Contiguous Regions Interconnected By A Local Area Network

Contiguous Regions Interconnected By A Local Area Network 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.

01/31/08 - 20080025278 - Method and apparatus for monitoring wireless network access
A system and method for monitoring wireless network access, and use of a detected wireless network connection are described. A client component (e.g., software component), or client, can be downloaded to a computing device, which leverages off of the computing device's ability to locate and establish a network connection. The ...

01/31/08 - 20080025277 - Wireless lan system and control method and control program of wireless lan system
A wireless LAN system uses a single wireless telephone line. When a telephone apparatus outside the network originates a call to the LAN, the system allows establishment of wireless telephone communication between that telephone apparatus and a slave communication device. Each transmission/reception device is controlled to switch between a first ...

01/24/08 - 20080019344 - Low power protocol for wireless terminal peer-to-peer communications
A Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system in which wireless terminals each operate upon battery power. One of the wireless terminals acts as a Master to coordinate the transmission and receptions of the Slaves so as to reduce the power consumed by all of the devices. The Slaves operate according ...

01/24/08 - 20080019343 - Wireless lans and neighborhood capture
Overlapped wireless LAN cells in a medium have an equal chance at establishing a session on the medium. A first member station in the first cell transmits a timing packet containing a timestamp value, which is received at a second member station in the second cell. This synchronizes member stations ...

01/24/08 - 20080019342 - Wireless local area network management
Wireless local area network (WLAN) management. A novel approach is provided to associate various wireless stations (STAs) to the WLAN via appropriately selected Access Point (APs). In one implementation, a first AP services only those STAs that have functionality of a first user class (e.g., 802.11b functionality in one instance). ...

01/24/08 - 20080019341 - Single transceiver architecture for a wireless network
A network for wireless transmission of data includes a source access point, a destination device and a plurality of wireless repeaters that provide a transmission link between the source access point and the destination device. The plurality of access points each includes a single transceiver with separate transmitter and receiver ...

01/24/08 - 20080019340 - Communication control apparatus and communication terminal
A communication control apparatus for controlling communication by repeatedly sending a control signal to other apparatuses at a given time interval, the communication using a protocol that regulates transmissions of an acknowledgement as a receipt for one or more communication packets, and the control signal allocating, within the given time ...

01/24/08 - 20080019338 - Radio access network contol method, radio access network control system and radio access network control apparatus
There are a wireless access network comprising a radio network gateway apparatus (101), radio access network control apparatus (102a), (102b) and a base stations (103a), (103b) and a terminal (104) accommodated in the wireless access network and when the terminal (104) enters into a new cell B, a packet data ...

01/17/08 - 20080013515 - Staggered startup for cyclic prioritized multiple access (cpma) contention-free sessions
A staggered startup method and system for a cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. A first member station in the first cell coordinates a periodic sequence ...

01/17/08 - 20080013513 - Wireless communication system, wireless access point, communication control method and computer-readable medium
In a first control mode employed when a wired communication line is used as the backhaul, a wireless access point operates as follows. (1) The access point processes its own control packets for management by itself. (2) The access point communicates packets in which an information item for processing in ...

01/17/08 - 20080013512 - Wireless communication system
A video reproduction apparatus 120 wirelessly transmits to a server apparatus 100 estimated reproduction time information TT1 obtained by adding a processing time t1 to time data T1 of video data, and an audio reproduction apparatus 110 wirelessly transmits to the server apparatus 100 estimated reproduction time information TT2 obtained ...

01/17/08 - 20080013511 - Distributed infrastructure for wireless data communications
A mobile user terminal 402 accesses a packet data network 450 through one or more of several network access points 404-412. One or more control points 432-440 determines which network access point or points the user terminal is to access. Control may be retained in the current control point, or ...

01/17/08 - 20080013510 - Techniques for interference reduction in wireless communications networks
The present invention provides techniques for responding to overlapping conditions in wireless communications networks include receiving data transmissions from a transmitting device across a wireless communications network. These data transmissions correspond to a connection with the transmitting device and occur within a reserved portion of a communications resource. An interference ...

01/17/08 - 20080013509 - Preemptive packet for maintaining contiguity in cyclic prioritized multiple access (cpma) contention-free sessions
An access point transmits a preemptive peg packet when it has no data to transmit in order to maintain the contiguity of its transmission timing position with respect to the timing position of other contention-free sessions (CFS) transmitted by other access points in an existing, periodic sequence. The cyclic prioritized ...

01/17/08 - 20080013508 - Fixed deterministic post-backoff for cyclic prioritized multiple access (cpma) contention-free sessions
A cyclic prioritized multiple access (CPMA) method is disclosed which includes Fixed Deterministic Post-Backoff. Fixed deterministic post-backoff reduces conflicts between access points of overlapping cells. Contention-free sessions (CFSs) can be generated, one from each overlapping cell. Each active access point engages in a fixed deterministic post-backoff. A fixed deterministic backoff ...

01/17/08 - 20080013507 - Communication system with mobile terminal accessible to mobile communication network and local network simultaneously
An address assignment method for a mobile terminal device capable of accessing both a mobile communication network and a local network simultaneously, the method transmitting to a gateway device an inquiry message for inquiring information regarding a location on networks of a correspondent of packet communications to be carried out, ...

01/17/08 - 20080013506 - Mobile communications system and routing management apparatus used in the mobile communications system
A mobile communications system is disclosed that includes a first local routing manager (LRM) providing a first network in which a mobile terminal is currently located, a second local routing manager (LRM) providing a second network in which a counterpart terminal communicating with the mobile terminal is currently located, and ...

01/17/08 - 20080013502 - Wireless data bus
A wireless device for use with a plurality of wireless nodes that includes a controller node, the wireless device including a wireless transceiver for wirelessly communicating with the plurality of wireless nodes; a processor system; and memory storing a neighbor table, the memory also storing code which when executed on ...

01/10/08 - 20080008151 - Method, system, access terminal and access network for transmitting forward traffic channel at fixed rate
The present invention provides a method, a system, an access terminal and an access network for transmitting a forward traffic channel at a fixed rate. In the present invention, an access terminal transmits identification information of one or more specific forward carrier links to an access network when the access ...

01/10/08 - 20080008150 - Method and apparatus for delivering ipp2t (ip-push-to-talk) wireless lan mobile radio service
A wireless subscriber terminal (ST) for use with IP push-to-talk (PP2T) service using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in a plurality of modes, including a mobile terminal having an ability to communicate over the air to a wireless Access Point (AP), the mobile terminal further programmable to use ...

01/10/08 - 20080008149 - Method and system for implementing soft time reuse in wireless communication system
A method for implementing soft time reuse includes: selecting for a cell or sector at least one time slot as a primary time slot and at least another one time slot as a secondary time slot; using the primary time slot at the border of the cell or sector; setting ...

01/03/08 - 20080002653 - Method of connecting a new discovered ap by early 4-way handshaking
The present invention discloses a method of the Early 4-Way Handshaking, which is part of the Advanced Pre-Authentication (APA). In the standard 802.11i pre-authentication procedure, the 4-way handshaking is performed in the reassociation or association process. Therefore, more time will be taken for the client to reassociate/associate with the new ...

01/03/08 - 20080002652 - System and apparatus for high data rate wireless communications
A system and apparatus including a wireless network architecture that provides broadband data network coverage over an expandable geographic area. A media access control layer is also provided that facilitates access to the broadband wireless network. A high-frequency wireless modem enables high data rate access to the wireless network in ...

01/03/08 - 20080002648 - Wireless communication methods and apparatus using beacon signals
Methods and apparatus supporting peer to peer communications are discussed. A base station serving as an access node for wireless terminals also communicates information supporting peer to peer communications. A base station transmits a beacon signal conveying information about a peer to peer frequency band and also receives user data ...

01/03/08 - 20080002647 - Choosing parameters in a peer-to-peer communcations system
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate choosing parameters to utilize in a local area peer-to-peer network. The parameters may relate to tone spacing, cyclic prefix, symbol time and the like. further, the parameters may be a function of a state (e.g. peer discovery state control related traffic state, data ...

12/27/07 - 20070297383 - Apparatus, and associated method, or facilitating wlan selection by a mobile node
Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate selection of a WLAN through which a mobile node communicates. Selection takes into account the geographic positioning of the mobile node. The mobile node ascertains its geographic positioning by monitoring cellular-positioning signals. And, availability of WLANs through which to communicate is ...

12/27/07 - 20070297382 - Dual packet configuration for wireless communications
A dual packet configuration for wireless communications including a first portion that is modulated according to a serial modulation and a second portion that is modulated according to a parallel modulation. The serial modulation may be DSSS whereas the parallel modulation may be OFDM. The first portion may include a ...

12/27/07 - 20070297381 - Band allocation method and radio communication system
A radio communication system for covering a service area with a plurality of cells and dividing and allocating a system band of each cell to a mobile station has a division pattern server and a base station. The division pattern server decides a division pattern indicating a pattern of dividing ...

12/27/07 - 20070297379 - Methods and systems for processing overhead reduction for control channel packets
Various methods and systems receiving information from an access point over a wireless link in order to reduce processing and/or transmission overhead are disclosed. Such methods and systems may include the processing of a received packet using a descrambling operation on at least a portion of the packet's information based ...

12/20/07 - 20070291725 - Hybrid coordination in an ieee 802.11 network
A system and method are provided for maintaining a hybrid coordinator (HC) in a wireless communications local area network (LAN). The method comprises: a station (STA) seeking a guaranteed quality of service (QoS); establishing a basic service set (BSS) through association with an access point (AP); the AP selecting a ...

12/20/07 - 20070291724 - Method for supplying container security
A method for monitoring the status of a container for transporting goods, wherein the container includes sensors includes receiving data at a processing system within the container from at least one sensor within the container, implementing a controller within the processing system for comparing the received sensor data against a ...

12/20/07 - 20070291723 - Temporal alignment of codec data with wireless local area network rf slots
A wireless local area network (WLAN) transceiving integrated circuit services voice communications in a WLAN with at least one other WLAN device. The WLAN transceiving integrated circuit includes a WLAN interface, an input buffer, a transcoder, and a processor. The WLAN interface wirelessly communicates with the at least one WLAN ...

12/20/07 - 20070291721 - Method for optimizing synchronization signal among multiple home agents in mobile internet service system
Provided is a method of optimizing a synchronization signal among home agents in a mobile Internet service system and a computer readable recording medium storing the same. The method includes the steps of: receiving a temporal IP address for a current location and creating terminal active/inactive state information with binding ...

12/20/07 - 20070291719 - Random access request extension for an additional resource request
Methods and apparatuses enable sending a fast access request in a preamble of a random access request. The fast access request provides for an uplink assignment having bandwidth sufficient to allow the transmission of data with a scheduling request. The fast access request can indicate, for example, a traffic class ...

12/20/07 - 20070291718 - Control of switcher regulated power amplifier modules
Various embodiments described herein relate to a power management block and an amplification block used in the transmitter of a communication subsystem. The power management block provides improved control for the gain control signal provided to a pre-amplifier and the supply voltage provided to a power amplifier which are both ...

12/20/07 - 20070291716 - Universal ethernet telecommunications service
We describe a universal Ethernet telecommunications service (UETS) that combines the features of the telephone network, local area networks and the Internet in order to offer integrated broadband services by re-using the infrastructure of the telephone and electrical networks. User-network communication extends the Ethernet local network services to the infrastructure ...

12/20/07 - 20070291715 - Wireless communication methods and apparatus supporting peer to peer communications
A first mobile node supports peer to peer communications but not cellular communications. Other mobile modes in the communication system support a cellular mode and may support a peer to peer communications mode. The communications system is such that spectrum may be dynamically reallocated between being designated to be used ...

12/20/07 - 20070291714 - Wireless communication methods and apparatus supporting paging and peer to peer communications
Methods and apparatus supporting efficient paging in a wireless communications system supporting both access node based communications and peer to peer communications are described. Paging timing intervals are set aside in the timing structure such that multi-mode wireless terminals can monitor, e.g., in an infrastructure band, for pages from a ...

12/20/07 - 20070291703 - Method and mobile terminal arrangement for fast switching between multiple peripherals
The present invention relates to an improved method and arrangements for fast constitution of a wireless communication connection between at least two portable devices, wherein preferably one of the portable devices is capable for cellular communications on a cellular network. Particularly, the present invention relates to an arrangement of several ...

12/13/07 - 20070286144 - Communication terminal apparatus, communication method thereof, and connected destination selection method in wireless lan
To provide a communication terminal apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that can connect with a host computer, a second wireless communication unit that can connect with connecting equipment by wireless, an equipment information storage unit for storing image information showing an appearance of the above-described connecting equipment, a ...

12/13/07 - 20070286143 - Method, apparatus, and software product for detecting rogue access points in a wireless network
A method, an apparatus, and a software program to implement a method to detect a rogue access point of a wireless network. The method includes maintaining an AP database that includes information about managed access point (APs) and friendly APs, including the MAC address of each managed AP. The method ...

12/13/07 - 20070286141 - Maintaining a global and local session state in an access network
A global session state for communications between an access terminal and a plurality of network functions in the access network is maintained. A local session state for communications between the access terminal and one of the network functions in the access network is also maintained. ...

12/13/07 - 20070286138 - Method and system for providing ip services using cable infrastructure
One embodiment of a Wireless Access Point system for use in a hybrid wireless/cable network, the system capable of authenticating a communication device (mobile and non-mobile) via DOCSIS and/or PCMM-compatible protocol and providing the IP service to the communication device in accordance with a result of the authentication. In addition, ...

12/13/07 - 20070286132 - Unlicensed-licensed interworking enhancement through the implementation of an specific link control protocol layer with packet prioritization
An unlicensed-radio access network connects a mobile station to a conventional cellular core network. The unlicensed-radio access network includes an access controller (30) connected to the core network portion and a plurality of access points (20) connected to the access controller via a broadband packet-switched network. Each access point supports ...

12/06/07 - 20070280190 - Wireless communication method and system for establishing a multimedia message service over a wlan
A wireless communication system for supporting multimedia services (MMS) provided to a user of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) which communicates with the wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a third generation partnership program (3GPP) universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), a wireless local area network (WLAN) and an ...

12/06/07 - 20070280188 - Apparatus and method for providing relay link zone information in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
An apparatus and method for providing relay link zone information in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system, where a BS performs a network entry procedure with an RS during an initial access of the RS to the BS, generates a message including relay link zone information regarding a relay link ...

12/06/07 - 20070280185 - Dual frequency band wireless lan
A dual band radio is constructed using a primary and secondary transceiver. The primary transceiver is a complete radio that is operational in a stand alone configuration. The secondary transceiver is a not a complete radio and is configured to re-use components such as fine gain control and fine frequency ...

12/06/07 - 20070280180 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication device for use as a station in a wireless communication system, a method of communication within a wireless communication system
Wireless communication system comprising a master station, a first additional station, and a second additional station, whereby the master station is operable to communicate with the first and second additional stations in a first high-speed mode and a second low-speed mode, the first station is operable to communicate with the ...

12/06/07 - 20070280173 - Method for configuring signals corresponding to adaptive packet format of mimo-wlan system
Disclosed is a signal constructing method according to an adaptive packet format in a MIMO-WLAN (Multi-input multi-output Wireless LAN) system. A method is used to construct a plurality of signals in a MIMO-WLAN, with transmitting a data packet as a plurality of signals via a plurality of antennas. The method ...

11/29/07 - 20070274277 - Control method of mobile communication device
Mobile communication device recognizes a control area without using a communication line and performs control corresponding to the control area. In the case of communication with other device through the communication line, control information of the control area where communication is to be controlled is read, control contents of the ...

11/29/07 - 20070274276 - Wireless communication methods and apparatus supporting wireless terminal mode control signaling
A wireless terminal determines a desired mode of base station operation with regard to whether the base station is to function as a network access node or is to function in a peer to peer mode with regard to a frequency band, and communicates a change signal to the base ...

11/29/07 - 20070274275 - Wireless communication methods and apparatus supporting multiple modes
Wireless terminal operation is coordinated to be responsive to dynamic communications frequency spectrum reallocation between infrastructure based communications usage and peer to peer communications usage. Methods and apparatus in which mobile nodes switch between cellular and peer to peer communication modes of operation are described. Broadcast signals, e.g., beacon signals, ...

11/29/07 - 20070274269 - Device for converting umts signals
The present invention relates to a device for converting UMTS-FDD signals into WLAN signals, comprising a receiver unit for receiving the UMTS-FDD signals, means for converting the signals received into WLAN signals as well as means for providing or transmitting the WLAN signals. The invention furthermore relates to a device ...

11/29/07 - 20070274268 - Predictive ad-hoc
The present invention relates to a system for efficient routing in a multiple hop wireless communication network comprising a plurality of network nodes is presented. The system comprises means (3001) for acquiring quality information indicating link status between said infrastructure nodes, means (3002) for using said link quality information in ...

11/22/07 - 20070268881 - High data throughput wlan frame format
A frame format for high data throughput wireless local area network transmissions includes a first preamble segment, a second preamble segment, and a variable length data segment. The first preamble segment includes at least one training sequence and a high throughput channel indication. The second preamble segment includes a high ...

11/22/07 - 20070268880 - Interference mitigation and adaptive routing in wireless ad-hoc packet-switched networks
Described are an apparatus and method for routing packets through a multiple-hop wireless communications network. Interference with packet switched communications carried by radio frequency (RF) over the multiple-hop wireless communications network is detected. In response to information related to the detected interference, a route is adaptively determined for transmitting packets ...

11/22/07 - 20070268877 - System and method for facilitating accelerated network selection using a weighted network list
A scheme for facilitating accelerated network selection by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. In one exemplary embodiment, prior to performing a full band scan, the wireless UE device is operable to interrogate a list of networks with which the wireless UE device has registered at least once in a ...

11/15/07 - 20070263583 - Apparatus and method for allocating channel using auction algorithm in wireless communication system
An apparatus and method for allocating a channel using an auction algorithm in a wireless communication system. The method includes measuring a data rate of each channel; selecting one of the channels, when information on the channels is received from a base station, using the received information on the channels ...

11/15/07 - 20070263581 - shield: protecting high priority channel access attempts in overlapped wireless cells
A method and system reduce interference between overlapping first and second wireless LAN cells contending for the same medium. Each cell includes a respective plurality of member stations. An inter-cell contention-free period value is assigned to a first access point station in the first cell, associated with an accessing order ...

11/15/07 - 20070263579 - Random access channel for ofdm-mimo system
In orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) selects a random access channel (RACH) and a phase for a constant amplitude zero auto correlation (CAZAC) sequence for RACH transmission. The WTRU then transmits a RACH transmission to a Node B via the selected ...

11/15/07 - 20070263578 - Wireless lan transmission system and wireless communication terminal
Provided in a wireless LAN transmission system, having convenience and improved security, in which a wireless communication terminal located in a wireless communication area is capable of changing a setting of a connection, and capable of disconnecting the wireless communication terminal from the connection if the connection is unnecessary. A ...

11/15/07 - 20070263577 - Method for enrolling a user terminal in a wireless local area network
A method for enrolling a user terminal in a network includes an access point for the user terminal, the access point performing the following steps: detecting the performance of a first pressure of a registration button on the access point; detecting the reception of a request for enrollment from the ...

11/15/07 - 20070263576 - Multicarrier radio communication system, control station, base station and method
There is provided with a control station which controls a plurality of base stations whose respective communication areas partially overlap one another and each of which uses same frequency band dividing into one or more divided bands, including: a division pattern receiver configured to receive information indicating a division pattern ...

11/15/07 - 20070263573 - On-device radio logging in smartphone
Radio logging data of a smartphone is collected on the smartphone itself using an on-device radio logging application that runs on the smartphone itself. The collected radio logging data is provided to a host computer at a later time after the radio logging data is saved, or as the radio ...

11/15/07 - 20070263572 - Mobile node data transmission rate selection
An apparatus and method of a mobile access node selecting a data transmission rate is disclosed. The method includes the mobile access node receiving beacons from a plurality of wireless clusters. Each beacon advertises a data transmission rate a gateway of the wireless cluster that originates the beacon. The mobile ...

11/15/07 - 20070263571 - Dynamic and traffic-driven optimization of message routing to geographical addresses
Messages are delivered in a communications network by monitoring an arrival rate of messages destined for a geographical area within a short time period. Then, upon reaching a threshold, a multicast group is established for routing the messages to the geographical area. Network devices responsible for delivering the messages join ...

11/08/07 - 20070258430 - Internet-based information distribution and processing system
An information distribution and processing system contains a remote site, a sender and a receiving apparatus. The remote site contains a first set of digital data. The sender delivers a second set of digital data to the receiving device. In one embodiment of the present invention, the receiving device contain ...

11/08/07 - 20070258428 - Method and apparatus for coordinating timing in a wireless local area network
In a wireless communication system including a (STA) including a basic service set (BSS) timer and in communication with a mesh access point (MAP), and a network management (NM) entity wherein the MAP and NM entity include a mesh timer, a method and apparatus for coordinating timing comprises the STA ...

11/08/07 - 20070258426 - Method for the spontaneous distribution of data, and corresponding data network
In one aspect, a data network is provided. The data network includes a first user and a second user, a central device, data and a spontaneous communication connection. The first and second users are each ad hoc capable. The central device provides a distribution of data such that data is ...

11/08/07 - 20070258424 - Method of route optimization with dual mobile node in ipv4-only network
A method of achieving route optimization (RO) when a dual capable mobile Internet protocol version 6 (MIPv6) mobile node is connected with an IPv4-only network allows RO of packets to traverse a shorter route than the default one through the home agent (HA) using bidirectional tunneling, and leads to better ...

11/08/07 - 20070258423 - Method of operating radio communications systems using sdr (software defined radio) radio stations
Authorization data is sent to radio stations so that the radio stations are temporarily authorized, by way of the authorization data, to communicate using radio access technology. Messages can be transmitted between a first radio station and a second radio station via a path that runs via one or more ...

11/08/07 - 20070258422 - Quality of service control for a data transmission in a wireless comunication network using configuration messages
In UMTS, quality of service attributes, which a user equipment can prescribe for an end-to-end service to be set up in order to meet a specific quality of service, in most cases have to be processed by a central call and admission control function in the network. These quality of ...

11/08/07 - 20070258421 - Estimation of position using wlan access point radio propagation characteristics in a wlan positioning system
A method for estimating position using WLAN access point radio propagation characteristics in a WLAN location based service is provided. A location-based services system has a plurality of Wi-Fi access points in a target area. The Wi-Fi access points are positioned at geographic locations and have signal coverage areas. A ...

11/08/07 - 20070258420 - Estimation of speed of travel using the dynamic signal strength variation of multiple wlan access points
A method for estimating the speed and bearing of a Wi-Fi enabled device using WLAN radio signals in a WLAN based location service is provided. A method used to estimate a speed of travel of a Wi-Fi enabled device comprises the Wi-Fi enabled device receiving signals transmitted by Wi-Fi access ...

11/08/07 - 20070258419 - Network adaptive priority management in wireless local area networks
A method comprises determining whether there is an unused access category higher than a pending access category in a wireless network; and upgrading the pending access category to use at least one MAC layer parameter, e.g., an EDCA parameter, of the higher access category. The method may determine whether an ...

11/08/07 - 20070258418 - Method and system for controlling streaming of media to wireless communication devices
A method and system for controlling a streaming media session in which a media server streams media to a wireless communication device via a radio access network. The radio access network controls the streaming media session by (i) generating a media control signal based, at least in part, on an ...

11/08/07 - 20070258417 - Frequency overlay technique for a pico cell system
To ameliorate interference between an indoor wireless pico cell system, for example in an aircraft, and public wireless communications systems operating in a surrounding or over-flown area, frequencies of operation of the indoor system are coordinated with those used by the public wireless systems in the surrounding area. The pico ...

11/08/07 - 20070258416 - Assigning an access terminal identifier to a mobile node
Assigning an access terminal identifier to a mobile node includes receiving a request at an access terminal home agent of a radio access network. The request requests an access terminal identifier for the mobile node. An access terminal identifier is assigned to the mobile node. The access terminal identifier identifies ...

11/08/07 - 20070258415 - Handshake method for wireless client
A method for the wireless client automatically updates the security setting of its own in order to access the specified wireless local area network (LAN) by the wireless server. The method comprises several processes, including a wireless client trying to build a wireless connection with a wireless server of the ...

11/08/07 - 20070258414 - System and method for negotiation of wlan entity
A method for negotiations between various entities of a wireless local area network (WLAN) including negotiations between controlling nodes (CNs) and wireless access points (WAPs) and negotiations between WAPs is disclosed. These negotiations are used for the purpose of establishing the capabilities of the various entities, determining how such capabilities ...

11/01/07 - 20070253395 - Wireless network detector
There is provided a wireless network detector that easily and conveniently enables a user to scan and find access points for one or more wireless network present in a scanned location. The detector can provide visual and audio feedback about the detected wireless networks. The wireless network detector can provide ...

11/01/07 - 20070253394 - Cognitive radio system
A cognitive radio system includes: a state detecting device that scans a frequency band allocated to another radio system than the cognitive radio system to detect a first use-state of the frequency band; a first server including a first gathering unit that receives first information relating to the first use-state ...

11/01/07 - 20070253391 - Method and system for channel time allocation and access control in wireless networks
A channel time allocation and access control process for communication in wireless networks is provided. The channel time is divided into channel time blocks (CTBs), including one or more reserved CTBs and one or more unreserved CTBs. Schedules are implemented, wherein one or more periodic, equal-sized CTBs are reserved for ...

11/01/07 - 20070253390 - Station for wireless network
A wireless network device, such as a printer, to enter an infrastructure-type user wireless LAN as a station, has an additional access point function. A printer having an ESS-ID ‘MM’ as an initial setting is connected with a user wireless LAN, which includes an access point and a personal computer ...

11/01/07 - 20070253389 - Mobile telecommunications network with distributed base stations
A mobile telecommunications local area network (20) is described with a concentrator (32) connected to a plurality of radio heads (36, 38) via a local area network (LAN, 20). The concentrator (32) provides remote control of a local timing signal individually in each radio head. The control may be open ...

11/01/07 - 20070253387 - Apparatus and method for provisioning wireless data communication devices
A system for provisioning wireless data communication devices for a plurality of users is provided in which the system includes a configuration server having an authorization program and a configuration program, and a database. The configuration server is connectable to a network for providing a network portal for the plurality ...

11/01/07 - 20070253385 - Methods and apparatus for controlling a base stations's transmission power
A base station receives loading information indicative of the loading of other base stations and determines a downlink transmission power budget as a function of the received loading factor information. The base station may decrease/increase a current power budget dedicated to downlink traffic channel segments in response to detecting an ...

11/01/07 - 20070253381 - Method for increasing spectrum efficiency in an ofdm based multi-bandwidth wireless system
A method is provided for operating a multi-bandwidth OFDMA system that can achieve an enhanced bandwidth efficiency due to windowing without significantly impacting the underlying physical design of the receive filters. The method comprises establishing a bandwidth over which the radio resources transmit signals, the bandwidth being comprised of an ...

11/01/07 - 20070253380 - Data translation device with nonvolatile memory for a networked medical device system
A fluid infusion system as described herein includes a number of local “body network” devices, such as an infusion pump, a handheld monitor or controller, a physiological sensor, and a bedside or hospital monitor. The body network devices can be configured to support communication of status data, physiological information, alerts, ...

11/01/07 - 20070253379 - Method and apparatus for uplink allocation placement in an uplink frame
Various embodiments are described to address the need for a method and apparatus that could reduce the start-up delay for uplink data transfers in multiple-access technologies. A time-symbol threshold (551) is introduced for an uplink frame (550) in order to create a partition of the frame that includes the earlier ...

11/01/07 - 20070253378 - Method of optimizing use of high-rate packet data resources
A method of optimizing use of a plurality of high-rate packet data (HRPD) resources may include assigning one of the plurality of HRPD resources to each of a plurality of mobile stations that is coupled to a radio access network, where the one of the plurality of HRPD resources is ...

11/01/07 - 20070253377 - Apparatus and method for name resolution in an aggregation of mobile networks
A method and apparatus are provided for establishing internet protocol (IP) communication with a node in an aggregation of one or more mobile networks each having a name server. The method includes multicasting (105) at least one message to the mobile networks indicating a name resolution of at least one ...

11/01/07 - 20070253376 - Method and system for providing cellular assisted secure communications of a plurality of ad hoc devices
A method for providing secure communications among a plurality of ad hoc devices includes authenticating one or more first devices within a first network; authenticating one or more second devices within a second network; transmitting a group key to the authenticated first devices and to the authenticated second devices; establishing ...

10/25/07 - 20070248063 - Distributed resource reservation in a wireless adhoc network
The invention relates to a method of communication in a wireless communication system comprising a first station and at least a second station wherein each of the station for at least a part of the time controls the communication within the system. The first station encodes and transmits messages having ...

10/25/07 - 20070248062 - Mobile network operator multihoming and enterprise vpn solution
The disclosed embodiments support mobility internal and external to enterprise networks. Service providers provide mobility by providing Home Agent functionality corresponding to each Enterprise network. In this manner, mobility may be provided to Mobile Nodes both internal and external to their enterprise networks. Moreover, data packets may be transmitted by ...

10/25/07 - 20070248061 - Auto-configuration of spectrum use by wireless pre-planned or ad hoc networks
A wireless device capable of dynamically allocating radio spectrum access within a wireless communication system includes a wireless transceiver having at least a physical layer functionality to transmit and receive data across a wireless network. The device extracts measurements of radio spectrum conditions from a least one of a local ...

10/25/07 - 20070248060 - Method of providing access information to an access terminal
The present invention provides methods involving at least one access terminal and at least one access network. The methods may include providing or receiving information indicative of future accessibility of at least one access network. ...

10/25/07 - 20070248059 - Wireless lan cell breathing
Utilization of wireless access points (APs) is optimized by dynamically managing transmitted AP power levels of beacon packets to control wireless AP coverage. This permits traffic congestion at one wireless AP to be reduced and shifted to other wireless APs. AP coverage management is provided by a centralized mechanism that ...

10/25/07 - 20070248058 - Fast link-down detection systems and methods
The preferred embodiments describe an optimized method of determining “link down” indication from mobile or other non-access-point station (such as, e.g., an 802.11 non-access-point station) operating in managed mode. In the preferred embodiments, the method uses MAC layer operations for verifying communicability with an access point. This preferred methods can ...

10/18/07 - 20070242647 - Cell network selectively applying proxy mode to minimize power
A wireless access point and multiple wireless terminals exchange utilization, status, mobility and reception characteristics. Each wireless terminal generates reception characteristics based on transmissions received from the wireless access point and from other devices in the network. In one operating mode, the characteristics gathered by the wireless devices are forwarded ...

10/18/07 - 20070242645 - Battery-efficient generic advertising service for wireless mobile devices
In one embodiment, a method for acquiring service provider information includes querying a wireless network for service provider information, receiving an advertisement response containing advertising service scheduling information, and configuring a power conservation mode responsive to the advertising service scheduling information. ...

10/18/07 - 20070242644 - Load-based voltage control wireless transmission system
A wireless transmission system with its voltage controllable depending on the load by increasing or decreasing the wireless transmission system related circuit drive voltage and selecting a drive voltage of the wireless transmission system related circuit to improve or reduce the strength of the wireless transmission signals as required according ...

10/18/07 - 20070242643 - Using a wireless beacon broadcast to provide a media message
A system and method for using a wireless beacon broadcast to provide a media message is disclosed. A first beacon broadcast is provided from a wireless access point, the first beacon broadcast having a first beacon component with a first portion of media. A second beacon broadcast is provided from ...

10/18/07 - 20070242642 - Reliable neighbor node discovery
Methods and systems for reliable neighbor discovery in wireless ad hoc networks are provided herein. In one aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for analyzing the quality of a communication link. In embodiments, several factors affecting link quality may be incorporated in the analysis, and basic ...

10/11/07 - 20070237123 - Wireless communication system, cradle apparatus, and portable device
A cradle apparatus and a portable device are interconnected employing reflected wave transmission without interfering with an adjacent wireless system or impairing ease of use of the portable device. The cradle is provided with a function of a reflected wave reader and a digital camera is provided with a function ...

10/11/07 - 20070237122 - Power-saving wireless network, packet transmitting method for use in the wireless network and computer readable media
A power-saving wireless network, a packet transmitting method for use in the wireless network, and computer readable medium therefor are provided. The wireless network comprises a PAN coordinator, a receiving node and a transferring node. When the transmitting node has a packet planed to be transmitted to the receiving node ...

10/11/07 - 20070237121 - Method and apparatus for operating in a wireless local area network based on information from a wireless wide area network
Techniques to efficiently search for a WLAN are described. A terminal receives country information from a wireless wide area network (WWAN), which may be a cellular network or a broadcast network. This country information may be a Mobile Country Code (MCC) that is broadcast by the WWAN. The MCC identifies ...

10/11/07 - 20070237120 - Voice over internet protocol favoring aggregating technology in a wlan
A system for aggregating packet in a Medium Access control layer of a router to improve effective bandwidth of transmission over a network. The system begins by receiving Medium Access Control Service Data Unit packets in a Medium Access Control unit of a router wherein each of the Medium Access ...

10/04/07 - 20070230426 - Wireless local area networks
A wireless local area network is provided with simplified RF ports which are configured to provide lower level media access control functions. Higher level media access control functions are provided in a cell controller, which may service one or more RF ports that are capable operating with at least two ...

10/04/07 - 20070230423 - Wireless communication system
A wireless communication system, a wireless terminal and a wireless communication method which can realize a high throughput even when communication is performed between plural terminal pairs are provided. A wireless communication system according to the present invention includes a wireless LAN base station and plural terminals which mutually communicate ...

10/04/07 - 20070230421 - Ad hoc network
A method of operating an ad hoc network comprising a plurality of devices (11-16). Each device includes communication means for communicating with other ones of the plurality of devices when they are in range. The method involves storing on each device one or more nodal policies (1-6) which specify rules ...

10/04/07 - 20070230420 - System and method for facilitating determination of mode and configuration of a wireless user equipment (ue) device
A system and method for facilitating determination of mode and configuration of a wireless user equipment (UE) device operable with a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) in a radio network environment. In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless UE device is operable to determine its geographic area location. A logic ...

10/04/07 - 20070230419 - Qos signaling to support fairness
A radio network controller allocates a share of network resources to an access terminal that may be used by more than one user. The share is based on a parameter received from the access terminal and that identifies a number of users using the access terminal. ...

10/04/07 - 20070230418 - Triggering rule for energy efficient data delivery
A new and unique method or apparatus for implementing an unscheduled automatic power save delivery (U-APSD) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) terminal, comprising maintaining a timer for defining a triggering interval between sending of subsequent trigger frames to a WLAN access point, wherein the value of the timer ...

10/04/07 - 20070230417 - Gateway
A gateway includes a local area network (LAN) port, a mobile communication interface and a controlling module. The gateway uses the LAN port to communicate with a LAN outside the gateway, and uses the mobile communication interface connecting to an mobile communication apparatus to communicate with a telecommunication network outside ...

10/04/07 - 20070230416 - Voice frame communication in wireless communication system
A wireless communication system where voice frames are transmitted in sub-frames, wherein multiple sub-frames constitute a single radio frame, at least one of the sub-frames not having a negative acknowledgement associated therewith, including at a radio access network (120), decoding a voice frame in sub-frame of a received radio frame, ...

10/04/07 - 20070230415 - Methods and apparatus for cluster management using a common configuration file
Wireless switches in a cluster are managed by providing a configuration server for storing common configuration files and a DHCP server for storing cluster-specific configuration files corresponding to each cluster. A method for configuring the wireless switches then includes requesting, from the DHCP server, an IP address for the wireless ...

10/04/07 - 20070230414 - Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for asymmetric frequency division duplexing operation
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for performing asymmetric frequency division duplexing (FDD) are provided. The method includes allocating a first bandwidth for an uplink portion of an FDD data transmission; and allocating a second bandwidth for a downlink portion of the FDD data transmission; wherein the first bandwidth and ...

10/04/07 - 20070230413 - Method for measuring airlink transmission latency in a 1x-evdo wireless network
In a method for determining transmission latency in a wireless network, data packets addressed to a wireless unit are received at a radio network controller (RNC) and forwarded to a base station in communication with the wireless unit for transmission over the forward link. The RNC keeps track of when ...

10/04/07 - 20070230412 - Scheduling in wireless communication systems
A wireless communication infrastructure entity assigns a plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities to a group wherein each entity is assigned a location within the group. The infrastructure entity indicates which of the plurality of schedulable wireless communication entities assigned to the group have been assigned a radio resource, for ...

10/04/07 - 20070230411 - System and method for providing differentiated service levels to wireless devices in a wireless network
Described is a system and method for providing differentiated service levels to wireless devices in a wireless network. The method comprises receiving, on a first network arrangement connected to a network, an authentication request from a wireless device. The network uses a first access protocol having a plurality of access ...

10/04/07 - 20070230410 - Route optimization for a mobile ip network node in a mobile ad hoc network
A clusterhead of a tree-based, mobile ad hoc network includes a mobile IP proxy resource for registering a received binding update request from a mobile ad hoc router within the network, creating a first mobile IP tunnel with the mobile ad hoc router, sending a second binding update request to ...

10/04/07 - 20070230409 - Versatile system for wlan/cdma2000 interworking
A system for providing architecture and signaling, by which a mobile communications device—active within a WLAN environment—may be effectively and efficiently interfaced with a CDMA2000 network to provide cooperative and concurrent VoIP and over-the-air (OTA) communications, is disclosed. A wireless communications system comprises a mobile station, operating in a wireless ...

10/04/07 - 20070230408 - Wireless communication device and method for communicating voice over a wireless network using bidirectional multiple receiver aggregation
Embodiments of a wireless communication device and a method for the communication of voice or video within a wireless network are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, aggregated traffic is transmitted to multiple mobile stations as part of a multiple destination burst, and ...

09/27/07 - 20070223437 - Method and system for inlining services within a network access device
An apparatus for providing network access and application session services includes a wireless network access device for receiving packet data streams from or transmitting packet data streams to one or more subscribers, and for conveying the packet data streams to or from a network or other subscribers. The wireless network ...

09/27/07 - 20070223435 - Association method, relay apparatus, communication management apparatus and bandwidth allocation management apparatus
An association method for associating a communication management apparatus, a bandwidth allocation management apparatus, a relay apparatus and a wireless terminal with each other is disclosed. In the method, the wireless terminal sends a request for terminal registration including a communication management apparatus identifier to the relay apparatus; the relay ...

09/27/07 - 20070223434 - Adaptive communication management to accommodate hidden terminal conditions
A wireless access point and multiple wireless terminals exchange utilization, status, mobility and reception characteristics. Each wireless terminal generates reception characteristics based on transmissions received from the wireless access point and from other devices in the network. In one operating mode, the characteristics gathered by the wireless devices are forwarded ...

09/27/07 - 20070223433 - Location managing apparatus and location managing method
A storing unit stores information on rejection of a request for connection to a desired network made by a mobile network, when congestion has occurred on a communication path of the desired network; a searching unit searches in the storing unit, when the congestion is resolved, to retrieve a mobile ...

09/27/07 - 20070223432 - Wi-fi network connection management using location specific information
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless client capable of connection management using wireless client position specific information, wherein the position specific information is determined by the wireless client communicating with a mobile device in proximity to the wireless client that has knowledge of the mobile devices position. ...

09/27/07 - 20070223431 - Wlan fast join
A new and unique method and apparatus to provide a mobile node, point, terminal or device with a technique to initiate a join operation with timing information received from a previous beacon and WLAN chipset's internal reference timestamp so that the WLAN chipset can synchronize itself with an access point ...

09/27/07 - 20070223430 - Method and apparatus for enabling simultaneous vowlan and bluetooth audio in small form factor handheld devices
Certain aspects of a method and system for providing wireless communication may include a single integrated circuit (IC) that handles communication for at least a Bluetooth (BT) connection and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) connection by controlling transmission of acknowledgement signals based on a measured voice quality for one ...

09/27/07 - 20070223429 - Method and apparatus to facilitate use of cable television coaxial cable for local area network services
A wireless local area network access point (200) has a data communication network input (201) (to provide, for example, broadband access via a digital subscriber line modem, a cable modem, or the like). The access point also has a wireless local area network output (202) to provide wireless access to ...

09/27/07 - 20070223428 - System and method of message delivery in a wireless communication network
A wireless communication system, comprising a host service, a wireless router system coupled to the host service, a wireless network coupling the wireless router system and a wireless mobile communication device (“mobile device”), adaptively delivers data to the mobile device in the wireless communication system using a notification message delivery ...

09/20/07 - 20070217385 - Point-controlled contention arbitration
In an example embodiment, there is described herein a method for providing quality of service during a contention period. A tiered access protocol enables an Access Point to act as a channel arbitrator and gain control a channel during a contention period. The Access Point waits a specified amount of ...

09/20/07 - 20070217384 - Wireless lan mobile station, wireless lan system, and method and program of controlling handover
A wireless LAN mobile station is capable of decreasing the frequency of handovers. The wireless LAN mobile stations 1-1 to 1-N are configured to calculate the number of executing the handover processes in unit time and change a threshold value serving as a criterion for executing the handover process on ...

09/20/07 - 20070217383 - Wireless lan mobile station, wireless lan system, and method and program of controlling handover
A wireless LAN mobile station stores a threshold value serving as a criterion for executing a handover process and which is increased on the basis of other conditions in addition to a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) so as to facilitate the execution of the handover process and expedite the ...

09/20/07 - 20070217378 - Reduced interframe spacing in a wireless lan receiver
A receiver in a wireless local area network capable of receiving and processing plurality of frames that are separated by a reduced interframe spacing interval. . Upon receiving a frame, the receiver determines whether the received frame is using Reduced Interframe Spacing intervals. When the received frame includes a RIFS ...

09/20/07 - 20070217377 - Method, mobile station, and software product for access point selection
A method, mobile station, and software product are used to select an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN) for access by the mobile station. This is accomplished by calculating a preference value for each of a plurality of the access points, based upon information regarding current communication ...

09/20/07 - 20070217376 - Authentication of wireless access nodes
A method and apparatus of a first wireless access node authenticating a second wireless access node is disclosed. The method includes the first wireless access node receiving a network advertisement from the second wireless access node, and the first wireless access node interrogating the second wireless access node by transmitting ...

09/20/07 - 20070217375 - Method for requesting wireless services with a single reusable identifier
An apparatus and method (300) are disclosed for requesting wireless services with a single reusable authorization code. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network management system (NMS) (102) having a controller (108) that manages operations of a communications interface (104) that communicates ...

09/20/07 - 20070217374 - Techniques to collaborate wireless terminal position location information from multiple wireless networks
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless terminal operable in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a wireless metropolitan area network (WMAN), wherein the wireless terminal is capable of collaborating terminal position information in the WMAN and terminal position information in the WLAN to ...

09/20/07 - 20070217373 - Dynamic wireless backhaul
A communication system and a method of communicating data. A first backhaul site can be dynamically selected from a plurality of backhaul sites that are each configured to wirelessly communicate with an access point. A controller can dynamically configure a transmission parameter used to communicate a first backhaul data stream ...

09/20/07 - 20070217372 - System and method for distributing data in dedicated short-range communication system
A data distribution system includes a controller communicatively coupled to an origin. A plurality of mobile units capable of storing, receiving, and communicating data pass within communication range of the origin. The controller has data configured for a destination, but the destination is communicatively unlinked from the controller. To communicate ...

09/20/07 - 20070217371 - Systems and methods for wireless security using distributed collaboration of wireless clients
Systems and methods for distributed monitoring of a wireless network using a plurality of wireless client devices in communication with the wireless network. ...

09/13/07 - 20070211683 - System and method for reducing information communicated between universal mobile telecommunication system multimedia capable units
Method and Apparatus for making more efficient use of air link resources and network capacity in a mobile telecommunications system in which unauthorized and/or unsupported media types transmitted in a session initialization protocol (SIP) message sent from one equipment user (UE) to another are deleted by the network(s) as the ...

09/13/07 - 20070211680 - Communication methods and apparatus related to wireless terminal monitoring for and use of beacon signals
Wireless devices, e.g., in a cognitive radio network, discover and use locally available usable spectrum for communication. Beacon signaling facilitates available spectrum discovery and spectrum usage coordination. A wireless terminal, which may have entered a new area and powered up, monitors to detect for the presence of beacon signals in ...

09/13/07 - 20070211679 - Communications methods and apparatus related to beacon signals some of which may communicate priority information
Wireless terminals receive beacon signals from other communication devices and make transmission decisions based on priority information communicated by the beacon signals. Priority information communicated in a beacon signal includes, e.g., one of device priority, user priority and session priority. A wireless terminal compares priority information recovered from received beacon ...

09/13/07 - 20070211678 - Encoding beacon signals to provide identification in peer-to-peer communication
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate encoding and/or decoding signals utilized to identify a wireless terminal during peer discovery interval(s). Substantially any type of function that constrains encoding and/or decoding within a peer-to-peer network may be utilized. For example, a reversible function may be employed that enables a receiving ...

09/13/07 - 20070211677 - Support for wide area networks and local area peer-to-peer networks
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate sharing bandwidth between a wide area network and a local area peer-to-peer network. The peer-to-peer network may use an air interface technology that is similar to distinct from an air interface technology use din the wide area network. Moreover, the wide area network ...

09/13/07 - 20070211676 - Providing information on wireless service coverage along routes being considered for a journey
An illustrative method provides information to a user on wireless communication coverage along at least one route. A wireless availability server receives a user request for coverage information where the request includes an origination and destination location provided by the user for at least one route. A set of routes ...

09/13/07 - 20070211675 - System and method for multi-network coverage
A system and method are provided for a multi-network wireless communications access terminal (AT) to access multi-network coverage. The method registers a multi-network AT in a first communications network. In response to registering with the first network, the AT receives information via the first network that is required for accessing ...

09/13/07 - 20070211674 - Auto continuation/discontinuation of data download and upload when entering/leaving a network
An electronic equipment for exchanging at least one of a first data or a second data over a first communication medium includes a first transceiver configured to exchange the first data and/or second data over the first communication medium, a data manager circuit for controlling data transfer over the first ...

09/13/07 - 20070211673 - Locating and displaying information about users of proximately located wireless computing devices
A wireless communications signal is sampled to obtain one or more data packets. Identifying data is then retrieved from the wireless data packets that uniquely identifies a proximately located computing device that transmitted one or more of the data packets. A server computer is then queried with the identifying data ...

09/06/07 - 20070206557 - Access terminal for communicating packets using a home anchored bearer path or a visited anchored bearer path
Communicating packets along a bearer path includes receiving a home network address and a visited network address at an access terminal. The home network address corresponds to a home anchored bearer path anchored at a home network of the access terminal. The visited network address corresponds to a visited anchored ...

09/06/07 - 20070206555 - Compensation of magnetic influence in a mwd system
The present disclosure provides a downhole tool that includes a magnetometer and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) sensor. One or more compensating magnets are provided on the tool to cancel or offset the effect of the magnetic field of the magnets of the NMR sensor on the magnetometer measurements made ...

09/06/07 - 20070206554 - Communication methods and apparatus which may be used in the absence or presence of beacon signals
Wireless devices, e.g., in a cognitive radio network, discover and use locally available usable spectrum for communication. Beacon signaling facilitates available spectrum discovery, spectrum usage coordination, and device identification. A wireless terminal, which may have entered a new area and powered up, monitors to detect for the presence of beacon ...

09/06/07 - 20070206552 - Quality of service provisioning through adaptable and network regulated channel access parameters
One or more system and/or method of dynamically setting values of Channel Access Parameters employing a Load Supervision Manager entity, a Quality of Service Parameters Manager entity, and an Access Point. The entities work with the Access Point and continuously monitors network loading conditions and setting Channel Access Parameters values ...

09/06/07 - 20070206551 - Reduced interframe spacing in a wireless transmission system
Providing wireless transmission, where in a first transmission mode, transmitting a plurality of frames using a first interframe spacing interval. When in a second transmission mode, transmitting the plurality of frames using a second interframe spacing interval, wherein the second interframe spacing is less than the first interframe spacing. ...

09/06/07 - 20070206548 - Point-to-multipoint transmission of localized data
The present invention relates to a method, system, network element and computer program product for transmitting a data stream in a point-to-multipoint mode from a source entity to a plurality of users in a predetermined area of a cellular network, said predetermined area comprising a plurality of sub-areas. A predetermined, ...

09/06/07 - 20070206547 - Dynamic modification of contention-based transmission control parameters achieving load balancing scheme in wireless mesh networks
Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to facilitating load balancing and bandwidth allocation in wireless mesh networks. Generally, according to one implementation of the present invention, routing nodes implement a contention-based media access mechanism and self-allocate bandwidth within a wireless mesh network by dynamically modifying one or more contention-based transmission control ...

09/06/07 - 20070206546 - Method and apparatus for preventing denial of service attacks on cellular infrastructure access channels
In the various embodiments, base station (103), or base station controller (101), will determine whether mobile station (107) is sending access requests beyond a limit predetermined to represent normal mobile station behavior. If the mobile station exceeds this limit, the network, via base station (103) or other base stations such ...

09/06/07 - 20070206545 - Prioritization of connection identifiers for an uplink scheduler in a broadband wireless access communication system
An uplink access method in a mobile subscriber station of a broadband wireless access communication system prioritizes uplink bandwidth allocation according to QoS types of requested service. A scheduling priority is assigned to each type of service flow to guarantee the highest data rate for the high QoS service flows, ...

08/30/07 - 20070201421 - Method and apparatus for location estimation
In one embodiment, a method of estimating location of a mobile beaconing device within a building includes steps: concurrently transmitting from the beaconing device at least first and second signals, which respectively indicates at least first and second transmit power levels thereof; receiving the at least first and second signals ...

08/30/07 - 20070201420 - Systems and methods for reducing communication unit scan time in wireless networks
A communication unit operates in a wireless-networking environment and maintains a mapping for active channels and associated network identifiers. The communication unit may associate with a wireless network using the mapping for one or more of the active channels having a selected network identifier. For associations and reassociations with wireless ...

08/30/07 - 20070201419 - System and method for saving power in a wireless network by reducing power to a wireless station for a time interval if a received packet fails an integrity check
A method, an apparatus and a carrier medium storing instructions to implement the method. The method is in a first wireless station of a wireless network, and includes wirelessly receiving a signal corresponding to a packet wirelessly transmitted by a second wireless station. The packet includes a subpacket and a ...

08/30/07 - 20070201418 - Mobile terminal device, control method, and mobile communication system
A mobile terminal device that forms an adhoc network comprises a clustering section that identifies the ID and state of a mobile terminal device that is adjacent to the mobile terminal device itself by exchanging a Hello packet (containing the ID and state of the mobile terminal device itself) with ...

08/30/07 - 20070201416 - Methods and apparatus for a self-healing wlan
A wireless access port within a WLAN is capable of self-healing by re-performing auto-channel selection (e.g., auto-channel selection in accordance with the 802.11 family of standards) if particular conditions are met, wherein the conditions are indicative of a signal degradation between a mobile unit and the access port. Auto-channel selection ...

08/30/07 - 20070201415 - Methods and apparatus for cluster licensing in wireless switch architecture
Wireless switch licenses are assigned on a cluster basis rather than being limited to individual switches. A switch cluster is made up of two or more wireless switches that each having an assigned number of licenses. Each of the wireless switches is configured to establish the switch cluster with the ...

08/30/07 - 20070201414 - Testing a station's response to wireless communication in different modes
A controllable and/or configurable device that communicates wirelessly with a station may be used to test the station. For example, the device may be configured to communicate in multiple different wireless communication modes. As another example, the device may be controlled to engage in wireless communications that do not comply ...

08/30/07 - 20070201413 - Method and system to enhance energy savings in multicast transmissions in wlan
A new and unique method and apparatus are provided for communicating information between two nodes, points or terminals in a wireless local area network (WLAN) environment or other suitable network environment, featuring one or more steps for creating an association between multicast transmission scheduling and multicast internet protocol (IP) and ...

08/30/07 - 20070201411 - Line of sight determination between nodes of a wireless network
A method and apparatus for determining line of sight between nodes of a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes identifying line-of-sight links between nodes within the wireless mesh network, and communicating the line-of-sight links between nodes to the system operator, allowing the system operator to selectively replace non-line-of-sight technology ...

08/30/07 - 20070201410 - Techniques to enable direct link discovery in a wireless local area network
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless station operable in a wireless local area network, the wireless station capable of automatic discovery of other stations in a basic service set (BSS) which are capable of supporting direct link setup (DLS). ...

08/30/07 - 20070201409 - Method and apparatus for providing quality of service to voip over 802.11 wireless lans
The present invention provides a method and system for providing quality-of-service to VoIP over a wireless local access network by providing periodic, contention-free access to a wireless link for voice packets. This is achieved by coupling Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) signaling for call setup with the Point Coordination Function mode ...

08/23/07 - 20070195745 - Mobile terminal, resource allocation manager, and communication control method
A mobile terminal 1 comprises a first communication section 101, a second communication section 102, a receiving activation section 103 for activating a second receiving function for the second communication section 102 as a result that the first information is received by the first communication section 101, an information transmission ...

08/23/07 - 20070195743 - Mobile communication device providing n-way communications through a plurality of communication services
A system and method, in a mobile communication device, providing N-way communication through a plurality of communication services. Various aspects of the present invention provide a mobile communication device comprising a user interface and at least one communication interface module adapted to perform a first communication with a first communication ...

08/23/07 - 20070195742 - System and method for selectively manipulating control traffic to improve network performance
A system and method for selectively controlling traffic in a network to improve network performance. The system includes a network controller that includes a first control-traffic prioritizer. An Access Point (AP) includes a second control-traffic prioritizer and communicates with the network controller. One or more clients communicate with the AP. ...

08/16/07 - 20070189258 - Network interconnection apparatus, network interconnection method, name resolution apparatus and computer program
A power source of a LAN terminal at a home such as home server is turned on from the outside the home via the Internet. A home gateway apparatus receives such a start request by proxy and transmits a start instruction packet to corresponding equipment on the home LAN. Although ...

08/16/07 - 20070189257 - Mobile terminal, wireless communications system and mobile terminal control method
A mobile terminal configured to constitute an ad hoc network together with a plurality of other terminals, the mobile terminal includes a packet relay unit configured to execute a relay operation of relaying a packet transferred between the other terminals. A packet transmitter is configured to execute a transmission operation ...

08/16/07 - 20070189256 - Method for configuring wireless local area network in wireless metropolitan area network and wireless communication system supporting the same
A method for configuring a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) within a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) and a wireless communication system supporting the same are provided. A dual-mode terminal is used as a relay for relaying between the WMAN and the WLAN and the relay divides a total service ...

08/16/07 - 20070189255 - Systems and methods for mobility management on wireless networks
Systems and methods to manage network access (e.g., IPv4 and IPv6) and layer 3 mobility are provided. This can allow mobility management to be moved from a mobile node's stack to the access gateway, simplifying the stack and providing fast handoffs. The mobility management at an access gateway further allows ...

08/16/07 - 20070189254 - General access network controller bypass to facilitate use of standard cellular handsets with a general access network
Enabling a standard cellular handset to be used to access a core mobile network via a generic access network is disclosed. A communication between a generic access network element and the core mobile network is intercepted. A modified version of the communication is generated. The modified communication is forwarded. ...

08/16/07 - 20070189252 - Wireless node apparatus and multihop wireless lan system
Disclosed is a technique of avoiding a loop and re-constructing a tree while maintaining a tree structure of its own subordinates even in the case of a disconnection from a host connection-accepting wireless node. The technique comprises a storage means 101 for storing information on the number of hops when ...

08/16/07 - 20070189251 - Power saving method for mobile terminal
A device for controlling a power level received by a feature of a mobile terminal includes a control unit for setting the power level to a first power level as a function of time. The control unit may also be configured to set the power level to a second power ...

08/16/07 - 20070189250 - Providing anonymity to a mobile node in a session with a correspondent node
A method, a correspondent node and a mobile node provide anonymity and unlinkability to a mobile node in a session with a correspondent node. Sequence values, calculated based on secret data, are added to updates sent from the mobile node towards the correspondent node and are used by the correspondent ...

08/16/07 - 20070189249 - Discovery and authentication scheme for wireless mesh networks
Wireless network devices discover individual mesh nodes and networks of mesh nodes. An association is formed on the basis of peer-to-peer interactions at layer-1, layer-2 and/or higher layers of the Open System Interconnect (OSI) model. In particular, the system uses Beacon, Probe Request, Probe Response, Association Request, Association Response, and ...

08/16/07 - 20070189248 - Method and system for hsdpa bit level processor engine
Methods and systems for processing signals in a communication system are disclosed and may include pipelining processing of a received HSDPA bitstream within a single chip. The pipelining may include calculating a memory address for a current portion of a plurality of information bits in the received HSDPA bitstream, while ...

08/16/07 - 20070189247 - Method and communication device for expanded coverage in a mesh network
An apparatus and method (200) are disclosed for expanded coverage in a mesh network (100). A communication device (140) incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller (302) managing operation of a transceiver (320) in communication with the mesh and programmed to acquire (202) a network ...

08/16/07 - 20070189246 - Buffering multimedia mobile devices and methods to operate the same
Buffering multimedia mobile devices and methods to operate the same are disclosed. A disclosed example mobile device comprises a user interface to initiate a call, an audio codec to receive an audio signal, a memory to store a first portion of the audio signal received before the call is established, ...

08/16/07 - 20070189245 - Wlan device and method for numbering frames with sequence numbers
A method for numbering a plurality of frames with sequence numbers is implemented in a wireless network device having a plurality of data units, and includes the steps of: providing receiver addresses of the data units; and numbering each data unit with a respective sequence number according to the receiver ...

08/16/07 - 20070189244 - System and method to enable wusb application in a distributed uwb mac
A system and method is provided for incorporating host-device communication in wireless USB (WUSB). A host (101) either uses a multicast Distributed Reservation Protocol (DRP) frame on behalf of connected devices (102) to reserve wireless channel resources, a unicast DRP frame or Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) with a Poll ...

08/16/07 - 20070189243 - Method for achieving load balance between access point devices in a wireless local area network
A method for achieving load balance between access point devices in a wireless local area network and it's applicable for a wireless local area network in which multiple access points provide wireless connection service for a plurality of wireless mobile stations. In the method, a master access point, which allows ...

08/16/07 - 20070189242 - Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
When a wireless communication apparatus is used indoors where discharge lamps are used, flickering of the discharge lamp can cause transmission path fluctuations in which the amplitude or phase of the reception signal changes suddenly. The effect of this discharge lamp fading is that communication data errors occur easily and ...

08/16/07 - 20070189241 - Optimized interaction method of user terminal selecting access mobile network in wireless local area network
The present invention relates to an optimized interaction method of a WLAN user terminal selecting an access mobile communication network. In this method, after a wireless connection between the WLAN user terminal and a WLAN access network is established, the WLAN access network or the WLAN user terminal initiates an ...

08/09/07 - 20070183384 - Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving uplink signaling information in a single carrier fdma system
A method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink information items having various characteristics by using a single Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) block. The method includes determining whether uplink signaling information exists to be transmitted when uplink data exists to be transmitted; multiplexing the uplink data and control information for the ...

08/09/07 - 20070183381 - Screen image presentation apparatus and method for mobile phone
An apparatus and method is provided for idle mode screen image presentation device, such as a mobile phone. The screen image presentation apparatus includes a memory for storing a character house including variable and selectable background and function items for executing functions of the mobile phone, a controller for presenting ...

08/09/07 - 20070183377 - Mobile network with packet data network backhaul
Mobile communication data received at the sending based transceiver station via a radio frequency transmission is received a packet data network from a sending base transceiver station. The mobile communication data is forwarded to a base station controller via an interface defined at least in part by a third party ...

08/09/07 - 20070183375 - System and method for network integrity
A technique for maintaining network integrity is disclosed. A system according to the technique may include a wired network, a switch, and a wireless access point. The switch can be coupled to the wired network and the wireless access point can be coupled to the switch. The system may further ...

08/09/07 - 20070183374 - Neighbor-assisted handover in mobile communications systems
A method is provided that comprises detecting, by a first user terminal of a wireless system, a second user terminal having wireless system information. The wireless system information has timely wireless system parameters. The timely wireless system parameters are collected from the second user terminal. The first user terminal communicates ...

08/09/07 - 20070183373 - Method and device for determining routings and for allocating radio resources for the determined routing in a radio communications system
A method for radio communication between a device and radio stations of a radio communications system having a plurality of radio stations involves transmitting messages from the transmitting radio station to the receiving radio station either directly, or via a routing the passes through one or more radio stations that ...

08/02/07 - 20070177564 - Mobile communication system using a downlink shared channel
A system for mobile communication includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station includes a first transmitting unit operable to transmit to a mobile station, identifying information for multicast data to be to the mobile station, and a second transmitting unit operable to transmit the data on ...

08/02/07 - 20070177563 - Mobile communication system using a downlink shared channel
A method of mobile communication at a base station includes transmitting to a mobile station, identifying information for multicast data to be transmitted to the mobile station and transmitting the multicast data on a shared channel to the mobile station, wherein the data is identified by the information. ...

08/02/07 - 20070177562 - Method, apparatus and article to remotely associate wireless communications devices with subscriber identities and/or proxy wireless communications devices
Apparatus and methods provide remote access to subscriber identity information and subscriber configuration information stored on one or more subscriber identity modules (SIMs), to allow remote configuration of wireless communications devices. A SIM server provides access to the SIMs, a SIM librarian catalogs the SIMs, and a SIM accounting system ...

08/02/07 - 20070177561 - System with a cell controller adapted to perform a management function
A wireless local area network is provided with simplified RF ports which are configured to provide lower level media access control functions. Higher level media access control functions and management functions are provided with a system having a cell controller, which may service one or more RF ports. Mobile units ...

08/02/07 - 20070177560 - System for digital radio communication between a wireless lan and a pbx
A wireless local area network for digital radio communication between remote devices and a PBX telephone system, wherein the remote devices can access and use the voice message features in the PBX and the data bases on a host computer and servers. A wireless phone is provided for voice and ...

08/02/07 - 20070177559 - Mobile ip addressing
A system and method are provided for mobile Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, in a multi-mode wireless communications access terminal (AT). The method provides an AT with an IP address (ATA), and a care-of-address (CoA) in each of a plurality of networks. In one aspect, the AT selects a first network ...

08/02/07 - 20070177558 - Location aware, on demand, media delivery to remote devices
A method, system and computer program and method for delivering a streaming data to a remote device from a wireless transmitter. In one embodiment, a transmitter is configured to send units of the streaming data to the remote device. A receiver is configured to receive usage data about the streaming ...

08/02/07 - 20070177557 - Method to dynamically provide link specific information to mobile clients
The disclosed embodiments enable a Mobile Node to select from or prioritize two or more Foreign Agents using information dynamically provided to the Mobile Node. When a Foreign Agent detects a Mobile Node, it composes an agent advertisement having one or more fields including one or more parameter values. The ...

08/02/07 - 20070177556 - Method and apparatus for reverse link control in a wireless communication network as a function of reverse link load characteristic
A method and apparatus for controlling one or more aspects of reverse link communications is based on determining reverse link load softness. Such control may be implemented in the network, such as in a base station controller. Control may be sector based, wherein the softness is determined on a per ...

08/02/07 - 20070177555 - Method of multicast service provisioning
A method of provisioning multicast services is provided. In an example, the method includes forming a plurality of multicast groups, each of the plurality of multicast groups associated with one of a plurality of first channel quality ranges. A request for a multicast service and an indicator (e.g., a channel ...

08/02/07 - 20070177554 - Automated service discovery and wireless network set-up
The present technique for automating service discovery and the set-up of a wireless network improves a user's experience when setting-up the wireless network and using one or more services. The technique includes automatic neighbor/service discovery using special beacons transmitted from wireless devices. Each special beacon identifies the wireless device (i.e., ...

07/26/07 - 20070171886 - System and method for managing foreign agent selections in a mobile internet protocol network
A system and methods are shown for providing Internet Protocol communication services to a mobile client. One method includes sending a registration request from a radio node to a control node responsive to detecting a mobile client in a service area of the radio node. When the control node receives ...

07/26/07 - 20070171885 - Automated sniffer apparatus and method for wireless local area network security
A method for protecting local area networks within a selected local geographic region (e.g. office, apartment, building, coffee shop, hot-spot etc.) from wireless attacks, using a wireless sniffer apparatus. The method includes placing one or more wireless sniffer apparatus spatially to provide substantial radio coverage over at least a portion ...

07/26/07 - 20070171883 - Rf port for multiple wireless local area networks
A wireless local area network is provided with simplified RF ports which are configured to provide lower level media access control functions. Higher level media access control functions are provided in a cell controller, which may service one or more RF ports that are capable operating with at least two ...

07/26/07 - 20070171882 - Multi-mode mobile communication terminal and method for reducing power consumption thereof
A mobile communication terminal includes a first communication module which communicates with a licensed network, a second communication module which communicates with a generic access network, and a controller which switches the first communication module between a hibernation mode and another mode according to whether the second communication module is ...

07/26/07 - 20070171881 - Autonomous and heterogeneous network discovery and reuse
This application sets forth, among other things, a new approach for real time collection, discovery, and sharing of network and user information, which we refer to as Autonomous Collaborative Information Collection, Discovery, and Sharing (AC-CDS). It is autonomous because regular mobile users and devices act autonomously to collect information and ...

07/26/07 - 20070171880 - System and method for providing data to a wireless communication device
A system and method allowing a mobile device user to initiate a transaction over the most widely used network such as a CDMA or GSM network and then have the device complete the transaction over a specialized data network such as Wi-Fi. The system includes a server communicating with a ...

07/26/07 - 20070171879 - Method and apparatus for facilitating switched packet data services on multiple networks
A method and apparatus for establishing data connections between multiple networks is provided. A portable, electronic device 300, such as a mobile telephone, includes a communication module 303 configured to initiate the data connection by transmitting an initiation request. The device 300 establishes the data connection, which may be a ...

07/26/07 - 20070171878 - Systems and methods for a multi-mode wireless modem
A multi-mode modem comprises a first device configured to communicate with a first communication system, a second device configured to communicate with a second communication system, a processor communicatively coupled the first and second devices, and a control function configured to place the device in one of the following communication ...

07/26/07 - 20070171877 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system and its control method
An image processing apparatus connected with a wireless LAN unit having a USB host controller via a USB interface, which performs data transmission/reception to/from a PC included in a network with which the communication terminal is connected. A data-receiving request is issued to the wireless LAN unit via the USB ...

07/19/07 - 20070165586 - Quiet periods for detecting wireless devices
A communication is received that includes information regarding a quiet period on a wireless logical channel. During the quiet period, transmissions are refrained from occurring on the wireless logical channel. At least one device performs a process to detect wireless devices, if any, on the wireless logical channel during at ...

07/19/07 - 20070165585 - Network system
In a network system including a first relay connected to a wire network and a radio network, a second relay for relaying data in the radio network, a first terminal connected by wireless to the first relay, and a second terminal connected by wireless to the second relay, the first ...

07/19/07 - 20070165584 - Cellular communication system and method for broadcast communication
A cellular communication system comprises a management function having a broadcast mode function; a plurality of wireless serving communication units operably coupled to the management function; and a plurality of wireless subscriber communication units receiving signals from respective wireless serving communication units in an uni-cast mode of operation on a ...

07/19/07 - 20070165583 - Methods and apparatus for use in switching communication operations between a wireless wide area network and a wireless local area network
Methods and apparatus for use by a mobile communication device in switching operation for communications from a wireless wide area network (WWAN) to a wireless local area network (WLAN) are disclosed. While providing operation for communications in the WWAN, the mobile device continually maintains visited cell site history information in ...

07/19/07 - 20070165582 - System and method for authenticating a wireless computing device
Described is a method, comprising receiving an authentication request by a server from a first wireless device, the authentication request including request data corresponding to a second wireless device. The second wireless device is authenticated by the server as a function of the request data. The server generates authentication data ...

07/19/07 - 20070165581 - Method and system for communicating in cooperative relay networks
A method and system for communicating information in a cooperative relay network of wireless nodes. The wireless nodes including a source, a set of relays, and a destination. Channel state information for each channel between a particular relay of the set of relays and the destination is estimated. A subset ...

07/19/07 - 20070165580 - Radio network monitor device and monitor system
A system is connected to an access point via a network, receives packet transmission information held by the access point, and extracts an address having a transfer destination which is radio interface from the packet transmission information. It is assumed that the terminal of the extracted address exists under the ...

07/19/07 - 20070165579 - Method and device for accessing a mobile server terminal of a first communication network by means of a client terminal of another communication network
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling at least one client terminal, which is connected to a first communication network, to access the data and/or services of a mobile server terminal, which is connected to a second communication network. The first and second networks can coexist on or form ...

07/12/07 - 20070160024 - Status indicator for communication systems
A variety of techniques and devices for acquiring user status information at a transmitting device to a receiving device, or vice versa, are provided. ...

07/12/07 - 20070160023 - Communication terminal with wlan base station functionality or wlan client functionality
In one aspect a communication terminal comprising a first interface, a second interface is provided, and a connection unit. The first interface for connecting to a first network for the bidirectional transmission of information between the first interface and a central communication device, arranged in a first network. The second ...

07/12/07 - 20070160022 - Software architecture system and method for discovering components within an appliance using fuctionality identifiers
A network comprising a plurality of nodes, and each of the nodes has at least one identifier from pre-determined group of identifiers, with each identifier identifying at least one functionality applicable such node. A method of identifying the nodes comprises at least one node sending over the network a message ...

07/12/07 - 20070160019 - Method and apparatus for implementing spatial division multiple access (sdma) to communicate user data and backhaul data with the same wireless time-frequency resources
A system [100] includes a base station [105] to communicate wireless data with at least one user terminal [125, 130] within a cell serviced by the base station [105]. A central backhaul access point [135] communicates wireless backhaul data with the base station [105]. At least a first portion of ...

07/12/07 - 20070160018 - Content access management
Access control management within an access group, where at least two member devices create the access group. To allow mobile device being part of a quorum test, the right to issue response information can be transferred from mobile devices to stationary devices, which act as proxy devices and issue the ...

07/12/07 - 20070160017 - Seamless roaming for dual-mode wimax/wifi stations
An exemplary embodiment providing for one or more improvements includes a method for use in a mobile station operating in a multi-protocol wireless network environment that supports a first wireless communication protocol and a second wireless communication protocol wherein the network environment allows the mobile station to seamlessly roam utilizing ...

07/12/07 - 20070160016 - System and method for clustering wireless devices in a wireless network
Described are a system and method for clustering wireless devices in a wireless network. The system comprises a wireless access point and a plurality of wireless computing units grouped into a cluster as a function of a predetermined parameter. The cluster includes a cluster head unit and at least one ...

07/12/07 - 20070160015 - Applying one or more session access parameters to one or more data sessions
In one embodiment, a method for applying one or more session access parameters to one or more data sessions includes obtaining one or more session connection parameters associated with a data session between a client device and a host coupled to each other via a network gateway and deriving one ...

07/12/07 - 20070160014 - Method and system for wireless communication networks using cooperative relaying
The present invention relates to relay supported wireless communication to enhance communication performance. In the wireless communication system according to the invention neighboring relay stations are arranged with substantially overlapping coverage. In the method according to the invention mobile stations makes soft association to relay stations. The mobile stations feed ...

07/05/07 - 20070153758 - Apparatus and method for selecting relay station using relay station preamble signal in a multi-hop relay broadband wireless access communication system
An apparatus and method for selecting an RS using an RS preamble signal in a multi-hop relay BWA communication system are provided, in which a BS sends preamble channel allocation information to at least one RS, the at least one RS sends a preamble to an MS according to the ...

07/05/07 - 20070153757 - Method of transmitting aggregated mac mpdus in wlan system and system therefor
Provided are a system and method of transmitting an Aggregated Media Access Control (MAC)Protocol Data Unit (A-MPDU) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system. A MAC layer divides service data transferred from an upper layer into a plurality of MPDUs, forms a single transmission frame including the sequentially arranged ...

07/05/07 - 20070153756 - Radio bearer control method and radio base station
A radio bearer control method is disclosed that includes the steps of a radio base station transmitting a change request signal to a mobile terminal so that a communications condition set in the mobile terminal is changed, and the radio base station changing a communications condition set in the radio ...

07/05/07 - 20070153754 - Method, apparatus and system of spatial division multiple access communication in a wireless local area network
Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method, apparatus, and system of performing simultaneous downlink transmission over a wireless medium to a plurality of wireless stations, using Spatial Division Multiple Access (SDMA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). In one demonstrative embodiment of the invention, the method may ...

07/05/07 - 20070153753 - Method of allocating mobile station identifiers in a distributed radio access network
A mobile communication network comprises a plurality of access nodes, wherein each access node allocates mobile station identifiers to mobile stations from an assigned group of mobile station identifiers. The mobile station identifiers in each group have a common property that identifies the corresponding access node. The mobile station identifier ...

07/05/07 - 20070153752 - Method and apparatus for provisioning contacts for ptt over cellular (poc) communication
A push to talk (PTT) over cellular (PoC) wireless communication system (300) includes a media server (318), a push to commute (PTC) server (310) and a subscription database (328). The media server (318) identifies a contact having a uniform resource identifier (URI), the contact identifying location informative media. The PTC ...

07/05/07 - 20070153751 - Pdsn-based session recovery from rbs/an failure in a distributed architecture network
An access node anchoring a connection to, e.g., a PDSN in a core network establishes a session with a mobile station and assigns the mobile station an identifier such as a UATI. The anchor node sends the UATI to the PDSN, such as in a GRE key where the data ...

07/05/07 - 20070153750 - Reactivating a communication session for a dormant mobile station
A mobile communication network includes a plurality of access nodes that can serve different roles in support of a communication session with a mobile station. An access node can serve as a connecting node that receives access requests the mobile station, as an anchor node to anchor a radio packet ...

07/05/07 - 20070153749 - Wireless communication device and method for coordinating communications among wireless local area networks (wlans) and broadband wireless access (bwa) networks
Embodiments of methods for coordinating communications among wireless networks and a co-located wireless communication device are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, frame-timing parameters are reported by a broadband wireless access (BWA) network node to a node of a wireless local area network ...

07/05/07 - 20070153748 - Device, system and method of uplink/downlink communication in wireless network
Some demonstrative embodiments of the invention include a method device and/or system of scheduling transmissions of one or more wireless communication stations. The method, according to some demonstrative embodiments may include instructing a plurality of wireless communication stations to set a transmission-disable counter to count a first value corresponding to ...

07/05/07 - 20070153747 - Method and apparatus for soft switching
A method in wireless communication systems is provided for switching from P2P (Peer to Peer) communication mode to UP-UTRAN-DOWN (conventional communication mode) and from conventional communication mode to P2P mode, wherein the method performed by a user equipment for switching from P2P communication mode to conventional communication mode comprising steps ...

06/28/07 - 20070147326 - Qos-based multi-protocol uplink access
A method and apparatus for multi-protocol uplink access defines two protocols and maps each to one of a user's access service class (ASC) and quality of service (QoS). A first uplink access protocol type is defined in which a random access channel (RACH) burst is sent and an acquisition indicator ...

06/28/07 - 20070147325 - Terminal for accessing network, wireless access module and method thereof
In a wireless access module in a terminal, a user interface unit for receiving information for managing network access is provided. A terminal function performing unit performs an authentication process for accessing the network and sets a network address according to the information from the user interface unit. A terminal ...

06/28/07 - 20070147324 - System and method for improved wifi/wimax retail installation management
A system for managing wireless internet access. The system includes an interface for receiving incoming requests for wireless internet access from a plurality of subscribers. The subscribers submit requests from a wireless access provider having a plurality of geographic locations at least one request coming from one location and at ...

06/28/07 - 20070147322 - Multi-hop wireless mesh network medium access control protocol
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate mitigating a hidden node condition in a wireless mesh network wherein nodes utilize a request-to-send/clear-to-send (RTS/CTS) protocol in conjunction with an asynchronous hybrid automatic repeat request protocol. For instance, a node may contend for a set of subcarriers by sending an RTS signal ...

06/28/07 - 20070147320 - Access router selection method
(c) using a response from said at least one network domain (26, 28, 30) to decide whether or not to perform a network layer handover of said group of mobile network nodes (14) to one of said number of available access routers (20, 22, 24). ...

06/28/07 - 20070147318 - Dynamic passing of wireless configuration parameters
Methods and apparatuses allow for wireless configuration parameters to be passed to a client to enable the client to configure a wireless network interface to connect to a wireless network. ...

06/28/07 - 20070147317 - Method and system for providing differentiated network service in wlan
A system (100) and method (700) is provided for extending a standby battery life of a WLAN station (102) within a WLAN. The method can include creating an extended service area containing at least two access points (APs) (104/105), monitoring beacon frames and conducting neighbor AP scans for identifying the ...

06/28/07 - 20070147316 - Method and apparatus for communicating with a multi-mode wireless device
A device, method, and system for communicating with at least one target wireless device are disclosed. The method includes initiating, by an originating wireless device (104), a communication using a first communication service with a target wireless device (106). The originating wireless device (104) determines that the target wireless device ...

06/28/07 - 20070147315 - Access to cdma/umts services over a wlan acccess point using a gateway node
The present invention relates to an arrangement and a method for providing user station with access to (a) service providing network(s). It comprises a radio access network control node (RANCN) (3) acting as a gateway node between WLAN access points (AP) (2A,2B;4) and the service providing network, and it comprises ...

06/28/07 - 20070147314 - Network processing node and method for manipulating packets
A network processing node (e.g., MGW, MRFP) and method are described herein that can: (1) receive packets on a first heterogeneous link (e.g., wireless link); (2) manipulate the received packets based on known characteristics about a second heterogeneous link (e.g., “Internet” link); and (3) send the manipulated packets on the ...

06/28/07 - 20070147313 - Method for establishing a connection between a service requester (client) and a service provider (server) in a decentralized mobile wireless network
The invention relates to method for producing a link between a person requesting a service (Client) and a service provider (Server) 3 in a decentralized mobile radio network with a service/service provider search service (Service Discovery) wherein the person requesting the service (Client) sends a Service Discovery Request in the ...

06/21/07 - 20070140202 - Method and system for hierarchical processing of protocol information in a wireless lan
In a wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system, a hierarchical architecture is provided which employs a protocol which divides protocol processing functions between a plurality of substantially identical access elements in which reside time-critical protocol functions, such as acknowledgment and retransmission of packets, and a centralized control element which provides ...

06/21/07 - 20070140201 - Base station modulator/demodulator and atm cell send/receive method
A base station modulator/demodulator for constituting a mobile communication system and sending ATM cells to a higher rank station and receiving ATM cells from the higher rank station is provided. The base station modulator/demodulator comprises: receive means for terminating, among ATM cells received from the higher rank station through a ...

06/21/07 - 20070140200 - System and method for over the air area code update
Systems and methods for modifying the area code in a wireless communication device are provided that provide authorization from the carrier. The wireless communication device contains a table of valid area codes in persistent memory. The table defines the complete set of area codes that can be used by the ...

06/21/07 - 20070140199 - Power saving in multi-processor device
A mobile computing device comprises a first microprocessor having a sleep mode and a wake mode and a second microprocessor configured for wireless communication. A communication port is configured to communicate data from the second processor to the first processor, wherein the second processor is configured to provide a wake ...

06/21/07 - 20070140198 - Mobile terminal and communication system
A mobile terminal and a communication system that can prevent user errors in transferring data are provided. In the communication system related to the present invention, the mobile terminal decides on a transfer of the video data from the storage device when a predetermined transfer condition has been satisfied. Thus, ...

06/21/07 - 20070140197 - Communication method, control station, and communication apparatus
When a first communication apparatus issues a request for communication quality securement to a control station in order to select communication using a communication path via a control station or communication using a direct communication path between communication apparatuses, it is determined whether the communication partner of the first communication ...

06/21/07 - 20070140195 - Method and system for providing ip services using cable and wireless infrastructure
One embodiment of a Wireless Access Point system for use in a hybrid wireless/cable network, the system capable of authenticating a communication device (mobile and non-mobile) via DOCSIS and/or DOCSIS-compatible protocol and providing the IP service to the mobile device in accordance with a result of the authentication, including QoS ...

06/21/07 - 20070140193 - Managing connections in a wireless communications network
A method of managing connections in a mobile communications network, the method comprising: transmitting over a connection from a network entity to a mobile device natural traffic and keepalive messages at a frequency determined by at least one keepalive parameter; at the mobile device, monitoring receipt of natural traffic and ...

06/21/07 - 20070140192 - Mobile station in wireless lan system, and method of guaranteeing bandwidth for the mobile station
A bandwidth requesting unit gathers requests for a bandwidth guarantee from a plurality of data communication devices connected to a mobile station, and makes a request for bandwidths for the data communication devices collectively to a base station. A transmission control unit multiplexes packets to be transmitted from the data ...

06/21/07 - 20070140191 - Wireless lan device and communication mode switching method
A wireless LAN device for lessening failure in switching from infrastructure mode to ad-hoc mode. A radio wave coverage storage stores coverage information about coverage of radio waves amongst access points. A terminal information storage stores terminal information about terminals associated with the access points. A packet receiver receives, via ...

06/21/07 - 20070140190 - Method and system for uplink scheduling in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access network
A method of uplink scheduling in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access network is provided. The method includes classifying each of a plurality of users as one of an exploration user and a utilization user. The users are then scheduled based on the classification of each of the users as ...

06/21/07 - 20070140189 - Method for enabling communications between a communication device and a wireless access point
A system and methods (300, 500) are disclosed for enabling communications between a communication device and a wireless access point. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a multimode communication device (MCD) (106) having a controller (214) for managing operations of a multimode wireless ...

06/21/07 - 20070140188 - System and method for advertising the same service set identifier for different basic service sets
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method comprises advertising services by a first wireless device. The services are provided by different basic service sets, each basic service set having the same service set identifier (SSID). Thereafter, one of the basic service sets is selected. ...

06/21/07 - 20070140187 - System and method for handling simultaneous interaction of multiple wireless devices in a vehicle
A wireless unit or hub for a vehicle includes a wireless communication interface, such as a Bluetooth® interface. The hub stores profiles for wireless devices that can actively interact with the hub. The wireless devices, which can be cellular phones, headsets, portable music players, and Personal Digital Assistants, are capable ...

06/21/07 - 20070140186 - Method of blocking alert messages to mobile units
The present invention provides a method is provided for blocking alert messages to mobile units. The method includes determining at least one location of at least one mobile unit based on at least one response to a first page message provided to the at least one mobile unit. The method ...

06/21/07 - 20070140185 - Radio network communication
Techniques for enabling a radio access network to cause an access terminal in communication with the radio access network to send an update including information about a location of the access terminal. ...

06/21/07 - 20070140184 - Radio frequency dragging prevention
A device receives information about signals detected by an access terminal, a first one of the signals corresponds to a radio node with which the access terminal is in communication, and if a second signal detected by the access terminal does not correspond to signals in use by the radio ...

06/21/07 - 20070140183 - Call flow modification based on user situation
The call flow of a user is modified based on the user's situation. A set of context-specific information regarding a user is collected, without prompting the user for this context-specific information within a call with the user. For instance, the context-specific information can include locational information regarding the user, weather ...

06/21/07 - 20070140182 - Network information access system control method
A network information access system control method is cooperated with a track, at least an access point (AP) and a server. In this case, the access point is connected to the track. Additionally, the access point has a driving unit and a rolling unit. First step of the method is ...

06/21/07 - 20070140181 - System and method for integrated cellular access routing
A system (200) and method for integrated cellular access routing enables mobility across different cellular access networks. The system (200) includes a mobility router (300) and first and second media access controllers (310-1, 310-2) operatively connected to the mobility router (300). A first connectivity manager (325) is operatively connected to ...

06/21/07 - 20070140180 - Processing method of providing subscriber use equipment location information to request side
The present invention discloses a handling method for providing a client with the location estimate of a target UE. In the handling process of a requestor originating a LCS location request against a target UE to the LCS system and request the LCS system to provide the location estimate of ...

06/14/07 - 20070133492 - Device, system, and method for transmitting interworking information of mobile communication system and broadband wireless access system
The present invention relates to a system and method for transmitting interworking information of a mobile communication system and a broadband wireless access system. In the method, a cell broadcasting service message or system information including interworking information of the broadband wireless access system is received, and a communication connection ...

06/14/07 - 20070133491 - Mobile communication apparatus and channel switching method of ad-hoc communication
To effectively utilize an infrastructure communication channel and increase a number of channels available for ad-hoc communication in a mobile communication apparatus enabling communication in an infrastructure communication mode for radio communication via a base station and in an ad-hoc communication mode for direct radio communication with another mobile communication ...

06/14/07 - 20070133490 - Method and apparatus preventing plurality of stations in wlan from colliding with each other when attempting to access medium
A method and apparatus for preventing a plurality of stations in a wireless local area network (WLAN) from colliding with each other when accessing a medium are provided. In the method, an access point (AP) determines the transmission capabilities of a plurality of stations in a basic service set (BSS) ...

06/14/07 - 20070133489 - Throughput performance in the presence of in-band interference in a csma based network
A wireless device in a wireless network transmits a data frame even in the presence of in-band interference (from transmission of other devices) on a shared channel provided in the wireless network. In an embodiment, configuration data is provided to the wireless device indicating whether frames be transmitted (stomped) or ...

06/14/07 - 20070133488 - Method and apparatus for encouraging routing in a network
A node (200) includes a processor (201) for determining neighbor nodes in a routing path to a destination based on a routing table associated with the node (200). The node (200) includes a memory for storing a first authenticated tokens. The node includes a transmitter (203) for transmitting a first ...

06/14/07 - 20070133487 - Mobile location method for wlan-type systems
The present invention provides a new and unique method and apparatus for providing an estimate of a mobile location of a wireless node, point or terminal in a wireless local area network (WLAN) or other suitable network, the estimate being based on a correlation of a radio frequency (RF) signal ...

06/14/07 - 20070133486 - Data pre-provisioning plan method and apparatus
A plurality of potential receiving locations where a target recipient may be able to receive at least a portion of data that has been provided (101) for transmission to that target recipient are determined (102). A pre-provisioning plan is then developed (103) to provide at least a portion of that ...

06/14/07 - 20070133485 - System and method for diverting a printing job to a proximal networked device
A printing system is provided including a plurality of printing devices. Each printing device includes an associated radio frequency identification (RFID) device. The RFID device associated with a first printing device of the plurality of printing devices is operable to sense the presence of an RFID device associated with a ...

06/14/07 - 20070133484 - System and method for dynamically selecting wireless information communication modes for a wireless communication device
A system, method, and wireless device for dynamically selecting a wireless information communication mode for wireless communication of information to at least one wireless device (104). The method includes receiving at least one request for wireless communication of information to at least one wireless device (104). The method further comprises ...

06/14/07 - 20070133483 - Transmission power control over a wireless ad-hoc network
A method for controlling transmission power on a node over a wireless ad-hoc network which includes a plurality of sender, intermediate and receiver nodes is provided. Initially, levels of the transmission power of the node are configured. The node then exchange information with its neighboring nodes by sending out a ...

06/14/07 - 20070133482 - Method for scanning services with a multimode communication device
A system and method are disclosed for scanning services with a multimode communication device. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device (102) having a controller (206) for managing operations of a user interface (UI) (204), and a wireless transceiver (202). The ...

06/07/07 - 20070127430 - System, device, method and software for providing a visitor access to a public network
A system, device, method and software for providing a visitor access to a public network are disclosed. In one form, a virtual visitor enabled local area network includes a visitor access point operable to provide a visitor access to a public network while connected to a local area network (LAN). ...

06/07/07 - 20070127429 - Self coordinated machine network
A self coordinated machine network is established by two or more machines in proximity with each other via a wired or wireless network infrastructure. The machines are configured to establish an ad hoc network between themselves for sharing information related to their common applications. New machines that come into proximity ...

06/07/07 - 20070127428 - Method and system for transmitting/receiving signal in wireless local network mesh communication system
Disclosed is a method for transmitting/receiving signals in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) mesh communication system. The method includes transmitting, by a transmitter, a control message including an address to receivers according to a generated traffic, if traffic is generated; and receiving, by a receiver, the transmitted control message, ...

06/07/07 - 20070127427 - Communication system, control terminal and communication terminal
A control terminal 1a, 1b transmits a beacon frame including information necessary for connecting a communication terminal 2 to the control terminal 1a, 1b per se at each previously determined beacon interval, transmits a presence informing frame showing presence of the control terminal 1a, 1b at least one within the ...

06/07/07 - 20070127426 - Development environment
The present invention may be said to consist in a method, system (1) and/or of configuring one or more mobile devices (4) to provide one or more user interfaces to at least one database on a remote computer system. An index of one or more shadow fields (e.g. 32, 35), ...

06/07/07 - 20070127425 - Adaptive wake-up period of roaming wireless terminals
A method for controlling a wireless terminal operating in a hibernation cycle alternating between a wake mode and a hibernation mode includes communicating with a first wireless network during a first waking period having a first duration, and with a second wireless network during a second waking period following the ...

06/07/07 - 20070127424 - Method and apparatus to transmit and/or receive data via wireless network and wireless device
A method of and an apparatus to improve stability and efficiency during data transmission performed over a wireless network includes transmitting a first data frame containing a plurality of data units to a receiving device, receiving from the receiving device a receipt of confirmation for each data unit received by ...

06/07/07 - 20070127423 - Server and mobility management for scalable multimedia quality of service (qos) communication
The present invention discloses a method for providing a client-requested location dependent information for a designated location through a wireless communication system. The method includes a step of detecting a presence of a wireless network client at the designate location by the wireless communication system wherein the wireless communication system ...

06/07/07 - 20070127422 - System and method for computing the position of a mobile device operating in a wireless network
The present invention provides a method for computing the position of a mobile device (200,405) operating in a wireless network (100). The system includes a receiver, adapted to receive respective signals from each of at least four reference devices (410,415,420,425) at the mobile device (405), each respective signal including information ...

06/07/07 - 20070127421 - Method and apparatus for broadcast in an ad hoc network using elected broadcast relay nodes
A method and apparatus for electing broadcast relay nodes (520B, H, M) in an ad hoc network (500). Each node (520A-520O) generates an attribute message including associated parameters. Each node (520A-520O) generates a weighted value (WV) based on the parameters. The WV can be included in the attribute message for ...

06/07/07 - 20070127420 - Method, system and apparatus for creating a reverse tunnel
A method, system and apparatus for creating a reverse tunnel in a communication system is provided. The method includes obtaining an authentication key from an entity in the communication system. The method further includes manipulating a registration request message (402) sent by a mobile station (106) to a local agent ...

06/07/07 - 20070127419 - Enforcing fairness in ad hoc mesh networks
A self-adaptive algorithm to enforce fairness executes on nodes in an ad hoc wireless network. Each node is configured to measure or estimate the utilization of the RF channel in its neighborhood and then share this information with its neighboring nodes. In this way, the nodes learn about the traffic ...

06/07/07 - 20070127418 - Network and node for providing a secure transmission of mobile application part messages
According to the present invention a telecommunication network with a first domain (PLMN-A) comprising at least one mobile application part protocol instance is connected to a gateway node (MSEGA) which is adapted to send and receive mobile application part messages and which is connectable to a second domain. The telecommunication ...

06/07/07 - 20070127417 - Self-configuring, self-optimizing wireless local area network system
A system and associated method provides for a wireless local area network (WLAN) that permits mobile units to communicate with an external, wired network Nodes in the WLAN include multiple components, such as a base module, antenna module, and one or more wireless modules. Indeed, this system can employ two ...

05/31/07 - 20070121565 - Network partitioning using encryption
In an example embodiment, a system for providing a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) by use of encryption states or encryption keys for identifying a VLAN. A table of data including a VLAN and an associated encryption state or key is provided for assignment of encryption states or keys, for ...

05/31/07 - 20070121564 - Communication network and method
A wireless, ad-hoc or private communications network (100) comprising nodes (102, 112, 120, 130, 140), forming with other elements of the network a switching and management infrastructure /SwMI/, and subscribers, wherein each of said nodes (102, 112, 120, 130, 140) has a Visitor Location Register /VLR/ (108, 118, 126, 136, ...

05/31/07 - 20070121563 - Method and apparatus to determine wireless network link
A method and apparatus to determine a wireless network link includes detecting one or more connectable wireless networks, forming a link to one of the detected wireless networks, determining whether predetermined data is received via the linked wireless network, and determining the linked wireless network as a host-connected network when ...

05/31/07 - 20070121562 - Communication control system and method thereof
A communication control system applicable to a portable communication apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The communication control system includes a first communication module, a second communication module, a detector, and a controller. A first wireless signal is sent and received between the first communication module and a first ...

05/31/07 - 20070121561 - Wlan mobile phone and wireless network
A wireless network has a plurality of base stations, each configured to communicate with at least one portable device using a WLAN protocol. The wireless network also has a VoIP core network coupled to each of the base stations. A WLAN mobile phone has a VoIP processor coupled to an ...

05/31/07 - 20070121560 - Positioning for wlans and other wireless networks
Techniques for positioning access points and terminals in WLANs and other wireless networks are described. For access point positioning, measurements are obtained for at least one access point in a WLAN. The measurements may be based on transmission sequences (e.g., beacon frames) transmitted periodically by each access point. The measurements ...

05/31/07 - 20070121559 - Routing switch for parameterized routing in mesh networks
A wireless device for routing data in a mesh network is provided. The device includes a component operable to promote routing in the mesh network according programmable parameters. The wireless device includes a transmitter operable to promote communications with at least one other device in the mesh network. ...

05/31/07 - 20070121558 - System and method for data communication in a wireless network
Described is a system comprising a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The first device has access to a packet routing table which includes data indicative of a packet transmission path in a wireless mesh communications network. The second wireless device is communicatively coupled to the first device ...

05/31/07 - 20070121557 - Location broadcasting
The present invention broadcasts location information to communication terminals, which are located in a geographic area associated with the location information. Communication terminals within the area in which the broadcasted location information can be received will receive the location information and be able to use the location information as an ...

05/24/07 - 20070115908 - Method for call control in intelligent networks
The presentation of information identifying a calling user of a terminal device (MS-A) to a called terminal device (MS-B) in a communication involving a radio access network is triggered upon receipt of an incoming call; if triggered, the information is presented to a user at a man machine interface (MMI) ...

05/24/07 - 20070115907 - Detecting, reporting and mitigating hidden stations in a wireless data network
A method for automatic hidden node detection that includes observing frame exchange sequences that conform to a MAC standard such as the IEEE 802.11 standard. The method includes detecting a hidden node upon receiving a response frame without previously receiving the frame causing the response. Similar conclusions may be drawn ...

05/24/07 - 20070115906 - Load balancing method for a wireless area netowrk
The present invention relates to a load balancing method for a wireless local area network, which including the following steps: initializing the load balancing group, self-organizing to select an online access point from the load balancing group as a load balancing agent center, each access point of the said balancing ...

05/24/07 - 20070115905 - Mechanism for multicast and/or broadcast acknowledgements
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 and broadcast data is transmitted in a power save multi poll (PSMP) scheme and the transmitted data is acknowledged between the ...

05/24/07 - 20070115904 - Method and device for integrating a cellular network and a ubiquitous network
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for integrating a ubiquitous network and a cellular network. The cellular network may adopt time division or frequency division duplex communication and the communication mode may be time division multiplexing, frequency division multiplexing or packet division multiplexing. One embodiment of the ...

05/24/07 - 20070115903 - Method and apparatus for efficient data broadcast within beaconing network
A wireless communication apparatus, system, method and computer readable medium therefor for transmission between a parent node and a child node are provided. The child node transmits a first packet to the parent node via point-to-point transmission. When the parent node tries to transmit a second packet to the child ...

05/24/07 - 20070115902 - Ubiquitous connectivity and control system for remote locations
A thermostat control system for monitoring and controlling environmental characteristics of a building includes a base station unit and a remote access unit continuously interfacing through instant wireless private direct connectivity. The system also includes a plurality of sensors that measure the environmental characteristics and provide the thermostat unit with ...

05/24/07 - 20070115901 - Access point and method for establishing a wireless distribution system link between access points
A method for a establishing wireless distribution system link between two access points includes the steps of: providing an input module for each access point; receiving a first input to enter a master mode by an input module of a first access point, and transmitting a broadcast frame by the ...

05/24/07 - 20070115900 - Method and apparatus for improved voice over internet protocol (voip) telephone configuration
A method of configuring a wireless telephone for use over a WLAN is provided. The wireless telephone is automatically configured for communication through a WLAN access point without obtaining configuration information from a user of the wireless telephone and in accordance with communication enablement information received at the wireless telephone ...

05/24/07 - 20070115899 - Method, apparatus and system architecture for performing handovers between heterogeneous wireless networks
Method, apparatus, and system architecture for performing handovers between heterogeneous wireless networks. While receiving wireless service from a base station for a first wireless network, a mobile subscriber station (MSS) device roams within range of one or more access points (APs) corresponding to a second wireless network. The MSS obtains ...

05/24/07 - 20070115898 - Use of wireline networks to access 3g wireless services
Methods, devices, and computer programs for using a wireline communication network, such as a cable network (306), to access a packet-switched service (21) delivered by a 3G communication network, such as a universal mobile telecommunications system (“UMTS”) communication network (10), are described. The service is provided to a wireless communication ...

05/24/07 - 20070115897 - Linked equivalent cell header-based approach and protocol for organizing an ad-hoc network
Establishing and maintaining a moving ad-hoc network is provided. The ad-hoc network includes a plurality of equivalent cells communicationally linked together to form a linked equivalent cell network. An equivalent cell header manages each equivalent cell. Additionally, regular nodes, scattered throughout the equivalent cell network, may be provided. Regular nodes ...

05/24/07 - 20070115896 - Resource allocation in a radio access network
In a radio access network, techniques for enabling the network to provide a service availability guarantee to a user of a premium service without requiring the network to identify a priority level of a connection with an access terminal associated with the premium service user prior to connection establishment. ...

05/24/07 - 20070115895 - Framework for hybrid ad-hoc networks
A hybrid mobile ad-hoc network and a method of operating the same, including a mobile network node and a plurality of static network nodes randomly distributed over a coverage area with a predetermined density. The static network nodes form a static infrastructure backbone of the hybrid mobile ad-hoc network. Position ...

05/24/07 - 20070115894 - Transmission of data packets from a transmitter to a receiver
Due to NACK-to-ACK misinterpretations in base stations, packets are lost, and there may be gaps in a re-ordering buffer of a base station. According to the present invention, when the receiver decodes—possibly after some retransmissions—a first data packet without an error, which first data packet is sent along with an ...

05/17/07 - 20070110018 - Methods and systems for wireless local area network (wlan)-based signaling network monitoring
Methods and systems for WLAN-based signaling network monitoring are disclosed. A signaling message is received at a network routing node. A message copy function on the network routing node copies the signaling message. The message copy function forwards the copied signaling message to a WLAN interface. The WLAN interface transmits ...

05/17/07 - 20070110017 - Mobile router device
A wireless mobile router (300) includes a CPU (222) and one or more network interfaces for hosting locally reachable devices. The router (300) includes one or more cellular network interface devices (316) configured to make a network connection with a cellular network. The router (300) operates to translate data packets ...

05/17/07 - 20070110016 - Wireless access control method, relay station and base station
The present invention provides a wireless access control method, relay station and base station. The wireless access control method according to the present invention is characterized in that under the control of said base station, information of said subscriber station and said base station is received and forwarded via a ...

05/17/07 - 20070110015 - Select diversity for radio communications
Select diversity in cellular radio communications involving both the radio access network and the mobile radio ensures that an optimal base station cell under a current condition is selected for communicating with the mobile radio. A candidate set of radio base station cells is defined for a radio connection between ...

05/17/07 - 20070110014 - Data transfer apparatus, data transferring method, and data transfer program
Various data such as mail data distributed through network are transferred to a communication terminal device through the medium of a non-contact IC card communication technology, and the transfer data are enabled to be viewed with a communication terminal device separated from the network. A data transfer apparatus (NW device ...

05/17/07 - 20070110013 - Method for assigning a unique word in a communication system
A method and system for assigning unique words in an SDMA (spatial division multiple access) communication system is disclosed. A base station has a set of available unique words from which to select and assign unique words. The base station prioritizes the set of unique words by determining which unique ...

05/17/07 - 20070110012 - Device and method for tracking usage of content distributed to media devices of a local area network
A media device (812) for tracking usage of content distributed to media devices (806-812) of a local area network (802). A memory (906) of the media device (812) stores a content usage counter (918) associated with media content (816) of the media device (812). The transceiver (902) of the media ...

05/17/07 - 20070110011 - Mobile communication apparatus for operation in a wireless local area network
A mobile communication apparatus and methods for operation in a wireless local area network. The mobile communication apparatus is equipped with a transceiver for communication of data intended for the mobile communication apparatus. Furthermore, the mobile communication apparatus comprises a repeater. The repeater is adapted to receive a data packet ...

05/17/07 - 20070110010 - Portable local server with context sensing
A system for distributing information via short-range wireless communication. A mobile server receives information from an information provider for distribution to encountered devices. The information received from the service provider may contain both content to be distributed and context information that controls how the content is distributed. The mobile server ...

05/17/07 - 20070110009 - Contex transfer in a communication network comprising plural heterogeneous access networks
The present invention relates to a method for a context transfer in a communication network comprising a plurality of heterogeneous access networks, (220, 221, 222) wherein a mobile terminal is attached to one of the access networks. Further, the present invention relates to a context transfer manager performing the method ...

05/17/07 - 20070110008 - Communication device for a landborne vehicle
A communications system for land vehicles usable in the field of radio communications with any electronic data processing equipment connected to a mobile telecommunications network. The communications system enables the connection of a communication terminal (TP_i) to a mobile communications network (2) from a vehicle (1) of the kind including ...

05/17/07 - 20070110007 - Method for operating a radiocommunication system
A radiocommunication system has a downward link radio channel associated with each upward link radio channel, respectively. A subscriber station receives data from a radio station on a network side to the downward link radio channel, with no logic liaison being established between the subscriber station and the radio station ...

05/10/07 - 20070104170 - Support mobile device in asymmetric link environment
Methods and apparatus for registering a mobile device such as a mobile node or mobile router with a Home Agent in an asymmetric link environment. A Foreign Agent associates each of one or more interfaces of the Foreign Agent with a different care-of address. An agent advertisement including the care-of ...

05/10/07 - 20070104169 - Lan / wwan gateway carrier customization
A gateway adapted to establish a connection between itself and a WWAN, wherein the gateway has a WWAN interface adapted to receive data from and transmit data to the WWAN on behalf of devices of a LAN, is described herein. The gateway may further determine whether the WWAN interface is ...

05/10/07 - 20070104168 - Gateway network multiplexing
A gateway adapted to receive data from a device of a local area network is described herein. In some embodiments, the gateway may be adapted to multiplex received data to another device among multiple wide area networks, wherein at least one of the wide area networks is a wireless wide ...

05/10/07 - 20070104167 - Signaling cell combining capabilities
The specification and drawings present a new method, system, apparatus and software product for providing combining capability information of a Node B (supporting a cell to which a user equipment is set-up) to radio network controllers as related to HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access). The Node B can support ...

05/10/07 - 20070104166 - Mobile device with a mobility analyzer and associated methods
A method for operating a wireless mobile device moving through different types of networks includes storing within the wireless mobile device a type of network associated with a respective access node as the wireless mobile device moves through the different types of networks. A type of connectivity available for each ...

05/10/07 - 20070104165 - Mimo system with plural access points
A prior art MIMO technique assumes one-to-one communication in which a transmitter and a receiver exist and does not assume a cellular system in which plural access points and access terminals exist. When the prior art is applied to the cellular system, the characteristic can be deteriorated. MIMO signal processing ...

05/10/07 - 20070104164 - Methods and apparatus for determining, communicating and using information including loading factors which can be used for interference control purposes
A wireless terminal receives and measures broadcast reference signals, e.g., beacon and/or pilot signals, transmitted from a plurality of base station attachment points. The wireless terminal monitors for and attempts to recover broadcast loading factor information corresponding to attachment points. The wireless terminal generates and transmits an interference report to ...

05/10/07 - 20070104163 - Method and system for utilizing tone grouping with givens rotations to reduce overhead associated with explicit feedback information
Aspects of a method and system for utilizing tone grouping with Givens rotations to reduce overhead associated with explicit feedback information are presented. In one aspect of the invention, Givens matrices may be utilized to reduce a quantity of information communicated in explicit feedback information via an uplink RF channel. ...

05/10/07 - 20070104162 - Use of timing information for handling aggregated frames in a wireless network
Various embodiments are disclosed relating to the use of timing or timing-related information for handling aggregated frames in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, a plurality of frames may be received. An aggregated frame may be generated based on the plurality of received frames. A transmission lifetime for ...

05/10/07 - 20070104161 - Method and apparatus of selectively tying the opening and closing of evdo and ppp sessions
Method, and associated apparatus, for operating a hybrid access terminal operable in a CDMA 1x/EVDO hybrid communication session system. The hybrid access terminal is operable to communicate pursuant to an EVDO communication session and to a PPP communication session. The opening and closing of the communication sessions are independent of ...

05/10/07 - 20070104160 - Interoperable mobile ad hoc network
Nodes of a network become aware of services provided by the other nodes of the network. A node can store information in a registry that indicates services that the node itself can provide. A node can inform other nodes of services it provides by sending advertisements over the network. Each ...

05/10/07 - 20070104159 - Wlan data reception method and wlan device
A method and device of receiving WLAN data. The device comprises a transceiver module and a controller module. The transceiver module transmits first data and receives second data. The controller module is coupled to the transceiver module, and disables the transceiver module for a first period based on interframe space ...

05/10/07 - 20070104158 - System and method for resolving contention among applications requiring data connections between a mobile communications device and a wireless network
A mobile communications device (30) includes a wireless transceiver (34) operable to conduct at least two data connections between the mobile communications device (30) and a wireless network (12) wherein each of the data connections is associated with a connected application operating on the mobile communications device. A processor (32) ...

05/10/07 - 20070104157 - System and method for locationing in a communications network
Described is a method for locationing in a communications network. A wireless access point receives a signal corresponding to activity of a plurality of wireless devices on a predetermined bandwidth. The signal is processed to generate a plurality of subsignals using a predetermined signal processing procedure. An energy level of ...

05/10/07 - 20070104156 - Control apparatus and mobile terminal
A controller apparatus, when it receives packets addressed to a mobile terminal, implements paging control in which it transmits a paging notification packet to a paging area of the mobile terminal, so as to obtain location information on the mobile terminal and to determine a forwarding destination of the packets. ...

05/03/07 - 20070097940 - Pre-scan for wireless channel selection
A pre-scan interval including three states is employed to synchronize access points and facilitate power control to facilitate initial channel selection where a group of nearby access point are contemporaneously initialized. In State 1 the access point is operable to transmit pre-scan frames which include device ID, and to listen ...

05/03/07 - 20070097939 - Automatic configuration of pico radio base station
Methods and apparatus configure a femto radio base station (28f). A macro receiver of the femto radio base station (28f) is used to acquire detected coverage information of a radio access network (24). The detected coverage information is used to determine an operation parameter for use by the macro transceiver ...

05/03/07 - 20070097938 - Automatic building of neighbor lists in mobile system
In a radio access network (24) a femto radio base station (28f) comprises a resident receiver (54) which acquires system information broadcast in a radio access network (24). At least part of the system information is used for building, at the femto radio base station (28f), a neighbor data structure ...

05/03/07 - 20070097937 - Hsupa harq process flushing
A method and equipment by which a radio access network (e.g. UTRAN) of a wireless network (e.g. UMTS) communicates to a user equipment wireless communication device (e.g. a mobile station) an indication that the user equipment is to flush one or more send buffers, e.g. buffers used by HARQ processes, ...

05/03/07 - 20070097936 - Apparatus and method for managing bandwidth in broadband wireless access system
A broadband wireless access system including: a base station that allocates an uplink bandwidth to each connected subscriber station according to at least one algorithm; and at least one subscriber station that when there is no voice information to be sent through the uplink bandwidth allocated from the base station ...

05/03/07 - 20070097935 - In-band rate control for an orthogonal frequency division multiple access communication system
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate dynamic reverse link rate control by an access terminal and in-band signaling of changes of the reverse link rate by the access terminal. ...

05/03/07 - 20070097934 - Method and system of secured direct link set-up (dls) for wireless networks
Method and system of secured direct link set-up (DLS) for wireless networks. In accordance with aspects of the method, techniques are disclosed for setting up computationally secure direct links between stations in a wireless network in a manner that is computationally secure. A direct link comprising a new communication session ...

05/03/07 - 20070097933 - Wlan access controller packet buffering
Traffic pending delivery to sleeping Mobile Units is buffered in an Access Controller. When a particular sleeping Mobile Unit wakes up, the Access Point with which the Mobile Unit is associated signals to the Mobile Unit indicating that traffic is buffered for that Mobile Unit. In response to signaling from ...

05/03/07 - 20070097932 - Method for providing a multicast service within a wireless communications system
In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for delivering multicast data to a plurality of mobile devices. The method comprises providing data using a first technique, such as multicast over HS-DSCH, to a first portion of the plurality of mobile devices, and providing data using a ...

05/03/07 - 20070097931 - Tune-away and cross paging systems and methods
Systems and methods are provided for processing wireless signal components for a mobile wireless access broadband service. This can include processes for measuring signal strength of an alternative frequency by tuning away from an existing frequency associated with an existing communications path. Such processes allow determining if the alternative frequency ...

05/03/07 - 20070097930 - Method of implementing the multi-mcs-multi-receiver aggregation'' scheme in ieee 802.11n standard
A method of communicating data over a wireless local area network according to an IEEE 802.11n proposal for Multi-MCS-Multi-Receiver Aggregation (MMRA), the improvement providing a modified PPDU format with MMRA signaling wherein the HT-SIG format is preserved. Instead of increasing the length of HT-SIG, a modified PPDU format with MMRA ...

05/03/07 - 20070097929 - Method and apparatus for obtaining localized electronic feeds in a mobile device
A wireless communication device is configured to use location information available within the device to tailor the retrieval of electronic feed content. For example, the device may automatically use its current location to retrieve localized news feeds, localized podcasts, localized web pages, etc. In one embodiment, the device retrieves electronic ...

04/26/07 - 20070091864 - Wireless apparatus and method of selecting wireless access point
PER when a wireless apparatus is connected with a predetermined wireless access point is estimated on the basis of three parameters of the received signal strength, the interference signal strength, and the interference adjacency, which have been transmitted from the wireless access point, then the communication throughput is calculated by ...

04/26/07 - 20070091863 - Flow based fair scheduling in multi-hop wireless networks
Embodiments describe flow based fair scheduling in a wireless multi-hop network. The scheduling can be rate controlled multi-hop scheduling or power controlled multi-hop scheduling. The scheduling chosen is intended to provide maxmin fairness over all flows within the wireless network. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091862 - Wireless mobility gateway
According to certain embodiments of the present invention, Wireless Mobility Gateway (MOGW) method and apparatus determines whether a wireless connection has been requested by a mobile terminal. As a consequence it performs security functions to authenticate the mobile user and grant access. If requested by the mobile user it then ...

04/26/07 - 20070091861 - Technique for managing wireless networks
Network connectivity may be managed on a computing device. An identifier of each wireless access point or network that is available at a given location is determined. The identifier determined without the device attempting to connect to any available wireless access point or network at the given location. Each determined ...

04/26/07 - 20070091860 - Wireless remote control device and method
A method and apparatus to provide command integrity for remote control communications. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091859 - System and method for association of mobile units with an access point
Described is a method and system for association of mobile units (“MU”) with an access point (“AP”). Each AP transmits a beacon signal within a corresponding coverage area, each beacon signal including a subnet of Internet Protocol (“IP) addresses being served by the AP transmitting the beacon signal. The MU ...

04/26/07 - 20070091858 - Method and apparatus for tracking unauthorized nodes within a network
A network (100) will receive requests from unauthorized nodes that wish to join/access the network. While access may be denied for the unauthorized nodes, the network will continue to monitor these nodes for location information. The unauthorized nodes will be located, and their location will be monitored. ...

04/26/07 - 20070091857 - Method and apparatus for generating multiplexed signals
An aspect of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for multiplexing content. In one example, a first transport stream is received. The first transport stream includes a sequence of burst cycles, each of the burst cycles having a plurality of packet bursts respectively associated with a plurality of ...

04/26/07 - 20070091856 - Routing of mobile agents in a network
A single mobile agent, multiple mobile agents, or a query mobile agent traverse the nodes of a network. As the single mobile agent, multiple mobile agents, or a query mobile agent visits a nodes of a network, the mobile agent performs a function at the node such as depositing data ...

04/26/07 - 20070091855 - Simultaneously multi-networked handheld multimedia gateways
A user may simultaneously access sources of multimedia information via multiple wireless networks using a handheld multimedia gateway. A user interface may support the selection of information services that are each provided separate, but possibly overlapping, viewing spaces. Circuitry in the multimedia gateway manages the operation of the multiple wireless ...

04/19/07 - 20070086404 - Wireless communication system for allocating transmission period
A system is provided for allocating a transmission period in a wireless network system. An access point (AP) transmits a PSMP frame indicating a downlink period and an uplink period allocated to each station (STA), and at least one sub PSMP frame indicating an allocated downlink period for at least ...

04/19/07 - 20070086403 - Transmitting and receiving system, transmitting equipment, and transmitting method
In a case where it is determined that communication data indicates a first data attribute in a transmitter, that communication data is transmitted and an acknowledgement signal is requested to be sent back from a receiver. If the acknowledgement signal is not sent back, that communication data is retransmitted. In ...

04/19/07 - 20070086402 - Data flow control in wlan radio connections for the impairment of internet telephony
In a method for controlling the data flow on a radio link between a WLAN base station and a WLAN mobile station, the data rate on the radio link is reduced for in each case one time period (36, 37) at time intervals (35). One preferred field of application for ...

04/19/07 - 20070086401 - Wireless usb host, wireless usb device, method of providing function of dual role device host, and method of performing function of dual role device host
A wireless universal serial bust (USB) host, a wireless USB device, a method of providing the function of a dual role device host, and a method of performing the function of the dual role device. The wireless USB host includes a searching unit which searches whether a wireless USB device ...

04/19/07 - 20070086400 - Radio communication device
Disclosed is a wireless communication system capable of performing demodulation at the receiving side without substantially deteriorating BER characteristics, regardless of carrier frequency error existing among plural wireless communication systems in SDMA of uplink. The wireless communication system includes plural antennas; a MIMO processor that decomposes a reception signal the ...

04/19/07 - 20070086399 - Method for acquiring positional information on a wireless terminal by periodically transmitting a data transmission request
A method for acquiring positional information on a wireless terminal station set to its power-saving mode. The access point uses stored-data information in a beacon frame to inform the station applied with the power-saving mode of the presence of stored data regardless of whether or not the stored data exists. ...

04/19/07 - 20070086398 - Identity-based networking
A technique for identity based networking is disclosed. A system according to the technique can include a WAN, a first VLAN, a second VLAN, and a network database. The first VLAN and second VLAN can be coupled to the WAN. The network database can include VLAN information. In operation, a ...

04/19/07 - 20070086397 - System and method for remote monitoring in a wireless network
A technique for combining operations of a wireless access point with a remote probe. An access point links a wireless client to a wireless switch. A remote probe captures wireless packets, appends radio information, and forwards packets to a remote observer for analysis. In an embodiment, the observer may provide ...

04/19/07 - 20070086396 - System and method for performing distributed signal classification for a multi-hop cognitive communication device
A system and method for cognitive communication device operation. In accordance with the system and method, a node (102, 106, 107) that communicates in a wireless multihopping communication network (100) uses a receiver (302, 402, 502, 602) to acquire a digital sample of a communication signal, and extracts at least ...

04/19/07 - 20070086395 - Wireless paging apparatus, systems and methods
Embodiments of wireless paging apparatus, systems, and methods are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ...

04/19/07 - 20070086394 - Wireless communication terminal and connection information setting method
A PC (10) has an SSID and a WEP key required for wireless communication with a wireless LAN access point router (30). When the PC (10) has wireless connection with the Internet radio receiver (20) in Ad-Hoc mode, the PC (10) transfers the encrypted SSID and WEP key to the ...

04/12/07 - 20070081508 - Physical location verification
A process for secure, safe, and easy provisioning of a wireless device with credentials to connect to a wireless network. A connecting wireless device and an established wireless device both utilize low power transmission at close proximity to exchange wireless connection setting information and/or a password. The connecting wireless device ...

04/12/07 - 20070081507 - Channel configuration and bandwidth allocation in multi-hop cellular communication networks
A multi-hop wireless communication network is disclosed, which includes a fixed communication unit, at least one mobile communication unit, and a relay communication unit. The relay communication unit is operable to relay a plurality of signals bi-directionally between the fixed communication unit and the at least one mobile communuication unit, ...

04/12/07 - 20070081506 - On-vehicle device
Provided is an on-vehicle device capable of reducing an operation load on a user attempting connection by selecting a mobile communication terminal to be connected according to user's use state. An on-vehicle device which is mounted on a vehicle and can be connected to a plurality of mobile communication terminals ...

04/12/07 - 20070081505 - Hybrid rf network with high precision ranging
A wireless network can include two or more nodes (300), each having an ultra wideband (UWB) transceiver (304) configured for determining a range between the nodes using UWB ranging techniques. In addition, each node (300) has a narrow-band transceiver (302) for communicating data between each of the nodes (300) using ...

04/12/07 - 20070081504 - Method of managing power consumption of portable computer and portable computer using the same
The present invention relates to a power management method for portable computers with a wireless device and detects the electric power source of a portable computer through a power source detection circuit during the operation of portable computer. In addition, any one of the following is dynamically changed: the supporting ...

04/12/07 - 20070081503 - System and method for evaluating operation of a wireless device in a wireless network
Described is a system including first and second access points and a switch. The first access point transmits a radio frequency signal. The second access point receives the signal and detects a signal strength of the signal. The switch receives the signal strength from the second access point and generates ...

04/05/07 - 20070076675 - Hyper throughput method for wirless local area network
A hyper throughput packet transmission method for a wireless local area network operating in burst and protection mode is provided. A first CTS frame is sent, comprising an NAV to reserve the medium for a duration. Upon completion of the first CTS frame delivery, a plurality of data frames are ...

04/05/07 - 20070076674 - Apparatus and method locating a mobile communication unit
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method ascertaining location of a mobile communication unit with respect to at least one fixed access point, each respective location of each respective access point of the at least one fixed access point being known, may include: (a) transmitting a ...

04/05/07 - 20070076673 - System and method to discover and maintain multiple routes in a wireless communication network
An improved system and method for discovering and maintaining multiple routes in a wireless communication network (100), in particular, a wireless multi-hopping ad-hoc peer-to-peer communication network (100). The system and method use a combination of proactive and reactive routing protocols to effectively and efficiently discover and maintain multiple routes between ...

04/05/07 - 20070076672 - Method and system for controlling ad-hoc membership in wireless networks to improve battery life
A method (100) and system (10) for controlling ad-hoc membership in wireless networks to improve battery life includes determining (102) the capabilities of each of the members of a network and upon launching an application at a member, determining (104) a profile of members of the network required to support ...

04/05/07 - 20070076671 - System and method for network infrastructure driven context setup to facilitate roaming
A method and system for network infrastructure driven context setup to facilitate roaming for a client coupled to the network. The method includes generating an optimized list of the client's neighbors. The list is suitably generated either statically or dynamically based on any number of parameters managed by the network ...

03/29/07 - 20070070966 - Wireless usb host, wireless usb device, method of providing function of dual role device host, and method of performing function of dual role device host
A wireless USB host, a wireless USB device, a method of providing the function of a dual role device host, and a method of performing the function of the dual role device host are provided. The wireless USB host includes a searching unit which determines whether a wireless USB device ...

03/29/07 - 20070070965 - Wireless terminal and wireless lan system
A wireless terminal includes a roaming detecting unit which detects roaming representing that a connected wireless LAN access point is changed and units which transmit a call control packet for authentication to the VoIP server by the detection of roaming by the roaming detecting unit. The roaming detecting unit compares ...

03/29/07 - 20070070964 - Network communication system and control method thereof
A network communication system and a method of controlling the network communication system are provided. The network communication system includes: a member reading at least one piece of data stored in an access point (AP); a member giving priority to the data; a member re-transmitting the data having the priority ...

03/29/07 - 20070070963 - Rf channel switching in broadcast ofdm systems
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate monitoring RF channels in a wireless communication environment to determine whether one or more channels comprise a forward-link-only (FLO) signal. A receiver can receive a first RF channel with a FLO signal and can monitor other RF channels for FLO signals. Upon a ...

03/29/07 - 20070070962 - Communication networks for establishing communication sessions between a registered internet protocol (ip) device and one or more subscribing ip devices and methods and computer program products for operating the same
A communication network is operated by registering an Internet protocol (IP) device as a content provider. The registration of the IP device as a content provider is detected at least one subscriber IP device. A communication session is established between the IP device registered as a content provider and the ...

03/29/07 - 20070070961 - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for adapting a transmission setting
Method, wireless communication apparatus, and computer program products are provided for adapting at least one transmission setting to be applied by a first transceiver, which is adapted to be operative in a predetermined frequency band, in response to communication by a second transceiver, which is adapted to be operative in ...

03/29/07 - 20070070960 - Device, system, and method of multi-entity wireless communication adapter having a multi-channel mode
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a multi-entity wireless communication adapter, including at least a first connection module to communicate a first signal traffic corresponding to a basic service set station entity, a second connection module to communicate a second signal traffic corresponding to an ...

03/29/07 - 20070070959 - Infrastructure mesh networks
The mesh network, according to at least one embodiment, includes a relay associated with each access point in the mesh network. Each relay is configured to support access interfaces and relay interfaces. The access interfaces are configured to communicate with mobile nodes, and the relay interfaces are configured to communicate ...

03/29/07 - 20070070958 - Transfer of packet data in system comprising mobile terminal, wireless local network and mobile network
The present invention relates to a method of arranging the transmission of packet data in a system comprising a mobile terminal, a wireless local network and a mobile network. End-to-end service related parameters are signalled via a separate signalling element. A resource authorization identifier is transmitted to the mobile network ...

03/22/07 - 20070064663 - Front-end module for wire-free communication means
A front-end module (101) has an input (6) for reception of transmission signals from an apparatus (3) for production of transmission signals, and an output (15) for outputting the transmission signals to an antenna (5). The module has further an amplifier stage (11) which is connected in the signal path ...

03/22/07 - 20070064662 - Method and apparatus for managing power during a discontinuous reception mode
A method and apparatus for managing power during discontinuous reception (DRX) mode are disclosed. A DRX mode is defined for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for reducing power consumption of the WTRU. During the DRX mode, the WTRU enters into a sleep state and periodically wakes up for processing paging ...

03/22/07 - 20070064661 - Method, apparatus and system for maintaining mobility resistant ip tunnels using a mobile router
A method, apparatus and system enable a mobile device to roam while maintaining a persistent IP tunnel. Specifically, a mobile router may be utilized to enable a mobile device to maintain a persistent IP tunnel while the device roams. In one embodiment, the mobile device is a virtual host and ...

03/22/07 - 20070064660 - Techniques for enhanced transition from access point to access point by a mobile wireless device
Before a transition from a current access point (AP) to a new AP, a mobile wireless station (STA) may determine mobility capabilities, network infrastructure and resource information that may be used to select a transition mechanism to use via information acquired by the current AP regarding the new AP. ...

03/15/07 - 20070058601 - Method of authenticating access points on a wireless network
A method of authenticating access points (1, 2, 3) on a wireless network (4) comprises sending a list of nearest neighbours (2, 3) from a trusted access point (1) to a controller (6). At the trusted access point (1), test data related to each of the listed nearest neighbours is ...

03/15/07 - 20070058600 - Packet flow control in wireless local area network (wlan)
Packet flow control in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes controlling packet flow of the WLAN using a pause frame depending on whether a buffer of an (Access Point) AP is saturated, thereby preventing packet loss and channel dissipation and improving the efficiency with which resources of the ...

03/15/07 - 20070058599 - Method to sustain tcp connection
The present invention relates to network communication systems for managing client/server connections in a wireless environment. In accordance with the invention, a mobile communication unit (i.e., client), deploys keepalive packets at selected times in order to reset a keepidle timer of a server (e.g., host computer). By periodically resetting the ...

03/15/07 - 20070058598 - Method and system for detecting rogue access points and device for identifying rogue access points
A system for detecting rogue access points (APs) includes a detecting station (130) and a device for identifying rogue access points (110). The detecting station scans access points and stations associated with the access points, in order to compile an AP list and an association list within the scope of ...

03/15/07 - 20070058597 - Network adapted for mobile devices
A network mobility server, which includes a target device inventory module, a data collection module, a data management module and a distribution module. The data management module, includes at least one data storage module, in which at least a portion of the data stored therein are identical data items stored ...

03/15/07 - 20070058596 - Method for distributing data, adapted for mobile devices
A method for distributing data in a heterogeneous network. The method operates on a private mobile network, which includes a mobility server, mobile components and fixed components, on which the mobility server includes data storage units that store data on behalf of network members, at least some of such data ...

03/08/07 - 20070053335 - Mobile device address book builder
Technology is provided to allow users of wireless mobile devices to propagate personal contact information to other users in an automated fashion. Users can create a “persona” of information which is made public, or destined for groups or individual friends, which is then distributed and added to the mobile device's ...

03/08/07 - 20070053334 - Packet forwarding apparatus for connecting mobile terminal to isp network
A packet forwarding apparatus enabling the selective provider type access service in a mobile communication network, comprising a first group of line interfaces connected to a plurality of routers deployed to service areas of a mobile network, a second group of line interfaces connected to the Internet or to routers ...

03/08/07 - 20070053333 - Method and apparatus for sharing desired information among wireless transmit/receive units
A method and apparatus for sharing information among a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs) in a wireless communication system comprises a first WTRU in the wireless communication system broadcasting a request for desired information. A second WTRU in the wireless communication system searches a memory of the second WTRU ...

03/08/07 - 20070053332 - Broadcast station, base station control device, receiver, control method, receiving method, broadcast system, reception program, transmission program, distribution program, and storage medium
A portable terminal includes: a radio frequency receiving section for receiving main broadcast data and sub broadcast data; an electric field strength measuring section for measuring an electric field strength corresponding to a receiving condition of the radio frequency receiving section; a reception quality determining section for determining reception quality ...

03/08/07 - 20070053331 - Qos-aware radio resource management (for wireless communication) with activity detection
A packet scheduler (21) that schedules packets for wireless transmission to a UE (16) during a time interval, based on calculating a metric for the UE (16) that takes into account both an activity ratio indicative of the long-term required throughput (if any) for the UE (16) compared to a ...

03/08/07 - 20070053330 - Advice of charge for internet protocol multimedia subsystem services without utilizing an application server
Advice of charge information is provided utilizing the session initiation protocol (SIP) in an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem without utilizing an application server. The advice of charge message is provided to a user via the serving call/session control function and the home subscription server. When a request for a service ...

03/08/07 - 20070053329 - Integration of an analog phone with unlicensed mobile access/global system for mobile communications functionality
In one embodiment, a UMA-integrated device includes at least one cellular UMA integrated circuit supporting the UMA Up architecture from the IP transport layer and higher; a router integrated circuit coupled to at least one cellular UMA integrated circuit through an Ethernet link; and an analog telephone adapter (ATA) logic ...

03/08/07 - 20070053328 - Method and system for maintaining a secure tunnel in a packet-based communication system
The invention relates to a mechanism for maintaining a secure tunnel in a packet-based communication system. A secure tunnel is established between a security gateway and a mobile terminal being located at a first address in a first network, wherein the security gateway connects the first network to a second ...

03/01/07 - 20070047510 - Beacon scheduling method in multi-hop ad-hoc networks
A beacon scheduling method in multi-hop ad-hoc communications is provided. This method can prevent overhead in a manner that a base station (BS) transmits beacon slot information to a carrier sense multiple access (CSMA)/collision avoidance (CA) node (CN) and a gateway (GW) through contention-free time division multiple access (TDMA) communications ...

03/01/07 - 20070047509 - Method for sending message that recommends viewing digital multimedia broadcast and mobile terminal using the method
Disclosed is a method for sending a message that recommends viewing a digital multimedia broadcast to a mobile terminal capable of receiving the digital multimedia broadcasting services. The method includes: in a sender mobile terminal, checking whether digital multimedia broadcasting is currently being provided when a user inputs a request ...

03/01/07 - 20070047508 - Quality guarantee method for mobile terminal communication
To achieve end-to-end quality guarantee in regard to communication with a mobile terminal (node) in a carrier network in which Mobile IP is presupposed, in an IP network, quality guarantee is realized by performing network resource reservation in a resource reservation server receiving a resource reservation request from a node. ...

03/01/07 - 20070047507 - Home agent and mobile node
Deterioration of communication quality in mobile communication through an IP network caused by a shortage of transfer capacity in a home agent or a capacity shortage in an access channel is prevented, in a mobile IP network. The mobile IP network includes a home agent and a mobile node of ...

03/01/07 - 20070047506 - Methods and devices for dynamically adjusting page scan intervals of bluetooth enabled devices
Described is a method for regulating power consumption during page scanning operations in a Bluetooth enabled communication device (102) having a power source (118) and a processor (120) that is configured to communicate according to a plurality of page scanning intervals. The method include assessing trigger events (304, 306) to ...

03/01/07 - 20070047505 - Mobile wireless communication terminals, systems and methods for providing a slideshow
A mobile wireless communication terminal includes a wireless communication module and a controller. The wireless communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over at least one direct point-to-point wireless interface. The controller is configured to establish a connection with each of a plurality of participant wireless communication ...

03/01/07 - 20070047504 - Data re-routing method for dual mode terminal after handover
A dual mode (e.g. WLAN/UMTS) terminal with two network interfaces sends one interface to sleep mode following handover from one network to the other. Here sleep mode is synchronised with the end of the data stream, either by marking the stream or in response to sending a handover related SIP ...

02/22/07 - 20070041353 - Time management in a wireless access point
Indications of one or more future unavailability time intervals are transmitted in a management frame by an access point to one or more wireless client devices associated therewith. During the unavailability time intervals, the access point is not available to receive unsolicited communication from the wireless client devices. ...

02/22/07 - 20070041352 - Elevator calling mechanism and method
A system calls elevator cars using a wireless network of nodes. A mobile node at an unknown location broadcasts a request packet. The request packet includes an identification of the mobile node and an elevator call command. One or more fixed nodes at known locations measure a signal strength of ...

02/22/07 - 20070041351 - Method and system effecting communications in a wireless communication network
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method effecting communications in a wireless communication network including mobile stations and a base station comprising: (a) in no particular order: (1) operating a first mobile to effect a first evaluation of a first communication link between the first mobile ...

02/22/07 - 20070041350 - Seamless mobility for a multiple interface device in a co-located wireless environment
Data packets are transmitted from a first access network to a first interface of a multiple interface device (MID), and identical data packets are transmitted concurrently from a second access network to a second interface of the MID. Some of the data packets that are transmitted to the MID from ...

02/15/07 - 20070036120 - Method and system for wlan user equipment accessing new operation network
The present invention discloses an interactive method for a WLAN UE accessing a new operation network, which comprises: when the WLAN UE which has accessed a first Visited Mobile Communication Network needs to re-select a second Visited Mobile Communication Network to access, the WLAN UE sending authentication information to a ...

02/15/07 - 20070036119 - Routing advertisement authentication in fast router discovery
A method and a Mobile Node are provided for authenticating an Advertisement message received from an Access Router through an Access Point. The Advertisement message comprises a Hashed Nonce Value and a Nonce Index corresponding to a Nonce Value held in the Access Router. Upon receiving the Advertisement message from ...

02/15/07 - 20070036118 - Method and system for automatic configuration of virtual talk groups based on location of media sources
A method for automatic configuration of virtual talk groups based on location of media source includes monitoring communications from a plurality of mobile endpoints. Each communication comprises a media message and location information identifying a location of its transmitting endpoint. The method includes selecting a first group of mobile endpoints ...

02/15/07 - 20070036117 - Method and system for delivering information to a user
A system and method for delivering information to a user (e.g., a worker) comprises equipping a user with a data processing device associated with a portable display. A particular location or context of the user is determined. A display automatically displays information to the user based on at least one ...

02/15/07 - 20070036116 - Latency-aware service opportunity window-based (laso) scheduling
Traffic flows of data packets from respective packet queues in wireless stations to a shared transmission medium of a wireless network are scheduled in accordance with Hybrid Controlled Channel Access (HCCA) and Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA). HCCA is applied by eliminating from consideration for HCCA access flows for which ...

02/15/07 - 20070036115 - Mobile communication system and apparatus used for same, and control program
An object of the present invention is to provide technology in which an HA is capable of efficiently maintaining registration information of an MR, and communication efficiency in registration/update processing between the HA and the MR is improved. A mobile node has a representative home address, a subsidiary home address, ...

02/08/07 - 20070030836 - Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving signal using differentiated multilevel modulation/demodulation in a wireless mobile communication system
A method is provided for transmitting a packet data unit (PDU) by a transmitter in a wireless mobile communication system. The method includes determining at least one desired transmission PDU, determining a modulation scheme corresponding to the number of PDUs, and transmitting a first indicator value indicating the number of ...

02/08/07 - 20070030835 - Terminal apparatus, control method of terminal apparatus, control program for terminal apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for storing control program for terminal apparatus
A terminal apparatus which stores secret information includes: available area information storage means; current position information generating means for generating current position information which indicates a current position of the terminal apparatus when the terminal apparatus is activated; available area inside/outside determining means; available area outside power supply disconnecting means; ...

02/08/07 - 20070030834 - Systems and methods for facilitating communications over a shared channel
A node may include a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from a gateway and a logic device coupled to the receiver. The node may also include a memory configured to store label information identifying a data packet stored in the node. The logic device may be configured to receive ...

02/08/07 - 20070030833 - Method for managing network content delivery using client application workload patterns and related systems
Methods and systems are disclosed for managing network content delivery using client application workload patterns. In addition to network link analysis done by prior systems, application level performance of the end user device is analyzed in order to adjust parameters of the delivered content data stream and to thereby improve ...

02/08/07 - 20070030832 - Integrated infrastructure supporting multiple wireless devices
Methods and devices for operating a wireless network including redundant communication. Methods involving redundantly connected nodes are discussed including addressing methods and/or methods of creating groups for such redundant communication. The use of primary and secondary redundant connections is discussed. The inclusion of a redundant network in association with a ...

02/01/07 - 20070025313 - Method and system for monitoring a selected region of an airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices
A method for monitoring a selected region of an airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices is provided. The method includes providing one or more segments of a legacy local area network to be protected in a selected geographic region. The legacy local area network is characterized by ...

02/01/07 - 20070025312 - Separation of packet registration from mobile devices
A communications system includes an internet protocol (IP) enabled mobile unit having a home network. The system also includes a foreign network that can provide the mobile unit access to IP data services. To allow the mobile unit to receive IP services in the foreign network without an awareness of ...

02/01/07 - 20070025311 - Mobile communication terminal and control method thereof
A mobile communication terminal including a display unit, and a controller configured to display on the display unit both a first list including tasks that can be simultaneously executed and a second list listing currently executing tasks. ...

02/01/07 - 20070025310 - Access point and method for selecting a wireless channel
An access point (100) for selecting a wireless channel from a plurality of wireless channels to establish a wireless link includes a wireless channel scanning module (110), a wireless channel selecting module (150) and a wireless channel appointing module (170). The wireless channel scanning module is used for obtaining working ...

02/01/07 - 20070025309 - Home agent apparatus and communication system
If security cannot be ensured between a mobile node and a corresponding node for the communication utilizing Mobile IPv6, communication is exposed to a threat such as tapping of communication content at the moving destination when the mobile node makes the route-optimized communication. In the case where the route-optimized communication ...

02/01/07 - 20070025308 - Wireless data acquisition network
The invention relates to a device, a method and an apparatus for acquiring data, the device comprising a wireless network including a set of nodes (100), each node (100) including a sender (140) and a receiver (150) for sending and/or receiving and/or relaying data and/or commands, and a satellite positioning ...

02/01/07 - 20070025307 - Mixed wireless and cabled data acquisition network
A data acquisition network includes an assembly of nodes including at least one wireless network of nodes in which two neighboring nodes transmit data between each other by radio waves. The assembly of nodes also includes at least one other network of nodes in which two neighboring nodes transmit data ...

02/01/07 - 20070025306 - Method and system for dynamic assignment of wireless lan access point identity
In a wireless LAN (WLAN) a method and system for dynamically assigning a configuration identity to a device being connected to the WLAN is provided. An access point (AP) or other device is plugged into a switch port of an Ethernet switch, and discovers its location and the location of ...

02/01/07 - 20070025305 - Optimized ip address use in a mobile ip environment
Methods and apparatus for initiating the release of an IP address allocated for use by a Mobile Node supporting Mobile IP are disclosed. The IP address may be a collocated care-of address or a dynamically assigned home address. The release of the IP address may be initiated by the Home ...

02/01/07 - 20070025304 - System and method for prioritizing transmission legs for precaching data
At least one transmission condition associated with making a transmission of pre-cache data over a transmission leg (112 or 114) of a network is obtained. A priority for transmitting the pre-cache data is determined using the transmission condition. ...

02/01/07 - 20070025303 - Applications of electronic and paper signs
A method and system for creating, updating, and displaying content on a plurality of paper and electronic signs is disclosed. A server receives and transmits content information that is associated with particular merchandise for the signs. The server transmits data for new signs and updates old signs automatically, either by ...

02/01/07 - 20070025302 - Techniques for offering seamless accesses in enterprise hot spots for both guest users and local users
A wireless Local Area Network (LAN 11) capable of providing “enterprise guest” hosting includes at least one an e-open wireless LAN access point (15) that provides access to both guests and local users. Upon receipt of a request for access, the access point forwards the request to an authentication proxy. ...

02/01/07 - 20070025301 - Method and system for rate control service in a network
A system and method has been disclosed for controlling the transmission flow rate of data bits in a data bit transfer session from a serving entity to a client, the session involving bit transfer over a wireless communications link, the method comprising: setting up the session, included establishing the addressing, ...

01/25/07 - 20070019600 - Method for releasing a service tunnel in a wireless local area network
The present invention discloses a method for releasing a service tunnel in WLAN. This method comprises: an originating end point that desires to release a service tunnel in a WLAN sending a release tunnel request to a corresponding end point of the service tunnel; the corresponding end point returning a ...

01/25/07 - 20070019599 - Apparatus and method for scheduling transmission of data packets in a multichannel wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for scheduling the data packets transmitted to a plurality of mobile terminals supporting multiple quality of service (QoS) grades in a multichannel wireless communication system includes a storage device for storing queues and data packets of the mobile stations, the queue and data packets of each ...

01/25/07 - 20070019598 - Apparatus and method for improved handover in mesh networks
forwarding to said members of said tree (A, A′, B) information about said second access point (AP2) and timing information to enable a coordinated handover of said nodes of said tree; switching said root node (B) and said further (A,A′) nodes from said first access point to said second access ...

01/25/07 - 20070019597 - Information update method for access points, and handoff support apparatus and method using the same
If a hand-held terminal is connected to a single AP, the AP is provided from an administration server information of all the APs controlled by the administration server, transmits the information to the hand-held terminal, updates and stores it, and uses the updated and stored information of the APs to ...

01/25/07 - 20070019596 - Link assignment messages in lieu of assignment acknowledgement messages
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate communication by supplying an immediate re-send of an assignment, when such assignment is not decoded by an access node (“AN”). In one embodiment, the assignment to AT can be re-sent immediately, hence mitigating a requirement for the AT to indicate that “Yes” the ...

01/25/07 - 20070019595 - Mobile communications terminal for controlling user's floor and method thereof
A mobile communications terminal, and method and system for controlling a floor during a PT session, are discussed. According to one aspect of the present invention, the terminal includes a PT client. The PT client includes a controller to request a user's confirmation of media burst for a PT session ...

01/25/07 - 20070019594 - Neighbor based tdma slot assignment
Non-overlapping time slots are allocated to a plurality of nodes in a network by a mobile agent that moves from node to node of the network. At a current node of the network, the mobile agent accesses neighbor information that includes time slot information relative to neighbor nodes of the ...

01/25/07 - 20070019593 - Apparatus, system and method capable of signal strength based dynamic source routing in ad-hoc wireless networks
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a source node capable of dynamic source routing (SSDSR) to a destination node, wherein the dynamic source routing comprises: a route discovery process wherein route request packets are flooded in a network in an expanding ring search by the source ...

01/25/07 - 20070019592 - Wireless packet communication method and wireless packet communication apparatus
A transmit-side STA transmits a wireless packet using a wireless channel which has been determined to be idle by both a physical carrier sense for determining based on received power whether the wireless channel is busy or idle and a virtual carrier sense for determining the wireless channel to be ...

01/18/07 - 20070014270 - System and method for reliable communications over multiple packet rf networks
The invention is a method and system for mobile communications. A mobile communicator communicates with a network routing center. The communicator monitors each of two or more wireless carriers for a service characteristic. The communicator selects, based on the monitored service characteristic, one of the two or more wireless carriers. ...

01/18/07 - 20070014269 - Apparatus for and method of synchronization and beaconing in a wlan mesh network
A novel and useful synchronization mechanism that functions to provide a uniform time base for mesh points in a WLAN mesh based network. The invention enables timing synchronization to a common reference clock base by advertising the common TSF within beacon transmissions. All MPs in a mesh share a common ...

01/18/07 - 20070014268 - Method for controlling data transmission in a wireless network system including a plurality of nodes, sensor network using the same and computer-readable medium having thereon a program performing function embodying the same
The present invention is related to a method for controlling data transmission in a wireless network system including a plurality of nodes. In accordance with the present invention, a duty cycle of a buffer of a node is configured to be adjusted according to a threshold value and a priority ...

01/18/07 - 20070014267 - Off-channel beacons in a wireless network
A method, apparatus, and software containing computer readable code to implement the method implemented in a first wireless device. The method includes, for a particular network identifier active in a wireless network, transmitting frames configured to advertise the infrastructure network of the particular network identifier. The transmitting of off-channel beacons ...

01/11/07 - 20070008942 - Security apparatus and method for local area networks
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for controlling data link layer access to protected servers on a computer network by a client device. Address resolution requests broadcast on the network by the client device seeking access to any network device are received and then processed to determine whether ...

01/11/07 - 20070008941 - Method and system for adjusting inter-scan period of a mobile station
A method and system for adjusting the inter-scan period of a mobile station (102) is provided. The method includes storing (404) the location information of a first wireless node, which is in a service area of a wireless access point of a first wireless network that is servicing a second ...

01/11/07 - 20070008940 - Instrumentation network data system
An instrumentation network data system that transmits periodically measured instrument parameters or data to work stations residing on a computer network interconnected with the instruments. A processor residing on the network periodically collects and processes data from the instruments at predetermined collection-time intervals. The processor includes a buffering data file ...

01/11/07 - 20070008939 - Providing wireless coverage into substantially closed environments
A communication system is provided. The communication system includes a master host unit that is adapted to communicate analog wireless signals with a plurality of service provider interfaces and that is adapted to send and receive digitized spectrum over a plurality of communication links. The master host unit includes circuitry ...

01/11/07 - 20070008938 - Virtual network system
A virtual wireless computer network allows communication between a number of regions (F, G, H), which may be beyond normal wireless communication range, by carrying information between regions using mobile stations (5) which travel between regions. Each mobile station transmits and/or receives information by wireless communication to other stations within ...

01/11/07 - 20070008937 - Method and apparatus for controlling credit based access (prepaid) to a wireless network
A method for de-authenticating a client device from a network based on a credit based access control is disclosed. The method comprises receiving by an access point (AP) in the network a user request for user access from the client device according to an authentication protocol and transmitting by the ...

01/04/07 - 20070002817 - Wireless connection system and wireless connection method
A wireless connection system having at least one host apparatus and at least one client apparatus, wherein: proximity wireless communication is executed when a host apparatus and a client apparatus execute wireless communication with each other on the basis of a predetermined wireless communication standard in which the client apparatus ...

01/04/07 - 20070002816 - Communication control apparatus for adjusting a transmission timing with a timing variation, and method therefor
A communication control apparatus is included in each of nodes constituting a telecommunications system and includes a communication timing signal transmitter/receiver for receiving a communication timing signal representative of a transmission timing of a data signal from at least one neighboring node neighboring the own node, and transmitting the communication ...

01/04/07 - 20070002815 - Communication system, communication method and program
A communication system for communicating, by use of a dielectric material including a human body as a communication medium, with a communication terminal worn on said communication medium, includes: a plurality of communication means, disposed in contact with or in proximity of said communication medium, for communicating with said communication ...

01/04/07 - 20070002814 - Avoiding hidden terminals in wireless local area networks
A method, apparatus and computer program product for preventing occurrences of the hidden node problem are presented. A transmission request (CC-RTS) is received from a source node, the CC-RTS frame including a reservation duration value indicating the length of time needed for a transmission reservation. A timer is adjusted for ...

01/04/07 - 20070002813 - Apparatus and method for determining wlan access point position
Position of a WLAN access point (AP) is determined by reference to user equipment devices (UEs) in communication with the AP and with a radio network interworked with the WLAN. The AP position may be assumed to be the same as position of any UE in communication with the AP. ...

01/04/07 - 20070002812 - Expanded signalling capability for network element, user equipment and system
Several mobile station identifiers are allocated to one mobile station, one for each of a plurality of possible signalling channel structures, parameters, or both. When receiving the signalling channels, the mobile station searches for all identifiers allocated for it in the received signalling channels. When it finds one that matches, ...

01/04/07 - 20070002811 - Mechanism to enable optimized provision of beacon information in wlan networks
A method and apparatus are set forth for providing a beacon in a network, including a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), such as that defined in IEEE 802.11 Standard Protocol, or one or more other networks, including a 3GPP, 3GPP2 or IEEE 802.16), featuring a technique for layering beacons so ...

01/04/07 - 20070002810 - Apparatus and method of block acknowledgements with reduced recipient state information
An apparatus and method for block acknowledgements with reduced recipient state information are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises the storing of a receive state for a block of frames received during a transmission opportunity (TXOP) with an on-chip state memory. Once stored, an immediate block acknowledgement, including the ...

01/04/07 - 20070002809 - Recovery techniques for wireless communications networks
A device participates in a wireless communications network having a coordinator device that is responsible for allocating resources in the wireless communications network. Further, the device establishes a peer-to-peer connection with a remote device in the wireless communications network. This peer-to-peer connection is based on a reservation of resources from ...

01/04/07 - 20070002808 - Transmitting sensor-acquired data using step-power filtering
A method for communicating to a recipient transceiver from a plurality of transceivers located within the broadcast range of the recipient transceiver includes: transmitting a communication at a first power level such that only a first group of transceivers receive the broadcast, the communication including a command causing each of ...

01/04/07 - 20070002807 - Electronic data transport system and method
A system and method for transporting audio and video messages is described. The messages are recorded and stored locally on a storage device. The recorded messages are then wirelessly transferred to a mobile roving device that physically transports the message data to another location. The messages are then wirelessly transported ...

01/04/07 - 20070002806 - System and method for measurement report time stamping to ensure reference time
A system and method is provided that resolves a possible ambiguity in WLAN measurement reports by having a measuring entity include timer values in returned measurement reports. The time a measurement was requested to be performed and the actual time it was done by a measuring entity can be compared ...

12/28/06 - 20060291439 - Wireless network interference mitigation
Wireless network interference is mitigated with client devices having wireless network interference mitigation logic and/or utilizing a usable bandwidth channel quality metric. In a described example implementation, a client device includes wireless network interference mitigation logic that monitors at least one channel condition of a wireless network and participates in ...

12/28/06 - 20060291438 - Distributed process control system and method utilizing wireless communication of packet messages
A distributed control and/or monitoring system and method includes a local application and a remote application separated from the local application. The local application includes a host computer. The remote application includes a plurality of field devices and a communication bus connected to the plurality of field devices. Packet messages ...

12/28/06 - 20060291437 - System and method to provide dynamic call models for users in an ims network
Systems and methods for providing dynamic call models for users in an IMS network. A system and method provisions dynamic call models within an IMS network having a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for providing session control for user endpoint (UE) devices. At least one user endpoint device (UE) ...

12/28/06 - 20060291436 - Block acknowledgement in aggregated frame sequences
An initiator in a wireless network may transmit aggregated frames with or without block acknowledgement requests. The initiator and a responder may share responsibility for acknowledgement sequences or the responder may have full responsibility for acknowledgement sequences. ...

12/28/06 - 20060291435 - Connection-oriented data transfer over wireless transmission paths
Providing a data transfer connection according to a connection-oriented data transfer protocol between a first communication entity and a second communication entity using a wireless transmission path, the first communication entity being capable of using at least two wireless transmission paths in data transfer. A data transfer connection is established ...

12/28/06 - 20060291434 - Dynamic self-configuration for ad hoc peer networking
A device control model provides an integrated set of addressing, naming, discovery and description processes that enables automatic, dynamic and ad-hoc self-setup by devices to interoperate with other devices on a network. This permits a computing device when introduced into a network to automatically configure so as to connect and ...

12/28/06 - 20060291433 - Virtual device
A Virtual Device is described which is composed of at least one Open device, e.g. a PDA, laptop or mobile phone that can be programmed, at least one Closed device, e.g. a camcorder or digital camera with a closed inner structure, and a number of Primitive devices, e.g. a head-set ...

12/21/06 - 20060285530 - System and method for processing audio and video data in a wireless handset
A system for processing audio and video data for a wireless handset is provided. The system includes an audio sampler receiving audio data and converting the audio data into digitally encoded audio data. The system also includes a digital imager receiving image data and converting the image data to digitally ...

12/21/06 - 20060285529 - Wireless mesh routing protocol utilizing hybrid link state algorithms
Systems and methods are described for exchanging and determining routes in packet-switched mesh networks. Nodes in the mesh networks may be coupled via wireless and fixed-wire links. Routing protocols used to determine routes include link state protocols and hybrids of link state and path vector protocols. Type-Length-Value formats are provided ...

12/21/06 - 20060285528 - Method and apparatus for power saving in beacon generation of wireless networks in ad hoc mode
Methods are disclosed to support power saving states of a beacon station in an ad hoc wireless local area network (WLAN). Some of the methods allow exchanging power management information among stations in the wireless network and to allow beacon station handovers. In some methods, always-on stations are given a ...

12/21/06 - 20060285527 - Method and apparatus for power saving in beacon generation of wireless networks in ad hoc mode
Methods for increasing power saving in a station that sends or receives frames in an ad hoc wireless network (e.g., IBSS), while allowing the station to enter a power-saving mode quickly upon completion of scheduled tasks. At the same time, a method of the present invention allows two stations in ...

12/21/06 - 20060285526 - Power saving apparatus and method in a wireless communication system
A power saving apparatus and a method in a wireless communication system are provided. An Access Point (AP) buffers transmission frames for sleep-mode stations in a sleep-mode buffer. Upon wakeup from a sleep mode, a station sends a first control information frame indicating wakeup to the access point. The access ...

12/21/06 - 20060285525 - Method for assigning home agent in mobile network
A method, system and apparatus for selecting an optimal home agent in a mobile IP network, are provided. The method enables selection of a topologically optimal home agent for establishing an efficient communication link. The method includes retrieving a set of home agents that are available for selection, and identifying ...

12/14/06 - 20060280157 - Media exchange network supporting remote peripheral access
Systems and methods that provide remote access are described. In one embodiment, a system may include, for example, a plurality of communication devices and a media device. The plurality of communication devices may be operatively coupled to a network and may include, for example, a native communication device. The media ...

12/14/06 - 20060280156 - Method and system for downloading data
A method for downloading high-capacity data of multimedia content data (e.g., MP3, music video, and movie, etc.) in a mobile communication terminal, and a system for implementing the same are disclosed. The method for downloading data in a mobile communication terminal includes the steps of: selecting a desired data over ...

12/14/06 - 20060280155 - Method and apparatus for transmitting data with down compatibility in high throughput wireless network
A method and an apparatus are provided for enabling a legacy station to perform virtual carrier sensing when a plurality of stations with heterogeneous capabilities coexist in a wireless network. The method includes receiving first data via a bonded channel formed by channel bonding first and second adjacent channels, and ...

12/14/06 - 20060280154 - Method and apparatus for receiving data with down compatibility in high throughput wireless network
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling a legacy station to perform virtual carrier sensing when a plurality of stations with heterogeneous capabilities coexist in a wireless network. The method includes transmitting first data via a bonded channel which is formed by channel bonding first and second adjacent channels, ...

12/14/06 - 20060280153 - Method and apparatus for receiving data with down compatibility in high throughput wireless network
A method and apparatus are provided for enabling a legacy station to perform virtual carrier sensing when a plurality of stations with heterogeneous capabilities coexist in a wireless network. The method includes transmitting first data via a bonded channel which is formed by channel bonding first and second adjacent channels, ...

12/14/06 - 20060280152 - Multi-channel mac method for wlan devices with a single radio interface and system for implementing the same
A multi-channel media access control (MAC) method for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices with single radio interface is provided. The method includes starting a channel coordination window (CCW) that is repeated with a period P, allocating an arbitrary WLAN device pair on a common channel to a destination channel ...

12/14/06 - 20060280151 - Wireless communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, and program therefor
A method for controlling a wireless communication apparatus includes request processing for requesting information regarding traffic to an access point, measurement processing for performing data transmission and reception wirelessly on the basis of the information regarding traffic requested by the request processing and measuring traffic during the data transmission and ...

12/14/06 - 20060280150 - Apparatus and methods for managing firmware verification on a wireless device
Apparatus, methods, processors and machine readable media for verifying the integrity of firmware on a wireless device. Aspects include generating a verification scheme for testing the integrity of firmware on a wireless device and transmitting the verification scheme to the wireless device. The wireless device applies the verification scheme to ...

12/14/06 - 20060280149 - Reader device for radio frequency identification transponder with transponder functionality
The present invention relates to a reader device for radio frequency identification transponders, which implements enhanced radio frequency identification transponder functionality. In particular, the present invention relates a reader device, which is capable to serve as a radio frequency identification transponder. A reader device for radio frequency identification transponders comprises ...

12/07/06 - 20060274705 - Providing distributed wide area coverage infrastructure using bluetooth signal combiner
A distributed wide area coverage system is disclosed that effectively expands the coverage area of the local wireless links by combining the signals from local area base stations and routing the combined signal back to the base stations. The base stations provide two-way open wireless communication channels among mobile devices ...

12/07/06 - 20060274704 - Method and apparatus for collaborative coexistence between bluetooth and ieee 802.11 g with both technologies integrated onto a system-on-a-chip (soc) device
Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for collaborative coexistence between Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 g with both technologies integrated onto an SOC device. In a single integrated circuit (IC) that handles Bluetooth and WLAN technologies, a WLAN priority level may be selected for ...

12/07/06 - 20060274703 - Method and apparatus of filtering and viewing real-time detail records based upon user specific criteria
A method of filtering transaction data from interfaces is provided in a mobile telephony network. In the method, the call data from related frames from the network is filtered to check for network status and provide notification of specified events corresponding to the network. System and computer program products which ...

12/07/06 - 20060274702 - Method for controlling transmission rates in a wireless communications system
A method is provided for controlling communications between a base station and a mobile device. The method comprises transmitting a pilot signal having at least one transmitted characteristic over a channel. A data rate control signal is received, indicating a variation between the transmitted characteristic and a corresponding actual characteristic ...

12/07/06 - 20060274701 - Means and method for notification
A method for notification in packet-switched communication networks is provided. An application server (40) that wants to notify a mobile terminal (42) transmits a notification message intended for this mobile terminal. The notification is forwarded to a notification server (45), typically via control logic (44). If the status of the ...

12/07/06 - 20060274700 - Autonomous mode for a plurality of nested mobile networks
A method for enabling autonomous mode routing between mobile devices in a plurality of nested mobile networks, the method including the steps of: discovering (305) at least one neighboring mobile device; exchanging (310) routing information with the at least one neighboring mobile device using a plurality of unicast messages; populating ...

11/30/06 - 20060268807 - Radio frequency local area network
An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the intermediate base stations into an optimal spanning-tree network to control the routing of data to and ...

11/30/06 - 20060268806 - Radio frequency local area network
An apparatus and a method for routing data in a radio data communication system having one or more host computers, one or more intermediate base stations, and one or more RF terminals organizes the intermediate base stations into an optimal spanning-tree network to control the routing of data to and ...

11/30/06 - 20060268805 - Communication system, and computer and device used in such system
A communication system including a computer and a device is provided. In the system, the computer includes a signal transmission unit configured to output a signal by wireless communication in accordance with a first wireless setting, and a setting data sending unit configured to transmit a second wireless setting data ...

11/30/06 - 20060268804 - Method and apparatus for scheduling in wlan mesh communication system
A method and apparatus for scheduling in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) mesh communication system including a plurality of Mesh Access Points (MAPs) are provided, in which, when a message to be transmitted from a first MAP of the MAPs to MAPs adjacent to first MAP is generated, setting ...

11/30/06 - 20060268803 - Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving data in a wireless local area network mesh communication system
A method and apparatus are provided for receiving data in a wireless local area network (WLAN) communication system, where a first control signal to check if it is possible to receive data is received, and, when it is possible to receive data, waiting for data and when it is impossible ...

11/30/06 - 20060268802 - Mechanism to enable discovery of link/network features in wlan networks
A mechanism is provided to enable a station to discover link/network/service information about a potential wireless point of attachment by extending the set of information that is available before the station actually authenticates and associates to the wireless point of attachment. The mechanism includes a method for interworking between a ...

11/30/06 - 20060268801 - Portable terminal, program installed therein, communication method, and communication apparatus
A portable terminal includes an access request receiving section for receiving an access request for accessing an IP push server via a communication apparatus which is installed as an external device at the portable terminal, wherein the access request is sent from an SMS server which is requested by the ...

11/30/06 - 20060268800 - Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program
In network groups adjacent to each other constructed by communication apparatuses notifying beacons, the communication apparatuses can exchange necessary data between themselves, avoiding interference. Communication stations in a group set one beacon period to operate the network group. A communication station in the group acquires a beacon period and a ...

11/30/06 - 20060268799 - Method and apparatus for wifi terminal with dual mac structure that enables seamless voice communications handover
A WiFi voice communication system incorporates a plurality of access points (AP) interconnected to a WiFi network. A handset for voice communication through the AP is provided with two sets of medium access control (MAC) components, each of said MAC having the capability to set up a voice or data ...

11/30/06 - 20060268798 - Method and apparatus for scheduling uplink packet transmission in a mobile communication system
A method and apparatus for giving notification that a User Equipment (UE) generates data of a buffer such that a Node B efficiently schedules uplink packet transmission in a mobile communication system for supporting the uplink packet transmission are provided. When data is generated from a logical channel that is ...

11/30/06 - 20060268797 - Distributed medium access protocol for wireless mesh networks
A system for data communication in a wireless mesh network that comprises a wired gateway, and a plurality of nodes stationary with respect to each other being disposed in a pattern including at least one path, each of the plurality of nodes located in the at least one path having ...

11/30/06 - 20060268796 - Wireless communication device and control method for the device
A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a communicate range and communicating with a destination device outside the communication range thorough at least one relay station. The wireless communication device includes power mode controlling means for performing power saving control of power supplied to the wireless ...

11/30/06 - 20060268795 - Wireless communication system, node position calculation method and node
A wireless communication system that detects a position of a node using an appropriate position detection method. The invention is based upon a wireless communication system provided with a plurality of nodes that mutually communicate and a server that detects a position of the node using communication between the nodes ...

11/30/06 - 20060268794 - Wireless network system with wireless access ports
A communication system comprises a wireless switch, a plurality of wired access ports and a plurality of wireless access ports. The plurality of wired access ports are coupled to the wireless switch via a wired connection and are configured to receive data over the wired connection and over a wireless ...

11/30/06 - 20060268793 - Wireless ''whooper'' system for consolidating wireless communication access points and client stations and providing differentiated wireless services
A Wireless Whooper system for use in wireless networks is provided with a collection of wireless client stations arranged to transmit and receive wireless streams of information, and wireless Access Points (APs) arranged to wirelessly link with the wireless client stations, each supporting a group of wireless client stations; and ...

11/30/06 - 20060268792 - System and method for efficiently routing data packets and managing channel access and bandwidth in wireless multi-hopping networks
A method for routing data packets from a source to a destination in a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein each node is in uplink-downlink association with at least one neighboring node, and wherein each node comprises a registration table identifying all downlink nodes that are associated ...

11/30/06 - 20060268791 - Self-organizing multi-channel mesh network
A system for self-organizing and auto-configuring mesh networks is disclosed. Special nodes (deemed special for their topological significance) are used as a starting point for forming clusters of fully connected nodes. Here, all nodes can communicate directly with one another and links are scheduled to meet the traffic requirements as ...

11/23/06 - 20060262767 - Method and corresponding system for spectrum management
Method and corresponding system for spectrum management featuring advanced frequency-allocation planning and advanced interference avoidance. The invention discloses access points that transmit directionally and assigning a predefined channel in a predefined direction, in order to reduce interference between closely located access-points ...

11/23/06 - 20060262766 - Method and corresponding device for improved bandwidth utilization
Method and corresponding device for improved bandwidth utilization featuring optimized transmission of information packets on a backhaul connection, by concatenating few VoIP packets into a big packet with optional internal header compression. The concatenated packets are transmitted efficiently through the backhaul channel and rearranged at the receiving side. In an ...

11/23/06 - 20060262765 - Method and corresponding device for maximum number of sessions restriction
A method and corresponding device for maximum number of sessions restriction, featuring system performance monitoring, and ensuring that there is no degradation as a result of either receiving a new user or of other network parameter changing. ...

11/23/06 - 20060262764 - Method for problematic user detection
A method for problematic station detection featuring problematic station detection algorithm based on calculating the amount of time a station is wasting. ...

11/23/06 - 20060262763 - Method and corresponding system for load balancing
Method and corresponding system for load balancing based on using direction of arrival to allocate the same channel to nearby stations to ensure that most stations using the same channel are hearing one another, and by that, reducing the amount of collisions. ...

11/23/06 - 20060262762 - Method and apparatus for distributing mobile station information in wireless mesh network
A mechanism for establishing a wireless communication environment in which a wireless mesh network and a wireless local area network (LAN) are structured in a single plane and communicate with each other. A method of providing mobile station information includes obtaining information of at least one mobile station located in ...

11/23/06 - 20060262761 - Terminal condition notification system and wireless terminal device
The present invention relates to a radiocommunication system composed of mobile phones and wireless LANs, and to a wireless terminal device. More particularly, the present invention provides a system making it possible to grasp in real time the condition of a signal received from a remote terminal device during communication, ...

11/23/06 - 20060262760 - Dmb/mobile communication network linkage platform for interactive service, dmb/mobile communication network integrated receiving terminal using the same and method thereof
A DMB/mobile communication network linkage platform for interactive service, a DMB/mobile communication network integrated receiving terminal using the same and a method thereof are disclosed. The DMB/mobile communication network linkage platform includes: a DMB basic software module for providing DMB basic functions corresponding to a handset basic software of the ...

11/23/06 - 20060262759 - Separating control and data in wireless networks
Wireless communication techniques are described in which control and data are separated. In an implementation, a method is described which includes sending data packets on one or more wireless channels and sending control data relating to the data packets on at least one other wireless channel having a data rate ...

11/23/06 - 20060262758 - Distributed communications for wireless networks
Methods and devices for wireless networks for extending the communications range of an originating device without increasing its transmit power or bandwidth. An originating device may include signaling in a physical (PHY) layer packet such that peer network devices may know to retransmit the received packet substantially in synchronization with ...

11/16/06 - 20060256763 - Fast roaming in a wireless network using per-sta pairwise master keys shared across participating access points
A fast roaming (handoff) service is provided for a WLAN infrastructure. A given mobile station (STA) obtains a pairwise master key (PMK) when it associates with an access point (AP) in the infrastructure. A neighbor graph identifies prospective APs to which the STA may then roam. At initialization, preferably the ...

11/16/06 - 20060256762 - Methods and apparatus for implementing mobile ipv6 route optimization enhancements
Methods and apparatus for establishing an optimized route between a Mobile Node and a Correspondent Node are disclosed. In particular, a Correspondent Node is notified of the location of a Mobile Node, thereby enabling the Correspondent Node to communicate directly with the Mobile Node. This is accomplished by sending a ...

11/16/06 - 20060256761 - Rate selection for eigensteering in a mimo communication system
Techniques for selecting rates for data transmission on eigenmodes of a MIMO channel are described. An access point transmits an unsteered MIMO pilot via the downlink. A user terminal estimates the downlink channel quality based on the downlink unsteered MIMO pilot and transmits an unsteered MIMO pilot and feedback information ...

11/09/06 - 20060251035 - A telecommunication system for automatically locating by network connection and selectively delivering calls to mobile client devices
A communication system for an organization having multiple sites uses a dual-mode device capable of both cell phone communication and telephone communication on a local area network (LAN). IP LANS are established at organization sites such that a temporary IP address is assigned to a dual-mode device that logs onto ...

11/09/06 - 20060251034 - Apparatus and method for displaying availability of wireless lan
An apparatus and a method to display the availability of a wireless LAN, in which information about an area supporting a wireless local area network (LAN) is provided to a user carrying a mobile terminal, such as a mobile phone through a mobile phone network in the form of text, ...

11/09/06 - 20060251033 - Method and apparatus for signaling ad-hoc group of mobile units
Various embodiments are described for signaling an ad-hoc group of mobile units (MUs). The ad-hoc group may be a group of MUs for which signaling awaits transmission via a wireless communication resource (111). Signaling such a group involves deriving a mobile unit group identifier (MUGI) by combining individual mobile unit ...

11/09/06 - 20060251032 - Wireless communication method and wlan for signaling deferral management messages
A deferral management method is implemented in a wireless local area network (WLAN) including an access point (AP) and a plurality of wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs). The AP sends a deferral management capabilities request message to the WTRUs to determine the deferral management capabilities of the WTRUs. In response, each ...

11/09/06 - 20060251031 - Apparatus and method for communicating signaling information
A User Equipment, UE, of a cellular communication system transmits scheduling assistance data to a base station comprising a base station scheduler which schedules packet data. The scheduling assistance data relates to packet data communication of the UE. The scheduling assistance data is generated by a scheduling assistance data generator ...

11/09/06 - 20060251030 - Apparatus and method for communicating uplink signaling information
A User Equipment, UE, of a cellular communication system transmits scheduling assistance data to a base station comprising a base station scheduler which schedules uplink packet data. The scheduling assistance data relates to uplink packet data transmission from the UE. The UE comprises a channel controller which is operable to ...

11/09/06 - 20060251029 - System and method for generic data mapping between wireless component applications and application data sources
An application gateway is configured to facilitate message communication between an application executing on a wireless device and a backend server. The application gateway comprises a message interface, a backend connector and a transformer. The message interface facilitates communication between the wireless device and the application gateway in a compact ...

11/09/06 - 20060251028 - Radio packet communication method
For data packet transmission in special format generated by connecting or patching data frames, a request packet and reply packet receivable only by STAs supporting the special format are transmitted/received before the data packet transmission, to check and manage the STA supporting the special format. Based on management information in ...

11/02/06 - 20060245408 - System and method for interworking between cellular network and wireless lan
A method and system for providing a packet data service of a cellular network to an access terminal (AT) that accessed a wireless local area network (LAN) are provided. The AT accessing the wireless LAN transmits a session request message. Once the session request message is received, an interworking—entry server ...

11/02/06 - 20060245407 - Active set management enhancement for reliable soft handoff in 1xev-do system
A method and system for connection management in a wireless data network, such as a 1xEV-DO network adds connections to new network sectors upon receipt of a connection request from an active terminal, but removes data connections that the active terminal requests to be dropped only after confirmation from the ...

11/02/06 - 20060245406 - Terminal, system and method for providing location information service by interworking between wlan and mobile communication network
A WLAN terminal, system and method for providing a SUPL service, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the WLAN terminal includes a controller to establish an IP connection with a mobile communication network through interworking between the mobile communication network and a WLAN, and selectively perform a SUPL procedure with ...

11/02/06 - 20060245405 - Portable communication device with internet phone module
A portable device with dual network linking capability module to transmit information through a wire area network or the local area network, wherein the portable device includes an internet phone module to allow a user may synchronously transmit or receive data through the local area network, portably, wherein the data ...

11/02/06 - 20060245404 - Method, system and apparatus for creating an active client list to support layer 3 roaming in wireless local area networks (wlans)
Techniques are provided for creating an active client list that can be distributed to a plurality of wireless switches. The wireless switches are located in a wireless local area network comprising a registration server, a plurality of active clients, and the plurality of wireless switches. Registration information associated with each ...

11/02/06 - 20060245403 - Upnp mobility extension using session initiation protocol
A mobility architecture is provided for use in a home network environment. The architecture includes: a mobile network device configured to remotely register with the home network upon attaching to a different network environment; a mobility support server operable to establish an address link between the mobile device and other ...

11/02/06 - 20060245402 - Communication system, communication apparatus, and communication method
The present invention relates to a communication system, a communication device, and a communication method for easily solving a problem of a hidden terminal. Communication devices 1 and 3 determine whether or not an electromagnetic wave at the level of a magnetic-flux density TH1 or more for determining the suppression ...

10/26/06 - 20060239237 - Hybrid arq schemes with soft combining in variable rate packet data applications
A system and method for transmitting high speed data on fixed rate and for variable rate channels. The system and method provides the flexibility of adjusting the data rate, the coding rate, and the nature of individual retransmissions. Further, the system and method supports partial soft combining of retransmitted data ...

10/26/06 - 20060239236 - Wireless communication apparatus, communication system and method of configuring wireless communication therein
It is made possible to designate erasure or updating of the communication parameters. If configuration information of a party has not been stored in a storage unit, then the configuration information of the communicating party apparatus is requested, the configuration information transmitted from the communicating party in response to the ...

10/26/06 - 20060239235 - Authorizing a mobile node for service
Authorizing a mobile node for a service includes receiving at an enforcement point a session initiation invitation from the mobile node. The session initiation invitation comprises an authorization token and a session initiation object. Whether the mobile node is authorized to access a service is determined in accordance with the ...

10/26/06 - 20060239234 - Application programming interface for discovering endpoints in a serverless peer to peer network
Methods are described that facilitate presence publication which may include authorizing publication of presence at a first endpoint, if the publication is authorized, assembling a presence data structure, and broadcasting the presence data structure from the first endpoint. The method may also include the presence structure including a friendly name, ...

10/19/06 - 20060233144 - Mobility support apparatus for mobile terminal
A home agent, when receiving a binding update message containing designation of a priority level in such a status that unauthorized binding is registered in a binding cache, judges which priority level, the priority level designated in this binding update message or a priority level related to the unauthorized binding, ...

10/19/06 - 20060233143 - Methods and apparatus for providing power efficient time management for mobile media
Methods and apparatus for providing power efficient time management for mobile media. In an aspect, a method is provided that operates to provide time management for mobile media that is distributed over a network. The method includes receiving the mobile media comprising source video frames that are associated with a ...

10/19/06 - 20060233142 - Fixed network master
An exemplary method of operation of network devices with one device operating as a master device on a communication network involves the master device broadcasting a beacon during a communication session being carried out over the network; the master device determining that the communication session being carried out over the ...

10/19/06 - 20060233141 - Method and system for providing virtual private network services through a mobile ip home agent
A method for providing a virtual private network by home agent in a mobile IP environment includes providing a home agent operable to receive a registration request from a foreign agent and negotiate conditions of attachment of a mobile node to the foreign agent and further operable to store an ...

10/19/06 - 20060233140 - Method for transmitting data in a wlan network
The invention relates to a method for transmitting data in a WLAN network (WLAN=Wireless Local Area Network) during which WLAN messages are transmitted in the L2 protocol layer between a terminal and an access node of the WLAN network, whereby the access node can be connected to one or more ...

10/12/06 - 20060227755 - Partner node migration control unit and method
Disclosed is a migration communication control device constructed to control a continuous communication between a mobile node and a node unaffected the mobile node's migration. The migration communication control device comprises a first migration control unit, a second migration control unit on the mobile node, and a third migration control ...

10/12/06 - 20060227754 - Call tracking systems
This invention relates to the identification of messages relating to a particular communications session from a stream of messages, and more particularly to tracking voice and/or data call messages in packet data networks such as a UMTS mobile phone network. A method of identifying messages associated with a communications session ...

10/12/06 - 20060227753 - Method and apparatus for operating a wireless pan network using an overlay protocol that enhances co-existence with a wireless lan network
A computing device is interfaced with other devices in a wireless personal area network (PAN) to enhance co-existence with a wireless local area network (WLAN), wherein the WLAN is characterized by a plurality of nodes intercommunicating for various network devices and the wireless PAN is characterized by lower power transmissions ...

10/12/06 - 20060227752 - Packet transmission method and apparatus
When voice, video, and other communications requiring real-time processability are carried out using wireless packet communications in a wireless LAN etc., a technique is used, in which a plurality of packets are encapsulated in order to reduce the proportion occupied by the header relative to the entire frame. Because in ...

10/12/06 - 20060227751 - Radio plan generator
A method, apparatus, and carrier medium carrying instructions to assign frequency channels and transmit powers for a plurality of access points of a wireless network. The method includes, until there are no more access points to which to assign a transmit power and frequency channel, selecting a next current access ...

10/05/06 - 20060221924 - Mobile communications terminal for transmitting data frames in wireless lan and method thereof
A mobile communications terminal for transmitting data frames via a mobile communications terminal in a wireless LAN and a method thereof, the method including: storing data frames to be transmitted in a memory and determining transmission of the stored data frames based on the number of the stored data frames; ...

10/05/06 - 20060221923 - Transmission rate control method, mobile station, radio base station, and radio network controller
A transmission rate control method for controlling transmission rate of layer-2 control information, including: notifying, at a radio network controller, a correspondence of a transmission data block size of the layer-2 control information to a transmission power ratio between an enhanced dedicated physical data channel and a dedicated physical control ...

10/05/06 - 20060221922 - Communication system with access point
A communication system includes a wireless network terminal (30), a wired network terminal (10), and a communication device (20). The communication device includes a Local Area Network (LAN) controller module (22), a process unit (24) and a transcoder (26). When the wired network terminal transmits a first kind of signal ...

10/05/06 - 20060221921 - Routing transformation, security, and authorization for delegated prefixes
A system is provided for prefix delegation with a pre-configured home agent, having a home address, and having a set of mobile router prefixes that are available to delegate to mobile routers. The transceiver of the home agent receives a prefix request option from a mobile router to request a ...

10/05/06 - 20060221920 - Beamforming and distributed opportunistic scheduling in wireless networks
A system and method that addresses the issue of inducing and exploiting multi-user diversity in, e.g., a WLAN system in a fully distributed and opportunistic manner. In some embodiments, the system includes: an access point having a variable beamformer configured to fluctuate signal strength as perceived by stations within a ...

10/05/06 - 20060221919 - Wireless connection selection and setup
A method for facilitating communication between a wireless client and a network is disclosed. The method comprises communicating information between the wireless client and the network prior to associating the wireless client to the network. The information can be related to setup features or services. ...

10/05/06 - 20060221918 - System, method and computer program product for providing content to a remote device
Embodiments of a system, method and computer program product for providing content to a remote device are described. In one embodiment, a request to establish a link is received from a remote device via an access point in a set of access points that define a service area. A link ...

10/05/06 - 20060221917 - Access point provisioning and mapping in dual mode devices
A system and method are provided for provisioning and updating wireless local area network (LAN) access point and/or hotspot information on a wireless dual mode device by leveraging an out of band network. A system and method to map wireless LAN access points or hotspots are also provided. ...

10/05/06 - 20060221916 - Wireless virtual private network
According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for securely extending a private network to include one or more remote access points (APs) comprises a first operation of establishing a secure communication path with a destination device. Then, the information received from a source device is prepared for transmission ...

10/05/06 - 20060221915 - Simplified creation and termination of an ad hoc wireless network with internet connection sharing
Methods and systems are described for simplified creation of, connection to, and termination from an ad hoc wireless network. Graphical user interfaces are used to guide users though creation and joining ad hoc network. The option to share one user's Internet connection with the entire ad hoc network is also ...

10/05/06 - 20060221914 - Passive scanning apparatus, system, and methods
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to maintain a wireless local area network (WLAN) association using a first receive chain in a multi-chain WLAN node, and to passively scan for one or more access point(s) while maintaining the association. The passive scan may be performed ...

10/05/06 - 20060221913 - Integrated network management of a software defined radio system
A communications system is presented. One or more radio head units are adapted to receive radio signals through one or more radio antennas and adapted to communicate voice and data streams to one or more radio head interface modules. The one or more radio head interface modules are adapted to ...

10/05/06 - 20060221912 - Radio gateway system and method for interfacing a radio system and an ip network
A radio gateway system and method for interfacing one or more radio systems and a packet network. The system comprises a plurality of gateways, each gateway including a radio interface port, a protocol converter and packet interface. The gateways convert audio and signalling from the radio system into packet signals ...

10/05/06 - 20060221911 - Mechanism for the hidden node problem in a wireless network
A method for improving the hidden-node problem in a wireless network comprises detecting a power back-off initiated at a data portion of a transmitted packet. ...

09/28/06 - 20060215624 - Neighbor location discovery with directional antennas in a mesh network
Disclosed is a Neighbor Location Discovery Protocol (NLDP) that determines the relative locations of the nodes in a mesh network. In one embodiment, NLDP can be implemented for an ad-hoc wireless network where the nodes are equipped with directional antennas and are not able to use GPS. While NLDP relies ...

09/28/06 - 20060215623 - Method and apparatus for seamless roaming for wireless networks
A method and apparatus for seamless roaming support for wireless networks is disclosed. The method includes broadcasting a request for a physical address of a default router related to a mobile unit; receiving the request at the default router; replying to the mobile unit; and creating an initial entry in ...

09/28/06 - 20060215622 - Scanning for wireless local area networks
In a wireless device, active scanning for a particular wireless network name is initiated during passive scanning for a wireless network that matches a profile stored in a wireless local area network controller, the profile including the particular wireless network name. Active scanning for the particular wireless network name includes ...

09/28/06 - 20060215621 - Scanning for wireless local area networks
A wireless device may connect to itself in Independent Basic Service Set mode and then actively scan or a particular wireless network name by transmitting one or more probe requests, each transmitted on a different communication channel. ...

09/28/06 - 20060215620 - Advanced wlan access point and a message processing method for the same
An advanced WLAN access point and a message processing method for the same is disclosed. The access point includes a time division multiplex (TDM) processing unit employed to process a TDM message from a broadband network. Moreover, a data processing unit used to process the data message is introduced, and ...

09/28/06 - 20060215619 - Network with subnets being connectable via bridge terminals
The present invention relates to the connection of subnets which operate on different frequency channels and are connected by wireless forwarder stations. According to the present invention, a forwarding station periodically switches to the other frequency channel to remain there for a pre-defined presence duration, whereby jitters of the presence ...

09/21/06 - 20060209778 - Methods and apparatus for implementing nat traversal in mobile ip
Methods and apparatus for establishing communication between a Mobile Node and a Home Agent are disclosed. The Home Agent receives a registration request packet from the Mobile Node, the registration request packet including an IP source address and a Home Agent address. The Home Agent then detects from the registration ...

09/21/06 - 20060209777 - Wireless personal local area network
A transceiver apparatus for creating a wireless personal local area network between a computer terminal and one or more peripheral devices. A separate transceiver is connected to the computer terminal and to each peripheral device. The transceivers can be connected to the terminal or peripheral device either internally or externally. ...

09/21/06 - 20060209776 - In-vehicle wireless communications device
An in-vehicle wireless communications device receives an incoming signal via a wireless communications unit from the wireless communications network. When the in-vehicle battery is being discharged, the type of the incoming signal is determined. When the incoming signal is for a voice call, a packet communications, or a TV phone, ...

09/21/06 - 20060209775 - Sip message and processing method thereof in mobile communication system
A method of defining and processing an SIP message of a binary format so as to shorten the call setting time between a server and a terminal which has not acquired a traffic channel and to thus reduce the amount of traffic. The method may comprise a step in which ...

09/21/06 - 20060209774 - Wireless base station, wireless mobile device, and wireless access network
An object of the present invention is to alleviate delays of distribution of membership request that are needed in distribution of multicast data. In order that distribution of membership reports, which has been executed via a multicast router, can be executed by a wireless base station, a wireless mobile device ...

09/21/06 - 20060209773 - Method and system for enhanced wireless communications
A system and method for enhancing communications between a WiFi terminal and other devices coupled to a wireless network. A wireless Access Point is configured to receive data from a data network through a wired link and to transmit and receive data over an 802.11 wireless link to one or ...

09/21/06 - 20060209772 - Coordinated directional medium access control in a wireless network
A method of simultaneously transmitting and receiving multiple data packets over wireless channels among the nodes of a wireless network is provided. The method includes automatically selecting a master sending node and corresponding master receiving node in response to an omni-directionally transmitted request to send during a contention period. The ...

09/21/06 - 20060209771 - Wireless lan with contention avoidance
A method for communication includes associating a plurality of stations with an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and selecting a station among the associated stations to transmit an uplink signal. The access point transmits an unsolicited Clear-To-Send (CTS) message to the stations specifying a time interval ...

09/21/06 - 20060209770 - Method and apparatus for prevention of unauthorized wireless data communications
A method and apparatus for preventing unwanted wireless networking data communications includes: a) generating at least one protocol data unit in an apparatus; b) ignoring one or more wireless data transmission signals in the predefined area; and c) transmitting the protocol data unit from the apparatus to the predefined area, ...

09/21/06 - 20060209769 - Jitter correcting apparatus capable of ensuring synchronism between transmitter apparatus and receiver apparatus
When a beacon (n−1) that is transmitted from a piconet coordinator (PNC) is detected in a MAC layer of the PNC and a MAC layer of a device (DEV), a detection signal is immediately transmitted to a LINK layer. In the LINK layer, a count is made from the detection ...

09/21/06 - 20060209768 - Service in wlan inter-working, address management system, and method
The present invention provides a solution to the mobile terminal address management in the WLAN inter-working. By using the access control framework, the mobile terminal could obtain the address, and setup the tunnel together with the granting of service access. The management process would be shielded by the inherent encryption ...

09/14/06 - 20060203791 - Method, mobile station, system, network entity and computer program product for discovery and selection of a home agent
A method, mobile station, system, network entity and computer program product are provided for enabling a mobile station (MS) to select which home agent (HA) in a visited network the mobile station will use when accessing packet data services, such as CDMA2000 Packet Data Services. In particular, one or more ...

09/14/06 - 20060203790 - Method of allocating channel time period for peer-to-peer communication between devices in wireless universal serial bus communication and peer-to-peer communication method using the same
A method of allocating a channel time period for peer-to-peer communication in wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) communication is provided. The method includes: receiving a peer-to-peer request message requesting peer-to-peer communication from a first device during a device notification time slot (DNTS); and allocating a channel time period for peer-to-peer ...

09/14/06 - 20060203789 - Beam selection apparatus and method in voice over internet protocol over switched beam wireless local area network
An apparatus and a method for improving packet transmission and reducing latency in VoIP over WLAN using switched beam antennas having multiple directional antenna beams are disclosed. In an access point having a switched beam antenna, or other smart antenna system, the present invention extends the coverage area of an ...

09/14/06 - 20060203788 - Method and apparatus for routing between mobile networks
A method and apparatus for routing between mobile networks without the aid of a home agent by acquiring the internal network prefix of a neighbor mobile network are provided. A routing path is established between the mobile networks using a Route Request (RREQ) message or a Neighbor Discovery message, or ...

09/14/06 - 20060203787 - Method of configuring a communication device
A method for configuring a device for communication is disclosed. In the method the device accesses a communication network where after it may be detected at a network element that the device needs to be provided with at least one configuration parameter. Information regarding the at least one configuration parameter ...

09/14/06 - 20060203786 - Cable-tv-based wireless network
A computer network based on cable-TV distribution network employs a hybrid cable-modem termination service plus wireless-network switch to manage wireless clients that access the switch through wireless access points coupled to cable modems. The switch includes a network manager that associates wireless clients with cable modems so that services associated ...

09/14/06 - 20060203785 - Method and system for adaptive modulations and signal field for closed loop multiple input multiple output (mimo) wireless local area network (wlan) system
Aspects of a method and system for an optional closed loop mechanism with adaptive modulations for a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) WLAN system are provided. One aspect of the system may utilize properties of Eigenvalue analysis of MIMO systems to reduce the number of bits of binary information required ...

09/14/06 - 20060203784 - Smart roaming to avoid time-outs during wlan association
A method and system for wirelessly connecting a client device to a wireless network's access point. When a first client device detects a Wireless Broadcast Storm During Active Scan Association (WBSDAASA) caused by a large block of other client devices attempting to simultaneously wirelessly connect to the access point using ...

09/14/06 - 20060203783 - Device for delivering an aromatic substance or fragrance
Wireless communication using a telemetric device (4 . . . 7) is carried out by a control device (1), in particular in a motor vehicle (2). The control device has an interface (8) for activating and/or extending and/or modifying software modules or components of a software module by an external ...

09/07/06 - 20060198351 - Method for allocating ip address in a mobile communication system
Disclosed is a method for allocating an IP address. The interface ID value of an IP address allocated to a mobile terminal upon IP communication in a mobile communication system is set by using country information, mobile network information and a telephone number stored in the mobile terminal. The mobile ...

09/07/06 - 20060198350 - Method for transmitting messages in mobile communications system and mobile communications terminal
A mobile terminal, system and method for transmitting and/or receiving a message are discussed. According to an embodiment, the mobile terminal includes a transmitting/receiving unit to perform a signal transmission; an input unit to receive a message and transmission information; a storage unit to store message data; and a controller ...

09/07/06 - 20060198349 - Clientless mobile subscribers with seamlesss roaming over scalable wide area wireless networks
System and method for seamless roaming over scalable wide area Wireless LAN networks (WAWLAN) with clientless mobile subscribers. A preferred embodiment comprises a wireless gateway (WG) coupled to one or more access points in a wireless network to form a wireless cluster (WC), a network access gateway (NAG) coupled to ...

09/07/06 - 20060198348 - Comunication apparatus capable of performing a load balancing and method thereof
A load balancing method applied in a communication apparatus is disclosed. The method includes assigning an identification code to a first and a second wireless transceivers; establishing a first link between a first transceiver and a station through a first channel according to the identification code; and establishing a second ...

09/07/06 - 20060198347 - Accessing a communication system
A method provides control of access in a communication system. The method includes providing an access route via at least one unlicensed radio spectrum access network and via at least one licensed radio spectrum access network. The method further includes receiving an access request from a cell belonging to one ...

09/07/06 - 20060198346 - Method and apparatus for dynamic neighbor discovery within wireless networks using time division multiple access (tdma)
An Ad-Hoc wireless network according to the present invention employs a TDMA based neighbor discovery protocol, where each network node is assigned a unique time slot to broadcast neighbor discovery packets or messages. A primary controller node is dynamically designated to perform the time slot assignments. A dynamic selection of ...

09/07/06 - 20060198345 - Distributed mobile agent
A system for forwarding data packets towards a mobile node roaming in a foreign packet-switched data network, the data packets having been addressed to a home address of the mobile node, the mobile node being provided with a care of address for use in the foreign network, the system comprising: ...

08/31/06 - 20060193303 - Radio network controller
A radio network controller disposed on a network, for implementing effective use of bands in use considering the characteristics of the use form of the users, not by physical expansion, the radio network controller having a user resource management section for managing information for characterizing a user connected to the ...

08/31/06 - 20060193302 - Information processing apparatus
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus capable of executing wireless communication, includes a wireless communication unit which includes a transmitter and a receiver, and which executes the wireless communication using a predetermined frequency band wireless signal, a power control unit which supplies an operating power to the receiver ...

08/31/06 - 20060193301 - Graphic display cordless telephone interfacing with soft-phone ui
A physical interface to a soft-phone application makes use of a cordless telephone handset with a display to allow a user to browse a contact list, initiate calls and receive Voice over Internet Protocol calls over a familiar interface without being tied to a stationary computer. ...

08/31/06 - 20060193300 - Method and apparatus for monitoring multiple network segments in local area networks for compliance with wireless security policy
Method and system for monitoring a plurality of network segments in a local area network within a selected geographic region is provided. The monitoring is performed to check compliance with one or more wireless security policies. The method comprises providing a network monitoring device and coupling the network monitoring device ...

08/31/06 - 20060193299 - Location-based enhancements for wireless intrusion detection
In a wireless local area network, a method for detecting the presence of an unauthorized device comprises: detecting the presence of neighboring devices from which management frames can be sent; saving a representation of each neighboring device present; receiving a management frame purporting to be from one of the detected ...

08/31/06 - 20060193298 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method
A radio communication apparatus capable of alleviating a burden in setting a transmission format and suppressing increases in the scale of the apparatus. In this apparatus, space multiplexing adaptability detection section (108) detects space multiplexing transmission adaptability for divided bands (DB-1 to DB-Nd) obtained by dividing a communication band to ...

08/31/06 - 20060193297 - Secure roaming between wireless access points
A system, method, and computer readable medium for enabling roaming of wireless client stations among wireless access points are disclosed. A gateway programmed to receive session data requests is provided in a network, which comprises access points which are programmed to send session data requests to the gateway. The gateway ...

08/31/06 - 20060193296 - Apparatus and method to optimize power management in an independent basis service set of a wireless local area network
An apparatus and method are provided by the present invention for power management in an Independent Basic Service Set Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). The present invention uses explicit booking by wireless stations and implicit booking by overhearing booking and data frame transmission conversations by the wireless stations to achieve ...

08/24/06 - 20060187893 - System and method to improve the overall performance of a wireless communication network
A system and method for controlling the dissemination of Routing packets, and decreasing the latency in finding routes between nodes (SD1 through SD5). The system and method provides message exchanges between wireless devices (SD1 though SD5, IAP 130) to determine optimized communication routes with a minimum of overhead messages and ...

08/24/06 - 20060187892 - Interactive method for determining network selection information for a user terminal in a wireless local area network
The present invention discloses an interactive method for determining network selection information of user terminal in wireless local area network (WLAN). In the present invention, a user terminal covered by more than one WLAN inquires each detected WLAN successively in turn using preset initial network selection information. If the current ...

08/24/06 - 20060187891 - Provision of services in a communication system
A method for requesting a service in a communication system is provided. The method comprises requesting, via a network, information relating to a service provided via the network. The method further comprises receiving said information through a secure connection. The method further comprises storing said information in a local server ...

08/24/06 - 20060187890 - Lcd display on wireless router
A device, such as an access point or router, in a wireless network includes a user-readable visual display that displays information about the network, such as the number of users, the identities of the users, the type of WAN connection, the channel, and other network information. ...

08/24/06 - 20060187889 - System to mine information from data generated by location enabled devices
The present invention describes a method and system of extracting useful information from the location data record of a Wireless Device, available at Position Determination System (PDS) in a wireless network such as CDMA, GSM, UMTS, WiFi and other current and future networks. The location data may include Time, Longitude, ...

08/17/06 - 20060182077 - Space-time-power scheduling for wireless networks
A technique is disclosed to schedule frame transmissions in a wireless local area network. The network includes a plurality of stations configured to communicate on the same frequency channel with a plurality of access points. A central controller examines the transmission characteristics between the various stations and access points and ...

08/17/06 - 20060182076 - Method and system for mesh network embeded devices
A method and system for managing mesh network devices. A mesh network device with integrated features creates an N-way mesh network with a full mesh network topology or a partial mesh network topology. ...

08/17/06 - 20060182075 - Network and method for configuring a network
Network, in particular a wireless network according to IEEE standard 802.11 or the like, wherein the network comprises of an arbitrary number of access points and a multitude of preferably mobile client stations is—regarding a functionally reliable organization process of the network, that in particular scales also for larger networks—designed ...

08/17/06 - 20060182074 - Configurable premises based wireless network and operating protocol
A premises based wireless network includes a plurality of interconnected wireless access points. Each of the plurality of wireless access points provides wireless communications within a corresponding cell of a plurality of cells and is spaced to provide wireless coverage throughout the premises. The size of at least one cell ...

08/17/06 - 20060182073 - Method and apparatus for processing packets originating from local and neighboring basic service sets
A method and apparatus for efficiently processing packets from neighboring basic service sets (BSSs) to characterize the traffic within a wireless local area network (WLAN), mesh network, or similar wireless communication system is disclosed. The apparatus may be an access point (AP) in a BSS which includes a measurement period ...

08/17/06 - 20060182072 - Network
A communications network comprises two or more cell sites for communication with wireless terminals. At least one of the cell sites has multiple receive antennas. A central site has one or more interface controllers and a switch system through which the controllers are connected to the cell sites. For each ...

08/17/06 - 20060182071 - Frame synchronization with acknowledgment timeout in wireless networks
A wireless local area network (WLAN) includes a first device and a second device. The first device sends a first frame including a first transmission indicator, which indicates that a service interval is to begin at a certain time. The second device sends an acknowledgement from the second device to ...

08/10/06 - 20060176865 - Wireless communication method and system for differentially controlling power according to distance
A wireless communication method for differentially controlling power according to a distance, includes: generating a packet for measuring a distance between the access point and the client; transmitting the packet to measure the distance; receiving a response of the client for the packet transmitted; and transmitting data to the client ...

08/10/06 - 20060176864 - Method of establishing links between stations which are connected to a telecommunication network
It is characterized by the assignment of a local transmission identifier to each link and a decoding of the information based on the local identifier of the assigned link and on the unequivocal identifier sent by the transmitter in its transmission period. It permits multiple links to be established between ...

08/10/06 - 20060176863 - Hierarchical routing in ad-hoc networks
A number of data collection devices (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80) are free to move relative to each other through their environment, collecting data from their environment. They form an ad hoc wireless network (19, 29, 39, 49, etc) in which data collected by a device (20) ...

08/10/06 - 20060176862 - Packet communication apparatus
Mobile terminal 100 has: operator 251 that calculates the generation interval of ACK packets based on the size of the ACK packet that is to be transmitted and the channel rate of the transmitting channel, held in controller 250; delay ACK timer 223 that repeats counting the calculated ACK packet ...

08/03/06 - 20060171366 - Routing method and mobile terminal
A routing method in an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals includes receiving, at a mobile terminal forming part of the ad hoc network, a packet generated by an adjacent terminal, and determining, at the mobile terminal, whether to relay the received packet or not, based ...

08/03/06 - 20060171365 - Method and apparatus for l2tp dialout and tunnel switching
Method and apparatus for establishing a tunnel between a mobile node and a routing device. The method includes the steps of utilizing the mobile node to place a call over a cellular network and gaining access to a foreign agent of the cellular network. A Mobile IP link is established ...

08/03/06 - 20060171364 - Integrated base stations and a method of transmitting data units in a communications system for mobile devices
Integrated base stations and a method of transmitting data units in a communications system for mobile devices. In one embodiment, an integrated base station includes a communications processor having a protocol stack configured with a media access control layer and a physical layer. ...

08/03/06 - 20060171363 - Wireless transfer of digital video data
Improved methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless transfer of digital video from a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) to a Video Hosting Device (VHD). The wireless transfer can be performed over a plurality of wireless communication links, depending on transceiver used. The DVR may be factory-equipped with a wireless transceiver ...

08/03/06 - 20060171362 - Method for scheduling service periods in a wireless local area network (wlan)
A wireless local area network (WLAN) includes at least one hybrid coordinator (HC) and at least one Quality of Service Station (QSTA). The HC transmits a schedule frame element (SEF). The WLAN also includes a clocking mechanism that sets a substantially absolute start time of a service interval. A method ...

07/27/06 - 20060165042 - System for immediate retransmission over wlan and method therefor
Provided is a system for immediate retransmission over WLAN and a method therefor. The system includes a first mobile station, a second mobile station, and an AP or LN. The first mobile station intends to transmit data to the second mobile station. The method comprises in a data transmission stage ...

07/20/06 - 20060159054 - Controller apparatus, mobile terminal, and communication control method
A controller apparatus of this invention controls transmission of a packet from a source mobile terminal to a destination mobile terminal through one or more relay mobile terminals in an ad hoc network formed by a plurality of mobile terminals. The controller apparatus includes a packet location information managing unit ...

07/20/06 - 20060159053 - Wlan tdm protocal
A wireless network device comprises an RF transceiver that transmits and receives data packets and that periodically transmits or receives a beacon. A control module communicates with the RF transceiver, determines a default interframe space (IFS) time based on the beacon, and selects one of the default IFS time and ...

07/13/06 - 20060153157 - Ad-hoc network for transmitting packets to plural target regions and packet transmission method thereof
A wireless ad-hoc network for transmitting packets to target regions, and a packet transmission method thereof, are provided. The ad-hoc network includes at least one relay node for receiving a packet containing location information of at least two target regions each including at least one node, separating the received packet ...

07/13/06 - 20060153156 - Systems and methods for the connection and remote configuration of wireless clients
Systems and methods for connection and remote configuration of wireless nodes communicating on a shared-communications channel. A master node includes a processor configured to generate a frame including configuration information designating network configuration parameters for configuring a remote wireless node for network communications. The master node transmits the frame over ...

07/13/06 - 20060153155 - Multi-channel digital wireless audio system
In a multi-channel digital wireless audio system with at least one transmit node and at least one receive node, each node can both receive and transmit digital audio signals. Signals sent from a receive node to a transmit node may acknowledge satisfactory signal receipt, or may requesting retransmission of data ...

07/13/06 - 20060153154 - Data forwarding method for reliable service in sensor networks
A method for relaying received data by a relay node in a sensor network that includes a sink node, a source node for collecting and transmitting data requested by the sink node, and the relay node for relaying the data transmitted from the source node to the sink node. The ...

07/13/06 - 20060153153 - Method and system for monitoring a selected region of an airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices
A method for monitoring a selected region of an airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices is provided. The method includes providing one or more segments of a legacy local area network to be protected in a selected geographic region. The legacy local area network is characterized by ...

07/13/06 - 20060153152 - Method and system for a bandwidth efficient medium access control (mac) protocol
A method and system for a bandwidth efficient medium access control (MAC) protocol is provided, which may comprise communicating a request to transmit (RTS) signal to a receiving station to determine if a channel is available for transmission. A clear to send (CTS) acknowledgement signal may be received from the ...

07/13/06 - 20060153151 - Maintaining uninterrupted service in a wireless access point and client stations thereof
A method, an apparatus, and code in a carrier medium to operate in a first access point of a wireless network in communication with at least one associated client station. The method includes wirelessly broadcasting a management frame including an indication that the first access point will stop being active, ...

07/13/06 - 20060153150 - Method for improving channel transmission efficiency in wireless network
The present invention discloses a method for improving channel transmission efficiency in a wireless network. In the course of data transmission, a length of a data frame split from a Media Access Control (MAC) layer service data packet is changed in real-time according to a channel state of the wireless ...

07/13/06 - 20060153149 - Method and system for handoff to a destination base station by measuring signal strength of carrier signals during at least one csma-backoff time
A wireless packet communication system that enables a wireless terminal to move from one wireless LAN to another while maintaining packet communication. The wireless terminal detects the electric field strength of a carrier signal from each base station during at least one back-off period, creates move destination information based on ...

07/13/06 - 20060153148 - Method for wlan exclusive downlink channel
A wireless local area network (WLAN) adheres to ANSI/IEEE 802.11 standards and communicates with user terminals (UTs) in a coverage region. The WLAN communicates video and audio to the mobile terminals over a downlink channel. In order to maximize quality of service, the system provides for a method of inhibiting ...

07/06/06 - 20060146777 - Method and device for communicating packets
Communication packets having a same channel identifier, which are exchanged between a pair of Bluetooth devices within a Bluetooth network are passed to a lower level layer through a connection handle in which their requested quality of service. In the lower level layer, the communication packets are distributed to buffers, ...

07/06/06 - 20060146776 - Network-based robot control system
Disclosed herein is a network-based robot control system. The network-based robot control system includes robot terminals, communication modules, and a service server. The service server receives sensing values from sensors of each of the robot terminals through each of the communication modules, generates downstream packets so that synchronous motion control ...

07/06/06 - 20060146775 - Access point for ensuring quality of service of broadcasting service in wireless local area network
An access point (AP) for ensuring a Quality of Service (QoS) of a broadcasting service in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is provided. A broadcast signal input unit receives a broadcast signal and depacketizes the received broadcast signal into a transport stream. A broadcast signal control unit receives channel ...

07/06/06 - 20060146774 - Method for processing voice communication in short range communication
The present invention establishes an SCO link between a CTP gateway and a headset so that voice packets can be transmitted directly to each other. In the present invention, a CTP terminal is connected to the CTP gateway through CTP, and the headset is connected to the CTP terminal through ...

07/06/06 - 20060146773 - Method and system for internet connection of refrigerator
A method and system for Internet connection of a refrigerator, having a function key for Internet connection, a wireless interface for wireless connection to the Internet according to manipulation by the function key, and a display for displaying a web page by a web browser when the refrigerator is connected ...

07/06/06 - 20060146772 - Digital media interface/player device
The present invention is an easy to use digital personal multimedia interface device or media player device. The device allows users to purchase memory units containing media files and then obtain activation keys which make a given number of these files available for playing. Alternatively, the device allows users to ...

07/06/06 - 20060146771 - Motor vehicle telephone system
A telephone system for a motor vehicle includes a transmit/receive unit that transmits data over a wireless communication channel, and receives data over the wireless communication channel and provides a received signal. The system also includes a control unit that communicates with the transmit/receive unit; a first memory device; and ...

07/06/06 - 20060146770 - Digital media player device
The present invention is an easy to use digital personal multimedia player which does not rely on importing files from an external source for its operation. The device allows users to purchase memory units containing media files and then obtain activation keys which make a given number of these files ...

07/06/06 - 20060146769 - Method of operating a wlan mobile station
A wireless local area network (WLAN) mobile station (110, 112, 114) has an application processor core (204) and a WLAN processor (202). So as to conserve energy, when the two processors are not needed, they are both placed in a minimal power consumption mode. The WLAN processor operates a WLAN ...

07/06/06 - 20060146768 - Methods and devices for associating a mobile device to access points within a wlan
Unique identifiers are assigned to sets of adjacent access points in a wireless, local area network (WLAN). Thereafter, a unique identifier may be forwarded to a mobile device which uses the identifier to associate itself with one of the adjacent access points. Associating a mobile device with an adjacent access ...

07/06/06 - 20060146767 - Method and apparatus for providing same session switchover between end-user terminals
Method and apparatus for performing switchover of a session between different user terminals. The method and apparatus includes means for receiving, from a first device, data representing a session, where the session data includes any application and authentication data required to reestablish the session. The method and apparatus facilitates suspending ...

07/06/06 - 20060146766 - Radio terminal session control and interface set up method
A session control method for radio terminals that implements a Multimedia Integrated network by Radio Access Innovation (MIRAI) such that selection of a radio access network does not impose a burden on each of the radio access networks, and an interface setup method for setting up IP connection quickly during ...

07/06/06 - 20060146765 - System for ad hoc sharing of content items between portable devices and interaction methods therefor
A user interface concept for wireless ad hoc content sharing between portable devices referred to as portable content containers (PCCs). A user-centered design approach is provided enabling users to share content such as music and photos. A variety of physical ways of establishing a secure connections between the PCC devices ...

07/06/06 - 20060146764 - Network relay device, network relay program, and recording medium containing the network relay program
When a wired connection detecting section 27 receives a connection establishment request from a wired network, a band conversion section 28 calculates a bandwidth required for wireless communications on the basis of bandwidth information obtained from communications in the wired network. Then, on the basis of the bandwidth calculated, the ...

06/29/06 - 20060140165 - Device connectivity
There is disclosed a personal area network comprising a plurality of wireless piconets, each piconet including one or more wireless devices, each device being provided with an Internet protocol, IP, address such that the devices of the plurality of piconets form a wireless subnetwork. There is also disclosed a device ...

06/29/06 - 20060140164 - Methods and apparatus for using dhcp for home address management of nodes attached to an edge device and for performing mobility and address management as a proxy home agent
Methods and apparatus for supporting the management of mobility and addresses by a Customer Premises Edge (CPE) router in a Mobile IP environment are disclosed. When a network prefix is allocated by a DHCP router to the CPE router, the CPE router divides the network prefix among its interfaces, and ...

06/29/06 - 20060140163 - Method and apparatus to facilitate the closure of mobility tunnels
According to one embodiment, a method involves receiving an incoming media access control (MAC) frame that includes a header, a frame body and an error detection field. Thereafter, an information element within the frame body is analyzed to determine whether to alter a mobility tunnel between a plurality of networking ...

06/29/06 - 20060140162 - Alternate-location content delivery apparatus, methods and computer program products
A radio signal including a plurality of audio segments is transmitted. Responsive to a user selection of at least one of the audio segments at a first location that receives the radio signal, such as a mobile terminal or other radio receiver, information related to the at least one of ...

06/29/06 - 20060140161 - Network access points using multiple devices
A system and method for providing access to a communication network includes providing a radio node comprising a first set of access point components including a radio component, and providing a physically separated controller node in communication with the radio node. The access point controller comprises a second set of ...

06/22/06 - 20060133341 - Client roaming from a first access node to a second access node within a wireless network
A method that includes a client roaming from the first access node to a second access node is disclosed. The second wireless access node detects the client seeking access to the system. The second wireless access node is able to connect to the backbone network. Client information is obtained. The ...

06/22/06 - 20060133340 - Handling attachment content on a mobile device
Embodiments described herein provide a user with the ability to download a selected attachment document that is associated with a message received on a mobile device. Attachment data corresponding to the selected attachment document can be downloaded according to at least one of a native application attachment content handling option ...

06/22/06 - 20060133339 - System for collecting, storing, and selectively distributing data
The present invention includes a system and mobile device for storing, accessing and sharing information across a network. The system includes a wide area network and a local area network formed on an ad hoc basis by at least two mobile devices. The mobile devices are connectable to the wide-area ...

06/22/06 - 20060133338 - Method and system for securing wireless communications
A method and system for securing wireless communications is disclosed. In one embodiment, different security policies are used based on the distance between a receiver and a transmitter, whereby data in the wireless communications can only be demodulated if received in particular trust zones. In another embodiment, a plurality of ...

06/22/06 - 20060133337 - Route optimization method for network mobile service in ipv6 networks
A route optimization method for a mobile network service in IPv6 is disclosed. The route optimization method includes a) generating a binding update (BA) message at a home agent by using an address of a correspondent node and data information included in a home agent binding cache and transmitting the ...

06/22/06 - 20060133336 - System for mediating convergence services of communication and broadcasting using non-communicative appliance
Provided is an access mediator system for mediating convergence services of communication and broadcasting using a non-communicative appliance. The access mediator system includes: a non-communicative appliance access interface unit performing an interface function so as to converge a non-communicative appliance comprising an interface supporting image and voice multimedia data but ...

06/22/06 - 20060133335 - Establishing a push session in a communication system
A method establishes a push session in a communication system. The method includes receiving a session invitation having a description of a push protocol over a transport protocol for establishing a push session. The method also includes setting up a transport bearer in accordance with the transport protocol. The method ...

06/22/06 - 20060133334 - Apparatus and method capable of improved coexistence of multiple wireless communication techniques
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a first transceiver capable of wireless communication using a first technique, the first technique including the use of control packets; a second transceiver capable of wireless communication using a second technique, the second technique capable of establishing a transmission priority ...

06/22/06 - 20060133333 - Method and apparatus to increase session capacity
A network element (10), such as a Packet Data Serving Node, detects (31) a change in operational status of a mobile station during a communication session and, in response to detecting such a change, automatically increases (32) memory capacity as is available to support additional communication sessions while simultaneously persisting ...

06/22/06 - 20060133332 - Method and apparatus for providing radio configuration parameters to mobile access points
Method and apparatus for automatically configuring access points are disclosed. A wired interface is configured to detect the presence of a wireless access point on a network. The wired interface then embeds radio configuration parameters in a message and sends said message to the access point. The message may be ...

06/22/06 - 20060133331 - Method and apparatus for predictively providing an uplink communication resource
Various embodiments are described to address the need for an apparatus and method for providing uplink communication resources that reduce some of the existing delays in acquiring these resources. In general, they may involve a RAN (121) transmitting data to a remote unit (101) via a downlink communication resource. After ...

06/22/06 - 20060133330 - Method and apparatus to provide a continuous useable wireless network connection
A useable wireless network connection is continuously maintained for a client device. ...

06/22/06 - 20060133329 - Bypass routing to a mobile device
A bypass server is placed in an outgoing link between a mobile device server and a relay used to distribute data from the mobile device server to remote mobile devices to which the data is addressed. Where a direct connection is established between a suitably configured network node (such as ...

06/22/06 - 20060133328 - Internet-oriented ad-hoc network
A hierarchical directional internet-oriented ad-hoc network, defined by a software infrastructure, is composed of fixed gateway nodes and a plurality of wireless nodes, which may be fixed or mobile, and which may act as subscribers, routers, or both. The infrastructure hierarchy is defined by the hop count of each node ...

06/22/06 - 20060133327 - Method and communication device for expanding the range of data transmission rates in wireless local area networks
A communication device and a method for transmitting data in wireless local area networks is provided. The device and method are deployed in networks in which the data information elements include an element identification part, a length statement part and an information part. The device and method enable a broad ...

06/15/06 - 20060126589 - Packet data serving node initiated updates for a mobile communication system
A packet data serving node (106) initiates a packet data session update procedure with the RAN by passing a session update message containing packet data session parameters associated with at lease one packet data service) to a packet control function (111) which may be part of a radio access network ...

06/15/06 - 20060126588 - Communication system, communication server and communication method
A communication system comprises a first communication terminal (101) provided with an ID tag (106) and having a communication function for a first medium, a second communication terminal (102) provided with an ID reader (107) and having a communication function for a second medium different from the first medium, and ...

06/15/06 - 20060126587 - Network switching system having a connection device management table commonly owned on a wireless network
The network switching system is provided with a communication route management table for managing transmission path information of a wireless network including wireless access devices, and a connection device management table for managing, in common on the wireless network, the information on wireless network devices connected to the wireless access ...

06/15/06 - 20060126586 - Wireless lan device and method of monitoring status of wireless lan
A wireless LAN device and a method of monitoring the status of a wireless LAN are disclosed. The wireless LAN device according to the present invention can determine the status of a wireless LAN using a variety of information obtained by performing media access control (MAC) without additional packet transmission/reception ...

06/15/06 - 20060126585 - System to manage wireless connection state between network printer and access point using wireless connection map and a method thereof
A system and a method to manage a wireless connection state between a network printer and an access point using a wireless connection map. The method includes transmitting wireless connection information inquiry packets to a plurality of network printers to request wireless connection information between the plurality of network printers ...

06/15/06 - 20060126584 - Method for user equipment selection of a packet data gateway in a wireless local network
Disclosed herein is a method for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) User Equipment (UE) selection of a Packet Data Gateway (PDG). When the WLAN UE fails to access, the PDG returns a message containing the failure cause value to the WLAN UE that has sent the request such that the ...

06/15/06 - 20060126583 - Mobile communication device and system supporting personal media recorder functionality
A system and method for presenting information to a user of a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention comprise receiving and presenting a first portion of media information to a user. While presenting the first portion of the media information to the user, a first signal may ...

06/15/06 - 20060126582 - Delivering data to a mobile node in idle mode
A method of deliveries data and to a mobile node for receiving data delivered from a packet-switched data network. A first registration of the mobile node is performed to a first network of a first access technology, and an additional second registration of the mobile node is performed to a ...

06/15/06 - 20060126581 - Radio lan communication system
A base station includes: a data classification function for classifying data to be transmitted to terminals into audio data and terminal-basis ordinary data and generating downstream communication traffic information; a queuing function for generating an ordinary data transmission queue and an audio data transmission queue from the classified data; a ...

06/15/06 - 20060126580 - Radio lan communication system
A wireless LAN communication system includes a base stations having terminals respectively associated with the base stations and managed by a network management system. In the wireless LAN communication system, each of the base stations includes an association information transmitting function for transmitting association information for a terminal to the ...

06/15/06 - 20060126579 - Apparatus and method for searching ap of wireless lan based on broadcasting information of base station in mobile communication system
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for searching an access point (AP) of a wireless LAN based on broadcasting information of a base station in a mobile communication network. In case that a dual mode mobile station having a wireless LAN module and a mobile communication module wants to use ...

06/08/06 - 20060120340 - Mobile communication system, management agent apparatus, and server function moving method
A mobile communication system includes a management agent, server, and temporary server. The management agent manages the destination of a mobile node. The server serves as a communication partner of the mobile node. The temporary server has a network function equivalent to that of the server. The management agent includes ...

06/08/06 - 20060120339 - Method of controlling quality of service for a wireless lan base station apparatus
An access point is provided which is able to secure QoS of multimedia traffic. In the method of controlling QoS for wireless LAN base station apparatus used in a wireless LAN system operating in accordance with IEEE 802.11 standard, the base station or access point is included in a network ...

06/08/06 - 20060120338 - System and method for controlling transmission power in wireless local area network
Disclosed are a system and method for controlling transmission power in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and more particularly, a system and method for controlling transmission power in a WLAN that are capable of providing a WLAN service to terminals outside a service area by controlling the transmission power ...

06/08/06 - 20060120337 - Controller device, mobile terminal and mobile communication method
A controller device for performing communication control of a mobile terminal belonging to an ad hoc network, includes: a communication environment information obtaining unit configured to obtain communication environment information, which shows a communication environment in the mobile terminal belonging to the ad hoc network, from the mobile terminal; and ...

06/08/06 - 20060120336 - Wireless communication system
A network controller for facilitating roaming of a mobile wireless communications device between access points communicates with at least one access point over a wired network which, in turn, communicate with a mobile wireless communications device over a wireless network. The network controller includes a data processing system including a ...

06/08/06 - 20060120335 - Wireless lan transmitter and receiver for audio equipment and method thereof for transmissions
A wireless LAN transmitter/receiver is provided for transmitting a signal to a wireless LAN receiver through a channel. The transmitter/receiver includes: an input device having an interface for a user to input an identification value; an identification value coder/decoder for encoding/decoding the identification value in the signal as a basis ...

06/08/06 - 20060120334 - Enhanced direct link transmission method and system for wireless local area networks
In a wireless local area network comprising an AP, and a first mobile station adapted to directly transmit data to a second mobile station, an enhanced direct link transmission method comprises causing the first mobile station to transmit an EDLP.request; (i) when the first and second mobile stations are adjacent, ...

06/01/06 - 20060114875 - Measuring the throughput of transmissions over wireless local area networks
A method and system for measuring the throughput of transmissions over a wireless local area network having a station and an access point. The station can send messages to the access point during a test period, where the messages can be sent as data frames. The access point can receive ...

06/01/06 - 20060114874 - System and method for integrating wlan and 3g
A method and system for providing ubiquitous coverage and seamless connectivity for devices which support Internet access via third generation (3G) cellular and IEEE 802.11 wideband local area network (WLAN) technologies, irrespective of which radio access technology is available. ...

06/01/06 - 20060114873 - Wireless communication equipment, wireless communication control method and program
According to this invention, a wireless communication equipment which communicates with a plurality of nodes supplies an access control technique for improving communication efficiency. For this purpose, a wireless communication equipment is connected to a plurality of networks, and includes a communication unit which sequentially communicates, at a predetermined interval, ...

06/01/06 - 20060114872 - Wireless control apparatus, system, control method, and program
A network system is provided which includes an Enterprise-mode authentication server on a host network, a wireless access point (AP) on a wired local network, and wireless terminals on a wireless local network. The AP obtains a result of user authentication performed by the Enterprise-mode authentication server by monitoring an ...

06/01/06 - 20060114871 - Network selection involving ganc redirection
In one embodiment, a scheme is provided for effectuating generic access network (GAN) selection with respect to a user equipment (UE) device that is operable in wide area cellular network ((WACN) bands as well as in wireless access network bands (e.g., GAN bands and/or UMA bands). A network node (e.g., ...

06/01/06 - 20060114870 - System and method for supporting gan service request capability in a wireless user equipment (ue) device
In one embodiment, a scheme is disclosed for supporting wireless access network service request capability in a user equipment (UE) device that is operable in wide area cellular network (WACN) bands as well as in wireless access network bands (e.g., GAN bands and/or UMA bands). The UE device includes capability ...

06/01/06 - 20060114869 - Multi-hop multi-channel wireless communication system
A multi-hop wireless communication system operates on multiple channels. Each wireless station in the system has at least two transmitting and receiving modules operating on different fixed channels. During transmission and reception of the packets, the transmitting and receiving modules are used selectively on each hop, using a channel supported ...

06/01/06 - 20060114868 - Mgw codec information managing method in msc server
A method for managing codec information of Media Gateways (MGWS) in a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) server, comprising receiving a registration request from at least one or more MGWs, registering the request MGW, and transmitting a codec information request message to the registered MGW to thus update MGW codec information ...

06/01/06 - 20060114867 - Distributed wireless access method based on network allocation vector table and apparatus of the same
Embodiments of the present invention include a wireless access method based on a NAVT (Network allocation vector table), which is applied to a distributed wireless mobile communication system comprising a plurality of nodes, the NAVT comprises a packet type field and a duration field and is stored in the respective ...

06/01/06 - 20060114866 - Method and apparatus for sharing channel among coordinator-based wireless networks
A method and apparatus for sharing a channel among coordinator-based wireless networks are provided. The method includes a coordinator of a first wireless network selecting a channel through which data are transmitted and received, selecting a period during which the channel is in a sleep period, setting the selected period ...

06/01/06 - 20060114865 - Wireless communication apparatus and communication method thereof
An AP allows a CTS generator provided within a control unit to generate a self-destined, e.g., IEEE802.11b standard-based CTS signal containing a duration time corresponding to each standard. Then, the AP notifies to each STA operated based on the 11b standard in a basic service set, that it is being ...

06/01/06 - 20060114864 - System and method for cohesive radio operation
Described is a system which includes a first radio transceiver operating in accordance with a first communication protocol and a second radio transceiver operating in accordance with a second communication protocol. The first radio transceiver transmits a first signal to the second transceiver, the first signal including data related to ...

06/01/06 - 20060114863 - Method to secure 802.11 traffic against mac address spoofing
A method for protecting a wireless network against spoofed MAC address attacks. A database is used for storing MAC address and user identity bindings. When a new request to access the network is received, the MAC address and user identity of the request is compared to the stored MAC address ...

05/25/06 - 20060109829 - Messages and control methods for controlling resource allocation and flow admission control in a mobile communications system
Methods and apparatus for aggregating IP packets over an access link between a wireless access router and a core node and for managing resource allocation to access link packet aggregates, e.g., as a function of the status of wireless communications links used to couple mobile nodes to the access router ...

05/25/06 - 20060109828 - Communication apparatus and method of controlling same
The distance to a communicating party is detected using whether or not an electromagnetic-coupled RF field formation is achieved or not as simple measurement means. If the distance to the communicating party is short, i.e., if it is possible to form an RF field, then transmission power is reduced. As ...

05/25/06 - 20060109827 - Method for transmitting service data to wireless local area network users
Disclosed is a method for transmitting service data to wireless local area network (WLAN) users. A service notification unit is set in the network for use in transmitting service access notices to WLAN users. After accessing the network, a WLAN user terminal immediately establishes a continuous connection between itself and ...

05/25/06 - 20060109826 - Method of user access authorization in wireless local area network
The present invention discloses a method of user access authorization in wireless local area networks. The method comprises: when a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) user terminal is accessing a WLAN operational network, the WLAN operational network, while authenticating this WLAN user terminal, judging whether to allow this WLAN user ...

05/25/06 - 20060109825 - Method and system for predicting service drop in a wireless network
A mobile wireless device for use in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network includes regular access points and border access points. The border access points are those access points situated at the edge of the campus or other physical facility associated with the wireless network and they define the ...

05/25/06 - 20060109824 - Communication partner device for communication with another communication partner device over a first communication channel
In a communication partner device (2A) which belongs to a communication system (1) having at least two such communication partner devices (2A, 2B) and which is designed for contactless communication over a first communication channel (4), wherein one of the two communication partner devices (2A, 2B) contains a communication enable ...

05/18/06 - 20060104253 - Method and apparatus for cell identification in wireless data networks
A method including wirelessly receiving a packet at a wireless station belonging to a cell of a wireless network, the network for communicating according to a wireless network standard, each transmitting station of the cell able to transmit a packet that includes cell identification information; and ascertaining at the physical ...

05/18/06 - 20060104252 - Communication method and apparatus using ip address of vpn gateway for mobile node in a vpn
A communication method and apparatus using the IP address of a gateway for an MN in a VPN are provided. When the MN is to access the VPN, the gateway acting an FA in the VPN performs a Mobile IP registration on behalf of the MN and is allocated a ...

05/18/06 - 20060104251 - Beacon scheduling method in wireless sensor network system
A beacon scheduling method is provided which can efficiently avoid beacon collisions and prevent power consumption of the router due to the unnecessary beacon transmissions. The beacon scheduling method of a router in a network system including at least one coordinator which sends beacons in a cycle and at least ...

05/18/06 - 20060104250 - Beacon scheduling method and system in a network system
A beacon scheduling method and system in a network system. The beacon scheduling method of a router in a network system that includes at least one router, includes receiving a beacon signal from a parent node; calculating a difference between an address of the parent node and an address of ...

05/18/06 - 20060104249 - Mobile handheld multi-media gateway and phone
A system and method for providing a mobile handheld multi-media gateway and phone. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise a first communication interface module that is adapted to communicatively couple the mobile telephone to a mobile telephone communication network. A second communication interface module may be adapted to ...

05/18/06 - 20060104248 - Method of controlling wireless local network medium access using pseudo-time division multiplexing
The present invention provides a method of controlling Wireless LAN (WLAN) medium access using Pseudo-Time Division Multiplexing (PTDM) to improve the Quality of Service (QoS) of the WLAN. The method includes the first step of a Mobile Terminal (MT) acquiring QoS information, which relates to a voice frame to be ...

05/18/06 - 20060104247 - Infrastructure-less bootstrapping: trustless bootstrapping to enable mobility for mobile devices
Methods and apparatus for supporting a session in Mobile IP are disclosed. A Mobile Node sends a first Mobile IP message identifying the Mobile Node to a Home Agent, wherein the first Mobile IP message indicates to the Home Agent that the Mobile Node is requesting dynamic configuration of a ...

05/11/06 - 20060098616 - Throughput enhancement by acknowledgement suppression
Systems and methods for improving data transmission rates in communication networks are disclosed. In an 802.11 wireless communication network, where a source node of the wireless network transmits TCP data to a destination node of the wireless network, the destination node does not transmit TCP acknowledgments (ACKs) for the TCP ...

05/11/06 - 20060098615 - Controlling a use of automated content
Control of the use of automated content at a wireless communication terminal 10 able to access a wireless communication network 20 is shown. In order to enable a flexible control of the use of automated content, the network detects a terminal 10 accessing the network 20 and transmitting an indication ...

05/11/06 - 20060098614 - Apparatus and method for providing indoor and outdoor wireless access in broadband wireless access communication system
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing wireless access in a broadband wireless access system. The apparatus authenticates an access terminal when an access of the access terminal located in a first network employing a first predetermined access scheme is detected, allocates a private Internet Protocol (IP) address to ...

05/11/06 - 20060098613 - Systems and methods for improved data throughput in communications networks
An access point of a communications network is disclosed configured to receive a multicast or broadcast packet from a source. The access point converts the multicast or broadcast packet into a unicast packet addressed to a station associated with the access point. The access point then transmits the unicast packet ...

05/11/06 - 20060098612 - System and method for associating different types of nodes with access point nodes in a wireless network to route data in the wireless network
A method and system for routing data in a wireless network (400) that enables all nodes (106, 402, 404, 406, 408) to find routes to each other even if the nodes (106, 402, 404, 406, 408) are non-meshed which are incapable of operating as a router to route packets received ...

05/11/06 - 20060098611 - System and method for routing data between different types of nodes in a wireless network
A method and system for routing data in a wireless network (400) that enables all nodes (106, 402, 404, 406, 408) to find routes to each other even if the nodes are incapable of operating as a router to route packets received from other nodes (106, 402, 404, 406, 408). ...

05/11/06 - 20060098610 - Method for providing a mobile station with seamless coverage in a 2g/3g communication network and a wlan
A method is described herein that enables data traffic to be routed seamlessly to a mobile station which is located in a Second Generation/Third Generation (2G/3G) network and a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). In one embodiment of the present invention, the mobile station (MS) receives a signal (e.g., System ...

05/11/06 - 20060098609 - Wireless communication network
A wireless communication network is provided that includes a plurality of access points. A plurality of the access points are configured as local access points that are each configured to operate at one of a set of frequencies and within a communication range. The local access points may communicate with ...

05/11/06 - 20060098608 - System and method to decrease the route convergence time and find optimal routes in a wireless communication network
A system and method for decreasing the route convergence time in a wireless communication network, such as a wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer network, by finding an alternate route if the nodes anticipate weakening or breakage of a route currently in use. The system and method which enables reactive routing protocols to ...

05/11/06 - 20060098607 - System and method to support multicast routing in large scale wireless mesh networks
Provided is a system and method for a multicast routing algorithm to work in infrastructure based mesh networks. It chooses access points, fixed infrastructure gateway nodes connected to each other and/or the global internet via a wired/wireless backbone, as a group of local multicast group leaders to form a multicast ...

05/11/06 - 20060098606 - Method for propagating beacons in a multi-tier wlan
A method for transmitting beacons by nodes in a multi-tier wireless local area network is disclosed. First, a first beacon by a tier 1 node in the multi-tier wireless local area network is transmitted. Then, a second beacon by a tier 2 node is transmitted where the second beacon is ...

05/11/06 - 20060098605 - Method of secure communications in a wireless distribution system
A system and method for maintaining timing compatibility for high rate wireless transceivers employs a cycle stealing technique so that latencies introduced by multi-antenna signal processors in an access point can be masked. A speculative pre-stored, predetermined preamble is issued in response to a data transmission initiation from another access ...

05/04/06 - 20060092900 - Method and arrangement for reducing the average time needed for a communication unit to connect to a communication network
A method and an arrangement are provided for reducing the time needed for a communication unit (18) to connect to a communication network (11-16; 14-16), wherein the communication unit has to listen for data transmissions on a plurality of communication channels, and to identify one of the communication channels, on ...

05/04/06 - 20060092899 - Method and apparatus for supporting multiple wireless universal serial bus (usb) hosts in coordinator-based wireless network
Provided are a method and apparatus for supporting multiple wireless universal serial bus (WUSB) hosts in coordinator-based wireless network. The method for supporting a plurality of wireless universal serial bus hosts in a coordinator-based wireless network, includes, receiving a request frame including information to request the role of WUSB host, ...

05/04/06 - 20060092898 - Hand-off method using edge nodes in mobile ad-hoc network
A hand-off method including detecting edge nodes located at edges of a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET); retransmitting, at the detected edge nodes, an Internet gateway advertisement message (IGAM) at a new period; and performing a hand-off of a mobile device moving from an infrastructure network to the MANET using the ...

05/04/06 - 20060092897 - Controlling user equipments
A system and method controls the use of user equipments within an access network configured to allow user equipments to access a communication system in an environment, wherein wireless access to the communication system is restricted. The system includes a detector network configured for receiving requests for wireless access from ...

05/04/06 - 20060092896 - Method of communication between reduced functionality devices in an ieee 802.15.4 network
In a 802.15.4 network, each reduced functionality device (RFD) is permitted to communicate with only an assigned full function device (FFD). The present invention allows each of the RFDs to communicate with another RFD upon the RFD determining that the local FFD assigned to the RFD is inoperable or unable ...

05/04/06 - 20060092895 - Method for restricting push-to service
A method for restricting a push-to (PT) service restricts a PT service with reference to network information. A PT client inviting to a PT session restricts an invited PT client by setting a network dependent outgoing session barring flag as ‘ON’. A PT client invited to the PT session restricts ...

05/04/06 - 20060092894 - Method of transmitting transparent data
Transparent data transmission service is kept optimal in the quality provided. A transmission quality monitor section, provided in a base-band signal processing circuit of each apparatus, monitors an error in reception data and an response, to the data transmitted, of from an opposite apparatus, thereby measuring an error rate. When ...

05/04/06 - 20060092893 - Method and system for processing wireless digital multimedia
A transmit digital processing system for wireless transmission of HDMI and/or DVI data using an FPGA. The FPGA converts the data into two data streams and includes a front end component multiplexing video data with control data. A complementary receive FPGA is also disclosed. ...

05/04/06 - 20060092892 - Method and apparatus for wide bandwidth mixed-mode wireless communications
A network device for implementing high-rate greenfield transmission in a mixed mode frame structure. The network device is configured to transmit a mixed mode frame on two adjacent channels. The mixed mode frame comprises at least two backward compatible portions of a first frequency and a greenfield portion of a ...

05/04/06 - 20060092891 - Controlled area signalling
In one embodiment, a signal associated with a service not permitted in the controlled area of a wireless transmit/receive unit is received. An identifier is sent indicating that the WTRU is in a controlled area. In a second embodiment, the transfer of data associated with a controlled area is controlled. ...

05/04/06 - 20060092890 - Global network neighborhood: scheme for providing information about available networks in a geographical location
A method and apparatus supporting a discovery technique of multiple available networks is disclosed. A global network neighborhood data depository contains attributes of multiple networks that are available in a geographic region. The attributes aid in network discovery and selection of an optimum network for communication for devices capable of ...

05/04/06 - 20060092889 - High density wlan system
A method for controlling cell size associated with an access point that has a receive sensitivity and an output power. The method includes changing a start of packet threshold and/or a clear channel assessment threshold to vary the cell size of the access point. ...

05/04/06 - 20060092888 - Proxy active scan for wireless networks
Active scanning method in a wireless network for fast determining available access points (106, 806) using inter-AP (Access Point) communication is described. In the scanning method, a mobile station (102, 802) sends Probe Request for Proxy frame to the current AP (104, 804) serving the mobile station (102, 802). In ...

04/27/06 - 20060088020 - Restricted wlan profile for unknown wireless terminal
According to the invention, a wireless terminal and an access point AP of a wireless local area network WLAN being part of the LAN are able to exchange data for the setup of a wireless link while the wireless terminal being unknown to the AP. The wireless terminal and the ...

04/27/06 - 20060088019 - Method for controlling communication with mobile stations within a network
A method for controlling the communication with mobile stations within a network, preferably a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) according to the IEEE802.11 standard, wherein the network comprises at least one access point through which the stations are associated with the network and wherein the stations can enter a power ...

04/27/06 - 20060088018 - System and method for communicating over an 802.15.4 network
A method of reducing data transfer while increasing image information over an 802.15.4 network includes obtaining an image with a sensor, modulating a representation of the image using a first 802.15.4 modem, sending the representation of the image to a coordinator, demodulating the representation of the image using a second ...

04/27/06 - 20060088017 - Mobile network system
In a communication system, which continues the communication while a mobile node moves over local networks, mobile IP system is used as a procedure of the mobile node moving over networks, and also the mobile node requests to the server (HA in the mobile IP) for the setting of data ...

04/27/06 - 20060088016 - Wireless lan medium access controller supporting mode change and mode change method thereof
A wireless LAN medium access controller supporting mode change and the mode change method thereof are proposed. A physical layer detects signal strength in the environment and writes a mode index value of the stronger signal into a register. When the written mode index value is different from a mode ...

04/27/06 - 20060088015 - Establishing membership within a federation infrastructure
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for establishing and maintaining membership within a federation infrastructure. A joining node submits a join message to an existing federation infrastructure. The federation infrastructure routes the join message to a processing node. The processing node facilitates identification of predecessor, ...

04/27/06 - 20060088014 - Publish/subscribe model 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. A subscription for an event of interest occurring in the wireless sensor network is installed in the wireless sensor network. A ...

04/27/06 - 20060088013 - Event-based formalism 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. At least one of the plurality of nodes determines when a discrete event occurs. When the discrete event occurs, transmits data ...

04/27/06 - 20060088012 - Discreet event operators for event 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 - 20060088011 - System and method for allocating and distributing end user information in a network environment
A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving one or more packets from a communication flow and recognizing a universal generic identification (UGI) associated with the communication flow. The UGI corresponds to an end user that is associated with the communication flow. The UGI ...

04/27/06 - 20060088010 - Method and apparatus for allowing communication units to utilize non-licensed title spectrum
The presence of the non-television transmission within a channel is used to indicate that secondary non-licensed usage of the channel is permitted. Specifically, if secondary users incorporate the means to identify the unique modulation signature of the secondary user, decoding of a beacon signal may not be necessary. With the ...

04/27/06 - 20060088009 - Method for transferring data in a wireless network
The invention is directed to a process for transferring data packets through a protocol stack employed by the device for transmitting packets on a packet connection to a wireless network, said wireless network operating at least two, distinct wireless access technologies such as GSM/GPRS and UMTS. The packet transfer process ...

04/20/06 - 20060083209 - Roaming in a communication network
Communicating over a network includes establishing a communication path between a mobile-device in a first communication area and a server through a home-agent, and maintaining the communication path through the home agent when the mobile-device moves to a second-communication-area. ...

04/20/06 - 20060083208 - Method for establishing network connections between stationary terminals and remote devices through mobile devices
A technique is provided for a seamless and transparent handoff from a user's mobile device to the user's stationary terminal of a network address of a remote device for the purpose of establishing a direct communication channel between the stationary terminal and a remote device, where the remote device first ...

04/20/06 - 20060083207 - System and method for personal data backup for mobile customer premises equipment
A method for backing up data stored on a mobile customer premises equipment comprising the steps of formatting the data at the mobile customer premises equipment into fields, transmitting the data with a user ID from the mobile customer premises equipment across a mobile network to a server. The server ...

04/20/06 - 20060083206 - Sub-access point, system, and method for adjusting power of transmission signal
A sub-access point (AP), system, and method for adjusting a power level of a transmission signal, and more particularly, in which the power level of a transmission signal output from the sub-AP is adjusted based on received signal strength indicator (RSSI) readings and frame error rate (FER) of a main ...

04/20/06 - 20060083205 - Method and system for wireless networking using coordinated dynamic spectrum access
A method and system for coordinated dynamic access to radio spectrum for wireless networking includes defining a coordinated access band (CAB) from which radio access network (RAN) managers may request spectrum allocations in the form of time bound spectrum leases for their respective requesting base stations. In one embodiment of ...

04/13/06 - 20060077943 - Method and system for processing international calls using a voice over ip process
A method for processing an multi-country international phone call, free from an international toll charge, using a voice over IP (VoIP) call from a first mobile handset to a second handset. The method includes transferring destination number information associated with a destination number within a first country code from the ...

04/13/06 - 20060077942 - Cooperative wireless communications, such as cooperative medium access control for example
When it is advantageous to do so, a wireless LAN station sends data packets to a destination station via an intermediate station, instead of to the destination station directly. That is, the intermediate station, which serves as a helper to the source, forwards packets received from the source station to ...

04/13/06 - 20060077941 - User interface system and method for implementation on multiple types of clients
A method and system for implementing a user interface for providing a data service in a mobile client using a server with knowledge of the client's hardware and software capabilities to modify data content and display rules for an improved user interface on the client. Data may be cached on ...

04/13/06 - 20060077940 - Communication system and method with mobile devices
A system comprises a plurality of mobile devices each operable to communicate via a computer network, a gateway operable to communicate with the plurality of mobile devices via the computer network, and a database coupled to the gateway. The plurality of mobile devices are each operable to periodically transmit a ...

04/13/06 - 20060077939 - Techniques for interference reduction in wireless communications networks
The present invention provides techniques for responding to overlapping conditions in wireless communications networks include receiving data transmissions from a transmitting device across a wireless communications network. These data transmissions correspond to a connection with the transmitting device and occur within a reserved portion of a communications resource. An interference ...

04/13/06 - 20060077938 - System and method for creating a spectrum agile wireless multi-hopping network
A system and method for creating a spectrum agile wireless multi-hopping network, such as a wireless ad-hoc peer-to-peer multi-hopping network. The spectrum agile multi-hopping network that can respond to conditions affecting spectrum, such as FCC rulings or business related agreements on spectrum licensing related to a location or other measurable ...

04/06/06 - 20060072531 - Communication network
The present disclosure provides methods, systems, and apparatus for communicating with an electronic device. Particular disclosed embodiments provide a system that includes a peripheral communications adapter communicatingly connectable to an electronic device. The peripheral communications adapter includes a first communications interface, a second communications adapter communicatingly connectable with the electronic ...

04/06/06 - 20060072530 - System and method for performing low-overhead, high spatial reuse medium access control in a wireless network
A system and method for avoiding collisions between packets transmitted in a wireless network (100). A first node (102, 106 or 107) in the wireless network (100) can transmit a packet to a second node (102, 106 or 107) in the wireless network (100), such that packet includes a header ...

04/06/06 - 20060072529 - Method and apparatus for varying the number of pilot tones in a multiple antenna communication system
Methods and apparatus are provided for varying the number of pilot tones in a multiple antenna communication system. Data is transmitted in a multiple antenna communication system by selecting a number of pilot tones to be employed to transmit the data; and transmitting an indication of the selected number of ...

04/06/06 - 20060072528 - Method and system for single weight antenna system for hsdpa
In a RF communications system, aspects for single weight antenna system for HSDPA may comprise receiving HSDPA signals via a plurality of receive antennas and individually adjusting a phase of a portion of the received HSDPA signals via a single weight. The phase adjusted portion of the received HSDPA signals ...

04/06/06 - 20060072527 - Secure authentication and network management system for wireless lan applications
An authentication and network management system for Wi-Fi local area networks includes a network management device and a plurality of Wi-Fi local area networks coupled to the network management device. Each local network includes at least one access point device having a Wi-Fi radio. A plurality of end user devices ...

04/06/06 - 20060072526 - Change of resource reservation for an ip session
A method modifies a Packet Data Protocol context during an IP session. The method includes activating a Packet Data Protocol context with a first Quality of Service setting by a user equipment. The method also includes detecting whether there is a changed demand for resources within the session. The method ...

04/06/06 - 20060072525 - Method and system for role management for complex bluetooth® devices
Methods and systems for controlling a plurality of personal area network access devices are disclosed herein. Aspects of the method may comprise determining current roles for communicating complex Bluetooth® devices. In response to receiving a new connection, it may be determined whether to switch from at least one of the ...

04/06/06 - 20060072524 - Multiple antenna processing on transmit for wireless local area networks
A method and an apparatus in a first wireless station of a network transmitting to a second wireless station. The network uses multi-tone OFDM signals. The first station includes multiple antennas and a receive and a transmit signal path per antenna. Each receive signal path includes a discrete Fourier transformer ...

04/06/06 - 20060072523 - Sip user agent with simultaneous multiple registrations
A method, device, and computer program product for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communications is disclosed. The method, device, and computer program product allow a SIP user agent of a SIP-enabled device to register with a plurality of SIP registrars. The plurality of SIP registration may occur simultaneously or sequentially, based ...

04/06/06 - 20060072522 - Call parameter selection and self-enforced admission control for optimizing voice over internet protocol performance in wireless networks
A method for transmitting voice data traffic over a wireless medium using a decision process for the admission of a voice call, such as a call voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) over a wireless local area network (WLAN). Admission of the call through the network is based upon the priority ...

04/06/06 - 20060072521 - Dynamic network activation apparatus, systems, and methods
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to handshake with an operating system to indicate a network connection state at about the time a driver is initialized, or when a state of network disconnection is sensed. A wireless network connection may be opened at about the ...

03/30/06 - 20060067290 - Network identifier configuration method, communication method and wireless communication terminal
A game device is provided with an SSID setting unit and a channel setting unit. The SSID setting unit sets up an SSID to include an application ID uniquely defined for an application to be executed. For example, when an application A is executed, the SSID is set up to ...

03/30/06 - 20060067289 - Transmitting/receiving point-to-multipoint service in wireless communication system
A method for controlling a user equipment (UE) capable of receiving a point-to-multipoint service in a wireless communication system comprises receiving the point-to-multipoint service on a physical channel from a network. The method also comprises receiving a first scheduling indicator associated with a number of scheduling periods where there is ...

03/30/06 - 20060067288 - Apparatus and method for dynamically managing sub-channels
An apparatus and method for dynamically managing sub-channels are provided. The apparatus includes a sub-channel control module, a sub-channel monitoring module, and a scheduling module. The sub-channel control module provides first channel status information on the status of a previous sub-channel for streaming data transmission and requests second channel status ...

03/30/06 - 20060067287 - Session invitation method and system
Session invitation method and system in a PTx communication system are disclosed. For session invitation, an inviting terminal adds first media information corresponding to session information in an invitation message and transmits it or transmits it through an RTP. Then, the first media information received by an invited terminal is ...

03/30/06 - 20060067286 - Wireless asset monitoring system and method having designations of logical place
A system for wirelessly monitoring assets using a multi-hop communications network (10) includes a group of networked communications nodes for transmitting a beaconing radio frequency (RF) signal from a group of network nodes (11, 13, 15). One or more asset nodes (17, 19) are used for receiving the beaconing RF ...

03/30/06 - 20060067285 - System and method for using presence to configure an access point
A telecommunications system includes a wireless packet network; a cellular telephone network; at least one computing device including a wireless network interface card for communicating over the wireless packet network; at least one cellular telephone device, the cellular telephone device having a cellular telephone mode for communicating over the cellular ...

03/30/06 - 20060067284 - Prepaid internet protocol-based services facilitation method and apparatus
Prepaid Internet Protocol-based services for a plurality of Internet Protocol-based services are provisioned by automatically and dynamically determining, for a given mobile node, the Internet Protocol-based services for which the mobile node has prepaid access, and then providing an authentication message (for example, to a supporting packet data serving node) ...

03/30/06 - 20060067283 - Method and apparatus for channel assignment within ad-hoc communication system
A method and apparatus for channel assignment within an ad-hoc communication system utilizing multiple channels is provided herein. Individual nodes receive and send route-request (RREQ) packets on all channels rather than a single channel. Each route-request packet comprises a first and a second table. Th