Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide a method in a network node for configuring interference measurements for a wireless device. According to the method, the network node receives (804) information indicating whether a channel state information interference measurement, CSI-IM, resource configuration restriction applies for the wireless device. The network node further configures (806) CSI-IM resources for the wireless device based on the information.

Abstract: A carrier aggregation application method is provided of attaining time synchronization to a secondary cell for a wireless communication device usable in a cellular communication network.

Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to use of a neighbor list for wireless indoor navigation. The neighbor list may include related information regarding all neighboring access points (APs). The neighbor list can be transmitted, at least partially, to include the related information of a desired number of or all APs in the neighbor list from one AP to a wireless device. The neighbor list can be transmitted in a Neighbor Report Response (NRR) or a time-of-flight (ToF) Response and allow the wireless device to scan for minimal number of APs for ToF measurements. By using the neighbor list, power consumption and time can be significantly reduced during wireless indoor navigation.

Abstract: A network interface device for connection between a network and a data processing system, the network interface device comprising: a plurality of ports for receiving data packets directed to the data processing system. An interface services the ports in a predetermined order and writes the data packets to buffers of a common memory. Each buffer is part of one of a set of linked logical sequence of buffers forming virtual queues in the common memory. Each virtual queue is associated with a port. A memory manager selects buffers of the common memory so as to cause the interface to populate the plurality of virtual queues with data packets.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and user equipment, UE, in a wireless communication network of performing power scaling on uplink transmission to a receiving radio access node, RAN. In particular, the disclosure relates to a method and user equipment for power scaling on uplink transmissions on a multi-radio access bearer, multi-RAB, wherein a Dedicated Physical Data Channel, DPDCH, and enhanced Data Channels, E-DCHs are configured for uplink transmission from the UE to the receiving RAN. The method comprises determining a total UE transmit power exceeding a predetermined maximum power limit value. The total UE transmit power is reduced to the predetermined maximum power limit value by reducing one or more E-DPDCH gain factors by an equal scaling factor. When a predetermined minimum E-DPDCH gain factor, ‘smallest quantised ?ed,k value’, is reached for all E-DPDCH gain factors ?ed,k, and DTX is applied for all E-DPDCHs, the method comprises applying DTX on E-DPCCH.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an image data receiving device including 1st to Kth lane reproduction circuits, 1st to Kth timing adjustment circuits, 1st to Kth lane reproduction outputs, and 1st to (K?1)th selectors. The Nth lane reproduction circuit transmits data of an nth pixel. The (N+1)th lane reproduction circuit transmits data of an (n+1)th pixel adjacent to the nth pixel. The Nth timing adjustment circuit has an input terminal electrically connected to the Nth lane reproduction circuit. The (N+1)th timing adjustment circuit has an input terminal electrically connected to the (N+1)th lane reproduction circuit. The Nth lane reproduction output can be electrically connected to an output terminal of the Nth timing adjustment circuit. The Nth selector can electrically connect one of the output terminal of the Nth timing adjustment circuit and the output terminal of the (N+1)th timing adjustment circuit to the (N+1)th lane reproduction output.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a Radio Resource Management (RRM) method, device and system. The method includes that: a first network element judges whether a target Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network NodeB (eNB) of a terminal is a configured eNB or not, wherein the configured eNB is an eNB pre-storing context information of the terminal; and under the condition that the target eNB is the configured eNB, the first network element sends a notice of performing communication according to the corresponding context information to the configured eNB and the terminal respectively. By the disclosure, problems of serial Handover (HO) in a related technology are solved, and an effect of increasing an HO success rate is achieved.

Abstract: Household communications network (1) comprising a plurality of network segments (2) which are coupled to one another via switches (3), subscribers (4) of the household communications network (1) each being connected to a port of a switch (3) via a connection line and being interconnected in pairs for communication by way of the switches (3).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for receiving extended access barring (EAB) parameters in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives an EAB parameter, and receives an EAB parameter modification. The received EAB parameter is invalidated upon receiving the EAB parameter modification. The UE also waits for applying EAB until modified EAB parameter is received, and receives the modified EAB parameter.

Abstract: The present specification proposes a scheme for controlling a deactivation timer of a cell. More specifically, the present specification proposes a method of controlling a deactivation timer of a cell in a mobile communication system. The method includes: configuring, at a user equipment (UE), a first deactivation timer of a first cell and a second deactivation timer of a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell belong to a same timing advance group (TAG); if the first deactivation timer of first cell expires, checking, at the UE, whether uplink timing of the same TAG is required to be maintained; and if the uplink timing of the same TAG is required to be maintained, restarting, at the UE, the first deactivation timer of the first cell.

Abstract: A home network topology identification method, wherein the home network (10; 11) has a plurality of network devices (27, 28, 29) with a residential gateway (23) among them, the method comprises the following steps: (1a) obtain at least one home network parameter from at least one of the network devices (27, 28, 29); (1b) obtain a network channel gain function (CGF) of the home network (10; 11) from one of the network devices (27, 28, 29); (1c) transform the channel gain function (CGF) into the time domain to obtain an equivalent estimated channel delay spread function (CDS); (1d) obtain an estimated blind network topology from the estimated channel delay spread function (CDS) and a propagation speed of the network; and (1e) correlate the estimated blind network topology with the at least one home network parameter to obtain at least one structural network topology parameter; and a management center device (25) that is remote from a home network (10; 11) having a plurality of network devices (27, 28, 29) w

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. A method for transmitting channel state information (CSI) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes receiving a CSI-reference signal (CSI-RS), determining overhead of a common reference signal (CRS) resource element based on the same antenna port number as an antenna port number associated with the CSI-RS, and transmitting the CSI calculated based on the CSI-RS and the overhead of the CRS resource element.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is disclosed in which a device identifies a set of data stream rates for a plurality of data streams. A Huffman tree is constructed for data transmission time slots based on the set of data stream rates. A number of time slots assigned to a parent node in the tree are determined and evenly distributed to child nodes of the parent node, to assign the time slots to the data streams.

Abstract: An operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes: applying de-prioritization to one or more frequencies in a de-prioritization frequency list; receiving a de-prioritization cancellation command from a network; and handling the applied de-prioritization on the basis of the de-prioritization cancellation command.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a congestion control method for a Mobility Management Entity (MME) in a mobile communication system. The method includes: receiving a mobility management request signal from a user equipment (UE) having Packet Data Network (PDN) connections for at least one Access Point Name (APN); checking whether the APN is in a congested state; and rejecting, when a specific APN is in a congested state, the mobility management request.

Abstract: A broadcast receiving system capable of receiving mobile broadcast data and a method for processing broadcast signals are disclosed. The broadcast receiving system includes a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, a known sequence detector, a equalizer, and a display unit. The first receiving unit receives a first broadcast signal including first mobile broadcast service data and first main broadcast service data. The second receiving unit receives a second broadcast signal including second mobile broadcast service data and second main broadcast service data. The known sequence detector detects at least one of known data included in the received first broadcast signal and known data included in the received second broadcast signal. The channel equalizer uses the detected known data, thereby channel-equalizing the received first and second mobile broadcast service data corresponding to the detected known data.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for handling inter-node connectivity in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request from a first network node to a second network node to stop aggregating a SCell (Secondary Cell) for a UE (User Equipment); wherein the first network node controls the SCell and the second network node controls PCell (Primary Cell) of the UE. Also, another method and apparatus for handling inter-node connectivity in a wireless communication system are disclosed.

Abstract: Systems and methods are directed to use of a neighbor list for wireless indoor navigation. The neighbor list may include related information regarding all neighboring access points (APs). The neighbor list can be transmitted, at least partially, to include the related information of a desired number of or all APs in the neighbor list from one AP to a wireless device. The neighbor list can be transmitted in a Neighbor Report Response (NRR) or a time-of-flight (ToF) Response and allow the wireless device to scan for minimal number of APs for ToF measurements. By using the neighbor list, power consumption and time can be significantly reduced during wireless indoor navigation.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include monitoring, by a radio access network (RAN) orchestration function, impairments between a plurality of candidate locations interconnected by a transport network, wherein one or more network elements capable of performing one or more operations associated with a RAN are located at the plurality of candidate locations; determining a decomposition of one or more operations associated with the RAN into a plurality of sets of virtualized network functions (VNFs) to execute the operations; determining a distribution of the plurality of sets of VNFs among the one or more network elements associated with the RAN for one or more optimal locations of the plurality of candidate locations based, at least in part, on the monitored impairments; and instantiating the plurality of sets of VNFs at each of the one or more optimal locations.

Abstract: Method and system are provided for optimization of mobile data communication using byte caching. The method includes: intercepting data communications at a base station, wherein the data communications are between a user equipment and a network; and implementing byte caching at the base station to optimize data transfer between the base station and a byte cache server in the network at a peering point; wherein the network containing the base station supports mobility management of data transfer to and from the user equipment. The method includes providing a byte cache server as a transparent proxy with byte caching functionality where traffic for the user equipment is no longer tunnelled.