Using Atm As A Wireles Protocol Patents (Class 370/310.1)
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Patent number: 7496058Abstract: In order to carry out a dedicated type rate control on a reverse link data channel having HARQ applied thereto, rate control bit and ACK/NAK information should be delivered via MAC channel as well as reverse power control information and DRCLock. The present invention provides a method of delivering rate control bit and ACK/NAK information to a mobile station from a base station via MAC channel. Moreover, the present invention provides a MAC channel structure for delivering control information via MAC channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2004Date of Patent: February 24, 2009Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ki Jun Kim, Young Woo Yun, Kyoo Jin Han, Sang Woo Lee
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Publication number: 20090016249Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar, Thomas Richardson, Xinzhou WU, Leonard Grokop
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Publication number: 20090016250Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar, Thomas Richardson, Xinzhou WU, Leonard Grokop
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Publication number: 20090016248Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate identifying peers based upon encoded signals during peer discovery in a peer to peer network. For example, direct signaling that partitions a time-frequency resource into a number of segments can be utilized to communicate an identifier within a peer discovery interval; thus, a particular segment selected for transmission can signal a portion of the identifier, while a remainder can be signaled based upon tones communicated within the selected segment. Moreover, a subset of symbols within the resource can be reserved (e.g., unused) to enable identifying and/or correcting timing offset. Further, signaling can be effectuated over a plurality of peer discovery intervals such that partial identifiers communicated during each of the peer discovery intervals can be linked (e.g., based upon overlapping bits and/or bloom filter information).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2007Publication date: January 15, 2009Applicant: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Junyi Li, Rajiv Laroia, Saurabh Tavildar, Thomas Richardson, Xinzhou WU, Leonard Grokop
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Patent number: 7460549Abstract: An initiator node in a local cluster included in a wireless network receives an admission request to execute an application comprising a set of tasks. If the initiator node is unable to map the set of tasks to nodes included in the local cluster, the local cluster head node forwards the admission request to the cluster head node of successive clusters in the wireless network in order to have at least one node in each of the successive clusters send resource availability information to the initiator node. The initiator node attempts to map the set of tasks to a subset of the nodes from which resource availability information has been received. This is repeated until the initiator node is able to map the set of tasks to a subset of the nodes in the wireless network or until there are no additional clusters to forward the admission request to.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Ionut E. Cardei, Allalaghatta Pavan, Srivatsan Varadarajan, Lee B. Graba
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Publication number: 20080291846Abstract: A dual radio wireless mesh access point is described herein. According to one embodiment, a wireless mesh access point includes an uplink wireless interface, a downlink wireless interface, a local wireless interface, and a routing unit coupled to the uplink, downlink, and the local wireless interfaces. The routing unit is configured to route data packets to other wireless mesh access points (APs), including communicating with an uplink AP via the uplink wireless interface and communicating with a downlink AP via the downlink wireless interface. The uplink and downlink wireless interfaces utilize different communication channels having different communication frequencies. The routing unit communicates with one or more local clients via the local wireless interface. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventor: Wenchen Lu
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Patent number: 7436789Abstract: A node is suitable for a wireless network. A wireless network comprises one or more sensor nodes and/or one or more control nodes. In the wireless network, the sensor node transmits in response to a sensed event and/or a request from a control node. A transmission/routing of data between a sensor node and/or a control node may be subject to a policy constraint and a resource constraint.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Sarnoff CorporationInventors: Alaattin Caliskan, Paul Hashfield, Indur Mandhyan, Robert J. Siracusa
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Publication number: 20080225767Abstract: A device for implementing a RNC is provided with an interface interfacing between sub-systems of a system for the RNC. The interface uses cross duplication dualizing interfacing method. In the device of the present invention, the data transmission between the sub-systems is performed in the form of LVDS signals converted from ATM UTOPIA data. Further, the active pass link of two interfaces is switched, while outputs are transmitted from the active pass link to two interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2006Publication date: September 18, 2008Applicant: UTSTARCOM, INC.Inventor: Kyung Hwan An
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Patent number: 7423985Abstract: System for large area such as citywide telemetry data collection networks using a Mesh network of nodes including a backbone network of nodes, usually powered, and a plurality of sensor nodes, usually battery operated, in the Mesh network to communicate directly or indirectly through other such nodes, to one or more backbone nodes. Power consumption is held very low for the battery powered nodes by only requiring communication over very short distances, and by synchronizing operation of the system with a low duty cycle. The system may be self configuring, such as by using the Ad hoc On Demand Distance Vector routing protocol. Two way communication is possible for control and other purposes. Various applications and possible features are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Inventor: Jason Lester Hill
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Publication number: 20080198783Abstract: Bandwidth utilization over bearers in a fixed cellular network is improved by reducing the amount of data required to be transported. At each side of the bearer, data blocks (such as Iub blocks) are received and, prior to transmitting them across the bearer, they are analyzed to determine if they can be modified in such a manner to decrease the amount of data. On the other end of the bearer, received blocks are analyzed to determine if they have been modified, and if so, the blocks are reconstructed to a format that may not be identical to the original format but, that is operationally equivalent from a user perspective. The modifications to the blocks can be based on the type of data being transmitted. For instance, if the data is for a video session or and audio session, the modifications can be different. Information regarding the reconstruction of the blocks can be sent to the other end of the bearer as a part of the data or through other channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Hezi Manos, Shay Bakfan
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Publication number: 20080198782Abstract: A purpose of the present invention is given as follows: That is, QoS of isochronous data can be effectively secured, and asynchronous data can be transferred with a small delay. In an information communication apparatus 100 of the present invention, in which both isochronous data and asynchronous data which are received by an IEEE 1394 receiving unit 210 based upon IEEE 1394 are transmitted by an IEEE 802.11 transmitting unit 300 based upon IEEE 802.11, the information communication apparatus 100 is equipped with: a packetizing unit (1) 230 for converting the isochronous data into data in a packet format of IEEE 802.11; and another packetizing unit (2) 240 for converting the asynchronous data into data in a packet formed of IEEE 802.11 based upon the packet format of the isochronous data converted by the packetizing unit (1) 230.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2005Publication date: August 21, 2008Applicant: Pioneer CorporationInventors: Shinji Suzuki, Hidemi Usuba
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Patent number: 7382742Abstract: Interconnect of communication between mobile objects by another mobile object is enabled. Station A transmits its own identifier to another mobile station on a broadcast basis. Out of other mobile stations, Station B receives the identifier of Station A, and returns a response including its own identifier. Station A notifies Station B of identifiers of nodes with which it can communicate. Station B notifies Station A of identifiers of nodes with which it can communicate. This sequence of processing enables information on nodes with which either station can communicate to be exchanged between Stations A and B, and a communication path to nodes to be found between Station B (station A) and another node via Station A (station B).Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2003Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Allied Telesis K.K.Inventors: Takayuki Ohta, Tetsuya Nakayama
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Patent number: 7383048Abstract: The invention relates to a method for supporting a transmission of data packets from a node attached to a mobile communication network to a first unit. In order to enable a second unit providing or forwarding the data packets to the node to influence the QoS for the transmission, it is proposed that the method comprises transmitting data packets of a specific data flow from the node to the first unit using a quality of service treatment which is selected based on a quality of service treatment associated with a quality of service identifier. The quality of service identifier is inserted by a second unit to each packet of the specific data flow. The invention relates equally to a terminal equipment, to a node, to a mobile communication network and to a system comprising means for realizing the proposed method.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2002Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Jarkko Jouppi, Janne Rinne
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Patent number: 7379462Abstract: A system for scheduling access times for transmitting data traffic in a WLAN including both isochronous streams and asynchronous bursts characterized by widely varying parameter values generates a succession of service periods, each having adjustable length and including two or other number of primary access intervals. The service periods may also be adapted to include one or more asynchronous burst periods, each immediately following a primary access interval. Access times for each isochronous stream are scheduled only during a primary access interval, or an immediately following extension period. Asynchronous bursts are scheduled for access times only during asynchronous burst periods. Epoch lengths fluctuate dependent on the dynamic needs and priorities of user traffic. Thus, an access time scheduling is made available that can readily adapt WLAN access to continually changing data traffic conditions, and thereby provide QoS by scheduling access times accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2003Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventor: Jin-Meng Ho
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Patent number: 7366122Abstract: Disclosed is a process for processing an MAC-hs PDU (Protocol Data Unit) in an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) communication system, transmitting at least one PDU (Protocol Data Unit) received over a physical (PHY) layer to an MAC (Media Access Control) layer in an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) communication system, includes an HS-DSCH (High Speed-Downlink Shared Channel) decoder for decoding the PDU at intervals of a first period during which the PDU is received from the PHY layer, and storing the decoded PDU in a first memory; a second memory for storing a control table containing position and number information of the PDU, and performing a reordering queue operation on the basis of the position and number information of the PDU; an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) controller for reading the PDU from the first memory, storing the read PDU in the second memory, monitoring the second memory during a second period which is longer than the first period, updating the number of PDUsType: GrantFiled: December 7, 2004Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Kang-Gyu Lee, Sung-Wook Park, Sang-Hoon Chae, Jin-Young Oh
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Patent number: 7366121Abstract: A method and system for compressing an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) header suitable for wireless ATM systems is provided. The ATM Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) and Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI) are replaced with four and eight bit pointers, respectively. In addition, Generic Flow Control (GFC) and Header Error Control (HEC) fields are removed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: L-3 Communications CorporationInventors: Michael Mitchell, Daniel G. Watt, Carmen Brokke
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Patent number: 7349354Abstract: The present invention may relate to the following steps. Converting a bundle of data from a first format of a first mobile switching center to a second format of a switch. Routing, at the switch, the bundle data in the second format. Converting the bundle of data from the second format to a third format of the second mobile switching center. The first format and the third format are different formats. Mobile switching centers manage and operate base stations. The first mobile switching center and the second mobile switching center may be owned and operated by different companies. Accordingly, the first and second mobile switching centers will operate using different formats (or protocols). This is made possible by converting data between formats so it can be routed at a switch. This provides a particular advantage. A cell phone can now transparently change between base stations that are owned and operated by different companies.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 25, 2008Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Sung Hyun Yun
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Publication number: 20080043655Abstract: Systems and methods for providing network access to mobile devices that travel with a vehicle, such as a train, a bus, a boat, etc. along or adjacent to a relatively fixed path that may extend over a large geographic area. Mobile devices access the network through stationary access points arranged along or adjacent to the path and communicate with a communication network. The communication network may be arranged as an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) local area network emulation (LANE) network. One of the mobile devices may be a mobile access point which can couple other mobile devices to the network and record authentication information of other mobile devices so that fast transitions can be made from one stationary access point to another as the vehicle moves along the path.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2007Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventor: Cooper G. Lee
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Publication number: 20080031172Abstract: A wireless media access control supports asynchronous communication and overlapping transmissions. Here, a wireless node may determine whether to request or schedule a transmission based on control messages it receives from neighboring nodes. In some implementations a scheduled transmission may be divided up into several segments so that a transmitting node may receive and transmit control messages between segments. In some implementations a monitoring period is defined after a scheduled transmission period to enable the transmitting node to acquire control information that may otherwise have been transmitted during the scheduled transmission period. In some implementations data and control information are transmitted over different frequency division multiplexed channels to enable concurrent transmission of the data and control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2007Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: Sanjiv Nanda, Ashwin Sampath
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Patent number: 7307966Abstract: A wireless core network for communicating voice and data packets through a packet based protocol is provided. The network includes a wireless gateway, a packet switched network, and a Radio Frequency (RF) network. The RF network is coupled to the wireless gateway and communicates voice packets to the wireless gateway through a packet based protocol. Additionally, the RF network is coupled to the packet switched network and communicates data packets to the packet switched network through a packet based protocol.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2001Date of Patent: December 11, 2007Assignee: Qwest Communications International, Inc.Inventor: Aamir M. Hussain
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Patent number: 7283490Abstract: A method automatically establishes a base station operating and maintaining channel in International Mobile Telecommunications 2000. A BS initiates a BOOTP Request to the base station controller (BSC) or RNC through the IPOA channel between the BS and the BSC/RNC, and then the BS obtains the IP address allocated to it from the reply from the BSC/RNC, so that an operating and maintaining channel is established between the BS and the BSC/RNC. A BS can establish a maintaining channel for itself automatically when starting, avoiding IP address confliction and parallel starting problems. Moreover, establishing a maintaining channel for the BS results in an easy and small workload. Thus programs and data can be loaded automatically to the BS, and the BS can be effectively configured and maintained by a remote device (i.e., the operating and maintaining station of the BS) at a low cost, and good quality is realized.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Hauwei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jianhua Peng
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Patent number: 7280489Abstract: A prime numbering address allocation method in wireless multi-hop network, in which address 1 is assigned to a root host which is the first host joining the wireless multi-hop network, the root host allocates all prime numbers sequentially to new hosts attached to it, and a non-root host allocates addresses as its own address multiplied by a prime number which starts from the biggest prime factor of its own address to new hosts attached to it.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Yuan-Ying Hsu, Jen-Shun Yang, Chien-Chao Tseng
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Patent number: 7263098Abstract: The present invention relates to an AAL switch for multicast and a switching method for performing a flexible multicast connection. An AAL2 switch for multicast and a switching method for performing a flexible multicast connection can be used in applications like video conference and video on demand. An AAL2 switch can include a plurality of receiver circuits that convert an AAL2 packet into a CPS packet by demultiplexing, a plurality of storing devices that store a CPS packet separated from the AAL2 packet, and a plurality of transmitter circuits that periodically search the plurality of storing device and convert the searched CPS packet into an outgoing AAL2 packet by multiplexing. The transmitter circuits can transmit the outgoing AAL2 packet.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2001Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Byung Cheon Lee
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Patent number: 7263573Abstract: In a wireless USB data transfers over UWB, software configures hardware thresholds to control data transfer in a manner that uses bandwidth for good connections over bad connections, given the high error rate experienced with wireless USB. Periodic transfers are first attempted before asynchronous transfers, as long as the periodic transfers are successful. When failures are occurring, the hardware includes a mechanism having a software-configurable threshold specifying the number of errors a given endpoint can tolerate before it is paused in the schedule. By pausing transfer attempts that are likely to again fail, endpoints with successful transfers are favored over those experiencing errors. When the number of active transfers pending exceeds a software-configurable notification threshold for isochronous endpoints, the hardware notifies the software of this state, corresponding to a low-buffer condition at the receiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2006Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Randall E. Aull, Firdosh Bhesania, Glen T. Slick
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Patent number: 7257093Abstract: A localized wireless communication system for communication between a plurality of circuit boards, and between electronic components on the circuit boards. Transceivers are located on each circuit board and electronic component. The transceivers communicate with one another over spread spectrum radio frequencies. An asynchronous transfer mode protocol controls communication flow with asynchronous transfer mode switches located on the circuit boards.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2001Date of Patent: August 14, 2007Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: Edward L. Witzke, Perry J. Robertson, Lyndon G. Pierson
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Patent number: 7245591Abstract: A data translation apparatus is between a base station using an Internet protocol (IP) and a cell controller using an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data in a mobile communication system.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2002Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chang-Rae Jeong
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Patent number: 7209455Abstract: Physical layer interface system for use in a broadband wireless access communication network is provided. The broadband wireless access communication network comprises a base station, a subscriber station and a wireless communication link for transmitting wireless communication signals upstream and downstream between the base station and the subscriber station. The physical interface system comprises a first physical layer interface for the base station for processing the communication signals upstream and downstream between the subscriber station and the base station and a second physical layer interface for the subscriber station for processing the communication signals upstream and downstream between the subscriber station and the base station. The first physical layer interface transmits downstream transmission of communication signals from the base station to the subscriber station in a burst mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2000Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Alcatel Canada Inc.Inventors: Jung Yee, Jeff Foerster
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Patent number: 7170865Abstract: The invention relates to communications systems, and particularly to enhancing tolerance to failures in network elements and transmission systems. The fault tolerance is achieved by providing two or more active ATM permanent virtual channel (PVC) connections between a core network element and an access network element, and providing a separate ATM interface unit for each such ATM PVC connection in the core network element. The user and signalling traffic is distributed among these active connections and interface units. In case of a failure in one of the ATM PVC connections or interface units, the communication is maintained over the other connection(s) and interface unit(s). Thus, only part of the transport capacity is lost, and a total block of communication is avoided. Any new communication will be setup over the other connections.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2001Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventor: Teemu Jäppinen
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Patent number: 7136360Abstract: Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) data is transmitted in Available Bit Rate (ABR) service over a network path including a spacecraft. The spacecraft payload switches do not provide an indication of congestion, so conventional ABR feedback control using Resource Management cells is ineffective. In one avatar of the invention, the Network Control Center coacting with the spacecraft produces signals representative of congestion in services other than ATM ABR service, and these congestion signals are coupled to the terrestrial source terminal, where return or back Resource Management cells are modified with data derived from the congestion signals, to close a feedback loop including the source of ATM ABR signals, the source terminal, and the spacecraft. The feedback loop tends to maintain excess bandwidth in use for ABR purposes, and tends to prevent congestion.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2001Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Daniel Albert Voce, Faris Riyad Faris
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Patent number: 7113480Abstract: In a W-CDMA communication system, even the RNC goes into the congestion state due to increasing user data, the RNC may distribute loads while continuously performing its processing without causing system down. An ATM network used in a RAN is IP-networked, where a C plane processing device for signaling processing and a U plane processing device for user data processing are provided in a physically separated manner. With the U plane processing device, a backup system is prepared independently from an active system. When congestion occurs in the active system, part of processing is switched to and inherited by the backup system.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2003Date of Patent: September 26, 2006Assignee: NEC CorporationInventor: Hidenori Kato
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Patent number: 7106704Abstract: The present invention proposes a method for controlling transmission resources of a radio access network adapted to transmit data packets in real time traffic and in non-real traffic, the method comprising the steps of obtaining information related to transmission resources required for handling real time traffic; and reserving transmission resources for handling non-real time traffic based on a knowledge of the overall available transmission resources of a radio transceiver device of said radio access network and the information related to the transmission resources required for handling real time traffic by said radio transceiver. Transmission resources are subsequently activated based on channel elements which are identified by pre-selected channel element identifiers. This alleviates the use of hitherto required time consuming channel activation procedures as well as the need to refer to any bearer information.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2001Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Pekka Marjelund, Jari Hartikainen
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Patent number: 7107050Abstract: A resource manager for a satellite telecommunication system including user terminals sending data to spots via a satellite, all data streams from a given terminal to the same given destination spot constituting a virtual path comprising a set of uplinks from the terminal to the satellite and a set of downlinks from the satellite to the spot, includes a central entity associated with each satellite for receiving requests sent by the user terminals and each expressing a requirement to use resources of the satellite corresponding to the virtual path. The central entity groups the requests into request groups each associated with a set of uplinks from the same spot to the destination spot, the set of uplinks constituting a virtual link, and determines authorized resources for each request group.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2003Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: AlcatelInventors: Stéphane Combes, Tarif Zein Al-Abedeen, Jean-Didier Gayrard
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Patent number: 7085251Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing location information to an Access Terminal (AT) when the Access Network (AN) is unable to contact a last serving PDSN, else maintaining the previous location information. In one embodiment, AN elements within an area supported by a Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) are given a same Access Network ID (ANID). In this way, movement of the AT within the area supported by the PDSN do not initiate an update of location information. The AT receives location information specific to the PDSN and not the AN.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2002Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Qualcom IncorporatedInventor: Ramin Rezaiifar
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Patent number: 7058027Abstract: A protocol-independent error-control system includes several components (840a, 830a, 820a, 150b, 820b, 830b, 840b) that assist in providing more reliable data transmission between endpoints (110, 120): 1) an ATM adaptation layer that supports quality-critical and time-critical data; 2) a rate converter that uses a priority scheme to adjust the data rate for different types of data; and 3) an error-control subsystem that implements a data link protocol optimized for error-prone links, and capable of recognizing traffic from many kinds of network sources. The error-control subsystem may be used alone or in combination with the ATM adaptation layer (170, 172, 180, 182) and/or the rate converter (830).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 1999Date of Patent: June 6, 2006Assignee: Scientific Research CorporationInventors: George H. Alessi, Charles G. Ray, Ian Akyildiz, Mark Jensen, Guy Smith
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Patent number: 7054280Abstract: A portable communication apparatus (200) for radio communication of digital audio data (240) representing analog voice signals has an asynchronous interface (250) for exchanging digital non-audio data (242, 244) with an external terminal (300). The apparatus (200) is adapted to exchange asynchronously the digital audio data (240) with the external terminal (300) over the asynchronous interface (250).Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2001Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Lars Novak, Tomas Holmström
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Patent number: 7050439Abstract: A method for performing discontinuous transmission in an asynchronous transfer mode is described, wherein a downlink transmission of an ATM cell is performed each time a predetermined number of signal frames indicating a speechless period has been supplied, and wherein an uplink transmission of an ATM cell is only performed when a signal frame indicating a useful information has been supplied. In the downlink transmission, an idle frame can be generated at the receiving end, when no ATM cell is received. In the uplink transmission, a signal frame indicating a useless information can be generated, when no ATM cell is received. Thereby, only those signal frames required at the receiving end are transmitted. Moreover, known transmission functions and elements of a synchronous transmission system can be used at the respective ends of transmission.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2000Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Nokia Networks OyInventor: Topi Kaaresoja
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Patent number: 7012902Abstract: A wireless communications system in which real-time data and burst data can be mixedly transmitted, and a transmission band can be dynamically assigned according to a state of data transmission. A master station has a scheduler for determining a transmission band assignment including information about the transmission timing of the data, a transmission amount, and a station that is allowed to access. The scheduler regularly carries out scheduling, and optimizes the transmission band to be assigned dynamically according to the communication type of the data and a state of data transmission. The master station gives a transmission band assignment which is determined by the scheduler to each slave station. A transmitting station executes data transmission (access) to a receiving station based on the given transmission band assignment. The receiving station gives information about a state of data receiving to the master station, where the scheduler reflects this on scheduling.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shinichiro Omi, Hiroshi Hayashino, Hiroyuki Imai, Kazuhiro Ando
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Patent number: 6982957Abstract: A packet transmission method and apparatus for transmitting data packets via a telecommunication network are described, wherein the quality of a received data packet is judged and the data packet is tagged in response to the result of the quality judgment. The tagging is performed by adding a dropping information, wherein a tagged cell is dropped on the basis of the dropping information and a predetermined dropping condition such as a transmission congestion situation and/or an overuse of a contract of a particular connection. In the uplink direction, the quality judgment can be based on an error check or a comparison of a quality base likelihood parameter with a threshold value. In the downlink direction, the quality judgment can be performed on the basis of an uplink quality parameter and/or a downlink power control status. Accordingly, in case of a congestion and/or an overuse of a particular connection, low quality transmission packets are dropped first to thereby reduce traffic.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2001Date of Patent: January 3, 2006Assignee: Nokia CorporationInventors: Matti Kiiski, Eero Heikkinen
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Patent number: 6970436Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring asynchronous transfer mode cells in the communication system is proper for recognizing state information of asynchronous transfer mode cells transceiving between a base transceiver station and a base station controller. Accordingly, the apparatus enables to monitor the contents of the cell by comparing VPI/VCI of the ATM cells inputted to the multiplexing/demultiplexing part to the other VPI/VCI latched hardware, have the cell bus RX I/F count the number of the error-occurring ATM cells by carrying out header error checks of the ATM cells inputted to the cell bus RX I/F itself, and find out how long the cell transferring time takes for transceiving loop is found out by transceiving the test ATM cells between the multiplexing/demultiplexing part being the ATM low rate subscriber multiplexing/demultiplexing board assembly (ALMA) and the base transceiver station.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2001Date of Patent: November 29, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jae Young Park
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Patent number: 6967952Abstract: Method and apparatus for providing a long loop broadband service which allows data from different ADSL users to be shared and transported across a group (possibly a group of one) of line-powered, repeatered copper pairs utilizing a symmetric transmission approach is disclosed. Multiple ADSL users are able to share the bandwidth on pair(s) between the Remote Terminal Unit and Central Termination Unit by converting the ADSL data into ATM cells that are properly addressed and sent over the pair(s). Straight-Through Repeaters can be used in between the Central Termination Unit and the Remote Termination Unit on each of the pairs to extend the reach of the system. In this manner, the reach of ADSL (or other) internet access can be increased from its present 15 to 18 kft limitation to over 40,000 feet using 26 gauge wire, effectively reaching over 99% of subscribers.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2001Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: GoDigital Networks, Corp.Inventors: Francis I. Akers, Daniel W. Agar, Frederick J. Brandt
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Patent number: 6963547Abstract: Disclosed a local multipoint distribution system (LMDS) and method of communicating ATM data on the LMDS that establishes a virtual circuit using a head-end unit to allow a bidirectional communication on ATM network and provide a medium access control(MAC) protocol by the head-end unit to perform multiplexing/demultiplexing and routing operations for data to be transmitted or received.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 1999Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ok Moon Kwak, Kwang Ju Choi, Jee Woon Youm, Dong Hyun Kim, Doo Il Park
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Patent number: 6944138Abstract: A mobile communication system introducing ATM, AAL2 and IMA techniques in order to efficiently transmit high-speed information and multimedia traffic having various properties, and to increase transmission efficiency in a limited transmission link or transmission band. An ATM cell processing device for a mobile communication system comprises an ATM interface for receiving ATM cells dispersedly transmitted or distributed over a plurality of physical links and restoring the received ATM cells into one ATM cell stream; an AAL2 (ATM Adaptation Layer 2) cell processor for switching at least one AAL2 packet multiplexed within each ATM cell in the ATM cell stream according to routing information provided during call setup, multiplexing the switched AAL2 packets according to ATM connections, and creating an internal ATM cell having the same format as the received ATM cells; and an ATM switch for switching the internal ATM cell according to the routing information.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1999Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Doug-Young Song
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Patent number: 6940831Abstract: A wireless communications system in which real-time data and burst data can be mixedly transmitted, and a transmission band can be dynamically assigned according to a state of data transmission. A master station has a scheduler for determining a transmission band assignment including information about the transmission timing of the data, a transmission amount, and a station that is allowed to access. The scheduler regularly carries out scheduling, and optimizes the transmission band to be assigned dynamically according to the communication type of the data and a state of data transmission. The master station gives a transmission band assignment which is determined by the scheduler to each slave station. A transmitting station executes data transmission (access) to a receiving station based on the given transmission band assignment. The receiving station gives information about a state of data receiving to the master station, where the scheduler reflects this on scheduling.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2000Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., LTDInventors: Shinichiro Omi, Hiroshi Hayashino, Hiroyuki Imai, Kazuhiro Ando
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Patent number: 6937577Abstract: The present invention relates to a telecommunications system, and further to a method, a board unit and a device rack for a telecommunications system. The system comprises at least one base station node, a base station controller node for controlling said at least one base station node, a switching center node operationally connected to said base station controller node for handling the traffic from and to said at least one base station node. According to the invention, at least one of the nodes provides functionality for use in the operation of the telecommunications system, and a software configurable board unit providing genera: purpose resource is implemented within said at least one node, the arrangement being such that the functionality of the board unit can be changed in accordance with particular requirements of the telecommunications system.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1999Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Tapani Aleksi Torikka, Niko Tyni, Jan Hågland, Peter Carl Birger Lundh, Carl Magnus Thornberg, Kari Antero Lehto, Arto Juhani Mahkonen
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Patent number: 6934266Abstract: The invention includes an apparatus and a method for scheduling wireless transmission of data blocks between multiple base transceiver stations and multiple receiver (subscriber) units. A scheduler unit receives the protocol data units from a network and sub-divides the protocol data units into sub-protocol data units. A plurality of base transceiver stations receive the sub-protocol data units, and wirelessly transmit the sub-protocol data units to a subscriber unit. The scheduler unit determines a schedule protocol for transmission of the sub-protocol data units by the plurality of base transceiver stations. The invention can include a base controller station that includes the scheduler unit. The invention can include a home base transceiver station that include the scheduler unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2003Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: David R. Dulin, Sanjay Kasturia, Partho Mishra, Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, Matthew S. Peters
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Patent number: 6904024Abstract: A scaleable, broadband wireless system for providing radio access to a metropolitan area. The metropolitan area is sub-divided into overlapping cellular areas each having a base station for communication with network interface units at customer sites within each cell. ATM Radio Interface Cards (ARICs), both time division multiple access (TDMA) and frequency division multiple access (FDMA), in each base station implement protocols for bi-directionally linking the NIUs with the ATM backbone. FDMA ARICs provide point to point radio access between base stations over intercell links. The capacity of the system can be scaled by adding the appropriate ARICs as required to meet demand.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1998Date of Patent: June 7, 2005Assignee: Alcatel Canada Inc.Inventors: Erik H. Boch, Alan Jaakkola
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Patent number: 6879566Abstract: A wireless telecommunications system comprises a radio network layer for carrying mobile-specific signaling, and a transport layer for establishing user channels between system nodes over a transport network. The transport network is visible to the radio network layer only via a primitive interface through which it can request transport services. The invisibility of the transport network to the radio network layer makes the radio network layer independent of the underlying transport network and enables the use of different transport network technologies. The radio network layer signaling procedures and connections are mapped with the underlying transport layer signaling procedures and connections by using binding information at one end of the connection leg, which is exchanged between the network and transport layers through a primitive interface, and used to “identify” the radio network layer and the transport layer connection setup signaling carried out between the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1999Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Nokia Networks OyInventors: Yrjö Raivio, Sami Kekki, Juha Pirkola
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Patent number: 6876634Abstract: Architecture of a mobile communication system network and method for transmitting a packet data using the same, which can minimize required signal links and interlocking lines, the architecture including a plurality of radio network controllers each connected to a plurality of base stations in a cell or a sector to which the network controller pertains for separating a packet data service path from a circuit data service path when a particular mobile station is matched to this core network, at least one mobile switching center connected to the plurality of radio network controllers in a region of the mobile switching center by an ATM switching system for routing an originating call from the mobile station or a terminating call to the mobile station, a VLR/HLR(Visitor location register/home location register) connected to the mobile switching center for managing mobility of the mobile stations, and at least one PDGN(Packet data gateway node) for routing a packet data provided from either the mobile switching cType: GrantFiled: July 8, 1999Date of Patent: April 5, 2005Assignee: LG Information & Communications, Ltd.Inventor: Byung Keun Lim
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Patent number: 6839330Abstract: A method for encoding ATM cells for transmission over a wireless link comprising the steps of receiving an ATM cell stream comprised of a plurality of ATM cells and detecting idle/unassigned cells within the cell stream. Then, a header frame made up of headers of a number of the plurality of ATM cells is assembled, together with a payload frame made up of payloads of a number of the plurality of ATM cells. Finally, some of the detected idle/unassigned cells are placed in a selected portion of the payload frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 1998Date of Patent: January 4, 2005Assignee: Viasat, Inc.Inventors: Dattakumar M. Chitre, Anil K. Agarwal, Prabhakar Gowrisankaran, John A. Lunsford, Sathyanarayanan Narayanaswamy
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Patent number: RE39673Abstract: A method of establishing a supplemental channel (SCH) to provide burst timing for high-speed data transmission in a mobile communication system is disclosed. In the SCH establishing method, a source base station transceiver determines that a traffic burst exists and sends a target base station transceiver a burst request message. The burst request message includes forward and reverse burst timing information and channel use time information, which is determined in consideration of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode, in order to reserve necessary resources, when a large amount of high rate data is to be transmitted. Then, the target base station transceiver sends the source base station transceiver a burst response message including information about resources committed to the traffic burst.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2004Date of Patent: June 5, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Seok Lee, Yong Chang