47th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140341089 | Interference measurement method and apparatus for controlling inter-cell interference in wireless communication system - The present disclosure relates to an interference measurement method and apparatus for controlling inter-cell interference in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) radio communication system and, in particular, to a technology for a base station to configure a radio frame capable of controlling interference with adjacent base stations and to measure interference based on the radio frame configured as such. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the first base station sends the second base station the first radio frame configuration information and the second radio frame configuration information including a subset of uplink subframes of the first radio frame configuration. The second base station configures the intersection of uplink subframes of the first and second radio frame configurations into the first interference measurement subframe set and difference of the sets of the subframes of the respective first and second radio frame configurations into the second interference measurement subframe set. The second base station measures uplink interference signals of the neighbor cell during the first interference measurement subframe set and the downlink interference signal of the neighbor cell during the second interference measurement set and transmits the measurement result to the first base station. Through this method, the base station is capable of predicting uplink coverage of the neighbor cell during the first interference measurement subframe set and the downlink coverage of the neighbor cell during the second interference measurement subframe set for controlling inter-cell interference. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341090 | FILTER CIRCUIT AND MODULE - A filter circuit includes: a first transmission filter connected between a first antenna terminal and a first transmission terminal; a second transmission filter connected between the first antenna terminal and a second transmission terminal; a first reception filter connected between a second antenna terminal and a first reception terminal, the second antenna terminal being connected to an antenna different from an antenna to which the first antenna terminal is connected; and a second reception filter connected between the second antenna terminal and a second reception terminal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341091 | DYNAMIC TDD OPERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are provided for signal transmission and reception in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) system. The method includes receiving, from a base station, first configuration information including an uplink reference Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configuration; receiving, from the base station, second configuration information including a downlink reference UL-DL configuration; receiving, from the base station, third configuration information including an equivalent UL-DL configuration based on the first configuration information and the second configuration information; and communicating signals with the base station based on the third configuration information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341092 | Method and Related Communication Device for Handling Communication between Time Division Duplex Devices - A method of handling communication between time division duplex (TDD) devices for a network in a wireless communication system includes selecting at least two subframes to be used for a device to device (D2D) communication between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE in the wireless communication system; indicating to the first UE to use a first subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication and use a second subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication; and indicating to the second UE to use the first subframe of the at least two subframes as a downlink subframe for the D2D communication and use the second subframe of the at least two subframes as an uplink subframe for the D2D communication. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341093 | METHOD FOR SETTING DOWNLINK TRANSMISSION POWER IN WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - Disclosed are a method for setting downlink transmission power in a wireless access system supporting an environment in which an amount of uplink resources and an amount of downlink resources dynamically change, and an apparatus therefore. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: classifying resources to be used for downlink transmission into a plurality of sets; setting downlink transmission power to be different for each of the plurality of classified sets; and transmitting a downlink signal by using the set downlink transmission power. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341094 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of serving cells each having different UL-DL configurations; receiving one or more signals requiring a HARQ-ACK response from M(M≧1) number of subframes; and executing the process for transmitting the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals in a specific subframe corresponding to the M number of subframes, wherein, only when the specific subframe is set as an uplink in all of the plurality of serving cells, the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals are transmitted through the specific subframe. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341095 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING SIGNAL AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and a device therefor, the method comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of serving cells each having different UL-DL configurations; receiving one or more signals requiring a HARQ-ACK response from M(M≧1) number of subframes; and executing the process for transmitting the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals in a specific subframe corresponding to the M number of subframes, wherein, only when the specific subframe is set as an uplink in all of the plurality of serving cells, the HARQ-ACK response to the one or more signals are transmitted through the specific subframe. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341096 | EFFICIENT CONTROL INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ANTENNA TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUE - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and provides an efficient control information transmission method and apparatus for supporting a multiple antenna transmission technique. A method is provided for transmitting downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information related to an uplink multiple codeword transmission and includes receiving the uplink multiple codeword transmission, generating HARQ information related to each of the multiple codewords based on a result of decoding each of the multiple codewords, modulating the HARQ information, and transmitting the modulated HARQ information via one or more physical HARQ indicator channels (PHICHs). | 2014-11-20 |
20140341097 | Multi-Standard Front End Using Wideband Data Converters - Embodiments provide an area, cost, and power efficient multi-service transceiver architecture. The multi-service transceiver architecture simplifies receiver/transmitter front ends needed for a multi-service architecture, by replacing significant portions of multiple receiver and/or transmitter front ends with a single ADC and/or DAC, respectively. In embodiments, a plurality of received service contents are combined into one composite analog/RF signal and applied to an ADC. The ADC converts the composite signal into a composite multi-service digital signal. Digital techniques are then used to separate the plurality of service contents into a plurality of respective digital streams that each can be independently demodulated. Similarly, in the transmit direction, a plurality of digital streams, including a plurality of service contents, are combined into one composite digital signal. The composite digital signal is applied to a DAC to generate a composite multi-service analog/RF signal for subsequent transmission over a coaxial cable or wirelessly via an antenna. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341098 | ACCESS POINT RESPONSE TO PS-POLL - Methods, systems, and devices are described for power conservation in a wireless communications system through efficient transmissions and acknowledgements of information between an AP and a station. The time between a determination by a station to enter a power saving mode and entering network sleep mode by the station may be reduced through a transmission, by an AP, of an MPDU to the station successive to an SIFS after transmission of an acknowledgement to the station of a PS-Poll frame from the station. The time to enter a power saving mode by a station may also be reduced through transmission of A-MPDUs in which a last MPDU of the A-MPDU has an indicator bit cleared to indicate no additional data is to be transmitted. An AP may prevent a retransmission of an MPDU to the station in the absence of an acknowledgement from the station, to further enhance efficiency. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341099 | ACCESS POINT RESPONSE TO PS-POLL - Methods, systems, and devices are described for power conservation in a wireless communications system through efficient transmissions and acknowledgements of information between an AP and a station. The time between a determination by a station to enter a power saving mode and entering network sleep mode by the station may be reduced through a transmission, by an AP, of an MPDU to the station successive to an SIFS after transmission of an acknowledgement to the station of a PS-Poll frame from the station. The time to enter a power saving mode by a station may also be reduced through transmission of A-MPDUs in which a last MPDU of the A-MPDU has an indicator bit cleared to indicate no additional data is to be transmitted. An AP may prevent a retransmission of an MPDU to the station in the absence of an acknowledgement from the station, to further enhance efficiency. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341100 | ACCESS POINT-AIDED COEXISTENCE/CONCURRENCY AT MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, systems, and devices are described that enable a WLAN access point (AP) to schedule packet transmissions to (or from) a mobile device taking into consideration the schedule of various other coexisting transmission/reception (Tx/Rx) activities on the mobile device. Various approaches may increase throughput at the mobile device. Various approaches also may benefit other stations associated with the same AP. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341101 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system in which at least one of the first and second base station modules of a dual mode access point is configured to provide information, as regards to its operating mode, to the other base station module. In one embodiment, the operating mode information is provided via an internal interface coupling the first and second base station modules. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341102 | SCHEDULED PEER POWER SAVE MODE - Embodiments of scheduled peer power save systems, devices, and methods are disclosed. For example, methods of saving power for stations configured to communicate via a direct link are provided. Embodiments of scheduled peer power save systems, devices and methods are disclosed. For example, methods of saving power for stations configured to communicate via a direct link are provided. In one embodiment, among others, a method comprises waking up, at a station and peer station, before a scheduled wakeup interval. The scheduled wakeup interval is defined relative to common timing reference at the station and the peer station. Further, in the absence of a service period between the station and the peer station, the station and the peer station stay awake until at least a predefined time period has elapsed or a predefined number of idle slots have elapsed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341103 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS, APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS, METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BROADCAST SIGNALS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING BROADCAST SIGNALS - A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an input formatter to format at least one input stream to output DP (Data Pipe) data corresponding to each of a plurality of DPs, wherein the each of a plurality of DPs carries at least one service or at least one service component, an encoder to encode the DP data, a mapper to map the encoded DP data onto constellations, a time interleaver to time interleave the mapped DP data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved DP data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341104 | METHOD OF SELECTING A TRANSMISSION MODE OF A CELL IN AN E_UTRAN SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method and a network node for selecting transmission mode to a cell providing Multicasting/Broadcasting Multimedia Service, MBMS, which cell is served by the network node in a MBMS single frequency network and comprising at least one user equipment receiving or requesting MBMS data. The network node obtains ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTI-HOP RELAY NETWORKS - Various aspects of an approach for managing multi-hop networks are described herein for an apparatus associated with a network that includes detecting, by the apparatus, an event corresponding to a state of association of a first device with the network; updating at least one network parameter based on the detection of the event; and generating a notification based on the update of the at least one network parameter. Another aspect of the disclosed approach includes receiving, by the apparatus, a first notification corresponding to a state of association of a first device with the network, wherein the first notification comprises a first timestamp corresponding to the state of association of the first device; comparing the first timestamp with a second timestamp corresponding to a table stored by the apparatus; and, updating the table with the first timestamp if the first timestamp is more recent than the second timestamp. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341106 | RADIO RELAY APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROCESSOR - Provided is radio relay apparatus which automatically determines value different from preamble indexes of peripheral radio base stations to be preamble index of the self apparatus, as well as such radio communication method and processor. Radio relay apparatus relays radio signals transmitted and received between radio base stations and radio terminal. Radio relay apparatus includes terminal side communicator that transmits and receives radio signals to and from radio terminal; base station side communicator that transmits and receives radio signals to and from radio base stations; and controllers and that set first preamble index, which is preamble index of radio relay apparatus, and that acquire, from radio signal received by the base station side communicator from each radio base station, second preamble index, which is preamble index of the radio base station. The controllers and determine value different from second preamble index to be first preamble index. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341107 | DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT OF AIRCRAFT-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS IN AN AIRCRAFT - A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising the implementation of a mechanism for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft and of configuring communication management according to said master equipment item. The method enables the applications in charge of the aircraft-ground communications to be distributed between the networked computer equipment items. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341108 | MANAGING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN COLLOCATED RADIOS - A device implementing a system for managing interference between collocated radios may include a first radio module, a collocated second radio module, and a host processor. The first radio module may be configured to generate a collocated radio tolerance indicator that indicates a tolerance of the first radio module to interference caused by the collocated second radio module when the collocated second radio module is transmitting, and provide the collocated radio tolerance indicator to a host processor when a second collocated radio module is transmitting. The host processor may be configured to control the second radio module based at least in part on the collocated radio tolerance indicator. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341109 | Methods, Apparatus and Systems for Managing Converged Gateway Communications - Systems and methods for providing a converged gateway (CGW) may be disclosed. A policy may be by the CGW to make routing decisions (e.g. segregation and/or aggregation of flows or traffic associated with data) for various interfaces and/or radio access technologies (RATs) that may be included in a LAN, device, and/or communication system. The policy may be locally stored within the CGW. Dynamic flow management, load balancing, offloading, PDF context establishment, prioritization, detection of devices, and the like may also be provided and/or implemented in the CG W and may be used to route flows and/or traffic associated with data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341110 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROTOCOL ADAPTATION LAYER (PAL) COMMUNICATION TO INDICATE TRANSITIONING A DEVICE TO A DEFAULT STATE - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of transitioning a device to a default state. For example, an apparatus may include a first Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) communication unit to communicate PAL traffic with a second PAL communication unit over a communication link, the PAL traffic comprising traffic of a PAL connection over a PAL, the PAL is above a layer of the communication link, wherein the first PAL communication unit is to communicate a device reset request and a device reset response with the second PAL communication unit over the communication link, the device reset request indicating transitioning of a peripheral device to a default state, the device reset response in response to the device reset request, the device reset response indicating whether the device reset request is successfully handled. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341111 | LINKING METHOD BETWEEN COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND RELATED MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM - A linking method employed by a first communication device includes: transmitting a first network domain information to a second communication device before/after a link with the second communication device is established; receiving a second network domain information from the second communication device before/after the link with the second communication device is established; and when the first communication device is decided to be a group owner before/after the link with the second communication device is established, determining a network domain address of the link according to the first network domain information and the second network domain information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341112 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IP SESSION CONTINUITY IN DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing, by a User Equipment (UE), Device-to-Device (D2D) communication using a wireless communication network is provided. The method includes performing D2D communication via a direct communication path using an allocated Internet Protocol (IP) address, establishing a first Evolved Packet System (EPS) bearer supporting D2D communication via the wireless communication network, to a Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway (P-GW), determining to switch from the direct communication path to D2D communication via the wireless communication network, and communicating an IP packet through the first EPS bearer based on the determination. An IP packet transmitted through the first EPS bearer may not be transmitted to a packet data network, or an IP packet received through the first EPS bearer is not received from the packet data network. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341113 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING DATA BASED ON SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK IN COMMUNICATION NETWORK - To forward traffic to a base station using Software Defined Network technology, a method for operating a switch includes receiving path information of a packet to be forwarded from a source terminal to a plurality of destination terminals, from a controller, receiving the packet to be forwarded from the source terminal to the destination terminals, from a base station, and transmitting the packet along a path determined by the path information. An apparatus for controlling a switch in a communication network includes a transceiver configured to receive information of a source terminal and a plurality of destination terminals, from a server which controls a service for forwarding traffic from the source terminal to the destination terminals, and a controller configured to determine a packet forward path between the source terminal and the destination terminals, wherein the transceiver transmits the determined path information to at least one switch. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341114 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for allowing a base station to transmit a reference signal in a wireless communication system, and the method for transmitting the reference signal comprises the steps of: generating a reference signal sequence; and applying an orthogonal sequence to said reference signal sequence, and mapping to resources of each antenna port, wherein said antenna ports are included in one of first and second antenna port sets, and the configuration of the antenna ports included in said respective antenna port sets varies according to the number of available resource elements in a physical resource block pair. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341115 | SERVER AND DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - A server enabling mobile equipment on a mobile communication network to synchronously receive data sent from two or more mobile equipment, including: a terminal manager receiving synchronizing terminal information from each mobile equipment specifying a group to which it belongs and participation in the group as a session terminal or an audience terminal; a transmission time measuring part measuring transmission time from each mobile equipment to the server; a route establishing part determining whether to change a route from each session terminal of the same group to an alternative route based on whether the transmission times from the session terminals are practically equal, and establishing and sending a route to the session terminal; a synchronous data receiver receiving data sent through the established route; and a synchronous data sending part sending the received data to the audience terminal in the same group as the mobile equipment that sent the data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341116 | Method and System for Reporting FGI Capability by Terminal and Assigning Measurement Task by Network Side - Disclosed are a capability for reporting Feature Group indicators (FGI) capability by the terminal and a method for configuring a measurement task for the terminal by the network side and a terminal, a network side device and a system thereof. Wherein, the method for reporting the FGI capability by the terminal comprises: when reporting the FGI capability of the terminal to the network side, for each Radio Access Technology (RAT), the terminal reporting whether the terminal supports Automatic Neighbor Relation (ANR) capability of the RAT or not. The method for configuring the measurement task for the terminal by the network side comprises: when obtaining the FGI capability of the terminal, the network side also obtaining whether the terminal supports the ANR capability of each RAT or not, and configuring a measurement task corresponding to the FGI capability for the terminal according to the FGI capability supported by the terminal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341117 | USER EQUIPMENT ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT FROM A LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) NETWORK - A device searches for a primary access network, and acquires the primary access network. The device also requests a service provided by a network connected to the primary access network, and attaches to the primary access network only when the service is requested by the device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341118 | PLS HEADER CODING FOR EFFICIENT SIGNALING OF MODULATION AND CODING SCHEMES FOR BROADBAND SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - An approach is provided for an improved coding approach for efficient header signaling in broadband communications networks, to provide support of expanded modulation and coding scheme sets that facilitate an expansion of the operational ranges of user terminals within such networks and finer granularity within such operational ranges. A mode indicator field of a frame header identifies a modulation/coding mode applied to a data payload of the data frame. The modulation/coding mode is one of either a first or second set of modulation/coding modes. The mode indicator field is encoded and modulated. When the modulation/coding mode is one of the first set, the modulation of the encoded mode indicator field is applied in a first mode, and when the modulation/coding mode is one of the second set, the modulation of the encoded mode indicator field is applied in a second mode. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANK OVERRIDE - Methods and apparatuses for use in a MIMO transmission is provided. The method comprises: receiving a rank reported by a user equipment; determining a rank at least partly based on a transmission block size, TBS, index generated from link adaptation decision; and overriding the reported rank with the determined rank. By utilizing downlink link adaption decision, such as TBS | 2014-11-20 |
20140341120 | WIRELESS STATION AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A MULTI-BAND SESSION IN WI-FI DIRECT SERVICES - Embodiments of a method for managing a multi-band Wi-Fi Direct Services session are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the method negotiates the session with a wireless communication station over a first frequency band. The negotiation includes transmitting application programming interface (API) parameters to the wireless communication station that includes parameters for a second frequency band and a channel associated with the second frequency band. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341121 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for direct communication between User Equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication system are provided. A method for communicating with a second UE by a first UE in the wireless communication system includes generating a discovery code used for communicating with the second UE, and transmitting the generated discovery code to one middle layer among a plurality of layers. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341122 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of transmitting data in a wireless communication, by a first Base Station (BS) is provided. The method includes receiving control information including information related to transmission of a Reference Signal (RS) of at least one second BS from the at least one second BS adjacent to the first BS and transmitting data by using a preset method based on the control information when an RS transmission mode of the at least one second BS is different from an RS transmission mode of the first BS. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341123 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR A MOBILE TRANSCEIVER AND FOR A BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER - Method, apparatus and computer program for a mobile transceiver | 2014-11-20 |
20140341124 | METHODS AND NODES FOR IMPROVED NETWORK SIGNALING - The disclosure relates to methods and nodes for reducing the signaling load in a communications network. One claim of the disclosure relates to a method in a first network node for handling of service requests. The method comprises the steps of: generating a service request message, transmitting the service request message to a second network node, establishing a radio access bearer, RAB, to the second network node, and transmitting uplink data via said RAB to the second network node. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341125 | DYNAMIC TRIGGER ALGORITHM FOR ANTENNA SWITCH DIVERSITY - Methods, systems, and devices are described for triggering an antenna switch. A settling time may be identified, and the antenna switch may be delayed based at least in part on the identified settling time. The settling time may include an estimated delay in reception attributable to settling following the antenna switch. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341126 | CONTIGUOUS INTRA-BAND CARRIER AGGREGATION (CA), PUCCH, AND QUASI-CONTIGUOUS UPLINK RESOURCE ALLOCATION - A method and apparatus for allocating quasi-contiguous uplink data resources for a user device is provided. Transmission of data comprise at least two data clusters of sub carriers expanding over gaps reserved for uplink control channel in order, for example, to mitigate transmission power reductions due to multi-cluster transmission. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341127 | WIRELESS STATION, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless station includes: a transmitter configured to transmit data to a terminal device by at least one of a first wireless communication method using a reserved first wireless resource, the first wireless communication method using a reserved second wireless resource being a different frequency band from the first wireless resource, and a second wireless communication method; and a processor coupled to the transmitter and configured to: perform transmission of the data by the first wireless communication method using the first wireless resource prioritized over at least one of the first wireless communication method using the second wireless resource and the second wireless communication method, and perform, when the remaining first wireless resource has become less than or equal to a first threshold value, transmission of the data by the at least one of the first wireless communication method using the second wireless resource and the second wireless communication method. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341128 | Method and Apparatus for Scaling Coverage - A method, apparatus and computer program for providing scaled coverage. An example method for use in an access point or station may comprise causing operation in a reduced coverage mode, generating a beacon comprising an indication of a reduced coverage mode in a capability field and one or more coverage scaling parameters (CSP) in an information element, and causing the beacon to be provided to one or more stations (STAs). | 2014-11-20 |
20140341129 | Systems and Methods for Operation of Wireless User Devices with Cellular and Wi-Fi Interfaces - An embodiment method for wireless communication includes grouping a plurality of user equipments (UEs) wirelessly coupled to a cellular base station (BS) into a UE cluster to function as a Wi-Fi virtual station (V-STA), and communicating with an access point (AP) to contend for a Wi-Fi transmission opportunity (TXOP) for the V-STA. In a further embodiment, the cellular BS contends for the TXOP on behalf of the UE cluster using a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA-CA) procedure. In an alternative embodiment, one UE in the UE cluster is selected as a leader UE to contend for the TXOP on behalf of the UE cluster using a CSMA-CA procedure. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341130 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES IN COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for allocating a resource in a serving base station (BS) in a cooperative communication system is provided. The method includes detecting a base station identifier (BSID) of the serving BS and a BSID of each of other serving BSs included in the cooperative communication system; determining an available resource which the serving BS will use and an available resource which each of other serving BSs will use based on the BSID of the serving BS and the BSID of each of the other serving BSs; and transmitting information on the determined available resources to cooperative communication cell member BSs which the serving BS manages. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341131 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING VOICE SERVICE PERFORMANCE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for operating a switch in a communication network includes receiving path information of a service flow between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE from a controller, receiving a packet forwarded through the service flow from a base station, and transmitting the packet to a path determined by the path information. An apparatus for a switch in a communication network includes a controller configured to receive path information of a service flow between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE from a controller, receive a packet forwarded through the flow from an evolved NodeB and forward the packet to a path determined by the path information. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341132 | SCHEME FOR DISCOVERY IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method for performing discovery at a terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes generating a discovery request message including discovery target information, transmitting the discovery request message to a Proximity Service (ProSe) server that is located in a core network of the communication system and that manages communication of the terminal, and receiving a result of a discovery operation from another entity that performs the discovery operation of the terminal using discovery identification information about the terminal. The other entity is selected based on the discovery target information by the ProSe server. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341133 | WIRELESS COMMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A wireless communication method for a wireless communication apparatus having multiple transceivers is provided. The multiple transceivers correspond to multiple component carriers. At least one transceiver connects to at least one first base station via at least one of the component carriers. The wireless communication method includes: performing communication according to multiple component carriers corresponding to the multiple transceivers; and while performing communication by simultaneously utilizing the multiple transceivers, selecting a first transceiver from the multiple transceivers to receive information of at least one second base station. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341134 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE STATION, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A communication system includes: a base station configured to perform radio communication with a mobile station; and a control device configured to control a rate of transferring data to the base station based on a radio quality between the mobile station and the base station. A control device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: obtain a radio quality between a mobile station and a base station that performs radio communication with the mobile station; and control a rate of transferring data to the base station based on the radio quality. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341135 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SCHEME FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS OVER UNLICENSED SPECTRUM - Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. A first method includes performing clear channel assessment (CCA) to determine availability of an unlicensed spectrum, transmitting a request-to-send (RTS) signal to a set of user equipments (UEs) using the unlicensed spectrum when a determination is made that the unlicensed spectrum is available, and receiving, in the unlicensed spectrum, a common clear-to-send (CTS) signal and an individual CTS signal from one or more of the UEs in response to the RTS signal. A second method includes transmitting an RTS signal in an unlicensed spectrum or a V-RTS signal in a licensed spectrum, addressed to a set of UEs, and transmitting a CTS-to-self signal in the unlicensed spectrum along with the transmission of the V-RTS signal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341136 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CHANNEL ACQUISITION IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE FREQUENCY UNCERTAINTY IN WCDMA SIGNALS - Aspects of a method and apparatus for user equipment (UE) channel acquisition in the presence of large frequency uncertainty in wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) signals are provided. An efficient time-frequency domain search that may be utilized in cell communications may be performed by devising criteria that eliminates the unlikely frequencies hypotheses. An estimate for the frequency offset may be estimated in the remaining subset. For WCDMA applications, a UE may comprise a baseband processor that is enabled to detect a primary synchronization channel (P-SCH) code (PSC) for initial network synchronization. A portion of the baseband processor may generate a plurality of signal peak-to-noise-floor-average ratios associated with a plurality of test frequencies produced by a crystal oscillator. A highest of the signal peak-to-noise-floor-average ratios may be selected to determine the frequency offset of the crystal oscillator for use in power up operations. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341137 | TRANSMISSION OF DATA IN A BROADBAND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Data packets are transmitted from a terminal of a broadband radio communication system. For each transmission cycle in a transmission period data is received at a data interface of the terminal and buffered, and transmission of radio signals comprising the received data is enabled on expiry of a repetition interval from the start of a previous transmission. The repetition intervals are controlled to reduce a proportion of the transmission period for which transmission may occur at an allowed pulse repetition interval of a radar with which the terminal may interfere. The presence of radar pulses is checked during a wait period for each cycle whilst the terminal is not transmitting. If radar pulses are present, the transmission of radio signals which may interfere with the radar pulses is inhibited. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341138 | Deferred Address Allocation of IPV4 or IPV6 in Case of Interworking Between Non-3GPP Access and Evolved Packet Core - The application relates to IP address allocation in the context of a user equipment UE connecting to the Evolved Packet Core as standardised by 3GPP, in particular over the S2a interface, where there is a GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP) or Proxy Mobile IP (PMIP) tunnel for each PDN connection between the BBF BNG and the 3GPP PGW(s). At the setup of the GTPv2/PMIPv6 tunnel to the PGW, the BNG indicates the PDN type: IPv4-only, IPv6 only, or IPv4v6. The UE is not able or willing to indicate the IP capability it has. Therefore the BNG has to assume either a single IP type PDN connection type (e.g. Pv4ony or Pv6ony) or a dual IP type PDN connection type (i.e. IPv4v6) at tunnel establishment. If there is a mismatch between the UE IP capability and the network assumption, extra resources may be allocated unnecessary. This problem is solved in that the non-3GPP gateway node, e.g. the BNG, sends a message ((b)-(A)) to the 3GPP gateway node, e.g. the PGW, including an indication that the PDN connection is to support the first and a second version of the Internet Protocol, e.g. PDN type “IPv4v6”, with allocation ((C)) initially by the 3GPP gateway node of an IP address for the PDN connection of the first version but not the second version. Following establishment of the PDN connection, when the non-3GPP gateway node receives a second trigger message ((e)) relating to the PDN to trigger allocation of an IP address for the PDN connection of the second version, the non-3GPP gateway node sends a message ((f)-(E)) to the 3GPP gateway node to request the allocation of an IP address for the PDN connection of the second version and, if necessary, the updating of the existing PDN connection. The non-3GPP gateway node receives from the 3GPP gateway node the second version IP address ((H)-(g)) allocated by the 3GPP gateway node for the PDN connection. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341139 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting and Receiving Data in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing System - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method in a source node for transmitting data in an OFDM system in which data are transmitted on frequency bands from the source node to a destination node, the method comprising: selecting a set of frequency bands from available frequency bands in the OFDM system; and transmitting data in frequency domain on the selected set of frequency bands to the destination node. Embodiments of the disclosure further provide a method at a destination node for receiving data in an OFDM system in which data are received on frequency bands from a source node, the method comprising: determining a set of frequency bands of available frequency bands on which data are to be received in frequency domain; and receiving the data on the determined set of frequency bands from the source node. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341140 | COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING - A communications terminal communicates data to/from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes a radio network including one or more base stations configured to provide a low bandwidth communications interface formed from a low bandwidth carrier for communicating the data to or receiving the data from the communications terminal in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth, and to provide a high bandwidth communications interface formed from a high bandwidth carrier for communicating the data to or receiving the data from the communications terminal in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth. The communications terminal is configured to attach for communication to the high bandwidth interface, and in response to receiving a command from the mobile communications network, to detach from the high bandwidth interface and to re-attach to the low bandwidth interface for communicating the data to or from the mobile communications network via the low bandwidth interface. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341141 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION - In a wireless communications network providing a machine-type communications (MTC) service, a portion of a frequency spectrum is allocated to a MTC device to communicate between a base station and other MTC devices. MTC system information is transmitted/received from/to the MTC device through the portion of the frequency spectrum and may include channel information. The portion of the frequency spectrum may be used for a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless communication network. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341142 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, AND MOBILE STATION - Provided is, in wireless communication systems such as TD-LTE where there might be difference in frequency band allocated to a mobile station between uplink and downlink, a wireless communication system which is capable of ensuring desired antenna directivity by the mobile station controlling an adaptive array antenna, such a method for controlling a wireless communication system, such a base station, and such a mobile station. The mobile station transmits to the base station a message indicating that the self station includes an adaptive array antenna. Upon receiving the message, the base station assigns a downlink resource block and an uplink resource block following the downlink resource block allocated to the mobile station within the same frequency band. The mobile station | 2014-11-20 |
20140341143 | METHOD OF SENDING/RECEIVING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and device for receiving control information regarding a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) set including a first cell and a second cell from a serving/transmitting point in a carrier aggregation (CA) based wireless communication system. The present invention includes: receiving information regarding the size of control information through higher-layer signaling; and monitoring a plurality of control channel candidates for each cell of the CoMP set through the first cell in the CoMP set and detecting the control information, wherein the size of information of the control information candidate for each cell is equally determined based on information regarding the size of control information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341144 | METHOD AND A CENTRAL BASE STATION FOR INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT IN A CELLULAR NETWORK - The embodiments relate to a method and a base station ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341145 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention enables efficient transmission/reception of a signal including control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. An EPDCCH is made up of an aggregation of one or more resources obtained by dividing one of PRB pairs. In a case where a total number of antenna ports for transmitting reference signals to be used to demodulate signals mapped to the EPDCCH is four, four resources obtained by dividing one of the PRB pairs correspond to the antenna ports of different numbers. In a case where a total number of antenna ports for transmitting reference signals to be used to demodulate signals mapped to the EPDCCH is two, two resources obtained by dividing one of the PRB pairs correspond to the antenna ports of different numbers. The mobile station apparatus includes a reception processor that demodulates, by using reference signals transmitted from the antenna ports corresponding to the resources used for the EPDCCH, signals mapped to the EPDCCH for which decoding and detection are performed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341146 | MOBILE STATION APPARATUS, BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention enables a signal containing control information to be efficiently transmitted and received between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control, for a localized EPDCCH which is an EPDCCH constituted by a resource of one PRB pair, the EPDCCH being constituted by an aggregation of one or more ECCEs, a plurality of PRB pairs being configured as a region to which the EPDCCH is to be possibly mapped, an antenna port associated with a reference signal used for demodulation of a signal mapped to a corresponding ECCE constituted by a resource obtained by dividing the PRB pair. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341147 | METHOD FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY ALLOCATING A BANDWIDTH, AND AN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD - Radio resources are dynamically allocated in a shared band communication system operating in direct mode (DMO). The communication system includes terminals organized in groups. Each group is allocated a resource from a number of resources available within the communication system. This process includes allocating to the group at least one other further resource from the number of resources until an attempted access to the further resource from the group to which the further resource had been allocated has been detected. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341148 | BEARER CONFIGURATION FOR BACKGROUND TRAFFIC - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for configuring bearers for background traffic. In some exemplary embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include processing parameters defining at least a first bearer and a second bearer, the first bearer and the second bearer established for a service at a processor; sending, based on at least the first bearer, traffic generated by the service, when at least one of the service and the processor is not in a background mode; and sending, based on at least the second bearer, background traffic generated by the service, when at least one of the service and the processor is in the background mode. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341149 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCED CONTROL CHANNEL-BASED OPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for enhanced-control channel-based operation. A method for a terminal for transmitting confirmation response information in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a step for transmitting confirmation response information for a downlink data channel by means of an uplink control channel resource, wherein an index for the uplink control channel resource can be determined on the basis of a delegate antenna port of a downlink control channel derived from the identifier of the terminal. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341150 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, TRANSMISSION POWER ALLOCATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a doing apparatus including a communication control device including a power allocation unit configured to allocate transmission power for secondary use of a frequency channel protected for a primary system to a secondary system. The power allocation unit switches power allocation methods between a first group of secondary systems of which a distance from the primary system is less than a prescribed threshold and a second group of secondary systems of which a distance from the primary system exceeds the prescribed threshold. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341151 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND DEVICE FOR SAME - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information in a wireless communication system operating as TDD, and a device for same. The method includes transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat request—Acknowledgement (HARQ) in a subframe n through Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), and a transmission power of the PUCCH relates to a method determined using Equation 4 or 5, and a device for same. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CUSTOMIZING A FOCUS INACTIVITY TIMER BASED ON NETWORK WATERMARK CONDITIONS - A method and apparatus for customizing foreground application inactivity timer values based on network maximum tunnel count conditions, the method determining a maximum tunnel count value at a mobile device; and configuring at least one tunnel inactivity timer value based on the maximum tunnel count value. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING UPLINK TRANSMIT DIVERSITY - A method and apparatus for performing uplink (UL) transmit diversity implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving a signal including precoding information. The precoding information is detected and applied to an UL transmission. The UL transmission is transmitted with the applied precoding information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341154 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF - This invention is directed to a terminal apparatus capable of preventing the degradation of reception quality of control information even in a case of employing SU-MIMO transmission system. A terminal ( | 2014-11-20 |
20140341155 | Transmission Time Interval Selection Method And User Equipment - Embodiments of the present invention disclose methods for transmission time interval selection, which, in one embodiment, includes obtaining, by a UE, a power margin according to set transmission power of a current random access preamble, and selecting a corresponding type of TTI according to the power margin. In the method according to the embodiment, because the obtained power margin is obtained according to actual transmission power of the current random access preamble, the power margin is more accurate and selection of a TTI type of an E-DCH resource according to the power margin is more effective. In various embodiments, the present invention further discloses a user equipment. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL IN-ORDER DELIVERY - Method and apparatus for MAC in-order delivery are disclosed. The MAC in-order delivery may be activated per-connection and may be negotiated at connection setup. The MAC in-order delivery may be activated per data flow. The MAC in-order delivery either for non-ARQ connections or ARQ connections may be performed by using HARQ packet ordering information. Alternatively, the MAC in-order delivery may be performed using a sequence number (SN) field at the MAC PDU level or using an SN field at the MAC SDU level. For a connection that has MAC in-order delivery disabled, the MAC PDU may not include an SN field, and an SN field may be included in a MAC extended header or a MAC sub-header when needed. Data packets may be in order before transmission. For a connection that has MAC in-order delivery enabled, data packets can be reordered after reception based on the original data packet ordering. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341157 | METHOD OF REPORTING CHANNEL QUALITY INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for encoding control information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, includes obtaining a plurality of Channel Quality Information (CQIs) for a plurality of downlink carriers, at least one RI (Rank Indicator) and at least one ACK/NACK (Acknowledgement/Negative-ACK); concatenating the plurality of CQIs; encoding the concatenated plurality of CQIs, the at least one RI and the at least one ACK/NACK, separately; and transmitting the encoded plurality of CQIs, the encoded at least one RI and the encoded at least one ACK/NACK on only one uplink carrier. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341158 | WLAN CHANNEL ALLOCATION - A method includes reserving, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, a first reserved communication channel from a plurality of communication channels available for use in a wireless network. The first reserved communication channel is withheld from a dynamic channel allocation process. The method includes receiving, at the WLAN controller, a request from a first device for access to the wireless network. The method further includes allocating the first reserved communication channel to the first device in response to a determination that the first device is included in a list of registered devices. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING UPLINK REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for transmitting signals at a User Equipment (UE) in a multi-antenna wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes receiving an uplink grant from a Base Station (BS); transmitting transport blocks and Reference Signals (RSs) for the transport blocks via a plurality of layers based on the uplink grant to the BS; receiving Negative ACKnowledgment (NACK) information for at least one transport block among the transport blocks from the BS; and retransmitting the at least one transport block and the RS for the at least one transport block via at least one layer to the BS. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341160 | METHOD OF AN UPLINK HARQ OPERATION AT AN EXPIRY OF TIME ALIGNMENT TIMER - A method of processing data for a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) operation. in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a timing alignment command (TAC) and one or more uplink grants from a network; and generating a data unit. The one or more uplink grants are used for transmitting the generated data unit to the network. The method further includes starting a time alignment timer (TAT) upon receiving the TAC. The TAT is used to control how long a User Equipment (UE) is considered to have an uplink time that is aligned. The method further includes when the TAT expires, clearing the one or more uplink grants. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341161 | System and Method for Mobile Network Inter-Device Communications - A network node, method, and computer program provide inter-device communications between wireless user equipment (UE) devices in a wireless communications network. Responsive to a request for call set-up, the network node determining whether inter-device communications are preferable between the calling wireless UE device and the called wireless UE device. When inter-device communications are not preferable, the network node sets up a call between the calling wireless UE device and the called wireless UE device using a first channel between the network and the calling wireless UE device and a second channel between the network and the called wireless UE device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341162 | Method and Apparatus for Selecting Transport Format - A method and an apparatus for selecting a transport format are provided. The method includes: receiving a transport format parameter of a user equipment sent by a base station, where the transport format parameter of the user equipment includes a primary stream grant value and an association between the primary stream and the secondary stream; determining a maximum transport block length of the primary stream according to a preset value of the maximum transmit power of the user equipment and the association between the primary stream and the secondary stream; determining an actual transport block length of the primary stream according to a size relationship between a theoretical transport block length of the primary stream and the maximum transport block length; and determining a transport block length of the secondary stream. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341163 | METHOD, ENODEB AND USER EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSMITTING RANDOM ACCESS RESPONSE MESSAGES - A method, an eNodeB and a User Equipment for transmitting Random Access Response messages are provided. The method includes: receiving Random Access Preamble transmitted by the UE through the Random Access Channel; according to the RAP, determining whether the UE belongs to the central group or the edge group of the Random Access Area; after determining that the UE belongs to the central group of the RAA, determining the RAA which the UE belongs to; transmitting the first RAR message to the UE according to the RAP, the channel resource information of the RACH, and the RAA. By transmitting the RAR message on the basis of the RAP and the RAA, the method, eNB and UE for transmitting RAR messages enable different RAR messages to be transmitted with respect to identical Random Access requests of different RAAs. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341164 | TRANSMITTING SCHEDULING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Triggering, in response to non-transmission of scheduling information on an uplink data channel, transmission on a uplink control channel of information is disclosed. The information may include an indication that an uplink grant is needed to send the scheduling information. The scheduling information may include buffer status information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341165 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SIGNALING - An approach is provided for providing acknowledgement signaling. A transmission failure associated with data from a user equipment is determined. An allocation message is generated for signaling of the transmission failure to the user equipment. The allocation message provides allocation of resource for retransmission of the data. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341166 | HANDOVER DURING CARRIER AGGREGATION OPERATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods for performing handovers and addition of carriers during carrier aggregation operation are described. A mobile station can indicate failure to perform downlink synchronization to some but not all cells of a target eNB, in response to a handover command. The mobile station can activate carriers based on various combinations of transmission of random access preambles, reception of random access response messages and transmission of handover complete messages. A base station can activate carriers based on various combinations of reception of random access preambles, transmission of random access response messages and reception of handover complete messages. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341167 | Sounding Mechanism and Configuration under Carrier Aggregation - A method of multi-set RRC signaling for ap-SRS configuration is provided to enhance ap-SRS flexibility. An eNB transmits a plurality of sets of UE-specific SRS parameters to a UE via upper layer messaging in a multi-carrier wireless communication system. The eNB also determines triggering information of a selected set of UE-specific SRS parameters and an indicated carrier for the UE. The eNB then transmits an uplink or downlink grant over a primary carrier, the grant comprises triggering information for the UE to send an ap-SRS over the indicated carrier using the selected set of UE-specific SRS parameters. In one embodiment of joint signaling, the plurality of sets of UE-specific SRS parameters are signaled together in a single RRC transmission. In another embodiment of separate signaling, each set of UE-specific SRS parameters is signaled independently. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341168 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ASYMMETRIC CARRIER AGGREGATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and a method for operating a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving first information transmitted on a secondary carrier from a base station, and transmitting second information for feedback related to the secondary carrier at a feedback region in a primary carrier based on the first information to the base station. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341169 | Allocation of Sub-Channels of MIMO Channels Using a Basestation with a Plurality of Sectors - A base station for wireless network uses one or more MIMO channels having subchannels, to communicate with multiple user equipments, and allocates the sub channels to the user equipments. Different subchannels of a given one of the channels can be allocated to different user equipments. The ability to allocate sub channels individually rather than only allocating entire channels can enable higher data rates to be achieved. This is particularly useful for improving data rates at cell boundaries or sector boundaries, where the coverage is traditionally weakest. A user equipment can use subchannels from different MIMO channels from different sectors or from different base stations. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING THE COVERAGE AND CAPACITY OF A WIRELESS BASE STATION - A communications base station is installed at a selected new location and the base station, prior to going “on line” monitors the wireless traffic from other base stations within interference range of the new base station's coverage area. The new base station also monitors the wireless traffic between mobile devices within its coverage area and these other base stations. Based upon these monitored conditions, as well as other known conditions, the new base station then determines the transmitting parameter configuration it should imply in order to achieve a desired optimization between capacity and coverage area. After the new base station is on line, a central control can monitor the entire network to determine if any additional changes are necessary and if so the new transceiver, or any other transceiver, can be instructed to monitor itself with respect to interference and to take corrective action to improve overall network coverage and capacity. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341171 | Header Type Notification for Co-Existence Of Legacy Header And New Headers On Same Radio Link - The exemplary embodiments of this invention generally relate to message header-type notification that, for example, enables the co-existence of a legacy header type with one or more new header types on a same radio link. In one non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: determining a type of medium access control (MAC) header to transmit in a MAC transmission; setting a value of a notification field in a resource allocation message based on the determined type of MAC header; and transmitting the resource allocation message. In another non-limiting, exemplary embodiment, a method includes: receiving a resource allocation message having a notification field; and using a value of the notification field to determine a type of medium access control (MAC) header for a MAC transmission. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341172 | ALLOCATION AND LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL MAPPING OF SCHEDULING REQUEST INDICATOR CHANNEL IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - A method for allocating resources for a scheduling request indicator (SRI) is disclosed. An SRI cycle period for use by user equipment (UE) within a cell is transmitted from a NodeB in a cell to UE within the cell. The NodeB transmits a specific SRI subframe offset and an index value to the particular UE within the cell. The specific SRI subframe offset and the index value enable the UE to determine a unique combination of cyclic shift, RS orthogonal cover, data orthogonal cover, and resource block number for the UE to use as a unique physical resource for an SRI in the physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). | 2014-11-20 |
20140341173 | METHOD FOR ALLOCATING AN UPLINK RESOURCE IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for data transmission in a wireless communication system including a User Equipment (UE) and a radio access network (RAN) includes: transmitting a Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) to the UE, wherein the MAC PDU includes a downlink Radio Link Control (RLC) data PDU including a polling request for requesting the UE to transmit a RLC status PDU; receiving an acknowledgement signal from the UE, in response to the MAC PDU including the polling request; and allocating an uplink resource to the UE in response to the acknowledgement signal wherein the uplink resource is used for the UE transmitting the RLC status PDU. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341174 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPUTATION OF RSRP IN THE PRESENCE OF LARGE FREQUENCY ERRORS - A Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value is produced from a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal that comprises a plurality of reference symbols located at known sub-carrier frequencies and times within the received OFDM signal. RSRP value production involves, for each hypothesized error state selected from a plurality of different hypothesized error states, ascertaining a corresponding hypothesized RSRP value, and then using the hypothesized RSRP values as a basis for determining a value for use as the produced RSRP value (e.g., by selecting a maximum one of the hypothesized RSRP values as the produced RSRP value). In this technology, each of the hypothesized error states is a hypothesized frequency error paired with a hypothesized timing error and the corresponding hypothesized RSRP value is produced by adjusting one or more measured channel estimates as a function of the hypothesized error state. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341175 | ALLOCATING RESOURCES AND TRANSMITTING DATA IN MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS COMPRISING MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS - A method of communicating data in a wireless telecommunications system between plural base stations and plural terminal devices using plural Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex, OFDM, sub-carriers spanning a first frequency bandwidth. The method includes: communicating data between a first base station and a first terminal device using a first OFDM sub-carrier group distributed across the first frequency bandwidth, communicating data between a second base station, geographically separated from the first base station, and a second terminal device using a second OFDM sub-carrier group distributed across a second frequency bandwidth, the second frequency bandwidth being smaller than and within the first frequency bandwidth; and communicating control-plane data between the first base station and the first terminal device using a combination of the first and second groups of the OFDM sub-carriers. Guard regions may be provided in the frequency domain between frequencies of transmissions associated with the first and second base stations. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341176 | Method and Related Communication Device for Device Discovery in Device to Device Communication - A method of device discovery in device to device (D | 2014-11-20 |
20140341177 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCHEDULING OFDM FRAMES - System and methods for scheduling OFDM frames are provided. Each packet is assigned to a frame bucket, this amounting to a temporary decision of when to transmit the packet. Each packet is marked with one or more metrics. The metrics are used to sort packets and make scheduling decisions. Packets are analyzed to determine their suitability for MIMO transmission. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341178 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND RESOURCE ASSIGNING METHOD BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF TERMINALS IN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK - A communication method between a plurality of terminals and a resource allocation method in an infrastructure network are disclosed. A terminal according to an embodiment communicates with at least one other terminal using a particular frequency band in a third time section distinguished from a first time section for reception of a downlink data and a second time section for transmission of an uplink data, thereby providing a technology of generating a small-scale network partly with respect to a particular region in a network with an extensive coverage of an infrastructure network. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341179 | BASE STATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, FREQUENCY BAND ALLOCATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention makes it possible to minimize a decrease in the efficiency of frequency band utilization even if a constraint is placed on the number of points when performing an orthogonal transform. A base station device includes an allocation determination unit configured to allocate a frequency band of subcarriers to each of a plurality of communication devices that applies an orthogonal transform to a signal to be transmitted and transmits the signal by arranging the signal on the subcarriers, a communication device selection unit configured to select, from among the plurality of communication devices, a communication device for which the number of subcarriers included in the frequency band allocated to the communication device by the allocation determination unit is not a prescribed number, and a frequency band adjustment unit configured to perform a change that changes a frequency band allocated to the selected communication device, from the frequency band allocated by the allocation determination unit. The frequency band adjustment unit performs the change in such a way that the number of subcarriers included in a frequency band obtained as a result of the change becomes the prescribed number. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341180 | DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, BASE STATION AND USER EQUIPMENT - The embodiments of the present invention provide a demodulation reference signal processing method, a base station and a user equipment. A processing method includes: generating, by a base station, a DMRS corresponding to an E-PDCCH by using information that is available before a UE receives the E-PDCCH sent by the base station; and mapping, by the base station, the DMRS onto a time-and-frequency resource corresponding to a downlink control channel region and used for transmitting a reference signal, and sending the DMRS to the UE. In the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the base station and the UE no longer use an SCID for generating the DMRS, which solves the problem that the UE cannot obtain the SCID before receiving the E-PDCCH and cannot generate the DMRS, and further, cannot demodulate the E-PDCCH, and enables demodulation of the E-PDCCH. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341181 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for managing communication in a wireless network includes determining a first value indicating a level of use for a scheduled data channel for one or more of a plurality of sectors served by a first base station and determining a second value indicating a level of use for a random access channel for one or more of the plurality of sectors served by the first base station. The method also includes selecting a respective subframe for random access transmissions for each of the sectors served by the first base station based on the first value and the second value. Additionally, the method includes transmitting configuration information to the first base station. The configuration information indicates a subframe selected for each of the sectors. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341182 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE OF CELLULAR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MANAGE SMALL CELL ACCESS - A method and apparatus at a small cell access point for offloading a wireless device in a macro cell, the method establishing a radio link signaling connection between a base station of the macro cell and the access point; and offloading the wireless device using control signaling over the signaling connection. Further, a method at the wireless device, the method receiving a message identifying a set of candidate small cell access points; selecting at least one access point from amongst the set of candidate small cell access points; reporting the selected at least one access point; receiving a preparatory message preparing the wireless device for a target small cell access point, wherein the target small cell access point is included in the selected at least one access point; and associating the wireless device with the target small cell access point. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341183 | MEDIA ESCALATION WITH USE OF ENDPOINT ADAPTER - An endpoint adaptor and methods of operating the same are provided. The endpoint adaptor provides a single persistent view of a mobile communication device to a network and network-based applications. Moreover, the ability to leverage the endpoint adapter to transition a communication session to include additional media types while the communication session is in-progress is also disclosed. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341184 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INCREASING NETWORK EFFICIENCY USING VAMOS CHANNELS ON A MULTI-SIM DEVICE - Methods are provided that optimize Voice over Adaptive Multi-user channels on One Slot (VAMOS) communications by recognizing that up to four independent communications are located on the same device, and assigning them to sub-channels of the same VAMOS channel. A VAMOS-capable multi-SIM wireless device such as a dual-SIM dual active (DSDA) device may have up to four simultaneous active calls on the same access network. When assigned to the same VAMOS channel, the up to four active calls may be merged to all use the same radio on the device. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341185 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACCOUNTING IN WIFI ROAMING BASED ON AC AND AP INTERWORKING - A WiFi roaming method and device which perform an authentication and accounting process once for multiple APs, thereby reducing the load of an authentication server (RADIUS) in a WiFi roaming method, which separates a terminal session management function and a traffic control function by a access controller and a access point interworked with a tunneling method according to a CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points) protocol. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341186 | Method and System for Route Optimization during Handover and Access Network Element - A method and system for route optimization during switching and an access network element. In a process that a terminal is switched from a source access network element to a target access network element, the target access network element obtains identity information of a correspondent node of the terminal from the terminal, and triggers an access network element of the correspondent node to update a correspondent node mapping relationship. In the present solution, information of a correspondent node is obtained by adding a signaling interaction procedure between the network and the terminal host, so that the information of the correspondent node which is performing data communication is obtained in real time, and a subsequent data stream route optimization process is performed in time, thereby solving the problem of low processing performance and poor real-time performance resulted from an access gateway monitoring, detecting and maintaining correspondent node information. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341187 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAFFIC OFFLOADING - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to support traffic offloading in a manner that relies upon,a wireless access point having a co-located local gateway (L-GW), but that does not require each access point to have a co-located L-GW. In the context of a method, the traffic offloading capabilities of at least one other access point is initially determined. The method may also cause a tunnel to be established with another access point with a co-located L-GW having traffic offloading capabilities. Further, the method cause communications with a network to be conducted via the tunnel established with the another access point so as to utilize the traffic offloading capabilities of the another access point. | 2014-11-20 |
20140341188 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL, BASE STATION, AND PROCESSOR - A mobile communication system including an MBMS cell supporting PTM transmission of MBMS data and a non-MBMS cell not supporting PTM transmission of the MBMS data, includes a user terminal that establishes a connection with the non-MBMS cell. The user terminal transmits an MBMS interest notification indicating that the user terminal desires to receive the MBMS data, to the non-MBMS cell. | 2014-11-20 |