公开(公告)号：US08385316B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-26

申请号：US11774282

申请日：2007-07-06

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04J4/06

CPC分类号： H04W56/002 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. A peer to peer timing structure is implemented which includes a pattern of different types of time intervals including at least a peer discovery time interval and a traffic interval. A wireless communications device, supporting peer to peer operations stores the peer to peer timing structure information, accesses the stored information, and used the accessed information to determine an operation to be performed during a current time period. The operation is, e.g., a peer discovery operation, a peer to peer timing synchronization operation, a peer paging operation, or a peer to peer traffic signaling operation. Various exemplary relationships between the different types of intervals, including relative frequencies, relative durations, and spacing information, are described. Advantageous construction of the recurring peer to peer timing structure facilitates efficient utilization of air link resources and/or higher traffic data throughput capabilities.

摘要翻译： 描述了与对等通信网络相关的方法和设备。 实现对等定时结构，其包括不同类型的时间间隔的模式，包括至少对等体发现时间间隔和业务间隔。 支持对等操作的无线通信设备存储对等定时结构信息，访问所存储的信息，并使用所访问的信息来确定在当前时间段内要执行的操作。 操作是例如对等体发现操作，对等定时同步操作，对等寻呼操作或对等业务信令操作。 描述不同类型间隔之间的各种示例性关系，包括相对频率，相对持续时间和间隔信息。 重复的对等定时结构的有利构造有助于空中链路资源的有效利用和/或更高的业务数据吞吐能力。

公开(公告)号：US20120058745A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US12875333

申请日：2010-09-03

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Mathew Scott Corson

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Mathew Scott Corson

IPC分类号： H04M3/42

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/20 ,  H04L67/32 ,  H04M3/4878 ,  H04M2207/18 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to communicating advertisements and/or service announcements to devices in a communications system are described. In various embodiments mobile devices are used as mobile advertisement transmission platforms. Advertisements may be downloaded to the wireless communications device along with transmission constraints. Transmission of an advertisement is made when a transmission constraint, e.g., target audience constraint is satisfied. The wireless terminal may change its transmission frequency, coding rate and/or other transmission characteristics to satisfy a transmission constraint and/or optimize revenue. The mobile device reports advertisements transmissions to a network device, e.g., advertisement server and the owner of the device is compensated for the transmissions. Transmission constraints may involve a number of devices to be reached, the type of devices to be reached, and/or other constraints relating to the demographics of device users. Information may be obtained from peer discovery signals and used to determine if a constraint is satisfied.

摘要翻译： 描述了与通信系统中的设备通信广告和/或服务通告有关的方法和装置。 在各种实施例中，移动设备被用作移动广告传输平台。 广告可以与传输约束一起下载到无线通信设备。 当传输约束（例如目标受众约束）被满足时，进行广告的传输。 无线终端可以改变其传输频率，编码率和/或其他传输特性以满足传输约束和/或优化收入。 移动设备报告向网络设备（例如，广告服务器）的广告传输，并且该设备的所有者被补偿传输。 传输约束可能涉及要达到的多个设备，要达到的设备类型和/或与设备用户的人口统计特征有关的其他限制。 可以从对等体发现信号获得信息，并且用于确定是否满足约束。

公开(公告)号：US20120057646A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-08

申请号：US12875419

申请日：2010-09-03

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li

IPC分类号： H04L27/06 ,  H04L27/00

CPC分类号： H04W64/00 ,  G01S5/0289 ,  H04W4/021 ,  H04W4/20 ,  H04W28/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for communicating the location of a mobile wireless communications device are described. Codewords, e.g., values or sets of bits, are selected from a codebook mapping different codewords to corresponding pieces of location information. In a first approach location information is communicated by using codewords from different codebooks with the product, e.g., intersection of location information provided by the codewords, providing relatively detailed location information using relatively few bits. In a second approach user specific codebooks are defined for individual users. The codewords in the codebook corresponding to a particular user map to locations the individual specific user is likely to frequent. In another approach codewords are transmitted at different power levels and/or using different coding rates. Received codewords corresponding to a device may be used in combination to determine the location or refine the understanding of the device location.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于传送移动无线通信设备的位置的方法和装置。 代码字，例如值或位组，从将不同码字映射到对应的位置信息的码本中选择。 在第一种方法中，通过使用来自具有产品的不同码本的码字来传送信息，例如由码字提供的位置信息的交集，使用相对较少的位提供相对详细的位置信息。 在第二种方法中，为个人用户定义了用户特定的码本。 与特定用户对应的码本中的码字映射到个体特定用户的位置可能频繁。 在另一种方法中，码字以不同的功率电平和/或使用不同的编码速率被发送。 可以组合使用与设备相对应的接收码字来确定位置或改善对设备位置的理解。

公开(公告)号：US08902771B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-02

申请号：US13250930

申请日：2011-09-30

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： G01R31/08 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W92/18 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W52/16

CPC分类号： H04W72/1242 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W52/16 ,  H04W52/18 ,  H04W52/267 ,  H04W72/0473 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. Embodiments directed to methods and apparatus for establishing traffic data transmission rates and/or transmission power levels between wireless terminals is described. Embodiments direct to methods and apparatus of making decisions whether or not to transmit as a function of the received power of the received response signals are also described. Transmission of pilot signals after granting of a transmission request and a decision to transmit traffic data has been made occurs in some embodiments. Rate information to be used in determining a traffic rate may be received in response to the pilot signal from a peer to peer (P2P) device.

摘要翻译： 描述了与对等通信网络相关的方法和设备。 描述了用于在无线终端之间建立业务数据传输速率和/或传输功率电平的方法和装置的实施例。 还描述了根据接收到的响应信号的接收功率来决定是否发送的方法和装置的实施例。 在一些实施例中已经发生了在授予发送请求之后的导频信号的传输和传送业务数据的决定。 可以响应于来自对等（P2P）设备的导频信号来接收用于确定业务速率的速率信息。

公开(公告)号：US08811957B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-19

申请号：US12875333

申请日：2010-09-03

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Mathew Scott Corson

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Cyril Measson ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Junyi Li ,  Vincent D. Park ,  Mathew Scott Corson

IPC分类号： H04M3/42 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  H04M3/487 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0251 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L67/20 ,  H04L67/32 ,  H04M3/4878 ,  H04M2207/18 ,  H04W84/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to communicating advertisements and/or service announcements to devices in a communications system are described. In various embodiments mobile devices are used as mobile advertisement transmission platforms. Advertisements may be downloaded to the wireless communications device along with transmission constraints. Transmission of an advertisement is made when a transmission constraint, e.g., target audience constraint is satisfied. The wireless terminal may change its transmission frequency, coding rate and/or other transmission characteristics to satisfy a transmission constraint and/or optimize revenue. The mobile device reports advertisements transmissions to a network device, e.g., advertisement server and the owner of the device is compensated for the transmissions. Transmission constraints may involve a number of devices to be reached, the type of devices to be reached, and/or other constraints relating to the demographics of device users. Information may be obtained from peer discovery signals and used to determine if a constraint is satisfied.

摘要翻译： 描述了与通信系统中的设备通信广告和/或服务通告有关的方法和装置。 在各种实施例中，移动设备被用作移动广告传输平台。 广告可以与传输约束一起下载到无线通信设备。 当传输约束（例如目标受众约束）被满足时，进行广告的传输。 无线终端可以改变其传输频率，编码率和/或其他传输特性以满足传输约束和/或优化收入。 移动设备报告向网络设备（例如，广告服务器）的广告传输，并且该设备的所有者被补偿传输。 传输约束可能涉及要达到的多个设备，要达到的设备类型和/或与设备用户的人口统计特征有关的其他限制。 可以从对等体发现信号获得信息，并且用于确定是否满足约束。

公开(公告)号：US08270923B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-18

申请号：US12168714

申请日：2008-07-07

申请人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Junyi Li ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04B7/02

CPC分类号： H04B7/086 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0032 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04W72/08

摘要： To mitigate interference between multiple peer-to-peer devices, transmitter yielding and/or receiver yielding may be performed among devices operating in a peer-to-peer network. Generally, a transmitter device will yield communications on a time slot to a higher priority transmitter device if it will cause unacceptable interference to a higher priority receiver device. Likewise, a receiver device may yield use of the time slot if interference is unacceptably high. Both transmitter and receiver yielding may be improved by use of beamforming at a receiver device. By utilizing beamforming information to make the transmitter and/or receiver yielding decisions, better interference mitigation may be achieved.

摘要翻译： 为了减轻多个对等设备之间的干扰，可以在对等网络中运行的设备之间执行发射机的收发和/或接收机的收敛。 通常，如果发射机设备将对较高优先级的发射机设备产生对较高优先级的接收机设备的不可接受的干扰，则将在时隙上产生通信。 类似地，如果干扰不可接受地高，则接收机设备可以产生使用该时隙。 发射机和接收机的收敛都可以通过在接收机设备处使用波束成形来改善。 通过利用波束成形信息来使发射机和/或接收机产生决定，可以实现更好的干扰减轻。

公开(公告)号：US08041375B2

公开(公告)日：2011-10-18

申请号：US11930121

申请日：2007-10-31

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/1242 ,  H04W28/22 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W52/16 ,  H04W52/18 ,  H04W52/267 ,  H04W72/0473 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W92/18

摘要： Methods and apparatus related to peer to peer communication networks are described. Embodiments directed to methods and apparatus for establishing traffic data transmission rates and/or transmission power levels between wireless terminals is described. Embodiments direct to methods and apparatus of making decisions whether or not to transmit as a function of the received power of the received response signals are also described. Transmission of pilot signals after granting of a transmission request and a decision to transmit traffic data has been made occurs in some embodiments. Rate information to be used in determining a traffic rate may be received in response to the pilot signal from a peer to peer (P2P) device.

摘要翻译： 描述了与对等通信网络相关的方法和设备。 描述了用于在无线终端之间建立业务数据传输速率和/或传输功率电平的方法和装置的实施例。 还描述了根据接收到的响应信号的接收功率来决定是否发送的方法和装置的实施例。 在一些实施例中已经发生了在授予发送请求之后的导频信号的传输和传送业务数据的决定。 可以响应于来自对等（P2P）设备的导频信号来接收用于确定业务速率的速率信息。

公开(公告)号：US20100029216A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12195663

申请日：2008-08-21

申请人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

发明人： Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Rajiv Laroia ,  Thomas Richardson

IPC分类号： H04B7/26

CPC分类号： H04B7/2615 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for using different frequency bands are described. In some embodiments a first frequency band which is a licensed spectrum frequency band is used for peer discovery, device authentication, session establishment between peer devices and/or supporting an ongoing communications through control signaling. When available, a second frequency band, e.g., an unlicensed public frequency band is used for communicating data while the communications session is maintained using one or more control signals communicated in the first frequency band. Data and control signaling may be performed on a time division basis during a time period in which data is communicated.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用不同频带的方法和装置。 在一些实施例中，作为授权频谱频带的第一频带用于对等体发现，设备认证，对等设备之间的会话建立和/或通过控制信令支持正在进行的通信。 当可用时，使用在第一频带中传送的一个或多个控制信号来维持通信会话时，第二频带，例如，未许可的公共频带用于通信数据。 数据和控制信令可以在传送数据的时间周期内以时分方式执行。

公开(公告)号：US20090040996A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-12

申请号：US12246922

申请日：2008-10-07

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu ,  Aleksandar Jovicic

IPC分类号： H04J1/00

CPC分类号： H04W72/06 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W84/042 ,  H04W88/06

摘要： Methods and apparatus for supporting multiple modes of communication operation, e.g., with different parameters and/or frequency bands being used in the different modes of operation are described. One or more adjustments are made based on a signal or signals received in a first frequency band from a second communications device, e.g., an access router with reliable timing. The communications device selects between and operates in either the first frequency band, e.g., a WAN frequency band, or in a second frequency band, e.g., a LAN frequency band. The WAN and LAN frequency bands may be non-overlapping. One or more parameters used in the second frequency band have a predetermined relationship to one or more parameters used for communications in the first frequency band making the adjustment based on the signal received in the first frequency band relevant and useful to support communications in the second frequency band.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于支持多种通信操作模式的方法和装置，例如在不同的操作模式中使用不同的参数和/或频带。 基于来自第二通信设备（例如具有可靠定时的接入路由器）在第一频带中接收的信号或信号进行一个或多个调整。 通信设备在第一频带（例如，WAN频带）中或在第二频带（例如，LAN频带）中进行选择和操作。 WAN和LAN频段可能不重叠。 在第二频带中使用的一个或多个参数与用于第一频带中的通信的一个或多个参数具有预定关系，从而基于在第一频带中接收到的信号进行调整，该信号相关并且有助于支持第二频率中的通信 带。

公开(公告)号：US20090017843A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-15

申请号：US11775461

申请日：2007-07-10

申请人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu

发明人： Rajiv Laroia ,  Aleksandar Jovicic ,  Junyi Li ,  Thomas Richardson ,  Xinzhou Wu

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W76/14 ,  H04W68/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W76/11

摘要： Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate paging within a peer-to-peer communication network. A first wireless terminal monitors the paging channel of a wide area network. When a second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal, the second wireless terminal generates a paging message and transfers the message to the WAN, which routes the paging message to a base station. The base station uses its paging channel to send a paging message to the target first wireless terminal. The paging message indicates to the target first wireless terminal that the second wireless terminal intends to establish a peer-to-peer connection with the first wireless terminal. The paging message may further include parameters to be used to establish the peer-to-peer connection. Upon reception of the paging message, the second wireless terminal sends a signal directly to the first wireless terminal to start the direct peer-to-peer communication.

摘要翻译： 描述了促进对等通信网络内的寻呼的系统和方法。 第一无线终端监视广域网的寻呼信道。 当第二无线终端意图与第一无线终端建立点对点连接时，第二无线终端生成寻呼消息，并将该消息传送到WAN，将该寻呼消息路由到基站。 基站使用其寻呼信道向目标第一无线终端发送寻呼消息。 寻呼消息向目标第一无线终端指示第二无线终端旨在建立与第一无线终端的对等连接。 寻呼消息还可以包括用于建立对等连接的参数。 在接收到寻呼消息时，第二无线终端直接向第一无线终端发送信号以开始直接对等通信。