Abstract: A network element includes circuitry and one or more interfaces. The interfaces are configured to connect to a communication network. The circuitry is configured to assign multiple egress interfaces corresponding to respective different paths via the communication network for routing packets to a given destination-address group, to hold, for the given destination-address group, respective state information for each of multiple sets of hash results, to receive via an ingress interface a packet destined to the given destination-address group, to calculate a given hash result for the packet and identify a given set of hash results in which the given hash result falls, and to forward the packet via one of the multiple egress interfaces in accordance with the state information corresponding to the given destination-address group and the given set of hash results.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device therefore, more particularly, to the method and a device therefore, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an upper layer signal including a plurality of frequency resource sets; receiving a subframe carrying a plurality of downlink control channel candidates; and monitoring the plurality of control channel candidates in one specific frequency resource set from the plurality of frequency resource sets, for the downlink control channel, wherein the one specific frequency resource set is determined according to the type or the characteristic of the subframe.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for communicating data in a wireless communications network are described herein. In some aspects, a station includes a first receiver and a low power circuit including a second receiver. The second receiver may be configured to consume less power than the first receiver. The second receiver receives short paging messages from another wireless device, such as an access point. The paging messages may trigger transitions of the first receiver from inactive doze or sleep states to active awake states based on Traffic Information Maps. Once in the awake state, the first receiver receives messages. This enables the first receiver to reduce the time spent awake, thereby reducing power consumption. A system and method for identifying and managing paging modes is described herein.

Abstract: A method and a base station (BS) for receiving channel state information are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) signal to a user equipment (UE), the RRC signal including a plurality of configurations for periodic channel state information (CSI) reports; transmitting, to the UE, a plurality of CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs); and receiving, from the UE, generated CSI for the plurality of CSI-RSs based on the RRC signal. Each of the plurality of configurations for the periodic CSI reports includes an indicator indicating an uplink subframe to be used, by the UE, for transmitting CSI corresponding to a specific one of the periodic CSI reports.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing a content stream to a media processor over a first network where the content stream comprises first media content, evaluating a quality of the first media content according to a quality threshold, and responsive to a determination that the quality of the first media content does not satisfy the quality threshold, providing to a cellular device second media content over a multicast-broadcast single-frequency network channel of a cellular network. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A wireless networking system is disclosed. The wireless networking system includes an application layer associated with one or more applications having a wireless bandwidth requirement. A first wireless transceiver resource associated with an actual MAC layer and PHY layer is employed. The first wireless transceiver resource has a first bandwidth availability up to a first actual bandwidth. A second wireless transceiver resource associated with the actual MAC layer and the PHY layer is employed. The second wireless transceiver resource has a second bandwidth availability up to a second actual bandwidth. A processing layer evaluates the wireless bandwidth requirement and the first and second bandwidth availabilities of the wireless transceiver resources. The processing layer includes a bandwidth allocator to allocate at least a portion of each of the first and second actual bandwidths to virtual MAC and virtual PHY layers, and to satisfy the application layer wireless bandwidth requirement.

Abstract: A method for reducing power consumption is described. The method includes negotiating a receive window of a slave wireless device. The method also includes exchanging timing uncertainty information relating to a clock of the slave wireless device and a clock of the master wireless device. The method further includes transmitting a packet multiple times on a same frequency based on the receive window and the timing uncertainty information.

Abstract: A method performed by a first user equipment for performing Device-to-Device, D2D, communications with a second user equipment is provided. The first user equipment determines that a valid timing reference is not present in the first user equipment. Also, the first user equipment determines whether a preconfigured timing advance can be used in the D2D communication. Then, when determined that the preconfigured timing advance can be used, the first user equipment transmits a D2D signal to the second user equipment with a timing using the preconfigured timing advance to perform D2D communication. A user equipment, a network node and method therein for enabling D2D communications between user equipments in a radio communications network are also provided.

Abstract: A method for determining a loading of a wideband communications channel in a wireless communications system includes: setting up a loading table for the wideband communications channel comprising a plurality of narrow band communications channels; obtaining channel characteristics of the plurality of narrow band communications channels; deciding on a number of data streams and a practical bandwidth of the wideband communications channel for a data transmission transaction and selecting one or more peer communications devices for receiving the data streams; completing the data transmission transaction with the one or more peer communications devices; updating the loading table with the information about the practical bandwidth of the wideband communications channel, the number of data streams and duration of the data transmission transaction; and computing the loading by using the information in the loading table in accordance with a pre-determined formula.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a wireless device operating in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode while using a voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) service. The wireless device detects a period of voice inactivity and transmits one or more silence descriptor (SID_UPDATE) frames to a second wireless device in place of encoded speech frames. The SID_UPDATE frames are transmitted periodically based on measurements of comfort noise parameters. The wireless device determines a difference between weighted averages of comfort noise (CN) parameters of two sequences of encoded speech frames. When the difference exceeds a difference threshold, a SID_UPDATE frame is transmitted. Additionally, in some embodiments, a SID_UPDATE frame is transmitted when the weighted average of CN parameters exceeds a parameter threshold and/or when a time between SID_UPDATE frames or time elapsed after entering a silence state exceeds one or more time thresholds.

Abstract: A communication device includes a communication portion and a controller that determines whether or not a communication terminal from which the communication portion has received a connection request is a specified communication terminal. The controller makes a connection with the specified communication terminal based on the determination result of whether or not the communication terminal from which the communication portion has received the connection request is the specified communication terminal and transmits connection permission/refusal setting information to the specified communication terminal with which the controller has made a connection to allow a user to provide a connection permission/refusal setting of a communication terminal other than the specified communication terminal.

Abstract: Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for integrating and/or integrating with a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things).

Abstract: Systems and techniques for resource allocation for scheduling assignment. A scheduling assignment is transmitted and/or received using resources that are divided into first and second scheduling assignment resources. A dual resource mapping in accordance with an scheduling assignment index is performed to define first and second resources for transmission and/or reception of the scheduling assignment.

Abstract: A network address translation traversal system and method for real-time communications are provided. The network address translation traversal system includes a user terminal equipment, a network address translation device, a signaling control system and a peer terminal. The user terminal equipment is in a private network, while the signaling control system and the peer terminal are in a public network. The signaling control system is configured to instruct the network address translation device to create a network address translation mapping for a real-time communication connection. The peer terminal is configured to create the real-time communication connection with the user terminal equipment via the network address translation device directly according to the network address translation mapping.

Abstract: A method of processing one or more packets includes receiving, at a first processing unit, a first packet including first information bits. The first information bits indicate a first control parameter. The method also includes determining whether the first control parameter will be utilized to process the first packet in at least a second processing unit and, at least partially in response to determining that the first control parameter will not be utilized to process the first packet in at least the second processing unit, replacing one or more bits of the first information bits in the first packet with second information bits. The second information bits indicate a second control parameter. The method also includes providing the first packet including the second information bits to the second processing unit.

Abstract: A method and system for facilitating communication in an LTE network between an eNB and Limited Capability Terminal Equipments (LCTEs). A subset of PRACH preambles is defined for use by the LCTEs. PRACH preambles are selected by LCTEs only from said subset for inclusion in transmission of a PRACH preamble message to the eNB. Upon receipt of a PRACH preamble belonging to the subset, the eNB adjusts its operation to accommodate a limitation of the LCTE corresponding to the PRACH preamble. For example, the eNB may schedule transmission of the associated RAR on a restricted set of PRBs which is predictable and accessible to said LCTEs, to accommodate LCTE reception limitations. The subset of PRACH preambles can be adjusted in size in order to control system performance. The subset may include one or more preambles for exclusive use by LCTEs and/or preambles for non-exclusive use by LCTEs.

Abstract: A network access device (NAD) is configured to automatically establish a connection to a WAN. The NAD tests IP configurations according to a first priority scheme at least until a currently best scoring one of the IP configurations is selected for use to communicate over the WAN. The testing of the IP configurations includes transmitting requests according to a first priority scheme and tracking any replies reflecting which IP configurations are valid. The first priority scheme is for selecting among IP configurations for testing and prioritizing a first type of IP configuration over a dynamically determined type of IP configuration. Which IP configurations of the dynamically determined type that are to be tested are determined by attempting to obtain DHCP leases using different VLAN IDs according to a second priority scheme of VLAN IDs to include in DHCP requests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal at a terminal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving a control channel to be transmitted to a specific subframe via a first carrier; and decoding a data channel corresponding to the control channel to be transmitted to the specific subframe via a second carrier, using at least one parameter included in the control channel, wherein information on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) start symbol of data channels that are transmitted via each of at least one carrier allocated to the terminal is signaled through an upper layer.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a failure of a service function at a service node in a service chain, receiving a packet at the service node, and processing the packet at the service node according to a flag associated with the service function and set based on a criticality of the service function. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A radio base station apparatus that reports SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) transmission control information to a mobile terminal apparatus and controls transmission of an SRS by the mobile terminal apparatus is described. The radio base station includes an SRS setting section configured to select bit information to report to the mobile terminal apparatus, from a table having bit information to indicate not to trigger the SRS and bit information to indicate to trigger the SRS using a default SRS parameter and a reporting section configured to report the bit information for the mobile terminal apparatus using a downlink control channel.