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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116780 | Dynamic resource allocation method based on frequency reuse partitioning for OFMDA/FDD system, and frame transmission method therefor Provided are a dynamic resource allocation method based on frequency reuse partitioning for an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system, and a frame transmission method therefor. The dynamic resource allocation method includes: a) dividing a cove... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8099101 | Method and system for the automated management of communication services on board a ship A method for the automated management of services envisaged by a predetermined communications plan of a telecommunication system on-board a ship includes radiocommunication resources. The method defines static constraints or criteria, indicates the nominal character... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095142 | Configuration of overhead channels in a mixed bandwidth system A method and apparatus for transmitting broadcast information in a multi-carrier communication system. The Sync Channel of the multi-carrier system is transmitted a 1.25 MHz channel bandwidth (i.e., over a single carrier), and to specify the preferred channels for t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095143 | Random access channel (RACH) reconfiguration for temporarily extended cell coverage A device obtains a service change associated with a cell in a radio network, and identifies helper cells in the radio network that need new random access channel (RACH) parameters due to the service change. The device also determines a RACH parameters configuration ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095144 | Method and apparatus for hashing over multiple frequency bands in a communication system Method and apparatus for hashing mobile stations to frequencies in a communication system. The method uses two-level hashing to assign a mobile station first to a frequency band and then to a specific frequency within the frequency band. Embodiments allow for weight... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095141 | Use of supplemental assignments Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate dynamically supplementing resource assignments to mobile devices in a wireless network environment without requiring transmission of replacement assignments. Supplemental assignments can be generated based on i... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8078186 | Transmission rate control method and radio base station A transmission rate control method according to the present invention includes: determining, at the radio base station NodeB, a maximum granted value that can be notified to the mobile station UE, in accordance with the happy bit notified from the mobile station UE;... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073453 | Apparatus and method for handling system information in mobile telecommunications system user equipment Apparatus and method for handling system information in mobile telecommunications system user equipment, wherein updates are applied in a defined order. In particular, in 3G UMTS systems, when System Information Block (SIB) SIB 11 and SIB 12 are received with inform... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073455 | Resource allocation through bouncing-busy hour traffic modeling An embodiment of the current invention is directed to determining one or more sectors in a network divided into sectors that require additional communication resources. Total-hourly, busy-time traffic is collected for each sector. A total-monthly, busy-time traffic ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073454 | Resource scheduling in a cellular system A method for scheduling resources for uplink transmissions in a radio access network includes each of a plurality of access points (APs) placing its resources to the disposition of other APs and transmitting a blocking signal if it does not allow other APs to use an... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068844 | Arrangements for beam refinement in a wireless network In some embodiments a beamforming method is disclosed. The method can include transmitting a beam having a channel defined by a maximum ration transmission vector (MRT) and receiving a first response from a receiver, where the first response has first information su... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064920 | Systems and methods for digital processing of satellite communications data A digital payload for processing a sub-band spectrum received on an uplink beam at a communications satellite includes a digital channelizer, a digital switch matrix and a digital combiner. The digital channelizer divides the sub-band spectrum into a plurality of fr... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060104 | Coexistence and incumbent protection in a cognitive radio network A method (300, 400) and a communication system (104, 106, 200) for dynamic RF spectrum allocation among a plurality of RF transmitters (108, 110, 112). A message can be received from a first communication system. The message can include a reques... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055266 | System and method for reducing interference and noise to improve wireless communications A method and system for monitoring data rate requests (DRRs) transmitted from an access terminal (AT) to an access network (AN). Each DRR includes a parameter indicating whether it is a null or non-null DRR. Upon the AT transitioning to a null-DRR state, the AT and ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041363 | Spectrum-adaptive networking The present invention increases the available spectrum in a wireless network by sharing existing allocated (and in-use) portions of the RF spectrum in a manner that will minimize the probability of interfering with existing legacy users. The invention provides inter... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041362 | Downlink resource allocation and mapping Embodiments of the present invention provide for downlink resource allocation among a plurality of users. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032147 | Apparatus and method for supporting mobility of wireless terminal in wireless communication network A method and apparatus for informing terminals in a UMTS regarding state information of an MBMS in order to prevent terminals from requesting a service that cannot be provided in a cell in which it is newly located. The mobile communication network informs the termi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023956 | Scheduling methods for connection-based, over-the-air, inter-system communications for wireless networks A method for communications between neighboring wireless cells such as wireless regional area networks operating according to IEEE 802.22 specifications. The method involves scheduling inter-base station communications for over-the-air connections to allow neighbori... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023957 | Dynamically managing and reconfiguring wireless mesh networks A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8010122 | Method of scheduling data transmission for a multi-carrier wireless communication system A method of scheduling at least one of a plurality of mobile stations for data transmission in a multi-carrier wireless communication system that includes scheduling at least one mobile station on at least one of a plurality of carriers of the multi-carrier wireless... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7957747 | Method and system for providing quick service access Provided are apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving quick access services. For example, a mobile terminal may receive a data stream containing a quick access service of a particular type. The quick access service may have a fixed Packet Identificatio... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949341 | Method and system for mobile receiver antenna architecture for world band cellular and broadcasting services A method for an antenna architecture that handles World band cellular and broadcast channels may be provided. The method may comprise receiving at a first radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) integrated within a mobile terminal, first signals via a first antenn... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7937090 | Shorthand connection identifier with embedded subfield A base station can communicate resource allocation to a wireless mobile station in an uplink map information element. The base station can identify destination mobile stations using a shorthand connection identifier. The base station parses the connection identifier... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937089 | Method, apparatus, and program product for provisioning secure wireless sensors We present technology that allows layman computer users to simply create, provision, and maintain secured infrastructure—an instant PKI. This technology can be used in a wide variety of applications including wired and wireless networks, secure sensor networks (su... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925270 | Antenna-to-base station selection system A wireless communication system has a plurality of base stations. The wireless communication system maintains a data structure that indicates wireless communication capacity for the base stations by time. The wireless communication system processes a user location a... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912473 | Method and apparatus for allocating radio resources in a mobile radio network A method and apparatus for allocating radio resources to an elastic session in a cell in a CDMA network is presented. The method comprises allocating, to the elastic session, a radio resource share corresponding to a reduced transmission rate wherein the reduction i... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907951 | Wireless communication system and base station Admission control wireless resources including abase station which obtains a down wireless resource available rate based on a down QoS requested bandwidth Bi requested by a terminal i during QoS communication and a data rate Ri which the termin... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7890116 | Adaptive beacon period in a distributed network A wireless communications network includes one or more wireless communications devices and a wireless transmission medium. The one or more wireless communications devices transmit beacon messages across the wireless transmission medium during a beacon period that is... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7881723 | Method for controlling voice gain in a communication terminal and apparatus of enabling the method Disclosed are a method for automatically controlling volume so that sending volume and receiving volume are equal in accordance with a communication network accessed at a communication terminal, and an apparatus for performing the method. The present invention recei... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848758 | Dynamic allocation of carrier frequencies in wireless wide area networks Methods and systems are provided for dynamic allocation of carrier frequencies in wireless wide area networks (WWANs). A first base station among a plurality of base stations in a WWAN determines that a level of load in a wireless coverage area exceeds a load thresh... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7844278 | Systems and methods for wireless communications with a heavily-loaded wireless network Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in wireless communication networks are provided. The congestion mitigation can include assignment of a new user class, a mobile station identifier, a mobile station identifier and a reserved traffic channel and/or an a... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7769389 | Method and system for predictive resource management in a wireless network An access point for a wireless network, such as a base transceiver station, might use a variety of different methods to allocate its resources among mobile stations. For example, the access point might vary the way it allocates available bandwidth among the mobile s... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7725110 | Dynamically managing and reconfiguring wireless mesh networks A wireless network with multiple subscriber systems in a lobe pool may operate by determining a state of the wireless network, identifying a new condition, the new condition including a new demand condition or a new network health condition, determining whether the ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715847 | Use of decremental assignments Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate dynamically assigning system resources in a wireless network environment by detecting a resource conflict between an existing resource assignment to one or more existing user devices and a new resource assignment for... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706805 | Delivery of time-sensitive data in a wireless network Embodiments of the invention include a method and software for pre-allocating bandwidth for time-sensitive data such as voice data, for allocating some of the pre-allocated bandwidth to calls, and for timely delivery of frames that include time-sensitive data such a... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702337 | Method and system for providing quick service access Provided are apparatuses and methods for transmitting and receiving quick access services. For example, a mobile terminal may receive a data stream containing a quick access service of a particular type. The quick access service may have a fixed Packet Identificatio... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7693526 | Enhanced load based wireless call admission control In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring utilization of an access medium relative to one or more access classes, receiving a QoS request. The QoS request identifies an access class. The method further includes computing a first allocation of an access medium ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689228 | Method and apparatus for providing in-band wireless backhaul Various embodiments are described to address the need for providing wireless backhaul that may reduce operator startup costs while avoiding some of the drawbacks present in the prior art approaches. Generally expressed, the wireless network equipment (WNE) (121 | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689227 | Method and apparatus for hashing over multiple frequency bands in a communication system Method and apparatus for hashing mobile stations to frequencies in a communication system. The method uses two-level hashing to assign a mobile station first to frequency band and then to a specific frequency within the frequency band. Embodiments allow for weights ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7676231 | Methods and apparatus for selecting communication channels based on channel load information Embodiments of methods and apparatus for selecting communication channels based on channel load information are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 03/09/2010 |
