Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and method for providing quality of service to data streams transmitted via a single protocol stream. A scheduler of a sender can receive profiles corresponding to streams of data generated by an application of the sender. The scheduler can receive, from a receiver receiving the streams of data, congestion information of some the streams of data. The scheduler can determine, according to the congestion information and the profiles, a priority of a first stream with respect to a second stream of the streams of data, for a single protocol stream. An assembler of the sender can generate a plurality of packets of the single protocol stream using first packets of the first stream and second packets of the second stream in accordance with the priority. The sender can transmit to the receiver, the single protocol stream comprising the plurality of packets.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods related to false congestion avoidance during handover events. The systems and methods can include a wireless communications interface and one or more processors. The system can detect an event corresponding to a transition of at least one wireless connection, from being between the wireless communications interface and a first network element, to being between the wireless communications interface and a second network element and transmit, via the wireless communication interface to a remote device, a signal comprising at least one of: an indication of the event or an indication to avoid a congestion mitigation operation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects related to a device that can include a wireless communications interface and one or more processors. The wireless communications interface can be to communicate a plurality of data packets and/or a data burst to a network device. The one or more processors can generate the plurality of data packets according to a timing characteristic of the one or more data packets. The one or more processors can provide an indication of the timing characteristic to the network device. The one or more processors can receive a communication rate from the network device. The one or more processors can cause the wireless communications interface to communicate the plurality of data packets to the network device according to the communication rate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are aspects related to a device that can include a wireless communication interface and one or more processors. The one or more processors can allocate at least a first data burst and a second data burst to a data buffer. The one or more processors can assign a timer corresponding to an amount of time for output of the first data burst until one or more timing criteria expire. The one or more processors can assign, responsive to the first data burst and the second data burst each representing periodic network traffic, an index indicative of the position of the second data burst in the data buffer relative to the first data burst. The wireless communications interface can transmit the first data burst, the timer for the first data burst, the second data burst, and the index for the second data burst.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods provide technology that determines that a primary slice of a plurality of slices of a communication network is overloaded. The plurality of slices includes a backup slice. The technology assigns user equipment to operate with the backup slice in response to the primary slice being overloaded. The technology identifies that a trigger has occurred, wherein the trigger is associated with one or more of the user equipment, the backup slice or the primary slice, and re-assigns the user equipment to the primary slice from the backup slice so that the user equipment operates with the primary slice.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a device for adjusting the sleep mode of a mobile station in order to solve the problem in current multi-hop relay systems of long time delays in data transmission caused when data packets have to wait for the next listening window to reach the mobile station because of packet errors. Wherein, a relay apparatus judges whether the previous hop network apparatus needs to retransmit data packets to the mobile station; when the previous hop network apparatus needs to retransmit data packets to the mobile station, the relay apparatus transmits to the mobile station the adjustment related information for adjusting the sleep mode of the mobile station. The mobile station adjusts the sleep mode according to the adjustment related information. Preferably, the adjustment related information comprises indicating information for indicating that the mobile station is in triggered listening status within predetermined time interval.

Abstract: A relay method and device, wherein the control signal and the data signal which are in the same subframe are directly sent to a lower level device respectively by an upper level device and a relay function device. In one example, the relay function device transmits data signal using subscriber special reference signal to make the lower level device estimate an access channel correctly; in another example, the relay function device carries out precoding of the data signal correlative with the access channel so as to cancel the influence of the access channel, thereby make the lower level device receive data signal correctly. Retransmission control signaling is sent to the lower level device in each subframe by the upper level device to ensure the fixed sequential relationship of feedback retransmission.

Abstract: The invention provides a temporary mobile station identity TMSI allocation method, comprising steps of: notifying a mobility management entity MME device of a corresponding mobility attribute based on a type of a Machine Type Communication MTC application, wherein the mobility attribute indicates whether a mobility of the MTC application is high or low; determining, by the MME device, a mobility layer associated with the MTC application according to the mobility attribute, and then allocating a TMSI from an available address space to a MTC device applying the MTC application based on a predetermined criterion, according to the determined mobility layer. The present invention further provides corresponding MTC server, MME device, network attachment method and location area update method.

Abstract: The present invention provides a network access method and system for Machine Type Communications (MTC), wherein the method comprises the following steps: an MTC device sends a preamble to a base station; the base station sends a Random Access Response (RAR) to the MTC device; if the RAR does not contain a temporary access resource assignment indication, the MTC device sends a Layer 2/Layer 3 message to the base station; otherwise, the MTC device re-attempts to perform network access; the base station sends a contention resolution message to the MTC device; if the contention resolution message contains a self-identification contained in the Layer 2/Layer 3 message sent by the MTC device, the network access is completed; if the contention resolution message contains the temporary access resource assignment indication, the MTC device re-attempts to perform the network access; otherwise, the MTC device attempts to perform the network access using the originally used access resource again.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to provide a relay method in a wireless access system, including comprising the following steps: in downlink direction, receiving downlink data from a base station, wherein the downlink data include control information for relay operation; constructing downlink data to be retransmitted; retransmitting the constructed downlink data to wireless communication terminals according to a profile specified by the control information; and, in uplink direction, receiving uplink data from the wireless communication terminals according to a profile specified by the control information; recovering the uplink data of the wireless communication terminals; and retransmitting the uplink data to the base station according to the profile specified by the control information. The present invention further provides the corresponding base station device, relay device and wireless relay system.

Abstract: Disclosed are method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving audio/video content data in wireless access networks. The method comprises the steps of: encoding the audio/video content data into a basic stream having a first level of quality and an advanced stream, combination of the basic stream and the advanced stream has a second level of quality higher than the first level of quality; and transmitting the basic stream and the advanced stream with a first power and a second power lower than the first power on antennas, respectively. With the method and apparatus of the invention, the low SINR users are able to maintain the low data rate receiving the basic stream and the high SINR user can receive both the basic stream and advanced stream from two logical channels.

Abstract: A method for segmenting an object of interest (which may be a liver object) in an input image is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) segmenting the points in a region of interest in the input image into a first and second group of points using predetermined intensity threshold values; (b) identifying a first set of small connected components formed by points in the first group of points and transferring the points in the first set of small connected components to the second group of points; (c) identifying a second set of small connected components formed by points in the second group of points and transferring the points in the second set of small connected components to the first group of points; and (d) forming the segmented object of interest using the first group of points.

Abstract: A method (100) and an apparatus (200) are disclosed for registering an input image and an atlas. The atlas is warped (130) using non-rigid registration. In particular, boundary displacements of structures in the atlas are calculated (132) which register those structures with equivalent structures in the input image. The boundaries of structures in the atlas are then warped (133) according to their respective boundary displacements using topology preserving propagation of boundary points of the structures.

Abstract: The present invention proposes new method(s) and apparatus(es) used for request and allocation of uplink transmission resource in wireless access network, which enables the mobile terminal to use non-contention resources closely spaced on time domain to trigger or adjust reallocation of uplink resource, so that quick response of the base station to the resource allocation request of a mobile terminal is effectively realized, and the demand of delay sensitive service is satisfied.

Abstract: To address the drawbacks of the current bandwidth requesting and allocation in the wireless broadband access network, the present invention proposes a technical solution of fast bandwidth requesting and allocation, wherein the MS sends a bandwidth allocation request message to the BS for only once, and the interactions between the BS and the MS are decreased so as to increase the efficiency of bandwidth requesting and allocation, effectively shorten the transmission waiting time of traffic data, and especially improve the support for latency-sensitive data traffic. Due to the fact that the interactions between the BS and the MS are decreased, various processing resources in the BS and the MS are spared.

Abstract: The invention provides a temporary mobile station identity TMSI allocation method, comprising steps of: notifying a mobility management entity MME device of a corresponding mobility attribute based on a type of a Machine Type Communication MTC application, wherein the mobility attribute indicates whether a mobility of the MTC application is high or low; determining, by the MME device, a mobility layer associated with the MTC application according to the mobility attribute, and then allocating a TMSI from an available address space to a MTC device applying the MTC application based on a predetermined criterion, according to the determined mobility layer. The present invention further provides corresponding MTC server, MME device, network attachment method and location area update method.

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention, there is disclosed a method, apparatus, and network node for determining target packet delays of respective segments of a link. The method may comprise: collecting parameters affecting packet delays; and determining target packet delays of respective segments based on the collected parameters and an overall requirement on the packet delay of the link according to a relation between the packet delays of respective segments and an overall packet delay of the link. Besides, there is further provided a method, apparatus, and network node for adjusting target packet delays of respective segments of a link. With embodiments of the present invention, it is provided a solution of a packet delay guarantee for a multi-hop relay system, and the solution has a great scalability and a good backward compatibility and is transparent to both the core network and user equipments.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and apparatus for determining QoS of respective segments of a link. The method may comprise: determining QoS target values of the respective segments at least based on an overall requirement on the QoS of the link according to a relationship between QoS of respective segments and overall QoS of the link. With technical solutions of the present invention, it is provided a solution that could guarantee the QoS for a multi-hop relay system, and the solution has a great scalability and a good backward compatibility and is transparent to both a core network and user equipments.

Abstract: A method for uplink transmission is proposed in the present invention. The method comprises steps of: selecting, based on statistical parameters for uplink traffic of a relay node, an uplink transmission method from a set of candidate uplink transmission methods; informing the relay node of the selected uplink transmission method; and performing the uplink transmission by the relay node according to the selected uplink transmission method. A base station and a relay node for implementing the uplink transmission method are also proposed in the present invention. According to the present invention, the base station can dynamically select different uplink transmission methods based on the statistical parameters for uplink traffic of the relay node, and the relay node can perform the uplink transmission based on the selected uplink transmission method so as to achieve favorable delay performance and high resource usage efficiency.

Abstract: A method for extending a coverage of a base station in a wireless communication network is disclosed, characterized in that a relay station transfers control information and communication related information between the base station and the mobile station according to an indication of the base station.