Communication Over Free Space

Communication Over Free Space patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

01/17/08 - 20080013470 - Arrangement and method relating to service provisioning control
The present invention relates to an arrangement, in a communication network system supporting communication of packet data. It comprises/has access to mobile subscriber data and comprises means for handling subscriber identity information. It further comprises service level control means (61,62;6) for allocating service level profiles, e.g. QoS profiles, to subscribers. ...

01/17/08 - 20080013469 - Wireless system
A wireless system comprises a plurality of wireless devices. Each wireless device includes a wireless transceiver, a storage device for storing data and a location-determining device. The system also comprises a data packet stored by a first wireless device, the data packet including location information. The first wireless device is ...

01/10/08 - 20080008111 - Method and apparatus for using short addresses in a communication system
Methods and apparatus for communicating between an access terminal (AT) and remote device via an access point (AP) are described. For communications over the air link, between an AP and an AT a short address corresponding to the remote device is used for routing packets to/from the remote device. This ...

01/10/08 - 20080008110 - Radio communication system, radio communication method, base station device, and terminal device
A base station apparatus 1 sends a notification of dedicated data transmission to a space division multiplexed terminal MSm and also sends a notification of information concerning a transmission beam 4 used in a different terminal space division multiplexed and information concerning signal power used in the different terminal normalized ...

01/10/08 - 20080008109 - Method and apparatus for bridging wireless control networks
An aspect of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for the communication between a first wireless control network and a second wireless control network. In one embodiment, a message from a second network node in the second wireless control network that is intended for a first network node ...

01/03/08 - 20080002599 - Method and apparatus for ad hoc mesh routing
Packets are routed in a wireless mesh network by assigning a probability of packet retransmission based on certain factors which may include the number of hops the packet has made, whether the destination is within a certain number of known hops of the receiving node, the number of nearby nodes, ...

12/27/07 - 20070297353 - Method for access to a medium by a multi-channel device
Method of accessing a medium on a transmission system having at least two channels, in which a multi-channel device groups at least two channels for the purpose of increasing the bandwidth. The method enables multi-channel devices and single-channel devices to coexist by sending out a preamble and header on each ...

12/20/07 - 20070291671 - Radio communication method, radio communication system and radio communication equipment
Radio communication equipment by which reproduction of application data is not interrupted nor disabled even when the application data requiring a high throughput is transmitted by radio. In the equipment, an MCS deciding section (113) has, for example, an MCS setting table shown in table 1, selects an MCS having ...

12/20/07 - 20070291670 - Method of activating a pdp context
The invention relates to a method of activating a PDP context via a mobile terminal (MT), such as a mobile telephone, initiated by a terminal equipment (TE), e.g. a laptop, where the terminal equipment (TE) is arranged to be connected to the mobile terminal (MT). Hitherto, such an activation of ...

12/20/07 - 20070291669 - Method and apparatus for a hybrid network service
An apparatus for data transfer comprising a first network, a second network, and a plurality of nodes on said first network wherein secured data is transferred between at least two nodes of said plurality of nodes on said first network only if said at least two nodes also exist on ...

12/13/07 - 20070286102 - Wireless communication system capable of switching protocol
A wireless communication system comprising a management server, base stations, and a plurality of node terminals, wherein a wireless communication protocol to be applied is switched dynamically based on such indices as but error, packet error rate, the number of times of retransmitting packets, throughput/power consumption that may occur between ...

11/29/07 - 20070274243 - Management device, output device, method and computer readable medium
There is provided with a management device including: a communication unit configured to receive input function information indicating input functions provided by input devices through a wireless network and receive reception level information indicating reception levels of signals which an output device connected to the wireless network has received from ...

11/29/07 - 20070274242 - Multi-tag emulator
The invention provides both a system, device and method for emulating a plurality of RF data storage devices in a single device, for example a hand held device such as a mobile phone. The system comprises a means for emulating a plurality of RF data storage devices each having a ...

11/29/07 - 20070274240 - Upnp terminal for ad hoc wireless networks
The invention relates to a wireless network comprising at least two terminals which each contain a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) software component and a UPnP controller software component. According to the invention, the UPnP controller software component of a terminal forwards specific messages from the associated UPnP software component ...

11/22/07 - 20070268849 - Communications system providing adaptive polling based upon positive and negative polling events and related methods
A communications system may include at least one data storage device for storing messages for respective users, and a plurality of mobile wireless communications devices each associated with a respective user for accessing the messages stored on the at least one data storage device. Moreover, the communications system may further ...

11/08/07 - 20070258394 - Communication method and radio transmitter
Radio transmission is performed even to a communication party whose bandwidth that can be used for transmission and reception is limited without having an influence of an offset of a DC component. A radio transmitter applied to an OFDMA communication system in which a plurality of different terminals performs communication ...

11/08/07 - 20070258393 - System and method for pruning a neighbor list using motion vectors
In one embodiment, a system and method for optimizing a neighbor AP list for a wireless station. The list is optimized based on the current location of the wireless station and the direction of motion. Neighbor APs that are not near the wireless station and/or not in the direction of ...

11/08/07 - 20070258392 - Method and apparatus in a mimo based communication system
Communication in a MIMO network is optimized by selecting a first set of users comprising at least one user, selecting a second set of users not comprised in the first set, adapting communication parameters for the first set of users according to a first principle suitable, e.g. SVD, adapting communication ...

10/18/07 - 20070242630 - Mobile communication terminal and method for calculating media play time of the mobile communication terminal
A mobile communication terminal and a method for calculating a media play time of media file on the mobile communication terminal are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a mobile communication terminal includes a communication unit, a controller, and a display. The communication unit is capable of downloading a media file ...

10/18/07 - 20070242629 - System and method for process control using wireless devices
An apparatus includes at least one process element and a first transceiver configured to communicate with the at least one process element. The apparatus also includes a second transceiver configured to communicate wirelessly with the first transceiver and to communicate with a process control system. The process control system may ...

10/18/07 - 20070242628 - Method for handling the simultaneous mobility of mobile hosts in infrastructure-based networks
In infrastructure-based networks devices often move from one attachment point in the network or a sub-network thereof to another attachment point. Communications sessions may be established between Mobile Hosts attached to such nodes. Communications sessions between nodes established using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Mobile Internet Protocol with Location Registers (MIP-LR) ...

10/11/07 - 20070237102 - System and method for transferring data to and from mobile devices
Mobile devices, such as cameras and cellular telephones, can be equipped with a high-speed low power system for transferring data to a commonly available intermediary receiver. The intermediary receiver would then transfer the received data into a computer for storage or subsequent processing. In one embodiment, the commonly available receiver ...

10/11/07 - 20070237101 - Heading-dependent routing method and network subsystem
Apparatuses, methods and systems are described that are configured to act on a heading-dependent suitability indicator of a channel through a mobile communication system that can have a defined heading, such as a passenger vehicle or other motor-propelled vehicle. The indicator may also use other determinants such as a latitude ...

10/04/07 - 20070230384 - Method for controlling retransmission of information using state variables in radio communication system
A method for re-transmitting data or control information in a radio link control layer relates to determining whether re-transmission will be ended by comparing a number of transmission with a critical value when the transmission of data or control information has successively failed. The retransmission cycle is comprised of the ...

10/04/07 - 20070230383 - Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a transmitter with at least four transmit antennas and a receiver with at least one receive antenna. Space Frequency Block Coding (SFBC) processes are performed for input signals on a ...

10/04/07 - 20070230381 - Multimode communication apparatus
A multimode communication apparatus capable of varying a function of a signal processing portion without external resource control is provided. The multimode communication apparatus includes a radio portion 103 for conducting a radio communication, a plurality of signal processing devices 105, 106 whose function can be varied by resource control, ...

10/04/07 - 20070230380 - System and method for selecting a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission mode
A system and method in a wireless telecommunication system such as a Universal Mobile Telephone System, UMTS, for selecting whether to utilize either a point-to-multipoint, PTM, or a point-to-point, PTP, connection to send media content to User Equipments, UEs, (11) present in a cell in the wireless telecommunication system. A ...

10/04/07 - 20070230379 - Adaptive associated control channel messaging
An optional short SACCH is used when the network detects high error rate in the normal SACCH channel. The communication returns to normal mode when the network detects that the link quality has improved. In the short SACCH message only the most relevant information fields are sent. The extra bits ...

10/04/07 - 20070230378 - Traffic prediction in wireless communication networks
A method in a first station comprises monitoring a network allocation vector in a wireless network; using the network allocation vector to predict an access pattern, e.g., periodic access for a given duration, by a second station in the wireless network; and performing a response based on the predicted access ...

09/27/07 - 20070223411 - Iterative multi-stage detection technique for a diversity receiver having multiple antenna elements
An iterative multistage detection system and method for orthogonally multiplexing K channels onto a signal processing chain using N orthogonal sequences of length N. The K channels include a first set of N channels and a second set of M channels (the M channels being separate and distinct from the ...

09/27/07 - 20070223410 - Network mobility support and access control for movable networks
The invention relates to access control for a movable network (15) managed by a mobile router (10), wherein said mobile route is interconnected through a bi-directional link (40) with a mobility anchoring agent (20) that anchors the network mobility for the mobile router. According to the invention, access control enforcement ...

09/27/07 - 20070223409 - System, arrangement and method relating to packet switched communication
A communication system and method for prolonging a packet-switched connection between a core network node and a mobile station. When the mobile station sends a mobility management request to the core network node, the core network node decides whether or not to prolong the packet-switched connection. The core network node ...

09/27/07 - 20070223408 - Method and apparatus for intelligent seamless network switching
A method and apparatus that enable a mobile electronic device to automatically and seamlessly maintain optimal network connectivity by selectively connecting to the most appropriate, currently available data or communications network. Guidelines for what constitutes optimal network connectivity are provided by pre-selected user preferences or objectives. These are combined into ...

09/06/07 - 20070206519 - Rf transceiver configuring for a mimo communication
An RF transceiver includes a baseband processing module, a transmitter section, and a receiver section. The baseband processing module convert outbound data into a plurality of outbound symbol streams, wherein each of the plurality of outbound symbol streams is outputted as one or more frames, wherein a frame of the ...

09/06/07 - 20070206518 - Radio communication terminal
A radio section 1 and a control section 2 allow communications using two radio channels simultaneously, such as TV phone communication and message communication. An LCD 33 displays information concerning each communication simultaneously or selectively when simultaneous communications are being made using two radio channels. Even if communications are made ...

09/06/07 - 20070206517 - Power save in ibss mode of wlan operation
A system and method for using a single frame to trigger a response from multiple stations in a WLAN network in a scheduled order when in an ad hoc mode. Each responding station responds to the requesting station with an indication of the amount and periodicity of the data stream ...

08/23/07 - 20070195721 - Program for distributed channel selection, power adjustment and load balancing decisions in a wireless network
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (APs) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can ...

08/16/07 - 20070189194 - Method and system for wireless lan dynamic channel change with honeypot trap
A network security system includes a system data store capable of storing a variety of data associated with a wireless computer network and communication transmitted thereon, a communication interface supporting wireless communication over the wireless computer network and a system processor. Configuration data associated with an access point on a ...

08/09/07 - 20070183351 - Method and apparatus for providing service in a multi-ran communication network
To address the need for more resource efficient methods of providing service in multi-RAN communication systems (600), various embodiments are described for informing a cross-paging RAN that a targeted remote unit (601) is not accepting a service request, for informing a serving RAN that the targeted remote unit is accepting ...

08/09/07 - 20070183350 - Solving ip buffering delays in mobile multimedia applications with translayer optimization
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate relocating an IP buffer from a conventional location in a user device handset to a radio-access network (RAN) interface in order to reduce acquisition delay in the user device. By performing IP buffering at the transmission side of a forward link transmission, acquisition ...

07/26/07 - 20070171849 - Scheduling channel quality indicator and acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement feedback
A method for transmitting feedback by a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes scheduling a non-contention based uplink channel; and transmitting the feedback on the scheduled uplink channel. The feedback can include a channel quality indicator and an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement for received downlink data. The feedback can be ...

07/26/07 - 20070171848 - Communication system, communication device, notification method, recording medium, and program
A communication system includes first and second communication devices that carry out wireless communication. The first communication device includes a setter configured to set a first indication mode and a corresponding second indication mode, a sender configured to send data representing the second indication mode to the second communication device ...

07/26/07 - 20070171847 - Decoding method and device
A symbol sequence in a received DS-CDMA signal is decoded in an efficient manner in order to reduce the processing needs in a receiver when, e.g., processing acquisition indicators (AI) in a UMTS system. The decoding comprises iterative calculation of a hard-decision vector, using a decision threshold having a value ...

07/12/07 - 20070159991 - Systems and methods of detection transmission facilities
In embodiments, a method of detecting a transmitting device within an obstruction rich environment is disclosed. The method may involve detecting the transmitting device with a wireless transmission detection facility; communicating signal information relating to the detected transmitting device from the wireless transmission detection facility to a central unit; determining ...

07/12/07 - 20070159990 - Method for detecting a wireless network signal
The present invention discloses a method for detecting a wireless network signal that sets at least one service set identity in a wireless network signal detector, so that after the wireless network signal detector receives a wireless network signal and identifies that the wireless network signal includes the service set ...

07/05/07 - 20070153714 - Device, system and method of securing wireless communication
Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include methods, devices and/or systems to secure a wireless transmission. The method may include, for example, transmitting a noise transmission to be received by one or more destinations other than an intended destination of a packet during a time period corresponding to a duration ...

06/28/07 - 20070147275 - Wireless network system
A wireless network system communicates a wireless network with a destination, and includes a wireless base station for receiving or transmitting data via the wireless network. A coupling portion is set on the wireless base station. A router has a conducting portion, which is electrically connected to the coupling portion ...

06/28/07 - 20070147274 - Personal information management using content with embedded personal information manager data
Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods of operating an electronic device, such as a wireless communications terminal, a personal digital assistant and/or a media player, having a personal information manager, such as a scheduling application and/or a contact management application. Data is received at the electronic device, the ...

06/21/07 - 20070140152 - Multi-network aircraft communication systems and methods
Systems and methods for multi-network aircraft communications are disclosed. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a communications module executing in an onboard computer in an aircraft. Applications executing on the onboard computer generate messages, which the communications module transmits over one of a plurality of broadcast networks including ACARS ...

06/14/07 - 20070133447 - Dual cts protection systems and methods
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide dual CTS protection (DCTS) systems and methods. One method embodiment, among others, comprises receiving a first frame of a transmit opportunity (TXOP), and sending a short frame with a modulation that depends on whether the first frame is an extended range or normal ...

06/14/07 - 20070133446 - Transmitting apparatus of wireless communication system and method thereof
The present invention relates to a transmitting apparatus of a wireless communication system, and a method thereof. The transmitting apparatus monitors receiving of response data for data that has been transmitted to a receiving end, and sets a first parameter for counting successful receipts according to receiving on the response ...

06/14/07 - 20070133445 - Expanding cell radius in a wireless communication system
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for a wireless communication between a base station and at least one mobile station. The method includes receiving a request for a data rate from the mobile station on a reverse link channel to the base station. The method further includes, ...

06/14/07 - 20070133444 - Telemote: a remote control for home and entertainment use
A duel sided remote which has a universal television remote on one side that can also control selected home lighting. Along with other entertainment devices such as DVD player. On the opposite side there is a cordless rechargeable telephone with a sliding face cover over the numeric pad which allows ...

06/07/07 - 20070127402 - Method for performing access procedure of mobile communication terminal in data communication system, and mobile communication terminal using the same
A method and system for performing an access procedure of a mobile communication terminal in a data communication system are disclosed. An exemplary method includes performing an access procedure with a network according to an established access type. The method then determines whether a failure of the access procedure has ...

06/07/07 - 20070127401 - Optical wireless connecting terminal comprising an extended infrared source
A base for wireless connection of terminals to a communications network, said base including a transmit/receive unit adapted to exchange information with a remote terminal also provided with a transmit/receive unit. The transmit/receive unit of the base includes a transmitter including an extended infrared light source. ...

05/31/07 - 20070121532 - Application specific encoding of content
Transmitting content and tailoring encoding according to application requirements. To change encoding, choosing an operation point for encoding content depending on the application receiving the content, sending data representative of the chosen operation point to a sender of the content, receiving data representative of an operation point from a receiver ...

05/24/07 - 20070115865 - Multicast delivery quality monitoring mechanism
The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus for communicating information between two nodes, points or terminals in a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein multicast diagnostic information is allowed between the two nodes, points or terminals in the wireless LAN network. The two nodes, points or ...

05/17/07 - 20070109980 - Wireless lan with load balancing
A communication system with a plurality of access points (AP1, AP2, AP3) and at least one network station (5, 6), the network station (5, 6) being arranged to communicate with one of said the plurality of access points (AP1, AP2, AP3) through a wireless communication protocol, each access point (AP1, ...

05/10/07 - 20070104123 - Method to provide centrally coordinated contention-free channel access within a wireless mesh network
In a wireless local area network (WLAN) mesh network of clusters, each cluster having a master node with a plurality of associated slave nodes, a method an apparatus for coordinating channel access between the clusters. A structure of clusters is established as a hierarchal mastership, wherein a high level master ...

05/03/07 - 20070097893 - Method of delivering personalized streaming content via satellite radio
A method is disclosed for delivering personalized content from a content provider system to a satellite communication receiver user. The user selects content from the content provider system and specifies Internet or satellite delivery. If the user specifies Internet delivery, then the content provider system transmits the selected content to ...

05/03/07 - 20070097892 - Multi-hop routing method with bandwidth reservation in wireless network
A routing method for communication from a source node to a destination node in a distributed wireless network which comprises a plurality of wireless mobile nodes. The method has the following steps: (1) a query step where the source node sends a route request query, which is relayed by one ...

05/03/07 - 20070097891 - Unlicensed band heterogeneous network coexistence algorithm
A transceiver to transmit over a channel a sequence of transmissions that is recognizable by other devices that employ a similar wireless protocol. Other devices that have a different wireless protocol are unable to decode transmissions from the transceiver and interpret the sequence of transmissions as being a primary user ...

04/26/07 - 20070091834 - Method of increasing the wireless communication range using wireless repeater/amplifier/router
Description of repeater/amplifier/router for a wireless Home Media Network to work with exiting and upcoming new wireless personal and home network protocol. This invention can be implemented in various ways, such as with firmware, with software, with hardware, or with any combinations of firmware, software, and hardware. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091833 - System and method for using mobile phones as handsets for ip softphones
The present invention is directed to a method, system and computer program for using a mobile phone as handset for an Internet Protocol (IP) softphone and for automatically transferring calls from an IP softphone running on a workstation to another IP softphone running on another workstation. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091832 - Digital device capable of communication and broadcast reception and method for processing digital broadcast
An apparatus and a method for performing a time shift function according to a current call connection state are disclosed. If a user enters a call connection mode with another party while viewing digital broadcast signal, received digital broadcast signal is recorded. If the call connection mode is terminated, the ...

04/12/07 - 20070081479 - Apparatus and method for negotiating relay station capacity in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
An apparatus and method for negotiating an RS capability in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system are provided. A BS receives a message including RS capability information from a node which has initially been connected. The BS determines whether to activate a relay function for the node according to the ...

04/12/07 - 20070081478 - Remote wireless access node control
A wireless access node is disclosed. The wireless access node includes a primary CPU for controlling wireless data transmission and reception, of the wireless access node with other access nodes. A secondary controller provides alternate control of the wireless access node. The secondary controller is separately controllable by a system ...

04/12/07 - 20070081477 - Virtual lan override in a multiple bssid mode of operation
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to the integration of VLANs and wireless access points operating in a Multiple BSSID mode of operation. According to one implementation of the present invention, a wireless access point dynamically maps an SSID provided by a mobile station to a BSSID based on a VLAN ...

04/12/07 - 20070081476 - System and method for detecting a delay in a computer network
Described is a system comprising a computing device, a wireless computing unit and a network management arrangement (“NMA”). The NMA receives a first signal and a second signal from the computing device. The NMA forwards the second signal to the unit and receives a third signal from the unit which ...

04/05/07 - 20070076643 - Method and apparatus for adaptive multi-stage multi-threshold detection of paging indicators in wireless communication systems
A method and system is disclosed for detecting paging indicators using a multi-stage and multi-threshold detection mechanism so that a mobile terminal can be removed from an idle mode appropriately. After receiving a first paging indicator, it is determined whether a first indicator measurement corresponding to the first paging indicator ...

04/05/07 - 20070076642 - Method for configuring a wireless distribution system and optimize method thereof
A method for configuring a wireless distribution system is provided. In the method, a target node starts a building procedure and begins to broadcast a building information. A joining node starts a scanning procedure for scanning all channels available and locks one channel used by the target node. The joining ...

04/05/07 - 20070076641 - Method of signaling traffic mode transition in a wireless communications system
In a UMTS wireless communication system a UE autonomously determines that it is going to transit from an active traffic mode into an idle traffic mode and informs the NodeBs in its active set that it is doing so. It does so either by using Layer 1 signaling, using the ...

04/05/07 - 20070076640 - Method and system for indicating wireless interconnectivity
A method and system for indicating wireless interconnectivity between at least two electronic devices is useful for configuring wireless networks. The method includes activating at each device a wireless networking communication interface (step 305). At least one other device is then identified at each device (step 310). It is then ...

04/05/07 - 20070076639 - System and method for communicating with fixed and mobile subscriber stations in broadband wireless access networks
Embodiments of System and Method for Communicating within Broadband Wireless Networks are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

04/05/07 - 20070076638 - Localization for low cost sensor network
Wireless devices, systems and approaches or methods having the capability of determining the location of a given wireless device. An example system includes a wireless device that generates at least one pulse as a part of an output signal, and the at least one pulse is captured by anchor devices ...

03/29/07 - 20070070929 - Apparatus and method for negotiating relay station capability in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
An apparatus and method for negotiating RS capability in a multi-hop relay cellular communication system are provided. In the RS capability negotiating method, a node configures a first message including first relay capability information indicating if the node supports an RS capability and sends the first message to a BS. ...

03/29/07 - 20070070928 - Auxiliary fl mimo pilot transmission in 1xev-do
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing auxiliary multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) pilot signals to MIMO user devices in a wireless communication environment. According to some aspects, a portion of data transmission power may be reallocated for auxiliary MIMO pilot transmission during a data segment in a time slot, in ...

03/29/07 - 20070070927 - Radio communication apparatus with antennas, radio communication system and method
A radio communication system includes a plurality of radio communication terminals each of which includes a plurality of first antennas, and a radio communication apparatus including a plurality of second antennas, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of channel response values between the first antennas and the second ...

03/29/07 - 20070070926 - Method of increasing the capacity of enhanced data channel on uplink in a wireless communications system
In a UMTS wireless communication system, the enhanced dedicated physical control channel (E-DPCCH) that is usually always transmitted together with the enhanced dedicated physical data channel (E-DPDCH) on the uplink from a UE to a NodeB is instead only transmitted when a predetermined “start criterion” is met and is turned ...

03/22/07 - 20070064635 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method
To provide a radio communication apparatus and a radio communication method in which change in the transmission rate is taken into consideration at the time of making transmission reservation. The present invention provides a radio communication apparatus for receiving the transmission reservation request with a radio transmitting/receiving unit and transmitting ...

03/22/07 - 20070064634 - Smart wireless station
Systems and methods for connecting a wireless station to a wireless network are provided. The method may include: receiving a pre-connection management signal from each of a plurality of wireless access points, each of the access points connecting an upstream network to a downstream wireless network; retrieving from each of ...

03/22/07 - 20070064633 - Method, systems and comuter program products for data logging
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for transferring log data to a server over a wireless network from a plurality of remote devices. The server is configured to receive data from the plurality of remote devices. A transfer period is scheduled for transferring log data from a remote ...

03/08/07 - 20070053312 - Pipelined method and apparatus for exchanging information over a wireless network
A method for exchanging information over a wireless network, the method includes: (i) providing a distributed media access controller and a high communication layer component, the high communication layer component includes a high communication layer hardware and a high communication layer software; and (ii) utilizing the distributed media access controller ...

01/25/07 - 20070019576 - Network computer having power frequency carrier
The present invention transfers signals over a power line, where power signals run over the power line are modulated into network signals in a power supplier of a computer to be inputted into the computer; and, conversely, network signals from the computer are modulated into power signals in the power ...

01/25/07 - 20070019575 - Method and system for supporting an evolved utran
A method and system for supporting an evolved universal mobile telecommunication systems (UMTS) terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) are disclosed. The system includes a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), a UTRAN and an E-UTRAN. The UTRAN sends to the WTRU a list of available radio access technologies in a coverage area ...

01/25/07 - 20070019574 - Wireless access point and method for operating the same
A wireless access point and a method for operating the same are proposed, in which a virtual bridging control module carried out by software is used to bridge a plurality of RF modules, and a virtual mapping table is used to record information of incoming and outgoing transmission packets, thereby ...

01/18/07 - 20070014251 - Fast session setup extensions to h.324
A method of initiating a set up process for a call between users with reduced set up times using one or more 3G telecommunication networks. The method is provided between at least a pair of H.324-like terminals coupled to the one or more 3G telecommunication networks. The method includes establishing ...

01/04/07 - 20070002783 - Efficient formation of ad hoc networks
An ad hoc network identifier may be received, for example, at an ad hoc network convergence module. One or more ad hoc network parameters may be generated as a function of the ad hoc network identifier. Each of a group of computers attempting to form an ad hoc network identified ...

12/21/06 - 20060285507 - Using mini-beacons in a wireless network
A method, apparatus, and software containing computer readable code to implement the method implemented in a first wireless device, e.g., an access point. The method includes, for a particular network identifier, e.g., BSSID, of at least one network identifier supported by the first wireless device that including a transmitter and ...

12/14/06 - 20060280137 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing an ad-hoc, autonomous communications network
Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing an ad-hoc, autonomous communications network is provided. The method includes activating a power supply for a first article embedded with communications components. The power supply is generated by at least one of a power source of the communications components and a power ...

12/07/06 - 20060274682 - Mobile communication device with silent conversation capability
A system and method for providing silent conversation capability in a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise establishing a wireless communication link between the mobile communication device and a second communication device. A user input may be received at the mobile communication device. A voice ...

11/30/06 - 20060268756 - Systems and methods for efficient hand-off in wireless networks
Embodiments of systems and methods for efficient hand-off in a wireless network employ a neighbor report which may include, in addition to more convention information about neighboring access point, search thresholds, target beacon transmission time of neighboring access points, and execution thresholds. The present systems and methods also provide a ...

11/02/06 - 20060245384 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data
Received data packets are channel-encoded prior to fragmentation so that large data packets, which would not otherwise fit within the available frame resources, are transmitted by fragmenting the channel-encoded physical layer packet. Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (H-ARQ) is then utilized to ensure reliability. ...

11/02/06 - 20060245383 - Service execution using multiple devices
A system includes determination of a service to perform with respect to data stored in the device, determination of a plurality of sub-services corresponding to the service, determination of an execution sequence for the plurality of sub-services, communication of the execution sequence to each of a plurality of local external ...

10/26/06 - 20060239216 - Cross-layer self-healing in a wireless ad-hoc network
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for improved self-healing in a mobile ad-hoc wireless network in which network communication functions are divided into a plurality of functional layers. The system utilizes cross-layer self-healing techniques. Network data from at least one of the functional layers is stored, for example in a ...

10/26/06 - 20060239215 - Architecture optimized for application data sharing within a mobile communications device
The present disclosure discloses a scheme for sharing data among multiple applications within a mobile communications device. The scheme involves performing a remote database inquiry with respect to a remote database accessible via a wireless packet data service network, wherein the remote database inquiry is performed as part of a ...

10/12/06 - 20060227733 - Efficient wireless transmission opportunity handoff
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide high-throughput control fields that, among other functions, provide efficient TXOP handoffs in wireless networks. A handoff may be made by setting one or more bits in a field in a QoS frame, such as the HT control or other appropriate field. Various conditions may ...

10/12/06 - 20060227732 - Method and apparatus for providing multi-rate broadcast services
A method and apparatus for providing multi-rate broadcast services in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The present invention takes advantage of the higher capacity of better channels by providing a certain data rate common to all users, while sending additional information to users with better channel conditions. A base ...

10/12/06 - 20060227731 - Method and apparatus for smooth disassociation of stations from access points in an 802.11
A plurality of methods, apparatus and computer program for providing warning to a station (STA) associated with an Access Point (AP) in a WLAN that a disassociation the AP is imminent. The steps include (a) selecting a station (STA) for disassociation from a particular Access Point (AP) of a WLAN; ...

10/05/06 - 20060221880 - Method, apparatus and computer program product providing slow associated control channel (sacch) repetition
Techniques are presented for repetition on both uplink and downlink Slow Associated Control Channel (SACCH) channels. For instance, an exemplary method is disclosed that is performed by a mobile node. The method includes receiving from a network node a first block of data over a downlink SACCH channel, and storing ...

10/05/06 - 20060221879 - Radio communication system
A radio base station apparatus used in a radio communication system in which an initiator holds a transmission opportunity (TXOP) period in a frame exchange sequence and a responder responds to the initiator in the frame exchange sequence is disclosed. The apparatus includes a setting device which sets a ratio ...

10/05/06 - 20060221878 - Radio communication apparatus performing tfc selection processing in w-cdma, and tfc selection method
The present invention provides a TFC (Transport Format Combination) selection method capable of performing appropriate TFC selection for a radio frame including a compressed frame. Both TFC state transition types based on the transmission power in a normal frame and the transmission power in a compressed frame are managed. At ...

10/05/06 - 20060221877 - Apparatus and method for inspecting containers
This invention relates to an integrated apparatus and method for inspection of a container adapted to hold a pressurized gas. The integrated apparatus comprises (i) an imaging device configured to obtain image data corresponding to the container and to transmit the image data to a central station, (ii) a sound ...

09/28/06 - 20060215589 - In vehicle video communication system
A vehicle communication system includes a vehicle cluster having a CPU. The CPU includes a transceiver that is adapted to directly communicate with a remote terminal via a GSM protocol to send and receive video and audio data. A display monitor is coupled to the CPU and receives an output ...

09/28/06 - 20060215588 - Energy-efficient network protocol and node device for sensor networks
An “on-demand” approach for a routing protocol for a wireless network that achieves balanced energy consumption among all participating nodes in the network. Synchronization messages transmitted by nodes associated with an upstream node include local node information (LNI) that a node can use to repair or bypass a lost upstream ...

09/21/06 - 20060209732 - Pilot signal transmission for an orthogonal frequency division wireless communication system
Transmission patterns for pilot symbols transmitted from a mobile station or base station are provided. The pattern allows for improved receipt of the pilot symbols transmitted for frequency selective channels and users. In addition, schemes for improving the ability to multiplex pilot symbols without interference and/or biasing from different mobile ...

09/07/06 - 20060198330 - Detection of supported network frequency to enable successful connection to wireless networks
An evaluation of supported rates of available wireless networks is performed and these supported rates are matched against supported rates of wireless connection hardware (e.g., a wireless network interface card) of a computer trying to connect to one of the wireless networks. If the wireless connection hardware of the computer ...

08/31/06 - 20060193278 - Mobile telephone for internet applications
A control unit for a mobile telephone includes a Web server adapted to connect to a Web browser in the mobile telephone, wherein the Web server receives information and provides the information to the Web browser when connected to the Web browser. ...

08/31/06 - 20060193277 - Early detection of false start-of-packet triggers in a wireless network node
An apparatus, a carrier medium storing instructions to implement a method, and a method in a node of a wireless network able to receive packets that exactly or substantially conform to a wireless network standard according to which each packet includes a header having bits that have respective correct values ...

08/31/06 - 20060193276 - Radio communication system, base station control equipment, radio terminal, and radio communication method
A radio communication system which automatically selects a communication path having a higher speed is provided when a plurality of communication paths having a different speed from each other are available for data transmission between the radio terminal and the base station control equipment. The radio terminal receives a data ...

08/31/06 - 20060193275 - Mobile communication system, radio base station, mobile station and mobile communication method
A mobile communication system is configured to control a transmission rate of user data to be transmitted from a mobile station to a radio base station via an uplink transmission rate allocation shared physical control channel, and to transmit user data from the radio base station to the mobile station ...

08/31/06 - 20060193274 - Wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and program
A wireless communication apparatus includes a random number range holding unit configured to hold a random number range, a random time setting unit configured to set a random time based on the random number range, a random time counting unit configured to count the random time starting from a particular ...

08/31/06 - 20060193273 - High quality, low power, wireless audio system
The invention relates to the field of wireless communications and more specifically to an high quality, low power wireless audio system. More specifically, the invention comprises an audio source for receiving audio signals (e.g. music) and audio status information (e.g. song title) from a first external device (e.g. an MP3 ...

08/31/06 - 20060193272 - Method and system for improved handoff of a mobile device between wireless subnetworks
Under the present invention, a method and system for improved handoff of a mobile device between wireless subnetworks is provided. Specifically, under the present invention, a mobile device will directly associate with a new access point of a new wireless subnetwork (layer 2 handoff) before associating with a agent of ...

08/17/06 - 20060182048 - Wireless communication terminal with a call particulars output function of a scheduler interface and method therefor
A wireless communication terminal with a call particulars output function using a scheduler interface and method therefor are provided to learn a distribution of call particulars in months more easily and also do a schedule management more easily. The invention includes a wireless transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless ...

08/03/06 - 20060171340 - Mobile device, content distribution system, and content distribution method
The present invention provides a mobile device that is able to receive content of a server even before a predetermined time interval elapses. The mobile device comprises a first transmission portion, which transmits a content transmission request to a first server, a second transmission portion, which transmits a content transmission ...

07/27/06 - 20060165023 - Wireless gateway and controller for network protector relays
A power distribution monitoring system includes a wireless gateway/controller, a network protector subnetwork including a plurality of network protectors and a portable electronic device having wireless communication functionality. Each of the network protectors is in electronic communication with the wireless gateway/controller. The wireless gateway/controller receives data from one or more ...

07/27/06 - 20060165022 - Circuit arrangement for operating transceivers on an antenna
The invention concerns a circuit arrangement for the operation of transmitting and receiving devices (T/R devices) at an antenna. A plurality of T/R devices can be operated for the most part without loss relative to the transmission and receiving powers and almost without mutual influencing of the signal branches of ...

07/27/06 - 20060165021 - Effective point coordination function in wireless lan
This invention provides a system and method for enhancing point coordination function in wireless LANs. A contention procedure is introduced into PCF in this invention. When the point coordinator (PC) polls the mobile terminal who has no frame to send, the terminal does not respond to the CF-Poll from PC, ...

07/20/06 - 20060159037 - Fast session setup extensions to h.324
A method of initiating a set up process for a call between users with reduced set up times using one or more 3G telecommunication networks. The method includes establishing a bearer channel between a first terminal and a second terminal after a call signaling process and determining, at the first ...

07/13/06 - 20060153113 - Radio communication terminal apparatus and radio communication base station apparatus
A CDMA radio receiving apparatus which receives a slot which has a long code group identification short code at a point where a long code is masked. The apparatus includes a detector that detects a phase of the long code in association with a pattern that appears over successive slots ...

07/13/06 - 20060153112 - Method and system for indicating data burst allocation in a wireless communication system
A method is provided for transmitting a MAP message in a wireless communication system. A base station transmits the MAP message including operation mode information indicating a data burst allocation scheme, to a mobile station. The mobile station identifies a data burst according to the operation mode information included in ...

07/13/06 - 20060153111 - Ad-hoc network for routing extension to support internet protocol version 6 (ipv6) and method thereof
An ad-hoc network for routing extension by supporting the IPv6 protocol and a method for routing extension. The ad-hoc network comprises a gateway for appending an address configuration message to an ad-hoc Routing REPly (RREP) message and transmitting an extended ad-hoc RREP message; and a node for separating the address ...

07/13/06 - 20060153110 - Simplex reverse link in a communication network
A controller (101, 103) provides forward links (109) and reverse links (111a, 111b, 111c) for use in communication with communication devices (107). The controller (101, 103) has receivers including a first receiver and a second receiver, and transmitters. A processor of the controller (101) assigns one of transmitters as a ...

07/13/06 - 20060153109 - Electric-field communication system, electric-field communication device, and electrode disposing method
An electric field generated by another electric field communications apparatus reaches electric field sensor ES. Electric field sensor ES outputs an electric signal in response to the changes in the electric field. The electric field that reaches electric field sensor ES enters a return path of the electric field communications ...

06/29/06 - 20060140139 - Medical device communications network
A medical device communications network comprises a plurality of medical devices including either or both of a first number of surgical instruments and a second number of implants configured for subcutaneous implantation in a biological body. A corresponding plurality of wireless communication circuits are each mounted to a different one ...

06/15/06 - 20060126549 - Adaptive call admission control for use in a wireless communication system
The invention relates to communication systems and to systems and methods for implementing adaptive call admission control (CAC) in such systems. Adaptive call admission control can determine what CPE to base station calls (connections) are allowed at any given time. CAC, coupled with precedence, can further determine what connections are ...

06/15/06 - 20060126548 - Method and apparatus for providing fast detection of a high speed shared control channel
A method and apparatus for providing fast detection of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH). The HS-SCCH carries information necessary for receiving data via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH). The apparatus receives messages transmitted via a plurality of HS-SCCHs. The apparatus measures a channel quality for the ...

06/15/06 - 20060126547 - Transporting qos mapping information in a packet radio network
A method and a GGSN support node for sending data packets to a mobile station in a mobile communications system from an external communication system. The GGSN receives data packets from the external communication system in a first plurality of data flows which it maps to a second plurality of ...

06/15/06 - 20060126546 - Enhanced hybrid duplexing technology-based wireless communication system
A wireless communication system in an overlay network where systems using different frequency bands coexist. The wireless communication system includes at least one first duplexing system utilizing a first duplexing technique through a first frequency band, and at least one second duplexing system utilizing a second frequency band and a ...

06/15/06 - 20060126545 - Detecting legacy spoofing in reduced functionality user terminals
Backward compatibility may require the use of fields or other indicators that are interpreted by new nodes or stations in a system in a manner different from the way legacy nodes interpret those same fields. In some circumstances, these indicators may be used to “spoof” legacy nodes to behave in ...

06/15/06 - 20060126544 - Mobile communication device and system supporting media flow control
A system and method for presenting information to a user of a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise receiving a first portion of media information from a remote media information source and presenting the first portion to a user. While presenting the first portion to ...

06/15/06 - 20060126543 - Mobile audiovisual device
A mobile audiovisual device includes a central processing unit for operating information, a signal-processing unit connected to the central processing unit for receiving and processing external audio/video signals, a storage control unit connected to the central processing unit for receiving data from the signal-processing unit, and a transmission unit connected ...

06/15/06 - 20060126542 - Communication system and method
A system and method for establishing communication with any one of a variety of different wireless communication devices including through the provision of a short range transceiver assembly so as to provide data communication from a sender to the wireless communication device either over the Internet, utilizing an Internet access ...

06/08/06 - 20060120312 - Communications method, communications system, relay apparatus, and recording medium
There are provided a communications method, a communications system, a relay apparatus, and a computer program in which the communication remains stable between a terminal unit such as a mobile IP telephone and the relay apparatus used as an access point in the streaming communication service such as IP telephone ...

06/08/06 - 20060120311 - Interleaver and associated methods
An interleaver and associated methods are generally introduced herein. ...

06/08/06 - 20060120310 - Method for improving wireless network performance in a multi-cell communication network
A Radio Resource Management (RRM) module is provided to capture network topology information associated with a wireless communication network. This information is transmitted to a Smart Antenna (SA) module collocated within a network node. The SA module determines the appropriate direction, width and power of beams transmitted in the network. ...

06/08/06 - 20060120309 - Method, system and apparatus for remote initiation of communications
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for remote initiation of communications. In some embodiments, an initiation apparatus establishes communications with a remote device via an intermediate apparatus. The initiation apparatus is coupled to the intermediate apparatus via a packet-based network and the intermediate apparatus is coupled to ...

05/25/06 - 20060109806 - Method and apparatus for estimating channelization codes in a wireless transmit/receive unit
A method and apparatus for estimating channelization codes in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) using blind code detection (BCD). A WTRU receives communication bursts and detects a midamble in the received burst. A candidate code list is generated in accordance with the detected midamble. The candidate code list includes channelization ...

05/18/06 - 20060104224 - Wireless access point with fingerprint authentication
A wireless local area network access point is provided that authenticates users using fingerprint recognition. Users may register fingerprints with the wireless access point with the assistance of an authorized system administrator. When a registered user attempts to access the network, the user may be prompted to provide a fingerprint ...

05/04/06 - 20060092866 - Apparatus and method for processing information using wireless communication terminal
There are provided an information processing apparatus and method using a wireless communication terminal. The information processing apparatus includes: a wireless communication terminal generating displacement corresponding to its spatial movement by a user's manipulation, as pointing information, and wirelessly transmitting the pointing information; and an information processor receiving the pointing ...

05/04/06 - 20060092865 - Supporting wireless communication interoperability compatibility with existing communications infrastructure
The invention can include a base station for use with a land mobile radio network. The base station can include a controller (225) selecting an initial communication protocol and at least one target communication protocol that is different from the initial communication protocol. The base station also can include one ...

04/27/06 - 20060087995 - Wireless communication apparatus, communication system and wireless communication method
After a first wireless terminal device transitions to a Direct Link Protocol mode, the terminal device transmits an ICMP_echo_request signal directly to a second wireless terminal device and, upon receiving an ICMP_echo_reply signal from the second wireless terminal device within a fixed period of time, counts up the number of ...

04/27/06 - 20060087994 - Method for providing an mbms service in a wireless communication system
A method for providing an MBMS service in a wireless communications system comprising a mobile network communicating over a radio air interface (Al) with a plurality of UEs desiring to receive the MBMS service in a cell, the method comprising the steps of: using a point to multipoint on a ...

04/27/06 - 20060087993 - Methods and apparatus for providing a communication proxy system
Embodiments of methods and apparatus to provide a communication proxy system are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

04/27/06 - 20060087992 - Layered architecture for data management in a wireless sensor network
A wireless sensor network comprises a plurality of nodes that communicate over wireless communication links. At least one of the plurality of nodes receives sensor data from a sensor. The wireless sensor network is queried by specifying a set of events of interest. For each event of interest included in ...

04/27/06 - 20060087991 - Enabling a packet-based communication client as a mobile terminal
The present invention provides a service node to facilitate the integration of cellular and packet networks. In particular, the service node acts as a proxy for packet-based communications over a packet network for a packet communication client, and also emulates a call routing entity associated with a cellular network. In ...

04/20/06 - 20060083187 - Pairing system and method for wirelessly connecting communication devices
A method for establishing a communication connection with a target device over a short-range wireless communication protocol is provided. The method comprises initiating a pairing request for connecting to the target device, the pairing request comprising a first wireless device address associated with a requesting device; and forwarding the pairing ...

04/20/06 - 20060083186 - Method and apparatus for improving quality of service over meshed bachaul facilities in a wireless network
Redundant wireless links in a meshed backhaul network may be used to improve quality of service on the backhaul network by confining knowledge of the duality to the attached network elements. Globally, an aggregate bandwidth of the redundant wireless links may be advertised to allow network level routing to treat ...

04/13/06 - 20060077918 - Method and apparatus for control and routing of wireless sensor networks
A scalable, minimum node complexity, energy efficient, and error-resilient routing method for wireless sensor networks is described. The network is partitioned into regions by power controlled base station scans using a directional antenna. Routing is performed using only local location information and instructions received from the base station at each ...

04/13/06 - 20060077917 - Architecture and method for enabling use of wireless devices in industrial control
Wireless devices are added to existing hardwired process control systems. In one embodiment, a wireless interface unit or module is used to provide an interface between wireless sensors and an existing hardwired bus or network. The wireless interface unit may be used at multiple different stages of the network, and ...

04/06/06 - 20060072486 - Method for generating better than root raised cosine orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (btrrc ofdm)
An improved multicarrier modulation system and method is introduced which has the advantages of both isotropic orthogonal transfer algorithm orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (IOTA OFDM) and scalable advanced modulation (SAM). The invention reduces adjacent channel interference (ACI) in the multicarrier modulation system used in multicast systems by generating (2601) a ...

03/30/06 - 20060067261 - Base station apparatus comprising function for collecting information
A fixed image requesting unit periodically requests an information resource system for a fixed image. The fixed image obtained from the information resource system is held in a fixed image holding unit. Upon receiving a connection request from a user equipment to the information resource system, the congestion state managing ...

03/30/06 - 20060067260 - Updating associating data in a media device
A method of updating associating data in a media device is provided. The associating data relates to a service being transmitted over a radio interface of a telecommunication system and associates the service with a broadcast media stream transmitted by a broadcast system. A media device receives a broadcast media ...

03/30/06 - 20060067259 - Wireless multiplex systems and methods for controlling devices in a vehicle
Methods and apparatuses for communicating wireless messages for controlling the functions of devices within a vehicle are provided. The apparatus comprises a first module having a first wireless control node positioned at a first location within the vehicle. The apparatus also includes a second module having a second wireless control ...

03/30/06 - 20060067258 - Computing optimal channel allocations using decomposition methods and related devices
By decomposing (i.e., dividing) an interference graph into subgraphs, it becomes feasible to compute close approximations of an optimal channel allocation scheme within a reasonable amount of time. The channel allocation scheme may be used to allocate specific channels to access points (APs) in a wireless, local area network (WLAN). ...

03/30/06 - 20060067257 - Method and apparatus for congestion relief within an ad-hoc communication system
A network reconfiguration protocol is provided that is initiated by the congested communication node (300). When a node (300) determines it is a bottleneck node, it will then analyze complaints from other nodes to determine which nodes are being affected by the bottleneck. The congested node will request the reconfiguration ...

03/23/06 - 20060062168 - Method of providing menu effect layer on mobile communication terminal and method of providing menu effect using menu effect layer
A menu effect layer that allows improved visibility of selected menu items and a new and fun interface to a user are disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a background layer to display a background having a plurality of tiles corresponding to menu items of the mobile communication ...

03/16/06 - 20060056324 - Apparatus and method to provide mobile music appliance with subscription-based play-list service
Disclosed is a method to deliver a set of song-related information to a terminal associated with a subscriber of a content provisioning system. The method includes establishing a subscriber profile for specifying at least a frequency at which the content provisioning system is to download to the subscriber at least ...

03/09/06 - 20060050659 - Methods and apparatus for managing group membership for group communications
Improved group communications methods which are well suited for a wireless environment are described. End nodes request that access nodes make changes in group membership information maintained at the access node. The access node responds to the requests by a response signal indicating a grant or denial of the request. ...

03/02/06 - 20060045034 - Wireless networking apparatus and channel switching method using the same
A networking apparatus and channel switching method being used by the same, wherein the networking apparatus includes a beacon frame checking unit which determines whether a beacon frame to be transmitted to a device has been transmitted, a channel searching unit which searches for another channel as a result of ...

03/02/06 - 20060045033 - Program, relay apparatus control method, wireless communicating apparatus control method, and system
Measurement packets periodically transmitted from a terminal are received by an access point, a reception level value is detected, in the case of the measurement packet from the terminal which has been notified of connection permission, the reception level value is registered into a management table (association table). In the ...

02/23/06 - 20060039306 - Method and system for improved authentication for communications network setup
Aspects of a system for enabling secure wireless communication of information between stations in a communication system may comprise a configurator, that exchanges configuration information with a client station, in an IEEE 802.11 communication system. The exchange of configuration information may be encrypted based on information transmitted between the configurator ...

02/23/06 - 20060039305 - Method and system for eap encapsulation exchange for a setup configuration protocol in a wlan
Certain aspects of a method for enabling exchange of information in a secure communication network may comprise encapsulating authentication enablement information comprising data for configuring at least one 802.11 client station. One or more 802.11 client stations may be configured without disrupting access to any other 802.11 client station that ...

02/23/06 - 20060039304 - Method and apparatus for wireless distribution of a file using ad-hoc wireless networks
A method and apparatus for distributing a media content file wherein a file is received in a node. The received file is then shared with a recognized neighbor node. Once the file is provided by a distributor node to a neighbor node, the distributor node claims an incentive for sharing ...

02/23/06 - 20060039303 - Method and apparatus for wirelessly sharing a file using an application-level connection
Ad hoc application-level connections are established between wireless devices. Autonomous selection of files on a provider device facilitates migration of a file from the file provider to a file receiver. Once a file provider and a file receiver are communicatively coupled using an application-level connection, a portion of a determined ...

02/16/06 - 20060034201 - Taxi dispatching system and dispatching method
A taxi customer requests a taxi dispatch using a mobile phone. A control center acquires the request and authenticates the telephone number by an incoming call log thereof, and then sends an e-mail with a URL to the e-mail address of the taxi customer. The taxi customer accesses the URL ...

02/16/06 - 20060034200 - Wireless communication system, control station, and terminal station
The present invention provides a wireless communication system, a control station, and a terminal station whereby a direct link (DL) protocol can be initiated from the control station. A processor has a DL request AP packet generation unit (direct communication request generation instruction unit), which issues an instruction so that ...

02/16/06 - 20060034199 - Method and system for providing a priority-based, low-collision distributed coordination function using a super-frame structure
A method for providing a priority-based, low-collision distributed coordination function (DCF) in a wireless network is provided. The network includes an access point and a plurality of stations. The method includes receiving at a first station a super-frame from the access point. The super-frame is operable to define a service ...

02/16/06 - 20060034198 - Informing a lawful interception system of the serving system an intercepted target
The present invention proposes a method for informing a lawful interception system of the serving system serving an intercepted target (MS) roaming within a communication network system, the communication network system comprising at least one serving system each serving system comprising at least one serving system node, (SGSN) serving the ...

02/09/06 - 20060029010 - Autonomous reference system and method for monitoring the location and movement of objects
The present invention relates to a system and method for deploying devices, such as routers (107) and mobile nodes (102) or tags, that communicate in a wireless multihopping ad-hoc communication network (100), that enables a monitoring system such as a dispatcher (212) to create a reference system to identify the ...

02/09/06 - 20060029009 - Bandwidth efficient system and method for ranging nodes in a wireless communication network
The present invention provides a bandwidth efficient system and method of measuring the range between nodes (102, 106, 107) in a wireless communications network (100) with one-way data transfer, where each node (102, 106, 107) periodically transmits a message that contains information regarding neighboring nodes (102, 106, 107) from which ...

02/09/06 - 20060029008 - Wireless handset for an a/v telecommunication device
An information appliance having a network connection, a telecommunications processor connected to the network connection and a video processor connected to the network connection includes a transceiver connected to said telecommunication processor and a wireless handset communicably connected to said transceiver. ...

02/09/06 - 20060029007 - Ad hoc network topology discovery
Disclosed herein is a method for performing ongoing ad hoc network topology discovery with regard to a collection of plural participating nodes. The method features the steps of (a) defining an appropriate topology-discovery condition to be associated with such nodes, (b) when that condition occurs, establishing and activating a dedicated, ...

02/02/06 - 20060023651 - Client terminal, access point apparatus, and wireless connection system
A client terminal for conducting wireless communications with an access point apparatus having apparatus unique information. The client terminal includes: an acceptance unit that accepts entry of the apparatus unique information; a conversion unit that converts the apparatus unique information entered through the acceptance unit into temporary connection information; a ...

02/02/06 - 20060023650 - Method and apparatus for enhancing performance of channel quality indicator (cqi) channel in wireless communications system
The channel quality indicator (CQI) transmitted by a mobile terminal to a base station is indicative of the Ec/Nt pilot SNR of the pilot signal transmitted by the base station and measured by the mobile terminal. The base station uses the CQI for purposes such as determining a downlink rate, ...

02/02/06 - 20060023649 - Subscriber unit capable of switching between full-duplex and half-duplex modes during an on-going session
A subscriber unit including an interface and a processor to transmit a first request to a wireless communication system by way of the interface to request a communication session in a first communication mode with one or more users; communicate with the one or more users by way of the ...

02/02/06 - 20060023648 - Wireless network management with antenna control
A method and apparatus for managing a wireless local area network are disclosed. The network includes one or more wireless access points, each including a radio frequency assembly having a variable power output, and an antenna assembly for transmitting and receiving wireless signals. A microcontroller is included for sending a ...

01/19/06 - 20060013152 - Method and apparatus for mobile based access point name (apn) selection
A procedure is provided wherein a serving general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN) receives a request for an access point name (APN) the SGSN making a determination if the requested packet data protocol (PDP) and APN are the same as subscribed information. In the event that the requested ...

01/12/06 - 20060007873 - Data multiplexing method and data multiplexer, and data transmitting method and data transmitter
An effective data multiplexing method wherein an error correction ability is exerted at the maximum so that data transmission quality is improved and a data transmitting method in which an interleaving process applicable to data transmission using interpolation pilot signal is performed are provided. The data multiplexing method includes the ...

01/05/06 - 20060002318 - Controlling admission of users in a wireless communications network
A method of controlling admission of users in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving a request from a potential new user to be admitted to the network; determining an admission control threshold based on the number of already existing users of the network, taking into account any guaranteed ...

01/05/06 - 20060002317 - Information feeder framework
An information feeder network provides data to a data processing arrangement coupled to a service element via a network. A content-defined information feed of the service element is selected. The information feed is sent from the service element to the data processing arrangement. An application of the data processing arrangement ...

12/29/05 - 20050286452 - Method and system for bi-directional exchange of data based on user-defined policies for the selection of a preferred datalink
A communications channel selection device aimed at solving the problems associated with selecting a preferred channel for two-way communication between an aircraft and the ground over TCP/IP packet-based networks. The device provides a means whereby policies for the selection of a preferred datalink are associated with the communications from aircraft-based ...

12/29/05 - 20050286451 - Connection identification allocating system and method in a broadband wireless access communication system
Provided is a connection identification (CID) allocating method in a Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) communication system having a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) format with a header field including control information and a payload field including user data. The header field has a first CID field of ...

12/22/05 - 20050281213 - Wireless network bridge with remote indicator circuit
A wireless network bridge with a signal indicator for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The network bridge comprises three components: an antenna assembly to receive and transmit signals to and from an internet access point; a hub to transmit data and power; and a signal indicator to provide a ...

12/22/05 - 20050281212 - Wireless access communication system for data retransmission, data retransmission apparatus and method
An apparatus and method for re-transmitting data in a wireless access communication system are disclosed. The data retransmission method in a wireless access communication system performing a data transmission/reception operation between a terminal and a base station using ARQ (Automatic Repeat Request) includes the step of transmitting allocation information for ...

12/15/05 - 20050276236 - Separation radio information transmission system
A separation radio information transmission system comprising a host and one or multiple remote terminal; the host being integrated with microprocessor, high-capacity storage medium, memory, wireless transmission modulus; the remote terminal may being a MP3 player or a digital camera integrated with wireless transmission modulus; both of the host and ...

12/01/05 - 20050265270 - Radio communication system using timeout control with flexible timeout interval setting
In a radio communication system in which packet communications are carried out by setting up one or more connections between the radio base station and radio terminals, a radio base station or a radio terminal carries out the timeout control in which any packet that cannot be received completely through ...

12/01/05 - 20050265269 - Signal transmission apparatus
A signal transmission apparatus, to which at least one field device is connected and which transmits a signal obtained from the field device to a host computer, has at least one input terminal to which a signal transmitted from the field device is inputted, a signal processing unit which generates ...

12/01/05 - 20050265268 - Return link adaptation algorithm
An apparatus, system, and method of improving the ES/N0 ratio performance of a wireless device. The apparatus, system, and method include measuring an ES/N0 ratio in a communicated return link burst, and, upon failure of the ES/N0 ratio to meet a predetermined threshold, probing for an available switch to a ...

12/01/05 - 20050265267 - Processing of medical signals
The present invention is directed to a system and method in which real-time ubiquitous imaging is feasible in local areas, such as inside a clinic, hospital room or doctor office. This is achieved by designing a wireless network having a central processing server with, for example, distributed broadband acquisition and ...

11/24/05 - 20050259604 - Filtering of electronic information to be transferred to a terminal
The object of the invention is a system, a device, a terminal and a method for filtering electronic information to be transferred to the terminal through a telecommunication connection. The invention comprises attaching a specific filtering parameter (30-32) by the device transferring the electronic information to the electronic information for ...

11/24/05 - 20050259603 - System, method and computer program product for wireless automated introductions
A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for distributing attendee information for use in a physical encounter involving multiple attendees is provided. An identifier assigned to a first data processing system associated with a first attendee is received by wireless transmission. A query including the identifier is ...

11/17/05 - 20050254443 - Method and system for displaying data
A system is disclosing having a portable device, a computer, a network, and a display system. The portable device includes an input means for entering data and a wireless transceiver for transmitting the data and receiving messages. The computer includes an application and a display, the application includes a filter ...

11/10/05 - 20050249136 - Dynamic assignment of station addresses transmitted over shared-communications channels
A technique is disclosed for assigning addresses to stations in a local area network without some of the costs and disadvantages for doing so in the prior art. In particular, the illustrative embodiment ensures that unique addresses are assigned to the stations in a local area network in such a ...

11/03/05 - 20050243748 - Band switching for coherent beam forming in full-duplex wireless communication
Bidirectional wireless communication is advantageously achieved by using at least two frequency bands, wherein during a first time period a first one of the frequency bands is used for signal transmission (e.g., downlink) while a second one of the frequency bands is used for signal reception (e.g., uplink), and during ...

10/27/05 - 20050237959 - Mobile automatic meter reading system and method
A system and method for collecting data generated by a plurality of metering devices located within a geographic area. The mobile automatic meter reading system provides two-way simplex communication capabilities between a mobile receiving device and a plurality of endpoint devices on a plurality of communication channels. The mobile collector ...

10/27/05 - 20050237958 - System and method for relaying data in coordinator-based wireless network
An apparatus for relaying data in a coordinator-based wireless network. The data relaying apparatus includes a transmitting/receiving unit for receiving a packet for requesting an allocation of a channel time for data transmission, and a control unit for extracting relay information that indicates whether to relay data, from the packet ...

10/27/05 - 20050237957 - Method for transmitting information between bidirectional objects
Secure transfer of information between a first command transmitter and a second command transmitter such as those employed for remote control of actuators employed in home automation systems for example for opening and closing windows, solar protection, ventilation, roller blinds, garage doors and the like, is achieved by first authenticating ...

10/27/05 - 20050237956 - Methods and devices for expanding the range of a network
A method for expanding a range of an ultra wide band wireless network, the method includes: (i) providing a first network and an external device, the first network includes multiple devices that receive ultra wide band wireless transmissions from each other, the external device is capable of receiving a transmission ...

10/20/05 - 20050232175 - System and method for provisioning device management tree parameters over a client provisioning protocol
A client device (102) of a communication system (100) comprising a provisioning and management framework (206). The framework (206) receives (404) a client provisioning document from a source (110), and the client provisioning document includes a device management characteristic. The client device (102) then identifies (408) a device management characteristic ...

10/13/05 - 20050226175 - Device, system and method for configuration of wireless access point
Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may provide devices, systems and methods for configuration of wireless access point. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include determining whether a wireless communication station is authorized to configure a wireless access point not associated therewith based ...

10/06/05 - 20050220044 - Method and apparatus for performing bringup simulation in a mobile terminal
An apparatus and method for performing a bring-up simulation to bring up a character are provided. In the apparatus, a sensor measures at least one of an ambient temperature of the mobile terminal, a remaining battery power of the mobile terminal and an amount of vibrations of the mobile terminal, ...

09/29/05 - 20050213523 - In-factory data control method and data control system
Provided is an in-factory data control system that, at a lower cost, can collect output data from a facility having no data transmitting function and data which is not object of automatic transmission, and carry out data control such as processing/analyzing of the collected data. In an in-factory data control ...

09/22/05 - 20050207364 - Method of addressing messages and communications system
A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising combining tree search and Aloha methods to establish communications between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices without collision. A system comprising an interrogator, and a ...

09/22/05 - 20050207363 - Wireless network device with data storage
A wireless network device with data storage is disclosed in the present invention that connects with the LAN by means of wireless. The wireless network device with data storage includes a control unit, a memory element and a wireless communication module. The control unit includes a base-band processor, an RF ...

09/15/05 - 20050201310 - Method and system for managing wireless connection between slave terminals and master terminal
Slave terminals and a master terminal are wirelessly connected according to the Bluetooth protocol. When a number of the slave terminals exceeds a predetermined number of the slave terminals for the wireless connection, the wireless connections are controlled by a predetermined set of rules. Active slave terminals are switched into ...

09/15/05 - 20050201309 - System and method for managing a band amc subchannel in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access communication system
A method for allocating a band Adaptive Modulation and Coding (AMC) channel in a wireless communication system that divides a full frequency band into a plurality of subcarrier bands and includes subchannels, each of which is a set of a predetermined number of neighbor subcarrier bands. Upon recognizing a need ...

09/15/05 - 20050201308 - Wireless communication system and wireless communication method
A wireless communication system includes a first communication apparatus, a second communication apparatus, and a third communication apparatus which are mutually communicable by wireless. The second communication apparatus includes a receiving section for receiving a signal and a transmission section. The transmission section transmits a first transmission signal whose destination ...

09/15/05 - 20050201307 - Apparatus and method for transmitting data by selected eigenvector in closed loop mimo mobile communication system
Disclosed is a method for transmitting/receiving data by use of feedback information in a closed loop multi input multi output (MIMO) mobile communication system. The method includes the steps of feeding back transmission eigenvector selection information determined through a singular value decomposition (SVD) of a channel matrix and transmitting the ...

09/08/05 - 20050195759 - Optimal frequency of walsh mask broadcast for forward high-speed packet data channels
A base station in a wireless communication network multi-codes a shared packet data channel using a continually changing set of spreading codes, and dynamically updates the transmission frequency of messages identifying the spreading codes to be used for that multi-coding based on tracking the net gain in data throughput for ...

08/18/05 - 20050180346 - Network and method for monitoring location capabilities of a mobile station
The present invention is a communication network (100) and method for monitoring location capabilities of mobile stations (102) in a database (120) of a communication network. Initially, the network receives an identification number from a mobile station (102). If the database (120) does not include a location capability corresponding to ...

08/18/05 - 20050180345 - Mobile virtual lan
A communication system in which multiple protocols and proxy services are executed by an access point. In one embodiment of the invention, GVRP and GMRP registrations are combined in a single packet when a wireless device roams to a different VLAN. In addition, outbound GVRP and GMRP multicast messages are ...

08/18/05 - 20050180344 - Method and apparatus for providing fast detection of a high speed shared control channel
A method and apparatus for providing fast detection of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH). The HS-SCCH carries information necessary for receiving data via a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH). The apparatus receives messages transmitted via a plurality of HS-SCCHs. The apparatus measures a channel quality for the ...

08/18/05 - 20050180343 - Method and device for wireless network formation
The invention relates to a method and network device for forming a wireless network, by a first network device 6 and a second network device 4 in a wireless personal area network (PAN) environment, by the steps of connecting said first network device 6 with said second network device 4; ...

08/11/05 - 20050174954 - Method of operating a tdd/virtual fdd hierarchical cellular telecommunication system
A cellular communication system and method supporting both a time division duplexing (TDD) scheme and a frequency division duplexing (FDD) scheme. The apparatus includes a plurality of mobile stations, at least three first fixed stations communicate with the mobile station based on the FDD scheme, the first fixed station defining ...

08/11/05 - 20050174953 - Beacon coordination and medium access
Each of a plurality of nodes in a wireless network is capable of generating, transmitting, and receiving beacons in a distributed fashion. Each beacon contains information regarding the order of which other nodes are to transmit beacons and wireless medium access information as to when various nodes are to access ...

07/21/05 - 20050157666 - Method for distribution of wireless transmit/receive unit (wtru) capability between point to point and point to multipoint services
Method and apparatus for arranging wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capability distribution between point to point (PtP) and point to multipoint (PtM) services. The method addresses PtP/PtM specific and common capabilities shared between PtM and PtP. The method utilizes procedures and different scenarios to coordinate establishment/release of PtP and PtM services ...

07/14/05 - 20050152295 - Telescoping window based equalization
At least one wireless communication is received and sampled to produce samples. A channel response is estimated corresponding to the at least one wireless communication. An initial channel correlation matrix is produced based on the received samples and the channel response. The initial channel correlation matrix is factorized to produce ...

07/14/05 - 20050152294 - Method and system for wireless pairing
A method and system for wireless pairing procedure through a wired interface. The wireless pairing system of the present invention comprises at least two wireless devices and a central controller. First, the wireless devices are connected to the central controller through a wired interface for pairing. The central controller then ...

07/14/05 - 20050152293 - Network using encoded transmissions and forwarding
A first network node may include a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause information that is received by the receiver to be delivered to the user interface, if that information is encoded to be delivered to the user ...

07/07/05 - 20050147058 - Updating of internet access point settings in a mobile communication system
A digital mobile communication system is provided with a facility by means of which it can establish a connection to the Internet network via an Internet access point “(IAP”). IAP settings needed for establishing a connection are stored in a mobile station. When a mobile station roams, the closest point ...

07/07/05 - 20050147057 - Octave pulse data method & apparatus
A method for communicating octave pulse signature messages between a wireless virtual transaction terminal and a virtual host system over a wireless telecommunications network that includes a digital traffic channel that transports speech frames and subframes over selected air interface channels, a pulse code modulated circuits that conveys speech frames ...

07/07/05 - 20050147056 - System and method for determining priorities in a wireless network
A wireless network device that assigns priorities to communications in a network has a first circuit for receiving wireless messages from remote wireless network devices and a second circuit operable to send wireless messages to the remote wireless network devices. A third circuit makes a determination of the relative priorities ...

07/07/05 - 20050147055 - Method, apparatus and system to manage distributed channel access with time reservation
A method, apparatus and system to manage distributed channel access with time reservation are generally presented. In this regard, a reservation agent is introduced to reserve access to a wireless network channel for an amount of time greater than necessary to transmit to another station(s) and to transmit to the ...

06/30/05 - 20050141442 - Utilization of the internet protocol to facilitate communication involving mobile devices
A data communication system capable of forwarding IP-addressed data to devices as such devices move among networks having different IP addresses is disclosed herein. The system includes first and second networks containing first and second pluralities of nodes. At least one of the first plurality of nodes is adapted to ...

06/23/05 - 20050135288 - Physiological measurement communications adapter
A sensor interface is configured to receive a sensor signal. A transmitter modulates a first baseband signal responsive to the sensor signal so as to generate a transmit signal. A receiver demodulates a receive signal corresponding to the transmit signal so as to generate a second baseband signal corresponding to ...

06/23/05 - 20050135287 - Systems and methods for distributed processing of location information associated with emergency 911 wireless transmissions
The present invention relates to systems and methods to locate and recover objects equipped with tracking devices by determining the location information of the object. The system employs multiple radio direction finding (RDF) devices, which is capable of determining the angle of arrival of a radio signal. The MSC sends ...

06/23/05 - 20050135286 - Wireless extended proximity networks: systems, methods and program products
A wireless proximity network is extended to provide peer-to peer communication among ad hoc networks. A mobile device (peer) coupled to an access point serves an adhoc network via a short-range communication link. The peer executes a Bluetooth protocol stack. Each peer has a routing table about all the peers ...

06/23/05 - 20050135285 - Transmission system
The invention relates to a transmission system (10) comprising a transmitter (12) and a receiver (14). The transmitter (12) is arranged for transmitting a plurality of signals (13), e.g. radio and/or television signals. The plurality of signals (13) comprise mutual corresponding signals, e.g. analog and digital signals of the same ...

06/16/05 - 20050128967 - Identifying services provided via ip and similar packet networks, and service usage records for such services
A service key is assembled from information in data packets traversing a communications link, to enable identification of services implemented via the data packets. ...

06/16/05 - 20050128966 - Communications apparatus and methods
This invention relates to apparatus, methods and computer program code for transmission and reception in communication systems in which a receiver receives signals from a plurality of transmit antennas associated with a single transmitter. In particular this is related to MIMO (multiple input multiple output) and MISO (multiple input single ...

06/16/05 - 20050128965 - Control signal transmitting method in multi-antenna system
A method of communication in a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system having multiple transmitters including transmitting independent parallel downlink control signals including control information for each data stream, and transmitting the data streams. ...

06/09/05 - 20050122924 - Method for branching data in mobile communication terminal
A method for branching data in a mobile communication terminal to perform data communication between a mobile station and a network which have media access control sublayers. In a data sending mode, each of the media access control sublayers of the mobile station and network attaches logical channel types based ...

06/09/05 - 20050122923 - Controlling a press-to-talk session using wireless signaling
To communicate in a press-to-talk (PTT) session, a message for requesting a right to talk in the PTT session is sent over a wireless link between a mobile station and a base station system. The message for requesting the right to talk in the PTT session is sent in wireless ...

06/09/05 - 20050122922 - Communicating application control and data information using a traffic flow over a wireless link
To communicate information relating to an application over a wireless link, application control information and application data information are communicated over the wireless link between a mobile station and a base station system. The application data information is communicated over a traffic flow over the wireless link, and the application ...

06/09/05 - 20050122921 - Apparatus and method for registering wireless terminals with access point through wireless network
In the method and apparatus for registering wireless terminals with an access point (AP) through a wireless network according to the present invention, there is no need for a re-registration procedure for terminals because, when the AP is restarted, the AP informs wireless terminals registered in its service area of ...

06/09/05 - 20050122920 - Method and system for wireless communications using anti-interference to increase channel capacity
A method and system for wireless communications between a sender and a receiver enables effective blocking of interference signals by other senders and improving the channel capacity. The receiver uses two or more receiving devices, such as antennas or smart antennas, to receive multiple wireless input signals. By performing a ...

06/09/05 - 20050122919 - Wireless communication method and system for managing the association and deassociation of a wireless transmit/receive unit
A method and system for managing association and disassociation of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to an access point (AP) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Once the AP detects that a WTRU is in an inactive state for a predetermined period of time, the AP transmits an association ...

06/09/05 - 20050122918 - Reconfigurable frame parser
A method and apparatus to perform frame parsing are described. ...

06/02/05 - 20050117531 - Wireless communication techniques
A novel system is presented for providing computer telephony services to remote, mobile users. In one form, a server communicates wirelessly with a remote, mobile, personal communication subsystem that includes a wireless voice communication device and a wireless data communication device, through a voice channel and a data channel, respectively. ...

06/02/05 - 20050117530 - Clustering based load adaptive sleeping protocol for ad hoc networks
A clustering based load adaptive sleeping protocol for ad hoc networks includes a plurality of nodes forming a cluster, where the nodes in the cluster are partitioned into n groups. This partitioning is performed based on the node ID (e.g. node_id modulo n). The cluster head transmits a beacon at ...

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