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Class 455/436 - Handoff


Subclass of Class 455 - Telecommunications
Definition: Subject matter wherein a mobile station during a call is
No. of applications: 1755
Last issue date: 05/24/2012


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Application No.Application TitleIssue Date
20110244864Methods And Apparatus For Selecting A Base Station Transceiver System Based On Service Communication Type
Techniques for use in selecting a base station transceiver system for communication with a mobile station are described. The mobile station is connected to a first base station transceiver system, and scans to identify a second base station transceiver system for commun...
10/06/2011
20110244862MOBILITY CONTROL SYSTEMS AND MOBILITY CONTROL METHODS
Base stations notify the mobile terminal of area information that represents communication areas; a mobile terminal decides a handover destination base station based on position information of the mobile terminal and the area information concerning which the base statio...
10/06/2011
20110244858Method and Apparatus for Cell Reselections
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a user equipment initiates autonomous cell reselection from a source cell to a target cell. Subsequent to the reselection, the user equipment transmits information relating to the source cell to the targ...
10/06/2011
20110244865METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICE FOR USER DETACHMENT WHEN A HANDOVER OR CHANGE OCCURS IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK
A method for user detachment when a handover or change occurs in a heterogeneous network is provided. The method includes: a user equipment (UE) is handed over or switched from a source network to a target network; a network element on a network side determines whether ...
10/06/2011
20110244859COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
There is provided a communication control apparatus to control handover with terminal equipment including a position information acquisition unit to acquire position information containing a cell ID specifying a cell to which the terminal equipment is connected, a stora...
10/06/2011
20110244860Method of Changing Primary Component Carrier and Related Communication Device
A method of changing a primary component carrier (PCC) for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a handover command from a network of the wireless communication system to change a first uplink primary component c...
10/06/2011
20110244863USER EQUIPMENT, BASE STATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND HANDOVER CONTROL METHOD
In a user equipment (UE)(100), a handover from a macro cell base station (eNB)(200) to a CSG cell base station (HeNB)(300) is controlled based on a result of comparison between reception quality from the eNB (200) and reception quality from t...
10/06/2011
20110244868METHOD 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...
10/06/2011
20110244861METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A MOBILE DEVICE HANDOFF FROM A MACRO BASE STATION TO A FEMTO BASE STATION
A method for managing a mobile device handoff from a macro base station to a Femto Base Station includes receiving periodically a subscriber list from each of neighboring Femto Base Stations by the Macro Base Station. The method also includes storing Femto Base Station ...
10/06/2011
20110237256METHOD FOR SUPPORTING QUALITY OF SERVICE MECHANISMS DURING A HANDOVER PROCESS OR IN PREPARATION OF A HANDOVER PROCESS
A method for supporting quality of service (QoS) mechanisms during a handover process or in preparation of a handover process, wherein a user equipment (UE) attaches to an access network (AN) via points of attachment (PoA), wherein the handover process supports changing...
09/29/2011
20110237255RELAY STATION AND BASE STATION
An object is to suppress interference with communication between a relay station and a radio communication terminal, by performing handover of a radio communication terminal causing the interference thereby performing proper communication connection.

09/29/2011
20110237257CELLULAR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING
Various arrangements for managing wireless network communication are described. Two cells using different radio access technologies (RATs), such as a 3G cell and a 4G cell, may provide overlapping coverage. A first cell using a first RAT, under certain circumstances, ma...
09/29/2011
20110237258METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN AN LTE FEMTO SYSTEM
The invention relates to a method in a target radio base station (14) for enabling a handover of a connection to a user equipment (13) from a source cell (12) to a target cell (11) associated with a target cell identity. The source cell (1...
09/29/2011
20110237259Method and Arrangement for Supporting Multiple Settings of Mobility Triggers in a Telecommunications System
The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement (102, 104, 106, 202, 302, 304, 502, 504, 702, 704, 1000,1014) for prioritizing one of multiple cell-related mobility decisions associated with multiple parallel mobility events being triggered, ...
09/29/2011
20110237260RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND PROGRAM
A base station of the present invention includes: a bandwidth information notifier that exchanges information on unoccupied bandwidth in the allocatable bandwidth to the terminal under control which, among terminals, belongs to a QoS class that needs bandwidth guarantee...
09/29/2011
20110230193HANDOVER ROUTING IN CS-OVER-LTE-VIA-GAN SOLUTIONS
A method and various devices (e.g., MME, GANCs, UE) are described herein for preventing a CS domain call from being dropped during a CSoLTEvGAN towards GERAN/UTRAN handover procedure....
09/22/2011
20110230192APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SEQUENCED MESSAGE TRANSFER DURING SIGNAL RADIO VOICE CALL CONTINUITY (SRVCC)
A mobile communications device with a wireless module and a controller module is provided. The wireless module selectively performs wireless transceiving to and from a first service network or a second service network. The controller module receives, via the wireless mo...
09/22/2011
20110230191Methods and Systems for Causing a Mobile Station to Originate a Subsequent Call Via a Coverage Area Other than that Used for a First Call
Methods and systems are provided causing a mobile station to, after experiencing a dropped call, originate a subsequent call via a coverage area different than that used for the first call. In an embodiment, a mobile station detects that, when it was engaged in the firs...
09/22/2011
20110223917METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMING A SERVING CELL HANDOVER
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a system for informing a serving cell handover, which relate to radio communication technology, and can greatly reduce delay of the handover of the HS-DSCH serving cell, decrease the drop call rate, and enhance ...
09/15/2011
20110223918Method and Node for Enabling Central Processing of Local Information
The invention relates to a method in a first communication node in a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of second communication nodes for enabling a central processing of local data from second communication nodes in the network. The first communicat...
09/15/2011
20110222508HANDOFF 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
20110223914RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, RADIO COMMUNICATING METHOD IN RADIO BASE STATION APPARATUS, AND RADIO COMMUNICATION PROGRAM
A radio base station apparatus for performing radio communication with a terminal apparatus, including: a logging processing unit which stores history information relating to handover in a storage unit, when the terminal apparatus performs handover; a change determinati...
09/15/2011
20110223915APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALLOWING FEMTO BASE STATION TO EFFICIENTLY PERFORM BEACONING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
An apparatus and a method for allowing a femto base station to efficiently perform beaconing in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes obtaining a System Information Block (SIB) message of a neighbor macro base station transmitted to a termina...
09/15/2011
20110223916Smooth Hard Handover Method and Base Station Adapted For The Method
A cellular radio communications system, method, mobile station, and base station for a smooth hard handover. Selected base stations prepare radio links for potential communication with a mobile station although only one radio link is actively used for transmission. A ha...
09/15/2011
20110223919Network Gateway Configured to Provide a Handover, Converting and Routing Function
Methods are provided for handing over a connection from a source base station to a target base station. The methods include receiving, at a gateway, a handover required message transmitted from the source base station, the handover required message indicating that a use...
09/15/2011
20110217981NETWORK INITIATED CONTEXT ESTABLISHMENT
The invention relates to a method for configuring a context for a connection delivering a packet data service to a mobile terminal via a target wireless access network. The mobile terminal is initially connected to an originating wireless access network and the packet d...
09/08/2011
20110217982METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONGESTION CONTROL IN LOCATION UPDATING
A method, an apparatus and a system for congestion control in location updating are provided. The method includes: setting location updating congestion control information according to network circumstances (s101); and sending the location updating congestion con...
09/08/2011
20110212726METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DETERMINING SOFT HANDOVER DIVERSITY SET THRESHOLDS
A method and a terminal for determining soft handover diversity thresholds are disclosed in the present invention. In the above method, at first, a terminal determines a dynamical addition threshold of a diversity corresponding to the terminal according to the first pre...
09/01/2011
20110207461METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF A FEMTO RADIO BASE STATION
A method for configuration of a femto radio base station is characterized in the steps of establishing a connection of the femto radio base station (1) to a configuration server (3) via the internet, positioning a mobile terminal (6) within the tran...
08/25/2011
20110207462Voice Over LTE Via Generic Access Handover (HO) Apparatus And Method
A method and system wherein a Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Access Network Controller (VANC)1 upon receiving a REGISTER and REGISTER UPDATE message from the UE1 notifies a Hand Over Selection Function node (HOSF) that a user equipment (UE) is registered in t...
08/25/2011
20110207460METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER
A method of performing a handover between a first device and a second device is provided. The method including: transmitting a handover request frame for requesting a handover, including information about a reason for requesting the handover, to the second device; recei...
08/25/2011
20110207459METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CELL RESELECTION
A method of reselecting a mobile wireless communication device to a network subsystem before initiating a connection with a wireless communication network. A connection request is received by the mobile wireless communication device in response to a user input. Attribut...
08/25/2011
20110201335METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A LOCATION-BASED VERTICAL HANDOFF OVER HETEROGENEOUS MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS
A multi-radio mobile device receives data transmissions for a wireless communication session from a current serving access network in a coupled heterogeneous network system comprising a plurality of different access networks. The multi-radio mobile device initiates a ha...
08/18/2011
20110201336METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING USER-LEVEL QoS DURING A LOCATION-BASED HANDOFF OVER HETEROGENEOUS MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS
A multi-radio mobile device receives data transmission of a session from a serving access network in a heterogeneous network system comprising difference access networks. A handoff is performed based on the received data transmissions. User-level QoS for the wireless co...
08/18/2011
20110201334Energy-Efficient Network Methods and Apparatus
Methods and apparatus for changing the transmission/reception setup of a base station (BS) in a communication network to another transmission/reception setup (such as one using fewer transmit antennas and/or lower channel bandwidths) without affecting communication with...
08/18/2011
20110201339Cell Type Information Sharing Between Neighbor Base Stations
The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for cell type information sharing between neighbour base stations (310, 330) in a telecommunications system (300). One embodiment comprises informing a second radio base station (330) serving...
08/18/2011
20110201338Method and apparatus for coordination of handoff among MMSS and RAT priorities
A method is provided whereby wireless system operators broadcast each other's carriers in an inter-RAT neighbor list according to protocols that minimize conflicts with carrier-selection algorithms provisioned in served mobile terminals. According to the method of the i...
08/18/2011
20110201337METHODS, APPARATUSES, SYSTEM, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR HANDOVER SECURITY
It is disclosed a method comprising receiving, prior to a handover operation, first key indication information, creating, prior to the handover operation, key information based on the received first key indication information, retaining the created key information, send...
08/18/2011
20110195715METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING PROXIMITY INDICATION AND DETECTION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
A method and system to configure proximity detection and reporting in a wireless device during a transition of the wireless device from one cell state to another cell state in a third generation (3G) wireless communication system. In a first cell state, the wireless dev...
08/11/2011
20110195716HANDOVER METHOD AND RADIO ACCESS NETWORK APPARATUS
Disclosed is a handover method that comprises a step wherein a radio access network apparatus on a first mobile communication system acquires and stores service identification information which specifies the services offered to a mobile station, and a step wherein the r...
08/11/2011
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