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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7675893 | Communication apparatus, communication method, and communication system A physical frame is constructed, the physical frame including a medium access control super-frame payload which in turn includes a plurality of medium access control frames. With respect to the constructed physical frame, virtual carrier sense information is set in ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675892 | 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 ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675890 | QoS based load-balance policy for WLAN A load balancing method for a wireless local area network (LAN) which has a plurality of access points is provided in the present invention. The load balancing decision is made by a load balancing module according to traffic conditions and bandwidth availability of ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675891 | Multimedia reception in communication networks Functionalities for a user equipment (UE) in a communication system in order to be able to receive broadcast information, such as TV and other multimedia, with good quality are described. In particular, methods and apparatus that schedule system measurement procedur... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675889 | Network terminal with means for wirelessly establishing secure private link with external terminal In a communications network where first and second communication terminals are interconnected via a common communication medium such as a local area network, the terminals jointly establish an infrared light private communication link if they are brought close to ea... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7672279 | Methods for dynamic radio resource management and link control The present invention relates to transmission and retransmission of packet data in a communications system, where the communications system uses rate switching or channel switching. It provides an interface for information exchange between radio resource management ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672284 | Throughput in multi-rate wireless networks using variable-length packets and other techniques In a wireless communication network having a plurality of devices operating at different data rates that contend for access to the network, a method is provided that assigns network access parameters to one or more of the devices so as to control throughput on the n... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672283 | Detecting unauthorized wireless devices in a network Computer implemented techniques for detecting the presence and identity of unauthorized wireless devices (“UWD”) on a network. The technique is capable of detecting the presence and existence UWDs irrespective whether the UWDs implements encryption in their comm... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672278 | Adaptor for wireless network A printing device of the present invention has an additional function of switching over connection with two wireless networks. The printing device enters a user's wireless LAN based on first setting information, while establishing connection with a maker's wireless ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672282 | BSS selection using path loss A wireless client station includes a received signal strength module to estimate N signal strengths of N signals received by the wireless client station from N access points, respectively, where N is an integer greater than one. The wireless client station further i... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672281 | Method and apparatus for obtaining situational awareness information from nodes in a communications network A method of communicating in a wireless ad-hoc network is disclosed. The network has a plurality of nodes, including a requesting node, configured for wireless communication therebetween. Each node transmits a situational awareness message to adjacent nodes. The mes... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7672280 | Broadcast/multicast service method based on user location information In a broadcast/multicast service based on user location information, when a terminal sets contents desired to be received in a specific area, a broadcast/multicast server checks current location information of the terminal transmitted from a location server or from ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668146 | 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 infrastruct... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668144 | Dynamically extensible communications device This invention discloses a generalized software gateway function which can be housed within small devices and is scalable up to the largest server or other hardware environment which eliminates the differences between devices at the application format, communication... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668145 | Method to support mobile IP mobility in 3GPP networks with SIP established communications The invention proposes a method for controlling a connection between a first network node and a second network node, wherein the connection is controlled by a packet filtering function filtering packets such that a packet is discarded in case a source address and/or... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664085 | 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... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664086 | 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 se... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664080 | 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. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664089 | System and method for using an adaptive hybrid coordination function (HCF) in an 802.11E wireless LAN A system comprises a network congestion monitoring module for monitoring a congestion-related metric of a wireless medium, the congestion-related metric being based on traffic class, e.g., average contention window; a contention-period/contention-free-period (CP/CFP... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664082 | Method of scheduling with multiple radios per node in a wireless multihop network A method of scheduling transmission from radios having multiple radios is provided, where the number of radios is smaller than then number of neighbours to which transmission needs to occur. Scheduling blocks are identified consisting of sets of neighbours that can ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664087 | Method for generating a frame in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access communication system Disclosed is a method for generating a frame in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access communication system. The method includes generating a frame having a global information zone and a local information zone, wherein the global information zone includes ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664084 | Techniques for selecting an access point apparatus based on an allowance area A wireless station that includes an access point apparatus detection section which detects a usable access point apparatus from among a plurality of access point apparatuses; an allowance area calculation section which calculates an allowance area according to recei... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664081 | Wireless gateway for enabling wireless devices to discover and interact with various short-range services/devices A portable gateway apparatus communicates with devices coupled to a first network and devices coupled to at least a second network. The gateway provides an interface to a mobile phone to discover services/devices within both the first and the at least second network... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664083 | Monitoring portal systems and methods In one of many possible embodiments, a system includes a monitoring portal configured to receive state information descriptive of usage of a plurality of communication services provided on a plurality of communication networks of different types and to make the stat... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664088 | Method for providing QoS using flow label in providing multimedia service in IPv6 network and system applying the same Provided is a QoS providing method using a flow label in providing multimedia service in an IPv6 network and a system applying the same. According to the method, a signal connection server extracts session information from a communication request response signal tra... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660287 | Method, communication device and system for address resolution mapping in a wireless multihop ad hoc network A method is presented for address resolution mapping in a wireless multihop communication network wherein the network is built up by client devices and/or infrastructure devices, network traffic is based on using ARP forwarding and rebroadcasting to locate devices i... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660284 | Nevigation within a wireless network A wireless device is registered in a first wireless router by storing information in the first wireless router, a message is created comprising a unique identifier for the wireless device and a unique identifier for the first wireless router; the message is transmit... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660285 | Traffic-aware routing in wireless networks The routing of traffic in wireless networks is performed in accordance with a routing metric. The routing metric can reflect the effects of future self-traffic of a forthcoming communication flow. In a described implementation, a routing decision is made for a forth... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660286 | Jitter management for packet data network backhaul of call data Managing packet data network jitter is disclosed. A first call data associated with a mobile network communication session is received. A second call data that is older than the first call data is dropped from a buffer if required to make room in the buffer for the ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7656852 | 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 sessio... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656851 | Adaptive message routing for mobile ad HOC networks Domains are formed in a mobile ad hoc network by exchanging topology update messages among neighboring nodes, each message including the node coverage of the originating node. The node having an optimum coverage of its neighbors becomes a domain lead (DL) node, and ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656850 | Method and apparatus for accelerated super 3G cell search The method and system of a first aspect of the present invention is adapted to perform cell search on all possible bandwidths. In order to reduce the search time, the order in which the allowable BW is used in the search is based on information from history lists. T... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656848 | Routing system and method in scatternet A routing requesting method to transmit data to a device of a different piconets in a scatternet including at least two piconets which have a master device and at least one slave device controlled by the master device. A source device generates as a single packet an... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656847 | Method and apparatus for utilizing bluetooth for WLAN service authentication and discovery A device having wireless connectivity may be coupled to Internet Protocol (IP) service available in a network, including a wireless local area network (WLAN), local area network (LAN), Ethernet or other suitable Internet access point, by broadcasting a wireless prot... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656846 | PLC based wireless communications An apparatus and method for providing wireless communication for a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The PLC includes a central processing unit (CPU) card mounted on the backplane of the PLC, a CPU mounted on the CPU card and a means for wireless radio frequency ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7656849 | System and method for bypassing an access point in a local area network for P2P data transfers A system and method for bypassing an access point in a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) for direct point-to-point data transfers are provided. A user device in the wireless LAN is equipped with a primary local wireless interface establishing a wireless communicatio... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7653036 | Method and system for automatic registration security Aspects of a method and system for automatic registration security are presented, and may comprise registering a client station with an access point without requiring a user to enter configuration information at the access point and at the client station. The method... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653037 | System and method for distributing wireless network access parameters A system and method are provided for distributing wireless network access parameters in a multi-mode communications user terminal (UT). The method includes: establishing a link between a UT and a first communications network (i.e., a cellular network); accessing a p... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653038 | Dual MAC arbitration A wireless network device includes a first media access controller (MAC) that generates a first output signal, a second MAC that generates a second output signal, and a communication channel. The communication channel includes a baseband processor in communication w... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653035 | Interference rejection in wireless receivers The effects of interference are mitigated in a wireless system through update noise variance estimates. Noise variance estimates may be update after the reception of a preamble in an OFDM receiver. Noise variance estimates may include averages of signal energy over ... | 01/26/2010 |