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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7996010 | Apparatus and method for querying for RAT handover system information in mobile telecommunications systems A mobile telecommunications system comprises a network of a plurality of cells and at least one user equipment device operable to communicate in the system and to operate in a first RAT and a second RAT. The method comprises, in the user equipment device, determinin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7996011 | Communication control apparatus, communication control method, mobile communication terminal, and data reception method Data is transmitted through a plurality of types of communication networks to a mobile communication terminal while a handover of the mobile communication terminal is handled. A communication control apparatus 10 is adapted to control data communication to a ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991400 | Wireless communication system, system controller, access point, station, communication control method and computer-readable medium storing communication control program The use of a wireless interface is dynamically changeable according to connection states of stations belonging to access points. Therefore, limited wireless interfaces are efficiently utilized without requiring operation in which the user conducts a complex setting ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991398 | Arrangements and method for handling macro diversity in a universal mobile telecommunications system The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for providing macro diversity, also referred to as diversity handover, DHO, related instructions to a node, e.g. a Node B, that is a part of a DHO connection in a mobile telecommunication network wherein the ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991399 | Telephone with automatic switching between cellular and VoIP networks A mobile communication device includes, in part, a cellular communication module, a first antenna adapted to receive and transmit data between the mobile communication module and a cellular network, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication module, a second antenna ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986948 | Wireless handoffs between multiple networks The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device, and method for handing off a mobile communications device between two networks. A processor in the mobile device may be used to establish a network connection with a server in a first network while support... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983674 | Serving base station selection in a wireless communication system Techniques for selecting a reverse link (RL) serving base station for a terminal are described. The terminal sends a transmission on the reverse link to multiple base stations in a wireless communication system. The transmission may be for signaling sent on a contro... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979071 | User apparatus, base station, and method in mobile communication system A disclosed user apparatus includes a random access channel generating unit configured to generate a random access channel; a control channel generating unit configured to generate a control channel in accordance with scheduling information received from a base stat... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974625 | Method, communication system, central interface device and mobile terminal for operating a wireless communication connection A method for operating a wireless communication connection comprising a first device using a first standard for LANs and providing a first radio coverage area, a second device operating according to a second standard and providing a second radio coverage area, the f... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974626 | Method and apparatus for improving success rate and time of call setup for a mobile station experiencing high interference A method and apparatus may improve success rate and time of call-setup while a mobile station is experiencing high interference. The method checks (255) if a mobile station is experiencing high-interference. This may occur when the mobile station fails to dec... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970400 | Connection type handover of voice over internet protocol call based on resource type A telecommunications network comprises a base station node (28) which provides plural sets of radio transmission resources (52) for communicating with mobile stations (30) in a cell (40). At least one set (521) of radio ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970401 | Associating a handoff address to a communication session A system and method for associating a handoff address to a communication session includes determining one or more communication sessions are established in a first network. Each of one or more handoff addresses is associated with each of the one or more communicatio... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970399 | Method and arrangement for improved inter-RAT handover Method and arrangements for enabling improved handover of a user equipment (3) communicating in a first radio access network (1) utilizing a first radio access technology (RAT), where the user equipment (3) measures a first parameter and a secon... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970403 | Mobile station, mobile exchange station and mobile communication method A mobile station includes a cell selector unit for performing a cell reselection procedure for a predetermined period after a failure of detection of a radio link with a first radio base station which manages a first cell, a connection re-establishment request signa... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970402 | Method for performing handovers in a communication system The invention relates to a method wherein a transport layer association is established. Thereafter, a handover condition is detected in the first mobile node, which obtains a second address. The second address is updated to a first name server node. A query message ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966017 | Method and apparatus for performing handover of user equipment (UE) during discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in mobile communication system A method and apparatus for increasing the success rate of a handover of a connected mode UE while minimizing the power consumption of the UE during DRX operation in a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting a cell chang... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966016 | Communication apparatus and communication method To reduce the processing load and maintain higher security in the communications, a communication apparatus includes a network surveying unit configured to determine at least one of (1) an architecture of a network comprising the communication apparatus, and (2) the... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966018 | Transport efficiency optimization for mobile IPV6 The present invention concerns a method and system for optimizing transport efficiency between a Mobile Node and a Correspondent Node in a Mobile IP network. A short Mobile Node Identifier is assigned to the Mobile Node. A Mobile Node Identifier Destination Option h... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962139 | Reduction of handover latencies in a wireless communication system Systems and methods for reduction of handover latencies in wireless communication systems are described herein. Some illustrative embodiments include a wireless mobile communication device that includes a wireless transceiver including a transmitter configured to tr... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962138 | Method and apparatus for managing routing area in mobile communication system A method and apparatus is provided for reducing a signaling overhead in routing area update performed by a mobile station in a mobile communication system. The method includes grouping cells of the mobile communication system into predetermined cell groups by the ne... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957739 | Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving network sharing information about neighbor cells in a network sharing system A method and apparatus is provided for signaling network sharing information about neighbor cells in an NS system where a RAN is shared among a plurality of CN operators. In the signaling method, it is determined whether each of neighbor cells of a current cell in w... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957741 | 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... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957740 | Apparatus and method for performing handoff to reduce number of session transfers in a mobile communication system A handoff apparatus and a method for reducing the number of session transfers in a mobile communication system are provided, in which an ANC determines whether a target ANT is included in an active set of the mobile communication system, establishes a connection ses... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953414 | Method and system for mobile communications When a network pages the temporary user mobile identifier of a mobile station, the mobile station sends a response to the network. Next, the network checks the authenticity of the user using a ciphering key, corresponding to the temporary user mobile identifier and ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953413 | Handover for cellular radio systems In a cellular wireless system, power thresholds used for determining whether or not to add or drop servers held in a set of servers, such as an active set, for serving a user equipment are determined on the basis of the motion of the respective user equipment. A low... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953411 | Virtual soft hand over in OFDM and OFDMA wireless communication network Efficient hand over mechanisms for OFDM and OFDMA wireless communication systems to operate a mobile subscriber station to transmit and receive a frame with only one base station while monitoring communications with adjacent base stations. ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953412 | System and method for performing handover in a wireless mobile communication system A system and method for performing handover in a wireless mobile communication system are provided. In a Mobile Station (MS)-initiated scanning method of an (MS) in a wireless mobile communication system having at least two frequency bands with different central fre... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949336 | Access control in a cellular system Controlling use of a mobile network element is disclosed. An indication is received that a mobile station associated with a mobile network is attempting to access the mobile network via a base transceiver station that (1) the mobile station is not authorized to use ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945264 | Mobile station, system and method for use in cellular communications A mobile station (107, 200) for use in a cellular communication system (100) includes a processor (214) operable to determine whether the mobile station should undergo cell re-selection by handover from a first base station (101) to a sec... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945263 | Mobile station handover for base stations with adaptive antenna system Method for transferring service for a mobile station call signal from a first base transceiver station to a second base transceiver station in a wireless mobile telecommunication system, while a call is in progress. The method can include receiving at a base transce... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7945265 | System and method for fast network re-entry in a broadband wireless access communication system A system and method for fast network re-entry in a broadband wireless access communication system. A mobile station transmits a first message requiring fast network re-entry to a base station and performs the fast network re-entry together with the base station when... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941148 | Neighbor list generation in wireless networks Generating neighbor lists. A set of devices are provisioned to report on neighbor lists and visibility of sectors. Each device in the set of devices generates event data that includes the neighbor list from a sector, other sectors visible while using the neighbor li... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941146 | Method and apparatus for handling DTMF requests when inter-switch handover is involved In an embodiment of the method for handling subscriber input during interswitch handover of a call from a first switching station to a second switching station, DTMF digits received at the second switching station are sent in a message to the first switching station... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941147 | Call re-routing upon cell phone docking A method and apparatus are provided for call setup in a communication network that comprises at least one mobile station to facilitate the hand-off of a wireless headset from a mobile station that has been docked to a landline base unit that includes a radio front e... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933599 | Techniques for facilitating communication handoffs Various schemes are provided that facilitate a communication handoff from a current base station to a target base station. One feature provides for reducing the search space that a base station searches by providing it with the position/location and/or velocity of a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933601 | Handover execution and communication resumption in wireless access system Handover execution and communication resumption in a wireless access system is provided. Performing a handover includes communicating with a serving base station through a first communication link and receiving from the serving base station, handover information ass... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933600 | Smooth hard handover method, mobile station and base station adapted for the method The present invention relates to a cellular radio communications system and especially a method, a mobile station and a base station for a smooth hard handover. The smooth hard handover includes preparing radio links in selected base stations for potential communica... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933598 | Methods and apparatuses for effecting handover in integrated wireless systems Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for effecting handover between the licensed and unlicensed portions of an integrated wireless network. For one embodiment, prior to hand out of a communication from the unlicensed wireless system (UWS), a ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925263 | Handover in a wireless local area network (WLAN) In triggering a handoff by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) from a current basic service set (BSS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the following are performed. A highest class of traffic service and quality of service (QoS) is determined for the high... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920868 | System and method for performing a fast handover in a broadband wireless access communication system A broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system includes a mobile subscriber station (MSS), a serving base station (BS) with which the MSS performs communication, and a plurality of neighbor BSs. The serving BS transmits, to the MSS, a handover request messag... | 04/05/2011 |
