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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7747251 | Dynamic selection by a mobile station of its home agent using its preferred roaming list (PRL) Methods and systems are provided for dynamic selection by a mobile station of its home agent using its preferred roaming list (PRL). A mobile station maintains a PRL comprising an association between (i) a first set of data identifying a first wireless wide area net... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734289 | Delivery of network services A network element includes at least one input to receive communications from a plurality of terminal devices and a plurality of network elements, a processing unit and logic to classify the communications as a type of user information, and a router to route the comm... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729695 | Method and apparatus for handling roaming lists in a wireless communication system Method and apparatus for updating roaming lists. An error handling message is provided when the roaming list protocols within the elements of a system are not compatible. A roaming list format identifier is provided to the remote user identifying the protocol versio... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720473 | System and method for optimizing handover in mobile communication system Disclosed are a system and a method for optimizing a handover process in a mobile broadband wireless access system. The method performs handover in a mobile communication system including a mobile subscriber station, a serving base station currently providing servic... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715839 | Method of controlling the roaming of terminal users in NGN network system The present invention relates to a method of controlling the roam of a terminal user in the NGN network system, including: dividing the network into regions in accordance with IP address field and defining the roam type and service attribute of each IP address field... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711361 | Method and system for distributed roaming services for mobile users on wireless mesh networks A method and system for distributed roaming in a wireless mesh network are disclosed. Cells are able to track and predict a users movement throughout the network. The user's roaming profile is forwarded to predicted future cells before the user actually enters those... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706789 | Techniques to manage roaming A system, apparatus, method and article to manage roaming in a wireless communication system are described. An apparatus may include a first wireless device having a processor to receive roaming information for a second wireless device from a third wireless device, ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706788 | Method for network selection in communication networks, related network and computer program product therefor At least one user is given access to a respective home operator over a communication network such as an IP network, via an access network and through any of a plurality of supported visited networks. The user is communicated a list of the supported visited networks ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702329 | Temporarily overriding a preferred roaming list (PRL) in a multi-mode device, in favor of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point Methods and multi-mode devices are provided for temporarily overriding a preferred roaming list (PRL) in a multi-mode device, in favor of a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point. A triggering event is detected. In response to detecting the triggering event... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702330 | Method and apparatus for wireless mobility measurements Apparatus and methods enabling the efficient and repeatable measurement of mobility performance of wireless data communications equipment are described. This is particularly useful for testing the impact of roaming of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices, such... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702331 | Method and system for international roaming and call bridging Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscr... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7697930 | Method and apparatus for mobility management in wireless networks This invention provides a method and apparatus that uses a mobility management server (MMS) device for supporting mobility management in wireless networks. With the MMS device for services of resource management and packet relay, this invention speeds up the handove... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7684793 | Anti-traffic redirection system A system for controlling traffic between a Home Public Mobile Network (HPMN) and a Visiting Public Mobile Network (VPMN) of a roaming mobile station is provided. The system includes a TR probe for detecting a traffic redirection (TR) attempt for the roaming mobile s... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7668541 | Enhanced techniques for using core based nodes for state transfer Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668542 | Token-based receiver diversity A token-based receiver diversity processing is described. In one embodiment, a receiver diversity comprises repeaters receiving wirelessly transmitted packets from a mobile station, and one of the repeaters forwarding packets of the wirelessly transmitted packets to... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664494 | Signaling and packet relay method and system including general packet radio service (“GPRS”) A method and system for roaming mobile communications between networks is described. One embodiment includes a plurality of messages from a home network subscriber device that is device is roaming outside the home network. A communications link is established with a... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660580 | Inbound roamer call control system A system for implementing call control services for an inbound roamer is provided. The system includes a control node to implement the call control services in response to an initiation request. The system further includes a service node to send a terminating custom... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657259 | Optimal home agent allocation Particular embodiments provide an optimal allocation of a bearer manager or home agent. In one embodiment, a message is received from a mobile node requesting access to a visiting network that is different from a home network for the mobile node. An authentication r... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7647046 | Maintaining uninterrupted service in a wireless access point and client stations thereof A method, an apparatus, and code in a carrier medium to operate in a first access point of a wireless network in communication with at least one associated client station. The method includes wirelessly broadcasting a management frame including an indication that th... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7630712 | Method for reconnecting a mobile terminal in a wireless network A method for re-connecting a mobile terminal roaming in a wireless network via a target base station (TBS) after the occurrence of an uncontrolled disconnection of the mobile from a serving base station (SBS) via which the mobile was receiving and transmitting commu... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630711 | Method and system for mapping provisioning information of different communications networks A wireless communications device is configurable to communicate with either one of two networks over a wireless medium, each of the two networks having a different air interface protocol. Additionally, the wireless device includes stored provisioning information for... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627314 | Call handling scheme to reduce roaming charges A second switch receives an indication from a roaming network that a call forwarded by the roaming network has been dropped by the roaming network, and in response to receiving the indication, forwards the call from a first switch. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623860 | Mobile communication terminal and method therefore A method for organizing data records in a memory in a mobile telecommunication terminal is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of digits, which identify a subscriber terminal in a telecommunication network, in a control unit in the mobile telecommu... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7616953 | System and a method of realizing subscriber's foreign roaming service through the router A system and method of realizing subscriber's roaming service through the route server, employed in next generation network system which realizes cross-domain calling route through the route server, wherein when the roaming device is accessed, the register server ju... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7616954 | Method and system for providing GSMA IR. 73 SoR compliant cellular traffic redirection The present invention provides a passive monitoring method of redirecting roaming traffic associated with a subscriber. The method includes retrieving a first transaction ID at a TR probe, by passively monitoring a registration message intended for a home location i... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613454 | Network and method of realizing local roaming for subscribers A network for implementing localized roaming of mobile subscribers includes: a base transceiver station, a base station controller, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC), a Visiting Location Register (VLR) and a Home Location Register (HLR), and at least one Roaming Numbe... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7599692 | Method and system for wireless LAN communication Disclosed are a wireless LAN communication method and system which allow different service providers to share equipments needed for the system to thereby suppress an investment in equipment and improve the convenience for users. The system and method gather the comm... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593727 | Method and apparatus for best service rescan scheduling for mobile device operating in an EVDO hybrid mode A method and apparatus for best service rescan scheduling on a mobile device operating in an EVDO hybrid mode, the method comprising the steps of: blocking a best service rescan on the mobile device if the mobile device in an EVDO traffic state, the mobile device ch... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7577432 | Blocking network selection redirection attempts in roaming An apparatus for blocking of redirection attempts by a home network when a mobile unit roams in a visited network. The apparatus comprises: a detector, configured for detecting a roaming transaction by a mobile unit of a visiting user and a respective redirection at... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577433 | Method and system for managing delivery of communications Method and system for managing delivery of communications such as advertisements to mobile telephone subscribers where delivery to roaming subscribers is prevented or blocked when the subscriber is determined to be using a roaming network and revenue derived from de... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577431 | Providing multiple MSISDN numbers in a mobile device with a single IMSI A SIMM System and method is provided that supports many Mobile Subscriber Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) numbers on a mobile device. The mobile device includes one Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and one International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI).... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577430 | Method for assigning a mobile communications terminal to a core network node The invention relates to assigning a mobile communications terminal having a temporary subscriber identity and/or an assigned routing parameter to a core network node of a core network provider when changing from a first to a second core network area. The invention ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7539490 | Method and system for rapid channel acquisition across heterogeneous radio access technologies A system and method for accommodating a rapid transition between heterogeneous radio access technologies is provided. A local network 105 having a controller 114 and a plurality of access points 106,107,108,109,110,111 receives information 11... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7519364 | System and method for seamless roaming between wireless networks A method for the seamless switching of a wireless device between wireless wide area networks (WWANs) and wireless local area networks (WLANS) includes automatically detecting the available WWANs and WLANs, selecting one of the available networks for use by the wirel... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519363 | Roaming method between wireless local area network and cellular network The present invention relates to a roaming method between a WLAN and a cellular network which can interwork the WLAN and the cellular network on the basis of a mobile IP system for smooth roaming. In data communication in the WLAN and/or the cellular network using t... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7509123 | Controlling hand-off in a mobile node with two mobile IP clients Extending Mobile IP to support both local and remote access by using two MIP client stacks in the end node, a roaming Node in the local access network, a standard Home Agent in the remote network. Messages between the AR and the MN, and between the internal modules ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7509122 | Method and system for supporting network 3G data capability information in a CDMA network A method and system of providing a mobile data device in a wireless system with information about preferred networks to connect to, the mobile data device having a preferred roaming list with a list of networks, the method comprising the steps of: adding to the pref... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505767 | Method and system for international roaming and call bridging Disclosed is an enhanced system and method for bridging calls across telecommunications networks, including an illustrative application of the invention as it relates to international roaming among prepaid wireless subscribers. For instance, whenever wireless subscr... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7496362 | Cellular network infrastructure as support for inbound roaming users The CAMEL standard allows a roaming user to have his call or any other telephony service, say SMS and GPRS, controlled and services provided from his home network. The invention allows infrastructure triggers to be intercepted at the roaming network so that the roam... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493116 | Mobile network system In order to provide a configuration that allows system building with a relatively simple configuration when building a 3G mobile network system, a RAN part (11, 12, 13, 111, 112, 113, 114, 121, 122), a MSC (131), and a SGSN (132) are shared by a... | 02/17/2009 |
