Abstract: Adaptive generation of channel quality indicators based on a current communication scenario. A plurality of sets of channel quality indicator information may be stored for each of a plurality of UE communication scenarios. The information may be usable in generating a channel quality indicator. During operation of the UE, a current communication scenario of the UE may be determined. A first set of channel quality indicator information may be selected based on the determined current communication scenario being experienced by the UE. At least one channel quality indicator may be determined based on the selected first set of channel quality indicator information. Finally, the channel quality indicator may be provided to a base station.

Abstract: Power headroom reporting and report handling are discussed in the context of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), on which a user equipment (UE) has no valid uplink grant, and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) on which a UE has no transmission. Under these circumstances, it is not possible to directly calculate one or more parameters which are used to calculate power headroom. Accordingly, exemplary embodiments provide for predetermined, known values to be used by the UE to calculate the power headroom, and by the eNodeB to understand the meaning of a received power headroom report.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for measuring and feeding back radio resource management information, a base station, and a user equipment, relates to the field of communications. The method includes: receiving, by a user equipment UE, a measurement indication from a base station, where the measurement indication includes: information used for indicating, to the UE, at least one channel-state information-reference signal CSI-RS resource used for measuring a received signal strength indicator RSSI; acquiring, by the UE, at least one RSSI according to the measurement indication; acquiring, by the UE, at least one reference signal received quality RSRQ according to the at least one RSSI, where the at least one RSRQ is one-to-one corresponding to the at least one RSSI; and feeding back, by the UE, the at least one RSRQ to the base station.

Abstract: Provided are a method for operating a user equipment in a wireless communication system and the user equipment for performing same. The user equipment receives a plurality of channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) configurations for indicating different usages, and performs an action based on each of the CSI RS configurations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for measuring interference in a wireless communication system. User equipment (UE) receives interference measuring indicators form a base station and measures interference based on the interference-measuring indicators by using all or some resource elements (RE) that correspond to zero-power channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) configurations.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically to a method and an apparatus for feeding back the muting point information in a coordinated multi-point communication system. A method for enabling a terminal to transmit feedback information for the coordinated transmission in the wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps: receiving reference signals for the feedback of the channel state information from a plurality of base stations capable of participating in the coordinated transmission; measuring each channel state value for the plurality of base stations based on the reference signals; and transmitting the muting point information to indicate the preferring base station participating in the coordinated transmission among the plurality of base stations.

Abstract: It is provided an apparatus, including flag detecting means adapted to detect a received flag; state detecting means adapted to detect if the apparatus communicates in a forward access channel state; measuring means adapted to perform, if the apparatus communicates in the forward access channel state, a measurement only if the flag is detected, wherein the measurement is radio related.

Abstract: The technique described herein programmatically rewires a network topology thus making the datacenter wiring less labor-intensive, less error-prone, and more flexible.

Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for transmitting data packets in a cellular network to a user equipment using a first distributed access gateway, including: receiving a first tunnel request from a second distributed access gateway; establishing a first tunnel with the second distributed access gateway; receiving a first data packet destined to the user equipment from a native packet transport network; and transmitting the first data packet to the user equipment via the first tunnel to the second distributed access gateway.

Abstract: A network system for an expandable distributed core architecture (“DCA”) includes multiple spine switches, multiple leaf switches coupled thereto, and a plurality of interconnections coupling each of the spine switches to each of the leaf switches. Servers, storage, and other system items and resources can be coupled to the leafs via downlinks and uplinks. Each of the plurality of spine switches includes at least one unused spine port that is reserved for a future expansion of the DCA in order to accommodate the addition of at least one other separate leaf switch to the at least one unused spine port. Additional ports can be unused and reserved for future expansion additions of more leafs and/or more spines. Also, a computing system assists in the design of the specific number and configuration of spines, leafs and interconnections based upon user inputs regarding current and future system needs.

Abstract: The present document discloses a wireless broadband data card which supports accessing a network in 3G and Wi-Fi modes. The wireless broadband data card is connected to a terminal through a USB interface, including: a USB device controller, a USB device driving module, an IP packet and Ethernet frame conversion module, a 3G access module, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server activation module, and a Wi-Fi access module. By adopting the present document, the 3G access function and the Wi-Fi access function are integrated in one data card; on the one hand, the data card is convenient to carry and easy to use, and has a low cost; on the other hand, a uniform NDIS driver is used as a uniform data transmission channel and medium, thereby greatly reducing the software development cost and maintenance cost.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for discovering a node in a wireless self-organized network are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining, by nodes in the network, a unified node discovery channel based on unified information provided by a trusted third party; and finding the node based on the unified node discovery channel. According to the node discovering method, a node can be discovered rapidly, and the time for discovering a node can be reduced.

Abstract: A system and method can support multiple domains in an InfiniBand (IB) fabric. The IB fabric can include one or more subnets, wherein each said subnet contains one or more switch nodes. Additionally, at least one said subnet can be divided into one or more sub-subnets, wherein each said sub-subnet is managed by a separate sub-subnet manager that is associated with a unique management key, and wherein said one or more sub-subnets are connected by one or more sub-subnet gateway switch nodes, wherein each sub-subnet gateway switch node belongs to one sub-subnet.

Abstract: An integration apparatus for integrating a network node into a communication network may include a monitoring device, a policy device, an identifying manager device, a linking manager device, a commissioning manager device. The monitoring device can be configured to detect activating of the network node within the communication network. The identifying manager device can be configured to identify the activated network node. Furthermore, the identifying manager device may be further configured to receive a policy from the policy device. Such exemplary policy may be configured to facilitate an integration of the identified network node into the communication network. The linking manager device can be configured to establish a link between the network node and at least the integration apparatus. Further, the commissioning manager device can be configured to use the link to configure the network node in accordance with the policy.

Abstract: This invention relates to a communication apparatus capable of facilitating a connection with a device in a network by using a discovery protocol for discovering a device in a network. By using a plurality of types of discovery protocols, the communication apparatus transmits search commands to search devices in the network. A device is selected based on pieces of device information which are transmitted from devices in the network in response to the search commands and each of which contains the type of discovery protocol supported by the device. Based on a discovery protocol supported by the selected device, the communication apparatus transmits a notification signal to notify the device in the network of the presence of the communication apparatus.

Abstract: A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system for inter-device communication is described. Information data from each neuromorphic chip is coded and modulated, on the basis of destination, into different channels. The parallel signals in different channels are sent serially using TDM to a central router. After signal grouping by a central switching controller, each group of signals may be delivered to corresponding transmitter in the central router for transmission to a corresponding receiver in the neuromorphic chip using TDM.

Abstract: A system and method for storage and retrieval of neighboring switch tokens includes a switch including one or more processors, memory storing a first token, and a first port configured to couple the switch to a second switch. The one or more processors are configured to send a first token storage request to the second switch, send a first token retrieval request to the second switch requesting the information associated with the first token, and receive a first retrieved token message from the second switch. The first token storage request includes information associated with the first token. The first retrieved token message includes first information associated with the first token.

Abstract: A media player for providing media content to telephone systems for audible interaction with a caller on-hold with the telephone system, and a method of programming, using, and operating the media player. The media player includes a controller configured to construct a playlist based on a directory having at least two files of media content. The controller is further configured to create an order of execution for the playlist based on a unique identifier name of each of the at least two files of media content and switches at least two files of media content after a predetermine amount of the. The media content may be one of a greeting, a priority announcement, a voice announcement, a music selection, and a sound effect selection.

Abstract: Disclosed are an anonymous communication system and a transmission method of an information transmission unit in the anonymous system.

Abstract: A Method and a System for combined Peer-two-peer (P2P) and central relay server-based telecommunication conferencing using a telephony and conferencing protocol The method comprising mixing server-based and P2P conferencing streams on the basis of technical parameters selected among geographic location, user defined policies or network reachability. The system of the invention is adapted to implement the method of the invention.

Abstract: A portable communication, comprises a control unit, a display coupled to the control unit; a contact book coupled to the control unit to store a list of contact person's phone number, e-mail address, account information, or the combination; a ranking module being responsive to a usage frequency of the list of contact person to re-arrange the list of contact person to allow high ranking contact person is listed on a top or a first page of an interface displayed on the display; a phone filter including an interface on a display to allow a user to input a black list of person and corresponding phone number to filter out a phone which is listed in the black list.

Abstract: Disclosed are a headset device, a headset, and a method for processing a signal by the headset device. The headset device comprises: a first interface, a second interface, a switch and an isolation unit. The isolation unit comprises a first isolation body and a second isolation body connected to the first isolation body in parallel. The first interface is connected to the second interface through the isolation unit, wherein the first interface is configured to connect to a ground network of the headset, and the second interface is configured to connect to a ground line of a mobile terminal where the headset device is located. Through the disclosure, FM interference is reduced while TDD noise interference is reduced, thus user experience is improved.

Abstract: A decentralized communication device is provided that facilitates optimal positioning and orientation of one or more antennas for wireless communication with external devices. The decentralized communication device includes one or more master components and one or more slave components. The master and the slave components are physically separate and communicate wirelessly. In some embodiments the slave acts as a carrier frequency translator between the master and an external wireless device, where it communicates with the external device using a first frequency and communicates with the master using a second frequency which is different from the first frequency. In another embodiment the slave has most or all the physical layer to do the digital coding, digital modulation, data framing, data formatting and data packetization for communicating with an external device, in which case digital coding and digital modulation is distributed between the master and the slave.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A UE for wireless communication determines resource elements, within at least one resource block in a downlink subframe, that carry reference signals from a base station. The UE maps at least one of data or control information to the at least one resource block, punctures the at least one of the data or the control information from the resource elements determined to carry the reference signals, and transmits the at least one resource block to a second UE.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for transmitting a control channel when cells have different duplex structures in an intra-cell carrier aggregation system are provided. The method of transmitting and/or receiving a control channel by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system includes receiving capability information of a User Equipment (UE) from the UE, transmitting scheduling information to the UE, transmitting downlink data according to the transmitted scheduling information, and receiving an uplink control channel for the downlink data from the UE based on the capability information of the UE.

Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes circuitry configured to receive first information from a wireless network, the first information indicating a first pattern of time intervals in which the WTRU is to monitor a plurality of control channels; not monitor the plurality of control channels in time intervals outside the first pattern of time intervals; and receive second information from the wireless network, the second information indicating a second pattern of time intervals in which the WTRU is to transmit control information on a control channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method in which a terminal performs communication in a TDD-based wireless communication system having a plurality of CCs aggregated therein, the method comprising: a step of performing an uplink transmission or a downlink reception in each subframe on a first CC according to a first UL-DL configuration; and a step of performing an uplink transmission or a downlink reception in each subframe on a second CC according to a second UL-DL configuration. If the configuration of the subframe of the first CC is [U, D] and the configuration of the subframe of the second CC is [U, U] in subframes #k and #k+1, the subframe #k+1 of the second CC is set to X. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for the method.

Abstract: According to the present invention, even when the ratio between uplink subframes and downlink subframes is changed in each component carrier in TDD carrier aggregation, it is still possible to prevent a decrease in capacity. With the radio communication method according to the present invention, a radio base station apparatus generates a downlink control channel signal containing downlink control information including carrier indicator field information, and transmits the downlink control channel signal to a user terminal, and the user terminal receives the downlink control channel signal, and executes signal processing with respect to the downlink signal in accordance with the downlink control information. In this case, the carrier indicator field information is information which associates a carrier index and the index of a secondary cell subframe to be scheduled.

Abstract: A distributed base station radio system includes first channelized to broadband conversion unit that receives first downlink channelized data for first radio frequency band from first channelized radio frequency source; and first universal remote radio head communicatively coupled to first channelized to broadband conversion unit. First channelized to broadband conversion unit converts first downlink channelized data into a first downlink broadband signal. First channelized to broadband conversion unit communicates the first downlink broadband signal to first universal remote radio head. First universal remote radio head receives first downlink broadband signal. First universal remote radio head frequency converts the first downlink broadband signal into first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band. First universal remote radio head is further configured to transmit first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band to first subscriber unit.

Abstract: A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. The method comprises coordinating, by a wireless device, with a first network node to identify a first radio resource configuration comprising a first set of radio resources which is used by the wireless device to communicate with the first network node. The first set of radio resources comprises at least one of radio resources in which the wireless device transmits to the first network node, or radio resources in which the wireless device receives from the first network node.

Abstract: Beacon-poll frames are transmitted from a station (STA) to a wireless AP in an opportunistic manner. In response to receiving a beacon-poll frame, the wireless AP transmits a unicast beacon frame to the STA, thereby eliminating the need for the STA to periodically wake up to receive broadcast beacon frames from the AP. The wireless AP may transmit the unicast beacon frame at a higher speed than a conventional broadcast beacon frame. As a result, the time that the STA must be awake to receive the unicast beacon frame is significantly less than the time that the STA must be awake to receive a conventional broadcast beacon frame, thereby resulting in significant power savings within the STA. The wireless AP may aggregate downlink (DL) data packets to be transmitted to the STA with the unicast beacon frame, resulting in further power savings within the STA.

Abstract: A method may be provided. The method may include selecting one of a first discontinuous cycle of a first length and a second discontinuous reception cycle of a second length. The second discontinuous reception cycle may be of a different length to the first cycle. Both of the first and second cycles may be available for selection. The method may further include using said selected cycle.

Abstract: A wireless access point terminal capable of reducing power consumption even if housed terminals are present. This device is a wireless access point terminal (200) individually connecting a plurality of housed terminals to a network, using a wireless communications unit capable of individual wireless communications with the plurality of housed terminals; and has: a housed terminal management unit (203) that determines whether or not to continue connection, for each connected housed terminal; and a connection control unit (208) that controls the wireless communications unit such that wireless communication is disconnected for a housed terminal for which a determination has been made to not continue the connection.

Abstract: There is provided an LTE device configured to connect to an LTE network, connect to or provide a LAN, and to provide eMBMS services over the LAN.

Abstract: A communication device for communicating with a plurality of terminals via a wireless network, the communication device being configured to, when it has a message to transmit to that plurality of terminals: select, from a multiple of available acknowledgement mechanisms, an acknowledgement mechanism for the terminals to use in acknowledging receipt of the message and communicate the selected acknowledgement mechanism to the plurality of terminals.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for focused communication is disclosed. The method includes a base transmitter array in communication with at least one client device at the same frequency. The base transmitter array provides a focused data communication to the client device.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for channel estimation in a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) are disclosed. A representative method includes a wireless communication device receiving multiple frames, each frame including multiple subframes, each subframe including multiple symbols. The wireless communication device determines whether subframes include MBMS data or not. For subframes that include MBMS data, the wireless communication device excludes all or certain symbols of the subframes that include MBMS data from a channel estimation process. The wireless communication device determines whether the subframes include MBMS data based at least in part on a channel impulse response and/or a channel energy response for one or more symbols of the subframes.

Abstract: A method and device for realizing MBMS control signaling transmission in MBSFN manner are provided in the present invention. Wherein, a base station transmits multimedia broadcast multicast service MBMS control signaling in MBSFN manner, preferably, the base station multiplexes MBMS control signaling and MBMS service data in a same MBSFN subframe, and transmits them according to an adjustment period and/or a repetition period. Then, a mobile station receives the MBMS control signaling at the corresponding MBSFN subframe according to the adjustment period and/or the repetition period. With the solution of the present invention, MBMS control signaling transmission in MBSFN manner is realized.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for transmitting control information. Downlink control information is categorized into common control information and dedicated control information. A physical broadcast channel is extended by dividing a common control channel domain into a plurality of narrowband sub-control channel domains by adding a position identifier. Before a connection is established, the common control information is sent, according to the position identifier, in each sub-control channel domain of the common control channel domain. After the connection is established, a sub-control channel domain with a channel state that complies with a set standard is selected, according to a channel state of each sub-control channel domain, for sending the dedicated control information.

Abstract: A relay device for supporting communications between a terminal device and a base station in a wireless communications system is described. The relay device comprises a transceiver arranged to at least receive an access request message from the terminal device; and a control processor operably coupled to the transceiver and arranged to process the access request message, extract information and determine therefrom a power delta value that is not based on a determination of pathloss between the relay device and the terminal device, generate a control element comprising the power delta value; and for relaying at least the control element to the base station. The control processor is further arranged to receive subsequently at least one physical uplink channel message from the terminal device wherein a transmit power level of the at least one physical uplink channel message is based at least on the power delta value.

Abstract: A terminal device is arranged to communicate with a base station via a relay device in a wireless communications system. The terminal device comprises: a transmitter arranged to transmit a first access request message to the base station wherein the access request message comprises one from a set of access preambles that indicate relay device uplink assistance is required; a receiver arranged to receive an access request grant response from the base station; and a control processor operably coupled to the transmitter and receiver and arranged to: process the access request grant response; extract transmit power control information therefrom for transmissions to the relay device; map a first power level indicated in the transmit power control information to a second power level associated with a transmission via the relay device; and generate and transmit a transmission to the relay device at the mapped transmit second power level.

Abstract: A terminal device is arranged to communicate with a base station via a relay device in a wireless communications system. The terminal device comprises: a transmitter arranged to transmit an access request message to the base station, wherein the access request message comprises one from a set of access preambles that indicate relay device uplink assistance is required; a receiver arranged to receive an access request grant response from the base station; and a control processor operably coupled to the transmitter and receiver and arranged to: process the access request grant response and determine from a timing advance part thereof transmit power control (TPC) information for transmitting to the base station via the relay device.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for allocating a sequence to a synchronization channel for a node identification (ID), the apparatus including: a base node sequence generator to generate a base sequence that is a sequence for a node ID of a base node; a relay node sequence generator to generate a relay sequence that is a sequence for a node ID of a relay node by transforming the base sequence; a baseband signal generator to generate a baseband signal by mapping the base sequence or the relay sequence to a frequency domain and a time domain; and a transmitter to transmit the baseband signal.

Abstract: A communication system comprising a transmitter segment, a segment of propagation with a plurality of transmission channels, and a receiver segment; wherein the transmitter segment at a source location inputting a plurality of input signals to be transmitted; transforming the input signals to wavefront multiplexed signals (WFM signals) by performing a Wavefront-Multiplexing transform (WFM transform), modulating the WFM signals into WFM waveforms by modulators, before transmitting the WFM waveforms through the segment of propagation to the receiver segment; wherein the segment of propagation comprising a plurality of transmission channels among the WFM waveforms; wherein a first WFM waveform is transmitted over a first transmission channel; and a second WFM waveform is transmitted over a second transmission channel; wherein the receiver segment in a destination receiving the WFM waveforms from the transmission channels; performing demodulation on the received WFM waveforms converting received WFM waveforms to

Abstract: Techniques are presented for distributed processing Distributed-Input Distributed-Output (DIDO) wireless communication. A plurality of base stations (e.g., APs) are provided, each configured to wirelessly serve one or more wireless devices (e.g., clients). At least first and second base stations are configured to transmit simultaneously at an agreed upon time. The first and second base stations are each configured to locally generate steering matrix information used to spatially precode their respective data transmissions in order to steer their respective data transmissions to their one or more wireless devices while nulling to the one or more client devices of the other base station. Moreover, the first and second base stations are each configured to locally generate a transmit waveform by applying the steering matrix information to their respective data transmissions.

Abstract: Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method and apparatus for supporting short message services (SMS) for packet switched devices. One embodiment of the method includes providing, from user equipment, a request for packet-switched (PS) service or combined packet-switched (PS) service and circuit-switched (CS) service. The request includes an indication that the user equipment is requesting short message services (SMS) and is not requesting any other CS services. Some embodiments of the method also include receiving, at the user equipment, a response indicating whether the SMS services are supported by a PS domain.

Abstract: Base station (BS) and mobile station (MS) methods and apparatus are provided. The BS configures an uplink sounding channel made up of at least one OFDM symbol in an uplink slot. The BS signals to the MS use and location of different configurations of the uplink sounding channel via a system configuration broadcast message. The uplink sounding channel comprises OFDM symbols where one or more of a subcarrier spacing and a sampling frequency is different from that of OFDM symbol used for data transmission. Each OFDM symbol comprises a sounding reference symbol corresponding to at least one transmit beam and is received by at least one receive beam to form at least one transmit-receive beam pair. The at least one transmit-receive beam pair for UL-SRS in different OFDM symbols are different. The sounding channel configuration is based on information received from neighboring BSs via inter-BS coordination over a pre-defined interface.

Abstract: A method for redundant transmission of real time data is provided. The method can include an edge node in a wireless network sending a first RTP packet including a first real time data frame to a second edge node. The method can further include the edge node determining that a radio link condition is sufficient to support redundant transmission of real time data to the second edge node. The method can additionally include the edge node, in response to determining that the radio link condition is sufficient to support redundant transmission of real time data, bundling the first real time data frame with a next sequential real time data frame that has not been previously sent to the second edge node in a second RTP packet at a PDCP layer of the edge node; and sending the second RTP packet to the second edge node.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of determining a geographical location of a base station is provided. The base station is within a coverage area of a master base station and requests geographical location information from the master base station through a first Precision Time Protocol (PTP) management message. The base station receives the geographical location information from the master base station through a second PTP management message. In addition, the base station determines the geographical location of the base station from the geographical location information included in the second PTP management message.

Abstract: The method comprising measuring by an interfered base station (BS2) the uplink interference and when said uplink interference exceeds a given threshold performing a cancellation process by: discovering and identifying a serving base station (BS1) to which an interfering user device (UE1) is wirelessly connected; requesting to the serving (BS1) the RF fingerprints of the one or more interfering user devices served thereby and using the same frequency resource blocks (RB) of said interfered (BS2); receiving the RF fingerprint of said interfering user device (UE1); consulting said received RF fingerprint in a register; selecting the RF fingerprint more similar to the received one and taking the information of level of interference associated thereto; and using said taken level of interference information for performing said cancelling of said uplink interference.