Abstract: In a communication system, a service centralization and continuity application server (SCC AS): receives a first SIP message for establishing an IMS centralized service session; receives early session media information; and sends a second SIP message carrying the early session media information to a media gateway control device. The early session media information is carried in the second SIP message in a form of regular session media information, thus the media gateway control device uses an existing circuit switched bearer to transmit early session media to a first user equipment. The existing circuit switched bearer is established under control of the media gateway control device for a session between the first user equipment and a third user equipment. The SCC AS receives an off-hook signal from the second user equipment, and sends the regular session media information to the media gateway control device.

Abstract: Systems and methods presented herein provide for an LTE wireless communication system operating in an RF band with a conflicting wireless system. The LTE system includes a first eNodeB operable to transmit downlink communications to UEs in the RF band and to receive uplink communications from the UEs in the RF band. The first eNodeB is also operable to transmit an LTE control channel across a portion of the RF band, to time divide the LTE control channel into a plurality of subchannels, and to occupy a first of the subchannels. A second eNodeB is operable to detect the LTE control channel and to occupy a second of the subchannels proximate in time to the first subchannel of the first eNodeB.

Abstract: Systems and methods relating to configuring a Secondary Component Carrier (SCC) for a wireless device in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises obtaining capabilities of the wireless device, where the capabilities indicate a frequency band combination supported by the wireless device. The frequency band combination supported by the wireless device includes a first frequency band supported by a base station and the wireless device used for a Primary Cell (PCell) of the wireless device and a second frequency band supported by the wireless device but not supported by the base station. The method further comprises identifying an overlap between the second frequency band supported by the wireless device but not supported by the base station and a third frequency band supported by the base station but not supported by the wireless device and configuring the SCC for the wireless device in the overlap.

Abstract: A method implemented by a network controller, comprising receiving an address filter from a service chain orchestrator, wherein the address filter comprises a plurality of service instance (SI) addresses associated with a plurality of SIs in a network, obtaining network topology information from a plurality of service function (SF) forwarders controlled by the network controller, wherein the network topology information indicates a plurality of network devices communicatively coupled to the plurality of controlled SF forwarders, and wherein at least some of the network devices are SI hosting devices, and generating a service chain topology map by building mappings between at least some of the plurality of controlled SF forwarders, the SI hosting devices, and the plurality of SIs according to the network topology information and the address filter.

Abstract: An Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network provides connectivity to one or more customer premises to packet-bases services, such as ATM, Frame Relay, or IP while advantageously providing a mechanism for assuring security and regulation of customer traffic. Upon receipt of each customer-generated information frame, an ingress Multi-Service Platform (MSP) “tags” the frame with a customer descriptor that specifically identifies the recipient customer. In practice, the MSP tags each frame by overwriting the Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) identifier with the routing descriptor. Using the customer descriptor in each frame, a recipient Provider Edge Router (PER) or ATM switch can map the information as appropriate to direct the information to the specific customer. In addition, the customer descriptor may also include Quality of Service (QoS) allowing the recipient Provider Edge Router (PER) or ATM switch to vary the QoS level accordingly.

Abstract: A method includes receiving a command to change a medium access control (MAC) address associated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) apparatus; and changing the medium access control address, without restarting a wireless modem of the apparatus, only if a restriction on an allowed rate of medium access control address changes is not violated. An apparatus that operates in accordance with the method is also described.

Abstract: One external ports of the line cards are set as member ports of the same LAG. When monitoring a continuity between the member ports of the LAG and an outside of the device, a management card generates a first monitoring frame and transmits it to any line card corresponding to the LAG. The line card transmits the first monitoring frame to the outside of the device from the external port. When the line cards corresponding to the LAG receive a second monitoring frame from the outside of the device by the LAG, the line cards transmit the second monitoring frames to the management card.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a downlink control channel transmission method, characterized by comprising: user equipment (UE) receives a first downlink control information (DCI) and a second DCI, wherein, the first DCI and the second DCI are used for jointly indicating scheduling information carried by a downlink control channel; the UE determines the first DCI as a primary DCI and the second DCI as a secondary DCI; and the UE acquires the scheduling information carried by the downlink control channel according to the primary DCI and the secondary DCI. Also disclosed in the present invention are a communication device and a system. According to the solution provided by the present invention, the transmission of the downlink control channel corresponding to an extended resource is indicated, and the backward compatibility of the control channel is ensured.

Abstract: A telecommunications server (2) controlling a plurality of telecommunications terminals (4) connected to a packet switched telecommunications system (40, 41), responds to call events (20) by transmitting an alert (251, 252) to each of the terminals. If the server is not capable of processing all the required event alerts in parallel, it processes the event alerts to the terminals in a predetermined sequence, according to stored prioritization rules (60). The priority accorded to an individual terminal may be set according to the alert mode (visual-only, or audible) currently set for that terminal (or the user currently using the terminal) for that call type or calling party.

Abstract: A method of controlling a receiver of a data unit communication from a data source is described, said receiver being associated with a first terminal of a data unit communication network providing said first terminal with a transport service characterized by a set of values associated with respective service quality parameters, said service quality parameters comprising a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR), said data source being associated with a second terminal. The method comprises determining, by the receiver, whether a received data unit contains an Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN). If said ECN is detected, the method further comprises sending, from the receiver, to said data source a message for adjusting a data transmission rate of said data source, said message indicating as an upper bound for said data transmission rate a value corresponding to a value associated with the GBR for said first transport service.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method, including receiving data for transmission over a physical link, acquiring information about the data transmission, setting physical layer link adaptation parameters for the transmission based on the acquired information, wherein the setting includes adjusting the physical layer link adaptation parameters separately for transmission in an application data transfer direction and an application feedback direction. Also, the present invention provides a correspondingly adapted device and computer program product.

Abstract: A receiving side data communication device calculates, at prescribed times, an actual measured RTT, which is the time required for data to travel to a transmission side data communication device and back, a data transfer rate for the data transfer, and a data loss ratio, which is the ratio of the number of packets not received by the receiving side data communication device to the number of packets sent from the transmission side data communication device. The receiving side data communication device uses the most recent data transfer rate and the data loss ratio to calculate a transfer score according to a prescribed calculation formula, and increases or decreases the reference RTT in accordance with the change in the transfer score.

Abstract: In order to reduce radio resources allocated to PDCCHs and improve the data rate even when a plurality of component carriers are aggregated into a wide band, the present invention provides a base station apparatus having: a downlink control information generation section (306) configured to generate downlink control information (DCI) to demodulate PDSCHs that are sent independently in respective component carriers (CCs) allocated to a user terminal; and a transmitting section configured to transmit a PDCCH containing the downlink control information (DCI). The downlink control information (DCI) generated by the downlink control information generation section (306) is added with identification information (CIF) that is used to demodulate the PDSCHs assigned to the component carriers and is capable of identifying each of the component carriers.

Abstract: It is disclosed a method of monitoring, a Multi-Protocol Label Switching network, a tandem connection of a Label Switched Path. The tandem connection to be monitored has an input node and an output node. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a first Operation Administration Management packet at the input node; and generating a second OAM packet at the input node. According to the invention, the following steps are further performed: a tandem connection header is inserted into the first OAM packet; both the first OAM packet with the tandem connection header and the second OAM packet are sent towards the output node; and the second OAM packet is identified according to the presence or absence of said tandem connection header.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) with user equipment in a wireless communication system. The user equipment performs channel coding on information bits of UCI to generate encoded information bits; modulates the generated encoded information bits to generate complex modulation symbols; spreads the complex modulation symbols blockwise into a plurality of single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbols on the basis of an orthogonal sequence; and transmits the spread complex modulation symbols to a base station.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for communicating packets having a plurality of types are described herein. In some aspects, the packets include a compressed MAC header. In some aspects the packets include an acknowledgment (ACK) frame. The fields included in a particular packet type may be based on the type of information to be communicated to the receiving device.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for resource allocation of backhaul link control channel information and a device therefor. Upon application of technical solutions proposed by embodiments of the present invention and based on the condition of introducing the DMRS and CSI-RS, remaining REs which are not occupied by the CSI-RS and/or the DM-RS in an OFDM symbol is configured to constitute an REG, which is used to transmit or discard the backhaul link control channel information. Thus without much improvement on the existing LTE system specification, a resource allocation scheme of the backhaul link control channel information in corresponding physical resource blocks has been proposed, which accommodates for both simple specification design and full utilization on resources, and realizes flexible design and allocation in light of demands of the real system.

Abstract: A communication duration configuring method is used in a mobile communication system with a relay station for relaying wireless communications between a base station and a mobile station. The method includes: configuring at least one of a downlink communication duration in which the relay station receives a transmission signal from the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the relay station to the mobile station, and an uplink communication duration in which the relay station transmits the transmission signal to the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the mobile station to the relay station; measuring a self-interference amount in the relay station; and controlling a configuration of the communication duration according to the self-interference amount.

Abstract: A base station for use in a wireless network, wherein the base station transmits in a downlink to a plurality of subscriber stations using a plurality of antennas according to a multiple input, multiple-output (MIMO) protocol. During a first downlink subframe, the base station operates in single-user MIMO mode in which the base station transmits a first data subpacket to a first subscriber station using a first antenna and transmits a second data subpacket to the first subscriber station using a second antenna. During a second downlink subframe following the first downlink subframe, the base station operates in multi-user MIMO mode in which the base station transmits a third data subpacket to the first subscriber station using the first antenna and transmits a fourth data subpacket to a second subscriber station using the second antenna.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed in which a device receives data regarding a topology of a network. Traffic data for one or more data links in the network and performance data for the one or more data links are also received. A data rate change is simulated for the one or more data links using the topology data, traffic data, and performance data. Based on the simulated data rate change, a data rate change command is provided to one or more nodes associated with the one or more data links.