Abstract: A base station of a mobile communication network supports continuity of a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service, MBMS, for a terminal. The base station receives, from the terminal, an information element informing the base station of a combination of bands, which the terminal supports for carrier aggregation. The terminal supports MBMS reception on any carrier configurable as a serving cell for the terminal according to the information element. The base station derives, from the received information element, MBMS reception capabilities of the terminal. The base station determines a number of carriers, which are configurable by the base station as serving cell of the terminal, such that the terminal is enabled to receive at least one MBMS.

Abstract: A radio communication system comprises an access station that is adapted and configured to transmit a rateless encoded multicast message to a plurality of radio terminals. Each of the radio terminals transmits a reply message to the access station upon successful reception of the multicast message, wherein the transmit resources are selected from a predefined set of agreed transmit resources, where the selection is influenced by certain characteristics of the reception of the multicast message.

Abstract: A method of managing a multicast service is provided to a mobile station. The mobile station receives from a base station a message including information on a multicast indication cycle including a multicast available interval and a multicast unavailable interval. The mobile station receives a multicast indicator in the multicast available interval of the multicast indication cycle, and receives a multicast traffic at a transmission time indicated by the multicast indicator.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described to support multiple timing advance groups for multi-carrier user equipment. Some embodiments provide for utilizing timing advance group synchronization information across multiple timing advance groups. Some embodiments provide support for performing random access procedures in relation to timing advance groups that may not include a primary component carrier. Some embodiments utilize timing advance group indexes to enable cross-carrier random access procedure management. Other embodiments support parallel random access procedures across multiple timing advance groups. Some embodiments provide for a reference downlink component carrier for timing within a timing advance group.

Abstract: A method for transmitting to a plurality of responder stations includes transmitting a first direct link setup request message to a first responder station via an access point, the first direct link setup request message including a first group identifier, the first group identifier being received from a communications controller and being associated with the first responder station, and transmitting a second direct link setup request message to a second responder station via the access point, the second setup request message including a second group identifier, the second group identifier being received from the communications controller and being associated with the second responder station. The method also includes transmitting data to the first responder station and the second responder station in a single transmission.

Abstract: A method for obtaining feedback from one or more wireless subscriber communication unit(s) related to a broadcast service in a wireless communication system comprising at least one communication cell. The method comprises transmitting a request message by a network controller to one or more wireless subscriber communication unit(s); receiving and processing the request message by a wireless subscriber communication unit; transmitting a layer-1 response signal by the wireless subscriber communication unit in response to the request message; and detecting by the network controller the layer-1 response signal in a particular communication cell, and in response thereto, performs one of the following: (i) entering a point-to-multipoint broadcast mode of operation; (ii) modifying a delivery of the broadcast service in that communication cell.

Abstract: A method is provided for providing an access node with a demodulation reference signal (DMRS). The method includes, when the UE and at least one relay node are present in a cell, the relay node transmitting the DMRS on a subset of a set of resource elements in which the UE transmits the DMRS.

Abstract: A method is provided for an access node to perform channel estimation. The method includes, when a UE and a relay node are present in a cell with the access node, the access node receiving from the UE and from the relay node DMRS that are cyclically shifted relative to one another. The method further includes the access node performing a first channel estimation based on the DMRS that was transmitted by the UE, performing a second channel estimation based on the DMRS that was transmitted by the at least one relay node, combining the first channel estimation with the second channel estimation to derive a combined channel estimation, using the first channel estimation to demodulate control information received from the UE, and using the combined channel estimation to demodulate data received from both the UE and the at least one relay node.

Abstract: Described embodiments provide a method for processing an uplink signal in a radio unit. A first uplink signal may be received directly from user equipment. The received uplink signal may be delayed using uplink delay information. A second uplink signal may be received indirectly from user equipment through at least one repeater connected to the radio unit. The delayed first uplink signal and the second uplink signal may be combined and transmitted to a digital unit.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a unique ranging technique in wireless communication environments that employ relay stations associated with a base station. Each relay station, and optionally the base station itself, can be allocated a unique ranging region having unique ranging resources that may be used by a mobile station to initiate a ranging function with the corresponding relay station or base station.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for transmitting/receiving control information in a wireless communication system. In a repeater according to the present invention, a receiving antenna can receive control information for a hybrid automatic repeat reQuest ACKnowledgement (HARQ ACK) feedback on the data transmission of a base station from the base station through higher layer signaling. On the basis of the control information, a processor can determine a resource in an upper link control channel to be used for the transmission of the HARQ feedback. A transmitting antenna can transmit the HARQ feedback to the base station through the resource that has been determined.

Abstract: A relay node operable to maintain an access link to a UE and a backhaul link to a D-eNB, wherein each of access link and backhaul links are controlled by separate states. The separate states may be independent from one another. The backhaul link consists of at least two states: the first state and the second state of backhaul link. In the first state, a relay node monitors signals from D-eNB continuously. In the second state, a relay node monitors signal from D-eNB discontinuously. The access link consists of at least two states: the first state and the second state of access link. In the first state, a relay node transmits common control signals. In the second state, a relay node can pause the transmission of common control signals or transmit common control signals in longer period than in the first state of access link (DTX).

Abstract: A method used by a relay node for receiving a relay node specific downlink physical shared channel from a base station in a multiple antennae wireless communication system is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the steps of demodulating a relay node specific downlink physical control channel (R-PDCCH) by using a relay node specific reference signal; and, in case a specific downlink information is detected from the demodulated relay node specific downlink physical control channel, of demodulating the relay node specific downlink physical shared channel, under an assumption that the relay node specific downlink physical shared channel is transmitted through a single antenna port by using a predetermined antenna port and scrambling identifier (ID). Herein, the specific downlink control information may correspond to a downlink control information designating a Fallback Mode. And, the predetermined antenna port and scrambling ID may respectively correspond to antenna port 7 and scrambling ID 0.

Abstract: A wireless access point device configured to serve wireless client devices in a wireless network monitors transmissions sent by direct clients capable of forming ad hoc networks with one or more other direct clients. Profile data is stored for each detected direct client. The profile data indicates device type and services of the direct client, as well as potentially other information. The wireless access point receives from a direct client a request for information concerning one or more other direct clients, and sends a response to the direct client containing information for other direct clients based on the stored profile data.

Abstract: A wireless communication device for enhancing a data rate for a packet-switched (PS) data service is provided. The device comprises a processor configured to reference cell information corresponding to a first subscriber identity card to maintain mobility for a second subscriber identity card by using the referenced cell information when performing the PS data service with a first service network for the first subscriber identity card.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, and systems for payload header reduction classification for multiprotocol convergence sublayer.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for monitoring electrical power distribution lines comprising a plurality of mesh networks. Each mesh network monitors electrical power distribution lines at a select location of the power grid. Each mesh network comprises a plurality of wireless sensors adapted for wireless communications therebetween. Each wireless sensor measures attributes of line voltage for an associated electrical power distribution line at the select location. A master sensor collects data from the other sensors in the mesh network and determining voltage in phase attribute data of the electrical power distribution lines at the select location. The master sensor comprises a gateway device for communication outside of the mesh network. A monitor device for communication with master sensors receives voltage and phase attribute data from the master sensors for monitoring operation of the electrical power distribution line power grid.

Abstract: Some implementations of the present invention provide mechanisms for gating the transmission of FIN and other short overhead messages of the like in order to improve spectral efficiency. In some implementations spectral efficiency is improved by reducing the number of air-link connections established to merely transmit FIN and other short overhead messages of the like. In one implementation FIN messages are buffered in a queue and transmitted when an air-link connection is established to transmit higher value messages. In one implementation FIN messages are buffered and transmitted when the contents of the buffer breach a threshold that justifies the establishment of an air-link connection to transmit the contents of the buffer.

Abstract: In a network that provides high-speed packet access, a mobile terminal is served by multiple activated serving cells which are grouped into cell groups. The mobile terminal monitors control channel transmissions to detect whether there are any transmissions for the mobile terminal from the activated serving cells for each cell group and provides feedback to a primary serving cell. When no transmission is detected from serving cells of a particular cell group, the mobile terminal may transmit feedback information explicitly indicating that no transmission is detected for that cell group. Alternatively, the mobile terminal may withhold transmitting feedback for that cell group and increases the power for transmitting the feedback information for cell groups in which transmissions were detected.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include receiving a weight vector in a slot for providing closed loop transmit diversity to signals in a next slot, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector to signals in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst in discontinuous transmit. Additional apparatus and methods for communicating in a wireless network include determining a weight vector based on signals received from a device to provide closed loop transmit diversity feedback to the device, holding the weight vector over a plurality of slots following receiving a transmission burst, and applying the weight vector for signals received in at least one slot of a subsequent transmission burst from the device.

Abstract: A method for configuring a neighbor list is provided. The method is applied to a femtocell to establish a neighbor list. The method includes steps of: accessing a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) list in the femtocell, the PLMN list recording a circuit-switched (CS)/packet-switched (PS) service weighting; determining a weighting parameter with reference to history CS/PS amount information and the CS/PS service weighting of the femtocell; selecting n macrocells from the PLMN list according to the weighting parameter, n being a natural number; and filling the n macrocells into the neighbor list.

Abstract: A power control method performing a power control operation between a radio network controller and a node B is provided. The method includes steps of: calculating a packet error rate threshold and a base received packet count according to a target block error rate (BLER) and a precision of the target BLER; obtaining an accumulated received packet count and an accumulated packet error count; increasing a target signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of the node B when the accumulated packet error count is greater than a product of the accumulated received packet count and the packet error rate threshold; decreasing the target SIR when the accumulated received packet count is greater than or equal to a product of the base received packet count and a threshold parameter; and resetting the accumulated received packet count and the accumulated packet error count after the target SIR is adjusted.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus for communication area evaluation includes a receiving unit configured to receive a first signal transmitted from a base station; a delay profile calculation unit configured to calculate a downlink delay profile based on the first signal; and an estimated value calculation unit configured to calculate an estimated cyclic prefix length based on the calculated downlink delay profile.

Abstract: Method and apparatus are provided for communicating availability and removal of one or more CCs in a cell. The one or more CCs that are available in the cell of a wireless communication network are determined, or a need to release one or more CCs that are active in the cell of a wireless communication network is detected. Availability of or the need to release the one or more CCs in the cell is communicated to a plurality of mobile stations. Each of the plurality of mobile stations is allowed to use or de-activate the one or more CCs in the cell.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method and a system for synchronizing an Access Stratum (AS) security algorithm. The method comprises: a control plane notifying a user plane to start a decryption exception detection when sending an Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment message (100); the user plane performing the decryption exception detection on a service message received after the RRC connection re-establishment, and sending a decryption exception instruction to the control plane when discovering the decryption exception of the service message (101); and the control plane performs a corresponding exception process according to the decryption exception instruction (102).

Abstract: Various methods and apparatus are directed to collision detection and/or avoidance regarding peer to peer connection identifiers. A wireless communications device broadcasts a signal indicating its acquired connection identifier in one of two alternative blocks. A base station monitors peer to peer signaling in its coverage area and tracks the usage of peer to peer connection identifiers by pairs of devices. The base station detects when multiple pairs of devices are using the same peer to peer connection identifier. The base station provides assistance to the peer to peer network to avoid a collision or facilitate rapid collision detection by the peer to peer devices. In one approach the base station sends an instruction for a connection to switch its connection identifier. In another approach the base station sends a connection a message to bias its selection as to which of the two alternative blocks to use for transmission.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to dynamic resource management for wireless network components with a wireless communications environment. Personal base stations can be deployed in a substantially uncoordinated manner resulting in conflicts among wireless radio resources. Dynamically assigning subchannel and dynamically allocating power for subchannels can reduce these conflicts. Dynamic resource management can employ combinatorial auction schema such that assignment of subchannels can be considerate of selecting a power level for performance and to minimize overlapping subchannel interference. In an aspect, several methods can be employed to reduce the computational complexity of the general integer programming problem presented. These several methods can include a Combinatorial Auction with Greedy Algorithm scheme, a Random Equal Subchannel Partition scheme, a Local Combinatorial Auction scheme, and a Neighbors' Poor Channels scheme.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for mobile assisted reverse link interference management. For example, a method for providing mobile assisted reverse link (RL) interference management includes requesting at least one pilot strength measurement from a user device. The method may include receiving at least one macrocell pilot strength measurement or femtocell pilot or beacon strength measurement from the user device in response to the request. The method may include determining a data rate allocation for the user device based at least in part on the at least one macrocell pilot strength measurement or femtocell pilot or beacon strength measurement. The method may include transmitting the data rate allocation to the user device, thereby controlling RL interference caused by the user device to at least one non-serving cell.

Abstract: This invention relates to signaling of resource assignments in cross-carrier scheduling scenarios. In order to enable cross-carrier scheduling in a mobile communication system using carrier aggregation while avoiding erroneous detection of assigned physical resources that could lead to HARQ soft buffer corruption/degradation of the system throughput, the invention suggests a scheme for explicitly indicating within downlink control information (DCI) including a resource assignment for the downlink (or uplink) the number of OFDM symbol(s) used for control signaling within a sub-frame on a component carrier on which resources are assigned by the DCI. In one exemplary implementation the number of OFDM symbol(s) used for control signaling is the PCFICH values signaled in a 3GPP LTE-A network. The indication of the OFDM symbol(s) within the sub-frame on the assigned component carrier may for example be jointly encoded with other control signaling information, e.g.

Abstract: A random access method of a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation which allows transmitting data on multiple carriers is provided. A random access method for a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation according to the present invention includes receiving, at a terminal, Random Access Channel (RACH) selection information necessary for random access, the RACH selection information being transmitted by a base station; selecting, when the random access is triggered, an uplink carrier on which the random access is attempted based on the RACH selection information; and attempting the random access on the selected uplink carrier.

Abstract: A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step A of transmitting, by a radio base station eNB, “RRC Connection Reconfiguration” including setting information on a plurality of CCs and PDCCHs to a mobile station UE, and a step B of transmitting, by the mobile station UE, “RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete” to the radio base station eNB using a contention-based channel in response to the received “RRC Connection Reconfiguration”.

Abstract: Provided is a method of decoding control information of a terminal in a carrier aggregation system. The method includes: receiving downlink control information including a carrier indication field from a base station; and decoding the downlink control information, wherein the downlink control information includes at least two or more fields, and a component carrier indicated by a value of the carrier indication field is determined according to a value of a specific field among the at least two or more fields.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting data packets in a communication network using a plurality of radio channels. The network is organized into a plurality of communication layers including a data link layer MAC and a physical layer PHY. The method includes aggregating data packets to be transmitted to a single recipient, in the MAC layer, outputting at least two aggregated packets, with which a single header of the PHY layer is associated. At least two of the radio channels are concatenated to form a concatenated channel. The aggregated packets are simultaneously transmitted respectively over at least two separate concatenated sub-channels, one concatenated sub-channel including at least one of the radio channels of the concatenated channel.

Abstract: A method of handling a random access procedure for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises having an ongoing random access procedure on a secondary cell; and aborting the ongoing random access procedure on the secondary cell when a time alignment timer associated with a primary cell expires.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating an eNB in a wireless communication network. The method comprises allocating, by the eNB, one or more resource units within one or more physical resource block pairs to a user equipment for transmitting enhanced control information.

Abstract: A wireless user equipment (UE) device includes a processor configured to control at least one of a plurality of subsystems to receive sensory data associated with multiple radio channels relative to one or more radio elements utilizing multiple radio access technologies in a communications network, whereby the sensory data may be processed to determine one or more reliability conditions associated with the sensory data. The processor is further configured to control at least one or more of the plurality of subsystems for communicating the sensory data and the associated reliability conditions to a network node and for processing a control message received from the network node for facilitating allocation of a radio resource to at least one of the radio elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for wireless communication between stations addressable via an Internet Protocol (IP) network that includes a first station wirelessly communicating with a second station via a multi-path transport protocol (MTP) tunnel The MTP tunnel manages at least a first IP data sub-flow over a first air interface and at least a second IP data sub-flow over a second air interface and allocates a first IP data flow to the at least two distinct IP data sub-flows over the at least two distinct air interfaces.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for transmitting or receiving uplink power control information. According to the present invention, a transmitting antenna of a base station device transmits, to a terminal, a first message containing first information on the interference and noise levels of frequency partitions to which an uplink data channel and an uplink control channel are allocated. Here, the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are allocated to different frequency partitions. The transmitting antenna can further transmit, to the terminal, information on frequency partitions to which the uplink data channel and the uplink control channel are allocated.

Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a mobile terminal apparatus and a communication control method supporting respectively a plurality of mobile communication systems coexist mutually. The base station apparatus in a radio communications system in which an LTE-A system and an LTE system are placed so as to coexist with each other, the LTE-A system having a system band composed of a plurality of component carriers, the LTE system having a system band composed of a single component carrier, the base station apparatus is configured to generate ACK/NACK of HARQ to uplink transmission of a plurality of the component carriers, set offset as 0 to the component carrier used in the LTE system, set the offset to be increased beginning at the aforementioned component carrier in order of being circuited among the plurality of the component carriers, and add the aforementioned offset to the allocation resource of ACK/NACK.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a ubiquitous network gateway, which includes: a conversion unit, used for converting the identifier of the device of the extension network of the ubiquitous network to the identifier of the communication network device, maintaining, storing or caching the mapping relationship between the identifier of the device of the extension network of the ubiquitous network and the identifier of the communication network device, and converting the identifier of the communication network device to the identifier of the device of the extension network of the ubiquitous network; an identifier mapping unit, used for maintaining or storing the mapping relationships among the identifier of the device of the extension network of the ubiquitous network, the identifier of the communication network device and the gateway identifiers of the ubiquitous network. A system and a method for managing communication network device identifiers of the ubiquitous network are disclosed in the present invention.

Abstract: A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network may be one of several modes of operation. When in an idle mode, the mobile terminal may avoid a lengthy random access procedure normally associated with responding to a page from a base station, if the base station includes in the page an indication of a resource that the mobile terminal may utilize when responding to the page. Additionally, the mobile terminal may transmit an efficient location update MAC header to a base station, whether prompted to by a page from the base station or not. Furthermore, without leaving the idle mode or a sleep mode, the mobile terminal may exchange short data burst messages with a base station.

Abstract: A communication system, etc. are provided that can prevent the accuracy of propagation channel estimation from degrading when performing radio communications based on OFDM by using a plurality of carriers each with a predetermined bandwidth. Radio communications based on an OFDM scheme are performed between a transmitter and a receiver by using a carrier with a prescribed bandwidth in which first signals such as reference signals, for example, are arranged at constant subcarrier intervals. The transmitter, when performing communications with the receiver by using a plurality of such carriers, transmits to the receiver an OFDM signal in which the first signals are arranged at predetermined subcarrier intervals across the plurality of carriers. The receiver extracts the first signals from the OFDM signal received from the transmitter.

Abstract: A method, a device and a system for signal transmission are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method comprises: selecting a multiplexing mode of signals to be transmitted by a cell according to interference strength received by the cell and/or interference strength received by a neighboring cell; notifying a receiver of the multiplexing mode of the signals to be transmitted by the cell; and transmitting the signals to be transmitted by the cell according to the multiplexing mode of the signals to be transmitted by the cell. Through the signal transmission method, device and system provided herein, the multiplexing mode is selected adaptively according to the interference strength. Therefore, the inter-cell interference is reduced, the reliability of channel detection is improved, the system complexity is reduced, and the cost is saved.

Abstract: Allocating uplink resources based on downlink traffic in a wireless network is provided. The number of sent segments of transport communication protocol (TCP) data may be counted. In response to the count exceeding a value, a message is sent allocating uplink resources to receive an uplink segment and a message acknowledging sent segments of the TCP data.

Abstract: A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits, to a base station apparatus, uplink data using a physical uplink shared channel assigned by an uplink data transmission permission signal, wherein the base station apparatus: transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, a radio resource control signal including information for specifying a physical format in transmitting reception quality information together with uplink data; and transmits, to the mobile station apparatus, the uplink data transmission permission signal including a transmission instruction of reception quality information, and wherein the mobile station apparatus transmits, to the base station apparatus, reception quality information together with uplink data using the physical uplink shared channel according to information for specifying the physical format in case that a transmission instruction of the reception quality information is included in the uplink data transmission permission signal.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving precoding information are disclosed. The method can be implemented in a communication system, wherein the communication system includes a terminal and a data transmitting apparatus in communication with the terminal, a system bandwidth of the communication system is divided into at least one bandwidth part (BP) and each BP comprises at least one subband. The method includes: selecting, by the terminal, a subband within a first BP of the at least one BP according to a preset criterion or a predefined rule; obtaining, by the terminal, precoding information of the subband selected within the first BP; and transmitting, by the terminal, the precoding information of the subband selected within the first BP to the data transmitting apparatus.

Abstract: A radio communication system provided with a communication device and a radio communication network system is characterized by comprising a transmission delay estimate information transmitting means for transmitting transmission delay estimate information to the radio communication network system when the transmission condition of the transmission delay estimate information is met.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method is described, by which a component carrier configuration, re-configuration, activation or deactivation is performed. In particular, a signaling format used for acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement messages on an uplink control channel is detected, and a codebook size of the acknowledgment/negative acknowledgement messages is decided based on the detected signaling format.

Abstract: This invention is related to a terminal apparatus that can normally transmit an upstream response signal. A response signal generating unit (212); generates response signals on the basis of a setting rule in which pattern candidates of success or failure in the reception of downstream allocation control information and downstream data are associated with the phase points of response signals and further in which the phase point of one response signal associated with an arbitrary pattern of success or failure in the reception during the second communication has been set to be identical with the phase points of two response signals associated with pattern candidates for which the pattern of success or failure in the reception at PCC during the first communication is identical with the arbitrary pattern and for which all of the receptions of downstream allocation control information have been failed at SCC.

Abstract: A radio base station eNB which periodically receives uplink control information including CQI through PUCCH, comprising: a storage unit 130 which stores a plurality of combinations of cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex (ICQI/PMI) for determining transmission timing of the uplink control information and cqi-PUCCH-ResourceIndex (n(2)PUCCH) for determining an orthogonal sequence used for transmitting the uplink control information; and a parameter assignment unit 121 which assigns one of the combinations of cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex (ICQI/PMI) and cqi-PUCCH-ResourceIndex (n(2)PUCCH) which are stored by the storage unit, to a radio terminal UE connected to the radio base station. The storage unit 130 stores the combinations while combining cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex (ICQI/PMI) which possibly cause overlap of the transmission timing of the uplink control information respectively with different cqi-PUCCH-ResourceIndex (n(2)PUCCH).