Patents Issued in July 10, 2014
  • Publication number: 20140192624
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a communication device communicating with an external device and a clock server; a first clock measuring a local time; a second clock measuring a time based on time information from the clock server; a storage device storing setting information; and a controller performing: when receiving the time information from the external device, judging whether a specified condition is met; when the specified condition is met, setting a time indicated by the time information to the first clock as the local time; when the specified condition is met, controlling the first clock to measure the local time, without the controller setting the time to the first clock as the local time; setting the time indicated by the time information to the second clock and setting a time determined based on the time of the second clock and the setting information to the first clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takatoshi ONO
  • Publication number: 20140192625
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a pair of vibrating arm portions which are arranged with a center axis interposed therebetween, a base portion which is arranged between a pair of vibrating arm portions and fixed to the outside, and a pair of connecting portions which connect proximal end portions of a pair of vibrating arm portions and a proximal end portion of the base portion. The distance between distal end portions of the vibrating arm portions and the center axis is smaller than the distance between the proximal end portions of the vibrating arm portions and the center axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SII Crystal Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Masanori TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140192626
    Abstract: A watch includes a first input for a actuating an audible announcement of the time and a second input for adjusting a volume of the announcement. The first input produces a second signal that changes an operating mode of the watch to a second operating mode in which a second parameter is adjusted by the second input. The first input is a cover or glass of the watch and the second input is a rotatable bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Royal Hali Iplik Tekstil Mobilya Sanayi Ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
    Inventors: Kathleen Wolff, Scott William Doyle
  • Publication number: 20140192627
    Abstract: A timepiece movement includes a balance-and-hairspring regulator and an escapement co-operating with the regulator, the outer turn (5) of the hairspring including a stiffened portion (6?; 6?; 6??) arranged to make the development of the hairspring more concentric, is characterised in that the stiffened portion (6?; 6?; 6??) is also arranged to at least partially compensate for the variation in the rate of the movement in dependence upon the oscillation amplitude of the balance caused by the escapement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Jean-Luc Bucaille
  • Publication number: 20140192628
    Abstract: A piezoelectric vibrating piece includes a pair of vibrating arm portions, a base portion which is arranged between a pair of vibrating arm portions, and connecting portions which connect proximal end portions of a pair of vibrating arm portions and a proximal end portion of the base portion. Narrow width portions are provided at the base of the base portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SII Crystal Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Masanori TAMURA
  • Publication number: 20140192629
    Abstract: A chromatic data storage system includes a substrate. The substrate includes nanoparticles operable to emit light frequencies (e.g. color) based upon a magnetic field strength, and a curable material operable to solidify spacing and/or orientation of the nanoparticles. In addition, the chromatic data storage system includes a writer operable to emit a magnetic field, and further operable to cure the curable material. Furthermore, the chromatic data storage system includes a reader operable to photodetect the light frequencies, wherein the light frequencies represent computer-readable instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Justin William Zahrt
  • Publication number: 20140192630
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a network device may detect a data plane critical fault condition, while a corresponding control plane is not experiencing a critical fault condition. In response to a network device based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for each network interface of the network device. On the other hand, in response to an interface based critical fault condition, the network device may activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric for one or more particular network interfaces of the interface based critical fault, and signals, over the control plane to a corresponding network device at an opposing end of each particular network interface of the interface based critical fault, a request to activate and advertise an increased and expensive usable metric at the opposing end of each particular network interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikunj R. Vaidya, Pradosh Mohapatra, Arun Satyanarayana, Pankaj Bhagra, Clarence Filsfils
  • Publication number: 20140192631
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method of performing a re-establishment procedure in a mobile communication system includes: receiving at least one packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) control plane data unit; performing an integrity check on the at least one PDCP control plane data unit; identifying an integrity check failure with regard to the at least one PDCP control plane data unit; and performing a re-establishment procedure if the integrity check failure is identified to exist with regard to the at least one PDCP control plane data unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seung June YI, Sung Jun PARK, Young Dae LEE, Sung Duck CHUN
  • Publication number: 20140192632
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes forming one or more virtual links using physical links connecting a first networking element, a second networking element and a third networking element. A first trigger status indication is used for blocking network traffic for avoiding traffic loops occurring over the one or more virtual links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tamanna Z. Sait, Venkatesan Selvaraj, Shoou J. Yiu, Yi Xia
  • Publication number: 20140192633
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing fast and efficient flushing of a forwarding database in a network processor. The present disclosure provides a deterministic mechanism to implement a flush operation for flushing the forwarding database. A dual FDB approach, a means for switching from one FDB to another in the event of a failure, and FDB flush operation as a background task are key features of this disclosure. The effective time for completing the flush operation is within a sub-50 millisecond time frame and is independent of the number of entries in the forwarding database. The flush operation may be performed using software.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LSI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vishal D. Ajmera, Santosh Narayanan, Benzeer B. Pazhayakath
  • Publication number: 20140192634
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for network failover and/or network selection with a multi-mode modem in remote access points. A RAP initially is set to allow the modem's firmware to select an ISP-preferred available network. Then, the RAP collects network selection attributes, including RSSI, for the selected network, derives a NSC value based on the attributes, and determines whether the derived NSC value is within an expected range. If so, the device establishes a secure tunnel connection through the modem on the modem-selected network. Otherwise, the RAP commands the modem connect to an alternative network, and derives the NSC value for the alternative network selected by the RAP. If the NSC value for the alternative network is within an expected range, the RAP establishes a secure connection on the alternative network. On rebootstrap, the RAP repeats the above operations until a stable network is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Aruba Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Jagachittes Vadivelu
  • Publication number: 20140192635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes a system including a first aggregation switch. A second aggregation switch is connected to the first aggregation switch with a first link. An access switch is connected to the first aggregation switch with a second link and the second aggregation switch with a third link. The first access switch establishes a first virtual link with the first aggregation switch and the second aggregation switch. A first detection module is connected with the first aggregation switch. The first detection module maintains multiple networking ports in a first disabled state, determines a link-status of the first link, and activates a first event upon the determination of a first status indication for the first link, and switches at least one of the multiple networking ports to a first enabled state upon detecting the first event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lei Bao, Gangadhar Hariharan, Tamanna Z. Sait, Venkatesan Selvaraj
  • Publication number: 20140192636
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes preventing network traffic loss upon rebooting of a first networking device based on: maintaining a first group of networking ports in a first disabled state, determining a link-status of a first link between the first networking device and a second networking device, activating a delay timer for delaying the rebooting of the first network device upon the determination of a first status indication for the first link, and switching at least one of the first group of networking ports to a first enabled state upon expiration of the delay timer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Lei Bao, Gangadhar Hariharan, Tamanna Z. Sait, Venkatesan Selvaraj
  • Publication number: 20140192637
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for implementing ProSe (Proximity Services) are disclosed. The method includes using ProSe communication with direct mode data path. The method also includes sending a request to an eNB (evolved Node B) to establish ProSe communication with locally-routed data path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE SONIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Meng-Hui Ou
  • Publication number: 20140192638
    Abstract: A cellular communication system includes a method for managing uplink (UL) quality-of-service (QoS) in a two-hop wireless cellular communication system, including determining a count of UL QoS requests received from each user equipment (UE) and determining a served-to-requested ratio that is a ratio of a the number of bytes of UL data served to each UE by a mobile relay to the number bytes of UL data requested by each UE from the mobile relay. A UE subsystem of the mobile relay determines if any UEs are experiencing low UL QoS based on the number of UL QoS requests and the served-to-requested ratio. In response, a macro base station allocates network resources for improving the UL QoS provided to the set of UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Mukesh Taneja
  • Publication number: 20140192639
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of maximizing the utilization of currently available network path bandwidth by TCP transmissions. Embodiments of the present invention allow to automatically detect and utilize a larger portion of the currently available bandwidth (or even the entire bandwidth) for every specific connection and network path that utilizes the invention. Furthermore, some embodiments of the present invention provide that the software implementing the technology may be running only at the data sender side and may communicate with a standard receiver. According to embodiments of the present invention, the software implementing the invention may be placed between a TCP/IP protocol driver and a Network Interface driver. Such intermediate software may hide the real network state from TCP/IP driver and shift the TCP connection SWND edge by means of Preemptive Spoof Data Acknowledgment and Packet Loss Concealment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Vadim Smirnov
  • Publication number: 20140192640
    Abstract: For traffic offload via a local network, a MME may obtain from a HSS, subscription data including SIPTO related permissions defined on APN basis that indicate SIPTO prohibited, indicate SIPTO allowed excluding SIPTO via Local Network (SIPTO@LN), and/or indicate SIPTO allowed including SIPTO@LN. Then, the MME may obtain information about one or more local Gateways (GWs) capable of offloading selected traffic, such information indicating which of the one or more local GWs provides access to which Packet Data Networks (PDNs), with each PDN being identified by its associated APN. Finally, the MME may process PDN connections and/or PDN disconnections in order to support offloading of the selected traffic. The counterpart UE includes the appropriate means of hardware and/or software that is configured to support and perform SIPTO@LN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Alexandre Saso Stojanovski, Hyun Sook Kim, Jae Hyun Kim, Tae Hyeon Kim, Lae Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20140192641
    Abstract: A method of operating in a network in which a plurality of stations communicate over a shared medium, comprising providing a physical layer (e.g., PHY) for handling physical communication over the shared medium; providing a high level layer (e.g., PAL) that receives data from the station and supplies high level data units (e.g., MSDUs) for transmission over the medium; providing a MAC layer that receives the high level data units from the high level layer and supplies low level data units (e.g., MPDUs) to the physical layer; at the MAC layer, encapsulating content from a plurality of the high level data units; dividing the encapsulated content into a plurality of pieces (e.g., segments) with each piece capable of being independently retransmitted; and supplying low level data units containing one or more of the plurality of pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Lawrence Winston Yonge, III, Srinivas Katar, Stanley Joseph Kostoff, II, William Edward Earnshaw, Bart W. Blanchard, Timothy R. Gargrave
  • Publication number: 20140192642
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for switching between a wireless local area network (LAN) and a cellular network for a user equipment's (UE) data communication by passively sensing the load on the wireless LAN. A method is disclosed that includes detecting an access point associated with a wireless LAN and receiving packets that are transmitted by other devices that are using the wireless LAN. The method can further include examining the received packets to estimate a data load of the wireless LAN and selecting between the wireless LAN and a cellular network based on the estimated data load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventor: Kamesh MEDAPALLI
  • Publication number: 20140192643
    Abstract: A communication device and method for offloading communications from a first communication network to a second communication network. The offloading decision can be based on one or more parameters defined in a communication framework. The communication framework can be, for example, Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF) framework. The offloading of communication can be from a Long-term Evolution (LTE) network to a Wi-Fi network, or vice-versa. The communication framework can include, for example, positional, movement, signal quality, connection duration, a data rate, and/or quality of service (QoS) parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Dutt KALAPATAPU, Kamesh Medapalli, Ahmad Rahmati
  • Publication number: 20140192644
    Abstract: Techniques for privileged network routing are provided. As traffic is received at a gateway of a network backbone provider environment it is interrogated for predefined criteria. If the traffic satisfies the predefined criteria, then the information is routed within the network backbone provider environment to use a set of reserved and restricted resources to provide premium service for the traffic being routed through the network backbone provider environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen R. Carter, Dipto Chakravarty
  • Publication number: 20140192645
    Abstract: A method for internet traffic management, comprising receiving a request for a path set from an application at a network traffic controller, wherein the request contains an intended traffic destination endpoint, evaluating a plurality of network devices in a network, identifying a plurality of paths usable by the application to transmit traffic from the application to the intended traffic destination endpoint, including the plurality of paths in the path set, and sharing the path set with the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Shujin Zhang, Renwei Li
  • Publication number: 20140192646
    Abstract: A method of policing network traffic based on congestion on a flow-based programmable switch, such as an OpenFlow switch is provided. The method polices congestion-causing flows in a network by detecting congestion at a flow-based programmable switch on the network. Once congestion has been detected, the method identifies one or more flows that are causing the congestion at the flow-based programmable switch, and penalizes the flows that were identified as causing congestion. A flow-based programmable switch including a data plane having input ports, output ports, and forwarding rules that map packets received on an input port to an output port based on a packet matching a rule in the forwarding rules is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: NEC EUROPE LTD.
    Inventors: Faisal Ghias Mir, Marcus Brunner, Rolf Winter, Dirk Kutscher
  • Publication number: 20140192647
    Abstract: To prevent the switching time influences power saving efficiency and packet loss prevention performance, it is provided a network apparatus for transferring packets, including a transfer part for transferring received packets to a given destination, and a determining part for obtaining traffic volume of the packets to be transferred. The determining part determines periodicity of changes to the traffic volume, predicts traffic volume after a predetermined period of time with use of the determined periodicity, and controls transfer performance of the transfer part based on a result of the traffic volume prediction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki YAMADA, Takashi ISOBE, Tomoyuki OKU, Yuichi ISHIKAWA, Takeki YAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140192648
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for sending a non-data frame. The method for sending a non-data frame includes: determining an access category for which a transmission opportunity of a shared medium has been obtained, where the obtained transmission opportunity of the shared medium is obtained for the access category through contention according to an enhanced distributed channel access mechanism; and sending a non-data frame according to the access category for which the transmission opportunity of the shared medium has been obtained. In this way, different quality-of-service requirements of a non-data frame and a data frame are met while fairness is considered, thereby avoiding that a management and control message is not sent in time because a non-data frame and a data frame are transmitted according to a same access category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuehuan Wang, Linfeng Xia, Long Luo
  • Publication number: 20140192649
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates use of a network link. During operation, the system continuously monitors an interarrival delay of packets received from a sender over the network link. Next, the system adjusts a receive window for the sender based on the interarrival delay to facilitate receipt of subsequent packets from the sender and other senders over the network link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Padmavathy Bhooma
  • Publication number: 20140192650
    Abstract: A wireless network encoding management method and device. The method includes: determining whether a network infrastructure allows inter-network wireless network encoding; if the inter-network wireless network encoding is allowed, selecting, from neighboring networks of the network infrastructure, a node capable of forming an inter-network wireless network encoding group; and forming the inter-network wireless network encoding group and performing a scheduling design. Therefore, network encoding management in heterogeneous networks can be implemented, and the system capacity of the network and an effective data rate can be increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Xin Guo
  • Publication number: 20140192651
    Abstract: For a multi-homed terminal, a method comprising a step of receiving, from a server, an a multiple interface related routing policy rule defined per terminal, said a multiple interface related routing policy rule comprising flow distribution rules including an Inter-APN flow distribution container that includes information related to routing IP flows with respect to a plurality of APNs for using PDN connections to access multiple IP networks is performed. Then, a first round of rule evaluation according to a flow distribution rule of highest priority selected among the flow distribution rules in the received a multiple interface related routing policy rule is performed. If the selected flow distribution rule is from the Inter-APN flow distribution container, then performing, by the multi-homed terminal, a second round of rule evaluation to select an access technology for performing flow distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Li-Hsiang Sun, Saso Stojanovski
  • Publication number: 20140192652
    Abstract: Token-based flow control of messages in a parallel computer, the parallel computer including a plurality of compute nodes, each compute node including one or more computer processors, including: allocating, by a token administration module to a plurality of the computer processors in the parallel computer, a number of data communications tokens; identifying all communicators executing on each computer processor, where each communicator is participating in a distinct parallel operation executing on the parallel computer; allocating, to the communicators, the data communications tokens; determining, by a communicator attempting to send data to the destination, whether the communicator has enough available data communications tokens to send the data to the destination; and responsive to determining that the communicator has enough available data communications tokens to send the data, sending, by the communicator, the data to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles J. ARCHER, James E. CAREY, Philip J. SANDERS, Brian E. SMITH
  • Publication number: 20140192653
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling load allocation in a cluster system includes a cluster module having a plurality of target nodes and a cluster power management module. The cluster power management module analyzes resource usage of the target nodes by monitoring the load states of the target nodes. The cluster power management module adaptively allocates loads to the target nodes based on the analyzed resource usage and N allocation thresholds settled in response to an increase of the analyzed resource usage. The cluster power management module controls the target nodes so that the power state can be changed with the adaptively allocated loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon Young JUNG, Dong-oh KANG, Chang Seok BAE
  • Publication number: 20140192654
    Abstract: A communication system including one or more end points, each end point interconnected to a wireless network. The communication system also includes a media network system, the network system contains a registration server for registering device IDs of the end points in the communication system, a database for storing device IDs, one or more media servers for routing calls between end points and a signaling server for selecting one or more media servers to route a call between end points in the communication system based on an algorithm that evaluates one or more predetermined conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Paul Anthony GALWAS, Raph Weyman
  • Publication number: 20140192655
    Abstract: An Ethernet switch can receive an internet protocol query packet generated by a receiver for collecting telemetry data between a source and the receiver in a multicast network, translate the internet protocol query packet to an Ethernet query packet, collect in the Ethernet query packet telemetry data from the Ethernet switch where at least one telemetry field of the Ethernet Switch includes an arrival time of the Ethernet query packet at the Ethernet switch, and submit the Ethernet query packet to the next network element of the multicast network. An internet protocol router can receive an Ethernet query packet generated by an Ethernet switch having at least one field for telemetry for collecting telemetry data between a source and a receiver, translate the Ethernet query packet to an internet protocol query packet, and submit the internet protocol query packet to the next network element. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
    Inventor: Weijing Chen
  • Publication number: 20140192656
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for the efficient use of cognitive radios in the performance of dynamic spectrum access. This includes spectrum sensing algorithms, adaptive optimized sensing of parameters based on changing radio environments, and identifying vacant channels. Protocols for switching communication links to different channels, and synchronizing communicating nodes in order to maintain reliable connectively while maximizing spectrum usage are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rajarathnam Chandramouli, Shamik Sengupta, Kai Hong
  • Publication number: 20140192657
    Abstract: The technology in this application identifies a relay cell serviced by a relay radio node in a radio access network (RAN) of a cellular communications system in which there is a radio connection between the relay radio node and a donor radio base station. The donor radio base station is identified by a RAN donor radio base station cell identifier. A RAN relay cell identifier is determined that uniquely identifies the relay cell within the RAN, the RAN relay cell identifier including a relay cell identifier and a donor base station identifier. The RAN relay cell identifier is then provided or used as needed so that the relay radio node can transmit the RAN relay cell identifier to uniquely identify the relay cell to one or more radio terminals in the RAN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Fredrik Gunnarsson, Gunnar Mildh, Walter Muller, Ingrid Nordstrand
  • Publication number: 20140192658
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus and methods for determining whether to use an indoor map or an outdoor map based on local area network (LAN) signals from access points (APs) are disclosed. If only weak AP signals belonging to a location content identifier (LCI) are received, prior art systems display an indoor map associated with the LCI. An improvement herein further determines a quality of AP signals and/or wide area network (WAN) signals before determining whether to display the indoor map or an outdoor map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sai Pradeep Venkatraman, Weihua Gao, Gengsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140192659
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wireless communications in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN). An operating frequency band of the M2M wireless WAN is divided into at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel. The first and second frequency channels being used for communications on a reverse link. A first rise over thermal (RoT) threshold is set for the first frequency channel. A second RoT threshold is set for the second frequency channel. The second RoT threshold is lower than the first RoT threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Bin Tian, Alok K. Gupta
  • Publication number: 20140192660
    Abstract: The present invention provides for network control of a radio module having a plurality of input/output (I/O) ports capable of communication with one or more sensing devices across a network, where the radio module may be controlled remotely to obtain information from one or more networked remote sensing devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: AERIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: AERIS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
  • Publication number: 20140192661
    Abstract: The scheduling rate of the synchronization channel (SCH) base station identity code (BSIC) is adapted based on target cell signal metric such as, the signal quality and/or signal strength. The scheduling rate is decreased when the target cell metric is below a first threshold value and is increased when the target cell metric is above a second threshold value. The scheduling rate may also be adapted based on a serving cell signal metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Ming Yang, Tom Chin, Yan Ming Wang, Guangming Shi
  • Publication number: 20140192662
    Abstract: A method for mobile data transmission are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A request for data is received from a mobile device. A determination is made whether a data transmission over a mobile data communication network in response to the request can be delayed, forming a time-shifting determination. A determination is made, responsive to the time-shifting determination being affirmative, a delayed schedule for the data transmission in response to the request such that the data transmission is completed by a deadline. The data is transmitted over the mobile data communication network according to the delayed schedule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Malolan Chetlur, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Hemant Jagdish Kowshik
  • Publication number: 20140192663
    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed. Determining that downlink reception on a first CC is degraded due to interference caused by a second CC. In response to the determining, arranging UL signaling to inform a network of a quantitative power difference between the first and the second CC and further identifying which of the first or second CCs exhibits a higher power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Claudio Rosa, Petri Vasenkari, Jarkko T. Koskela, Sari Nielsen, Esa Malkamäki, Olli Alanen
  • Publication number: 20140192664
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method (90) in a user equipment (4) for reporting a downlink channel quality in a communication system (1) comprising a first radio access technology system (2) and a second radio access technology system (3). The user equipment (4) is in connection with a primary serving cell on the first radio access technology system (2) and with a secondary serving cell on the second radio access technology system (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Mårten Ericson, Bengt Lindoff, Stefan Parkvall, Mats Sågfors
  • Publication number: 20140192665
    Abstract: A measurement circuit including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to measure a first signal strength of a received signal within a first frequency band, the received signal including a signal transmitted from a first transmitting apparatus within the first frequency band and a signal transmitted from a second transmitting apparatus within a second frequency band that constitutes a part of the first frequency band, to generate a second signal strength of the signal transmitted from the second transmitting apparatus within the second frequency band, and to generate a third signal strength of the received signal within the second frequency band based on the first signal strength and the second signal strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Chimato Koike
  • Publication number: 20140192666
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transmitting targeted information are provided. In the method, a type of a service which a wireless terminal is currently dealing with is identified, when it is identified that the wireless terminal is currently dealing with a data downloading service, targeted information to be transmitted currently is determined, and then the targeted information is transmitted to the wireless terminal during downloading data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventor: Xing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20140192667
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate direct wireless communication between mobile communication devices while avoiding the need for mobile communication devices to periodically scan for in-range devices and avoiding unwanted breaks in traffic caused by changes in the source and/or destination IP address of packets. Mobile communication devices periodically update their positions to a server, which can send a notification when a mobile communication device comes within range. Further, mobile communication devices can encapsulate packets with an IP address used for direct wireless communication to facilitate this direct wireless communication without disrupting traffic over a core network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Dutt H. KALAPATAPU, Farouk Belghoul, Kamesh Medapalli
  • Publication number: 20140192668
    Abstract: Network packet traffic in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network is analyzed by associating a micro network access agent with a single network element in the LTE network and performing packet traffic analysis for packet traffic processed by the single network element using the micro network access agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Trendium, Inc.
    Inventor: Sameh Yamany
  • Publication number: 20140192669
    Abstract: A station (STA) can receive messages (e.g., beacon frames) at a regular interval, and perform measurements on the received messages. The STA maintains a running average of recent measurement values, and updates the running average after each new measurement interval. At some measurement opportunities, the expected messages cannot be received by the STA, and so the STA cannot perform a measurement; when this occurs, the STA can choose substitute values to use for the missed measurements when next calculating the running average. As one example, the STA can substitute the value for a previously-performed measurement for the missed measurements. As another example, the STA can substitute a predetermined low value for the missed measurements. Based on the value of the running average at a given point in time, the STA can take actions such as initiating a roaming scan or switching to a different wireless interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaowen Wang, Vinay R. Majjigi, Syed A. Mujtaba, Christopher J. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20140192670
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and storage media may provide for receiving a request from a subscriber device for a connection service pertaining to a machine-to-machine communication; determining whether the request is a valid request for the connection service; selecting a connection to a target device of the machine-to-machine communication in response to determining that the request is valid; executing a command included in the request to be directed to the target device; receiving a response from the target device; and transmitting the response to the subscriber device of the machine-to-machine communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayaraman J. Subramanian, Kedar V. Phadke, Karunakar Thota
  • Publication number: 20140192671
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method in which a terminal performs cell measurements. The method may include the steps of: receiving information on a resource restriction pattern indicating a subframe to which a restriction is applied for performing measurement on one or more neighboring cells; determining that a subframe indicated by second information is not configured as a Multimedia Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe for the neighboring cells if an MBSFN configuration of each of the neighboring cells is not known or not clearly indicated; and performing measurements using a plurality of cell-specific reference signals (CRSs) received from the neighboring cells on the subframe which is not configured as the MBSFN subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suhwan Lim, Manyoung Jung, Yoonoh Yang, Sangwook Lee
  • Publication number: 20140192672
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reporting a measurement by a terminal, comprising the steps of: measuring the magnitude of a signal from a first transmission point; and measuring the magnitude of a signal from a second transmission point. The measurements of the magnitudes of the signals from each transmission point are performed using a channel state information reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inkwon Seo, Hanbyul Seo, Kijun Kim, Hakseong Kim
  • Publication number: 20140192673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an uplink power control method and apparatus and an uplink signal receiving method and apparatus using the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of receiving an uplink signal, the method of including selecting receiving points in a CoMP (Coordinated Multi-Point) system, transmitting CoMP setting information to UE, and receiving uplink transmission from the UE, wherein uplink transmission power used for the uplink transmission is controlled based on an effective path loss calculated by using at least one of path losses between the UE performing the uplink transmission and points in the CoMP system. According to the present invention, when uplink transmission power control is performed in the uplink CoMP system, path losses for a plurality of receiving points are reflected so that power control may be exactly done.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Jian Jun Li, Jong Nam Kim