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| 8190162 | Radar detection circuit for a WLAN transceiver A single chip radio transceiver includes circuitry that enables detection of radar signals to enable the radio transceiver to halt communications in overlapping communication bands to avoid interference with the radar transmitting the radar pulses. The radio transce... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185120 | Cellular service with improved service availability A cellular communication system in which overload of a base station is averted by offering users the option to communicate using a spectrum outside of the spectrum allocated for cellular communication. Incentives are offered to connect to the base station using the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180350 | System and method of controlling code division multiple access registration on a multi-technology handset Embodiments of the present invention are directed to controlling CDMA registration on a multi-technology handset. By controlling CDMA registration on a multi-technology handset, efficient handoffs between different technologies can occur. In one embodiment, the mult... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175606 | Wireless communication system and soft handoff control method in wireless communication system When measurement results of received radio wave intensities of wireless base stations, which demands a soft handoff, are received from a wireless terminal in a wireless communication system and when a base station controller attempts to acquire a traffic channel in ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175604 | Efficient rise over thermal (RoT) control during soft handover The invention relates to a method for communicating information relating to the scheduling of uplink data transmissions for a mobile terminal transmitting data on the uplink to a plurality of base stations during soft handover of the mobile terminal in a mobile comm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170564 | Communication terminal apparatus, network system and handover method A communication terminal apparatus wherein even if there occurs a dropout or overtaking of call control messages, the current service can be continued without increasing the load of an apparatus such as a server in the network. In this apparatus, a VoIP call control... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165588 | Frame structures, method and apparatus for resource allocation in wireless communications system based on full duplex replay Frame structures, a method and an apparatus for resource allocation in a wireless communication system based on a full duplex relay are provided. The method for a centralized resource allocation in the wireless communication system based on the full duplex relay inc... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8140080 | Transmission rate control method, and radio network controller A transmission rate control method for controlling a transmission rate of uplink user data to be transmitted by a mobile station, includes: determining, at the radio network controller, that the mobile station is shifted between a soft-handover state in which the mo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8121603 | Method for mobile communication handover and system and base station thereof A method for mobile communication handover and a system and a base station thereof are disclosed in the embodiments of present invention, wherein the method includes steps: on the basis of first link which only bears DCH service and has already existed, adding a sec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103278 | Method and system for managing idle mode of a mobile node with multiple interfaces A method for controlling a first interface and a second interface installed on a mobile node is provided, wherein the mobile node communicates with a first access network (AN) through the first interface and communicates with a second AN through the second interface... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086237 | Efficient neighbor list creation for cellular networks A method of constructing a neighbor list for a plurality of sectors in a cellular communication environment sorts reference neighbor pairs in the network by number of occurrences based on data derived from one or more PSMM transmissions, analyzes pairs in the sorted... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078177 | Derivation of optimal antenna weights during soft handover Wireless communication method and system for improving optimal antenna weight derivation in transmit diversity mode during soft handover. The method and system use scale factors that depend on the reliability of the feedback information (FBI) detection on the uplink... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073448 | Method and apparatus for handling uplink transmission rate in a handover region The present invention is attained by a network nodes such as radio base stations and radio network controllers and methods m a cellular radio telecommunications network for providing a radio air interface to at least a first mobile terminal in at least a first radio... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045988 | Softer and soft handoff in an orthogonal frequency division wireless communication system Transmission patterns for pilot symbols transmitted from a mobile station or base station are provided. The patterns may be selected according to a location of the mobile station with respect to one or more antennas are provided. In some aspects, the pattern may be ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023950 | Systems and methods for using selectable frame durations in a wireless communication system Systems and methods for setting parameters for transmissions of data from a mobile station to a base station in a wireless communications system. One embodiment comprises a method including a network detecting a mobile station entering or leaving soft handoff and re... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019348 | Combined base transceiver station and base station controller handoff A system, method, and computer readable medium for a softer handoff comprises receiving a Pilot Strength Measurement Message (PSMM) to request a handoff by a selector distribution unit (SDU), receiving a softer handoff request message by a channel element control (C... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010115 | Method for reducing uplink traffic load on transport network at basestation during soft handover The present invention relates to a node and a method thereof for a mobile telecommunication network connectable to a controlling node and wirelessly connectable to mobile terminals. The node is adapted to have an uplink connection to a mobile terminal, wherein the m... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7983679 | Method and apparatus for inter-system active handoff of a hybrid subscriber unit A communication system provides for an active handoff of a voice call between a packet switched network and a circuit switched network. An active handoff from the packet switched network to the circuit switched network is accomplished by multicasting the call over f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979072 | Method and system for soft handoff in mobile broadband systems The present invention provides a method and system for facilitating efficient handoff and data throughput in mobile broadband communication systems. Methods implemented by a system constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention include select... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970405 | Method of transmitting data in handover between base stations in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method of transmitting data in a handover between base stations. When a mobile terminal performs a handover between base stations in a wireless communication system, a gateway transmits data traffic to be transmitted to a mobile te... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933604 | Method and system for achieving reverse link gain through an asymmetric soft handoff A wireless network is used for a communication session between a mobile station and an endpoint. The wireless network receives endpoint bits representing communications from the endpoint for the mobile station and uses a first sector to transmit a forward link signa... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7904089 | Seamless mobility for a multiple interface device in a co-located wireless environment Data packets are transmitted from a first access network to a first interface of a multiple interface device (MID), and identical data packets are transmitted concurrently from a second access network to a second interface of the MID. Some of the data packets that a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7885660 | Method and system for performing a soft handoff in an OFDMA wireless network A method for performing a soft handoff for a mobile station from a source base station to a target base station in an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) wireless network that is capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations in a cov... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881719 | Telecommunication system and transmission method At the time of carrying out a DHO, a DHO execution unit encodes data to be transmitted and interleaves it, followed by dividing it into segment data and sending out from respective transmission paths. When receiving data, the unit receives pieces of segment data fro... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873360 | Soft handoff system, mobile terminal having the same, and soft handoff method Disclosed are a soft handoff system, a soft handoff method, and a mobile terminal equipped with the soft handoff system. The soft handoff system for a mobile terminal analyzes periodically monitored wireless conditions of neighbor base stations, transmits a PSMM (Pi... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7835745 | In-band set-up and configuration of transfer-related resources This invention relates to a method for setting up transfer-related resources, comprising assigning (401) an identifier (12a, 212a) to at least one data unit (12, 212), wherein said identifier associates said at least one dat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7809375 | Home wireless router VoIP bandwidth management A home wireless router establishes a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) that supports wireless communications within a WLAN service area. The home wireless router further establishes broadband communications via a broadband connection with a VoIP service accumulator... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7773994 | Method and apparatus for uplink data transmission in handover area using transport channels for uplink service A method and an apparatus for uplink data transmission using an enhanced uplink dedicated channel (E-DCH) in a mobile telecommunication system which employs a code division multiple access (CDMA) scheme are provided. User equipment (UE) located in a handover area re... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7729702 | Method and apparatus for combining macrodiversity spread code signals A method and system are disclosed for controlling radio communications between a terminal (MS, TE) and a communications system (CN, GRAN). A communications connection between the system and the terminal is established by an active radio network controller (RNC) and ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720482 | Method and 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 1X 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 w... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7711369 | Seamless mobility for a multiple interface device in a co-located wireless environment Data packets are transmitted from a first access network to a first interface of a multiple interface device (MID), and identical data packets are transmitted concurrently from a second access network to a second interface of the MID. Some of the data packets that a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711370 | Method for establishing voice communications using a mobile handset A mobile handset transmits a radio frequency (RF) signal. The mobile handset determines when it is in close proximity to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capable device. If the mobile handset is in close proximity to a VoIP capable device, then the RF signal to... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7693522 | Method and apparatus for handing off a mobile terminal between a mobile network and a wireless LAN A method for performing a handover of a mobile terminal between a 3G cell and a WLAN cell when the mobile terminal moves within a 3G cell into the coverage area of the WLAN cell. The present invention proposes that the handover be performed when there are no active ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689222 | Method of managing use of channelization codes during soft handoff In one embodiment of managing the use of channelization codes during soft handoff of a mobile station from a transferring network station to a candidate network station, a determination is made as to whether a field associated with an existing channelization code us... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680497 | Method and system for optimizing system-access and soft-handoff parameters based on location information A system and method for updating a current set of parameters in a communications system is provided. The system and method determines the current position of a mobile unit in a first coverage area, determines a set of optimum parameters based on the current position... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668549 | Method and system for handling soft handoff in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and a system for handling one or more soft handoff (SHO) requests from one or more mobile stations in a wireless communication system. The method comprises determining a set of parameters corresponding to each SHO request co... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668550 | Communication system and alignment method of transcoder When a terminal is moved to an area covered by a different switching node RNC of a radio access network, degradation of speech quality is prevented by returning a transcoder insertion connection to a transcoder-free-operation connection. When the terminal is moved a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7647050 | Method of adjusting a power level of communications over a channel in a wirelss communications network A method of adjusting a power level of communications over a channel in a wireless communications network. In the method, a determination (e.g., by a radio network controller (RNC)) is made regarding a number of base stations actively communicating with a mobile sta... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7623866 | Automatic generation of neighbor lists in a wireless network Methods and systems are provided for automatic generation of neighbor lists in a wireless network. A first message is received from an overlapped base station. The overlapped base station has a first coverage area, and the first message comprises a location of the o... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7606570 | Method and system for extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway A system and method supporting extended network access notification via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. A representative embodiment of the present invention may comprise a wireless interface and may be capable of exchanging multimedia communication between ... | 10/20/2009 |
