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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190155 | Method and system for reselecting an access point A list of candidate basic service sets (BSSs) or access points (APs) is included in a medium access control (MAC) message which is received at a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The list includes an identity of each candidate BSS or AP and a preference indicat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185110 | Apparatus for transitioning between EVDO and CDMA 1x systems using redundant data call blockings A method and apparatus of optimizing transitioning between EVDO and CDMA 1× systems in a hybrid access terminal, the method having the steps of: preventing a reconnect data call from being sent from the hybrid access terminal. The preventing step including checking... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180344 | Cell reselection for dual mode mobile stations in a common 2G/3G telecommunications network A 2G controlling entity in a common 2G/3G network that includes a common Core Network is connected to dual mode mobile stations and to a 3G controlling entity also connected to dual mode mobile stations. The 2G controlling entity applies a 3G camping strategy and re... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170553 | Cash card system interface module A wireless device, for each of a plurality of wireless networks, establishes communications with each wireless network and transmits SIM card information to the wireless network. The plurality of wireless networks transmit SIM card authentication information request... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165584 | Multi-MVNO wireless service Systems and methods for determining an optimal range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves are described. In some embodiments, mobile voice communications devices measure average power received from certain ranges of such frequencies, each range associated with a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165583 | Cellular scanning optimization in multimode wireless terminal A multimode wireless communication terminal capable of operating on a cellular communication network and a second communication network, for example, an unlicensed mobile access (UMA) point, wherein the terminal scans (412) for service on the cellular communi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160586 | Mobile link selection method for establishing highly efficient communications between mobile devices The present invention provides a new solution to reliable communication between automobiles and other communications devices. It relies on multiple available wireless bands and the addition of significant memory buffering to automobiles. The memory buffering is used... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8140072 | Border zone paging in wireless communication networks What is disclosed is a method of operating a wireless communication system that serves mobile communication devices. The method includes, in a first plurality of wireless access nodes, broadcasting a first paging zone identifier (ID), wherein the mobile communicatio... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135405 | Efficient search for wireless networks while minimizing page loss Techniques to efficiently search for wireless networks while minimizing page loss are described. An available search time that excludes paging periods is determined. A search for cells in wireless networks is performed during the available search time. Pertinent inf... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8135406 | Methods and apparatus for use in controlling the selection of communication networks while connected in a generic access network A mobile device maintains a communication link with a radio access network (RAN) which is part of a generic access network (GAN). The mobile device maintains, via the GAN, a serivce connection for a voice and/or data service with a core network of a visited Public L... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131294 | Method and apparatus for cell update while in an enhanced cellFACH state A method and apparatus for cell update while in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. After selecting a target cell, system information is read from the target cell including high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) common system information. A radio network temporar... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126461 | System, method, and computer-readable medium for user equipment managing multiple radio networks for handover and low-power operations A system, method, and computer-readable medium for a communications system to manage multiple radios and protocol stacks in a network and in a user equipment are provided. When active communications takes place over one radio system, an alternate radio system is man... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8081978 | Bandwidth-based cell selection in a cellular network A method of cell selection in a wireless cellular network having a plurality of radio system cells involves determining a bandwidth indication for data communication through each of a serving cell and at least one neighboring cell to the serving cell. The bandwidth ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081979 | Blocking of service in cellular radio system Blocking of service in cellular radio system. An apparatus comprises a processor configured to control a stand-alone base station so that an emulated cell is formed by transmitting a control channel with information of a real cell and with such a transmission power ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8045985 | Apparatus and method for providing voice service without discontinuance in mobile communication system Provided is an apparatus and method for providing a voice service without discontinuance in a mobile communication system. The apparatus includes a controller for receiving a system information block of a first network system or a system information block of a secon... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045986 | Cell selection device for wireless communication equipment A cell selection device (D) is dedicated to a piece of wireless communication equipment (MS) arranged to establish radio communications with a radio communication network comprising radio communication cells and to receive data representative of the cell environment... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032139 | Method and apparatus for providing system selection using dynamic parameters An approach is provided for selecting, by a multi-mode device, one among multiple networks. A plurality of overlay parameters associated with a plurality of networks are acquired, wherein the networks are different from one another. Each of the networks is rated usi... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027678 | Method and system for presenting lists of wireless local area network profile information A method for selecting a wireless local area network (“WLAN”) for a wireless device, comprising: generating a first list of WLAN identifiers for a first group of one or more wireless local area networks (“WLANs”) accessible at a first geographic location and... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8027677 | Automatic network selection methods and apparatus using a steered PLMN Methods and apparatus for automatically selecting a wireless communication network by user equipment using a “steered” PLMN are disclosed. A home network identification, a list of prioritized roaming network identifications, and a steered network identification ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014776 | Unlicensed-radio access networks in a mobile communications system Cellular mobile networks can include unlicensed-radio access networks, which comprise access point controllers connected via a fixed broadband network to access points that communicate with mobile stations via unlicensed radio. The access points are connected to the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010106 | Listen mode for wireless devices Camping on a cell of a wireless network is disclosed. One or more available cells are determined for a wireless device. One or more available networks are determined based at least in part on the one or more available cells. A network is selected based at least in p... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010105 | System and method for facilitating accelerated network selection using a weighted network list A scheme for facilitating accelerated network selection by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. In one exemplary embodiment, prior to performing a full band scan, the wireless UE device is operable to interrogate a list of networks with which the wireless UE devic... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8000706 | Method of reselecting a cell based on priorities A method, device and computer program product for performing cell reselection based on priorities, where the method includes measuring a signal of a candidate cell, and selecting the candidate cell when the signal characteristic of the candidate cell satisfies a cer... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991397 | System and method for generating a blacklist for femtocells Provided are systems and methods for generating a blacklist for femtocells. According to an embodiment of the application, a mobile device generates and maintains a femtocell blacklist including an identification of at least one femtocell to be avoided by the mobile... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7979070 | Mobile equipment for sending an attach request to a network The invention provides a method and device which may perform a combined attach and communication connection establishment procedure when attaching an equipment such as a mobile station to a mobile communication network. An attach request sent form the equipment may ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7962137 | System and method for developing an application program for wireless devices A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program a... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953410 | Cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device A cross-technology coverage mapping system and method for modulating scanning behavior of a wireless user equipment (UE) device in a radio network environment. In one exemplary embodiment, the wireless UE device is operable to determine its geographic area location.... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7929966 | Access terminal for communicating packets using a home anchored bearer path or a visited anchored bearer path Communicating packets along a bearer path includes receiving a home network address and a visited network address at an access terminal. The home network address corresponds to a home anchored bearer path anchored at a home network of the access terminal. The visite... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929967 | Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating WLAN selection by a mobile node Apparatus, and an associated method, by which to facilitate selection of a WLAN through which a mobile node communicates. Selection takes into account the geographic positioning of the mobile node. The mobile node ascertains its geographic positioning by monitoring ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7912468 | Multi-communication pathway addressing in a mobile communication device A system and method for performing multi-communication pathway addressing in a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise at least one communication interface module adapted to communicate with at least a first plurality of co... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7885654 | Dynamic carrier selection Systems, methods, computer software for providing access to wireless communication services are provided. The invention, in one embodiment, can involve storing a network address on a mobile device and sending a request for network operator data from the mobile devic... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7844269 | Scanning cell-dependent groups of profiles of wireless local area networks A wireless device capable of wireless local area network (WLAN) communications and cellular network communications stores profiles of wireless local area networks. The device identifies in which cell of a cellular network the device is currently located, and then sc... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844268 | Method and apparatus for notifying changed service information according to terminal state in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for, upon generation of an event triggering a change in the state of a UE participating in a call, sending service information changed due to the state change to the other participating entity and notifying each user of the service information... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835741 | Method for selecting system in a mobile terminal A method for selecting a system in a mobile terminal is disclosed. The method includes upon power-up of the mobile terminal, reading system information included in a Most Recently Used (MRU) table from memory, and registering the system information in a variable are... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826842 | System and method for managing forbidden network lists on a wireless user equipment (UE) device A system and method for managing forbidden network lists on a wireless user equipment (UE) device. In one embodiment, a first database structure is provided that associates a plurality network selection control codes with a corresponding plurality of network selecti... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826843 | Method for selecting communication network by wireless terminal Disclosed is a method for selecting a communication network by a wireless terminal, the method including receiving a signal having a predetermined reception power level from one or more communication networks, and calculating a guaranteed data rate of each of said o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7818005 | System and method for setting presence status based on access point usage A telecommunications system includes a wireless packet network; a cellular telephone network; at least one computing device including a wireless network interface card for communicating over the wireless packet network; at least one cellular telephone device, the ce... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7773989 | Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method When a native application and a downloaded application installed on a mobile equipment are simultaneously executed by multitask and when these applications try to use short-range wireless communication simultaneously, the short-range wireless communication may be un... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769381 | Listen mode for wireless devices Listening on a cell of a wireless network is disclosed. Listening comprises: determining one or more available cells for a wireless device; determining one or more available networks based at least in part on the one or more available cells; selecting a network base... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7761098 | Handset mode selection based on user preferences A multi-mode wireless device is provided to communicate with a plurality of networks, at least some of the networks having different modes of communication. The multi-mode wireless device has a network selection component to monitor at least some of networks and swi... | 07/20/2010 |
