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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107951 | Collective notification of node reset to subset of connections in radio access network Upon reset of a control node (261) of a radio access network (24) which controls connections with user equipment units (30) in a connected mode, a message (102) indicative of the reset is sent between nodes of the radio access network. Th... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099093 | Inquiring of a protected communications services database to address concerns over blind base station operation in conflict with protected communications services A database stores updated information concerning protected communications services. A base station for a coexisting, and potentially co-channel, non-protected communications service makes an inquiry of the database requesting an identification of geographically rele... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090366 | Systems and methods for file sharing through mobile devices Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to the sending and receiving of multimedia files between two devices while connected through a voice call. These devices are free to send any type of file through a direct connection without the need to hang up and call... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8064901 | Expert system Systems and methods for remotely evaluating antenna installations in a mobile radio communication system, wherein each antenna installation comprises at least one pair of antenna elements arranged for diversity reception. The received signal strength from a pluralit... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060079 | Minimum least squares error based analysis for throughput-prioritized radio frequency performance optimization A method and system for prioritizing the optimization of sectors within a cellular network using the minimum least squares error (“MLSE”) algorithm is presented. Each sector's throughput and performance metrics are collected over time. Problem sectors are having... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050671 | Method and apparatus for network growth planning in wireless networks The invention includes a method and apparatus for determining network growth information for a radio access network (RAN) and a wired network supporting communications of the RAN (denoted as a core network). The method includes obtaining RAN configuration informatio... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045974 | Method and system for mobile IP-nodes in heterogeneous networks A method for establishing an optimized communication link between mobile network nodes. An interface management module of a first mobile network node checks the mobile network node for available network interfaces and establishes a look-up table with the available n... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8000699 | Lightweight communications protocol for reducing wireless data transactions in mobile subscriber sessions A method and system are provided for reducing the number of wireless transactions between an application server and mobile subscribers in a wireless communications system. The communications system includes a plurality of wireless mobile subscribers communicating wi... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986946 | Evaluation of random access preamble codes The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for gathering statistics relating to random access operation in a cell of a cellular radio communication network and supervising such random access operation. Statistics are gathered (301), per random ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7970395 | Method and apparatus for improving call quality A method of selectively improving the quality of calls carried by a communications network. The method comprises defining off-peak and peak call periods, and during off-peak periods, for each call carried by the network, analysing call data to determine whether or n... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7953406 | Access point An access point diagnosis unit 201 controls a radio access terminal portion 213 included in the access point 100, to execute a test of connection with the access point 100. A switch within the access point selectively connects the radio a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7941136 | Mobile phone network optimisation systems We describe a system to optimize performance of a mobile phone network towards a performance goal. The system receives performance data comprising aggregated data for a plurality of calls and commissions measurement data comprising data logged for a plurality of mob... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937081 | Recovery techniques in mobile networks A technique for protecting location information of a subscriber in a mobile network is disclosed which forwards a registration request from the subscriber to an S-CSCF including the subscriber's TA and then forwarding a location update from the S-CSCF to an HSS incl... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933592 | Cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system A cellular telephone signal monitoring method and system. The method includes receiving and storing by a computing system from a first cellular telephone, a first profile associated with a first user of the first cellular telephone and first monitoring data associat... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929963 | Cognitive radio based air interface method in wireless communication system A cognitive radio-based wireless communication system and an air interface method in a physical layer and a data link layer, which constitute a cognitive radio-based next-generation wireless communication system. The air interface method for wireless communication i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929962 | Method for controlling radio communications during idle periods in a wireless system A method is provided for maintaining synchronization between an AT and a base station during an idle period. During the idle period, a reduced number of uplink reference signals for uplink channel quality estimation are sent to the base station by the AT. The uplink... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7848747 | System and method for enhancing the performance of wideband digital RF transport systems A system and method for enhancing the performance of wideband digital RF transport systems is disclosed, which enables the transport of different bandwidth segments on a plurality of wideband channels by selecting an optimal clock sample rate for each bandwidth segm... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848746 | Authentication methods and apparatus utilizing hash chains A first processing device, which may be, for example, a wireless authentication token or an RFID tag, comprises a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, and interface circuitry coupled to the processor. The processor is operative to control the output of authent... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7809369 | Adaptive testing of system acquisition and roaming characteristics for CDMA wireless communication systems The present invention discloses an automated testing solution for PRL's, System Acquisition algorithm, and CDMA device performance. A testing plan loads a specific PRL into a test device, reads and categorizes the entries in the PRL file, and then uses the informati... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7747250 | Calibration method to achieve reciprocity of bidirectional communication channels The present invention relates to a method and arrangement to enhance the communication performance in wireless communication systems. The method of the invention provides a method of calibrating at least one first radio node in a wireless communication network. The ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738863 | IP datacasting middleware The invention provides a middleware component usable in a mobile terminal device, where the middleware component mediates between an application program and network interfaces and/or hardware to manage the interaction between disparate applications across heterogene... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729693 | Method of controlling and analyzing communications in a telephone network The invention relates to a method and system for controlling and analyzing cellular radio communications exchanged between mobile terminals and base stations BTS. The invention is characterized in that a dummy mobile terminals and base stations BTS. The invention is... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7715837 | Method and apparatus for releasing connections in an access network Plural communication connections are established between an external network and subscriber units by way of a an access network. The subscriber unit connection is supported by plural nodes. When a failure is detected in a node, those subscriber unit connections affe... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7689211 | Secure login method for establishing a wireless local area network connection, and wireless local area network system A secure login method for a wireless local area network is implemented using a first wireless terminal that has already been logged in to the wireless local area network and that has obtained a settings value, and a second wireless terminal that has yet to be logged... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7664493 | Redundancy mechanisms in a push-to-talk realtime cellular network Redundant mechanism in a push-to-talk (PTT) realtime architecture. Redundancy is provided in core delivery systems, which are employed for the emulation of “walkie-talkie” service with circuit switched duplex calls in the carrier network. The disclosed architect... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664492 | Network engineering in a wireless network A and collects provides various types of information therefrom, including E911 location information, Hand Off (HO) information, and Power information, as well as other Measurements and System Parameters. This information is analyzed by a Data Collection and Filterin... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660577 | Network testing systems and methods The present invention is directed at systems and methods for gathering wireless communication data within a target geographic area. More specifically, selected fleet vehicles are equipped to gather wireless communication data from transmission towers while simultane... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7647044 | RF switching device The present disclosure relates to a switching device having a display that allows an operator to readily visually assess the signal strength of both a primary signal and a back-up signal. In certain embodiments, the information relating to the signal strength of the... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7616951 | Wireless coverage testing system based on simulations using radio resource parameters This invention uses multi-tier indexing methods to organize the wireless communication industry standard Radio Resource Management (RRM) parameters, compression techniques to compress the indexed RRM parameters, model the RRM parameters to identify the relationships... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7610046 | System and method for enhancing the performance of wideband digital RF transport systems A system and method for enhancing the performance of wideband digital RF transport systems is disclosed, which enables the transport of different bandwidth segments on a plurality of wideband channels by selecting an optimal clock sample rate for each bandwidth segm... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603116 | Radio base station apparatus and its loopback test method A control circuit (1) determines transmission power for a test signal in accordance with the number of call connections of a radio terminal call-connected to the apparatus during a loopback test. The determined transmission power (TSTP) is output to channel c... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599688 | Methods and apparatus for passive mid-stream monitoring of real-time properties Methods and apparatus are provided for passive mid-stream monitoring of real-time properties. A passive mid-stream monitoring process is disclosed that determines whether a system is faulty. The passive mid-stream monitoring process obtains a real-time correctness p... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7583962 | Adjacent-cell assisted redundancy for wireless communication networks Included in a wireless communication network having a plurality of base stations capable of communicating with a plurality of mobile stations located in a coverage area of the network is a redundancy controller. The redundancy controller is capable of detecting a fa... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7558567 | BSS-switch module for wireless devices An access point (AP) (120a) manages and coordinates the switching of mobile devices (110) to other access points (120b, c, d). The access point (120a) monitors the quality of its communications link with the mobile de... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558566 | Method for informing about the properties of a communication network, a system and a mobile terminal The invention relates to a method for informing a mobile terminal (MT) about the properties of a communication network (NW). The communication network (NW) comprises at least two base transceiver stations (BTS) which form at least two cells (C1-C9) who... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7551923 | System and method for improved spectrum use A method for improving the use of a transmission spectrum in a multi-sector wireless communication system includes generating a first signal, processing a first signal with a first Auto Tune Combiner, transmitting the first signal on an antenna associated with a fir... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7505765 | System and method for gathering data from wireless communications networks A system and method for gathering data from wireless communication networks, the wireless communication network including a plurality of cell sites, mobile subscriber units, and a mobile telephone switching office. The data gathering system comprises a plurality of ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7444145 | Automated real-time site survey in a shared frequency band environment An intelligent spectrum management (ISM) system and method that includes sophisticated features to detect, classify, and locate sources of RF activity. The system comprises one or more radio sensor devices positioned at various locations in a region where activity i... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430401 | Network monitoring method for telecommunications network This invention relates to monitoring and maintaining a network in telecommunications networks which comprise a large number of network elements. These network elements are presented as a hierarchical diagram or as a map display on a graphical user interface. The gra... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424292 | Compound wireless mobile communication services Described are the concept, processes, and methods to combine an assortment of individually available and executable wireless mobile communication services for the purpose of achieving a desired objective(s). The activity of combining these individual services can be... | 09/09/2008 |
