Abstract: A method for transmitting data in a wireless LAN may comprise the steps of: receiving a non-target clear to send (CTS) frame from a second station (STA) by a first STA; transmitting a request to send (RTS) frame to a first access point (AP) coupled with the first STA within a network allocation vector (NAV) interval configured on the basis of the non-target CTS frame by the first STA; receiving a CTS frame in response to the RTS frame from the first AP by the first STA; and transmitting a first data frame to the first AP by the first STA.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing planning of a plurality of base station controllers in a wireless network are disclosed. For example, the method obtains input data, and determines a limit for at least one base station controller parameter in accordance with the input data. The method determines if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded and determines an optimal output for an objective function, wherein the objective function is based on a plurality of penalty factors, if the limit for the at least one base station controller parameter is exceeded.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in a mobile device telemetry system is disclosed. The method and apparatus relate to aspects in a mobile device protocol health monitoring system. The method and apparatus provide a system to monitor and assess protocol health, log protocol health data and communicate the logs of protocol health data to a remote system. The system may also take corrective actions based upon specific indications of protocol health. The method and apparatus also provides protocol health indications and corrective actions based upon monitoring the message transmission rate. The method and apparatus also provides protocol health indications and corrective actions based upon monitoring for a line disconnect.

Abstract: Technologies for controlling mobile communication devices in a low reception area includes predicting a future location of the mobile communication device and determining reception data for the predicted future location. The reception data is indicative of an expected level of reception by the mobile communication device while in the future location. Transmission power of a communication circuit of the mobile communication device may be reduced in response to a determination that the expected level of reception is less than a reference threshold.

Abstract: A data transmission method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: receiving service data sent by a first terminal, the first terminal being a single-mode terminal or a multi-mode terminal; monitoring forwarding load traffic of a back-end egress of a first network device in a first network; when the load traffic reaches present load traffic, switching a current forwarding mode to a routing mode, and selecting a second terminal as a forwarding node of the first terminal, the second terminal being a multi-mode terminal; forwarding the service data to the second terminal, so that the second terminal coverts the service data and sends the converted service data to a second network device in a second network. According the embodiments of the present invention, the technical problem of a low utilization rate of the total bandwidth of a network egress in the prior art is solved.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relates to a signal processing method and a base station. The method includes: splitting, by a base station, an array antenna to form a first transmit beam and a second transmit beam in a downlink direction, where the first transmit beam covers a first cell and the second transmit beam covers a second cell; performing, by the base station, weighting on the array antenna in an uplink direction to form a receive beam; and transmitting, by the base station, a downlink signal to first user equipment UE by using the first transmit beam, and performing uplink signal transmission with the first UE by using the receive beam, where the first UE is located in the first cell.

Abstract: Techniques described herein may enable Evolved Packet Core (EPC) devices (e.g., Mobility Management Entities (MMEs), Serving Gateways (SGWs), or Packet Data Network Gateways (PGWs)) to transfer a connection with a User Equipment (UE) from one EPC device to another EPC device without a break in service for the UE. The transfer may occur in response to an EPC device being overloaded, an EPC device being added or removed from a logical group of EPC devices, or in response one EPC device becoming more appropriate for the UE than another EPC device (e.g., due to a change in the geographic location of the UE). EPC devices may be implemented as virtual network functions, and the transfer of the UE may occur while the UE is in an active mode or an idle mode.

Abstract: A network switch apparatus, includes: a network port configured to receive a packet; instrument ports configured to communicate with respective network monitoring instruments; a packet duplication module configured to copy the packet to provide multiple packets that are identical to each other: a tagging module configured to tag the multiple packets with different respective identifiers to obtain tagged packets; and a processing unit coupled to the instrument ports; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine whether a first one of the tagged packets satisfies a first criterion, whether a second one of the tagged packets satisfies a second criterion, process the first one of the tagged packets in a first manner if the first one of the tagged packets satisfies the first criterion, and process the second one of the tagged packets in a second manner if the second one of the tagged packets satisfies the second criterion.

Abstract: A method of providing a multicast service is provided by a terminal in a terminal-to-terminal direct communication. The terminal transmits a service start request message requesting a start of a multicast service to a multicast server, and receives a service start response message including a result of permitting a start request from the multicast server. The terminal receives, via a base station, resource information of a resource which a multicast coordinator allocates to the multicast service in accordance with a request of the multicast server, and transmits multicast service data based on the resource information.

Abstract: A two-stage signaling concept for a datastream to be transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver is proposed. At the transmitter side, a plurality of frame headers are generated, each frame header including data transmission parameters for payload data. A super-frame header for a super-frame is generated. The super-frame includes a plurality of frames, each frame including one of the frame headers and payload data. The super-frame header indicates a set of super-frame-constant frame header transmission parameters for the frame headers of the plurality of frames of the super-frame. A receiver evaluates the super-frame header of to obtain the super-frame-constant frame header transmission parameters, which are then used to evaluate the plurality of frame headers PLH to retrieve the data transmission parameters. The proposed concept provides added flexibility, less signaling overhead, and/or an option of improved receiver performance at low SNR levels.

Abstract: It is described a network connection method and a user equipment, and relates to the field of network technologies. The method includes: scanning two-dimensional code provided by an access point device, to obtain data of a target access point; obtaining a configuration description file according to the data of the target access point, the configuration description file being used to connect to the target access point; and installing the configuration description file, and after detecting the target access point, connecting to the target access point according to the configuration description file. In embodiments of the present invention, a configuration description file of a closed system is generated by using data of a target access point in two-dimensional code, so that the data of the target access point may be installed in the system by using the configuration description file.

Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless communication. From a plurality of physical carriers associated with a clear channel assessment (CCA) performed by a device, one of the physical carriers for which the CCA was successful may be identified. A virtual carrier associated with a wireless data transmission by the device may be mapped to the identified one of the physical carriers.

Abstract: A method and device for reporting channel state information in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method for reporting channel state information (CSI) by means of a terminal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: measuring a first reference signal transmitted from a first subset of antenna ports from among a plurality of antenna ports in a base station; measuring a second reference signal transmitted from a second subset of antenna ports from among the plurality of antenna ports; and reporting the CSI to the base station based on at least one of the measurement of the first reference signal and the measurement of the second reference signal, wherein at least one of the plurality of antenna ports is included in both the first subset and the second subset.

Abstract: Systems and methods for per queue per service buffering capability for traffic shaping include receiving an ingress packet; responsive to no traffic shaping, providing the ingress packet to an output interface; and, responsive to traffic shaping, performing one of sending the ingress packet to the output interface, buffering the ingress packet in a queue based on service priority, and dropping the ingress packet. The traffic shaping can include one of a token bucket algorithm and a leaky bucket algorithm.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a method for providing a service set identifier (SSID) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method includes encoding the SSID with a character encoding for each of one or more default system platforms, to generate one or more SSID codes suitable for the system platforms, and broadcasting the generated SSID codes suitable for the system platforms in the WLAN.

Abstract: Exploratory beamforming training techniques for 60 GHz devices are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a station (STA) comprising logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to identify an exploratory link quality associated with an exploratory beamforming configuration for a directionally-beamformed wireless link, determine whether to revert to a previous beamforming configuration for the directionally-beamformed wireless link based on the exploratory link quality, and in response to a determination to revert to the previous beamforming configuration, send a frame comprising a rollback notification for the directionally-beamformed wireless link. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A message forwarding method and system, and a relay agent device, where the forwarding method includes receiving a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) for Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (DHCPv6) message from a DHCPv6 client through a layer-3 interface, generating a relay-forward message, where the first DHCPv6 message is encapsulated into the relay-forward message and an identifier (ID) of the layer-3 interface is added therein, and sending the relay-forward message to a DHCPv6 server.

Abstract: Subscriber management and network service integration for an access network is described in which a centralized controller provides seamless end-to-end service from a network to access nodes. For example, a method includes dynamically establishing a control channel between the centralized controller and an access node, and establishing a transport label switched path (LSP) transport network packets between the access node and the network node. The access node sends, via the control channel, an endpoint indication message that indicates that an endpoint that has joined the network at the access node. The access node receives a pseudo wire request message via the control channel to install forwarding state for creating a pseudo wire for providing one or more network services to the endpoint. The access node receives a direct switch message via the control channel to configure the access node to map traffic received from the endpoint to the pseudo wire.

Abstract: A sequence of packets is stored in a memory of the network device such that a current packet in the sequence of packets is stored at a predetermined distance following a preceding packet in the sequence. Lengths of corresponding ones of the packets stored in the memory are indicated in the memory. The packets are sequentially read from the memory based on the indicated lengths of corresponding ones of the packets stored in the memory. An operation is performed on the ones of the packets read from the memory. Subsequent to performing the operation, least some of the packets are written back to the memory. Ones of the packets are written to the memory beginning at a memory location following a respective preceding packet in the sequence by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a sending method and apparatus for enhanced physical downlink control channel. The method comprises: a start position of the ePDCCH in a subframe is determined according to a high-level signaling and/or preset rule; and a pilot signal for ePDCCH and data carried on the ePDCCH are sent. By applying the present disclosure, the interference between the ePDCCH and the downlink control channel is reduced, and the efficiency of downlink transmission is improved.