Abstract:
A wireless local access network (WLAN) radio listens for a beacon for a listening duration on each of multiple channels. Periodically, the WLAN radio changes the channel on which the WLAN radio listens for a beacon. The WLAN radio rotates through all channels until an entire beacon period is listened to. The number of iterations is chosen to minimize the overlap of successive listening durations. The WLAN radio can detect a beacon by detecting an incomplete portion of a beacon.
Abstract:
In a multi-radio wireless device, a first radio and a second radio share a plurality of antennas. A MAC coordination engine may coordinate the activities of the first and second radios to facilitate the allocation of antennas to the radios. In at least one embodiment, the second radio is given priority over the first radio in the allocation of antennas. When the first radio desires to communicate, a number of antennas that is available for use may be determined. It may then be determined whether the communication should be permitted to proceed given the number of available antennas.
Abstract:
Techniques to control paging for fixed devices are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit, a device identifier component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to determine whether a device is a fixed or mobile device, and a paging component arranged for execution by the processor circuit to generate one or more control directives to modify paging parameters when the device is a fixed device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Abstract:
Embodiments of a multi-transceiver mobile communication device and methods for negative scheduling are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a broadband wireless access network (BWAN) transceiver of a multi-transceiver mobile communication device may transmit a negative scheduling (NS) request frame that includes time-related QoS parameters to a BWAN base station to request one or more negative allocation (NA) periods. In response, the base station may transmit a NS management response frame to indicate when NA periods are to occur during subsequent BWAN frames. The BWAN base station may also transmit a subsequent NS response frame to update the configuration of the NA periods including an indication of when a subsequent NA period is to occur.
Abstract:
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of tunneling data radio bearers via a wireless local area network link. For example, an Evolved Node B (eNB) may communicate with a User Equipment (UE) traffic of a plurality of Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) via a cellular link; establish an offloading tunnel between the UE and the eNB to tunnel the DRBs via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) link, the offloading tunnel including one or more User Datagram Protocol (UDP) tunneling connections configured to differentiate between the plurality of DRBs; and coordinate with the UE a handover of at least one DRB of the plurality of DRBs to the offloading tunnel.
Abstract:
An integrated WLAN/WWAN Radio Access Technology (“RAT”) architecture is described, in which signaling used to control the integration of the WLAN/WWAN architecture is performed over the Packet Data Convergence Protocol (“PDCP”) layer, and/or at other layers (e.g., a layer between the PDCP layer and the Internet Protocol (“IP”) layer). When involving the PDCP layer, non-standard PDCP packets, including variable length PDCP packets, may be used. The integrated architecture may provide a network controlled framework for performing traffic steering and radio resource management.
Abstract:
Technology for measuring link performance using multiple radio access networks (RANs) is described. Data packets of a flow can be received, at a mobile node via a first connection with the mobile node with a first RAN. An active measurement can be initiated when a Real-time Traffic Flow Measurement (RTFM) triggering condition occurs. A second connection can be formed with the mobile node with a second RAN. Selected packets of the flow can be received for the active measurement using the first RAN and using the second RAN. An RTFM execution event can be communicated to a virtual access network (VAN) to move the flow from the first RAN to the second RAN when the active measurement of the selected packets is received via the second RAN is greater than a selected threshold value.
Abstract:
The method (600) involves receiving a configuration of discontinuous reception (610) that is levelled with a multi-radio wireless device e.g. cell phone, from an evolved node B. The wireless device is arranged with a set of radio operated transmitter-receivers. The configuration of discontinuous reception is applied (620) to one of the set of radio operated transmitter-receivers. A shift period is selected (630) among a cycle of 2 milliseconds (ms), 5ms, and 8ms for long discontinuous reception cycle. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a multi-radio wireless device (2) a computer readable medium comprising instructions for performing an interference reduction method.
Abstract:
Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) to support Mission-Critical Machine Type Communication (MC-MTC) User Equipments (UEs) are disclosed herein. During a transmission notification (TN) monitoring period, the eNB may monitor for TN signals from MC-MTC UEs. When a presence of TN signals is detected, the eNB may refrain from allocation of dedicated MC-MTC traffic resources to other UEs for transmission during a traffic period. In response to a detection of an absence of TN signals from the first group of MC-MTC UEs during the TN monitoring period, the eNB may allocate the dedicated MC-MTC traffic resources to the other UEs for transmission during the traffic period. Starting times of the traffic period and the TN monitoring period may be spaced apart by a predetermined time difference. In some embodiments, the predetermined time difference for MC-MTC UEs may be not greater than 10 milliseconds.
Abstract:
A communication device comprises physical layer circuitry configured to transmit and receive radio frequency electrical signals to communicate directly with one or more separate wireless devices via a cellular network and a non-cellular network; and processing circuitry configured to: initiate transmission of a packetized message using a non-cellular communication channel and a cellular communication channel, wherein the packetized message includes a plurality of internet protocol (IP) packets; indicate in an IP header field of an IP packet of the plurality of IP packets that the IP packet includes a packet sequence number; and include packet sequence numbers in the IP packets.