Motorola Corporation

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy

Motorola Mobility LLC

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Google Inc.

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy

Trading Technologies International, Inc.

Here Global B.v.

Mototola, Inc.

John McFarland Harris

Ronald Thomas Crocker

Sean S Kelley

Philip J Fleming

Jay P Jayapalan

Valentin Oprescu-Surcobe

Lee Michael Proctor

Thomas B Hart

Vijay G Subramanian

Ivan Vukovic

Robert Davis Battin

Paul Stephens

Michael J Burns

Mark D Hetherington

Guang Han

John C Kay

Hua Xu

Lena Srey

Umamaheswar Achari Kakinada

Anatoly Agulnik

Stephen Lee Spear

Yuda Yehuda Luz

Paul M Erickson

Anatoly Andrianov

Leo Modica

Fan Wang

Jerome O Vogedes

Roy Yang

Joseph Schumacher

Christopher Robert Schmidt

Brian Moore

Matt J Dillon

Antoine S Iskandar

Claire Sabine Randriamasy

Sean Michael McBeath

Tyler A Brown

Gaurav Gupta

Rajesh S Pazhyannur

Donald G Newberg

Daniel Richard Tayloe

Dean E Thorson

Hao Bi

Mark L Shaughnessy

Mika Forssell

Irfan Ali

Jonathan Henry Gross

Shawn Wesley Hogberg

Guenther Horn

James A Marocchi

Daniel J Declerck

Nandakishore A Albal

Mark J Marsan

Bradley Robert Schaefer

Maximilian Riegel

Rangsan Leelahakriengkrai

Stanley J Benes

Richard Lionel Bennett

Shreesha Ramanna

Joseph Alan Tobin

Manivannan Thyagarajan

Ajoy Kumar Singh

Philipp Frank

Gary Edwin Western

Akila Srinivasan

Michael J Bach

William N Shores

Robert S Nikides

Nai Sum Wong

Steve Lawrence Sheya

Matthew James Dillon

Dan Zhang

Jyoti Black

Kris K Martinovich

Phil Fleming

Peter Lin

Eric K Crane

Sania Irwin

Alan Jette

Yiannis Argyropoulos

Nol Rananand

Carsten Ritterhoff

Swaminathan Anantha

Patrycja Bukowiecka

Deepak Pengoria

J Christopher Stanaway

Alok H Jhamnani

Jesus Gonzalez

Jessy Varghese

Shalabh Kakkar

Sharon W Tung

Donivon Hettich

Daniel De Clerck

Scott R Clapp

Eric Tsou

Antti Matti Juhani Kuurne

Heli Katja Marjaana Silvennoinen

Anatoly Adrianov

Ashley Herr

Nandakishore Albal

Jason Shy

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for selective over the air reconfiguration of unicast MBSFN are provided. One method may include detecting whether a system is physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited. When it is detected that the system is physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited, the method may include reducing a percentage of subframes that are using unicast multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN). When it is detected that the system is not physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) limited, the method may include increasing the percentage of subframes that are using unicast multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN).

Selective over the air reconfiguration of unicast multimedia broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN)

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate indication of support for communication protocols. In particular, certain wireless systems that use handover may use selective proprietary protocol support indication removal. A method can include determining protocol support based on a first configuration received from the source access node. The method can also include determining whether to continue, after a handover, using a proprietary protocol based on whether a first configuration remains unchanged. The method can further include using or ceasing from using the proprietary protocol based on the determination.

Selective proprietary protocol support indication removal

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for utilizing uplink (UL) CoMP helper data are provided. One method includes setting, by a network node serving a user equipment, a priority for a helper data request of an uplink transmission of the user equipment. The setting may include setting the priority based on a specific history of the user equipment. The method may also include sending the helper data request to another network node and, optionally, sending the priority set for the helper data request to said another network node.

Methods and apparatuses for performing uplink coordinated multi-point communication

Various communication systems may benefit from an improved signaling protocol. For example, an application layer traffic optimization protocol or an over-the-top protocol may benefit from improved signaling in dealing with unattended data. A method, in certain embodiments, may include sending congestion information of a first access point as part of the application layer traffic optimization from a network entity to a user equipment. The congestion information can comprise a first congestion level relating to a first radio interface message value at the first access point and a second congestion level relating to a second radio interface message value at the first access point. In addition, the user equipment may be configured to determine a current level of congestion at the first access point based on the first congestion level, the first radio interface messaging value, the second congestion level, and the second radio interface messaging value.

Enhanced unattended data in application layer traffic optimization

Various communication systems may benefit from an improved signaling protocol. For example, an application layer traffic optimization protocol or an over-the-top protocol may benefit from improved signaling in dealing with unattended data. A method, in certain embodiments, may include sending congestion information of a first access point as part of the application layer traffic optimization from a network entity to a user equipment. The congestion information can comprise a first congestion level relating to a first radio interface message value at the first access point and a second congestion level relating to a second radio interface message value at the first access point. In addition, the user equipment may be configured to determine a current level of congestion at the first value, the second congestion level, and the second radio interface messaging value.

Network insights may be useful in various communication networks. For example, certain cellular or similar networks may benefit from the delivery of cellular network insights to subscriber devices through service set identifier (SSID). A method can include detecting, by a device, at least one advertised value of non-cellular access, wherein the at least one advertised value is received by the device over a cellular system information block message. The method can also include extracting, from the at least one advertised value, at least one cellular network insight for a cellular network condition.

Delivery of cellular network insights to subscriber devices through SSID via cellular system information block

Various communication systems may have various mechanisms for handling data loss. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from appropriate handling of uplink coordinated multipoint helper data loss on a subset of symbols within a transmission time interval. A method can include receiving helper data corresponding to a portion of an uplink subframe. The method can also include performing coordinated multipoint processing on the portion of the uplink subframe using the helper data.

Coordinated multipoint communication

Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for preempting simultaneous control plane ('C-Plane') load processing collisions, the method including the steps of detecting, by an application server, a number of user equipment ('UE') on a cell which is served by a C-Plane processing pool for a group call, determining, by the application server, whether the number of UEs served by the C-Plane processing pool for the group call is greater than a threshold value and adapting, by the application server, the group call to reduce the number of UEs served by the C-Plane processing pool to be simultaneously transitioned into radio resource control (&#x201c;RRC&#x201d;) connected.

Method and apparatus for pre-empting evolved node B control plane collisions

Various communication systems may benefit from appropriate prioritization of users and/or devices. For example, wireless communication systems may benefit from multi-subscription network prioritization, such as systems for prioritizing subscribers with multiple subscriptions that are using fewer devices than they have subscriptions. A method can include determining that a device is associated with a plurality of subscriptions. The method can also include determining at least one related device is not in use, wherein the at least one related device is associated with same plurality of subscriptions. The method can further include assigning a higher priority to the device based on the determinations that the device has the plurality of associated subscriptions and has at least one related device not in use.

Multi subscription network prioritization

Various embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for preempting simultaneous control plane ('C-Plane') load collisions from simultaneous user equipment ('UE') releases on a group call, the method including the steps of determining, by an Evolved Node B (&#x201c;eNB&#x201d;), whether at least one of a plurality of UEs has data activity, determining, by the eNB, whether a simultaneous C-Plane simultaneous UE release condition has been met and setting, by the eNB, an inactivity timer countdown value for each of the plurality of UEs using randomized values over a first time interval for the inactivity timer countdown value.

Certain example embodiments may generally relate to multi-security levels/traffic management across multiple network function instantiations, including virtualized network function instantiations. A method may include configuring a first instantiation of a first network function to provide a first type of security. The method may also include configuring a second instantiation of the first network function to provide a second type of security that is different than the first type of security. The method may further include allocating at least some of the subscriber traffic to the first instantiation.

Multi-security levels/traffic management across multiple network function instantiations

Systems and techniques for configuring a wireless base station. A wireless base station enters a configuration mode including less than full cellular functionality, receives neighboring cell information at least one neighbor cell in the vicinity of the wireless base station using communications requiring less than full cellular functionality by the wireless base station, and entering an operational mode including full cellular functionality, using a configuration based at least in part on the neighboring cell information.

Methods and apparatus for automatic configuration of a wireless access point

A traffic adjustment or a traffic command, for example, is based on data congestion on a cellular network. Position data is received from a mobile device. A portion of a cellular network that corresponds to the position data is selected. The portion of the cellular network may be the geographic area covered by a cell. The network state of the portion of the cellular network is identified. A traffic device is also identified. The traffic device may be a traffic light or a variable speed sign. The traffic adjustment or traffic command for the traffic device is calculated based on the network state.

Traffic adjustment for variable network state

A system and method for managing offer and user equipment movement driven cell system load balancing that overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art. Network elements determine whether a user or user equipment in a first location is within a threshold distance of a second location of better coverage, which is separated from the first location by an intervening region of worse coverage. Upon such a determination, the network can provide a higher level of service as the user moves incrementally between the first and second locations.

System and method for managing user equipment movement driven cell system load balancing

A network access node (eNodeB for example) changing status from active to deactivated sends a message to a location server indicating the changed status. The location server collects from uplink messages indications of which of a plurality of cells have a deactivated status and stores this information in its local memory. Then the location server utilizes the stored indications to ensure that all cells in a list provided to a user equipment for location assistance will have an active status. In various embodiments: the message is sent only when the status is changed for energy saving purposes; a list of cells included in a location request message may have some deactivated cells so the location server sends a message to the eNodeB to activate deactivated cells in the list which is done prior to providing the list to a user equipment; and a partial-activation for a probing/beacon mode is disclosed.

Reactivating cells to improve positioning accuracy

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