Switching Unit Detail (e.g., Mobile Telephone Switching Office (mtso), Base Station Controller (bsc), Etc.) Patents (Class 455/560)
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Patent number: 8918062Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for allowing a transmitter (Tx) to perform antenna selection independently of a receiver (Rx) in a transceiver supporting both transmit diversity and receive diversity. Certain aspects may utilize a cross switch, which may be used in a parallel or cross configuration, to provide for the independent antenna selection, such that the Rx may maintain the ability to operate on the same antenna as the Tx, on another antenna, or on both antennas for enhanced receive diversity. Furthermore, certain aspects may employ additional switching in the baseband domain in an effort to avoid, or at least reduce, switching glitches in the Rx caused by changing the cross switch configuration. In this manner, the Rx need not re-converge upon antenna switching.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Christos Komninakis, Daniel F. Filipovic, Chengjin Zhang
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Patent number: 8903453Abstract: In radio access network (RAN) 1 of the present invention, the configuration of radio network controller (RNC) 4 is physically separated into control plane controllers (CPE) 41a-41b for controlling signalling and user plane controllers (UPE) 42a-42c for controlling user data. User plane controllers 42a-42c report their own status information (traffic information/used channel bandwidth information/alarm information) to control plane controllers to which they belong, and control plane controllers 41a-41b manage the status information of the user plane controllers for each of user plane controllers subordinate thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2003Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Daisuke Ogura
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Publication number: 20140349635Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a device for implementing multi-cell service on a base station device, and relates to the communications field. The base station device includes at least two base station function entities, a base station function entity provides service to one or more cells and the base station function entity corresponds to a global identifier. The method further includes creating, by the base station device, a communication interface with a network node by using the global identifier. Data from the network node is received at the base station device by using the communication interface. The data is sent by the network node according to the global identifier of the base station function entity. The data is forwarded to the base station function entity corresponding to the global identifier of the base station function entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventors: Bo Lin, Yan Wang
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Patent number: 8897745Abstract: An approach for optimizing the rate of delivery of data records required by a billing system associated with a service provider is described. A mediation platform collects session records for specifying data about sessions conducted by network subscribers via the network and transport records for specifying data about the transport of data via the network during a correlation cycle. The mediation platform also generates, based on a minimal threshold of correlation, a charging data record based on a mapping of data associated with a session record and multiple transport records. The mediation platform also transmits the charging data record to a billing system of the provider prior to the collecting of all of the session records and transport records.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Cellco PartnershipInventors: Andrew T. Davis, Thomas P. Paull, Edward V. Goldbloom
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Publication number: 20140342749Abstract: Embodiments herein relate to a method in a radio base station for handling Uplink Closed Loop Transmit Diversity, UL CLTD. The radio base station is configured to control UL CLTD of a user equipment (10) served by the radio base station. The radio base station receives from a radio network controller (15) an indication indicating a change in the UL CLTD. The radio base station then removes UL CLTD related operation for the user equipment based on the received indication.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventor: Nianshan Shi
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Patent number: 8891440Abstract: A remote transmission station (S1), for a transmission installation (ID) in a radio communication network with a control unit (MS) for transmission stations with selected administration protocol, comprises controlled units (E11, E21) and is located in a part of the network separated from the control unit (MS) by a transmission connection (SAT) within the installation (ID). The station (S1) further comprises control means (MG) for obtaining control information statuses relating to the controlled units (E) and processing means (MT) for i) storage of the states previously obtained by the control means (MG), ii) for comparison of the currently obtained states with the states previously stored and to determine each change in state and iii) to generate messages comprising each determined change in state for transmission thereof to the control unit (MS) by the connection (SAT).Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2005Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Jean Farineau, Vincent Rougier, Jean-Noël Lignon, Christelle Aime, Christophe Levallet, Christian Poli, Marcel Le Goff, Eric Vitureau
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Patent number: 8892161Abstract: A radio communication system includes transmission/reception devices which perform communication by dynamically switching a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode having a lower quality than the first transmission mode, wherein the transmission/reception devices have a transmission mode decision means which fixes a transmission mode upon communication to the first transmission mode for a given period of time.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Inc.Inventors: Shigeto Suzuki, Keiji Hikoso, Mitsuru Sakamoto, Yuhsuke Takagi, Tadashi Shimonabe, Akira Ohshima
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Patent number: 8892109Abstract: According to a disclosed method, an MME in a network analyzes KPIs from the cells it serves and based on the KPIs, it decides to engage in sharing. The MME then contacts a sharing entity (SE) to announce that it wants to supply spectrum for sharing. The MME obtains terms of a sharing agreement from the SE and the MME obtains the identity of the other network. In response to this information, the MME configures its base stations to support the supplying of spectrum to the other network. The SE applies knowledge of network topology and of services offered. This knowledge is obtained from a sharing database. At the expiration of the sharing agreement, the SE tells the MMEs to deactivate the sharing agreement.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Jignesh S. Panchal, Milind M. Buddhikot
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Publication number: 20140335877Abstract: Techniques for dynamic backhaul bandwidth provisioning are described herein. For example, a method may include determining a potential subscriber user equipment load change, transmitting a backhaul bandwidth change request message based a potential subscriber UE load change, wherein the backhaul bandwidth change request message includes a requested backhaul bandwidth level, receiving a backhaul bandwidth change reply message in response to transmitting the backhaul bandwidth change request message, implementing a subscriber UE load change response corresponding to the potential subscriber UE load change based on receiving the backhaul bandwidth change reply message.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2013Publication date: November 13, 2014Applicant: Calix, Inc.Inventors: Harold Roberts, Steve Timm, Berkay Baykal
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Patent number: 8883087Abstract: A biological sample measurement apparatus includes container (10) having an opening in a top surface thereof and right and left accommodation chambers (12) and (13) formed by separating an inner space and the opening in container (10) by partition wall (11a), measurement device (1) accommodated in accommodation chamber (12) of container (10), and a holder accommodated in accommodation chamber (13) of container (10) and holding measurement device (1). Provided are recesses (15, 16) configuring holding means holding measurement device (1) on an outer peripheral wall configuring accommodation chamber (12) or in accommodation chamber (12) in a state where sensor mounting section (4) of measurement device (1) is projected to an outside of accommodation chamber (12).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroyuki Hamamoto, Akio Nagao, Masumi Aono
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Publication number: 20140323119Abstract: The present invention provides an automatic method, in a management node of a radio communication network, of service coverage management in the radio communication network, in which a radio management function is used for continually managing radio transmissions within the radio communication network and where the operation of the radio management function is determined by at least one control parameter, in which at least one of a radio environment measurement mapping or a performance indicator mapping of the radio communication network is analysed to determine a service coverage mapping of the radio communication network; a new value for at least one control parameter for the radio management function in order is generated to optimise the service coverage of the radio communication network; and the new value for the or each new control parameter for the respective radio management function in the network is distributed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (PUBL)Inventor: Attila Bader
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Publication number: 20140323165Abstract: A wireless communication device communicates an extended monitoring window indicator to a core network node. The extended monitoring window indicator indicates that the wireless communication device is capable of monitoring a paging channel of a radio access node using an extended monitoring window that includes one or more paging blocks in addition to a nominal paging block associated with the wireless communication device. The extended monitoring window indicator indicates the additional paging blocks of the extended monitoring window.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M ericsson (publ)Inventors: JOHN WALTER DIACHINA, Paul Schliwa-Bertling, Anders Christensson
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Patent number: 8874172Abstract: A wireless communication system (20) includes an ability to discern whether an end of a communication link between a mobile station (22) and a base station (26) corresponds to the mobile station (22) tuning away from a first service to a second, different service. In a disclosed example, a radio network controller (28) includes a link monitoring portion that uses information regarding the mobile station from the second service to determine a pattern of expected tune aways by the mobile station to the second service. In one disclosed example, the link monitoring portion uses observed mobile station behavior to estimate the pattern of expected tune aways. Whenever an end of a communication link with the mobile station corresponds to an expected tune away, that end is not considered for purposes of service measurement parameters.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Frances Jiang, Vladan Jovanovic, Yang Yang
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Patent number: 8874109Abstract: A method and system automatically activates a mobile station in a wireless communications network. The system includes an over the air activation function (OTAF) processor in the network that initiates an activation process in response to receiving a registration message from a mobile switching center serving the mobile station requesting the activation. Each mobile station has a unit of information stored into it at the time of its manufacture to enable it to request over the air activation. That unit of information is either the network routing address of the OTAF processor, or alternately, it is a value that is translatable into that address, either an OTAF ID number that is the same value for every mobile station or it is a sequentially serialized dummy value for the mobile identification number (a dummy MIN).Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLCInventors: Arun K. Chatterjee, Brian Kevin Daly, David William James Holmes, Ileana A. Leuca
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Publication number: 20140315556Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a receiver configured to receive information describing a first set comprising at least one first environmental radio condition, at least one processing core configured to determine, whether at least one of the at least one first environmental condition is fulfilled, and at least one transmitter configured to cause an indication that the at least one first environmental condition is fulfilled to be sent to a network. The set may comprise a radio fingerprint, which may be received in a user equipment from a base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Nokia CorporationInventor: Petteri Lundén
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Patent number: 8868114Abstract: The present invention relates to a network entity for handling communications towards a mobile station over a communication network, the mobile station being capable of receiving a paging request from a mobile switching center of a pool of mobile switching centers, and, in response to the paging request, of transmitting a paging response over the communication network. The network entity comprises a receiver (101) for receiving the paging response, the paging response comprising identity information identifying the mobile station, and a transmitter (105) for retransmitting the identity information towards the pool of mobile switching centers.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)Inventors: Jennifer He, Haibin Chu, Richard Wang, Marshall Xu
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Patent number: 8868069Abstract: An aircraft-mounted base transceiver station (mBTS) for providing intermittent coverage in a cellular radio network. The mBTS utilizes the existing protocol of its terrestrial counterparts, thereby avoiding dual-mode devices and enabling common usage of terminal monitoring and device management systems for devices connected to a single radio access network even when outside terrestrial coverage areas. The aircraft follows a transient flight pattern, providing intermittent flyover connectivity for remote radio device such as machine-type devices. Connectivity may be store and forward. Channel usage may be adjusted to avoid interfering with terrestrial communication cells during flyover. Doppler effects due to aircraft speed may be accounted for. The mBTS may be configured to service in-range radio devices which are outside a Doppler-inhibited region and/or to prioritize communication with devices based on expected time outside the Doppler-inhibited region.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sierra Wireless, Inc.Inventors: Steven John Bennett, Gerald Gustav Vos
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Publication number: 20140308959Abstract: Systems and techniques for handover management between macro base stations and home base stations. Upon receiving a measurement report from a user device including a physical cell identity and frequency pair associated with a candidate handover home base station, a macro base station transmits a message to a home base station gateway to obtain cell global identifiers of specified home base stations, which may include home base stations associated with a list of physical cell identifiers and frequency pairs including the pair received in the measurement report. Upon receiving the cell global identifiers, the base station identifies a handover target and performs signaling to the user device to direct handover to the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Nokia Siemens Networks OyInventor: Nokia Siemens Networks Oy
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Patent number: 8860334Abstract: The present invention relates to the antenna control field, and discloses a device for remotely controlling a multi-band antenna and a multi-band antenna system. The device for remotely controlling a multi-band antenna includes an antenna panel 100, where the antenna panel 100 is disposed with a control board 101 and at least two motor modules 102; each of the motor modules 102 includes a connector 1022, each of the motor modules 102 electrically connects, via its connector 1022, to the control board 101 to receive a control command sent by the control board 101. In the embodiments of the present invention, an adjustment to a downtilt of a multi-band antenna may be implemented, and an occupied space of the antenna panel and a cost for adjusting a downtilt may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhixiong Zhao
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Publication number: 20140295824Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a method of setting an attach attempt counter value by a network applicable under the circumstance when a UE attempts to attach to a network control entity of the network. The proposed method would include the UE transmitting an attach request message to a network. After transmitting the attach request message, the UE may receive an attach reject message in response to an attach failure. The attach reject message would contain an attach attempt counter value set by the network so as to generate a received attach attempt counter value which would overwrite whatever value that was currently stored in the attach attempt counter. The UE could then determine whether to continue attempting to attach to the network according to the attach attempt counter value received from the attach reject message.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventor: Sathiyakeerthi Madasamy
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Patent number: 8849275Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for communication in wireless communication network having an Access Service Network-controller (ASN-controller) communicating with plurality of Base Stations (BSs). The method includes reading one or more reports of plurality of reports received from the plurality of BSs. The plurality of reports comprise spare capacity information of one or more BSs of the plurality of BSs. The method further includes generating one or more directions based on the one or more reports to perform load balancing.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Wichorus Inc.Inventors: Mustafa Ergen, Pawan Uberoy, Tony Mak, Rehan Jalil
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Patent number: 8848574Abstract: For interference control, a sector m estimates interference observed from terminals in neighbor sectors and obtains an interference estimate. Sector m may generate an over-the-air (OTA) other-sector interference (OSI) report and/or an inter-sector (IS) OSI report based on the interference estimate. Sector m may send the IS OSI report to the neighbor sectors, receive IS OSI reports from the neighbor sectors, and regulate data transmissions for terminals in sector m based on the received IS OSI reports. Sector m may control admission of terminals to sector m, de-assign admitted terminals, schedule terminals in sector m in a manner to reduce interference to the neighbor sectors, and/or assign the terminals in sector m with traffic channels that cause less interference to the neighbor sectors.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Murat Mese, Arak Sutivong, David Jonathan Julian, Tingfang Ji
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Patent number: 8849328Abstract: An improved base station sharing in a radio communication system is disclosed. A logical base station is arranged to share a physical base station in the radio communication system with at least one further logical base station. According to an embodiment of the invention, the logical base station is associated with a control node and with an operation and maintenance node in the radio communication system, wherein the control node and the operation and maintenance node are separate from at least one further control node and at least one further operation and maintenance node being associated with the at least one further logical base station.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2009Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jie Lin
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Publication number: 20140287710Abstract: Alarm messages are transmitted to subscriber terminals of a radio communication system by signalling the alarm presence through a control channel to the subscriber terminals by at least one base station of the radiocommunication system using at least one system information item. Upon reception of the system information item by the subscriber terminals, the subscriber terminals transmit at least one respective recorded alarm signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS GMBH & CO. KGInventor: GOTTFRIED PUNZ
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Patent number: 8838139Abstract: Methods and systems are employed by a wireless location system (WLS) for locating a wireless device operating in a geographic area served by a wireless communications system. An exemplary method includes monitoring a set of signaling links of the wireless communications system, and detecting at least one predefined signaling transaction occurring on at least one of the predefined signaling links. Then, in response to the detection of the at least one predefined network transaction, at least one predefined location service is triggered.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: TruePosition, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Anderson, Jeffrey F. Bull, Paul Matthew Czarnecki, Thomas Stephen Ginter, Matthew L. Ward
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Patent number: 8838089Abstract: A method of improving Radio Resource Control, abbreviated to RRC, connection establishment for an RRC layer of a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method including when a specific event occurs during an RRC connection establishment procedure, initiating the RRC connection establishment procedure based on completion of the specific event.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: HTC CorporationInventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
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Patent number: 8838481Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for location based hands-free payment may include a network that comprises a plurality of mobile devices and a plurality of point of sale devices. A first mobile device may determine its location coordinates and communicate them to a selected point of sale device. An authorization to execute a payment transaction may be triggered on the first mobile device when it is within a defined proximity of the selected point of sale device. In another embodiment of the invention, a first point of sale device may determine the location coordinates of a selected mobile device and trigger a notification based on a generated geo-fence when the selected mobile device is within a defined proximity of the first point of sale device.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Golba LLCInventor: Mehran Moshfeghi
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Patent number: 8831583Abstract: A multimode handset and method that includes a first communications path adapted to communicate using a mobile telephone communications protocol, a second communications path adapted to communicate using a local cordless communications protocol, and a processing unit in communication with the first communications path and the second communications paths and configured to switch between the first communications path and the second communications path during a telephone call.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLCInventors: Amar N. Ray, Cadathur V. Chakravarthy
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Patent number: 8831587Abstract: A method for managing a network element involves receiving via a first interface field data from a communication network. The field data is compared with available network status data such, that a difference between network status data and field data can be determined. A configuration data is generated such that the configuration data are adapted to align the network status data and the field data. Then, a corresponding network element for receiving the configuration data is determined and the configuration data is distributed via a first interface to a corresponding network element.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks OyInventors: Olaf Pollakowski, Henning Sanneck
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Publication number: 20140235221Abstract: The present invention relates to a processing method of a user equipment, including: detecting, by a user equipment in an active status, that user equipment capability of the user equipment has changed; and sending, by the user equipment, the changed user equipment capability of the user equipment to a base station. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a processing method of a mobility management entity, a user equipment, a mobility management entity, and a communications system. When the user equipment capability of the user equipment has changed, the user equipment can report the changed user equipment capability to the network side, so that the network side can timely save or stop saving power for the user equipment, thereby achieving a trade-off between power saving of the user equipment and the service quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhipeng Fang
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Publication number: 20140221045Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and system for switching wireless devices in a looped network.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: ZTE CORPORATIONInventors: Zhihang Deng, Jizhou Li, Xiong Tang, Diqiang Zhang
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Publication number: 20140219102Abstract: A method and control nodes for controlling load-based handover in a mobile telecommunications network is proposed and at least one logical control node for controlling resources in said cell and at least one logical service node for controlling quality of service, wherein said logical service node comprises terminal instruction means for instructing a mobile terminal communicating with said at least first base station to perform a handover, comprising the steps of—determining, in the CRNC, if the load in the cell exceeds a first threshold,—selecting, in the CRNC, a mobile terminal that should be moved to another carrier if the load in the cell exceeds the first threshold, and—instructing, from the CRNC, the SRNC to instruct the at least one mobile terminal to perform a handover.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Joe CONSTANTINE, Patrik KARLSSON
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Publication number: 20140213270Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method performed in a Radio Network Controller, RNC, in a radio communication network including at least one RNC and at least one Radio Base Station, RBS, and a plurality of user equipments, UEs. The method introduces cooperation between the RNC and other devices which have the related information about Enhanced Uplink, EUL and/or High Speed Downlink Packet Access, HSDPA, user number of said RBS. The method comprises: receiving a message, which includes the information about EUL and/or HSDPA user number of said RBS; using said information about EUL and/or HSDPA user number of said RBS for the RNC's capacity management. The embodiments also disclose a RNC thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)Inventors: Wanxin He, Eric Wang
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Publication number: 20140213239Abstract: The present application provides methods for controlling a small cell on or off procedure in a Small cell specific Gate Way (S-GW). One of the methods comprises steps of receiving a cell indication message from a Source Small Cell (SSC), the cell indication message includes a cell state change indication parameter indicating whether the SSC is to be on or off and a cell on/off timer parameter indicating a time duration for a cell on process or a cell off process; transmitting request message requesting to expand or shrink a cell coverage of a Target Small Cell (TSC) according to the cell state change indication parameter; and receiving a complete indication message indicating the cell on process or the cell off process is complete after the time duration indicated by the cell on/off timer parameter from the SSC.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Genebeck HAHN, Jaehoon CHUNG, Hyeyoung CHOI, Eunjong LEE, Heejeong CHO
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Patent number: 8787975Abstract: A method and system for capturing, storing, and streaming over the air broadcasts based on user requests is disclosed. The system and method utilize subarrays of antenna elements for receiving over the air broadcasts. Processing pipelines are used to demodulate, transcode and index the content transmissions to produce content data that are streamed to users. In this way, the feeds from antennas can be accessed by users over a network connection.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Aereo, Inc.Inventors: Chaitanya Kanojia, Joseph Thaddeus Lipowski
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Patent number: 8787909Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a LIPA (Local IP Access) service in a server taking charge of the control plane within a mobile communication network. The method of controlling a LIPA service may include receiving an initial message from Home (e)NodeB. The initial message may include at least one of LIPA related information and capability information. The LIPA related information may include at least one of APN (Access Point Name) for LIPA and information for a local gateway, and the capability information may include an indicator indicating whether the Home (e)NodeB supports a LIPA function, and the initial message may include an access request message by a terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Taehyeon Kim, Laeyoung Kim, Hyunsook Kim
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Patent number: 8788640Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus for integrating a rate shaping class analysis with a load balancing decision across multiple network links to improve traffic management decisions. For each of the available multiple network links, a determination is made as to how much bandwidth is available to each class associated with that network link. When a request for a connection is received, the request's class is determined. A load balancing decision is based on the available bandwidths for the determined class for the request. The invention may also integrate other Quality of Service metrics into the load balancing decision, including link type, failure rates, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2005Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: F5 Networks, Inc.Inventor: Richard R. Masters
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Patent number: 8780804Abstract: A method includes receiving a call at a distributed mobile architecture (DMA) server. The DMA server includes a mobile switching center (MSC) module, a wireless transceiver, and a base station controller (BSC). The MSC module includes an authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) module configured to support generation of call detail records at the DMA server. The method includes routing the call from the DMA server to a communication device. The method further includes generating a call detail record associated with the call at the DMA server.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Lemko CorporationInventor: Shaowei Pan
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Patent number: 8780794Abstract: Disclosure may be to allow a Service Provider (or operator) to intercept SIP messages (e.g., SIP INVITE method, or SIP MESSAGE method) in the path of the IMS signaling link and insert advertising information therein, thereby delivering the advertising information inserted in the SIP messages to one or more end users (i.e., originating end or terminating end, or all of them).Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Romain Masson, Olivier Cadene
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Patent number: 8781470Abstract: Upon handover, the data incompletely received by a source base station is retransmitted by a mobile station to a target base station, and then reversely transferred from the target base station to the source base station. By virtue of this reverse transfer control, the need to transfer all the received data from the source base station to the target base station upon handover can be eliminated, whereby it is possible to reduce the amount of traffic between the base stations. Moreover, ARQ processes are set respectively between the mobile station and the source base station and between the mobile station and the target base station, whereby it is possible for the mobile station to transmit new uplink data to the target base station, in parallel with the ARQ process with the source base station under the reverse transfer control.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2007Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: NEC CorporationInventors: Jinsock Lee, Kojiro Hamabe
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Patent number: 8774089Abstract: A wireless terminal receives a first broadcast signal transmitted from a wireless base station; detects whether a part of a wireless terminal ID of the own wireless terminal is included in the first broadcast signal received in the broadcast signal reception or not and determines that the second broadcast signal is to be continuously received when the part of the wireless terminal ID is included; and receives the second broadcast signal when it is determined in the broadcast signal determination that the second broadcast signal is to be received, stops receiving data transmitted from the wireless base station when assignment information to be transmitted to the own wireless terminal is not present in the received second broadcast signal, and receives data transmitted from the wireless base station to the own wireless terminal based on the information on the assignment position of the wireless slot included in the second broadcast signal when the assignment information to be transmitted to the own wireless terType: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Fusao Nuno, Yoshitaka Shimizu
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Patent number: 8769176Abstract: A system including a first communication module to transmit or receive data via an antenna in accordance with a first communication standard; a second communication module to transmit or receive data via the antenna in accordance with a second communication standard; and an arbitration module. The arbitration module outputs a first mutual grant where both the first communication module and the second communication module are able to simultaneously transmit data via the antenna; a second mutual grant where both the first communication module and the second communication module are able to simultaneously receive data via the antenna; a third mutual grant where the first communication module and the second communication module are able to simultaneously transmit and receive data, respectively, via the antenna; and a fourth mutual grant where the first communication module and the second communication module are able to simultaneously receive and transmit data, respectively, via the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Gladys Yuen Yan Wong, Timothy J. Donovan, Timothy Li, Ken Yeung
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Patent number: 8768416Abstract: A communication system, apparatus and method are provided according to embodiments of the present invention. The communication system includes: a base band unit (BBU), at least two antennas and at least two radio-frequency (RF) units, where the at least two RF units are connected with the BBU respectively; and each of the antennas is connected with at least two RF units respectively, so that a signal received from a same sector by an antenna is sent to the BBU via different RF units. With the embodiments of the present invention, the reliability of RF units may be improved without increasing the hardware cost of the base station.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong He, Hui Ni
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Publication number: 20140179374Abstract: An RF switch circuit and method for switching RF signals that may be fabricated using common integrated circuit materials such as silicon, particularly using insulating substrate technologies. The RF switch includes switching and shunting transistor groupings to alternatively couple RF input signals to a common RF node, each controlled by a switching control voltage (SW) or its inverse (SW_), which are approximately symmetrical about ground. The transistor groupings each comprise one or more insulating gate FET transistors connected together in a “stacked” series channel configuration, which increases the breakdown voltage across the series connected transistors and improves RF switch compression. A fully integrated RF switch is described including control logic and a negative voltage generator with the RF switch elements. In one embodiment, the fully integrated RF switch includes an oscillator, a charge pump, CMOS logic circuitry, level-shifting and voltage divider circuits, and an RF buffer circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: PEREGRINE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATIONInventors: Mark L. Burgener, James S. Cable
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Patent number: 8761774Abstract: A method and system for transmitting/receiving a neighbor base-station information message in a broadband wireless access system. A method includes receiving, by the mobile station, a neighbor BS information message; determining whether or not an operator ID field related to a first neighbor BS is included in the neighbor BS information message; and determining that the first neighbor BS has identical BS information as a serving BS, if the operator ID field is not included in the neighbor BS information message.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jun-Hyung Kim, Hong-Sung Chang, Yong Chang, Geun-Hwi Lim, Jung-Won Kim
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Patent number: 8761141Abstract: Wide area transport networks for mobile Radio Access Networks, and methods of use are provided herein. An exemplary wide area transport network may include a plurality of network segments that include at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another. Each of the plurality of network segments may be configured to transmit at least one of a plurality of signals communicated between a baseband module and a wireless transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: E-BlinkInventor: Frederic Leroudier
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Patent number: 8761107Abstract: A method for maintaining traffic continuity through a Traffic Offload Function (TOF) entity includes the following steps: the TOF entity receives a downlink packet of offload traffic of a User Equipment (UE), where the downlink packet of the offload traffic is sent by a Packet Data Network (PDN); the TOF entity sends a Core Network (CN) paging message to the UE; the TOF entity receives a paging response sent by the UE to the CN, where the paging response includes a service request message of the UE; and the TOF entity forwards the service request message to the CN so that the CN sets up a Radio Access Bearer (RAB) after the service request message is received. With the method, the communication between the CN and the UE can be restored to guarantee the transmission of traffic. Accordingly, a TOF entity is also disclosed according to the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Weisheng Jin, Xiaoying Xu, Min Xu
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Patent number: 8762510Abstract: A common management system is configured for use in an antenna system that distributes radio frequency signals for a first wireless communication service provider and a second wireless communication service provider using the same distribution network. The common management system includes a software element and an interface to communicatively couple the software element to: a first tenant network management system operated by the first wireless communication service provider, a second tenant network management system operated by the second wireless communication service provider, and entities within the antenna system. The software element is configured to receive control messages sent from the first tenant network management system and to receive control messages sent from the second tenant network management system. The software element is further configured to forward control messages to entities within the antenna system.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.Inventors: John Sabat, Jr., Jeffrey R. Millar
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Publication number: 20140155078Abstract: A method manages the state of a plurality of micro base stations inside a mobile communication network. The network comprises at least a macro cell containing at least one Tracking Area covering a plurality of micro cells each one associated with a micro base station. The method to manage the states of micro cells comprises the steps of: switching on of all the micro base stations contained in said Tracking Area of the macro cell, counting of the messages of paging to determine the number of portable devices in Idle mode inside said Tracking Area, and switching off at least one micro base station in the Tracking Area when the number of portable devices in Idle mode in the said Tracking Area is lower than a first determined value. According to an improvement, the switching on of all the micro base stations contained in a Tracking Area is triggered when the current load of the macro cell exceeds a second determined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2012Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: Carine Balageas, Vinod Kumar
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Publication number: 20140148151Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and device for subscribing to an RLF report. An integration reference point manager configures a subscription condition for an RLF report for an integration reference point agent. The integration reference point manager obtains an RLF report that is sent by the integration reference point agent and satisfies the subscription condition. The embodiments of the present invention can avoid the case in the prior art that a base station sends an RLF report obtained from a UE, to an IRPManager through an IRPAgent in a best-effort mode, thereby decreasing the load of information transferred between the IRPManager and the IRPAgent.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Inventors: Haitao Xia, Dong Zhao, Lan Zou