Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for performing channel access at an STA of a multiuser (MU) group in a wireless communication system, including receiving a resource assignment frame; and checking a group indicator field included in the resource assignment frame, wherein, if the group indicator field indicates that a slot assignment field for the MU group is present in the resource assignment frame, the STA determines a slot start offset based on the slot assignment field.

Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for causing network routers such as Area Border Routers (ABRs) to use a preferred tie-breaking mechanism to select one path in the event of an ERO expansion operation resulting in multiple equal cost paths.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided to allow a low power and fast application service transmission (LP-FAST) engine to enhance the quality of service (QoS) and optimize the power consumption of the mobile applications operating in a mobile terminal in a service-aware, bandwidth-aware and power-consumption-aware manner.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for transmitting a control signal for device-to-device (D2D) communication with a second terminal by a first terminal in a wireless communication system, wherein the method is carried out by the first terminal and comprises the steps of: mapping control information for the D2D communication to a resource region for the D2D communication; and transmitting, to the second terminal, the mapped control information for the D2D communication with data for the D2D communication, wherein the control information for the D2D communication includes modulation and coding scheme (MCS) related information and hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) related information, and the control information for the D2D communication can be mapped to at least one symbol except for symbol(s) to which a reference signal is mapped.

Abstract: A communication system includes a plurality of port switches that include first and second port switches, a plurality of fabric switches that construct communication paths among the plurality of port switches, and a user switch. Each of the plurality of port switches is connected to each of the plurality of fabric switches via different communication lines. The first and second port switches are connected by a common communication line between redundancy ports of the first and second port switches to thereby form a same domain group. The user switch is connected to each of the first and second port switches via different communication lines, and also sets link aggregation for ports of the user switch that are connection sources of the communication lines that connect the user switch and each of the first and second port switches.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for estimating the probability of movement of access points in a WLAN-based positioning system are provided. Disclosed are methods to quantify the probability that a particular location estimate of a mobile device made by a Wi-Fi based positioning system is correct to within an arbitrary accuracy. Implementations use observed access point cluster size, age information for access point location determination, and/or the probability that one or more access points detected by the mobile device have relocated based on historic information about the movement of a collection of access points to make the probability determinations.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate bandwidth selection for interference measurements. For example, evolved universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) radio access network (E-UTRAN) systems may benefit from reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurement configurations that take into account an identified need.

Abstract: A method at a user equipment in an LTE system includes selecting one of a number of CDMA systems, and signaling indication(s) of the selected CDMA system to a network element. The network element receives indication(s) of CDMA system(s), which correspond to requested action(s) by a UE. The network element routes information corresponding to the requested action(s) to the CDMA system(s). Another network element in the LTE system signals to the UE indications of a mapping of a number of CDMA systems to associated ones of LTE system(s). The other network element receives signaling from the UE including indication(s) of selected CDMA system(s) selected by the UE.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for half-duplex (HD) frequency division duplex (FDD) (HD-FDD) operation are disclosed. The method in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes monitoring a first frequency for all downlink sub-frames for downlink communication except during a cell specific uplink frame, retuning to a second frequency and transmitting a scheduling request (SR) during a WTRU specific period of the cell specific uplink frame, wherein the WTRU specific period is based on a duty cycle, and retuning to the first frequency and receiving an uplink grant in a subsequent sub-frame.

Abstract: There is provided a method for enabling a user equipment (UE) to transition between a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level and at least one discontinuous reception (DRX) level. The UE in a DRX level wakes up periodically to monitor a scheduling channel. The method includes receiving a DRX indicator in a Non-DRX level with continuously monitoring the scheduling channel and transitioning from the Non-DRX level to a DRX level indicated by the DRX indicator. The UE can transition between multiple DRX levels by an explicit command/signaling.

Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method in a user equipment for handling control information in a radio communications network. The user equipment is served in a cell controlled by a radio network node and is of a second type of user equipments. The user equipment monitors a search space for control information of a physical data control channel, PDCCH, which search space is associated with the second type of user equipments. The PDCCH comprises at least one control channel element that comprises resource elements at least partly comprised in a second region of resource elements. The resource elements of the second region are only allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of the second type. The at least one CCE is defined in relation to a CCE of a first region of resource elements, which resource elements of the first region are allowed to be scheduled for control information to user equipments of a first type.

Abstract: A method provides data communication to a vehicle. The method comprises a first data packet from a device associated with said vehicle at an intermediate device, said first data packet comprising a first identifier identifying said vehicle, modifying said first identifier to identify said intermediate device and forwarding said modified first data packet from said intermediate device to a further device. A communications session between said device associated with said further device is established, and a session identifier is associated with the communications session, and said first data packet comprises said session identifier and said modified data packet comprises said session identifier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for selecting a bearer mode, a packet gateway, and a policy and charging rule function entity, relating to the field of communications technologies, and solving the problem that a base station selects a suitable air interface transmission mode for a bearer of a mobile terminal. Indication information of an air interface transmission mode supported by a mobile terminal is received. According to the indication information and a received enhanced policy and charging control rule that is sent by a policy and charging rule function entity, an air interface transmission mode allowed to be used by a bearer bound with a service flow of the mobile terminal is determined. A session establishment reply message is sent to a serving gateway to which the mobile terminal belongs, where the session establishment reply message comprises the air interface transmission mode allowed to be used by the bearer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a transmission and reception point and a terminal. The transmission and reception point and the terminal perform cooperative communication.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission of information in a wireless communication network between a radio access node and a relay node, wherein, according to a new ground rule, for each allocated downlink subframe for a downlink transmission from the access node to the relay node, an uplink transmission subframe for an uplink transmission is allocated four transmission time intervals later. A downlink subframe is only allocated when a further subframe of the same transmission time interval for a transmission from the relay node to the user equipment is a subframe of a type that indicates to a user equipment that no data are received beyond a control region of the subframe.

Abstract: System and method for performance-based routing in an SDN. An SDN controller is configured to adaptively determine data transmission routes based on real-time route performance evaluation provided by a virtual router. The virtual router includes a route detection component to attain route performance data and a performance evaluation component to evaluate the route performance based on predetermined criteria provided by the SDN controller. The evaluation result is sent to the SDN controller and used to intelligently determine a superior route selection and route usage for a specific application program. According to the determination, the SDN controller updates the flow table associated with the virtual router for subsequent data transmission.

Abstract: A method includes transmitting a random access preamble, receiving a random access response as a response of the random access preamble, wherein the random access response comprises an uplink resource assignment and a request for transmission of a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), and transmitting the CQI in the uplink resource assignment.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for collecting and distributing Diameter overload control information to non-adjacent nodes are disclosed. One system for implementing the subject matter described herein includes a Diameter overload control information broker. The Diameter overload control information broker includes a Diameter overload control information collector for receiving Diameter overload control information from at least one Diameter node separate from the Diameter overload control information broker. The broker includes a memory for storing the overload control information. The broker further includes a Diameter overload control information distributor for distributing the Diameter overload control information to at least one Diameter node that is not adjacent to the at least one Diameter node from which the overload control information was received.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a precoding indicator combining method, a terminal and a network-side device. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal and from a network-side device, an offset position of a downlink fractional dedicated physical channel F-DPCH or a downlink dedicated physical channel DPCH of at least one cell, and an offset position of a downlink fractional transmitted precoding indicator channel F-TPICH of at least one cell; and determining, by the terminal, a transmitted precoding indicator TPI combining window of the cell, so that an effective position of a TPI is located at a timeslot boundary of the first uplink dedicated physical control channel DPCCH after an end boundary of the TPI combining window, thereby enabling a UE to use a timely TPI and improving demodulation performance of the UE for sending data.

Abstract: A method can include analyzing endpoint preference data from each of a plurality of endpoints of a multimedia conference. The endpoint preference data for each respective endpoint represents a desired distribution of bandwidth for different types of data in the multimedia conference for each respective endpoint. The method can also include allocating bandwidth between the different types of data for each of the plurality of endpoints in the multimedia conference based on the analysis of the endpoint preference data.