Abstract:
A method for transmitting data by a transmission node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a base station, a channel information request, transmitting, to the base station, a data packet based on a first channel information value received in response to the transmitted channel information request, and awaiting reception of a response packet indicating reception of the data packet from the base station, if the reception of the response packet fails during a predetermined time interval, detecting an energy level of a signal received in the predetermined time interval, and reconfiguring one of a transmitting method for the response packet and a transmitting method for a next data packet based on the detected energy level
Abstract:
In a wireless network formed of short range femtocells, each femtocell provides wireless connectivity to user equipment devices and the user equipment can move around the topographical range covered by the network by handing over to a neighbouring femtocell. Due to the limited range of a femtocell, there will be coverage gaps. If the device moves to a location not covered by a femtocell, it will try to connect to a macrocell of a different wide area cellular network until it is within range of another femtocell network. To minimise handovers from the femtocell network to the macrocell network, each femtocell is arranged to analyse historic log data to detect coverage gaps experienced by the user equipment as it moves along a user equipment route and try to close the gaps by increasing the coverage range of femtocells on either side of the coverage gap to close the gap.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for configuring a network in a terminal of a wireless communication system are provided. The network configuring method includes sending a reference message in a communication radius of the terminal; when receiving at least one ACKnowledge (ACK) message for the reference message, checking a node degree of each adjacent terminal which sends the ACK message, the node degree indicating the number of neighboring terminals of each adjacent terminal; forming an inner region and an outer region of the terminal based on an adjacent terminal of the greatest node degree among the adjacent terminals; determining a transmit power in the inner region and a transmit power in the outer region; and determining a final transmit power for configuring a network using the transmit power of the inner region and the transmit power of the outer region.
Abstract:
A data transmission method is provided. The method includes: receiving from a plurality of receiving stations, which include base stations and relay stations, a state information value corresponding to the receiving stations; measuring signal strength with respect to the receiving stations; selecting any one receiving station from among the receiving stations which have a great signal strength value obtained by measuring the signal strength and which have a small state information value; and transmitting data to the selected receiving station. Accordingly, radio resources can be prevented from ineffective use caused by relay transmission.
Abstract:
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile broadband routable internet (MBRI) providing for carrier-grade, networked, broadband, IP-routable communication among a plurality of mobile devices, where the mobile devices may represent a plurality of nodes that are linked together through a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Mobile devices may operate as peers in a peer-to-peer network, with full IP routing capabilities enabled within each mobile device, thereby allowing routing of IP-based traffic, including deployment of applications, to the mobile device without need for infrastructure conventionally required for mobile ad hoc networks, such as cellular telephony infrastructure. Full IP-routing to mobile devices may allow seamless integration to the fixed Internet, such as through fixed or mobile access points, such as for backhaul purposes. Thus, the MBRI may function as a standalone mobile Internet, without connection to the fixed Internet, or as an IP- routable extension of another network, whether it be the Internet, a local area network, a wide area network, a cellular network, a personal area network, or some other type of network that is capable of integration with an IP-based network.
Abstract:
A system and method for management of communication links between nodes in a wireless communication network (100). The system and method perform the operations of estimating an expected rate of change in the characteristics pertaining to communication over a communication link in the network (100), and assigning a value associated with the link based on the expected rate of change. The system and method also adjust the rate of change of the value associated with the link based on the condition of the link.
Abstract:
A wireless mesh network routes messages between a host computer and a plurality of field devices. The mesh network is synchronized to a global regular active schedule that defines active periods when messages can be transmitted or received by nodes of the network, and inactive periods when messages cannot be transmitted or received. Based upon messages to be sent by the host computer to selected field devices, the network is controlled to selectively maintain active those nodes required to route messages to the selected field devices. Those required nodes are maintained in an active state as long as communication with the selected field devices continues, while other nodes are allowed to return to a low power inactive state. When communication between the host computer and the selected field devices is no longer required, the entire network is allowed to enter the low power inactive state.
Abstract:
A control system uses a wireless mesh network to provide communication between a host computer and field devices. The host and the field devices communicate with one another using wireless messages containing requests and responses that are routed through the wireless mesh network. The wireless messages include sequence information that allow the receiving device to identify and reject messages that are received out of order.
Abstract:
The performance and ease of management of wireless communications environments is improved by a mechanism that enables access points (Aps, 12) to perform automatic channel selection. A wireless network (10) can therefore include multiple APs, each of which will automatically choose a channel such that channel usage is optimized. Furthermore, APs can perform automatic power adjustment so that multiple APs can operate on the same channel while minimizing interference with each other. Wireless stations (16) are load balanced across APs so that user bandwidth is optimized. A movement detection scheme provides seamless roaming of stations between APs.
Abstract:
A main aspect of the invention is based on the idea that a higher degree of freedom in the forwarding process can be obtained by investigating which destinations and/or flows that are represented in a transmitting node (100) and selecting relay direction through a wise choice of destination and/or flow. In effect, the forwarding algorithm proposed by the invention jointly selects i) relay node among multiple relay candidate nodes and ii) at least one of a) flow among multiple flows and b) destination among multiple destinations. The transmitting node then selects a set of information heading for a selected destination and/or belonging to a selected flow from the transmit queue (110), and finally transmits the selected information to the selected relay node (200). The joint selection process is often based on cost progress, and maybe even forward progress in geographic distance. It is however also possible to consider e.g. QoS (Quality of Service) aspects and fairness criteria in the selection process.