Channel Allocation Patents (Class 455/509)
  • Patent number: 7949812
    Abstract: A wireless network device includes a first communication module to communicate with at least one of first devices and a second communication module to communicate with at least one of second devices. An arbitration module receives a request for communication from the first communication module, detects when the second communication module is communicating in a locked mode, and denies request for communication from the first communication module when the second communication module is communicating in the locked mode. Transmission or reception of a packet in the locked mode is not interrupted to avoid loss of the packet. The arbitration module grants the request for communication from the first communication module when the second communication module is communicating in the locked mode and when granting the request for communication from the first communication module does not require stopping the second communication module from communicating in the locked mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.
    Inventors: Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Timothy J. Donovan, Timothy Li, Ken Yeung
  • Patent number: 7949005
    Abstract: Device, system and method of wireless communication of base stations. In some demonstrative embodiments a method may include, for example, transmitting a downlink transmission over a frequency band from a first base station during a first time period; and receiving at a second base station an uplink transmission over the frequency band during a second time period at least partially overlapping the first time period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qinghua Li, Xintian E. Lin
  • Publication number: 20110117948
    Abstract: A radio base station includes: a measurement unit which measures a resource use amount in each time frame within predetermined period; a downlink persistent allocation signal transmission unit which transmits to a mobile station, a persistent allocation signal indicating a radio resource allocation start moment; and a uplink communication unit which receive uplink data using uplink radio resource starting at the radio resource allocation start moment. The downlink persistent allocation signal transmission unit decides the radio resource allocation start moment in accordance with a resource use amount in each time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Anil Umesh
  • Publication number: 20110117946
    Abstract: Certain embodiments include methods, an apparatus, a system, and computer programs for load re-distribution of subscribers for a CN node in a pool-area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Kati Marita VAINOLA, Kaj Markus LAHTI
  • Publication number: 20110117947
    Abstract: A radio base station includes: a measurement unit which measures a resource use amount in each time frame within predetermined period; a downlink persistent allocation signal transmission unit which transmits to a mobile station, a persistent allocation signal indicating a downlink radio resource allocation start moment; and a downlink communication unit which transmit downlink data using downlink radio resource starting at the downlink radio resource allocation start moment. The downlink persistent allocation signal transmission unit decides the downlink radio resource allocation start moment in accordance with a resource use amount in each time frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Ishii, Anil Umesh
  • Publication number: 20110117944
    Abstract: A multiple-subscriber identity module (multi-SIM) multi-standby communication device comprises a single radio resource unit shared by a plurality of virtual modems (VMs), each uniquely associated with a single one of a plurality of SIM cards. The access to radio resources in the single radio resource unit is controlled for each VM task via a virtual modem controller (VMC). Upon receiving requests for tasks to access radio resources in the single radio resource unit, the VMC arbitrates the access based on task priority information, current activities associated with one or more of the plurality of VMs, and the radio resources available in the single radio resource unit. The access may be immediately accepted, accepted with a delay or rejected. With an immediate access, current activities may be suspended and then resumed once radio resources become available. With a delayed access, the VMC determines what time instants the access may be accepted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Yaxin Cao, Xiaoxin Qiu, Yuan Liu, Zhijun Gong, Yongqian Wang, Stephen Richards
  • Publication number: 20110117943
    Abstract: A method of allocating radio resources in a wireless communication system includes dividing the overall frequency band into a plurality of frequency blocks including at least one subcarrier in a frequency domain, and allocating an allocation unit including some of the plurality of frequency blocks to a user equipment (ITE), wherein the allocation unit is any one of a localized allocation unit including frequency blocks contiguous in the frequency domain and a distributed allocation unit including frequency blocks distributed in the frequency domain. Allocation schemes of subcarriers are freely used suitably according to channel environments of users, the scheduling effect of radio resources can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Jin Young Chun, Bin Chul Ihm, Hyun Soo Ko
  • Publication number: 20110117945
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for allocating a resource in a wireless network using a directional antenna is provided. The method and apparatus for allocating a resource in a wireless network using a directional antenna may spatially reuse resources using the directional antenna, allocate resources to enable a maximum number of groups to be transmitted in a given time or to enable a group including a number of links to be transmitted first, and thereby may reduce communication delay and increase throughput.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Sun KIM, Woo Yong Lee, Meejoung Kim
  • Patent number: 7945282
    Abstract: A preamble transmission method for a wireless communication system is provided for improving the probability of successful transmission and reducing unnecessary retransmission power consumption. The preamble transmission method of the present invention calculates an initial transmission power; transmits a preamble with the initial transmission power through a random access channel; if an acknowledgement is received in response to the preamble, starts transmission of data; and if no acknowledgement is received in response to the preamble—calculates a retransmission power, and retransmits the preamble with the retransmission power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Seok Kang, Yong Noh Lee
  • Patent number: 7944893
    Abstract: A signal transmission method checks, when detecting an occurrence of a communication request, whether the communication request is a high speed communication (step S302). In the case of the high speed communication, it checks whether the number of current high speed communications (m) plus one is greater than the upper limit (mmax) of the high speed communication (step S312). If greater, it cancels the request as a call loss (S316), and sets to a variable a the ratio (h) of the rate of the high speed communication to that of a low speed communication. If the communication request is the low speed communication, it sets one to the variable a (step S304). It compares n plus a with nmax (step S306), where n is the total number of all the current communications, a is the value associated with the communication request, and nmax is the upper limit of the number of communications acceptable in a bandwidth, all of which are expressed in terms of the number of the low speed communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Shinji Uebayashi, Seizo Onoe, Minami Ishii, Takehiro Nakamura
  • Publication number: 20110111783
    Abstract: A wireless communications system is described, which comprises a plurality of base stations and a plurality of subscriber devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: ALVARION LTD.
    Inventor: Naftali CHAYAT
  • Publication number: 20110110338
    Abstract: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a mobile station receives a location beacon transmitted from multiple base stations based on a transmission plan for a predefined downlink location based services zone in the superframes of a signal frame structure. The transmission plan includes spreading transmissions of the location beacon that are unique to respective base stations. The mobile station identifies the base stations based on the respective location beacons and the transmission plan. The mobile station identifies a present location based on the location beacons and the identities of the base stations that from which the location beacons were received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Alexey Khoryaev, Alexander Maltsev, Kamran Etemad, Roman O. Maslennikov, Mikhail A. Shilov, Yang-Seok Choi, Andrey Chervyakov
  • Publication number: 20110111785
    Abstract: Mechanisms for efficient transmission of large amount of download data from a base station (210) to a user equipment (220) in a multi-carrier that minimizes power consumption on the user equipment are described. When multiple component carriers are to be used to transmit the download data, the base station (210) informs the user equipment (220). The base station (210) transmits on the anchor carriers without wait after informing the user equipment (220) and transmits on the non-anchor carriers after waiting a predetermined delay. The predetermined delay provides time to allow the user equipment (220) to activate the receiving resources and be ready to receive the download data over the non-anchor carriers. In this manner, the user equipment (220) can be in a power conservation mode and activate the receiver resources only when needed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Bengt Lindoff, Erik Dahlman, Stefan Parkall
  • Publication number: 20110111762
    Abstract: A radio communication system including a first terminal apparatus group for performing a reception by using a first radio resource and a transmission by using a second radio resource; and a second terminal apparatus group for performing the reception by using the second radio resource and the transmission by using the first radio resource, and a directly radio communication is performed, the system including: a first terminal which belongs to the first terminal apparatus group and transmits allocation request of transmission band in the second radio resource by using the second radio resource; and a second terminal which belongs to the second terminal apparatus group, receives the allocation request transmitted from the first terminal, and transmits information indicating allocation of the transmission band for the first terminal, wherein the first terminal transmits data by using the allocated transmission band in the second radio resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideki FURUDATE, Takanori Iwamatsu
  • Publication number: 20110111784
    Abstract: A method of allocating uplink resources in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises generating a first message which has a preamble and adaptively further includes resource request information based on a communication state with a base station and transmitting the first message to the base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Han Byul Seo., Seon Wook Kim, Seo Shin Kwack, Min Soo Na, Byoung Hoon Kim, Sung Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 7941178
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for Bluetooth and WiMAX coexistence are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments systems and methods are described to determine a temporal reference associated a frame, and then align another wireless frame with that temporal reference. Once aligned, transmissions and receptions in one wireless frame may be arranged to not temporally overlap with transmissions or reception the other wireless frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xingang Guo, Xue Yang, Changwen Liu, Eran Sudak
  • Patent number: 7941152
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for communications of scheduling information of reverse link transmissions are disclosed. A base station controller determines scheduling of a reverse link supplemental channel transmission for a mobile station in a communication system (100). The base station controller groups the mobile station in a group of mobile stations and assigns a forward link channel assignment channel to the group of mobile stations. A transceiver (400) incorporates information relating to the determined scheduling in the assigned forward link common assignment channel and transmits the assigned forward link common assignment channel to the mobile station for scheduling the reverse link supplemental channel transmission. The mobile station receives the assigned forward link common assignment channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Edward G. Tiedemann, Sai Yiu Duncan Ho, Jun Wang, Ragulan Sinnarajah, Ramin Rezaiifar
  • Patent number: 7940797
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for transmitting control information in a mobile communication system transmits uplink or downlink control information required for an E-DCH transmission between MAC layers of a transmitting side and a receiving side. The MAC layer of the transmitting side divides the MAC PDU into a MAC control PDU and a MAC data PDU and transmits data through the MAC data PDU and uplink or downlink control information through the MAC control PDU to the receiving side. The MAC control PDU includes an identifier for indicating a type of a MAC PDU and a sub-identifier for discriminating a type of the corresponding MAC control PDU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Young Dae Lee, Seung June Yi, Sung Duck Chun
  • Patent number: 7941154
    Abstract: A method for providing, in a communication network including at least a first and a second set of resources, a service to users of at least a first and a second type. The users of the first type are in a condition to be provided said service only by means of said first set of resources, while the users of the second type are in a condition to be provided said service both by means of the first set of resources and by means of the second set of resources. The method includes the steps of detecting during at least one time interval, the total number of requests for service coming from said users, identifying within the total number the fraction of requests adapted to be met only by means of the first set of resources, identifying at least one parameter representative of said fraction, and providing the service to the users of the second type by means of the second set of resources as a function of the at least one parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Telecom Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andrea Barbaresi, Paolo Goria
  • Patent number: 7941150
    Abstract: A method and system for allocating shareable wireless transmission resources. A resource pool is established. The resource pool is divided into a plurality of physical layer allocation units usable for wirelessly transmitting control information and traffic data. The allocation units are assigned at the media access control layer for the wireless transmission of the control information and traffic data. The system and method of the present invention also allows mobile stations to be dynamically grouped into multicast groupings to reduce system overhead resource requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited
    Inventors: Hang Zhang, Jianglei Ma, Ming Jia, Mo-Han Fong, Peiying Zhu, Wen Tong
  • Publication number: 20110103325
    Abstract: A method for efficiently updating system information of a base station at a relay station of a broadband wireless access system and an apparatus for performing the method are disclosed. The method for updating system information of an advanced base station (ABS) at an advanced relay station (ARS) of a broadband wireless access system comprises receiving a first message, which includes changed information of the system information of the base station, from the base station; transmitting a second message for acknowledgment of the first message to the base station; and performing application for the changed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hee Jeong CHO, Ki Seon RYU, Jin Sam KWAK, Gi Won PARK, Yong Ho KIM, Young Soo YUK
  • Publication number: 20110105168
    Abstract: A method for Fixed Network Equipment (FNE) to control the three of four and one of four slow associated control channel (SACCH) pattern on an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) Project 25 (P25) trunked voice channel is provided. Knowledge of this pattern by both the FNE and radio allows for unique information to be signaled in each type of SACCH. According to some embodiments, an operation enables controlling the floor (inbound) while there is an independent outbound (floor) (e.g. Console takeover). The provided operation also allows each radio to differentiate inbound floor control signaling from outbound caller identification (ID). Having the infrastructure control the inbound SACCH pattern and communicate this to all radios, makes the correct detection of the transmitted pattern from the radio more reliable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel J. McDonald, Harish Natarahjan
  • Publication number: 20110103329
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus of requiring uplink resources for transmitting a ranging request message in a communication system are provided. The method includes allocating an uplink bandwidth from a base station, and fragmentizing a Ranging Request (RNG-REQ) message into plural fragmented RNG-REQ messages, when the allocated bandwidth does not accommodate an entire RNG-REQ message, requesting an additional uplink bandwidth by transmitting one fragmented RNG-REQ message, and allocating an requested additional uplink bandwidth from the base station and transmitting a next one fragmented RNG-REQ message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Kyo BAEK, Yeong-Moon SON, Jung-Je SON, Hyun-Jeong KANG, Kyung-Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20110105169
    Abstract: Registration is required for all vehicles, equipment, appliances, conferences, events, etc. The proposed concept is to provide each unit described as a vehicle, equipment, appliance, vessel, train, lifeguard station etc., that requires registration, with a wireless device that can display pertinent information (technical and operational data) and personal details such as, registration month and year, car vehicle identification number, license plate number, owners name and address etc. This device operates similar to a wireless mobile phone or an onboard vehicle global positioning system (GPS) and can be managed from a central location. Such a system can also be used for multiple other events such as—vehicle or trade shows, outdoor events, conferences, animal tags etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Julian Prabhu
  • Publication number: 20110105170
    Abstract: In a radio network in which multiple base stations can communicate with multiple user terminals in a coordinated way, user terminals may be grouped into groups, each group representing a coordination scheme to be used for user terminals in the group. The groups may be chosen, for example, according to path loss or QoS requirements Preferably there are three groups requiring no coordination, multiuser coherent coordination and single user coherent coordination respectively. Grouping may be done dynamically according to one or more of the following factors: —the terminal's signalling overhead —the affordable processing complexity —the traffic load —the radio conditions. The grouping unit may be placed in one or more base stations or in any other suitable unit in the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Jiansong Gan, Muhammad Ali Kazmi, Jingyi Liao, Qingyu Miao
  • Patent number: 7937100
    Abstract: A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted. Furthermore, the MS compares status information of the first channel descriptor with status information of a second channel descriptor. Here, the second channel descriptor is stored in the MS. Lastly, if the compared status information are different, the MS receives the first channel descriptor according to the transmission frame information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Beom Joon Kim, Ki Seon Ryu, Yong Ho Kim, Yong Won Kwak, Ki Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 7937099
    Abstract: A method for adaptive piconet protocol begins by determining, by a master device, a number of slave devices that are currently affiliated with the master device in a piconet. The method continues by determining, by the master device, data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices currently affiliated with the master device in the piconet. The method continues by establishing, by the master device, an information exchange format based on the number of slave devices and the data requirements and/or voice requirements of each of the slave devices. The information exchange format includes a single master data/voice request packet within a first time slot and multiple frequency locked partial packets for slave data responses and/or multiple frequency locked packets for slave voice responses within other time slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Jason (Ming) Yu Lin
  • Patent number: 7936716
    Abstract: A resource allocating apparatus and a method for a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service in a wideband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes, when a Floor Grant message is received from a PTT server, allocating an uplink resource to a corresponding terminal and when a Floor Release message is received from the terminal, aborting the uplink resource allocation. The uplink resource is allocated only to the terminal having the data to be transmitted, and the resources are not allotted to terminals having no data to send.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyuk Jang, Jung-Je Son, Nam-Gi Kim, Min-Hee Cho
  • Publication number: 20110097998
    Abstract: A method of scheduling transmitting and receiving communication slots for co-located radio devices is provided. A Bluetooth (BT) device first synchronizes its communication time slots with a co-located radio module, and then obtains the traffic pattern of the co-located radio module. Based on the traffic pattern, the BT device selectively skips one or more TX or RX time slots to avoid data transmission or reception in certain time slots and thereby reducing interference with the co-located radio module. In addition, the BT device generates a co-located coexistence (CLC) bitmap and transmits the CLC bitmap to its peer BT device such that the peer BT device can also skip data transmission or reception in certain time slots affected by the co-located radio module. The skipped time slots are disabled for TX or RX operation to prevent interference and to achieve more energy saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Li-Chun Ko, Hong-Kai Hsu, I-Kang Fu, Chi-Chen Lee
  • Publication number: 20110098073
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering an estimated velocity of a mobile station in a communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a searcher for determining a Doppler shift value representing the estimated velocity of the mobile station by using a channel impulse response of a preamble signal received at a regular interval of time, a detector for determining a reference Doppler value for compensating the Doppler shift value by using correlation ratios between channel values of symbols to which data for the mobile station are allocated according to subcarriers in a data allocation field of a frame including the preamble signal, and a compensator for determining a compensated Doppler shift value by using the reference Doppler value to compensate the Doppler shift value for a folding value, wherein the folding value represents a difference between the estimated velocity and a true velocity of the mobile station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Cheol PARK, In-Hyoung KIM, Tae-Gon KIM
  • Publication number: 20110098072
    Abstract: For cooperative transmission in a broadband wireless communication system, an apparatus and operating method of a Base Station (BS) in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a cooperative transmission REQuest (REQ) message which includes at least one of information designating a cooperative Mobile Station (MS), a pilot pattern of the cooperative MS, a variable determining a permutation pattern, and an orthogonal code of the cooperative MS, from a control station, allocating a resource of a predefined Coordinated MultiPoint transmit/receive (CoMP) zone occupying part of a frame, to at least one cooperative MS designated by the cooperative transmission REQ message, and communicating with the at least one cooperative MS according a cooperative transmission scheme using the resource of the CoMP zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok KIM, Keun-Chul HWANG
  • Publication number: 20110098071
    Abstract: A method for releasing resources allocated by persistent scheduling is described. A base station (BS) inserts a persistent allocation release indication message into a control channel, wherein the persistent allocation release indication message includes at least one resource index indicating persistent allocation resources to a mobile station (MS), broadcasts the control channel, and releases the persistent allocation resources corresponding to the resource index. Since a release message for persistent allocation, a channel quality indicator channel, feedback polling allocation, etc. is inserted for transmission into a control channel which can be received by all MSs, overhead which occurs during resource release can be minimized irrespective of transmission rates varying with MSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Wook Bong Lee, Ki Seon Ryu, Su Nam Kim, Jeong Ki Kim, Bin Chul Ihm
  • Publication number: 20110098074
    Abstract: A method for wireless communication between user equipments (UEs) and a base station in a wireless communication system that supports a first UE using a single band and a second UE using multiple bands is provided. In the method, UE receives, from the base station, resource allocation information including information regarding a downlink component carrier (CC) and an uplink CC allocated to the UE, receives the allocated downlink CC, and transmits the allocated uplink CC by applying a cell ID thereto. The allocated downlink CC is one of downlink CCs to which different cell IDs are applied, pairs of CCs are predefined by associating uplink CCs respectively with downlink CCs in order to support the first UE. When the allocated downlink and uplink CCs do not belong to the pairs of CCs, the applied cell ID is a cell ID of a downlink CC that is paired with the allocated uplink CC in the predefined pairs of CCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Dong Youn Seo, Ki Jun Kim, Joon Kui Ahn, Dae Won Lee, Hak Seong Kim, Jung Hoon Lee, Bong Hoe Kim
  • Publication number: 20110096761
    Abstract: There are provided a communication device, a base station, a communication system, and a communication method that make it possible to yield a diversity effect by cooperative relay without involvement of disproportionateness in data received by an eNB even when one of parties has unsuccessfully exchanged data. After received an ACK signal from a repeater 1, a repeater 2 which has transmitted a NACK signal in procedure 7 transmits data S2 to the eNB by use of its own resource, thereby making its own resource available for the repeater 1 (the repeater 2 does not use its own resource, and the repeater 1 uses the resource of the repeater 2). In procedures 8, the repeater 1 has received the NACK signal from the repeater 2 and subsequently transmits data S1 to the eNB by use of its own resource. Subsequently, the repeater 1 which has received the MACK signal in procedure 9 determines that the resource of the repeater 2 is available and transmits data P1 to the eNB by use of the resource of the repeater 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiko Saito, Ayako Horiuchi, Seigo Nakao, Kenichi Miyoshi, Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, Yuichi Kobayakawa
  • Patent number: 7933624
    Abstract: A base station used in a radio communication system includes a transmitting unit operable to transmit a signal to a receiver and a receiving unit operable to receive control signals indicating a changing in transmission power and another transmission parameter of the base station from the receiver which generates the control signals by measuring reception condition for a specific signal transmitted from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hideto Furukawa, Takashi Dateki
  • Patent number: 7933620
    Abstract: A method, system, and device are provided for transmit channel request messaging in wireless half-duplex voice communication systems. A new transmit channel request message (TCRM) is provided and sent over a logical control channel from a receiving device capable of walkie-talkie-like functionality, during an active half-duplex session, to a transmitting device capable of walkie-talkie-like functionality, indicating that the transmit channel is requested. In some embodiments, the invention provides for the display of information on the transmitting device user interface (UI) indicating, during an active session, that another user wishes to talk. The TCRM includes an indication that another device has requested the transmit channel and preferably includes an identification of the device which sent the transmit channel request message. In some embodiments, a qualifier flag in the TCRM is used to specify what, if any, extended functionality in respect of the TCRM is to be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Padakandla Krishna Rao, Sing Janus Yau
  • Publication number: 20110092241
    Abstract: A base station apparatus includes a transmit diversity setting unit configured to set a transmit diversity mode to be applied to a user equipment terminal; a reception quality calculating unit configured to determine reception quality corresponding to the transmit diversity mode based on the transmit diversity mode set by the transmit diversity setting unit; a scheduling unit configured to determine a user equipment terminal to which a radio resource is to be allocated based on the reception quality determined by the reception quality calculating unit; and a notifying unit configured to notify the user equipment terminal to which the radio resource is allocated as determined by the scheduling unit of the transmit diversity mode to be applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kawai, Akihito Morimoto, Hidekazu Taoka, Mamoru Sawahashi
  • Publication number: 20110092239
    Abstract: A method for managing radio resources of a base station is provided. The method includes evaluating a radio environment between a base station and at least one neighboring base station or a radio environment between the base station and terminals connected to the base station, if the evaluated radio environment does not meet predetermined criteria, selecting a new radio resource, deactivating the existing radio resource, and reactivating the new radio resource. Accordingly, the radio resources can be efficiently managed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD., ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Cheol CHANG, Hyun-Jae KIM, Won-Ik KIM, Sung Kyung KIM, Chul Sik YOON, Jee Hwan AHN
  • Publication number: 20110092240
    Abstract: To provide a mobile station apparatus and a communication system that realize an efficient transmission control for a base station apparatus to allocate resources of the PUSCH with appropriate AMC mode in accordance with the channel feedback report and the scheduling request from the mobile station apparatus, and also enable rapid transmission of the uplink data (enable rapid transmission of the UL-SCH) when the mobile station apparatus transmits only the channel feedback report. A mobile station apparatus 200 applied to a system in which a base station apparatus 100 allocates the physical uplink shared channel and the mobile station apparatus 200 transmits uplink data using the physical uplink shared channel, transmits to the base station apparatus 100 the scheduling request requesting the base station apparatus 100 to allocate resources for transmitting the uplink data, using the physical uplink shared channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Tatsushi Aiba, Shohei Yamada
  • Publication number: 20110092238
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system having a plurality of base stations and a control station controlling the plurality of base stations, the control station allocates, to the plurality of base stations, antenna patterns associated with directivity patterns for each of a plurality of frequency bands that can be utilized by the respective base stations and if it transmits, to respective ones of the plurality of base stations, parameters for associating the allocated antenna patterns with directivity patterns for each of the plurality of frequency bands; and the plurality of base stations associate the directivity patterns with the plurality of frequency bands on the basis of the parameters received from the control station and, in accordance with the associated directivity patterns, transmit signals to the antenna and receive signals from the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Naomitsu ISHIBASHI, Mikio KUWAHARA
  • Publication number: 20110092243
    Abstract: To control allocation of a portion of a shared channel to use for control information, a base station determines an amount of resource elements of the shared channel to use for the control information in place of traffic data. The base station sends, to a mobile station, an indication relating to an offset parameter, where the indication is provided to allow the mobile station to compute a value for the offset parameter such that the mobile station can determine the amount of the resource elements of the shared channel to allocate for the control information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
    Inventors: Lai-King Tee, Neng Wang, Yi Song
  • Publication number: 20110092242
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a radio base station (40) and a mobile terminal (50) for allocating resources in a telecommunications network, where communications between the radio base station (40) and the mobile terminal (50) take place over a plurality of carriers. The method comprises transmitting and receiving a resource allocation message comprising one or more bits. Each of the bits corresponds to a number of resource blocks, where the number is determined from the ratio of the aggregate bandwidth of the plurality of carriers divided by the bandwidth of the carrier over which the resource allocation message is sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Parkvall, Erik Dahlman, Ylva Jading, Bengt Lindoff
  • Publication number: 20110086660
    Abstract: A system and method for optimizing medium utilization with coexisting wireless networks is described herein. In one embodiment, a wireless device includes a first wireless transceiver, a second wireless transceiver, and logic configured to determine which of the first and second wireless transceivers is enabled at a given time. The first wireless transceiver is configured for operation with a first wireless network. The second wireless transceiver is configured for operation with a second wireless network coexisting with the first wireless network. The logic is further configured to predict an arrival time of a transmission from a different device and to enable the second wireless transceiver based on the predicted arrival time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yanjun SUN, Ariton E. XHAFA, Xiaolin LU, Assaf SELLA, Josef PEERY
  • Publication number: 20110086652
    Abstract: A method and apparatus allocates a Physical Cell Identifier (PCID) in a wireless communication system by considering a PCID reuse factor. An allowable PCID list is acquired from a server. A set of candidate PCIDs is determined from the allowable PCID list according to PCID allocation conditions. A received signal strength of each cell using the determined set of candidate PCID is determined. At least one PCID is selected by using a PCID reuse factor and the received signal strength of each of the cells using the determined set of candidate PCIDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION SOGANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jung-Min So, Hee-Jung Byun, Bong-Jhin Shin, Ga-Hee Lee, Dae-Hyoung Hong, Mi-Sun Do, Hyon-Goo Kang
  • Publication number: 20110086659
    Abstract: Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving control information, such as downlink assignment and uplink grant, to each CC through a DCI format of a PDCCH in a wireless communication system using a plurality of CCs. Exemplary embodiments include configuration and transmission of a CC indicator for the DCI format, in order to identify a CC to which the control information transferred by each DCI format corresponds from among the CCs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicant: PANTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungjun YOON, Kibum KWON, Kitae KIM
  • Patent number: 7924781
    Abstract: In a communication system, a method and an apparatus provide for efficient communications of data rate control information. A mobile station communicates a request on a data channel for reception of a data file on a traffic channel. In response to the request, a transmitter in mobile station starts communication of data rate control information on a data rate control channel. After concluding the delivery of a requested data file by a receiver in mobile station, transmitter ceases communication of data rate control information on data rate control channel from mobile station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Yu-Cheun Jou
  • Patent number: 7925290
    Abstract: A system and method for providing high performance dispatch services for a push-to-talk (PTT) communication over a wireless communication network. When a wireless device is powered up, it registers with a server and then transitions to a paging state instead of an idle state. When the wireless device is ready to transmit PTT communications, it sends a message to the server and transitions to a transmission state when a confirmation is received from the server. Once in the transmission state, the wireless device is ready to transmit the PTT communications to the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Eric C. Rosen, Francesco Grilli, Harleen K. Gill
  • Patent number: 7925267
    Abstract: A method for transmitting to one cell a frame including broadcast channels in a cellular wireless communication system in which a base station supports a plurality of physical channels corresponding to the broadcast channels. The base station generates the frame and transmits the generated frame to a mobile station. The frame includes separate broadcast channels for the respective physical channels. A position, in the frame, of a first broadcast channel for a physical channel capable of supporting a mobile station having the worst channel state is fixed in all of transmission frames. The first broadcast channel includes positional information of the remaining broadcast channels except for the first broadcast channel. The mobile station detects only an address of a broadcast channel for a physical channel allocated thereto from the first broadcast channel among broadcast channels belonging to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Ho Jung, Jae-Hak Chung, Seung-Hoon Nam, Yung-Soo Kim, Sung-Hyun Cho
  • Publication number: 20110081932
    Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for signaling uplink control information in a mobile communication network using carrier aggregation. The signaling mechanism allows the transmission, on a single uplink component carrier, of control information associated with a downlink transmission on multiple aggregated downlink component carriers. Semi-statically reserved resources for the transmission of control information on the uplink component carrier may be dynamically shared by user terminals that are assigned multiple downlink component carriers for downlink transmissions. Implicit or explicit resource indication can be used in combination with dynamic resource indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: David Astely, Robert Baldemair, Dirk Gerstenberger, Daniel Larsson, Lars Lindbom, Stefan Parkvall
  • Publication number: 20110081931
    Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus includes a wireless communicator for communicating with a first wireless base station and a second wireless base station; and a controller. The controller measures a first signal quality and a second signal quality, the first signal quality being signal quality of a signal from the first wireless base station which is communicated with the communicator, the second signal quality being a signal quality of a signal received by the communicator from the second wireless base station, and executes a handover from the first wireless base station to the second wireless base station by controlling the communicator when the first signal quality is lower than the second signal quality and an integration value, along the time axis, of a difference between the first and the second signal qualities is more than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tsuguhisa KUWADA, Takasi Saitou, Hidenori Imagawa