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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7281051 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for managing resources in a communication system An apparatus, method, and computer program manage resources in a communication system. The apparatus, method, and computer program determine an amount of resources provided by at least one central processing unit and a present communication session load placed on th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 6967971 | Method and system for providing an integrated functional topology for wireless and wireline communication networks An asynchronous transfer mode infrastructure is integrated with the communications network. The asynchronous transfer mode infrastructure is composed of an asynchronous transfer mode fabric and asynchronous transfer mode gateway. Wireless and wireline data are linke... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963352 | Apparatus, method, and computer program for supporting video conferencing in a communication system A call conferencing apparatus, method, and computer program switch the video information presented to one or more participants during a conference call. The apparatus, method, and computer program identify a primary speaker channel during a video conference. Video i... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954445 | Method for transmitting CDMA short data bursts A method for improving the transmission efficiency of a short data burst (SDB) in a CDMA telecommunications network by generating an SDB comprising a service reference identifier, a service option omit field indicating whether a service option identifier is to be in... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6889187 | Method and apparatus for improved voice activity detection in a packet voice network A method and apparatus for detecting and transmitting voice signals in a packet voice network system. The method and apparatus make use of a voice activity detection (VAD) unit at a transmitter, for determining if an input signal contains active audio information or... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6847821 | Method and system in a wireless communications network for the simultaneous transmission of both voice and non-voice data over a single radio frequency channel A method and system in a wireless communications network for the simultaneous transmission of voice and non-voice data over a single dedicated radio frequency channel to a mobile unit having a primary transmission bandwidth. Initially, voice data are transmitted to ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6807173 | Method and system for improving bandwidth availability in a data communication network by tokenizing messages Because consuming extensive processor resources to directly compress textual messages for transmission in a data communication network is viewed as undesirable, a method of message compression in accordance with the present invention applies simple tokenization to c... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6799046 | Method and system for locating a mobile telephone within a mobile telephone communication network An improved method for locating a mobile telephone within a cellular telephone communication network is disclosed. The mobile telephone communication network has multiple cells, with each of the cells having a base station coupled to at least one antenna. A cell is ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6765909 | Method and apparatus for providing support for multiple QoS levels within a third generation packet data session A classification application utilizing a table of connection numbers and associated TCP/IP applications is utilized for determining a wireless packet communication, quality of service level by decoding a connection number field of the compressed packet header. Packe... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6751672 | Efficient dynamic home agent discovery algorithm and system An efficient and improved dynamic home agent discovery algorithm and system to be used in a protocol for network communications. The present invention encapsulates and integrates communications of the home agents into a single home agent communication. Communication... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6738618 | Method and system for regulating autonomous messaging by subscriber units in a wireless communication network A wireless communication network generally includes a number of subscriber units, a base station controller, and a base station transceiver coupled to the base station controller. A parameter specifying an interval at which subscriber units in the wireless communica... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728361 | Method and system for switching short-code accesses based on origination time and service area A method and system for switching short code telephone calls based on origination time and service area provides a reusable set of short codes for call switching in conjunction with radio promotions and other short-term uses. A database-managed switching system mana... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6711415 | Method and system for minimizing transmitter power levels within a cellular telephone communications network A method and system for minimizing transmitter power levels within a cellular telephone communications network is disclosed. The method and system of the present invention are implemented within a cellular communications network which includes a cellular base statio... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707830 | Method and system for upgrading a terminal to terminal link in a telecommunication system In accordance with the method and system of the present invention, a first link protocol utilizing a set mode command is sent from one or more transmit terminals to establish a link with one or more receive terminals. The set mode command comprises a frame format in... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6694144 | Method and system for providing reliable paging deliveries in a wireless communication network An improved method and system for providing reliable paging deliveries in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The mobile telephone communication network includes a mobile switching center (MSC), a base station controller (BSC), and a base trans... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6647275 | Method of and system for dual-technology traffic provisioning in a wireless system A method of and system for provisioning analog voice channels and digital voice channels in a in dual-technology wireless system that includes both singlemode and dualmode mobile wireless units determines the number of analog voice channels necessary to p... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6631122 | Method and system for wireless QOS agent for all-IP network A wireless quality of service (QoS) agent for an all-Internet Protocol (IP) network. The QoS agent couples to an all-IP network. The coupling means includes communication means for transfer of information between the agent and a QoS manager of the all-IP ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6618384 | Method and system for integration of ATM edge switch with access device An ATM edge switch incorporating wireless and wireline voice and data functions is utilized to provide an integrating point for wireless and wireline communications. Functions included in the ATM edge switch are: a voice services function for voice proces... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6618398 | Address resolution for internet protocol sub-networks in asymmetric wireless networks A method for address resolution in a wireless system, with an originating Satellite Interface Terminal (SIT) and a destination Satellite Interface Terminal (SIT2). An Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) packet of a source is modified when transmitted to a d... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6606311 | QoS framework for CDMA 2000 An adaptation sublayer is provided between LAC/MAC and a Packet Data Service Node for a Code Division Multiple Access telecommunication system. Quality of Service parameters are defined and stored within a Base Station and Base Transceiver Station along w... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6600920 | Method of and system for delivering wireless calls A system for delivering a call to a mobile unit in a wireless network includes a mobile switching center that receives a call setup request message initiated in response to a request from an originating mobile switching center. The receiving mobile switch... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6590874 | Method and system for implementing outer loop power control in discontinuous transmission mode using explicit signalling A signalling method for controlling unnecessary power increases and call drop during discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode of a frame-based transmission system. The signalling method comprises the steps of (1) detecting, at a receiver end of the transmiss... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6587442 | Enhanced power control algorithms for fixed wireless access systems A method for efficient power control in a (CDMA based) fixed wireless system. The method comprises the steps of (1) monitoring a transmission link of the fixed wireless system for an occurrence of a fade, (2) recording a number of power increases to the t... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6587447 | Method and system for performing outer loop power control in discontinuous transmission mode A method for controlling unnecessary power increases and call drop during discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode of a frame-based transmission system. The method comprises the steps of (1) detecting, at a receiver end of the transmission system a status of... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6587464 | Method and system for partial reporting of missing information frames in a telecommunication system A method and system for partial reporting of missing sequence numbered information frames within a telecommunication system using selective reject (SREJ) frames. Upon receiving a sequence numbered information frame from a transmit terminal, a receive term... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6578082 | Distributed flow control system and method for GPRS networks based on leaky buckets A distributed flow control system and method for GPRS networks to control and regulate data flow between multiple sources and a single destination within a GPRS network. The present system and method ensures the departing traffic from all of the sources c... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560459 | CDMA frequency planning for fixed wireless application The foregoing objects are achieved as is now described. A method for evaluating frequency plans for a CDMA based communication system having fixed base radio telephones is provided. The method begins by determining locations of a plurality of antennas. Th... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556556 | Method and system for limiting data packet transmission within a digital mobile telephone communication network by discarding unsuccessfully transmitted radio link protocol frames An improved method and system for limiting data packet transmission within a digital mobile telephone communication network, such as a code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile telephone communication network, by discarding unsuccessfully transmitted ra... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6545984 | Method for topology analysis in the verification of neighbor and target lists in a CDMA network A method for analyzing the topology of a CDMA network with respect to both neighbor and target lists is disclosed. The method first defines a language that creates an input source file for communicating the layout of the CDMA network. The language express... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6522885 | Method and system for solving cellular communications frequency planning problem A method and system for use with wireless communications systems having a plurality of groups of channels, and wherein the method and system assign specific groups of channels such that channel interference is minimized. The method and system accomplish t... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6507735 | Automated short message attendant A mobile switching center receives a call to a wireless telephone unit and determines if the wireless telephone unit is available to receive calls. If the wireless unit is unavailable, the mobile switching center forwards the call to a wireless service no... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6487183 | Activity based resource assignment medium access control protocol A method for implementing an activity based resource assignment medium access control (MAC) protocol to allocate resources to subscribers in an interactive, multimedia, broadband satellite communications system. A plurality of channels is provided with at... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6487197 | Method and apparatus for connecting to a packet based communication system As a telecommunications device goes off-hook a simultaneous connection is made to a local exchange and a data network removing the necessity to dial, or input numbers to access the data network. Upon connection to the local data network, a modem tone is r... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484145 | Priority access channel reservation A method and system for priority access channel allocation within a telecommunication subsystem in which channel access requests are categorized within a prioritization system that includes a first priority level, and a second priority level which is lowe... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6477375 | Method and system for reducing call setup processing cost by determining when to forward calls to detached subscribers A method and system for improving overall system capacity in GSM networks by reducing the number of visitor location register queries is disclosed. The method and system determines if subsequent calls for a mobile terminal which has been detached by its s... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6473097 | Method and apparatus for providing a mobile switching center intranet function The present invention installs an IP intranet functionality in a Mobile Switching Center for supporting wireless data and multimedia services within an operator community of interest. An IP network is introduced between a multimedia device and the Interne... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470181 | Method and apparatus for simultaneous text and audio for sponsored calls A combination of Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) capabilities including Short Message Service (SMS), Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and Customized Applications for Mobile network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL) allows an advertiser to pay a portion... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6463305 | Power management system for cellular telephones A cellular telephone power management system is described that can be actuated without the telephone becoming active for making or receiving calls. The management system provides the user with a useful indication of the power available in the telephone ba... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459696 | Method and system for avoiding data loss in communications systems A method and system for avoiding data loss in communications systems. The method and system achieve their objects via communications equipment adapted to do the following: designate a first data-producing system controlled by a first clock; designate a se... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6434147 | Method and system for sequential ordering of missing sequence numbers in SREJ frames in a telecommunication system A method and system for sequential ordering of missing sequence numbered information frames within a telecommunication system using selective reject (SREJ) frames is disclosed. Upon receiving a sequence numbered information frame from a transmit terminal,... | 08/13/2002 |
