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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7953226 | Apparatus and method for determining uplink ciphering activation time in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method for determining uplink ciphering activation time in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. The ciphering activation time is determined for radio bearers other than RB2 by measuring the d... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7912494 | Cell selection in mobile communications Mobile user equipment for use in a cellular communications environment performs an improved cell selection on transitions out of a connected mode state. The transitions might be from one connected mode state to another or from a connected mode state to idle mode. Th... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912000 | Apparatus and method for operating a communications device in a mobile communications network Apparatus and a method for handling discard of a service data unit in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment. Strategies for the radio resource control entity to handle discard of a service data unit by the radio link control entity are presented.... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899461 | Wireless telecommunication system A method and apparatus for processing a message in a mobile, telecommunications device. The method comprises: receiving a Cell Update Confirm (CUC) message; determining whether the device has an empty C_RNTI variable; when the device has an empty C_RNTI variable, de... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7852876 | Apparatus, and an associated method, for routing data through logical layers of a communication device Apparatus, and an associated method, for routing data in a communication device defined in terms of a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes an upper logical layer, a lower logical layer, and a mid stack layer. A determiner determines the configuration of the r... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826864 | Apparatus and method for power measurement summation in mobile telecommunications system user equipment Apparatus and a method for deriving a power measurement summation for use in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed. Conversion from a logarithm scale to a linear scale for summation and back again is avoided. The technique obviates ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826617 | Apparatus and method for determining uplink ciphering activation time in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method for determining uplink ciphering activation time in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. The ciphering activation time is determined for radio bearers other than RB2 by measurin... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7796505 | Method for processing traffic data in a wireless communications system The present invention concerns a method of processing traffic data in Layer 2 of a wireless communications system, whereby the MAC layer is arranged, after receipt of a traffic data volume report from the RLC layer, to process said data volume report and to t... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7783317 | Method and apparatus for calculating an initial transmission power in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for calculating an initial transmission power in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device receives broadcast syst... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778626 | Apparatus and method of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures which change the security configuration in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures which change the security configuration in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769373 | Apparatus and method for taking measurements in universal mobile telecommunications systems user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system are disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The method comprises, at the user equipment device, receiving a measur... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747275 | Cell selection in mobile communications Mobile user equipment for use in a cellular communications environment performs an improved cell selection on transitions out of a connected mode state. The transitions might be from one connected mode state to another or from a connected mode state to idle mode. Th... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738867 | Method and apparatus for processing messages in a universal mobile telecommunications system The details of an apparatus and method are disclosed for processing a message which is missing a Ciphering Activation Time for DPCH when this is required, the message being one of a number of possible messages, namely a Radio Bearer Setup message, a Radio Bearer Rec... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7684788 | Method and apparatus for processing messages received by a device from a network A method and apparatus for processing messages received by a device from a network. The method comprises receiving a message that indicates that the device should be in a dedicated channel state (such as Cell_DCH), wherein the message is a message other than a recon... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7653390 | Apparatus and method for making measurements in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device scans frequency bands to generate measurement... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7596379 | Method for maintaining transparent mode radio bearers in a radio access network The present invention concerns a method for maintaining transparent mode radio bearers in a Radio Access Network (RAN) of a third generation mobile telecommunications network. The method relates to managing the radio resources allocated to a user equipment (UE) in s... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7596121 | Access stratum manager A multi-mode mobile communication device may include a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with the plurality of wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7570947 | Apparatus and method, for making measurements in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device scans frequency bands to generate measurement... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7525935 | Apparatus and method for operating a communications device in a mobile communications network Apparatus and a method for handling discard of a service data unit in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment. Strategies for the radio resource control entity to handle discard of a service data unit by the radio link control entity are presented.... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525908 | Data unit management in communications In Radio Link control (REC) apparatus, a mechanism is provided for detecting missing or corrupted data units at the receiving end of a transmission link, requesting retransmission and then monitoring the response to the retransmission request. Distinctively, a recei... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7480267 | Apparatus and method for operating a communications device in a mobile communications network Apparatus and a method for handling discard of a service data unit in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment. Strategies for the radio resource control entity to handle discard of a service data unit by the radio link control entity are presented.... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7471948 | Wireless telecommunication system A method and device for processing a message in a UE (user equipment) mobile telecommunications device. The UE device receives a CUC (Cell Confirmation Confirm) message and, in response, determines whether the UE device has an empty cell identifier variable. If so, ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463887 | Apparatus and method for making measurements in mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for selecting cells in a mobile telecommunications system, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells of a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) and a network of a plurality of cells of a second Radio Access Technolog... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7444142 | Apparatus and method for implementing system information acquisition in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment In a mobile telecommunications system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the method comprises, in the user equipment device, when the user equipment has system information stored in the user equipment device, which s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437153 | Apparatus and method for taking measurements in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system are disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The method comprises, at the user equipment device, receiving a measur... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411912 | Method and apparatus for controlling traffic volume measurement validity in a universal mobile telecommunications system The details of an apparatus and method are disclosed for ensuring that a traffic volume measurement message does not have a validity of CELL_DCH when the user equipment in a UMTS communications system is in CELL_FACH state. The validity is set to other than CELL_DCH... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7389108 | Apparatus and method for handling cell update during reconfiguration in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method for handling cell update during reconfiguration in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. When a UE receives a Reconfiguration request from a UTRAN, it sets an activation time for execut... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7349696 | Apparatus and methods of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures with activation times in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and methods of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures with activation times in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. According to one ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346353 | Apparatus and method for implementing detection of system information changes in universal mobile telecommunications systems In a mobile telecommunications system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the user equipment is arranged, when the user equipment re-configures itself to enter a new state or performs cell reselection, to read broadca... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339904 | Apparatus and method for operating a communications device in a mobile communications network Apparatus and a method for handling discard of a service data unit in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment. Strategies for the radio resource control entity to handle discard of a service data unit by the radio link control entity are presented.... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333442 | Apparatus and method for applying ciphering in universal mobile telecommunications system Apparatus and a method for ciphering messages in mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed. The apparatus is arranged to receive ciphering configuration parameters in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer; forward ciphering configuration parameter... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7257399 | Apparatus and method of uplink data during cell update in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method of uplink data during cell update in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a user equipment to send uplink data to ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251227 | Access stratum manager A multi-mode mobile communication device may include a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with the plurality of wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7212805 | Apparatus and method of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures which change the security configuration in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and method of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures which change the security configuration in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7194277 | Apparatus and method for handling messages that relate to a cell other than the currently operating cell in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment Apparatus and a method for handling messages that relate to a cell other than the currently operating cell in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190955 | Apparatus and methods of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures with activation times in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment The details of an apparatus and methods of handling simultaneous universal terrestrial radio access network radio resource control procedures with activation times in a universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment are disclosed herein. According to one ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184766 | Apparatus and method for making measurements in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device scans frequency bands to generate measurement... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184760 | Air interface management in mobile communications Air interface management apparatus for use in network-based control of measurements made by mobile user equipment with respect to cells of the network is adapted to detect conflict in content of measurement control messages instructing the report of pathloss measure... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7151930 | Apparatus and method for making measurements in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment A method and apparatus for taking measurements in a mobile telecommunications system is disclosed, the system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device. The user equipment device scans frequency bands to generate measurement... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7079840 | Apparatus and method for implementing system information acquisition in universal mobile telecommunications system user equipment In a mobile telecommunications system comprising a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device, the method comprises, in the user equipment device, when the user equipment has system information stored in the user equipment device, which s... | 07/18/2006 |
