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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190161 | Multi-transceiver multi-path communication handoff A system and method for utilizing multiple communication pathways for communication hand-off (e.g., in a MIMO system). Various aspects of the present invention may comprise an access point communicating with a communication system utilizing a first number of transce... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180349 | Method and system for handoff controller-mediated handoff of a mobile node A mobile node in communication with a first wireless system detects a handoff condition and responsively transmits a handoff request to a handoff controller. In response to the handoff request, the handoff controller selects a second wireless system for the mobile n... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175602 | Mobile communication system, user apparatus and method A disclosed user apparatus is for use in a mobile communication system including a macrocell and a closed cell wherein unspecified users are allowed to access the macrocell and specified users are allowed to access the closed cell. The user apparatus includes a meas... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170561 | Method and system for performing a handoff in a wireless communication system A system for maintaining wireless communication with a plurality of base stations in a communication network is disclosed. A portable terminal having a communication unit is configured to measure signal strength of a transmission signal for neighboring base stations... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170560 | Method and system for managing context of mobile station A method for managing the context of the mobile station (MS) is applied in an MS handover process of a wireless access network. The function entity identification information of acting on the MS is carried in the context of the MS, and the MS addresses based on the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| RE43296 | Mobile communication system, mobile station and diversity handover branch control method A branch candidate selecting method by a mobile station and a diversity handover control method on a network side in DHO performance are provided which consider a maximum cable branch number and maximum radio branch number of the mobile station, when the mobile stat... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145220 | Radio communication system In making a switching by hand-over, it takes a shorter time to redecide a radio base station of destination candidate to be connected that is capable of securing a required radio band, even in case the radio base station of destination to be switched to refuses the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145219 | Handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning A method and system supporting handoff of a multimedia call session using background network scanning is disclosed. A mobile multimedia handset may engage in the exchange of a multimedia information stream via a first wireless network, and may sniff a portion of rad... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140076 | Method for facilitating a mobile station to perform a fast handoff A method for facilitating a mobile station to perform a fast handoff in a wireless communication system allows a handoff procedure to be anticipated (by the mobile station, its serving base station, or both) based on historical information regarding prior successful... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131297 | Method for acquiring information for media independent handover This document is related to a method for acquiring information for media independent handover. More specifically the method comprises: submitting a media independent handover (MIH) query to a base station (BS) by sending a first request message, and receiving a resp... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131298 | Method of providing a cellular phone/PDA communication system A cellular, PDA communication device and communication system for allowing a plurality of cellular phone users to monitor each others' locations and status, to initiate cellular phone calls by touching a symbol on the touch screen display with a stylus which can als... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8116773 | Method and apparatus for interconnection of personal area networks (PANs) Method and apparatus for facilitating high level handoff decisions performed by a gateway device of a personal area network (PAN) which examines criteria regarding both the devices making up the PAN as well as the enterprise networks which are the subject of the pot... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116774 | Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating communication transition in a radio communication system Apparatus, and an associated method, for requesting, and allocating communication resources at a new fixed-site transceiver of a radio communication system, such as a new access point of a wireless local area network. A resource information container is formed that ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116775 | System and method of providing user equipment initiated and assisted backward handover in heterogeneous wireless networks The present invention relates to the field of mobility in heterogeneous wireless networks. In particular, the invention proposes a system and method of providing User Equipment (UE) initiated and assisted backward handover in the heterogeneous wireless networks. Dep... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8107963 | Mobile communication apparatus, method, and computer readable medium thereof for early measuring signal of a base station A positioning module positions a location of a mobile communication apparatus. A processor determines whether the location falls within a predetermined range, wherein the predetermined range is equal to or greater than an effective communication coverage of a neighb... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107962 | Mobile telecommunications system A method of processing a handover request from a base station controller (BSC) of a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication)-type network. The method comprises the steps of passing a handover request with GSM-type parameters from a base station controller (BSC) ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099095 | Method and apparatus for controlling operation of an access terminal in a communication system A novel and improved method and apparatus provide for controlling an operation of an access terminal while processing a signal from an access point in a communication system. Various aspects of the invention provide for an access terminal to disable a handoff proces... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099096 | Method and apparatus for managing a set of communications connection related information Methods and apparatus related to management of active connections between an access terminal and access points are described. An access terminal maintains and manages active set information. The active set information identifies a set of access points with which the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090375 | Wireless telecommunication system A method and apparatus for processing a message in a mobile, telecommunications device. The method comprises: receiving a Cell Update Confirm (CUC) message; determining whether the device has an empty C_RNTI variable; when the device has an empty C_RNTI variable, de... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090374 | Wireless multimedia handset A wireless multimedia handset can include one or more of wireless system support, a platform to handset features, and multiple features. The multiple features may include, by way of example but not limitation, multiple-antennae, multimedia storage with advanced sear... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073447 | System and method to identify voice call continuity (VCC) subscriber A mobile device, method, and machine instructions for mobile device communication are provided. The mobile device includes a voice call continuity status checker to determine a voice call continuity status and use the voice call continuity status to determine whethe... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068839 | Mobile radio communication system, base station apparatus, radio network controller, and mobile station In a mobile radio network in which synchronous base stations and asynchronous base stations coexist, according to handover destination base station candidate information transmitted from a base station to a mobile station, effective time information indicating eithe... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8060096 | Method and system for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system A method and system for transmitting/receiving a signal in a wireless communication system are provided, in which an mobile station determines a sequence number of a first protocol data unit being a last received protocol data unit, transmits the SN of the first pro... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060095 | Individual neighbor threshold and hysteresis assignment Systems and methods for handover of a mobile station to a base station are provided. Handover criteria for determining which base station to handover to is different for different candidate base stations. This difference can account for base station loading and/or e... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060094 | Transmission of messages between network entities in a wireless communications network A method of transmitting data between first and second network entities in a communications network, the method including, transmitting from the first network entity an establishment message providing a first indication which indicates whether the first network enti... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050682 | Method and system for delivering and constructing status information in communication system Disclosed is a method for delivering buffer status information to a target base station, to which a mobile station has decided to hand over, by a serving base station in a communication system. The method includes the steps of constructing buffer status information ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041357 | Apparatus and method for reallocating segments in broadband wireless communication system An apparatus and a method for reallocating segments in a broadband wireless communication system are provided. An average density for all cells in system and an average minimal inter-cell distance R are computed. A circle is determined having a radius kR and a cente... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027683 | Handover between radio networks A communication system comprises a first radio network supporting a first air interface standard and a second radio network supporting a second air interface standard. The second radio network comprises a network interface 401 which receives a handover reques... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023946 | Methods of performing a binding in a telecommunications system The present invention relates to apparatus for and methods of performing a binding procedure in respect of a mobile node in a foreign packet data network, the mobile node having roamed from a an home packet data network and having a home packet data protocol address... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019344 | Apparatus, and associated methods, for facilitating secure, make-before-break hand-off in a radio communication system Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating transition, or other communication hand-off, between access points of a wireless local area network. When an old access point is notified of selection to transition communications, the old access point generates a t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010113 | Method and apparatus for performing handoff in communication systems A communication system including a closed loop power control system. Prior to allowing a handoff to a new base station, the subscriber station verifies that its reverse link signal is being received by the destination base station with sufficient energy. The determi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010112 | Method and system using a media gateway for handoff of a multi-mode mobile station A multi-mode mobile station includes a first interface for wireless communication with a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a second interface for wireless communication with a wireless wide area network (WWAN). A call control system routes all calls to and from... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983675 | System and method for providing intelligent cell reselection for delay sensitive data applications A mobile station for receiving delay-sensitive data from a wireless communications network is provided with a data buffer and cell reselection controller. The data buffer receives data from the network and stores the data for communication to a delay-sensitive data ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7970404 | Automatically selecting a base station identifier for a base station An automated technique for configuring a neighbor set for a base station (32) includes initializing the neighbor set based upon reported measurements from a mobile station (22). In a disclosed example, a newly installed base station (32) transmi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962140 | Method and system for handover between wireless local area network and wireless wide area network A method to be performed by a user terminal with WWAN and WLAN interfaces, comprising steps of: communicating via the WWAN interface; inspecting whether its WLAN interface is available; entering into a WWAN-to WLAN state from a WWAN active state if its WLAN interfac... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7962141 | Methods and apparatus for flexible forward-link and reverse-link handoffs The disclosed embodiments provide for methods and systems for selecting sectors for handoff in a communication system. According to one aspect, the method includes monitoring an indicia of transmit power on a plurality of RL control channels directed to a plurality ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945266 | Method and apparatus for call recovery in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for call recovery in a wireless communication system (10). When the communication link between a mobile station (38) and a base station (32) is in trouble, the mobile station and the infrastructure prearrange potential res... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937085 | 3G/GSM and WLAN integration of telephony A Dual mode mobile terminal (MT2) comprising a WLAN interface (WLAN_NIC) and a cellular radio interface (GSM_NIC) has been described wherein when receiving a Page Request (6) message over the cellular radio interface (GSM_NIC), indicating an incoming v... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937087 | Radio communication system, radio communication method and base station A radio communication system includes: a serving cell (for example, cell A functional unit 120) configured to transmit, to a radio terminal 10, an AG for directly specifying an uplink user data transmission rate and an RG for relatively specifying the ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937086 | Method and system for a handoff in a broadcast communication system A method and system for a handoff in a broadcast communication system is disclosed. A subscriber assisted handoff is impractical in a broadcast communication system due to e.g., a high signaling load, a difficulty to synchronize the broadcast transmission. On the ot... | 05/03/2011 |
