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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120026903 | SELECTIVE ALLOCATION OF DEDICATED CHANNEL (DCH) RESOURCES WITHIN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM In an embodiment, a UE determines to transmit a message (e.g., an alert message, a call initiation message). Based on the type of the message to be transmitted, the UE selectively transmits supplemental data configured to prompt an access network to transition the UE to... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110003600 | Method, Subscriber Device and Radio Communication System for Transmitting User Data Messages A method is provided for transmitting user data messages from a network element of a radio communication system via at least one transmission channel to at least one subscriber terminal of the radio communication system, whereby the form of the user data messages is ann... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100184450 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PARAMETERS OF A COMMUNICATION CHANNEL BETWEEN A FEMTOCELL AND A CELLULAR ENABLED COMMUNICATION DEVICE Aspects of a method and system for controlling parameters of a communication channel between a femtocell and a cellular enabled communication device are provided. In this regard, characteristics of a cellular communication channel established between a cellular enabled ... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100035629 | ULTRA WIDEBAND ASSISTED INITIAL ACQUISITION A method is provided for reducing the search space of an acquiring ultra wideband (UWB) device seeking to join an UWB communication system, such as a Multi-band orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) UWB system, by providing wireless network information, su... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20090156227 | OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVERS IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT Switching between and/or combining various multi-transceiver wireless communication techniques based on a determined characteristic of a network or a wireless link is described herein. As an example, a characteristic such as signal to noise ratio (SNR), multi-path scatt... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090131070 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION DEVICE AND MOBILE STATION DEVICE A wireless communication system comprises a mobile station and a base station, which use a plurality of communication channels and a pilot channel corresponding to at least one of the communication channels. The base station has a transmitting unit that employs at least... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090042575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING, IN A WIRELESS CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, WHICH DEVICE AMONG A FIRST AND SECOND DEVICES HAS TO MANAGE DATA ASSOCIATED TO A MOBILE TERMINAL The present invention concerns a method for determining in a wireless cellular telecommunication network which device among a first device managing data associated to mobile terminals located in a first pool of cells and a second device managing data associated to mobil... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20080171554 | NODE B AND RNC ACTIONS DURING A SERVING HSDPA CELL CHANGE A system and method in accordance with the present invention reduce the amount of data that is stalled in a source Node B after a serving HS-DSCH cell change in a communication system that includes a serving RNC and at least one Node B. In a first embodiment, the RNC te... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080119199 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A communication method enabling communication on a predetermined mobile communication network and communication on a predetermined wireless communication network different from the predetermined mobile communication network, includes the step of: switching, means for ca... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080108369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN APPROPRIATE LINK PATH IN A MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A determination of link quality (CSR) is made from the subscriber station to a relay station. A determination of link quality (CRB) is made from the relay station to the base station, and a determination of link quality (CSB) is made fro... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080014959 | Radio Resource Management Based On Load And Channel Inactivity The data transmission activity of established connections is monitored along with a measure of the load or drain on communication resources. When the load on communication resources increases or when it moves past a threshold, inactivity over an connection is not permit... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070293234 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING COMMON CONTROL INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for transmitting common control information in a wireless mobile communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting common control information by a first Base Station (BS) to a second BS and broadcasting by the second BS the common control infor... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070293235 | Congestion Control Method For Wireless Communication System and Base Station Control Apparatus If a wireless resource congestion occurs, the wireless resources of the entire system are used efficiently to reduce a disconnection of communication with a congested sector and a state in which a new call cannot be originated nor terminated. A base station control appa... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070287435 | Multichannel scanning apparatus and method for dual DMB-enabled mobile phone A multichannel scanning apparatus and method for a DMB-enabled mobile phone that are capable of simultaneously displaying multiple images received through different service channels of satellite and terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting systems is provided. A mult... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070238470 | Conservation of temporary roaming numbers A method for routing mobile station terminated calls. The method can include determining whether a mobile station (110, 110′) is within its home serving area (170) when a call (180) has been placed to the mobile station over a communications netwo... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070238471 | Method and apparatus for storing data using DLNA network A Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) network that stores, in real time, data, such as motion pictures, still images, audio sounds, etc., collected from outside of the home into a storage device located, preferably, in the home. In particular, a data collecting devic... | 10/11/2007 |
| 20070207814 | TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE STATION, AND RADIO NETWORK CONTROLLER A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of uplink user data to be transmitted by a mobile station, based on a maximum allowable transmission rate, include: instructing, at a radio network controller, to change a serving cell of the mobile ... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070202884 | System, apparatus and method for transmitting event information from a remote terminal to subscribers over a network A system, apparatus and method for transmitting event information from a remote terminal to subscribers over a network. Remote terminal events, such as a missed call or and SMS messages etc. are routed to a secondary terminal when the subscriber is logged into his or he... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070105536 | Methods and apparatus for providing SMS notification, advertisement and e-commerce systems for university communities Apparatus and methods are provided for providing SMS notification, SMS advertisement, web advertisement and e-commerce systems for university communities. A messaging platform includes a web server and a database. The web server provides student, university, merchant an... | 05/10/2007 |
| 20070093256 | Method for Transmitting Message of Mobile Terminal A method for transmitting a message from a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system The method includes displaying a list of messages attempted to be transmitted, selecting a message from the list of transmitted messages that was unsuccessfully transmitted, and ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20070093255 | Communications from hypertext documents Efficient and effective communications are initiated from the selection, at a first user device, of a link in a resource. Based on this selection, a communications request is transmitted to a server. In addition, identification information of a second user device (such ... | 04/26/2007 |
| 20060293061 | Radio communication device and route search method A radio communication device includes a reception unit for receiving a route request message from another radio communication device, a route control message processing unit for judging whether the received route request message is addressed to itself or not, a route re... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060270418 | State-mediated data signaling used for compression in telecommunication services The invention relates to message-based communication between at least two units (100; 200) participating in a communications session. A first communications unit (100) generates and stores a state (10) comprising unit-associated data applicable for ... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060246923 | System and method for base station initiated call setup A system and method for performing base station initiated call setup is provided. A base station initiated call setup may be utilized to establish a test call, to deliver a packet data services call to a subscriber unit, or to reactivate a dormant packet call. The base ... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060234721 | Facilitating routing requests received in wireless communication devices A method and apparatus are disclosed for facilitating a routing request received in a wireless communication device of a wireless subscriber. The method comprises receiving a first string of data input by the wireless subscriber wherein the first string comprises a pred... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060142022 | Method of operating a base station of wireless communications network, base station of a wireless communications network and radio network controller The present invention relates to a method of operating a base station (10) of a wireless communications network, wherein data is transmitted between said base station (10) and a radio network controller (20). The inven... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060116145 | Access parameter adaptation and packet data resource management using detailed mobile status information A wireless communication system wherein wireless infrastructure adapts access parameters and manages channel resources based on detailed reconnection information obtained from individual mobile stations. Mobile stations transmit particular reconnection attempt status in... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060094441 | Method, subscriber device and radio communication system for transmitting user data messages A method is provided for transmitting user data messages from a network element of a radio communication system via at least one transmission channel to at least one subscriber terminal of the radio communication system, whereby the form of the user data messages is ann... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060094442 | Wireless/wired mobile communication device with option to automatically block wireless communication when connected for wired communication A mobile wireless communication device also has at least one wired communication port. Enhanced security is achieved by permitting the device to automatically disable one or more wireless ports when connected to a wired port. Specific combinations/permutations of such a... | 05/04/2006 |
| 20060025151 | Handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning A method and system supporting handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning is disclosed. A mobile multimedia handset may engage in the exchange of a multimedia information stream via a first wireless network, and may sniff a portion of radio f... | 02/02/2006 |
| 20060003741 | Method for transmitting notification messages with a view to delivering multimedia messages to telecommunication devices configured as multimedia message sinks A method is provided for transmitting notification messages for submission of multimedia messages to telecommunications devices embodied as multimedia message sinks, wherein to reduce the effort involved in transmitting notification messages and the associated administr... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050272436 | Method and apparatus for avoiding wireless audio signal transmission interferences In one aspect, in general, the invention features a method including a second wireless system determining a frequency of active operation of a first wireless system, and communicating wirelessly on the second wireless system in the vicinity of the wireless communication... | 12/08/2005 |
| 20050255852 | Dynamic data delivery apparatus and method for same A system for providing enhanced radio content to a remote user is disclosed. The system includes at least one input that receives non-radio input; and, at least one output interconnected to the at least one input via a hub, wherein the at least one output receives the e... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050245270 | Routing protocol within hybrid-cellular networks In order to establish routing to/from a base station within a hybrid-cellular network, each network element is assigned a “class” based on a received signal strength of the base station. Each network element is allowed to choose a network element of lower class for ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050202805 | Terminal function setting method, terminal function setting system, terminal, and program A method for setting a menu shown on a display of a terminal in accordance with the interest of a user. In the method, the terminal sends a transmission request for menu information to a setting system. The menu information, which is stored in the setting system, is use... | 09/15/2005 |
| 20050192023 | Cellular communications system providing mobile cellular device battery saving features based upon a stepped down attempt rate and related methods A cellular communications system may include at least one base station and at least one mobile cellular communications device. More particularly, the at least one mobile cellular communications device may include a wireless transceiver and a controller for cooperating t... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050159168 | Network support for forwarding incoming fax call to mobile fax device A method for a wireless network to forward an incoming call to a subscriber's primary mobile directory number on to a mobile fax directory number assigned to the subscriber includes: a) associating the mobile fax directory number with the primary mobile directory number... | 07/21/2005 |
| 20050148338 | System and method for processing and routing incoming calls to a communication assistance system The present invention is a call routing system for use in directory assistance. The call routing system employs a primary call routing device configured to receive directory assistance calls from callers at a first directory assistance system, and determines, for each o... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050143088 | Selective hairpinning of calls through another network A wireless communication unit (200) and corresponding method (500) selectively routes calls originated in one wireless communication network (105) through another wireless communication network (104, 108, 110). The communication unit comprise... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050136940 | Method of setting monitoring period for paging channel Disclosed is a method of variably setting a monitoring period for a paging channel, the method including the steps of accumulating the number of calls occurred within each time range, setting the monitoring period for the paging channel to be long as the number of calls... | 06/23/2005 |
