Abstract: A base station apparatus is used in a mobile communication system in which at least a shared data channel is transmitted by an orthogonal modulation scheme using an I-channel and a Q-channel. The base station apparatus includes a providing unit providing Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information indicating whether retransmission of a signal received in uplink is required; a mapping unit mapping a number of multiplexed users of the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the I-channel or the Q-channel based on a predetermined mapping table; and a reporting unit reporting the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information to the respective users. The mapping table indicates that, when the number of the multiplexed users is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel or the Q-channel, and otherwise, the Acknowledgement/Non-Acknowledgement information is associated with the I-channel and the Q-channel.

Abstract: A method and a device for preventing interference in an overlapping service area are disclosed. The method for preventing interference in an overlapping service area of a wireless LAN can comprise the steps of: receiving, by an interference AP, a beacon frame broadcasted by an AP, wherein the beacon frame includes an interference prevention information element; receiving, by the interference AP, a sounding PPDU indicated on the basis of the interference prevention information element from the AP; determining, by the interference AP, a transmission control matrix on the basis of the sounding PPDU; and transmitting, by the interference AP, data through a beam generated on the basis of the transmission control matrix.

Abstract: The application provides a network device, which includes: a main control board and a service board, where the main control board includes a processor and a switching chip, and the service board includes a physical layer component. The switching chip is connected to the physical layer component by using a system bus. The system bus consists of a SerDes link, and is configured to transmit service data and control information of a port of the physical layer component. The processor controls the port of the physical layer component by using the control information of the port of the physical layer component. The network device transmits the service data and the control information by using the system bus, so that the service board does not need to set a CPU processing the control information, thereby expanding an interface flexibly, and reducing device complexity and hardware costs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating logical frames from arbitrating among packets is disclosed. An integrated circuit (IC) includes an arbitration circuit configured to generate a logical frame having a first number of bytes by selecting at least one a plurality of packets received from different functional circuit blocks. At least one of the plurality of packets is of a different data size than at least one other one of the plurality of packets. The arbitration circuit is configured to, when selecting two or more of the plurality of packets, generate the logical frame by concatenating selected packets together. The IC further includes a framing circuit configured to generate, based on the logical frame, a physical frame for an outgoing transmission over a serial communications link, wherein the physical frame comprises a second number of bytes that is less than or equal to the first number of bytes.

Abstract: Techniques are described for operating a network switch device associated with a virtual layer two (L2) network instance according to a protocol independent multicast (PIM) relay mode. The PIM relay mode enables the network switch device to receive a PIM control message, i.e., a PIM join and/or prune request, for a multicast group on a downstream port of the network switch device associated with a virtual L2 network instance, determine an upstream neighbor port of the network switch device associated with the instance, and relay the PIM control message on the upstream neighbor port of the network switch device without flooding the PIM control message on all ports of the switch device associated with the instance. In the PIM relay mode, the network switch device avoids triggering join suppression in downstream PIM neighbor devices with receivers, and avoids maintaining upstream states and setting a PIM periodic message timer.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed to provide egress port overload protection for network packet forwarding systems. Input packets are received at one or more ingress ports and load balanced among a plurality of egress ports for the packet forwarding system. Load balanced packets associated with each egress port are then sampled to generate sampled load balanced packets that are output from the egress port. For certain embodiments, a sampling percentage is used for the packet sampling, and the sampling percentage for each egress port is set based upon a comparison of a current traffic rate for the egress port to a threshold rate for the egress port. The threshold rates for the egress ports are allowed to be configured through a user interface. Further, session and non-session traffic can be identified, and session aware load balancing and/or per-port packet sampling can be applied.

Abstract: A wireless device (e.g., Machine Type Communications (MTC) device), a radio access network node (e.g., evolved Node B), and various methods are described herein for implementing long paging cycles (i.e., long discontinuous receive (DRX) cycles) within a wireless communication network.

Abstract: An improved system and method for implementing efficient decoding of scalable video bitstreams is provided. A virtual decoded picture buffer is provided for each lower layer of the scalable video bitstream. The virtual decoded picture buffer stores decoded lower layer pictures for reference. The decoded lower layer pictures used for reference are compiled to create a reference picture list for each layer. The reference picture list generated by the virtual decoded picture buffer is used during a direct prediction process instead of a target reference list to correctly decode a current macroblock.

Abstract: Distributed frame transmission method for a local client in a Local switched Network, the method comprises the steps of: determining a number of frame transmission time slots based on the number of local clients in the Network and a Time Distribution Window (TDW) and establishing an Identity Number, ID, of a specific receiving client and allocating a specific frame transmission time slot among said number of frame transmission time slots for transmitting frames to said specific receiving client from a buffer queue dedicated to said specific receiving client based on an ID of the local client, the established ID of said receiving client and the total number of local clients in the Local switched Network.

Abstract: A wireless communication system is disclosed. A method and apparatus for allowing a user equipment (UE) to transmit uplink control information through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) are disclosed. A method for allowing a UE to transmit uplink control information through a PUSCH in a wireless communication system includes receiving configuration information about a plurality of PUSCH feedback modes, identifying information indicating a specific PUSCH feedback mode for the PUSCH by using uplink allocation information for the PUSCH, and transmitting the uplink control information through the PUSCH in accordance with the specific PUSCH feedback mode.

Abstract: A Bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacon device and a BLE advertising method are provided. The BLE advertising method includes: enabling a broadcast action with different advertising packets simultaneously, wherein the advertising packets include connectable and unconnectable advertising packets; setting advertising time information of the advertising packets; setting advertising data and an advertising packet address code; and executing the broadcast action for the advertising packets in sequence according to the advertising time information and the type of each of the advertising packets.

Abstract: A device may include a line card and a control module. The line card may include a memory that stores a local routing table. The line card may request a routing entry from a routing table, receive the routing entry, insert the routing entry in the local routing table, and age out stale routing entries from the local routing table. The control module may include the routing table. The control module may distribute the routing entry in the routing table to the line card.

Abstract: A method of transmitting a status report from a receiving terminal to a transmitting terminal is disclosed. A receiving terminal generates a status report according to a first retransmission protocol implemented by a higher layer protocol layer and sends the status report to a transmitting terminal in one or more data units of a lower layer protocol. If the lower layer data units are not successfully received, the lower layer protocol provides a failure indication, referred to as a local NACK, to the higher layer protocol. In response to the failure indication, the higher layer protocol generates an updated status report and sends the updated status report from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus (101) includes an acquisition unit (121) for acquiring a power consumption of each of a plurality of power loads; a communication unit (125) for transmitting data associated with the power consumption to a server via a network; and a controller (127) for acquiring a congestion degree of the network, wherein the controller (127) determines a priority of the data based on the congestion degree and controls the communication unit (125) to transmit the data in priority order.

Abstract: The invention relates to a home cellular base station (HeNB), comprising a radio interface (RI), to communicate with a user equipment (UE), a local interface (LI), to communicate with a local gateway (L-GW) providing access to a local IP network, a user plane interface (S1-U), to communicate with a serving gateway (SGW), and a control plane interface (S1-MME), to communicate with a control node (MME). The home cellular base station (HeNB) further comprises a selection module (SelMod) set to obtain a first correlation ID for enabling a direct user plane path between the home cellular base station (HeNB) and the local gateway (L-GW), the first correlation ID being obtained via the control plane interface (S1-MME) upon each establishment of a bearer providing access to the local IP network. The invention also relates to a control node (MME), to a home subscriber server (HSS), to a direct path enablement method, and to a PDN management method.

Abstract: A cross carrier scheduling method is provided by a terminal. The terminal receives a control element including cross carrier scheduling configuration information from a base station, and sets a scheduling cell of a secondary cell in accordance with the cross carrier scheduling configuration information. The terminal starts to monitor scheduling information of the secondary cell at the scheduling cell from a time predefined between the base station and the terminal.

Abstract: Channel state information (CSI) feedback reporting is disclosed for multi-cell downlink cooperation networks. In such networks, when a user equipment (UE) has little uplink data traffic, CSI feedback is triggered by the serving base station through a downlink grant to the UE. The UE detects the CSI feedback trigger placed by the base station in the downlink grant and selects a set of uplink resources based, at least in part, on the downlink grant.

Abstract: A file format structure for use with scalable video coding systems and methods, where a rate share operation box indicates which adaptation operation points for coded media are available in a file. The rate share operation box can include a characterization of the adaptation result for each adaptation operation point. In addition, the rate share operation box can include an identifier that indicates which algorithm was used in generating each adaptation operation point.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, featuring receiving at a network device a plurality of packets associated with a flow, one or more of the plurality of packets having associated header data and content. Based on the content of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets, the network device identifies an application associated with the flow, where none of the first packets is addressed to the network device. For one or more second packets associated with the flow, the network device determines a forwarding destination for the second packets based on the application associated with the flow and forwards the packet according to the determined forwarding destination.

Abstract: In an example embodiment disclosed herein there is described a multi-radio device which comprises a first radio that first radio comprises a transmitter, and a second radio that second radio comprises a receiver that monitors a channel to obtain data representative of a predefined channel parameter. The second radio is operable to receive a signal from the first radio that indicates when the transmitter of the first radio is transmitting. The receiver of the second radio selectively excludes data representative of a predefined channel parameter based on whether the transmitter of the first radio is transmitting.