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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111664 | Communication path switching system and method A communication path switching system including a wireless base station having a function of wireless communication with a mobile station and a function of relaying data transmitted from the mobile station over a wireless communication path; and plural transmission ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111665 | Methods and devices for determining if a handover has to be executed for a terminal A method for determining if a handover of a half-duplex terminal has to be executed from a first base station to a second base station, the half-duplex terminal not transferring and not receiving signals during a period of time, called an idle period. The first base... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111666 | Method and system for idle mode signaling reduction A method and a system for idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) are provided. The method includes: obtaining ISR activation information of a source network, and setting an ISR status of an user equipment (UE) in a target network according to the obtained ISR activatio... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111663 | Methods and systems for variable rate broadcast with soft handoff Embodiments described herein relate to providing variable rate broadcast services with soft handoff in wireless communications. In an embodiment, a plurality of access points (e.g., servicing various cells in a broadcast area) may transmit a broadcast content in acc... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107433 | Changing LTE specific anchor with simple tunnel switching Embodiments of the invention may further provide a method for transferring an LTE anchor in an idle mode. The method includes an MME (control plane entity) initiating an LTE anchor change procedure, the MME first commands the selected new LTE anchor to set up a user... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107435 | Method and system of switching between coverage areas An access terminal may be requesting from an access network data in a first coverage area at a first data rate, which is determined based on at least one signal condition of the first coverage area. The access terminal may then decide to switch from requesting data ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107434 | Connection control system and method for mobile communication system A connection control system and method for Wireless Broadband (WiBro) communication system are provided. The connection control method for a mobile communication system, which includes at least one radio access station for providing communication service to a portab... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107436 | Satellite diversity system, apparatus and method Communication diversity using a plurality of satellites is disclosed. The satellites can support multiple regions corresponding to multiple satellite beams. Each satellite can support all regions in the reverse direction and each satellite can be designated as a pri... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107432 | Dual-mode mobile terminal and method for handover of packet service call between different communication networks A dual-mode mobile terminal and method for performing PS call between different communication networks. In the mobile terminal, a second communication module which communicates with a second communication network, prepares for its operation and enters into a low pow... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107437 | Access stratum manager A multi-mode mobile communication device may include a processing device, a memory sub-system, a communication sub-system operable to communicate with the plurality of wireless access networks, and a protocol stack stored in the memory sub-system and executed by the... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102815 | Proxy mobility optimization Systems and methods are described which provide communication between a correspondent node and a mobile node including receiving a home prefix of the mobile node and a list of correspondent nodes by a mobile access gateway having an access link with the mobile node ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102811 | Providing mobility management protocol information to a mobile terminal for performing handover in a mobile communication system The present invention relates to providing mobility management protocol information to a multi-mode mobile terminal for performing handover between heterogeneous networks. Preferably, the present invention establishes a unified interface to an upper layer of the mob... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102816 | Methods and devices for determining if a handover has to be executed for a terminal The present invention concerns a method for determining in a wireless cellular telecommunication network in which a half duplex terminal is handled by a first base station, if a second base station is able to handle the half-duplex terminal, characterized in that th... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102812 | Methods and apparatus for data packet transmission on a network A change in a client device is detected (306) during a transmission of a plurality of packets destined to at least one first destination used by at least one packet session. In response to the change, a determination (312) is made as to whether some bu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102817 | Method of measurement reporting and cellular radio terminal A method of measurement reporting and a cellular radio terminal are provided. A method of measurement reporting comprises receiving, while a measurement reporting scheme is active, a request for a radio connection reconfiguration, suspending the measurement reportin... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102814 | Access point profile for a mesh access point in a wireless mesh network A mesh access point that includes an access point profile storing one ore more parameters in non-volatile memory, and a method of using the mesh access point having the access point profile to select and carry out mutual authentication on a wireless mesh network to ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102813 | Coordinating a transition of a roaming client between wireless access points using another client in physical proximity Systems and methods for handling a transition of a roaming mobile user device (i.e., a roaming client) from one access point (AP) to a target AP, referred to herein as soft inter-AP handoff. This technique involves a second mobile user device that is already connect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098627 | P-CSCF fast handoff for IMS/MMS architecture A mechanism by which handoff delay can be minimized while not compromising the IMS/MMD security and also protecting the media if required by certain applications is presented. One proactive method includes proactive authentication. Another proactive method includes ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098628 | Transmission control method, mobile station, and radio base station for performing a random access request and response A packet communication method according to the present invention includes: transmitting, at a mobile station, a random access request that includes mobile station information assigned to the mobile station, to a radio base station through a random access channel all... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098626 | Packet transfer control method, communication message processing method, access router, and mobile terminal Provided is a technique for eliminating buffer and transfer of a packet which is not required for an MN in a handover mechanism in which a packet to be sent to the MN performing handover is buffered and the buffered packet is supplied to the MN after the handover. B... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094619 | Multi-mode multi-band mobile communication terminal and mode switching method thereof Disclosed is a multi-mode multi-band mobile communication terminal and a mode switching method thereof wherein a mode switching can be performed between an asynchronous network and a synchronous network by minimizing interruption in communication. According to the s... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094620 | System and method for providing voice service in a multimedia mobile network User Equipment (UE) receiving non-voice packet switched services in an Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Terrestial Radio Access Network (eUTRAN) cell undergoes handover to a circuit switched GSM/Edge Radio Access Network (GERAN)/UTRAN cell in respo... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094621 | Fast handover protocols for WiMAX networks A method performs handover of a mobile station (MS from a current base station (BSC) connected to a target base station (BST) via a backbone in a Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) mobile communication network. The MS, before handover, transmits... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094622 | Mobile communication system and method A mobile communication system enables data reception in correct order, with regard to a reversed data order caused by a route change in data transfer from a source base station to a target base station and in direct transmission from a gateway to a target base stati... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089937 | Method and apparatus for handover in mobile communication network including satellite network A method and mobile communication terminal for handover in a mobile communication network including at least one mobile communication base station and a communication satellite. The handover method includes the steps of: (a) calculating a signal power received from ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089931 | Fast handover method using candidate CoAs Provided is a fast handover method using candidate care-of addresses (CoAs). The method includes obtaining Internet protocol (IP) address information of access routers located adjacent to a previous access router (PAR) to which a mobile node is connected; setting mo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089932 | Handover method in a wireless access network When a mobile device performs a handover from a first wireless base station to a second wireless base station, a base station controller sends a control message addressed to the second base station to notify the handover, to the first wireless base station via a wir... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089936 | Communications system, communications processing method, and nodes To the logical links established between the first node and the second node by use of the first protocol belonging to the first layer, a signal, which is a signal of the second protocol belonging to the second layer higher than the first layer and to which signal th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089934 | Method and system for controlling a call handover between telecommunication networks A method for controlling a call handover between telecommunication networks includes determining whether a User Equipment (UE), in communication with a first network, is engaged in a call attempt when the UE is to be transferred from the first network to a second ne... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089933 | Inter-radio access technology measurement system and method A macrotechnology-based system is provided. The system includes a processor configured to promote macrotechnology-based transmission to a multi-mode user equipment of a signal including a plurality of data portions and a plurality of gaps between one or more of the ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8089935 | Method for performing a handoff in a telecommunication system A method is disclosed for performing a handoff in a telecommunication system. The method comprises: performing a first multi-cell joint detection process for decoding the communications within the home cell when a mobile terminal enters a handoff region between a ho... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085730 | Method, system and apparatus for backuping HA/MAP in mobile IPV6 network The disclosure provides a method, system and apparatus for backuping HA/MAP in mobile IPv6 network. In the disclosure, at least two HAs/MAPs form a redundant backup group. The at least two HAs/MAPs elect an active HA/MAP and a standby HA/MAP via the VRRP. When the a... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085731 | Mechanism for 3generation partnership project multiple inter-network quality of service continuity A system to promote connectivity for inter-radio access technology (RAT) handover from a first radio access network (RAN) to a second radio access network (RAN) is provided. The system comprises a component configured such that for each access point name (APN) in co... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085729 | High speed downlink shared control channel cell change A reordering buffer of a medium access controller-high speed (MAC-hs) is flushed, in response to a high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change. A status report is generated of at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH. The sta... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085726 | High speed downlink shared channel cell change In response to initiation of a high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change, a reordering buffer of a medium access controller-high speed (MAC-hs) is flushed. A user equipment (UE) for at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085727 | Method and apparatus to facilitate the closure of mobility tunnels According to one embodiment, a method involves receiving an incoming media access control (MAC) frame that includes a header, a frame body and an error detection field. Thereafter, an information element within the frame body is analyzed to determine whether to alte... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085728 | High speed downlink shared control channel cell change A high speed-downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) cell change is initialized. A status report is autonomously generated for at least one radio link control (RLC) instance mapped to the HS-DSCH by a user equipment (UE) in response to the initiation of the HS-DSCH cell c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081602 | Selecting a handover algorithm The present invention provides methods for selecting a handover algorithm. The methods may include selecting the handover algorithm for a mobile unit based on at least one measurement indicative of a network state. The methods may also include receiving information ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081603 | Compression static and semi-static context transfer Systems, methodologies, and devices are described that facilitate transferring a subset of compression context from a source base station to a target base station during an inter-base station handover of a mobile device to facilitate establishment of compression con... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081604 | Method and apparatus for handling SRVCC in an inter radio access technology handover The techniques introduced herein provide a system and method for determining whether an inter-RAT handover is an SRVCC handover, and for performing the subsequent SRVCC handover. The techniques include receiving a handover command message that does not include SRVCC... | 12/20/2011 |
