Abstract:
A method of the present invention is used for simultaneous transmission and/or reception of multiple different communication resources, with frequency allocations (FA1...FA8) and (FAA...FAH). A radio frequency device (901) of the present invention comprises a transmitter (903) which comprises a modulator (905) and a receiver (907) which comprises a demodulator (909) with frequency and time assignment as shown. Combined frequency and time division multiplexing is used for the transmission, for example, FA1, FA2, FA5, and FA8 are handled using a FDM technique. Frequency allocations FA3 and FA4 are combined into a single TDM resource.
Abstract:
In a communication system (100) where a remote unit is given a time offset for a base station (102) and hands off to the base station (102) if the remote unit (113) can acquire the base station within a time window surrounding the time offset, a remote unit (113) utilizes the time offset of each base station (supplied by a serving base station (101) via downlink communication signal (116)) and searches for neighboring base stations within the time window surrounding its PN offset. The time window surrounding an individual base station's PN offset is allowed to vary depending upon whether the communication system (100) is time synchronized. In particular, a base station (101) supplies the remote unit (113) with an indication that the communication system (100) is operating in a synchronized or an unsynchronized mode, and the remote unit (113) varies the time window (search window) accordingly.
Abstract:
A method of maintaining call quality in a communication system by communicating between a base site (101) and a communication unit (113) on a first channel. The communication unit (113) monitors the downlink communication signal (116) transmitted by the base site (101) and determines a characteristic of the first channel. The communication unit (113) is then handed off to a second channel having a less aggressive reuse pattern, based on the characteristic of the first channel.
Abstract:
Un emplacement de base (304) combine un saut de fréquence dans la bande de base avec un saut de fréquence à synthétiseur rapide pour produire un système de communication à saut de fréquence économique (300). L'emplacement de base (304) combine la capacité de saut de fréquence à synthétiseur rapide des émetteurs (307-309) avec le saut de fréquence dans la bande de base pour produire un système de communication à saut de fréquence (300) qui dessert le même nombre d'abonnés desservi par les émetteurs (208-213) dans un système de communication à saut de fréquence exclusivement dans la bande de base (200), mais avec un nombre réduit d'émetteurs (307-309). La mise en oeuvre de cavités sélectives en fréquence (312-317) possédant une très faible perte élimine le besoin d'utiliser des combineurs hybrides à large bande (112-114), ce qui élimine à son tour la perte de puissance du signal transmis se produisant dans un système de communication à saut de fréquence exclusivement à synthétiseur rapide (100).
Abstract:
A wide area network assisted multimedia content delivery system (200) includes a first wide area network handset (205) and a second wide area network handset (207) having one or more transceivers (208) for exchanging information over the wide band network as well as multimedia information via an ad hoc communication. A wide area base unit (201) is used for communicating with the first wide area network handset (205) and second wide area network handset (207) where a content distribution broker (203) associated with the wide area base unit (201) is used for brokering multimedia content (audio, video and text data) between the first wide area network handset (205) and the second wide area network handset (207). The transceiver (208) operates to exchange multimedia content in an ad hoc communication directly between the first wide area network handset (205) and second wide area network handset (207) when within a predetermined proximity.
Abstract:
A method in a communication network entity, for example, a push-to-talk/anything server, for content sharing in a group communication session including obtaining (210) participant information from a plurality of group participants, determining (220) common group information based on the group participant information obtained, and sending (230) the common group information to the group participants, wherein the group participants format content based on the common group information before communicating content to other participants of the group session.
Abstract:
A wireless mobile terminal (10) and method for utilizing digital broadcast content records (204) selected digital broadcast content as received, for example, by a digital broadcast receiver (16) and provides editing of the selected digital broadcast content based on digital rights management data to generate customized clips of information. The selected digital broadcast content is edited (206) to produce mobile terminal edited digital broadcast content that may be, for example, distributed (208) by the mobile terminal to a plurality of peer devices. A broadcast content editor (24) allows for the editing of clips of content wherein the edited clips are then stored in memory as recorded clips for distribution by the mobile terminal. In another embodiment, a network element is remotely controlled by the mobile terminal to effect editing through the mobile terminal at the network element.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for mitigating the impact of lost data due to cell reselection for mobile stations operating in packet data transfer mode is described. A mobile station may perform cell reselection 2 to 4 times per minute when located in an urban area, even if the mobile station remains stationary. A mobile station moving through a communications network (100) may cross over various cell and routing area boundaries. Further, a mobile station operating in push-to-talk mode may lose up to 8 seconds of data when reselecting a cell in a new routing area. A serving cell transmits an information element (301, 303, 305) in which the mobile station is informed whether cells in its neighbor list are in the same routing area as its serving cell. If the radio link to the serving cell is acceptable then the mobile station avoids reselection to cells outside its serving cell routing area.
Abstract:
A method (300, 400) of and server (200) for providing assistance with control of a communications unit, the method comprising receiving an instruction message (303) via a network that corresponds to voiced instructions from the communications unit; converting the voiced instructions to control commands (309); providing a control message corresponding to the control commands (313); and sending the control message to the communications unit (315), thereby assisting with the control of the communications unit.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus dynamically assigns each of a plurality of different information streams associated with one wireless communication unit (12a), to independent communication resources from different communication resource pools from each of a plurality of different wireless network elements (14a-14n), based on, for example, quality of service requirement data determined for each of the information streams. As such, the wireless communication unit (12a) may establish two or more separate links using two or more completely independent radio resources from different wireless base stations in the same system.