Abstract:
A communication device that includes a femtocell base station and a mobile station transmitter/receiver. The femtocell base station may provide bidirectional internet protocol (IP) communication for one or mobile devices to a cellular network. The femtocell base station may be operable to communicate with the cellular network using a wide area network. The mobile station transmitter/receiver may be coupled to the femtocell base station (in a same housing). The mobile station transmitter/receiver may be operable to perform radio frequency (RF) wireless communication with the cellular network, e.g., to detect and/or report environmental parameters, performing testing (e.g., loopback testing), and/or provide communication for the one or more mobile devices (e.g., when the wide area network is down), among others.
Abstract:
A control channel encoder, e.g., in a UMB system, uses a channel structure that can efficiently transmit more information bits, yet achieve sufficient detection and false alarm performance. The control channel encoder uses tail-biting convolutional coding and Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC).
Abstract:
A preamble channel encoder, e.g., in a UHDR-DO system, uses a channel structure that can efficiently transmit more information bits, yet achieve sufficient detection and false alarm performance. The preamble channel encoder uses tail-biting convolutional coding and Cyclical Redundancy Check (CRC). The preamble channel structure can be used to encode, e.g., rate indicator bits, while a MAC identifier encoder, e.g., a Reed-Solomon encoder, is used to encode MAC identifier bits. The encoded rate indictor and MAC identifier bits can then be mapped to the appropriate tones in an OFDM encoding scheme.
Abstract:
A method for acquiring time synchronization and location information with a Femtocell includes an access point base station conveying an activation request to a service provider through a wired connection, where the service provider provides wireless communication in a macro area, and where the access point base station provides wireless communication in a local area. The method also includes the access point base station performing a first plurality of procedures to acquire a time synchronization and a second plurality of procedures to acquire a location of the access point base station.
Abstract:
A mixing unit includes a baseband signal processing unit, a radio frequency (RF) signal processing unit and a mixing unit. The baseband signal processing unit receives or generates a baseband signal. The RF signal processing unit processes or outputs a RF signal. The mixing unit is coupled to the baseband signal processing unit and the RF signal processing unit to select and operate in an up-convert mode or a down-convert mode according to a control signal. When the mixer operates in an up-convert mode, the mixing unit mixes the baseband signal with a local oscillation signal to generate the RF signal and outputs the RF signal to the RF signal processing unit. When the mixer operates in a down-convert mode, the mixing unit mixes the RF signal with the local oscillation signal to generate the baseband signal and outputs the baseband signal to the baseband signal processing unit.
Abstract:
A mobile communication device configured for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is provided. In the mobile communication device, a wireless module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a service network, and a controller module receives a message with a Slot Cycle Index (SCI) only for the M2M communications from the service network via the wireless module and instructs the wireless module to monitor a paging channel according to the SCI only for the M2M communications.
Abstract:
A signal amplifying circuit is provided. The signal amplifying circuit includes a signal amplifier and a control circuit. The control circuit includes a compare unit and a register unit. The compare unit compares an input signal of the signal amplifier with a reference signal to generate a compare signal. The register unit receives and registers a control signal to be transmitted to the signal amplifier, and provides a registered signal to the signal amplifier according to the registered control signal when the compare signal is changed.
Abstract:
Methods and wireless communication devices for access procedure enhancement are provided. The wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement includes a transceiver module and a communication protocol module. The transceiver module performs wireless transmissions and receptions. The communication protocol module receives a page message from a base station via the transceiver module, transmits at least one access probe via the transceiver module, and terminates the transmission of the rest of an access probe payload of the at least one access probe according to a termination criterion. Moreover, the access probe is transmitted using a transmission power which is lower than a first threshold, and the access probe is transmitted at a data rate lower than a second threshold.
Abstract:
Methods and wireless communication devices for access procedure enhancement are provided. The wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement includes a transceiver module and a communication protocol module. The transceiver module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a network. The communication protocol module divides an access channel into a plurality of narrow band frequency division multiplexing (FDM) channels, groups a plurality of reverse link FDM access channels (R-FACH) into a plurality of R-FACH groups, determines whether a base station in a network supports an access probe. If yes, the base station joins at least one R-FACH group. The wireless communication device sends the access probe in a chosen R-FACH during each access procedure.
Abstract:
A wireless communication system including a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver receives a frame of data, and sends an acknowledgement. The acknowledgement includes a positive acknowledgement (ACK) if the data is successfully decoded or a negative acknowledgement (NAK) if the data is unsuccessfully decoded. The acknowledgement is sent according to timing of an acknowledge mask. The transmitter is wirelessly coupled to the receiver, and receives the acknowledgement according to the acknowledge mask, and sends a response to the receiver according to the acknowledgement. The response includes, if an ACK is received before transmission completes of the frame, the transmitter terminates transmission of the frame; if a NAK is received before transmission completes of the frame, the transmitter continues to send the frame; and if an ACK is not received before a predefined frame early scheduling point, the transmitter retransmits the frame after transmission completes of the frame.