Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for network communication of data are described. One method described includes determining a characteristic of data to be communicated. The method includes selecting, via a processor, one of a plurality of communication pathways based at least on the determined characteristic, wherein selecting is independent of an air interface used to communicate the data. The method further includes establishing the selected communication pathway if the selected pathway has not been established. The method further includes communicating the data via the selected communication pathway.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A multi-radio device controls wireless communications by identifying one or more connection points between radio(s) of the multi-radio device and an operating system executing on a host device, analyzing a policy relating to the multi-radio device, and exposing, to the operating system, a subset of the connection points based on the policy.

Abstract: The present invention is designed to provide a radio base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus, a radio communication system and a radio communication method which can cope with an increased number of users. A radio base station apparatus is provided with: a signal generating section that generates a first downlink control signal and a second downlink control signal for a mobile terminal apparatus; a first multiplexing section that multiplexes the first downlink control signal on a control region up to a predetermined number of symbols from the top of a subframe; a second multiplexing section that frequency-division-multiplexes the second downlink control signal on radio resources from the next symbol in the control region to the last symbol of the subframe; and a transmission section that transmits the first downlink control signal multiplexed on the control region and the second downlink control signal multiplexed on the radio resources.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for improved packet data flow mobility and packet data distribution and collection across heterogeneous networks. In one embodiment, a source device with one or more wireless interfaces receives data to be transmitted to a target device. The device sequences the received data with corresponding packet sequence numbers according to characteristics of the service providing the data. The sequenced data is classified according to application/service requirements (e.g., minimum Quality of Service requirements, service type, etc.). The classified data is assigned to available network interfaces, which can support the classifications of the data. The data is transmitted over the assigned network interfaces to the corresponding receiving interface. The data is collected and reassembled according to the packet sequence number at the target destination.

Abstract: A space time calibration method determines location and timing for nodes in a network using a model of the state of clocks in the network nodes and observations of clock count stamps over an observation interval. At least one of the nodes in the network is moving, and the nodes have free running clocks, with corresponding clock error parameters. The method obtains observations of clock stamps for transmissions between nodes occurring over a time interval. It applies the observations to a model of network state, and generates from the model an update of network state. This update is a function of the observations and an estimate of the network state. The network state provides estimates of location parameters and clock parameters of the nodes in the network.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of wireless communication between a base station and at least one user equipment. The method includes: transmitting an enhanced physical downlink control channel from the base station to the at least one user equipment using a demodulation reference signal antenna port; transmitting message from the base station to the at least one user equipment which is scheduled by the enhanced physical downlink control channel; receiving the message at the at least one user equipment; determining at the at least one user equipment whether the message was correctly received; and transmitting an ACK/NAK signal on an ACK/NAK resource determined from the enhanced physical downlink control channel from the at least one user equipment to the base station indicating whether the message was correctly received by the at least one user.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for determining operating modes of a communications link for a user equipment (UE) in a communications system based on whether the UE is configured for network coded transmission control protocol (TCP-NC). The operating modes can include physical layer channel error recovery, modulation, channel selection, among others. For example, physical layer channel error recovery can be scaled-back, or disabled, when TCP-NC is available because it is a redundant error recovery scheme. Accordingly, power can be saved, higher spectral efficiency can be achieved, and the user experience can be improved while the TCP-NC protocol recovers any data loss due to channel, errors.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of mixed media communication is provided. The method includes initializing, via an electronic device, a session associated with a sender device, the session including data of a first media type; determining a destination for the data of a first media type, the determination based on the first media type and available destination information; providing the data of the first media type to the determined destination; receiving data of a second media type for the session with the sender device; determining a second destination for the data of the second media type, the determination based on the second media type and the available destination information; and providing the data of the second media type to the second destination. A device and computer-readable medium for mixed media communication are also described.

Abstract: A self-organizing network switching matrix is provided. The self-organizing network switching matrix can receive a first set of communications data from a set of base transceiver stations wherein the communications data includes a radio simulcast. It can send the first set of communications data to a subset of remote transceiver units in a set of remote transceiver units. A second set of communications data can be received from the first subset of remote transceiver units. A set of network activity data can be generated based on monitoring the receiving of the second set of communications data from the first subset of remote transceiver units for a defined network activity. The subset of remote transceiver units can be adjusted based on the network activity data. In this regard, the self-organizing network switching matrix facilitates automated capacity management providing just in time network dimensioning.

Abstract: In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) of a wireless communication network may configure an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) physical resource block (PRB) set for a user equipment (UE). The EPDCCH-PRB set may include a plurality of PRB-pairs. The EPDCCH-PRB set may further include a plurality of enhanced resource element groups (EREGs) organized into localized enhanced control channel elements (ECCEs) having EREGs of the same PRB-pair and distributed ECCEs having EREGs of different PRB-pairs. In some embodiments, the eNB may determine a set of distributed EPDCCH candidates for the UE from the EPDCCH-PRB set, wherein the individual distributed EPDCCH candidates include one or more of the distributed ECCEs, and wherein the set of distributed EPDCCH candidates includes at least one EREG from each of the plurality of localized ECCEs. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A communication control system includes a control server for controlling a process rule held in a forwarding node. The control server includes a network information storage unit for storing a logical network identifier which is an identifier of a logical network defined by setting of the forwarding node, and a correspondence relation between a device connected to the forwarding node and the logical network; and an address resolution unit for, upon receiving from the forwarding node an address resolution request for a destination communication device which is a destination of the packet or a communication device for forwarding the packet received from a source communication device which is a source of the packet to another device, performing interlayer address resolution for the destination communication device or the communication device, and setting the logical network identifier of the logical network to which the source communication device belongs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for allocating subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises allocating at least one diversity cluster of subcarriers to a first subscriber and allocating at least one coherence cluster to a second subscriber.

Abstract: Provided is a method and system for switching between signals in an optical transport network. The method includes extracting identification data from an OTN signal at a termination sink and inserting the identification data into an Ethernet packet. The system includes a termination sink configured to extract identification data from an OTN signal and insert the identification data into an Ethernet packet.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. In one aspect, the UE may establish a context for a first RAT, perform an activity involving at least one transmission via a second RAT without initiating a procedure to suspend the context for the first RAT when a duration of the activity is less than a threshold, and communicate via the first RAT using the context after the activity is performed. In another aspect, the UE may receive one or more signals via at least a first RAT, transmit via a second RAT, and perform at least one cell reselection procedure using the one or more signals during the transmission via the second RAT.

Abstract: Provided is a service quality management system 10 including a service quality management device 51, 52 that belongs to a communication network and manages at least one relaying device 31, 32, a control traffic processing device 41, 42 that processes a control traffic for providing a user terminal 21, 22 with a media content through the communication network, and a service providing device 60 that provide the media contents, in which the control traffic processing device includes a receiving unit that receives a service request concerning the media content from the user terminal, an information adding unit that generate, on the basis of the service request received by the receiving unit, a service request in which device identification information for identifying the service quality management device belonging to the same communication network is added, and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the service providing device, the service request having the device identification information added thereto.

Abstract: A method of supervising device-to-device communication may include determining that a first wireless device and a second wireless device are configured to communicate with each other through device-to-device communication as a device-to-device pair. The method may further include assigning a pair identifier to the device-to-device pair. The pair identifier may be configured to allow the device-to-device pair to communicate with each other and an access point of a wireless communication network while protecting from eavesdropping. Further, the method may include directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to use the pair identifier while participating in the device-to-device communication.

Abstract: A wireless communication device (WCD) stores a mapping that maps each of a plurality of ranges of signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) to a respective data rate indicator in a plurality of data rate indicators. Each data rate indicator is associated with a respective modulation-and-coding scheme (MCS) that supports a respective downlink data rate from a radio access network (RAN). The WCD selects a maximum data rate indicator based on a type of application on the WCD that is to receive downlink data, a priority of downlink data to be received by the application, an amount of downlink data to be received by the application, a device type of the WCD, or a subscription level of the WCD. The WCD selects an applicable data rate indicator based on a measured SNR and the mapping, such that the applicable data rate indicator does not exceed the maximum data rate indicator.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless communication stores synchronization channel (SCH) timing for each identified Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) cell. The stored SCH timing is used to perform base station identity code (BSIC) reconfirmation for an identified GSM cell without frequency correction channel (FCCH) tone detection and initial BSIC confirmation. The stored SCH timing is maintained across a plurality of user equipment (UE) states.

Abstract: Memory management for WiFi Media Access Control (MAC) frames includes dividing a memory into equally-sized smaller chunks; writing a MAC frame that is larger in size than one-chunk size into several chunks; appending special information to each chunk to specify whether the chunk is a starting chunk or an intermediate chunk of the MAC frame or whether the chuck is currently unoccupied at all; linking the chunks carrying the MAC frame; and specifying a task waiting to be performed for the MAC frame. The several chunks may be noncontiguous or contiguous. The memory management technique may further comprise searching the memory for chunks comprising frames waiting for a certain task. The memory management technique may further comprise marking the chunks as empty after the certain task is completed.

Abstract: Providing adaptive channel state feedback (CSF) reports in discontinuous reception (DRX) scenarios in a power-efficient manner. The described algorithm may be able to make adaptive decisions to carry over the CSF from previous DRX cycles based on a comparison between an offset at which CSF values are stable and an offset at which a CSF report is to be sent to a base station. If the CSF values are not stable by the time the CSF report is to be sent, a CSF report from a prior DRX cycle may be used. Alternatively, if the CSF value are stable by the time the CSF report is to be sent, a determination may be made to either generate a new CSF report or use a prior CSF report. The latter determination may be made based on various criteria, including channel conditions and DRX cycle length.