81 results about "Hybrid wireless network" patented technology

A gateway server manages connections in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The gateway server provides context information, such as an IP address, that is stored after being previously allocated to a mobile device in a previous connection to the WLAN. The gateway server reassigns the IP address to the mobile device after it reconnects to the WLAN after a disconnection, thus providing seamless roaming for the mobile device from WLAN to WLAN (or subnets within one WLAN) without requiring the user of the device to re-register. The gateway server also provides cluster information (e.g., as part of the context information) for a mobile device making a new connection to the WLAN, such as access privileges associated with the cluster of users of the mobile devices. The gateway server also provides load balancing among two or more WLAN's by directing a newly connection mobile device to another WLAN (or subnet), if less congestion results.

A system and method for providing cost-effective broadband mobile services using a hybrid wireless network consisting of wide-area cellular (“3G”) supplemented by hotspot caches are provided. The proposed architecture uses opportunistic access of high-bandwidth wireless hotspot to dramatically reduce the cost per MB of media delivered to mobile end-users. The system also uses a “semantic multicast routing” approach to caching and delivering media based on individual user profiles.

A hybrid wireless network system is disclosed. The hybrid wireless network system includes an antenna array, an analog subsystem, and a digital subsystem. The antenna array at least includes two antenna elements. In the case of using multiple antenna elements to extend link range and coverage, a coarse-fine method is included for antenna elements selection. The analog subsystem calculates a difference signal and a sum signal based on the two RF signals. The analog subsystem includes step leveling devices. The digital subsystem estimates a direction-of-arrival (DOA) based on the sum signal and the difference signal. The step-leveling devices receive weights from the digital subsystem, in form of a feedback control, to apply the weights on the two RF signals respectively. The digital subsystem repetitively calculates new weights to update a beam pattern formed by the two RF signals until the DOA approaches null.

An electronic data transport system includes a mobile access point and a carrier for moving the mobile access point over a surface and / or water route. The mobile access point includes a communications module for wirelessly transmitting data to and receiving data from one or more client devices when the client device is in proximity to the mobile access point.

Apparatus and methods for interference mitigation in a wireless network, such as e.g., a wireless LAN. In one embodiment, substantially centralized RF spectrum monitoring is used as a basis of enabling interference mitigation for, e.g., mobile units such as computer and smartphones within the wireless network.

The present disclosure provides a method and system for passing information required by a wireless procedure in a hybrid wireless network (300) before the procedure is invoked, the hybrid wireless network (300) having at least one radio access network (304, 306, 307) based on a first technology and a core network (302) based on a second technology. The hybrid network (300) implements a special mobile switching center (308) to be a “double agent” passing information between the mobile terminal (310, 320, 364) and entities in its core network (302). In the context of messaging, the message contents may be encoded, packaged, and decoded appropriately. The present disclosure does not introduce any changes to telecommunication standards such as the GSM and CDMA standards governing the messaging process.

A system for monitoring and managing emergency services sector resources includes a wireless communications device configured to establish a wireless network, a plurality of wireless nodes wirelessly connected to the wireless network, a user application, a message management and routing system configured to facilitate communications between the wireless communication device and the user application, and a user device configured to display information from the user application. Each wireless node of the plurality of wireless nodes is associated with an emergency services sector resource, and is configured to communicate information regarding the emergency services sector resource to the user application via the wireless communications device. The user device is configured to display information regarding the emergency services sector resource from the user application.

Aspects for seamless mobility of mobile terminals in a wireless network are described. The aspects include utilizing a reassociation request from a mobile terminal to identify need for an internetwork handover of the mobile terminal roaming in a wireless local area network (WLAN), and performing a protocol sequence in an access point (AP) for the mobile terminal to handle the internetwork handover to ensure connectivity of the mobile terminal while roaming.

The present invention supports a communication protocol on a wireless communication network to allocate network resources. The radio network controller maintains quality of service (QoS) profiles. A serving node determines the type of application in a communication call and determines a QoS policy it transmits to the radio network. The radio network identifies the QoS profile based on the received policy and allocates network resources before announcing the call to an access terminal.

Embodiments of a method and system are disclosed to pass SMS messages from a mobile operating in a CDMA Radio Access Network to a Hybrid MSC, and to route the SMS message from the Hybrid MSC to a GSM SMS-C in the Core network, the hybrid wireless network having at least one radio access network (RAN) based on CDMA technology and a core network (CN) based on GSM technology.

Embodiments of the present invention include a method and apparatus for reducing control signaling overhead in a hybrid wireless network. The method comprises receiving a wireless frame in the hybrid wireless network at a first terminal, and determining whether the received wireless frame is a control frame for a wireless channel reservation; if the received wireless frame is a control frame for the wireless channel reservation, reading by the first terminal a value of Duration field in control frame, and updating a timer for a channel reservation period in the first terminal with the value of Duration field, instead of updating network allocation vector of the first terminal; determining whether the remaining time of the timer for the channel reservation period is longer than the time required for transmitting the data frame or not before transmitting a data frame by the first terminal; and transmitting the data frame directly by the first terminal without transmission of a control frame for the wireless channel reservation if the remaining time is longer than the time required for transmitting the data frame.

An electronic data transport system includes a mobile access point and a carrier for moving the mobile access point over a surface and / or water route. The mobile access point includes a communications module for wirelessly transmitting data to and receiving data from one or more client devices when the client device is in proximity to the mobile access point.

An apparatus and method for communicating via a routing protocol in a wireless network having directional transmission capabilities. Reliable peer stations are identified using Beamforming (BF) training feedback metrics. Routing discovery messages are transmitted by unicast to reliable peer stations, with neighborhood discovery lists disseminated among peer stations in a unicast mode. From the above information, routing tables are constructed with best routing between a source and a destination station, wherein messages can be routed using said routing table from a source peer station, through intermediate peer stations, to a destination peer station. In addition, other embodiments are described, including a simplified two-hop routing apparatus and method.

Under one aspect, a system for transmitting an IP-based message from an initiator to a receiver lacking an IP address via a packet-switched (PS) network capable of communicating IP-based messages and a circuit-switched (CS) network capable of communicating non-IP-based messages, includes: a serving node in communication with the PS network and the CS network, the serving node including logic to: receive the IP-based message from the initiator over the PS network; generate a trigger message responsive to the IP-based message, the trigger message including a non-IP-based message including instructions for the receiver to initiate a connection to the PS network; and transmit the trigger message to the receiver via the CS network, and the receiver including logic to initiate a connection to the PS network and to receive the IP-based message responsive to the trigger message. Methods are also disclosed.

The invention provides a method for reducing the spending of a control signal in a mixed wireless network. The method comprises the following steps: a first terminal receives a wireless frame in the mixed wireless network and judges whether the received wireless frame is the reserved control frame of a wireless channel or not; if the received wireless frame is the reserved control frame of the wireless channel, the first terminal reads the value of a duration time domain in the reserved control frame of the wireless channel, utilizes the value of the duration time domain to update a channel reserved-time timer of the first terminal and does not update the network distribution vector of the first terminal; before the first terminal transmits a data frame, the condition that whether the remaining time of the channel reserved-time timer is larger than time required for transmitting the data frame or not is judged; and when the remaining time of the channel reserved-time timer is larger than the time required for transmitting the data frame, the first terminal directly transmits the data frame and does not transmit the reserved control frame of the wireless channel.

Methods and systems are described for simplified creation of, connection to, and termination from an ad hoc wireless network. Graphical user interfaces are used to guide users though creation and joining ad hoc network. The option to share one user's Internet connection with the entire ad hoc network is also described. The ad hoc networks described can provide some managed services traditionally unavailable in ad hoc networks, such as IP address assignment and name resolution services. The ad hoc networks can be created with termination criteria, such that a computer's connection to the ad hoc network is automatically terminated and previous network configuration settings are restored when one or a combination of termination criteria are met.

Embodiments of a method and system are disclosed to pass SMS messages from a mobile operating in a CDMA Radio Access Network to a Hybrid MSC, and to route the SMS message from the Hybrid MSC to a GSM SMS-C in the Core network, the hybrid wireless network having at least one radio access network (RAN) based on CDMA technology and a core network (CN) based on GSM technology.

The invention relates to a networking optimization method for wireless networks for industrial automation. The networking process comprises the following steps: adding a gateway broadcast time slot in the middle of a superframe so as to increase the number of broadcast messages sent by a gateway every unit time; a node to be accessed to an internet receiving the broadcast messages and adding candidate neighbors; selecting synchronization points to carry out time synchronization; utilizing collision detection to perform neighbor finding to find out bidirectional neighbor nodes; the node to be accessed to the internet selecting the bidirectional neighbor node, which ranks in the front, as an agent node from a neighbor table and sending a join request message to the agent node; the agent node forwarding the request message to the gateway; after receiving the join request message, the gateway allocating network resources to the node to be accessed to the internet, with the network resources being distributed to the node in a wireless message manner; and after all resource allocation messages are sent, the networking process is over. The networking optimization method greatly reduces networking time, improves the usage efficiency of join time slot resources, and enables the network resource allocation to be more reasonable.

A hybrid cellular and IWLAN network having an access gateway providing a user with simultaneous access to GGSN base packet data services and PDG based broadband multi-media services with one IP address. The system further comprises an authentication center retrieving the user's subscription profile information from an operator network to check the user's subscription to simultaneous GGSN and PDG services, wherein said access gateway multiplexes and de-multiplexes the service sessions without any change to said user.

The invention discloses policy charging control-based business processing method and system in a wireless network. The method comprises the steps that: a SGW (Serving Gateway) sends an IP-CAN (IP Connectivity Access Network) bearing establishment request message to a PGW (PDN (Packet Data Network) Gateway); the PGW sends an IP-CAN conversation establishment indication message to a PCRF (Policy and Charging Rules Function) entity; the PCRF entity acquires the practical state information of the wireless network of a cell where UE (User Equipment) is located, and determines the IP-CAN bearing quality of an IP-CAN conversation and sends the IP-CAN bearing quality of an IP-CAN conversation to the PGW in combination with user subscription information, business related information and user roaming state information of the UE user; and based on the information of the IP-CAN bearing quality, the PGW establishes an IP-CAN bearing with the UE and returns an IP-CAN bearing quality establishment confirmation message to the SGW. According to the method and system, the execution efficiency of the PCC (Policy Charging Control) policy can be improved, the wireless network resources can be optimized, and the business processing efficiency of the wireless network can be increased.

The invention relates to a network selection and channel resource configuration method in a hybrid wireless network, which comprises the following steps: a base station to which each network belongs counts channel quantity and conditions per se, and broadcasts the channel quantity and the conditions to a mobile user in the base station; the mobile user selects a proper base station for accessing according to the estimation per se, and each base station counts access conditions and broadcasts user load conditions; the process is repeated until reaching a balance state, subsequently, inside of each base station is subjected to channel resource allocation; the base station broadcasts channel quantity information, each user returns self selected and accessed channel number; the base station counts channel selection states and broadcasts channel load conditions; and the process is repeated until reaching the balance state, and finally resource allocation in the base stations and network selection of the users are realized. The method disclosed by the invention is suitable for a 4G hybrid wireless network environment with a plurality of frequency spectrum owners, is dispersedly executed and has low complexity; and signaling overhead is saved, information interaction does not need among the channel owners, and information interaction does not need among the mobile users.

A gateway (25) between an ad hoc network (5) and a fixed network (2) in a hybrid telecommunications network (1) selects, from amongst candidate nodes (10) of the ad hoc network (5) that are located one hop from that gateway (25) and that have connectivity with that gateway (25) above a predetermined threshold, at least one gateway node (10′) for relaying at least part of the traffic between other nodes (10) of the ad hoc network (5) and the gateway (25).

The present disclosure provides secure connectivity to remote networks on demand without requiring an interactive logon at a wireless client. Specifically, the present invention utilizes a proxy in a wireless network, such as an Access Point (AP) or the like, to provide client access to a remote, hosted network external to the wireless network. The present invention utilizes existing wireless security protocols and other security mechanisms between the proxy and the remote, hosted network. In operation, a wireless network proxy responds to a wireless client that is seeking a remote, hosted network, such as through an association request. The wireless network proxy then serves as an intermediary between the remote, hosted network and the wireless client to enable secure end-to-end communication.

An apparatus for accessing a wireless network includes an access manager configured to request access to a wireless network according to a wireless network access condition including at least one desired service set identifier (SSID); and a wireless network access module configured to search for at least one wireless network corresponding to the at least one desired SSID, and access the searched at least one wireless network.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining message transfer delays based on transport layer control information associated with network traffic of a backhaul network coupled between a number of core network nodes of a wireless network and a wireless access node of the wireless network. The message transfer delays are representative of the network traffic between the core network nodes and the wireless access node. Weighting factors are assigned to the core network nodes based on the message transfer delays. The weighting factors are exposed to a scheduler that identifies a first group of core network nodes and a second group of core network nodes based on the weighting factors. The wireless access node preferentially establishes communications via the first group of core network nodes. The wireless access node establishes communications via the second group, responsive to an inability to establish communications via any core network nodes the first group. Other embodiments are disclosed.

An approach for automatically securing a public wireless network is disclosed. A VPN connection platform maintains a list of available trusted wireless access identifiers to connect to a public wireless network from a mobile device. The trusted wireless access identifiers are provided to an application associated with the mobile device that selectively initiates a virtual private connection when the mobile device cannot utilize anyone of the trusted wireless access identifiers.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for managing wireless network shared software. The method comprises the steps of intercepting at least one wireless network shared behavior executed by the wireless network shared software, determining target wireless network shared software in at least one piece of wireless network shared software, and permitting the target wireless network shared software to execute the wireless network shared behavior. Correspondingly, the embodiment of the invention further discloses a device for managing the wireless network shared software. By adopting the method and device for managing the wireless network shared software, conflict caused by resource competition among the multiple pieces of wireless network shared software is avoided, the stability of wireless network sharing is improved, the option aimed at the wireless network shared software is provided for a user, and user experience is improved.

The invention relates to a network architecture cooperated by various wireless networks, which comprises a metropolitan area wireless access network, a local area wireless access network, an MNC (Multipoint Network Control System) and a wireless core network, wherein a service area comprises a metropolitan area network cell and all local area network cells covered under the metropolitan area network cell; the metropolitan area and the local area wireless access networks are connected with the wireless core network through the MNC and used for initially accessing or accessing a terminal in a switched mode to the wireless core network through the MNC; the MNC is used for being responsible for the interaction of the metropolitan area and the local area wireless access networks and the wireless core network in the service area; the terminal obtains an IP (Internet Protocol) address through the metropolitan area or local area wireless access network and is used for checking whether the corresponding IP address is saved or not according to the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the terminal; the IP address is taken as the IP address of the terminal if the corresponding IP address is saved; and the information corresponding to the distribution of the IP address is transmitted and the correspondence relation of the MAC address of the terminal and the distributed IP address is stored if the corresponding IP address is not saved. The t the network architecture and the method can guarantee the continuity of top businesses when the networks are switched.

The invention provides an optimal distribution method for optical network units (ONU) in an optical fiber wireless hybrid access network. A peer-to-peer communication mode among wireless terminals in the optical fiber wireless hybrid access network and communication between the wireless terminals and the Internet are combined. The method comprises the following steps of: acquiring parameters of an optical fiber sub-network, a wireless mesh sub-network, the total number of the ONUs to be distributed and available positions for the distribution of the ONUs; representing the optical fiber wireless hybrid wireless network into a directed graph according to the acquired parameters; establishing a mixed-integer-linear-programming-based optimal distribution mathematical model for the ONUs according to the directed graph; performing resolution by utilizing an integer linear programming resolution method; and acquiring the optimal distribution positions of the ONUs. By the method in the embodiment of the invention, the number of wireless paths of transmission paths for peer-to-peer communication among the wireless terminals in the wireless mesh sub-network is decreased, signal interference among links of the wireless mesh sub-network is reduced, and network throughput is improved.