Abstract:
According to some wireless network standards the size of a neighbor cell list is restricted to a maximum size. The limited size of a neighbor cell list may not reflect the realities of a wireless network deployment, especially for deployments including numerous femto cells clustered in close proximity. Accordingly, as the concentration of macro cells and/or femto cells in an area increases, there lies a challenge to identify and communicate neighbor lists to user devices that reflect the arrangement of a particular portion of the deployment and the needs of the user devices. Various systems, methods and apparatus described herein are configured to provide a user device or a group of user devices a neighbor cell list that includes neighbor cell identifiers chosen from a candidate list.
Abstract:
Techniques for admitting user equipments (UEs) to wireless systems are disclosed. UEs may be assigned priorities for admission to a given wireless system. The UEs may then be admitted to the wireless system based on the priorities of the UEs for the wireless system. In one design, a UE may be identified for admission to a first wireless system among a plurality of wireless systems. Attributes (e.g., capabilities) of the UE for the plurality of wireless systems may be determined. An admission priority of the UE for the first wireless system may be determined based on the attributes of the UE for the plurality of wireless systems. Whether to admit the UE to the first wireless system may be determined based on the admission priority of the UE for the first wireless system and possibly the current resource usage of the first wireless system.
Abstract:
A method of low power discovery (LPD) that extends the battery life of a portable Wi Fi device or portable media player (PMP) using IEEE 802.11 interface by ensuring that PMP host processor is only on when in designated 802.11 coverage or when needed by a user, by employing probabilistic channel scanning-comprising:A) bringing an AT host equipped with an 802.11 interface to an advanced configuration and power interface (ACPI) state S3 or equivalent sleep state, and prior to said device or media player going to sleep; andB) programming the 802.11 WLAN to wake up based on a predetermined trigger logic.