Abstract: There is provided a method for allocating channel numbers to channel signals by a Node B, which repeatedly transmits a stream of n channel signals to a UE (User Equipment), each of the channel signals including a channel number and transmission data, the n channel signals having (n+1) different channel numbers, each channel having a given transmission time interval (TTI). The method comprises storing channel numbers of the n channel signals in a transmission window, and updating channel numbers such that n channel numbers are stored each time channel signals are transmitted; and allocating the same channel number as a channel number used for initial transmission to a channel signal to be transmitted if the channel signal to be transmitted is a retransmission channel signal, and allocating a channel number not belonging to the transmission window among the (n+1) channel numbers to a channel signal to be transmitted if the channel signal to be transmitted is an initial-transmission channel signal.

Abstract: In an ad-hoc established device network, a profile based handover of the network control functionality is performed whenever a new device (15) requests association with the network and the central controller (16) does not support the profile of the new device (15). A database is searched for a controller-capable device that supports both the profiles of the network devices and the profile of the new device. The former central controller (16) passes the control functionality to the controller-capable device (17), which becomes the new central controller (24). Thus it is possible to associate the new device (15) with the network. The invention allows to integrate devices supporting different profiles into a common network.

Abstract: A sleep control system and method are provided that permit a reference clock and the direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) modem in a mobile station receiver to be turned off and turned back on at arbitrary points in time while still maintaining accurate base station system time. Accurate timing is made possible through a number of techniques including precise initial calibration using a rising edge/falling edge averaging system, determining the sleep clock and reference clock frequencies, and the determination of the frequency drift of the sleep clock that occurred during the previous sleep interval.

Abstract: A time division duplex using code division multiple access user equipment receives a plurality of data signals in a time slot. Each data signal experiences a similar channel response. The user equipment receives a combined signal over the shared spectrum in a time slot. The combined signal comprises the plurality of data signals. The combined signal is sampled at a multiple of a chip rate of the combined signal. The similar channel response is estimated. A channel response matrix or a channel correlation matrix is constructed based on in part the estimated channel response. A spread data vector is determined based on in part a fast fourier transform (FFT) decomposition of a circulant version of the channel response or channel correlation matrix. The spread data vector is despread to recover data H from the matrix.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for acquiring and verifying a code used by a base station. Acquisition time is reduced and circuitry simplified by performing Phase I and Phase II acquisitions in series, but in parallel with Phase III acquisition and verification, which are done in series. Phase III code acquisition is done by despreading the input signal using each of the possible codes in a code group. An estimation of the frequency offset between the base station and the terminal's local reference is used to correct the phase of the despread signals, which are coherently and non-coherently integrated. The largest accumulated value corresponds to the code used by the base station. The code is verified by despreading the received signal, applying a frequency correction, and demodulating. The demodulated output is a series of symbols, and a count of these symbols verifies the acquired code.

Abstract: A method of broadcasting commercial FM services in a digital format in at least one bitstream comprises time-division multiplexing the bitstream(s) into one or more channels comprising a data frame, and frequency modulating the data frames around a single carrier frequency into a commercial FM broadcast signal. The modulation may comprise GMSK or 8-PSK, and multiple data frame types may be interleaved. The signal is transmitted on a commercial FM broadcast station such that substantially the entire spectrum of the transmission comprises the digital data frames. The bit rate(s) of the digital bitstream(s) may be monitored, and the bitstream(s) may be reallocated to channels in the data frames based on changes in the bit rate(s). Analog and digital formats may be broadcast simultaneously on non-adjacent commercial FM broadcast carrier channels. A receiver is operative to extract and decode content from a digital format FM broadcast signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radio base station for preventing degradation of transmission quality characteristics even when there are time differences between the instant of channel estimation of uplink time slots UL#1 to UL#N and the instant of transmission of transmission data via downlink time slots DL#1 to DL#N. The radio base station includes transmit diversity controllers 141 to 14N for controlling transmit diversity to be used for downlink time slots DL#1 to DL#N and a data transmitter 15 for transmitting data via downlink time slots DL#1 to DL#N using the controlled transmit diversity.

Abstract: A wireless hub, connected to the USB bus of a computer, and a wireless port, connected to a USB interface of a peripheral device, are provided, and wireless communication is performed between the two. The wireless hub performs communication with the computer by converting a USB packet routed to a device into a wireless signal, and a wireless signal received from a device into a USB packet. The wireless port attached to each device also converts a wireless signal into a USB packet and vice versa. While it is normal for a plurality of wireless ports to be connected to a single wireless hub, an arrangement of one wireless hub and a corresponding single wireless port is also possible. A wireless hub and a wireless port each have a device identifier assigned to them, and in the USB-wireless conversion, a non-specific destination identified by a USB address and bus topology is converted into a device identifier. Inter-host communication is enabled by using the device identifier.

Abstract: A wireless communication system 200 comprises a connectionless packet network 201 coupled to a plurality of sites 203-208 that are in location areas 260, 261. The sites join respective location area multicast addresses to receive messages from other sites in their location area. Communication units desiring to participate in talkgroup calls need only to register affiliation with a first site of the location area. Upon the first site receiving an affiliation message, it joins a payload multicast group address to receive payload for the talkgroup. In alternative embodiments, the first site sends, via the location area multicast address, either control message(s) or tunneled payload associated with the talkgroup call to secondary site(s) of the location area.

Abstract: Dynamic link switching of forward and reverse links for a wireless connection in the presence of multiple wireless networks. A mobile terminal maintains simultaneous links to multiple wireless networks, including WLANs, WPANs and proprietary networks operating over unlicensed and subscription networks. The mobile terminal generates a link profile used for dynamic reverse link selection by the mobile terminal and for dynamic forward link selection by a home node. Dynamic link selection is based on priority factors for data packets considering characteristics of all viable links.

Abstract: A CDMA system transmits from a base station to a plurality of mobile stations or from mobile station to base station on a shared frequency band, each mobile station's data being spread by a different spreading code chosen from a set of orthogonal codes. Each receiver in base station or mobile station correlates for its intended data by despreading the signal using its particular one of the orthogonal codes. Under certain transmission delays, the effects of orthogonality may diminish and another mobile station's signal may cross-correlate with a mobile station's signal. If not all of the orthogonal codes are in use, the present invention determines another selection of orthogonal codes that yields lower cross-correlation under current delay conditions.

Abstract: The invention provides a mobile communication terminal which uses both an extrapolation pilot signal and an interpolation pilot signal to assure a high precision in channel estimation and a high synchronous detection capacity without using TPC control or the like. The apparatus includes a first pilot signal despreading section for despreading a first pilot signal spread with a spread code different from a spread code of a communication channel, a second pilot signal despreading section for despreading a second pilot signal inserted in a data signal and spread with a spread code same as the spread code for the data signal, first and second complex calculation sections, and a correction amount output section for outputting a phase correction amount for phase correction using the results from the first and second complex calculation sections. The apparatus can be applied to a mobile communication terminal of, for example, the CDMA communication method.

Abstract: A CDMA base station includes an antenna system having multiple antennas and delay units for receiving a transmitted signal and outputting a combined signal having a known distortion imparted by the antenna system. The combined signal is in turn processed by a modem, which compensates for the known distortion in a manner which provides improved signal gain. The improved signal gain permits a reduction in transmit power and, accordingly, increased capacity of the base station. Where the antenna system is to be remotely located from related signal processing equipment, separate units for the RF receiver/transmitter and the other signal processing equipment are provided so that the RF receiver/transmitter may also be remotely located along with the antenna system.

Abstract: A system and method for optimizing Internet data transmission so that end-user experience is the best possible. The invention has at least one class set for estimating the network load, wherein each class set consists of classes. The method estimates the network load by each class of the class set. The estimation may be based on counting retransmission requests or packet acknowledgements related to class sets. For example, a class set may consist of classes so that there is a class per each cell of the network. Then the method detects which packets cause a lot of retransmission requests and thus a lot of retransmissions. The method can intelligently target its acceleration actions to certain packets. Four new acceleration actions can be used together with the prior art acceleration actions to accelerate the network traffic.

Abstract: A wireless telecommunications network comprises a first terminal (2) and a second terminal (UE), the second terminal including a receiving stage and a processor (10) operative to process signals received from the first terminal and to determine received signal quality. The second terminal also includes a transmitter (Tx) operative to send a feedback signal (QI, RAI) dependent upon the received signal quality to the first terminal provided the change in received signal quality is determined as being more than a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A vehicle active network (12) communicatively couples devices (14-20) within a vehicle (10). Device operation is independent of the interface (22-28) of the device (14-20) with the active network (12). Additionally, the architecture of the active network (12) provides one or more levels of communication redundancy. The architecture provides for the total integration of vehicle systems and functions, and permits plug-and-play device integration and upgradeability.

Abstract: A digital switchboard is controlled from a remote station to enable the remote station to behave in the same fashion as a local extension and thus have the same facilities as a local extension. This is achieved using a data communications path providing control and data signals to the switchboard to modify the operation of a digital line card to cause a voice terminal at the remote station to be called from the modified line card which then is available to become part of any voice traffic being handled by the switchboard. A computer terminal at the remote station operates as a softphone and together with the voice terminal simulates a call centre management console.

Abstract: A method is provided for IP-based wireless networks to support dynamic assignment of IP addresses to wireless mobile stations without broadcasting messages over the air and without modifications to standard IP for dynamic IP address assignment. When a mobile station enters a new cell, it sends a request to the base station for a new IP address. At the base station, DHCP proxy servers intercept and process broadcast DHCP messages so they are transmitted only to the address server and are blocked from being sent to the other base stations in the wired IP Network for broadcast to other mobile stations. When the address server creates a server-to-client message with the requested address and places it on the wired IP Network, DHCP proxy servers at the base stations convert the broadcast DHCP messages to unicast messages for transport over the air to only those mobile stations that are currently requesting new IP addresses or verifying their current IP addresses.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for providing web audio content directly from audio processors to a telephone without requiring storage of the audio on a media server. In one embodiment, a switch and two stages of switching are used. The switch is coupled between at least one audio source and a network interface controller. A direct access controller is coupled to the audio sources, switch and network interface controller. The direct access controller establishes a first audio channel through the switch in a connection phase. The direct access controller establishes a second audio channel through the switch in an audio transport phase. In the audio transport phase, web audio content is transported directly from a remote web server to an audio source on the second audio channel and then from the audio source to the user of the telephone on the first audio channel.

Abstract: Providing a systematic and comprehensive mechanism for applying echo cancellation within a telecommunication switching system by a local switching system such as a PBX. Echo cancellation circuits are deployed throughout the telecommunication switching system using different types of echo cancellation circuits with each type having different capabilities with respect to a time offset of an echo return signal relative to when an voice signal was generated by a talker. The echo cancellation circuits deployed within the local telecommunication switch are an integral part of trunk circuits and provide the largest time offset. Further, the echo cancellation circuits deployed within in the local telecommunication switch are capable of controlling echoes in either direction with respect to the integral trunk circuit and may be used as service circuits if not needed by the integral trunk circuit.

Abstract: Circuitry, embodied in a media subsystem, reproduces a speech or other type of audio signal, and is operable during a time that comfort noise is being generated for storing data from an arriving data packet that contains data representing a beginning of an interval of speech. The circuitry detects that data representing speech has been stored and synchronizes the circuitry to the beginning of the interval of speech by terminating the generation of comfort noise that precedes the interval of speech, and reproduces the speech by decoding the stored data from the data packet and converting the decoded data to an audio speech signal. The arriving data packet contains at least one frame of speech data having a duration of X milliseconds, and the circuitry includes an audio device, such as a DAC or a PCM connection, that requests decoded speech data at a rate given by X/Y milliseconds, where Y is greater than one.

Abstract: A system that can be dynamically configured to achieve an optimal routing path for an end-to-end data link connection is disclosed. An optimal data path can be determined by a digital subscriber loop (DSL) user based on particular bandwidth requirements, data rate cost constraints, and/or data delay requirements. The data path can be set up to include one or more data routes, including the regular digital public switching telephone network (PSN), a wide area networks (WAN), or virtual permanent circuit links via digital cross-connects (DCS).

Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating formation of a RANcast in a radio communication system. An identifier identifies when a selected number of mobile user endpoints within a cell of a radio communication system are to receive the same multicast data. When the number exceeds a selected threshold, a RANcast is implemented by a RANcast implementer in which a common channel is used to broadcast the multicast data to all the mobile user endpoints.

Abstract: An Interactive Device Control System has a method and means for providing device control, call control, and communications system information for telecommunications and Internet voice and multimedia communications. A communications system, service, or device offers the user of a communications device having a display screen, such as a screen phone, the ability to control or influence the functions of the communications system. The PSTN establishes and controls Internet communications between communications systems and user devices. Messages comprising information to be presented on the user's display are sent from the communications system, service, or device, and interactive responses from the user indicate the selected control function. Call control messages from the communications system to the PSTN execute the desired control function, such as transferring the call.

Abstract: A packet repeater (e.g., gateway) is applicable to an integrated digital network system which incorporates a first network (e.g., Internet) and a second network (e.g., satellite communication system) comprising an upstream line and a downstream line which are asymmetrical with respect to each other in data transmission speed. In the packet repeater, specific data (e.g., TCP data) are extracted from plural packets and are assembled together into a single transmission packet on the basis of the maximal amount of storable data, which is greater than the maximal segment size notified from a receiver under conditions in which the reception window size fulfills the maximal amount of storable data.

Abstract: A television broadcast is received and the attributes of a program of content and a commercial are detected by a sound multiplex flag detection section 6. When attribute change from content to commercial is detected, a system controller 7 instructs a demultiplexing section 2 to switch the reception section to a different channel in the commercial time period. If attribute change from the commercial to the content is detected on the former channel after switching to the different channel, it is determined that the commercial time period end is reached, and the reception channel is restored to the former channel. When a predetermined time as the commercial time period elapses, it is determined that the commercial time period end is reached, and the reception channel is restored to the former channel.

Abstract: A bus architecture system to provide concurrency, fabricated on an integrated circuit for a system on chip design, for connecting a plurality of bus masters to a plurality of bus slaves. The system includes a plurality of multiplexers in communication with each data in port of each bus master and each bus slave. The system also includes a plurality of isolated data paths connecting the port out of each bus master to each multiplexer in communication with each data in port of each bus slave, and a plurality of isolated data paths connecting the port out of each bus slave to each multiplexer in communication with each data in port of each bus master, thereby providing concurrency on the system on chip design. In addition a distributed arbitration is included to allow each bus slave to be selected independently of the other bus slaves.

Abstract: In a technique relating to a switching system, at least a switching apparatus can acquire an information channel of a physical line different from a physical line to which a signaling channel, over which a setup request is transmitted, belongs as an information channel in response to the setup request, thereby backing up when a signaling channel becomes unusable, or distributing a load of virtual connection setting control using a plurality of signaling channels.

Abstract: A communication network is provided having source and destination switching routers connected by two different communication paths. A primary label switched path is established on one of the communication paths and a secondary label switched path is established on the other label switched path. The source switching router can be enabled to place one or more data flows within the primary label switched path and can be enabled to place one or more of the same data flows within the secondary label switched path. The destination switching router stores a label identifying each data flow and a forwarding instruction and can be enabled to reference data carried within the primary or secondary LSP with the appropriate data flow label.

Abstract: A vehicle active network (12) communicatively couples devices (14-20) within a vehicle (10). Device operation is independent of the interface (22-28) of the device (14-20) with the active network (12). Additionally, the architecture of the active network (12) provides one or more levels of communication redundancy. The architecture provides for the total integration of vehicle systems and functions, and permits plug-and-play device integration and upgradeability.

Abstract: A technique for multiplexing data streams in a data network. To avoid copying the data when it is sent, the technique utilizes different operations such as the RDMA Read and RDMA Write operation. By utilizing this approach rather than the standard send and receive operations, it is not necessary to copy the data so that the number of messages and interrupts is reduced, thus reducing latency and the use of CPU time.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and system for arranging a connection between the logical sides of a network element of a telecommunication network, which system comprises a network element (210) which comprises units that have been logically divided into a first side and second side and which units comprise the multiplexing unit of the first side (211A2), and which units comprise the multiplexing unit of the second side (211R2) and which network element (210) has been at least partly implemented by means of the ATM technique. In accordance with the invention, the system further comprises an ATM interface (212) for connecting the multiplexing unit of the first side (211A2) and the multiplexing unit of the second side (211R2) to one another. The present invention provides the advantage that it makes it possible to arrange a connection between the logically divided sides of a network element of a telecommunication network, in which case the sides in question see the resources of one another.

Abstract: A UPC process unit judges whether an arrived cell conforms to a declared parameter. When receiving a cell which is transmitted by a GFR service, a frame process unit modifies the judgment result of the UPC process unit taking an AAL5 frame into consideration. A cell process unit discards the arrived cell based on the judgment result of the UPC process unit or the modified result.

Abstract: A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports for receiving data packets and a set of sink ports for transmitting the received packets to identified targets. A set of data rings couples the input ports to the sink ports. Each sink port utilizes the set of data rings to simultaneously accept multiple data packets targeted to the same destination—creating a non-blocking cross-bar switch. Sink ports are also each capable of supporting multiple targets—providing the cross-bar switch with implicit multicast capability.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and data structure enabling multiple channel data stream transmission by inserting data to be transmitted into portions of a plurality of transport streams nominally including NULL packets. The inserted packets have associated with them stream identification and sequence code information enabling the reconstruction of the initial data stream using data packets transmitted via a plurality of data channels.

Abstract: A vehicle active network (12) communicatively couples devices (14-20) within a vehicle (10). Device operation is independent of the interface (22-28) of the device (14-20) with the active network (12). Additionally, the architecture of the active network (12) provides one or more levels of communication redundancy. The architecture provides for the total integration of vehicle systems and functions, and permits plug-and-play device integration and upgradeability.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for packet processing is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the method and apparatus is implemented in plurality of pipeline stages, each stage or group of stages being configured to a particular processing operation. Each stage may operate simultaneously, if data is available, and independently. Common data or control words are shared between the various stages of the pipeline to provide control an supplemental data to each processing stage in the pipeline. In one embodiment the processing pipeline includes one or more dynamic stages and one or more static stages. The dynamic stages are configured to modify, remove, or supplement portions of the packet as the packet or portion thereof passes through the pipeline with the aid of a more flexible control structure. The static stages are configured to modify, remove, or supplement portions of the packet as the packet or portion thereof passes through the pipeline with the aid of a hardwired system.

Abstract: To easily comprehend the test contents by searching a packet from a vector-pattern (logic pattern).

Abstract: Every router in a network is provided with flow detecting means that detects a flow from a packet header of a packet so as to perform such packet processings as bandwidth monitoring, priority-based transferring, statistical information collecting with respect to each packet flow. Receiving a packet from a site, an edge router detects the packet flow and writes a flow identifier in the packet. Each flow identifier is uniquely decided in the network. The Internet router performs such packet processings as bandwidth monitoring, priority-based transferring, statistical information collecting with respect to each flow according to the flow identifier. The present invention can thus prevent the network from degradation of transferring performance caused by the flow detecting means of a backbone router.

Abstract: A method of transmitting data packets includes using one or more receive processors to receive a plurality of data packets from a network and processing the plurality of data packets using a management processor. The method also includes using one or more transmit processors to transmit packets to the network.

Abstract: A wireless communication system 200 comprises a connectionless packet network 201 coupled to a plurality of sites 203-208. Upon a first communication unit (213) initiating a call request for a 2-party call with a second communication unit (215), a call server 235 identifies respective multicast IP addresses (MC1, MC2) associated with the source and target. If the first communication unit 213, or its associated site (205) desires to send payload to the second communication unit 215, it addresses the payload to the multicast IP address (MC2) of the second communication unit, and the second communication unit 215, or its associated site 206 joins the multicast address MC2 to receive the payload.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for an advanced multiplexing technique to allow a single host to support multiple Internet Protocol (IP) queue pairs with little or no overhead are provided. With the apparatus and method, after a queue pair is created, Internet Protocol filter attributes and values are set up for the queue pair through value added features to the standard InfiniBand “QP Modify” method. The IP filters are used during normal operations to determine which queue pair is associated with an incoming packet. During normal operations, when a channel adapter receives an Internet Protocol (IP) over InfiniBand (IB) packet, it uses one or more of several fields in the packet's transport and/or network header to determine which queue pair shall receive the packet. Thus, the host channel adapter uses the IP filters to route incoming packets to the appropriate queue pair and thereby allow more than one queue pair to be used to support IP.

Abstract: A method and system for compressing and transmitting data using asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) is disclosed. The data include a plurality of segments. Each of the plurality of segments has a first end and a second end. In one aspect, the method and system include representing the first end of a segment with a partition compression code word and compressing a remaining portion of the segment. The method and system could also combine the marking of the boundary and subsequent data into a compound compression code word. In another aspect, the method and system include representing the first end of a segment with a transparent mode command, transmitting the transparent mode command, and transmitting a remaining portion of the segment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recovering a second transport stream included within a first transport stream and reducing timing anomaly imparted to the second transport stream within the context of a front-end device subject to random access via a data bus, illustratively a PCI bus. A first transport stream is received from a transport medium, the first transport stream having disposed therein packets associated with a second transport stream. The first medium tending to impart jitter to the first transport stream. Those packets associated with the second transport stream are extracted from the first transport stream and adapted to reduce jitter, and launched via a second transport medium, the launched adapted packets forming a jitter-reduced second transport stream.

Abstract: The invention is a kind of ATM communication interface, named Pseudo-UTOPIA interface. By this interface, an ATM device can communicate with standard UTOPIA PHY devices through a high-speed transmission medium with a most efficient way (minimum transmission delay) and without the need of any extra devices. The Pseudo-UTOPIA interface can be used in both the UTOPIA Level 2 and Level 1 mode. The cost can thus be significantly reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multiplex transmission apparatus that conducts a traffic control and a discard priority control on an ATM network 2 for transferring IP packets having a plurality of QoS conditions set therein.

Abstract: A communication system includes a first ingress content processor that receives information associated with a first traffic type. The first ingress content processor places the information associated with the first traffic type into a system cell having a common system cell format. A second ingress content processor receives information associated with a second traffic type. The second ingress content processor places the information associated with the second traffic type into a system cell having the common system cell format. A switch fabric receives system cells from the first and second ingress content processors. System cells from the first ingress content processor are automatically sent to the switch fabric while system cells from the second ingress content processor are required to be scheduled before being sent to the switch fabric.

Abstract: An air-to-ground telecommunications system allows callers to store messages on an aircraft data server when sufficient air-to-ground communication bandwidth is unavailable for transmitting a call. The system allows aircraft callers to leave voice, fax, e-mail or other data messages. The messages are stored on the aircraft until sufficient bandwidth becomes available for transmission to the ground. Transmitting messages requires shorter air time and more efficient bandwidth usage because messages do not require a high degree of interaction between parties. The messages can also be compressed before transmission for further efficiently using aircraft-to-ground bandwidth.

Abstract: A cross-bar switch includes a set of input ports for receiving data packets and a set of sink ports for transmitting the received packets to identified targets. A set of data rings couples the input ports to the sink ports. Each sink port utilizes the set of data rings to simultaneously accept multiple data packets targeted to the same destination—creating a non-blocking cross-bar switch. Sink ports are also each capable of supporting multiple targets—providing the cross-bar switch with implicit multicast capability.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packet switching device comprising a plurality of line cards (1 and 2), each consisting of a port control system (6 and 7) for storing and arranging packets in output queues and for the clocked generation and amendment of weightings containing information about the states of the output queues, and comprising a plurality of switch cards (3 to 5), each consisting of a crosspoint matrix (8) and an arbiter (9) for controlling the crosspoint matrix (8). Herein, the port control systems (6 and 7) each transmit to the arbiter (9) an amended weighting selected from a Table using a round robin method (30).