Telecommunications inventions 09/06

20060211367 - High-frequency distribution circuit for distributing high-frequency signal: The present high-frequency distribution circuit includes a switch circuit which passes a high-frequency signal from the other terminal of a high-frequency line to an output terminal if a receiver is connected to the output terminal and which grounds the other terminal of the high-frequency line via a terminator resistor if...

20060211368 - Control device for vehicles: There is described a remote controller for a vehicle, the remote controller comprising: a storage module for storing control data to be transmitted to an in-vehicle transceiver; a transceiver switch having a transmit mode to transmit a data signal to the in-vehicle transceiver and a receive mode to listen for...

20060211370 - Digital broadcasting recording/reproducing apparatus and method for the same: In digital broadcasting, a stream signal includes a data stream in data broadcasting, and a video data stream and an audio data stream in main broadcasting, which streams are combined. A recording/reproducing apparatus includes a storage unit; a read/write section configured to access the storage unit; a separating section configured...

20060211369 - System and method for purchasing broadcasting time: A system and method for developing plays of media content is disclosed. A system for developing plays of media content includes a hub that is at least partially remote from a media content play point that at least partially controls the plays of the media content and at least partially...

20060211371 - 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...

20060211372 - Coexistence techniques in wireless networks: Techniques are provided for frequency coordination among two different wireless network protocols, such as the IEEE 802.11 and Bluetooth protocols, operating in proximity with one another. Coordination is accomplished by the use of a first radio transceiver operating in accordance with a first communication protocol (which may be the 802.11...

20060211374 - Adaptive receive and omnidirectional transmit antenna array: An adaptive antenna used in a receive only mode with a separate omnidirectional transmit antenna. The arrangement is especially effective for small, handheld wireless devices. The transmit antenna maybe integrated with the receive array by utilizing a horizontally polarized transmit and vertically polarized receiver ray. In other embodiments, the transmit...

20060211373 - Dual purpose multi-brand monopole antenna: A monopole antenna apparatus with dual purposes of being a multi-band mobile phone and a global positioning system. The antenna is formed on a substrate, and the substrate comprises a flat surface, a cambered surface, a first radiating metal line, including one high-frequency resonant path and one low-frequency resonant path,...

20060211375 - Distributed resource management for enhanced dedicated channel: The present invention provides methods for distributed resource management for enhanced dedicated channel. One method of communication with at least one base station includes determining at least one short-term entity associated with the at least one base station and providing the at least one short-term entity to a radio network...

20060211376 - Estimating the location of a wireless terminal based on calibrated signal-strength measurements: A process and machine for estimating the location of a wireless terminal is disclosed. The illustrative embodiment of the present invention is based on the observation that the signal strength of a signal from a transmitter is different at some locations, and, therefore, the location of a wireless terminal can...

20060211377 - Detection and mitigation of interference and jammers in an ofdm system: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting interference in a wireless communications system. The invention compares the receiver FFT output of a received signal against known sequences such as the packet synchronization sequence, frame synchronization sequence, and channel estimation sequence. By comparing the reference signal to the...

20060211378 - Channel quality feedback mechanism and method: Methods and apparatus are presented for improving the feedback of channel information to a serving base station, which allows a reduction in the reverse link load while allowing the base station to improve the forward link data throughput. Over a channel quality indicator channel, three subchannels are generated; the re-synch...

20060211380 - Signal transmission arrangement and method: The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for signal transmission for the transmission of data signals between a number of semiconductor chips which are connected to one another in a common package. The signal transmission arrangement is set up for a transmission of the signals via in...

20060211379 - System and method for selecting and reselecting antenna direction at a transceiver: A method and system for selecting and reselecting an antenna direction for an antenna capable of transmitting signals in one of at least two selectable directions. The average received signal-to-interference ratio is used to initially select the antenna direction. Thereafter the average received signal-to-interference ratio is monitored and the antenna...

20060211381 - Rf transceiver incorporating dual-use pll frequency synthesizer: A dual-use PLL frequency synthesizer for use in a transceiver is capable of operating as a local oscillation generator in a receiving mode and as a transmitter in a transmitting mode. The PLL frequency synthesizer includes a digital processor, a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), a low pass filter and a phase...

20060211382 - Switch circuit and composite high frequency elements: A switch circuit for switching the connection of the receiving or transmitting circuits of two communication systems to an antenna circuit, which comprises first and second switch means having two switching elements, the first switch means comprising a first inductance element between a port connected to the antenna circuit and...

20060211383 - Push-to-talk wireless telephony: In a cellular network, a cell phone transmits a continuous voice signal over a voice channel to a server. The cell phone can also generate events, the events including on events and off events. The events can be time-stamped. The events are transmitted as a data signal over a data...

20060211384 - Wireless communication device and method of use: A wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device for placing a call to and receiving a call from a contact of a select number of contacts includes a housing; a call actuation mechanism situated on the housing; a memory storing a predetermined number of contacts; and a controller configured to initiate an...

20060211385 - Wireless communication device and method of use: A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device includes accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and call buttons for the contacts; receiving a prompt to enter...

20060211386 - Single rf oscillator single-side band modulation for rfid readers with frequency translation and filtering: A transmitter shifts a baseband data signal having a bandwidth of 2ωM using a tone signal having a frequency ωM, which centers a sideband of the data signal at zero frequency. The transmitter then filters the shifted signal to filter out the non-centered sideband, and then adds the tone signal...

20060211387 - Multistandard sdr architecture using context-based operation reconfigurable instruction set processors: A software-defined radio (SDR) system comprising: 1) a reconfigurable baseband subsystem for supporting a plurality of wireless communication standards comprising a first plurality of reconfigurable context-based operation instruction set processors; and 2) a reconfigurable application subsystem for supporting a plurality of end-user applications comprising a second plurality of reconfigurable context-based...

20060211388 - Stackable printed circuit boards: A system, method and apparatus is provided for stackable printed circuit boards. In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a FLASH memory module. The memory module includes a printed circuit (p.c.) board. The memory module also includes a first connector attached to the p.c. board. The...

20060211389 - Method and apparatus for narrowband platform interference mitigation: A method and apparatus for a platform interference mitigator are described herein....

20060211390 - Semiconductor integrated circuit for communication and terminal device for mobile communication: The present invention provides a semiconductor integrated circuit for communication (RF IC) operable in a mode for receiving a received signal subjected to phase modulation and amplitude modulation and a mode for receiving a received signal subjected only to phase modulation. In the semiconductor integrated circuit for communication, a frequency...

20060211391 - Communication environment measurement method for mobile station and the mobile station: In a communication system for respectively transmitting pilot signals from a plurality of base stations to a mobile station via a first channel and also for transmitting data from one base station to a mobile station via a second channel, the mobile station corrects total receive power at the time...

20060211392 - Method for adjusting gain in radio receiver: Each of variable gain amplifiers includes a P-side differential cell and an N-side differential cell, and the gains of the variable gain amplifiers are controlled depending on a difference between a P-side control current to control current flowing through the P-side differential cell and an N-side control current to control...

20060211393 - High accuracy voltage controlled oscillator (vco) center frequency calibration circuit: Methods and systems for calibrating a frequency of a circuit are disclosed herein and may comprise dividing a feedback frequency of an output frequency signal to generate a divided frequency signal. Open loop calibration may be performed based on a binary search of the generated divided frequency signal to generate...

20060211394 - Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus: Upon detecting (11) at a two-way communication device that a communication link has been terminated, the two-way communication device can provide (14) a unique corresponding signal (such as a unique audible signal) to indicate such termination. Pursuant to one approach, a plurality of such unique signals (13) are available and...

20060211395 - Apparatus and method of detecting pilot carriers received on a fading channel: Briefly, a method, apparatus and cognitive radio system to detect a pilot carrier and/or a pilot tone in fading channel conditions by diverting a phase center of an antenna from a first point in space to a second point in space....

20060211396 - Receiver apparatus and method of processing received signal which attain optimum snr: A receiver apparatus includes a band-pass filter having a variable frequency band coupled to a node for receiving a received signal including a plurality of channels to output at an output node thereof a limited-band signal made by limiting a frequency band of the received signal to a frequency band...

20060211397 - Analogue mixer: A mixer suitable for implementation in low voltage, low power CMOS employs a class AB transconductor to achieve analogue multiplication through simultaneous modulation of both the transconductor input and its internal voltage rail....

20060211398 - Multiple intermediate frequencies receiver and a method thereof: Embodiment of the invention provides a receiving device having an intermediate frequency section to produce first and second intermediate frequency signals based on first and second received radio frequency signals, such that said intermediate frequency signals are combinable to be jointly processed. The first intermediate frequency signal is antipodal to...

20060211399 - Gps rf front end ic with frequency plan for improved integrability: A GPS RF Front End IC using a single conversion stage, which is immune from self jamming from clock signal harmonics generated internally or from dominant clock signal harmonics generated externally by the subsequent baseband GPS processor which uses a clock of 48•fo for GPS processing. The improved frequency plan...

20060211400 - System and method for vehicle module wake up in response to communication activity: A method for establishing communication between a communication protocol controller and a main controller including the steps of monitoring a communication bus using a power management device wherein the bus is electrically coupled to the protocol controller, the power management device, and the main controller residing in an initial low...

20060211401 - Synchronization of media gateways in an ip telecommunication system: Telecommunication system based on IP technology, comprising a primary media gateway (1), at least one secondary media gateway (2, 3) to be synchronized onto the primary media gateway (1), and several radio base stations (4-10), at each secondary media gateway (2, 3), at least one radio base station (5, 9)...

20060211402 - Method for establishiing a synchronization or for establishing a connection between a mobile terminal and an access point: A method for establishing a synchronization or for establishing a connection between a mobile terminal 1 and a base station 2 and/or an access point 3 in a wireless communication system 4, whereby the mobile terminal carries out the steps of measuring the location 5 of the mobile terminal; identifying...

20060211403 - Fixed wireless telephone device: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for establishing a fixed wireless telephone service. A fixed wireless device includes a wireless device for establishing wireless connections to a wireless communications network that interfaces with a public switched telephone network. The fixed wireless device includes a connection that provides telephone service for an...

20060211404 - Incident command system: A portable electronic command board includes a computer for inputting incident data, a database for storing incident data locally within the computer and a wireless interface, connected to the computer, to connect the computer with another computer to replicate the database on the other computer to provide a collaborative workspace...

20060211405 - Call receiving system apparatus and method having a dedicated switch: A system and method for a call receiving pager apparatus, system and method utilizing a dedicated switch for providing proprietary access, billing functions and other enhanced features is described. The system utilizes a subscriber apparatus having pager or radiotelephone functions whereby a caller may call the apparatus and gain direct...

20060211407 - Method for improving security of mobile communication device: The present invention provides a method for improving security of a mobile communication device comprising the steps of causing the mobile communication device to be either activated or inactivated, determining whether the mobile communication device is activated or not, the mobile communication device being capable of performing certain functions if...

20060211406 - Providing security for network subscribers: Messages are marked on the basis of whether they are originated in a home network or in a foreign network. Messages originated in the foreign network may be subjected to further filtering and may be put to ‘quarantine’ for further checking....

20060211408 - Mobile terminal and remote locking program storage medium: A mobile terminal having detachably mounted thereon a recording medium in which user-specific information is written, and besides the recording medium, having terminal-specific information recorded thereon, the mobile terminal performing radio communication with the recording medium mounted thereon, including: a locking instruction determination section which determines whether or not announcement...

20060211409 - Mipod - secure digital cell phone: The new product idea/concept “MiPod—secure digital cell phone” has the ability of a cell phone to play large MP3/MP4/MPEG play list files, transfer and store data onto your cell phone. The main feature for this phone idea/concept is the secure digital expansion slot built into the cell phone for additional...

20060211410 - Portable wireless communication device: An exemplary wireless communication device includes a command area and a display area. The command area transmits wireless communications and the display area displays information. The wireless communication device provides the capability to make payments, and includes the capability to save information relating to songs for recall and purchase....

20060211411 - Group communication device and method: A method for voice based communication between a number of mobile terminals of a telecommunication network, the method comprising the steps of creating a group of said number of terminals and storing group information in each of the number of terminals, recording a voice message in one of the terminals...

20060211412 - Methods, devices, and computer program products for providing multiple operational modes in a mobile terminal: A method of operating a mobile terminal includes receiving mobile communications and transmitting mobile communications in a first mode of operation, and enabling at least one function that is not available in the first mode of operation while preventing transmission of mobile communications in a second mode of operation. The...

20060211415 - Apparatus and methods for managing malfunctions on a wireless device: Apparatus and methods for managing predetermined malfunction events in a wireless device operating in a wireless communications network. Malfunction event data and operational data are recorded by the wireless device based on a selected malfunction event tracking configuration. Further, a recovery module associated with the wireless device operates to attempt...

20060211416 - Method and system for improved monitoring, measurement and analysis of communication networks utilizing dynamically and remotely configurable probes: In a method and system, one or more communication devices within a communication network are provided with a dynamically and remotely configurable probe element, implemented at least partially in software and controllable by the network operator via one or more communication links, capable of monitoring, measuring and capturing user interaction...

20060211414 - System, method, and computer program product for wireless network monitoring: A system, method, and computer program product for wireless network monitoring. Some particular features of various embodiments include notification via mobile phones (or other wireless devices) of outages in the wireless environment, an automated incident log, a web page to enter the resolution of an outage, a contact list containing...

20060211413 - Wireless data link capacity: Wireless data links between mobile vehicles are optimized by positioning the mobile vehicles in default locations, creating a wireless data link between the vehicles, and measuring the initial capacity of the wireless data link. An extremum-seeking algorithm is then performed, in which the mobile vehicles are moved locally around their...

20060211417 - Apparatus and method of uplink data during cell update in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment: The details of an apparatus and method of uplink data during cell update in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a user equipment to send uplink data to a UTRAN during a CELL UPDATE. The apparatus...

20060211418 - Method for carrying out a handover: A method for carrying out a handover in a communication network, the communication network having at least a first base station and a second base station, the method comprising the steps of measuring the geographical position of the mobile station while the mobile station communicates with a first base station,...

20060211419 - Methods and systems providing adaptive feeder links for ground based beam forming and related systems and satellites: A method of operating a communications system including a satellite may include providing communications feeder links between the satellite and a plurality of satellite gateways, and providing a communications service link between the satellite and at least one radioterminal using a plurality of satellite service link antenna feed elements. During...

20060211420 - Apparatus and method for distribution of roaming users over preferred networks: Apparatus for ensuring a controlled distribution of roaming users between preferred networks comprises: a preferred network listing unit configured to specify respectively different preferred networks, an assignment unit for assigning said lists to mobile handset users in accordance with predetermined desired proportions for respective preferred networks, and a download unit...

20060211421 - Method for scanning wireless frequencies: A method of scanning frequencies for registration onto a wireless service provider by a wireless device is provided. The inventive method comprises predefining a priority sequence of frequencies in association with each of a plurality of locations. Itinerary information is received and a current expected location of the device in...

20060211425 - Method and apparatus for acquiring user equipment capability information in a communication in a communication network: A method and apparatus for transmitting User Equipment (UE) capability information required for provisioning of a service to a network before a UE requests the service are provided. Before an outgoing or incoming call setup is requested for the UE, a signaling connection is established between the UE and a...

20060211424 - Method for establishing a collect call through a wireless communication system: A method includes a first mobile phone sending a first request to a communication service provider system, the communication service provider system sending a second request to a second mobile phone based on the first request and the phone number of the first mobile phone, and the second mobile phone...

20060211423 - Mobile communication device receipt through second telecommunication network of call directed to registration in first telecommunication network: A network infrastructure device of an apparatus in one example comprises a first external interface and a second external interface. The network infrastructure device communicates with a first telecommunication network through the first external interface. The network infrastructure device communicates with a second telecommunication network through the second external interface....

20060211422 - Two step database interrogation for supporting the implementation of a fall-back at call set-up: The invention relates to methods and devices that enable to request more than one service during call set-up. To this end a new indicator is introduced into a request message sent to a database storing subscriber data, for indicating that at least one further request message is sent and a...

20060211428 - Communication system and mobile communication terminal: A communication system and a mobile communication terminal which are capable of receiving assignment of a high transmission rate upstream SCH (Supplement Channel). The mobile communication terminal requests assignment of an upstream SCH (step S11b), receives the transmission rate of the assigned SCH (step S11c), and if this transmission rate...

20060211426 - Method for allocating radio communication resources and network unit associated with a multi-carrier radio communication system: Radio communication resources are allocated in a cellular radio communication system having a plurality of user stations and network units by subdividing a frequency band that is sub-divided into a plurality of sub-carriers used for communication purposes. In several radio cells, one or more network units sub-divides(s) the frequency band...

20060211427 - Method for estimating the downlink capacity in a spread spectrum wireless communications system: The per sector or per cell downlink capacity in a spread spectrum wireless network is determined using a single test mobile that is operating within a background of simulated co-channel interference being broadcast in each sector by all cell sites in the network whose capacity is of interest. From all...

20060211429 - Wireless local loop antenna: A wireless local loop system is provided that includes a wireless base station that communicates with a subscriber station via a wireless link. The wireless link can carry a voice service, such as telephone calls, or a data service, such as internet browsing. The subscriber station includes a steerable antenna....

20060211430 - Gps position tracking method with variable updating rate for power conservation: A system and method in which the position update rate is adaptively modified, based on previous position measurements. By adjusting the update rate based on velocity predictions from two or more position fixes, a lower update rate may be used without exceeding the maximum error. Lowering the update rate reduces...

20060211432 - Method for the provision of location information: In a communication system a request for location information associated with a target user is signalled from an entity. Said request contains information identifying the requestor of said location information. A verification is performed based on said identifying information if the target user has authorised the requester to initiate provision...

20060211431 - System and method for determining a base transceiver station location: A system and method for determining the location of a base transceiver station (BTS) are provided. A personal BTS can determine its location using information transmitted by neighboring BTSs or from mobile station transmissions to neighboring BTSs. If the personal BTS cannot determine its location using information from neighboring BTSs...

20060211433 - Portable electronic apparatus and non-carry processing program storage medium: The present invention provides a portable electronic apparatus such as a portable telephone, which improves safety in a situation where the apparatus is left behind. The portable electronic apparatus includes: a storing section that stores a pair of designated time and designated position; a time obtaining section that obtains a...

20060211435 - Method for providing a best guess for an intended recipient of a message: The present invention is a method for providing a best guess for a recipient of a message. The method includes identifying a pattern in the message; searching for the pattern in a pattern list comprising one or more patterns for each addressee in an address list; registering an addressee in...

20060211434 - Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in sms message timestamp formatting for mobile communication devices: Methods and apparatus for providing consistency in Short Message Service (SMS) timestamp formatting (UTC or non-UTC) for mobile communication devices are disclosed. In one illustrative example, a method involves receiving an SMS message intended for a mobile communication device; identifying whether the SMS message has timestamp data formatted in Coordinated...

20060211436 - Adjusting data burst tranmission rates: A broadcast service for transmission to mobile terminals 10a-10c in a cellular communication system comprises a series of burst B1-B5 of data packets in a transport stream 7. Where the available data transmission rates in cells C1, C2 are unequal, the transport stream 7a for transmission to the cell C1...

20060211437 - Configurable and pushable carrier communications with rich content: Apparatus, methods, data structures, and computer programming for the display on mobile wireless communications devices of information without the authorization or control of administrative servers. Displayed information can include, for example, carrier logos, news, and advertisements presented at the initiative of local service providers or other third-party systems. The local...

20060211438 - Method and system for granting floor in push-to-talk over cellular network: Provided is a method and system for granting the floor in a PoC network, in which, when a PoC server makes a request to establish a PoC session according to preset information of a PoC client wishing to make a PoC call rather than a session invitation request of the...

20060211440 - Dynamic traffic control method and controller: A dynamic traffic control method is disclosed that controls traffic in a radio network system where a radio network controller causes plural radio base stations to change radio outputs. The method comprises a step of measuring a channel utilization rate of each of cells of the radio base stations every...

20060211442 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data rate control channel in a high rate packet data system using a plurality of forward channels and system thereof: A high rate packet data communication system and method are provided that can control a rate of a plurality of forward channels by transmitting/receiving data rate control (DRC) information over at least one DRC channel. In the system, at least one mobile station (MS) determines a transmission time of the...

20060211441 - Power control and overlapping control for a quasi-orthogonal communication system: Techniques for controlling transmit power and the amount of overlapping in a quasi-orthogonal system are described. A base station for a sector receives transmissions from terminals in that sector and neighbor sectors and determines performance metrics (e.g., overall throughput) and/or QoS metrics (e.g., minimum data rate) for the terminals in...

20060211439 - Transmission beam control method, adaptive antenna transmitter/receiver apparatus and radio base station: Changes in instructions for increasing/decreasing transmission power that have been decoded from TPC bits are monitored, and when the increase/decrease instructions in a prescribed time interval are biased toward instructions for increasing the transmission power, the peak direction or main lobe width of the transmission beam is changed by regulating...

20060211445 - Method and apparatus to initiate point-to-point call during shared-channel delivery of broadcast content in a wireless telephone network: A method for managing a point-to-point call initiated (702) between a wireless mobile station (114, 400) and a remote party while the mobile is receiving broadcast content via one or more multi-user forward-link broadcast channels (508). The mobile station notifies (704) the network (110) of preferences as to prescribed categories...

20060211444 - Mobile communication terminal and communication control method: When the user of the mobile communication terminal produces the originating operation while in the idle state with the wireless system C, the control section acquires the input of the user of the mobile communication terminal via the key input section (step 302) and acquires, through the present position acquisition...

20060211443 - Mobile communications device with hold mode: A mobile communications device may incorporate a hold routine to hold incoming calls for a period of time, and allow a user to answer the call at his convenience. The hold indicator, such as a single ring or a vibration, to show that the mobile communications device is in the...

20060211446 - Enabling telematics and mobility services within a vehicle for disparate communication networks: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus of communication with a first and a second mobile communication network such that the first mobile communication network is different than the second mobile communication network. The method comprises disposing a telematics unit and a gateway unit having a network interface...

20060211447 - Wireless communication components and methods for multiple system communications: A mobile wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), components and methods therefor provide continuous communications capability while switching from a wireless connection with a first type of wireless system to a wireless connection with a second type of wireless system. Preferably, the WTRU is configured to switch wireless links from a Universal...

20060211448 - Method and apparatus of conveying information over a mobile and fixed networks: An intermediate server for conveying information, the intermediate server includes: an intermediate network interface, for receiving signals provided from a mobile phone to an access point and further conveyed over an intermediate network; wherein the signals are provided by the mobile phone over an unlicensed medium; wherein the intermediate network...

20060211449 - Reconfigurable wireless interconnects for data communication: Systems and methods for reconfigurable wireless interconnects for data communication are provided. A computer system comprises a plurality of processing elements and one or more reconfigurable wireless interconnects. Each processing element is adapted to communicate data to at least on other processing element through the one or more reconfigurable wireless...

20060211450 - Method and apparatus for controlling push-to-talk functions of a mobile communication unit from a unit circuit card: A method and apparatus according to the present invention enable a circuit card of a mobile communication unit to control Push-to-Talk features of a mobile terminal within that unit. The circuit card controls initiation and termination of a Push-to-Talk session for the mobile terminal, thereby enabling a communication network operator...

20060211451 - Ceiling-mounted wireless network access point: A ceiling-mountable wireless access point includes a ceiling box with a wing bracket and a wireless access point. The access point is receivable in the ceiling box, with the ceiling box mountable in a drywall installation. The wing bracket couples with ceiling box to secure the apparatus in a ceiling....

20060211452 - Terrestrial base stations and operating methods for increasing capacity and/or quality of service of terrestrial cellular and satellite systems using terrestrial reception of satellite band frequencies: The capacity of a terrestrial wireless communications system that uses a terrestrial frequency band for communications with wireless terminals is expanded by utilizing a satellite frequency band for terrestrially receiving terrestrial communications from the wireless terminals. Since the wireless terminals are configured to transmit communications to a space-based component such...

20060211453 - System for dialing a telephone number stored in a mobile electronic device when the device is away from its home calling area: A system for dialing telephone numbers stored in a mobile electronic device when the device is in away from a home calling area is described. The system has a memory element, microprocessor, and a transceiver element. The memory element is operable for storing the telephone number, a travel profile, and...

20060211454 - Display apparatus and method for mobile terminal: A display apparatus for a mobile terminal including: an input unit for receiving a user's instruction; a controller for simultaneously executing two or more tasks and transferring the received instruction to at least one display unit; a first display unit for performing displaying according to the received instruction; and a...

20060211455 - Mobile communication terminal for setting background music during telephone conversation and method thereof: A mobile communication terminal for setting a background music during a phone conversation and a method thereof, the mobile communication terminal comprising a transceiver for receiving a message including information of a storing path of a pre-set call background music, and a controller for requesting and downloading the call background...

20060211456 - Musical audible alert termination: A mobile telephone terminates the musical audible alert for an incoming call by introducing a replacement musical sequence. The mobile telephone includes audio output means for alerting a user to an incoming call by playing a musical audible alert; a user input for answering an incoming call; and control means,...

20060211457 - Foldable type portable terminal: In a portable terminal, the hinge portion (3) includes an intermediate case (31) having a plate-like shape, a first hinge (32) for rotatably coupling the vicinity of one end of a lower case (1) with the vicinity of one end of the intermediate case (31) about a first axis, and...

20060211458 - Mobile device having a protective user interface cover: A mobile device having a protective user interface cover is provided. The mobile device includes a mobile device housing having a top surface. The user interface is preferably mounted within the top surface of the mobile device, and may include a display, a keyboard, a touch screen, a touch surface,...

20060211459 - Portable terminal: This portable terminal comprises, a first panel at least having a display, a second panel at least having a keyboard and a hinge unit attached on both the first panel and the second panel, wherein the hinge unit comprises both rotating mechanism around a center axis of said hinge unit...

20060211460 - Sliding swing device for mobile terminal: A sliding swing device for a mobile terminal comprised of a main body housing and a sliding swing housing opened and closed in opposition to the main body housing is provided. The sliding swing device includes a base member, a sliding swing member, a guide member, a first force supplier,...

20060205339 - Communication terminal: A communication terminal is provided that enables one communication terminal to share with another communication terminal information relating to broadcast data such as broadcast content and broadcast usage restriction information received by the aforementioned one communication terminal. In a portable terminal 101 that is a communication terminal, a broadcast data...

20060205344 - Distributed repeater architecture: A distributed repeater architecture includes a donor unit having a donor antenna integrated with active electronic components, for receiving and amplifying RF signals from a fixed station of a wireless communications network. A coverage unit is coupled to the donor unit for processing the RF signals from the fixed station....

20060205341 - Dual polarization wireless repeater including antenna elements with balanced and quasi-balanced feeds: Wireless repeaters that utilize balanced and quasi-balanced antenna feed circuits for feedback suppression. The wireless repeater typically implements dual cross-polarization isolation both along and between uplink and downlink signal paths, which relies on dual-polarization server and donor antennas. The unit may utilize balanced antenna feeds for both polarizations or balanced...

20060205342 - Remotely controllable and reconfigurable wireless repeater: A wireless repeater that can be remotely controlled and reconfigured, either locally or from a remote control center, after it has been installed in a customer's premises. The reconfigurable parameters and controllable settings include the frequency channel profile for the unit and the associated display profile, frequency channel selection, power...

20060205340 - System and method for relaying signal in a communication system: Disclosed is a signal relaying method and system in a communication system including an mobile subscriber station (MSS), a base station (BS), a first relay station located between the MSS and the BS, a second relay station between the MSS and the BS are provided. In the system, the first...

20060205343 - Wireless repeater with feedback suppression features: A wireless repeater with features that improve the server-donor antenna isolation including multi-purpose server and donor mounting plates that each carry an antenna feed circuit board and associated antenna elements mounted in a back-to-back arrangement with the duplex repeater electronics board sandwiched between the server and donor mounting plates. To...

20060205345 - Air radio system: In an air radio system for performing voice communications among a first aircraft provided with an analog radio, a second aircraft provided with a digital radio, and a ground station, the ground station includes a first communication station for performing radio communications of an analog voice with the first aircraft,...

20060205346 - Reducing interference in a wireless communications signal in the frequency domain: Methods of reducing interference in wireless communications in a communications system are provided. A wireless communications signal is received within a frequency band. The wireless communications signal includes a desired component and an undesired interference component. The interference component may be caused by, for example, communications by another component of...

20060205347 - Satellite communications systems and methods with distributed and/or centralized architecture including ground-based beam forming: A space-based component (SBC) of a communications system includes a service link subsystem including a plurality of service link antenna elements configured to provide service links with radioterminals and a feeder link subsystem configured to provide respective feeder links to/from respective processing facilities. The SBC further includes a channelizer configured...

20060205348 - Mounting pedestal for a cellular signal enhancer: A relatively low cost, easy to install and aesthetically pleasing cellular signal enhancer, also known as a wireless repeater, suitable for use in a home or business. The device includes a removable mounting pedestal that can be plugged into both an upper and a lower receptacle on a signal enhancer...

20060205349 - Apparatus and method for wireless audio network management: Electronic apparatus and method are provided for management of communications between channel master (e.g. audio player), responding device (e.g. remote control/headphones) and, optionally, passive devices (e.g. headphones) wirelessly connected in a wireless audio network. The channel master transmits, and the responding device receives, audio signals and network management information. Profile...

20060205350 - Master signal transmitter with allied servant receiver to receive a directed signal from the transmitter: A device for locating an object, which includes a master transmitter with at least one servant receiver. A signal from the master transmitter unit activates the servant receiver unit, which then turns itself on. The servant receiver unit has both sound and light output to attract the attention of a...

20060205351 - Dc offset cancel control method and transmitter/receiver: Disclosed is a transmitter/receiver which performs transmitting and receiving operations based on CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) system. The transmitter/receiver includes a first unit, a second unit and a DC offset control unit. The first unit obtains a DC offset value generated in the transmitter/receiver and holds...

20060205352 - Switched multiplexer method to combine multiple broadband rf sources: Provided is a switched multiplexer configured to combine first, second, third and fourth signal paths each covering a sub-octave in a frequency range of from about 2 to about 18 GHz and to remove transmitter harmonics of an input signal to create a stable output impedance across the frequency range....

20060205353 - Method and system for reducing the effect of signal-interference in null-areas caused by one or more antennas: In wireless communications, a method and system for enhancing signal decoding capability in null areas uses dithering to break up or modify the null areas. The null areas form in overlapping regions of the beams of two antennas or in overlapping regions of a single signal that is subject to...

20060205356 - Methods and apparatus for antenna control in a wireless terminal: Base stations transmit strip signals using strip signal segments and self supporting modulation scheme techniques facilitating rapid channel estimate. A strip segment occupies one OFDM symbol time interval and uses a set of downlink tones; some, e.g., half, of the tones are left unused facilitating SIR measurement. The strip segments...

20060205355 - Methods and apparatus for transmitting signals facilitating antenna control: Base stations transmit strip signals using strip signal segments and self supporting modulation scheme techniques facilitating rapid channel estimate. A strip segment occupies one OFDM symbol time interval and uses a set of downlink tones; some, e.g., half, of the tones are left unused facilitating SIR measurement. The strip segments...

20060205354 - Systems and methods for managing out-of-band device connection: Systems and methods for managing connection of devices to a wireless network using out-of-band communications....

20060205358 - Information processing apparatus and communication apparatus: The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and a communication apparatus for accurately recognizing at the base station the current receiving quality of the mobile terminals for improving the throughput of the base station. A mobile terminal 61 determines its own receiving quality based on the signal received...

20060205357 - Systems and methods for reducing uplink resources to provide channel performance feedback for adjustment of downlink mimo channel data rates: Systems and methods for improving the performance of a MIMO wireless communication system by reducing the amount of uplink resources that are needed to provide channel performance feedback for the adjustment of data rates on the downlink MIMO channels. In one embodiment, a method comprises encoding each of a set...

20060205359 - Lifestyle receiver/transmitter for differentiated consumer product: A receiver/transmitter for a consumer product having unique operational features, comprising: a microprocessor programmed to a numerical identifier associated with the consumer product; a housing for housing the microprocessor, the housing being separable from the consumer product; a data transferring component coupled to the microprocessor and configured for communicating with...

20060205360 - Communication system with request-enable, request, and grant made over timeslotted multi-frequency channel: A communication system is provided for communication between network nodes and a communication controller. In the network, a request-enable signal is transmitted from the communication controller to identify one or more timeslots or frequencies of a communication channel that a node may transmit. When a first individual node has data...

20060205361 - Impedance transformation in a duplexer using a transmission line: A duplexer having a filter and a transmission line that transforms an impedance of the filter to an impedance of an antenna....

20060205362 - Audio signal transmitting apparatus: An audio signal transmitting apparatus utilizes an encoder/decoder and an audio signal controller to convert an audio signal received by a mobile phone into a file executable by a computer system, and also can convert an audio message of the computer system into an audio signal transmissible by the mobile...

20060205363 - Multi-protocol interchip interface: An interface between radios supporting different air interfaces is disclosed that avoids some of the costs and disadvantages associated with inter-radio interfaces in the prior art. The present invention enables the needed coordination across multiple wireless protocols, such as 802.11 and Bluetooth, by providing a communication link spanning different integrated...

20060205364 - Multifunctional portable electronic device: This invention relates to a multifunctional portable electronic device including a main body and a clasp. The main body houses a printed circuit board, and a power supply module for supplying power to the printed circuit board, the printed circuit board having a radio frequency module mounted thereon for providing...

20060205366 - Polar modulation transmission apparatus and wireless communication apparatus: Polar modulation transmission apparatus capable of suppressing power loss of a battery supply line to a high-frequency power amplifier regardless of whether transmission power is high or low is provided. Operation control section (120) performing control in such a manner that a battery voltage (S21) converted as a result of...

20060205365 - Versatile baseband signal input current splitter: A current steering mechanism is provided in a radio transmitter (e.g., a multiband radio transmitter) to provide compatibility with a variety of baseband parts. Different proportions of an input signal current (“in”) may be steered to a dummy load (103), a mixer for a first band (106), and a mixer...

20060205367 - Methods, radioterminals, and ancillary terrestrial components for communicating using spectrum allocated to another satellite operator: A method of providing communications can be provided by at least one space-based and/or terrestrial component of a first system/operator transmitting/receiving information using spectrum allocated to a second system/operator at an aggregate interference level at a space-based component of the second system/operator that is less than or substantially equal to...

20060205368 - Selecting an optimal antenna according to an operating state of a device: A device (100) has a housing assembly having a plurality of housing portions which can shift relative to each other, a plurality of antennas (102) distributed among the plurality of housing portions, a receiver (104A) coupled to the plurality of antennas for receiving signals carrying information from a source, and...

20060205369 - Multiple antenna receiver system in vehicles: A multiple-antenna system for mobile uses in vehicles with several reception paths (10, 20, 30), each reception path (10, 20, 30) being associated with at least one respective antenna (11, 21, 31) and being set up for a first frequency band and at least one second frequency band, whereby according...

20060205370 - High-order harmonic rejection mixer using multiple lo phases: A mixer produces an improved output signal during frequency translation of an input signal using a local oscillator (LO) signal. The mixer includes five component mixers connected in parallel. Each component mixer uses a phase-shifted version of the LO signal for frequency translation to produce a component output signal from...

20060205371 - Mobile communication terminal and method for indicating received-signal strength: In a mobile communication terminal, a communication control section controls communication on the basis of a selected radio communication system or frequency band and manages the state of communication. A signal-strength-indicator acquiring and storing section acquires signal-strength indicators and stores it. A communication-state acquiring section acquires the state of communication....

20060205372 - Agc circuit arrangement for a tuner: A method and apparatus for generating the adaptive gain control signals in a communications receiver is disclosed. The present invention can be used with existing two stage gain architectures, and overcomes many undesirable characteristics of the previous mechanism. An apparatus is presented wherein each of a plurality of RF AGC...

20060205373 - Method and apparatus for generating clocks for a handheld multistandard communication system: Methods and apparatus for generating clocks for a handheld multistandard communication system are disclosed herein and may comprise receiving an input clock signal from a clock source whose accuracy is controlled by a selected device in a handheld multistandard communication system. The selected device may be characterized with a highest...

20060205374 - Adaptive radio transceiver with a local oscillator: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a transceiver with a receiver, a transmitter, a local oscillator (LO) generator, a controller, and a self-testing unit. All of these components can be packaged for integration into a single IC including components such...

20060205375 - Measurement circuit and method for measuring the level of an rf signal, and a transmitter including a measurement circuit: A measurement circuit for measuring a level of a radio frequency signal comprises a first signal path adapted to conduct a first version of a radio frequency signal and a second signal path adapted to conduct a second version of said radio frequency signal. The first and second versions have...

20060205376 - Versatile system for multimode, wireless communication receiver with zifand near-zif operations: An architecture for a receiver component in a wireless communications system is disclosed—one that supports both zero intermediate frequency (ZIF) and near-zero intermediate frequency (NZIF) operation. The architecture provides a down-conversion segment, and a local oscillator segment operatively associated with the down-conversion segment. An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) segment is adapted...

20060205377 - Image rejection mixer providing precision image rejection: An image rejection mixer includes a first mixer, a second mixer, a first output adjust circuit, and a second output adjust circuit. The first mixer is coupled to receive an input RF signal and a local oscillator signal and includes a first mixer stage and a first output load stage....

20060205378 - Ofdm amplifier and method therefor: Within an amplifier circuit having an amplifying transistor, a boost voltage is presented at a port of the transistor. The amplifying transistor has a base, an emitter and a collector or a gate, a source, and a drain. A capacitor is provided in electrical communication with the transistor. A voltage...

20060205379 - Signal reception enhancement apparatus, systems, and methods: An apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may include sensing a parameter value associated with noise in a mixer, such as the signal-to-noise ratio of a receiver, and adjusting the bias set-point of one or more mixer components in response to the sensed value...

20060205380 - Signal interfacing techniques to simplify integrated circuit radio designs: A signal interfacing technique for connecting signals between a signal processing device and a MIMO radio integrated circuit (IC) involving multiplexing two or more signals on a connection pin between the radio IC and a signal processing device. According to one technique, transmit and receive signals are multiplexed such that...

20060205381 - Adapting portable electrical devices to receive power wirelessly: Wireless power receiving apparatus (150) is retrofitted to a portable electrical device (100) to enable the device to receive power wirelessly. The apparatus comprises a power-receiving element (200) adapted to be attached to the device, e.g. by adhesive (201), and also being adapted to receive power wirelessly from a transmitter...

20060205382 - Apparatus and method for determining sleep clock timing: Apparatus and methods for estimating the frequency of a sleep or slow clock by selectively utilizing an estimated sleep clock frequency and an estimated change in the sleep clock frequency. The disclosed apparatus includes a sleep clock frequency estimator to output a fast clock derived sleep clock frequency estimate and...

20060205383 - Emergency call back through intersystem paging: In the method, a paging identifier for a wireless unit is obtained using a unique call back identifier for an emergency call placed by the wireless unit in response to an emergency call back. Then, an emergency intersystem page, which provides the paging identifier of the wireless unit and identifies...

20060205384 - Method of security monitoring and alarming using mobile voice device: A method utilizing a mobile handset (or a PDA capable of collecting voices, playing voices, and making voice calls over a mobile communications network) to conduct security monitoring, alarming, and logging is provided. The method allows a user to turn his or her mobile handset into intrusion detection, alarming, and...

20060205386 - Method and apparatus for providing encryption and integrity key set-up: An approach is provided for communication signaling. Update of shared secret data is initiated with a mobile station. A random value associated with authentication of the mobile station is received. A key is generated based on the updated shared secret data and the random value. Set-up of the key and...

20060205388 - Secure bootstrapping for wireless communications: A mutual authentication method is provided for securely agreeing application-security keys with mobile terminals supporting legacy Subscriber Identity Modules (e.g., GSM SIM and CDMA2000 R-UIM, which do not support 3G AKA mechanisms). A challenge-response key exchange is implemented between a bootstrapping server function (BSF) and mobile terminal (MT). The BSF...

20060205385 - System and method for applying an oma drm permission model to java midp applications: A system and method of applying a permission model to an application operating on a mobile electronic device. When an application is launched on the mobile electronic device, it is determined whether the mobile electronic device possesses execution rights for the application. If the mobile electronic device does not possess...

20060205387 - User authentication in a communications system: A method in a communication network wherein users are authenticated based on network originated user identities is disclosed. The authentication method comprising the steps of receiving a network originated identity from a user and associating the network originated identity with at least one non-network originated identity stored in a data...

20060205389 - Control system controlling a plurality of real world objects, and a method for handling messages from a mobile user connected to the control system: A method for handling messages from a mobile user, in a control system controlling a plurality of real world objects, wherein the real world objects are represented by software objects and the user selects one of the objects for the message. The method includes receiving information about which of the...

20060205390 - Inspirational messaging system and method of use: An automatic messaging system for sending inspirational messages is disclosed. The system utilizes existing cellular telephone networks and service providers. A telephone owner creates the messages with his or her telephone and stores the same therein. The telephone automatically transmits the messages at prescribed times to a receiving unit provided...

20060205391 - Telecommunications apparatus: In a telecommunications apparatus. a control processor (CSRS) receives a call request from a caller's terminal and establishes a call with a voice messaging system (VM). Signals from the voice messaging system (VM) and from the caller's terminal are combined and sent to the called party (user) upon receipt of...

20060205392 - System and method for using multiple calls to provide feature support in a handoff environment: A method for providing feature support is provided that includes receiving, by a mobile station, multiple cell calls and coordinating media associated with the cell calls in order to make a feature of the mobile station functional for an end user of the mobile station. The feature is invoked after...

20060205393 - Advanced call forwarding user interface for mobile communication device: A call forwarding user interface for a mobile communication device provides selective access to pre-stored identifying data (e.g., an address book) for a user to define one or more call forwarding destinations for predetermined call forwarding conditions. Call forwarding profiles of such identifying data may also be defined and stored...

20060205394 - Mobile device, a network element and a method of adjusting a setting associated with a mobile device: User activity settings and other settings such as sound and vibration settings of applications that run on mobile devices are automatically adjusted. In one example, the mobile device includes a processor configured to adjust a user activity setting automatically according to an activity being carried out by a user. The...

20060205395 - Methods and apparatus for over-the-air subscriptions: Methods and apparatus for over-the-air (OTA) subscriptions. A method is provided for performing over-the-air subscriptions in a data network. The method comprises establishing an overhead notification mechanism, and transmitting a package database to a device using the overhead notification mechanism, wherein the package database identifies one or more service packages....

20060205396 - Methods and apparatus for implementing and using a rate indicator: A base station selects and assigns uplink segments to specific wireless terminals. The base station estimates potential system interference levels, selects, assigns, and transmits a maximum uplink rate indicator value to a wireless terminal indicating the maximum uplink data rate that the wireless terminal is permitted to use. The wireless...

20060205398 - Apparatus and methods for product acceptance testing on a wireless device: Apparatus, methods, and programs for testing the communications processing ability, and determining product acceptance, of a wireless device. Embodiments include a product acceptance test application disposed on the wireless device and including simulated communications representative of actual communications with a wireless network. A communications processing engine disposed on the wireless...

20060205399 - Method for simulating communication functions of a mobile phone according to a markup language and related device thereof: A method for simulating communication functions of a mobile phone is disclosed. The method includes: storing information of a plurality of messages in a data file; receiving an incoming message; analyzing the incoming message to obtain a result; and generating an outgoing message in response to the incoming message according...

20060205397 - Tester for determining the validity of a feature in a remote device: One or more test classes implement an object oriented interface that specifies an execution method and a results method called from a user interface running on the mobile terminal or an emulator. The user interface enables a user to select one or more tests to run, view results, and upload...

20060205400 - Communication system and mobile station therefor: A communication system in which a calling party mobile station is capable of automatically obtaining information on a plurality of currently available communication modes of a called party mobile station and charge rate information to enable a user of the calling party mobile station to determine which mode is to...

20060205401 - 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...

20060205402 - System and method for maintaining communication channels through coverage gaps: A system and method for restoring communications through breaks in wireless coverage includes identifying a coverage gap in a wireless coverage area and notifying system users of the existence of the coverage gap. Connection information is distributed to other base stations to automatically reconnect parties upon exiting the coverage gap....

20060205403 - Format converter for wlan-umts interworking employing umts air interface: A format converter for use with a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having a transceiver, a wireless local area network (WLAN) having an access point (AP) and a wireless terminal, for providing access to the UMTS by the terminal. The format converter comprises a WLAN transceiver for sending and receiving...

20060205404 - Local number solution for roaming mobile telephony users: A system for managing of mobile phones at a roaming network, each mobile handset having a first handset number from its home network. The roaming network assigns a second number to a detected roamer, which number is local to the roaming network. The second number is not known directly to...

20060205405 - Method for administering a service for a subscriber: The invention prevents the need for a subscriber to input a PIN to book a service with the purpose of managing this service from the subscriber side. This is achieved by using a mobile network terminal for the management. The mobile subscriber reports a subscriber number of a fixed network...

20060205406 - Adaptive handover measurement interval: Apparatus and methods are provided for adaptively determining a handover measurement interval. Power savings are achieved when a mobile terminal in a digital broadcast broadband network does not constantly attempt to measure the signal strength of nearby cells. By determining cell parameters, such as size and carrier frequency, and also...

20060205407 - Method and system for triggering handoff of a call between networks: A method for handing off a call between networks includes monitoring a quality of a first link between a mobile station and a wireless local area network (WLAN) when the mobile station is actively connected with the WLAN on a call and monitoring a quality of a second link between...

20060205411 - Apparatus and method for merging wireless telephone service with existing wired telephone equipment in a facility: An apparatus and method for merging mobile, or wireless, telephone service with existing wired telephone equipment in a facility, such as a home or business, are provided. With the apparatus and method, a converter is associated with the facility such that a wireless telephone number is associated with the converter....

20060205409 - Method and apparatus for network formation: When a requesting node (402) has routing capabilities and attempts to join a network and there are no association slots available, the requesting node (402) will send an association message to a potential root node (401). If the root node (401) has reached the maximum number of links, and has...

20060205410 - Method and system of controlling operation of customer access point with remote control: A method and system of controlling a customer access point with a remote control. The method and system including displaying control features on a user interface of the remote control for use in controlling operation of the customer access point....

20060205408 - Radio communications apparatus, radio communications system, and base station equipment: Radio communications apparatus, radio communications system, and base station equipment that effectively utilize the network resources of both an ad-hoc network and a mobile communications network to increase the efficiency of and optimize the networks, thereby improving the communication capacity and throughput of the networks as a whole. The radio...

20060205412 - System and method for controlling resource allocation in a multicell communication system: A method is provided for controlling resource allocation in a multicell communication system including a plurality of cells, each of the cells using the same frequency band. The method comprises dividing the frequency band for each of the cells into a plurality of band groups; dividing a cell region for...

20060205413 - Use of decremental assignments: Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate dynamically assigning system resources in a wireless network environment by detecting a resource conflict between an existing resource assignment to one or more existing user devices and a new resource assignment for a subsequent user device. Upon detection of a conflict, a decremental...

20060205414 - Use of supplemental assignments: Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate dynamically supplementing resource assignments to mobile devices in a wireless network environment without requiring transmission of replacement assignments. Supplemental assignments can be generated based on information related to mobile device need and resource availability. Additionally, assignment validation can be performed to mitigate generation...

20060205415 - Pilot grouping and set management in multi-carrier communication systems: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods and systems for grouping pilot signals and using such grouping for pilot strength reporting and set management in multi-carrier communication systems. In one embodiment, an access network may assign a group identifier (or “group ID”) to each of the pilot signals associated with the...

20060205416 - Push-to-locate wireless communication device and method of use: A wireless communication device for geographically locating a second wireless communication device includes a housing; a push-to-locate activation mechanism configured to detect selection of a target number corresponding to the second wireless communication device and send a push-to-locate request for the target number to a carrier network to obtain a...

20060205417 - Method and apparatus for positioning a set of terminals in an indoor wireless environment: Methods and apparatus are provided for estimating a location of a plurality of wireless terminals. Signal strength measurements are obtained for at least one packet transmitted by each of the wireless terminals; and a Bayesian algorithm is applied to the signal strength measurements to estimate the location of each wireless...

20060205418 - Communication method and network device in a radio communication system: In a radio communication system including a plurality of subscriber stations and at least one radio access device, useful information of a group of subscriber stations is transmitted by radio. A number of subscriber stations of the group is located in the radio coverage area of the at least one...

20060205419 - System and method for zone - based personalized information providing: A system and method for providing zone-based personalized information to a user of mobile communication terminal located in a specific zone are presented. The system comprises a zone management system which acquires MIN information of a mobile communication terminal entering a specific zone, a zone information management server which receives...

20060205420 - System, method and apparatus for optimized wireless messaging: Wireless data message optimization for messages sent between a wireless device and a server that provides a service that the wireless device is authorized to access is provided using an application gateway that serves as a proxy between the wireless device and the server. The application gateway maps optimized service...

20060205421 - Wireless communication devices and methods: A method for synchronising a transmitter and a mobile, wireless receiver, the method involving: transmitting from the transmitter a synchronisation message (5) that is indicative of a time until a command transmission (6); receiving the synchronisation message at the receiver, and using the received synchronisation message to determine when the...

20060205422 - Systems and methods for frequency reuse in wireless networks: A frequency reuse scheme that provides high spectral efficiency and reduced interference in areas where cell sites overlap is provided. Three frequencies are allocated per cell site, with each sector employing two frequencies, one frequency being transmitted at a higher power and the second frequency being transmitted at a lower...

20060205423 - A method of transmitting data, a controller and a wireless communications device: The present invention provides a method of transmitting data across a communications network having multiple channels, a controller for use with a transceiver in a wireless communications network and a wireless communications device. In one embodiment, the method of transmitting data includes establishing a bandwidth for transmission of the data...

20060205425 - Method and system for allocation of resources within wireless systems: Method and system are described to determine a signal quality for nodes of a network. In one embodiment, a signal quality for nodes of a network is determined. The nodes are ranked based on the signal quality. Information from a node at a device is received; the information indicates whether...

20060205424 - Method for use in an ad-hoc wlan system: The invention refers to a method for use by a first node in an ad-hoc WLAN, which first node maintains a table of other nodes within the network which can be used for forwarding messages. The method comprises the step of letting the first node receive a first signal from...

20060205426 - Communication apparatus: A communication apparatus is described that automatically allocates the position of participants in a group call at various positions in sound-space. The position of each user is such that the user can distinguish between each participant of the call by the position of their voice. This allows the user to...

20060205430 - Method and system for identifying respondent client in push-to-talk over cellular network: A method provides information of a client making a first response to a network-initiated push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) group session when the network-initiated PoC group session is established. When it is determined that an event meeting session establishment criteria occurs at a server managing a session, the session management server sends an...

20060205429 - Method for updating a location of a mobile communication terminal: A method for updating a location of a terminal having a PTT function which includes, when the terminal moves into a new communication system coverage area, initiating a data call and transmitting a communication system identifier to a base station if the PTT function of the terminal is enabled, after...

20060205428 - Method of performing a dynamic push-to-talk service: The invention concerns a method of providing a Push-to-Talk (=PTT) based communication service to subscribers of the PTT service by means of a PTT server which dynamically creates a PTT group. A requesting subscriber sends a call request message to a PTT server. The call request message is analyzed by...

20060205427 - Method of push-to-talk service: The invention concerns a method of providing a Push-to-Talk (=PTT) service within one or more telecommunication networks (1, 2, 3, 4) by means of a gateway-server (5) which sets up a virtual connection per PTT connection. The virtual connection provides information about the participating terminals (10, 20, 30, 40) of...

20060205431 - Electronic device having multiple modes of operation: The present invention provides an electronic device having a plurality of different user-selectable modes, each mode for performing a different function of the electronic device. The device can include a help mode in which the keys of the device are illuminated to distinguish a given set of keys associated with...

20060205432 - Control mechanisms for mobile devices: A control mechanism for a mobile communication device includes a first mode element, a second mode element and a third mode element. Each mode element corresponds to a distinct operational mode associated with a particular function of the mobile communication device. A physical switch mechanism, which has a first physical...

20060205433 - Method and apparatus for receiving signals using diversity in wireless network: Disclosed is a mobile station for receiving signals by means of diversity in a wireless network, which includes a mobile communication radio signal reception unit for receiving mobile communication radio signals; a local area communication unit for communicating with another mobile station located near the mobile station; a signal processor...

20060205434 - method and system for providing a temporary subscriber identity to a roaming mobile communications device: A system provides a service to mobile devices that permits the mobile devices to substantially avoid roaming charges while roaming in visited networks. A temporary subscriber identity (TSI) server receives a TSI request message from a TSI client operating on a roaming mobile device. If available, a temporary service identity...

20060205435 - Macro implementing method and apparatus using sat between subscriber identity module and mobile equipment: Disclosed is a macro implementing method and apparatus that can perform a series of operations desired by a user through an interface between an ME (Mobile Equipment) and a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) that support a SAT (Sim Application Toolkit). A combination of commands is provided so that a series...

20060205436 - Extension of a local area phone system to a wide area network: A soft switch 134 providing wireless PBX voice services to a local area network (WLAN) is used to extend PBX functionality to the cellular domain. A dual mode remote unit is capable of receiving signals both in the cellular system as well as the WLAN. The cellular system is comprised...

20060205437 - Apparatus and method for channel estimation in an sdma-ofdm system: Provided is a channel estimation apparatus and method in a broadband wireless communications system using a smart antenna are provided. In the channel estimation apparatus, an FFT processor converts a received time-domain signal into a frequency-domain signal by FFT-processing the received time-domain signal. A channel acquirer estimates a first channel...

20060205438 - Diversely openable dual display type mobile communication terminal: A diversely openable dual display type mobile communication terminal is disclosed. The mobile communication terminal is designed in due consideration of a design concept and a form factor to facilitate enhanced information input that includes a plurality of discrete information input parts separately formed on a key group in order...

20060205440 - Multiple page sound tone dialog in communication device: This invention describes a novel methodology for using a multiple page dialog field for setting sound tasks in a communication device such a mobile device or a mobile phone. According to the present invention, the dialog/sounds are divided into multiple pages (“tabs”), for example, Ringing tones page, Message tones page,...

20060205439 - System and method for background sound scan element of a user interface: A method and system for playing a sound on an electronic device. An audio user interface control unit is used to manage various sounds that a user desires to be played upon the occurrence of a user interface-related action, as well as the rules regarding when and how such sounds...

20060205441 - Implement for mobile phone: A mobile phone implement is capable of hearing a voice from the mobile phone or communicating with the ear and capable of easily loading and unloading the earphone and the cord. The mobile phone implement comprises a neck strap that is capable of being attached to a mobile phone and...

20060205442 - Bi-directional amplifier with non-interruptible port: A bi-directional RF signal amplifier can be provided with a non-interruptible communication path for maintaining communication between an input and output port in the event of power failure. The amplifier may receive RF signals from a service provider or any other appropriate signal source through an input port. In residential...

20060205444 - Deep sleep mode for portable communication device: A portable communication device (100) is provided with first transceiver circuitry (104) for sending and receiving signals on a first communication path and second transceiver circuitry (116) for sending and receiving signals on a second communication path. The portable communication device (100) also includes a controller (112) coupled to the...

20060205445 - Mobile communication terminal and position monitoring method: Location positioning setting information is read from a setting storage section when the user depressed a power key. The location positioning setting information comprises setting information, such as the maximum duration time of the location positioning operation and the operation timing when a power-off event has been generated. A control...

20060205443 - Wireless communication unit and method for power saving: A wireless communication unit (4160) comprises a processor (508) having a power-aware link adaptation function (540) for selecting an operational mode of the wireless communication unit (460) to transmit at least one data packet, the wireless communication unit (460) character