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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185060 | Serving base station selection using backhaul quality information Techniques for selecting a serving base station for a terminal by taking into consideration the backhaul quality of candidate base stations are described. In one design, a base station may determine backhaul quality information indicative of its current backhaul qua... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175635 | Methods and apparatus for system selection in a multimode wireless device Methods and apparatus for system selection in a multimode wireless device are disclosed. The method and apparatus afford selection of a wireless communication system access technology from a number of wireless system access technologies supported by a wireless devic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7962148 | Controlling and managing access to multiple networks The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for registering with a network from a mobile communications device. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a network. The mobile device m... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962141 | Methods and apparatus for flexible forward-link and reverse-link handoffs The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for selecting sectors for handoff in a communication system. According to one aspect, the method includes monitoring an indicia of transmit power on a plurality of RL control channels directed to a plurality ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7961687 | Method and apparatus for effecting handoff between different cellular communications systems A method of effecting handoff of a mobile station from a first base station in a first cellular communications system controlled by a first mobile switching control station to a second base station in a second, different cellular system controlled by a second mobile... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7920520 | Handoff between a SIP network and a cellular communication system Handoff between a wireless SIP network and a cellular communication system is provided. A system is designed to provide nomadic cellular services including voice to a SIP-enabled device. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7899018 | Automatic resignation from ad hoc network A wireless device is configured to automatically resign from an ad hoc network. In some aspects the resignation may be based on automatic detection of inactivity associated with the ad hoc network. For example, resignation from the ad hoc network may be based on abs... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7801555 | User operation of a wireless device capable of communicating with multiple networks A wireless device and method of operating the device is disclosed. The wireless device is capable of communicating with multiple networks. The wireless device includes a transceiver configured to communicate with either one of two networks over a wireless medium. Ea... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7733821 | Core network interoperability in a pico cell system In a wireless communication system, a method and apparatus of communicating between at least one base station and a core network is claimed. Signaling messages and voice streams are transported using packet-switched protocols (IP). A CIC field (Circuit Identity Code... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7685293 | Method and apparatus for optimization of sigcomp UDVM performance A mobile communication system that utilizes multiple access technologies achieves multiple session registrations by deriving a plurality of extended unique device identifications from a specific unique device identification (e.g., private user identification (PIID) ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680503 | Method and apparatus for effecting SMS and SMSC messaging in different cellular communications systems An apparatus and method of mapping a short message service (SMS) information from a first communications system to a corresponding message in a second, different cellular system is claimed. SMS information having a format required by the first communication system i... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7653037 | System and method for distributing wireless network access parameters A system and method are provided for distributing wireless network access parameters in a multi-mode communications user terminal (UT). The method includes: establishing a link between a UT and a first communications network (i.e., a cellular network); accessing a p... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7643830 | Methods and apparatus for soft-decision based inter-radio access technology handover triggering Methods, apparatus, processors and computer readable medium for inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover are provided that incorporate a soft-decision making process. By implementing configurable functions, soft-decision making allows for handover measurement li... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633898 | Mobile IP addressing A system and method are provided for mobile Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, in a multi-mode wireless communications access terminal (AT). The method provides an AT with an IP address (ATA), and a care-of-address (CoA) in each of a plurality of networks. In one as... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7630711 | Method and system for mapping provisioning information of different communications networks A wireless communications device is configurable to communicate with either one of two networks over a wireless medium, each of the two networks having a different air interface protocol. Additionally, the wireless device includes stored provisioning information for... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7596378 | Idle mode handling in a hybrid GSM/CDMA network In a mobile wireless telecommunications system, which includes base stations (30) of a first type operating over a first air interface, and base stations (32) of a second type operating over a second air interface, a method for reselection by a mobile ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7561555 | Method and apparatus for handoff of a wireless packet data services connection In accordance with the present disclosure, a method of routing data packets between an IP network and a radio access network may include allocating an IP address to an International Mobile Station Identity (IMSI). The method may also include purging a foreign agent ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7515909 | Wireless handoffs between multiple networks The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for handing off a mobile communications device between two networks. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a first network while support... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515595 | Network using encoded transmissions and forwarding A first network node may include a wireless transmitter, a wireless receiver, a user interface and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause information that is received by the receiver to be delivered to the user interface, if that information is enco... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7499705 | Handover in a hybrid communications network An apparatus and method of effecting hand-off of a mobile station in a first wireless communication system, which has a first mobile switching node operable with a first base station and a second mobile switching node operable with a second base station, and a secon... | 03/03/2009 |
