Abstract: A method and apparatus for binding Redundancy Versions (RVs) with a System Frame Number (SFN) and subframe numbers are disclosed. The method includes: choosing any 5 continuous subframes within a transmission window of a System Information (SI-x) message according to the subframe numbers of an SFN, and binding the SFN and subframe numbers of the 5 continuous subframes with RVs of the SI-x message. Because RVs are bound with an SFN and subframe numbers, when a transmission window of an SI-x message is longer than or equal to 5 ms, system frames and subframes are bound with RVs of the SI-x message so that the RV retransmission of the SI-x message is guaranteed.

Abstract: A method for signaling an Integrated Messaging System (IMS) on an Internet Protocol (IP) based network to deposit a message, including the steps of sending a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) SIP INVITE request to the IMS indicating a message deposit action; receiving a corresponding SIP menage from the IMS agreeing to participate in the message deposit action; and sending an SIP acknowledge message to the IMS confirming receipt of the corresponding SIP message; and depositing the message in a destination mailbox. A method of signaling an IMS on an IP based network to retrieve a deposited message, the method including the steps of sending a SIP INVITE request to the IMS indicating a message retrieval action; receiving a corresponding SIP message from the IMS agreeing to participate in the message retrieval action; sending an SIP acknowledge message to the IMS confirming receipt of the corresponding SIP message; and retrieving the deposited message from a mailbox corresponding to known account information.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a communication method and system using MIMO technology. The communication method includes: a network side device determines whether a UE uses a single-stream mode or a multi-stream mode as an uplink data transmission mode; and the network side device notifies the UE of indication information indicating the determined uplink data transmission mode. The communication method and system help the UE to use a specific uplink data transmission mode in combination with various factors, therefore reducing a delay of an uplink data transmission, improving an uplink data transmission speed, thereby meeting development needs of uplink high-speed data communication services of the UE.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a multi-antenna system. A terminal generates a plurality of reference signal sequences in which cyclic shift values different from each other are allocated to the respective plurality of layers, and generates a single carrier-frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) symbol to which the plurality of reference signal sequences are mapped. The SC-FDMA symbol is transmitted to a base station via a plurality of antennas. The cyclic shift values allocated to the respective layers are determined on the basis of a first cyclic shift value, which is a cyclic shift value allocated to a first layer from among the plurality of layers, and cyclic shift offsets which are allocated to the respective layers and which are different from each other.

Abstract: A connection is established in a communications network responsive to receiving a Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signal at a port having an assigned sequence associated therewith. A dialed sequence corresponding to the received DTMF signal is identified. If the dialed sequence is associated with a request for a specified service, first and second fields of a packet-switched signaling protocol message are populated with the assigned sequence associated with the port. The populated packet-switched signaling protocol message is transmitted over a packet-switched network to request the specified service, and a connection is established to provide the specified service through the port. Related systems and devices are also discussed.

Abstract: A system for delayed message delivery can include an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network that is in communication with at least one of a first user equipment and a second user equipment, and a message application server. The message application server can be configured to receive a message sent from the first user equipment, store the message temporarily in accordance with a time parameter, and send the message to a gateway when the time parameter is satisfied. The gateway can be configured to receive a message formatted in accordance with a first protocol used by the IMS network and convert the message into a format in accordance with a second protocol used by a message center. The message center can be configured to receive the message formatted in accordance with the second protocol and forward the message to the second user equipment. Other systems for delayed message delivery and corresponding methods are disclosed.

Abstract: An address for controlling transmission of routing through a network is obtained by means of input from a combination of network terminals. Initially, address describing data is received from a user via a source terminal. A control circuit determines whether the address describing data is sufficient to define an address of a destination. If not, the control circuit uses the address describing data to extract information must be met by the destination, but for which it is not known for specific destinations whether it is met. The information may define a desired property of the destination for example, or a mutual relation between the user and the destination. The control circuit then transmits a confirmation request to one or more possible destinations, to ask whether information relates to the possible destination. If a positive confirmation is received back from a possible destination, the address of this possible destination is used.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for providing feedback over a multiple path network is provided. A first device sends a transmissions to a second device over at least two different paths of the network. Using information collected as a result of receiving the transmissions, the second device aggregates data regarding the performance of each of the paths together into a feedback message. The second device then sends this feedback message to the first device over one path of the network. The first device uses the data in the feedback message in its calculations for determining the relative performance of each path. The amount of traffic sent along each path is adjusted as appropriate, based on these calculations.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for connection to IP communication entities (Ex,pu,, Ey,pu) via a residential gateway (PZ). It consists in registering (A) the public identity (pu) of each connected terminal associated with the network address (z) of the residential gateway, so that any message should be addressed to said residential gateway (Pz) and in transferring (B) said message to all the IP communication entities connected to the residential gateway (Pz), thus permitting each of the latter to filter (C) the message and to determine whether the message is addressed to a public identity which is assigned thereto. The invention is applicable to IP terminals managed in accordance with SIP or H323 protocol.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing HARQ feedback in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation. To suggest a scheme for transmitting feedback on the successful/unsuccessful decoding of transmissions that is operable in FDD mode, the invention proposes to utilize only a single one of plural radio resources available for feedback transmission for signaling feedback for multiple transmissions. A feedback sequence of ACK/NACKs for the transmissions is mapped to one feedback resource combination that is one of the radio resources available for feedback transmission and a modulation symbol of the given modulation scheme that is transmitted on said one radio resource. This scheme can also be used in cases where the number of possible feedback sequences of ACK/NACKs for the transmissions is larger than the number of feedback resource combinations available for feedback transmission.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for a coaxial cable based broadcast and communication convergence in a home network for supporting a frequency band less than a frequency band used in Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA). The apparatus for broadcast and communication convergence includes a broadcast processor that transmits and receives broadcast signals from an external broadcasting network; a communication processor that transmits and receives communication signals from an external communication network; and a broadcast and communication converging unit that is operated as a terminal for the broadcast signals input to the broadcast processor and the communication signals input to the communication processor, and divides an occupied frequency band of the broadcast signals from a remaining frequency band, and uses the remaining frequency band as a channel for the communication signals.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for relay operation in a wireless communication system comprising determining a first set of subframes for downlink communication from an eNB to a relay node; determining a second set of subframes for uplink communication from the relay node to the eNB; determining a downlink (DL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing between a first control transmission and a HARQ acknowledge (ACK) message based on a first minimum delay and the first and the second sets of subframes; and determining an uplink (UL) hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing between a second control transmission and an uplink transmission based on a second minimum delay and the first and the second sets of subframes.

Abstract: A method, device and user equipment (UE) for transmitting multi-cell scheduling information is provided. When at least two cells are serving the UE, the method for transmitting multi-cell scheduling information includes the following steps: determining a main cell of the UE from the at least two cells; transmitting, in the main cell, the scheduling information of the main cell and an auxiliary cell which are serving the UE.

Abstract: A set of different communication flows (270-272) can be established between a set of end-user devices (210) and remote devices (265) through an intermediary node (225). For each communication flow (270-272), a flow-specific bearer (250) can be generated between the intermediary node (225) and a corresponding one of the remote devices (265). Each bearer (250) can have quality of service attributes that correspond to flow-specific quality of service attributes of the flow (270-272) to which the flow-specific bearer (250) corresponds. Communication can occur between each of the proximate end-user devices (210) and the remote devices (265) in accordance with the flow-specific quality of service attributes. The intermediate node (225) can direct the exchanged data between unique local communication links and corresponding ones of the flow-specific bearers (250).

Abstract: In an access device associated with a first network cell, a method for enabling user equipment (UE) to obtain a service unavailable through the first network cell includes receiving a request for the UE to access the service, and identifying, in a message to the UE, a plurality of second network cells providing the service.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for supporting Non-Access Stratum (NAS) communication between a User Equipment (UE) and a Mobility Management Entity (MME) efficiently by addressing signaling problems occurring between the UE and the MME in a situation where it is necessary for a network node to identify the UE information, from another network node to which the UE has been attached, are provided. The method is implemented with a UE, an MME, and an old MME or an old Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) to which the UE has been attached before so as to facilitate discovering a best node using the UE information acquired from the old MME or old SGSN during communication between the UE and the network, resulting in a reduction of a communication delay between the UE and network and an improvement of communication efficiency.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a wireless transmitting node in a frequency hopping wireless network may determine whether a packet can be transmitted within a particular timeslot of a frequency hopping sequence based on a length of the packet. If unable to transmit the packet within the particular timeslot, the transmitting node extends the particular timeslot into a subsequent timeslot to allow transmission of the packet within the extended timeslot at a frequency associated with the particular timeslot. Once the extended timeslot ends, the transmitting node and receiving node hop frequencies into the subsequent timeslot to synchronize with the rest of the network that already hopped at the conventional rate. In another embodiment, a wireless receiving node may also extend the particular timeslot into a subsequent timeslot to allow reception of a packet that would extend beyond the particular timeslot, and may hop frequencies upon expiration of the extended timeslot.

Abstract: A network component, comprising a memory unit comprising a filtering database (FDB), wherein the FDB comprises a medium access control (MAC) address and a Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) Identifier (VID) pair for each of a plurality of end-stations associated with an edge-district partition of a network, wherein the edge-district partition is associated with the network component, and wherein the FDB comprises a wildcard FDB entry corresponding to each VLAN associated with the network component, and a logic unit coupled to the ingress ports and the egress ports, wherein the logic unit is configured to reduce flooding in the edge-district partition of the network; wherein the logic unit is configured to forward a received frame, having a destination MAC address and a VID for which there is not an exact match in the FDB, towards a core-bridge without flooding based on the wildcard entry in the FDB.

Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with cascaded memory tables for searching are described. In one embodiment, an integrated chip is implemented with two or more address tables. The two or more address tables are implemented with separate memory tables to store addresses. The two or more address tables are comprised of a first address table and a second address table. Connection lines connect the first address table and the second address table to create a cascaded address table. Search logic initiates a search of the first address table for an address. If the address is not found, the search logic initiates a search of the second address table through the connection lines.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for adjusting a transmission time point of at least one second terminal in a wireless network by a first terminal. In the method for adjusting a transmission time point of a terminal, a transmission time point of the second terminal is set, a first frame including information regarding the transmission time point is transmitted to the second terminal, a first response frame transmitted according to the transmission time point from the second terminal is received, and the transmission time point is adjusted according to an arrival time of the first response frame.