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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7813733 | Forced roaming to avoid interference In a wireless network in which a client has access to multiple Access Points the client usually attaches to one of the Access Points (AP) and stays attached even though signal transmission is impaired, whereas transmission would not be impaired if the client attache... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809373 | Method of transmitting and receiving radio access information in a wireless mobile communications system In a wireless mobile communications system, a method of transmitting and receiving radio access information that allows a faster and an efficient way of establishing a radio connection between a terminal and a target base station while performing a handover for the ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805140 | Pre-emptive roaming mechanism allowing for enhanced QoS in wireless network environments A preemptive roaming mechanism in wireless network environments. In one implementation, the present invention provides a wireless client that implements a preemptive roaming mode that, when an attribute of the signal (e.g., Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), etc.) between... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805141 | Neighborhood cordless service call handoff A method and apparatus for providing telephone call hand offs between a local cordless service and a different wireless cellular service such as a macro-cellular service. The local cordless service may be configured such that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber m... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7801529 | Method and apparatus for providing seamless call handoff between networks that use dissimilar transmission methods Call handoff from an 802.1x network to a cellular network, and vice versa. A wireless device that has both cellular and 802.1x capability detects the strength of a cellular signal and of an 802.1x signal. If a call is taking place over the 802.1x network and the str... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796991 | RRC signalling for fast HS-DSCH serving cell change When a Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN) receives an indication on Layer 3 (L3) (an L1/L2 indication is also possible) from the User Equipment (UE) that it is switching the High Speed—Data Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) reception to another cell in the ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796992 | Resource reservation system and method in wireless network A resource reservation system and a method for managing resources under consideration of the mobility of an MN are provided where an old refresh interval for an old resource reservation state is changed in response to handoff. The changed refresh interval propagates... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796993 | Method for providing location value of target terminal in location information providing system A method for providing a location value of a Target (SET) in a location information providing system is provided, wherein an Home Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Location Platform (H-SLP) also checks a period for a positioning and it transmits a positioning start ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792530 | Facilitating use of a restricted base tranceiver station Facilitating use of a restricted base transceiver station is disclosed. To a first set of subscribers associated with a mobile network operator, access to a mobile network is provided via base transceiver stations associated with a first mobile network identifier as... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792529 | Decision mechanism for handover execution in a cellular radio communications system A method for taking a handover decision in a cellular communications system, wherein a communications network detects a need for initiating a handover for at least one mobile device from a source cell to a selected target cell, and further calculates a virtual traff... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778641 | Inter-system handover—generic handover mechanism A data mechanism is described for assisting third generational mobile radio systems to handoff mobile radio connection to neighboring cells when the neighboring cells are of a foreign generational type. The data mechanism includes a container in the data map which i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773991 | Reducing access latency while protecting against control signaling data processing overload A control signal data processing load associated with mobile terminals currently having a connection with a radio access network is regulated. The connection is terminated when the control processing cost for maintaining the connection exceeds the benefit of maintai... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773992 | Timing transitions between wireless communication systems Interoperability between wireless communication systems, such as the IS2000-1x and IS856 systems, is facilitated by using supervision timers. A wireless communication device starts one or more supervision timers and performs an intersystem transition. When the wirel... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773993 | Network controller messaging for channel activation in an unlicensed wireless communication system An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769384 | Mobile broadband wireless access system for transferring service information during handover The present invention is related to transmitting quality of service (QoS) information of a target base station for admitting service flows during a handover operation. The invention comprises providing a service to a mobile station from a serving base station and re... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769382 | Interworking between radio access networks The present invention discloses a method of interworking between different radio access networks. In this method, a radio transceiver device capable of operating with the first radio access network and the second radio access network is attached to the first radio a... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769385 | Mobile station messaging for registration in an unlicensed wireless communication system An unlicensed wireless service is adapted to generate the interface protocols of a licensed wireless service to provide transparent transition of communication sessions between a licensed wireless service and an unlicensed wireless service. In one embodiment, a mobi... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769383 | Method and system for signaling the state of supplementary services The disclosure is directed to a mobile communication device that is capable of accessing different types of networks such as a circuit-switched network and a packet-switched network. When supplementary services are invoked involving the device, a protocol is used th... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764964 | Mobile communication system and radio network controller A mobile communication system for transmitting a plurality of same information to a plurality of cells. The mobile communication system includes a transmission timing determining unit for determining a transmission timing of the same information to each of the cells... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764965 | Dynamically changing service characteristics based on device and network connectivity attributes A system and method for dynamically changing service characteristics based on device and network connectivity attributes. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: establishing a wireless communication channel with a wireless data processing device over a f... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761099 | Method for discovering wireless network for inter-system handover, multi-mode terminal unit and inter-working service server using the method In a wireless network discovery method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a) a propagation environment information message generated by using signal information received from the heterogeneous wireless networks is transmitted to the commo... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751818 | Smart inter-technology handover control A method and apparatus for controlling handover between a first technology network and a second technology network by detecting information about regions of an area of the first technology network, and deciding whether to initiate a handover procedure between the fi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751819 | Controlling handover between different packet networks by using common primitive messages to manage QoS A mobile communication system of the present invention includes a handover control unit and a packet transfer network, which are independent of each other. The handover control unit selects a handover control system in accordance with a QoS. The handover control uni... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747252 | Method and system for handover negotiation optimization for wireless system A method and system for processing a handover request in a wireless network. The method includes sending a first message by a first base station to a mobile station. The first message includes a first handover request. Additionally, the method includes receiving a s... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742765 | Radio access node registration for multimedia broadcast multicast service A radio network control node acts across an Iur interface as a drift radio network control node (262) for a user equipment unit (UE) in a communications system supporting a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS). The drift radio network control node ( | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742766 | Mobile node for discovering neighbor networks in heterogeneous network environment and network discovery method A network discovery method in a heterogeneous network environment. The network discovery method includes receiving neighbor information indicating neighbor PoAs from a MIIS entity at a mobile node that includes a plurality of communication interface sections capable... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738873 | Method and system for triggering handoff of a call between networks A method for handing off a call between networks includes monitoring a quality of a first link between a mobile station and a wireless local area network (WLAN) when the mobile station is actively connected with the WLAN on a call and monitoring a quality of a secon... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738871 | Wireless communication method and system for implementing media independent handover between technologically diversified access networks A wireless communication system including at least one IEEE 802 multi-stack wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a plurality of technologically diversified access networks, such as IEEE 802.X networks and Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) networks, th... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7738872 | Neighborhood cordless service call handoff A method and apparatus for providing telephone call hand offs between a local cordless service and a different wireless cellular service such as a macro-cellular service. The local cordless service may be configured such that a mobile telephone equipped subscriber m... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734292 | Terminal supporting peer-to-peer communication, and communication and billing methods based on the same A terminal supporting peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, wherein a transceiver of the terminal is implemented to support P2P communication with an adjacent terminal in the same cell. Thus, when short-range communication is possible, the terminal performs P2P communic... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734291 | Method and system for storing IOTA alert message requests for a vehicle communications system into a queue The invention provides a method for storing an alert message request for a vehicle communication system into a message queue by initiating an acquisition task to determine service availability, receiving an alert message request from a wireless communication system,... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729699 | Switching center for mobile handover In a mobile communication system having an ATM-processed transfer path, a non-instantaneous interrupt handover can be realized. In a mobile communication network including an ATM-processed transfer path, when a mobile station is moved between cells during communicat... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729698 | Communication system receiver and method for concurrent receiving of multiple channels A method and apparatus in a communication system provide for concurrent processings of signals at the different frequencies. A received signal is down converted in a RF/IF system to produce on-channel and out-of-channel received samples. The on-channel received samp... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7729700 | Vertical network handovers Establishing and controlling communication to and from a mobile terminal with multiple network interfaces that can be reached with one phone number via multiple networks. The mobile terminal simultaneously communicates with a central server over a cellular network a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725106 | Methods, devices and systems relating to reselecting cells in a cellular wireless communications system Cell reselection comprises monitoring a first indicator indicative of a signaling level of the serving cell, and monitoring second indicators, each indicative of a signaling level of one of plural potential target cells. A timer associated with a potential target ce... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720478 | Control device of mobile communication system There is provided a control device enabling switching of communication of a mobile terminal with one system to communication with another system while reducing power consumption and workload of the mobile terminal. The control device is used in a communication syste... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720479 | Methods and apparatus of improving inter-sector and/or inter-cell handoffs in a multi-carrier wireless communications system A wireless communications system, e.g., an OFDM system, uses a plurality of carrier frequencies each with an associated frequency band. A base station sector transmitter in the system transmits ordinary signaling, e.g., user data, in its own assigned band. In additi... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720480 | System and method for reducing a no-communication period during hand-off To improve efficiency of a radio section while reducing a no-communication period in the case of handoff in communication used DRC and DSC signals. A communication connection apparatus (BS) 200 provided in a communication system accumulates data transmitted f... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715842 | Supporting handover of mobile terminal The present invention relates to supporting a handover of a mobile terminal. Preferably, the present invention performs a scan of a neighboring network different from a current network of the mobile terminal to determine the presence of an accessible link of the nei... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715841 | Radio communication system base station and mobile station A radio communication system includes a base station of a radio communication system A, a base station of a radio communication system B operation in non-synchronized way with the base station, and a mobile station capable of communicating with both of the radio com... | 05/11/2010 |
