Patents Issued in January 12, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170013559
    Abstract: To resolve an abnormal state while minimizing loss of convenience for a user. A TCU 10 which communicates with a server terminal 7 providing service for a vehicle via a mobile telephone network 3 for receiving provision of the service, includes a main control unit 20, and a communication module 21 for communicating with the mobile telephone network 3, and the main control unit 20 resets an operation state of the communication module 21 when communication for receiving the service is not available.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: CLARION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka SUMITOMO, Masahiro YONEMITSU
  • Publication number: 20170013560
    Abstract: A wireless communication control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a wireless network device in a first frequency band, a first probe request frame sent by a terminal, and receiving, in a second frequency band, a second probe request frame sent by the terminal, where a quantity of non-overlapping channels in the first frequency band is less than that in the second frequency band; and a first transmit power of the wireless network device in the first frequency band is lower than a second transmit power of the wireless network device in the second frequency band; preferentially responding, by the wireless network device, to the first probe request frame at the first transmit power if a signal transmission strength of the terminal is greater than a preset strength. Co-channel interference in an operating frequency band including a relatively small quantity of non-overlapping channels is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Wei RUAN
  • Publication number: 20170013561
    Abstract: Mobile station and method for saving energy in the mobile station. The method includes generating energy saving information associated with said mobile station, and which indicates an energy status of said mobile station. The method further includes transmitting the energy saving information to at least one first network node, and receiving, from said at least one first network node, an instruction for energy saving, based on the energy saving information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Pablo Soldati
  • Publication number: 20170013562
    Abstract: A device operation method and an electronic device for supporting the same are provided. The method includes establishing a communication channel with an external device, receiving request information for requesting to activate a sensor of an electronic device in connection with executing a function of the external device, and activating the sensor in response to the request information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kyung Soo LIM, Hyuk KANG, Dong Hyun KIM, Tae Gun PARK, Jae Bong YOO, Jong Ho CHOI, Jeong Min PARK, Seung Young JEON, Duk Ki HONG
  • Publication number: 20170013563
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Suckchel YANG, Joonkui AHN, Yunjung YI
  • Publication number: 20170013564
    Abstract: Descriptions on the method and the apparatus for controlling uplink transmission power are provided. The method for controlling uplink transmission power comprises receiving a signal on a downlink channel, wherein the signal includes information on transmission power which indicates a power control mode, determining whether primary cell (PCell) and secondary cell (SCell) are asynchronous or synchronous, determining maximum transmission power for the SCell, using the information on transmission power, based on whether the PCell and the SCell are asynchronous or synchronous, and transmitting signal to the SCell based on the maximum transmission power for the SCell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yunjung YI, Joonkui AHN, Daesung HWANG, Suhwan LIM
  • Publication number: 20170013565
    Abstract: Methods and devices for offloading and/or aggregation of resources to coordinate uplink transmissions when interacting with different schedulers are disclosed herein. A method in a WTRU includes functionality for coordinating with a different scheduler for each eNB associated with the WTRU's configuration. Disclosed methods include autonomous WTRU grant selection and power scaling, and dynamic prioritization of transmission and power scaling priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Ghyslain PELLETIER, Paul MARINIER, J. Patrick TOOHER, Virgil COMSA, Diana PANI, Stephen E. TERRY
  • Publication number: 20170013566
    Abstract: The present invention provides an uplink power control method, user equipment, and a base station. The user equipment includes: a receiver, configured to receive first radio resource control protocol RRC configuration information sent by a first base station, where the first RRC configuration information includes a parameter used to calculate a power headroom PH that is of the UE and that is in a first cell controlled by the first base station; and a transmitter, configured to send second RRC configuration information to a second base station. The user equipment provided in the embodiments of the present invention is applicable to a scenario in which both RRC functions of two cells are controlled by means of RRC of one base station, and moreover, when two base stations use independent RRC, transmit power of the UE can also be effectively controlled, thereby improving uplink power control compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingyu QU, Chuanfeng HE
  • Publication number: 20170013567
    Abstract: When a status of communication between a first transmission module and a second transmission module that is located downstream of the first transmission module on a predetermined transmission path is output, received signal strength information is output for each piece of send target information in order of transmission, and regarding this output, an interval between output of received signal strength information associated with send target information transmitted immediately before transmission of one piece of send target information and output of received signal strength information associated with the one piece of send target information corresponds to a transmission period of the one piece of send target information from the first transmission module to the second transmission module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota YAMADA, Yusuke YAMAJI, Hajime UMEKI, Yuki INOUE
  • Publication number: 20170013568
    Abstract: A method of determining a carrier power in a communications system including a processor includes a) setting a power differential between a reference carrier and one or more carriers, b) measuring a number of satisfied users at the power differential, and c) measuring a capacity for the satisfied users at the power differential. The method also includes d) increasing the power differential by a predetermined amount and e) determining, using the processor, that the number of satisfied users at the increased power differential is greater than or equal to the number of satisfied users at the power differential. The method further includes f) repeating a)-c) and g) setting the carrier power at an iterated power level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Dali Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seyed Amin Hejazi, Shawn Patrick Stapleton
  • Publication number: 20170013569
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling and locating the source of a remote signal, comprising a first electronic device configured to transmit a first wireless signal containing information concerning a power level of the first electronic device, and a second electronic device configured to: measure a strength of the first wireless signal; approximate a proximity of the second electronic device to the first electronic device; identify, based on the approximated proximity and the information concerning the power level of the first electronic device, one or more changes to a configuration of the first wireless signal for optimizing power consumption of the first electronic device during a search for the first electronic device; and instruct the first electronic device, via a second wireless signal, to transmit the first wireless signal with the at least one or more identified configuration changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Mark D. Braxton
  • Publication number: 20170013570
    Abstract: Enhanced power headroom reporting (ePHR) for MTC devices. The ePHR techniques may include configuration and triggering of reporting when a corresponding change to a coverage enhancement (CE) level is likely to result. For example, ePHR may be based on parameters more directly related to PH change instead of PL changes. MTC devices may be configured with multiple thresholds for ePHR reporting that define ePHR regions associated with CE levels. In some examples, an ePHR triggered at the MAC level is used to trigger sending a request for uplink data resources. Legacy PH reporting may be disabled when ePHR is configured to reduce overhead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Madhavan Srinivasan Vajapeyam, Wanshi Chen, Hao Xu
  • Publication number: 20170013571
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to a communication between a user equipment (“UE”) and a plurality of evolved Node Bs (“eNBs”). A UE may be adapted to operate in a dual connected mode on respective wireless cells provided by first and second eNBs. The UE may be adapted to estimate respective power headroom (“PHR”) values associated with simultaneous operation on the first and second wireless cells. The UE may cause the first and second PHR estimates to be transmitted to both the first and second eNBs. The first and second eNBs may use these estimates to compute respective uplink transmission powers for the UE. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: KATHIRAVETPILLAI SIVANESAN, ALI T. KOC, SATISH C. JHA, RATH VANNITHAMBY, YUJIAN ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170013572
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for maintaining, by a cloud controller, data representing a topology of a network of nodes; receiving, at the cloud controller from the first group of nodes, one or more requests to connect to the network; selecting, by the cloud controller, a first node in the first group of nodes that sent the request; and generating, by the cloud controller, instructions configured to cause the first node to communicate a timestamp of the first node to each neighboring node of the first node and to cause each neighboring node to communicate the timestamp of the first node to each other neighboring nodes of the neighboring node; and sending the instructions to the first node, thereby synchronizing the nodes in the network to the timestamp of the first node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Arunkumar Jayaraman, Rajkumar Samuel, Peter Paul Gelbman, Michael John Hart
  • Publication number: 20170013573
    Abstract: Provided are a synchronization signal transmission state reporting method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: evaluating an event related to the synchronization signal transmission state by the terminal; and when the event is satisfied, transmitting a report for the synchronization signal transmission state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghoon JUNG, Hanbyul SEO
  • Publication number: 20170013574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, a device, and a system for notifying a terminal type supported by a current cell, so that a UE can identify the terminal type supported by the current cell as soon as possible. The method includes: carrying preset indication information in a downlink signal, where the indication information is used to indicate the terminal type supported by the current cell, the preset indication information is agreed upon by a network side and a terminal in advance, and the indication information is a synchronization sequence or a first indicator bit used to indicate the supported terminal type; and sending the downlink signal to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Song ZHU, Guangwei YU, Xiaolong GUO, Weiliang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170013575
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal for device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) determines that it is out of coverage (OOC). Even though the UE is OOC, the UE continues to transmit a D2D synchronization signal for in-coverage under a specific condition. If the UE determines that it is in coverage before the specific condition is met, the UE transmits the D2D synchronization signal for in-coverage. If the specific condition is met while the UE is OOC, the UE transmits the D2D synchronization signal for OOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghoon JUNG, Hanbyul SEO
  • Publication number: 20170013576
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting information on out-of-coverage (OOC) for a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) determines that the UE is OOC. OOC may be determined to at least one of a normal OOC or an early OOC based on criteria. Then, the UE transmits information indicating that the UE is OOC to other UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghoon JUNG, Hanbyul SEO
  • Publication number: 20170013577
    Abstract: A transmitter, a receiver and methods therein, configured to transmit a first type of synchronisation signal, in M1 symbols li,, 0?i?(M1?1) and a second type of synchronisation signal in M2 symbols kj,, 0?j?(M2?1) of a subframe , wherein M2?M1?2. The transmitter comprises a processor, configured to determine in which symbols li the synchronisation signal of the first type is to be transmitted, and in addition configured to calculate in which symbols kj, the synchronisation signal of the second type is to be transmitted, by placing each of the M2 symbols kj at a symbol distance from an associated symbol li. The transmitter also comprises a transmitting circuit configured to transmit the synchronisation signals of the first type in the M1 symbols li, and transmitting the synchronisation signals of the second type in the M2 symbols kj.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Fredrik BERGGREN
  • Publication number: 20170013578
    Abstract: To attain a synchronization for a device-to-device discovery and/or a device-to-device communication, a user equipment determines whether it is enabled to transmit a synchronization signal (65) for the device-to-device discovery and/or the device-to-device communication The user equipment has a wireless interface configured for communication with a radio access network of a mobile communication network. The user equipment selectively transmits the synchronization signal (65) for the futflled device-to-device discovery and/or the device-to-device communication over the wireless interface to at least one further user equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Na Wei, Feng Chen, Dahai Liu, Yong Zhao, Anders Berggren
  • Publication number: 20170013579
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for selecting one or more synchronization stations, or masters, in a peer-to-peer communication environment. Synchronization (or sync) stations broadcast periodic synchronization frames to advertise future availability windows, during which devices rendezvous for discovery and communication. Devices that can act as sync stations advertise preference values, which indicate their preference or suitability for the role. All devices execute the same algorithm to sort the preference values and identify a root sync station and any number of branch sync stations; leaf devices synchronize with the root or a branch sync station. This passive synchronization scheme allows individual devices to conserve power, because they need not actively discover other devices and services, and can power off their radios for periods of time without sacrificing discoverability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. STACEY, Pierre B. VANDWALLE, Christiaan A. HARTMAN
  • Publication number: 20170013580
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving device-to-device (D2D) control information at a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising receiving a subframe; receiving a D2D synchronization signal sequence transmitted on the subframe; deciding a hop count of the D2D synchronization signal sequence from an index of the D2D synchronization signal sequence; deciding a transmission location of D2D control information corresponding to the decided hop count; and receiving the D2D control information at the decided transmission location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kijun KIM, Hanbyul SEO, Suckchel YANG, Yunjung YI
  • Publication number: 20170013581
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are used to configure a position of a transmission frequency resource according to a synchronization relationship between devices, includes: adjusting, by a first device, synchronization according to synchronization information of a second device, in a case in which the first device is synchronous with the second device, or the second device can adjust a configured frequency resource, configuring a frequency resource close to an edge of a frequency band, where the frequency resource is used to transmit data, and notifying first user equipment; in a case in which the devices are synchronous, adjusting, by the first device and the second device, a start moment or an end moment of transmitting or receiving a signal; and using, by the first device in a manner of extending a bandwidth of a carrier frequency or a manner of carrier aggregation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Xizeng Dai, Xiaoan Fan, Jie Cui, Juan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170013582
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a transmission timing of a terminal station, which is performed at a base station in a Time-Division Duplex communication system, is disclosed. The method includes (a) receiving ranging signals or other reference signals, transmitted from a terminal station; (b) determining whether transmission timing at the terminal station is appropriate or not, by referring to the ranging signals transmitted from the terminal station; and (c) transmitting a value for adjusting the transmission timing at the terminal station. The value of the transmission timing is a value of the integral multiples of the timing offset detection capability of the ranging signal, or a value calculated by referring to the received reference signals, which have assigned with a different interval from an interval of the ranging signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Masayuki TAKEKAWA, Keigo HASEGAWA
  • Publication number: 20170013583
    Abstract: In a wireless communication system, an IOPS-capable user equipment is registered on both a normal PLMN and an IOPS PLMN. The user equipment is configured to set one of the first PLMN and the second PLMN as a primary PLMN and the other one of the first PLMN and the second PLMN as a secondary PLMN randomly, according to an MO PLMN preference provided by a user of the user equipment, or according to a dialing history of the user equipment. Therefore, PLMN precedence can be provided for the user equipment in the IOPS dual PLMN mode of operation to make MO calls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Pei-Jung Chen
  • Publication number: 20170013584
    Abstract: A system for time-of-flight (ToF) positioning in an IEEE 802.11 network comprises an initiating station that transmits a request frame over a channel to a responding station for a ToF position measurement. The responding station may respond with an offloading of the channel information, request frame receipt time, and response frame transmit time back to the initiating station to enable the initiating station to calculate the ToF position with respect to the responding station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Leor Banin, Yuval Amizur, Uri Schatzberg
  • Publication number: 20170013585
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to wireless communication systems employing Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) as part of a distributed wireless network. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a DAS network that utilizes traffic monitoring of mobile devices of a distributed wireless network. Traffic monitoring may be used to monitor the DAS network performance and generate analytics of individual mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventor: Shawn Patrick Stapleton
  • Publication number: 20170013586
    Abstract: The disclosure recites a system and method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network. The method comprises: obtaining location data for the server device; identifying a location for the server device by analyzing at least the location data; updating data in the server device with the location: identifying a communication transmission range for the location for the server device; and configuring communications generated by the server device to conform to the communication transmission range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kevin J. OERTON, Michael Peter MONTEMURRO
  • Publication number: 20170013587
    Abstract: A method and system for adjusting satellite communication network based on weather nowcasting are provided herein. The method may include: receiving weather conditions within a specified geographic region from a plurality of sources; obtaining positions of at least one terrestrial terminal within said specified area and a position of a communication satellite being in communication with said at least one terrestrial terminal; generating nowcasting predictions of weather conditions in a plurality of locations along communication paths between said communication satellite and said at least one terrestrial terminals, based on the received weather conditions; calculating total signal attenuation integral along said communication paths, over time, based on said nowcasting predictions; and dynamically adjusting communication characteristics of the at least one terrestrial terminal according to the calculated total signal attenuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Shaul LAUFER, Yaakov KREISLER
  • Publication number: 20170013588
    Abstract: Embodiments for providing a query for location information for access points (APs) proximate to a reporting AP are generally described herein. A station may include a processor arranged to generate a Location Configuration Information (LCI) request having subelements arranged to query a reporting AP for a LCI report that includes location information regarding APs proximate to the reporting AP and a transceiver, coupled to the processor, the transceiver being arranged to send to the reporting AP the generated LCI request for the LCI report that includes location information regarding APs proximate to the reporting AP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Gaby Prechner, Itai Steiner, Shani Ben-Haim
  • Publication number: 20170013589
    Abstract: Methods, program products, and systems of location estimation using a probability density function are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a server can estimate an effective altitude of a wireless access gateway using harvested data. The server can harvest location data from multiple mobile devices. The harvested data can include a location of each mobile device and an identifier of a wireless access gateway that is located within a communication range of the mobile device. The server can calculate an effective altitude of the wireless access gateway using a probability density function of the harvested data. The probability density function can be a sufficient statistic of the received set of location coordinates for calculating an effective altitude of the wireless access gateway. The server can send the effective altitude of the wireless access gateway to other mobile devices for estimating altitudes of the other mobile devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Lukas M. Marti, Glenn Donald MacGougan, Robert Mayor, Ronald K. Huang, Jason Dere, Yefim Grosman
  • Publication number: 20170013590
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are related to a method for adjusting a wireless signal scanning rate based on a pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) reliability level estimate. An example method adjusting a wireless signal scanning rate based on a pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) reliability level estimate comprises estimating a PDR reliability level, determining a wireless signal scanning rate based at least in part on the estimated PDR reliability level, wherein wireless signal scanning is performed to obtain position fixes, and performing the wireless signal scanning at the determined wireless signal scanning rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Nima NOORSHAMS, Payam PAKZAD
  • Publication number: 20170013591
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a cause value related to a small cell in a wireless communication system is provided. An evolved NodeB (eNB) of a small cell receives a request message form a macro cell, and as a response to the request message, transmits to the macro cell a failure message including a cause value related to the small cell. The cause value related to the small cell can indicate the reason why the small cell which is in an “off” state cannot shift to an “on” state, and the failure message can be any one of a handover preparation failure message, a cell activation failure message, or a secondary evolved NodeB (SeNB) addition failure message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Daewook BYUN, Jian XU, Kyungmin PARK
  • Publication number: 20170013592
    Abstract: When a wireless communication device is performing wireless communications of real time data by using a wireless LAN method, and the degree of influence of paging a communications partner in an automatic connection operation for a Bluetooth method upon the wireless communications using the wireless LAN method is higher than a permissible upper limit, the wireless communication device changes the paging operation in such a that the degree of influence is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisao NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20170013593
    Abstract: A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving a paging message and system information from and in a mobile station of a broadband wireless access system is disclosed. A method for receiving a paging message in a mobile station comprises receiving paging information from a serving base station, the paging information including paging sub group identifier (paging sub group ID) indicating a paging sub group to which the mobile station belongs; and receiving the paging message for a predetermined paging interval of the paging sub group, wherein the paging sub group is determined separately from a paging group and a geographical location determining the paging group, and is maintained while the mobile station is being operated in an idle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Eun Jong LEE, Doo Hyun SUNG, Jin Soo CHOI, Han Gyu CHO, Jong Young HAN, Kyu Jin PARK, Hyung Ho PARK, Jae Hoon CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20170013594
    Abstract: An alert peripheral device that provides sensory notification to a user of the device includes: a power subsystem; a communication mechanism by which notification signals is received from a first user equipment (UE) that generates and transmits the notification signals in response to detection of specific events at the first UE; and a response notification mechanism that provides a sensory response of the peripheral device following receipt of a notification of a detected event (NDE) signal. The device further includes an embedded controller coupled to each of the other components and which includes firmware that when executed on the embedded controller configures the embedded controller to: establish a communication link between the communication mechanism and the first UE; and in response to detecting a receipt of the NDE signal from the first UE, trigger the response notification mechanism to exhibit the sensory response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Alberto R. Cavallaro, Martin R. Pais
  • Publication number: 20170013595
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) determines that it is out of coverage (OOC). Even though the UE is OOC, the UE continues to perform D2D transmission by using D2D resources for in-coverage under a specific condition. Based on a specific condition, if the UE determines that is in coverage before the specific condition is met, the UE performs D2D transmission by using the D2D resources for in-coverage. If the specific condition is met while the UE is OOC, the UE performs D2D transmission by using the D2D resources for OOC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghoon JUNG, Hanbyul SEO
  • Publication number: 20170013596
    Abstract: Various example implementations are provided to improve wireless resource usage in a device-to-device (D2D) wireless network. According to one example implementation, a first user device may transfer a wireless channel to another user device of the D2D user group before an end of a current channel holding period. The first user device may control sending a channel transfer notification. One or more other user devices may request transfer of the channel for a remaining portion of the current channel holding period by controlling sending a channel transfer request to the first user device. According to another example implementation, the first user device may control sending a channel holding period extension request to one or more other user devices of a device-to-device (D2D) user group to request that the first user device continue holding the wireless channel for a next channel holding period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Vinh van PHAN, Ling YU, Kari HORNEMAN
  • Publication number: 20170013597
    Abstract: An apparatus and method including a control panel of an automation system that protects a secured geographic area actively scanning each of a plurality of radio frequency channels of a predetermined radio frequency spectrum for other access points operating under an IEEE802.15.4 format, the control panel identifying at least two of the plurality of channels with a lowest relative number of the other access points operating under the IEEE802.15.4 format, the control panel performing an energy scan on each of the identified at least two channels, the control panel selecting one of the at least two channels with a lowest relative energy and the control panel setting up a wireless connection with each of a plurality of wireless sensors within the secured area on the selected channel under the IEEE802.15.4 format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Vishnu Vardhan Reddy BEEMA, Sandeep SURESH
  • Publication number: 20170013598
    Abstract: Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method and device which are performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: receiving D2D configuration information indicating a plurality of resources which can be used for a D2D operation from a network; selecting a specific resource from among the plurality of resources; and performing the D2D operation with another terminal using the selected specific resource, wherein the specific resource is selected on the basis of a reference signal received power (RSRP) which the terminal has received from the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sunghoon JUNG, Youngdae LEE
  • Publication number: 20170013599
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to downlink control information (DCI) enhancements for non-orthogonal multiple access. For example, the disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for wireless communications that may include determining, at the base station, downlink control information (DCI) for a first user equipment (UE), wherein the DCI for the first UE comprises modulation order information, spatial layer information, and power ratio information of the first UE, and a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and spatial layer information of a second UE; and transmitting the determined DCI to the first UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Jing SUN, Peter GAAL
  • Publication number: 20170013600
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a method for transmitting data information, a base station, and user equipment, to improve utilization efficiency of a control message. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a carrier for sending data information, determining carrier indication information, and sending a control message corresponding to the data information to user equipment according to the carrier indication information, so that the user equipment receives the data information according to the control message. The method is used to transmit data information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuju FAN, Fan WANG, Xueli MA, Xiaolei TIE
  • Publication number: 20170013601
    Abstract: A method of transmitting and receiving control information in a wireless communication system is disclosed, The method of receiving control information related to a specific point-to-multipoint service in a user equipment of a wireless communication system comprises receiving a notification message including indication information and an identifier identifying the point-to-multipoint service from a network, the indication information indicating at least one downlink channel related to the specific point-to-multipoint service among a plurality of downlink channels established for transmission of control information for at least one or more point-to-multipoint service, and receiving at least one downlink channel indicated by the indication information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seung June YI, Young Dae LEE, Sung Duck CHUN, Sung Jun PARK
  • Publication number: 20170013602
    Abstract: A base station (11) for a wireless radio network (10) comprises a plurality of antennas (12) for transmitting radio frequency signals between the base station (11) and a user equipment (16). The base station (11) receives at each antenna (12) of a subset of the plurality of antennas (12) a training signal sent by the user equipment (16) in a first frame (20) and determines an antenna configuration parameter for each antenna (12) of the subset of the plurality of antennas (12) based on the training signal received in the first frame (20) for a subsequent transmission of payload information (33, 34) between the base station (11) and the user equipment (16) in a second frame (30) which is different from the first frame (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Kare Agardh, Vanja Plicanic Samuelsson, Rickard Ljung, Erik Bengtsson
  • Publication number: 20170013603
    Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. One or more wireless local area network (WLAN) preamble portions may span multiple 20 MHz frequency bands, and may be duplicated across a transmission bandwidth. WLAN preamble portions may include common portions for multiple receivers as well as dedicated portions for particular receivers, and common portions may be transmitted in a primary frequency band in some examples. Some techniques provide that WLAN preamble portions may be encoded using different sized code blocks. Various aspects of the disclosure also provide for signaling of resource allocations of WLAN wireless frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sameer Vermani, Bin Tian, Arjun Bharadwaj
  • Publication number: 20170013604
    Abstract: Techniques are described for wireless communication. One or more wireless local area network (WLAN) preamble portions may span multiple 20 MHz frequency bands, and may be duplicated across a transmission bandwidth. WLAN preamble portions may include common portions for multiple receivers as well as dedicated portions for particular receivers, and common portions may be transmitted in a primary frequency band in some examples. Some techniques provide that WLAN preamble portions may be encoded using different sized code blocks. Various aspects of the disclosure also provide for signaling of resource allocations of WLAN wireless frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Sameer Vermani, Bin Tian, Arjun Bharadwaj
  • Publication number: 20170013605
    Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus receives a D2D resource message based on a change in an uplink-downlink subframe configuration of at least one frame. The D2D resource message enables the apparatus to determine D2D resources allocated for D2D transmissions after the change in the uplink-downlink subframe configuration. The apparatus determines a subset of the D2D resources to be used for performing D2D transmissions based on the received D2D resource message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Chong LI, Shailesh PATIL
  • Publication number: 20170013606
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide wireless communication devices and methods configured to operate with multiple active connections. A user equipment establishes a first active connection associated with a first subscription. The user equipment also establishes a second active connection, simultaneous to the first active connection, associated with a second subscription. The user equipment provides modem information corresponding to connection qualities of the first active connection and second active connection, to an operating system of the user equipment. Furthermore, the user equipment mitigates contention between the first active connection and second active connection by degrading at least one of the first active connection or second active connection in accordance with a decision given by the operating system based on the modem information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Binamira Soriaga, Jun Hu, Huang Lou, Jing Sun, Rashid Ahmed Akbar Attar
  • Publication number: 20170013607
    Abstract: This disclosure describes methods, devices, and systems related to generate a trigger frame including one or more resource block identifications (RBIDs), each RBID being associated with a respective resource unit of one or more resource units on a communication channel; cause to transmit the first trigger frame to each of one or more devices; process a received a power save poll (PS-poll) bit from a first device of the one or more devices on a spatial stream and a first resource unit of the one or more resource units; cause to transmit an acknowledgment to each of the one or more user devices; cause to transmit data buffered in the at least one processor to the first device; and process a received an acknowledgment from the first device confirming receipt of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Chittabrata Ghosh, Robert Stacey
  • Publication number: 20170013608
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource allocation method, a network side device and a communications system, wherein the method includes: when a new user equipment (UE) access a cell in a case that idle PUCCH resources of the cell are insufficient or all PUCCH resources of the cell are fully occupied, determining a preempted UE among UEs already accessing the cell; allocating PUCCH resources of the preempted UE to the new UE, reconfiguring the preempted UE and notifying the preempted UE to release the PUCCH resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Xuhui DU, Ning LI