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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120039299 | Relay enhanced cellular telecommunication network Systems and techniques for avoiding inefficiencies resulting from failed handover attempts. A base station selects one or more mobility management entity (MME) pools for assignment to a relay node, with the selection being performed so as to minimize or eliminate handov... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039301 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HARQ AND ARQ IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A method for controlling a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) of a mobile communication system is provided. The method includes establishing a default Best Effort (BE) connection, transmitting, when a Dynamic Service Addition (DSA) is request for a new service, an A... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039303 | PS TO CS HANDOVER INDICATOR The present invention relates to a solution for handling handover of connections for a user equipment from a packet switch network to a circuit switched network This is provided as a method implemented in a node and system The method is provided in a telecommunications ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039226 | BASE STATION SELECTION METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS OVERLAY NETWORKS A base station selection method is disclosed to select between two base stations for connecting a mobile device in a wireless neighborhood to a network. The wireless neighborhood may support multiple carriers and multiple radio access technologies. The base station sele... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039302 | METHOD OF PERFORMING A HANDOVER PROCEDURE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and UE providing wireless communication services, and a method of effectively performing a handover procedure in an evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) that has evolved from a Univers... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120039300 | METHOD FOR HANDOVER OF A MOBILE NODE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK A method for handover of a mobile node (MN) in a communications network from a previous point of attachment (p-PoA) associated with a previous mobility access gateway (pMAG) to a new point of attachment (n-PoA) associated with a new mobility access gateway (nMAG), where... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033638 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, GATEWAY APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes the steps of: (A) disconnecting a core network bearer when it is determined that a mobile station (UE) visits a radio access network of the W-CDMA scheme and communication is not performed via the... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033642 | Non-Carrier Dependent Femtocell and Related Methods The methods and devices of the present disclosure may be used to enable non-carrier dependent, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) femtocells for in-service use with one or more mobile handheld devices. The VoIP femtocell generally includes at least one Radio Frequency ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033639 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERGING WIMAX AND WIFI NETWORKS A system for converging Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) networks is provided. The system includes an interworking adaptor (IWA) or interworking control function (IWCF). The IWA or IWCF is configured to communicate wit... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033640 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL A technique for flexibly performing processes depending on the type of a path for providing an additional service when there are a plurality of paths for providing additional services for the same session between terminals communicating with each other over a network is... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033641 | METHOD AND ENODEB FOR FORWARDING DOWNLINK AND UPLINK PACKETS BASED ON S1 HANDOVER A method for forwarding downlink packets based on S1 handover is disclosed. The method includes: numbering a packet not processed by using PDCP according to a message that comprises PDCP Serial Number (SN) information if downlink packets to be forwarded include the pack... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026976 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, EVOLVED NODE B, AND TERMINAL EQUIPMENT A random access method, an evolved Node B (eNB), and a terminal equipment are provided. The method includes: determining target component carriers to which a User Equipment (UE) is to be handed over, and notifying the UE of information about the target component carrier... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026974 | LOAD BALANCING FOR AN AIR INTERFACE PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE WITH A PLURALITY OF HETEROGENEOUS PHYSICAL LAYER MODES A system and method for dynamic traffic load balancing with a multiple physical layer modes of an air interface protocol architecture, the protocol architecture residing in a base station and/or an access network that includes a base station and access gateway that incl... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026982 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING HIGH-SPEED DOWNLINK OPERATION IN CELL_FACH STATE FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND RELATED APPARATUS A method of improving a high-speed downlink operation in CELL_FACH state for a network terminal of a wireless communications system includes using a first function but not using a second function when a user equipment, hereinafter called UE, initiates a cell update proc... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026975 | ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, ACCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM An access control method, an access control apparatus and a communication system are disclosed, and a mechanism for processing Emergency Call (EMC) services is disclosed, and such mechanism ensures continuity of the EMC service while implementing the access control unde... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026977 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER IN A MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEM A method and an apparatus for handover in a multi-carrier system are provided. A user equipment receives multi-carrier measurement information from a base station, and measures carriers based on the multi-carrier measurement information. The user equipment performs a ha... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING RANGE EXPANSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK A wireless network for communicating with a mobile station capable of operating in a range expansion mode. The wireless network comprises a macro-base station (BS) operable to communicate with the mobile station and a micro-base station (BS) in a coverage area associate... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NON-ACCESS STRATUM MESSAGE PROCESSING DURING HANDOVER IN EVOLVED NETWORK A method and an apparatus for non-access stratum (NAS) message processing during handover in an evolved network are provided. The method includes the following steps. An evolved packet core (EPC) receives a message which indicates that a UE is being handed over sent by ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026979 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFERRED LEG LINKING IN PCRF IN RELATION TO HANDOVER The present invention relates to a solution for handling deferred leg linking in policy and charging rules function in a telecommunications network in relation to handover between two different access technologies. The solution is provided as a nodes, system and a metho... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026971 | WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM, A MOBILE DEVICE, AN INFORMATION SERVER AND A METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM A wireless network system including a plurality of wireless networks is provided. The wireless network system includes a plurality of mobile devices coupled to the plurality of wireless networks, the plurality of mobile devices including at least a first mobile device a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026981 | MOBILE STATION MESSAGE HAVING A STATION CLASS MARK FIELD FOR INDICATING AN MEID CAPABLE MOBILE STATION A mobile station for wireless communication includes a control processor configured to generate a message for transmission on a reverse signaling channel, the message including a Station Class Mark field having a plurality of bits, a portion of the Station Class Mark fi... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026978 | METHOD OF ZONE SWITCH IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM A method for allowing a mobile station (MS) to perform zone switching within coverage of a base station (BS) in a broadband wireless access system is disclosed. A method for controlling an advanced mobile station (AMS) to perform zone switching in an MZone of a serving ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026980 | Inter-node B handover method The present invention discloses an inter-Node B handover method, wherein a target eNB sends a Handover Request Acknowledge message including handover reference frequency point information through a source eNB to a user equipment, wherein the handover reference frequency... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026973 | HANDOVER DATA INTEGRITY IN A WIRELESS DATA NETWORK A method and apparatus for handover data integrity of a mobile station in a wireless data network with a plurality of wireless network service areas. The method and apparatus includes initiating handover by a mobile station, identifying a target access service network (... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120020231 | Method for wireless communication in a device with co-existence radio Various methods for wireless communication in a device with co-existed/co-located radios are provided. Multiple communication radio transceivers are co-existed/co-located in a user equipment (UE) having in-device coexistence (IDC) capability, which may result in IDC int... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020329 | 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 response... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING A HANDOFF IN A FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEX NETWORK In a frequency division multiplex network, a method involves employing spread-spectrum communication in addition to frequency-division multiplexing for facilitating handoffs. A portion of the total transmission resources is designated for spread-spectrum frequency divis... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020327 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HIGH SPEED RANGING DURING HANDOVER Disclosed is a portable internet system, and more particularly, to a method of supporting fast ranging upon handover. The method comprises calculating an action time based on a time when a handover confirmation message is received from a serving Radio Access Station (RA... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020325 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HAND OFF OF A COMMUNICATION SESSION ACROSS SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS A communication system (100) permits an inter-network handoff between networks (110, 120) operated by different network service providers, which handoff does not require that the networks interface with each other. A first user terminal (102), engag... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020328 | LABEL SWITCHED PACKET TRANSFER DEVICE A device for connecting base station(s) to a cellular label switched network in a cellular network. The cellular network includes: base station(s), the connecting device(s); cellular label switched network(s); and service area(s). The base station(s) communicates with m... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020235 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED HANDOFFS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Methods and systems are provided for using a PDSN in a wireless communication network that includes multiple IP addresses and multiple corresponding physical interfaces. Through the use of multiple IP addresses and interfaces, the throughput of the PDSN may be substanti... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120014355 | METHOD OF RELIABLE HANDOVER SIGNALING PROCEDURE IN A BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS SYSTEM A method for determining whether a mobile station (MS) is present in coverage of a serving base station (SBS) during a handover process and an apparatus for carrying out the same, resulting in the implementation of more reliable handover, are disclosed. A method for con... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014356 | Systems, Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer Program Products for Facilitating Voice Call Continuity in Intersystem Handover Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating voice call continuity in intersystem handover. A method may include determining that a user equipment device being handed over from a packet switched network to a circuit switched... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014353 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND COMPONENTS THAT IMPLEMENT HANDOFF IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS This invention relates to wireless local area networks, and particularly to the IEEE 802.11 family of standards. It consists of a method and apparatus that can be implemented in access points (APs) and subscriber wireless transmit/receive units (WTRUs), in order to allo... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014308 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT RECONFIGURATION IN SELF ORGANIZED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS Prior to a change in a configuration, such as a change to the carrier frequency, bandwidth, base station type, and so forth of the base station, the base station can inform a subscriber station to prepare for the reconfiguration by sending a message to the subscriber st... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014350 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEAMLESS HANDOVER BETWEEN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS BASED ON IPV6 OVER IPV4 TUNNELING MECHANISM The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling seamless handover between heterogeneous networks based on IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling. When IPv6 service is provided using tunneling in an IPv4 based network environment, handover of a mobile terminal betwe... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014351 | SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT TRANSFER FOR WIRELESS INTERNET DEVICES A system and method for feature context transfer store all currently “active” feature contexts locally at an Access Router (AR), and store all “inactive” feature contexts centrally in a main database. The main database can be accessed by all the ARs within the s... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014352 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENFORCEMENT OF MULTIPLE PACKET DATA NETWORK (PDN) CONNECTIONS TO THE SAME ACCESS POINT NAME (APN) An apparatus and method for enforcement of multiple packet data network (PDN) connections to a same access point name (APN) in a wireless communication system including receiving a message from a mobile device related to a first packet data network (PDN) connection to a... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014271 | Efficient Use of a Communications Network A duration of time a communications device is connected to a first network is monitored. A signal of a second network is detected. Next, it is determined whether a predetermined amount of time has elapsed such that the communications device makes efficient use of the fi... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014354 | VOICE SERVICE IN EVOLVED PACKET SYSTEM Methods and apparatus to manage voice service in evolved packet systems are disclosed. An example method in a UE in an Evolved Packet System (EPS) includes receiving a first Non Access Stratum (NAS) protocol response message with network provided Voice over IP Multimedi... | 01/19/2012 |
