Lucent Technologies Inc.

Alcatel-lucent USA Inc.

Alcatel Lucent

Kenneth Carl Budka

Arnab Das

Krishna Balachandran

Joseph H Kang

Kamala Murti

Wei Luo

Doru Calin

Michael F Dolan

Kameswara Rao Medapalli

Yinglu Zhang

Minothi Parulekar

Tingfang Ji

Sanjiv Nanda

Thomas P Chu

Robert Ellis Richton

Daniel R Jeske

Tewfik Doumi

Oded Hauser

Guenter Wolf

Bruno Ludwig

Wolfgang Lesch

Klaus Wirth

Hans-Peter Schefczik

Methods, systems, and apparatuses dynamically setting up bearers to support Internet protocol (IP) multicast traffic in various networks are provided. The method may be performed by joining an IP multicast group in response to receiving a request to initiate an IP multicast transmission session within a network, the request including at least one transmission session parameter; determining at least one synchronization area within the network for the IP multicast transmission session of the request based at least in part on the at least one transmission session parameter; and initiating an IP multicast transmission session between an application server and at least one user equipment end-point within the at least one synchronization area.

Multicast session setup in networks by determining a multicast session parameter based on a pre-existing unicast session parameter

The method for throttling uplink traffic in a wireless communication system includes inserting an unassigned state flag in a downlink time slot. A state flag indicates, when assigned, which mobile station should transmit during an uplink time slot associated with the downlink time slot.

Method of throttling uplink traffic in a wireless communication system

A push-to-talk ('PTT') group call system, for use as, e.g., a public safety wireless network, includes a CDMA-based 1x-EVDO radio access network operably connected to a PTT server over an IP network. The radio access network includes base stations for radio communications with a number of distributed mobile stations. In carrying out wireless communications, the group call system combines IP-based voice and other real-time multimedia services with the 1x-EVDO radio access network's Broadcast Multicast Service. This allows a number of users to receive the same copy of an IP-based media stream for point-to-multipoint, group transmissions. To reduce call setup times, the group call system uses 'standing' call groups, which are ongoing group communication channels pre-established between the PTT server and authorized group users. Thus, mobile stations link to one or more standing call groups of interest upon power-up, prior to users speaking.

Push-to-talk group call system using CDMA 1x-EVDO cellular network

A method for scheduling transmissions to a plurality of users in a communication network determines a satisfaction metric and a dissatisfaction metric for each user in a given timeslot that is to be used for a next scheduled transmission to one of the users. Each user is assigned a weight based on a value of at least one of the user's satisfaction metric, the user's dissatisfaction metric and a rate requested by the user. The use having the highest weight is selected to be served the next scheduled transmission in the given timeslot.

Method for scheduling transmissions in communication systems

In one embodiment of the method of adaptively selecting an airlink coding scheme in a telecommunications network, a coding scheme operating region is determined based on a currently used coding scheme and measurements representative of a block error rate. A block error coding scheme is determined based on the determined coding scheme operating region. In another embodiment of the method of adaptively selecting an airlink coding scheme in a telecommunications network, a first coding scheme is determined based on measurements representative of one or more conditional channel quality metrics, and a second coding scheme is determined based on measurements representative of a block error rate. One of the first and second coding schemes is selected as the coding scheme.

Link adaption in general packet radio service networks

A method and apparatus for providing differentiated quality of service (QoS) within a GPRS/EGPRS network environment. The invention advantageously uses one or more of a microscheduling technique, a peak picking technique and other techniques and methodologies to provide differentiated quality of service levels to users while maximizing total network throughput.

Scheduling method for quality of service differentiation for non-real time services in packet radio networks

In a method of tracking a user in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service, the network classifies groups of users into tracking areas. Movement of a user may be tracked as the user crosses a boundary between two tracking areas in the network. The method may enable a balance to be achieved between use of uplink overhead and the level or granularity of tracking desired, so as to conserve radio resources.

Method for tracking users in a communication network

Methods for signaling information to a group of users in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service are described, in which one or more indicator bits of a sequence may be assigned to indicate transmission of signaling information that is related to the group. The sequence may be transmitted to the group on a first channel, with the signaling information related to the group being transmitted on a second channel.

Methods of receiving signaling information in a communication network supporting a broadcast-multicast service

A method of controlling link transmission parameters of a communication flow in a network caches one or more network parameters at the end of a first communication flow for an elapsed time, and adjusts the network parameters for controlling link quality and transmit power of a next communication flow based on an uncertainty that is caused by caching for the elapsed time. The state of a communication channel during a previous communication flow (connection) is used to determine network parameters to use at a future communication flow. When a connection begins, and the network does not know the ideal settings to use, the network defines a specified, elapsed time duration over which the state of a previous connection no longer can be trusted, i.e., an uncertainty period. Network parameters are adjusted to account for uncertainty caused by the elapsed time.

Methods of controlling link quality and transmit power in communication networks

Methods for signaling broadcast and multicast information in communication networks

Rather than transmitting a large full Broadcast-Multicast Services (BCMC) Parameters Message (BSPM) containing a full set of BSPM parameters pertaining to all active BCMC flows within a sector on an infrequent basis, smaller-sized differential or partial BSPMs are instead transmitted. Differential BSPMs contain updated information for existing flows or information for new flows, and because of their smaller size, can be transmitted more frequently than full BSPMs. A mobile terminal receiving a differential BSPM updates the flows with the information contained within the differential BSPM or adds the information contained within the differential BSPM for a new flow. Partial BSPMs divide the flow information contained in a large full BSPM over a plurality of smaller-sized partial BSPMs, which are separately and sequentially transmitted at different times. A mobile terminal receiving these partial BSPMs then reconstructs the full BSPM from a collection of received partial BSPMs.

Method of transmitting broadcast-multicast services parameters messages in a wireless communications system

A scheduler and a method for scheduling transmissions to a plurality of users in a communication network assigns a higher target minimum throughput for receiving a next transmission to a user based on a quality of service (QoS) class of the user. A token count that tracks the user's achieved performance relative to a target minimum throughput Is determined for each user in given timeslot, and a weight is determined for each user based on one or more of the token count and a current rate requested by the user. A user having the highest weight as determined by a weight function is scheduled to be served the next transmission. User priority for scheduling may be downgraded if an average data rate requested by the user is less than the target minimum throughput.

Scheduler and method for scheduling transmissions in a communication network

In a system having a base station transmitter for transmitting data blocks to one or more mobile stations over a radio link, there is a method for determining an uplink transmit power level at which to transmit a current data block over a radio link from the mobile to the base transmitter station. The method evaluates airlink quality measurements in the radio link over a measurement interval, wherein each time a message is sent to the mobile station, it is evaluated whether a specified number of uplink blocks have been transmitted by the mobile station since the start of the measurement interval. Based on the evaluated airlink quality measurement, the method determines the uplink transmit power level that the mobile should be using for the current block, and adjusts the transmit power level, if necessary, for the current block.

Uplink power control algorithm

Methods for tracking users in a communication network

A method and apparatus for increasing the accuracy and reliability of geolocation estimates for wireless communication networks devices includes calculating a geolocation estimate of a wireless communication device for a plurality of time periods, and selecting from the plurality of calculated geolocation estimates, a most reliable geolocation estimate of the wireless communication device.

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Kenneth Carl Budka