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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175090 | Outer coding methods for broadcast/multicast content and related apparatus Transmission techniques are provided that improve service continuity and reduce interruptions in delivery of content that can be caused by transitions that occur when the User Equipment (UE) moves from one cell to the other, or when the delivery of content changes f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171381 | Outer coding methods for broadcast/multicast content and related apparatus Transmission techniques are provided that improve service continuity and reduce interruptions in delivery of content that can be caused by techniques that occur when the User Equipment (UE) moves from one cell to the other, or when the delivery of content changes fr... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7613144 | Systems and methods for multiplexing control data for multiple data channels onto a single control channel Systems and methods for communicating control data for multiple data channels using a single control channel. In one embodiment, a method is implemented in a WCDMA communications system. This method includes combining data rate information for a first data channel a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7505436 | Communication system employing multiple handoff criteria Disclosed herein is a communication system which manages guarantee of service (GOS) requirements for various users while efficiently managing backhaul network traffic and optimizing overall system capacity. In one aspect, armed handoff is used to transmit forward li... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7474643 | Systems and methods for communicating control data using multiple slot formats Systems and methods for communicating control information in slots that use at least two different slot formats. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a wireless communication system includes providing at least two different slot formats, formatting control dat... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7415283 | Method and system for signaling in broadcast communication system A method and a system for providing signaling in cellular telephone system providing broadcast services to fully integrate broadcast services with the services provided by the cellular telephone systems. The signaling method coordinate interaction between an access ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409212 | Method and apparatus to track count of broadcast content recipients in a wireless telephone network A base station in a wireless communications network counts mobile stations receiving broadcast content via multi-user channel. The base station broadcasts a repeating message identifying at least one broadcast content stream and, for each stream, a REGISTER (R) or D... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7397773 | GSM cell broadcast SMS message transmission in CDMA communication systems Techniques to send GSM CBS messages over a CDMA air interface. The encapsulation of a GSM CBS message in CDMA messages may be achieved using various schemes. An indication is provided at each of a number of pertinent layers to allow the terminals to determine whethe... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7349425 | Method and apparatus for overhead messaging in a wireless communication system Method and apparatus for providing a broadcast system parameter message in a wireless communication system supporting a broadcast service. In one embodiment, the message identifies a service option number corresponding to a set of broadcast parameters. In an alterna... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340279 | Wireless communications with an adaptive antenna array Systems and techniques for parallel demodulation and searching using an adaptive antenna array with a processor configured to control the adaptive antenna to search for a first signal with the first beam and to receive a second signal for demodulation with a second ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328022 | Method and apparatus to initiate point-to-point call during shared-channel delivery of broadcast content in a wireless telephone network A method for managing a point-to-point call initiated (702) between a wireless mobile station (114, 400) and a remote party while the mobile is receiving broadcast content via one or more multi-user forward-link broadcast channels (508). The mob... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324474 | Methods and apparatus for Network Initiated Data Services Techniques are provided for conserving network resources in a network that initiates data services by communicating push data to a dormant terminal. Selected network resources associated with the dormant terminal are released, and maintained information for reaching... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308100 | Method and apparatus for time-based charging for broadcast-multicast services (BCMCS) in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for time-based charging for viewing content from a broadcast-multicast service (BCMCS) at a mobile station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. A count value (SKCount) is determined based upon the number of generated short-term key... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7283782 | Method and apparatus for switching between shared and individual channels to provide broadcast content services in a wireless telephone network A wireless communications network (100) includes various base stations (110) and subscriber-stations (114). The base stations each provide (602) broadcast content services to subscriber-stations over communication channels of one of the f... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277694 | Method and apparatus for commencing shared or individual transmission of broadcast content in a wireless telephone network A wireless communications network (100) includes roving subscriber-stations (114) and base stations (110) receiving broadcast programs from a content server. A subscriber-station evaluates (618, 620) whether a desired program is available... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260764 | Multi-channel transmission and reception with block coding in a communication system Techniques for transmitting and receiving multiple channels with block coding in a communication system are disclosed. In one aspect, a secondary broadcast channel is transmitted concurrently with parity information, encoded from a primary broadcast channel. In anot... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254394 | Method and system for a handoff in a broadcast communication system A method and system for a handoff in a broadcast communication system is disclosed. A subscriber assisted handoff is impractical in a broadcast communication system due to e.g., a high signaling load, a difficulty to synchronize the broadcast transmission. On the ot... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7184789 | Method and apparatus for data packet transport in a wireless communication system using an internet protocol Method and apparatus for data packet transport in a wireless transmission system supporting broadcast transmissions. A trigger recognized at the transmission node initiates a broadcast transmission, and the resultant set up of a transmission path. A termination trig... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170876 | Outer-loop scheduling design for communication systems with channel quality feedback mechanisms Methods and apparatus are presented for dynamically adjusting parameters of an outer-loop algorithm, which is used to determine the feasibility of a transmission format. The parameters of the outer-loop algorithm are adjusted according to channel conditions. In one ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7117017 | Wireless communication system with base station beam sweeping A method and apparatus for wireless communications wherein a base station transmits a signal to sending data to a subscriber station through a signal beam that sweeps through the coverage area of the base station. User data addressed to the subscriber station is buf... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7099642 | Method and apparatus for matching receiver carrier frequency A carrier recovery method and apparatus using multiple stages of carrier frequency recovery are disclosed. A receiver uses multiple frequency generation sources to generate carrier signals used to downconvert a received signal. An analog frequency reference having a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085239 | Method and apparatus for determining the forward link closed loop power control set point in a wireless packet data communication system A novel and improved method and apparatus for performing closed loop forward link power control using a selected dedicated and power controlled forward link signal is described. A “Selected Signal Bit Error Rate” (SSBER) is estimated, where each selected signal ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079511 | Method and apparatus for handoff of a wireless packet data services connection A novel method and apparatus is disclosed for performing seamless handoff of a mobile station (MS) between Radio Access Networks (RANs) that use different types of wireless interfaces. The described embodiments enable an MS to handoff between different RANs without ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7058035 | Communication system employing multiple handoff criteria Disclosed herein is a communication system which manages guarantee of service (GOS) requirements for various users while efficiently managing backhaul network traffic and optimizing overall system capacity. In one aspect, armed handoff is used to transmit forward li... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7031742 | Forward and reverse link power control of serving and non-serving base stations in a wireless communication system Techniques for power control of serving and non-serving base stations are disclosed. In one aspect, power control commands for a plurality of base stations are combined to form a single command to control the plurality of base control. In another aspect, an “Or-of... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7031666 | Method and apparatus for header compression in a wireless communication system Method and apparatus for header compression in a wireless communication system supporting broadcast transmissions. The system periodically provides a header decompression message sufficient for a receiver to decompress the header. The decompression message transmiss... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7010068 | Method and apparatus for coordinating transmission of short messages with hard handoff searches in a wireless communications system A method and apparatus for coordinating the time at which a mobile station performs searches for alternative systems to which a hard handoff will occur. The mobile station receives a command which instructs the mobile station as to when to tune to alternative freque... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6990091 | Method and apparatus for fast WCDMA acquisition A method and apparatus for quickly acquiring synchronization of a signal in a WCDMA communication system utilizing variable duration sample accumulation, validity testing of decoder estimates, and parallel decoding of multiple synchronization signals within a PERCH ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6950660 | Provisioning a mobile device in a wireless communication system Method and apparatus for providing provisioning parameters to a mobile device. A short messaging service message is used to send bootstrap data sufficient to establish communication between an Internet Protocol-based server and a mobile device. The mobile device the... | 09/27/2005 |
