Channel Allocation Patents (Class 455/509)
  • Patent number: 7978676
    Abstract: A radio relay apparatus to periodically transmit a beacon to a radio terminal apparatus, comprises: a control section for generating a beacon including group identification information indicating a group to which a radio terminal apparatus of a reception object of the beacon belongs; and a transmission section for transmitting the generated beacon to the radio terminal apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takehiro Aibara, Masato Nunokawa
  • Patent number: 7978650
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for processing media data so that an MBS is supported in a BWA communication system. A traffic processing method supports an MBS in a broadband wireless access communication system having a number of base stations and at least one contents server for transmitting various media traffics to the base stations. The method includes reserving a resource for MBS burst assignment with regard to the base stations; requesting the contents server to provide a traffic to be transmitted to the base stations when the resource has been successfully reserved; shaping a media traffic transmitted by the contents server; and transmitting the media traffic to the base stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Geun-Hwi Lim, Jun-Hyung Kim, Joon-Ho Park, Yong Chang
  • Publication number: 20110165904
    Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting data in a communication system supporting multi-carriers determines the priority of the multi-carriers and transmits information on the priority to a terminal. Thereafter, the transmitting apparatus allocates data to the multi-carriers in accordance with the priority and transmits the allocated data to a data receiving apparatus, and the data receiving apparatus receives data to be transmitted from the data transmitting apparatus in accordance with information on the priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sook Jin Lee, Kyung Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110165903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a secondary user enabling secondary usage of radio resources owned by a primary party. The present invention also relates to a primary party and a broker. The secondary user is adapted to obtain radio resource allocation information transmitted from the primary party. It is further adapted to identify radio resources available for secondary usage based upon the radio resource allocation information. It is finally adapted to engage in communication over at least part of the radio resources identified as available for secondary usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Yngve Selen, Olav Queseth, Joachim Sachs, Jonas Kronander
  • Patent number: 7974621
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transitioning between radio link protocols in a packet-based real-time media communication system. A wireless communication device such as a cell phone will operate under one radio link protocol (such as IS-856, also known as 1xEV-DO) to engage in packet-based signaling for setup of a packet-based real-time media session such as a push-to-talk session. Once the session is set up, the wireless communication device will then automatically transition to operate under a different radio link protocol (such as IS-2000, also known as 1xRTT), and will engage in packet-based real-time media communication in the session over that different radio link protocol. Preferably, the radio link protocol used for session setup signaling will provide for reduced setup latency, while the radio link protocol used for bearer communication in the session will provide for reduced jitter and improved real-time media communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum L.P.
    Inventors: Tong Zhou, David Mohan
  • Patent number: 7974579
    Abstract: A single host device, comprising a plurality of Bluetooth devices, estimates bandwidth requirements such as maximum rates and/or an average data rate expected by each of a plurality of Bluetooth applications to be run on the single host. For each Bluetooth device, available frequencies utilized are determined based on the estimated bandwidth requirements. Each of the plurality of Bluetooth applications is allocated to corresponding one or more Bluetooth devices based on the determined available frequencies so as to, for example, concurrently run corresponding Bluetooth applications on the single host. The determined available frequencies are assigned to corresponding Bluetooth devices based on the estimated bandwidth requirements. The determined available frequencies and the plurality of Bluetooth applications may be reassigned and reallocated, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Asif Grushkevich
  • Patent number: 7974270
    Abstract: Media routes may be optimized in network communications, such a radio telephony communications networks. In one embodiment, the description includes identifying a first network controller corresponding to a first media communications client, identifying a second network controller corresponding to a second media communications client, determining whether the first and second network controller coincide, and if the first and second network controller coincide, then establishing a direct media communications connection between the first and the second client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Kineto Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Puneet Goel, Michael D. Gallagher
  • Patent number: 7974629
    Abstract: A wireless networking system uses mobile and fixed transceivers to achieve a network with changing topology. A routing process includes quality-of-service considerations in the network to allow for features such as file or other data transfer, streaming audio and video, digital telephone communications, etc. The routing process adapts to transceiver units entering, leaving, or moving within, the network. Auxiliary networks such as the Internet, campus or corporate intranets, home networks, etc., can be accessed through the wireless network. Features, designs and user interfaces for the units are described. Security and access control of media content and other data is presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Inventors: Ian Sayers, Jan Long
  • Patent number: 7974240
    Abstract: A cellular network that is based on relay station and a space division duplex communication method are disclosed. The cellular network based on RS includes a base station, a RS and a UE, wherein the base station has at least one antenna and the RS has at least two antennas. The base station allocates resources for the UE, transmits a downlink signal in a current slot and receives an uplink signal from the UE through the RS in a next slot; the RS receives the downlink signal from the base station and the uplink signal from the UE in the current slot and transmits the received downlink signal to the UE and the uplink signal to the base station in the next slot; the UE transmits the uplink signal in the current slot and receives the downlink signal through the RS in the next slot, wherein the uplink signal and the downlink signal transmitted in the same slot are orthogonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: NTT Docomo, Inc.
    Inventors: Jingxiu Liu, Zhengang Pan, Lan Chen
  • Publication number: 20110159908
    Abstract: A wireless digital communication system includes a base station in communication with a plurality of user equipment mobile terminals (UEs). The system prioritizes the forwarding of blocks of downlink data to designated ones of the UEs. The system employs adaptive modulation and coding (AM&C) to achieve improved radio resource utilization and provides optimum data rates for user services. Blocks of downlink (DL) data are received by the base station which requests downlink (DL) channel quality measurements only from those mobile terminals (UEs) with pending downlink transmissions. The UEs respond to the request by measuring and reporting DL channel quality to the base station, which then allocates resources such that the UEs will make best use of radio resources. The base station notifies the UEs of the physical channel allocation indicating the modulation/coding rate and allocated slots followed by transmission of blocks of downlink data which are transmitted to the UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Stephen G. Dick, James M. Miller, Eldad Zeira, Ariela Zeira
  • Publication number: 20110159897
    Abstract: Each of a first transmitter and a second transmitter uses a rate split scheme. Each of the first transmitter and the second transmitter may transmit at least four sub-messages, and different transmission powers may be allocated to the at least four sub-messages. Also, each of receivers may cooperate with each other, may share sub-messages that act as interferences, and may extract desired messages using the shared sub-messages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Choi, Pramod Viswanath, Chang Yong Shin, Won Jong Noh, Won-Jae Shin
  • Publication number: 20110159905
    Abstract: A carrier assignment method, a multi-carrier base station and a wireless communication device using the same are proposed. The carrier assignment method is adapted for assigning carriers in a paging group for an ABS with multi-carriers, and includes the following step. At least two paging carriers is assigned in a paging group, where all assigned carriers belonging to a paging group are in the same frequency band. Also, small but close frequency bands are grouped into a super band, where different carriers in different super bands are assigned into different paging groups. The wireless communication device determines the paging carrier index for itself by a mapping function of a mobile identification and the number of carriers. The paging message for the wireless communication device is sent only on the paging carrier corresponding to the determined paging carrier index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Yan-Xiu Zheng
  • Publication number: 20110159906
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for network reentry of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving allocation of a context search identifier from a network while a network entry procedure is performed, and transmitting a ranging request message including the allocated context search identifier to a Base Station (BS) when a network reentry event occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Kyo BAEK, Ji-Cheol LEE, Yeong-Moon SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG
  • Publication number: 20110159904
    Abstract: Provided are a user equipment, a frame transmission and reception method using a radio resource of the user equipment, and a frame transmission method using a radio resource of a base station. If an application is generated, a radio resource allocation may be requested. In response to the request, a data radio resource for a data frame and a separate control radio resource for a control frame may be allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyung Soo CHO
  • Publication number: 20110158212
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, a communication terminal includes a wireless communication unit, a radio signal detection unit, and a control unit. The wireless communication unit performs a wireless communication process with other terminal that transmits a radio signals for requesting the wireless communication between terminals. The radio signal detection unit waits for the radio signals with lower operating power than operating power when the wireless communication unit waits for the radio signals. The control unit activates the wireless communication unit to cause the wireless communication unit to perform a connection process of the wireless communication when the radio signal detection unit detects the radio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Masaki SAKAI, Takashi Minemura, Kengo Kurose, Kentaro Nagahama
  • Publication number: 20110159907
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for sending and receiving channel state information in network Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) wireless communication systems are provided. Hybrid feedback technology is provided to transfer complete Channel State Information (CSI) to a transmitter by efficiently combining limited amounts of long-term channel information and short-term channel information are in a down link MIMO network system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: In Ho LEE, Cheol Mun, Ju Ho Lee, Jin Kyu Han, Jong Gwan Yook
  • Patent number: 7970422
    Abstract: A system and method for frequency planning is provided. In systems with consecutive frequency channels, half-channel frequency reuse can be provided between channels employed by different cells. Specifically, two channels in two proximately located cells can overlap within the frequency spectrum by one-half of the frequency of a channel. Half-channel overlap can increase frequency reuse, and in turn, system capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Nextel Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Youngil Ha, Chris Helzer, Douglas A. Hyslop, Salman Yusuf
  • Patent number: 7970423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for linking a service context to a terminal connection in a network controlling device of a data network, wherein a service indication is forwarded via the terminal connection to the data network, and an association is established between the service context and the terminal connection based on a network response to the service indication. The desired link between the terminal connection and the service context can thus be established at the network controlling device based on the forwarded service indication, e.g. cause value for establishing the terminal connection. Thereby, network resources can be optimized by releasing non-valid terminal connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Sinikka Sarkkinen, Tuomas Hakuli
  • Publication number: 20110150108
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving resource allocation information in a communication system are provided, in which a Base Station (BS) transmits resource allocation information including a folding bitmap and a Zone Flag (ZF). The folding bitmap provides zone configuration information about zones included in a subframe and the ZF indicates whether a last zone of the zones is allocated as a first service zone or a second service zone. The first service zone carries data for a first service, the second service zone carries data for a second service, and each of the first and second services zones includes at least one resource unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Hyeon CHAE, Hee-Won KANG, Jae-Jeong SHIM, Tae-Young KIM, Young-Bo CHO
  • Publication number: 20110151913
    Abstract: There is provided fine-grain and backward-compliant resource allocation, including allocating, to a control channel, one of a first plurality of bandwidths being standardized for a first radio access standard, and allocating, to a data channel, one of a second plurality of bandwidths being standardized for a second radio access standard, the second bandwidths plurality exceeding the first bandwidths plurality in terms of at least one of granularity and range. The thus disclosed resource allocation may exemplarily be applied on a downlink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Josef Forster, Martin Goldberg, Ulrich Rehfuess, Sabine Roessel
  • Publication number: 20110151912
    Abstract: A wireless communication method in which a base station and a wireless terminal communicate, including: an operation at which a first and a second base station transmit, for each beam area, a pilot signal including identification information to identify the base station and the beam area, in a beam pattern; an operation at which the wireless terminal obtains received power of each pilot signal; an operation at which the wireless terminal causes one of the beam areas of the first base station to be a desired wave beam area, and determines two data rates for requiring to the base station: one of the data rates being a first data rate used in a case that interference from the second base station is relatively high and another of the data rates being a second data rate used in a case that the interference from the second base station is relatively low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Masanori TAIRA, Kenzaburo Fujishima, Koki Uwano
  • Publication number: 20110151911
    Abstract: A data transmission method of a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) system is provided. The data transmission method includes scheduling multimedia data including a plurality of sub-frames to be transmitted for each of a plurality of scheduling intervals, generating scheduling information, and transmitting, in advance, the scheduling information to a terminal, so that the terminal may selectively receive a plurality of sub-frames corresponding to a first scheduling interval, based on the scheduling information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Mi Young YUN, Kyung Sook KIM, Hyun Seo PARK, Sung Gu CHOI, Jung Mo MOON, Sang Ho LEE
  • Publication number: 20110151910
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allocating resources for physical channels in a mobile communication system are disclosed. An apparatus for allocating resources, the apparatus comprising: An address generation unit allocating spare resources to a physical channel with reference to resource allocation information stored in a monitoring unit, and generating an address value of a frame generation unit corresponding to frequency and symbol index values of the allocated resources; the frame generation unit storing data to be transmitted via the physical channel in the generated address value to generate subframe data; and the monitoring unit storing an address value corresponding to the physical channel generated by the address generation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Jin Kyu KIM, Bon Tae Koo, Nak Woong Eum
  • Publication number: 20110151914
    Abstract: The present invention proposes new method(s) and apparatus(es) used for request and allocation of uplink transmission resource in wireless access network, which enables the mobile terminal to use non-contention resources closely spaced on time domain to trigger or adjust reallocation of uplink resource, so that quick response of the base station to the resource allocation request of a mobile terminal is effectively realized, and the demand of delay sensitive service is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Xiaobing Leng, Dongyao Wang, Jimin Liu, Wu Zheng
  • Patent number: 7966028
    Abstract: The throughput of communication is enhanced in a wireless base station device communicating with each of a plurality of terminal devices according to a modulation scheme selected from a plurality of modulation schemes by using any one channel of a plurality of channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 7965985
    Abstract: A wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device may include a first station and a second station. The first station is coupled with the second station. The first and second stations are within a first cluster. The stations within the first cluster are configured to operate cooperatively to transmit or receive signals corresponding to the cluster over at least one channel. One of the stations transmits only data signals without transmitting a preamble or a MAP message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Ho Sheen, Fang-Ching Ren, Tzu-Ming Lin, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 7965641
    Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to communicatively coupled cognitive radio systems, devices, methodologies, or combinations thereof, facilitating improved utilization of unused portions of spectral bands by secondary users generally allocated to other primary users. This improved utilization can be achieved by cooperative spectrum sensing employing ST coding and/or SF coding for transmit diversity. Further, cooperative spectrum sensing can be improved by employing relay diversity with or without algebraic coding. It is illustrated that a threshold probability of false alarm can be reduced by applying transmit diversity with space time coding and/or space frequency coding. It is further illustrated that relay diversity can be employed to compensate for reduced sensing diversity order were some nodes in a cooperative spectrum sensing system cannot report directly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Lingna Holdings Pte., LLC
    Inventors: Khaled Ben Letaief, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110143798
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for sharing a frequency are provided. A cognitive wireless communication device having a minimum ROI may be selected from among a plurality of cognitive wireless communication devices, and an idle frequency of a primary system may be allocated to the selected cognitive wireless communication device, thereby increasing an opportunistic utilization efficiency of the idle frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyunduk KANG, Heon Jin HONG
  • Publication number: 20110143800
    Abstract: A method for transmitting a signal from a mobile station of a multi-cell environment comprises being allocated with a specific frequency partition from a base station depending on a fractional frequency reuse scheme; receiving modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level information on the specific frequency partition or a specific resource region within the specific frequency partition from the base station; controlling transmit power corresponding to the MCS level depending on a location of the mobile station within a cell, if the specific frequency partition is a frequency partition shared with a mobile station located at an edge region of a neighboring cell; and transmitting a signal to the base station at the controlled transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Jong Young Han, Han Gyu Cho
  • Publication number: 20110143797
    Abstract: A method for facilitating transmission of data in a communication system is provided herein. In operation, a base radio of a plurality of base radios combines status information corresponding to a plurality of inbound frequencies and transmits the combined status information on a single outbound radio frequency. Further, each of the plurality of inbound radio frequencies corresponds to one of the plurality of base radios. Then, one or more radio terminals monitor the single outbound radio frequency to receive the combined status information, determine at least one available inbound radio frequency from the plurality of inbound radio frequencies based on the received combined status information, selects an inbound radio frequency of the at least one available inbound frequency, and transmitting the data using the selected inbound radio frequency to the corresponding base radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: Dipendra M. Chowdhary, Thomas B. Bohn, David G. Wiatrowski
  • Publication number: 20110142096
    Abstract: A network of stations uses bandwidth assigned to primary users on a secondary user basis. The stations having a status of needing to send information indicate a need for transmission access by transmitting, simultaneously with transmissions indicating a need for transmission access from other stations of the network, an indication of status to a master station. Each station indicating need for transmission access transmits that indication of status on a respectively different frequency. The master station then grants access to the transmission bandwidth to the requesting stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Edward C. Gerhardt, William F. Bernett, William R. Highsmith
  • Publication number: 20110143799
    Abstract: A method for scheduling information includes receiving modulated first pilot information at a base station (BS). A power carried in the modulated first pilot information is obtained according to the modulated first pilot information. The BS schedules uplink or downlink information for a terminal according to the power carried in the modulated first pilot information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rit Abu-Alhiga, Harald Haas, Wei Pan
  • Patent number: 7961675
    Abstract: There is disclosed a TRAU frame comprising, in sequence, a set of control bits, a set of class A bits, a set of error check bits, and a set of Class B bits, the set of control bits including at least one bit identifying the location of the other sets of bits in the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Spyder Navigations L.L.C.
    Inventors: Eddie Riddington, Shkumbin Hamit
  • Patent number: 7962166
    Abstract: A receiving device in the trunked radio communications system receives an outbound signaling word comprising at least an opcode field and a band plan field, wherein the opcode field indicates that the outbound signaling message is a system status message and the band plan field indicates the band plan in use on the site. In another embodiment, the receiving device receives an outbound signaling word comprising at least an opcode field, a site identification field and a four bit band plan field, wherein the opcode field indicates that the outbound signaling message is an adjacent control channel message, the site identification field identifies a second site, and the four bit band plan field indicates the band plan in use on the second site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Tanhoa Trandai, John M. Gilbert, Donald R. Griffis, Daniel J. McDonald, Christopher H. Wilson
  • Patent number: 7962133
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for provisioning a physical link to a service provider is disclosed whereby physical link information in a carrier network is store, in one embodiment, in a database within the carrier network or, in another embodiment, in a database shared by a carrier and a service provider. In response to a request from the service provider for the use of the physical link, physical link information and network management information associated is retrieved from that database. In one embodiment, this information is sent directly from the carrier via in-band signaling. In another embodiment, the information is retrieved from the shared database and is transmitted via out-of-band signaling. In accordance with yet another embodiment, messages exchanged between service providers and carriers comprise digital certificates that are used to verify the identity of the providers and carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
    Inventors: Guy Euget, Jean-Francois Pennec
  • Patent number: 7961708
    Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar, Thomas Richardson, Xinzhou Wu, Leonard Grokop
  • Publication number: 20110136527
    Abstract: A method for controlling the transmission power of a terminal in a cellular telecommunications network, in which the number of transmission resources is greater than the number of users is disclosed. In one aspect, the number of additional transmission resources necessary for the communication of the user if a modulation and coding scheme with minimal spectral efficiency is used, and whether these resources are available, are determined, they are allocated to the user, and the transmission power of the terminal is set to the transmission power enabling the required quality of service to be obtained by using the predetermined modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
    Inventor: Emilio Calvanese Strinati
  • Publication number: 20110136495
    Abstract: A base station (101) of the present invention includes a sending/receiving section (1010) for sending/receiving control signaling information and user data to/from a user device (102), the base station (101) and the user device (102) being wirelessly communicable with each other in a wireless cell (105) of the base station (101); a resource allocation section (1011) for (i) dividing a downlink system bandwidth of a communication system into a plurality of downlink basic bandwidths and (ii) carrying out allocation of resource blocks for uplink control signaling information; a sequence allocation section (1012) for carrying out allocation of a sequence(s) of a resource of the uplink control signaling information in each of an uplink basic bandwidth(s), on the basis of the number of downlink basic bandwidths allocated to the user device (102), so that the uplink control signaling information in each of the downlink basic bandwidth(s) allocated to the user device (102) is fed back to the base station; and a resou
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Chen Chen, Renmao Liu, Ming Ding, Lei Huang, Guolin Sun
  • Publication number: 20110136529
    Abstract: Method of selecting a communications node for allocation to a user communications device. The method comprises selecting the communications node from a plurality of communications nodes of a communications network. The method further comprising performing a calculation to determine a selection value, which calculation includes as input data at least one of first identifier data identifying selection equipment configured to select a communications node from a plurality of communications nodes, and second identifier data identifying a radio cell with which the user communications device is associated. The method also comprises using the selection value in selecting the communications node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Ola Johansson
  • Publication number: 20110136528
    Abstract: A communication terminal apparatus requests resource allocation to a communication control apparatus without allocating any dedicated resource for resource request. The communication terminal apparatus is applied to a wireless communication system in which the communication control apparatus allocates resources used when a communication terminal apparatus 200 performs wireless transmission to a communication control apparatus 100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuo Sugawara, Shohei Yamada, Daiichiro Nakashima, Yasuyuki Kato, Katsunari Uemura, Waho Oh, Kimihiko Imamura
  • Publication number: 20110136526
    Abstract: A base station for allocating an MCID includes: a first transmitting/receiving unit to exchange data with a content distribution network and to extract header information; a combining unit to construct the data on a frame basis; a second transmitting/receiving unit to exchange the frame with a subscriber terminal receiving the constructed frame and to receive a Multicast and Broadcast Service (MBS) channel connection request message; a first analyzing unit to extract attribute information of the data by analyzing the extracted header information and to analyze the type of the data; a second analyzing unit to extract channel information by analyzing the MBS channel connection request message; and a control unit to exchange an MBS burst reservation message with the content distribution network, to reserve/allocate an MBS burst region, to allocate an MCID to the data, and to manage the registration state of an MBS channel corresponding to the MCID.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dae-Geun PARK, Sun-Sim CHUN, Yong-Su LEE, Young-Soo PARK, Young-Il KIM, Sung-Hee KIM, Cheol-Hye CHO
  • Patent number: 7957746
    Abstract: To schedule uplink transmission time slots for a collection of mobile communication devices, a set of base station target interference patterns is associated with base stations. A time slot target interference pattern is assigned for each time slot and it repeats after several time slots. The time slot target interference pattern in a given time slot specifies the interference allowed by each time slot to a given base station by any single mobile. A priority index may be determined for each time slot for each mobile associated with the particular base station. The priority index may be based, in part, on a determined correlation between the time-slot target interference patterns and a potential interference profile of a mobile to which a time slot is to be allocated. A mobile's throughput requirement, the throughput already received over a specified past duration, the system fairness requirement, as well as the amount of data available for transmission are also used for evaluating the priority index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Nimal Senarath, Kelvin Kar-Kin Au, Shalini Periyalwar
  • Patent number: 7957340
    Abstract: A method of allocating frequency subbands in an ultrawideband (UWB) wireless communication system and an apparatus adopting the same are provided. The method of allocating frequency subbands to a device in a communication system, the method including: (a) determining whether usage of a first frequency band including upper frequency subbands is necessary; and (b) if it is determined that the usage of the first frequency band is necessary, not setting usage permission for the first frequency band to the device and not granting access to the first frequency band if a request for usage of the first frequency band is received from the device. When generation of a new piconet is necessary or generation of a new piconet is requested in a multi-piconet environment, since subbands of a high frequency group are allocated through negotiation, frequency resources are efficiently managed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-hwa Choi, Hyong-uk Choi
  • Patent number: 7957755
    Abstract: A mobile station for establishing a signaling control channel and a shared data channel between a radio access network apparatus and the mobile station to perform communication includes discontinuous reception means configured to perform discontinuous reception of broadcast information using the signaling control channel, shared data channel reception determination means configured to determine whether to receive the shared data channel based on an item of broadcast information and information indicating presence or absence of change of content corresponding to the item of the broadcast information that are transmitted by the signaling control channel, and shared data channel reception means configured to receive the shared data channel according to the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: NTT Docomo, Inc.
    Inventors: Minami Ishii, Sadayuki Abeta, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110128895
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for spectrum sharing using listen before talk (LBT) and quiet periods are disclosed. This includes assessing using LBT to determine if a shared spectrum channel is being used by at least one other network, and transmitting transmission frames over the shared spectrum channel in at least one of an uplink or a downlink when the channel is determined as not being used. The accumulated time of transmission use of the spectrum channel is counted based on predetermined conditions, and a determination made when the accumulated time exceeds a maximum allotted time. Transmission of frames by a network is allowed to continue if the maximum time has not been exceeded and the spectrum remains available. A quiet period is then executed once the maximum time period is exceeded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ahmed K. Sadek, Stephen J. Shellhammer
  • Patent number: 7953427
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to reserve access for a source device included in a plurality N of source devices to N?1 logical channels accessible by a set of target devices included in the plurality of source devices by creating a static map, wherein N is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Marvell International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Vivek G. Gupta
  • Publication number: 20110124360
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method and arrangements for using an identifier of a predefined type, e.g. an RNTI identifying one configuration on an out-band control channel for activating the configuration identifiable by that identifier. The identifier is sent from the network to the UE, when a configuration corresponding to that identifier is to be activated. This implies that both the UE and the radio base station comprise a mapping between each configuration and the corresponding identity of each configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mats Sâgfors, Magnus Lindström, Janne Peisa, Johan Torsner, Stefan Wager
  • Publication number: 20110124361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of accommodating radio base stations, comprising: step A in which a network apparatus manages a set of parameters including at least a single parameter value in each group area; step B in which, when the position of arrangement of a radio base station has been determined, the network apparatus selects one set of parameters from the set of parameters for the group area including the arrangement position of the radio base station and allocates this set to the radio base station; and step C in which, after the radio base station has been connected with the network apparatus, an operation is conducted using a parameter value included in the parameter set that has been allocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hosono, Masafumi Masuda, Kenichiro Aoyagi
  • Publication number: 20110124291
    Abstract: A method of retaining channel use by a secondary system is described. A secondary channel used during periods of normal communication between a secondary transmitter and receiver is split into sub-bands for use during a quiet period containing quiet phases. During the quiet period, while the transmitter communicates with the receiver on one sub-band, the receiver simultaneously senses for incumbent devices on another sub-band, as well as vice-versa. Transmission and sensing do not occur simultaneously on the same sub-band and transmission is limited to only one of the sub-bands. Transmission and sensing are performed by both the transmitter and the receiver on every sub-band over the course of the quiet period. The locations of secondary receivers are determined and employed during scheduling such that devices sufficiently separated from each other transmit during different quiet phases and transmit and sense in sub-bands separated by another sub-band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: DAVID P. GURNEY, BRUCE D. MUELLER
  • Patent number: 7949357
    Abstract: In a first time interval TI a first frequency band FB is pseudorandomly selected from a designated spectrum, and a first analysis result is determined by sensing the first FB during the first TI and then transmitted. In a second TI a second FB is pseudorandomly selected from the designated spectrum, and a second analysis result is determined by sensing the second FB during the second TI and then transmitted. Where multiple devices do this the entire spectrum is sensed, each band by a subset of devices that changes at each TI, and so any unused or underutilized spectrum is searched by the collaborative spectrum sensing, which avoids propagation problems such as fading. Also, a central node can assure various collaborating users report different FBs in different TIs such that the subset of reporting users changes for at least one of the bands in each subsequent reporting TI. Sensing and communication can be performed in different portions of the same network defined transmission time interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Anu Huttunen, Niko Kiukkonen, Visa Koivunen