Abstract: A method for transmitting and receiving a signal of a terminal, according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: receiving a signal from a base station; calculating an expected value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) based on the received signal; and choosing a beamforming method based on the expected value of SINR. The present invention can provide a method and an apparatus which apply adaptive ICIC in CoMP environment so as to maximize WSR with reduced complexity of calculation, thus having a performance comparable to that determined by the conventional method, and providing the user with a smooth communication environment with improved quality. Furthermore, a terminal communicating with a base station chooses a desirable beamforming technique with reduced complexity so as to decrease the complexity of the system and to provide higher power efficiency with a faster calculation speed.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer readable media for mDNS support in unified access networks are described.

Abstract: Diversity receiver front end system with flexible antenna routing. A receiving system can include a plurality of amplifiers. Each one of the plurality of amplifiers can be disposed along a corresponding one of a plurality of paths between an input of the receiving system and an output of the receiving system. Each one of the plurality of paths can correspond to a different frequency band. The receiving system can include an input multiplexer configured to receive, at one or more of a plurality of input multiplexer inputs, one or more RF signals. Each one of the one or more RF signals can include one or more frequency bands. The input multiplexer can be configured to output each of the one or more RF signals to one or more of a plurality of input multiplexer outputs.

Abstract: A method for downloading a file for use in a first mobile terminal, includes: determining at least one second mobile terminal, connected with the first mobile terminal, as a receiving mobile terminal; sending a request for splitting and downloading a file for a server to split the file into a plurality of subfiles and send at least one of the plurality of subfiles to the receiving mobile terminal; after the receiving mobile terminal completes receiving of the subfile, acquiring the subfile from the receiving mobile terminal; and after all of the plurality of subfiles are acquired, combining the plurality of subfiles into the file and saving the file.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for sharing the antennas of wireless access node systems in a wireless communication network comprising a wireless access node system A and a wireless access node system B, each of which comprises at least one transmission/reception unit for processing transmission/reception signals in at least one frequency band, the device comprising: an MIMO coupler A for coupling a signal in a first transmission/reception route among multiple input multiple output (MIMO) routes for said at least one transmission/reception unit of the wireless access node system A, and a signal in a second transmission/reception route among MIMO routes for said at least one transmission/reception unit of the wireless access node system B, to the antenna of the wireless access node system A; and an MIMO coupler B for coupling a signal in a first transmission/reception route among the MIMO routes for said at least one transmission/reception unit of the wireless access node system B, and a signal in a

Abstract: A method for resource management in a cellular communication network, wherein the network includes at least one base station per cell for a plurality of cells that operates in TDD (Time Division Duplex) transmission mode, wherein the base stations implement a respective UL/DL configuration mode in which frames are composed of a specific sequence of downlink DL, uplink UL and special S subframes, is characterized in that the base stations are operated such that neighboring base stations with adjacent and/or overlapping coverage areas employ different UL/DL configuration modes, wherein interference between neighboring base stations is taken account of by implementing power control on a subframe basis. Furthermore, a resource management system for use in a cellular communication network is described.

Abstract: An example data structure for managing user equipment communications in a wireless communications system is presented, as well as methods and apparatuses configured to implement the data structure. For instance, the data structure may include a downlink subframe comprising two slots and including one or more quick downlink channels having a single-slot transmission time interval. In addition, the example data structure may include one or more resource element blocks each comprising one or more resource elements into which a frequency bandwidth is divided within one or both of the two slots, wherein each of the one or more resource element blocks comprises a control channel region or a data channel region. Furthermore, the example data structure may include one or more resource grants, located within one or more control channel regions, for one or more user equipment served by the one or more quick downlink channels.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content.

Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, hub breakout roaming enables providing data access to a user network device, subscribed with a home network and roaming into a visited network, by a hub breakout system through the visited network. Upon receiving a request for data access from the visited network, the hub breakout system assigns an IP address to the user network device. The hub breakout system then routes data packets, associated with the data access requested by the user network device, to and from at least one corresponding data source, using the assigned IP address. The data source includes the Internet, a private network associated with home network, or any other service provider entity.

Abstract: A coarse timing method for a communication system is provided. The coarse timing method may include: calculating timing metric values for received signal samples using a self-correlation based timing metric function; calculating average timing metric values based on previous timing metric values; and determining whether there is a data frame based on the timing metric values and the average timing metric values.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method and system for transferring wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU)-specific information to support enhanced uplink (EU) operation in a wireless communication system. A radio network controller (RNC) obtains WTRU-specific information, and transfers the WTRU-specific information to the Node-Bs. Each Node-B is configured to schedule uplink transmissions from a WTRU and utilizes the WTRU-specific information in operation of EU transmissions.

Abstract: Various arrangements for detecting an object using a passive infrared (PIR) sensor module of a sensor device. A PIR data stream may be received from the PIR sensor module indicative of measurements performed by the PIR sensor module. An indication may be received from a transceiver that identifies a beginning of the data transmission. A portion of the PIR data stream may be blanked in response to receiving the indication of the beginning of the data transmission, the portion of the PIR data stream corresponding to a defined time duration. A presence of an object may be determined using the PIR data stream, excluding the blanked portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a radio resource management (RRM) measurement method of a terminal and a device therefor in a multi-cell wireless communication system. Particularly, the RRM measurement method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, information associated with an RRM for a neighboring cell; and performing an RRM measurement for the neighboring cell according to the information associated with the RRM, wherein the serving cell and the neighboring cell are respectively set to change at least one uplink subframe according to a preset uplink-downlink configuration (UL-DL configuration) for downlink communication, and subframes for an RRM measurement for the neighboring cell are considered to be the same as subframes for an RRM measurement of the serving cell if the information associated with the RRM indicates the uplink-downlink configurations (UL-DL configurations) of the serving cell and the neighboring cell are the same.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method and an apparatus for grouping a plurality of beams into a plurality of beam groups in a wireless communication system supporting Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) are provided. The method includes determining at least one preferred beam set, based on a channel between a plurality of transmission beams of a Base Station (BS) and a plurality of reception beams of a Mobile Station (MS), transmitting information on the at least one preferred beam set, to the BS, generating information indicating interference that at least one transmission beam of the BS exerts to the MS, based on a preferred reception beam comprised in the at least one preferred beam set, and transmitting the generated interference information to the BS.

Abstract: A method of monitoring virtualized network includes receiving information regarding the virtualized network, wherein the information is received at a port of a network switch appliance, receiving a packet at a network port of the network switch appliance, and using the received information to determine whether to process the packet according to a first packet processing scheme or a second packet processing scheme, wherein the first packet processing scheme involves performing header stripping, and performing packet transmission to one of a plurality of instrument ports at the network switch appliance after the header stripping, each of the instrument ports configured for communicatively coupling to a network monitoring instrument, and wherein the second packet processing scheme involves performing packet transmission to one of the plurality of instrument ports at the network switch appliance without performing any header stripping.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating the quality of a communication session or of a communication path used for the communication session. One of the methods includes initiating a communication session between a first communications device and a second communications device, wherein initiating the communication session comprises routing session data for the communication session along a first communication path between the first communications device and the second communications device; generating, at the first communications device, a plurality of reference content samples; generating a recording of the communication session as received at a first destination along the first communication path; and evaluating a quality of the communication session or of the first communication path by comparing the plurality of reference content samples with the recorded communication session.

Abstract: A method of operating a network server, such as a mobile application gateway, connect devices on a cellular or carrier network with individual networks, such as enterprise voice and data networks or residential networks. The effects of the present invention are far reaching in terms of transferring effective call control from the cellular network into the control of the individual network, such as the enterprise, and enabling new business models for the purchase of cellular service from a public cellular carrier by an enterprise.

Abstract: The present invention provides a WLAN access method that includes obtaining an access location of a UE; obtaining AP access information of the UE at the access location; selecting an AP according to the obtained AP access information to access a WLAN; and sending AP access information of the selected AP to the UE. The present invention further provides another WLAN access method and a corresponding apparatus.

Abstract: A method for indicating routing capacity related data or routing delay related data via signalling messages in a core network of a telecommunications network using Diameter messages of a Diameter protocol includes: transmitting a first piece of routing capacity related information from a first Diameter enabled network node to a second Diameter enabled network node, and transmitting a second piece of routing capacity related information from the first Diameter enabled network node to the second Diameter enabled network node. The first and second pieces of routing capacity related information are transmitted by at least one Diameter message, wherein the first piece of routing capacity related information comprises aggregated routing capacity data or aggregated routing delay data related to a first routing alternative, and the second piece of routing capacity related information comprises aggregated routing capacity data or aggregated routing delay data related to a second routing alternative.

Abstract: There are provided a method of user equipment monitoring control information and user equipment using the method. The method includes receiving information about a first reference position for a first Enhanced-Physical Control Format Indication Channel (E-PCFICH) from a Base Station (BS); detecting the first E-PCFICH in a resource indicated by the information about the first reference position; obtaining information about a reference position for a second E-PCFICH based on the information about the first reference position, wherein each of the first E-PCFICH and the second E-PCFICH is a control channel including information about the size of the frequency domain for an Enhanced-Physical Downlink Control Channel (E-PDCCH) for demodulating the control information by using a UE-specific Reference Signal (URS); and detecting the second E-PCFICH based on the obtained information about the reference position for the second E-PCFICH.