Connectionless wireless access

A capability for connectionless wireless access is presented. A wireless end device is configured to encrypt context information of the wireless end device, based on a security key associated with attachment of the wireless end device to a wireless communication network, to form encrypted context information, generate a packet including a header and a payload where the header includes the encrypted context information, and propagate the packet toward a wireless access node of the wireless communication network. The wireless access node is configured to receive the packet and propagate the encrypted context information toward a controller of the wireless communication network. The controller is configured to receive the encrypted context information from the wireless access node, decrypt the encrypted context information based on a security key associated with attachment of the wireless end device to the wireless communication network to recover the context information of the wireless end ...

Methods of reverse link power control

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. A first example method includes first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission and second adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions. A second example method includes sending first power adjustment indicators based on measured OFDMA SINRs when receiving OFDMA transmissions from a mobile station and sending second power adjustment indicators based on estimated OFDMA SINRs when not receiving OFDMA transmissions from the mobile station. A third example method includes receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations and determining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained.

Data plane for processing function scalability

The present disclosure generally discloses a data plane configured for processing function scalability. The processing functions for which scalability is supported may include charging functions, monitoring functions, security functions, or the like.

Access independent signaling and control

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: enabling communication via a first a second access network, wherein the first access network is a first type and the second access network is a second type; communicating with a first control application via at least one of the first access network and the second access network according to a signaling protocol that is used for the communication without regard for which of the first access network and the second access network are used for the communication, wherein the communication effects a change to service provided via at least one data bearer across at least one of the first access network and the second access network, and communicating via the at least one data bearer to exchange non-control application data with at least one other network device.

Charging in a software defined network

A controller includes control plane charging system to configure data plane charging system in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows and provide the charging information to the controller. The data plane charging system in a selected switch of the plurality of switches can be configured to gather charging information for a user flow and autonomously provide the charging information to the controller.

LOCALIZED SERVICE CHAINING IN NFV CLOUDS

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a chaining of sequential functions associated with a service or application are considered. This approach relies on a centralized load balancer for reducing the load of inter-rack traffic in a data center. The centralized load balancer may include a memory configured to store a service data flow table; and a processor configured to: receive at the centralized load balancer, a path inquiry for a service data flow; determine which virtual machine to assign the service data flow, wherein at least two functions of a chain of functions required in the service data flow are to be performed on the same rack; and assign the service data flow to the determined virtual machine. 1. A method of balancing a load of inter-virtual machine traffic in a data center including a plurality of racks at a centralized load balancer comprising:receiving at the centralized load balancer, a path inquiry for a data packet; "wherein at least two functions of the services needed in the data packet's service data flow are to be performed on the same rack; and", 'determining which virtual machine to assign the data packet to,'}assigning the data packet to the determined virtual machines.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:utilizing policy information to determine which virtual machines will process the service data flow.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:utilizing current virtual machine capability to determine which virtual machines will process the service data flow.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:utilizing current network status information to determine which virtual machines will process the service data flow.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein an identical centralized load balancer is instantiated on two racks in the data center.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises:utilizing a round robin assignment algorithm to ...

Method and apparatus for improving adaptive streaming video quality by optimizing resource allocation

A method of allocating resources for transmitting content from a network element in a communications network to one or more mobile devices each in communication with the network element may include receiving, at the network element, characteristic information corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices; and generating one or more adaptive guaranteed bit rate (AGBR) values at the network element corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices, respectively. The AGBR values may be GBR values generated for each of the one or more mobile devices based on the corresponding characteristic information. A first scheduling algorithm may be executed at the network element based on the one or more AGBR values; and resources may be allocated to the one or more mobile devices based on an output of the scheduling algorithm.

Method of coordinating a path switch and network elements associated therewith

In one embodiment, the method includes instructing, by a controller, a switch to change from sending data via a first tunnel to sending data via a second tunnel. The first tunnel is between the switch and a first network element, and the second tunnel is between the switch and a second network element. The method further includes receiving, by the controller, acknowledgement from the switch, and notifying, by the controller, the second network element that packets will no longer be sent via the first tunnel in response to the received acknowledgement.

ANCHOR MOBILITY IN WIRELESS NETWORKS

This disclosure generally discloses an anchor mobility mechanism. The anchor mobility mechanism is configured to support migration of flows between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system. The anchor mobility mechanism may be configured to support migration of flows between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system in a highly seamless manner. The anchor mobility mechanism may be configured to support migration of a flow of a wireless device between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system using functions performed by a control element (CE) and one or more forwarding elements (FEs) within the data plane of the flow of the wireless device. The functions may include identifying a time at which to initiate migration of the flow, initiating migration of the flow based on identification of the time at which to initiate migration of the flow, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.

CHARGING IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK

A controller includes control plane charging system to configure data plane charging system in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows and provide the charging information to the controller. The data plane charging system in a selected switch of the plurality of switches can be configured to gather charging information for a user flow and autonomously provide the charging information to the controller.

DATA PLANE FOR PROCESSING FUNCTION SCALABILITY

The present disclosure generally discloses a data plane configured for processing function scalability. The processing functions for which scalability is supported may include charging functions, monitoring functions, security functions, or the like. 1. An apparatus configured to support a data plane portion of a processing function supported by a forwarding element and a control element in a communication network , the apparatus comprising:a first storage element configured to maintain a packet buffer data structure configured to store packet data for a set of data packets, wherein the packet buffer data structure comprises a packet queue configured to store packet data and a packet aggregation buffer configured to store packet data on a per-flow basis;a second storage element configured to store flow data for a set of data flows for which the forwarding element supports packet forwarding; and receive, from a hardware element of the forwarding element, a first packet header of a first packet and a second packet header of a second packet;', 'determine first packet data associated with the first packet;', 'store the first packet data in the packet queue of the packet buffer data structure, as individual packet data for the first packet, based on a determination that the packet queue is below a threshold;', 'determine second packet data associated with the second packet; and', 'store the second packet data in the packet aggregation buffer of the packet buffer data structure based on a determination that the packet queue exceeds the threshold., 'a processor element, communicatively connected to the first storage element and the second storage element, configured to2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor element is configured to determine the first packet data associated with the first packet based on processing of the first packet header using processing logic associated with the processing function.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , to store ...

Automated security provisioning protocol for wide area network communication devices in open device environment

An automated security provisioning protocol is provided for wide area network communication devices in an open device environment, such as cellular communication devices in a machine-to-machine (M2M) environment. For example, a method for performing a security provisioning protocol between a first communication device and a second communication device over at least one wide area communication network comprises the following steps from the perspective of the first communication device. The first communication device automatically uses access information not previously provisioned in the wide area communication network to gain access to the wide area communication network for an initial purpose of communicating with the second communication device. The first communication device, upon gaining access to the wide area communication network, automatically performs an authenticated key exchange operation with the second communication device over the wide area communication network and establishes ...

System and method for communicating data between an application server and an m2m device

Systems and methods for communication data between an application server and at least one machine-to-machine (M2M) device via an internet network and a network are provided. An example system includes a network element configured to schedule delivery of the data between the application server and at least one M2M device based on network information. The network element is located on a boundary between the network and the internet network to which the application server communicates with the at least one M2M device.

Method and apparatus for controlling access technology selection

A method and system for selecting at a terminal at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with a wireless application invoked at the terminal according preferences associated with the wireless application, the network service provider, the subscriber, the subscriber subscription and application content provider. The selection may be constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider.

Secure registration of group of clients using single registration procedure

Automated secure registration techniques for communication devices are provided which address the problem of allowing multiple clients to gain access to one system, and thus provide a solution to the “reverse single sign-on” problem. For example, a method for registering a group of two or more communication devices in a communication network comprises the following steps. A group challenge message is sent from a network device to the group of two or more communication devices. The network device receives one or more response messages to the group challenge respectively from one or more of the group of two or more communication devices, wherein the response message from each of the responding communication devices in the group comprises a group credential corresponding to the group.

Secure registration of group of clients using single registration procedure

Automated secure registration techniques for communication devices are provided which address the problem of allowing multiple clients to gain access to one system, and thus provide a solution to the 'reverse single sign-on' problem. For example, a method for registering a group of two or more communication devices in a communication network comprises the following steps. A group challenge message is sent from a network device to the group of two or more communication devices. The network device receives one or more response messages to the group challenge respectively from one or more of the group of two or more communication devices, wherein the response message from each of the responding communication devices in the group comprises a group credential corresponding to the group.

System and method for determining cell congestion level

A metric of cell congestion is determined using an average physical resource block rate that is expected to be allocated for a very active user equipment bearer that is a persistent average rate. The average physical resource block rate is mapped to congestion levels and this information is exported to an application function or a radio access network function in order to mitigate congestion. An average bearer throughput for the user equipment can be calculated based on the average physical resource block rate.

System, method and computer readable medium for bearer activation in a core network for wireless devices

The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway.

System, method and computer readable medium for bearer activation in a core network for wireless devices

The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING DATA BETWEEN AN APPLICATION SERVER AND AN M2M DEVICE

Systems and methods for communication data between an application server and at least one machine-to-machine (M2M) device via an internet network and a network are provided. An example system includes a network element configured to schedule delivery of the data between the application server and at least one M2M device based on network information. The network element is located on a boundary between the network and the intern et network to which the application server communicates with the at least one M2M device. 1. A system for communicating data between an application server and at least one machine-to-machine (M2M) device via an internet network and a network , the system comprising:a network element configured to schedule delivery of the data between the application server and at least one M2M device based on network information.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network element is located on a boundary between the network and the internet network via which the application server communicates with the at least one M2M device.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the network information includes at least one of:network congestion information indicating an amount of data congestion in the network; and operating status information indicating an operational condition of the at least one M2M device;', 'connection status information indicating a connection condition of the at least one M2M device to the network; and', 'battery status information indicating battery power of the at least one M2M device., 'status information of the at least one M2M device in the network, the status information including at least one of, location status information indicating a location of the at least one M2M device;'}4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:a network monitoring element configured to monitor the network information, wherein the network element is configured to receive the network information from the network monitoring element for the scheduling of data transfer ...

METHODS OF REVERSE LINK POWER CONTROL

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. A first example method includes first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission and second adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions. A second example method includes sending first power adjustment indicators based on measured OFDMA SINRs when receiving OFDMA transmissions from a mobile station and sending second power adjustment indicators based on estimated OFDMA SINRs when not receiving OFDMA transmissions from the mobile station. A third example method includes receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations and determining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained. 1. A method of controlling reverse link transmission power in a wireless communications network , comprising:first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission; andsecond adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback signals are based on a measured OFDMA SINR and the second feedback signals are based on an estimated OFDMA SINR.3. A method of controlling reverse link transmission power in a wireless communications network claim 1 , comprising:sending first power adjustment indicators based on measured OFDMA SINRs when receiving OFDMA transmissions from a mobile station; andsending second power adjustment indicators based on estimated OFDMA SINRs when not receiving OFDMA transmissions from the mobile station.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the estimated OFDMA SINRs are based on (i) previous OFDMA transmissions and (ii) ...

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TECHNOLOGY SELECTION

A method and system for selecting at a terminal at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with a wireless application invoked at the terminal according preferences associated with the wireless application, the network service provider, the subscriber, the subscriber subscription and application content provider. The selection may be constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider. 1. A method , comprising:selecting at least one of a plurality of available access networks for use with an application invoked at a terminal according to preferences associated with the application, the preferences comprising one or more of network service provider preferences, subscriber preferences, subscriber subscription preferences, and application content provider preferences;wherein said selecting is constrained by an Application Policy received from a network service provider.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said selecting is performed in response to a user invoking an application at a terminal.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein subscriber preferences are entered and stored on the terminal.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein subscriber subscription preferences are obtained at a Home Subscriber System (HSS) and Subscription Profile Repository (SPR).5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said step of selecting is performed for each of a plurality of applications invoked at a terminal.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein multiple access networks are selected to support a single wireless application claim 1 , the method further comprising:adapting bearer handling components of a terminal to map packets associated with the single wireless application to each of the multiple selected access networks.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a bearer handling control function is included within one or more of the application invoked at the terminal claim 6 , network adapters claim 6 , network device drivers claim 6 , and a terminal operating ...

Method And System For Rate Adaptive Allocation Of Resources

The method includes retrieving subscriber and device information based on an application identifier and a GBR request indication, sending a message to a network entity, the message including a Quality of Service (QoS) Class Identifier (QCI), the QCI indicating an AGBR bearer is to be used for delivering content to a mobile unit, generating an AGBR bearer based on the QCI and a GBR setting and associating the content with the AGBR bearer. The method includes sending a message and the content to a network entity, the message including the QCI, scheduling the mobile unit on the AGBR bearer based on the QCI and communicating the content to the mobile unit based on the schedule.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ADAPTIVE STREAMING VIDEO QUALITY BY OPTIMIZING RESOURCE ALLOCATION

A method of allocating resources for transmitting content from a network element in a communications network to one or more mobile devices each in communication with the network element may include receiving, at the network element, characteristic information corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices; and generating one or more adaptive guaranteed bit rate (AGBR) values at the network element corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices, respectively. The AGBR values may be GBR values generated for each of the one or more mobile devices based on the corresponding characteristic information. A first scheduling algorithm may be executed at the network element based on the one or more AGBR values; and resources may be allocated to the one or more mobile devices based on an output of the scheduling algorithm. 1. A method of allocating resources for transmitting content from a network element in a communications network to one or more mobile devices each in communication with the network element , the method comprising:receiving, at the network element, characteristic information corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices;generating one or more adaptive guaranteed bit rate (AGBR) values at the network element corresponding to each of the one or more mobile devices, respectively, the AGBR values being GBR values generated for each of the one or more mobile devices based on the corresponding characteristic information;executing at the network element a first scheduling algorithm based on the one or more AGBR values; andallocating resources to the one or more mobile devices based on an output of the scheduling algorithm.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is transmitted as adaptive streaming data.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first scheduling algorithm is a proportional fair (PF) scheduling algorithm.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein claim 1 , for each of the one or more mobile devices claim 1 , the corresponding ...

Method And Apparatus For Allocating Resources Of A Frequency Band In A Wireless System Supporting At Least Two Radio Access Technologies

In one embodiment, the method for allocating resources in a wireless system supporting a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT operating in a narrower frequency band than the first RAT includes assigning at least one physical resource block (PRB) of a plurality of PRBs of the frequency band to the second RAT. The method further includes transmitting, in a first sector, over the at least one assigned PRB using the second RAT. The method further includes transmitting, in the first sector, control signals on unassigned PRBs using the first RAT. 1. A method for allocating resources of a frequency band in a wireless system supporting a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT operating in a narrower frequency band than the first RAT , the method comprising:assigning at least one physical resource block (PRB) of a plurality of PRBs of the frequency band to the second RAT; andtransmitting, in a first sector, over the at least one assigned PRB using the second RAT; andtransmitting, in the first sector, control signals on unassigned PRBs using the first RAT.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:reducing transmission power on at least one of the unassigned PRBs using the first RAT if the unassigned PRB is close to an assigned PRB.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining that an assigned PRB is not being used for transmission using the second RAT; andtransmitting over the assigned PRB using the first RAT based on the determining.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining is based on traffic conditions on the network.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining is based on the time of day.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the assigning further comprises:determining at least one protected channel of the first RAT; andassigning the at least one PRB such that the at least one PRB does not include the at least one protected channel.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the at least one protected channel is a ...

METHODS OF REVERSE LINK POWER CONTROL

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. A first example method includes first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission and second adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions. A second example method includes sending first power adjustment indicators based on measured OFDMA SINRs when receiving OFDMA transmissions from a mobile station and sending second power adjustment indicators based on estimated OFDMA SINRs when not receiving OFDMA transmissions from the mobile station. A third example method includes receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations and determining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained. 1. A method of determining a maximum permitted transmission power level , comprising:receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations; anddetermining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:increasing the maximum transmit power threshold if at least one of the plurality of interference indicating signals indicates an outer-cell interference exceeding an outer-cell interference threshold; anddecreasing the maximum transmit power threshold if the plurality of interference indicating signals do not include at least one interference indicating signal indicating an outer-cell interference exceeding the outer-cell interference threshold.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the decreasing step decreases the ...

SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BEARER ACTIVATION IN A CORE NETWORK FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway. 1. A base station comprising:a memory; and receive a service request message from a device,', 'store a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier,', 'establish a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message,', 'receive one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer,', 'modify the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier, and', 'send the modified uplink data packet to a gateway., 'a processor, the processor configured to,'}2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the gateway uses the gateway tunnel identifier claim 1 , the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier from the modified uplink data packet to activate a bearer without a network control entity signaling the gateway to re-activate the bearer in the gateway.3. The base station of claim 2 , wherein the gateway does not receive a Modify Bearer Request message from the network control entity and does not send a Modify Bearer Response message to the network control entity.4. The ...

PNEUMATIC TIRE

This invention pertains to a tire comprising at least one carcass ply and at least one breaker ply, the carcass and breaker plies each comprising continuous filaments having a tenacity of at least 15 grams force per dtex and a modulus of at least 400 grams force per dtex wherein the carcass ply turn-ups terminate under the at least one breaker ply. The invention further pertains to a tire comprising a plurality of apex components and carcass ply turn-ups that terminate within the apex region of the tire. The invention also discloses a tire wherein the carcass ply turn-ups terminate in the upper sidewall region of the tire and ply spacers are located between ply-turn-ups. 1. A tire comprising at least one carcass ply and at least one breaker ply , the carcass and breaker plies each comprising continuous filaments having a tenacity of at least 15 grams force per dtex and a modulus of at least 400 grams force per dtex wherein the carcass ply has turn-ups that terminate under the at least one breaker ply.2. A tire comprising a bead , a first , second and third carcass ply , each ply comprising continuous filaments having a tenacity of at least 15 grams force per dtex and a modulus of at least 400 grams force per dtex wherein turn-ups of the first and second carcass plies terminate within the tire apex region and wherein(i) a first apex component is positioned between the bead, the second carcass ply and the second carcass ply turn-up,(ii) a second apex component is positioned between the second carcass ply turn-up, the second carcass ply and the first carcass ply turn-up,(iii) a third apex component is positioned between the first carcass ply turn-up, the second carcass ply and the third carcass ply, and(iv) the first, second and third apex components comprise an elastomeric compound having a modulus in the range of from 3 to 50 MPa.3. A tire comprising an apex , a first , second and third carcass ply , each carcass ply comprising continuous filaments having a tenacity ...

MOBILE NETWORK VIDEO OPTIMIZATION FOR CENTRALIZED PROCESSING BASE STATIONS

In one example embodiment, a base band unit includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive video data, adjust a quality of the video data based on network information corresponding to a cell site serviced by a base station and send the adjusted video data to the base station.

Methods and systems for gsm spectrum refarming for lte small cells

One embodiment of the method includes allocating, using a network management entity, at least one of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a first wireless access technology for utilization by a second wireless access technology. A spectrum of the first wireless access technology is embedded within a spectrum of the second wireless access technology. The method further includes communicating, using the network management entity, a message to a controller of the first wireless access technology identifying the PRBs not allocated for utilization by the second wireless access technology.

Method of coordinating a path switch and network elements associated therewith

In one embodiment, the method includes instructing, by a controller, a switch to change from sending data via a first tunnel to sending data via a second tunnel. The first tunnel is between the switch and a first network element, and the second tunnel is between the switch and a second network element. The method further includes receiving, by the controller, acknowledgement from the switch, and notifying, by the controller, the second network element that packets will no longer be sent via the first tunnel in response to the received acknowledgement.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PATH COMMUNICATION OVER MULTIPLE RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES

In an example embodiment, a device includes a memory having computer-readable instruction stored therein and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to identify a plurality of communication paths for data transmission between the device and a network gateway, a first one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a first radio access technology and a second one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a second radio access technology, and establish a data transmission session between the device and the network gateway simultaneously over at least the first one and the second one of the plurality of communication paths. 1. A device comprising:a memory having computer-readable instruction stored therein; and identify a plurality of communication paths for data transmission between the device and a network gateway, a first one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a first radio access technology and a second one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a second radio access technology; and', 'establish a data transmission session between the device and the network gateway simultaneously over at least the first one and the second one of the plurality of communication paths., 'a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to,'}2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the data transmission session is associated with a single data service for the device.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to identify the plurality of communication paths by claim 1 ,transmitting a message to at least one intermediate network node via the first one of the plurality of communication paths, andreceiving an identification message from the at least one intermediate network node identifying one or more communication paths, including the second one of the plurality of ...

TWO-STATE AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROL FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR

Disclosed is a method and apparatus which use a first automatic gain control unit to receive a first data signal, use a second automatic gain control unit to receive a reflected radar signal, and switches between using the first automatic gain control unit and using the second automatic gain control unit. 1. An apparatus , comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to:transmit a radar signal via a first antenna array, while receiving a reflected radar signal via a second antenna array;receive a first data signal or a pilot signal via the second antenna array;use a first automatic gain control unit to receive the first data signal, wherein the second antenna array is connected to the first automatic gain control unit, while receiving the first data signal or the pilot signal;use a second automatic gain control unit to receive the reflected radar signal, wherein the second antenna array is connected to the second automatic gain control unit, while receiving the reflected radar signal;switch between using the first automatic gain control unit and using the second automatic gain control unit.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:transmit a second data signal via the first antenna array;receive a third data signal via the first antenna array.3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the received first data signal and the received reflected radar signal use a substantially same carrier frequency.4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to perform a first time averaging for the received first data signal and a second time averaging for the received reflected radar signal.5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:determine a first beat frequency based at least partly ...

Congestion And Analytics Based Access Selection Control

An example method includes obtaining from an Access Network Discovery and Selection (ANDSF) server an ANDSF policy specifying a rule for access selection, the rule specifying one or more attributes to be compared to a corresponding one or more expressions, at least one of the corresponding one or more expressions being a sum of a corresponding threshold parameter and a corresponding offset parameter. The example method further includes obtaining one or more threshold parameter values, obtaining at least one offset parameter value, and determining the access selection based on the at least one rule, the one or more threshold parameter values, and the at least one offset parameter value. 1. A method comprising:obtaining from an Access Network Discovery and Selection (ANDSF) server an ANDSF policy specifying a rule for access selection, the rule specifying one or more attributes to be compared to a corresponding one or more expressions, at least one of the corresponding one or more expressions being a sum of a corresponding threshold parameter and a corresponding offset parameter;obtaining one or more threshold parameter values;obtaining at least one offset parameter value; anddetermining the access selection based on the at least one rule, the one or more threshold parameter values, and the at least one offset parameter value.2. The method of wherein obtaining the ANDSF policy comprises:receiving the ANDSF policy at a user equipment (UE).3. The method of wherein obtaining the one or more threshold parameter values comprises:receiving at a user equipment (UE) the one or more threshold parameter values from the ANDSF server, orreceiving at the user equipment (UE) the one or more threshold parameter values from the network loading server.4. The method of wherein obtaining the at least one offset parameter value comprises:receiving at a user equipment (UE) the at least one offset parameter value from a network loading server, orreceiving at the user equipment (UE) the at ...

Methods and systems for gsm spectrum refarming for lte small cells

One embodiment of the method includes allocating, using a network management entity, at least one of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a first wireless access technology for utilization by a second wireless access technology. A spectrum of the first wireless access technology is embedded within a spectrum of the second wireless access technology. The method further includes communicating, using the network management entity, a message to a controller of the first wireless access technology identifying the PRBs not allocated for utilization by the second wireless access technology.

DATA PLANE FOR PROCESSING FUNCTION SCALABILITY

The present disclosure generally discloses a data plane configured for processing function scalability. The processing functions for which scalability is supported may include charging functions, monitoring functions, security functions, or the like. 1. An apparatus , comprising: receive, by a first forwarding element (FE) from a control element (CE), a set of credits for a wireless device (WD);', 'send, by the first FE toward a second FE, traffic intended for the WD;', 'perform, by the first FE based on the set of credits for the WD and the traffic intended for the WD, charging processing for the WD;', 'stop, by the first FE, charging processing for the WD; and', 'send, by the first FE toward the CE, a set of leftover credits of the WD, from the set of credits for the WD, not used by the WD., 'a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:send, by the first FE toward the CE, a request for the set of credits for the WD.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to send the request for the set of credits for the WD from the first FE toward the CE responsive to receipt by the first FE of a first packet intended for the WD.4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to send the traffic intended for the WD from the first FE toward the second FE via a tunnel between the first FE and the second FE.5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to stop the charging processing for the WD based on a timeout condition.6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the timeout condition is based on a determination that traffic for the WD has not been received by the first FE for a threshold length of time.7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:perform, by the first FE, uplink charging processing for the WD based on traffic received from the WD.8. The apparatus of claim 1 , ...

DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR COEXISTENCE OF RADIO TECHNOLOGIES

A system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for resource sharing between at least a first radio access network (RAN) and a second RAN may include at least one base station and a resource manager corresponding to the at least one base station. The resource manager may determine whether to allocate at least one future slot of a radio frame of the common carrier as a first RAN slot or a second RAN slot based on received RAN resource utilization information corresponding to a current slot of the radio frame of the common carrier, or active connection information corresponding to active RAN connections served by the base station; generate RAN resource allocation information corresponding to the at least one future slot based on results of the determining, and transmit the RAN resource allocation information to at least one RAN scheduler corresponding to the base station. 1. A system for resource sharing between at least a first cellular radio access network (RAN) and a second cellular RAN sharing a common carrier , the system comprising:at least one base station, the at least one base station configured to operate a first RAN and a second RAN using at least one common carrier; and [ received first RAN resource utilization information and received second RAN resource utilization information corresponding to a current slot of the radio frame of the common carrier, or', 'active connection information corresponding to active first RAN connections served by the at least one base station and active second RAN connections served by the at least one base station,, 'determine whether to allocate at least one future slot of a radio frame of the common carrier as a first RAN slot or a second RAN slot based on,'}, 'generate first RAN resource allocation information and second RAN resource allocation information corresponding to the at least one future slot based on results of the determining, and', 'transmit the first RAN resource allocation information ...

NETWORK CONFIGURATION SETTINGS SOURCED BY USER EQUIPMENT

Systems and methods for User Equipment (UE) to request setting of a configuration of a network. One embodiment includes UE for a telecommunication network. The UE includes a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station of a mobile operator network comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core, and a controller. The controller is able to identify one or more applications residing on the UE, to determine a configuration for the mobile operator network that indicates how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for applications identified as residing on the UE, to generate a signaling message that describes the configuration, and to transmit the signaling message to the base station to implement the configuration at the mobile operator network for setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN). 1. An apparatus comprising: a transceiver configured to communicate with a base station of a mobile operator network comprising a Radio Access Network (RAN) and a packet core; and', identify one or more applications residing on the UE, to determine a configuration for the mobile operator network that indicates how one or more elements of the mobile operator network will provide services for respective ones of the one or more applications identified as residing on the UE,', 'generate a signaling message that describes the configuration, and', 'transmit the signaling message to the base station to implement the configuration at the mobile operator network for setting how packets are transferred by the mobile operator network between the UE and a Packet Data Network (PDN)., 'a controller configured to], 'User Equipment (UE) for a telecommunication network, the UE comprising2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:the configuration indicates a mobility anchor to be used by the mobile operator network for the UE.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:the ...

CONNECTIONLESS WIRELESS ACCESS

A capability for connectionless wireless access is presented. A wireless end device is configured to encrypt context information of the wireless end device, based on a security key associated with attachment of the wireless end device to a wireless communication network, to form encrypted context information, generate a packet including a header and a payload where the header includes the encrypted context information, and propagate the packet toward a wireless access node of the wireless communication network. The wireless access node is configured to receive the packet and propagate the encrypted context information toward a controller of the wireless communication network. The controller is configured to receive the encrypted context information from the wireless access node, decrypt the encrypted context information based on a security key associated with attachment of the wireless end device to the wireless communication network to recover the context information of the wireless end device, and determine, based on the context information, whether the wireless end device is permitted to communicate via the wireless communication network. 1. A wireless end device , comprising: encrypt context information of the wireless end device, based on a security key associated with attachment of the wireless end device to a wireless communication network, to form encrypted context information;', 'generate a packet comprising a header and a payload, the payload comprising data to be communicated from the wireless end device, the header comprising the encrypted context information; and', 'propagate the packet toward a wireless access node of the wireless communication network., 'a processor and a memory communicatively connected to the processor, the processor configured to2. The wireless end device of claim 1 , wherein the context information comprises context information received from a controller of the wireless communication network during a previous attachment of the ...

MOBILITY MANAGEMENT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS

Systems and methods for mobility management in wireless networks. One method includes identifying a mobility profile for a wireless device, selecting a first active mobility setting and a first idle mobility setting from the mobility profile, and determining instructions for network elements to engage in mobility management for a wireless device in an active state. The method also includes determining instructions for network elements to engage in mobility management for the wireless device in an idle state. Further, the method includes providing instructions to network elements in accordance with the first active mobility setting when the wireless device is in the active state, and providing instructions to network elements in accordance with the first idle mobility setting when the wireless device is in the idle state. 1. A method for mobility management in a wireless network , comprising:identifying, at a telecommunication network, a mobility profile that includes at least one active mobility setting and at least one idle mobility setting for a wireless device;selecting a first active mobility setting and a first idle mobility setting from the mobility profile;determining, based on the first active mobility setting, a first set of instructions for a first one or more network elements to engage in mobility management for the wireless device while the wireless device is in an active state exchanging packets of data with a Packet Data Network (PDN) via the telecommunication network;determining, based on the first idle mobility setting, a second set of instructions for a second one or more network elements to engage in mobility management for the wireless device while the wireless device is in an idle state not exchanging packets of data with the PDN via the telecommunication network;providing the first set of instructions to the first one or more network elements in accordance with the first active mobility setting when the wireless device is in the active state; ...

PREAMBLE DETECTION IN WIRELESS NETWORK

This document discloses a solution for preamble detection. According to an aspect, a method comprises: transmitting a message to a first terminal device connected to an access node, the message instructing the terminal device to carry out a random access procedure towards the access node; receiving a signal from the first terminal device during the random access procedure, the signal comprising a random access preamble; using the received signal as a training input in a random access preamble detection process; and using the random access preamble detection process trained with the training input in detection of a random access preamble from a second terminal device not connected to the access node. 1. An apparatus for an access node of a wireless network , comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform:transmitting a message to a first terminal device connected to the access node, the message instructing the terminal device to carry out a random access procedure towards the access node;receiving a signal from the first terminal device during the random access procedure, the signal comprising a random access preamble;using the received signal as a training input in a random access preamble detection process; andusing the random access preamble detection process trained with the training input in detection of a random access preamble from a second terminal device not connected to the access node.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message comprises at least one information element indicating the random access preamble to be transmitted by the terminal device in the random access procedure.3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the message further comprises at least one information element indicating an uplink resource in which the terminal device shall perform the random access ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CELL CONGESTION LEVEL

A metric of cell congestion is determined using an average physical resource block rate that is expected to be allocated for a very active user equipment bearer that is a persistent average rate. The average physical resource block rate is mapped to congestion levels and this information is exported to an application function or a radio access network function in order to mitigate congestion. An average bearer throughput for the user equipment can be calculated based on the average physical resource block rate. 1. A method of determining cell congestion , comprising:determining, by one or more processors of at least one network node, an average physical resource block rate to be allocated by a scheduler for very active bearers of a particular quality of service level and traffic direction, the very active bearers being bearers that continuously attempt to obtain a maximal fair share of physical resource blocks that are available by the scheduler for a given duration of time;mapping, by the one or more processors, the average rate of physical resource blocks to congestion levels to produce congestion level information; andexporting, by the one or more processors, the congestion level information.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the exporting of the congestion level information includes forwarding the congestion level information to at least one of an application function and an IP connectivity access network function that controls an application data flow to mitigate congestion.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the average physical resource block rate includes claim 1 ,estimating an available aggregate physical resource block rate for the particular quality of service level and traffic direction,classifying active bearers into very active bearers and less active bearers,calculating an aggregate physical resource block rate for the less active bearers,calculating the average physical resource block rate by subtracting the aggregate physical resource ...

METHODS OF REVERSE LINK POWER CONTROL

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. In one example embodiment, a signal-to-interference+noise (SINR) is measured for a plurality of mobile stations. A power control adjustment is determined for each of the mobile stations based on the measured SINR for the mobile station and a fixed target SINR, the fixed target SINR being used in the determining step for each mobile station and sending the power control adjustments to the mobile stations. In another example embodiment, one or more signals are transmitted to a base station. A power control adjustment indicator indicating an adjustment to a transmission power level is received. The received power control adjustment is determined based on a measured signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR) for the one or more transmitted signals and a fixed target SINR threshold, the fixed target SINR threshold being used for power control adjustment of a plurality of mobile stations. 1. A device configured to ,measure a signal-to-interference+noise (SINR) for a plurality of mobile stations;determine a power control adjustment for each of the plurality of mobile stations based on the measured SINR for the mobile station, a fixed target SINR and a variable traffic-to-pilot ratio (TPR), the fixed target SINR being used for each of the plurality of mobile stations; andsend the power control adjustments to the plurality of mobile stations for controlling reverse link transmission power in a wireless communications network.2. The device of claim 1 , wherein each power control adjustment is represented by an associated transmission power control (TPC) bit.3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is further configured to select the fixed target SINR so as to maintain error rates on a communication channel in the wireless communications network claim 1 , below an error rate threshold.4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to determine the power control adjustment by comparing the measured SINR with ...

SPATIALLY GROUPED RANDOM ACCESS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK

A method of enabling a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to transmit on random access channel (RACH). The method including transmitting, by an access point (AP), beacons to activate sets of UEs of the plurality of UEs based on a protocol, each of the sets of UEs containing UEs that are spatially co-located and each beacon associated with a different one of the sets of UEs. 1. A method of enabling a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to transmit on a random access channel (RACH) , the method comprising:transmitting, by an access point (AP), beacons to activate sets of UEs of the plurality of UEs based on a protocol, each of the sets of UEs containing UEs that are spatially co-located and each beacon associated with a different one of the sets of UEs.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beacons are directional beams and the transmitting comprises:forming a first directional beam such that a first set of UEs of the plurality of UEs are activated; andforming a second directional beam such that the second directional beam activates a second set of UEs of the plurality of UEs, the second forming occurring at a different time from the first forming.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the beacons are a plurality of directional beams and the transmitting comprises:forming a first plurality of directional beams such that UEs in at least two of the sets of UEs are activated at a same time; andforming a second plurality of directional beams such that the second plurality of directional beams activate at least two other of the sets UEs of the plurality of UEs, the second forming occurring at a different time from the first forming.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting transmits the beacons omnidirectionally and each of the transmitted beacons is transmitted on a distinct resource.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the protocol is preprogrammed in the plurality of UEs.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the beacons transmits beacons embedded with ...

LOAD-DEPENDENT TRANSMISSION IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

In one embodiment, a first network device detects load information transmitted by a second network device and selects one of a plurality of modes of communication responsive to the detected load information. The modes of communication include at least a first mode of communication that is selected responsive to a relatively low load condition and a second mode of communication that is selected responsive to a relatively high load condition. In each of the modes particular information is to be transmitted from the first network device to the second network device including at least one identifier and associated data, and in different ones of the modes different portions of the particular information are transmitted from the first network device to the second network device using different channel arrangements. The first and second network devices may comprise, for example, respective sensor and access point nodes of a wireless network. 1. An apparatus comprising:a first network device adapted for communication with at least a second network device;the first network device being configured to detect load information transmitted by the second network device and to select one of a plurality of modes of communication responsive to the detected load information;wherein the modes of communication include at least a first mode of communication that is selected responsive to the detected load information indicating a relatively low load condition and a second mode of communication that is selected responsive to the detected load information indicating a relatively high load condition;wherein in each of the plurality of modes particular information is to be transmitted from the first network device to the second network device including at least one identifier and associated data; andwherein in different ones of the plurality of modes different portions of the particular information are transmitted from the first network device to the second network device using different ...

ACCESS INDEPENDENT SIGNALING AND CONTROL

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: enabling communication via a first a second access network, wherein the first access network is a first type and the second access network is a second type; communicating with a first control application via at least one of the first access network and the second access network according to a signaling protocol that is used for the communication without regard for which of the first access network and the second access network are used for the communication, wherein the communication effects a change to service provided via at least one data bearer across at least one of the first access network and the second access network, and communicating via the at least one data bearer to exchange non-control application data with at least one other network device. 1. A user device for network communication , the user device comprising:a memory;at least one network interface for communicating via a first access network and a second access network, wherein the first access network is a first access network type and the second access network is a second network access type that is different from the first access network type; and communicate with a first control application via at least one of the first access network and the second access network according to a signaling protocol that is used for the communication without regard for which of the first access network and the second access network are used for the communication,', 'wherein the communication effects a change to service provided via at least one data bearer across at least one of the first access network and the second access network, and', 'communicate via the at least one data bearer to exchange non-control application data with at least one other network device., 'a processor in communication with the memory and the at least one network interface, the ...

FLEXIBLE FRAME STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT FAST CONTROL INFORMATION DELIVERY

Apparatus, methods, systems, and computer program products for flexible frame structure in control information delivery are provided. An exemplary embodiment provides an apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive, at a first device, a sub-frame comprising at least one symbol transmitted over a network from a network node, wherein the at least one symbol comprising control information to the first device, and transmit, from the first device, scheduled data towards the network node based on the control information. 138-. (canceled)39. An apparatus comprising:at least one processor; andat least one memory including computer program code,the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:receive a sub-frame comprising at least one symbol transmitted over a network from a network node, wherein the at least one symbol comprising control information to the apparatus; andtransmit scheduled data towards the network node based on the control information.40. An apparatus as in claim 39 , wherein the control information identifies a resource allocation for the scheduled data from the apparatus.41. An apparatus as in claim 39 , wherein the sub-frame comprises a re-transmission of control information previously transmitted to the apparatus or transmission of a different control information than the control information previously transmitted to the apparatus.42. An apparatus as in claim 41 , wherein the re-transmission comprises re-transmission of a symbol with same or different control information previously transmitted.43. An apparatus as in claim 42 , wherein the same or different control information is re-transmitted in a symbol consecutive or next to the previously transmitted symbol.44. An ...

METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

The disclosure relates to a method comprising: using information associated with a first application in a first device, said first application being configured to communicate with a corresponding second application in a second device via a communication link, and information associated with said communication link to determine a modified output; and causing said modified output to be provided to said corresponding second application via said communication link. 1. A method comprising:using information associated with a first application in a first device, said first application being configured to communicate with a corresponding second application in a second device via a communication link, and information associated with said communication link to determine a modified output; andcausing said modified output to be provided to said corresponding second application via said communication link.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said information associated with the first application comprises one or more heartbeat messages received from said first application.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said information associated with a first application comprises information about a first periodicity of heartbeat messages.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein said modified output comprises heartbeat messages with a second periodicity different to the first periodicity.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said modified output comprises no heartbeat messages for normal heartbeat operation.6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:determining a heartbeat anomaly.7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:causing information about said heartbeat anomaly to be transmitted to the second device via the communication link.8. A method claim 6 , comprising:causing a modified input to be received over a communication link, wherein the modified input is determined using information associated with a first application in a first device, said application being configured to communicate ...

Access independent signaling and control

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, network node, and non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including one or more of the following: enabling communication via a first and a second access network, wherein the first access network is a first type and the second access network is a second type; communicating with a first control application via at least one of the first access network and the second access network according to a signaling protocol that is used for the communication without regard for which of the first access network and the second access network are used for the communication, wherein the communication effects a change to service provided via at least one data bearer across at least one of the first access network and the second access network, and communicating via the at least one data bearer to exchange non-control application data with at least one other network device.

HYBRID WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

The present disclosure generally discloses a hybrid wireless communication system configured to support wireless broadband connectivity for a geographic region including a set of wireless network access devices configured to support wireless communications by a set of communication gateways disposed at locations within the geographic region. The hybrid wireless communication system may be configured to operate across a set of multiple radio spectrum bands associated with a set of multiple carrier frequencies, respectively. The hybrid wireless communication system may be configured to jointly determine assignment of the locations (and, thus, the associated communication gateways) to the multiple carrier frequencies of the multiple radio spectrum bands and to configure the wireless network access devices to support the jointly determined assignment of the locations to the multiple carrier frequencies of the multiple radio spectrum bands. 1. A gateway apparatus , comprising:a first interface configured to support communications of an end-user device which are in a first protocol;a second interface configured to support wireless communications, which are in a second protocol, using a set of carrier frequencies including a first carrier frequency and a second carrier frequency; and detect a first wireless signal from a wireless network access device received over the first carrier frequency;', 'propagate through the second interface, toward the wireless network access device, a first quality measurement associated with the first wireless signal;', 'detect a second wireless signal from the wireless network access device received over the second carrier frequency;', 'propagate through the second interface, toward the wireless network access device, a second quality measurement associated with the second wireless signal; and', 'convert communications of the end-user device received through the first interface which are in the first protocol to wireless communications which ...

CHARGING IN A SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK

A controller includes control plane charging system to configure data plane charging system in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows and provide the charging information to the controller. The data plane charging system in a selected switch of the plurality of switches can be configured to gather charging information for a user flow and autonomously provide the charging information to the controller. 1. An apparatus comprising:a controller comprising a control plane charging system to configure data plane charging systems in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows associated with the plurality of switches and provide the charging information to the controller.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control plane charging system is to select a switch from the plurality of switches and to configure the selected switch to gather charging information for a user flow associated with the selected switch.3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the data plane charging system comprises flow tables in each of the plurality of switches claim 2 , and wherein the control plane charging system is to configure an entry in a flow table implemented in the selected switch claim 2 , wherein the selected entry is associated with the user flow.4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the control plane charging system is to configure the entry to at least one of: count packets in the user flow claim 3 , count bytes in the user flow claim 3 , and time the user flow.5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the control plane charging system is to configure the data plane charging system in the selected switch to gate the user flow in response to a packet count claim 4 , a byte count claim 4 , or a time interval exceeding a corresponding threshold value.6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the control plane charging system is to configure the entry to autonomously provide a packet count claim 3 , a byte count claim 3 , or a time ...

SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR BEARER ACTIVATION IN A CORE NETWORK FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

The method includes storing a gateway tunnel identifier, a base station identifier and a base station tunnel identifier; receiving, by the base station, a service request message from a device; establishing, by the base station, a radio bearer between the base station and the device in response to the service request message; receiving, by the base station, one or more first uplink data packets from the device using the radio bearer; modifying, by the base station, the one or more first uplink data packets such that the one or more first uplink data packets include the gateway tunnel identifier, the base station identifier and the base station tunnel identifier; and sending, by the base station, the modified uplink data packet to a gateway. 113-. (canceled)14. A network control entity comprising:a memory; and receive a service request message from a device,', 'determine a gateway tunnel identifier and a gateway destination address based on the service request message, and', 'send a message to a base station associated with the device, the message including the gateway tunnel identifier and the gateway destination address., 'a processor, the processor configured to,'}15. The network control entity of claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to claim 14 ,determine if an access point network (APN) designating the packet data network to which the device requests to be connected is accessible from a visited network, if the device one of requires best effort and requires static priority data transport, and if the device registers to only one APN at a time, andsend the message if each of the conditions of the determining step are true.16. The network control entity of claim 15 , wherein the network control entity does not send a Modify Bearer Request message to a gateway and does not receive a Modify Bearer Response message from the gateway if each of the conditions of the determining step are true.17. The network control entity of claim 14 , wherein the ...

RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCHEME FOR VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE (V2V) COMMUNICATIONS

Systems, methods, and software for managing radio resources for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. A geographic area is segmented into zones with a subset of the transmission slots allocated to each of the zones. The subset of the transmission slots allocated to each zone is partitioned into periodic transmission slots assignable to individual vehicles for periodic transmissions and special transmission slots reserved for special transmissions according to a contention-based protocol. A resource manager stores a mapping of transmission slots for each of the zones. When a vehicle enters one of the zones, the resource manager performs a slot assignment for the vehicle from the periodic transmission slots allocated to the zone, and transmits a notification to the vehicle indicating the slot assignment. 1. A vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication device installed in a vehicle , the V2V communication device comprising:a radio interface component configured to exchange V2V communications with other vehicles via radio signals in a Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum; anda radio controller configured to receive a notification through the radio interface component when the vehicle enters one of a plurality of zones within a geographic area;wherein the geographic area is segmented into the plurality of zones and a subset of transmission slots of the RF spectrum is allocated to each of the zones;wherein the subset of the transmission slots allocated to each of the zones is partitioned into periodic transmission slots assignable to individual vehicles for periodic transmissions and special transmission slots reserved for special transmissions according to a contention-based protocol;wherein the notification indicates a slot assignment for the vehicle from the periodic transmission slots allocated to the one of the zones;the radio controller is configured to identify a periodic transmission generated for a V2V communication, to determine whether a periodic transmission slot has ...

Method and Apparatus for Dynamically Creating and Updating Base Station Neighbor Lists

The invention includes a method and apparatus for creating a base station neighbor list for a target base station in a network comprising a plurality of base stations. A method includes obtaining signal strength measurement information associated with a set of candidate base stations, creating the base station neighbor list by selecting ones of the candidate base stations for inclusion in the base station neighbor list in a manner for substantially maximizing a number of locations in the coverage area of the target base station receiving signal coverage from at least a threshold number of selected ones of the candidate base stations, and storing the base station neighbor list. The base station neighbor list may be updated periodically, or in response to changes to signal strength measurement information. The base station neighbor list is distributed from the base station to wireless user devices served by the base station for use by the wireless user devices in making handoff decisions.

Hybrid Macro Diversity and Cooperative Relaying Method of Ultra-Reliable and Real-Time Multi-User Communication

A method is provided including determining a strength of a channel to each of a plurality of user equipments in a wireless multi-user network; scheduling first downlink resources for transmitting first downlink messages to a first group of the user equipments including the user equipments having the strongest channels; and scheduling second resources for transmitting second downlink messages to a second group of the remaining user equipments using a combination of broadcasting and cooperative relaying.

Method and apparatus for dynamically creating and updating base station neighbor lists

The invention includes a method and apparatus for creating a base station neighbor list for a target base station in a network comprising a plurality of base stations. A method includes obtaining signal strength measurement information associated with a set of candidate base stations, creating the base station neighbor list by selecting ones of the candidate base stations for inclusion in the base station neighbor list in a manner for substantially maximizing a number of locations in the coverage area of the target base station receiving signal coverage from at least a threshold number of selected ones of the candidate base stations, and storing the base station neighbor list. The base station neighbor list may be updated periodically, or in response to changes to signal strength measurement information. The base station neighbor list is distributed from the base station to wireless user devices served by the base station for use by the wireless user devices in making handoff decisions.

Method and apparatus for dynamically creating and updating base station neighbor lists

The invention includes a method and apparatus for creating a base station neighbor list for a target base station in a network comprising a plurality of base stations. A method includes obtaining signal strength measurement information associated with a set of candidate base stations, creating the base station neighbor list by selecting ones of the candidate base stations for inclusion in the base station neighbor list in a manner for substantially maximizing a number of locations in the coverage area of the target base station receiving signal coverage from at least a threshold number of selected ones of the candidate base stations, and storing the base station neighbor list. The base station neighbor list may be updated periodically, or in response to changes to signal strength measurement information. The base station neighbor list is distributed from the base station to wireless user devices served by the base station for use by the wireless user devices in making handoff decisions.

Method and Apparatus For Dynamically Creating and Updating Base Station Neighbor Lists

The invention includes a method and apparatus for creating a base station neighbor list at a target base station in a wireless network including a plurality of base stations. A method includes obtaining information for creating the base station neighbor list, creating the base station neighbor list using the obtained information, and storing the base station neighbor list. The obtained information includes at least one of geographic locations of ones of the base stations, network status information associated with the wireless network, and pilot signal strength measurement feedback information. The base station neighbor list includes a subset of the base stations of the network. The base stations of the base station neighbor list may be prioritized using at least a portion of the obtained information. The base station neighbor list may be updated periodically, or in response to changes to the obtained information. The base station neighbor list is distributed from the base station to wireless user devices served by the base station for use by the wireless user devices in making handoff decisions.

Method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting base station transmit power

The invention includes a method and apparatus for adjusting the transmit power of a base station. In one embodiment, the transmit power of a base station is adjusted using rate metrics. A method according to one embodiment includes adjusting a transmit power of a target base station based on a per-user rate metric associated with the target base station and at least one per-user rate metric associated with at least one other base station. The per-user rate metrics may be based on any base station metrics, such as average system throughput of the base station, aggregate cell capacity of the base station, and the like. The per-user rate metrics may be computed or estimated using feedback information from wireless user devices. In one embodiment, the transmit power of a base station is adjusted using other information, such as geographic distances between base station, signal strength measurements received at base stations from other base stations, and the like, as well as various combinations thereof. A method according to one embodiment includes obtaining non-feedback information and adjusting the transmit power of the base station using the non-feedback information.

System and method for providing multi-beam scheduling

Embodiments of the present invention relate to communication systems. Such communication systems may include a beamformer that is adapted to provide a plurality of beams, each of the plurality of beams providing communication for a corresponding coverage envelope, the plurality of coverage envelopes comprising at least one pair of overlapping coverage envelopes and at least one pair of non-overlapping coverage envelopes, and a scheduler that assigns system resources from a group of shared system resources to a plurality of receivers distributed throughout the coverage envelopes, the scheduler being adapted to assign the same system resources from the group of shared system resources for use during a simultaneous data transmission to a receiver in each of the coverage envelopes that comprises the at least one pair of non-overlapping coverage envelopes.

Medium allocation method

In a system in which the modulation scheme employed may change on a per-time-slot basis, a user's available data rate may change even if the user maintains the same number of time slots, because the capacity of the user's time slots may change. If one or more such changes in modulation scheme occurs, the data rate available to the user may no longer match his current data rate needs. Therefore, a method is disclosed for determining the number of time slots to assign to a user as a function of the user's current data rate requirement and the actual current cumulative data rate of the time slots currently assigned to the user. The user data rate requirement may further be a function of a quality of service (QoS) contracted for by the user. Thus, the assignment of the time slots within the frame is made dynamically and the number of time slots employed by a user is increased or decreased according to the user's current data rate requirements and the ability of the time slots already assigned to the user to meet those requirements.

Method and apparatus for activating a base station

The invention includes a method and apparatus for activating a base station. A method includes transitioning the base station to a first state in which at least one base station activation activity is performed and RF transmissions are disabled, and transitioning the base station from the first state to a second state in which RF transmissions are enabled. The at least one base station activation activity may include at least one of warming at least one power amplifier, setting at least one base station configuration parameter, establishing GPS synchronization, and other base station activation activities. The base station may transition from the first state to the second state in response to a trigger.

Communication system having a flexible transmit configuration

A communication system's transmit configuration is reconfigured based on mobile station associated conditions such as the capability of the mobile receiver, carrier to interference or signal to noise ratios, and the degree of mobility associated with the mobile station. As a result, the transmit configuration is optimized for the conditions associated with a particular mobile receiver. In one embodiment, the transmit configuration may be selected to operate in configurations such as a single transmit antenna configuration, a space time spreading configuration, a selective transmit diversity, and a multi-output and multi-input configuration.

Methods of reverse link power control

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. A first example method includes first measuring a first type of interference, second measuring a second type of interference, determining a ratio between the first and second measurements and broadcasting the determined ratio to a plurality of mobile units. A second example method includes receiving a broadcasted ratio indicating a ratio between two different types of interference and calculating a power level for reverse link transmissions based on the received broadcasted ratio. A third example method includes first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission and second adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions. A fourth example method includes receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations and determining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained.

Method and apparatus for reducing the computational complexity and relaxing the critical path of reduced state sequence estimation (RSSE) techniques

A method and apparatus are disclosed for reducing the complexity of reduced state sequence estimation (RSSE) techniques for a given number of states while also reducing the critical path problem. The intersymbol interference due to the less significant tail taps of the channel impulse response is processed with a lower complexity cancellation algorithm using tentative decisions, while the intersymbol interference due to the more significant initial taps is processed with a more complex cancellation algorithm, such as a reduced state sequence estimation technique or an M-algorithm technique. A receiver is disclosed that includes a circuit for processing intersymbol interference due to the less significant tail taps using tentative decisions and an RSSE circuit for processing the intersymbol interference due to the more significant taps.

Open-loop diversity technique for systems employing multi-transmitter antennas

A method and apparatus for increasing the capacity of a system that use four transmit antennas and that employs conventional channel coding by performing space-time coding in a particular way. Each of two pairs of symbol sub-streams is space-time coded to form a respective pair of transmit-sequence chains, where at least one of the formed pairs of the transmit-sequence chains is a function of symbols of the respective symbol-sub-stream pair and not a function of the symbols of the other symbol-sub-stream pair. Four transmit sequences—two transmit sequences from each of the two pairs of symbol sub-streams—may be viewed as forming a transmission matrices B or B′ arranged as follows: ⁢ T 1 ⁢ ⁢ T 2 ⁢ ⁢ T 3 ⁢ ⁢ T 4 Antenna 105 - 1 Antenna 105 - 2 Antenna 105 - 3 Antenna 105 - 4 ⁡ [ b 1 b 1 - b 2 * - b 2 * b 2 b 2 b 1 * b 1 * b 3 - b 3 - b 4 * b 4 * b 4 - b 4 b 3 * - b 3 * ] ⁢ ⁢ or , ⁢ ⁢ T 1 ⁢ ⁢ T 2 ⁢ ⁢ T 3 ⁢ ⁢ T 4 Antenna 105 - 1 Antenna 105 - 2 Antenna 105 - 3 Antenna 105 - 4 ⁡ [ b 1 - b 2 * 0 0 b 2 b 1 * 0 0 0 0 b 3 - b 4 * 0 0 b 4 b 3 * ] ⁢ , respectively, where b 1 , b 2 , b 3 , and b 4 are the symbols derived from a respective one of four symbol sub-streams, and b* 1 , b* 2 , b* 3 , and b* 4 are, respectively, the complex conjugate of the aforementioned symbols. The rows of the matrix represent the different antennas, while the columns represent different symbol periods.

Load-dependent transmission in communication networks

In one embodiment, a first network device detects load information transmitted by a second network device and selects one of a plurality of modes of communication responsive to the detected load information. The modes of communication include at least a first mode of communication that is selected responsive to a relatively low load condition and a second mode of communication that is selected responsive to a relatively high load condition. In each of the modes particular information is to be transmitted from the first network device to the second network device including at least one identifier and associated data, and in different ones of the modes different portions of the particular information are transmitted from the first network device to the second network device using different channel arrangements. The first and second network devices may comprise, for example, respective sensor and access point nodes of a wireless network.

Method for providing heating to a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank

A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank has a pump on or in the bottom thereof. A first resistive heating element 130 is associated with the pump, and a plurality of second resistive heating elements 140 is attached to the inner surface of a side wall of the tank. In a first aspect the pump is housed in a deepening in the bottom of the tank. A second aspect provides a method of heating the tank. The method comprises estimating the freezing conditions of the DEF in the tank using at least two sensors, a first sensor 110 close to the pump, and a second sensor 120 close to the inner surface of the side wall. If the first sensor detects frozen DEF, the first resistive heating element is operated. If the second sensor detects frozen DEF, the plurality of second resistive heating elements is operated. The DEF is typically urea which is decomposed to form ammonia for use in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst.

Method of dynamic resource allocations in wireless systems

A method of dynamic resource allocations in wireless network is disclosed. The method provides that a base station in the network allocates resources to users independently of other base stations and without resource planning. Resource allocations are done based at least in part on a local optimization objective and a channel quality indicator from one or more users, and result in efficient resource reuse.

Pilot signal transmission in a multi-transmit antenna wireless communication system

Pilot signals transmitted by different antennas in a wireless communication system using multiple transmit antennas are distinguished using different codes. In one embodiment, each of two antennas simultaneously transmit a time slot's worth of data while time division multiplexing a pilot signal with the data. The pilot signal from the first antenna is encoded with a first code such as a Walsh code and the pilot signal from the second antenna is encoded with a different code such as a different Walsh code. The different codes enable a receiver to distinguish the pilot signals when they are received to enable coherent detection of signals transmitted by both of the antennas.

Control channel for time division multiple access systems

In a TDMA system a multifunction control channel is employed that carries data used for implementing channel access functionality for users and is also employed at the remote terminals in the performance of modem functionality. In other words, information necessary to accurately receive data on the user traffic channels is obtainable by processing the multifunction control channel. This is achieved by arranging the broadband channel of the TDMA system as a repeating frame having time slots in which at least one time slot is reserved for use as the multifunction control channel, and the data that is transmitted on the multifunction control channel is encoded using a spread spectrum format. To this end the data carried on the multifunction control channel is encoded in a way that uses each symbol of the multifunction control channel as if it were a so-called spread spectrum "chip". At least one of the remaining time slots of the frame, and preferably all of the remaining time slots, which are typically used to carry user traffic arranged as logical channels, are not spread spectrum encoded. With regard to modem functionality, the remote terminals use the received multifunction control channel to a) perform frame synchronization, i.e., frame timing, b) perform frequency offset estimation, c) obtain an estimate of the channel impulse response, and d) estimate the received signal strength for use in gain control.

Methods of reverse link power control

High rate packet data spatial division multiple access (sdma)

Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) may be implemented in both the forward and reverse link directions through the use of, for example, a sector-wide primary pilot channel and one or more beamformed secondary pilot channels (secondary pilot channel).

Method and apparatus for improving scheduler performance in wireless packet data systems

A method and apparatus for scheduling data transmissions is disclosed that compensates for link level errors and uses retransmission information to schedule future transmissions from each user. The disclosed method and apparatus utilizes a more accurate measure of users' data rates (i.e., their effective data throughput rates) that accounts for the Frame Error Rate (FER) as well as retransmissions when scheduling transmissions from multiple users.

Methods of reverse link power control

Two-state automatic gain control for communications and radar

Disclosed is a method comprising using a first automatic gain control unit to receive a first data signal, using a second automatic gain control unit to receive a reflected radar signal, and switching between using the first automatic gain control unit and using the second automatic gain control unit.

High-speed data services using multiple transmit antennas

High-speed wireless data systems and methods are described for simultaneously supporting multiple data users, including flexible mixed-traffic services, using an illustrative CDMA architecture. Embodiments are compatible with current and third generation CDMA systems, while achieving spectral efficiencies that are in some cases an order of magnitude or more higher. Embodiments advantageously employ multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver and code spreading to realize multiple access systems. Some illustrative receiver embodiments advantageously employ a decorrelating detector, while other features a decorrelating decision-feedback detector. In typical operation, each of a plurality of high-speed data streams directed to respective data users is demultiplexed into multiple (G⊃1) lower rate substreams, which are modulated by a CDMA spreading code and transmitted from M antennas at a base station. A receiver employs P antennas and multi-user detection to demodulate the G data substreams of its associated user. Performance measures for a variety of illustrative transmission and receiver configurations are derived using novel techniques for calculating system level capacities and spectral efficiencies (measured in bits per second per Hertz per sector). System design and configuration tradeoffs are readily made based on such performance determinations.

Methods of reverse link power control

Media-access-control protocol for a network employing multi-user wireless channels

A medium-access-control (MAC) scheduler, according to one embodiment of which a station of a wireless network evaluates data throughputs corresponding to three different transmission configurations for transmission of a packet over a first of that station's wireless links. The first and second of those transmission configurations have the packet encoded in the first and second tiers, respectively, of a two-tier signal. The third transmission configuration has the packet encoded as a conventional single-tier signal. For each of the first and second transmission configurations, the station selects a second of that station's wireless links for transmission of at least a second packet, with the first and second packets encoded in different respective tiers of the two-tier signal. The station varies power allocation between the first and second tiers to optimize data throughput for each of the first and second transmission configurations and selects from the first, second, and third transmission configurations one resulting in the highest data throughput.

Method and apparatus for improving scheduler performance in wireless packet data systems

A method and apparatus for scheduling data transmissions is disclosed that compensates for link level errors and uses retransmission information to schedule future transmissions from each user. The disclosed method and apparatus utilizes a more accurate measure of users' data rates (i.e., their effective data throughput rates) that accounts for the Frame Error Rate (FER) as well as retransmissions when scheduling transmissions from multiple users.

Method for synchronization and signaling of occupied bands in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions

The present invention provides a method for use in a wireless communication system that supports orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) of transmissions over a plurality of subcarriers. One embodiment of the method includes a network entity that allocates one or more of a plurality of sub-bands for communication with an access terminal. Each of the sub-bands includes one or more of the subcarriers and is associated with a corresponding a pseudo-random sequences. The network entity can also transmit one or more of the plurality of pseudo-random sequences over an air interface. The transmitted pseudo-random sequence indicate the sub-bands that are allocated for communication with the access terminal.

Automated security provisioning protocol for wide area network communication devices in open device environment

An automated security provisioning protocol is provided for wide area network communication devices in an open device environment, such as cellular communication devices in a machine-to-machine (M2M) environment. For example, a method for performing a security provisioning protocol between a first communication device and a second communication device over at least one wide area communication network comprises the following steps from the perspective of the first communication device. The first communication device automatically uses access information not previously provisioned in the wide area communication network to gain access to the wide area communication network for an initial purpose of communicating with the second communication device. The first communication device, upon gaining access to the wide area communication network, automatically performs an authenticated key exchange operation with the second communication device over the wide area communication network and establishes a secure communication key as a result of the authenticated key exchange operation for subsequent use by the first communication device for secure communications. The wide area communication network is operated by a first entity and the second communication device is operated by a second entity.

Beam prediction for wireless networks

According to an example embodiment, a method may include determining, by a base station, a past beam sequence for a user equipment (UE), determining, by the base station based on the past beam sequence for the user equipment and a beam sequence model, a predicted future beam sequence for the user equipment, wherein the predicted future beam sequence indicates a predicted sequence of beams over time for communication between the user equipment and the base station, and performing, by the base station, a beam-related action based on the predicted future beam sequence for the user equipment.

Modulation method for transmitter

In a wireless communication system, the constellation mapping scheme employed may be changed on a per-time-slot basis, i.e., from time slot to time slot, so that the constellation used to encode the symbols of each time slot may be different for each time slot within a single frame and may be different for a particular time slot in different consecutive frames. In other words, several constellation mapping schemes are available, with each providing the ability to transmit a different number of bits per symbol, and the particular constellation mapping scheme employed for any time slot need be selected for that time slot only. The ability to use any particular constellation mapping scheme is dependent on the current channel quality. The particular constellation mapping used for the user data of the time slot may be indicated in the preamble of the time slot. To this end, each time slot may have its own preamble that is mapped with a constellation mapping scheme which is a) known a priori, b) may be the same for all time slots, and c) may be different from the constellation mapping scheme used to encode user data in the time slot. A receiver can determine the constellation mapping used for each time slot from solely from the preamble of the time slot.

Methods of reverse link power control

本發明係揭示數種反向連結功率控制之方法。一第一範例方法包括：首先，測量一第一類型干擾(S600)；第二，測量一第二類型干擾(S605)；判定該等第一與第二測量間之一比值(S610)；及傳播該判定比值至複數個行動單元(S615)。一第二範例方法包括：接收一傳播之比值，其指明二不同類型干擾間之一比值(S650)；及基於該收到之傳播比值而計算一功率位準以用於數個反向連結傳輸(S655)。一第三範例方法包括：首先，基於一正交分頻多工存取(OFDMA)傳輸期間之數個第一回饋信號，而調整正交分頻多工存取(OFDMA)傳輸功率(S725)；及第二，基於數個正交分頻多工存取(OFDMA)傳輸間之數個週期期間之數個第二回饋信號，而調整正交分頻多工存取(OFDMA)傳輸功率(S745)。一第四範例方法包括：接收來自不同基地台之複數個干擾指示信號(S805)；及基於該複數個干擾指示信號而判定是否調整一最大傳輸功率臨限值，該最大傳輸功率臨限值指明一最大容許傳輸功率位準，在低於該最大容許傳輸功率位準下數個傳輸會受限(S810)。

Mobility solution of an active session for a point-to-point protocol

Congestion and analytics based access selection control

An example method includes obtaining from an Access Network Discovery and Selection (ANDSF) server an ANDSF policy specifying a rule for access selection, the rule specifying one or more attributes to be compared to a corresponding one or more expressions, at least one of the corresponding one or more expressions being a sum of a corresponding threshold parameter and a corresponding offset parameter. The example method further includes obtaining one or more threshold parameter values, obtaining at least one offset parameter value, and determining the access selection based on the at least one rule, the one or more threshold parameter values, and the at least one offset parameter value.

Method and apparatus for allocating resources of a frequency band in a wireless system supporting at least two radio access technologies

In one embodiment, the method for allocating resources in a wireless system supporting a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT operating in a narrower frequency band than the first RAT includes assigning at least one physical resource block (PRB) of a plurality of PRBs of the frequency band to the second RAT. The method further includes transmitting, in a first sector, over the at least one assigned PRB using the second RAT. The method further includes transmitting, in the first sector, control signals on unassigned PRBs using the first RAT.

Methods of reverse link power control

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. A first example method includes first measuring a first type of interference, second measuring a second type of interference, determining a ratio between the first and second measurements and broadcasting the determined ratio to a plurality of mobile units. A second example method includes receiving a broadcasted ratio indicating a ratio between two different types of interference and calculating a power level for reverse link transmissions based on the received broadcasted ratio. A third example method includes first adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on first feedback signals during an OFDMA transmission and second adjusting OFDMA transmission power based on second feedback signals during periods between OFDMA transmissions. A fourth example method includes receiving a plurality of interference indicating signals from different base stations and determining whether to adjust a maximum transmit power threshold based on the plurality of interference indicating signals, the maximum transmit power threshold indicating the maximum permitted transmission power level below which transmissions are constrained.

Preamble detection in wireless network

This document discloses a solution for preamble detection. According to an aspect, a method comprises: transmitting a message to a first terminal device connected to an access node, the message instructing the terminal device to carry out a random access procedure towards the access node; receiving a signal from the first terminal device during the random access procedure, the signal comprising a random access preamble; using the received signal as a training input in a random access preamble detection process; and using the random access preamble detection process trained with the training input in detection of a random access preamble from a second terminal device not connected to the access node.

High-speed data services using multiple transmit antennas

High-speed wireless data systems and methods are described for simultaneously supporting multiple data users, including flexible mixed-traffic services, using an illustrative CDMA architecture. Embodiments are compatible with current and third generation CDMA systems, while achieving spectral efficiencies that are in some cases an order of magnitude or more higher. Embodiments advantageously employ multiple antennas at the transmitter and receiver and code spreading to realize multiple access systems. Some illustrative receiver embodiments advantageously employ a decorrelating detector, while other features a decorrelating decision-feedback detector. In typical operation, each of a plurality of high-speed data streams directed to respective data users is demultiplexed into multiple (G>1) lower rate substreams, which are modulated by a CDMA spreading code and transmitted from <i>M</i> antennas at a base station. A receiver employs <i>P</i> antennas and multi-user detection to demodulate the <i>G</i> data substreams of its associated user. Performance measures for a variety of illustrative transmission and receiver configurations are derived using novel techniques for calculating system level capacities and spectral efficiencies (measured in bits per second per Hertz per sector). System design and configuration tradeoffs are readily made based on such performance determinations.

wireless mobility management

A wireless communications system employing a network active set formed from base stations operable as primary and secondary agents

A method for controlling a wireless communications system is provided. A plurality of substantially identical base stations, each capable of being operated as both a primary agent and a secondary agent are deployed. The secondary agent is capable of communicating with a mobile device and the primary agent is capable of communicating with a network. A network active set associated with a mobile device is formed from a plurality of the base stations. One of the base stations in the network active set is selected to operate as the primary agent, and it communicates to the other base stations that the selected base station is operating as the primary agent. Thus, communications between the network and the mobile device are routed through the primary agent and the selected secondary agent.

Transmitting handoff messages using higher power

A wireless communication network (20) includes a power management module (50) for controlling the power of transmission between a base station (38) and a mobile station (40). Bearer traffic (e.g., voice or data signals) are transmitted using a first transmission power limit. Handoff messages are transmitted using a second, higher transmission power limit. In one example, the power management module (50) selects an increment to the first transmission power limit for purposes of transmitting handoff signals.

Method and Apparatus for Improving Reliable and Low-Latency Communication Uplink Transmission in the Unlicensed Spectrum

A system in wireless network including an Access Point utilizing at least an unlicensed first wireless interface; a Station utilizing at least a first unlicensed wireless interface, transmitting in uplink to the AP; Said at least one STA further includes a secondary wireless interface different from the first unlicensed wireless interface, said STA is configured to, determine that transmission of a message be in a secondary wireless interface of the STA when it is utilized for Reliable and Low Latency Communication RLLC data transmission, generate a message and then transmit the message to a serving AP. Said AP is configured to, when receiving the message from the STA, determine whether information will be generated based on the message received from the STA, generate at least scheduling information and transmit the generated information to the STA.

Methods of reverse link power control

Methods of reverse link power control are provided. In a first example reverse link power control process, a signal-to-interference+noise (SINR) is measured for a plurality of mobile stations. A power control adjustment is determined for each of the mobile stations based on the measured SINR for the mobile station and a fixed target SINR, the fixed target SINR being used in the determining step for each mobile station and sending the power control adjustments to the mobile stations. In a second example reverse link power control process, one or more signals are transmitted to a base station. A power control adjustment indicator indicating an adjustment to a transmission power level is received. The received power control adjustment is determined based on a measured signal-to-interference+noise ratio (SINR) for the one or more transmitted signals and a fixed target SINR threshold, the fixed target SINR threshold being used for power control adjustment of a plurality of mobile stations.

Apparatus and method to facilitate wireless uplink resource allocation

Embodiments are described herein to provide an efficient, adaptive and distributed approach to wireless resource allocation that seeks to maximize system capacity and/or coverage on the reverse link. The general approach is for each cell (sector) base station to allocate (102) its mobile units to frequency subbands based on a local optimization objective. This objective takes into account the performance "costs" to the neighboring cells/sectors of transmissions by different mobile units in different subbands. An example of such an optimization objective can be the maximization of the "utility" of user transmission rates within the sector minus the cost of the transmissions to neighboring cells/sectors.

Method of scheduling and forward link resource allocation in OFDM systems

A method of bandwidth allocation is provided for the forward link of an OFDM wireless communication system. Bandwidth is allocated to users in discrete blocks, but variable numbers of blocks are allocated to individual users. Multiple users can be served in one timeslot. The allocation is advantageously subjected to a power constraint and carried out in such a way as to drive up a figure of merit such as total throughput. In specific embodiments of the invention, power allocations to the different assigned blocks of bandwidth may vary in size.

Open-loop diversity technique for systems employing multi-transmitter antennas

A method and apparatus for increasing the capacity of a system that use four transmit antennas and that employs conventional channel coding by performing space-time coding in a particular way. Each of two pairs of symbol sub-streams is space-time coded to form a respective pair of transmit-sequence chains, where at least one of the formed pairs of the transmit-sequence chains is a function of symbols of the respective symbol-sub-stream pair and not a function of the symbols of the other symbol-sub-stream pair. Four transmit sequences—two transmit sequences from each of the two pairs of symbol sub-streams—may be viewed as forming a transmission matrices B or B′ arranged as follows: Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 1 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 2 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 3 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 4 ⁢ [ b 1 b 1 - b 2 * - b 2 * b 2 b 2 b 1 * b 1 * b 3 - b 3 - b 4 * b 4 * b 4 - b 4 b 3 - b 3 * ] ⁢ T 1 T 2 ⁢ T 3 ⁢ T 4 ⁢ ⁢ or , ⁢ ⁢ Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 1 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 2 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 3 Antenna 105 ⁢ - ⁢ 4 ⁢ [ b 1 - b 2 * 0 0 b 2 b 1 * 0 0 0 0 b 3 - b 4 * 0 0 b 4 b 3 * ] ⁢ T 1 T 2 ⁢ T 3 ⁢ T 4 , respectively, where b 1 , b 2 , b 3 , and b 4 are the symbols derived from a respective one of four symbol sub-streams, and b 1 *, b 2 *, b 3 *, and b 4 * are, respectively, the complex conjugate of the aforementioned symbols. The rows of the matrix represent the different antennas, while the columns represent different symbol periods.

Hybrid macro diversity and cooperative relaying method of ultra-reliable and real-time multi-user communication

A method is provided including determining a strength of a channel to each of a plurality of user equipments in a wireless multi-user network; scheduling first downlink resources for transmitting first downlink messages to a first group of the user equipments including the user equipments having the strongest channels; and scheduling second resources for transmitting second downlink messages to a second group of the remaining user equipments using a combination of broadcasting and cooperative relaying.

Hochgeschwindigkeits-datendienste unter verwendung mehrerer sendeantennen

Charging in a software defined network

A controller includes control plane charging system to configure data plane charging system in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows and provide the charging information to the controller. The data plane charging system in a selected switch of the plurality of switches can be configured to gather charging information for a user flow and autonomously provide the charging information to the controller.

Charging in a software defined network

A controller includes control plane charging system to configure data plane charging system in a plurality of switches to gather charging information for user flows and provide the charging information to the controller. The data plane charging system in a selected switch of the plurality of switches can be configured to gather charging information for a user flow and autonomously provide the charging information to the controller.

Charging in a software defined network

Signal multiplexing for data and radar transmissions

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for signal multiplexing of data and radar transmissions. For instance, certain embodiments may provide a configurable time and frequency domain comb signal for radar excitation on a spatial beam and/or multiplexing data communications and radar signals in time, frequency, and/or spatial domains (e.g., beams).

Devices for multi-path communication over multiple radio access technologies

A device (102,104,106,108) includes a memory having computer-readable instruction stored therein and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the computer-readable instructions to identity (S311) a plurality of communication paths for data transmission between the device and a network gateway, a first one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a first radio access technology and a second one of the plurality of communication paths being associated with a second radio access technology, and establish (S316) a data transmission session between the device and the network gateway simultaneously over at least the first one and the second one of the plurality of communication paths.

アップリンク・データ・パケットに含まれるトンネル識別子および基地局識別子を使用するベアラ・アクティブ化

【課題】ＭＴＣデバイスおよびＳＩＰＴＯデバイスのデータ伝送の再開始の効率を改善する。【解決手段】ゲートウェイ・トンネル識別子、基地局識別子、及び基地局トンネル識別子を格納するステップと、基地局によってデバイスからサービス要求メッセージを受信するステップと、基地局によってサービス要求メッセージに応答して基地局とデバイスとの間で無線ベアラを確立するステップと、基地局によって無線ベアラを使用してデバイスから１つ又は複数の第１のアップリンク・データ・パケットを受信するステップと、基地局によって１つ又は複数の第１のアップリンク・データ・パケットが、ゲートウェイ・トンネル識別子、基地局識別子、及び基地局トンネル識別子を含むように、１つ又は複数の第１のアップリンク・データ・パケットを変更するステップと、基地局によって変更されたアップリンク・データ・パケットをゲートウェイに送信するステップとを含む。【選択図】図２

Method, apparatus, computer program product and computer program

The disclosure relates to a method comprising: using information associated with a first application in a first device, said first application being configured to communicate with a corresponding second application in a second device via a communication link, and information associated with said communication link to determine a modified output; and causing said modified output to be provided to said corresponding second application via said communication link.

Resource allocation scheme for vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) communications

Systems, methods, and software for managing radio resources forvehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. A geographic area is segmented into zones with a subset of the transmission slots allocated to each of the zones. The subset of the transmission slots allocated to each zone is partitioned into periodic transmission slots assignable to individual vehicles for periodic transmissions and special transmission slots reserved for special transmissions according to a contention-based protocol. A resource manager stores a mapping of transmission slots for each of the zones. When a vehicle enters one of the zones, the resource manager performs a slot assignment for the vehicle from the periodic transmission slots allocated to the zone, and transmits a notification to the vehicle indicating the slot assignment.

Anchor mobility in wireless networks

This disclosure generally discloses an anchor mobility mechanism. The anchor mobility mechanism is configured to support migration of flows between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system. The anchor mobility mechanism may be configured to support migration of flows between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system in a highly seamless manner. The anchor mobility mechanism may be configured to support migration of a flow of a wireless device between mobility anchors within a wireless communication system using functions performed by a control element (CE) and one or more forwarding elements (FEs) within the data plane of the flow of the wireless device. The functions may include identifying a time at which to initiate migration of the flow, initiating migration of the flow based on identification of the time at which to initiate migration of the flow, or the like, as well as various combinations thereof.

A method and system for rate adaptive allocation of resources

The method includes retrieving subscriber and device information based on an application identifier and a GBR request indication, sending a message to a network entity, the message including a Quality of Service (QoS) Class Identifier (QCI), the QCI indicating an AGBR bearer is to be used for delivering content to a mobile unit, generating an AGBR bearer based on the QCI and a GBR setting and associating the content with the AGBR bearer. The method includes sending a message and the content to a network entity, the message including the QCI, scheduling the mobile unit on the AGBR bearer based on the QCI and communicating the content to the mobile unit based on the schedule.