Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100278145 | Label Switched Packet Transfer Device - A device for connecting base station(s) to a cellular label switched network in a cellular network. The cellular network includes: base station(s), the connecting device(s); cellular label switched network(s); and service area(s). The base station(s) communicates with mobile terminals using wireless technology. The wireless technology uses a protocol layer architecture that includes at least one of the following: a wireless physical layer; a wireless medium access control protocol layer; a radio link control layer; and a network layer. The connecting device(s) include: a first interface to connect to the base station(s); a second interface to connect to cellular label switched network(s); and a label forwarding layer that: forwards packets between base station(s) and cellular label switched network(s); attaches label(s) to packets and removes label(s) from packets. A service area divided into a multitude of cells through which mobile terminals can move through and communicate with base station(s). | 11-04-2010 |
20120020292 | LABEL SWITCHED PACKET TRANSFER DEVICE - A device for connecting base station(s) to a cellular label switched network in a cellular network. The cellular network includes: base station(s), the connecting device(s); cellular label switched network(s); and service area(s). The base station(s) communicates with mobile terminals using wireless technology. The wireless technology uses a protocol layer architecture that includes at least one of the following: a wireless physical layer; a wireless medium access control protocol layer; a radio link control layer; and a network layer. The connecting device(s) include: a first interface to connect to the base station(s); a second interface to connect to cellular label switched network(s); and a label forwarding layer that: forwards packets between base station(s) and cellular label switched network(s); attaches label(s) to packets and removes label(s) from packets. A service area divided into a multitude of cells through which mobile terminals can move through and communicate with base station(s). | 01-26-2012 |
20120020328 | LABEL SWITCHED PACKET TRANSFER DEVICE - A device for connecting base station(s) to a cellular label switched network in a cellular network. The cellular network includes: base station(s), the connecting device(s); cellular label switched network(s); and service area(s). The base station(s) communicates with mobile terminals using wireless technology. The wireless technology uses a protocol layer architecture that includes at least one of the following: a wireless physical layer; a wireless medium access control protocol layer; a radio link control layer; and a network layer. The connecting device(s) include: a first interface to connect to the base station(s); a second interface to connect to cellular label switched network(s); and a label forwarding layer that: forwards packets between base station(s) and cellular label switched network(s); attaches label(s) to packets and removes label(s) from packets. A service area divided into a multitude of cells through which mobile terminals can move through and communicate with base station(s). | 01-26-2012 |
20120176902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY BALANCING A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ACTIVE REMOTE DEVICE USERS BETWEEN BASE STATIONS - Both a system and method are provided for dynamically balancing a maximum number of active remote device users that can be serviced between first and second base stations transmitting data frames in a radio communication system when the carriers of the first and second base stations operate at different radio frequency bandwidths X and Y respectively, and Y is substantially larger than X. The system includes a system control circuit that controls the number of subchannels in the uplink control channel region of the data frames transmitted by the first base station, and a traffic monitoring circuit that monitors both an uplink load and a number of active wireless device users within broadcast coverage of said first base station. The system control circuit dynamically increases the radio resources in the uplink control channel region of the frames transmitted by the first base station. | 07-12-2012 |
20120265688 | Secure and Mobile Financial Transaction - A portable device is configured to transmit a first encrypted message to an account database server. The first encrypted message may comprise a request to get information about a financial account. The portable device receives a second encrypted message comprising the financial account information. The portable device wirelessly receives a signal from a merchant machine and wirelessly transmits a response message to the merchant machine. The response message comprises account related information for the merchant machine to trigger a financial transaction. | 10-18-2012 |
20130003672 | Control Channels in Multicarrier OFDM Transmission - A base station transmits control information on a subframe of a first carrier starting from the first OFDM symbol of the subframe. The control information provides transmission format and scheduling information for data packets transmitted on a first data channel of the first carrier. The base station transmits a control message on the first data channel to a wireless device. The control message configures radio resources of a second data channel to start from the first OFDM symbol of subframes of a second carrier. The base station transmits data packets on the second data channel. | 01-03-2013 |
20130003673 | Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request in Multicarrier Systems - A base station receives first uplink data packets on a first uplink data channel of a first uplink carrier. A first portion of bandwidth of the first uplink carrier is employed for the first uplink data channel and a second portion is employed for a first uplink control channel. The base station receives second uplink data packets on a second uplink data channel of a second uplink carrier. The entire active bandwidth of the second uplink carrier is employed for the second uplink data channel. The base station transmits positive/negative acknowledgements for the first and second uplink data packets. | 01-03-2013 |
20130010620 | Connection Reconfiguration in a Multicarrier OFDM Network - A base station transmits a control message to a wireless device to configure a first connection comprising at least one data radio bearer and to configure measurement parameters of the wireless device. The base station receives a measurement report from the wireless device comprising signal quality information of a second carrier. The base station activates the second carrier if the at least one measurement report indicates an acceptable signal quality for the second carrier. The base station transmits data traffic to the wireless device on the first and second carriers. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010641 | Carrier Activation Employing RRC messages - A base station transmits an RRC reconfiguration message to an RRC-connected wireless device to configure secondary carrier(s). The RRC reconfiguration message is configured to cause the RRC-connected wireless device to control the activation of at least one secondary carrier. The base station transmits data packets to the RRC-connected wireless device on a data channel on at least one of the secondary carriers. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010715 | System Frame Number in Multicarrier Systems - A base station is configured to communicate employing a plurality of carriers comprising at least one prime carrier and at least one non-prime carrier. The base station may transmit a system frame number in a physical broadcast channel in a frame on a prime carrier. The base station may transmit and receive, employing a communication interface, packets in the frames on a non-prime carrier. The communication interface employs the system frame number transmitted in the frame of the prime carrier. The non-prime carrier is configured to operate without broadcasting the system frame number on the non-prime carrier. | 01-10-2013 |
20130010716 | Carrier Configuration in Multicarrier Systems - A base station transmits data packets to a wireless device using carrier aggregation. A first downlink carrier carries the broadcast control information for the wireless device. The base station receives a physical uplink control channel on a first uplink carrier. The base station transmits at least one control message to the wireless device reconfiguring the carriers of the wireless device. A second downlink carrier carries the broadcast control information for the wireless device and a second uplink carrier carries the physical uplink control channel. | 01-10-2013 |
20130028204 | Time Alignment in Multicarrier Systems - Transmission timing of a random access preamble in an uplink carrier of a carrier group being determined employing a synchronization signal transmitted on a downlink carrier of the carrier group. The wireless device receives a time alignment command from the base station. The time alignment command comprises a time adjustment value and an index identifying the carrier group. The wireless device apply the time adjustment value to uplink signals transmitted on all activated uplink carriers in the carrier group. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028239 | Time Alignment in Multicarrier OFDM Network - A base station receives uplink signals from a wireless device and transmits at least one time alignment command computed based, at least in part, on timing of the received uplink signals. The time alignment command comprises a time adjustment value and an index identifying a carrier group. | 01-31-2013 |
20130046968 | Automobile Data Transmission - A device transmits automobile data to a server in a communication network. The device records the automobile data obtained from a plurality of sensors installed in the automobile. The device transmits a random access preamble on a first plurality of subcarriers of an uplink carrier to a base station, when a pre-defined condition is met. The device encrypts the automobile data using a first encryption key and transmits the encrypted automobile data to a server via a base station. The base station decrypts the automobile data before forwarding it to the server. | 02-21-2013 |
20130064226 | Handover in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks - A first base station in a network initiates handover of a wireless device in connected mode to a second base station. The first base station and the second base station have substantially different transmit powers. The first base station initiates a handover employing a first criterion, if the wireless device is in an active call from a first call category with the first base station. The first base station initiates a handover using a second criterion, if the wireless device is not in an active call from a first call category with the first base station. | 03-14-2013 |