Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for fault tolerant communications in a distributed system. An embodiment operates by determining a failure of a first node of a cluster of a plurality of nodes. Prior to the failure, a second node transmitted a first message to the first node. The second node determines content corresponding to the first message. A third node to which to provide the content of the first sub-task is identified. A second message, including content corresponding to the first message, is transmit to the third node.

Abstract: Method for unified networking for a device in heterogeneous mobile environments includes maintaining and monitoring active network interfaces, managing the location of the device, managing network access security, enabling disruption tolerance support for applications, enabling service sharing and session mobility, managing system parameters for one or more active application sessions, managing storage functionality in one or more memory devices, and maintaining a mapping for one or more flows corresponding to the one or more active application sessions, maintaining one or more policies, and performing flow control decisions based upon the policies using a policy engine. The method can also include monitoring for network events, evaluating whether to perform a handover based upon policies, and providing seamless secure handovers in a heterogeneous mobile environment. A device, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and a system for unified networking are also provided.

Abstract: A communication system includes one or more node devices having routing circuitry configured to receive data from one or more other node devices within a communication network and to send the data to at least one other node device or a final destination device and a scheduling controller configured to generate schedules for sending the data through the routing circuitry within the communication network. The scheduling controller communicates with one or more other scheduling controllers in the one or more other node devices in generate the schedules for sending the data through the communication network.

Abstract: method is for use in a mobile telecommunications network that comprises a base station providing wireless connectivity within a base station cell, a mobile node providing wireless connectivity within a local cell and configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station, and a terminal configured to communicate wirelessly with the base station and configured to communicate wirelessly with the mobile node; and the method comprises: activating a limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node; starting a first timer of fixed duration when or after the limited local radio connection is activated; and when the first timer has expired, activating a limited base station radio connection between the terminal and the base station and terminating the limited local radio connection between the terminal and the mobile node.

Abstract: A data alignment method capable of preventing degradation in demodulation performance due to variation in signal qualities when a data signal to which a Turbo code is applied is transmitted simultaneously from a plurality of cells. The method divides signal components to be used for data alignment into resources common to all the cells and resources dependent on the cells and transmits encoded and rate-matched data with the first half thereof aligned to the resources common to all the cells and the second half thereof aligned to the resources dependent on the cells.

Abstract: A Network Splitter, using three network connections. Splitting of the data paths occurs up stream from the networks connection, between the PHY, and the MAC, of the OSI model. Splitting is done by connecting the transmit data and transmit control of the layer representing the connection of the first network device, to the receive data and receive control of the layer representing the connection to the second network device, and connecting the transmit data and transmit control of the layer representing the connection to the third network device to the receive data and receive control signals of the layer representing the connection to the first network device. In this way, packet network data is being sent to a second network connection from the first network connection, and packet data is being transmitted from a third network connection to the first network connection.

Abstract: Method and apparatus in a wireless communication network (100) for establishing active mode beam to idle mode cells neighbour relations are disclosed. A first network node (111) and other network nodes, a second and a third network nodes (112, 113) operate in the wireless communication network (100). The first network node (111) is a serving network node for the user equipment (130) with the active mode beam, and the idle mode cells are synchronization signal broadcast areas provided by the other network nodes (112, 113). The first network node (111) obtains information on synchronization signals transmitted from the other network nodes and stores information on active mode beam to idle mode cell relations, wherein the active mode beam is the beam serving the user equipment (130) when a new synchronization signal is detected, and the idle mode cell is the cell with the synchronization signal broadcast area provided by the network node transmitting the detected synchronization signal.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting a buffer status report for a plurality of logical channel groups (LCG) from a terminal to a base station. The method may include receiving allocation information for uplink resources from a base station; determining whether the number of padding bits for data transmission using the uplink resources is i) greater than or equal to a first value and ii) less than a second value; determining whether available data for uplink transmission is present in one or more logical channel groups (LCGs) when the number of padding bits is greater than or equal to the first value and is less than the second value; and transmitting Short Truncated BSR or Long Truncated BSR to the base station according to a result of comparison between the number of padding bits and the first value when available data for uplink transmission is present in the one or more LCGs.

Abstract: Methods for switching an eNB by a user equipment, eNBs and user equipments relate to a mobile communication system deployed in a heterogeneous network. The embodiments of the present disclose a method for switching an eNB by a UE, including: when a master eNB of the UE in dual connectivity is switched, a target eNB determining that the UE keeps a connection and configuration with a secondary eNB; and the target eNB establishing a connection with the UE when the UE keeps the connection and configuration with the secondary eNB. The embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose other three methods for switching the eNB by the UE and corresponding eNBs and user equipments.

Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for time domain coexistence of RF signals. In one example, among others, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a free period of a coexisting cellular connection, providing a RDG to allow another device to transmit for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP, and receiving a transmission during the duration. In another example, a method includes obtaining access to a WLAN channel during a transmission period of a coexisting cellular connection and providing a protection frame to defer transmissions from another device for a duration corresponding to at least a portion of a TXOP. In another example, a method includes determining a shift of a BT transaction based at least in part upon a schedule of cellular communications and shifting at least a portion of the BT transaction based upon the determined shift.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a display, a wireless communication device, an input device, and a processor. The processor to provide a first connection plan and a second connection plan via the display to a user. The first connection plan identifies a first set of rules of wireless access point selection and the second connection plan identifies a second set of rules for wireless access point selection. The processor also to receive a selection corresponding one of the first connection plan and the second connection plan from the user via the input device and to select one of a first wireless access point and a second wireless access point based on first network performance data of the first wireless access point, second network performance data of the second wireless access point, and the selection. The processor further to establish a network connection with the selected wireless access point via the wireless communication device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of mobile communications. Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and device in an unlicensed frequency band. The method comprises: determining a termination position of to-be-transmitted data in a radio frame in an unlicensed frequency band; determining position indication information according to the termination position; and sending the position indication information, so that a user equipment determines, according to the position indication information, the termination position of the to-be-transmitted data in the radio frame in the unlicensed frequency band.

Abstract: A method of user equipment (UE) for beam management in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), at least two groups of Tx beams comprising transmit (Tx) signals generated from different antenna panels, the at least two groups of Tx beams transmitted through reference signals; receiving, from the BS, configuration information including a selection constraint for the at least two groups of Tx beams; measuring, based on the configuration information, at least one beam from each of the at least two groups of beams; selecting at least one Tx beam from each of the at least two groups and a same Rx beam set as an Rx beam corresponding to respective selected Tx beams; and transmitting, to the BS, a reporting message including information of the selected Tx beams and the selected same Rx beam set corresponding to the Rx beam.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment transmitting/receiving signals to and from a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed in the present invention, which is specifically characterized by comprising the following steps: receiving form the base station information related to a plurality of subframe sets; receiving from the base station information related to transmission modes which correspond to each of the plurality of subframe sets; and transmitting/receiving the signals to and from the base station based on the transmission mode that corresponds to a specific subframe set in a subframe that belongs to the specific subframe set from the plurality of subframe sets.

Abstract: The proposed technology relates to the procedure of generating a Fast Initial Link Setup, FILS, Discovery frame (1400) including Mobility Domain information (1401) and/or the exchange of such a frame between a network node and a wireless communication device, e.g. to enable the wireless communication device to determine whether to associate with the network node through a full authentication procedure or through a reduced authentication procedure.

Abstract: Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate estimation of communication parameters. For example, wireless communication systems, such as those associated with the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), and the like, may benefit from a maximum cell throughput estimation. A method can include obtaining measurements of a plurality of signal parameters from a plurality of users in an area. The method can also include determining maximum bitrates for each of the users from the signal parameters. The method can further include comparing the maximum bitrates to theoretical bitrates to obtain a ratio. The method can additionally include providing a momentary maximum throughput by scaling a theoretical maximum throughput using the ratio.

Abstract: A user terminal executes processes of receiving control information from a base station, the control information indicating that transmission of a gap request is allowed; transmitting a reception gap request to the base station, the reception gap request requesting reception gaps which are timings in which the user terminal halts a downlink reception to monitor device-to-device discovery signals directly transmitted from other user terminals; and receiving a gap configuration from the base station, the gap configuration indicating the reception gaps configured by the base station to the user terminal. The reception gap request includes a frequency identifier indicating a frequency for monitoring the device-to-device discovery signals; and correlated gap pattern. The gap pattern includes bit map information indicating subframes corresponding to the reception gaps; period information indicating a repeating period of the bit map information; and offset information indicating a start timing of the period.

Abstract: In one disclosure of the present specification, a method is provided for transmitting a reference signal in a small-sized cell. The method for transmitting the reference signal may comprise the steps of: generating, by the small-sized cell, a sequence of the reference signal, based on a physical cell ID and cell load degree; transmitting, by the small-sized cell, the generated sequence of the reference signal on a mapped resource element (RE); and transmitting, by the small-sized cell to a terminal during camp-on, information about the cell load degree used during the generation of the sequence of the reference signal.

Abstract: A method for interactive response and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes: establishing a connection with a service terminal; receiving display configuration corresponding to a service client on the service terminal; constructing an interactive interface based on the display configuration, and displaying the interactive interface on a user terminal; obtaining an input operation of a user on the interactive interface; generating feedback information based on the acquired input operation; and transmitting the feedback information to the service terminal. Establishing the connection with the serving terminal includes: the user terminal transmits a calling request to a network device; after establishing a Session Initiating Protocol (SIP) calling supporting text transmission between the network device and the service terminal, the user terminal receives a calling response message returned by the network device.

Abstract: [Object] To enable interference of directional beams between cells to further decrease. [Solution] Provided is an apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires information about a directional beam that is provided from a neighbor base station of a base station, the directional beam serving as an interference source for a terminal apparatus connected to the neighbor base station among a plurality of directional beams which is able to be formed by the base station; and a control unit that decides an operation of the base station regarding transmission of a signal over the directional beam on the basis of the information.