Abstract: Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed herein that may, among other benefits, help a mobile station to conserve power by intelligently determining how often to scan for incoming pages. An exemplary method may be carried out by a mobile station that has most-recently registered with a radio access network in a zone of last registration, and involves the mobile station (a) determining a location of the mobile station in relation to the zone of last registration, (b) using the location of the mobile station in relation to the zone of last registration as a basis for determining a scan period to wait between scans of the paging channel; and (c) periodically scanning the paging channel according to the determined scan period. Furthermore, an exemplary method may be carried out in order to conserve battery power when a mobile station determines that its battery power is low.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for analyzing radio frequency (RF) data. RF data is received from one or more RF sensors, wherein the RF data is collected over a particular frequency range and resolution bandwidth. One or more frequencies not in use are determined based on the RF data and a signal level threshold. One or more recommended frequencies for use are calculated based on the one or more open frequencies and an intermodulation function, wherein each of the one or more recommended frequencies reduces a potential for intermodulation distortion than other frequencies in the frequency range.

Abstract: Provided is a power control method, etc., in cognitive radio communication, by which power control can be effectively performed without a large indirect cost. In the power control method, a target value of SNR is estimated on the basis of the control information relating to interference. Subsequently, communication power used for the cognitive radio communication is adjusted on the basis of the estimated target value of SNR. Thereby, power control can be effectively performed without a large indirect cost.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a location monitoring method and apparatus. The method includes: creating a tracking area (TA) list for user equipment (UE) according to a monitoring precision indication and sending the TA list to the UE; and obtaining location information of the UE when the UE executes a location update according to the TA List and reporting the location information to a monitoring center. With the present disclosure, the monitoring location precision of a monitoring target may be set so that more accurate location information of the monitoring target can be obtained and that the needs of various monitoring tasks can be satisfied.

Abstract: An access network may receive an incoming communication for an idle access terminal having a last-known location in a first service area of the access network. In response to receiving the incoming communication, the access network may determine whether the last-known location is proximate to a border between the first service area and a second service area of the access network. If so, the access network may define a border paging area encompassing one or more coverage areas within the second service area that are proximate to the last-known location. In turn, the access network may determine a representative paging-channel occupancy of the border paging area. Based on the representative paging-channel occupancy, the access network may then select a time at which to initiate a border page of the access terminal in the border paging area and then perhaps initiate the border page at the selected time.

Abstract: A network sends an indication of discontinuous reception period (ldle_Mode_DRX_Period) and an indication of number of paging groups (Paging_Group_Count). Paging occasions for a user equipment are determined by a predetermined formula. One exemplary formula is SFN mod IDLE_Mode_DRX_Period=(IDLE_Mode_DRX_Period div Paging_Group_Count) *(ID) mod (Paging_Group_Count); where SFN is system frame number and ID is the identifier of the user equipment, which can be IMSI or some value derived from IMSI. The UE's temporary ID is sent during a determined paging occasion, which maps to a paging channel on which the page is sent. Options for restricting the paging occasion to less than a frame, and for offsetting the paging occasions from that of the above formula are detailed.

Abstract: A wireless access point with a centralized media access controller MAC (402) that enables multiple radios (404, 412, 408) to share MAC resources and implement load balancing and frequency control.

Abstract: The present invention presents a method and a controller for selecting the type of connection used to connect a terminal device to a serving base station. The connection type is selected on the basis of monitored communication-environmental parameters of the terminal device. The selection is made between a direct cellular radio connection and a relayed cellular radio connection. The relayed connection is established through another terminal device acting as a relay terminal for the connection being relayed. A direct device-to-device link between the two terminal devices is established as a cognitive radio connection, and a radio access technology and communication parameters of the device-to-device link may be negotiated between the terminal devices. The relay terminal then links the device-to-device link to a direct cellular radio connection between the relay terminal and the serving base station.

Abstract: A method of determining interconnections between at least two components in a base station. The at least two components connected to each other and any further components by one or more ports and the method comprising the steps of; in response to receipt of an interrogation message at a port of one of the components, replying to said interrogation message with a response message, said response message including identification information of said component in receipt of the interrogation message.

Abstract: Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a paging module configured to provide paging parameters for a mobile station, wherein the paging parameters include i) a paging listening interval length Lp for each paging listening interval, ii) a paging cycle period Pp, and iii) a paging cycle offset Qp; and a sleep module configured to determine sleep parameters for the mobile station based on the paging parameters, wherein the sleep parameters include i) a wakeup interval length Ls for each wakeup interval, ii) a sleep cycle period Ps, and iii) a sleep cycle offset Qs; and wherein the sleep module is further configured to determine the sleep parameters such that each paging listening interval overlaps one of the wakeup intervals.

Abstract: A system and method for wireless local area network airtime fairness. Distribution of airtime amongst a plurality of associated mobile stations can be based on a determination of a total channel availability. The total channel available is based on a total channel utilization determined through detected energy on the channel and a mobile station utilization determined through monitored traffic between the wireless access point and the associated mobile stations.

Abstract: A method, receiving device, network element, system and computer program product for controlling discontinuous reception at a receiving device of a communication network are disclosed. A regular discontinuous reception cycle of a discontinuous reception scheme is set, and this regular discontinuous reception cycle is switched to a shorter temporary discontinuous reception cycle or is switched off, in response to an event which triggers a reply of the communication network to the receiving device. Thereby, delays of network replies can be shortened or controlled in case discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles are implemented at the receiving device.

Abstract: A system for attenuating vehicle audio for mobile application audible statements, the system comprising a vehicle computing system having one or more processors for playing audio in the vehicle from a plurality of different audio sources. The system also includes a wireless transceiver for communicating signals from a mobile computing device for processing by the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computing system is configured to receive a wireless signal from the mobile computing device representative of an audible statement to be played in the vehicle. If the vehicle computing system is playing audio in the vehicle at the time the wireless signal is received from the mobile computing device, determine an amount to attenuate the audio based on the source of the audio. Attenuate the audio and play the audible statement based on the determination.

Abstract: A method of performing power headroom reporting, hereafter called PHR, for a communication device configured with a plurality of uplink component carriers or parallel PUCCH and PUSCH transmission in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises reporting power headroom information of at least one of the communication device, at least an uplink component carrier, and at least a power amplifier configured to the communication device, to a network of the wireless communication system when the PHR is triggered.

Abstract: A method and system for establishing a wireless connection between a portable computer system and a wireless network, particularly when the portable computer system goes out of coverage and a wireless connection needs to be re-established. The portable computer system has a main processor and a digital signal processor (DSP). The main processor is placed in a low power mode, conserving battery power. When the portable computer system goes out of coverage, broadcast channels used by the wireless network are scanned by the DSP instead of the main processor to identify channels that have sufficient signal strength for the wireless connection. Thus, the main processor remains in the low power mode. When the DSP identifies acceptable channels, it wakes up the main processor and identifies the channels having sufficient signal strength. The main processor then establishes a wireless connection using one of the channels identified by the DSP.

Abstract: A method for determining a proper preamble allocation mode is provided. The method is applicable to a base station communication with a number of human to human UEs and machine to machine UEs. The base station collects information from different types of UEs to figure out arrival rates for human to human type random access attempts and machine to machine type random access attempts. The base station selects one allocation mode out of two different allocation modes. In one mode, random access preambles are dedicatedly allocated to machine to machine type UES. In the other mode, preambles are commonly allocated to different types of UEs. The base station indicates the selected allocation mode by using system information block such as SIB2.

Abstract: A wireless communication device may execute a response process and a search process with a first operation being performed as a trigger in a first period after the first operation. The response process may include receiving a search signal from a specific external device and sending a response signal to the specific external device in response to the search signal. The search process may include sending the search signal to the specific external device and receiving the response signal from the specific external device. The wireless communication device may communicate a wireless profile with the specific external device so as to establish a wireless connection with the specific external device in a case where the first operation is performed. The wireless communication device may execute the response process in a second period before the first operation is performed.

Abstract: Electronic messages such as pages are exchanged between a user device and a message service using one of multiple wireless communication networks. The wireless communication networks may include mobile and/or fixed wireless networks. The user device registers with the message service through at least one of the wireless communications networks. The user device may register through multiple wireless communication devices when available. The user device sends messages through the wireless network through which registration has been established and may apply rules to choose when registration has occurred via multiple wireless networks.

Abstract: A system and method for multi-cell access are provided. A method includes transmitting at least one control channel to a communications device. The at least one control channel includes control information, and the transmitting is performed by at least one cell in a subset of a cooperating set. The method also includes transmitting to the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device, or receiving from the communications device based on control information transmitted to the communications device. The transmitting is performed by at least one other cell in the cooperating set, or the receiving is performed by the at least one other cell in the cooperating set.

Abstract: A mobile station for wirelessly communicating with a base station, the mobile station including a storage unit for storing determination information for determining whether or not an application that requires wireless communication is being executed and operation information defining whether or not the application maintains a logical connection when the application is out-of-service for each application; and a processor for, when detecting out-of-service state, determining an application being executed on the basis of the determination information, determining whether or not the application being executed maintains the logical connection on the basis of the operation information, and when determining that the application maintains the logical connection, trying to wirelessly connect to the base station.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus includes: a scan processing unit that scans for wireless communication apparatuses that are present in a range within which wireless communication is possible; a list generation unit that generates a list of the wireless communication apparatuses that are detected by the scan by the scan processing unit; a transmission unit that transmits the list that is generated by the list generation unit to an information processing apparatus; and a reception unit that receives connection destination related information that relates to a connection destination, which is transmitted from the information processing apparatus based on a comparison result of the list and the list from another terminal apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system.

Abstract: A method for allocating paging areas includes: determining a basic paging area currently visited by a User Equipment (UE); and allocating a paging area to this UE according to a history record of motion trace of UEs located in the basic paging area currently visited by this UE. An apparatus for allocating paging areas is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of coordinating the downlink transmissions from a plurality of base stations to at least one mobile unit. The method is implemented in a control plane entity and includes receiving, at the control plane entity and from each of the plurality of base stations, channel state information for a plurality of wireless communication channels between the plurality of base stations and one or more mobile units. The method also includes determining, at the control plane entity and based on the channel state information, transmission formats for downlink transmissions from the plurality of base stations to the mobile unit(s). The method further includes providing the transmission formats to the plurality of base stations.

Abstract: A terminal random access procedure is improved by allowing a mobile terminal to correctly map signature indexes onto cyclic shifted Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequences when the deployed cells support a high-speed mobility by informing a mobile terminal whether a cell supports high-speed mobility.

Abstract: Disclosed is wireless communication base station equipment in which CCE allocation can be flexibly performed without collision of ACK/NACK signals between a plurality of unit bands, even when wideband transmission is performed exclusively on a downlink circuit. In this equipment, an allocation unit (105) sets up mutually different search spaces for each of a plurality of downlink unit bands, with respect to wireless communication terminal devices that communicate using a plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates resource allocation information of downlink circuit data destined for the wireless communication terminal devices to CCEs in mutually different search spaces for each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and an ACK/NACK reception unit (119); extracts a response signal in respect of the downlink circuit data from the uplink control channel associated with the CCE to which the resource allocation information of this downlink circuit data was allocated.

Abstract: A telecommunication network includes a telecommunication device and one or more mobile terminals that communicate data over multiple frequency bands. The telecommunication device obtains the carrier aggregation capability of the mobile terminals, as well as its own coordinated carrier aggregation capability. The telecommunication device then transfers this information to a centralizing device, as well as information related to a neighboring telecommunication device. The centralizing device then responds with a frequency band to be used by the telecommunication device for communication with the mobile terminals, as well as control signaling through the frequency band.

Abstract: The present invention relates to wireless communication, and more particularly, to a method for a machine-to-machine (hereinafter abbreviated M2M) communication applied M2M device to update information in a wireless communication system and terminal thereof. In decoding superframe header subpacket information in an M2M (machine to machine) device in idle mode in a wireless communication system, the present invention includes comparing a paging cycle with a 1st cycle and if the paging cycle is equal to or greater than the 1st cycle, decoding the superframe header subpacket information, wherein the 1st cycle is determined using a following formula: I=C×2n, where the I indicates the 1st cycle, the C is a change cycle of a secondary superframe header, and the n is a bit size of a change count of the secondary superframe header.

Abstract: A method of acquiring information on a resource region for transmitting PHICH and a method of receiving PDCCH using the same are disclosed. The resource region for transmitting the PHICH can be specified by first information corresponding to the per-subframe PHICH number and second information corresponding to a duration of the PHICH within the subframe. The first information can be specified into a form resulting from multiplying a predetermined basic number by a specific constant. And, the specific constant can be transmitted via PBCH. Moreover, the second information can be acquired from the PBCH as well.

Abstract: In an aspect, a method assists with blind decoding of uplink control signals on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) and Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH). The method assists in determining the uplink control path in the event a user equipment (UE) misses an uplink grant and blind decoding occurs. It is determined whether an uplink acknowledgement, rank indicator, and/or channel quality indicator are found on a PUSCH. If not, it is determined whether a scheduling request is expected and whether special handling for the scheduling request is indicated. Depending on those determinations, and whether any decoding attempts for uplink signals are successful, either the PUSCH or PUCCH is selected as the uplink control path.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.

Abstract: Provided is a method for transmitting paging information in a cellular system. An object of the method is transmitting paging information which can improve applicability of a limited radio resource by variably and flexibly setting up and mapping a transport channel and a physical channel in order to transmit information notifying start of downlink information from a base station to a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The method includes the steps of: forming a paging channel (PCH) in a transport channel corresponding to generation of paging information; setting a paging indication channel (PICH) based on the paging information and forming the paging indication channel in a radio resource of a physical layer; and allocating the paging channel to the radio resource of the physical layer.

Abstract: There are disclosed a random access method for establishing an individual channel between a radio communication terminal device and a base station device in a short time and a radio communication terminal device executing the random access method. In this device, in step ST320, a RACH sub-channel allocation unit (211) allocates a transmission packet inputted from a replication unit (202) to an arbitrary sub-carrier at the RACH arbitrary time slot at random. In step ST330, an allocation unit (210) judges whether an overlap is generated in the allocation result obtained by the RACH sub-channel allocation unit (211). When the allocation unit (210) judges that an overlap is generated in the allocation result, the allocation unit (210) causes one of the RACH sub-channel allocation units (211) which has caused the overlap to again perform allocation of step ST320. On the other hand, when judgment is made that no overlap is generated in the allocation result, step ST340 is executed.

Abstract: A method and system for wireless data communication for peer wireless stations in a network is provided. A pair of peer wireless stations perform discovery on a predefined wireless communication channel to discover each other. Upon peer wireless stations successfully discovering one another, a wireless communication channel is selected to setup a connection between the peer wireless stations for data communication on the selected wireless communication channel. The peer wireless stations then perform connection setup and data communication over the selected wireless channel. In one implementation, the network comprises a wireless local area network (WLAN) for ad-hoc Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS) peer-to-peer communication. Further, the peer wireless stations conduct millimeter wave (mmWave) directional data transmissions between the peer wireless stations on the selected wireless data communication channel.

Abstract: Techniques for determining whether a cellular device is suspect, i.e., perhaps serving as an activator for a device such as a bomb. One way of doing this with cellular telephones that are in the idle state is to use a baiting beacon to bait and automatically call all the cellular telephones in an area that are in the idle state. If the call to a given cellular telephone is not answered by a human voice, the cellular telephone is suspect. Another way of doing this with cellular telephones that are in the traffic state is to use surgical analysis to examine the DTX pattern for the telephone. If it indicates persistent silence, the cellular telephone is suspect. The surgical analysis may also be used to trace the DTX pattern back to another telephone that is controlling the suspect cellular device.

Abstract: The present invention is a method and system for supporting a beamforming antenna system in a mobile broadband communication network with an improved beam pattern, beam sweep pattern, pilot channel design with feedback and reporting rules, and control signaling design. Specifically, the improved beam pattern includes a method of supporting wireless communications in a wireless network forming at least two spatial beams within a cell segment where the at least two spatial beams are associated with different power levels, and separately, where at least two spatial beams can be moved across the cell segment according to a unique sweep pattern. The pilot channel design improves network bandwidth performance and improve user mobility tracking. Feedback and reporting rules can be established using a particular field designator, CQI, in the preferred embodiment.

Abstract: A method of allocating uplink resources in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises generating a first message which has a preamble and adaptively further includes resource request information based on a communication state with a base station and transmitting the first message to the base station.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an incoming call to an incoming call subscriber terminal of a mobile communication system. A Mobility Management Entity (MME) receives the incoming call for the incoming call subscriber terminal from an outgoing call terminal, analyzes a type of the incoming call subscriber to determine whether a call restriction is required for incoming calls to the incoming call subscriber terminal, determines whether an outgoing call number of the outgoing call terminal is one of previously registered call-allowed numbers, if the call restriction is required; and pages the incoming call subscriber terminal, if the outgoing call number is one of the previously registered call-allowed numbers.

Abstract: A method of measurement gap reporting and configuration is provided. In a mobile network, a UE receives a capability enquiry message from a serving base station. The UE comprises one or more radio frequency modules that support a list of frequency bands and a list of carrier aggregation (CA) band combinations. In response to the enquiry, the UE transmits capability information containing measurement parameters to the base station. In one embodiment, the measurement parameters comprise need-for-gap parameters for each frequency band and each CA band combinations associated with a list of to-be-measured frequency bands of target cells. Based on the reported measurement parameters, the eNB transmits a measurement configuration message to the UE. Finally, the UE transmits a measurement gap application message back to the base station. The measurement gap application message indicates whether the UE applies MG for each configured component carrier.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of and system for performing the access control as well as a radio resource management entity. The method includes: detecting, by a hybrid radio resource management entity, an access control trigger event; determining, by the hybrid radio resource management entity, a non-closed subscriber group, CSG, User Equipment to be removed; disconnecting, by the hybrid radio resource management entity, the connection with the non-CSG User Equipment to be removed. In accordance with the present invention, a hybrid radio resource management entity is able to control the access of User Equipment, so as to guarantee the access of CSG User Equipment.

Abstract: A method for a user equipment (UE) to receive a PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) transmitted from a base station via a specific resource region includes receiving a PBCH (physical broadcast channel) including first system information and PHICH (physical hybrid ARQ indicator channel) related information from the base station and receiving the PDCCH transmitted from the base station via the specific resource region for downlink control information.

Abstract: Wireless terminal beacon signaling is used to achieve timing synchronization between two wireless terminals in a wireless communication system, e.g., in an ad hoc network lacking a centralized timing reference. An exemplary timing structure used by an individual wireless terminal includes a beacon transmission time interval, a beacon monitoring time interval and a silence time interval. A first wireless terminal monitoring for beacon signals from other wireless terminals, detects a beacon signal portion from a second wireless terminal and determines a timing adjustment as a function of the detected beacon signal portion. The first wireless terminal applies the determined timing adjustment, e.g., time shifting its timing structure, such that its beacon signal can be detected by the second wireless terminal.

Abstract: A relay station 130 includes a base station communication unit 350 which performs radio communication with a radio communication terminal, a terminal communication unit 354 which performs radio communication with the base station 120, a command transmission unit 356, 556 which transmits a command to alternate communication and non-communication per a predetermined number of frames to the base station through the terminal communication unit; and a communication switching unit 358, 558 which makes the base station communication unit and the radio communication terminal be in communication while the terminal communication unit and the base station are in non-communication based on the command, and making the base station communication unit and the radio communication terminal while the terminal communication unit and the base station are in communication based on the command.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method manage a neighbor base station list (NBL) in a distributed wireless ad-hoc network. Information of neighbor BSs is collected at the BS using a surrounding environment detection function. Neighbor BSs that satisfy a certain condition are determined, among the neighbor BSs from which the information is collected. And the NBL is generated based on the determined neighbor BSs.

Abstract: Systems and methodologies are described that generate pilots for signal acquisition in a wireless communication system based on time domain sequences. The pilots may be generated by a base station and transmitted in a pilot field to one or more access terminals to aid in signal acquisition at each of the access terminals. One of the pilots may be common to all access points in the wireless communication system, thereby allowing an access terminal to obtain a timing estimate for the system while minimizing the effects of interference variations between base stations. Further, one or more generated pilots may be unique to each access point in order to allow each respective access point to be identified by its generated pilots.

Abstract: Provided are an operating method for machine to machine (M2M) communication and an apparatus using the method. In an idle mode, an M2M device receives a paging message from a base station. The paging message comprises a network connection type and a start offset. The network connection type indicates a resource allocation for a ranging request. The start offset indicates an offset at which to start monitoring the ranging resource for the ranging request.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may separately utilize transmit paths of a mobile transmit diversity device to initialize communication with a base station over a random access channel, particularly where the transmit paths have power amplifiers with different characteristics, e.g., different power amplification.

Abstract: A communication operating method and a dual standby mobile terminal including a first communication module and a second communication module are provided. The first communication module supports forming a first communication channel with a first wireless communication network. A second communication module supports forming a second communication channel with a second wireless communication network. When the first communication module transitions from an abnormal service state to a normal service state, the first communication module performs a base station search based on base station channel information of the second communication module and camps on a found base station.

Abstract: A mobile base station includes a detecting unit that detects communication information concerning another cell; a switching unit that based on the detected communication information, switches a communication resource used by the mobile base station to a communication resource different from that used in the other cell; a communication resource reporting unit that reports to a mobile terminal in a cell of the mobile base station, the communication resource switched to by the switching unit; and a communication information reporting unit that reports to a base station outside the cell of the mobile base station, communication information concerning the communication resource switched to by the switching unit.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting spectrum holes in a region is disclosed. The system comprises a requesting module, a detecting module and an aggregation module. The requesting module retrieves channel availability data for a region. The channel availability data describes potential availability of a channel. The detecting module obtains a set of values for the channel by spectrum sensing at a set of locations in the region based at least in part on the potential availability of the channel. The aggregation module aggregates the set of values for the channel over the set of locations in the region to obtain a first value for the channel and determines the availability of the channel based at least in part on the first value for the channel.