Abstract: A method and an apparatus for repeating wireless signals bidirectionally and synchronously are provided in the present invention, specially used for repeating wireless signals emitted from the base station and terminal devices bidirectionally and synchronously in the TDD system. Said apparatus comprises: a receiving and transmitting antenna set, a frequency selection and bidirection RF amplication circuit, and a synchronization extraction and control device. Signals emitted from the base station and terminal devices are received and repeated by the receiving and transmitting antenna set. The synchronization control information is extracted from signals emitted from the base station by the synchronization extraction and control device to control the frequency selection and bidirection RF amplication circuit, thereby synchronously repeating signals received bidirectionally.

Abstract: A radio base station has a monitor (31), memory (33, 49) and one or more resources (35(i), 37(j), 39(k), 41(m), 43(n), 45(o), 47(p)). The memory (33, 49) is connected to the monitor (31) and stores tasks and data. Each of the resources (35(i), 37(j), 39(k), 41(m), 43(n), 45(o), 47(p)) is connected to the monitor (31) and performs a function or executes a program. The radio base station has an analogue signal manifold (39(k)) with input lines, output lines, and nodes for making connections between input and output lines. The input lines and output lines are connectable to predetermined resources and the nodes may perform a mathematic operation on an incoming signal on the input lines.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an optimized interaction method of a WLAN user terminal selecting an access mobile communication network. In this method, after a wireless connection between the WLAN user terminal and a WLAN access network is established, the WLAN access network or the WLAN user terminal initiates an access authentication procedure, and the WLAN access network sends a user identity request message to the WLAN user terminal. After receiving the user identity request message, the WLAN user terminal determines network selection information to be currently carried according to a detecting result of whether the WLAN access network is changed or according to user selection information, and returning a message containing the determined network selection information to the WLAN access network.

Abstract: An information terminal controller and an information terminal control method for controlling usually wireless information terminals allows easy registration of these terminals as respective control objects for a plurality of functions of the terminals. List registration part judges whether the information terminal detected by information terminal detecting part has plural functions. When the information terminal has plural functions, the information terminal is registered in the terminal registration list classified for at least two of the functions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a casing for a handheld device that has an upright axis defining an operation orientation of the device and a diagonal axis. The casing has only two continuous side sweeps meeting at points in line with the diagonal axis. The diagonal axis coincides with the greatest span across the face of the casing.

Abstract: A transmitting/receiving apparatus wherein a decision of performing SDM communication accompanied by a directivity control is correctly performed to improve the transmission efficiency. In the apparatus, a channel estimating part (205) performs channel estimation by use of known symbols included in a received signal. A channel variation deciding part (206) determines a correlation value between a channel estimation result of an immediately preceding process and that of a current process to determines the magnitude of a channel variation, and the determines, based on the magnitude of the channel variation, whether to perform SDM communication accompanied by a directivity control of perform SDM communication not accompanied by the directivity control. When a radio receiving part (107) receives a transmitting weight, a switching part (108) outputs the received transmitting weight to multipliers (103-1 to 103-n).

Abstract: The invention provides an IP switching based radio network controller. The radio network controller comprises a plurality of functional modules, at least comprising: an ATM interface module, an interface management module, a radio signaling management module and a radio bearer processing module, characterized in that, the radio network controller replaces an ATM switch with an IP switching network to achieve data and signaling exchange among the above functional modules in the radio network controller. Said functional modules respectively comprise at least one functional board, and the functions of each of the functional modules are respectively achieved in different functional boards. The radio network controller of the invention has the advantages of low cost, simple configuration and management, and easy to achieve the system.

Abstract: In a cellular communication system, for example UMTS using WCDMA, a configuration of radio links is controlled. In a mobile unit, and in a base station, a synchronization counter indicates time codes (CFN) for synchronization of configuration changes across the system. Messages are exchanged between a network controller, the base stations and the mobile units, which messages include a change command (62) for changing a configuration, and a reconfiguration command (61) for changing a current configuration state to a next configuration state at a selected future time code (63). Traditionally a prepared reconfiguration period (67) for such a reconfiguration change was treated as a blocking period for further changes. According to the invention the prepared reconfiguration period is determined, and a prepared reconfiguration period indicator (66) is added to the change command. Hence other configuration changes can be effected during the prepared reconfiguration period.

Abstract: Techniques and technologies are provided for recovering from failure of a home wireless switch in a network of wireless switches which includes an initial home wireless switch of at least one wireless client device in a first mobility domain, a backup home wireless switch in the first mobility domain, and other peer wireless switches in the first mobility domain.

Abstract: Synchronizing database files of a central node with database files of a local node in which the central node is coupled to the local node via a communication link. The communication link performance being continuously monitored via a periodic signal sent back and forth between the central node and local node. Information indicative of the files of the central database are integrated with the monitoring signal portion sent from the central node to the local node and a determination is made whether the files integrated with the monitoring signal corresponds with files of the local database via indications in the monitoring signal portion returned from the local node.

Abstract: A system and method of data transmission in a wireless communication network are disclosed. The method comprises detecting an error in an original transmission and in response thereto, determining that latency sensitive data in the original transmission would be stale when transmitting a copy of the original transmission. The method further comprises transmitting the copy of the original transmission when a retransmission value function at least equals a predetermined threshold and transmitting a new transmission when the retransmission value function is less than the predetermined threshold. The new transmission comprises a copy of the data from the original transmission that is not stale when transmitting the new transmission.

Abstract: A mobile terminal having a bookmark function for a contents service include a controller for bookmarking a particular time point of currently reproduced contents, a storage unit for storing information on the bookmarked particular time point of the contents, and a reproducing unit for reproducing the contents starting from the particular time point based on the stored particular time point information.

Abstract: Techniques and technologies are provided for restarting a first wireless switch when the first wireless switch fails. For example, after the first wireless switch fails, the first wireless switch transmits a restart message to its peer wireless switches to begin re-establishing peering sessions with peer wireless switches. The first wireless switch resets its home wireless client database (HWCDb) with information from its data plane wireless client database (KWCDb), and transmits the updated information in its HWCDb to its peer wireless switches. The peer wireless switches store this information in their respective control plane wireless client databases (CPWCDbs), and initially mark the wireless client devices in the respective CPWCDbs as stale entries.

Abstract: Methods, portable communication devices, and computer program products for sharing at least one media file of a portable communication device with a set of electronic communication devices include detecting a setting, by a user, of the set of electronic communication devices. The portable communication device generates at least one media file. At least a link, related to the media file, is distributed to at least the electronic communication devices of the set which were located in a region of the portable communication device, at the time of the generation of the at least one media file.

Abstract: A method and a system for operating a radio communication network which is characterized in that a first radio communication network uses at least one function of a second radio communication network by connecting the first radio communication network to at least one module of the second radio communication network.

Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for an intelligent home agent selection mechanism (IHASM) for dynamic home agent assignment. The present invention has several practical applications in the technical arts including dynamically selecting a HA, determining available HAs in a network, and implementing an HA selection policy. The IHASM solves the redundancy problem in round robin selection methods by using normalized load concepts.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for installing a positioning system, the positioning system comprising two or more base stations (BS1 to BS4), and comprises the steps of; collocating the base stations (BS1 to BS4); quantifying any lack of synchronization between the clocks of the base stations; relocating one or more of the base stations (BS2? to BS4?) to their fixed, operational positions and measuring the time of flight of a signal from each of the relocated base stations; determining from the time of flight and quantified lack of synchronization data the relative separation of the base stations (BS1, BS2? to BS4?) and hence the configuration of the installed positioning system, and recording the configuration of the installed positioning system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hotspot location database system and a method for creating, maintaining and updating such a system. A hotspot location database (6) is created locally in a mobile terminal (1). The mobile terminal is adapted to monitor locations of available hotspots and store information in its local database (6). The mobile terminal is also adapted to monitor the presence of other mobile terminals (9) using a local connectivity network, in order to share information with the other mobile terminals by exchanging information for update of their local databases. The invention also relates to such a mobile terminal for use in the system.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a received beam generating section 12 for generating received beams beam0 and beam1, which are perpendicular to each other and spatially separated, by assigning weights to received signals fed from receiving antennas 11 by using received beam weights; path search sections 13 and 14 each for outputting path information when the received beams beam0 or beam1 includes a spread signal spread by a known spreading code; a demodulating section 16 for outputting demodulation data by receiving the received beams beam0 and beam1 and by RAKE combining them in response to the path information; and a feedback control section 15 for outputting selection information 101 by selecting a transmission beam to be transmitted in response to the path information and the phase difference between the received beams beam0 and beam1 fed from the demodulating section 16.

Abstract: A method reduces the number of queries generated to a number portability database. The number portable communication system includes a local cache associated with the switching office or facility responsible for identifying and controlling the routing of calls to portable numbers. By including the cache and only generating a request to the number portability database when the cache either does not contain LRN response information or if a call attempted based on LRN response information in the cache fails, the total number of queries to the number portability database are reduced. This reduces query traffic as well as speeds up the processing of calls able to use cached information.