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David Sarnoff, American radio pioneer ; 1921
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110255510 | GRE User-Plane The present invention relates to providing a generic control plane in a GTP mobility protocol in a core network. When a type of user plane is detected, a user plane parameter is provided in a control plane message header. The user plane message indicates the type of use... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249652 | Methods and Apparatuses for Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) from CS to LTE A method for a call control node (MSC Server) enhanced for Single Radio Voice Call Continuity (SRVCC) allowing for a session transfer of a call involving a User Equipment (UE) of a handover party from a circuit switched (CS) access towards a target packet switched (PS) ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COOPERATIVE HANDOVER IN BROADBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An apparatus and method for supporting a cooperative handover in a broadband wireless communication system. A method for operating a mobile station (MS) for a cooperative handover in a broadband wireless communication system includes determining a handover to a target B... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249653 | SECURE AND SEAMLESS WAN-LAN ROAMING Systems and methods are described for secure and seamless roaming between internal and external networks. Double and triple tunnels may be used to connect a mobile node to a correspondent host. A mobile node may include the ability to connect to two networks simultaneou... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249559 | MAC AND TCP COORDINATION APPROACH FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT IN IEEE 802.16e MOBILE BROADBAND ACCESS SYSTEMS A mobile device includes a communications protocol stack including a MAC layer and TCP layer separated by an IP layer. A cross-layer coordination module parallel to the communications protocol stack is coupled to both the MAC layer and TCP layer. The MAC layer generates... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249649 | Methods and Systems for Transitioning a Communication Session from a Source Base Station to a Target Base Station without Terminating the Session Methods and systems are provided for transitioning an active communication session of a mobile station from being conducted over a communication path that includes a source base station to being conducted over a communication path that includes a target base station, wi... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249654 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING USER EQUIPMENT HANDOVER A method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing User Equipment (UE) handover are disclosed. A Mobility Management Entity (MME) obtains address information of a serving Interworking Function (IWF) by interacting with a function entity in a network and notifies the ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110249650 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A RICH CALL CAPABILITY INDICATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The invention relates to a method for establishing a circuit switched call between a first electronic device and a second electronic device over a circuit switched communication system, exchanging of capabilities of the first electronic device and the second electronic ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242975 | Single and Dual Internet Protocol Bearer Support An apparatus operable in a communication system and having the capability to discard an internet protocol address is described. The apparatus is configured to receive an assignment of a first internet protocol address of a first type for a first application and a second... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE SUPPORT FOR MULTI-RADIO COEXISTENCE A method of wireless communication includes identifying at least one current resource for which a coexistence issue is present. The method also includes submitting a message to a base station that includes information indicative of the coexistence issue for the current ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243095 | Facilitating Baton Handover in Multi-Carrier TD-SCDMA Communications Systems Handover processes in multi-carrier carrier time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA) systems include a two-step handover process. When handover of a user equipment is warranted, a hard handover is performed within a source cell of the system fr... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243096 | NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE TO A TARGET NETWORK APPARATUS IN THE WIMAX SYSTEM A network apparatus for transmitting a message to a target network apparatus is described, which may comprise a trigger device, a target profile determining device, a message preparation device and a message transmitting device. The trigger device may be adapted for det... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243097 | Interface Setup for Communications Network with Femtocells A method of operating a communications network comprises determining that an interface needs to be established between a femto radio base station gateway (40) and a macro radio base station (28), and when establishing the interface between the macro radio ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110243093 | Method and Apparatus for Pre-Uplink Synchronization in TD-SCDMA Handover Certain aspects of the present disclosure propose techniques and apparatus for pre-uplink synchronization in Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) handover.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235616 | HANDOFF BETWEEN BASE STATIONS OF DIFFERENT PROTOCOL REVISIONS IN A CDMA SYSTEM Techniques for supporting handoff of a terminal between base stations of different protocol revisions (P_REVs) in a CDMA system. One technique includes performing a handoff of the terminal from a first base station to a second base station. The handoff is performed whil... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235617 | CENTRALIZED RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER In a radio access network, novel systems and methods reduce processing delay, and improve integration with IP networks, by separating user data from connection management and control data at a Node B or at a base station. The user data are routed to an IP (Internet Prot... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235615 | MANAGEMENT OF WLAN AND WWAN COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO A MULTI-MODE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A mesh network communication system includes a plurality of access points connected to a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller where at least one of the plurality access points is a detection access point (DAP) that receives reverse link (RL) wireless wide area ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235614 | TECHNIQUE FOR AT COMMAND HANDLING IN RELATION TO AN EPS PACKET DOMAIN A method and system of facilitating the use of AT commands specified for a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) packet domain in relation to an Evolved Packet System (EPS) packet domain is provided. An embodiment of the present invention comprises defining, in response t... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235618 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SOFT HANDOFF IN MOBILE BROADBAND SYSTEMS The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include selectivel... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228746 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING PDCP STATUS REPORT A method of transmitting PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) status reports, is performed by a mobile terminal by receiving, from an upper layer, a request for PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) re-establishment; detecting whether there are any out-of-sequence ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228745 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING A HOPPING PILOT BEACON AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING A TERMINAL HANDOFF The present invention discloses a method for transmitting a Hopping Pilot Beacon (HPB). The method includes the following steps: an HPB cell selects one resource among remaining resources used to transmit a traffic carrier frequency; the HPB cell uses the selected resou... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228666 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING PEER-TO-PEER (P2P) COMMUNICATION ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Techniques for establishing and maintaining peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are described. In an aspect, P2P communication on an unlicensed spectrum may be established and maintained with network assistance. In one design, a user equipment (UE) may communicate with a w... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228743 | HANDOVER FROM SERVING BASE STATION TO TARGET BASE STATION The present invention relates to a method and system for performing a handover from a serving base station to a target base station. The method for performing handover includes: transmitting a signal for detecting a base station searching signal (BS-SS) from the serving... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228744 | Application Identification in Mobile Networks An apparatus includes a unit configured to perform an application identification on a traffic flow, and a unit configured to generate identification information as a result of the application identification. A unit is configured to store identification information, and ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222509 | FAST RESELECTION TO OTHER RAT AFTER CSFB A wireless apparatus having one or more first radios, one or more second radios, interface control, and a processor. The one or more first radios are coupled to one or more first communication links. The one or more second radios are coupled to one or more second commun... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222510 | Wireless Network for Automation, Realtime and/or Industrial Applications The present invention describes a wireless network, in particular for automation, realtime and/or industrial applications, having at least two access network nodes and at least one radio station for wireless communication with at least one of the at least two access net... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222508 | HANDOFF METRIC FOR MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGIES Provided are methods and systems of managing a handoff in a multimedia communication network. Embodiments include estimating the voice quality of a communication route in the network. The voice quality may be estimated by using a total voice quality metric involving sub... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222511 | Method, System, and Apparatus for Tracing User Equipment in a Network A method, system, and apparatus for tracing a user in a network are provided. The method includes activating a task for tracing a user in a network according to a tracing task message sent by an Element Management System (EMS), and sending the tracing task to an Evolved... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222423 | MEDIA (VOICE) PLAYBACK (DE-JITTER) BUFFER ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON AIR INTERFACE Systems and methods for adapting a de-jitter buffer to conform to air link conditions. An air link characteristic may be detected before that characteristic begins to affect packet delivery, such as by slowing or speeding delivery delay at a subscriber station. A receiv... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110222512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN A CONNECTED STATE HANDOFF OF AN ACCESS TERMINAL A method of sending reset message sequence number is provided. During a connected state handoff of an access terminal (AT) between a source access network (AN) and a target AN, the source AN sends a reset message sequence number of the AT to the target AN. The source AN... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110216741 | SEAMLESS CELL RECONFIGURATION IN BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORKS Embodiments of a system and method for wireless communication are provided. In certain embodiments, systems and methods for providing seamless reconfiguration of a network which incorporate known features of the network. In some embodiments, the mobile station implement... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216742 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HANDOVER MECHANISMS A method for supporting handover mechanisms, in particular Media Independent Handover (MIH) mechanism according to the IEEE 802.21 standard, wherein a user equipment (UE) attaches to an access network (AN) via points of attachment (PoAs), wherein signalling messages are... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216739 | RESOURCE ALLOCATION METHOD FOR CONTROL MESSAGE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The present invention realtes to a resource allocation method of a base station. The method includes generating a packet data unit that includes a first field and a downlink control message, wherein the first field indicates whether unsolicited resource is to be allocat... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216736 | System and Method for Supporting Bandwidth Requests in a Handover A system and method for supporting bandwidth requests in a handover are provided. A method for mobile station operations includes transmitting a first message, receiving a second message responsive to the first message, and initiating a handover with the target controll... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216735 | LEGACY AND ADVANCED ACCESS SERVICE NETWORK INTERNETWORKING Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatus, and system configurations for transferring wireless connections among legacy and advanced access service networks.... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216737 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR IMPLEMENTING CALL HANDOFF BETWEEN NETWORKS Systems, methods, and media for implementing call handoff between networks are provided, in some embodiments, systems for implementing call handoff between networks are provided, the systems comprising.: at least one device that: receives a call from a first endpoint; e... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216738 | Method and System for Mobile Station Acquisition A system and method for mobile station acquisition are presented. A preferred embodiment comprises a control message that contains additional information than would be found in a neighbor advertisement MAC management message. This control message contains enough informa... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216740 | HANDOVER BETWEEN LEGACY AND NON-LEGACY WIMAX NETWORKS Embodiments of a system and method for handover and zone switching between legacy and non-legacy base stations are provided. In certain embodiments, a fast ranging IE allocation is used to transfer a dedicated allocation to a mobile station for ranging with a target bas... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216743 | OPTIMIZATION OF HANDOVERS TO UNTRUSTED NON-3GPP NETWORKS The invention relates to a method for ensuring IP session continuity upon a handover of a mobile node to a non-3GPP network, wherein an ongoing IP session of the mobile node goes via a packet data network gateway. For non-3GPP networks it is necessary to discover a secu... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211556 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CELL HANDOVER A method apparatus and system for cell handover are provided. The method includes the following steps. User equipment (UE) initiates a cell handover. If the UE is not in a downlink discontinuous reception state, the cell handover is performed when the UE is not in the d... | 09/01/2011 |
