Abstract: An apparatus captures packets transmitted between first and second devices in accordance with first and second communication protocols, where the first and second protocols each assign a value for identifying a packet transmitted between first and second devices. In a state in which a first packet transmitted from the first device to the second device has not been captured yet at a time point of capturing an acknowledgment packet, responsive to the first packet, including a first value, upon capturing a second packet assigned a second value indicating order earlier than the first value, the apparatus determines whether the second packet is the first packet that is captured later than the acknowledgment packet, based on a difference between third and fourth values respectively assigned to the second packet and a previous packet that is captured latest among packets transmitted from the first device and captured earlier than the acknowledgment packet.

Abstract: A control channel transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving control channels using a resource allocation scheme applicable regardless of reference signal transmission or whether the reference signal is transmitted in distributed transmission mode or localized transmission mode are provided. The control channel transmission method includes mapping a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) to Resource Elements (REs) of a Resource Block (RB) for transmitting a control channel, mapping the control channel to the REs numbered with numbers of predetermined number of Resource Element Groups (REGs) in a frequency-first ascending order cyclically, with the exception of the REs to which the DMRS is mapped, and transmitting the DMRS and the control channel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooperation in wireless communications. Cooperation is considered among a number of network elements, including at least one wireless transmit-receive unit, at least one relay station, and at least one base station.

Abstract: A communication apparatus (101) includes: receiving means for receiving a communication parameter, which is necessary for communication, from another communication apparatus; storage means (103, 212) for storing the communication parameter; first detecting means for detecting a connection instruction for connection to a network; and connecting means which, if the connection instruction (S401) has been detected by the first detecting means, is for executing processing for connecting to the network using a communication parameter already stored in the storage means (212), or processing for connecting to the network after a communication parameter is received from another communication apparatus by the receiving means, in accordance with the type of communication parameter already stored in the storage means (212).

Abstract: Improved non-cellular (e.g., Wi-Fi) link integration with a cellular (e.g., LTE) network is described. The improved link integration can relate to utilizing an eNodeB device (e.g., residing in a radio access network portion of a cellular network) as an anchor point rather than a packet data network gateway device (e.g., residing in a core network portion of the cellular network) utilized by other approaches. The improved link integration can maintain full compliance with or support for other approaches, and can reduce signaling overhead, simplify quality-of-service management, and/or provide a more rapid reaction to changes of access, particularly in cases where the eNodeB device and a non-cellular access point device are co-located.

Abstract: A method of wireless communication includes determining when all HARQ processes are associated with packages for retransmission. The method also includes determining when no new packages are pending in a UE buffer and when a received grant is insufficient for retransmission of any of the HARQ processes. The method further includes determining possible block sizes supported by each allocated time slot identified in the received grant. The method still further includes retransmitting the package of a selected HARQ process with maximum available power.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for quickly determining the status of a network device in a network communicates status inquiry messages over the forwarding plane of one network device to at least one neighboring network device. The status inquiry messages indicate the connectivity status with at least one neighboring network device.

Abstract: An apparatus that transmits Advanced-MAP (A-MAP) information in a mobile communication network determines whether or not to split an information element to two or more parts that will be transmitted in two or more logical resource units. Each part of information element in a logical resource unit includes an indicator to indicate that a second part exists in another subsequent logical resource unit. In one embodiment, the mobile communication network is used in conjunction with orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) techniques.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and computer programs are disclosed that include sending an update message to a core network by a voice centric user equipment coupled to a legacy access network supporting circuit switched voice service, receiving an updating accept message containing a status report of possible enhanced network capabilities of a non-legacy access network, and, in response to receiving the status report of possible enhanced network capabilities, determining whether to enable the non-legacy access network.

Abstract: A method for guaranteeing a data frame transmit opportunity in a wireless LAN system having three different transmission modes includes: setting a first transmission protection interval based on a lowest transmission mode, when a node of a mode having a lowest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exists in the wireless LAN system, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame; and setting a second transmission protection interval based on a mode having a highest transmission rate, when only nodes of a mode having a highest transmission rate among the three transmission modes exist, aggregating a data frame to be transmitted within time of the set transmission protection interval, and transmitting the data frame.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for providing channel sharing are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for a white space channel assignment, and identifies one or more white space channels in accordance with the request. The method sends a response to the request comprising a white space channel assignment, wherein the white space channel assignment assigns one of the identified one or more white space channels.

Abstract: Method, computer program product, and apparatus for signal tracking and decoding in GNSS are disclosed. In one exemplary implementation, a satellite receiver may be configured to receive a first sub-frame of a satellite signal. It defers a determination of validity of the first sub-frame until a preamble of a second sub-frame is received. The satellite receiver receives the preamble of the second sub-frame, and then determines whether there is a data decoding error of the first sub-frame using the first sub-frame and the preamble of the second sub-frame.

Abstract: A method comprising advertising to a second node a total allocation of storage space of a buffer, wherein the total allocation is less than the capacity of the buffer, wherein the total allocation is partitioned into a plurality of allocations, wherein each of the plurality of allocations is advertised as being dedicated to a different packet type, and wherein a credit status for each packet type is used to manage the plurality of allocations, receiving a packet of a first packet type from the second node, and storing the packet to the buffer, wherein the space in the buffer occupied by the first packet type exceeds the advertised space for the first packet type due to the packet.

Abstract: A packet processor provides for rule matching of packets in a network architecture. The packet processor includes a lookup cluster complex having a number of lookup engines and respective on-chip memory units. The on-chip memory stores rules for matching against packet data. Each of the lookup engines receives a key request associated with a packet and determines a subset of the rules to match against the packet data. As a result of the rule matching, the lookup engine returns a response message indicating whether a match is found.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing a communication device in a communication system includes receiving a transmission from another communication device. The transmission comprises a plurality of time slots and a plurality of signaling fields inserted between the time slots. The plurality of signaling fields include a set of signaling fields of a first information type and a set of signaling fields of a second information type. The method includes detecting at least two consecutive signaling fields of the first information type, recovering a received pattern contained in a nth signaling field of the second information type, predicting patterns corresponding to (n+1)th to (k?1)th signaling fields of the second information type, comparing previously predicted patterns corresponding to the (n)th signaling field with the recovered pattern in the received (n)th signaling field and achieving synchronization when at least ‘m’ matches are obtained between the predicted and the recovered patterns.

Abstract: A virtual local area network (VLAN) system that uses an energy saving path includes a terminal which data is input to and output from by a user, a first switch configured to connect the terminal to a network, and a plurality of second switches connected to the first switch to form a trunk link. When traffic load on at least one of the plurality of second switches is less than a lower threshold in a situation in which packets are transmitted using an such that the packets are concentrated on a specific path of the trunk link.

Abstract: A NIC teaming intermediate driver running on a computer system binds NIC resources into teams to provide a physical interface for the computer system to the network. When configuring a team, the teaming driver assigns one of the team members to be the primary resource and the others to be secondary. When one or more members of the team are coupled to more than one path through a layer 2 network to a core switch, the intermediate driver listens to frames transmitted over the layer 2 network regarding the cost (i.e. the bandwidth) of various connections between switches in the network and chooses the primary member to be that member coupled to the lowest cost path (i.e. highest bandwidth).

Abstract: A system and method in a packet network for optimally separating control and data in the context of mobile networking. The embodiments disclosed herein utilize virtualization and elastic computing in the context of a control plane while the user plane flexibility is realized by application programming interfaces (APIs) between a control and user plane. The control plane is configured to receive a notification that a mobile device is done sending or receiving a communication; store in a flow table flow information associated with the communication; receive a trigger for resumption of flow when the communication is to be resumed; and pass the flow information to a cache in a data plane.

Abstract: Social networking is used to enhance content delivery to mobile devices. Sometimes a mobile device lacks network connectivity, such as when the mobile device is off. Content cannot be sent to the mobile device when lacking network connectivity. A social network, however, may be retrieved for interim storage of the content. When the mobile device lacks network connectivity, the content may be routed to a member device of the social network associated with the mobile device. The member device stores the content until the mobile device resumes network connectivity. The member device may then send or forward the content to the mobile device.

Abstract: In a Hybrid Automatic Repeat ReQuest (HARQ) communication system, a receiver receives from a transmitter a HARQ sub-burst. A retransmission counter (RE_TX_CNT) in the receiver is incremented if either: (i) the receiver cannot decode the sub-burst, or (ii) no retransmission of the sub-burst is received within a Predetermined Retransmission Delay (PRD) interval. If RE_TX_CNT reaches a Maximal Retransmission Count (MAX_RE_CNT), then information for the sub-burst that was previously stored for HARQ purposes in a soft combining buffer in the receiver is flushed. Parameters that set the PRD interval and the MAX_RE_CNT value are pre-negotiated between the transmitter and the receiver. In another embodiment, if a novel timer in the receiver indicates that a first threshold time has elapsed after receipt of an undecodable HARQ transmission then buffered information is marked, whereas if the timer indicates that a second threshold time has elapsed then the marked information is flushed.