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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8018900 | Seamless roaming across wireless subnets using source address forwarding To enable devices to detect L3 roaming users and to take appropriate forwarding actions, L3 knowledge is introduced inside a bridge in a non-intrusive way. In particular, as a client moves from a subnet associated with a first network element to a subnet associated ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018899 | Handoff system and method between different kinds of devices, SIP server and operational method of SIP server A handoff system and method between different kinds of devices, an SIP server and an application method of the SIP server applied thereto. The handoff system between different kinds of devices includes a plurality of devices; a SIP server which requests a routing pa... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018901 | Mobile communication system using mobile terminal and handover control method A mobile communication system includes a plurality of base station apparatuses; and a mobile terminal configured to perform HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) communication between the mobile terminal and the plurality of base station apparatuses. The mobile ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014358 | System and method for notifying completion of network re-entry procedure in a communication system Provided is a method for receiving a notification indicating a completion of a network re-entry procedure by a Base Station (BS) in a communication system. The method includes transmitting, to a Mobile Station (MS), a RaNGing ReSPonse (RNG-RSP) message including inf... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014356 | Optimal-channel selection in a wireless network A machine-implementable method of optimizing the performance of a wireless network includes collecting, with a first discovery component of the wireless network, a first set of information describing at least one transmission characteristic of each access point of a... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014355 | Service apparatus, method of controlling switching of connection destination of client apparatus by service apparatus, and storage medium readable by machine When a service apparatus detects a predetermined state, the service apparatus selects one of a plurality of client apparatuses connected to the service apparatus and selects a client apparatus to which a connection should be cut. The service apparatus determines ano... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014357 | Method and system for managing address prefix information associated with handover in networks Method and system for managing address prefix information associated with handover in network. A fast handover process is achieved for point-to-point communication model. A mobile node send a provisional new care-of-address with an aggregate prefix part to its previ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009629 | Communication handover method and communication message processing method A technique is disclosed whereby a mobile communication apparatus (MN) having a plurality of interfaces (IFs) performs fast handovers (FMIP) and changes a packet transfer destination using its own multiple IFs, so that packet transmission/reception using an appropri... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009631 | IP mobility A method of forwarding IP packets, sent to an old care-of-address of a mobile node, to the mobile node following a handover of the mobile node from a first old access router to a second new access router. The method comprises, prior to completion of said handover, p... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009630 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing neighbor discovery, handover procedure and relay zone configuration for relay stations in a multi-hop network Methods for use in multi-hop relay networks are described. One method includes receiving a first message from a first relay station requesting a temporary suspension of communication between the first relay station and one or more user equipment. In response to rece... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009628 | Private mobility management enhancements A method and apparatus described herein uses a mobility server to supplement the mobility management operations of a conventional mobile switching circuit (MSC). The mobility server receives mobility messages from a wireless terminal, and updates a location register... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009632 | 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 sourc... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009627 | Method and system for providing interworking with portable internet network and other kinds of networks Disclosed is a method for acquiring an Access Network Identification (ANID) of a currently connected portable Internet network when a mobile communication terminal connects to the portable Internet network. The method includes the steps of (a) receiving an MAC manag... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8009626 | Dynamic temporary MAC address generation in wireless networks Unique temporary MAC addresses are calculated by mobile devices connected to wireless networks, using access point advertising information in combination with the permanent MAC address of the mobile device. The mobile devices use a hash function to construct a bit s... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005049 | Methods and devices to support mobility of a client across VLANs and subnets, while preserving the client's assigned IP address The present invention relates to methods and devices that support mobility of a client across a campus, particularly mobility across VLANs and subnets, while preserving the client's assigned IP address. Both layer 2 and layer 3 packets are supported. Mobility suppor... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8005047 | Handover method in code division multiple access communication system and system thereof In a code division multiple access mobile communication system, a common conversation channel capable of sending the information necessary for handover to a mobile device is provided in a downlink, and in case that the mobile device moves from an area of one radio b... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000297 | Access router based mobile IPv6 fast handover method Provided is a mobile IPv6 fast handovers method, which includes the steps of: a) if a mobile node is moved in a layer 2, receiving a modified RS message from a mobile node in the access router, b) detecting movement of the mobile node in a layer 3 in the access rout... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000299 | Method and apparatus for providing and obtaining information regarding local agent in wireless network A method and apparatus for providing and obtaining information includes detecting information regarding a local agent, representative of a mobile node in a predetermined area, from a message from an access router; requesting the information from a node other than th... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000300 | Mobile station, radio access network apparatus and mobility control method A mobile station includes a radio channel condition evaluation unit evaluating a radio channel condition; a radio channel condition averaging unit averaging the evaluated radio channel condition over a predefined time period; a radio channel condition threshold stor... | 08/16/2011 |
| 8000298 | Fast roaming system A fast roaming system for changing, in a short period of time, the connection to a roaming destination AP (access point) providing a better communication environment, and for improving a roaming completion rate. In response to a search process performed by a mobile ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7995535 | Method and apparatus for distributing data to a mobile device using plural access points A system and method for providing connectivity between mobile devices and access points of a network without redundant solicitation of communication by the mobile device at each access point is described. The method involves receiving a data packet at a first access... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995533 | System and method for efficient state transfer in mobile networks A system and method for efficient state transfer in mobile networks provides improved performance by providing seamless transfer of updated reference state information across network access points during mobile node hand-off. This state transfer processing may be us... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995534 | Method and apparatus for SRNS relocation in wireless communication systems A method for SRNS relocation comprises sending a relocation request from a Source Node B+ to a Target Node B+ based on measurements received from a User Equipment; sending a Physical Channel reconfiguration message from the Source Node B+ to the UE; forwarding Packe... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990923 | Wireless communication connection destination selecting method and device A method for selecting a connection destination for wireless communication from a plurality of base stations in a wireless terminal that is in service areas of the plurality of base stations, which includes a first step (#11) of receiving dispatch information... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990924 | Delayed mobile node registration with home agent Mobile node registration with the home network of the mobile node is delayed when the mobile node moves to a foreign network. The mobile node has a home network in which the mobile node has a home address. In response to the mobile node moving to a foreign network (... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990925 | Method and apparatus for communication handoff Seamless communication handoff is achieved by establishing a protocol tunnel to route leftover packets between network access nodes during the handoff. For example, in a mobile IP-based system, a mobile node may perform a handoff from a first access node that is ass... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990926 | Conversion of voice-over-IP media control messaging into mobile control channel signaling using a voice-over IP gateway A gateway serving as an interface between a mobile network and a wireless network can be configured to send a signal strength indicator to the mobile network thereby causing the mobile network to recognize the gateway as a valid path for handing off a call. The wire... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986665 | Conferencing PSTN gateway methods and apparatus to facilitate heterogeneous wireless network handovers for mobile communication devices A mobile communication device operating in a wireless local area network (WLAN) of a communication network maintains an inter-enterprise voice call via its WLAN interface (e.g. 802.11/VoIP/SIP) with another communication device in the communication network. During t... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986668 | Mobile terminal and method for executing scanning of radio signals The present invention provides a mobile terminal and a method of executing scanning for radio signals in the case where the mobile terminal is connectable to multiple radio communication systems employing different radio communication schemes. The mobile terminal an... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986666 | Creation and transmittal of add messages Described herein are mechanisms and methods that facilitate enabling a first network module to “take over” for a second network module. An access router can be configured to act as a regional mobility agent with respect to a wireless terminal. The wireless termi... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986671 | 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... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986669 | Communication type and congestion based switching of air interface protocols To facilitate vertical handoff, a radio network will identify air interface protocols currently available for use by a wireless device and will then select one of the available air interface protocols based at least in part on the type of communication in which the ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986670 | Dynamic configuration of IP for a terminal equipment attached to a wireless device Techniques for dynamically configuring IP and providing IP connectivity for a terminal equipment attached to a wireless device are described. The wireless device obtains from a wireless network a dynamically assigned IP address, an IP gateway's IP address, a subnet ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986667 | Forwarding data path optimization in a distributed environment for achieving micro-mobility A method and apparatus of updating a forwarding plane of a network element in response to receiving a mobility event is described. The network element receives a mobility message indicating a mobile node has coupled to a new access port associated with the network e... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983221 | Method and apparatus for radio link failure recovery in a wireless communications network In a method for radio link failure (RLF) recovery in a wireless communications network, a timer T sets a predetermined time period from a command to a mobile terminal UE to hand over to a new eNB. Resources are reserved at a target eNB 2. If the time period e... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983218 | Techniques to support seamless mobility of electronic devices engaged in a session initiation protocol (SIP) session Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to allow a wireless device engaged in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) communication session to move between heterogeneous wireless networks without terminating the SIP session. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983220 | Wireless LAN terminal and handover method thereof There is provided a wireless LAN terminal and a handover method thereof for resolving a sound cutoff and image cutoff which occur when a terminal is moved. The wireless LAN terminal stores BSSID of wireless LAN access points and a frame control in a MAC header of a ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983219 | Handoff of an access terminal at the network layer in an access network An apparatus for accessing an access network includes a processing system configured to maintain an active set comprising a plurality of network functions, the processing system being further configured to support a handoff of a network layer attachment point from a... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7978655 | 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 simulta... | 07/12/2011 |
| RE42537 | Apparatus for controlling multi-mode radio access and method for the same A method and apparatus for controlling multi-mode radio access, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that supports multi-mode reconfigurable, quality of service (QoS) and seamless handoff in different radio systems so as to provide wire-line like QoS guarant... | 07/12/2011 |
