Qualcomm Incorporated

Peter Hans Rauber

Andrei Dragos Radulescu

Sanjiv Nanda

Mehmet Yavuz

Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap

Damanjit Singh

Jen Mei Chen

Gavin Bernard Horn

Aziz Gholmieh

Farhad Meshkati

Lijun Zhao

Parag Arun Agashe

Amer Catovic

Gerardo Giaretta

Chirag Sureshbhai Patel

Ravindra Manohar Patwardhan

Chandrasekhar Therazhandur Sundarraman

George Cherian

Jun Wang

Srinivasan Balasubramanian

Sumeeth Nagaraja

Sharad Deepak Sambhwani

Anand Palanigounder

Stein Arne Lundby

Matthew Stuart Grob

Rohit Kapoor

Yeliz Tokgoz

Bibhu P Mohanty

Brian K Butler

Chirag Dipak Patel

Gerhard Reitmayr

Yinian Mao

Baaziz Achour

Sanjay K Jha

Michael Gervautz

Qi Pan

Zsolt Szalavari

Peter Carson

Damanji Singh

Winston Yll

Local IP access paging schemes facilitate paging of an access terminal when packets destined for the access terminal are received via local IP access. In some implementations, a local entity acquires information that enables local paging of the access terminal by sniffing messages passing through the local entity. In some implementations, a local entity sends a packet or message to cause the core network to page an access terminal when a local IP access packet destined for the access terminal arrives at the local entity.

Paging for local IP access packets

Methods, devices, processors and computer program products for mobile terminal-based Radio Resource Management (RRM) and network optimization. The mobile terminal measures or otherwise obtains radio condition measurements (such as received power, interference, mobile transmit power and the like) and/or geographical location measurements. The radio condition measurements and/or location measurements are compared against historical data and/or target Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and, based on the comparison, a determination can be made as to whether adjustment of RRM parameters is warranted. By providing for RRM management at the mobile terminal level, as opposed to a cell or Radio Network Controller (RNC) level, better granularity of management is realized in the overall radio network. Further, individual mobile terminals can better tailor their radio resource needs to meet their conditions of use and, as such, better overall service can be realized by the individual mobile terminals in the network.

Methods and apparatus for mobile terminal-based radio resource management and wireless network optimization

According to some wireless network standards the size of a neighbor cell list is restricted to a maximum size. The limited size of a neighbor cell list may not reflect the realities of a wireless network deployment, especially for deployments including numerous femto cells clustered in close proximity. Accordingly, as the concentration of macro cells and/or femto cells in an area increases, there lies a challenge to identify and communicate neighbor lists to user devices that reflect the arrangement of a particular portion of the deployment and the needs of the user devices. Various systems, methods and apparatus described herein are configured to provide a user device or a group of user devices a neighbor cell list that includes neighbor cell identifiers chosen from a candidate list.

Systems, methods and apparatus configured to manage neighbor cell lists

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for selecting a part of SLAM map information of a first device for transmission to a second device in a collaborative SLAM environment. In one embodiment, the functions implemented include: determining whether a 3D registration transformation between a map of the first device and a map of the second device is available; and transmitting a part of map information of the first device to the second device according to one of a first strategy or a second strategy based on whether or not a 3D registration transformation between the map of the first device and the map of the second device is available.

Selection strategy for exchanging map information in collaborative multi-user SLAM systems

Methods, systems, devices, apparatus and computer-program products are defined for reconciling different versions of media content lists that concurrently exist in a communication network. The merged media content lists are based on foreseen user expectations, taking into account typical user behavior. The merged media content lists includes the merge of media content acquisition priority lists that are maintained and routinely updated by the associated media content user.

Methods and apparatus for reconciling versions of media context lists in communications networks

Aspects are disclosed for facilitating a hand-in to a femto cell. An identifier is assigned to a femto cell in which the identifier is based on a scrambling parameter and a timing parameter. A relationship between the identifier and the femto cell is then communicated. In another embodiment, a user equipment report is received, which includes attributes related to a signal broadcast by a femto cell. An identifier associated with the femto cell is ascertained from an attribute included in the report. The femto cell is then identified based on the identifier. In a further embodiment, a timing parameter is received, and a scrambling parameter is set. A signal including the scrambling parameter is then broadcast according to an offset related to the timing parameter. In yet another embodiment, a femto cell is detected during an active call. An identifier associated with the femto cell is then ascertained and reported.

Method and apparatus for facilitating a hand-in of user equipment to femto cells

An apparatus and method for mobile search using search triggers including establishing a search state for a mobile search; defining a search scheduler based on the search state; determining to collect a search trigger for the search scheduler based on the search state; updating the search state using the collected search trigger and in accordance with the search scheduler; and performing a search for a search type based on the updated search state and in accordance with the search scheduler.

Apparatus and method for mobile search based on search triggers

Access by a mobile station to a femto access point (FAP) of a wireless communication system is controlled by an enforcement point in response to mobile station authorization data provided from a storage point that is remote from the FAP. The authorization data is provided in response to FAP authentication data. The authentication data may include a FAP identifier and a message authenticator that the FAP generates by hashing shared secret information. The storage point may provide the authorization data in response to determining that the message authenticator is a hash of the shared secret information.

Femtocell access control

An access point is identified based on a plurality of pilot signatures. Here, in addition to transmitting a pilot signal that is encoded (e.g., spread/scrambled) using a particular pilot signature, an access point transmits a message that includes at least one indication of at least one other pilot signature. For example, an access point may use one PN offset to generate a pilot signal and transmit a message that identifies at least one other PN offset. An access terminal that receives the pilot signal and the message may then generate a pilot report that identifies all of these pilot signatures. Upon receiving a handover message including this pilot-related information, a target network entity with knowledge of the pilot signatures assigned to that access point may then accurately identify the access point as a target for handover of the access terminal.

Access point identification based on multiple pilot signature indicators

A deployment and distribution model improves content delivery with a business incentive for placement of kiosks with one or more wireless access points in public locations so that portable media players (PMPs) can receive media content (e.g., audio, video, text, haptic content, etc.). In addition, coordination between subscribing users of PMPs, vendors who provide kiosks, and a network central controller of a content distribution system allow for prepositioning of video content at the kiosks through economically desirable low data rate communication links from the network (e.g., dial-up modem, DSL, etc.); coordinated queuing of downloads (e.g., partial downloads) between kiosk to PMP, peer-to-peer (P2P) downloading between PMPs, and uploads from PMP to kiosk; billing/crediting to correspond with such participation in the distribution; and changing priority/selection of prepositioning of content at kiosks to reflect a clientele profile.

Deployment and distribution model for improved content delivery system

A method for reducing interference to wireless communication devices is disclosed. A proximity of a wireless communication device to a base station is determined. The proximity of the wireless communication device is compared with a proximity threshold and based on the comparison, access to a femtocell may be granted to a restricted/non-CSG (closed subscriber group) wireless communication device. The method also includes causing a registration response to be sent to the wireless communication device based on the comparison.

Proximity based access control

A heterogeneous communication system enables femto Access Points (APs) to advertise handoff related information on a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), such as for receipt by a multi mode mobile device (e.g., a mobile device capable of operation on a plurality of RATs), wherein the handoff related information permits the multi mode mobile device to identify the femto access point on a second RAT. The multi mode mobile device can be connected to a macro node (e.g., a macro base station, an evolved Base Node, etc.) using the first RAT via a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) air-interface (e.g., 1&#xd7;, HRPD, eHRPD), while independently reading/decoding overhead messages on the second RAT for connection thereto (e.g., connection to the femto access point on the second RAT.) The second RAT can be another WWAN, a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) or a Personal Access Network.

Systems and methods of advertising handoff

Message-based exchange of access point pilot signature indicators

A network can send cell reselection criteria to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal measures or otherwise obtains radio condition measurements (such as received power, interference, mobile transmit power and the like) and/or geographical location measurements. The mobile can maintain a history of the cell selection criteria and/or measurements. The radio condition measurements are compared against historical data and/or cell reselection criteria and, based on the comparison; the mobile terminal can initiate cell reselection.

Growing community of inventors

San Diego, CA, United States of America

Peter Hans Rauber