Abstract: The technical features of this document provide a method and wireless apparatus for controlling a number of timers associated with ISR function. The method is applicable to a user equipment moving between different networks, i.e., different radio access networks such as 2G/3G and LTE. The method is associated with a deactivate timer which can be initiated following a periodic tracking area updating timer. The method comprises starting the deactivate ISR timer when the periodic tracking area updating timer expires and the mobility management back-off timer is running while the UE is in the coverage of LTE.

Abstract: A computer network is described in which the data-link layer address, e.g., MAC address, of the network cards of client nodes are used to uniquely identify the nodes in the provision of network to application layer services. A link layer aware router may determine the MAC address of a client node from a data packet transmitted by the client node, and determines the services to provide to the user, e.g., a proxy redirect of the packet, based on a database of client node MAC addresses to user attributes. By determining MAC addresses, the router can also identify unregistered MAC addresses, and can forward a HTTP request by an unregistered user to a remote configuration web page for registering the user or to a security warning web page. The router may also support Network Address Translation and Domain Name System services using the MAC addresses, with a fully qualified domain name, hostname or the like being assigned to the MAC addresses.

Abstract: A mobile terminal (UE) used in a mobile communication network that includes a mobility management entity (MME) and a serving gateway (S-GW), receives paging from the mobile communication network, upon arrival of an incoming call destined for the mobile terminal at the mobile communication network, in which if the mobility management entity has restarted, the serving gateway maintains a specific S5/S8 bearer and deletes other bearers, and in response to the paging, re-attaches to the mobile communication network.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for aggregated non-transparent requester ID translation in a PCIe switch. The system may include a first switch that is enabled to receive a request from a non-transparent port of a second switch at an aggregated downstream port of the first switch and translating the requester ID of the request at the first switch using the aggregated switch number and the captured bus number of the requester ID. The method may include receiving a request from a non-transparent port of a second switch at an aggregated downstream port of a first switch and translating the requester ID of the request at the first switch using the aggregated switch number and the captured bus number of the requester ID.

Abstract: A method of transmitting subframe designating information in downlink in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes generating the subframe designating information for designating a subframe of a specific type in a radio frame and transmitting the generated subframe designating information to a user equipment, wherein the subframe designating information includes initial location information indicating an initial location of the subframe of the specific type on the radio frame and period information indicating a period for the subframe of the specific type to be repeated.

Abstract: A consumer-to-consumer lending system and method for digital content such as digital ebooks. The lending system invention enables a user who has purchased digital content to lend that content to another user. The lending system enables a lender to extend a lending offer to a lendee and a lendee to respond to the lending offer. A lendee may accept or reject a lending offer. Upon acceptance, the lending system provides the lent content to the lendee who controls the content until returning it, purchasing it or until a predetermined lending period expires. During the lending period the lender does not have access to the lent digital content item. The lending system assists a lender with initiating a lending offer, such as providing a pre-populated email form, and delivers the lend offer notification to the target lendee. Lending offers may be initiated and notifications received over common channels, including email systems, mobile devices, and web-based user accounts.

Abstract: Alarm reporting systems and methods for reporting alarms to a central monitoring station using fixed mobile convergence (FMC) techniques. An alarm reporting system comprises a plurality of sensors, an alarm reporting module that receives alarm signals from the plurality of sensors, and a logic unit that generates an alarm message related to the alarm signal. The alarm reporting module further comprises at least two transceivers, the first of which is a wi-fi transceiver that communicates with a central monitoring station via a wireless access point further connected to an internet connection. The second transceiver is a cellular tranceiver that communicates with the central monitoring station via a cellular network further connected to an internet gateway. The second tranceiver provides redundancy in case the wireless access point or the first internet connection become unavailable.

Abstract: A method of acquiring system information in a wireless communication system includes receiving scheduling system information including scheduling information indicating a start time of dynamic system information, monitoring the dynamic system information from a start time of the dynamic system information according to the scheduling system information, and ending the monitoring of the dynamic system information upon receiving a system information end indicator indicating an end time of the dynamic system information. Since an end time of dynamic system information is indicated, a process of acquiring system information can be further effectively performed.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system for providing ad hoc venue-cast content to a plurality of receiving access terminals within a venue boundary. Ad hoc content may be generated at an access terminal, transmitted to a venue-cast server, and broadcast to a plurality of venue-cast receiving access terminals within a venue. In addition to broadcasting the ad hoc content, a notification is given to the plurality of receiving access terminals, notifying them regarding the availability of the ad hoc content.

Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal for cell search in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) communications system. The method includes acquiring Primary Synchronization CHannel (P-SCH) sequence and Secondary Synchronization CHannel (S-SCH) sequence; mapping the P-SCH sequence and the S-SCH sequence onto subcarriers; generating OFDM symbols including the P-SCH sequence and the S-SCH sequence mapped onto subcarriers; and transmitting the OFDM symbols, wherein a frame comprising a plurality of OFDM symbols, a part of the plurality of OFDM symbols in the frame is used for transmitting Synchronization CHannel (SCH) comprising P-SCH and S-SCH, and wherein the P-SCH and the S-SCH are mapped to adjacent OFDM symbols and the S-SCH is mapped to subcarriers with a predetermined interval in a frequency domain within an OFDM symbol.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to group communications in a wireless communications system, e.g., a peer to peer wireless communications system, are described. Methods and apparatus directed to closed groups, e.g., where the number of group members are fixed at a given time and known to one or more members of the group, are described. Various embodiments are well suited to decentralized peer to peer wireless networks including a plurality of individual traffic resources, e.g., traffic slots and/or traffic segments, which may be independently scheduled in a decentralized manner. Some features and/or aspects are directed to the use of individual group member acknowledgement signaling in response to a transmitted group traffic data signal. By monitoring for anticipated individual group member acknowledgment signals and identifying members which have not signaled a positive acknowledgment, re-transmission can be directed and/or tailored to a subset of the group.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are configured to support a plurality of Media Access Control (MAC) versions in a broadband wireless communication system. An operating method of a terminal to support the multiple MAC versions in the broadband wireless communication system includes receiving a message comprising information of one or more MAC versions supported by a base station, from the base station; and sending information of one or more MAC versions supported by the terminal, to the base station using a message. Thus, in the wireless environment where the multiple MAC versions are mixed, the MAC version can be matched.

Abstract: A statistic tool is provided for use in relation with a group of nodes in which each node has a statistic server configured to maintain application-related statistical data on local execution in the node. The statistic tool comprises a statistic manager for storing centralized statistical data obtained from the nodes and an intermediary server for processing a request from another computer system concerning the execution of an application by gathering statistical data received from those of the nodes that intervene in the execution of the application.

Abstract: Multi-user uplink communications within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communication systems. Within such communication systems, uplink communications from various receiving wireless communication devices (e.g., STAs) to a transmitting wireless communication device (e.g., AP) may occur in any of a number of various dimensions or combinations thereof including MU-MIMO dimension and frequency dimension (asynchronous FDM or synchronous FDM). In accordance with such uplink communications, various considerations such as time synchronization, frequency synchronization, and/or power control (including wireless communication device grouping). When performing uplink asynchronous FDM signaling, power control as grouping is used. When performing uplink synchronous FDM signaling, time synchronization, frequency synchronization, and power control (such as including wireless communication device grouping) is performed.

Abstract: A method processes information to be sent via radio, according to which first bits represent a first number of N-tuples and second bits represent a second number of N-tuples. The first bits are to be sent using a first group of sub-bands of a frequency band, and the second bits are to be sent using a second group of sub-bands of the frequency band. A first modulation method is used for the first bits and a second modulation method is used for the second bits. The first bits are rearranged, forming M-tuples, and a symbol is formed from each M-tuple according to the first modulation method. The second bits are rearranged, forming P-tuples, and a symbol is formed from each P-tuple according to the second modulation method, and M?P. A corresponding method is used for processing information received by radio. Base stations and mobile radio stations carry out the method.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for compensating for crosstalk using adaptation of data signals transmitted over respective channels of a communication network. In one example, a method comprises the following steps. Data is transmitted to a communication network device via a communication line during a sequence of periods. For each period of the sequence of periods, a separate value of a measure of crosstalk that was measured at the communication network device is received, each value being an average of measurements at the device of measures of crosstalk for a plurality of communication network signal subcarriers. For each individual signal subcarrier of the plurality, a matrix is updated based on the received values, the matrix being configured to precode data transmissions to the communication network device over the individual signal subcarrier. The communication network may be a DSL system, the signal subcarriers may be DSL tones, and the measure of crosstalk may be a SINR value.

Abstract: Systems and methods of informing a serving cell of a target cell handover capability are provided. In some cases, a mobile station determines whether inbound handover is possible and communicates this to the serving cell. The mobile station may make this determination based on broadcast information from the target cell. Alternatively, the mobile station may make this determination based on a message generated by a target cell controller that is sent to the mobile station through the serving cell. In another example, the mobile station construes the absence of a response to a cell change notification as an indication that inbound handover to the target cell is not possible.

Abstract: Techniques for transmitting power decision pilots are described. A transmitter (e.g., a base station or a UE) may transmit a power decision pilot to indicate a transmit power level that it will use on subsequent time-frequency resources. In one design, the transmitter may determine a set of time-frequency resources to use for transmitting the power decision pilot, determine the transmit power level for the power decision pilot based on the transmit power level to use for data transmission, and transmit the power decision pilot on the set of time-frequency resources to indicate the transmit power level to use for data transmission on the subsequent time-frequency resources. A receiver (e.g., a UE or a base station) may receive power decision pilots from a set of transmitters and may estimate channel quality that the receiver can expect on the subsequent time-frequency resources based on the power decision pilots.

Abstract: A method of operating a user equipment device includes extracting at least one rank indicator (RI) from an uplink grant, and adapting a transmission rank in response to said RI. At least two transmit antennas are configured to transmit according to said transmission rank.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for registering a user as a subscriber in a communication network. The method includes transmitting a registration message which defines an identity of the user to the communication network. The method also includes providing in the registration message a header field for defining at least one other identity of the user as a subscriber. The method also includes performing a one-by-one registration based on an identity information stored at a terminal device, whereby the identity information defines at least one other identity of the user as a subscriber. Thus, the user or subscriber can register some or all of his public identities at once with one registration procedure, allowing the user to utilize his identities by grouping public identities under user profiles or under private identities, while preventing unwanted calls.