dummy data, and to methods and apparatuses for forming, recording, and reproducing the recording medium. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207707 | OPTICAL RECORDING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an optical recording apparatus that provides improved writing speed. In the processing means ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207708 | OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc device capable of preventing a current larger than prescribed in specifications from flowing by measuring amounts of variation in drive signals of the actuator or the spindle motor, and in view of a correlation between those amounts of variation in the drive signals and the amount of current, changing the servo control system characteristics according to measured amounts of variation, and setting a limit to the level of drive signals. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207709 | FOCUS CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - In a device for controlling a focus to an optical disc having a land section and a groove section, the control is performed so as to avoid a focus step difference at a land-area/groove-area switching point. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207710 | USE OF FEEDBACK ERROR AND/OR FEED-FORWARD SIGNALS TO ADJUST CONTROL AXES TO OPTIMAL RECOVERY POSITION OF HOLOGRAM IN HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEM OR DEVICE - A method for adjusting at least one alignment control axis of a holographic data storage system or device to or towards a sufficiently optimal recovery position for recovery of a hologram based on a derived feedback error signal and/or a derived feed-forward signal. For the next hologram in the sequence, the derived feedback error signal estimates the direction and magnitude of misalignment of the at least one alignment control axis for one or more previously recovered holograms based on alignment-indicating data. The derived feed-forward signal estimates an optimal alignment value for the at least one alignment control axis for one or more holograms based on recording and recovery operating condition data for the holograms. An iterative alignment procedure may also be used to derive a feedback error signal for one hologram. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207711 | INFORMATION RECORDING METHOD - If the amount of information recorded on a user data area of a recording medium is less than a predetermined value when a finalize process is performed on the information recorded in the user data area, dummy information is recorded in the recorded area such that the amount of the information is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, and management information for managing the dummy information as a file is recorded in the user data area, thereby realizing interruption of the finalize process in the recording medium and enabling determination of whether or not a disk is a disk on which a finalize process has been interrupted based on only information recorded on the disk. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207712 | OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM AND METHOD OF RECORDING VISIBLE INFORMATION - The present invention relates to an optical recording medium comprising a visible information recording layer comprising a dye denoted by the following general formula (I) on a support. In general formula (I), A denotes a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, substituted aliphatic group, or substituted or unsubstituted carbon ring group, and B denotes a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The optical recording medium may further comprise a recording layer capable of recording and/or reproducing information by irradiation of a laser beam. The present invention further relates to a method of recording visible information on the visible information recording layer of the optical recording medium, wherein the visible information is recorded by using the same laser bean as that used in recording on the above recording layer. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207713 | Information Recording Medium, Information Reproducing Device and Method, and Apparatus and Method for Manufacturing Information Recording Medium - An information recording medium ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207714 | HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND HOLOGRAM RECORDING/REPRODUCING DEVICE - An optical element for recording/reproducing a hologram condenses a recording beam into a hologram recording medium, while also allowing the passage of a reproduction beam from the hologram recording medium in the reverse direction with respect to the recording beam. The optical element is configured to converge, upon incidence of a parallel beam flux as the recording beam, an on-axis beam and off-axis beams contained in the parallel beam flux onto different image points. A beam condensing spot of the on-axis beam and the off-axis beams is formed, with a predetermined diameter at a predetermined position on an optical axis on a way to the image points. At least one of the on-axis beam and the off-axis beams has a diameter, at the predetermined position on the optical axis, smaller than the predetermined diameter of the beam condensing spot. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207715 | Optical element, optical pickup device and optical information recording and reproducing apparatus - An optical element for use in an optical pickup device to conduct reproducing and/or recording information for a first disk including a protective substrate by the use of a first light flux emitted from a first light source and to conduct reproducing and/or recording information for a second disk including a protective substrate by the use of a second light flux emitted from a first light source, the optical element includes: an optical surface on which a first phase structure is formed to have a function to correct a spherical aberration; an optical surface on which a second phase structure is formed such that when the wavelength of the first light flux changes, the second phase structure generates a spherical aberration in a direction reverse to the direction of a spherical aberration generated by the first phase structure. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207716 | Optical Pickup Apparatus - An optical pickup apparatus includes: a first light source; a second light source; a light-converging optical system including a coupling lens and an objective lens; and a photodetector. The optical pickup apparatus is capable of recording and/or reproducing information by converging a light flux from each of the first and second light sources with the light-converging optical system on an information recording surface of each of first and second optical information recording media through a protective layer, and by detecting the light flux reflected from the information recording surface and passing through the light-converging optical system again, on the photodetector. The optical pickup apparatus satisfies predetermined conditions according to an optical path length from each of first and second light sources and the information recording medium, a magnification of the objective lens, and a magnification of the light-converging optical system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207717 | Three-terminal multiple-time programmable memory bitcell and array architecture - In one embodiment, a non-volatile memory bitcell includes a program electrode, an erase electrode, a cantilever electrode connected to a bi-stable cantilever positioned between the program electrode and the erase electrode, and switching means connected to the program electrode arranged to apply a voltage potential onto the program electrode, or to detect or to prevent the flow of current from the cantilever to the program electrode. The switching means may comprise a switch having a first node, a second node, and a control node, wherein voltage is applied to the control node to activate the switch to provide a connection between the first node and the second node. The switching means may comprise a pass-gate. The switching means may comprise an NMOS transistor. The switching means may comprise a PMOS transistor. The switching means may comprise a MEMS switch. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207718 | Information storage devices using magnetic domain wall motion and methods of operating the same - An information storage device using magnetic domain wall motion and a method of operating the same are provided. The information storage device includes a magnetic track having a plurality of magnetic domains and magnetic domain walls arranged alternately. A current supply unit is configured to apply current to the magnetic track, and a plurality of reading/writing units are arranged on the magnetic track. The information storage device further includes a plurality of storage units. Each of the plurality of storage units is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of reading/writing units for storing data temporarily. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207719 | Optical Disc Apparatus - A variable gain amplifier ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207720 | VIBRATION-ISOLATING FIXING DEVICE - A vibration-isolating fixing device is disposed in a chassis of an electronic device, for accommodating at least one storage device. The fixing device includes a frame to accommodating the storage device and a plurality of vibration-isolation elements. Each vibration-isolation element has a main body and a damper. Each assembly pillar is protruded from one side of the main body and is inserted into an assembly hole on a bottom plate of the frame, such that the vibration-isolation element is fixed on a bottom surface of the frame. The damper is sleeved on the other side of the main body opposite to the assembly pillar, and contacts with the chassis, so as to absorb vibration energy borne by the frame from three-dimensional directions. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207721 | OPTICAL DISC AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - An optical disc has a read-only system lead-in area and a recordable data area. Disc boundary information representing a boundary in a radial direction of an area on which capability of recording at a predetermined recording speed is guaranteed is recorded on the system lead-in area while being related to each tuple speed. An optical disc device, upon user's instruction of tuple-speed recording, compares the boundary information related to the instructed tuple speed with a present recording position, performs recording at the instructed tuple speed if the present recording position is on the outside of the boundary, and performs recording at a tuple speed lower than the instructed tuple speed if the present recording position is on the inside of the boundary. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207722 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - An optical disc apparatus searches domain information from information stored on a disc. When the domain information is thereby acquired, the existence of the domain information is presented to outside at a predetermined timing in a reproducing process of the disc. When an access execution command based on the domain information is inputted by a user in response to this presentation, the optical disc apparatus accesses an address specified by the domain information via a network. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207723 | OPTICAL DISC AND ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL DISC - An optical disc of the present invention includes at least a light reflection layer and a light transmission layer formed on a substrate, wherein recording and reading are performed by a laser beam through the light transmission layer, the light transmission layer is formed from a cured film of a ultraviolet-curable composition containing an epoxy acrylate resin obtained by reacting a half ester compound (A), which is obtained from a lactone-adduct of a hydroxyalkyl (meth)acrylate (a1) and a dibasic acid anhydride (a2), and an epoxy resin (B), and the film thickness of the light transmission layer is from 50 to 150 μm. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207724 | Magnetic memory - A magnetic memory is provided with a memory cell. The memory cell includes a magnetic recording element, an interconnection to generate a radio-frequency current-induced magnetic field and a ground line. The magnetic recording element is provided with a first magnetic layer whose magnetization direction is substantially fixed, a magnetic recording layer whose magnetization direction is substantially reversed by spin-polarized electrons passing through the magnetic recording layer and a first nonmagnetic layer provided between the first magnetic layer and the magnetic recording layer. The interconnection is provided above the magnetic recording element to generate a radio-frequency current-induced magnetic field acting in a direction substantially perpendicular to a magnetization easy axis of the magnetic recording layer. The ground line is provided on a side opposite to the magnetic recording element with respect to the interconnection. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR JOINT ENCODING MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION MESSAGES - A method and system for joint encoding multiple independent information messages are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an encoder configured to encode each of the independent information messages to produce respective encoded bits, and a first multiplexer configured to multiplex each of the independent information messages. A joint block encoder encodes the multiplexed independent information messages to produce encoded common parity bits shared by all independent information messages, and a second multiplexer multiplexes the respective encoded bits from all independent channel encoders and the encoded common parity bits from the joint block encoder to produce the final output. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207726 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK RECOVERY FROM MULTIPLE LINK FAILURES - Methods and systems for fast and reliable network recovery from multiple link failures. In accordance with one example of the method, a master node receives a request from a transit node having a blocked port to open the blocked port for data forwarding, wherein the blocked port is associated with a restored link. The master node starts a health-check timer and transmits a health-check message on its primary port to determine that all failed links of the network are restored. Upon determining that the health-check message is received at its secondary port, the master node transmits a message to each transit node indicating that all failed links are restored. Upon determining that the health-check message is not received at its secondary port before the health-check timer lapsed, the master node transmits a message to the transit node to open the blocked port associated with the restored link for data forwarding. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207727 | METHOD FOR NUMBERING WORKING SERVICES ON CHANNEL PROTECTION RING - A method for numbering working services on a channel protection ring. The process of numbering working services includes: after detecting that the node has an added or dropped working service in the downstream segment in the specified direction, the node on the ring sends a notification message which includes the identifier corresponding to the node to the downstream node in the specified direction; after receiving the notification message and detecting that the node has an added or dropped working service in the downstream segment in the reverse direction of the specified direction, the node on the ring assigns a serial number to the working service according to the identifier in the notification message. The present invention enables automatic numbering of services and dynamic adjustment of the service numbers on the ODUk protection ring, and fulfills the requirements of ODUk protection switching. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207728 | CONSTRUCTING REPAIR PATHS AROUND MULTIPLE NON-AVAILABLE LINKS IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A data processing apparatus is configured for initiating a not-via approach for creating repair path information for a first link between the first network node and a second network node; creating a list of other network nodes that the not-via repair path traverses; creating and storing entries in the FIB identifying repair addresses for the network nodes and that cause (a) packets directed to all addresses normally reachable through the first link to be encapsulated to the second node not via the first node, (b) packets directed to a not-via address that is normally reachable through the first link to be encapsulated to the second node not via the first node, and (c) dropping packets directed to a not-via address that is normally reachable through the first link when the not-via address is in the list; repeating the preceding steps for all other links of the first network node. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207729 | Policer device and bandwidth control - A frame input/output unit allows a frame to pass according to directions output by a flag judging unit while consuming resources. A resource managing unit manages amounts of resources supplied and consumed. A management information storage unit stores passing information indicating policers that have passed frames during each period and management information including flag information on skip flags and the like. A flag updating unit catalogs a resource surplus flag and a supply filled flag at the end of a previous period and a skip flag that indicates whether a self-policer skips consuming resources in the following period based on the passing information in the previous period and the current period. The flag judging unit refers to a latest skip flag and judges the presence or absence of frame passing in the following period. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207730 | SCHEDULING POLICY-BASED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - Various traffic management techniques may be employed in a multi-hop wireless communication system. For example, a decision to transmit data to another node may be based on whether that node is able to effectively transmit its data. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on the amount of data a parent node may transmit. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on how effectively data is being transmitted. A weight may be assigned for an interference management message based on a traffic scheduling policy. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207731 | Apparatus and Methods for Incorporating Bandwidth Forecasting and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation into a Broadband Communication System - A method for providing network access to a shared access communications medium for a plurality of users includes the steps of conducting predictive admission control by arbitrating user requests for access to the shared medium based on predicted aggregate demands, conducting lookahead scheduling for use in making user channel assignments by forecasting schedule transmission opportunities one or more channels of the shared medium, and balancing load by making channel assignments such that a plurality users are each assigned a respective channel of the shared medium based upon a predicted need. Congestion parameters can predicted for each channel of the shared medium and mapped to a congestion measure using a mathematical function that takes into account packet loss rate, packet delay, packet delay jitter, and available capacity. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207732 | EMPIRICAL SCHEDULING OF NETWORK PACKETS - A method of transmitting packets over a network includes steps of partitioning a packet delivery schedule into discrete time slots; transmitting a plurality of test packets from a first endpoint on the network to an intended recipient in the network using different time slots; evaluating the reliability of the network to transmit the plurality of test packets in each time slot; and selecting one or more time slots in the delivery schedule according to the evaluation step. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207733 | TRANSFERRING DATA OVER A NETWORK - A method is provided for transferring a set of data over a network by monitoring the level of actual network bandwidth utilization. The method identifies a maximum monitored level of actual utilization and calculates a size for data blocks to be transferred as a function of the maximum monitored level of utilization. The data blocks represent a segment of a set of data, such as a software update that may be transferred or downloaded over the network without interfering with other network activity. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207734 | ADAPTIVE BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION FOR TELEMETERED DATA | 2009-08-20 |
20090207735 | ROBUST COOPERATIVE SPECTRUM SENSING FOR COGNITIVE RADIOS - The disclosed subject matter relates to communicatively coupled cognitive radio systems, devices, methodologies, or combinations thereof, facilitating improved utilization of unused portions of spectral bands by secondary users generally allocated to other primary users. This improved utilization can be achieved by cooperative spectrum sensing employing ST coding and/or SF coding for transmit diversity. Further, cooperative spectrum sensing can be improved by employing relay diversity with or without algebraic coding. It is illustrated that a threshold probability of false alarm can be reduced by applying transmit diversity with space time coding and/or space frequency coding. It is further illustrated that relay diversity can be employed to compensate for reduced sensing diversity order were some nodes in a cooperative spectrum sensing system cannot report directly. It is disclosed that algebraic coding can be combined with relay diversity to decrease the threshold probability of false alarm in relay diversity systems while maintaining high levels of sensing diversity order. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207736 | CONSTRAINED DYNAMIC PATH SELECTION AMONG MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACES - Method and apparatus are disclosed for constrained dynamic path selection among multiple available communication interfaces. In some embodiments selection logic is operatively coupled with a number of link-layer interfaces to select a set of link-layer interfaces that satisfy a set of congestion constraint conditions. Metric logic is operatively coupled with the link-layer interfaces to calculate a metric value for each link-layer interface in the set. Switch logic is operatively coupled with the selection logic and metric logic to assign a data stream a link-layer interface in the set of interfaces according to its metric value to optimize communication performance. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207737 | REDUCING PACKET DROPS IN NETWORKS GUARANTEEING IN-ORDER DELIVERY - In one embodiment, the convergence node switches of a destination node switch in a network having multiple equal paths between a source switch and destination switch are identified. When a new equal cost path is added to the network, packets are flushed up to the convergence node switch closest to the source switch. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207738 | Timer handling - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products and a system for enabling timer value handling are provided. Handling of timer values is enabled by creating a connection initiation message, placing into the connection initiation message a state keeping timer value, and sending the connection initiation message. Timer value handling is further enabled by receiving a connection initiation message, determining availability of state keeping timer adjustment on the basis of the connection initiation message, acquiring, in case state keeping timer adjustment is available, a state keeping timer value from the connection initiation message, creating a connection initiation response message, placing the state keeping timer value into the connection initiation response message, and sending the connection initiation response message. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207739 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PDCP STATUS REPORT THEREOF - A mobile communication system, and method for transmitting a PDCP status report thereof capable of preventing the occurrence of data loss when re-establishing an RLC. When an RLC re-establishment occurs due to an RLC internal error, a receiving PDCP entity triggers a status report to transmit it to a transmitting PDCP entity even if PDCP entities are not replaced by others. The transmitting PDCP entity checks whether a received state of each PDCP SDU based on the triggered PDCP status report, and then re-transmits PDCP SDUs having not successfully received by the receiving PDCP entity. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207740 | Method for Determining if an Encrypted Flow of Packets Belongs to a Predefined Class of Flows - A method to determine if an encrypted flow of packets (F) belongs to a predefined class of flows (ω | 2009-08-20 |
20090207741 | Network Subscriber Baseline Analyzer and Generator - The current application comprises four major processors for determining network abnormalities. The major difference between the current invention and all other existing systems that are being used by the network operators is that the current invention detects abnormalities by comparing with a baseline statistical model. This baseline model represents typical network traffic characteristics. When a traffic characteristic exceeds or falls outside of the baseline model, an abnormality is identified. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207742 | FRAME TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND LOOP JUDGING METHOD - A frame transmission device having a port for transmitting and receiving a frame and a learning table for storing a transmission source address included in the frame received at the port and the receiving port in association with each other includes: a port detector for detecting whether learning data coincident with the transmission source address included in the frame received at the port is stored in the learning table; a port judging unit for comparing a port learned in the learning data detected by the port detector to the receiving port; and a loop judging unit for judging on the basis of a time lapse from the storage of the learning data whether the frame is in a loop or not when the port learned in the learning data is not coincident with the receiving port. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207743 | FACILITATING TRANSFER OF PUSH AND PULL MESSAGES FOR REMOTELY TESTING MOBILE DEVICES - Providing for remote field testing of mobile communication devices is described herein. By way of example, network initiated data received at a mobile device or like device activated on a mobile network can be monitored. Further, an over the air (OTA) message sent by the mobile network to the monitored device can be identified and forwarded to a test device. Additionally, an IP gateway of the mobile network can be monitored for mobile originated pull messages or network originated push messages associated with or identifying the test device. A data translator can reconfigure or reroute data to and from the mobile device and mobile network utilizing information associated with the activated device. Accordingly, remote data exchange can be implemented even if the mobile device is not pre-activated on the mobile network. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TUNEAWAY TIME IN OPEN STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for determining TuneAway time in a wireless communication system is described. A current TuneAway attribute is and a TuneAwayRequest message having a MessageSequence matching the last received TuneAwayResponse is used. A tuneaway period number n for a sector with given sectorOffset is began at TuneAwayTimeNn, wherein the TuneAwayTimeNn is a function of t | 2009-08-20 |
20090207745 | PROVIDING REMOTE FIELD TESTING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Remote field testing of mobile communication devices is provided herein. By way of example, an IP gateway of a target mobile network can be monitored. A mobile originated data packet associated with a test device can be updated or translated to include information of a device that is activated on the mobile network. Likewise, a mobile network originated data packet, routed to the activated device and/or identifying the test device, can be forwarded to the test device. As described herein, two way data exchange between the mobile network and the test device can be implemented even if the test device is not pre-activated on the mobile network. Further, an interface for the two way communication can comprise any suitable Internet Protocol (IP) network, enabling application testing remote from wireless access points of the mobile network. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207746 | FFT-BASED ESTIMATION OF THERMAL NOISE AND RISE OVER THERMAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Techniques for estimating thermal noise and rise-over-thermal (RoT) in a communication system are described. Thermal noise in a sideband may be measured and used as an estimate of thermal noise in a signal band. In one design, samples containing a desired signal centered at DC or a frequency higher than DC may be partitioned into blocks of K samples. Each block of K samples may be transformed with an FFT to obtain a corresponding block of K transform coefficients for K frequency bins. The power of transform coefficients for frequency bins in the sideband may be computed. Thermal noise may be estimated based on power values for the frequency bins in the sideband. Power values for frequency bins in the signal band may also be obtained and used to estimate total received power. RoT may then be estimated based on the estimated thermal noise and the estimated total received power. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207747 | Network device and data transmission method thereof in wireless sensor network - A wireless sensor network and data transmission method thereof provides for improving channel access efficiency and energy saving effect by using inventive carrier sensing mechanism. The data transmission method includes assessing a channel after initializing, when a packet to be transmitted is generated, a number of carrier sensing attempts (Ns) and a backoff value (W); determining, when the channel availability is assessed to be idle, whether W reaches 0; transmitting the packet if W reaches 0; and reassessing, if W does not reach 0, the channel after a duration corresponding W/(Ns-1) slot. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207748 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A communication method and apparatus is disclosed that uses a received signal strength indicator (RSSI). In a sensor network including a plurality of nodes, a first node of the plurality of nodes receives a signal transmitted from a second node of the plurality of nodes, at least once. The first node also manages a link state with the second node according to the RSSI of the received signal. Therefore, the first node can receive signals from the plurality of nodes and then predict whether the second node moves. The first node can also predict a link state after the second node is moved so that communication can be performed through a link in a good state. Accordingly, the communication quality and the network performance of a network are enhanced. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207749 | USER-INITIATED REPORTING OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ERRORS - Systems and methods that automatically collect data associated with system-identified errors as well as data associated with events associated with user-initiated actions. A data collection profile defines data to be collected and a user-initiated trigger. When the user-initiated trigger is sensed, data is collected according to the data collection profile. The collected data can be uploaded immediately, or stored for some period of time before being transmitted to a collection system. A user recognizes an event which may not be recognizable by the system and the user provides an input defined as the user-initiated trigger. Data may be collected for a brief time before, during and a brief time after sensing the user-initiated trigger and may be uploaded to a system. The user may annotate the collected data by explaining the error, after which the explanation is correlated with the collected data. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207750 | NETWORK MONITORING BASED ON POINTER INFORMATION - A computer system and method for identifying and extracting content from data traffic, the system including: a capture driver arranged to monitor data traffic and to copy data packets from the traffic to a buffer without disrupting the traffic flow, and to generate pointer information to identify specific parts of a data packet; a plurality of decoder modules, each module being adapted to decode one or more specific data transfer protocols; and a control interface adapted to receive pointer information from the capture driver, to route the pointer information to one or more of the plurality of decoder modules, and to route extracted content from the data traffic to an application. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207751 | SERVICE BASED LAWFUL INTERCEPTION - The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a telecommunication system to monitor information related to specified services in a service unaware node. The node handles Content of Communication associated with services. The system comprises a Delivery Function to which Content of Communication related to a target is received from the node. The method comprises the following steps: Receiving from a requesting entity to the Delivery Function a request to delimit the received Content of Communication according to not desired services. Parsing the received Content of Communication according to not desired services by a Packet Inspection Feature associated with the Delivery Function. Forwarding Control Information related to the not desired services to the requesting entity. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHORIZING THRESHOLD TESTING WITHIN A NETWORK - A system and method for authorizing test traffic over a network. A request is received to perform a throughput test. A state of the network is determined. The throughput test is authorized in response to the determined state of the network being acceptable for performing the throughput test. The throughput test is terminated in response to the determined state of the network being unacceptable for performing the throughput test. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207753 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER CONSUMPTION DATA NETWORKS - Systems and methods for producing power consumption data enabling up-to-the-minute automatic collection and transmission of real-time energy flow information are described. Energy consumption from a source of electricity by an electrical device may be measured. This measured data may then be stored for later transmission on a data network. Energy consumption and network (data network or electrical network) topology data from other measurement or gateway devices may be received and stored or processed. Energy consumption data may be transmitted based on the network topology and claimed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207754 | METHOD FOR COMPRESSING AND SETTING UP WIRELESS ACCESS BEARER AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING Iu RAB SETTING - The present invention provides for a method of compressing Iu RAB configurations. The method comprises dividing each configuration into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion comprising a fixed portion common to a plurality of configurations, and the second portion comprising a variable portion, the method including the step of compressing the fixed portion through allocation of an Iu RAB identifier thereto. The present invention further includes the transfer over a mobile radio communication network of Iu RAB data so compressed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207755 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING NETWORKS, IN PARTICULAR ETHERNET SWITCHES - Network devices are configured by displaying an input mask for entering configuration data appears on a display of the network device or a configuration device to be connected to the network device and representing the input mask in at least two different formats. The configuration data is entered in the formats with the same content. Thereafter the inputted data is further processed in various data formats depending on the format of the input mask. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207756 | NETWORK CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A network management apparatus including an acquisition unit that remotely accesses a registered network device and acquires setting information of the network device and logging information of the network device, a detection unit that detects a connection status between network devices based on the setting information and logging information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a diagram producing unit that produces diagram information indicating the connection status between network devices detected by the detection unit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION AND ACCESS NETWORK INFORMATION SUPPORT IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes communicating location and access network information for an end user to a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) element that is coupled to a network element. The network element receives packets for a communications flow from the end user if the flow is initiated through a wireless network and through a wireline network. In more specific embodiments, the location and access network information is used to initiate one or more applications for the end user. The method could also include communicating to an application function that the end user has attached to one of the networks, has been assigned an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and the location and access network information for the end user. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207758 | Fast Active Scanning Wireless Network Apparatus and Method - In a fast active scanning wireless network apparatus and method for quick determination of available access points, information about a candidate set of available access points is obtained, and a candidate access point is identified from the candidate set. A mobile station then queries the candidate access point with a probe request that designates the candidate access point as a sole responder. The probe request prevents other access points from contending for the medium of communication between the mobile station and the designated sole responder access point by excluding the attempt by other access points to transmit probe responses. The apparatus and method thus increases the probability of a fast and successful probe request from the mobile station and subsequent response from the designated access point. The designated access point may also respond with a probe response of high priority, preventing intervention of communication. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207759 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONVERGED WIRELINE AND WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving packets for a communications flow from an end user that can conduct the flow through a wireless network and through a wireline network. The method also includes providing policy control for the end user at a network element that receives packets and resolves admission control decisions for the flow for the end user in both the wireless network and the wireline network. The network element providing Internet Protocol (IP) address assignment for the end user in both networks. In more specific embodiments, the method includes providing policy peering in both home and visited networks for the flow, providing access network information that indicates the type of access network being used by the end user, and network address translation (NAT) control for the user. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207760 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING IF A BASE STATION CAN NOT HANDLE A TERMINAL - The present invention concerns a method for determining, in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, if a base station can not handle a half-duplex terminal, the base station transferring signals in a cell of the base station, the half-duplex terminal, when being handled by the base station, not transferring and not receiving signals during a period of time, called idle period of the cell of the base station. The base station:
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20090207761 | FDD INBAND BACKHAULING AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an FDD Inband backhauling method for establishing a wireless transmission from at least one access base station to a master base station in a digital cellular communication system, the access base station coupled to at least a mobile station, the access base station coupled to a relay base station, the relay base station coupled to the master base station, the master base station coupled to a core network. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first signal (s | 2009-08-20 |
20090207762 | Assigning mobile users in a half-frequency division duplex (HFDD) system to uplink (UL) sub-frames and to downlink (DL) sub-frames - Methods assigning mobile users in a half-frequency division duplex (HFDD) system to a first UL group and second UL group of an uplink (UL) sub-frame, and to a first DL group and a second DL group of a downlink (DL) sub-frame, wherein the UL sub-frame is assigned a first carrier frequency and the DL sub-frame is assigned a second carrier frequency, are disclosed. One method includes determining a type of data, determining a receive CINR (carrier interference plus noise ratio), and determining a Doppler frequency parameter, for each mobile user of a plurality of mobile users. The plurality of mobile users to are assigned to the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group based on time durations of the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group, and based on and at least one of the data type, CINR, Doppler frequency spread of the mobile user, and a number of mobile users previously assigned to the first UL group, the second UL group, the first DL group and the second DL group. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207763 | VOICE SWITCHING FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION ON COMPUTERS - A voice communication end device performs quality checks to determine whether acoustic echo cancellation would be ineffective, such as due to noise or clock drift or discontinuities between incoming and outgoing voice channels. In the case where echo cancellation would prove ineffective, the device falls back on a tri-state voice switching operation that includes a bi-direction state in which both channels are on in full duplex operation, which provides a smoother transition switching between active channels. The tri-state voice switching supports both voluntary transitions where the active user voluntarily stops to yield the active channel, and forced transitions where the active user is forcedly interrupted by the other user speaking more loudly. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207764 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, HIGH-FREQUENCY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS - A high-frequency circuit for wireless communications selectively using a first frequency band and a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, comprising an antenna terminal; first and second transmission terminals to which transmitting signals in the first and second frequency bands are input; first and second receiving terminals from which received signals in the first and second frequency bands are output; a diplexer circuit for branching a first-frequency-band-signal path and a second-frequency-band-signal path; a switch circuit for switching a path for a transmitting signal and a path for a received signal; a low-noise amplifier circuit disposed between the switch circuit and the second receiving terminal for amplifying a received signal in the second frequency band; and first and second filter circuits disposed between the antenna terminal and the low-noise amplifier circuit in this order from the antenna terminal, both filter circuits passing a received signal in the second frequency band but blocking a frequency band lower than the second frequency band, and the band blocked by the first filter circuit being lower than the band blocked by the second filter circuit. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207765 | Wireless Communication System, Wireless Communication Apparatus, and Wireless Communication Method - A wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system performs data transmission using spatially multiplexed streams from a first terminal including N antennas to a second terminal including M antennas (N and M are integers larger than or equal to 2 and N>H). | 2009-08-20 |
20090207766 | WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a wireless network management system and a method thereof based on a positioning system. By the positioning system, whether there are available wireless access points (WAPs, or APs) at the vicinity of a communication device is identified, so the communication device needn't hold the search for the APs and the power thereof is saved. Besides, by path programming, the possible path of the communication device is known and the next available AP for wireless communication is identified, so the communication to the current AP can be quickly switched to the next AP if necessary. Furthermore, by positioning system, in case of path unknown, the communication device identifies available APs nearby, and when the communication device is moving, the communication device can quickly judges whether to switch the communication to a next available AP or not, based on identification of available APs | 2009-08-20 |
20090207767 | CYCLED RECEIVER FOR MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES - A wireless device ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207768 | OPTIMAL CROSS-LAYER SCHEDULING FOR MULTI-USER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH IMPERFECT CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AND UNKNOWN INTERFERENCE - The disclosed subject matter provides scheduling algorithms, methods, and systems that facilitate cross layer scheduling for systems with imperfect channel state information and unknown interference. By exploiting ACK/NAK feedback from users of downlink traffic and recursively optimizing scheduling policy components over a state space, the disclosed subject matter provide robust and optimal cross layer scheduling in the presence of unknown interference and imperfect channel state information. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to cross layer schedule and system design considerations. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207769 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING TIMING FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SENSOR NODES IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - Provided is a method of scheduling timing for communication between sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network, the method including categorizing a plurality of sensor nodes in a cluster into several groups, respectively assigning time slots to the groups, and establishing data communication according to the assigned time slots. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207770 | Apparatus and method for power management of wirelessly networked devices - A wireless sensor and actuator network includes a number of wireless nodes, each of which may be connected to any one or combination of analog sensors, digital sensors, and actuators, and is powered by an autonomous power supply such as a battery or solar panel. Since autonomous power sources may not have sufficient voltage for powering many types of analog sensors, digital sensors, and actuators, power management techniques are used in the node and in the autonomous power supply as needed to enable effective and long life operation of the node and connected devices. These power management techniques include the use of a low impedance energy reservoir and a variable voltage boost converter whose output voltage magnitude, duration, and operating times are software configurable and controllable. The power management techniques are particularly useful for operating a wide range of different types of sensors and actuators. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207771 | Broadcast AMD Multicast On High Speed Downlink Channels - A high speed downlink packet access base station (HSPDA Node B) and a method therefore working in acknowledged mode (AM), the base station being adapted for unicast transmission on a physical downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH), by preceding announcement on a shared control channel (HS-SCCH) which shared control channel may be decoded by a given user entity using its own identity (UE-ID), each user entity (UE) being adapted for transmitting an acknowledge (ACK) or non-acknowledge (NACK) message pertaining to the reception of the given transmission on an uplink dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) pertaining to a given HARQ process of a given individual user entity. The base station is performing multicast transmissions ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207772 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE NETWORK DEVICE WITH BRANCH SELECTION FUNCTIONS - A communication method for use in a radio communications system in which a mobile station sends identical data to a plurality of radio base stations in a parallel fashion. The method determines which radio base stations should stop forwarding data to an intermediate network device managing them. The intermediate network device includes a monitor and a controller. The monitor checks continuity of sequence numbers affixed to data received from each radio base station, thereby detecting missing sequence numbers. Based on the statistics of missing sequence numbers, the controller selects which radio base station should be allowed to continue its data forwarding operation. The controller then requests the other, non-selected radio base stations to stop their data forwarding operation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207773 | MBS SYSTEM, MBS ZONE PARTITIONING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MBS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - An MBS system, an MBS zone partitioning method, and a method for implementing MBS in a wireless network are disclosed. In the present invention, each MBS zone is managed by an MBS proxy function entity as a signaling plane entity, and the MBS proxy function entity allocates, manages and maintains the resource within the MBS zone. An ASN gateway containing an MBS DPF is adapted to establish, modify, or delete an MBS bear between the MBS DPF and a base station. An MBS agent contained in the base station is adapted to establish the MBS bearer and classifies and distributes MBS packets cooperating with the MBS proxy function entity and the MBS DPF. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207774 | Communication of Point to Multipoint Service Information in Wireless Communication System - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting and receiving information for configuring a point-to-multipoint control channel in a wireless communication system. A network generates configuration information for configuring a point-to-multipoint control channel (MCCH) and transmits the configuration information to a mobile terminal. The configuration information comprises at least one of a modification period, a repetition period, a SFN-MCCH-Offset comprising an offset between a transmission of a first frame of a modification period and a system frame number (SFN) of a cell in which the configuration information is transmitted, and a number of transmission time intervals (TTIs) the mobile terminal will read at each beginning of a repetition period. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207775 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - When a coded signal having a layer structure is generated, insertion of header information in a sub-layer in each frame increases the bit rate. In contrast, when the header information is only inserted at regular intervals, a reproducer sometimes cannot obtain information necessary in a reproduction start point. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207776 | Adaptive Forward Error Corrector And Method Thereof, And TDD Radio Repeating Apparatus Using The Same - An adaptive feedback estimation and cancellation (AFEC) apparatus includes: a controller for generating and outputting control information by using a synchronization signal from an external synchronization acquisition unit and base station information, in order to remove a feedback signal that exists in a forward/reverse repeater signal to be repeated and then send the forward/reverse repeater signal; a first feedback prediction canceller for adaptively removing a feedback signal that exists in the forward repeater signal based on the control information from the controller and automatically adjusting the gain of the forward repeater signal; and a second feedback prediction canceller for adaptively removing a feedback signal that exists in the reverse repeater signal based on the control information from the controller and automatically controlling the gain of the reverse repeater signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207777 | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT FOR MULTI-HOP WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Various traffic management techniques may be employed in a multi-hop wireless communication system. For example, a decision to transmit data to another node may be based on whether that node is able to effectively transmit its data. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on the amount of data a parent node may transmit. A decision to transmit an interference management message may be based on how effectively data is being transmitted. A weight may be assigned for an interference management message based on a traffic scheduling policy. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207778 | Symmetrical cooperative diversity in the relay-enabled wireless systems - A communications system includes a source, a destination, and multiple relays. In a first time period, the source emits a first transmission and a first relay retransmits a prior source transmission. Then, in a second, subsequent time period, the source node emits a second transmission and a second relay transmits the source transmission from the first time period. Optionally, the transmission from the second relay also includes the message from the first relay during the first time period. Similarly, in a third time period, the first relay transmits a message that includes the second relay's transmission and the second source transmission from the second time period. Alternatively, the source node transmit in a first frequency band, the first and second relays receive only in the first frequency band, and retransmit in a second frequency band, and the destination receives in both the first and second frequency bands. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207779 | COMMUNICATION SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR REPEATER - A communication signal processing apparatus for a repeater includes an interface for receiving the communication signals of at least two different communication services, and a communication signal processor for combining a pair of different communication signals into a single digital signal, converting the single digital signal into a frame and serializing the frame. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207780 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND BASE STATION DEVICE - There are provided a communication system, a base station control device, and a base station device capable of improving communication quality. In the communication system ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207781 | EXPLOITING KNOWN RATE MATCHING INFORMATION IN BLIND DECODING OF DOWNLINK WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSIONS - In the processing of a data transmission received on wireless data channel HS-DSCH during HS-SCCH-less (HSL) operation according to 3GPP TS 25.214 V7.7.0, a situation is identified wherein redundancy version information corresponding to the received data transmission cannot be obtained from wireless control channel HS-SCCH. The redundancy version information is normally indicative of an HSL redundancy version that specifies derate matching for the received data transmission. In response to identification of the situation, derate matching is applied to the received data transmission according to an HSL redundancy version other than the HSL redundancy version that is specified by HSL for derate matching in the situation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207782 | AGGREGATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AGGREGATE NODE, AND DEAGGREGATE NODE - A technology for providing an aggregation management system and the like which can quickly and efficiently manage aggregation in a mobile-environment is disclosed. According to the technology, an aggregate node adds mobile status information to signaling messages of end-to-end signaling sessions received from mobile terminals | 2009-08-20 |
20090207783 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS USING VIRTUAL SINK NODE IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A communication method and apparatus using a virtual sink node in a wireless sensor network, in which location information about a destination node is acquired by a source node. If the location of the destination node is out of a transmission range of the source node, data including the location information about the destination node are transmitted from the source node to one of nodes adjacent to the source node, where the one node is typically closest to the destination node. The data are transmitted from the one node to another one of nodes adjacent to the one node, where another node is closest to the destination node, until the destination node is located within a transmission range of the one node. If the destination node is located within the transmission range of the one node, the data are transmitted from the one node to the destination node. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207784 | RANK FEEDBACK METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT TRANSMISSION - A method for transmitting a plurality of control information through a PUCCH or a PUSCH is disclosed. The method includes transmitting first control information, and transmitting second control information. The transmission of the first control information and the transmission of the second control information are performed in units of one subframe and are performed once per predetermined period, respectively. In a subframe in which the transmission of the second control information is to be simultaneously performed with the transmission of the first control information, the second control information is excluded for transmission or the first and the second information are simultaneously transmitted, according to the configuration of a closed-loop system or an open-loop system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207785 | Method and Apparatus for Assigning Persistent Resources Dynamically in a Wireless Communication System - A method and apparatus for dynamically assigning persistent resources in a wireless communications system is provided. A method comprises transmitting a first boundary indication to a mobile station, and transmitting a position indication to the mobile station, wherein the position indication corresponds to a network resource assigned based on a network resource request, the position indication is relative to the first boundary indication. The method also comprises transmitting a second boundary indication to the mobile station in response to detecting a change in a position of a boundary, and transmitting a first transmission to the mobile station using a network resource corresponding to the position indication or receiving a second transmission from the mobile station using a network resource corresponding to the position indication, wherein the position indication is relative to the second boundary indication. The first boundary indication is based on a position of the boundary. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207786 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM RLC LAYER IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method for transmitting data from an RLC layer in a radio communication system. The method includes the steps of storing RLC SDUs transferred from an upper layer in a transmission buffer, transmitting RLC PDUs on which the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer are loaded to a receiving side in order, discarding the RLC SDUs stored in the transmission buffer, checking whether a transmission mode indicator is configured, and transmitting discard information about the discarded RLC SDUs to the receiving side entirely or in part in accordance with whether the transmission MRW mode indicator is configured. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207787 | RADIO BASE STATION, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A radio base station capable of performing an optimum scheduling suitable for an outside situation. The radio base station, which has a scheduling table ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207788 | BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTROL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION - A disclosed base station includes a transmission-rate determining unit for determining a transmission rate of a control channel for transmitting an upper-layer control signal, and a transmitter for allocating a predetermined bandwidth to the control channel for transmitting the upper-layer control signal according to the determined transmission rate, and transmitting the signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207789 | Shared ip multimedia resource reservation - The invention is based on the idea of managing multimedia resource reservation by a solution in which, for a first user terminal, a first media terminal is searched and reserved ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090207790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTINGTUNEAWAYSTATUS IN AN OPEN STATE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for setting TuneAwayStatus in an Open state is provided, the method comprising determining if a tune away schedule is in TuneAway state, setting a TunedAwayStatus to ‘1’, determining a QuickChannelInfo block that is missed during the time spent with TunedAwayStatus being ‘1’ and setting a QuickChannelInfoMissed timer to expire at the end of the first frame to follow the next QuickChannelInfo block. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207791 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD AND RADIO TERMINAL - A radio terminal, in a transmission opportunity of each of plural kinds of allocation request schemes for a first uplink radio resource, the transmission opportunity being periodically allocated from the base station, estimates timings that the first uplink radio resource is allocated from the base station when an allocation request of a corresponding allocation request scheme is transmitted, based on a cycle of the transmission opportunity and a turnaround time of the allocation request scheme, and transmits the allocation request to the base station in a transmission opportunity selected by the estimated timing. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207792 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A wireless communication terminal, which forms a wireless network with a plurality of other wireless communication terminals, includes a detection portion to detect a first communication management signal periodically transmitted via broadcast from another wireless communication terminal prior to communication of a data signal, a communication control portion to determine whether to transmit a second communication management signal to the wireless communication terminal to transmit the first communication management signal based on a detection status of the first communication management signal, and a wireless communication portion serving as a transmission portion to transmit the second communication management signal via unicast to the wireless communication terminal as a transmission source of the first communication management signal and as a reception portion to receive an acknowledge signal transmitted via unicast in response to the second communication management signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207793 | ACKNAK Repetition Schemes in Wireless Networks - ACK/NAK repetition may be necessary to provide sufficient coverage for cell edge UEs. For a coverage limited UE, a NodeB may inform the UE that ACK/NAK repetition is needed. Such information can be explicitly signaled to the UE via DL control channels or conveyed through higher layer signaling. Further, a specific resource for ACK/NAK repetition and the number of repeated transmissions of ACK/NAK are further signaled to the UE. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207794 | RESOURCE RELEASE AND DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION MODE NOTIFICATION - Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing indications related to discontinuous reception (DRX) and release of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) resources from a base station to an access terminal. A DRX indicator that provides a command to an access terminal to transition to DRX mode and a resource release indicator that identifies one or more SPS resources (e.g., uplink, downlink, . . . ) previously assigned to the access terminal that are released can be transmitted within a common transaction. According to an example, the DRX indicator and the resource release indicator can be sent via disparate channels (e.g., PDCCH and PDSCH) within a single transmission time interval (TTI). Pursuant to a further example, the DRX indicator and the resource release indicator can be transferred within a common control message. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVELY OBTAINING BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION REQUESTS - A method and apparatus for adaptively obtaining bandwidth requests in a broadband wireless communication system. The method and apparatus includes dynamically varying technique combinations enabling a plurality of users to efficiently request bandwidth from a shared base station. A user may “piggyback” a new bandwidth request upon, or set a “poll-me bit” within, presently allocated bandwidth. A base station may poll users, individually or in groups, by allocating unrequested bandwidth for new requests. Polling may respond to a “poll-me bit,” and/or it may be adaptively periodic at a rate based on communication status parameters, such as recent communication activity and connection QoS levels. Group polling permits a possibility of collisions. Polling policies may be established for dynamically varying user groups, or may be determined for each user. Dynamic selection of appropriate polling techniques makes use of efficiency benefits associated with each technique. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207796 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus i.e. Base Station for allocating resources in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of first groups of allocation units based on one or more of a plurality of Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCSs) and traffic characteristics in the wireless communication system. The method further includes generating a second group of slots including resource allocation information for mapping first groups of allocation units to Mobile Stations (MSs) based on MCSs and traffic characteristics associated with first groups of allocation units and the MSs. Thereafter, the method persistently allocates each first group of allocation units to the MSs based on one or more of the resource allocation information and a communication state associated with each MS. Further, the method also identifies if each MS has succeeded in decoding the persistent resource allocation sent in the second group of slots. | 2009-08-20 |
20090207797 | Mapping between Logical and Physical Uplink Control Resource Blocks in Wireless Networks - A transmission of information from a secondary to a primary node occurs in a plurality of N logical time durations on an uplink channel in a wireless network. A scheme for mapping between logical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource blocks (RBs) and physical RBs (PRBs) used by PUCCH is described. A logical uplink control resource block index n | 2009-08-20 |