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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184591 | Handling cell reselections and state transitions for high-speed downlink packet access A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is configured to operate in an high speed data packet access (HSDPA) mode in a cell and/or state and to clear HSDPA resources when moving out of the cell and/or state. The WTRU is configured to clear HSDPA resources when condi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184532 | Estimation of interference variation caused by the addition or deletion of a connection A method for determining whether a connection event between a base station and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) should be accepted or rejected, comprises measuring the interference level I0 in a candidate timeslot; measuring the path loss L between... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181093 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multimedia broadcast multicast services via a dedicated downlink carrier A method and apparatus for wireless communication of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) data and unicast data using separate downlink carriers and are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) having a single receiver that is switchable to recei... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180346 | Measurement request report extensions for media independent handover A method and apparatus for generating a measurement report request including media independent handover (MIH) information at a medium access control (MAC) device for use in configuring a physical layer measurement device to measure the physical layer and generate a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179836 | Method and apparatus for controlling transmissions via an enhanced dedicated channel A method and apparatus for controlling transmissions of data via an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) are disclosed. A list of available transport format combinations (TFCs) is generated based on a plurality of dedicated channel medium access control (MAC-d) flows.... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179835 | System and method for efficiently allocating wireless resources Dynamic resource allocation is performed by first generating a plurality of slot sequences. A figure of merit based on weighted interference signal code power (ISCP) and weighted resource units is then generated for each timeslot of each slot sequence. The timeslots... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175626 | Reporting terminal capabilities for supporting short message service A method for delivering a short message service (SMS) message to an interworking wireless local area network user equipment (UE) begins by registering the UE with an Internet Protocol short message gateway (IP-SM-GW). A capability report is sent from the UE to the I... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175069 | Method and apparatus of resource management for multimedia broadcast multicast services A method and apparatus of resource management for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a measurement report and an MBMS reception performance report to a network. Single frequency network (SFN) a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175049 | Method and apparatus for reference transport channel selection A method and apparatus for reference transport channel (TrCH) selection includes tracking characteristics on each of a TrCH. Whether or not any TrCHs meet a predetermined criteria is determined. A reference TrCH is selected based upon the determination of TrCHs that... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175030 | Cognitive flow control based on channel quality conditions A system and method which improve the performance of a wireless transmission system by intelligent use of the control of the flow of data between a radio network controller (RNC) and a Node B. The system monitors certain criteria and, if necessary, adaptively increa... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171372 | Feedback signaling error detection and checking in MIMO wireless communication systems A method of feedback in a wireless transmit receive unit includes providing a precoding matrix index (PMI), error checking the (PMI) to produce an error check (EC) bit, coding the PMI and the EC bit and transmitting the coded PMI and EC bit. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170083 | Method and apparatus for reducing the processing rate of a chip-level equalization receiver A method and apparatus for reducing the processing rate when performing chip-level equalization (CLE) in a code division multiple access (CDMA) receiver which includes an equalizer filter. Signals received by at least one antenna of the receiver are sampled at M tim... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169979 | TDMA/CDMA user equipment A wireless hybrid time division multiple access/code division multiple access (TDMA/CDMA) user equipment (UE) includes a signaling receiver and a data detection device in communication with the signaling receiver. The signaling receiver is configured to receive and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165594 | Resource allocation, scheduling, and signaling for grouping real time services The present invention is a method and apparatus for resource allocation signaling for grouping user real time services. Uplink signaling for voice activity reporting of each user's transition between an active state and an inactive voice state is sent from a wireles... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160049 | Method and apparatus for dynamically configuring a hybrid automatic repeat request memory A method and apparatus for dynamically configuring a memory for hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) processes in a receiving node to permit a more flexible H-ARQ memory configuration and improve the performance of H-ARQ processes. An H-ARQ memory in the receivin... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159999 | Peer-to-peer wireless communication system A peer-to-peer communication system using a direct link setup (DLS) is disclosed. A mobile station (STA) establishes a direct communication link with another STA by sending a message requesting a DLS to an access point (AP), (i.e., a centralized controller). The AP ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155053 | Method and apparatus for data security and automatic repeat request implementation in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for implementing data security and automatic repeat request (ARQ) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. Cipher entities are included in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and an access gateway (aGW), and outer ARQ, (or radio l... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155017 | Method and apparatus for locating a wireless user A plurality of antennas transmit a first spread spectrum signal having an associated code. The first spread spectrum signal is received at the wireless user. For each received first spread spectrum signal, a second spread spectrum signal is transmitted having an ass... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151164 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding high speed shared control channel A method and apparatus for encoding and decoding high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) data are disclosed. For part 1 data encoding, a mask may be generated using a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) identity (ID) and a generator matrix with a maximum minim... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149963 | Start-up automatic frequency control (AFC) method and apparatus A method and apparatus for use in connection with wireless communication to adjust the frequency of an oscillator to synchronize with a received signal by correlating a synchronization code channel with training sequences to estimate relative offsets which are emplo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149895 | Method and system for code reuse and capacity enhancement using null steering The number of users and data capacity of wireless systems are increased by employing apparatus and method for increasing the number of spreading codes available in the system by providing a mechanism to reuse the already allocated spreading code or use the codes tha... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149820 | Method and apparatus for supporting circuit switched interworking A wireless system performs interworking of a combined circuit switched (CS) session and an IP multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) session between two users having different content capabilities through an interworking circuit switched (CS) and IMS function (IMS ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149790 | Bi-directional handover method and apparatus Apparatus for bi-directional handover are disclosed. An apparatus configured to perform handover from a wireless code division multiple access (WCDMA) to a wireless broadband (WiBro) network is disclosed. An apparatus configured to perform handover from a WCDMA netw... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145182 | Supporting emergency calls on a wireless local area network A device for identifying an emergency call in a wireless local area network includes an indicator to identify a call as an emergency call. The indicator can be a bit flag or an information element. The information element can include location information regarding t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144637 | Method and system for optimizing power resources in wireless devices A method and system is disclosed for a device to quickly determine if data is being sent to it. If no data is being sent to the device, the device may return to a sleep mode so as to conserve energy. The present invention includes organizing and transmitting, one at... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140112 | Method and apparatus for handoff between a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) Apparatus and method for providing an automatic handoff process of a dual-mode user equipment (UE) from either a wireless local area network (WLAN) to a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) or from a UMTS to a WLAN. Handoffs may be initiated by the UE, ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140078 | Mobile device with a mobility analyzer and associated methods A method for operating a wireless mobile device moving through different types of networks includes storing within the wireless mobile device a type of network associated with a respective access node as the wireless mobile device moves through the different types o... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140004 | Digital satellite radio systems and associated methods for providing indoor reception A digital satellite radio system includes a content server for providing a digital satellite radio channels, and a satellite for broadcasting the digital satellite radio channels. For overcoming indoor reception problems, a modem is connected to the content server v... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139521 | Wireless nodes with active authentication and associated methods A wireless communications network includes access points and wireless nodes. Each access point and each wireless node has a respective authentication token and address associated therewith. The access points and wireless nodes communicate using packets, where each p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135953 | System and method for providing variable security level in a wireless communication system A system and method for providing variable security levels in a wireless communication network. The present invention optimizes the often conflicting demands of highly secure wireless communications and high speed wireless communications. According to a preferred em... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135419 | Method and apparatus of measurement mechanism and efficient paging and broadcasting scheme implementation in MBMS dedicated cell of LTE systems A WTRU configured to receive a multicast, a unicast or mixed signal. A multimedia signal may be a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Signal (MBMS). The WTRU switches between an MBMS and a mixed signal and determines optimal time to switch between the MBMS and mixed sign... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134978 | Integration of 802.21 media independent handover functionality to radio interface layer and telephony server A radio interface layer media independent handover (RIL MIH) client functionality enables transparent inter-system handover of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) between different radio access technologies (RATs), without user intervention. The RIL MIH client i... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134955 | Method and apparatus for media independent handover A method and apparatus for performing a handover are disclosed. An Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) client registers with an IMS network and establishes a media independent handover (MIH) session with an MIH application server using a session initia... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131295 | Methods and system for performing handover in a wireless communication system A method and system for performing handover in a third generation (3G) long term evolution (LTE) system are disclosed. A source evolved Node-B (eNode-B) makes a handover decision based on measurements and sends a handover request to a target eNode-B. The target eNod... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131294 | Method and apparatus for cell update while in an enhanced cellFACH state A method and apparatus for cell update while in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. After selecting a target cell, system information is read from the target cell including high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) common system information. A radio network temporar... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130855 | Method and apparatus for combining space-frequency block coding, spatial multiplexing and beamforming in a MIMO-OFDM system A method and apparatus for combining space-frequency block coding (SFBC), spatial multiplexing (SM) and beamforming in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system. The system includes a transmitter with a pluralit... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130730 | User equipment for synchronizing to a TDD base station A time division duplex (TDD) user equipment (UE) is configured to synchronize to a TDD base station. The UE includes an antenna, a primary synchronization code matched filter, a first plurality of secondary synchronization code matched filters, a second plurality of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130724 | Method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions to and from an enhanced CELLFACH state A method and apparatus for handling cell reselections and transitions includes executing a cell reselection. A medium access control (MAC)-ehs reset is performed. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130721 | HS-DSCH inter-node B cell change A radio resource control (RRC) message is received by a radio resource control (RRC) device of a user equipment (UE). The RRC message notifies the FDD UE of a high speed dedicated shared channel (HS-DSCH) inter-Node B cell change. A reordering buffers of a medium ac... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130718 | Method and system for interworking of cellular networks and wireless local area networks A method and system for interworking between cellular networks and wireless local area networks (WLANs) are disclosed. At least one cellular network, at least one WLAN and an IP network are deployed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) first establishes a connec... | 03/06/2012 |
