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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8107968 | Radio transmission scheduling according to multiradio control in a radio modem A system for managing the simultaneous operation of a plurality of radio modems in a single wireless communication device (WCD). The multiradio control may be integrated into the WCD as a subsystem responsible for scheduling wireless communications by temporarily en... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107969 | Method and system of channel negotiation between neighbor base stations A method and system of channel negotiation between neighbor BSs are provided. The method includes: a first BS obtaining channel information of all second BSs which neighboring to the first BS in response to starting of the first BS; selecting a channel in the networ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8000715 | Method and system for dynamic spectrum allocation, and computer program product therefor A communication network such as a cellular network or a WLAN includes a set of user terminals. Within the communication network, a system dynamically controls spectrum usage. The system includes a functionality sensor for sensing spectrum usage within the area cover... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7966019 | Apparatus, method and computer program product providing radio link parameter update for reallocation of HARQ process for 2ms NST/ST A method, apparatus, and computer program for re-allocating a hybrid automatic repeat request HARQ process is described where a Node B initiates HARQ re-allocation by sending to a radio network controller RNC a RL PARAMETER UPDATE INDICATION message that includes at... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7941154 | Method and system for resource management in communication networks, related network and computer program product therefor A method for providing, in a communication network including at least a first and a second set of resources, a service to users of at least a first and a second type. The users of the first type are in a condition to be provided said service only by means of said fi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7539497 | Obtaining channel quality information in a wireless communication network Obtaining channel quality information in a wireless communication network is described. A base station allocates a resource to remote stations in order to receive channel quality information back from remote stations. The resource allocated to a remote station conta... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7440761 | Communication relay method and device A wireless communication system including a wireless relay station storing a priority table in which identifiers of the communications that are relayed with higher priority are registered, a wireless relay device r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440758 | Cell planning methods and apparatus, and networks configured based on same Coverage areas for wireless networks are divided into a plurality of cells that are arranged in rows. Channel frequencies are assigned to cell sectors and associated with respective antenna axes. The antenna axes of adjacent rows are alternatingly rotated, thereby r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437458 | Systems and methods for providing quality assurance A network includes a media server and a service activation device. The media server may receive a request for content from a subscriber device and transmit a message. The message may identify the subscriber device and include information relating to the content. The... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433700 | Strategies for peer-to-peer instant messaging Strategies are described for establishing a peer-to-peer (P2P) direct coupling channel between two user devices at the commencement of an Instant Messaging (IM) conversation. Provisions are described for gracefully switching to a switchboard coupling channel when th... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433692 | Method for dimensioning a mobile telecommunications network A method for assessing the characteristics obtainable in a network for mobile telecommunications apparatuses suitable for managing calls with both data traffic and/or voice and data traffic. On the basis of the performance requested for the quantity and characterist... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423988 | Dynamic reconfiguration of resources through page headers Methods and systems for reconfiguring communications systems are provided. A communications system comprises one or more radio head interface modules and a call processing software module. The one or more radio head interface modules are adapted to communicate with ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420956 | Distributed storage and aggregation of multimedia information via a broadband access gateway A system and method for the aggregation of multimedia information storage via a broadband access gateway is disclosed. Information about storage resources accessible to a broadband access gateway may be collected and used in selecting storage capacity used for stori... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415279 | Collaborative mechanism of enhanced coexistence of collocated wireless networks A digital device 310 with a plurality of collocated wireless networks encounters inter-network interference if the collocated wireless networks operate in a common operating frequency. A coordinator unit 510, coupled to the plurality of wireless networ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411925 | Network route processor using state-based switchover Embodiments of the present invention provide for switchover from an active processor to a standby processor in a route processor system. An up-to-date copy of information used by a supervisor process at the active processor is ensured by determining necessary event ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408913 | Method of real time hybrid ARQ A method of wireless communication. The method includes the step of transmitting at least a first sub-frame from a first voice frame. If the first sub-frame is received by the wireless unit, an acknowledgement message is transmitted, and the remaining sub-frames fro... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7406325 | Method of allocating links in a 1x evdo system The present invention is directed to a method of allocating links in a base station of a 1×EVDO (EVolution Data Only) system. Conventionally, since a 1×EVDO system sequentially allocates a link to a user who requested a call setup irrespective of the link status, ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395069 | Radio resource management in a communication system The present invention relates to a radio communication system and a method in the system. According to the method radio resources of the system are managed based on information of the bitrate that has been allocated for a station of the radio communication system. | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388855 | Method for discovering a broadcast multicast services (BCMCS) controller in a packet data network A method and a packet data network for providing broadcast/multicast services (BCMCS) to a mobile terminal (MT). The method receives at a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server from the MT, for requesting an IP address of a primary BCMCS controller that s... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7372836 | Method of transmitting control data in CDMA mobile communication system A device and method for configuring an UL-DPCCH. One or more UL-DPCCHs, especially a UL-DPCCH for supporting HSDPA, are constructed in code division multiplexing and transmitted according to the characteristics of control information. The UL-DPCCH of the present inv... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373146 | Method of cross-paging a hybrid access terminal supporting voice service and packet data service Provided is a method of cross-paging including transmitting mobile terminal location information from a mobile communication system to a heterogeneous mobile communication system after the mobile terminal location registration. The mobile communication system is the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7366525 | Communication resource selection within a multi-band wireless communication system Upon determining (11) a need to transmit a message (such as a paging message) to a mobile station within a multi-band wireless communications system, the system (via, for example, a mobile switching center) identifies (12) discrete geographic locations... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349704 | Method and system for sharing over-allocated bandwidth between different classes of service in a wireless network A method and system for sharing over-allocated bandwidth between different classes of service in a wireless network. Traffic is transmitted for a first service class in excess of bandwidth allocated to the first service class using unused bandwidth allocated to a se... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349504 | Method and system for mitigating interference in communication system A method and system for mitigating interference in a communication system, comprising at least one base station and at least one terminal, are disclosed. The base stations and terminals communicate through a channel existing between them, and the channels include at... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346357 | Frequency assignment for multi-cell IEEE 802.11 wireless networks A frequency planning method for use in an IEEE 802.11 wireless network is described. The frequency planning method obtains traffic load information associated with access points belonging to a multi-cell wireless network and assigns channels to the access points bas... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346354 | Method and system for dynamic soft handoff resource allocation in a wireless network A method and system for dynamic soft handoff resource allocation in a wireless communications network includes determining a wireless path characteristic individually for each path of a macro diversity connection between a mobile device and a plurality of wireless s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336959 | Information transmission method for a wireless local network A communication network includes a plurality of transceivers in spaced-apart locations A transmission from one of the transceivers to a selected receiver destination can be optimized by sending the transmission along optimum quality path segments from transceiver to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327716 | Reverse link enhancement for CDMA 2000 Release D A mobile station transmits sub-packets at a specified transmission rate or an autonomous transmission rate based on a PERSISTENCE bit. The mobile station increments, decrements, or does not change the transmission rate when the PERSISTENCE bit is a second logic stat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319683 | Radio base station, control method therefor, and program recording medium In a radio base station (100) that communicates with a mobile station according to the PHS standards, a reception timing detection unit (55) measures the time when a UW signal of a signal separated by a signal regulating unit (51) for each mobil... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319888 | Method of mobile communication system with smart antenna The invention discloses a method for transmitting high-speed downlink package data in a mobile communication system with a smart antenna, which not only can take full advantage of radio beamforming of smart antenna but also can transmit downlink package data high ef... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317706 | Fair share scheduling method in a CDMA paging system A method for scheduling messages transmitted on a forward common channel of a CDMA system. The method includes determining the ratio between the slotted and unslotted messages transmitted over the forward common channel over a period of time. For each time slot S(i)... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315952 | Power state coordination between devices sharing power-managed resources Methods and apparatuses for coordination of power state management in and electronic system. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7307961 | Traffic modeling for packet data communications system dimensioning A packet-based communications network is dimensioned based on a maximum number of users able to receive a predetermined target throughput of data over a predetermined number of channels. For each of an incremental number of users, at least one blocking probability i... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7302268 | System and method for radio transmitter acquisition A method of a receiver determining the timing of a signal transmitted in a time-slotted manner, the signal comprising a sequence of information which is repeated at a known interval and has at least a known minimum length. The method performs correlation operations ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302266 | Method and system for frequency usage A wireless telecommunications network that uses a first frequency spectrum for wireless communications in a plurality of generally contiguous wireless coverage areas also has available a second frequency spectrum for wireless communications in a high-traffic wireles... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302267 | Apparatus and method for estimating a velocity of a mobile terminal in a mobile communication system A Base Station (BS) apparatus for estimating a velocity of a Mobile Station (MS) in a mobile communication system includes a channel estimator for performing channel estimation according to a velocity band, receiving a wireless channel signal from the MS, and perfor... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295542 | System and method for beacon timing control in a mixed IEEE 802.11 network In a mixed IEEE 802.11 network, a system and method are provided for preventing beacon delays. The method comprises: establishing communications between an IEEE 802.11e access point (QAP) and at least one IEEE 802.11 station (STA); determining a safety interval with... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280835 | Mobile communication system and mobile communication method An estimator 120 of a mobile station 100a of the present invention estimates traveling speed information which is a value variable with either a traveling speed of the mobile station or a variation in the traveling speed. A comparison unit 13... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274937 | Code combining and packet combining handoff method A code combining soft handoff method is disclosed. A mobile terminal measures a strength of respective pilot signals received from a plurality of base stations. If the strength of the received pilot signal is higher than a given value, a base station controller allo... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269423 | System and method for call admission for a mobile communication system A QoS-based call admission system and method for a mobile communication system. To establish a call for a mobile station according to the QoS of the call, upon request of setup of a call requiring a QoS guarantee, a base transceiver station determines whether a chan... | 09/11/2007 |
