Abstract: In-vehicle messaging includes intercepting an incoming communication on a mobile communication device. The incoming communication is received by a messaging application on the mobile communication device. The in-vehicle messaging also includes parsing the communication, associating elements of the communication with metadata of a digital music application, and transmitting the communication, as well as instructions for handling the communication, over a communication link between the mobile communication device and a vehicle stereo system for presentation on a component of the vehicle stereo system.

Abstract: A method for operating a receiver and a device are provided. The device comprises a first and a second antenna, a receiver operationally coupled to the first antenna and a transceiver operationally coupled to the second antenna. The receiver receives information in bursts on a first band of radio frequencies. A controller of the device measures signal strength of the information received with the receiver, compares the measured signal strength to a reference value and enables operation of the transceiver if the measured signal strength is above the reference value, and limits operation of the transceiver during reception of the bursts if the measured signal strength is below the reference value.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method wherein preceding and succeeding data elements of a data element to be sent next are analyzed in order to set a signal pattern which can be correctly recovered on the receiving side in spite of intersymbol interference. More particularly, depending on the transmission characteristics of the transmission path, the content of a window within the data stream to be sent wirelessly is examined in order to determine an energy content with which a data symbol has to be sent so that the data can be recovered securely.

Abstract: A transmit/receive switch circuit has a comprises a controllable transmit section and a controllable receive section, having an output and an input coupled to an RF transmit/receive terminal respectively. The transmit section comprises a first transistor having a main current channel coupled between an RF transmit signal input and the RF transmit/receive terminal. The receive section comprises a first transistor having a main current channel coupled between the RF transmit/receive terminal and a RF receive signal output and a second transistor having a main current channel coupled between the RF receive signal output and ground. A signal that is derived from an RF input signal at the RF transmit/receive terminal is rectified. The rectified signal is used to control a control electrode of the second transistor of the receive section to make this transistor increasingly conductive with increasing RF signal amplitude.

Abstract: A portable terminal supplies power to a chip card therein with host power off. A power controller supplies power from a battery to a host, the chip card, and a CLF; a first switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the host; a second switch opens/closes a power supply channel to the chip card, branching from a power supply channel from the power controller to the CLF; a switch controller opens the first switch and closes the second switch if the CLF detects a contactless RF signal, if the host is off or if the portable terminal is in a low battery mode, and if the contactless RF signal conforms to the communication method of the chip card, and the switch controller closes the first switch and opens the second switch if the host is on.

Abstract: A communication system may include at least one electronic device configured to wirelessly communicate via a short-range communications format, and at least one mobile communications device. The at least one mobile communications device may include a short-range communications device configured to wirelessly communicate with the at least one electronic device via the short-range communications format, and a controller coupled to the short-range communications device. The controller may be configured to determine a state of movement of the at least mobile communications device, and determine a direction of communication with respect to the at least one electronic device based upon the determined state of movement.

Abstract: A level shift circuit includes a first pair of transistors of the first conductive type (M1, M4) with sources coupled to a pair of input nodes (in, inB) and gates coupled to the first power supply (GND) in common; a second pair of transistors of the second conductive type (M2, M5) with drains coupled to the drains of the first pair of the transistors and the gates coupled to the first power supply in common; a third pair of transistors of the second conductive type (M3, M6) with cross-coupled gates and drains coupled to the sources of the second pair of transistors and the sources coupled to the second power supply (V2) in common; and a pair of capacitative elements (C1, C2) with one ends coupled to the pair of input nodes and the other ends coupled to the drains of the third pair of transistors.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device.

Abstract: A touch screen cover for a hand-held wireless communication device having a touch-sensing user interface and a telephone operational mode, in which, during an incoming call, a swipe-sensing user control zone of the user interface is activated together with a call-information display. The touch screen cover includes a protective panel, that in a shielding configuration, overlays a majority of the touch-sensing user interface of the hand-held wireless communication device. The protective panel has a touch-communicating portion that overlays at least part of the swipe-sensing user control zone of the user interface of the hand-held wireless communication device in the shielding configuration, the touch-communicating portion configured to receive a swiping touch engagement on an exposed outer surface thereof and responsively impart a sweeping capacitance-induced user actuation of the swipe-sensing user control zone.

Abstract: An adaptive antenna neutralization network (AANN) for neutralizing coupling between a first antenna and a second antenna of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The AANN includes an array of reactive branches. Each of the reactive branches includes a reactive element and an electrically controlled switch with a control input for selectively coupling the reactive element between the first antenna and the second antenna. Also included is a switch driver having an output coupled to the control input of each electrically controlled switch, and a controller having an output for sending control signals to the switch driver to turn on or off individual ones of the electrically controlled switches in response to conditions that indicate a coupling state between the first antenna and the second antenna.

Abstract: A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data application. The cell reselection controller selectively inhibits cell reselection in order to meet requirements of the delay-sensitive data application. By intelligently controlling cell reselection, delay sensitive data may be received in a more reliable fashion, thereby increasing performance of the data application.

Abstract: A method for controlling a communication apparatus includes communicating with an external device through close proximity wireless communication, receiving a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, storing a remote control setting which enables or disables an operation of the remote controller, making a determination as to whether a connection between the communication apparatus and the external device through the close proximity wireless communication is established, and controlling an operation of the remote controller for the communication apparatus on the basis of the determination.

Abstract: A method for iterative estimation of a set of unknown channel parameters in a beamforming network including determining a first order estimate of offsets at measurement nodes and an estimate of the confidence in the initial estimate of the measurement nodes' offsets, and iterating, until a desired estimation accuracy is obtained, determining an improved estimate of a parameter set, and the confidence in the estimates, using the prior estimate of the offsets at the measurement nodes and determining an improved estimate of the offsets at the measurement nodes and the associated confidence values using the prior estimate of the parameter set and the corresponding confidence values.

Abstract: In order to reduce interference to a macro user equipment by easily selecting a home cell serving as the source of interference to the macro user equipment and adjusting a transmission power or the like, a plurality of base stations (10—1 to 10—3) that constitute a mobile communication system (1) respectively form cells (11—1 to 11—3) for radio communication. A network device (50) causes candidates for a first base station that should perform reconfiguration of the cell among the base stations (10—1 to 10—3) to execute the reconfiguration. The candidates for the first base station are selected based on radio resources used by each of the base stations (10—1 to 10—3) at the time of forming the cells (11—1 to 11—3). Alternatively, the first base station is selected based on uplink interference to each of the base stations (10—1 to 10—3).

Abstract: A radio system is provided. The radio system comprises primary devices, secondary devices, cognitive radio base stations and a data fusion center. The primary devices are licensed to use communication channels. The secondary devices acquire sensing reports of received signal strength, location and channel information of the primary devices. The cognitive radio base stations receive the sensing reports generated by the secondary devices through a control channel. The data fusion center receives the sensing reports from the cognitive radio base stations through a backbone network and performs a cooperative spectrum sensing process on the sensing reports to obtain primary device information with respect to the number, spectrum distribution and coverage area of the primary devices, wherein the primary device information is accessible by the secondary devices such that the secondary devices select one of the communication channels according to the primary device information to perform communications.

Abstract: A method for controlling uplink power of an LTE system, a base station, and a mobile terminal are disclosed according to the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining uplink transmit power of each carrier; sending first notification signaling to a base station if a difference between the obtained uplink transmit power of each carrier exceeds a specific threshold; and sending second notification signaling to the base station if a sum of the obtained uplink transmit power of each carrier exceeds a preset threshold. Thresholds are determined according to network conditions, and uplink power of a carrier is adjusted in a balanced way, a bit error rate is reduced and a case that a low-performance carrier is forced to be interrupted is prevented.

Abstract: A method is provided for selectively, dynamically and adaptively jamming the third-party radio communications that are external to a radio communication network to be protected, which optimizes the effectiveness of the jamming of P predefined areas or positions in a network of transmitters, and which uses closed-loop control to limit fratricidal effects on certain platforms having telecommunication transmitters/receivers to be preserved.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for connecting with Bluetooth devices in a terminal using an audio channel are provided. The method includes distinguishing an audio Bluetooth hands-free device and a non-audio Bluetooth hands-free device, performing a connection with two Bluetooth hands-free devices by connecting with the non-audio Bluetooth hands-free device and the audio Bluetooth hands-free device in a regular sequence, upon a change of a control state of the terminal, transmitting state information to the two Bluetooth hands-free devices, and, upon call connection, sending a request for a connection of an audio channel to the audio Bluetooth hands-free device.

Abstract: A method of building a wireless communication network between a plurality of pre-defined devices which include spatially distributed inverters for feeding electric energy into an AC power grid and which each have a spatially limited range in wireless communication is provided. The method includes the steps of assimilating the pre-defined devices for a limited period of time, and in the step of assimilating, generating at least one network ID and persistently storing the at least one network ID in each pre-defined device participating in the step of assimilating. The method further includes, after the step of assimilating, connecting each pre-defined device exclusively to such other pre-defined devices in which network IDs originating from the same step of assimilating are stored.

Abstract: By stacking and mounting a second substrate 20 having the same structure as that of a first substrate 10 on the first substrate upon rotating the second substrate by 180 degrees and sliding the second substrate, an antenna 11 and an antenna 22 overlap each other and an antenna 12 and an antenna 21 overlap each other and communications in each of these combinations are enabled, and a space for wire bondings 16 is secured. Accordingly, communications between the substrates are made via the antennas, and further, a space for wire bondings is secured on each substrate, wireless communications are carried out between substrates which have the same basic structure and are stacked and mounted, and power can be supplied via the wire bondings.