Thomson Licensing

Alcatel

Stan Claes

Frank Ryckebusch

Dirk Van De Poel

Geert Van Den Bossche

Lieven Gesquiere

Bart Desplanques

Stephen Vincent

Stephen Parker

Kurt Vandenbergh

The present invention concerns a networking device comprising interfacing means for accessing a first network or a second network, and comprising identifying means for detecting an access to the first network, and selecting means for picking an access among a plurality of accesses to the first network for accessing a third network.

Method and device for identifying and selecting an interface to access a network

The present invention concerns a cellular base station and a method, at the cellular base station for checking the presence of a mobile device in a cell, the mobile device having previously camped on the cell, the method comprising sending a message to the mobile device for obtaining a connection request from the mobile device, and if a connection request is received, sending a connection reject message to the mobile device.

Method for checking the presence of a mobile device in a cell

The present invention concerns a device and method for suspending and renewing the authorization to a wireless station to use a service on the device. The device comprises wireless communication means, a memory and at least one service for access by at least one station also comprising wireless communication means, means for authenticating the wireless station, means for authorizing the authenticated station to access one of the at least one service. The device comprises means for suspending the authorized station to access the service; and in response to a user request on the device, renewing the access authorization to the service by the suspended station, without requiring any user interaction on the station.

Method and device to suspend the access to a service

A modem for interconnecting a DSL line and a local bus comprises a DSL interface adapted to send and receive data on the DSL line at a DSL bandwidth selected from a first set of bandwidths, and a local bus interface adapted to operate at a local bus bandwidth selected from a second set of bandwidths so as to match the DSL bandwidth. In a first operating mode, the modem reserves as much as possible of a predetermined local bus bandwidth and then synchronizes the DSL line to a matching mode. In a second operating mode, the modem synchronizes the DSL line to a predetermined bandwidth and then reserves a matching local bus bandwidth or, if impossible, adopts a bulk transfer mode.

DSL modem and method for establishing a data transfer mode therefore

A channel characteristic of a transmission channel between a remote terminal and a central office is estimated by collecting information in the remote terminal, transferring this information from the remote terminal to the central office and matching the received information at the central office with a channel and remote terminal simulation model. The values of parameters of the latter simulation model, which define the channel characteristic to be estimated, are determined as a result of the matching process. The information collected by the remote terminal typically is information that is automatically collected by the remote terminal for operational purposes, such as equalizer setting and bit allocation.

Method and arrangement to estimate transmission channel characteristics

The invention concerns a mounting assembly for releasably mounting a housing of an electronic device on a surface such as a wall or a piece of furniture, comprising receiving means to be arranged on said surface, and engaging means to be arranged on the housing for engaging with said receiving means, wherein said receiving means cooperate with at least one ventilation recess of the housing to lock said housing on the mounting assembly. The invention also concerns a corresponding electronic device and a method for fabricating a mounting assembly.

Mounting assembly for an electronic device, such as a modem

A channel characteristic of a transmission channel between a remote terminal and a central office is estimated by collecting information in the remote terminal, transferring this information from the remote terminal to the central office and matching the received information at the central office with a channel and remote terminal simulation model. The values of parameters of the latter simulation model, which define the channel characteristic to be estimated, are determined as a result of the matching process. The information collected by the remote terminal typically is information that is automatically collected by the remote terminal for operational purposes. such as equalizer setting and, bit allocation.

A channel characteristic of a transmission channel (CHANNEL) between a remote terminal (RT) and a central office (CO) is estimated by collecting information in the remote terminal (RT), transferring this information from the remote terminal (RT) to the central office (CO) and matching the received information at the central office (CO) with a channel and remote terminal simulation model. The values of parameters of the latter simulation model, which define the channel characteristic to be estimated, are determined as a result of the matching process. The information collected by the remote terminal (RT) typically is information that is automatically collected by the remote terminal (RT) for operational purposes such as equaliser setting, bit allocation, and so on.

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Mechelen, Belgium

Stan Claes