49th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 89 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150350916 | Profile Integration Management - It is disclosed a method and trusted execution environments (TEE) of assigning a selected identifier to an application. A request is received to load or install, within or outside a profile domain, of an application with a selected identifier. It is checked that the selected identifier is not already stored in an application registry entry outside the profile registry | 2015-12-03 |
20150350917 | OPPORTUNISTIC CHANNEL REUSE IN A SHARED COMMUNICATION MEDIUM - Channel reuse permits more than one station to communicate concurrently via a communication medium. A first station may transmit a first transmission to a second station. A third station may detect the first transmission and determine a channel a channel reuse time period for a second transmission transmitted from the third station to a fourth station via the communication medium at least partially concurrently with the first transmission. The channel reuse time period may be based at least in part on estimated time to a next priority resolution slot (PRS) of the communication medium as determined from information in a start of frame (SOF) delimiter of the first transmission. The channel reuse time period may take into account a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU) burst, and/or time periods associated with acknowledgement messages. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350918 | ADAPTIVE QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - A 3GPP LTE protocol enhancement realizes the full benefit of proposed dynamic frequency sharing systems by enhancing current bearer establishment and update provisioning for adaptive Quality of Service (QoS) levels to support Licensed Shared Access (LSA). A User Equipment (UE) comprises a transceiver configured to define an adaptation context, define a default and one or more additional acceptable QoS levels associated with the adaptation context, communicate a request to create or update an adaptive bearer specifying the defined adaptation context and additional acceptable QoS levels, and receive or update spectrum resources for the adaptive bearer, the adaptive bearer. The adaptive bearer may be provisioned according to the communicated request. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350919 | ADAPTATION OF ENHANCED INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION CONFIGURATION - In a wireless communication system, a cell may perform a method for adapting a long-term or short-term almost blank subframe (ABS) configuration, including determining, by the cell, a current neighbor cell deployment state, and adapting a long-term downlink ABS configuration of the cell based on the current neighbor cell deployment state. The current neighbor cell deployment state may include, for example, a number of neighbor cells, signal strengths of the neighbor cells, or a number of users being served in Cell Range Expansion (CRE), which may be determined using a Neighbor Listen module, receiving measurement reports from UEs, or receiving reports from small cell neighbors via a backhaul. Adapting the long-term downlink ABS configuration of the cell may include increasing a proportion of ABS-vacated resources in proportion to an change in neighbor cell deployment density, increasing neighbor cell signal strength, or increasing number of users served in CRE by neighbor cells. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350920 | Self-Organizing Wireless Backhaul Among Cellular Access Points - Described herein are techniques preparing a wireless backhaul among cellular access points. The cellular access points may obtain either (i) locations of themselves and other devices or (ii) instructions for adjusting position of wireless transceivers of the cellular access points. Based at least in part on the locations or instructions, the cellular access points may adjust positions of the wireless transceivers and initiate wireless connections via the wireless transceivers. The cellular access points may receive the locations or instructions from a server of the telecommunication network, which may determine pairs of the cellular access points based at least in part on the locations of the cellular access points. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLANNING AND VALIDATING A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method includes displaying an image associated with a site at which a wireless network is to be installed or modified. The method also includes identifying positions of multiple wireless devices within the image. Different ones of the wireless devices are configured to support different wireless protocols, and the wireless devices and their positions form at least part of a design of the wireless network. The method further includes displaying, within the image, at least one of: (i) estimated wireless coverage areas of the wireless devices, (ii) estimated wireless connectivity between the wireless devices, and (iii) estimated communication routes between the wireless devices. In addition, the method includes validating the design of the wireless network against one or more network criteria using at least one of the estimated wireless coverage areas, the estimated wireless connectivity, and the estimated communication routes. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350922 | CLOUD COMMUNICATION CENTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A CLOUD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Cloud communication center system and method for processing data in a cloud communication system. An apparatus for supporting a cloud communication system may include at least one remote unit and a centralized unit. The at least one remote unit may be configured to process one of radio signals received from a user equipment or radio signals to be transmitted to a user equipment according to at least one sub-layer of an open system interconnection reference model. The centralized unit may be configured to receive the processed signal from the remote unit and to process the received signal based on the remaining sub-layers of the open system interconnection reference model. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350923 | NETWORK COVERAGE PLANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF EVOLUTION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a network coverage planning method and apparatus of an evolution communication system, wherein the method includes: obtaining the theoretical coverage parameter of a single base station of the evolution communication system by link budget; obtaining the theoretical coverage parameter of an entire network of the evolution communication system by network stimulation; calculating a reception level value of the evolution communication system under the wireless environment of a current network communication system in the same planning area to estimate a simulative measured coverage parameter of the evolution communication system; and planning the coverage parameter of the entire network of the evolution communication system according to the theoretical coverage parameter of the single base station, the theoretical coverage parameter of the entire network and the simulative measured coverage parameter. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350924 | TECHNIQUES TO SUPPORT DIRECTIONAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION BY WIRELESS NETWORK BOOSTERS - Techniques to support directional transmission and reception by wireless network boosters are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to receive a directionally-transmitted booster reference signal, receive a system information message comprising timing offset information, and determine a time at which to send a link establishment message based on the timing offset information and a time of receipt of the directionally-transmitted booster reference signal. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350925 | Radio Frequency Space Division Multiplexing - A wireless network system includes a primary wireless access point (AP) and a first access point node (APN) including a first lighting device with a first integrated wireless access point. The wireless network system further includes a second APN including a second lighting device with a second integrated wireless access point. The first APN and the second APN are wireless network clients to the primary AP and wirelessly communicate with the primary AP. The first APN is configured to wirelessly communicate with a first wireless network client. The second APN is configured to wirelessly communicate with a second wireless network client. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350926 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - Provided is a communication control apparatus including: a selection unit that uses information related to one or more terminal apparatuses operable as an access point for a small cell to select a protection target cell to be protected from interference caused by a new small cell newly configured, among one or more existing cells; and a control unit that gives an instruction of an operation of the new small cell to the at least one terminal apparatus existing at a position determined in a manner that interference to each of the protection target cells selected by the selection unit does not exceed an allowable level. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350927 | TIMING EVENT GENERATION CIRCUIT FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A system or circuit for generating timing events for mobile communications includes fetching network parameters corresponding to a transmission configuration. The network parameters are used to program a set of programmable registers. The timing events then are generated based on the network parameters. The timing events enable a user equipment (UE) or a base station to operate in various transmission configurations. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350928 | METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION WITH LOW-POWER SUBFRAMES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - Embodiments include methods for providing information enabling a communication device operating in a hetnet comprised of an aggressor cell and one or more overlaid victim cells utilizing a common frequency spectrum, to at least partially cancel an interfering signal transmitted from the aggressor cell in order to more accurately measure one or more signals transmitted from a victim cell. Embodiments include methods for configuring the aggressor cell with information related to overlaid victim cells in the aggressor's coverage area, and methods for configuring a victim cell with information related to the aggressor's interference within the victim's extended coverage area. Embodiments also include methods for receiving measurements of a signal transmitted from a victim cell, and methods for making such measurements on the victim's signal utilizing the aggressor cell interference information. Embodiments include network equipment or apparatus, user equipment or apparatus, and computer-readable media embodying one or more of these methods. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350929 | Wireless communication hotspot creation and connection method, hotspot creation end and hotspot connection end - Disclosed are a wireless communication hotspot creation and connection method, a hotspot creation end and a hotspot connection end. By encrypting a user name at a hotspot creation end to generate a hotspot name, the method configures a wireless communication parameter for the hotspot name generated by encryption to establish a wireless communication hotspot so as to enable a hotspot connection end to access the established wireless communication hotspot by decrypting the hotspot name, ensures that WiFi hotspot creation and automatic recognition are achieved between two or more terminals, and then achieves accurate WiFi interconnection. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350930 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING BASE SEQUENCES IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method in a network node, a network node, a method in a user equipment and a user equipment handle base sequences in a communications network. The network node is configured to communicate with a user equipment. The network node, which has information about a default base sequence and an alternative base sequence, determines that the alternative base sequence should replace the default base sequence for the user equipment. The network node then sends information about the alternative base sequence to the user equipment. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350931 | RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - The invention relates to a radio communications system, comprising: a mobile network comprising a line of signal processing blocks and dispatching means switchable to data taps of the line of signal processing blocks; and a base station comprising a line of signal processing blocks and dispatching means switchable to data taps of the line of signal processing blocks, wherein the mobile network and the base station are configured to exchange configuration information in order to switch the dispatching means of the mobile network in correspondence to the dispatching means of the base station. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350932 | RADIO LINK FAILURE (RLF) REPORTING - A method and network node for handling Radio Link Failure (RLF) Reports in a radio access network that utilizes different Radio Access Technologies (RATs) in different areas. A User Equipment (UE) generates and stores an RLF Report when the UE experiences an RLF at a first access node (AN) that utilizes a first RAT and the UE reconnects to a second AN that utilizes a second RAT. When the UE later reconnects to a third AN that utilizes the first RAT, the UE sends the RLF Report to the third AN. When the third AN does not have a connection to the first AN, the third AN determines whether receiving the RLF Report has caused a threshold value to be exceeded. If so, the third AN generates an event log containing failure information for the first AN, and makes the event log available to the network for corrective action. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350933 | Wireless Link Quality Monitoring - Wi-Fi link health monitoring by a wireless device. Signal strength (e.g., RSSI) of a Wi-Fi link may be monitored. If the signal strength is low, further link quality metrics may be monitored. If it is determined that health of the Wi-Fi link is poor based on monitoring signal strength and other link quality metrics, roaming to a different Wi-Fi network may be performed, the Wi-Fi link may be disconnected, and/or an application processor of the wireless device may be woken. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350934 | UPLINK TIMING ADJUSTMENT IN MULTI-SIM/MULTI-STANDBY DEVICES - A method/apparatus for wireless communication for a multi SIM/multi standby device having a single radio stores an uplink transmission timing of a first radio access technology (RAT) and a first path loss measurement before tuning away from the first RAT to perform an activity with a second RAT. A second path loss of the first RAT is measured after tuning back, and the second path loss measurement is compared to the first path loss measurement. The uplink transmission timing is adjusted based at least in part on the comparison. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350935 | MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM - A monitoring device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a determining unit. The transmitting unit transmits, to a plurality of base stations, instructions on mutual monitoring among the base stations. The receiving unit receives, from a base station that has detected abnormality of a base station serving as a monitoring target in accordance with the instruction among the base stations, information indicating a base station determined as having abnormality. The determining unit determines a level of a fault that has occurred in the base station indicated by the information received by the receiving unit. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350936 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TIME OF FLIGHT (ToF) MEASUREMENT - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of performing a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement. For example, a first wireless device may include a radio to communicate a discovery frame with a second wireless device, the discovery frame including an initiator indication to indicate whether a sender of the discovery frame is to be an initiator or a responder of a Time of Flight (ToF) measurement procedure, and availability information to indicate a wireless channel and one or more time intervals; and a controller to perform the ToF measurement procedure with the second wireless device over the wireless channel during the one or more time intervals, the controller be either the initiator or responder of the ToF measurement according to the initiator indication. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350937 | Device and Method for Idle Mode Power Saving - A method to be performed by a wireless station having a wireless transceiver configured to establish a connection to a network, a processor and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The method includes receiving information during a first reception segment of a discontinuous reception cycle, wherein the discontinuous reception cycle includes the first reception segment and a first idle segment, performing a first measurement that begins during the first reception segment and performing a second measurement, wherein the second measurement begins prior to an end of the first measurement. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350938 | TECHNIQUE FOR MONITORING DATA TRAFFIC - A technique that assists in identifying services for monitoring data traffic in a communication network is provided. The communication network includes a terminal configured to transceive data traffic and a component configured to measure data traffic. As to a method aspect of the technique, the terminal associates one or more communication services that are executed or executable at the terminal with one or more communication endpoints. The terminal further sends a service identification report indicative of the association to the component. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350939 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION VIA A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT NETWORKS - A first measuring unit measures a first connection delay caused while a first communication unit shifts from a disconnected state to a connected state, and the first measuring unit also measures a second connection delay caused while a second communication unit shifts from a disconnected state to a connected state. A second measuring unit measures a first transmission delay caused while the first communication unit is in a connected state, and the second measuring unit also measures a second transmission delay caused while the second communication unit is in a connected state. A generating unit generates first information to be transmitted from the first communication unit and also generates second information to be transmitted from the second communication unit, based on the communication state of the first communication unit and the second communication unit. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350940 | PROCESSING OF PASSIVE INTERMODULATION DETECTION RESULTS - A PIM (passive intermodulation) diagnosis is generated for one or more wireless networks which have equipment deployed at a plurality of cell sites. Data is received representing PIM detection results from PIM detection devices at the cell sites, the detected PIM including PIM caused by passive intermodulation between carriers of the one or more wireless networks. The data representing respective PIM detection results is normalized to account for transmission power and frequency allocation of respective cell sites, and the normalized data representing respective PIM detection results is correlated with data relating to a condition of respective cell sites and/or an environment of the respective cell sites to produce correlation results. The PIM diagnosis is generated in dependence on the correlation results. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350941 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING DISCOVERY SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND USER EQUIPMENT THEREOF - Disclosed is a method of performing a measurement in UE. A method for performing discovery signal measurements, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and includes: receiving measurement configuration information including a sub-frame offset between a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) and a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in a discovery signal; setting configurations based on the measurement configuration information; and performing the discovery signal measurement based on the CSI-RS. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350942 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHANNEL MEASUREMENT RESOURCE CONFIGURATION AND QUALITY MEASUREMENT - Provided are a method and device for three-dimensional channel measurement resource configuration and quality measurement, which relate to the field of wireless communications and are used for solving the problem of how to perform three-dimensional channel quality measurement. In the present invention, a base station selects a channel quality measurement resource used for three-dimensional channel measurement from channel quality measurement resources preconfigured for a terminal, and sends indication information about the selected channel quality measurement resource to the terminal; the terminal receives the indication information, and performs three-dimensional channel quality measurement on corresponding channel quality measurement resources, thereby solving the problem of how to perform three-dimensional channel quality measurement. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350943 | Obtaining Information for Radio Channel Modeling - An apparatus obtains information for radio channel modeling by checking at least one measurement based value of at least one set of measurement based values of a plurality of sets of measurement based values based on at least one timing measurement value, wherein each set of measurement based values originates from a respective mobile terminal in a communication network ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350944 | TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING POWER HEADROOM IN MULTIPLE CONNECTIVITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to reporting power headroom in wireless communications. A device can establish a first connection served by at least a first cell, and establish a second connection served by at least a second cell in multiple connectivity/carrier aggregation. The device can then determine to report a first power headroom in a first uplink subframe of the first cell in the first cell. The device can also determine a reporting configuration for possibly reporting a second power headroom based on a second subframe of the second cell as a companion report with the first power headroom when a type of the second subframe of the second cell is not an uplink subframe. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350945 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING CHANNEL BETWEEN BASE STATIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a first base station measures a channel with a second base station in a wireless communication system, the channel measuring method comprising the steps of: receiving a reference signal transmitted by the second base station, in a first subframe; and estimating a channel with the second base station on the basis of the reference signal, wherein the first subframe is obtained by changing a subframe indicated for an uplink by system information into a subframe for a downlink by the second base station. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350946 | MOBILE STATION USE OF ROUND TRIP TIME MEASUREMENTS - Techniques are provided in which a mobile station may determine a first round-trip time (RTT) for a first measurement related communication between the transceiver and a first network device, wherein the first RTT comprises a uniform delay of time applied during the first measurement related communication by the first network device; Determine a second RTT for a second measurement related communication between the transceiver and a second network device, wherein the second RTT comprises the uniform delay of time applied during the second measurement related communication by the second network device; and determine, at least in part, a position of the mobile station with regard to at least the first and second network devices based, at least in part, on the first RTT and the second RTT. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350947 | MEDIA STREAMING WITH HIGH RATE AVAILABILITY - A system and method for media streaming in a scenario where very high bitrate wireless service is available within a macro cell through small cells. When a mobile device is in a small cell, a base station may download the multimedia content onto the mobile device at the high bitrate instead of streaming the content at a low bitrate. The mobile device cannot misuse the content made available through the download because its ability to de-scramble the downloaded information is made time dependent by a two-stage scrambling process at the base station that keeps the information scrambled until it is ready to be consumed. The base station withholds from the mobile device information related to de-scrambling of the received content until the appropriate time. Such withheld information includes time-varying decryption keys, which control the timing of decryption and are supplied to the mobile device in a temporally sequential manner. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENSURING TRANSMISSION OF CRITICAL DATA THROUGH A WIRELESS ADAPTER - In embodiments a host reserves capacity of a wireless adapter for critical data transmission. Critical data is injected into a transport interface of the host, which passes the critical data to the wireless adapter for wireless transmission to a destination device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350949 | Apparatus and Method for Accessing Unlicensed Band With Network Assistance - From a plurality of messages provided by at least a first license-exempt access node which give usage information for the at least one channel in license-exempt radio spectrum, there is derived channel-specific statistical traffic information. This information for the channel is then provided to a second access node that controls licensed radio spectrum. Or in another embodiment the second access node can get this information by sensing and measuring the channel itself. The second access node retrieves this information from its local memory and sends on the licensed radio spectrum a downlink message having contents, determined from the channel-specific statistical traffic information, for aiding a user equipment UE to access the channel with a probability defined by the contents. The UE receives this message, extracts the contents, and attempts to access that channel in the license-exempt radio spectrum utilizing the defined probability. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350950 | PHYSICAL LAYER FRAME FORMAT FOR LONG RANGE WLAN - In a method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the PHY data unit is generated according to a first PHY format when the PHY data unit is to be transmitted in a regular mode, wherein the first PHY format corresponds to a first bandwidth. The PHY data unit is generated according to a second PHY format when the PHY data unit is to be transmitted in an extended range mode, wherein the second PHY format corresponds to a second bandwidth. A preamble of the PHY data unit is modulated such that a receiving device can auto-detect whether the PHY data unit was transmitted at the first bandwidth or the second bandwidth. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350951 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PPDU IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method and device for receiving a data block in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a receiver. The method includes: receiving a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) from a transmitter over an operating channel, the PPDU including a signal field, a Very High Throughput-Signal-A (VHT-SIG-A) field, a Very High Throughput-Signal-B (VHT-SIG-B) field and a padded data block, generating a first data block by removing zero or more physical padding bits from the padded data block in a physical layer; and generating a second data block by removing zero or more Medium Access Control (MAC) padding bits from the first data block in a MAC layer. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350952 | INTERACTION BETWEEN WAN-WLAN INTERWORKING AND WAN-WLAN AGGREGATION - Aspects generally relate to a priority mechanism for handing potentially conflicting triggers related to offloading rules and RAN aggregation. As described, a UE may receive, from a BS, configuration information for RAN aggregation of one or more data bearers and offloading rules for WLAN offloading. The UE may determine a priority for communicating using the RAN aggregation and offloading rules based, at least in part, on the received configuration information. The UE may perform the RAN aggregation or the WLAN offloading according to the offloading rules based on the determined priority. The priorities may be established in an effort to generally give priority to RAN aggregation over offloading rules and/or give priority to UE-specific instructions over broadcasted instructions. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350953 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) PROTOCOL FOR CELL SELECTION AND TRAFFIC STEERING FOR INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (RAT) architecture is described in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (RRC) plane. The integrated architecture may allow for User Equipment (UE) assistance in cell selection and traffic steering. In particular, UE-assisted RRC signaling is described for managing inter-RAT session transfers and secondary cell (SCell) selection. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350954 | INTERWORKING LINK LAYER TRAFFIC AGGREGATION WITH SYSTEM LEVEL MOBILITY - Methods and apparatus for routing data bearers of a user equipment (UE) while the UE is associated to a base station (BS) of a first radio access technology (RAT) while being served by a BS of a second RAT. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350955 | TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTIAL LOADING OF CARRIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Aspects described herein relate to scheduling data for transmission over a plurality of component carriers. A base station can determine to increase bandwidth utilization over at least one component carrier of a plurality of component carriers assigned to a plurality of user equipments (UE). The base station can assign a plurality of resource blocks over the at least one component carrier to one or more fictitious UE identifiers and transmit data signals over the plurality of resource blocks to increase bandwidth utilization over the at least one component carrier. One or more network nodes may determine the one or more fictitious UE identifiers and may determine related resource assignment for canceling interference from data transmitted for the fictitious UE identifiers, performing channel estimation, etc. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350956 | CHANGING A DATA STREAM CHARACTERISTIC BASED ON A DATA USAGE RATE - An approach is provided for adjusting a characteristic of a data stream. A rate of data usage provided by one or more data streams within a time period that has not ended is determined. An amount of time remaining in the time period is determined. Based at least in part on the amount of time remaining in the time period and the rate of data usage, an expected amount of data usage within the entire time period is determined. Whether the expected amount of data usage exceeds a limit on data usage within the entire time period is determined. If the expected amount of data usage exceeds the limit, the characteristic of the data stream is adjusted so that actual data usage within the entire time period does not exceed the limit. The actual data usage is based in part on the adjusted characteristic. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350957 | Device and Method for Reliable WiFi Data Connectivity - A station and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for determining a first physical layer rate to perform data transmissions between the station and an access point of a WiFi network, the first physical layer rate being based on a primary rate and a plurality of fallback rates associated with the access point, the primary rate having a higher transmission speed than the plurality of fallback rates, determining a trigger based upon at least one current condition of the station and at least one corresponding prior condition existing at a time when the first physical layer rate is determined, selecting one of the plurality of fallback rates when the trigger is determined, performing data transmissions between the station and the access point using the one of the plurality of fallback rates and determining a second physical layer rate based on the one of the plurality of fallback rates. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350958 | CHARGING INFORMATION ACCURACY IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method for improving charging information accuracy in a telecommunications network with respect to a target user equipment includes: in case of a handover or cell change procedure from the first base transceiver station to the second base transceiver station regarding the target user equipment, transmitting the first non-delivered packet data volume information from the first base transceiver station to the target user equipment and from the target user equipment to the second base transceiver station; and determining, based on the first non-delivered packet data volume information, the second non-delivered packet data volume information. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350959 | REDUCED LATENCY DURING RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE - A user equipment (UE) reduces random access procedure delays when reselecting or redirecting from a cell of a first radio access technology (RAT) by preventing a persistence check before initiating the random access procedure. In one instance, the UE prevents the persistence check by preventing collection of system information including a scaling factor used for the persistence check before initiating the random access procedure. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350960 | Clearance of Frequency Spectrum in a Cell Using Authorized Shared Access (ASA) - The invention relates to the Authorized Shared Access (ASA) concept in which a source node temporarily uses ASA spectrum as secondary user and on request of an ASA controller said ASA spectrum needs to be cleared (evacuated) and made available to a primary spectrum user and thus target nodes have to be selected by the source node to take over traffic from the source node; the source node thus obtains resource information of at least one target node for the spectrum clearance, choose at least one target node for clearance traffic transfers based on the resource information of the at least one target node, inform the chosen at least one target node about the coming traffic transfers, and transfer traffic by using a handover procedure; the target node reserves resources after receiving the information about the coming traffic transfers. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350961 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for updating information on a cellular system in a wireless communication system is provided. An access point (AP) transmits a request for information on a cellular system and an update configuration for the information on the cellular system to a multi-radio access technology (RAT) device supporting a plurality of RATs, receives a first response to the request, which includes the information on the cellular system, from the multi-RAT device, and receives a second response, which is an update of the first response, according to the update configuration from the multi-RAT device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350962 | RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO STATION, RADIO TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A radio network ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350963 | PSEUDO-FAST RETURN IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A method and/or apparatus for wireless communication determines whether circuit switched fall back (CSFB) occurred from a first RAT to a second RAT. A call is handed over from the second RAT to the third RAT and a UE attempts to return directly to the first RAT from the third RAT when the CSFB occurred and the call is released from the third RAT. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350964 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INTER-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT - A method for inter-radio access technology (inter-RAT) performance enhancement in a mobile communications device is provided. First, a first RAT is camped on to perform a first service. Thereafter, it is moved/fallen back to a second RAT from the first RAT to perform a second service. Cell information of the first RAT is then measured and collected during the performance of the second service in the second RAT. A first cell to return to the first RAT is determined according to the collected cell information of the first RAT after a call connection of the second RAT is released. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350965 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MINIMIZE DELAY IN CIRCUIT-SWITCHED FALLBACK (CSFB) PROCEDURE - A method and system for minimizing delay in circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) procedure is disclosed. The disclosed method provides two different approaches for optimizing the delay during the CSFB procedure. In the first approach, user equipment (UE) receives a Location Area Identifier (LAD along with the Radio Access Technology (RAT) information from the network (LTE network). The UE uses the received RAT information from the network for switching to the target Radio Access Network (RAN) without intimating to the LTE network. In another approach, the UE obtains the RAT information by performing a background scan in idle mode, when the UE receives LAI without RAT information from the network. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350966 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING EMPS IN A CSFB MECHANISM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a system for processing an eMPS in a CSFB mechanism. The method in the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes: receiving a CSFB access request of a user equipment; determining that the user equipment has a CSFB priority service right according to acquired priority service information of the user equipment; and providing a CSFB access service preferentially for the user equipment with the CSFB priority service right. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350967 | HANDOVER IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING - A network node comprising a memory and a controller, wherein said controller is configured to: detect that a handover for a mobile communications terminal from a first base station to a second base station and in response thereto determine if an application module associated with the mobile communications terminal is to be migrated, and if so, cause a migration of said application module to be performed. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350968 | Target Network Node, Source Network Node and Methods for Mobility in a Wireless Communications Network - A method in a target network node for applying mobility parameters is provided. The target network node is configured with one or more first mobility parameters. The target network node receives ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350969 | HANDOVER SIGNALING ASSISTANCE - The present invention relates to base stations, methods in a base station, terminals and methods in a terminal for supporting a handover. The invention further relates to computer programs for implementing, in the respective nodes of a wireless network, functionality for supporting a handover. According to one embodiment, a method in a source base station for supporting a handover of a terminal from the source base station to a target base station is provided. The method includes sending to an assisting base station a request for assisting the handover, and communicating handover control information between the terminal and the source base station via the assisting base station. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350970 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING NEIGHBOR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NETWORK NODES AND NETWORK DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for obtaining a neighbor relationship between network nodes, and a network device. The method includes: receiving a message sent by a network node; and parsing the message, to obtain a neighbor relationship between at least two network nodes involved in the message. The present invention further discloses a corresponding apparatus for obtaining a neighbor relationship between network nodes, and network device. According to the message sent by the network node, a core network learns the neighbor relationship between network nodes, and efficiency of performing a service between neighboring network nodes may be improved by using the neighbor relationship. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350971 | System and Method for Network Selection to Transfer Call Session - A method performed by stations to transfer call sessions between different access networks. The methods include transmitting, by a first station to a second station, an invite to join a voice call on a first radio access network (RAN), receiving, by the second station, the invite, generating, by the second station, a response to the invite, determining, by the second station, that the response cannot be successfully transmitted to the first station, associating, by the second station, with a second RAN, generating, by the second station, a message indicating the second station has associated with the second RAN, transmitting, by the second station, the message to the first station, retransmitting, by the first station, the invite to join the voice call, receiving, by the second station, the invite on the second RAN and setting up the voice call between the first station and the second station. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350972 | User Context Aware Throttling of Transition Attempts to Connected Mode - Throttling of transition attempts to connected mode based on user context. A wireless device may camp on a serving cell. A motion state of the wireless device may be monitored. One or more connected mode transition procedures on the serving cell may be attempted. If at least a threshold number of connected mode transition procedures fail on the serving cell while the wireless device is stationary, further connected mode transition attempts may be throttled for up to a certain amount of time. Alternatively, or in addition, the wireless device may bar itself from camping on that cell for up to a certain amount of time. Either or both of throttling connected mode transition attempts or barring cells may also be based on other aspects of user context, such as display state. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350973 | PRIORITY BASED CELL RESELECTION - A user equipment (UE) expedites cell reselection from a higher priority radio access technology (RAT) to a lower priority RAT. In one instance, the UE determines whether a serving cell signal quality exceeds a threshold when a UE is in idle mode. The serving cell is associated with a higher priority RAT. In another instance, the UE performs an expedited search and measurement of cells of a lower priority RAT when the serving cell signal quality is below the threshold by commencing search and measurement before a next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle scheduled for measurement. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350974 | ENHANCEMENT FOR BSS TRANSITION, LOAD BALANCING AND AP SELECTION - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus may be a station. The apparatus receives a request including at least one information identifier from a first access point (AP) associated with the station. The apparatus collects information indicated by the at least one information identifier from each of a plurality of APs to generate a report including AP information of the plurality of APs. The apparatus sends the report including the AP information of the plurality of APs to the first AP, where the first AP generates a neighbor report including the AP information of the plurality of APs. Other embodiments are also included. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING MOBILITY PARAMETER - A mobility parameter adjustment method and apparatus for use in a wireless communication system is provided. The mobility parameter adjustment method of a base station includes receiving connection failure information from a terminal, and adjusting a mobility adjustment parameter based on the connection failure information. The mobility parameter adjustment method and apparatus of the present disclosure is capable of adjusting mobility parameter efficiently so as to improve the mobility robustness of the wireless communication system and User Equipment (UE). | 2015-12-03 |
20150350976 | Motion Based Search and Measurement Periodicity - Adjusting search and measurement periodicity based on device motion. A wireless device may camp on a serving cell. Signal strength, signal quality, and signal to noise ratio of the serving cell may be measured. If each is above a respective threshold, and if the wireless device is stationary, the periodicities at which searches and neighbor cell measurements are performed may be adjusted (e.g., increased) from baseline periodicities. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350977 | DEVICE AND METHOD IN RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device and method in a radio communication system. The device includes: an acquisition unit for use in acquiring a signal quality of a mobile terminal relative to a source cell; an assessment unit for use in assessing the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell on the basis of multiple signal qualities of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell acquired at every predetermined time interval; and, a triggering unit for use in triggering, on the basis of the degree of change in the signal quality of the mobile terminal relative to the source cell, the mobile terminal to submit a measurement result. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350978 | Handover control method and apparatus for high speed mobility user equipment - A handover control method and apparatus for limiting handover of a User Equipment (UE) from a macrocell to an underlying small cell when the UE is operating in a High Speed Mobility (HSM) mode in a radio access network. The UE receives an HSM pilot strength threshold offset parameter from the network and initiates handover from a macrocell to an underlying small cell using a first pilot strength threshold value when the UE is operating in a standard mode. The UE initiates the handover using a second pilot strength threshold value when the UE is operating in HSM mode. The second pilot strength threshold value is equal to the first pilot strength threshold value modified by the HSM pilot strength threshold offset parameter. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350979 | Network Node, User Node and Methods for Channel Estimation - A method in a network node for estimating a channel from a user node to the network node is provided. The network node receives first pilots. The network node receives ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350980 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RADIO BASE STATION CONTROLLER, AND RELOCATION METHOD - Radio base stations connect by radio lines with radio terminals in cells that make up each radio base station and relay data communication realized by the radio terminals on bearers on radio lines. Base station controllers record correspondence information of the data flow of data communication with the radio terminals and the bearers on the radio lines and, by referring to the correspondence information, effects termination of data communication with the radio terminals. When, in a state in which a drift base station controller relays and transfers data communication between radio base stations to which the radio terminals are connected and a serving base station controller, the serving base station controller is transferred to the drift base station controller, the plurality of base station controllers then report to the drift base station controller the correspondence information from the serving base station controller. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350981 | Method, Apparatus and System for Key Derivation - A method, an apparatus and a system for key derivation are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a target base station) receives multiple keys derived by a source base station, where the keys correspond to cells of the target base station; the target base station selects a key corresponding to the target cell after knowing a target cell that a user equipment (UE) wants to access. An apparatus for key derivation and a communications system are also provided. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - Methods and apparatuses relating to wireless communication of a user equipment (UE) are provided including initiating an access procedure for a first radio access technology (RAT) and tuning a receiver to a second RAT for a duration during the access procedure for the first RAT. The methods and apparatuses further include receiving a paging signal via the second RAT during the duration, and tuning the receiver to the first RAT following the duration to continue the access procedure for the first RAT. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350983 | Wi-Fi Calling Using SIP-IMS Handset and Evolved Packet Data Gateway - Wi-Fi calling using a mobile device and an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) is described herein. For example, a mobile device may determine whether any LTE coverage is available, whether data roaming is available, whether a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN) is available, and whether a DNS query to a visited ePDG (VePDG) is successful. The mobile device may connect to the VePDG responsive to a determination that LTE coverage is available, that data roaming is available, that a VPLMN is available, and that the DNS query to the VePDG is successful. Otherwise, the mobile device may connect to a home ePDG (HePDG). | 2015-12-03 |
20150350984 | ASSISTING RETURN TO A FIRST NETWORK FROM A SECOND NETWORK AFTER PERFORMANCE OF A CIRCUIT SWITCHED FALLBACK PROCEDURE - A method for assisting a wireless communication device to return to a first network from a second network is provided. The method can include the wireless communication device participating in a CSFB procedure to transition from the first network to the second network for servicing of a voice call; receiving a connection release from the second network after termination of the voice call; initiating a reselection procedure to reselect to the first network; determining presence of packet switched data ready for transmission from the wireless communication device before completion of the reselection procedure; holding the packet switched data at the wireless communication device at least until expiry of a reselection timer initiated during the reselection procedure; reselecting to the first network after expiry of the reselection timer; and initiating transmission of the packet switched data on the first network after completing reselection to the first network. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350985 | RECEIVER-ONLY TUNE-AWAY - Various embodiments include methods, systems, and devices for communicating with a first network and a second network using a mobile device having a single radio comprising a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver may be tuned to the first network. The transmitter may also transmit to the first network. The receiver may tune away to the second network for a tune-away period. The transmitter may transmit to the first network during the tune-away period. A determination may be made whether the transmitter and the receiver will cause interference during the tune-away period. Transmissions may be paused from the transmitter in response to determining that the transmitter and the receiver will cause interference during the tune-away period. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350986 | Method and Apparatus for Soft Handover Guidance in WCDMA TD Scheduling - A method and NodeB for assisting, in a first NodeB, in soft handover procedures in WCDMA time division schedules comprises estimating ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350987 | DELEGATED CHANNEL SWITCHING FOR MESH-TYPE NETWORKS - The invention relates to a channel switching strategy and corresponding protocol for a mesh network which comprises a segment controller, SC, ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350988 | RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) PROTOCOL FOR INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES - An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (RAT) architecture is described in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (RRC) plane. The integrated architecture may provide a network-controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350989 | INTERWORKING/CO-EXISTENCE OF INTEGRATED WLAN/3GPP RAT ARCHITECTURES WITH LEGACY WLAN/3GPP INTERWORKING SOLUTIONS - An integrated WLAN/WWAN architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) plane. The integrated architecture may provide a network-controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management. Additionally, according to the disclosure provided herein, the integrated architecture may interwork with legacy systems (e.g., architectures that do not support the integrated WLAN/WWAN architecture). | 2015-12-03 |
20150350990 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL, AND CELLULAR BASE STATION - A cellular communication system comprises: a UE configured to perform a WLAN-related process for switching an access network for accommodating a traffic of the UE to an E-UTRAN from a WLAN, on the basis of WLAN control information; and an eNB configured to manage a cell in which the UE exists. The UE transmits, to the eNB, a WLAN Interworking Indication indicating whether or not it is possible to perform the WLAN-related process, on the basis of at least one parameter related to the UE. The eNB having received the WLAN Interworking Indication determines whether or not to provide the UE with the WLAN control information, on the basis of the WLAN Interworking Indication. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350991 | NEIGHBORING CELL SELECTION FOR AN USER EQUIPMENT USING A CONTENT DELIVERY SERVICE IN A MOBILE NETWORK - In an embodiment, there is provided a method for neighboring cell selection for an user equipment using a content delivery service in a mobile network, said content being located at a mobile network node referred to as caching node, said content being delivered through a path between said caching node and said user equipment via a serving cell, said selection of a neighboring cell being based on selection parameters including a delivery delay parameter representative of a delay that would be perceived by said user if said content were delivered through a path between said caching node and said user equipment via said neighboring cell. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350992 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a wireless network include a signal processor for combining a plurality of signals transmitted by respective eNBs by processing the signals as multipath instances of a single signal. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350993 | Device and Method for Opportunistic Roaming - A method, station and computer readable storage medium used to perform opportunistic roaming procedures. A station joined to a basic service set (BSS) of an access point (AP) performs a method including determining a roam profile for the station, the roam profile indicating at least one of available operating bands or available APs for the station, determining a first value associated with a network parameter of the joined AP, determining at least one roam candidate AP having a second value associated with the network parameter corresponding to the roam candidate AP, wherein the first and second values are a received signal strength indicator, determining whether a predetermined criteria value is satisfied based upon the first and second values, wherein the predetermined criteria value is a minimum difference between the first value and second value and roaming to the roam candidate AP when the predetermined criteria value is satisfied. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350994 | MONITORING NEIGHBOR CELLS IN AN OFFLINE IDLE MODE - The disclosure provides for monitoring neighbor cells while in an offline idle mode. A wireless device monitors cells during a periodic monitoring cycle while in the offline idle mode. In particular, the wireless device monitors the cells by classifying each cell of a list of neighbor cells as one of a first type of neighbor cell having valid overhead information stored in a cache and a second type of neighbor cell that is not associated with valid overhead information stored in the cache. The wireless device selects a monitoring set including an active cell and a subset of the neighbor cells including a cell of the second type of neighbor cell. The wireless device performs a pilot search of the monitoring set, during a periodic monitoring cycle while in a first idle mode state, to determine a signal strength of each cell in the monitoring set for a cell change. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350995 | NETWORK PRE-SELECTION FOR MOBILE TELEPHONY DEVICE - Telephonic equipment comprises a pre-selection processor which is configured, upon receipt of an indication of actual or anticipated movement of a wireless telephony device, to pre-select a wireless network for wireless communication with the wireless telephony device for a predicted potential destination location of the movement. The pre-selection processor may be further configured to dynamically predict the potential destination location of the movement. The pre-selection processor may comprise telephonic equipment at an Internet telephony system or a wireless telephony device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING COMMUNICATIONS ORIGINATING FROM A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK - Embodiments are provided for facilitating text- and voice-based communications that originate from an electronic device connected to a non-terrestrial network. According to certain aspects, the electronic device can be previously registered with a data center and can have an active service or product with the data center. The electronic device initiates a communication request that is intended for a destination device. The data center examines the communication request to identify the electronic device, and modifies the communication request to indicate a subscription associated with the electronic device. The data center transmits the modified communication request to a service provider network for delivery to the destination device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROAMING OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT - Method for routing mobile phone signaling messages between different collaborating networks ( | 2015-12-03 |
20150350998 | RELAY DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD - A relay device includes: a processor and a memory configured to store a communication control program executed by the processor; wherein: the processor, based on the program, performs operations to: relay communication between a first base station in a first wireless communication network and a terminal connected to the relay device; identify a second base station in a second wireless communication network having a different communication protocol from the first wireless communication network, the second base station being present in the vicinity of the relay device; determine whether a connection is capable of being established between the second base station and the terminal; and stop a relay of the communication so that a connection target of the terminal is switched from the relay device to the second base station if the connection is capable of being established. | 2015-12-03 |
20150350999 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes acquiring load information indicating load applied to each of multiple relay units which are included in a network system and which connect a terminal apparatus to the network system; determining, in response to a connection request being sent, a first relay unit with lower load than a second relay unit to which the connection request is sent by the terminal apparatus, based on the acquired load information; and providing information on the determined first relay unit to the terminal apparatus. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351000 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING WIRELESS NETWORK COMMUNICATION, SATELLITE-BASED WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEMS, AND AIRCRAFT-BASED WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEMS, AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless network system can include an earth-station server configured to provide a gateway to a secondary network. The wireless network system can also include a plurality of clients, wherein each client comprises a client controller configured to implement a client process. The client process of at least one of the clients can select a transmission path to the earth-station server that is an indirect link to the earth-station server through at least one of the other clients. At least one of the clients can be aircraft-based. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351001 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Methods for transmitting and receiving data of a station includes setting a direct route to a corresponding station and a relay route to a relay device, selecting one route as between the direct route and relay route, and transmitting and receiving data through the selected route. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may store a program including instructions to cause a computer to perform the method. The setting may be performed by a processor and the transmitting and receiving may be performed respectively by a transmitter and a receiver. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL ACCESS TO THE DEVICES CONNECTED VIA M2M GATEWAY - Disclosed herein are a method and system for providing restricted access for User Equipments to various services and functions associated with different End devices hosted by an M2M gateway. This access restriction mechanism provides means for restricting access at service level as well as at function level. Further, access restrictions can be based on various parameters such as but not limited to location, time, and user equipment. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351003 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DISCOVERY SIGNAL - A method and a device for detecting a discovery signal in a wireless communication system are provided. A wireless device receives a discovery setting for detecting a discovery signal of a target cell from a serving cell, and detects the discovery signal transmitted by the target cell according to the discovery setting. The discovery setting includes information on a discovery subframe to which the discovery signal is transmitted among a plurality of subframes. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351004 | CLIENT-INITIATED TETHERING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The described embodiments include a tethering device that provides a tethering service to client devices. Generally, the tethering service enables a client device to share the tethering device's access to a network. For example, a client device may share the tethering device's access to a cellular network, through which the client device can access the Internet. In the described embodiments, a client device and the tethering device are configured so that the client device causes the tethering device to activate the tethering service without a user performing one or more operations for manually activating the tethering service on the tethering device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351005 | JOINING PROCESS FOR POWERLINE COMMUNICATION (PLC) NETWORKS - Systems and methods for routing protocols for power line communications (PLC) are described. In some embodiments, a method performed by a PLC device, such as a PLC meter, may include active discovering and identifying at least one bootstrapping agent and a personal area network (PAN) identifier for one or more networks that are operating within a personal operating space of the PLC device. The device selects a target bootstrapping agent to use for the join process with a target network. The target bootstrapping agent may be selected from a list of bootstrapping agents associated with the target PAN identifier. If the attempt to join the target network fails, then the device further determines if other bootstrapping agents are associated with the target PAN identifier. The device selects an alternate target bootstrapping agent from the other bootstrapping agents that are associated with the target PAN identifier and reattempts the join process. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351006 | NETWORK SYSTEM, ACCESS POINT, AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREOF - A network system, an access point, and a connection method thereof are provided. The access point includes a communicator configured to communicate with a wireless devices, and a controller configured to control the communicator to acquire authentication information based on a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that is received from the wireless device, and to perform connection with an electronic device based on the acquired authentication information. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351007 | Apparatus, Devices and Methods for Content Distribution and Access via Object-Motion Tracking Using a Wireless Communications Network - The systems and methods disclosed herein provide for the development of a wireless communication network that monitors a physical environment. The network components include relay nodes, parent modules and end user devices distributed throughout the physical environment. Such components are programmed, controlled and monitored via cloud computing while the components are also accessed for use by end users via mobile platforms. The systems and methods disclosed herein provides for the distribution of hyperlinked-content to end user devices. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351008 | Centralized Beacon Management Service - A centralized beacon management service includes a beacon database for storing beacon information for different enterprises. The beacon database includes tables that associate beacons deployed by enterprises with beacon information. The beacon information can include information for commissioning the beacons and payload data to be broadcast by the beacon to client devices within communication range of the beacon. Based on proximity sensing data provided by a client device, beacon information is retrieved and sent to the client device over a communication channel (e.g., WiFi, cellular) established with the client device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351009 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING FOR A PUBLIC LAND MOBILE NETWORK (PLMN) - Embodiments of the present invention include devices, systems and methods for efficient PLMN searching. One method can include initiating a service search procedure. A list of channels to perform a power scan on is prepared. One or more channels are removed from the list of channels that use a same public land mobile network as a camped on cell. Frequencies of the channels are obtained from system information. A power scan is performed on the channels in the list of channels to obtain power scan results. One or more channels are removed from the power scan results. An acquisition process is performed on the channels in the power scan results. Other aspects, embodiments and features are also claimed and described. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351010 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING SCANNING INFORMATION - Systems and methods are disclosed for facilitating a scanning process to obtain information about available WLANs operating within range. Scanning information already obtained by one or more wireless communications devices may be shared with another wireless communications device, thereby reducing the time spent by performing scans by other wireless communications device. As desired, shared scanning information may be used preferentially depending on one or more metrics characterizing the information, such as the age of the scanning information or the relative distance to the sharing wireless communications device. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351011 | Systems and Methods for Cell Selection and Reselection by Improving System Information Reading Procedure - Described herein are methods performed by user equipment (“UE”) for carrier aggregation deployment and organization in unlicensed bands. The method includes initiating a cell selection process with a target cell, wherein the target cell sends a plurality of information blocks, receiving a first information block, prior to reading a second information block, determining whether the target cell is suitable for the UE to camp on based on the first information block, and terminating the cell selection process when the target cell is determined to be unsuitable for camping based on the first information block. The terminating may include comparing data from the first information block to data stored in a database. The method further includes determining whether the UE is in a stationary state or is in a state of motion, and using this information to improve cell selection delay on target cell. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351012 | Device and Method for WiFi Scan Optimization - A method and wireless station used to perform WiFi scans. The wireless station determines a first cell identity of a first cell to which the wireless station is currently connected, determines a second cell identity of a second cell that is available, determines whether either of the first or second cell identities are related to a WiFi network based on relationships between cell identities and WiFi networks stored in the wireless station, performs a first type of scan for available WiFi networks when either of the first cell identity or the second cell identity is related to the WiFi network and performs a second type of scan for available WiFi networks when neither of the first cell identity or the second cell identity is related to the WiFi network, the first type of scan is performed more frequently or over more channels compared to the second type of scan. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351013 | Station and Method for Location Aware Network Selection - A method, station and computer readable storage medium used for location aware network selection. A station determines a geographic location of the station, determines at least one predetermined Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) in the geographic location by comparing the geographic location to a database including stored geographic locations and PLMNs known to be present within each of the geographic locations, performs a targeted scan on select channels corresponding to the at least one predetermined PLMN to identify at least one available PLMN from among the at least one predetermined PLMN and selects one of the at least one available PLMN for the station to join. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351014 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE ACCESS NETWORK AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING SAME - Disclosed is a method for communicating carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple access network. The method comprises receiving from a first access network a report configuration of a second access network, wherein the report configuration of the second access network involves specifying information reporting criteria of the second access network, searching the second access network and discovers a second access network entity, determining whether the second access network entity satisfies the information reporting criteria of the second access network, and reporting to the first access network information on the second access network entity when the information reporting criteria of the second access network are satisfied. The report configuration of the second access network may include an entity list which includes at least one second access network entity that is allowed to process traffic of the first access network. | 2015-12-03 |
20150351015 | Terminal and Method Thereof for Searching Passively Activated WiFi Network Searching - A terminal and a method for the terminal implementing passively activated WiFi network searching, the method includes: a terminal configured with switch device detecting a received signal, when a WiFi signal is detected, using the switch device to turn on a WiFi module in a function-off state to search for a WiFi network. In the method and terminal described in the embodiments of the present document, a switch device is configured in the terminal, after the switch device receives a WiFi signal, a WiFi module is turned on immediately to search for a network, it implements a mode for passively activated WiFi network searching, thereby the user may search out the WiFi network in an area with the WiFi signal coverage at any time without turning on a WiFi function of the terminal equipment at any time, meanwhile power consumption of the terminal equipment is reduced. | 2015-12-03 |