Telecommunications inventions 08/06

20060194535 - Broadcast delivery to a wireless device: A broadcast media receiver (30) enables delivery of application programs and other data streams transmitted over broadcast media transmission networks to mobile communication devices. The receiver includes a receiver unit for receiving a first data stream (21) of broadcast media and at least one second data stream (22) over a...

20060194536 - Mobile terminal and method for providing user interface using received terrestrial digital broadcasting data: A mobile terminal for receiving terrestrial digital broadcasting data and a method thereof are provided. A digital broadcasting receiver receives digital broadcasting data corresponding to a frequency in response to a request for digital broadcasting corresponding to the frequency. A demodulator separates a main service channel (MSC) containing broadcasting data...

20060194537 - System and method for underwater data communication: Embodiments include an underwater communications device and methods of using and operating such devices. For example, an underwater communications device may include a radiative element, a communications section comprising at least one of a receiver and a transmitter. The radiative element communicates RF signals associated with the communications module. The...

20060194539 - High-speed internal wireless bus: Multiple computing devices are connected together using a high-speed wireless link. The wireless link enables expansion of available resources to the host device, such as one or more of volatile memory resources, non-volatile memory resources, and additional processor resources....

20060194538 - Method and system for voip over wlan to bluetooth headset using acl link and sniff for aligned esco transmission: A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band...

20060194540 - Self organizing multi-channel management: A wireless station and associated method is provided for communicating digital messages. A first transceiver tunes to a first radio frequency. A digital controller enables the first transceiver to transmit on the first radio frequency during intermittent periods of varying durations. The intermittent periods are separated by a fixed duration....

20060194541 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method having communication function: The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a...

20060194542 - Radio terminal apparatus and reception operation control program thereof: A base station transmits information in a downlink signal that identifies whether the base station is an adaptive array base station. If a terminal capable of performing diversity reception determines that a terminal to be connected is an adaptive array base station, it stops to perform diversity reception and set...

20060194543 - Mobile communication apparatus: The mobile communication apparatus 10 includes transmission means 11, reception means 11, surrounding environment detection means 13, 14 for detecting whether or not there are communication obstacles in the surroundings of a mobile unit, communication state decision means 15 for making decisions as to the quality of the communication state...

20060194544 - Method for separating interferering signals and computing arrival angles: A method is disclosed for processing all types of received, interfering radio frequency signals corrupted by noise to extract the individual signals without having any a priori knowledge about them. Received signals are converted for eigenspace processing and are subjected to repeated non-linear time domain and fast Fourier transform frequency...

20060194545 - Information processing apparatus and control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes, a wireless communication device including a detector and a communication unit, and executing wireless communications with a base station using a wireless signal, a unit for determining whether or not a current position of the apparatus exists in a wireless service...

20060194547 - Method and apparatus for assigning data rate in a multichannel communication system: A method of assigning transmission data rate in a multi-channel communication system based upon a comparison between projected transmitter power output for transmission at a selected data rate, and the maximum transmitter power capability. Relative power requirements for high and low processing gain channels are stored in a LUT in...

20060194546 - Using uplink relative path gain related measurements to support uplink resource management: A cellular system includes a first cell associated with a first base station, a second cell associated with a second base station, and a mobile radio currently served by the first base station. Distributed resource control may be used in which the first base station alone or in combination with...

20060194548 - Method and apparatus for providing user specific downlink beamforming in a fixed beam network: The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for providing user specific beams in a fixed beam network. In one embodiment, there is provided a mobile transceiver comprising a first device configured to receive phase reference signal data from a base station, the phase reference signal data being indicative...

20060194549 - System and method for automatically synchronizing and acquiring content for battery-powered devices: Various synchronization and content acquisition tasks able to be performed by a portable device are governed by reference to a budget. In operation, the budget may be adjusted as a function of a state of a battery associated with the portable device, as a function of one more file sizes...

20060194550 - Front-end circuit for wireless transmission systems: A functional block of a front-end circuit for a communication device, which is employed for multi-band and/or multi-mode operation, is proposed. By positioning, according to this invention, a pin diode switch in one of the parallel signal paths instead of positioning it on the input side before separating the signal...

20060194551 - Power amplifier and polar modulation system: The power amplifier of the present invention is a power amplifier used in a communication device which communicates in a plurality of transmission modes of different power levels while switching the power level from mode to mode, and includes: an input terminal to which a signal is inputted; a first...

20060194552 - Method of using snr to reduce factory test time: The application relates to wireless networks and more particularly to a method of reducing factory test time of receiver sensitivity in a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless device. Under TIA/EIA/-98E, the radio frequency (RF) sensitivity of a CDMA wireless receiver is the minimum received power, measured at the mobile...

20060194553 - Systems, methods and apparatus for determining a radiated performance of a wireless device: Systems, methods, apparatus, processors and computer-readable media include a radiated testing module that executes a predetermined radiated performance test on a wireless device. The test dictates various performance-related parameters to measure and log at each of a plurality of predetermined positions. Further, the wireless device receives synchronization information operable to...

20060194554 - Power dissipation reduction in wireless transceivers: Methods and circuits for reducing power dissipation in wireless transceivers and other electronic circuits and systems. Embodiments of the present invention use bias current reduction, impedance scaling, and gain changes either separately or in combination to reduce power dissipation. For example, bias currents are reduced in response to a need...

20060194555 - Circuit arrangement and method for compensating for abrupt signal level changes in amplification devices: A circuit arrangement includes two adjustable amplification devices where the signal output of the first amplification device is connected to the signal input of the second amplification device. The first amplification device has a digital input for controlling its gain and the second amplification device has an input for controlling...

20060194556 - Local oscillation circuit for direct conversion receiver: Disclosed is a local oscillation circuit for a direct conversion receiver, which includes a local oscillator for outputting a local oscillation signal of a predetermined frequency; and a fractional signal generator for converting the local oscillation signal into a fractional harmonic signal, which has a frequency equal to a frequency...

20060194557 - Tuner: A tuner is provided for permitting independent reception of a plurality of channels from a multiple channel radio frequency input signal. A first analog converter of the upconverter type block-converts the radio frequency band to an intermediate frequency band. Several second analog frequency converters, such as quadrature ZIF downconverters, are...

20060194558 - Canceling harmonics in semiconductor rf switches: An RF switching circuit adapted to cancel selected harmonic signals. An unwanted harmonic signal Sh1 at a selected harmonic frequency Fsh of an operating frequency Fo exists in a signal Si conducted by the switching circuit, possibly produced by the switching circuit due to conduction through a first nonlinear impedance...

20060194559 - Radio-frequency circuit: A radio-frequency circuit comprises a low-noise amplifier, an NMOS mixer for converting a radio-frequency signal output from the low-noise amplifier into an intermediate-frequency signal, a polyphase filter for removing image noises, and a PMOS mixer for converting the intermediate-frequency signal passed through the polyphase filter into a baseband signal....

20060194560 - Dc offset calibration for a radio transceiver mixer: A mixer for a radio transceiver includes a commutating mixer switch having a first differential input port coupled to a DC offset cancellation path. The first differential input port of the mixer switch includes a first terminal coupled to a first end of a first resistor and a second terminal...

20060194561 - Systems and methods for self-calibration: A self-calibrating integrated circuit includes a processor having at least one analog function used with the processor; one or more sensors adapted to sense one or more environmental parameters of the at least one analog function; and a solid state memory being configured to store the one or more environmental...

20060194562 - Satellite receiver system: An SDARS receiver for use with at least two antennae, each of which receives bitstreams from a first satellite, bitstreams from a second satellite, and bitstreams from a terrestrial repeater, including demodulators configured to switch between demodulating bitstreams from the satellites and to switch between demodulating bitstreams from the terrestrial...

20060194563 - Programmable surface acoustic wave filter: A programmable surface acoustic wave filter and methods thereof including a piezoelectric substrate, a ground electrode formed in a comb structure on the piezoelectric substrate, a plurality of output electrodes formed in comb structures on the piezoelectric substrate and alternately disposed together with the ground electrode, and a switching unit...

20060194564 - Radio transmitting/receiving apparatus and intermittent transmission/reception control method of radio transmitting/receiving apparatus: A radio transmitter/receiver and an intermittent transmission/reception control method thereof, capable of reducing the reception startup time as well as suppressing reception power consumption. A radio transmitter/receiver used for ad hoc communication is provided with a dedicated standby reception unit (10) having a simple combination of an RF demodulator (6)...

20060194565 - Super block: A communications terminal block that houses a substantially horizontal pin bed with at least one pin disposed at an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to the bed provides access and safety advantages. A kit that includes such a block together with adhesive labels, replacement fanning strips, mounting hardware...

20060194566 - System and method of controlling vehicle communications during emergency conditions: A method and a system for controlling communications between a vehicle telematics device and a call center. The method includes determining an emergency condition. A communications priority is determined. Information is selectively communicated between the vehicle telematics device and the call center based on the emergency condition and the communications...

20060194567 - Symmetrically and asymmetrically stacked transistor grouping rf switch: A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) RF switch adapted for improved power handling capability using a reduced number of transistors is described. In one embodiment, an RF switch includes pairs of switching and shunting stacked transistor groupings to selectively couple RF signals between a plurality of input/output nodes and a common RF node....

20060194568 - System and method for determining location of rogue wireless access point: Described are a method and system for determining a location of an unauthorized wireless access point (“AP”) accessing a communication network. The system may include at least three authorized wireless devices and a computing arrangement generating a tracking data record. The tracking record includes a location of each of the...

20060194570 - Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium: When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information...

20060194569 - Wireless electronic coupon delivery system for use by mobile communication devices: A wireless network and a process for delivering electronic coupons over the wireless network. Targeted coupons based on profile information submitted by a wireless network user may be transmitted to and then selected by the user. Information enabling a store to clear the coupons at checkout may be sent over...

20060194571 - Method and telecommunication system for indicating the receipt of a data message: The method operates in a telecommunications network having at least one subscriber terminal corresponding to at least one subscriber at a subscriber location. The method implements a message waiting indication service for indicating the presence of a data message corresponding to the at least one subscriber in a data message...

20060194572 - Wireless interactive property advertising system and methods: A system for providing property information about a property over a wireless network to an interested party having a mobile device, comprising: (a) an advertisement associated with the property, the advertisement having a shortcode and a keyword, and (b) a networked computer system having a property database containing property information...

20060194573 - Method and apparatus for time calibration: A local time is modified according to a radio wave time received from a time calibration signal transmitting station, as well as corrected according to an authentic time that is received from a time server when the difference between the local time and the radio wave time is less than...

20060194574 - Incoming telephone call indicators: Communication techniques are provided. For example, in one aspect, a communication method comprises the step of inputting information, at the time of placing of a telephone call, that directs a receiving telephone to produce one or more of a plurality of incoming call indicators. The incoming call indicator, which may...

20060194575 - Rf coverage extension for wireless home networking systems: A networking system includes wired and/or wireless LANs connected to a virtual access point including a backbone network, wired-to-backbone bridges, and wireless-to-backbone bridges. A common media access control layer accesses different media of the backbone network and integrates a number of networking media elements of different multimedia data types interconnected...

20060194576 - Coordinated satellite-terrestrial frequency reuse: A system and method of operation for efficiently reusing and/or sharing at least a portion of the frequency spectrum between a first satellite spot beam and a second satellite spot beam, and/or an underlay terrestrial network associated with a second satellite spot beam. The spectrum is efficiently reused and/or shared...

20060194577 - Carrier search methods and related devices: Carrier search methods. Band use information is provided in a mobile station. The band use information comprises at least one identification and at least one supported band corresponding to the identification. An operation requesting a carrier search is received, and carriers are searched for from the band if the operation...

20060194578 - Method for preventing wireless local area network from frequent network selection interaction: The present invention discloses a method for preventing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) from frequent network selection interaction. Every time it is needed to issue the information of operating networks of mobile communications, decide according to the number of times for which the information has been issued in a defined...

20060194582 - Handover between mobile communication networks: The invention provides a method of handover from an active network to a selected one of a plurality of potential other networks. In addition to the overall solution, the solution proposed has several individual aspects. All subsidiary aspects are related to the common problem mentioned above and sharing the underlying...

20060194579 - Method of mobility support for wireless networks: In the method of supporting mobility in wireless networks, a message is received in accordance with a wireless communication protocol that does not specify a message for mobility support. However, the received message is interpreted as a request for handoff, and at least one message is sent in support of...

20060194580 - Mobile radio communication system: A mobile radio communication system having a mobile radio communication network and a mobile radio subscriber appliance, wherein a unit in the network layer of the core network of the mobile radio communication network is configured to transmit to the mobile radio subscriber appliance a first message, based on an...

20060194581 - System and method for controlling an operational mode of a mac layer in a broadband wireless access communication system: A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting...

20060194583 - Method and system for mobile communications: When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user...

20060194584 - Network-initiated service change from speech to multimedia: A method, apparatus and system for initiating a service change in a wireless system, the wireless system including an originating side and a terminating side. The invention includes initiating a modification request in a wireless system, wherein the modification request is a service change from a first mode to a...

20060194585 - Radio resource control method, radio network controller, and radio base station: A radio resource control method in a mobile communication system for determining a transmission rate of user data transmitted by a mobile station via an uplink based on a maximum allowable transmission rate, include: notifying, at a radio network controller, an averaging period or a forgetting factor to a radio...

20060194586 - System and method for balancing communication traffic loading between adjacent base stations in a mobile communications network: A method for evaluating and balancing communication traffic loading in a mobile communications network includes a mobile communications device that detects a first signal strength from a current base station, and a current traffic indicator for the current base station. The mobile device also calculates a current base station adjusted...

20060194588 - Method and system for determining the altitude of a mobile wireless device: A method and system for determining the three-dimensional location of a mobile wireless device. In one implementation, the device is a cellular telephone making a 911 call from one floor of a multi-story building. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes establishing a database that associates transmission metrics...

20060194589 - Methods and systems for proximity communication: Methods and systems for proximity based communication between users of proximity communication devices (“PCDs”). A localized communication network is established by peer-to-peer communication between PCDs. Each PCD communicates with other PCDs in a wireless, localized, peer-to-peer network structure. Each PCD is identified to other PCDs in its own localized area...

20060194590 - Mobile communications terminal, service area calculation apparatus and method of calculating service area: A mobile communications terminal includes positional information generator configured to generate positional information indicating a current position of the terminal, receiver which receives identification information sent from the base station of the second mobile communication network, notification information generator configured to generate notification information including the identification information and the...

20060194587 - System and method for asset location in wireless networks: Described is a system and method for tracking an asset. The system may include a plurality of wireless access points and a computing arrangement communicating with the access points. The arrangement determines a location area of the device as a function of first data and a location of each of...

20060194591 - Location request method and apparatus in wireless communications networks and devices: A method and apparatus for suppressing subsequent re-request of a location request, for example a MO-LR request in a GSM communication system, by a mobile station (MS) (110) to the network. The method in the mobile station comprises transmitting (302) a location request message to a network. Then, at the...

20060194592 - Method and system for enhanced security using location-based wireless authentication: A method and system for enhancing security using location-based wireless authentication for a mobile device, the method comprising the steps of: sending from the mobile device to a base station a message, the message having a unique identifier associated with the mobile device; appending, at the base station, a location...

20060194594 - Location services in a communications system: A user equipment is located in a communication system by a method. The user equipment communicates on a user plane to a network element information that relates to a communication channel between the user equipment and a node of the communication system....

20060194593 - Method for locating a mobile unit in a wireless telecommnunication network: The present invention provides a method for locating mobile units in a wireless telecommunication network. The method includes determining at least one distance associated with a mobile unit in communication with at least one base station in a wireless telecommunications network, determining a first location based on said at least...

20060194595 - Messaging system and service: Embodiments of the invention are concerned with modification of messages en route to a destination. One such modification is the addition of third party material, such as advertisement data, to a message. Conventionally, such a modification of messages occurs in accordance with some input from the sender of the message,...

20060194596 - System and method for direct peer to peer mobile messaging: A method and system for enabling mobile users using wireless devices such as mobile phones to conduct real time direct peer to peer mobile messaging through mobile networks. The system and method of the present invention provides mobile messaging software running on mobile devices. The mobile messaging software has local...

20060194597 - Access point: An access point (10) for providing a wireless LAN, comprising: a communication unit (110) that performs a wireless LAN communication; a status determination unit (120) that, constituted by separate from hardware constituting the communication unit (110), determines radio wave statuses on each of a plurality of channels; a wireless communication...

20060194599 - Method and apparatus for allocating at least one parameter to at least one transmission channel: The present invention relates to a method for allocating at least one parameter to at least one transmission channel at an interface disposed between a first node and a second node of a transmission system, wherein the interface is connected to at least one link disposed between the first node...

20060194598 - Method of updating channel information by a mobile station that is in power saving mode: A method of updating channel information by a mobile station (MS) that is in power saving mode is disclosed. More specifically, the method includes the MS which receives status information of a first channel descriptor and transmission frame information which includes when the first channel descriptor is to be transmitted....

20060194600 - Method and system for voip over wlan to bluetooth headset using advanced esco scheduling: A system and method are disclosed for reducing interference in simultaneous wireless LAN (WLAN) and wireless personal area network (PAN) signal handling in mobile wireless terminals having both a WLAN and a PAN interface. The wireless terminal includes a first transceiver operating in the PAN network in a communications band...

20060194601 - Admission control to wireless network based on guaranteed transmission rate: Admission control for parameterized traffic among wireless stations and an access point takes into account time varying channel capacity as well as loss characteristics of the wireless channel in guaranteeing specified quality-of-service (QoS). In addition, transmission burstiness, which is a difference between a minimum transmission rate specified by the station...

20060194602 - Power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy: The present invention provides a method for power control based on estimates of cumulative received energy. The method includes accessing a plurality of slot detection metrics associated with a plurality of slots, combining the plurality of slot detection metrics, and determining a power control instruction based upon the combined slot...

20060194603 - Architecture partitioning of a nonvolatile memory: An architecture for a nonvolatile memory includes an embedded authentication block and an update engine processing device....

20060194607 - Electronic device, radio communication terminal and data transmission method: An electronic device includes: a radio transmitting part which transmits, by radio, transmission data having a real transmission data portion and a preamble portion mixed, the preamble portion constituted by pseudo noise signals arranged in a given pattern; a radio receiving part near the radio transmitting part, which receives transmission...

20060194605 - Mobile station message having a station class mark field for indicating an meid capable mobile station: A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse signaling channel, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark field indicating that the mobile station is uniquely...

20060194606 - Semiconductor integrated circuit for communication: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit for communication (RF IC) realizing high yield without deteriorating a carrier leak characteristic even when a modulation circuit is formed by using cheep parts with large variations. In a semiconductor integrated circuit (RF IC) including: an input circuit constructed by a differential...

20060194604 - Wireless control of helmet-mounted communications equipment: A communication system for use by a helmeted rider of power sports equipment which enables the rider to control operating characteristics, such as the operating mode, of a microphone-including arrangement for a two-way radio or public address (PA) equipment while the rider maintains his grip about the handlebars of the...

20060194610 - Band selection methods and related devices in a mobile communication system: A band selection method is utilized in a mobile station. The mobile station operates in a plurality of supported bands in a mobile communication system. The mobile communication system comprises a plurality of cells. The method comprises: calculating a suggested value of band selection to match a current environmental state...

20060194608 - Remote cellular receiver: A cellular telephone system and assembly that provides the quality of reception and convenience of a standard telephone without the requiring telephone cable hookup to a telephone line provider. Components of the cellular telephone assembly can include a cellular receiver and transmitter assembly, a filter and amplifier assembly, a cellular-to-cable...

20060194609 - Wireless communication apparatus and communicating method thereof: In a wireless communication apparatus 1 for executing transmission and reception of a voice signal using a wireless communication technique, composed of a sub station 3 and a base station 2 which executes wireless communication with a mobile terminal in either operation mode of a master mode and a slave...

20060194611 - Multi-channel communication device: A multi-channel communication device for transmitting on a first frequency band or a second frequency band is disclosed. The multi-channel communication device may include a first transceiver operating at the first frequency band, a second transceiver operating at the second frequency band, and a controller in signal communication with the...

20060194613 - Communication terminal apparatus: A communication terminal apparatus which improves the a quality of an additional function such as image processing, music reproduction etc. over repressing power consumption is provided. The communication terminal apparatus has a transmission and reception unit adapted to transmit or receive a signal including a voice signal or an image...

20060194612 - Portable electronic assembly with media playback function: A portable electronic assembly with media playback function includes a portable electronic device with a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a partition plate, a built-in USB OTG (On-The-Go) chip and a USB OTG connection port in the second chamber, a cover for sealing the first chamber and...

20060194614 - Wireless computer network inluding a mobile appliance containing a single chip transceiver: A wireless computer data network includes several untethered mobile units that make ad-hoc data connections with an Internet-connected base station using the IEEE-802.11a standard. Each unit includes a radio transceiver fully integrated on a single semiconductor chip. The receiver portion is a double-conversion superheterodyne type, and shares the same intermediate...

20060194615 - Method and apparatus for antenna selection in a diversity antenna system for communicating with implantable medical device: A far-field radio frequency telemetry (RF) system for communicating with an implantable medical device includes a diversity antenna system. An antenna control circuit selects one or more antennas of the diversity antenna system for reducing potential data transmission errors associated with nulls encountered by the telemetry system due to environmental...

20060194616 - Sectorized wireless communication network operating under 802.11 specifications: Methods and systems are provided to facilitate communication with a plurality of remote units in a communication area that includes a plurality of spatial sectors. The system includes a network controller configured to receive and transmit under IEEE 802.11 specifications, and a plurality of directional antennas coupled to the network...

20060194617 - Shapable antenna beams for cellular networks: Systems and methods are disclosed which provide aggressively sculpted or shaped antenna beams, such as sector antenna beams, for use in communication networks. Preferred embodiments use passive antenna feed networks, preferably configured as personality modules, which are adapted for corresponding topological and morphological features. Preferred embodiment feed networks may be...

20060194618 - Speaker assemblies and mobile terminals including the same: Mobile terminals include a housing, an electronic circuit and a speaker assembly positioned in the housing. The speaker assembly includes a first speaker positioned adjacent a first side of the electronic circuit and a second speaker positioned adjacent the first speaker on the first side of the electronic circuit. A...

20060194619 - Displays for portable electronic apparatus: A portable electronic device, for example a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant, has an internal screen for the display of information, the electronic device also having an external screen arranged to receive information from the electronic device and being capable of displaying this information on an electro-optic medium....

20060194620 - Central alert for a cellular telephone: A central alert for a cellular telephone has a cellular telephone with a call signal. A transmitter is coupled to the call signal and transmits the call signal. A central alert station has a receiver that receives the call signal....

20060194621 - Modular ear-piece/microphone that anchors voice communications: The present invention provides a wireless headset that anchors voice communications or calls to the wireless headset. This wireless headset includes wireless interface(s), and earpiece, a microphone, processing module, and a user interface. The wireless interface(s) wirelessly couples the wireless headset to a base station via a wireless personal area...

20060194622 - Circuit for a data carrier, which circuit can be switched from an energy-saving processing mode to a normal-consumption processing mode: Provided in a circuit (8) for a data carrier (7) are a circuit part (12), which requires a relatively large amount of energy, and at least part of a contact interface (11) via which the circuit part (12) can be supplied with electrical energy, which circuit part (12) is designed...

20060194624 - Method for controlling a mobile communication device to enter a power-saving mode and to recover timing after the mobile communication device leaves the power-saving mode: A method for controlling a mobile communication device to enter a power-saving mode and to recover timing after the mobile communication device leaves the power-saving mode. The mobile communication device communicates with a base station through a time division multiple access (TDMA) system so that wireless signals are transmitted via...

20060194623 - Receive-aware power saving in a wireless communications device: A wireless communications device may reduce power consumption by determining that a received communications sequence is not addressed to the wireless communications device, determining how long the communications sequence will last, and placing its own receive circuitry into a low power state until the communications sequence has ended....

20060194625 - Mobile electronic device carrier allowing selective opening of the electronic device: A portable electronic device carrier (100) includes a base (105) having a resting portion (110) which slidably receives an electronic device (200) for securing the electronic device in a stored position. The base further includes a projection (120) extending from the base and positioned to engage the electronic device where...

20060194626 - Defined ringing tone segments in an audio source: A method of using a normal music file, such as an MP3 file, stored in a mobile terminal to produce a ringing tone. The music file comprises a plurality of file segments, some of the segments having associated data identifying the segments such that when the mobile terminal receives a...

20060189271 - Display card with a wireless module: The present invention provides a display card with wireless communication functionality. A wireless module controlled by a graphic processing unit is formed in the display card. Audio-visual data is sent to the corresponding display through a wireless communication method by the display card. This display card can communicate with the...

20060189272 - Multi-media broadcast and multicast service (mbms) in a wireless communication system: Techniques to implement MBMS services in a wireless communication system. In one aspect, a method is provided for p8rocessing data for transmission to a plurality of terminals. Frames of information bits (which may have variable rates) are provided to a buffer implementing a matrix. The matrix is padded with padding...

20060189274 - Satellite communications systems and methods using diverse polarizations: Communications occur between a satellite and respective first and second classes of terminals using substantially different polarizations. The first class of terminals may include fixed and/or vehicle-based terminals, and the second class of terminals may include handheld terminals. The second class of terminals may include terminals configured to preferentially receive...

20060189275 - Satellites using inter-satellite links to create indirect feeder link paths: Methods of providing a feeder link between a first substantially geo-stationary satellite and a satellite gateway include establishing a communications link between the satellite gateway and a second substantially geo-stationary satellite, establishing an inter-satellite communications link between the first substantially geo-stationary satellite and the second substantially geo-stationary satellite, and communicating...

20060189273 - Systems, methods and devices for a ku/ka band transmitter-receiver: A Ka/Ku-band transmitter-receiver comprises a tri-band feed of a Ka-band transceiver, in conjunction with an array of phase combined patch receiving, antennas that operate at the Ku-band frequencies....

20060189276 - Methods and systems for intelligent adaptive gain control: A wireless enhancer for providing bidirectional amplification is provided. The wireless enhancer may be positioned in an automobile or other mobile vehicle and used to increase the ability of a user to communicate with an existing cell phone system. The wireless enhancer provides bidirectional amplification for multiple signal formats and...

20060189277 - Transceiver device with switching arrangement of improved linearity: The present invention relates to a transceiver device having a switching arrangement and to a method of improving such a switching arrangement, wherein an input impedance of a duplexer means, as seen by a switching means (10) at a predetermined frequency, is transformed to a predetermined maximum or a minimum...

20060189278 - System and method for making an electronic handheld device more accessible to a disabled person: An electronic handheld device is described having an options module for providing a user with at least one option in the handheld device, each option associated with an enabling mode of operation of the handheld device. The device also includes an enabling module for implementing, in response to a particular...

20060189280 - Pattern diversity to support a mimo communications system and associated methods: A MIMO communications system includes a transmitter, and a receiver synchronized with the transmitter. The transmitter changes the power levels for each layered space data stream on a time slotted basis. The data streams arrive at the receiver with various power levels, which provides suitable differences in the received signals...

20060189279 - Radio transmitting apparatus and radio transmission method: A radio transmitting apparatus that has a plurality of antennas and changes the number of modulated signals transmitted simultaneously according to the propagation environment and so forth. A transmission power changing section 12 of a radio transmitting apparatus of the present invention adjusts the pilot symbol signal level so as...

20060189281 - Method of wavelength selection control and wavelength variable filter device: A method of wavelength selection control is disclosed. The method includes detecting reference RF frequencies by varying the frequency of a RF signal supplied to a reference acousto-optic tunable filter with the reference RF frequencies corresponding to reference wavelengths of reference signals input to the tunable filter, performing tracking to...

20060189283 - Carrier leak reduction transmitter circuit: A transmitter circuit has two mixers that modulate a carrier wave according to an input signal, outputs a signal having information in a phase and an amplitude, detects a DC offset in each of the mixers, and adds a DC voltage that corrects the detected DC offset to the input...

20060189282 - Transmitter: A transmitter for averagedly suppressing the variation in input level of an amplifier according to variation in carrier level. The transmitter comprises an input power calculation section (16) for calculating mean input power of each carrier, an output power calculating section (17) for calculating mean output power of each carrier...

20060189285 - Communication semiconductor integrated circuit, a wireless communication apparatus, and a loop gain calibration method: A polar-loop wireless communication apparatus includes, on a forward path between an amplitude detector and a power amplifier which constitute an amplitude control loop, a variable gain amplifier and a switch to change characteristics of a loop filter to output a frequency bandwidth of the amplitude control loop to an...

20060189284 - Transmitter and mobile communication terminal using the same: With a dual mode transmitter capable of handling two modulation methods for nonconstant amplitude modulation and constant amplitude modulation, respectively, speed-up of transition between modes is implemented. In a mode handling the constant amplitude modulation, first capacitors included in a low-pass filter constituting an AM loop, and a second capacitor...

20060189286 - Multi-band low noise amplifier, multi-band low noise amplifier module, wireless integrated circuit and multi-band rf module: A multi-band radio module for selectively supplying received signals in a plurality of frequency bands to a low noise amplifier via an input impedance matching circuit by switching over the operation mode of the low noise amplifier is comprised of: a pre-stage amplification unit including a plurality of fundamental amplifiers...

20060189287 - Remote control system: Transmitters (1) of remote control systems are provided with surfaceacoustic-wave-resonators (42) and receivers (2) are provided with variable inductors (54,79) for aligning the receiver, to optimise the performance versus the costs. A receiver oscillating-filtering circuit (24) comprises a single transistor (74), capacitors (76,77) and a variable inductor (79) to create...

20060189288 - Methods and apparatus for controlling a gain state of a wireless receiver operating in an idle mode: The settling time of a wireless receiver is reduced by providing a previously utilized gain control state value to a low noise amplifier (LNA) of a receiver front end during a warm-up portion of a wake-up period of the wireless receiver which follows a sleep period. One illustrative method includes...

20060189289 - Device for receiving digital signals with fading compensation: The reception device according to the invention enables, through a predictive detection of fading on the channels adjacent to the selected channel n, the phase of the incoming signals received from secondary antennas to be corrected so as to eliminate the fading....

20060189290 - Direct conversion tuner: A direct conversion tuner down-converts television signals, cable signals, or other signals directly from an RF frequency to an IF frequency and/or baseband, without an intermediate up-conversion step for image rejection. The direct conversion tuner includes a pre-select filter, an amplifier, an image reject mixer, and a poly-phase filter. The...

20060189291 - Receiver and method for concurrent receiving of multiple channels: A signal receiving apparatus provides a flexible architecture for single or multiple channel reception capability. According to an exemplary embodiment, the signal receiving apparatus includes a front-end processor and one or more channel recovery elements. The front-end processor includes an A/D converter, a demultiplexer, and one or more filters. The...

20060189292 - Electronic circuit device: An electronic circuit device includes filters, and a 90-degree hybrid circuit connected to the filters. The 90-degree hybrid circuit may have first and second output terminals. The first terminal of the 90-degree hybrid circuit is connected to an input terminal of one of the filters, and the second terminal thereof...

20060189293 - Direct conversion with variable amplitude lo signals: Techniques to reduce LO leakage by controlling the amplitude of LO signal based on the level of output signal after the frequency conversion process. An LO generator receives a VCO signal and generates an LO signal having a variable amplitude and a frequency that is related to the frequency of...

20060189294 - Wireless communication system within a system on a chip: A communication system for transmitting data between cores embedded in an integrated circuit on a silicon chip. Communication system includes transmitter circuitry for wirelessly transmitting data between cores and receiver circuitry for wirelessly receiving the transmission of data from other cores. Both transmitter circuitry and receiver circuitry may include of...

20060189295 - Demodulator and phase compensation method thereof: The exemplary demodulator of the present invention can eliminate effectively a phase fluctuation which cannot be fully eliminated by a carrier recovery loop (feedback loop), with subsequent feed-forward phase compensation loop which shares a phase detector of the carrier recovery loop. A carrier recovery loop receives a digital signal after...

20060189296 - Procedure for monitoring the usage of a broadcasted content: Method for monitoring the usage of a service by a communication device coupled to a tamper resistant module, in particular a smart card. A said service is transmitted from a resource able to communicate with said communication device by way of a network. The service comprises a plurality of encrypted...

20060189297 - System and method for providing public transport information: A system and method for providing public transport information is disclosed, which implements a function capable of providing optimal public transport information to a user who uses public transport when transferring. To this end, when a user brings a mobile communication terminal having a transport card function, i.e., a mobile...

20060189298 - Method and software program product for mutual authentication in a communications network: A method for mutual authentication between a subscriber and a communications network, in which a random number is generated at the subscriber's terminal. The random number is sent to the authentication sub-system managing the authentication of the subscriber for the access to the network, e.g., together with a subscriber's identifier....

20060189299 - Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages: A mobile communications device (116) comprises a message receipt and routing logic structure (216), which may include a rule comparison logic structure, a message routing logic structure and a default message handling logic structure. The message receipt and routing logic structure (216) receives an incoming message via a data service...

20060189300 - Method and apparatus for sending notification about broadcast service in a mobile broadcast system: A method and apparatus for informing a plurality of terminals receiving the same Mobile Broadcast (BCAST) service of an upcoming event such as a BCAST service change in a BCAST system are provided. When receiving a notice of a notification event related to a BCAST service or an Service Guide...

20060189301 - Handheld electronic device providing an alert when additional user action is required to initiate an outgoing phone call, and associated method: A method of facilitating the initiation of an outgoing phone call on a handheld electronic device including receiving a request to initiate the outgoing phone call and determining whether additional user action is required in order to initiate the outgoing phone call. If it is determined that additional user action...

20060189302 - Network communication system using a single reservation request over one or more assigned frequencies to identify a node: A network communication system is provided for communication between network nodes, including individual nodes and a central control station node. In the network, signals are transmitted from the central control node to identify one or more frequencies that the node may transmit. When a first individual node has data to...

20060189303 - Method of updating a unique call back number for a wireless emergency call: In the method of updating a unique call back number for a wireless unit having originated an emergency call, a unique call back number for the wireless unit is updated (e.g., changed or added to a list of unique call back numbers) based on a received unique call back number....

20060189304 - Method and apparatus to facilitate alternative modes of operation for a portable communication device: A communications device (300) enabled to support both external voice communications functionality (301) (or other external communications of interest and choice) and other functionality (302) has at least a first and second mode of operation (304 and 305). The first mode of operation permits essentially all functionality while the second...

20060189306 - System and method for supporting multiple certificate authorities on a mobile communication device: A system and method for supporting operations with multiple certification authorities (CAs) on a communication device. A common CA interface is provided between a plurality of secure communication applications and a plurality of CA-specific components, each of which interacts with a particular CA. A further common interface may also be...

20060189305 - Telephone: An object is to provide a telephone enabling a user of a telephone to readily recognize which telephone user is a source of voice under transmission. This telephone 10 has a receiver 102 for receiving telephone information to specify each of an authorized telephone and unauthorized telephones, a display surface...

20060189307 - Portable radio receiver with an identification module: The portable radio receiver (4) with which programs of a central radio sender (1) can be received comprises an identification module (40) in which user-specific data are stored as well as a contactless interface (41) over which a radio connection can be established with external devices at close range in...

20060189308 - Mobile communication system and base station control apparatus: A neighbor sector is automatically set to effectively perform soft handover. A base station corresponding to a first sector to communicate with a wireless terminal and a base station corresponding to a second sector to start communication with the wireless terminal due to movement of the wireless terminal or the...

20060189309 - Reusing frequencies of a fixed and/or mobile communications system: A communications system includes a first wireless communications system configured to provide wireless communications over a first frequency band, and a second wireless communications system configured to provide wireless communications using at least a portion of the first frequency band. The system includes an inter-system communications link between the first...

20060189310 - Method and apparatus for code division switching of communication signals by trunk coding: A method provides for trunk group satellite switching using a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme. The method includes receiving inbound satellite beams carrying individually encoded user signals including a plurality of inbound trunk groups, processing and mapping the trunk group elements to a plurality of outbound trunk groups, routing...

20060189311 - Apparatus, system, and method for rapid wireless network association: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for rapid wireless network association. The apparatus includes a logic unit containing a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of conducting a preliminary full band search on a predefined frequency spectrum to identify the frequency of an active communication...

20060189312 - Mobile radio terminal: If a control unit detects that it is located outside the service area, searching for a base station on the basis of information stored in a first list storage area is conducted with a certain cycle by a first searching means and searching for a base station on the basis...

20060189313 - Apparatus and method for function setting event in mobile terminal according to user position information: An apparatus and method for a function setting event in a mobile terminal according to user position information are disclosed. According to the apparatus and method, a character agent function is added to a mobile terminal, and when an event occurs in the mobile terminal, the event occurrence and process...

20060189314 - System and method for providing information to a portable terminal: An information providing system can include a registration terminal having a guidance information registration database which stores information groups, which are correlated with reference position information. When portable terminal position information for specifying the position of a portable terminal is received together with a transmission request for the guidance information,...

20060189315 - Presence management server and system: A scheme and a device for managing a user state and a plurality of terminal states on a presence server, and for automatically selecting an optimum terminal by using both the user state and the terminal states. Priority degrees which depend on the terminal states are set, then selecting a...

20060189316 - Mobile assisted handoff system and method: A system and method for improved mobile assisted handoff in a digital cellular communication system that gives the mobile station the ability to synchronize to candidate base station transmissions in order to read the transmitted digital voice color code (DVCC) of the candidate station. This process is performed during the...

20060189317 - Mobile communication system and wireless base station device: A mobile communication system with which the time required for handover is short and which has a superior network operating efficiency. In the mobile communication system of the present invention, each wireless base station measures the strength of the radio waves received from a wireless terminal irrespective of whether or...

20060189318 - System and method for controlling an operational mode of a mac layer in broadband wireless access communication system: A method for controlling operation modes of a medium access control layer by a mobile subscriber station in a broadband wireless access communication system including the mobile subscriber station and a serving base station providing service to the mobile subscriber station is provided. The method includes the steps of: mode-transiting...

20060189319 - Control of a conditional access mechanism: A method for enabling access to information services such as subscription television, by subscribers. Information services such as television or radio transmissions are provided to a receiver device over a first communication channel such as a satellite, terrestrial or cable broadcast network. Communication between the receiver device and one or...

20060189321 - System and method for allocating frequency resource in a multicell communication system: A multicell communication system includes a plurality of cells which use a frequency band on a division basis, wherein a frequency reuse factor K is defined such that the frequency band is divided into K sub-frequency bands, the K sub-frequency bands are allocated to K cells including a serving cell...

20060189320 - Transmission rate control method, and mobile station: A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of user data transmitted by a mobile station via a logical channel, include: notifying, at a radio network controller, a guaranteed bit rate of the logical channel to the mobile station; and controlling, at the mobile station, a transmission rate...

20060189322 - Method for admission control for mobile networks, an admission controller and a communication system therewith: The invention concerns a method for providing admission control for the admission of a mobile terminal (STA2) to a mobile network, whereby said admission control is based on at least one parameter (APP) that characterizes the radio channel that shall be used for a connection of the mobile terminal (STA2)...

20060189323 - Radio resource control method, radio base station, and radio network controller: A radio resource control method of controlling a radio resource for transmitting user data by a mobile station via an uplink, including: sending, from a radio base station, a signal indicative of a reduction of a maximum allowable transmission rate of the user data signaled to the mobile station connected...

20060189327 - Location blocking service from a wireless service provider: Location-blocking and identity-blocking services that can be commercially offered by a service promoter, e.g., a cellular service provider or a web advertiser. In the identity-blocking service, the service promoter may disclose the current physical location of a mobile subscriber (i.e., a cellular phone operator) to a third party (e.g., a...

20060189325 - Mobile communication terminal for outputting schedule information based on the location of user and method: A method and apparatus of outputting schedule information based on the location of a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method includes the steps of: registering, in response to a user's request, at least one piece of location information for determining whether to inform of schedule information based on the...

20060189326 - Tracking system: A tracking system includes a call handler and a database containing information relating to items to be tracked. The database contains customer identification criteria that guide the call handler to determine whether to track a tracked item for a customer. Communication nodes communicate with the customer, send a signal to...

20060189324 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data: A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data...

20060189328 - Anonymous positioning of a wireless unit for data network location-based services: This invention concerns a process and a system for providing location information for a wireless unit in a wireless network to a location-based service provider, using a data network. In particular, the location information is provided to the location-based service provider without necessarily providing the identity of wireless unit, e.g.,...

20060189329 - Vehicular navigation based on site specific sensor quality data: A method and system for determining a location of a vehicle, the method comprises determining reception location data within a first cell of a work area for a vehicle. A reception quality estimator estimates reception quality data for the corresponding reception location data for the first cell. Optical location data...

20060189330 - Method for presentation of multiple graphical displays in operations support systems: Method and apparatus for presenting data in an operations support system. In one illustrative embodiment, a user is present with a list of aspects of a network for which graphical displays are available and allowed to select an aspect for which a graphical display is desired. A default graphic is...

20060189332 - Customized location area cluster paging: A method for paging a mobile station (40) served by a wireless telecommunications network (A) is provided. The network (A) includes a plurality of base stations (30) serving corresponding cells (32) which the mobile station (40) selectively uses to access the network (A). A plurality of location areas (22) are...

20060189331 - Multi-access call setup: In a multi-access communication system, a terminal is kept reachable through a first access network, which is most resource efficient one of the available access networks for keeping the terminal reachable. The terminal scans passively for the existence of usable base stations for other access networks of the system and...

20060189333 - Unified interface for voice, text or picture message authoring: A unified messaging interface and associated methods that enables mobile communication device users to initiate the creation of a message for a recipient without being required to explicitly specify the type of message that is to be created. The mobile communication device supports multiple message types, such as voice, text,...

20060189334 - Communication mode controlling method, mobile communication system, radio network controller, base station, and mobile communication terminal: A communication mode which should be set to a mobile communication terminal having a function of switching between an autonomous mode and a scheduling mode is determined based on an amount of interference in each of the communication modes in the cell of a base station, and/or communication characteristics of...

20060189335 - Method for transmitting information involving enhanced allocation of spectral resources: A method for transmitting information between at least two transceivers TRA and TRB linked together by a communication channel, said information being carried by means of at least one carrying signal Csg having an operating frequency, includes, according to the invention, a frequency selection step in the course of which...

20060189336 - Multimode access control method and multimode mobile station: In a multimode mobile station capable of communicating with a plurality of cellular systems where a current cellular system which the mobile station has acquired and a cellular system which the mobile station tries to access differ, access-failure information is stored at access failure time. The access-failure information includes any...

20060189339 - Method and system for deleting floor in poc system: A method and system for deleting a floor in a PoC system is provided, in which a session management server has a function to reset a floor management list, namely to cancel all reserved floors at once, and when an arbitrary PoC user makes a request to reset the floor,...

20060189340 - Method and system for guaranteeing seamless session when replacing poc terminal in poc system: A method and system for guaranteeing a seamless session when replacing a PoC terminal in a PoC system is provided, in which a currently busy PoC client can be replaced in an existing busy PoC session using a PoC compliant client capable of connecting the PoC session, thereby preventing a...

20060189337 - Premium voice services for wireless communications systems: Two advanced group-based voice services, known as Push-to-Conference (P2C) and Push-to-Message (P2M) services are provided by a real-time exchange (RTX) that interfaces to the wireless network. The RTX provides a full-duplex Push-to-Conference (P2C) session between an initiator and two or more other participants, wherein the P2C session comprises a full-duplex...

20060189338 - Updating a database of terminal capabilities for use in service provision to a wireless terminal: A method is provided of providing a telecommunications service to a wireless telecommunications terminal. This is by first receiving an indication that capability of the terminal has changed. A record in a database is then updated as to the change. The database is inspected so as to provide a telecommunications...

20060189343 - Method for forming power-efficient network: A method for forming a power-efficient network in a wireless sensor network including allowing a device connected to a first coordinator which configures a first wireless network to apply receiving-end power of the device for a predetermined time period intermittently; allowing the device to which the receiving-end power is applied...

20060189341 - Method of improving power control in a mobile radiocommunication system: A method of improving the performance of a mobile radiocommunication system. According to the invention, a network element, known as the first element of the network transmitting to mobile terminals, receives at least one datum from at least one other network element, known as the second network element, said datum...

20060189342 - Power control avoiding outer loop wind-up: Techniques for power control that avoids outer loop wind-up are disclosed. In one aspect, wind-up of a target power level is detected, and the target power level is modified in response. In another aspect, unwinding of the target power level is detected, after which the target power level is determined...

20060189344 - Uplink radio resource allocation method, radio base station, and radio network controller: An uplink radio resource allocation method allocates, at a radio base station, an uplink radio resource used for uplink user data transmission to a mobile station. The method includes: allocating, at the radio base station, the uplink radio resource, so that total received power in an particular cell of the...

20060189345 - Mobile electronic apparatus and function control method and program for the mobile electronic apparatus: A mobile phone terminal is provided in which first and second housings can be set to open and close states via a hinge portion. In the case that the terminal is at least in the close state and an electronic wallet function is locked, when side keys, namely, an “F”...

20060189346 - Apparatus and method for improving paging performance while simultaneously operating in different types of communication networks: A system and method of improving wireless communications between a wireless communication device and both a first network supporting voice and data services and a second network supporting packet data services. The method comprises providing the WCD with a primary transceiver and a secondary receiver for conducting wireless communications in...

20060189350 - Information processing apparatus and method, information processing system, and transmission medium: When a user gets interested in some music he/she listens to somewhere, for example, in a coffee shop, the user records that music in a memory provided in a portable terminal. A processor reads the information stored in the memory and performs a predetermined process on it. The resultant information...

20060189348 - Systems and methods for automatic synchronization of cellular telephones: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating image data between a first cell phone and a remote processor by capturing image data using a first cell phone camera; connecting with the remote processor; and synchronizing images stored in the first cell phone with images stored in a data storage device...

20060189349 - Systems and methods for automatic uploading of cell phone images: Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating image data in a cell phone with an integrated camera by capturing image data using the integrated cell phone camera; detecting when the cellular device is in range of a wireless local area network (WLAN); and transferring the image data from the cell...

20060189347 - Wireless phone device flashlight: A high-intensity LED is integrated into a wireless phone device to provide an extremely convenient flashlight functionality at the ready for a user in possession of their wireless phone, particularly useful in emergency situations. When an emergency or other need emerges suddenly and while the user is otherwise unable to...

20060189351 - Radio frequency switch device: A radio frequency switch is disclosed. The switch includes a plurality of first substrates in which a ground surface is formed on each of the first substrates and a micro-strip line and a semiconductor on/off switch are disposed on a plane surface of the ground surface, a plurality of second...

20060189352 - Base station and radio terminal: A base station for a wireless LAN system has physical layers corresponding to channels, and a MAC layer. The physical layers each transmits and receives a radio signal conforming to an IEEE 802.11 standard using a corresponding channel. When transmitting, the MAC layer divides an entire data frame conforming to...

20060189353 - Base station apparatus and control method for controlling channel density: A base station apparatus is provided for adaptively controlling a maximal accommodation channel number per unit area (for example, the coverage area of a cell or sector) in accordance with a traffic quantity without relying upon detachment of a mobile base station and installation of a repeater. Upon inputting of...

20060189354 - Base transceiver station having mobile and fixed wireless service distribution functions: A Base Transceiver Station (BTS) for interworking a Wireless Local Area Network (W-LAN) and a mobile communication network through a Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) link is provided. The BTS having mobile and fixed wireless service distribution functions includes a Wireless Local Area Network Access Point (W-LAN AP), a wireless service function block,...

20060189356 - Mobile communication terminal apparatus: A mobile communication terminal apparatus which performs radio communication with base stations using an adaptive array antenna which obtains an antenna output by multiplying output signals from the respective antenna elements of an array antenna by weighting factors using multipliers, and adding the resultant data using an adder estimates the...

20060189355 - System for efficiently providing coverage of a sectorized cell for common and dedicated channels utilizing beam forming and sweeping: A communication system transmits and receives communications within a sectorized cell between at least one primary station and at least one secondary station. The communication system includes a unit for generating and shaping a beam; an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals within said beam; and a unit for directing...

20060189357 - Mobile communication apparatus and method for altering telephone audio functions: A mobile communication apparatus and method aim to alter telephone audio functions. The communication apparatus according to the invention includes a sound generating module, a sound altering module, and a sound broadcasting module. The sound generating module generates telephone audio signals that include a user's speaking voice, a ringtone and...

20060189358 - Rechargeable dual-use transceiver set for audio applications: A rechargeable dual-use transceiver set for audio applications comprises a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The first transceiver includes a device end USB connector; a first connecting end USB connector; and a first transceiver unit. The second transceiver includes a second connecting end USB connector; at least one I/O...

20060189359 - Power-conserving intuitive device discovery technique in a bluetooth environment: A method and system for managing when a responder device (a device having a transceiver for wireless communication) is operating in a discoverable mode in a wireless network of devices, such as a Bluetooth network. In the discoverable mode, the responder device is set to scan for and respond to...

20060189360 - Athletic monitoring system and method: A system and method are disclosed for monitoring the athletic performance of a user while also providing the user with entertainment such as an outputting of music. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a housing component at least partially defining an enclosure. A...

20060183420 - Method and apparatus for intelligent noise reduction in a distributed communication system: A wireless distribution system includes a number of remote units distributed in a coverage area to receive wireless signals and to provide the signals through the distribution system to input ports of an expansion unit where the signals are combined, detectors operatively connected to one or more of the plurality...

20060183421 - Physical layer repeater with selective use of higher layer functions based on network operating conditions: A physical layer frequency translating repeater (600, 700) for use in a wireless network includes signal processor (710-714) coupled with a signal processing bus (711), a processor (627) and a memory (650). The physical layer repeater conducts physical layer repeating and selectively conducts layer 2 and possibly layer 3 functions...

20060183422 - Method and system for interfacing a machine controller and a wireless network: A wireless interface module interfaces a machine control system, such as a vending machine controller, with one of plural wireless networks through one of plural removably coupled wireless transceivers. Communication between geographically distributed vending machines and a desired wireless network is supported by coupling a transceiver associated with the desired...

20060183423 - Flexible inter-network communication scheduling: Systems and methods are provided for managing communications between two or more ad-hoc networks in a communication system. The systems and methods may have flexible communication time sharing of one or more nodes taking part in two or more ad-hoc networks. For example, the communication scheduling function for a node...

20060183424 - Reduced instruction set baseband controller: In wireless communications such as in the Bluetooth communication system, an execution unit sequentially receives software instructions for execution. Prior to completing each instruction, the execution unit issues an interrupt indicating the upcoming completion of the instruction execution and awaits receipt of the next instruction. A Link Manager issues limited...

20060183425 - Reduced instruction set baseband controller: The present invention provides a wireless headset that anchors voice communications or calls to the wireless headset. This wireless headset includes wireless interface(s), and earpiece, a microphone, processing module, and a user interface. The wireless interface(s) wirelessly couples the wireless headset to a base unit via a wireless personal area...

20060183426 - Use of location awareness to control radio frequency interference in a healthcare environment: A method of controlling RF interference in a healthcare establishment. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated to a first piece of equipment within the healthcare establishment; determining whether the first piece of equipment is positioned relative to a second piece of equipment within the healthcare...

20060183427 - Eyeglasses with wireless communication features: A microphone, transmitter, speaker, receiver, and power source, all mounted to an eyeglasses frame, for sending and receiving signals wirelessly to and from a remote cell phone or other electronic device. The microphone and the transmitter can be mounted to extension arms that can be extended, pivoted, or otherwise moved...

20060183428 - Method for configuring gain factors for uplink service in radio telecommunication system: A method for configuring gain factors in a WCDMA telecommunication system is provided in which the gain factor for defining power required for normal reception of uplink data in an environment supporting an uplink service over an E-DCH can be configured using minimal signaling information. First gain factors for first...

20060183430 - Method of extracting a signal: A method is provided of extracting desired signals st from contaminated signals yt measured via respective communication channels. The system comprising the desired signals st and the channels is modelled as a state space model. In the model, the desired signals have time-varying characteristics which vary more quickly than second...

20060183429 - Radio link quality determination in a wireless network: A method of determining a radio link quality state in a wireless communication system by predicting a signal quality metric of a secondary channel in the absence of the second signal. The predicted signal quality metric may be determined from a received reference signal on a first channel and a...

20060183432 - Calibration using range of transmit powers: A transmitter can send frames with a range of transmitter powers to another device in a wireless network. The quality metrics computed from these frames can be advantageously used to determine an optimal transmit power. These quality metrics can be computed by the other device or by the transmitter. Each...

20060183431 - Mobile station traffic state antenna tuning systems and methods: Wireless communication device antenna matching circuit tuning responsive to power control signals, and, optionally, responsive to received signal quality indicators in a traffic channel. Systems and methods are provided that increase the antenna efficiency in either the transmit frequency or the receive frequency as needed, based on fading and environmental...

20060183434 - Transceiver front-end: A transceiver front-end provides an interface between a transmission medium and transmitter, and between a transmission medium and receiver. The transceiver front-end includes a hybrid circuit, a high-pass filter, and a gain stage, that permits the reduction or the complete elimination of buffer amplifiers. Buffer amplifiers can be eliminated because...

20060183433 - Wireless communication apparatus: The present invention provides a wireless communication apparatus that can maintain good and stable antenna characteristics, regardless of the change in the profile of the cabinet and that of the antenna element. The wireless communication apparatus includes a profile changeable cabinet adapted to changes its profile at least from a...

20060183435 - Keyboard structure: A keyboard structure has a housing with a first cover and a second cover. A plurality of keys is provided on the first cover and used for data input. A wireless transmission module is located inside the housing for transmitting signals. A first clamping part pivoted on the second cover...

20060183436 - Wireless communication system: A wireless communication system is disclosed herein. The wireless communication system may include transmitter units and a receiver. In one embodiment, each transmitter has an address and logic programmed to perform the steps of receiving a user selection and, responsive to the receiving, repeatedly transmitting a wireless selection signal until...

20060183437 - Circuit arrangement for a mobile radio device: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement for a mobile radio device comprising a power divider (1) for dividing a high-frequency transmit signal over at least two antennas (2,3( spatially arranged mutually apart and comprising at least one phase shifter (4) connected between one of the antennas (2, 3) and...

20060183438 - Communication system, base station, radio network controller, and transmission power controlling method: A communication system causes a base station to transmit a downlink control signal to a mobile station through a downlink control channel, and causes the base station to transmit a downlink data signal to the mobile station through a downlink data channel. The communication system includes a diversity judging unit...

20060183439 - Method and system for diversity processing including using dedicated pilot method for closed loop: Methods and systems for diversity processing including using dedicated pilot method for closed loop may include combining a plurality of received WCDMA/HSDPA multipath signals for each diversity transmit antenna to at least one processed diversity signal. The received WCDMA/HSDPA multipath signals may originate from diversity transmit antennas at a base...

20060183440 - Digital transmitter and method: A transmitter and method is provided for digitally upconverting a baseband digital signal to a modulated intermediate frequency (IF) digital signal and sigma-delta modulating the IF digital signal. The baseband digital signal is split into N phases, as can be accomplished using a polyphase interpolation technique (polyphase filter), and modulated....

20060183441 - Method for determining a measurement time period: A method for determining a measurement time period for measuring a propagation environment in a wireless station set having a plurality of wireless stations, between which wireless communication is made using a channel selected from a plurality of channels different in frequency. The method includes the steps of: obtaining a...

20060183443 - Mobile station access and idle state antenna tuning systems and methods: Wireless communication device tuning an antenna matching circuit responsive to a receive signal quality indicator and, optionally, responsive to a failed access probe is provided. Systems and methods are provided that increase the antenna efficiency in either the transmit frequency or the receive frequency in an idle or access state...

20060183442 - Mobile station acquisition state antenna tuning systems and methods: Wireless communication device tuning an antenna matching circuit to favor a receive band efficiency over a transmit band efficiency in an acquisition state. Systems and methods are provided that increase the antenna efficiency in the receive band when the wireless communication device is searching for a synchronization message in order...

20060183444 - Capacitance compensation type directional coupler and ipd for multi-band having the same: The present invention relates to a directional coupler, in particular, to a capacitance compensation type directional coupler comprising a signal line for transmitting signals. A coupling line is formed apart from and parallel to the signal line, with its first end transmitting the extracted power and its second end terminated....

20060183445 - Down converter with shielding structure: A down converter includes a housing, a down conversion circuit, and a shielding structure. The down conversion circuit is disposed in the housing. The shielding structure is disposed above the down conversion circuit. The shielding structure comprises a cavity and a fine-tunable mechanism. A size of the cavity is adjusted...

20060183446 - Radio-frequency amplifier system: A device for measuring voltage levels includes a root mean square (RMS) detector. The RMS detector includes a linear multiplier, a log converter, a low-pass filter and a temperature compensator. The linear multiplier multiplies a voltage of an input signal by the voltage of the input signal. The low-pass filter...

20060183447 - Radio frequency tuner: A radio frequency tuner is provided having inputs for receiving signals in common or overlapping frequency ranges from distribution networks. Each input is connected to a respective first converter, for example performing upconversion to a first intermediate frequency above the RF frequency ranges of the incoming signals. The first frequency...

20060183448 - System and method for transmitting signals having audio data in a vehicle: A system and a method for transmitting signals having audio data in a vehicle are provided. The system includes a first transceiver configured to receive an analog communication signal having the audio data and to transmit a first FM signal having the audio data in an ISM frequency band in...

20060183449 - Gain variable voltage/current conversion circuit and filter circuit using the same: The present invention provides a voltage-current converting circuit which is capable of varying a gain in a wide range without a switching circuit by applying a control voltage to a single control terminal. The voltage-current converting circuit is comprised of a parallel circuit including positive resistors R1 and R2, and...

20060183450 - Localization of radio-frequency transceivers: The invention concerns a localization and communication methods and system between mobile stations and a central server through a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless radio-frequency transmitting access points (APQ-AP4), among which a first access point is chosen to perform the communication, comprising the steps of measuring the signal...

20060183451 - Method and system for continuously compensating for phase variations introduced into a communication signal by automatic gain control adjustments: A communication system including an automatic control (AGC) circuit, a receiver, an analog to digital converter (ADC) and an insertion phase variation compensation module. The AGC circuit receives and amplifies communication signals. The gain of the AGC circuit is continuously adjusted. The AGC circuit outputs an amplified signal to the...

20060183452 - Wireless transmission device capable of transmitting media from multiple channels: A wireless transmission device capable of transmitting media from different channels concurrently. The transmitter of the device places the inputted TV signals and an audio/video signal on different segments of a frequency spectrum, combines the signals of all segments into one combined signal, and transmits the combined signal as a...

20060183453 - Methods and apparatus to perform signal removal in a low intermediate frequency receiver: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for removing an undesired component from a low intermediate frequency signal having an intermediate center frequency and an undesired component at a first frequency. One example method may include determining an amplitude of the undesired component; frequency shifting the low intermediate frequency...

20060183454 - Adaptive coherent rfid reader carrier cancellation: Systems and methods for adaptive cancellation of carrier content includes receiving a signal, adaptively detecting an amount of carrier content in the received signal, generating a feedback signal for canceling out the carrier content in the incoming signal, and introducing the feedback signal for canceling out a majority of carrier...

20060183455 - Frequency synthesizer for mixing reference frequencies: A frequency synthesizer for mixing reference frequencies using at least one control signal has a local oscillator, frequency dividers for dividing a frequency generated from the local oscillator and generating at least one control signal, and a single side band (SSB) mixer for mixing the reference frequencies, using the frequency...

20060183456 - Semiconductor device, radio terminal device, and radio communication equipment: A semiconductor device includes a first analog circuit (53) adapted to a first performance, and a second analog circuit (55) realizing a second performance higher than the first performance by cooperating with the first analog circuit. It becomes possible to switch circuit characteristics appropriately in accordance with a requested performance...

20060183457 - Barrier movement operator communications: A moveable barrier operator actuates an actuator thereby causing a message to be formed. The message indicates that the user at the moveable barrier operator requires assistance. A communication channel is established between the moveable barrier operator and an assistance center. The message is transmitted to the assistance center over...

20060183458 - Color matching process for field repair of vehicle coatings: This invention is directed to a computer-implemented process for the repair of at least one blemish in a paint coating of vehicle which comprises the following steps: (1) the a manufacturer of the vehicle is selected from a list stored in a personal digital assistant (PDA); (2) the paint code...

20060183459 - Method and system for supporting wireless network services in a network through another network havig a different network technology: The present invention provides a system and method for migrating a control of a wireless communication service provided to a mobile station (MS) in a first network depending on a first technology to a second network depending on a second technology. When receiving a request for the wireless communication service...

20060183460 - Instant help security system for emergency help using 2g, 2.5g and 3g cellular wirelesses half duplex call: A security system (52) using cellular wireless half duplex communication call (62) is provided. The security system (52) comprises a set of monitored resources (10), group of owners (48) and group of helpers (50) connected using said cellular wireless half duplex call (52). The monitored resource (10) is configured to...

20060183462 - Managing an access account using personal area networks and credentials on a mobile device: A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards automatically managing an access account at an access point using near field communications and credentials stored on a mobile device. The mobile device receives, out-of-band, information for use in creating an account for accessing network resources from the access point. As the...

20060183463 - Method for authenticated connection setup: The invention relates to a method for the authenticated establishment of a connection between a mobile subscriber and a WLAN radio communication system. The mobile subscriber signs on as a guest to an access point of the WLAN network via an insecure connection or via a secure connection that is...

20060183461 - System and method of modifying policy settings in an electronic device: The present invention provides a system and method of modifying policy settings in an electronic device. An embodiment includes a plurality of access stations, each capable of wirelessly transmitting across a geographic region. A mobile electronic device, capable of roaming between regions is operable to establish a wireless link with...

20060183464 - User equipment (ue) assisted system database update: A wireless communication system includes a base station that receives information regarding neighboring wireless systems and updates and stores this information for use in handover of user equipments (UEs)....

20060183465 - System and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device: The present invention provides systems and method for delivering information to a transmitting and receiving device. The device receives a notification alerting a user of the device that information is available to be obtained and, in some embodiments, providing a short description of the information. After receiving the notification at...

20060183466 - Data reproducing method and apparatus for mobile phone: A data file reproducing method for a personal terminal which can include providing a data file by connecting a data supplying server to a communication network, selecting a data file, connecting the data supplying server to a personal terminal, transferring the selected data file to the personal terminal, and storing...

20060183467 - Dynamically modifying the display of a computing device to provide advertisements: A geographic-based communications service system has a mobile unit for transmitting/receiving information, and access points connected to a network. The access points are arranged in a known geographic locations and transmit and receive information from the mobile unit. When one of the access points detects the presence of the mobile...

20060183468 - Phone number replace code system and method: A processor-implemented method of placing telephone calls includes determining if a phone call initiated to a phone number has connected. If the phone call did not connect, then the processor determines if the phone number has an associated replace code for any subset of the phone number. If a replace...

20060183469 - Mobile communication device backup, disaster recovery, and migration scheme: In a multiple customer subscriber communication system, an information backup and transfer method for wireless, mobile communication devices at least includes: a) maintaining a user state database under the dominion of a control office; b) initiating a communication session at least between a mobile communication device and the central office,...

20060183470 - Method and arrangement of testing device mobile station: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement of testing a device, such as a peripheral device, in a mobile station. The arrangement comprises a signal generator for generating a test signal for the device under test, a measurement unit integrated into the mobile station for measuring en electric...

20060183471 - Method for predicting air interface capacity based on performance measurements: The present invention provides a method of wireless telecommunications in a wireless telecommunications network that provides a plurality of service types. The method includes accessing at least one first performance measurement associated with the wireless telecommunications network and determining at least one load associated with at least one of the...

20060183472 - Control of data call origination based on prior origination attempts: A wireless device receives a request to originate a data call, e.g., from the user or a higher layer application. If origination control is not to be applied, then the wireless device originates the data call immediately. Otherwise, the origination of the data call is controlled based on prior data...

20060183473 - Cordless apparatus: In a cordless apparatus, a main device and an additional device each has a communication unit that is capable of selecting a radio channel used for radio communication from a plurality of radio channels of which frequencies are different from each other. The main device has a transmittance control unit...

20060183474 - Aircraft communications system and related method for communicating between portable wireless communications device and ground: An aircraft communications system includes a wireless local area network (LAN) access point positioned within the aircraft that receives and transmits wireless communications to and from at least one portable wireless communications device. A control panel is operatively connected to the wireless LAN access point and positioned within the flight...

20060183475 - System and method for registration and packet data reconnect: Methods, mobile stations and networks are provided that cause a packet data service reconnect to be performed automatically after the occurrence of an event triggering registration, even in some circumstances where such a data service reconnect would not normally occur. This avoids complications that can arise due to the packet...

20060183476 - Mobile communication terminal and communication management apparatus: In order to solve the foregoing problem, the communication management apparatus according to the present invention is a cellular phone (101) capable of performing communication by a plurality of communication systems, wherein the plurality of communication systems include a WCDMA system and a communication system based on SIP (system for...

20060183477 - Network selection user interface for wireless devices: A method for selecting a wireless network for a wireless device comprising: receiving a command from a user through a clickable thumbwheel and a graphical user interface (“GUI”) presented on a display of the wireless device to scan for and identify available networks; displaying a choice of the available networks...

20060183481 - Base station transmission power control system, mobile station and base station: In soft hand over in a code division multi access mobile radio communication system, interference in a down link caused by transmission from a plurality of base stations for one mobile station, can be restricted. Control of transmission power is performed according to command from the mobile station only in...

20060183480 - Mobile communication system: A mobile communication system for providing mobile communication service by radio to a mobile station is disclosed. The mobile communication system comprises base stations having a function of controlling hand-overs and in-coming and out-going calls necessary for providing the mobile communication service, and a multi-cell controlling station having a function...

20060183479 - Mobile node for discovering neighbor networks in heterogeneous network environment and network discovery method: A network discovery method in a heterogeneous network environment. The network discovery method includes receiving neighbor information indicating neighbor PoAs from a MIIS entity at a mobile node that includes a plurality of communication interface sections capable of communicating with different networks; checking at least one neighbor PoA using the...

20060183478 - System and method for handling media in a seamless handoff environment: A method for handling media in a make-before-break handoff between wireless networks is provided that includes communicating with a mobile station to facilitate a session handoff between two call legs of a session. The method also includes identifying a relevant frame of one of the legs, performing a cross correlation...

20060183482 - Radio network controller, a mobile communication system, and a neighbor cell list filtering method: The present invention provides a mobile communication system, a radio network controller (RNC), and a neighbor cell list filtering method which can control the selection of a frequency to be used at the hard handover performed in a network environment using a plurality of frequency bands and frequencies to reduce...

20060183483 - Communication system radio communication terminal, and radio base station: In a wireless communication system configured from a wireless base station and a wireless communication terminal, wherein a wireless communication line is set between the wireless base station and the wireless communication terminal, the wireless base station includes a wireless base station transmission rate broadcast section that notifies the wireless...

20060183484 - Location services for unlicensed mobile access: There is disclosed a method of supporting location services in an unlicensed mobile access network, comprising transferring location related information between one or more mobile stations and a network control element....

20060183485 - Location system and wireless base station: In the conventional wireless location system that synchronizes base stations by wireless communication, waveforms of a signal used for synchronization and of a signal used for delay measurement are the same, and therefore if there is a reflected wave in an earlier-sent signal, it becomes difficult to distinguish two kinds...

20060183486 - Systems and methods for locating cellular phones and security measures for the same: Systems and methods for locating a cellular phone are provided. More particularly, systems and methods for providing the location of a requested user's cellular phone from a requesting user's device (e.g., a second cellular phone) based on access rights defined by the requested user. Location descriptions may be provided at...

20060183487 - Method for locating coverage gaps in wireless communication services: A method for determining coverage gaps within a geographical area served by a wireless communication network includes: (a) receiving a location report from each of a plurality of mobile units; (b) storing all location reports received from the mobile units in a database; and (c) searching the database for a...

20060183488 - Wireless network range estimation and associated methods: The wireless communications system includes a plurality of wireless communications devices, with each device type having a known latency profile associated therewith. A wireless device detector includes a controller for cooperating with a transceiver for transmitting a plurality of device finding signals to a target wireless communications device. The target...

20060183489 - Method and system for authenticating messages exchanged in a communications system: In a communications system supporting the exchange of messages, a method for authenticating messages, comprising: having a message sender send a message to be authenticated to a signature generator entity in the communications system; having the signature generator entity generate a signature with respect to the received message, the signature...

20060183490 - Channel assay for thin client device wireless provisioning: The task of configuring a thin client device for networking functionality and connectivity is simplified using a portable computer-readable media device to transfer and automatically load RF interference data into a provisioning device. A wireless radio frequency channel that is usable for the wireless protocol to be employed by the...

20060183492 - Radio system with universal communication interface: A radio system comprises a radio (1) having a transmit mode activated by a press to talk (PTT) switch (16) mounted on a universal communication interface (12) for mounting on a radio interface (6) associated with the radio (1). The radio interface (6) may or may not form part of...

20060183491 - Reducing size of messages over the cellular control channel: Methods and apparatus for initiating a PTT call from a caller client device to a recipient client device. The methods and apparatus register the caller client device with the PTT system, wherein caller data identifying the caller client device is transmitted to the PTT system; store the caller data; generate,...

20060183493 - Adaptive step size method for power control in wireless communication system and system for the same: The present invention relates to an adaptive step size method for power control in wireless communication systems and a system for the same. The method includes the steps: obtaining the power control information whose number is previously set in previous power control cycle and that in current power control cycle;...

20060183497 - Performing power control in a mobile communications system: A mobile communications system includes base stations and mobile units. A power control scheme is provided in which a mobile unit can enter into a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode. During DTX mode, the mobile unit is not transmitting traffic channels that can be monitored to determine frame errors so that...

20060183494 - Radio communication system: In a radio communication system having a primary station and a plurality of secondary stations, the power of uplink and downlink channels between the primary station and a secondary station is controlled in a closed loop manner by each station transmitting power control commands to the other station. In response...

20060183495 - System and method for global power control: A system and method are provided for global transmission power control in a wireless communication device. The method comprises: measuring the received power of a receiving device; collecting the received power measurements, and accepting a received power threshold; and, generating the optimal transmit power level for a transmitting device, in...

20060183496 - Uplink transmission power control in a cdma base station: A CDMA base station is disclosed that prevents significant increase in the amount of interference within an entire cell even when there exist in the cell mobile stations that perform high-speed packet communication. The CDMA base station comprises a noise estimation circuit, a noise comparator and a TPC bit generating...

20060183498 - Apparatus and method for transmitting information for mbms: An apparatus and method for transmitting information for a Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) is provided that facilitates a mobile communication device receiving a specific MBMS without any difficulty when the device moves from one area to another area. By providing MBMS status information to a controller in the area from...

20060183499 - Telecommunication system for automatically locating by network connection and selectively delivering calls to mobile client devices: A communication system for an organization having multiple sites uses a dual-mode device capable of both cell phone communication and telephone communication on a local area network (LAN). IP LANS are established at organization sites such that a temporary IP address is assigned to a dual-mode device that logs onto...

20060183500 - Activating an identity module for a communication system: An identity module is activated in the following manner. A customization center stores an initial identity code in the identity module and communicates the initial identity code to a network management system. A distributor assigns a communication address to the identity module and communicates the communication address together with the...

20060183501 - Expansion module system and control method therefor: An expansion module has a standard interface, such as USB or a PC card, with its outward shape structured to allow the expansion module to be exclusively used with the drive unit of a recording medium. An information processing system includes a first ID recording unit in which the ID...

20060183502 - Method and apparatus for informing a radio access network of a selected core network from user equipment in a network sharing system: A method of informing a selected CN operator from a UE to a RAN in an NS system where a plurality of CN operators shares the RAN is provided. Upon request of transmission of an IDT, the UE acquires a CN operator ID selected from a multi-ID list broadcasted from...

20060183504 - Calibration method, and base station apparatus, terminal apparatus and radio apparatus utilizing the same: An examining unit examines the radio wave environments on at least one of a plurality of frequency channels usable in communications. Based on a result of examination by the examining unit, a selector selects a frequency channel to be used for communications. While using the channel selected by the selector,...

20060183503 - Reducing the effect of signal interference in null areas caused by overlapping antenna patterns: A wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving wireless communications using at least one beam is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of WTRUs, at least one beam-forming antenna, and at least one radio network controller (RNC). The antenna is capable of beam-forming and beams emanating from the antenna may...

20060183506 - Apparatus and method for forming event picture in mobile communication terminal: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for forming an event picture in a mobile communication terminal. According to the invention, when there occurs any event such as call reception, alarm or message reception under state that a service picture is displayed on a screen of the terminal, the current...

20060183505 - Digital mobile planner: A handheld electronic device (201) is provided. The device comprises (a) first (207) and second (209) displays; (b) a first processor adapted to run an operating system on the first display; and (c) a second processor capable of executing an operating system on the second display independently of the first...

20060183508 - Mobile terminal with at least two transducers: The invention concerns a mobile terminal with at least two transducers (LSm, LSs1, LSS2) used simultaneously as loudspeakers for stereophonic effect. According to the invention, one of said transducers is a main transducer (LSm) with a main working frequency band (Bm) corresponding to at least the phone frequency band, while...

20060183507 - Speaker system: A speaker system functioning as a stand capable of power supply to a mobile phone and hand-free communication and being capable of derived surround reproduction or stereo reproduction is provided. An enclosure (201), on which a mobile phone is placed, includes therein supply means (209) for supplying electric power to...

20060183509 - Dc power source for an accessory of a portable communication device: An accessory (102) for a portable communication device (104) includes audio input ports (134) for receiving a differential audio signal having a DC bias (114), a speaker (116) coupled to the audio input ports, and accessory electronics (124) powered by the DC bias. The use of the DC bias of...

20060183510 - Automatic sensing power systems and methods: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system....

20060183513 - Audio caller id for mobile telephone headsets: A caller ID feature on the mobile telephone identifies the telephone number of an incoming call and correlates the number with any corresponding voice tag stored in the personal directory. The voice tag associated with the incoming caller is delivered from the telephone to the headset where it is played...

20060183511 - Cellular phone holder: An cellular phone holder includes a holder apparatus, a fixed apparatus, and an operating apparatus. The holder apparatus includes a main body. The fixed apparatus includes a fixed plate longitudinally disposed thereon. A teeth-formed end composed of a plurality of protruding teeth is formed on one side of the fixed...

20060183512 - Folding type portable terminal: When it is determined that the shells are set in the second state in an automatic activation mode, a TV receiver and TV display application program are activated, and a TV video signal is displayed on the main display. A full-screen display mode of displaying the TV video signal by...

20060183514 - Telephone and telephone accessory signal generator and methods and devices using the same: A device includes a telephone accessory configured and arranged to transmit an audio signal; and an audio effects generator coupled to the telephone accessory or a video effects generator. The audio effects generator can produce at least one user-initiated audio effect that is transmitted as part of the audio signal....

20060183516 - Light therapy element incorporated mobile communication device: A cellular phone is provided for enable a user of the phone to conduct phototherapy using the phone. The cellular phone includes a body member having a keypad positioned on a first side thereof and a cover member coupled to the body member and movable between a closed position and...

20060183515 - Portable wireless unit: A portable wireless apparatus having a first parasitic element disposed in the front case of a first casing and made longer than the electrical length of an antenna, and a second parasitic element disposed in the back case of the first casing and made shorter than the electrical length of...

20060183517 - Display rotating and sliding module: The present invention provides a display rotating and sliding module for a mobile phone. This module includes a sliding mechanism for moving the display to adjust its position and a rotatingal mechanism pivotably connected with the display to adjust the included angle....

20060183518 - System for securing a cellular phone and viewing information window: A system or case for the folding of a cellular phone having an associated viewing window includes a semi-rigid substantially rectangular case for effecting the selectable securement of a cellular phone therein, the case having a front major base and a rear major base having an opening substantially proportioned in...

20060178105 - System and method for selectively receiving digital multimedia broadcasting (dmb) data broadcast: A system and method for selectively receiving only data broadcast information desired by a user from a digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) data broadcast is disclosed herein. The system includes a terminal having a function of receiving a DMB data broadcast, a service network information (SNI) application management server that transmits...

20060178106 - Radio frequency repeater: A radio frequency repeater equipment in a radio communication system is disclosed. An indoor space exists under a radio base station of the radio communication system, and a mobile terminal in the indoor space performs radio communications with the radio base station via the radio frequency repeater equipment, the radio...

20060178107 - Positioning system, terminal device, control method of terminal device, control program of terminal device, and computer readable recording medium recording control program of terminal device: A communication base station has: base station position information storing means; signal electric wave for communication with sending time information generating means; satellite time information generating means; time difference information generating means for generating the time difference information indicating a time difference between the sending time and the satellite time...

20060178108 - Method and apparatus for controlling radio wave transmission from a portable information processing device: An information processing device capable of controlling radio wave transmission is disclosed. The information processing device includes an acceleration detection unit and a flag setting unit. The acceleration detection unit detects an acceleration applied to the information processing device. In response to the magnitude of the detected acceleration and the...

20060178109 - Communication system, communication method and communication apparatus: The present invention makes it possible to enhance the degree of freedom in communication using a quasi-electrostatic field. According to the present invention, by causing a human body to act as an antenna to send and receive ID information D5 while avoiding 8 Hz peaks Px that appear with a...

20060178110 - System and method for interacting with an entity by means of a mobile station via a user-wearable terminal: A system for interacting with a physical entity includes a user-wearable terminal and a mobile station. The user-wearable terminal is capable of automatically receiving a selection of a physical entity as at least a portion of a user wearing the terminal moves into proximity with the entity thereby moving the...

20060178111 - Apparatus and method for canceling noise in wireless transceiver: A method of canceling noise of a reception module in a wireless transceiver including the steps of determining a filtering band using channel information; generating a switching control signal, selecting a filter to perform filtering according to the determined filtering band; and switching a receive signal received through an antenna...

20060178112 - Noise level communication for high speed uplink packet access: A communication flow for HSUPA is shown that allows a NodeB to measure the thermal plus background noise level (Prx—noise), and at the same time which also allows the RNC, according to its own (centralized) strategy, to overwrite the very same value that is then used in NodeB (de-centralized) scheduling....

20060178113 - Radio quality estimation system, base station, mobile station, and radio quality estimation method: An object of the present invention is to provide a radio quality estimation system, a base station, a mobile station, and a radio quality estimation method whereby, regardless of influence of fading, a radio quality of a predetermined measurement period is more accurately estimated. An interference power calculator calculates an...

20060178114 - Tunable radio frequency filter: The present invention provides a filter unit cell. The filter unit cell includes a variable capacitor coupled in series between first and second nodes and an inductor coupled in series between the second node and a third node....

20060178115 - Data transmission over an in-use transmission medium: An embodiment includes a method that includes receiving data through a non-voice input. The method also includes translating the data into one or more numeric values. The method includes encoding the one or more numeric values into an audio stream, wherein the audio stream is to be transmitted over a...

20060178118 - Communication device: A communication device includes a first housing having a first substrate and a second housing having a second substrate, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are connected by a signal wire including a plurality of thin electric wires, each of which is made of a conductor covered with...

20060178117 - Devices for protection against overheated operating temperatures of mobile telephones: The invention relates to devices with which users of mobile telephones can receive early warnings and be able to react to malfunctions of the operating temperature due to overheating. Hereby the danger of injury to health or damage to property due to overheating of the batteries of mobile telephones can...

20060178116 - Mobile wireless communications device providing pattern/frequency control features and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a plurality of antennas also carried by the portable housing. Each antenna may have a different gain pattern at a different respective operating frequency, and the antennas may have different shapes...

20060178119 - Variable bandwidth envelope modulator for use with envelope elimination and restoration transmitter architecture and method: A RF transmitter has at least one amplifier having an input terminal for receiving a phase modulated signal to be transmitted on an RF carrier and an input node for receiving a modulation signal for amplitude modulating the RF carrier. The RF transmitter further includes an amplitude modulator having an...

20060178120 - Transmitting/receiving device having a polar modulator with variable predistortion: The transmitting/receiving device has a polar modulator with a variable predistorter (11, 12) and an amplifier (8) which can be modulated, a reception path (25) which can be operated both during conventional reception and for the purposes of adjustment of the predistorter (11, 12) in order to determine a measurement...

20060178121 - Method and a device for adjusting power amplifier properties: A method and a device for tuning power amplifier (PA, 203) properties such as back-off. A peak-to-average value (PAR) of the amplifier input signal is first obtained by control means (206) and then used for adjusting the power amplifier (203) with tuning means (204, 208, 210) functionally connected to the...

20060178122 - Interchangeable receive inputs for band and system swappability in communication systems and related methods: Interchangeable high band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and low band low-noise-amplifiers (LNAs) and related methods are disclosed that greatly enhance the efficiency of designing handsets for different combinations of frequency bands. The input signals to particular pins on a receiver or transceiver integrated circuit (IC) are swappable such that multiple frequency bands...

20060178123 - Method for reducing the effect of impulse noise in a motor vehicle radio: Methods are provided for reducing impulse noise effects in a motor vehicle radio. One method includes the steps of first detecting impulse noise received by the motor vehicle radio. The received impulse noise is classified as either short pulse width impulse noise or as long pulse width impulse noise. The...

20060178124 - Cognitive spectrum analysis and information display techniques: A device and method are provided for monitoring and analyzing received over-the-air energy. According to one aspect, a device and method are provided for performing spectrum analysis on the received energy, generating data for displaying one or more plots associated with the analyzed received energy; determining a type of one...

20060178125 - Receiver for wireless communication systems and i/o signal phase difference correction method therefor: A receiver includes first switches for applying either differential signals of an oscillator or a data signal of a transmitter to down-converting mixers; a frequency conversion unit for mixing and applying to the down-converting mixers quadrature signals generated from an arbitrary clock signal generator and the oscillator, and having a...

20060178126 - Diversity receiver system having a shared local oscillator source: A technique includes fabricating receive paths of a diversity receiver on a monolithic semiconductor die. The technique includes fabricating a local oscillator source on the die to be shared in common with the receive paths of the diversity receiver....

20060178127 - Sytem and method for standby mode in directional signal receiver: A wireless receiver of a directional signal such as a 60 GHz signal can have a low power standby mode in which the linear oscillator (radio) portion of the receiver is deenergized. A DC detect circuit can detect the DC portion of an incoming signal, at which time the DC...

20060178128 - Method of operating a mobile communication device and mobile communication system during an emergency situation: A mobile communication system (400) provides communication service in a plurality of serving cells. Upon the occurrence of an emergency situation, the mobile communication system determines which of the serving cells are affected by the emergency (402), and begins broadcasting an emergency notification message in the affected cells. Mobile communication...

20060178129 - Apparatus and method for selective call acceptance in a wireless network: A system for providing automatic Selective Call Acceptance (SCA) service to a plurality of mobile stations capable of communicating with a wireless network is provided. The system includes a subscriber records database and an SCA controller. The subscriber records database is capable of storing a plurality of subscriber records. Each...

20060178130 - Method for payment in association with ip multimedia sessions in a communication network: The invention relates to a method for payment in association with a group session in a communication system comprising at least a mobile station, a session control node and an application server. In the method the user in the mobile station selects a group session identifier. A session set-up request...

20060178131 - Key distribution for wireless devices: A method for communicating a key to a wireless device includes communicating the key to a cellular telephone system which subsequently communicates the key to the wireless device. Thus, the need to manually enter a key into a wireless device to facilitate communication with a local area network is avoided....

20060178132 - User identities: A method assists the registration of subscription characteristics in a communications system, wherein a private user identity characteristic can be paired with a public user identity characteristic and more than one private user identity may be associated with a subscription. The method includes transmitting, from a subscription information store entity...

20060178133 - Portable apparatus for storing a phone book, and method and mobile phone for sending a phone call using the same: A portable apparatus for storing a phone book has a data communication function based on a Synchronization Markup Language (SyncML) protocol and a phone book function. The phone book storage apparatus encodes an outgoing phone number selected by a user from one or more phone numbers contained in the phone...

20060178134 - Method and system for message thread compression: A method for compressing electronic mail messages each having a message thread for storage in a storage device, comprising: identifying one or more sections of each message thread; assigning a respective identifier to each section; storing one occurrence of each section in the storage device for retrieval using its identifier;...

20060178136 - E-mail policy compliance techniques: According to the described embodiments, an intermediate electronic messaging service is inserted into a message delivery path connecting to an e-mail entity such as an ISP. A database is provided in the intermediate service, the database having user profiles associated with the users of the ISP or other e-mail entity....

20060178137 - Extending mobile phone networks: Methods, systems, and computer program products for bridging mobile phone networks with other telephone networks. A telephone network comprises multiple individually addressable telephone lines connected to telephones and to a gateway, which in turn is connected to one or more mobile phones and potentially to one or more landlines. When...

20060178135 - Method and apparatus for detecting and managing unreturned calls: The present invention relates to methods and apparati for receiving, storing and displaying information relating to unreturned calls at an end user telecommunications device, and providing the information in a manner that is convenient for user selection and interaction. Various manners of trapping, storing and acting upon the information are...

20060178138 - Access gateway, softswitch and telephone for push-to-talk telephony: An access gateway coupled to a Softswitch in a telephone communication system for establishing a Push-to-Talk channel between an originator and at least one destinator. The access gateway identifies an address of each destinator, and conveys respective DNRs of the originator and each destinator to the Softswitch for allowing the...

20060178139 - Servicing of wireless terminal print job by unsupported printer: A wireless terminal having processing resources, a user interface including a user input device and a display, and a wireless interface causes a file to be printed to a destination printer that is unsupported by the wireless terminal. The processing resources communicatively couple to the wireless interface and to the...

20060178140 - Location-based data communications system and method: A communications system and method for communicating geographic location-based information to a client computer operating in a communications network is disclosed. The system involves the use of a geographic location-based records database, a client profile database containing at least one user preference, a means for receiving at least one request...

20060178141 - Adaptive communications system and method: System and method for the adaptive control of VHF communications in aircraft. In one embodiment, the invention includes an adaptive communications system for an aircraft having a communications processor that accesses a communications switching model to select a preferred ground communications station. In another embodiment, a method of communication between...

20060178143 - Communication system using multiple link terminals for aircraft: A communication system has a communication infrastructure and a gateway station communicating a communication signal to the communication infrastructure. An airplane having an antenna coupled to a processing circuit for establishing a plurality of multiple communication links corresponding to the communication infrastructure is used. The gateway station generates multiple datagrams...

20060178142 - Mobile millimeter wave communication link: A point-to-point, wireless, millimeter wave communications link between two stations at least one of which is a mobile station. A millimeter wave transmitter system operating at frequencies higher than 57 GHz with a tracking antenna producing a beam having a half-power beam width of about 2 degrees or less and...

20060178144 - Mobile communication terminal, mobile communication system, and roaming connection method: When a cell phone attempts a roaming connection, it is connected to a roamed mobile communication network, without need for user's effort to perform a connection operation. When a home mobile communication network managed by a telecommunications carrier in contract with the user of the cell phone receives location registration...

20060178145 - Monitoring for radio frequency activity violations in a licensed frequency band: Techniques for monitoring radio frequency (RF) activity in a frequency band where licensed spectrum service is occurring. One or more monitoring devices are deployed at one or more locations in the coverage area of a licensed spectrum service provider. For example, the monitoring device may be integrated into a base...

20060178146 - Private wireless communication system and method for controlling mobile station using the same: In a private wireless communication system and a mobile station (MS) control method using the same, the system informs an MS of its entrance into a private network using a system parameter message broadcast through a paging channel in order to control additional functions of the MS (e.g., a camera...

20060178147 - System and method for providing access points to assist in a handoff decision in a wireless environment: According to a particular embodiment, a method for assisting in a handoff is provided that includes receiving signaling from one or more access points, which may transmit information to a mobile station. The information may be used to execute a handoff from an enterprise network to a cellular network or...

20060178148 - Method and system for peer-to-peer communication management in wireless communication networks: The present invention provides a wireless communication system capable of managing peer-to-peer (P2P) communications. In one embodiment of the invention, upon receiving a request for initiating a call, the system determines whether P2P communication can be established between the two mobile terminals. The system also determines an operating mode of...

20060178150 - Method of transmitting data with minimum energy consumption in a wireless sensor network: Disclosed is a method of configuring a tree when a new sink is added in a wireless sensor network. The method includes selecting a first sensor node via which a path can run to a new sink with the smallest delay cost, if the new sink requesting the sensed information...

20060178149 - Systems and methods for wireless cellular telephone routers: In some embodiments, systems and methods for wireless telephone routers include cellular telephones that function as routers and/or as gateways between two networks. According to some embodiments, wireless telephone routers may provide ad-hoc network and/or Internet access to a plurality of network devices....

20060178151 - Assembly, and associated method, for facilitating frequency allocations in a radio communication system to attain statistical spreading of electromagnetic energy: Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate frequency channel allocation, and reallocation, in a radio communication system. Channel allocation and reallocation is effectuated to attain a desired statistical emission spectrum. Implementation is effectuated, for instance, in a WLAN system operable pursuant to the IEEE 802.11 standard but implemented...

20060178152 - Communication channel model: The present invention provides for a channel model capable of generating a runtime communication channel with pluggable modular channel components. These channel components implement one of a set of standard interfaces that allow processing details of communication semantics between components to be represented in a polymorphic way. A message and...

20060178153 - Method and apparatus for allocating resources in a multicast/broadcast communications system: Methods, systems and apparatus for dispersing a group of user equipment (UEs) concentrated on a single channel is disclosed. After receiving a disperse command the UEs select a channel, and then select a cell. The channel selection may be performed using a random or pseudorandom function. The cell selection may...

20060178154 - Method and apparatus for performing position determination with pre-session action: A network sends to a user equipment (UE) an indication (e.g., a request for permission) to perform a position fix for the UE. The network also selectively sends to the UE a pre-session command for an action related to position determination. For example, the command may direct the UE to...

20060178155 - Message handling based on the state of a telecommunications terminal: A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable: (i) applications that are external to a telecommunications terminal, rather than the user, to initiate the delivery of content to the terminal, and (ii) the terminal to determine, based on the state of the terminal, whether or not to provide the content...

20060178156 - Routing method in a wireless sensor network: A routing method in a wireless sensor network where sensor nodes are grouped into cells is provided. Upon receipt of detected information to be transmitted to a destination, a sensor node determines whether a cell to which the destination belongs is one hop away. If the cell of the destination...

20060178157 - Method and system for reducing signal interference: Signals propagating on an aggressor communication channel can cause interference in a victim communication channel. A sensor coupled to the aggressor channel can obtain a sample of the aggressor signal. The sensor can be integrated with or embedded in a system, such as a flex circuit or a circuit board,...

20060178158 - Method of and apparatuses for cell selection in a mobile communications system: A method for cell selection at access in a cellular radio communication system. A first hysteresis level for determining a first ranking level of serving cell is used at access, and a second hysteresis level for determining a second ranking level of the serving cell is used in idle mode....

20060178161 - Method and system for automatically updating user information in a push-to-talk system: Disclosed is a method and system for automatically updating user information in a Push-To-Talk (PTT) system. In the system, when an arbitrary user terminal performs a PTT service using a new connection number and registers user information, a PTT server transmits the new connection number and/or user information to connected...

20060178160 - System and method for management of communication rights: A system and method for managing the communication rights of communication media groups such as audio, video, and text data streams, as well as the communication rights of a plurality of telecommunication devices participating in a telecommunication conference is provided. The communication rights of the telecommunication devices are managed in...

20060178159 - Voice activated push-to-talk device and method of use: An push-to-talk wireless communication device and method of facilitating a push-to-talk call are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes a voice recognition module that allows a user to establish and carry out a push-to-talk call through voice commands. The voice recognition module facilitates a push to talk call by establishing...

20060178163 - Method and apparatus for power control in an ultra wideband radio system: A method for power control in an ultra wideband impulse radio system includes: (a) transmitting an impulse radio signal from a first transceiver; (b) receiving the impulse radio signal at a second transceiver; (c) determining at least one performance measurement of the received impulse radio signal; and (d) controlling output...

20060178162 - Signal transmission system and signal transmission method: A signal transmission system for transmitting an UP LINK signal received by an antenna shared by at least a first radio communication system and a second radio communication system to at least a radio base station of the first radio communication system is provided. In the signal transmission system, the...

20060178164 - Apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages: An apparatus for temporarily storing phone numbers and short messages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing including electronics operable to receive an input and display a sequence of no more than seventeen characters in response to the input. The electronics include at least two electronic displays operable to display...

20060178165 - Modified dual band direct conversion architecture that allows extensive digital calibration: A dual band direct conversion architecture for both the receive (RX) and transmit (TX) path of a communications transceiver that minimizes the transceiver area by sharing common circuits used in both RX and TX paths is disclosed. The transceiver also allows the use of extensive digital calibration in order to...

20060178166 - Configurable integrated circuit card: A configurable electronic information storage card for use with portable electronic equipment, such as a mobile phone, the card being provided with at least one integrated electronic module chip including a memory for saving a plurality of data formats to enable the electronic device to connect to a local network...

20060178167 - Method and system for mobile communications: When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and a random number. If the temporary user...

20060178168 - Methods and apparatus for alerting a wireless network administrator to the location or status of a wireless device: Methods and apparatus are provided for alerting a user, technician, or network administrator to the status or location of a wireless device....

20060178169 - Vehicle communicating: A communication system for a vehicle is described. The communication system includes a microphone array having a plurality of microphones mounted within the vehicle for receiving acoustic signals and converting the acoustic signals to electrical signals. An antenna is mounted proximate to the microphone array. The antenna communicates a radio...

20060178170 - Wireless communication device having battery authentication, and associated method: There is disclosed a wireless communication device having battery authentication and associated method. The wireless communication device comprises a battery compartment and a battery authenticator capable of authenticating an authentic battery received in the battery compartment and capable of rejecting an unauthentic battery received in the battery compartment. A battery...

20060178171 - Audio/charging module and electronic system and porable electronic device thereof: The invention utilizes an audio signal line of an earphone jack in an electronic system to charge a portable electronic device. By using an audio/charging module in the electronic system and another audio/charging module in the portable electronic device, a charging mode is established in which a first audio signal...

20060178175 - Methods for controlling telephone position reporting: A system and methods through which incoming calls to and/or outgoing calls from a telephone can be controlled. The present invention utilizes an authorized caller list to determine whether an incoming call should be connected, and a similar list to determine whether an outgoing call should be connected. The present...

20060178172 - Portable multi-function cooler with am/fm radio: The present invention relates to an environmental portable multi function cooler with AM/FM radio. It has a retractable adjustable shoulder belt for the convenience of user. Said cooler with radio also has a cup holder, which installs next to a storage bin in parallel line, providing user with a stabilized...

20060178174 - Telephone adaptations: A system and methods through which incoming calls to and/or outgoing calls from a telephone can be controlled. The present invention utilizes an authorized caller list to determine whether an incoming call should be connected, and a similar list to determine whether an outgoing call should be connected. The present...

20060178173 - Telephone call control methods: A system and methods through which incoming calls to and/or outgoing calls from a telephone can be controlled. The present invention utilizes an authorized caller list to determine whether an incoming call should be connected, and a similar list to determine whether an outgoing call should be connected. The present...

20060178176 - Terminal: A terminal includes a lower housing; an upper housing slidably installed with respect to the lower housing; and a pressing member with both ends being supported by the lower and upper housings, respectively, for providing variable levels of pressure in diverse directions according to a sliding position of the upper...

20060172697 - Information broadcasting and support system using mobile devices: A system to provide media to broadcast informational advertising or any other kind of ad campaign by using portable devices carried by users, such as mobile telephones, PDA devices, hybrid devices and, in general, any device that permits a multimedia reproduction of content received in the device, either in the...

20060172698 - Apparatus for receiving a broadcast and method for alerting a user of the broadcast: An apparatus and method for receiving a broadcast and alerting a user of the broadcast, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes determining if periodic information indicating that a program is periodically broadcast exists in a received broadcast signal; registering the program with program viewing information if the...

20060172699 - Positioning system and method for positioning wireless terminals: According to the present invention, a relative positioning system includes: a plurality of wireless terminals, which are capable to communicate to each other over a mesh network; and a reference station having an absolute position information. Each of the plurality of wireless terminals calculates its position information using the absolute...

20060172701 - Method, device and system for communications with a wireless communications device: A method, device and system are provided that enable communication of critical information from a wireless communication device, such as a BLUETOOTH slave device. The method allows the wireless communications device to operate in a power conserving mode whereby the critical information is transmitted in a single message that is...

20060172702 - Sizing of an electromagnetic transponder system for an operation in extreme proximity: A system of contactless electromagnetic transmission between a terminal including a series oscillating circuit for generating an electromagnetic field and a transponder including a parallel oscillating circuit, these oscillating circuits being sized so that the coupling coefficient between them strongly decreases when the distance separating the transponder from the terminal...

20060172700 - User authentication via a mobile telephone: A mobile telephone automatically establishes communication with a system via a short-range wireless network. When communication is established, the mobile telephone user is automatically logged in to the system. The system can then apply personalized settings and/or provide access to personalized services based on the mobile telephone user's system account....

20060172703 - Apparatus and method for canceling interference in a single antenna 1xev-dv base station: A wireless network base station capable of canceling interference caused by a dominant interferer signal from a mobile station. The base station comprises down-converts an RF to a down-converted signal, r(n). K complex PN demodulators multiply the down-converted complex r(n) signal by PN code sequences associated with each of the...

20060172707 - Method and apparatus for improving network resource planning in a wireless communication network: Prior to being admitted into the network, a base station establishes a set of operating parameters. Next, a search is performed to determine the presence and configuration of neighboring base stations and current network conditions. Based on the search results, an improved operating configuration is determined for the base station...

20060172705 - Predictive modeling system for spectrum use: A system for predicting portions of the spectrum to be available for communications. Data of spectrum usage over time and availability may be obtained. An analysis of the data may be made and then a prediction may be inferred as to the present and future availability of various portions of...

20060172704 - Radio communication apparatus and pilot symbol transmission method: A radio communication apparatus is disclosed that enables the influence of the feedback information on the channel capacity to be kept to the minimum without reducing the transmission efficiency of information by transmission of pilot symbol. In the apparatus, a delay dispersion measuring section (272) generates a delay profile using...

20060172708 - Space-time multiuser detector in mobile communication system and method thereof: A space-time multiuser detector simultaneously reduces multiple access interference (MAI) and multipath channel distortion (MCD) that are disadvantages of mobile communication systems. The space-time multiuser detector includes a plurality of receiving antennas; a channel estimator which estimates signals received via the receiving antennas; a space-time diversity decoder which performs space-time...

20060172706 - User hand detection for wireless devices: A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the wireless device during the predetermined period; and, comparing the at...

20060172709 - Autoforward messaging: In one embodiment, a method comprises entering a deferred calling mode by a wireless communication unit. Thereafter, a destination of an audio, video, or text message for transmission by the wireless communication unit is provided and the message is recorded and stored within the destination within memory of the wireless...

20060172712 - Control system and method for diversity antenna system: A control system and method for controlling switching between and among multiple antennas in a diversity antenna system comprising a radio head unit associated with a radio receiver; two or more antennas, either located in separate antenna modules or co-located in the same antenna module; a switch circuit; and a...

20060172711 - Multi-access system and method using multi-sectored antenna: A wireless access point is equipped with both an omnidirectional antenna and a directable antenna that can be selectively directed to any of a plurality of directional spaces overlapping the network space served by the omnidirectional antenna. The directable antenna is directed to an optimal directional space for a client...

20060172710 - Phase sweeping methods for transmit diversity and diversity combining in bts sector extension and in wireless repeaters: Apparatus for inserting transmit diversity into an RF signal for transmission, comprises: an RF splitter for splitting the RF signal to be transmitted into two signal parts, and a non-linear phase modulator which applies a non-linear phase modulation to one of the two signal parts, thereby to provide transmit diversity...

20060172713 - Radio communication system performing multi-carrier transmission, reception device, reception method, transmission device, transmission method, delay time calculation device, and delay time calculation method: Multi-carrier transmission is performed without inserting a repetitive signal into guard interval periods. A transmitter provides guard interval periods by using a null signal to save transmission power and prevent the deterioration of the SN ratio. Delayed waves at the head of each received symbol cause high-frequency waves to occur...

20060172714 - Microwireless integrated enviromental sensor and transmitter system: The invention is a microminiature wireless environmental sensor that has integrated both sensor and transmitter functions into one function. The basic operating principle for the device is that variable components of an RF circuit can be interfaced to the outside world environmental signals resulting in proportional changes in the transmission...

20060172715 - Digital transmission circuit and method providing selectable power consumption via multiple weighted driver slices: A digital transmission circuit and method providing selectable power consumption via multiple weighted driver slices improves the flexibility of an interface while reducing transmitter power consumption, area and complexity when possible. A cascaded series of driver stages is provided by a set of parallel slices and a control logic that...

20060172716 - Ofdm reception device and ofdm reception method: An interference symbol determining section 208 compares reception power of a signal at an interference position measured by an interference position reception power measuring section 208B with a reception power value of a desired signal measured by a desired signal measuring section 208D for each subcarrier, thereby determines symbols which...

20060172717 - Voice acquisition system for a vehicle: A voice acquisition system for a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly attached at an inner portion of the vehicle. The mirror assembly preferably includes at least one microphone for receiving audio signals within a cabin of the vehicle and generating an output signal indicative of these audio signals,...

20060172718 - Mixer stage and method for mixing signals of different frequencies: A mixer stage is provided that mixes a differential input signal with a differential square-wave signal of an oscillator, having a first amplifier element and a second amplifier element, each of which amplifier elements has a first current connection, a second current connection, and a connection for the differential input...

20060172719 - Method and apparatus for inter-chip wireless communication: In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for inter-chip wireless communication system. The system includes a first microprocessor having a plurality of non-contact ports and a first RF communication circuit integrated with the first microprocessor; a second microprocessor also having a plurality of non-contact ports and...

20060172720 - Method and apparatus for the autoselection of an emergency number in a mobile station: A method and apparatus for the selection of an emergency number in a mobile station having a geographic indicator, the method comprising the steps of and the apparatus characterized by means for: determining whether a user is attempting to reach an emergency service provider; and if the user is attempting...

20060172721 - Traffic shaping of cellular service consumption through delaying of service completion according to geographical-based pricing advantages: Changes in user behavior of usage of wireless services from a mobile device are encouraged in order to effect shaping of traffic and utilization patterns among a plurality of cells within a rate plan region, wherein a discount indicator disposed in said mobile device is provided to notify a user...

20060172722 - Method and apparatus for prioritizing encrypted traffic at an intermediate node in a communications network: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for prioritizing encrypted traffic at an intermediate node within a communications network. The present invention provides a method and an intermediate node that prioritizes the processing of a packet based on one or more size-based criteria, the packet comprising one or more...

20060172723 - Authentication vector generation device, subscriber identity module, wireless communication system, authentication vector generation method, calculation method, and subscriber authentication method: According to the present invention, a subscriber identity module in a wireless local area network is authenticated using an authentication vector with no decrease in the confidentiality of the calculation processing, even when a triplet is employed as the authentication vector. An HLR of a mobile communication network comprises an...

20060172725 - Portable telephone set: A check is made as to whether a received mail contains a password as a combination of preliminarily registered symbols or letters. When the password is found, a telephone diary in a database is retrieved by using a letter train other than the password contained in the received mail. When...

20060172724 - Synchronizing server and device data using device data schema: Methods and apparatus for the synchronization of first data stored to a wireless mobile device and second data stored to a remote device are provided. Schema describing the data is maintained by the device. The schema is provided by the device to assist with the synchronization. Changes to device data...

20060172726 - Communications system with interface for enabling communication of alerts to mobile wireless communications devices: An interface device, method and computer-readable program includes a proxy operative as an agent for communicating with a plurality of mobile wireless devices using different operating protocols. A device information module is operative with the proxy and determines functional features of a wireless mobile communications device and selects a configuration...

20060172728 - Method for communication between cellular phones: A method for a communication between two cellular phones is provided, in which the communication between the cellular phones includes an intercom communication and a telephone communication. The method includes steps of providing a telephone number of one cellular phone and an intercom number associated with the telephone number in...

20060172727 - Method of providing one-to-one call during conference call in a mobile terminal: A method of providing a conference call function in a mobile terminal. A first mobile terminal requests a one-to-one call to a second mobile terminal by a data burst message during a conference call among a plurality of mobile terminals including the first and second mobile terminals. The second mobile...

20060172729 - Automatic data send to call destination: Systems and methods are provided that enable a wireless communication device to send a predetermined data object to a destination address for the companion wireless communication device in an active voice call. When an active voice call is in session, a data object is identified such as an image captured...

20060172730 - Communication apparatus: A communication system including a transmission apparatus configured to transmit output data and a reception apparatus configured to receive the output data. The reception apparatus includes an output unit configured to execute an outputting procedure based on the output data, an abnormal state notification unit configured to transmit abnormal state...

20060172731 - Cell formation control method, a mobile communications system, and a base station and a mobile station used therein: When a base station of a mobile communications system attempts to reduce its cell radius for power saving, frequency re-use enhancement and the like, a risk is that an ongoing communication between a mobile station served by the base station may be disconnected, which is avoided by: the base station...

20060172734 - Apparatus and method for displaying status of supplementary service of mobile equipment: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method in which a user can instantly check the status of one or more supplementary services without using a menu. The apparatus includes a network for processing a request for registration, activation or release of a supplementary service from an ME, a card for...

20060172732 - Method, system and apparatus for providing security in an unlicensed mobile access network or a generic access network: The present invention provides a method, system and apparatus for providing security in an unlicensed mobile access network or a generic access network by receiving a message containing a mobile identity of a mobile station (MS) and dropping or rejecting the message whenever the received mobile identity does not match...

20060172733 - Network support for roaming optimization: An apparatus in one example has: a home network and at least one partner network; a mobile terminal associated with the home network; a high threshold for use when the mobile terminal roams from the home network to the partner network; and a minimum threshold for use when the mobile...

20060172735 - Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating selection by a mobile node of a network portion to communicate to effectuate a selected communication service: Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating selection of a radio access network with which a roaming mobile node attempts to effectuate communications pursuant to a selected communication service. Listings are maintained at the mobile node, each containing entries of networks and their communication service capabilities. Different listings identify networks...

20060172736 - Methods and apparatus for operating a wireless electronic device having a plurality of communication platforms: Embodiments of methods and apparatus for operating a wireless electronic device having a plurality of communication platforms are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed....

20060172737 - Methods and apparatus for selecting a communication network: Methods and apparatus for selecting a cellular network to provide one or more communication services for a mobile communication device are disclosed. A scanning operation is performed by the mobile device to identify a plurality of cellular networks that support a voice communication service in a geographic coverage area. The...

20060172738 - Handover method in a wireless communication system: A handover method in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A serving base station transmits a handover request message to a base station controller in response to a handover request of a mobile station. The base station controller determines target base stations to which the mobile station can perform handover...

20060172739 - Avoidance of overload in sho: To prevent oscillation of the load on a radio interface between a user equipment device and a base station of a non-serving cell scheduled in a decentralized way by a base station of a serving cell, a centralized control action is performed by a radio network controller to reduce load...

20060172740 - Communications: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication network comprising a plurality of connection modules each operable for enabling one or more communication devices to connect to the network to access a set of communication functions provided by the network, the network being arranged such...

20060172741 - Method and system for relocating serving radio network controller in a network sharing system: A method and system for relocating a SRNC in a RAN in an NS system where the RAN is shared among a plurality of CN operators are provided. If an SRNC relocation from a source RNC to a target RNC is determined for a UE, the source RNC requests to...

20060172742 - Method and system of network management software architectures for mobile broadband wireless networks: Method and system of network management and protocol software architectures for mobile broadband wireless networks. One embodiment of the software architecture employs a proxy Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent at a base station in the network. The proxy SNMP agent communicates with an SNMP manager at a network management...

20060172743 - Detecting the location of mobile radio subscribers who are to be monitored: An improved surveillance of subscribers of a mobile radio network by a monitoring center is made possible by a method for monitoring a subscriber of a mobile radio network. According to this method, a switching facility requests location data from a subscriber location data service facility, and after obtaining location...

20060172744 - Method and system for subscriber integrity in a mobile communications system: A system and method for protecting the integrity of subscribers in a process of positioning a mobile terminal (2b) via a location based service client (5), in relation to the client (5), in a communications system. A gateway mobile location centre (4) is adapted to: receive a request for an...

20060172745 - Mobile electronic device having a geographical position dependent light and method and system for achieving the same: The present invention provides a method and system for controlling an illuminating device on a mobile electronic device comprising determining in a global position of the device in real-time, determining a state of at least one light condition currently affecting ambient light at the global position and adjusting the intensity...

20060172746 - Systems and methods for obtaining location based information using a mobile communication device: A method for obtaining information related to services within a certain area using a mobile communication device includes downloading a menu of services based on a coarse determination of the position of the mobile communication device, where each service in the menu is associated with a telephone number. The associated...

20060172747 - Paging for non-real-time communications using cellular networks: Improvements for paging in wireless networks is disclosed. A wireless terminal clock is synchronized to a server clock and a paging window and a dormant window are derived for communicating between the server and the wireless terminal using the synchronized time. During the paging window a control channel for a...

20060172748 - Communication method operated by software and apparatus thereof: A software-controlled communication method and an apparatus thereof is disclosed. The apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) front end unit for sending a data signal or a voice signal to a cordless phone base station via an antenna, an analog-to-digital for converting an analog signal received from the RF front...

20060172749 - Permission based text messaging: A system and method for narrowcasting text messages to a plurality of cellular phones. The system and method allow a potential user to opt in to receive the text messages the user wants to receive. The potential user can opt in through a computer network based web page. Once the...

20060172750 - Server apparatus, message: The same message sent out from any terminal is intended to be sent to the other terminals as recipients securely and rationally. Server apparatus 1 automatically responds to a telephone call from any sender terminal 2, records the message, creates, registers and publishes a Web page to publish the message....

20060172751 - Method for synchronizing use information of mobile communication terminal and system implementing the same: A method for synchronizing use Information of a mobile communication terminal and a system are provided. In system and method, for synchronizing use information between a first mobile communication terminal and a second mobile communication terminal including short-range wireless communication units includes requesting connection for use information synchronization to the...

20060172752 - Method and apparatus for providing talk permit notification for a ptt call: Various embodiments are described to provide push to talk (PTT) talk permit notification (TPN) with less average delay, given a desired rate of falsing, than prior art systems can achieve. A first communication system device (e.g., 101, 121, or 161) determines (504) whether one or more conditions are present for...

20060172753 - Method and system for establishing network-initiated poc group session: Provided is a method and system for establishing a network-initiated PoC group session, capable of initiating establishment of a PoC session at a point of time when presence information of an opposite party intending to make a call is transited from a state in which a call can not be...

20060172754 - Method and system for servicing full duplex call in push-to-talk over cellular: A method and system are provided for servicing a full duplex call in Push-To-Talk over cellular (PoC) in a communication system including at least two or more calling/called terminals for receiving a Push-To-Talk (PTT) service and a mobile network for providing the PTT service to the calling/called terminals. The calling...

20060172755 - System and method for push-to-talk image communications in a mobile communication terminal: An image communication system and a method, capable of a group-call pictorial communication using a mobile communication terminal. The system provides mobile subscribers with Push-To-Talk (PTT) picture communication with one or more designated destination parties, converting a set of voice data and image data to PTT Internet Protocol packets and...

20060172756 - System and method for clustering mobile devices in a wireless network: Described are a system and method for clustering mobile devices in a wireless network. The system includes a wireless access point (“AP”) and a plurality of mobile units (“MUs”). Each of the MUs has a wireless transducer. At least two MUs of the MUs are grouped, based on a predetermined...

20060172757 - Mobile communication system with imporved trackability in transmission power control: There is provided a transmission power control method in which trackability of up-transmission power control is improved using up-transmission power instruction information from radio base stations having down-links of a predetermined quality or more, and a mobile communication system and a mobile station apparatus that use this method. Radio base...

20060172758 - Mobile communication system, wireless base station, radio network controller, and power control method: A mobile communication system includes wireless base stations, a mobile station communicating with the wireless base stations, and a radio network controller controlling the wireless base stations. The mobile communication system includes a power controller which controls a power of control bits in downlink based on the number of wireless...

20060172759 - Radio-wave state monitoring method and device thereof, cell reselection method employing radio-wave state monitoring method and device thereof, and mobile wireless communication device: A wireless terminal performs cell search with a periodicity determined based upon the transition probability calculated with reference to the cell reselection history prior to cell reselection. An undetected cell, which exhibits sufficient electric field strength in the cell search, is added to monitored cells. Furthermore, the wireless terminal performs...

20060172764 - Folding cellular phone: A folding cellular phone includes a first housing provided with a liquid crystal display part on the surface thereof, a second housing including an operation part formed on the surface thereof and a hinge for connecting the first housing and the second housing in a pivotable manner to open/close the...

20060172765 - Gel filled mobile phone case: A decorative carrying case for mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cameras, and other portable electronic devices that incorporates outwardly-visible reservoirs of cohesive gel therein for a striking aesthetic effect, with or without discrete ornaments that float in the gel to pronounce the effect. The gel reservoirs also provide padding...

20060172761 - Mobile phone having dual outer liquid crystal displays: Disclosed is a mobile phone in which a main liquid crystal display and a sub-liquid crystal display are disposed parallel to each other in side by side relation. The folder-type mobile phone has dual outer liquid crystal displays and includes a body housing and a folder which can be opened...

20060172762 - Network assisted repudiation and auditing for content created using wireless devices: A method for tracking content objects created on a wireless device in a wireless communication system begins by creating a content object at the wireless device. A content creation request message is sent from the wireless device to an information storage entity (ISE). The ISE determines whether any permissions are...

20060172760 - Portable audio/video playback apparatus: A portable audio/video playback apparatus of the present invention comprises an apparatus main body 1 and a broadcast receiver unit 4 removably attached to the apparatus main body. The apparatus main body 1 includes interfaces 32, 33 for connecting thereto the broadcast receiver unit; an audio processing circuit 22 connected...

20060172763 - Telephone: A telephone including: a telephone main unit incorporating a battery and having: a standby state determination unit that determines whether or not the telephone main unit is in a standby state; a battery voltage detection unit that detects voltage across input and output sides of the battery; a voltage determination...

20060172766 - Video calling method capable of providing video through third display: Disclosed is a video calling method capable of providing video through a separate display over a VoIP network, which can transfer IP information of a specified display device to a mobile communication terminal, and provide video data transfer for a video call through the specified display device. According to the...

20060172768 - Portable multi-function electronic apparatus having a digital answering function and a method thereof: A portable multi-function electronic apparatus having a digital answering function and a method thereof is disclosed. The present apparatus solves the problem of the inconvenience of the conventional phone answering machine and increases the digital answering functions of a portable electronic apparatus. The present invention integrates a digital answering circuit...

20060172767 - Portable phone with ergonomic image projection system: A portable phone includes a handset and a data projection system configured to form a visual image of data, such as caller waiting ID data, on a viewing surface viewable by a user during a two way conversation. The handset also includes a speaker, a microphone, conventional phone circuitry and...

20060172770 - Presence management using wireless communication: A presence management system enables an identification of a presence. i.e., a proximity, between a handheld electronic device having a wireless communication capability and another wireless communication device for the purpose of performing predetermined processing, and for other purposes. If a handheld electronic device is determined to be within a...

20060172769 - Radio communication system: The system includes: a first mobile communication terminal (100) (e.g., portable information terminal) having one or more first wireless LAN interfaces (30,31) of wireless LAN client function; and a second mobile communication terminal (200) (e.g., cellular phone) having a second wireless LAN interface (18, 19) having a wireless LAN access...

20060172772 - Alternative routing: The relates to means for increasing subscription transparency for mobile terminal users. An association between an identifier of a user and an identifier of a current SIM card, or a currently used logical phone, in a mobile terminal the user is using is provided. The association is sent from the...

20060172771 - Mobile communication peripheral device: A mobile communication peripheral device includes a main body, a circuit board, an earphone and a microphone. An identification card is disposed on a surface of the main body. The circuit board is disposed within the main body, and includes a transceiver for receiving and emitting a wireless communication signal...

20060172774 - Method and system for international roaming and call bridging: Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscribers roam internationally they may invoke the system by keying in an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data...

20060172773 - Mobile body communication system and communication fee discount method and program: A communication fee service is provided to improve services for users and the utilization ratio, thereby increasing the benefits of mobile communication carriers. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile terminal (1) having a location measurement function and being capable of locating its position, a radio access network (2) and...

20060172775 - Scalable distributed radio network: A scalable network is provided. The network includes a remote device coupled to an antenna and adapted to communicate with subscriber units over an RF link, a switching device coupled to the remote device, and a radio suite coupled to the switching device. The radio suite includes two or more...

20060172776 - Apparatus and method for antenna verification of closed loop mode transmit diversity: Disclosed is a method for performing a closed loop mode transmit diversity antenna verification in a mobile communication terminal, the method including estimating an uplink error rate by comparing an antenna complex vector, which is estimated by antenna verification to have been applied to transmit diversity in a base station,...

20060172777 - Domain-driven abbreviated dialing: A domain-driven abbreviated dialing method and system allow a user to dial a telephone number using an abbreviated dial string, such as for example the last M digits of a telephone number, where M is an integer less than the length of the telephone number. The abbreviated dial string is...

20060172778 - Methods and apparatus for data communication for mobile electronic devices: According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for discovering the presence of at least one source and target mobile device, automatically displaying a graphical interface to show the dataset from the source mobile device, and initiating the transmission of data between the mobile devices, is provided. The method...

20060172779 - Communication terminal having entry data secret function and incoming call notification control method of the same: A communication partner to be kept secret is registered as a security member. When an incoming call has arrived, an incoming call notification operation is normally performed if the transmission source is not a security member. If the transmission source is a security member, no incoming call notification operation is...

20060172780 - Vehicle audio system capable of playing wireless audio data received from a mobile audio player: An audio system for use in a vehicle is set forth. The audio system comprises one or more loudspeakers of the vehicle and a receiver operating to receive digital data in first and second digital audio data formats. The first digital audio data format corresponds to a format used by...

20060172781 - Short-range cellular booster: A repeater mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system. The repeater comprises a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver, a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver, a two-way communication pathway between the...

20060172783 - Digital dc/dc converter with sync control: A power converter is disclosed for receiving an input voltage and converting it to a DC output voltage at a different voltage level than the input voltage. It includes a switching power converter for receiving the input voltage on an input and converting the input voltage to an output as...

20060172782 - Wireless node and method of powering a wireless node employing ambient light to charge an energy store: A wireless node, such as a sensor node or other suitable node, includes a supercapacitor having a charge and one or more photocells adapted to charge the supercapacitor responsive to ambient light. A microprocessor cooperates with a wireless transceiver to transmit a count of one or more wireless messages. The...

20060172784 - Sensor node, base station, and sensor network system: This invention achieves lower electric power consumption of a sensor node for carrying out an intermittent operation, in a sensor net system. A time when the sensor node transmits a signal to a base station is estimated. Then, in accordance with the estimation, a table for storing a signal transmitted...

20060172785 - Mobile wireless communications device comprising integrated antenna and keyboard and related methods: A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and main circuit board carried by the housing and having circuitry thereon. A keyboard circuit board is carried by the lower portion of the housing and has a keyboard section and keyboard circuitry thereon connected to circuitry on the main circuit board....

20060172786 - Compact telecommunication apparatus having upper and lower members slidable and rotatable relative to each other: A mobile phone includes a upper casing having a rail unit, a lower casing having a groove unit, and a slidable-and-rotatable mechanism that includes a slide auxiliary member, a rotatable member and a coupler shaft and that interconnects the upper and lower casings in such a manner that an assembly...