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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190147 | Internetworking air-to-air network and wireless network Methods and systems of operating a communication system are provided. One method comprises establishing at least one communication link between a mobile-to-mobile communication network of mobile nodes and at least one route computing system via gateway node. The gat... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8112079 | System and method for providing congestion control in a communication system utilizing scheduled access communication channels A first communication channel is used by a communication unit for communicating with a base site. The first communication channel has an inbound link and an outbound link. The communication unit determines that congestion is present on the communication channel. The... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8045976 | Mobility call management A mobility call management service is disclosed that provides enhanced call management functionality for a wireless mobile terminal (MT). Incoming and/or outgoing calls are managed based on an assessment of the degree of motion of the MT, or other available data per... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7983671 | Methods and apparatus to perform wireless peering in communication systems Methods and apparatus to route communications at an interexchange carrier are disclosed. One method of routing communications may include receiving a communication at the interexchange carrier, determining a destination at which the communication is to terminate, an... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974619 | Systems and methods for mobility management in overlaid mobile communications systems Communications of a mobile station with a satellite mobile communications system and a terrestrial mobile communications system are coordinated. The mobile station is registered with the terrestrial mobile communications system and, responsive to the registration of... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7933594 | Self-configuring communication networks for use with process control systems Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for configuring a communication network associated with a plurality of wireless enabled field devices. The disclosed methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture may compare identification informa... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925255 | Satellite radio file broadcast method A method and system for distributing files to remote receiving units such as passenger vehicles. The method includes the steps of (a) creating a file broadcast schedule that identifies a plurality of files and that includes scheduling information indicating when the... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7865186 | Method for operating wired and wireless phone services interconnectively A method for operating wired and wireless phone services interconnectively, includes: receiving a subscriber registration application for wired and wireless services from an arbitrary extension subscriber; performing wired and wireless service registrations in each ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7835733 | Satellite telecommunication system A transmit-receive system on board a satellite for a telecommunication system within a region covered by the system. The region includes isolated areas. The system receives calls from any area and transmits them to the same area or another area using routing devices... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7796985 | Systems and methods for packing/unpacking satellite service links to/from satellite feeder links Information content is nonidentically mapped between service link carriers and feeder link carriers at a cellular satellite. A reduced number of satellite feeder link carriers compared to the number of satellite service link carriers and/or a reduced total bandwidth... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7725105 | Mobile site management system Tasks of a contents provider are supported, and construction or change of a mobile site, which is accompanied with replacement or correction of contents, is easily executed. In a mobile site management system that manages a site of a portable terminal in a system th... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715838 | Aircraft based cellular system An apparatus and method for providing an aircraft-based wireless communications service is disclosed. An exemplary system includes a plurality of aircraft each including on-board equipment for supporting wireless communications with one or more dual mode handsets an... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7616952 | Telecommunications system, method of configuring same and operating a telecommunications system A telecommunication system has a multiplicity of clients each with a multiplicity of subscribers connected by an access device to a long-distance network with a telecommunication apparatus for exchange (PDX). According to the invention between that network and the a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7590416 | Method for managing bandwidth in a communication network comprising a cordless connection The invention relates to a process for managing resources in a communication network comprising at least two communication buses linked by way of a wireless transmission bridge, the said bridge comprising for each bus a real portal connected to this bus, each portal... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7574206 | Systems and methods for reducing satellite feeder link bandwidth/carriers in cellular satellite systems Information content is nonidentically mapped between service link carriers and feeder link carriers at a cellular satellite. A reduced number of satellite feeder link carriers compared to the number of satellite service link carriers and/or a reduced total bandwidth... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7558569 | Induced cellular communications handover A wireless communications system and method provides wireless communications service for user equipment on board an aircraft. The aircraft includes on-board system equipment for supporting the wireless communications service with on-board user equipment. One or more... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7558570 | Terrestrial DMB receiver using imaginary channel to receive broadcasting services A terrestrial DMB receiver using an imaginary channel in a terrestrial DMB system is disclosed. The terrestrial DMB receiver includes: a key input unit for receiving an input from a user; a display unit for providing image output to the user; an imaginary channel st... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7522919 | Enhancements to periodic silences in wireless communication systems Noise is measured at one or more base stations in a mobile communication system during periodic silence periods. A periodic silence period is defined for at least one carrier that is independent of reverse link channel frame boundaries. The radio base stations trans... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7499702 | Methods and apparatus to perform wireless peering in communication systems Methods and apparatus to route communications at an interexchange carrier are disclosed. One method of routing communications may include receiving a communication at the interexchange carrier, determining a destination at which the communication is to terminate, an... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7460865 | Self-configuring communication networks for use with process control systems Disclosed herein are methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for configuring a communication network associated with a plurality of wireless enabled field devices. A disclosed example method of establishing a communication network for use in a process control... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7440516 | Apparatus and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting in a wireless terminal Provided are an apparatus and method for receiving digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) signals in a wireless terminal. The apparatus includes a first antenna for receiving a satellite DMB signal and a first terrestrial DMB signal, a second antenna for receiving a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440753 | Communication network switching system and method thereof A communication network switch system, comprising: a first phone number database accessed by a cable telephony network service provider; a second phone number database accessed by an internet service provider; a plurality of communication network switch devices cond... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440745 | Signaling in a mobile cellular communication network with pooled MSCs To achieve an efficient and flexible routing of signaling messages between a core network and an access network in a mobile communication cellular network, it is proposed to provide a pool of mobile switching apparatuses between the core network and the access netwo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424295 | Handover control apparatus, base station, edge router, relay router, radio terminal unit, mobile communication system, and handover control method When a radio terminal unit 30 undergoes a handover between base stations 34, 36, a previous edge router 40 having been connected to the radio terminal unit 30, out of edge routers 40, 42 provided in respective base stations 34, ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423987 | Feeder link configurations to support layered modulation for digital signals Systems and methods are disclosed for feeder link configurations to layered modulation. One feeder link system employs feeder link spot beam to antennas in distinct coverage areas to enable frequency reuse. Another system employs narrow beam width feeder link antenn... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7406311 | Method and apparatus for selectively operating satellites in tundra orbits A satellite system provides geosynchronous satellites in elliptical orbits in respective elliptical orbital planes separated by 120 degrees. The satellites traverse a common figure-eight ground track comprising northern and southern loops. The satellites are control... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395068 | Calling non-PSTN numbers via a mobile terminal The present invention allows mobile terminals to initiate calls to either PSTN or non-PSTN addresses through a cellular interface. In operation, the mobile terminal will determine a terminating address to which a call is to be initiated based on user input or select... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392063 | Mobile communication system, radio base station apparatus, mobile terminal, and control method therefor A control method for a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving data destined for a mobile terminal from a host apparatus; storing the data in a buffer; keeping the stored data destined for the mobile terminal available even when the mobile termina... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388518 | Vehicle tracking system A vehicle tracking system central host comprises a memory cache processor for managing a plurality of memory caches and a storage device linked with the memory cache processor, for receiving messages from the memory caches and writing them to a database. There are n... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385947 | Low-cost radio access network enabling local switching An access-point node to a first network cell of a radio access network, to an access-center node and to a radio access network enable local service providers in rural areas to provide mobile telecommunication at low cost for end users. The access-point node of the i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382757 | Method for supporting a plurality of subscribers operating on different frequency bands using a single access point The present invention allows a single access point (“AP”; 100) to support a plurality of devices (102, 104) operating on different frequency bands. During a first period of time, the AP initiates a contention free period at a first frequency. The A... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383041 | Apparatus and method for delivery of network-specific codes to a mobile node Apparatus (58), and an associated method, for facilitating delivery of network-specific dialing codes to a mobile node (12). When a mobile node (12) is registered to a network part (18) of the network infrastructure of a radio communicati... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376418 | System and method for multiple access control in satellite communications system A satellite communications system (10) includes a hub (14), a satellite (32), and any number of remote terminals (16). Each remote terminal (16) includes a remote receiver (38), a monitor (40), and a network access co... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376419 | Call triggering to one or more service nodes upon receipt of initial trigger response An originating mobile switching center of an apparatus in one example handles one or more calls. A serving mobile switching center for a communication device on a call of the one or more calls passes control of the call to the originating mobile switching center. Th... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373085 | Hybrid satellite and fiber communications system A communication system employing optical fibers and a high data rate satellite is utilized to provide high-speed Internet access to various geographic regions. In one aspect, a first teleport station is located geographically separated from a first user. The first t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373105 | Method of determining communication link quality employing beacon signals A method of determining communication link quality includes the steps of: providing communications stations (e.g., UHF communications satellites, base stations of a terrestrial cellular network) with beacon transmitters that are used to transmit two types of signals... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372888 | Method and apparatus for software reconfigurable communication transmission/reception and navigation signal reception The method and device performs spread spectrum based communication and/or navigation. Device embodiments may include a receiver having a plurality of programmable tracking units and a processor in communication with the receiver to control the device, such as reconf... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373152 | Radio signal strength mapping through a telematics system The invention provides a method of and system for determining a radio-frequency signal strength at a mobile vehicle. A signal strength measurement request is received from a call center for a selected radio frequency, a signal strength of the selected radio frequenc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369847 | Fixed cell communication system with reduced interference A communication system has a high altitude communication device that has an antenna for directing beams to a fixed cell pattern with a polarity of cells. A specific pattern of cells having the same communication resource is provided. Preferably, cells having the sam... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369564 | Method and system for service flow mobility in a wireless network Traffic for a mobile device is queued in one of a plurality of class of service queues for the mobile device. An association of the class of service queues for the mobile device is altered from a first sector to a second sector in response to at least a sector chang... | 05/06/2008 |
