Abstract: Example embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for transmitting data packets between a protocol sender and a protocol receiver in a cloud environment, having either the protocol sender or the protocol receiver residing within a virtualized host. A protocol acceleration module may observe the data packets transmitted along the data path between the protocol sender and the protocol receiver using protocol stack configuration information of the protocol sender. The protocol acceleration module may override the protocol stack configuration information with policy-based protocol stack configuration information such that data packets transmitted from the protocol acceleration module to the protocol receiver use the policy-based protocol stack configuration information. For various embodiments, the protocol stack configuration information of the protocol sender is not modified.

Abstract: Provided are a method and an apparatus for applying control information in a wireless communication system. The method includes the steps of: receiving a setting for ACK/NACK(acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement) repetition from a base station; receiving control information to be applied at a particular time point from the base station; transmitting ACK/NACK for the control information; and performing an operation according to the control information at the particular time point when the transmitted ACK/NACK is ACK, wherein the operation at the particular time point is applied to a subframe which is determined according to the setting for ACK/NACK repetition.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for creating a unified data stream from multiple data streams acquired from multiple devices. One method includes an operation for receiving activity data streams from the devices, each activity data stream being associated with physical activity data of a user. Further, the method includes an operation for assembling the unified activity data stream for a period of time. The unified activity data stream includes data segments from the data streams of at least two devices, and the data segments are organized time-wise over the period of time.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile communication system and a mobile communication method in which a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus can efficiently transmit control information in case of communication is conducted by using a wide frequency band constructed by a plurality of component carriers. The mobile communication system in which the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus communicate by using the plurality of component carriers, wherein the base station apparatus allocates resources to the mobile station apparatus for transmitting HARQ control information, and the mobile station apparatus uses the allocated resources to transmit to the base station apparatus the HARQ control information for a physical downlink control channel and/or a physical downlink shared channel which are transmitted on a plurality of downlink component carriers, and also a scheduling request for requesting the allocation of uplink data transmission.

Abstract: In a heterogeneous wireless network that includes a macro base station and one or more micro base stations, a wireless device to wirelessly transmit, in a first time slot at a first position in a first transmission subframe, data over a first physical communication channel. An ACK/NACK control message is received over a backhaul network connection a first time period after the first time slot. A response message is transmitted to the wireless device such that when the control message is received prior to the second time slot, then the response message uses data reception information from the control message and when the control message is not received prior to the second time slot, then the response message indicates that the data was successfully received.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method of transmitting an uplink signal in a state in which a PUSCH sub-frame bundling mode is set, including the steps of: receiving a first PDCCH signal having an uplink grant through a first downlink sub-frame; receiving a second PDCCH signal having an uplink grant through a second downlink sub-frame: and one or more continuous uplink sub-frames of a predetermined size transmitting a PUSCH signal corresponding to the second PDCCH signal when a value corresponding to an interval between the first downlink sub-frame and the second downlink sub-frame is smaller than a bundling size set through a higher layer, wherein the predetermined size is set as the size smaller than the bundling size, and an apparatus therefor.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for instigating the sending of an acknowledgement response from a host system. A buffer of a data processing system is monitored to determine if there is a data transfer pending in the buffer. In response to a determination that there are no data transfers pending in the buffer, a determination is made as to whether there is an outstanding data transfer, on a corresponding network connection with the host system, for which an acknowledgement response has not been received from the host system. In response to a determination that there is an outstanding data transfer for which an acknowledgement response has not been received, an acknowledgement instigation message is sent to the host system to instigate the host system sending an acknowledgement response for the outstanding data transfer.

Abstract: A user equipment comprises a transmitter and an adaptive modulation and coding controller. The transmitter is configured to transmit data over an air interface in a single transmission time interval with a first specified modulation and coding scheme, where the single transmission time interval has a plurality of transport block sets. In response to receiving a repeat request for retransmission of at least one particular transport block set, the transmitter retransmits the at least one of the particular transport block sets. The adaptive modulation and coding controller is configured to change the specified modulation and coding scheme to a second specified modulation and coding scheme, enabling a combining of a particular transport block set transmitted at the first specified modulation and coding scheme with a retransmitted version of the particular transport block set transmitted at the second specified modulation and coding scheme.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information, including the steps of: generating a plurality of HRAQ-ACKs (Hybrid ARQ Acknowledgements), selecting one or more PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) resource indexes corresponding to the HARQ-ACKs from a plurality of PUCCH resource indexes, and transmitting one or more modulation symbols corresponding to the plurality of HARQ-ACKs using resources corresponding to the one or more PUCCH resource indexes, in which, when a number of the plurality of HARQ-ACKs is two, the one or more modulation symbols are transmitted only in a first multiple antenna transmission manner, and when a number of the plurality of HARQ-ACKs is three or more, the one or more modulation symbols are transmitted in any one of a plurality of second multiple antenna transmission manners.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for communicating with a second apparatus. The apparatus includes a controller and a transceiver for exchanging a predetermined number of data fields between the apparatuses by transmitting and receiving frames having one or more data fields and including in each frame a field indicating which data fields the apparatus has not yet received successfully.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system where a terminal and a base station communicate with each other using a frame including at least one downlink sub-frame and at least one uplink sub-frame, the terminal and the base station calculate the number of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback regions of the downlink sub-frames and the uplink sub-frames in accordance with a third value corresponding to an absolute value of subtraction between a first value corresponding to the number of downlink sub-frames of the frame and a second value corresponding to the number of uplink sub-frames of the frame or the sum of the first value and the second value and configure HARQ feedback regions in the downlink sub-frames and the uplink sub-frames.

Abstract: A method (300) for performing link adaptation of wireless links in a wireless network. The method comprises generating a first enhanced link adaptation (ELA) information element (100) by the transmitter (S310); sending the first ELA information element to at least one receiver (S320); upon reception of a second ELA information element at the transmitter, determining optimal transmission parameters for the transmitter, wherein the second ELA information element is generated and sent by the at least one receiver in response to the first ELA information element (S370).

Abstract: An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a direct mobile communication (“DMC”) link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and signal a length of a sliding window to the group of UEs. In an embodiment, ACK/NACK feedback for communications over the DMC link is aggregated according to the length of the sliding window, and the ACK/NACK feedback for the communications over the DMC link is determined independently from ACK/NACK feedback for cellular transmission between the communication controller and the group of UEs. In an embodiment, the length of the sliding window is a number of subframes.

Abstract: A method and a device for storing and decoding a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission block are provided. The method includes obtaining an HARQ transmission block including at least one block during a downlink signal transmission, and storing the code block that cannot be correctly decoded to a divided storage space of a buffer. The storage space of the buffer is dynamically divided in a unit of code blocks.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for acquiring data of fast fail memory includes a pattern generator for generating a pattern to be recorded to a device under test (DUT) and receiving DUT data from the DUT; a data transmitter for sending the DUT data and the pattern generated so as to correspond thereto to a failure analyzer from the pattern generator; and a failure analyzer for analyzing the DUT data and the pattern generated so as to correspond to the DUT data, which are received from the data transmitter, thus producing failure analysis information. The data transmitter (FIFO) able to advance the failure analysis time allows failure analysis to be performed before completion of testing, thereby shortening the total failure analysis time and overcoming hardware limitations for failure analysis.

Abstract: A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a loss report usable to determine a plurality of missing packets at a first receiver; determining one or more retransmission packets for retransmission based on a forward error correction (FEC) scheme and the plurality of missing packets at the first receiver, where the one or more retransmission packets are determined to allow the first receiver to recover at least one of the missing source packets in the one or more source packets using the FEC scheme; and sending the one or more retransmission packets to the first receiver, the one or more retransmission packets allowing the first receiver to recover at least one of the missing source packets in the one or more source packets that it is missing using the forward error correction scheme after receiving the one or more retransmission packets.

Abstract: A communication apparatus includes: a buffer that accumulates a plurality of data blocks; a buffer controller that reads the data blocks from the buffer to transmit the data blocks; and a transmission unit that transmits, when any of the data blocks is discarded from the buffer during the transmission of the data blocks, dummy data in place of an untransmitted portion of the data block having been discarded.

Abstract: In systems and methods of transferring information to a wireless device, a first portion of information is received and stored in a memory of the wireless device, and the first portion is presented while a second portion of the information is received. A presentation rate at which the first portion is presented is determined, and a time until the first portion is completely presented is determined based on the presentation rate and a size of the first portion. A number of times that a packet retransmission criteria is met is determined, and a maximum permitted number of packet retransmissions is adjusted based on the time until the first portion is completely presented and the number of times that the packet retransmission criteria is met.

Abstract: Systems and methods for communicating in a wireless communication system are described. Various processes for detecting and correcting communication errors described. In aspect a method in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting a first packet from a sending device to a receiving device. The method further includes listening for an acknowledgement during a first time period. The method further includes transmitting a second packet to the receiving device after a second time period, when an acknowledgement is not received during the first time period. The second packet includes one or more error-correction codes operable to recover the first packet.

Abstract: A combination of repeaters and relays is used to improve the data throughput for user equipment (“UE”) near the cell edge in a LTE network. Amplify-and-forward repeaters and decode-and-forward relays enhance the down-link and up-link, respectively. Relay assistance on the up-link occurs when the evolved Node B (“eNB”) requests a retransmission (HARQ) from the UE at which point the UE and relay transmit simultaneously in a cooperative fashion. The quality of the up-link signal received by the eNB is improved due to a favorable channel through the relay. An analysis shows that relay assistance improves the throughput for a cell-edge user when the average delay per data transport block is allowed to increase.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses of a wireless communications network can involve transmitting, to a first user equipment (UE), configuration information for the first UE (UE1 configuration information) for an inter-device session (IDS) between the first UE and a second UE. The UE1 configuration information may include a first IDS radio network temporary identifier (IDS-RNTI). A radio resource control (RRC) message indicating a resource allocation can be transmitted to the first UE for the first UE to communicate directly with the second UE.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for scheduling packet data in a communications system. The method includes configuring, in a network apparatus, semi-persistent transmission resources to a user equipment via higher layer signalling, wherein the configuring step includes pre-allocating a data transmission resource and assigning a scheduling request resource to the user equipment. A confirmation message is transmitted to the user equipment from the network apparatus, wherein the confirmation message informs the user equipment that the user equipment is able to start transmitting data on a physical uplink shared channel PUSCH to the network apparatus by using the pre-allocated data transmission resource and a pre-configured transmission format, wherein the pre-allocated data transmission resource is linked to the corresponding confirmation message, the corresponding confirmation message being linked to the corresponding semi-persistently assigned scheduling request resource.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing a random access, more specially, to a method for a terminal performing a random access in a wireless communication system, and comprises a step of transmitting to a base station a random access preamble selected from either a first random access preamble group or a second random access preamble group, wherein the first and second random access preamble groups are discriminated depending one packet type to be transmitted by the terminal.

Abstract: New control signalling is associated to a protocol data unit conveying user data in a mobile communication system and to the control channel signal. A mobile station and a base station and their respective operation are described in view of the newly defined control channel signals. To reduce the control channel overhead, a common field is defined for the transport format and redundancy version in the control channel information format. According to one approach, the common field is used to jointly encode transport format and redundancy version therein. According to another aspect, one shared field is provided on the control channel signal that indicates either a transport format or a redundancy version depending on whether the control channel signal relates to an initial transmission or a retransmission. In another embodiment, further enhancements to an HARQ protocol address certain error cases.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for scheduling an uplink and a method for scheduling a downlink for a user equipment group comprising a plurality of user equipments in similar channel situations. In the present invention, which relates to the method for scheduling the uplink, a primary user equipment for a user equipment group is configured, and information according to a random access procedure that is performed by the primary user equipment is shared by means of other user equipments in the user equipment group.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems for incorporating bonding processors while avoiding bonding processor buffer overflow by initiating retransmission requests on all data lines whenever corrupted data is encountered on one data line. Initiating these “extra” retransmission requests equalizes retransmissions delays over all transmission lines, preventing the bonding processor from receiving excess data that cannot be reassembled until the retransmission request is processed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting digital data, in particular in automation technology, in which a digital code word (R) received via a channel is corrected and verified as to its validity by means of a channel decoder (7), and an invalid code word is rejected and optionally requested once again, while a valid code word (C?) is further processed. If a metric (8) is cumulatively used with an encoding process, the probability of remaining bit errors in the whole method can be significantly reduced, thus making it possible to use the method in automation technology.

Abstract: A method includes: determining, according to a measurement report of agent UE and a measurement report of UE in a UE group that are sent by the agent UE, whether the agent UE and the UE in the UE group need to be handed over; when the agent UE and at least one piece of UE in the UE group need to be handed over, sending a handover request message to a T-eNB; receiving a handover configuration message sent by the T-eNB and sending the handover configuration message to the agent UE; and receiving a context release message sent by the T-eNB, and releasing context resources of the agent UE and the to-be-handed-over UE.

Abstract: Systems and methods for handling of an uplink transmission collision with an ACK/NACK signal are provided. The scheduled uplink transmission is refrained due to the collision. Subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be refrained by delivering an ACK for the scheduled uplink transmission to high layers. Alternatively, subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be refrained by setting the HARQ feedback for the scheduled transmission to ACK. In some implementations, a subsequent non-adaptive retransmission for the scheduled uplink transmission may be transmitted. If a subsequent non-adaptive retransmission is to be transmitted, the HARQ redundancy version for the subsequent non-adaptive retransmission is refrained from incrementing from the original redundancy version for the scheduled uplink transmission.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a receiver terminal and method at the receiver for requesting a missing symbol from a repair service, the method comprising the steps of receiving from a first server a list of at least one repair server and at least one transmission mode used by the at least one repair server, receiving from a second server a file comprising a plurality of symbols, checking the correct reception of the symbols, and if a missing has been identified, selecting a repair server and a transmissions mode and requesting the repair server to transmit missing symbols using the transmission mode.

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for transmitting data in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) transmits uplink data, to a base station, via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) corresponding to a random access response grant, in a UE-specific aperiodic SRS subframe. At said time, the PUSCH is assigned to the entire UE-specific aperiodic SRS subframe.

Abstract: A method and apparatus may be used for supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes per transmission time interval (TTI). A transmitter and a receiver may include a plurality of H-ARQ processes. Each H-ARQ process may transmit and receive one TB per TTI. The transmitter may generate a plurality of TBs and assign each TB to a H-ARQ process. The transmitter may send control information for each TB, which may include H-ARQ information associated TBs with the TBs. The transmitter may send the TBs using the associated H-ARQ processes simultaneously per TTI. After receiving the TBs, the receiver may send feedback for each of the H-ARQ processes and associated TBs indicating successful or unsuccessful receipt of each of the TBs to the transmitter. The feedback for multiple TBs may be combined for the simultaneously transmitted H-ARQ processes, (i.e., TBs).

Abstract: In a mobile station that performs communication with a base station device via a plurality of cells, the plurality of cells are grouped into a first group constituted by cells having an uplink transmission timing that is the same as that of one primary cell and a second group constituted by one or more cells having an uplink transmission timing that is different from that of the primary cell. The uplink transmission timings are each managed using a corresponding transmission timing timer for each of the groups. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the first group has expired, the mobile station stops all uplink transmissions in the plurality of cells. In a case where a transmission timing timer for the second group has expired, the mobile station stops uplink transmissions in the cells constituting the second group for which the transmission timing timer has expired.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a transmission of information in a wireless communication network between a radio access node and a relay node, wherein, according to a new ground rule, for each allocated downlink subframe for a down link transmission from the access node to the relay node, an uplink transmission subframe for an uplink transmission is allocated four transmission time intervals later. A downlink subframe is only allocated when a further subframe of the same transmission time interval for a transmission from the relay node to the user equipment is a subframe of a type that indicates to a user equipment that no data are received beyond a control region of the subframe.

Abstract: A communication system in which a primary base station or a secondary base station communicates with a mobile terminal. The primary base station sends the mobile terminal and the secondary base station an announcement signal which includes identification information for identifying a cell of the primary base station. When receiving the announcement signal, the secondary base station sends the mobile terminal a pseudo announcement signal which includes the identification information and adjacent cell information which includes information for a cell of the secondary base station. When receiving the announcement signal and the pseudo announcement signal, the mobile terminal compares a reception power of the signal received from the primary base station with that of the signal received from the secondary base station, and performs communication with one of the base stations which has higher power.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for transceiving scheduling signals in a multi-carrier wireless communication system, comprising a step of transmitting, via a predetermined downlink component carrier, a PDSCH transmission scheduling signal on one or more downlink component carriers and/or a PUSCH transmission scheduling signal on one or more uplink component carriers; and a step of transceiving the PDSCH and/or the PUSCH in accordance with the scheduling signals. The scheduling signals can be defined to the same size in a PDCCH transmission region of said predetermined downlink component carrier in the event different MIMO transmission modes are applied to the PDSCH transmission or the PUSCH transmission, or in the event said one or more downlink component carriers or said one or more uplink component carriers have different bandwidths.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a management device may determine whether user traffic in a computer network is suffering from insufficient network resources. In response to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then trigger the computer network to reduce control plane traffic. In another embodiment, a network device may transmit control plane traffic into a computer network at a first rate. In response to receiving instructions to reduce control plane traffic due to user traffic suffering from insufficient network resources, the device may then transmit control plane traffic into the computer network at a reduced second rate.

Abstract: A method of sending information from a first base station to other base stations including sending information to a first plurality of the base stations at a first time; and sending said information to a different plurality of the base stations at a later time according to a predetermined sending pattern for timing sending of said information to different pluralities of the base stations at different times.

Abstract: A controller function residing underneath a client application in a TCP/IP stack or session layer monitors state and status information associated with session-based application layer functions (e.g., content retrieval) and uses this information to migrate one or more sessions from a first client interface to a second client interface (e.g., 3G, 4G, LTE, 802.11x, WiMAX) and to a different application function serving entity (e.g., a different content server, cache server, service provider).

Abstract: Disclosed in some examples is a method of media repair in an IMS based network, the method includes communicating with an IMS network using SIP to setup a download session with a BMSC over a MBMS bearer; responsive to determining that one or more received encoding symbols of media downloaded using the established MBMS bearer cannot be decoded: requesting a file repair procedure from the IMS network component using a SIP re-invite request, the SIP re-invite request including an address of an HTTP repair server indicated by the IMS network component during the MBMS bearer setup; responsive to receiving a SIP acknowledgement indicating that the request was successful, requesting an HTTP connection with the HTTP server to re-download the one or more encoding symbols of the media that could not be decoded; and receiving the one or more encoding symbols from the HTTP server.

Abstract: A method for retransmitting data in synchronous Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) to support Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a plurality of unit data blocks to a receiver, receiving from the receiver a control channel signal including first feedback information indicating whether the transmission of the plurality of unit data blocks is successful, and retransmitting at least one of the plurality of unit data blocks according to a predetermined order, each unit data block in one Transmission Time Interval (TTI), if a rank is 1 and the first feedback information indicates that the transmission of the plurality of unit data blocks is failed.

Abstract: A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might or might not include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. In the block-request streaming system, the an ingestion system generates data according to erasure codes and the client device, through various selection and timing of requests for media data and redundant data, can efficiently decode media to provide for presentations.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing is provided. A base station adjusts a HARQ timing of a mobile station according to a system environment, and transmits radio resource allocation information including the adjusted HARQ timing information to the mobile station. The mobile station adjusts HARQ timing according to HARQ timing information, and transmits a HARQ signal according to the adjusted HARQ timing.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for subframe configuration and generation in a multi-cell multi-carrier system. A frame for radio transmission in the system consists of multiple subframes, and each subframe consists of multiple Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. Training symbols, frequency-domain data scrambling, size of Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT), or length of cyclic prefix can be configured differently for each subframe to facilitate different applications, such as unicasting or broadcasting.

Abstract: A distributed database management system provides a central database resident on a server that contains database objects. Objects, e.g., program guide data, to be replicated are gathered together into distribution packages called “slices,” that are transmitted to client devices. A slice is a subset of the central database which is relevant to clients within a specific domain, such as a geographic region, or under the footprint of a satellite transmitter. The viewer selects television programs and Web content from displayed sections of the program guide data which are recorded to a storage device. The program guide data are used to determine when to start and end recordings. Client devices periodically connect to the server using a phone line and upload information of interest which is combined with information uploaded from other client devices for statistical, operational, or viewing models.

Abstract: Methods and devices for transmitting or receiving channel quality control information through a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a wireless access system that supports hybrid automatic retransmit request (HARQ) are discussed. The method in one embodiment performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) signal including an initial uplink grant, transmitting uplink data using two transport blocks based on the initial uplink grant, receiving a negative acknowledgement (NACK) information for one of the two transport blocks, and transmitting a channel quality control information along with the one of the two transport blocks which is retransmitted according to the NACK information or a new transport block through the PUSCH to which the HARQ is applied. A number of coded symbols required to transmit the channel quality control information (Q?) is calculated based on the initial uplink grant.

Abstract: A method for performing HARQ includes: receiving information to determine downlink subframes used for a relay station to receive scheduling information from a BS; determining uplink subframes for performing a HARQ with the DL subframes, each of the UL subframes corresponding to each of the DL subframes; assigning sequentially each of a plurality of HARQ processes to each of the UL subframes one by one; and performing HARQ with the BS at at least one of the HARQ processes. An n-th subframe is configured for a corresponding UL subframe if an (n?4)-th subframe is configured for one of the DL subframes, n denoting an integer. The HARQ processes are equal in number to the UL subframes. The DL subframes are configured in at least one radio frame having 10 subframes indexed from 0 to 9. Subframes having indexes 0, 4, 5 and 9 are not configured as a DL subframe.

Abstract: Systems and methods which provide data communication content delivery through a hybrid network implementation are disclosed. A hybrid network configuration may utilize a broadcast communication technique to deliver large amounts of data communication content to one or more mobile communication device via uni-directional network links and a uni-cast communication technique via bi-directional network links with the one or more mobile communication device to facilitate delivery and utilization of the data communication content. Data content delivery loss recovery techniques implemented according to embodiments of the invention utilize network links of the hybrid network other than or in addition to the uni-directional network links to implement loss recovery techniques such as a hybrid repeat technique, a hybrid retransmission technique, hybrid statistical feedback technique, and/or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A system, method and computer-readable medium for displaying a message over a network are disclosed. A distribution indicator is associated with a defined distribution rule for displaying messages over the network. A message includes the distribution indicator in the message. The message is displayed over the network according to the distribution rule indicated by the distribution indicator included in the message.

Abstract: An electronic communication device comprises a first transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a first communication medium; a second transceiver capable of a bi-directional communication session on a second communication medium; and a control logic coupled to the first transceiver and the second transceiver and capable of implementing a convergence layer, wherein the control logic is configured to receive, from the first transceiver, a first signal; and cause, in response to the first signal, data received and transmitted by the first transceiver on the first communication medium as part of a communication session to be received and transmitted instead by the second transceiver on the second communication medium.