Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110088080 | Apparatus and Method for Authorization for Access Point Name (APN) Usage in a Specific Access - An apparatus and method for receiving a request for authorization and access from a requestor; determining the association of a care-of-address (CoA) in the request with an access technology used by the requestor; administering authorization rules based on the association of the care-of-address (COA) and the access technology; and determining either to allow access or to deny access to the requestor using results from administering the authorization rules. | 04-14-2011 |
20110188376 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DATA FLOWS BASED ON INDICATION OF SELECTION CRITERIA - An apparatus and method for allocating a data flow based on selection criteria including receiving at least one policy including at least one indication for selecting an access from two or more of available accesses; determining a selection criterion based on the data flow; and selecting the access based on the determined selection criterion and the at least one indication. In one example, the selection criterion is one of the following: a bandwidth requirement for the data flow, an application generating the data flow, a protocol used to carry the data flow, a file size, an application name/ID, a role ID, or a throughput of the data flow. In one example, the policy is a management object (MO) received from an Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) module and the selected access is for a wireless local area network (WLAN), a LTE network or for a 3GPP service. | 08-04-2011 |
20120008551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETACH HANDLING IN MULTIPLE ACCESS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate detaching one of a plurality of network connections to ensure state information is retained at one or more network nodes. For a device initiated detach, the device can transmit a handover message related to performing a handover of one network connection to another active network connection, as opposed to explicitly detaching the network connection. This can cause at least some state information, such as a gateway identifier, to be retained in one or more network nodes. For a network initiated detach, a gateway can provision state information to a state information server following receiving a routing tunnel termination message to ensure state information deleted as a part of the detach is re-provisioned to the state information server. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023189 | UTILIZING POLICIES FOR OFFLOAD AND FLOW MOBILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - Methods and apparatuses are provided that facilitate downloading and/or applying policies for a current configuration of network interfaces. Where a network interface of a device is deactivated or otherwise losses connection, the device can ensure policies for communicating without the network interface are enforced. Where such policies are not available, the policies can be downloaded to ensure the device stores policies for the network interface configuration. | 01-26-2012 |
20120099560 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETACHMENT FROM A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Techniques are provided for efficient detachment from or attachment to wireless network(s). In one example, there is provided a method, operable by the user equipment (UE), that may involve connecting to a first wireless network (e.g., a 3GPP network) associated with a first access point name (APN), and connecting to a second wireless network (e.g., a WAN) associated with a second APN. The method may involve performing handover for the first APN from the first wireless network to the second wireless network. The method may involve performing detach for the first APN from the second wireless network. | 04-26-2012 |
20130194919 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT ASSISTED CONGESTION CONTROL - A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in connection with improving QoE in RAN congestion. In one example, a communications device is equipped to indicate a quality control indicator (QCI) for each of a plurality of applications that communicate with a RAN over a bearer, receive information regarding modification of the bearer or additional bearers based on the QCIs, and modify the bearer or additional bearers according to the information to achieve a desired QoE for at least one of the plurality of applications. In another example, a RAN is equipped to receive a QCI for each of a plurality of applications related to a bearer from a UE, and modify the bearer or adding additional bearers for communicating with the UE based on the QCI for each of the plurality of applications to improve QoE at the UE. | 08-01-2013 |
20130236178 | MULTI-POINT CONTROL PROTOCOL PROXY ARCHITECTURE IN A NETWORK WITH OPTICAL AND COAXIAL DOMAINS - A method of registering a coax network unit (CNU) in a network is performed at an optical-coax unit (OCU). In the method, a first discovery message is broadcasted to a plurality of CNUs. In response, a first registration request is received from a first CNU of the plurality of CNUs. In response to the first registration request, a proxy entity corresponding to the first CNU is implemented in the OCU. A second discovery message is received from an optical line terminal (OLT). In response to the second discovery message, a second registration request is transmitted to the OLT requesting registration of the proxy entity with the OLT. | 09-12-2013 |
20140186041 | PHYSICAL-LAYER CHANNEL BONDING - A network device includes a plurality of physical-media entities (PMEs), each corresponding to a distinct channel, to generate transmit signals based on transmit packets received over a media-independent interface. The network device also includes a channel-bonding sublayer to direct the transmit packets from the media-independent interface to respective PMEs of the plurality of PMEs. The channel-bonding sublayer has a substantially fixed delay between the media-independent interface and the plurality of PMEs for the transmit packets. | 07-03-2014 |
20140199069 | IDLE INSERTION FOR PHYSICAL LAYER RATE ADAPTION AND TIME-DIVISION DUPLEXING - A method is performed in a communication device that includes one or more media access control (MAC) entities, a coax physical layer (PHY), and a media-independent interface coupling the one or more MAC entities with the coax PHY. In the method, a bitstream is generated that includes data frames and characters corresponding to time windows in which the coax PHY does not transmit signals. The bitstream is provided to the coax PHY through the media-independent interface. Signals corresponding to the data frames are transmitted from the coax PHY during a transmit mode. The coax PHY enters a receive mode when the bitstream contains the characters corresponding to the time windows. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199070 | FRAME SCHEDULING FOR CHANNEL BONDING - In a method of scheduling frames, a first channel of a plurality of channels is selected for a first frame. The first frame is sent across a media-independent interface to a physical-layer device for transmission on the first channel. A data rate of the media-independent interface is greater than a data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel. After the first frame is sent across the media-independent interface, subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface is disabled for a period of time that is based at least in part on rate adaption from the data rate of the media-independent interface to the data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel. | 07-17-2014 |
20150117365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY IN HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for selectively setting a network allocation vector for a subset of stations. In one aspect, a method of reserving access to wireless communication medium for a plurality of wireless devices, comprising: transmitting a message including a first indication for a first subset of wireless devices of the plurality of wireless devices to set a network allocation vector (NAV) and further including a second indication for a second subset of wireless devices of the plurality wireless devices to not set the NAV, thereby reserving access to the wireless medium for at least the second subset of the plurality of wireless devices. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117366 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY IN HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for adjusting transmission power in wireless networks are provided. One aspect of the disclosure provides a method of wireless communication over a wireless communication medium. The method includes determining a level of interference for a data transmission from a transmitting device to an intended receiving device. The method further includes setting a transmission power level for transmitting a message based on the interference level, the message comprising one of a request-to-send (RTS) packet and a clear-to-send (CTS) packet. The method further includes transmitting the message at the set transmission power level. | 04-30-2015 |
20150288452 | COORDINATION OF PHYSICAL LAYER CHANNEL BONDING - A coax line terminal includes a first media access controller (MAC) corresponding to a first group of coax network units and a second MAC corresponding to a second group of coax network units. The coax line terminal also includes a first physical media entity (PME), coupled to the first MAC, to generate signals for transmission in a first frequency band, and a second PME, coupled to the first and second MACs, to generate signals for transmission in a second frequency band. The coax line terminal further includes a PME multiplexer to control access of the first and second MACs to the second PME. | 10-08-2015 |
20150289201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN IMPROVED MECHANISM FOR SELECTING AN ACCESS POINT - The present disclosure presents a method and apparatus for identifying an access point (AP) for selection by an access terminal (AT). For example, the method may include receiving a probe request by one or more APs from an AT, wherein the probe request is broadcasted by the AT to the one or more APs, generating load information and Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) values of the probe request at the one or more APs, identifying an AP of the one or more APs for selection by the AT, wherein the AP for selection by the AT is identified by the one or more APs based at least on the load information and RSSI values generated at the one or more APs, and transmitting information of an AP identified by the one or more APs to the AT. As such, an improved mechanism for selecting an access point may be achieved. | 10-08-2015 |
20150304065 | CONSTANT-CAPACITY PHYSICAL RESOURCE BLOCKS FOR UPSTREAM TRANSMISSIONS OVER COAX - A coax line terminal (CLT) transmits allocations of upstream bandwidth to a plurality of coax network units (CNUs). In response to the allocations, the CLT receives frames with data in a plurality of physical resource blocks that each correspond to a distinct set of subcarriers. The plurality of physical resource blocks includes a first group of physical resource blocks that all have a first constant allowed capacity. Sizes and modulation orders of respective physical resource blocks in the first group vary as defined by a first modulation profile. The data in the first group are received from one or more CNUs that are assigned the first modulation profile. | 10-22-2015 |
20150326405 | MULTICAST TRAFFIC BRIDGING - A fiber-coax unit (FCU) is coupled to an optical line terminal (OLT) and a plurality of coax network units (CNUs). The FCU receives a multicast frame from the OLT. The multicast frame includes a first multicast logical link identifier (LLID) dedicated for multicast traffic directed to CNUs. The FCU replaces the first multicast LLID in the multicast frame with a second multicast LLID corresponding to one or more multicast groups that include at least one CNU of the plurality of CNUs. The FCU transmits the multicast frame to the plurality of CNUs. | 11-12-2015 |
20150327282 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL SELECTION IN A WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK - In an aspect, methods and apparatus of communication include detecting a channel reselection condition for triggering reselection from a current channel to a first potential channel. The methods and apparatus further include determining that a first timer value meets or exceeds a first timer threshold value based at least in part on detecting the channel reselection condition. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include selecting the first potential channel from a channel list when the first timer value meets or exceeds the first timer threshold value. In another aspect, methods and apparatus include detecting an initial channel selection condition for triggering selection of a first initial channel. The methods and apparatus further include forming a channel list including one or more channels based on one or more channel selection parameters. Additionally, the methods and apparatus include selecting the first initial channel from the channel list. | 11-12-2015 |