Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink transmission method, a base station and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving uplink split information sent by a first base station, wherein the uplink split information is used for instructing a second base station to receive data in buffers corresponding to N1 logic channel groups of a user equipment, the N1 logic channel groups are determined by the first base station from a BSR sent by the UE, and N1 is a positive integer larger than 0; determining N2 logic channel groups from the N1 logic channel groups, wherein N2 is a non-negative integer smaller than or equal to N1; and sending feedback information to the first base station, wherein the feedback information is used for indicating the determined result. In an embodiment of the present invention, a flexibility of the uplink transmission is improved.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating system information, such as SIBs, from a base station to a terminal in a wireless network such as an LTE network. The base station is configured to broadcast the system information in accordance with a standard which defines a range of allowable values for characteristics of the broadcast. A restricted range of values for the characteristics is defined as a strict subset of the range of allowable values, and repeated broadcasts of the system information are configured in accordance with the restricted range of values. The terminal uses knowledge of the restricted range of values to facilitate reception of multiple repetitions of the broadcast. The terminal then combines the multiple repetitions to facilitate recovery of the system information.

Abstract: A wireless access point device including a network interface configured to communicate with a content provider server through a network, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a client device through an antenna, and a processor. The processor is coupled to and configured to control the network interface and the wireless transceiver, to cause the wireless access point device to receive data from the content provider server, stream the data to the client device over a first channel of a plurality of channels, determine that a buffer of the client device has sufficient buffered data having been received over the first channel so that output of streamed data via the client device can continue during a channel scan, and scan a second channel of the plurality of channels, whereby the output of the streamed data via the client device continues during the scan of the second channel.

Abstract: An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for expanding the port count in a single Fiber Channel domain by adding modular Fiber Channel switches. Such a system includes a system enclosure that contains a plurality of Fiber Channel modules configured to send and receive Fiber Channel packets, the Fiber Channel modules providing a plurality of Fiber Channel ports and a switch processor coupled to the plurality of Fiber Channel ports and to a plurality of Ethernet ports. The switch processor is configured to apply a stacking header to Fiber Channel packets for transmission from one of the plurality of Ethernet ports over a stacking link to another switch processor in another system enclosure.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods for detecting and sending downlink control information and devices. The method for detecting downlink control information includes: acquiring a pilot port determining parameter that corresponds to downlink control information needing to be detected; determining, according to the pilot port determining parameter, a first-type pilot port that corresponds to the downlink control information; and detecting the downlink control information according to the first-type pilot port. In the embodiments of the present invention, user equipment can correctly detect downlink control information.

Abstract: A device may provide information associated with initiating a segmented tunnel to be used to transfer multicast traffic via a network covering a plurality of areas. The device may receive acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel. The acknowledgement information may include information that identifies a number of egress devices, associated with at least one area of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may determine, based on the acknowledgement information, a total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic. The device may selectively provide the multicast traffic via the segmented tunnel based on the total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a device for synchronously counting a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service. Through technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention, synchronization time point information is carried in a message sent to a base station by an MBMS coordinating entity (MCE), so that the base station counts the MBMS service at the corresponding synchronization time point, collects the counting information and feeds back the counting information to the MCE. Whereby, the base station can count the MBMS service for each terminal device served by the base station at the same time point and collect and transmit the MBMS service counting information to the MCE, thereby ensuring synchronization of MBMS service counting time, ensuring synchronization of multicast control channel (MCCH) contents at the air interface, and solving the problem that synchronization of MBMS service counting time cannot be ensured in the prior art.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system. More particularly, D2D terminals supporting D2D communication are identified, discovery groups are formed for the D2D terminals using the same application, and discovery timing is established depending on the discovery group such that D2D terminals belonging to the same discovery group are shifted to an active state during the discovery timing in order to transceive signals by using time and frequency resources designated for D2D discovery with the discovery timing having a variable value depending on the discovery group.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for measuring communication quality are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring reference signal resource configuration information, where the reference signal resource configuration information at least includes: reference signal port configuration information, and reference signal power information of at least one port group; or the reference signal resource configuration information at least includes: reference signal port configuration information, and a ratio of a power of a data channel in at least one port group to a power of a reference signal; and sending the acquired reference signal resource configuration information to user equipment. Therefore, in a multi-antenna system, accurate signal quality measurement information is acquired, or more accurate channel state information is acquired.

Abstract: Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. At a first device in the network, a packet transmitted from a second device in the network is received. The received packet comprising an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a third device in the network. On the basis of the IP address for the third device comprised in the received data packet, lookup in an IP routing table of the second device is initiated to obtain a next-hop address for the received packet. The obtained next-hop IP address is determined to be an IP address of a device connected to the first device.

Abstract: In a pipelined network processor, a first stage in the pipeline is responsive to receipt of a pause indication from a third stage. The pause indication is associated with one of a plurality of ports and priority classes of frames advancing through the pipeline. The first stage asserts a hold indication to a second stage in response to the pause indication. The second stage is responsive to the hold indication by marking frames associated with the one of a plurality of ports and priority classes as they arrive from the pipeline at the second stage by returning them to the first stage interface instead of transmitting them to the third stage. The marked frames are stored in memory external to the network processor.

Abstract: Provided is a method for receiving a downlink signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprising: receiving a plurality of parameter sets for Semi Persistent Scheduling (SPS)-physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) through higher layer signaling; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) configuring the SPS-PDSCH; and decoding the SPS-PDSCH using one of the received plurality of parameter sets, wherein the parameter set to be used for decoding is determined based on whether an indicator indicating the parameter set to be used for decoding is included in the DCI.

Abstract: A system and method for communicating content to a user device that includes a storage device having a network portion and a user portion. The user device stores content in a network partition thereof. The user device reallocates the content to a user portion of the storage device after storing is complete.

Abstract: A method, system, and device for transmitting coding instruction information, for use in solving the problem found in the prior art that, as current codebooks are designed for horizontal beamforming/pre-coding, direct application of the codebooks to a three-dimensional beamforming/pre-coding technology causes performance degradation. The method of embodiments of the present invention comprises: a user equipment determines and transmits to a network side first pre-coding instruction information and second pre-coding instruction information, where a first component pre-coding matrix is a block diagonal matrix, a submatrix on the diagonal is equal to the Kronecker product of two matrices, a second component pre-coding matrix is constituted by a weighted column selection vector, with the exception of a P-number of nonzero elements, the remainder of the weighted column selection vector is all zeros, and P is a positive integer.

Abstract: There is provided a method for processing Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service MBMS session update in M3 and M2 interfaces in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising a Mobility Management Entity MME, a Multi-cell/Multicast Coordination Entity MCE and an eNB, the method comprising: sending, by the MME, a first MBMS session update request message to the MCE; processing, by the MCE, the first MBMS session update request message, and sending, a second MBMS session update request message to the eNB and sending a first feedback message to the MME; processing, by the eNB, the second MBMS session update request message, and sending a second feedback message to the MCE. The present invention enables a RAN and an EPC to consistently process the MBMS session update procedure. Thus, the present invention may avoid misunderstanding caused by signaling processing from the EPC to EUTRAN in a radio access network.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium includes instructions. The instructions, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations including receiving, at an access point, data targeted for a device, and determining whether an amount of the data targeted for the device is above a threshold. The operations further include, responsive at least to determining that the amount of data is below the threshold, transmitting a notification frame falsely indicating that the access point does not have the data targeted for the device.

Abstract: Establishing and controlling a tunnel for carrying a PDN connection between a first node and a second node. The first node sends a request to set up a tunnel, the request including a first identifier. The first node then receives a second identifier for use in identifying the tunnel when receiving data sent from the second node to the first node. Data packets are sent from the first node, the data packets including the first and/or second identifiers for identifying the tunnel from the first node to the second node. Data packets are received from the second node, the data packets including the second identifier from the second node to the first node.

Abstract: Measures for processing data in a packet-switched network. At a first device in the network, an echo request packet is transmitted into the network. The echo request packet comprises a predetermined identifier. An echo response packet is received from a second device in the network. In response to the received echo response packet comprising the predetermined identifier, the received echo response packet is identified as a packet generated on the basis of an echo request packet originated from the first device, and an Internet Protocol (IP) address comprised in the received echo response packet is determined to be an IP address of the second device.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for processing an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH), a network-side device, and a user equipment. The method includes: notifying a user equipment (UE) of M physical resource block (PRB) sets used for EPDCCH transmission and N reference signal (RS) configurations used for EPDCCH downlink control information (DCI) rate matching and/or EPDCCH resource mapping, and notifying the UE of correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations, where N is a positive integer greater than 1, and M is a positive integer; and performing the EPDCCH DCI rate matching and/or the EPDCCH resource mapping according to the correspondence between the M PRB sets and the N RS configurations.

Abstract: The present invention provide a synchronization method and base station, and the method includes: determining, by a base station, a synchronization status of the base station itself, where the synchronization status includes: a synchronized base station, or, a synchronization source base station; and configuring, by the base station, according to the determined synchronization status of the base station itself, a synchronization reference signal of the base station, in order that a first time is different from a second time, where the first time is a time when the synchronization reference signal of the base station is transmitted, and the second time is a time when an inter-station synchronization reference signal of the base station's synchronization source base station is transmitted. The embodiments of the present invention can improve the synchronization performance.